A moment that we need to make tough decisions this is a moment where we need some Straight Talk and we need to tell people the truth. The order comes as the u. S. Warns against all overseas travel and urges citizens abroad to return home immediately. Plus india executes for men convicted of gang rate many celebrate the move as long overdue justice against Sexual Violence in the country. Im sumi so must go on that its good to have you with us the world has reached a grim milestone according to the Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. A coronavirus pandemic has now claimed more than 10000 lives across the world now the majority of those deaths are no longer in china where the virus was 1st. Detected but in italy theyre almost 3 and a half a 1000 people have died in the cases of now infections i have surged past 41000 while the region of lombardy in northern italy is the hardest hit so many people have died there in recent days at cemeteries im no longer able to cope but lombardy isnt the only flashpoint hospitals across the country are running out of space and doctors and nurses say they cannot manage for much longer. Italy is racing against time to provide more intensive care beds like this here in rome the newly built columbus coded tour unit is already taking patients and more dedicated hospitals are on the way officials fear the dawes situation needs leads north could soon start heading south. On thursday at least surged past chawner as the country with the most current of ours did a monster in marked with grim images of army trucks transporting hundreds of coffins from the worst hit region of lombardi. As the death toll mounts those trying to help the living are struggling to cut. Them up for anybody. To deal where working in a state of very high stress and tension psychological stress has gone through the roof unfortunately we cant contain the situation in lombardy theres a high level of contagion and were not even counting the dead anymore. And the Strict Lockdown has left the most vulnerable patients all alone. In her. Greatest problem which is emerging these days i would say is that the patients cant be visited by their relatives and often die on their own. As italys corona crisis explodes china has sent medical teams and equipment to help but the chinese red cross says their hard won advice is not being heeded. Here in the city of milan which is in the hardest hit region you dont have a very Strict Lockdown policy. The public transport is still working and people are still moving around and youre still having dinners and parties in hotels and youre not wearing masks. Italian streets are empty but for many they are haunted by the prospect of more army trucks and more bodies. Right for more on the story we can speak now to correspondent seema good that shes standing by in rome we heard that criticism from the chinese red cross worker there that people are not heeding this lockdown theyre still out and about on the streets is that true. Well what were seeing here in rome is that people do keep that social distance that what meter or more space right from the supermarket the lines along simply because of that space of people go are still going about in terms of taking a walk a going for a jog i think part of it is because they feel ok im taking the precaution in terms of space angle so theres a frustration of being indoors all the time but because were seeing these massive numbers in terms of the number of people that have succumbed to cope at 19 and the fact that this disease this infection spreads with such speed theyre now calling on everyone to change even that doctors and officials are saying do your sport at home dont go out the calling for staggering of supermarket timings so that theres a limit of people moving out is about to get a sentient supplies the authorities are saying if everyone is responsible we can actually do our part now in long but particularly the president of the region is calling on the authorities to bring in the army and force the lock down they want to closure of public offices as well as Building Sites and to give you an idea the a Hospital Administrator in the hardest hit town of bint people is telling the people in milan its better to isolate than to be in so brit clearly bringing up a very Important Message as well as me is in the smaller towns please stay at home or italy is really struggling to cope cmon we had the Prime Minister today calling on the European Union to unleash what he called the full firepower of earth rescue fund for countries that are struggling just briefly is italy getting enough support from brussels and its european partners. Well what youre seeing is that you had the e. C. V. Coming in and buying up those bones which clearly in a way does help the block its but as Prime Minister conti has said this is a shock to the system without any precedent and so he wants the European Union to use that 50500000000000. Fund in order to help the economy here in italy and other european leaders are calling for the same united we are dealing with this all right correspondent seema got there reporting for us there from rome thank you very much now here in germany the countrys Disease Control center is reporting for a number of cases has jumped again the call that cock institute says there are now 13957 people infected with the virus and 31 people have died earlier this week chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to germans to stay indoors to help slow the spread of the disease since then more and more senior figures say germany needs a mandatory lock down one city has already taken that step. Empty streets a sight freiburg will have to get used to after the authorities announced a 2 week lockdown is the 1st german city to water residents to stay at home many are now asking themselves if the whole country could be stuck indoors soon including sarah and her friends who are out enjoying the sun together despite the appeals not to. Is this push them best outcome of this is a member of the better so people dont get infected and hospitals are already overstretched but its hard to imagine in a country with so many people like germany. Who say not thrilled absolutely not and most of those gathering in the park know this shouldnt a fact they find hard to accept in this residential area nearby many are staying at home but its hard. Megaton not doing well im going to cry. And it might be because i can see my children. Using something you know. And its a real shame that we cant see our children and especially our grandchildren i dont believe in 100 union but we accept it we do what were supposed to be. Doing our distance you know. Keeping distance but in spangenberg gate is pretty empty and those who spoke to expect a lock down its come to 9 parts or be here in a few days thats why right now. The town of heinsberg is a coronavirus hotspot in germany the mayor is appealing for reason. I love using high risk groups are self isolating they only go to the doctor the others restrict their movement to a minimum wage they drive to work for and by centrals. The threat of a lockdown is weighing on peoples minds. If i had experience in the biggest loss of personal freedom since the 2nd world war 2 weeks ago there were soccer matches with 50000 fans its not easy to change so radically from one day to the next the government is trying appeals if they dont work bans on going out will follow. 3 communities in with area are under lockdown the state premier says that soon could be expanded to the entire state this is the site french i know is the time to make decisions we have put some measures in place and hope that they work out that no one should be under any illusions were determined to do what it takes and that could mean a lockdown was contrary to every freiburg has taken that decision the lockdown goes into force on saturday. As infection spread across the globe the most populous state in the u. S. California has advised its 40000000 citizens to stay at home except for essential jobs and errands and some exercise well the announcement in california follows an extraordinary alert from the u. S. State Department Americans have been told not to travel out of the country under any circumstances citizens abroad should return to the u. S. Immediately unless they plan to remain overseas. U. S. Airports are grinding to a halt this empty airport in seattle reflects a nationwide attempt to curb furtive spreading of the coronavirus instructions to isolate are also becoming more urgent the most populous u. S. States california issued a stay at home order starting thursday night theres a mutuality and theres a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a state wide order for people to stay at home that directive goes into force in effect this evening and we were confident we are confident that the people the state of California Well abide by. According to officials over 50 percent of californians could be infected with the coronavirus within 2 months spring breakers around the country have been ignoring warnings to avoid large gatherings. We do care about are and that is a good may concern. My thing is is that one day were going to back. Here. In other u. S. States vires testing is being rolled out to provide a clearer picture of the scale of the outbreak in new york 6 drive through centers aim to test hundreds of people a day but officials have said there could be a problem sourcing enough testing kits in Houston Texas drivers and passengers queued up for over 2 kilometers to get their swabs taken the mayor of the city says testing. Passage is insufficient. And theres not enough Testing Available right now to meet demand we hope to start tomorrow that would be on a limited basis and primarily the focus will be on 1st responders and Health Care Providers some experts believe that the lack of from the fact of testing system has allowed the current of ours to spread im detected in the u. S. For weeks. Lets take a look now at some other corona related developments around the world u. S. President donald trump has canceled plans to host the group of 7 g. 7 summit in june instead he will meet with leaders from the worlds wealthiest democracies Via Video Conference south africas Health Minister says confirmed cases in the country have risen by 52. 00 to a total of 202. 00 a hard hit iran has appealed for International Pressure to bring an immediate end to u. S. Sanctions so it can import medicine and equipment desperately needed to fight the Pandemic Health officials in australia say nearly 3000 passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship in sydney on thursday were ordered to self isolate after 3 of them tested positive well as the outbreak spreads around the world we want to take a look at some of the Science Behind it so what makes a virus contagious and what i said exactly happens during an infection our science team took a look. Several 1000 species of viruses have been classified so far but researchers believe millions more are left to be discovered only a tiny fraction just a few 100 cause disease in humans and many of these infectious pathogens including the one that causes coded 19 are transmitted via droplets when someone whos in fact it costs more sneezes a virus is a little more than a collection of Genetic Information protected by a protein coat its not viewed as a full fledged form of life because unlike lifeforms it doesnt make its own energy it has to steal energy to make more of itself to replicate a corona virus has to invade living cells like those in the long of a human being 1st viruses like sars cove to dunk on specific receptors on the cells outer membrane once attached they can either be absorbed entirely by the cell or inject their genetic sequence into its interior the cellular machinery is then hijacked to churn out more viral envelopes and sequences when assembled the new viruses then burst out of the infected cell to infect others usually killing the host cell in the process our science correspondent Derek Williams put together that report for us he joins us now for more hi derek youve been following all of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic what are researchers talking about at the moment. Well on the prevention and treatment side of things theres been a lot of chatter about and its how to develop a vaccine in the u. K. Which theyve tracked the research is a set of all goes well they could have a viable candidate by this year there for much of a expert out there continues to say that we wont be seeing a vaccine for mid 2021 at the earliest theres also been a spike in excitement of possibly treating the disease with and larry your medication but with treatment still somewhere down the line a lot of the focus is on the measures that Different Countries are implementing to try to contain the spread of disease and to what extent they could influence or accelerate whats called her immunity yeah herd immunity has been mentioned a lot darker especially in the context of the u. K. I mean what exactly does it mean. Well herb and unity is the gold in an outbreak it describes a situation where where so many people in a population are and human to an infection that it can effectively stop the disease from spreading so people can grow immune in one of 2 different ways either they can catch the disease and build up an immune response that will prevent them from being infected by the same bug in the future or they can be given a vaccine that provokes the same response even though they didnt catch the disease so for the purposes of human herd immunity it doesnt doesnt really matter which of those 2 ways they develop an immune response whats important is that is the number of people who are immune to the crows in a population the slower the bug begins to spread some imagine a situation where youre at the beginning of this outbreak and no one is immune and an infected person gives it to 2 other people once so if you percent of the population has acquired immunity then in effect an infected person can only statistically get to one other person rather than 2 because the other one would have been given that they would have given it to is already protect its a rising immunity and the hurt in society is all thats on them as as a break on the spread of the disease but theres been a lot of discussion in britain and the netherlands in particular about trying to reach herd immunity in a controlled way in their operations but that means that where we are right now with no vaccine the authorities will basically have to accept that large numbers of people are getting sick quickly so their immunity but dont protect the routes into what is a science salmon can her community really work as an approach here. Well some nutty meola just say its an interesting i. V. Or at least it would be an experimental setting but pretty much all of them seem to agree that chimes with implement some kind of controlled herd immunity in a rapidly evolving scenario like the one that were in right now would be insane for a couple of Different Reasons 1st and foremost is of course the big question of immunity to the virus we soon theres going to be an immunity that after someones continent 1000 but we still dont know much about that or how long it will potentially last and allowing a virus to spread when you dont know whether people could become susceptible the 2nd time is a huge risk theres also the question of how controlled measures would remain the whole point behind social distancing measures is to slow disease spread latin occur and so youve got medicines and vaccines in place so its far too easy to imagine a scenario where intentionally allowing people to catch the disease could spiral out of control and at least for now the people that have the researchers that ive talked to and read are saying dont do it all right our science correspondent Derek Williams reporting for us there is always good to talk to you. Lets take a look now at how the global Coronavirus Crisis is affecting business a luxury carmaker bentley will hold to its car production in the u. K. For 4 weeks the decision was made to keep employees safe also due to the pandemic there was growing uncertainty regarding parts supplies the british luxury bad brand is owned by volkswagen that German Company announced its own shutdowns earlier this week. And German Economy minister paid once to loosen antitrust laws to allow greater cooperation between Retail Businesses in the fight against the virus the magazine. Saying that the government is willing to allow closer cooperation between the Food Industry and Retail Sector to secure supplies in germany. While the virus is also having a huge impact on Financial Markets around the world after historic drops things are looking a bit better on friday shares surged more than 7 percent in south korea and 5 percent in hong kong investors seem optimistic after governments and Central Banks rolled out measures to cushion the economic fallout from the pandemic and there is more to come china is reportedly set to unleash a fiscal stimulus worth trillions of one in the u. S. The senate is mulling a one trillion dollars package that would include support checks for most americans and relief for small businesses. And lets go right to our correspondent Chelsea Delaney shes standing by for us at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange hi shell see good to see you so theres been some relief on european markets this morning but overall its been a pretty rough 2 weeks so what are things like there today. Well there is definitely cautious optimism heading into the weekend the dax is up about 55 to 6 percent but as you can see behind me its getting increasingly quiet here at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and i think its also important not to read too much into these these one day swings and the market the Economic Impact of the virus is going to be severe and we still dont know how severe its going to be because we dont know how long the outbreak and the measures that governments are having to take to contain it are going to last but over the past week weve just been seeing so much activity on the on the behalf of governments and Central Banks weve seen 31. 00 Central Banks come in in the past 5 days then cut Interest Rates governments preparing trillions of dollars worth of stimulus and that is helping to stabilize markets so see there are also some concerns surrounding the u. S. Dollar can you tell us more about that. Well the story is a little bit and the background but its extremely crucial because the dollar is relieve the foundation of the Global Financial system its not just the currency of the United States its the currency about when governments borrow money when Companies Borrow money when banks borrow money they often borrow and dollars that your Global Company you often pay or receives for supply chain things and dollars as well and this week weve seen a lot of hoarding of dollars but as people get out of the market and try and get cash theyve been buying a lot of dollars and this means that all of these companies all of these banks and governments arent getting access to the dollars they need and this could be investor say a Systemic Risk for the Financial System at this point we have seen the fed take some actions in the u. S. To provide more dollars but investors are still quite concerned about this shortage of dollars right now all right our markets correspondent chelsea delineate there for us thank you. Now moving away from the corona virus to another story one that has a spotlight on by. Against women in india 4 men have been executed there for a gang rape and murder that triggered nationwide protests 7 years ago the men attacked a student on a city bus the victim died of her injuries days later the case sparked outrage around the world and led to new anti rape laws in india the. Countdown to an execution after a long wait for justice. Crowds gathered outside this delhi jail to celebrate the death of 4 men hanged for a brutal rape and murder in 2012. After months of legal maneuvering in deferrals courts rejected a last minute plea from the convicts lawyers bringing closure for the victims family by lead by her that made the culprits have been hanged this is the 1st time that the girl in this country who was raped has received just as hot today march 20th is dedicated to all our daughters and women because today in their prior good justice and all the daughters of the country got justice or no vote. You via feel a swan was the name given to the 23 year old student who was attacked and right down the delhi boss and left bleeding on the side of the road she later died of her injuries. The attack sparks mass protests and shine a spotlight on the widespread Sexual Violence in india. The government was swift to convict and responded with stricter laws including the Death Penalty but its done little to keep women safe what a system going there what study coming out bazzani there are a lot of flaws in our system. These flaws encourage criminals and they feel that they can get away with anything because justice will just keep delaying hes fitting into that however today is a day when we all must resolve to ensure that the next nearby never happens is the. New to be anyone living. Friday close the chapter on the right case that shocked india. But away from the headlines there are tens of thousands more still awaiting trial. We can speak now today. In delhi hina misha these actually executions come 7 years after the crime what took so long to get to this point lets review them both from last minute to be your friend on base but i wont be im going for the last month or so will be 70 i was actually interviewed how futile as judicial system as the judiciary in the us the shot stopped there are many judges that the shins last week and they just want to be used to the back you know and the fact that such a piece of headlines in this magnitude 7 point years is going to be indicative of how long other cases may be taking and im factoring into whats going to hear. Them say i want to ask you about the influence of Public Opinion here i mean was there a criticism also of the use of Capital Punishment in this case. So you dont want 28 that you should have actually made by many Libyan Council that you strongly theyre going to you should have said that this was shown to do the job just with. Ali yes there have been questions offices and many and then strike activists and lawyers have a hard to say that simply executing doors hit them a treatment is not going to be enough to instill even the best most in educating people and in dispelling the notions of the g. O. P. But ill tell him to stand up behind us and of course gendering the junior shooting so. Actually he came up with a great going to. Do just doctor that is available today there have been many calls for those changes the mission but how much really has changed for women in india in the last 70 years. But the outreach after this particular trying. To stricter laws and yes treatment specialists in india which have been a lot of development however he was trying to do continue to happen. Actually similarly good to. Have happened over the last few years as there are these things need back to the point that actually its not meeting their needs to be a systemic change and where and investment and dont seem to not and. Decided to look at creation of Sexual Assault weapons all right our correspondent limited as well reporting for us there in delhi thank you so much. Are you watching d w news coming up next our show conflict zone times a bastion sits down with nigerian information minister line mohammad and dont forget for all the latest coverage of the coronavirus pandemic you can head to our website dot com theres information there on what to do if you think you might be infected and how to keep yourself healthy and safe thank you for watching. The conflicts sparked from a sister respect to the bill nigerias government stands accused by the International Community of serious human rights abuses i guess this week here in london is law mohammad the countrys information minister how does he just friend against the countrys many critics from evidence of wrongdoing is so compelling. To the point showing opinions clear positions international perspectives. 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