bavaria almost completely by a nod to fullest and let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow with more on the story hi thomas what do these restrictions mean for the people of the varia. for those who have been reasonable to me and this is in the words of the regional leader in bavaria not much will change because people who have been reasonable have stayed at home and have taken precautions but the regional leader in bavaria mark was that i was actually worried about those who he described as being unreasonable who still go out and haven't taken those precautions of other people at risks and that's why he announced these widespread restrictions but it's important what you mentioned also in your introduction that he stopped short of calling this a general lockdown this is a very important debate that's going on here in germany right now and not only in bavaria but in other parts of the country as well amid this debate thomas i mean how close do you think we are to seeing these types of measures implemented across all of germany states and regions that depend a century on what

taken that decision the lockdown goes into force on saturday over to our political correspondent thomas sparrow tell us how close are we to seeing a nationwide lockdown here in germany. i think we're moving in that direction and we've already seen as we saw in that report 1st communities and cities that have taken that decision but that essentially depends monica or where the numbers of infected people go down so far what we've heard from officials here in berlin from federal officials is that the very reluctant to order lockdown and thus probably one of the reasons why angela merkel in a very unusual move decided to have that televised address a few days ago in which she appealed to people to participate to take part in old days to keep their distance to stay at home so so far officials here in berlin a hoping that people will heed of that advice and will stay at home but if numbers continue to raise if the problem continues to increase then it is very likely that indeed there will be a lockdown in germany with some of the usual action is already being taken the army is usually not part of ger

apart than we are accustomed to it is my great pleasure to introduce our guests beginning with thomas sparrow he is a political correspondent here at g.w. and he says we need bold political decisions but this is also a crucial time for personal solidarity i'm also very glad to welcome kate ferguson she's a colleague. d.w. business and she says leaders from the world of business and politics need to be guided by the principle of cooperation and not competition and very glad to have with us as well barbara more shave reports for g.w. sport and she says it's not just about professional sports with the closure of the many small sports clubs and important social support in everyday life also breaks are great for many people. so let me begin by asking all of you how you personally are coping what the biggest challenges are that you're facing and perhaps also what you're already missing thomas i think something that i'm particularly missing other south american journalists and also american citizen is probably hugs we very much used to shaking hands to hugging people i mean it was really been a chal