Already living in squalor with little medical care. Potentially devastating. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us european leaders say they will do whatever it takes to protect Public Health and the economy during the coronavirus pandemic here in germany chance to address the nation later today meanwhile European Countries are tightening their restrictions e. U. Leaders have agreed on a 30 day ban of travelers entering the block the decision affects most noncitizens and non residents of the European Union with some exceptions and france is taking unprecedented steps to cope with the outbreak. Operation relocation frances army for pairs to airlift critically ill patients to military facilities these planes are normally used to evacuate soldiers from conflict zones now they are being flown to fight what the president has called a Public Health war hospitals in the countrys east are stretched to the limit france has been placed on a Strict Lockdown after the number of cases in the country rose sharply. In the e. U. Is travel restrictions have seen my a long traffic jams for commuters like here on the german polish border some had to wait in their vehicles for more than 24 hours. Yvonne get out the park you know it just took us 3 hours to drive 2 kilometers on the motorway moment the traffic jam here is 40 kilometers long its catastrophic polish trucks are standing in 3 rows but i only viable only for polish cars at the borders open german registered cars and german citizens are not allowed in while some places face bottlenecks others are empty in Frankfurt Airport police are screening non e. U. Passengers trying to enter the block. That i was just going to dismiss as it appears on so it will be a lot more passengers we have to send back to new sure. These people can stay in the transit area get themselves some to eat and drink and then theyll preferably get back on the flights they arrived on its a week of confusion in the basin. And adapting to the new normal belgian is the latest e. U. Nation to impose a countrywide lockdown challenging times for the elderly who are most at risk this super market chain has dedicated its 1st opening hour to seniors only an act of solidarity in an unsettling time. Well here in germany the number of covered 9000 cases is rising rapidly to the robert cock institute which is germany said the prince seize control is stressing that millions of people could be infected here if they do not follow the measures and imposed by the federal and state governments on restricting daily life. Let me make this very clear if we do not implement the program we have devised the measures we recommend which the German Government has also adopted such as reducing contact between people for a few weeks and then it is possible that in 2 to 3 months we will have up to 10000000 infected people in germany. This would substantially overburden our health system. Our chief Political Correspondent linda crane is covering the story of melinda are people in germany largely following the measures prescribed by the government. Its a very mixed picture on the one hand 80 percent of germans say that they find the measures correct and that they think theyre necessary and officially many many measures have been followed for example schools are shut most bars and restaurants are either closed or largely empty large events are being counseled months into the future but informally the picture is pretty different i just came here on my bicycle through you to full sunny parks and streets and there were a lot of people out who were definitely not following social distancing precautions nearly 25 men watching and or playing soccer for example spontaneously on a soccer pitch groups of people sitting in the sun chatting all of those are potential infection chains and when we also look at the surveys of people here in germany many younger people in the 20 to 29 year old age bracket say theyre not taking it quite so seriously now the fact is those young people probably wouldnt get very ill if they caught cove it but they are super carriers as its known that means they can infect a lot of very much more Vulnerable People so they need to be following this measures and if theyre not we may see stricter measures put in place but is what i wanted to ask you theres a lot of anxiety many people are wondering whether the German Government will impose a law the way it is already in place in italy spain and france are there any indications that the German Government will take that step. Its certainly not impossible i dont think were going to hear the chancellor say that this evening she is going to be speaking once again to the nation but were told it will be an appeal to germans trying to explain why the measures are so important and why they need to follow them but certainly in the governments tool box is is that complete lockdown is that prevention on people leaving their homes for anything but the most urgent business they would probably need to declare a National Emergency to do that but certainly other countries have done it as you said italy spain france so we may well see that happen here borders are already shutting down around germany germany has 9 direct neighbors what impact or those border shut. Well amongst the impact is that germany has Just Announced as you said briefly at the top of the show that it will not be taking in any more refugees or application applicants for Refugee Status in syria and Resettlement Program now the chancellor did speak yesterday to the leaders of britain france and turkey about this very matter turkey certainly would then face a much bigger burden in terms of the large numbers of people leaving syria for turkey the chancellor has said she would be willing to see turkey given more Financial Support to handle that burden but thats just one of many many consequences that we are seeing a fast moving story melinda thanks rangers update that is our chief Political Correspondent linda craig. Doctors and nurses are at the forefront of efforts to save lives in europes worst affected country italy more than 2 and a half 1000 Health Workers have already tested positive for the corona virus the Northern Region of lombardy which has been at the center of the outbreak is appealing to recently retired doctors and nurses to return to work to help overwhelmed. We take you now inside an intensive care unit in italy. The camera follows calmes streaming into the epicenter of the Coronavirus Crisis in northern italy a hospital in crum own in the long body rages she explains what she must wait to keep stuff. Surgical gloves shoe cumbers headgear special gloves that are different to the ones ive got on now and most importantly face masks and protective glasses. Must greeny and colleagues have lost count of the number of hours theyve spent treating patients in the intensive care unit. Patients connected to ventilators while lying on their stomachs the pressure makes it easier for oxygen to enter the bloodstream at least thats what supposed to happen for people suffering from pneumonia and now the method isnt working and the doctors and nurses cant explain why. The problem. Unfortunately we havent seen anyone recover yet in this hospital. Ideally wed like to take some patients off the ventilators and see whether they get better. We need a successful case to know that were doing the right thing. Up until now mr rayney says 107 patients have already died in this unit of the hospital out of 854 people who were brought here. Weve had several deaths and its really wearing us down because were thinking were not in a position to do what were here for treating patients so they get better by watching them die and inside were dying to. The hospital in promoter has been taking in coronavirus patients since the beginning of the operate outside theyve set up tents for trios sorting patients for treatment on. What shocks me is that we have no power in the face of this emergency. Of course were used to dealing with severely ill patients who are close to death and we know what our job entails. But weve never had such a rapid influx of people in danger of losing their lives. And its hard its hard for everyone to. The death rate is significant but there has been one ray of light here today a 23 year old man made a full recovery and was able to leave the hospital. At 9 i collapse on the sofa i sleep but not well because im waking up every hour with 9 mans my husband and daughter waited home for me they try to talk to me but i dont really take it in they ask me if im listening but i cant. Its terrible. Calamus trini will keep trying to help and to heal that is a job at the hospital increment the same to of the Coronavirus Crisis. While European Countries are clamping down their borders i met as i mentioned earlier but theyre not the only ones the u. S. And canada which share the worlds longest land border are working out the details of banning all nonessential travel between the 2 countries also british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has hinted that the u. K. But also to close its schools as in many other European Countries cuba has recorded its 1st death from the corona virus the countrys Health Minister says the victim was a 61 year old italian tourist and like many latin american countries cuba has not closed its borders and japans deputy Prime Minister says holding the summer olympics were. Make no sense if countries cant send out plates but the government says it is still working to hold the game says. Well we asked some of correspondents around the world to give us their assessment all the coronavirus from their locations. I could never have imagined that people in europe would ask me to send them this 10 minute misers from night. But nothing is normal these days here in west africa a region where people are already facing each other from sure the security challenges they know watching this believe us people are fighting over while it before in parts of the world considered much better off the Government House shutdown looms colleges james and from includes across the country and as a vice private companies to one law for them chloes to work from home the streets however bad a business of usual look to push off im markets remain open some seats of employees a ban on gathering for more than 50 people do interesting me and deadly the one exception that is being made is for bedding since the soviet union and accidents usually hust up people in russia often think the government must be hiding something from them so when it comes to the corona virus many people here dont trust official reports and the. True extent of the catastrophe can only be guessed at. From the beginning of the crisis israel has taken trusted steps to slow down the spread of covert 19 israelis returning from any country have to go straight into self quarantine for 14 days foreignness cannot enter the country and less have a place to quarantine. While germany now says it will no longer credit take in refugees on humanitarian grounds due to their concerns over the spread of the virus the announcement comes despite fears of an outbreak at overcrowded migrant camps around the world last week greek authorities confirmed the 1st case of coronavirus on the island of les pauls thats led to concerns that it could spread to the islands. Where refugees are already living in squalid conditions with little medical care now even greater risk to w. s we get the short reports. The maria camp was originally planned for 3000 people but now its housing some 20000 asylum seekers. They live in homemade tents outside the official camp in whats been nicknamed the jungle. More than a 1000 people share a single water outlet which frequently malfunctions. You see here is not water now we must go again to hold. This life. Sit in the afghan lives with his wife and 4 children in a small tent they fled the war in their country and now rely on 8. This means waiting in long crowded lines for hours to get food avoiding close contact is almost impossible in morea Aid Organizations say the camp is an ideal breeding ground for the coronavirus. We are extremely concerned about these very cramped. Theres no soap its impossible for people to take even the most basic hygiene precautions and thats whats worrying because it means they cannot do anything to stop the spread of the virus if it were to arrive in the camp the Aid OrganizationDoctors Without Borders runs a hospital here on the outskirts of the camp there are hardly any coronavirus testing kits and theres a shortage of doctors many patients already have respiratory illnesses and we can do munity which makes it much easier to contract the virus. We have a lot of people who are very vulnerable anyway we have a lot of very Sick Children also suffering from chronic diseases diabetes very c. V. A Mental Health issues and obviously we have adults too have been traumatized so its difficult to predict but in principle all these people streaming vulnerable to yet another Health Threat the greek government says its prepared for this scenario that there ease a chronic crisis plan but the camp Aid Organization says they get to see it. Thats why theyre taking matters into their own hands. And Team Humanity is small n. G. O. S refugees so surgical masks they can make up to 300. 00 day. Amazing. Sitting there from 7 oclock in the morning on till 9 evening and just want to do it would tell them take a break they dont want to take a break they just want to work they want to help they know how dangerous this is everybody knows. Because of this threat theres really only one solution which is that the European Union must do Everything Possible to evacuate these people as quickly as possible lets pause morea camp its not a place where you can handle a potential corona threat and the action needs to come now. But is European Countries continue to seal off their borders many refugees are afraid theyll be forgotten in the coronavirus cries. His. Check in on a couple of other stories that are moving at this hour former Vice President joe biden has topped the poll in the 3 latest democratic president ial primaries in the u. S. The voting went ahead in arizona florida and illinois despite fears about the spreading coronavirus ohio postponed its scheduled primary due to the pandemic. And b. M. W. Is shutting down all car production in europe and south africa until at least the end of april the german carmaker said it needs to protect the health of its employees the Company Already had at least 3 identified cases of corona virus at its research and Development Center in munich earlier this week dima and bokes wagon also announce shutting down plants well the Airline Industry could collapse without significant help from World Governments thats the dire message from the International Air transport association a body that represents the vast majority of global air traffic well the i 80 a says companies will need between 150 and 200000000 dollars to weather the pandemic and that care care in that carriers are short of cash to provide refunds especially hard hit are airlines that rely on the lucrative transatlantic route last week u. S. President all trump banned most incoming flights from europe for 30 days and the u. S. Is imposing the e. U. Rather is imposing limitations to german chancellor im going back on now says non e. U. Residents will not be allowed to enter the block for the same period and its not just weakening demand its hurting the industry play makers are cutting production as a result of supply Chain Disruption and employee absences in the u. S. Boeing has already asked the white house for assistance and here in Europe Airbus has halted production in france and spain. Well chris october from our d. W. Business team joins us now from hanover crystal airlines are in freefall are they coping with this rather badly terry several carriers have now halted their operations altogether. Subsidiary Brussels Airlines an austrian here in europe for example egypt air also halting operations and Industry Experts are saying theyll be more theyll be more to come when we when we look at these cancellations and stopping operations autograph there are a growing number of governments is now rushing towards the island mystery in order to help them theres talk about Financial Aid financial help australia being one of the most recent countries to provide Financial Aid to the sector e. U. Transport ministers are talking about tax relief for the an industry and the United States sector executives are due to speak with President Trump about the matter today the Airline Executives not surprisingly are saying that this is the worst crisis to hit their industry ever worse even than 911. 00 tell us what is it that makes this situation so exceptional. Well because the countermeasures to fight the pandemic they are laying hand to the very root of the Aviation Industry is the Business Model if youre told to stay at home if youre told to distance yourself if countries seal off their borders and if there is a persistent fear that intercontinental travel will contributions to the spread of the virus all of that is a direct blow to everything that the Aviation Industry stands for and if we talk about the 911. 00 terror attacks after those heightened risk frictions and security measures were put into place all of which weve come to terms with these days but these moves these sort of measures they dont work in this case and then theres the timeframe again if you look at the 911. 00 attacks the heightened security measures were d implemented quickly after that and took effect fairly quickly after that whereas here the virus could be spreading for months possibly even longer and the Airline Might have to deal with the consequences for that amount of time which is an incredible burden for the industry speaking of consequences what options do the airlines have then christoph villa going out going some will go out of business one thing. That is the fear and thats what what Industry Experts expect i mean there are theres a number of options none of which are desirable i mean we see some of those the grounding of the fleet the cutting of flights you know severely limiting the service also putting staff on reduced work on reduced pay cutting jobs s. K. O. Lemond and British Airways have announced there is another way to address this crisis year by amending the terms and conditions of bookings for example letting passengers. Allow. You know having them booked with more confidence in the fact in the sense that passengers are allowed to just change their route of travel up to the very last day on their short notice without having to pay anything for it and of course there is the cry for government help we talk about tax relief we talk about the release of fees and obviously direct financial help all of that is being discussed right now some of which has been granted because some thank you very much that was our Business Corporate correspondent chris look over and lets bring you an update now on the latest we know about the corona virus a new study has to confirm previous estimates that the median incubate period for the virus is 5 days patients are most contagious just before they start showing symptoms and in the 1st week of symptoms the virus cannot be spread by patients stool thats good news for caregivers and hospital workers and authorities caution that the drastic measures taken worldwide could be extended and last for months. This is news and these are our top stories the number of cases of coded 900 credit. Has now exceeded 200000 more than 8200 people have died from the virus this comes as governments around the world take drastic measures in an effort to slow the spread of the fires. Germany is suspending all of its refugee intake programs as e. U. Shuts its borders to stem the spread of the coronavirus the countrys interior Ministry Says the program will resume when possible it cited Health Concerns for many migrants including those already in the e. U. German car maker b. M. W. Has announced its stopping production at its car plants in europe and south africa until april 19th its the latest european car maker to stop its Assembly Lines due to the corona bombs. Former Vice President joe biden has swept tuesdays democratic president ial primaries in the u. S. The voting went ahead in arizona florida and illinois despite fears about the spreading. The state of ohio postponed its scheduled primary due to the pandemic. This is d. W. News coming to you from berlin for more follow us on twitter or visit our web site thats t w dot com. Bands all bask outwards due to the credit cards have prompted a boom in free call online concerts one musician to step up to the plate is russian german pianist igor leavitt hes been entertaining audiences who now have to enjoy their concerts from the comfort of their home. The bavarian state opera may be performing to empty seats but the music is still alive stop pianist eagle leavitt says its more difficult with no audience spion for the playing to an empty auditorium and sharing music and thinking about how many friends and colleagues are struggling to make ends meet its not easy for either of you by Live Streaming on state up or t. V. The bavarian state opera wants to send a message reversals a continuing performance artist Marina Abramovich was hoping to premie ahead maria callas project in 3 weeks and were still hoping that maybe on the 20th of april we can have the public and see the walk because for me when i perform public is essential its otherwise i have to have a very good imagination the public is somewhere in some space else. For as long as audiences must keep away the performances will be strained selected productions and a growing number of artists taking part in the initiative. They all agree that not has the power to heal. And coming up next global 3000 or Globalization Programme we have plenty more coverage of course all the coronavirus youll find that on our website including information about what you can do if you think youve been the fact its check that out a call text watch. The for. The feeds hard work done by. Saving the only smoke around the Dominican Republic. The sensitive. 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