Crisis. The legislation provides direct payments to tens of millions of american households. The worlds youth confront life in the age of a pandemic. Unprecedented restrictions are keeping millions of young people at home and away from each other but that hasnt stopped many from helping people hit hard by the crisis. Welcome to the program. Italy has set another grim record for the most deaths from coronavirus in a single day. Almost 1,000 people have died in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to over 9,000, the highest number of any country. Health Officials Say the worst may be yet to come. Hospital wards are still full, although doctors say the number of patients is now steadying. Contagion rates appear to be slowing, giving hope that the social controls may be working butt the lockdown is hitting the economy hard. The homeless are among the most affected. Churches and charities are overloaded with people looking for basic supplies. For more, lets bring in journalist sema gupta following developments from rome. More and more bad news for italy. How are authorities explaining this new record figure of almost 1,000 deaths in just one day . Reporter youre absolutely right. That immense figure, the deadliest day since this emergency y began, s shocking figures, really. But earlier on friday you had representatives from Italys National Health Institute essentially saying that theyre cautiously optimistic despite the immense figures because they say the curve of contagion iss flattening and it has been ever so slightly since march 20. So you even had the governor of lombardi region saying that the region may start to see a decline in infections in the next few days. If you recall, it is the hardest hit region in the north of italy. So were nowhehere near the peak in terms of number of infections and were not at a declining phase either here in italy but there is a sign that days are diminishing in terms of number of infections so containment authorities are saying is even more i importantnt now for evere to stay at home and stick to lockdown measures. Pablo at an e. U. Videoconference, italys Prime Minister, giuseppe conte, urged the e. U. Commissioion to tackle ththe pandemic. C. What help is i italy hoping forr reporter countries likike italy and s spain, harder hit, they wt to see a europewidede response. They want a joioint debt issuane measure putt into place, a coroa bonds, if you like. Countries up north, particularly germany, they are against such a measure and they believe that the European Union and europe as a whole should rely on the rescue fund that was put in place back in 2012 and that should be used instead to help the people most in need. But you even had this evening, the italianresident, speaking saying europe needs to intervene now before things get worse or its too late. Theres a a feeling i in italy t perhrhaps europe is abandoning t in i i time o of greatest need. They want to see a united europe and a europe that helps italy as its dealing with this immense emergency. Pablo thank you. The u. S. House of representatives has hurried through approval of a 2. 2 trillion rescue package following a passionate debate, a voice vote held on the nations biggest Economic Relief bill in its history, passing with strong report from both republicans and democrats. Earlier this week it had passed senate. President trump said hell sign the bill immediately. For more on that, lets talk with our correspondent in washington and new york. Welcome to both of you. An unprecedented 2. 2 trillion package was swiftly passed. Is it safe to say it was a rare show of unity in congress . Reporter yeah, its more than fair and more than safe to say this was a rare vote of unity in congress. However, dont forget, even if this was on the fast track and just lasted a week, there were really rough and tough negotiations going on behind the scenes and behind the curtains for all of of this week, between senate, white house, democrats, republicans, in congress, in the senate and with the white house. And now you have it, 2. 2 trillion stimulus package. Its there. Every party with a different focus, of course. That was the matter of the negotiations and where they had to agree first to show this unity now today and that was the democrats wanted direct payments to people, to a lot of people, as well as control on or create a control on who gets corporate money, which corporations get money and how do they spend it. Not for buybacks, et cetera. The republicans were of different opinion there. Anyway, they compromised and here you have it. Pablo what does this stimulus mean for businesses . Reporter well, im not quite certain if it means that much for business themselves. What we shouldnt forget, this is not a real stimulus package to get the economy going. That is an aid package to really save people and workers. If you look at the Airline Industry, for example, if i saw correctly, the Airline Industry roughly gets 30 billion but with very tight conditions so that most of that money actually goes to the workers. Some of the c. E. O. s of the big airlines already said this money wont be enough so its quite certain that in the next phase, washington will have to give much more money to really get the economy going once we are dealing a bit better with the Health Crisis and what was also interesting to see is whos not in this relief package and that seems to be the cruise ship companies, for example, because more than half of their employers actually do not live in the United States so therefore those cruise ship lines do not qualify for any money from washington at this point. Anchor what has it been like on wall street in the past week dealing with the coronavirus going into a whole new level in the United States . Reporter it has been pretty insane, in the past couple of weeks and this week alone, if you look what happened from tuesday to thursday, the dow industrial gaining more than 20 , the best three days since 1931. Even if we got the worst jump in numbers in u. S. History so that was clearly unusual and on friday, the move back down. Blue chips losing 900 points, 4 , 5 or so. Its a rollercoaster ride and im certain it will stay that way for some time. Looking at next week, for instance, then we get a lot of economic figures for march and Everybody Knows those numbers wont look pretty. Anchor hospitals are reaching their limits even though the peak of the pandemic is still ahead. Whats said about President Trumps overall Crisis Management . Reporter mr. Trump himself is very happy about how his administration works and how he handled the crisis from the beginning until now. If you talk to state governors, if you talk to communities, if you talk to mayors of cities and to hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, its entirely different picture there. They still all say not enough resources, not enough testing kits. Although there is some improvement there. But ventilators, ventilators, ventilators and protective gear for the nurses and doctors, for the frontline workers, so to speak, in the h health industrt. So you have a nice little gap in perception there. Anchor thank you both. The president s of the u. S. And china appear to have resolved their feud over which of their countries started the coronavirus pandemic, after President Trump talked about the chinese virus, Chinas Foreign Ministry suggested it had been brought to china by the u. S. Military. Now president s trump and jinping xi have spoken on the phone and agreed to Work Together to fight the pandemic. Lets take a closer look at the state of the outbreak in china. The province of hubei where the coronavirus pandemic began has reported no new cases since lifting its lockdown and reopening its borders on wednesday. But a team at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine has warned hubeis capital, wuhan, which remains under lockdown for another two weeks, that an overly hasty relaxation of restrictions there could increase the chances of a new wave of infections. As the people of hubei get out and about again, theyre counting the cost of the lockdown. Reporter opening the fortress, the ancient fortificationss at the heart of the city are usually buzzing with tourists, particularly in spring. Even though people are freer to go out, t tres not much going on. Thats creating the next worry for those living around working there. The first half of the year is the season for flower blossoms. Many people come out to see the flowers. They take photos and have fun. The first half of this year is supposed to be the peak tourism season but the coronavirus will definitely have a big impact on us. The cities in hubei province, now a byword for the coronavirus pandemic. Those from outside will not come here for the holiday. Hubei is the hardest hit area and no one dares to come. They keep away, theyre scared. She said she spent the equivalent of two months rent on food for her store but that she wasnt able to sell it or even eat it herself during the lockdown. And it had all gone rotten. I had a relatively smooth opening today. Some girls bought six corn cobs from me at once. This is the First Business for me this year. Its good because there arent many people around after the outbreak. This is big money for a Small Business owner. Reporter the hope is that streets will quickly fill up again with people and that the hardships endured during the day of fortressed jing chow will soon be history. Anchor with more than half a Million People infected worldwide, the World Health Organization says testing is crucial and countries shouldnt be afraid to confirm as many cases of the infection as possible. German chancellor Angela Merkel and u. S. President donald trump have agreed to explore possible cooperation on combating the coronavirus pandemic. And zimbabwe has announced a threeweek total lockdown to start on monday. The measures will make life even more difficult for millions in the country which is already mired in an economic crisis. South africa has confirmed its first two coronavirus deaths and a number of cases has risen to more than 1,000. The news comes at the start of a threeweek nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of covid19. The army has been deployed to help enforce the shutdown. The restrictions ban people from leaving their homes for anything but essential trips. Reporter im on long street in the center of capetown, usuallyy one of the busiest streets in town but right now almosost deserted. The president ordered a lockdkdn after thehe coronavirirus cases slowly kept on increasing in south africa, surpassing more than 1,000 cases. Today and at the same time today it was reported that t two peop, the first two people have died because of the virus here in the western cape region but let me take you on a ride through capetown to show you how it looks like here at the moment. You can still see a few people are out on the road. Shockingly, also, dozens of Homeless People although the president said the government will take care of them, will take themm off thehe street and make sure theyll be taken care of. It seems it has not happened on time. Essential businesses are open andllowed to operate. Susupermarkets, h hospitalsnd pepeople who wll have to go thee obviously allowed to go but this is it. It is not allowed to have a walk around t cororner. It is not allowed to walk y your dog or r to go out for jogging. Very strict measures taking effect here. This is going to be a very difficult time, especially for people l living in townships and millions of South Africans live in townships, often in shacks, in difficult conditions. The economy w will bee harard h. Every second young persoson in south africa is unemployed. We are arrived in one of the townships in capetown and you can see a lot of people on the street moving around. Lets ask them why. I currently wont b be ablblo because we need to run a few errands. I want them to stay indoors, yeah. Its fine for all of us. Some people need to go to work and some people dont take this seriously because they dont know anyone close to them. There have been viruses, swine flu one year, ebowla. I feel like people only relate to it when someone they know gets hit. Reporter but the president says thesese measures arere necessaro prprotect the countntrys heaeae sysystem which could o otherwise collapse. If thehe numberr off cororona cs continueues to increase the wayt does att the moment, s south afa will have a serious problem. People are hoping the lockdown helps flatten the curve but experts believe it will taket least two weeks until we see a decline in new corona cases and this is only the bestcase scenario. Anchor as countries work to slow the spread of the outbreak, young people have been dealing with historic restrictions on social life with bars, beaches, pubs and clubs shut, many of their favorite gathering spaces are off limits. Our correspondents tell us how young people are confronting life in the age of a pandemic. Police in brussels have stepped up efforts in order to stop particularly groups of young people from meeting up in parks like this one. A recent study has shown that 44 , almost half, of 18 to 21yearolds are not respecting the rules of sosocial distancin. Heree in colombia, many young people are using their newly gained sparere time to a assist those inn need. In thehe countrys major c cies, private initiatatives are callig on young and Healthy People to shop for t the elderly and many are volunteering, trying to keep the most a arisk safe, by gettingg their groceries, drugs, personal hygieiene proroducts ad delivering them t to theheir doorstepep, without personana conduct, allowingg those most vulnerable to s stay at home and themselves to feel less helpless in these times. In the risk to contain the coronavirus, thehe young men and women are leading from the front line. They are offering hygiene classes to the young and old and encouraging them to social distance, however, that is one of the biggest challengeges her. Reporter about 1. 3 billion indians have been asked to stay inside their homes 21 days. Since movement is restricted during lockdown, at some local community level, young people are using social media to coordinate efforts to ensure elderly people in the community continue getting essential supplies. Reporter the party is seriously over in berlin. Pubs and clubs are shut and when young people still k kept gathering in parks for socalled corona parties, one supermarket took to facebook warning them he would no longer sell them alcohol and snacks. Anchor im joined by louisa noybuyer, an organizer in the initiative to fight Climate Change by youth. How are young people reacting to the crisis and whats the feeling among your fellow activists and f friends . There h has been quite dividd impression that my generation gave. On one side, there were issues withth corona parties that i personally didnt come across yet butut ive heard of those. On the other side we experienced how thoususands of young people really got together and showed solidarity for older generations, organized actitivities, tried to keep thm moving, menentally, tried to provide any care needed. So thatt is r really impressivei find. Anchor a few weeks ago t the Climate Crisis was bringining people still out on to the streets. How is this corona crisis changing the future . Its huge. The two polars of our movement, the bibiggest cries of humumaniy and urgenent one, are r really a new sitituation rightht now bece we have a new crisis that i is emerging that is k keeping us hohostage in a sense and we have the issue that we cant protest on the streets anymore. We find its time for us to show solidarity for olderer genenerations. We a are asking for generational justice. Thats what were showiwing rigt now. So we want to provide any help, any support we can give during thesee times of crises while at the same timime obviouslyly stil educating society. Politics, media, world, about the ecological crisis which is not going away. Itss not just because we are w having othther things to do that there is no Climate Crisis ananymore. Now we havee to find ways to del with both crises. Anchor what we have been seeing with t this crisis in many respects, governments around the world have been taking action with regards to different aspects of how their countries are set up and were seeing things that perhaps just even a few w weeks ago were unthinkabl. What do you think . Do you think theres going to be new opportunities in some ways for big change to come because of this crisis . Yes, i think for now i its we talk about opportunities becausee were seeing thousands of millions of peoplple sufuffe, people losing loved o ones. Thatss obviously terrible. And we want to the prevent that. We want to the flatten the curve. Thats why we are urging everyone to stay at home. Thats why im staying at home, et cetera. What we also see is that right now were in quite unique position that a lot of the status quo has been falling apart, taken apart by the coronavirus and our responsnseso that and now its time for us to really think about our responses to thehe crisis, economically, socially, politically. Meaning, how can we rebuild societieies and economies i in a just and fair and ecologicacally sustainable way. That is obvioususly quite a a ce that we shouldnt and i guess mustnt miss. Anchor thank you. Thanks. Anchor to some of the other stories making news around the world. The head of the international monenetary funund says the coronaviruss outbreak has plungd the Global Economy into recession. She says emerging countries will need 2. 5 trillion in finananl supppport to the get them throuh the crcrisis and warns that nations are under immense pressure because of lost business and reduced e exports. Oil p prices end the week at new lows. Brent crude plunged 7 on friday to its lowest value since 2003. The coronavirus outbreak has paralyzed Global Demand and the feed betweenen russia and saudi arabia has seen the saudis flood the market with discount oil. Here in europe, the production lines for volkswagen may have come to a screeching halt because of the pandemic but in china, the company is ramping up production again. For now, the worlds biggest carmaker is getting by without government help. In germany, the companys management is having its patience tested. Reporter volkswagen is losing two billion euros a week. Costs have been radically cut back and in germamany alone 80,0 workers have been forced on to shorttime or leaea. The companys outlook gets worse every day its factories remain shuttered with no sign of improvement. The spanish plants are at a standstitill as are our italian factories, like all volkswagen plants in europe. The situation is particularly bad in spain because the growing number of new cases remains very high. With the economic harm only increasing, volkswagen is lobbying for swift end to the National Lockdown in germany. Meanwhile, the situation remains critical. This week, v. W. Said its extending its german plant closures until april 9, at the earliest. Anchor the sporting world has come to a standstill amid the Coronavirus Crisis but many of the biggest names have used free time to help in the battle against the pandemic. Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic is the latest to step up with a 7figure donation. Reporter Novak Djokovic is a man more used to picking up sevenfigure checks than doling them out but his pledge of one Million Euros to buy medical equipment in serbia sees him joining a growing line of stars and institutions using their financial muscle to battle the coronavirus pandemic and futbols star, lewandowski, pledged a Million Euros to germanys fighting fund. A separate initiative called we kick corona by lewandowskis teammates raised more than 2. 5 Million Euros in its first two days. In france, over 200,000 euros were raised for local medical staff by selling a special edition strip. Liverpool, meanwhile, had a simple message of support designed to give medical workers a needed lift. Thank you to allll the incredible people who work in health services, all thehe healh workers, iff you want, out ther. Its unbelievable what you are doing and o on behalf of all ofs from l. F. C. , i would like to say thank you. How w we say, would say inn germany. Reporter a typical show of solidarity from the club whose motto is echoed across the sporting world, youll never walk alone. Anchor this will is d. W. News. You can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website, dw. Com. Ill be back soon. In a few minutes, as well, with the day. The death toll from the corona virus despite not. Easily its hollys statete. After ten days of confinement frances Prime Minister edodouard philippe extends the countrys corona virus you dont sound. Also coming up as caretta lars cases soar in the u. S. The house of representatives. Residents trina dollar rescue. Meanwhile medical teams on the frontline of the outbreak say that increasing strength. And i want to be