Increases measures to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus. And the shutdown continues to tighten across europe spain imposes almost total lockdown telling residents to remain inside their homes its the 2nd worst hit country in europe after italy. Im already in use of welcome to the show u. S. President donald trump has congratulated the Federal Reserve on another tax cut another cut in Interest Rates the u. S. Central bank on sunday dropped its target range to between 0 and point 25 percent its the 2nd cut in 2 weeks and at shoring up the u. S. Economy during the coronavirus emergency which has already claimed 65 lives and also had advice for americans on how they should behave during the crisis. Theres no need for anybody in the country to hoard essential Food Supplies they said to me could you please tell im just going by enjoy it have a nice dinner relax because theres plenty but you dont have to you dont have to buy the quantities. Because its hard to refill the stores on a basis is rapidly refilling them for more on that lets go to our correspondent Stefan Simons in washington stefan trump is urging the public to relax but on the other hand top u. S. Health official has just told americans to protest prepared to hunker down is there a mixed message here yeah you can say its always exactly what he said hes there to to relax and that we are that america is actually doing great and that everything is under absolute tremendous control thats the president talking and just minutes later as you just indicated his top expert Dr Anthony Fauci comes out and says like no were not in great shape and the worst is yet to come so you see there is mixed messages there is at least many many experts and political observers say so tremendous spending by President Trump or just a disconnect to the reality which is. Experts still actually trying to convey to the public problem here is. That before social distancing and no tests no tests available country right from shore to shore from north to 1000 thats the biggest problem and what measures is the government taking to reassure the public that it has the outbreak under control there. Well thats where its getting fuzzy today was a day where again though i was president made promises of 1000000 more tests being available soon by tomorrow or the end of next week but the thing is the problem is a little bit deeper and why its not only tests thats bad enough no tests available for millions of americans no test kits available for millions of americans but it also is i. C. U. Beds it is respirators ventilators all of that the American Health system is absolutely ill equipped to fight all for combat compendia make like we see it in the making as we speak lets talk about the economy for a 2nd because the u. S. Federal reserve has just taken a kind of drastic action we havent seen since the height of the financial crisis in 2008 so what is the intention there. Well the intention is to calm the markets but now you bring the sheriff to tell but the sheriff has only really tiny guns and what i mean by this is this is it for the for the Federal Reserve now the Interest Rate slashed to 0 or a 0. 25 percent theres not much more in the arsenal the Federal Reserve can do ok they said were buying back away investing 700000000000. 00 in their own ball buying thats all great but futures at the moment are actually at the minute at the limit low that means 1000 points 5 percent of what they can go down thats the maximum so the market is not really reacting as wished for probably by the Federal Reserve and by president dump trump pardon. Because nobody knows is that a thing sign of confidence what the Federal Reserve does or they are freaking out if thats the case then the markets will follow d suit so the time to go on with just one bullet and it seems and theres also been reports of chaos in some large airports whats the situation there. Yeah that is social distancing us as its best and as many many critics say typical for what this government is not or that administration on the federal level is not able to provide and that is a plan and then execute a plan so that it makes sense thousands of americans coming home and at the airports because theres the travel ban and of course the widespread panic so to speak and theyre all crowded together in masses waiting to be screened dont talk for hours and hours and hours and try to get one governor response is that the government per tweet the government the federal government should get their i say act together now Stefan Simons thank you german Newspaper Division reports that u. S. President donald trump is attempting to entice the German Medical Company cure back to develop a Coronavirus Vaccine exclusively for the u. S. Takeover bid is reported to have sparked a diplomatic route behind the scenes German Health minister yet has told the press that the company will not develop the vaccine for use in one country only. Searching for a breakthrough to secure a vaca lab in south west germany hopes to be the 1st in the race to develop a vaccine against the corona virus and its being noticed with reports surfacing donald trump is trying to lure the company to the u. S. Failing is encouraging the buyer pharmaceutical firms to stay. Political and we are seeing a lot of Political Support and the issue is taken very seriously from various sites specifically we have received support from an International Vaccine initiative of any so that these Clinical Trials can also quickly begin here. Clinician for. The company says research into several possible vaccines has begun with the 2 most promising to be chosen for clinical tests it expects to have an experimental vaccine developed by june or july and will then seek approval for testing on humans. Kill vax pressurizes in a method called and which makes human cells produce proteins that trigger immune responses against infections or cancers on. This basis we are now building that new vaccine we now have a process where we can quickly respond to new threats. So we believe that this r. And a technology is a very good a way to quickly provide solutions. And to be. If the vaccine is successful in human trials kill vacs says up to 10000000. 00 doses could be produced in several weeks. Experts originally thought a vaccine would be 18 months away meaning a successful human trial as early as july would be welcomed by the global community. Meanwhile europes open borders are beginning to close germany has joined a growing list of the e. U. Countries to at least partially shut out its neighbors in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus the German Government has announced that boundaries with the switzerland austria and denmark will be closed new restrictions are also being imposed between germany and france. Everywhere site on the french german Border German Police manning checkpoints for nigh on cross border traffic will be at a near standstill. The borders today in mark switzerland austria and luxembourg will also be almost completely shuts. The. People without significant reason to travel will not be allowed to cross the border in either direction. All nonessential travel across the border. So. Commuters will not be affected by the shutdown and kids will still be able to cross the border unhindered anyone just leaving symptoms of Coronavirus Infection will be handed over to the health authorities. Theres no set time frame for these travel restrictions and the government says it might extend them to borders with other neighboring countries. Vidic me its important that as few people as possible are infected. So we have to try to slow the rate of infection because i. Know there are really problematic areas in france. Which is why we took this decision in order to slow the spread of the virus. For now you the restrictions only apply on the grey and air travel is not affected german chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting with her cabinet later to decide if the skies are to remain open. We move now to the other covert 1000 hotspots in europe like spain and france which are among the worst affected by the outbreak both countries have imposed severe restrictions on public life theyre following italys lead and have announced nationwide bans on public gatherings shuttering nonessential businesses spain is in near total Lockdown Police are patrolling the streets of madrid sending people home who refused to obey orders to self isolate spains 47000000. 00 people are now banned from leaving their homes for the next 2 weeks after the Prime Minister declared a state of emergency more than 280 people have died in spain making it the 2nd worst affected country in europe. Lets get you up to speed now on the latest coronavirus developments elsewhere. The top 2 candidates vying for the democratic president ial nomination. Shaking hands at their televised debate as a coronavirus precaution former u. S. President joe biden and senator Bernie Sanders tussled over Health Care Policy and plans to protect American Workers during the pandemic biden announced he would pick a woman as his running mate if he becomes the nominee. At least 2 inmates have been killed in prison riots in jordan the violence broke out after family visits were banned for 2 weeks as part of efforts to tackle the coronavirus jordan has closed its borders and is banning all flights from tuesday on. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is corruption trial has been postponed for 2 months due to the pandemic charges against the 70 year old include bribery fraud and breach of trust. And any wrongdoing if found guilty he could face several years in prison. And in Rome Pope Francis is holy week and Easter Services will be held without the public in an attempt to limit the viruses spread Easter Sunday prayers will instead be made Available Online via Live Streaming on the official news website. Now italy has more active coronavirus cases than any other country in the world now that a majority of affected people in china have recovered on sunday 368 new corona related deaths were reported in italy bringing the total to 1809. 00 thats an increase of 25 percent compared to saturday the number of new infections is also continuing to rise rapidly the total number of infected people in italy is now nearly 25000 despite widespread efforts to control the spread of the virus. A spring in room sunny and 20 degrees celsius many romans are eager to go outside for some fresh air but parks are closed and the police are keeping an eye on the streets and theyve registered 20000 violations in recent days the country has been under quarantine for almost a week. But rather be punished than have my dog urinates in my apartment to the guys i know im not afraid ive seen how people are being very careful and a very aware of the surroundings thats why i always wear gloves and Pay Attention and when i go to my elderly mother i take a shower and completely change my clothes. Italy is no longer the scene of panic buying their alliance in front of supermarkets because only a few shoppers at a time are allowed inside psychologists fear the effects of the corn teen loneliness and the ban on meeting with friends will have consequences. To make matters worse many atari and are already struggling to make ends meet the vatican has announced easter events will be held without thousands of pilgrims now Church Authorities aim to scale down the celebrations amid tight regulations. As we saw there many people in isolation during italys coronavirus lockdown have been trying to keep up morale and some of them have been doing it by singing with their neighbors while keeping to the safety of their balconies thats also been the case for one tenor and florence who has been serenading his street for the last few days well leave you now with some of his music doc film is up next as always thanks for joining. Her. Oh oh oh. Globe you know new to. Stand for. Spelling which course a. Video. Any time anywhere. W. Such