into home quarantine after a doctor who treated her was diagnosed with the corona virus on friday machall who is 65 was backs unaided against a different viruses by the doctor who later tested positive for coded 19 machall spokesman says she will now undergo daily testing herself for last act before going into quarantine was to announce sweeping restrictions on freedom of movement and social interaction. angle americal about to announce the most severe restrictions on freedom of movement. seen in germany since world war 2. the corona virus continues to spread rapidly convincing the chancellor that further containment measures are needed so far it had largely been left to states and municipalities to curb the contagion creating a patchwork of rules and guidelines the new measures will be rolled out across germany. today. we have discussed today how our counter measures are working we have no vaccine and we have no drug against the disease all we have firstly the efforts we are making to prepare our health care system especially hospitals for the expected continued high rise in infections.

all we know so far is that the government spokesperson stephens i but actually said yesterday that machall will be tested regularly in the coming days but so far we don't yet have. a test result but of course that will be published and made public a soon as we have it. well just before it was announced the chancellor was going into quarantine she announced new restrictions on movement and social interaction tell us more about those restrictions. well one of the biggest new measures is that groups of more than 2 people are now banned in germany now excluded from that new measure families and people that you might live with in a house for example but this is a big measure that's being implemented nationwide today now people are however still allowed to travel to the grocery stores to work if they can prove they're on their way to help someone for example but of course this is also being implemented in different ways around the country as well for him here in berlin in the in the state city stays of them for example local authorities police are asking people to carry some piece of identificat

as a quick reminder of our top story at this hour a german chancellor i'm going to machall has outlined her government's option plan to slow the spread of coronavirus measures include closing non-essential shops churches and playgrounds to also told journalists to see so foreign and domestic effect station traffic on monday introduced a sweeping controls on its borders. only coronavirus the german government response i mean how you should respond if you have it on our website that state of the dot com more world news of the top of the hour i'm going to. go beyond. the stories that. really. annoyed every takes. the running now.

understood some politicians continue to search for the right responses to this rapidly evolving crisis machall and the other e.u. leaders will come together to discuss it later on tuesday by video link. sounds of anger back was due to make a statement in about 20 minutes we'll bring that to you by 3. brands parent company diamond says it is suspending the majority of its european production in response to the corona virus pandemic the shutdown affecting car van and commercial vehicle plants well before on initial 2 week period it could be extended imus says it wants to interrupt infection chains to contain the spread of the virus. or the german car companies are also shutting down assembly lines the world's biggest auto producer vaults announced that it's suspending production in factories in germany and around the world management has warned investors and employers and play yes' to expect a bumpy road ahead. of banner year. with record profits and record levels of investment. but the coronavirus pandemic has put the brakes on what should have been a good day for. turnover and disruptions in o

imagine all right not only people are travelling glutes also move across the border and i'm going to machall had something to say about that let's listen and. we pledged to coordinate the repository ation of european union citizens stranded in quotation marks in other parts of the world. and we also discuss the supply of medical products on dick whitman but for the organ at the request of many member states the commission has decided to undertake collective tenders to obtain certain medical goods organum from a very welcome ooh for older. ones i'm going to get america just mentioned issuing tenders for certain medical goods is europe actually working together to ensure that the most vulnerable member states like italy do have enough supplies. i think we have to say that kind of cooperation has been really lacking in recent weeks initially france and posed a ban on exporting certain goods from france germany also it's imposed a ban on import exporting things like surgical masks from germany both of those restrictions are now slightly being lifted and exports under control of the european unio

well so for us i mean we know that machall has moved most of her meetings and conferences to video calls over the next couple of weeks in what should be required to stay in quarantine harlem of course as you said as we heard there in the report sorry she is leading by example but a lot of business it's a case rating of business as usual she is trying to continue and take part in as many meetings as possible and of course there are a lot of issues to be dealt with at the moment possible increases and measures in the coming weeks even and of course today we also saw the usual cabinet meeting as well which she took part in via a video call so she is trying to continue her work as chancellor as much as possible while still remaining at home of course we haven't yet got the test results either the german government spokesperson stefan ziba said that the chancellor will be tested regularly in the coming days and of course the public will be informed over a result as soon as that. kate meanwhile germany's public health institute says there are signs that the rise in new corona virus infections

public health institute believes the lockdown may already be bringing results that's the chance of machallherself goes into south pouring tea also coming up india cities close down as the number of.

up the chancellor i'm going to back up toughens germany's tactics to slow the spread of the virus machallan ounce is that all nonessential stores will stay closed and advises german.

stuff for a country that likes to see the political brand of stability that suzy provided by anger machall in place she pretty much echoed the scientists who's pretty much in charge of this the head of the whole box called institute here in germany those recommendations to take care not to have gatherings of more than 1000 people and at the same time to surmising ourselves that she came out of a conference call with e.u. leaders calling for an approach of course also knowing that joint approach will be cut short the tent city just by the very fact that every country is pretty much fending for itself right now in trying to track this disease and trying to stop it from spreading the good from the reporting there still ahead on the day europe remembers the victims of terror attacks the lives lost and the lives changed forever if a 1000000 home of the and the families are in deep pain. which we will never be able to heal. or he will most likely spend the rest of his life behind bars the disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein was sentenced today in a new york court to 23 years in prison

politicians continue to search for the right responses to this rapidly evolving crisis machall and the other e.u. leaders will come together to discuss it later on tuesday by video link all schools and daycare centers around the world have closed as far as his respond to the pandemic as more such matters are introduced but the parents have been wondering how to explain what's going on so that children know we didn't prime minister sahlberg even held a special coronavirus briefing just for kids why am i not allowed to celebrate my birthday there for the uk it's because many people should not be gathered in order to prevent people from being infected or you can be a little bit extra creative and try to celebrate your face time with them or think of another way to celebrate you think it's good. i think that if someone in the class has a birthday all the others should call and sing a birthday song individually to have something to do. so how should we talk to our children about this pandemic dr rod came as a child a clinical psychologist from the u.k.'s university of southampton a she cons

it seems pretty likely yes what we know for sure is that i'm glad machall will have a video conference with all the prime years of the 16 german federal states on sunday and in that this and that discussion they were going to in fact decide on a common common line on whether or not to impose a lockdown that was a kind of script behind this i think only of this week on monday very severe restrictions were already imposed on public life in germany all shops that did not do not sell essential goods were closed all places of entertainment were closed concert halls gyms clubs cinemas all of that in an attempt to kind of give a disincentive to people to leave their homes there was no place to go as it were no place to go out and have fun no place to go out for a bit of shopping as it were you could only go out to do essential things and the idea was that one would of service for about a week and the german center for disease control the robot cough in situ it was is getting today data from about phone companies which should be given indication to the extent of the extent to which people in g

stuff for a country that likes to see the political brand of stability that you provided bungler machall in place she pretty much echoed the scientists who's pretty much in charge of this the head of the whole box call institute here in germany those recommendations to take care not to have gatherings of more than 1000 people and at the same time just reminding ourselves that she came out of a conference call with e.u. leaders calling for you approach of course also knowing that joint approach will be cut short spur tensity just by the very fact that every country is pretty much fending for itself right now in trying to track this disease and trying to stop it from spreading so it's chancellor merkel right the best we can do now is slow this outbreak down rather than fight it back well that's what the experts are saying i mean that was really the main one of the main focuses of this conference was to say we have to slow it down and the 2nd thing that the reason that we have to slow it down is because we have to give ourselves time in order to do things like develop a vaccine against a va

at the same time to not strain our health care system too much and this is something that i'm glad machall has understood and so she wants the public to understand that everybody can do their share to help slow down that infection rate at the same time we saw the czech prime minister we should say if the czech republic sure is a boarder with germany accusing the german chancellor of spreading panic with those numbers what do you make of that well again this is something where we clearly see that europe is not talking with one voice not every country in the european union is as effected as for example italy the numbers are different approaches are different the health care systems are different but what the e.u. leaders decided earlier this week was that health ministers were going to talk to each other on a daily basis to tackle the coronavirus together and this is something at least putting the e.u. on a good path. with us here in studio thank you very much. well italy has tightened restrictions to try to stop the spread of the virus after limiting freedom of movement nationwide the gover

politicians continue to search for the right responses to this rapidly evolving crisis machall and the other e.u. leaders will come together to discuss it later on tuesday by video link. well schools the day care centers around the world. closing as authorities try to slow the spread of the coronavirus workers in certain essential professions such as medical staff or reporting for work as more extreme measures are introduced many parents have been wondering how to explain the virus to their children norwegian prime minister held a special coronavirus briefing only for children to try and answer their questions why am i not allowed to celebrate my birthday. they are for the it's because many people should not be gathered in order to prevent people from being infected or you can look at actual creativity out there and try to celebrate your face time with them or think of another way to celebrate you think it's good. to fail a bunch of things yet i think that if someone in the class has a birthday all the others should call and sing a birthday song individually to have something to do. so

it seems pretty likely yes what we know for sure is that i'm glad machall will have a video conference with all the prime years of the 16 german federal states on sunday and in that this and that discussion they were going to in fact decide on a common common line on whether or not to impose a lockdown there was a kind of script behind this i think earlier this week on monday very severe restrictions were already imposed on public life in germany all shops that did not do not sell essential goods were closed all places of entertainment were closed concert halls gyms clubs cinemas all of that in an attempt to kind of give a disincentive to people to leave their homes there was no place to go as it were no place to go out and have fun no place to go out for a bit of shopping as it were you could only go out to do essential things and the idea was that one would of service for about a week and the german center for disease control the robot cough in situ it was is getting today data from about phone companies which should be given indication to the extent of the extent to which people in

this crisis well i'll ask you this question in a 2nd bet we'll start with you the hans i'm going to machall safe pair of hands in europe if she is. being viewed as a good leader in this crisis indeed is even being viewed as a crisis by germans certainly seen as a crisis yes of course we have reached 3000 infected people confirmed today that number has increased by more than 500 since yesterday so germany is well into crisis mode with all the places being closed down with all the schools being closed down and so on and what has to say i'm going to marco waited quite a while as is her want to before she actually appeared before she actually took this into her hands before she took on this leadership position and she's very rational about it she's not very emotional about it so she's not somebody that gives people a lot of comfort simply by say by by being warmed by a by her personal warmth but there is a certainty a scientific certainty one might almost say in the way she handles this and so she has taken the reins now and i think people do feel that they are in good hands with are going to n

affected and so you know it takes some time to get that operation going but it also clearly shows under machall statements clearly show that she is a scientist who believes in experts opinions and that is also not something that you can say of everybody who is currently leading a government in europe all right our political correspondent nina there with the very latest for us thank you. now equities and oil prices plummeted again on thursday after the world health organization classified the outbreak as a pandemic and donald trump announced that travel ban from europe to the u.s. germany's dax index of 30 blue chip companies fell by 5.5 percent in opening trading dropping below 10000 points for the 1st time since mid twenty's 16 it a solid leads from wall street and later asia tokyo dropped more than 5 percent while hong kong finished down 3.8 percent and sydney collapsed by almost 7 percent . and let's go right to our financial correspondent chelsea delaney standing by at the frankfurt stock exchange shall see we've really seen a dramatic move on the dax today what are things like where you ar

in berlin machall stressed the importance of a ceasefire and finding a political solution on his forces have been fighting the un backed libyan government for control of the capital tripoli for almost a year. violence broke out in venezuela's capital caracas as demonstrators led by self-proclaimed president clashed with security forces police used tear gas to stop the protesters from marching on the national assembly which pro-government lawmakers seized in january. today europe is remembering the victims of terrorism a special event in paris will pay tribute to those killed or impacted by terrorist attacks the european day of remembrance of victims of terrorism was stablished by the e.u. after a deadly attack in madrid in 2004 on march 11th of that year islamist militants bombed commuter trains in the spanish capital killing 191 people since then there have been many more deadly attacks here in europe will look at a few of them now one was in norway in 2011 on july 22nd of that year right wing extremists understood brevik planted bombs in the capital oslo and then went on a shooting ra

politicians continue to search for the right responses to this rapidly evolving crisis machall and the other e.u. leaders will come together to discuss it later on tuesday by video link. one german car make a dime that has announced it will join volkswagen and halting production most of its european plants as the pandemic disrupts supply chains and unions demand greater protection for workers. and says it expects demand to plummet with customers staying home production will be halted this week at v.w. plants in spain portugal and slovakia as well as the lamborghini and katty plants in italy that will be followed by a halt in production in germany and other european plants and insurance expects a break to last 2 to 3 weeks. well spain has announced an aid package worth $200000000000.00 euros to try and reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that represents around 20 percent of the country's d.-d. g.d.p. prime minister petro sanchez says the crisis has effectively put the brakes on my column e. spain is one of 3 european countries under lockdown today although it is reported a sha

the new measures machall and state leaders decided to implement ban gatherings of more than 2 individuals with the exception of families and people who live together in one household now restaurants bars and cafes and other non essential service providers must also close businesses offering food delivery and collection will be allowed to remain open commuting to work helping others and exercising alone outside will still be permissible the measures will initially remain in place for 2 weeks the new measures are one step closer to total lockdown but not there yet and germany's the strategy appears to be to ramp up the strictness of measures in a controlled way as it seeks to limit the spread of the virus and keep the numbers of severe cases manageable for the country's health system. and when other european countries there are also ongoing discussions about what measures to introduce and when some countries are focusing on the best ways to reach what's being called herd immunity a critical point in a pandemic when the number of people who have grown immune to the virus automatically limit

betraying democracy and breaking a historical to prove against cooperating with the extreme rights machall who is in south africa spoke out the next morning was months are off for this process is unforgivable the outcome of the election must be revoked. c.d.u. leader and the gretsch cramp karrenbauer tried to take charge she touched to injure with a clear message that the c.d.u. does not work with the a.f.p. but despite several crisis meetings she was unable to win over all the cd use regional members news state premier thomas camera she admitted the election result was wrong and agreed to step down. not for the 1st time crime karrenbauer was accused of failing to get a grip on her party response she would stand down as party leader and abandon her other ambitions easier than this i will not be running as chancellor. merkel's era parents wanted to maintain the c.d.u. is the party of the center. very clear position no reproach meant and no cooperation with the a.f.c. and the left. wing. karrenbauer may be going but the cd use strategic challenge remains how to deal with the socialist left p

that we have and when it comes to those playing in the park we can hope that if not i'm going to machall also the head coach of the national football team germans national football team has been has had a speech yesterday going to the same direction so maybe those still playing football in the parks but listen to him at least and also for the roots on the other hand kate we at the same time are seeing shortages of things like toilet paper as people essentially engage in hoarding behavior and even more serious stockpiling of very important medical goods including breathing masks and hand sanitizer price gouging by some people who've bought up tens of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer. what does that tell us about how people are reacting to this crisis and you think we'll see more of it as things get worse well as tomas said earlier we're seeing the very best and the very worst of humanity come out of a crisis which is to be expected here in germany we have a wonderful war i. to describe this sort of panic buying stuff which a colleague of mine is appealing for us to install into the

responsibility that we have and when it comes to those playing in the park we hope that if not i'm going to machall also the head coach of the national football german's national football team has been has had a speech yesterday going to the same direction so maybe those still playing football in the parks would listen to him at least and also one of the routes on the other hand kate we at the same time are seeing shortages of things like toilet paper as people essentially get engaged in hoarding behavior and even more serious stockpiling of very important medical goods including breathing masks and hand sanitizer price gouging by some people who've bought up tens of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer what does that tell us about how people are reacting to this crisis and do you think we'll see more of it as things get worse well as tomas said earlier withing the very best and the very worst of humanity come out of a crisis which is to be expected here in germany we have a wonderful word to describe this sort of panic buying stuff which a colleague of mine is appealing for us to install into th

german chancellor i'm going to machall is at home in quarantine after coming into contact with a doctor who tested positive for corona.

politicians continue to search for the right responses to this rapidly evolving crisis machall and the other e.u. leaders will come together to discuss it later on tuesday by video link schools a day care centers around the world have closed as all forces respond to the pandemic as more such measures are introduced many parents have been wondering how to explain what's going on to get children away during prime minister and are sold back even held a special coronavirus briefing just for kids why am i not allowed to celebrate my birthday. they are for the it's because many people should not be gathered in order to prevent people from being infected or you can look a bit extra creative and try to celebrate your face time with them or think of another way to celebrate that you think is good. part of things yet i think that if someone in the class has a birthday all the others should call and sing a birthday song individually to have something to do. so how should we talk to our children about this pandemic dr rod came as a child a clinical psychologist from the u.k. university of southamp