Claims difficult for julie im to head over the Department Building it is enough of the puppets of the needles the telling that is going to be coming. Out in full emergency with these coronavirus anemia. A lot of personal nurses and physicians are working round the clock countless our work to find these incredible situation. We do not know all along these from the media will last. I have 2 masses use the 1st one is for the general population. Please state that whole. The 2nd message is for whether it wants to help us we are in desperate need of bullets nurses and physicians. Also coming up tonight quarantined by a virus quarantine by our governments lack of action what coronavirus patients are telling us in the United States through the window. Liz byrnes blames the Us Government for not responding to the coronavirus threat quickly enough big could have done a lot more at the beginning. I think we should have learned from the pandemic that had happened in asia and we saw how other countries morning very quickly and unfortunately. Went to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin today with the dead in italy 3405 that is todays official death toll from the corona virus pandemic it is a record high for any country in the world meaning italy today surpassed china in the number of lives that have been lost to the virus it comes amid reports of scenes no one in italy thought possible just a month ago coffins stacked to the ceiling and hospital morgues that are filled to capacity. Firing 247 quarantine to patients dying alone while the exhausted nurses and doctors are now falling ill to the same virus killing so many of their patients our 1st report takes us to northern italy tonight which is now the epicenter of this pandemic the front line between humans and a virus. This city of bergen mohammed run out of space to bury its dead. These military trucks are taking the coffins to nearby cities for burial the coronavirus has hit the Lombardy Region like no other place in italy. Or names and faces of lost loved ones filled the local papers as the death toll keeps climbing physicians and officials are appealing for help we are in full emergency with this corona virus on the. Our personnel nurses and physicians are working round the clock countless our work to fight these incredible situation we do not know are wrong the spondee mia will last we are in desperate need of both nurses and physicians together with ventilators and this positives for protection efforts to build a temporary hospital in the epicenter are under way its top that 200 intensive care units will be ready by the month and. Italy has also turned to the country where the virus originated 1st support medical teams from china have flown in to lend their expertise. Not yours its i dont i eat enough to haul the people of our 2 countries will Stay Together and support each other to jointly overcome the hardship you see here i believe the top class teams of experts will learn from each other and make joint efforts and surely will be able to subdue the outbreak very soon cheer up italy all. Amid speculation that the lockdown could be extended for several more weeks the talents are finding simple ways to lift their spirits. The. Oh lord god or. Man it be your. Baby in the 8 fall. Now these songs of hope there in italy lets bring in our journalists seem a good to she is in rome tonight good evening to you you know we have heard so many stories of sorrow from italy this week especially today i want to ask you how much more can the people in italy take would you say that youre near a breaking point tonight. I think you definitely saw it today with these fake as its edges shocking and incredibly hot freaking i mean 3405 people that have died with covert 19 infection in them and thats in a country of 60000000 now that siga is less than the entirety of china which has a population of 1500000000 people so the question one wants to ask is how is that possible and the authorities keep going back to the issue of the Elderly Population in the country the fact that youve got the 2nd oldest population in the world and that most of the people that have succumbed to this disease an overwhelming number over the age of 70 and that have preexisting Health Conditions and this is the reason why the country seems to be hit hard another possible reason is the fact that theyre overwhelmed in terms of the Health System east 14 doctors have succumbed to the disease and its the need to to over 2600 are infected with copd it 1000 making it difficult for them to treat patients obviously and then of course you have the issue of the lock down in law but he couldnt have been done should it have been done for the moment though the focus really is on the immediate merge and see and to the medical stuff that as we heard in that earlier report they need more doctors and more nurses so what about the patients that these grim stories weve been hearing of elderly people in hospitals theyve been quarantined and theyre dying alone i mean the biggest fear for a lot of people is to die by themselves or what is being done to prevent this. Well theres very little one can do simply because this is such an Infectious Disease that it passes on so quickly weve even heard of funeral workers getting infected because of contact with the bodies and its not just hospitals that up if the affected one is not to get it can homes for the aged as well a particularly hard hit because of course again you have a population that is fragile being housed there its a Perfect Place for this virus to spread and that is why its very essential that they have all the protective the boss and so on and the respirators theyre asking for this equipment they are trying to breach produce it themselves hear it city but youre absolutely right the idea of having to die alone is hot breaking obviously for those who succumb to the disease but also for the family members the loved ones who cant even say goodbye to their loved ones at the last moment of their lives because they cannot have contact in the county even carry out the funeral you know i mean its unimaginable down in you know what youre describing there and its hard its a hard story for anybody to cover especially when youre on the ground were tapping and as you are your before we go i want to ask you how are you doing how are you coping with so much sorrow and suffering to report. Well i think it is very hard listening and reading to these stories and having direct contact i think its almost impossible now to find someone who doesnt know of someone whos been infected until someone who has a loved one thats been affected if its bread across so which brings it home and makes it much more real but i think its important to get this message out to get this message up to other countries that they have to be prepared and thats what its nice trying to spread not just the doctors and nurses themselves if weve seen on social media but also the authorities that are sharing this information with their european cotton as at the moment the Prime Minister has said that hes looking at further measures more stringent measures in terms of the lockdown he expects goulds School Closure to be extended even further the exact date we still dont know and you know the chinese experts who have been in italy now are saying perhaps nows the time for even further closure as the defense minister said hes ready to put the military on the streets to ensure that its secure because the message to stay at home needs to be heeded yes were hearing the same thing all over europe tonight seeming upturn in rome for us thank you see misty save and stay healthy thank you. Well this is a story of 2 crises the viral pandemic claiming the lives and the economic collapse created by efforts to save lives today the European Central bank announced a 750000000000 euro Bond Buying Program to help stabilize markets reeling from this unprecedented threat and it is just one of many plans designed to save economies from total collapse. On both sides of the pond the Central Banks are pulling out the big guns 750000000000. 00 euros in bond buying by the e. C. B. The Federal Reserve promising 1. 00 trillion dollars in cash loans from banks it even old that is not enough and after all Monetary Policy firepower alone cant breathe life back into lockdown economies they want to avoid a wave of insolvencies that would undermine the recovery but nobody can prevent the freezing of the economy and the consequences this is certainly are in the Global Economic downturn which is at least as severe as the downturn in the financial crisis could Government Spending provide the european governments are spending multiple billions of euros to keep businesses afloat and employees paid Central Banks and governments are digging deep but the only way out for businesses is likely months away when restrictions to movement and Economic Activity ease after the pandemic has passed. And joining me here to be table tonight is our Senior Business editor ben been theres plenty of stimulus now is working a lot of it but a lot of it is not seeing results this is a hard one i mean were throwing the world is a huge amount of money were talking about trillions at a Health Emergency which is causing trillions in losses but again its a Health Emergency so its very mixed as far as the success of these packages go weve got the 3rd Emergency Credit Program from the fed into. Todays the bank of england out with another one today the australian straightens around with another support package as well for their economy the dollar did surge on thursday but equities are all over the place theyre going crazy i mean they were up by one percent 2 percent at times down by 3 percent the dax finishing up by 2 percent the dow finishing up by one percent just a glimmer of heart a glimmer of hope for something weve never done before weve never actually asked the Global Economy to polls while we save lives which is what were doing right now how serious is the Economic Impact that were talking about you know well this is its about saving lives its about saving jobs as well and saving economies as a whole as a business journalist this has been a real challenge just keeping up with the different agencies that are coming through my the 2nd a its like playing tetris and you see one thing about corporate warnings about job losses then the next notification comes through and it keeps moving down the screen. Today just some of them 25000000 job losses worldwide in the u. S. Of a suspect making huge layoffs left right and center in unemployment figures germanys Manufacturing Sector seeing its steepest full in expectations in the 70 year history of industrial surveys. Also crude oil traders from africa to america offering huge discounts because. Basically supply is swelling and demand is is plunging also in the Airline Industry one of the hardest hit at the moment because no one wants to go anywhere or is allowed to go anywhere quantas telling most of its 30000 stuff to take leave and look tons of saying if they dont get state aid and this goes on for a long time there are going to be a whole lot of failings it is unbelievable and were hearing time and time again this week you know do home office do home office is it enough though to keep the businesses from going bankrupt and everything afloat it wont be enough for me its a godsend i was never allowed to have office. And ive been baking cookies for the crew. With plastic gloves on of course youre also getting into some god ning i was at one of the god centers here and was picking up some seeds for vegetables and. Tomatoes and there were a hip of other people doing it as well because theyre worried theyre not going to get enough food from the supermarkets which are allowed to be open at the moment but its a real challenge getting your hands on theyre not respecting those social distancing measures either are well actually its a godsend when i moved from the kini to the tomato i took a step to the left the guy next to me took a step to the left a Good Good Good well thats good then we got about 30 seconds what is surprised me the most though about this this crisis i think the run on toilet paper i mean how much toilet paper do you need for how long i mean for such a personal question. In the fear of people all around the world you sort of fights on social media in australia absolutely embarrassing but people really have to think and think hard about what theyre doing because theres panic buying means sure youll have a whole lot of it but theyll be other people missing out yeah so on monday 20. 00 for one roll of toilet paper and about projects couches of the facilities always been thank you whereas if the race to save lives and the Global Economy were not enough there is another very different but all too familiar threat attached to the coronavirus in a report prepared for the European Union russia is singled out as the main source of what is now a tidal wave of misinformation about the pandemic the report points to fake news most of it online designed to inject fear and discontent into societys already jittery from the virus take a listen to what the European Unions Foreign Policy spokesperson said. Be the start of threading call focus on a virus or covert 1000 v of course ne that was increasing was also done a number of this information misleading information. Outright lies and wrong things which have been cool 88 we know it is that it was because in amount of these information fed from outside of the e. U. Among others also from russia or from providers which are based in russia or a linked somehow to broker and lean sources and what is very important is also like to inform the public and to keep the people to be aware about these because whoever i mean and its not only coming from from russia this is not the only source of the missing information but whoever is spreading that this information is essentially playing with peoples lives playing with peoples lives serious stuff their lives pull in roughly 0 golds fight he is research and social Media Coordinator at Democracy Reporting International he is here in berlin tonight or here i want to ask you how do we know that so much of this misinformation how do we know that its coming from russia. Thank you for having me brianna basically the report was written by the e. U. Strapped task force which was founded in 2000 to 15 to basically controversial disinformation so irises they have been doing a work on countering online disinformation coming from russia going through different aspects of russian interference in political life in the basically elections are also yellow fast movements in france independence and can tell you in the specific case of the coronavirus related this information the report states that they collected 110 pieces of disinformation directly or in directly related to russian directly and mean basically the outlets as we know russia today sputnik and their online versions but also other outlets contribute to spreading these narratives and when we look at something online that is deliberately meant to scare us or to misinform us i mean how can we identify how do we know what were looking at yeah i think we have been hearing a lot these days wash your hands and i think on the internet the same goes for check your sources so the 1st thing is to look into where the information comes from whats this news outlet isnt reliable so this is the basic rule for checking your information but of course those campaigns are much more complex than only looking at the sources mostly they use videos and images to actually play with peoples beliefs and feelings so really doubt whenever it relates whenever and me more and information that comes in a visual way tries to trigger peoples insides and few years those are. Techniques used very much for from disinformation from things youre talking about online hygiene when youre right everyone should practice more of that what about the European Union there now its got this report what if anything can it do to protect itself or to retaliate. Yeah i think basically you have basically a short term and a long term role in trying to fight this types of contains the short term i think the you could actually. Recent experiences fighting disinformation around big political events such as the 2019 and european parliamentary elections back then they agreed with this social Media Companies code of conduct against disinformation which basically made the social Media Companies. Liable for looking into what was going wrong in social media and actually which measures they were taking to take down alicias compensate think the u. Has experience on that already this is the time to use this experience on the short term and i feel that in the long term we need more Sustainable Solutions for that such as legislation or legislation. How can the e. U. Protect its citizens from this is what distillation the only way i think on the one hand legislation and by that any 2 pieces of legislation that right now are being discussed at the you what is the Digital Services act and the other one is the european democracy action plan both of them are aiming to make this process is off reacting to online complaints massive online campaigns aimed at this in for people in a faster way so basically setting up what are the pros this is a procedure that needs to be in place for that so i think we need to make this notion that you need to make the social media to have companies more accountable on the one hand but we also have this responsibility of doing our social media or online hygiene as you mentioned like really looking for sources understanding how theyre there to deceive us and really do our part is on the side trying to keep it clean its not as easy as we might think. Democracy reporting international in berlin tonight rafael thank you thank you very much. The United States has confirmed almost 10000 cases of the corona virus infection and more than 150 deaths President Trump has invoked wartime legislation to speed the production of critical medical equipment but Many Americans say their governments response to the crisis has been slow and inadequate use over salad met with one of them a mother under quarantine in washington d. C. Locked down hits home its an experience liz burns and her family could have never imagined but since their old here was hospitalized with a high fever the burns are quarantined inside their house the only way we can conduct an interview is by phone through the window. Initially they like Something Else and werent too worried about it and then leave home and see it all while they continue to run. Are 9 over the next 24 hours because there are more cat and realize she was negative for Everything Else and no. 9 1 here her record were very under all the Public Health authorities that she didnt meet. Was burns blames the Us Government for not responding to the coronavirus threat when clean enough they could have done a lot more at the beginning. I think we should have learned from the pandemic that had happened and asia and. Other countries good morning very quickly and forcefully. On the streets of washington d. C. Life has slowed down dramatically the usually busy streets remain empty restaurants are open only for takeouts. Universities and schools and many states remain closed putting additional strain on students and families. At the Albert Einstein high school in the state of maryland stuff hands out back lunches offering some relief for parents penn demigods putting low income families at particular risk some working parents have been laid off and now find themselves in a desperate situation but i think im and theyre not the most there are no jobs for us they canceled everything we dont know how to pay our rent please apartment and. As a Government Employee it was burns says her job is not at stake but shes well aware that Many Americans are not as lucky. America and the pandemic so what can each one of us do to help stop the spread of the virus on top of the self isolation and social distancing that people around the world are practicing there are simple hygiene guidelines to follow that can help stop the corona virus from spreading heres a reminder. Wash your hands with soap and water and do it often keep going for at least 20 seconds especially after youve been in a public place alcohol based hand sanitizers are a Good Alternative if you cough or sneeze cover your mouth or nose with a tissue or use the inside of your elbow throw away used to shoes and dont use them twice after blowing your nose coughing or sneezing wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces every day this includes tables door handles light switches countertops desks phones keyboards toilets taps and sinks. And one of the most important things that you can do is keep your distance w. Science correspondent Eric Williams he gave us this reminder of the importance of social distance. The thing about social distancing measures is that actually one of the few things that we know will slow infection rates down theres some pretty good evidence from from earlier epidemics and next like the spanish flu pandemic and 9 118. 00 that social distancing really can have an impact on how fast an infection through a population the measures are difficult to enforce of course and they also arent for free they have huge economic costs but social distancing measures really can help limit exposure and we know medications are vaccines out there at the moment theyre going to be key to flattening infection curse in europe and around the world in a flat in the curve theyre very important to our science correspondent Derek Williams they are the days almost on the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either if you do you news you can follow me of brant goth t. V. 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