Will face a heavy fines as china appears to get a handle on its Health Crisis we look at how the communist Party Leadership is trying to change the narrative on the source of the on. Im sumi so its going to its good to have you with us germanys Disease Control agency has raised its coronavirus Risk Assessment to high at the agencys Daily Press Briefing a spokesman for the robert cock in scituate said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus citing the ongoing dynamic of the pandemic he said there were increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of seriously ill cases is increasing. All right lets bring in our Political Correspondent hans brown for the very latest on this story hi good to see you so germanys center for Disease Control has raised at the risk level now to high for this corona virus pandemic and his warning that strict measures need to be taken in order to prevent millions of people from getting infected so what kind of further measures are meant by this i think the leader of the institute was referring to all the measures that we have been reporting about in the last 20 falso so in other words the increased. Locked all of german cities and germany as a whole certain shops have to do not sell essential goods are go out to be closed and other shops are restricted in the Opening Hours restaurants are restricted in the opening all cinemas gyms and all those kinds of institutions are being closed on these measures are still to be implemented in various regions of the country because the actual measures have to be decided by germanys federal states so they havent in fact been put into effect across germany yet and in addition of those things that were announced today by the foreign minister warnings against traveling anywhere in the world and generally warnings for people not to travel at all to stay at home so theres the measures that are about to be. Put into place in addition there are additional measures to be taken to hospitals because some hospitals now are getting to see a large number of serious cases of corona virus infection and the measures that need to be taken they are to make it possible to treat all of those additional patients how do you mentioned the German Foreign minister speaking earlier hes also announced this 50000000 euro operation to bring home german citizens who are stranded abroad lets take a listen to what he said a little bit earlier. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has agreed on a unique program with commercial airlines which will bring back german travelers from particularly affected areas within the next few days. We are talking above all about morocco the Dominican Republic the philippines egypt and the multi in coordination with us airlines will make flights available for the. Right hands what are we talking about here i mean how many people are stuck and where will they be transferred to. We havent been given exact figures the foreign minister talked about 5000 people alone and moroccos if we reckon on the other countries that they were talking about several 1000 people from those countries measuring we could get through to somewhere close to 10000. 00 people that will be returning in the next few days where exactly they will be coming to here in germany we dont know yet i presume that depends on where the airplanes that transport 10 will land and possibly on which regions of the country these visit these German Tourists come from but its going to be a major operation Something Like this is never been done by germany before how do we see countries like italy spain now also france issuing complete lockdowns of those countries do you think we could see germany take a similar step. That would be the last vailable measure that germanys still could impose whats happening at the moment is of course something similar but not quiet lockdown not quite the situation that somebody who goes all out on the streets is to be fined or will be sent back by the Police Germany the Central Government would need to impose a state of emergency to give itself those kinds of policies and that hasnt happened yet i think the German Government is hoping that the measures that have been imposed so far will finally lead to a slow down in the spread of the virus and that this last measure that is still possible to total lockdown may not be necessary. All right our Political Correspondent hans front reporting for us there thank you very much. Well more than 7000 germans have been diagnosed with coke at 1917 have died in an address of the nation on monday chancellor Angela Merkel advised germans to reduce travel to stay at home and to keep social distance here in the capital that message is already taking hold. Life in the german capital is coming to a halt. Historic sites are usually teeming with tourists are emptying out museums well one of public life 1st sacrifices in the battle against 19 travel and border restrictions have put the brakes on tourism in what should be the start of a peak season these talk i can do little more than stand around its difficult time for us. And so dr because we got to the information that we did use our. Process from tomorrow i hope that i will get enough money to somewhere if. Its not just tourists disappearing social distancing and efforts to limit time in public i mean that evermore berliners staying close to home commuters especially steering clear of public transport despite it keeping a regular schedule check seems to fairing little better because. Its good these measures have been implemented. But on the other hand its affecting quality of life. At work theres not a lot to do many people cant go out and older people are scared. And thats a little sad of course this is the culture of all tastes has been hit hard here at the door weeks of ballet and opera have been cancelled with dettori im 70 theres time to do some upkeep that would normally wait till summer. Struggling club scene also faces a new 5 many of the capitals cases were traced back to clubs but some businesses are trying to adapt to the new reality stay open this cafe has implemented a seating rule of 1. 5 meters thats the minimum Distance Health experts say can reduce the chance of passing on the virus. Students however being sent home the closures apply to all levels of education from university to preschool leaving many working parents struggling to find alternative childcare. Housewife so. I can care with my child but for working women months now over this working from home but for the kids its going to be really boring this 5 weeks or staying at home because they need action that may be a challenge in coming weeks for children and adults alike the latest victim of the coronavirus is volkswagen the german car giant is halting production at most of its german and european plants this after the pandemic has interrupted supply chains and made it necessary to protect workers and well have more on the companys announcement in just a few minutes. And the 1st france is going into a nationwide lockdown at this hour president demand on my call has ordered the measure she says the country faces a Public Health war and that it will take an all out mobilization to slow the spread of a krone virus so far 148 people in france have died and there are more than 6600 infections and the burden on the countrys Health System is increasing. The calm before the storm every day life has been up ended as france braces for what the president has called a war. After people ignored warnings to avoid social contact over the weekend france has introduced unprecedented measures to combat the virus. Every person will have to carry a document justifying their reason for going outdoors. This certificate is mandatory it will be available on the ministry of the interior website and hopefully on all public sites. 100000 Police Officers are being deployed to monitor the lock down violations will be punishable by fines. In southern alsace one of the areas hardest hit by the virus Health Services are severely stretched there are almost no more intensive care beds available president Emanuel Mccraw announced that a Military Hospital will be set up in the region and the Army Deployed to transport the sick to hospitals. Meanwhile one of frances biggest luxury conglomerates is lending its support to the medical sector production of cosmetics is on hold as the group dedicates itself to producing sanitizing gel. Cosmetic and pharmaceutical factories are very similar and the recipe is nearly the same. So we rerouted the production line to produce this joe which we hear could soon be in short supply in hospital. France has also announced prices measures to provide Financial Support to Small Businesses many of which may not be able to stay afloat during the crisis. And we can speak now to correspondent catherine of seal she is in paris hi catherine a france is now in complete a lockdown thats taken effect how are people there taking us. Well its been very much a mixed picture here in paris this morning weve seen parents with Young Children loading up their cars and driving out leaving the capital to get to the countryside where people often have family and weve seen long lines at supermarkets people want to stock up at the last minute and also interesting people wandering around to take your dogs out for a last walk up although the park is now closed a lot of the green areas and paris are being filled up with people going just wanting to get out for the last time before that journey that final knock down happened just a few minutes ago kathy we heard the french president say the country is essentially in this crisis at war i mean how fast is the operate developing there. That is what has got Health Officials here very worried just yesterday the director of Public Health said the situation was deteriorating very fast and it was during what is a quick look at those figures on saturday there were 4500 patients in france and that was double on the number of on friday in the latest figures we have is 6633 cases so it is increasing and as was in that report that you just broadcast particularly in eastern france in the hours as region around calm are not far from the general border stretched facilities there intensive care is absolutely saturated and theyre just making rearming to come and help them out as fast as they can even though president macron say last night the army was on the way but they were set up in a Field Hospital there to try and alleviate that particular pressure their Health Workers definitely catherine theyre reporting that theyre working at capacity what about the economy we saw the finance minister in france announcing a 45000000000 euro aid package i mean how worried is the government about how the economy is being affected by all of us. Theyre incredibly worried the finance minister just this morning said that he is predicting that the economy will contract but i about harvard represent thats one percent so that 45000000000 euro package for industry that will go to struggling businesses that will help them to keep going help them to pay employees on top of that lets not forget that Emanuel Mccall announced there would be a 300000000000. 00 euro package for all companies and that will help not just struggling companies but also Big Companies who are here now for something to pay for their electricity gas water bills its all suspended so this huge package of measures is going into place and i think just in the last couple of hours the finance minister said the french state will stop at nothing to protect its companies and if that means nationalizing some phones and thats what the government will do he said youre right correspondent Catherine Field there reporting from paris thank you very much lets take a look at some more of the latest coronavirus developments iran has temporarily freed 85000 prisoners in response to the pandemic including political detainees hong kong will quarantine all new all rivals for 14 days to preserve its current success at limiting the outbreak south korea will also tighten border checks after 3 days of reporting less than 100. 00 new infections and will hand the chinese city with a virus was 1st detected were ported just one new locally transmitted case on tuesday. There were another 20 cases recorded in other parts of china but chinese Authorities Say they were all brought in from people travelling back from overseas and who has announced all overseas return east must now quarantine for 14 days meanwhile the 1st batch of medical workers stationed in will have started leaving on Tuesday Morning theyve been supporting temporary hospitals in the city for over a month now more than 42000 medical workers from across china were dispatched to the area since the Virus Outbreak well the departure comes as chinese authorities are starting to claim victory over the virus. China has fought the coronavirus with unified strength and the crisis will soon be over at least thats according to the daily stream of news from chinas state television the drastic measures undertaken by the Chinese Government at the beginning of the crisis half led to a drop in new infections in south since a patients have recovered many chinese factories have started up production again at the moment we are at 70 percent of our capacity but that figure will increase day by day. The World Health Organization has commended chinas response praised china again and again because its actually helped reduce. The spread of. That countrys the construction of an Emergency Hospital in just 10 days impress the world the hospital was closed on the 8th of march with all patients recovered a fact that was proudly announced on Chinese State television. What state media doesnt report is the chinese president xi jinping already knew about the Virus Outbreak by january the 7th the public was only informed 2 weeks later chinese dr lee when young had already discovered the virus and warned of the dangers posed by it in december last year he received a warning from police and was forced to write an official apology he later became infected and died in early february. Other attempts by journalists and doctors to draw attention to the gravity of the situation were brutally repressed the whereabouts of several whistleblowers is still unknown. China has had success in battling the epidemic but with nearly 9000 people still infected the battle is far from over. And we can speak now to correspondent 5 b. N. Press for he standing by for us in beijing and we hear the chinese president xi jinping knew all about the virus the outbreak 2 weeks before he informed the public what impact if any has this had well we know from a study youre from the university of southampton that its china would have to 2 to 3 weeks earlier they could have prevented 95 percent of all cases just inside the country and its in the Chinese Government its more like a black box to many observers we dont really know the slope information but what we do know is that the 1st case of this corona virus can be traced back until its far its the 17th of november and in december there were already many doctors whistleblowers some media called them who would try to inform the public and also try to inform their superiors but they were silenced and we dont really know whether this decision was only made by the local government off the province all whether actually beijing knew much earlier about the victim about the virus epidemic i mean what about the narrative surrounding this outbreak weve seen beijing and washington blaming each other for this i mean what is the latest accusation yes i mean i would call it a full blown propaganda war that were seeing here. Recently President Trump from the yes he tweeted and called the virus a chinese virus and also mike pence called it. A virus that is something that really angered the Chinese Government and one Spokes Person from the Foreign Ministry also count up that moves in a press conference. You know i mean worrisome at least and you know the titians in the United States have linked the virus to china which to the ties of chile or will we feel strongly indignant in her firmly opposed to where we are from the World Health Organization and the International Community are clearly opposed to linking the viruses and origin to specific countries in all regions and to stigmatization human beings. But as she china goes even further theyre trying to establish what i would call an alternative to the rights of some a best of us and also a spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry a publicly claim that the virus might not have originated from china but might have brought in by america one theory goes that the u. S. Army might have brought the virus into the country those are theories that you cannot substantiate them no proof for that i would call it the spread of fake news but even in the u. S. Government to some of the shots are using fake news the senate of the republican senator of arkansas for example stated on fox news that the virus might have originated from a bio left. That is also a theory that was really falsified already by scientists all right so were really seeing the battle over this narrative and heating up meanwhile weve seen china definitely turn the tide in terms of the infection rate slowing down the w. H. O. As praise china for its approach are you getting a sense of the country is now starting to relax and roll back some of those measures or is the atmosphere still pretty tense. Yes and no i mean if you look behind me im standing in the city center maybe just 3 weeks ago there were almost no cars almost no people now its not back to normal but i would say 70 percent of the almost the restaurants are opening again cetera but i also said because the rules for incoming people for fall for passengers from Foreign Countries they became even stricter every foreigner doesnt matter if you travel from its city or if you travel from lets say russia which has not been affected that strongly by the virus you have to go into parenting for 14 days not at your home but in a centralized currency and station and that means basically a hotel that now a medical facility and yesterday a visit to one of the hotels the embracing it looks pretty scary i mean its its a really strict measure because of course china can claim the victory over the virus thats a really impressive fight that they won basically but its more that they suppress the virus and they know that any time they relax some of the measures the virus will come back so they are really really tense all right. Reporting there for us in beijing thank you for that update lets take a look now at how the spread of the virus is having an effect elsewhere in the world the Italian Government says it will nationalize the countrys air carrier alitalia a new state controlled company will take over the bankrupt Airline Alitalia was struggling long before the corona Virus Outbreak its takeover is part of a wider government stimulus package. Amazon is looking for 100000 new employees in the u. S. The commerce giant is expecting a massive spike in order is due to the outbreak as people avoid shopping in brick and mortar stores. Google facebook and twitter are partnering with tech giants including microsoft apple and others in an effort to combat misinformation in the light of the crisis in a joint statement they promise to elevate authoritative news on their platforms and work against the spread of fake news. The coronavirus isnt just bringing public life in germany to a standstill the countrys Assembly Lines are also shutting down folks like and says its suspending car production due to the pandemic and the companys told investors and employees alike to expect a rocky road ahead. A 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. Congress if. Needed or turnover and disruptions in our supply chains which we will soon be confronted by and some of the aca we will be forced to close down many of our production facilities to prove. Common. Work has already grown to a halt attractor reason spain italy and slovakia. And Assembly Lines here in germany and throughout the rest of the European Union will soon be shut down for at least 2 weeks. V. W. Had expected to continue its winning streak in 2020. But with no sign of an end to the spread of code 19 Company Brands now says it expects a quote very difficult year ahead. European footballs governing body is expected to postpone the euro 2020 tournament by up to a year today as the coronavirus continues to hit Sports Events around the world to mest eclipse like the bundesliga have already ground to a halt on monday the head of the German Football League confirmed matches will remain suspended until early april at least. Walking into an uncertain future one match day was already perspire the corona Virus Outbreak now when his league clubs are looking at a longer time without football. To meet legal duty if a little hard in German Football League members have unanimously agreed to further suspend the league until april 2nd one to talk hosts as its. He didnt expect the been news leader to be able to resume from that date the priority for officials remains to finish the season to do that socalled ghost games without fans would be the likeliest option. Munt deigning the oid yvonne nobody here likes the idea of keeping supporters out of the stadium. Name and nobody said close door games could be the only way for many clubs because of our shows for felix lopes if the season were to be cancelled completely clubs would lose out on some 750000000 euros of income what happens next will become clearer today when you wait for me to decide whether this summer is your a 202020 minute his perspective and well him or god to follow through on business on how the season finishes and if it goes beyond its normal and depends on you a fish decision. Would get off i assume domestic leagues will have more flexibility to play into may and june of this in my usually 9 plan football like Everything Else is living in uncertain times. Right just before we go world famous cellist yoyo ma is using social media to fill lockdown lives with music well if you leave you with us to and dedicated to the Health Care Workers on the front lines thank you for watching. The little. Blue. Eyed. Little. Girl. Can. Only. Be glued. Isnt. Going. To. Be. Moral. Ringback china quarantine diary. Journalist sebastian all of belviq documents daily life in beijing where protective measures grow tighter every day. The state controls and monitors with a heavy. But there is resistance. Which armor being comes up. 16 or. Not nothing to do the job well i guess sometimes i am but most end up in whipping up research i dont think deep into the german culture of looking at stereotypes the question but if you think you see the country guy now a long time. Here you did see me take his grandmother there are you know its all about ok no im a joke join me to meet the germans on the w. Post. 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