Hardhit hospitals to other parts of the country as officials brace for even more serious cases. Im annette young. Welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. Hasn in spain, which tightened its measures against the coronavirus, during a halt all nonessential activities, and telling the spanish stay home for a further two weeks. The country has the worlds secondhighest told, toll, with thats over 7000, the infefection rate at 85,000 case. Morrison, take us to the latest figures. you mentioned the death toll, which is becoming grim news for the spaniards, 812 people dying from the virus in the last 24 hours. That is 26 fewer than yesterday. We have seen three days of record rises on that figure. E. That is some good news. The number o of cases that are 85,200, that has slightly the rise in the number of cases is coming down. The Health Authorities say that about 10 days ago we have been seeing daily rises of between 20 rises, and those daily now are coming down to about 8 . They see this as evidence that the curve is flattening out. In madrid, the worst affected region come up with 22,677 cases, is down from the previous day of 24,090. Still, those intensive care wards are really suffering, really finding it hard to cope with the number of cases, because the coronavirus victims have to stay in the hospital for some time before they canan be rereased. We have seen 16,000 people recovered and released from hospital, and that is actually up from 1414,700 yesterdayay. Ofshould say of course a lot people have been told to stay home with milder symptoms who are also making a recovery. They dont show up in these figures. In the backdrop, how is the morale of the spanish public fairing . Arah the morale is pretty low this is a third w week of lockdown, andnd spaniarards have se allll sorts off things canceled. Instance, easter procesessions that are very important in spain will not happen. That will be postponed. Spaniards know they havave to kp their children indoors for anotheher two weeks. Foras been quite difficult parents to homeschool and entertain children,n, particulay in small flats. The elderly and people who live at home alone are finding it quite difficult. There is quite a sense of community in spain. At 8 00, clapping and applauding all the health services, the care workers t that happens from peopless balconies and windows. That started in spain, really, and spread to france and the u. K. And other countries. That has become a time when people reach out to neighbors, say hello to elderly neighbors, and really cheer people on in a time of great crisis. Annette sarah morris reporting from madrid. Thank you. Russia has closed its borders in a bid to slow the spread of the virus, which has swamped other nations, and in the latest effort to stem the tide, the mayor of moscow has ordered a lockdown, with increasingly tight restrictions on the capital is the center of russias outbreak. Moscow is joining the list of cities locking down to slow the spread of coronavirus. On monday, the citys 12 million book to found they are no longer able to leave their house unless shopping for essentials, in case of medical emergency, or going to a job deemed crucial by authorities. Now a directive from moscows mayor. His frank outlook has caused Vladimir Putin t to change tack. Last week, the kremlin said there was no defective epidemic in the country. But the lack of testing meant that no one knew the true picture. The governments mixed messaging on the severity of the issue seems to have confused the population. Following some concerns, but me pruden announced what he called a weeklong paid holiday from saturday, which prompted some to rush to book a vacation. A black sea resort was forced to shut down amid fears of the virus spreading. Even then, some residents are skeptical of the danger. I personally think this is an ordinary, abnormal flu. Everyone has to be sick with it to develop immunity. Sooner or later, everyone w will go through coronavirus. Panic is unnecessary. We just have to be sick with it once. Reporter in moscow, the epicenter of the russian outbreak, authorities are taking the threat seriously. They are constructing a new 500 bed hospital to o deal with thoe infected. New quarantine measures will be enforced by what the mayor calls a smart system of monitoring compliance a coy reference to the 170,000 surveillance cameras that have been fitted with controversial face recognition technology. Has conductede its largest ever evacuation of coronavirus patients from the hospital, which has been hardest hit by the pandemic. The patients have been escorted hospitals in the west of france, which currently have less cases. It is a race against the clock to free up intensive care units as m medical staff prepare for battle. Prime minister adouard Philippe Philippe says 40,000 french people are infected. Reporter it is all hands on deck as these doctors, soldiers, states the largest evacuation since the start of the outbreak in france. They are evacuating patients in the east of the country. , eight doctorsl and nurses are preparing to twouate to patients patients in Critical Condition to a hospital in bordeaux. [speaking french] reporter transporting these could he clean ill patients is not only a cumbersome task for these doctors, but one that is full of risks. [speaking french] reporter it is a risk authorities are willing to take in an effort to free up intensive care units in the countrys worst hit areas. No expense is being spared with these evacuations as emergency workers use specially adapted planes to transport patients. France is also looking to its helping hand. A the race e is on to findd a vaccine to covid19. It could take 12 to 18 months before we see anything. Epidemiologist is a global advocate of the power of vaccines. He joins me now from geneva. Ththe big question is, how longg will it take before we actually see a vaccine . Just it may take 18 8 to 24 months. Traditionally, v vaccines have takeken 10 to 15 years to makak. We havave accelerated d them for ebola, fivive years. Zika had a product ready to go in about 11 months, though it did not get into clinical testing. There are a lot of unknowns to be donone. There is unprecedented movement. There are 51 vaccines in prpreclinical development, and o o vaccines already in clinical trial. One of those got into a vial and 42 days. You can see the pace at which science is trying to accelerate. These ares you say, unprecedented times. International cooperation, i imagine, is key. However, we recently saw donald trump trying to buy a German Company to make vaccines just for the u. S. Drdrberkley i think w what is critical is that this epidemic is global, science is global, and the response has to be global. We need to make sure the best products anywhere in the world are moved forward. Maybe eveven working in multiple spots. The successful ebola vaccine which we rolled out now was a vaccine that was worked on in labs in canada, transferred to a Biotech Company in the u. S. , and is being manufactured in germany. Thats the way the world works, and we have to make sure we keep this global perspective in place. What will be the case that there is a one hit vaccine required, like for measles, or will it be like the seasonal flu, whehere everyry year you he to proroduce a differentnt stra . Dr. Berkley of course, we dont know the answer to that question. We dont know if this virus gives long gives long term or lifetime immumunity. Certaiainly, sars, a as an agen, seemed to giveve longterm immunityty. That disease has gone away. We havermal coronaviruses as part of the common cold do not give longterm protection. These are some of the questions we will have to answer as part of the process to make a vaccine. Annette very quickly, take us through the whole process and why we have to wait through anything from 12 months to two years before we see something. The normal process is you tend to have an organism, and you know whether there is protection or r t. For example, antibodies. Once you know that, you design another approach that is not the same as the actual disease, but is either a beacon virus that can give the same type of immune of thee or some pieces virus. You then have to tested in animals to see, does it give that immune response . Then it goes into people. Initially, you have to ask, does it do the same thing and people as in animals . Do you have to give one dose, or multiple doses . Much of the vaccine do you need to give . You have to tested in different at risk groups. The elderly are notoriously more difficult to geget aaron immune response. You have to o that. You also wanant to do it in children, and people with preexisting conditions. Once you have locked the vaccine down, you have to do an efficacy trial and see, does it work i in the e real populatioion . And you have to scale up the manufacturing to make sure that vaccine will be made i in large quantities and is consistent across lots and safe for everybody who needs it. There are a lot of steps here. We will do everything we can to accelerate it, but it is not a simple process. Dr. Berkley thank you so much annette thank you so much for that. That is dr. Seth berkrkley, takg us through the logistical process of getting a vaccine into the community. With lockdowns taking place the world over, animals are seizing the opportunity to take a walk on the wild side. Areociaial media,a, people capturining images of wildlife stringng of string into human habitats. Our colleagues have this report. In cities around the world, the wildlife is taking over. With 3 billion humans locked in their homes, animals have free reign over the city free from the threat of being turned into confit. These ducks decided to have a peek around the parisian capital. Police escorted them off the paris ring road. It was far from a boring night as they spotted a wild bore trotting down the street of barcelona. In chile, residentsts of an Apartment Building got an unwelcome wakeupup when this ka jumped o over the fence. In india, this cat tookk advantage of the lockdown while heading into town. [speaking french] reporter with human activity rereduced, the animals are dying leless, and finding m more timeo reproduce. Experts will bebe keeping an ion how the Animal Kingdom will react once quarantine measures are lifted. Annette that is it for this edition. Do stay with us here on france 24. Its a surprisingly clear day. In winter, it is rare to see the city from appear. Advantage. She put on her hiking boots and bobought a ticket to the hills. Surrrrounded by these mountains, the capital of this small balkln state is one e of the mostt polluted citities in the world. Ellena you cannot escape from this pollution. It makes me really anxious, especially in winter, when you can even f feel of the smell. Many people fefeel this air pollution in society, i would call it. It is really scary to know you are literally breathing cancer. Reporter even this mountain is no longer an escape for ellena. Elena to make. Elena. To m make room for this pipelin, hundreds of trees had to be cut down. I am 25, and in the last five years, i see so much devastation of nature. Really wonder what would i see six years from now. I see this as a suicide, as a collective suicide. Toorter stefan wants things chgege. He is the youngest mayor in the country. The social democrats are campaigning. He says Upcoming Elections were postponed because of the cocoronavirus crcrisis. To tryry to boost ththe economyf this district, a year ago, he launched a card for his citizens to obtain discounts. Despite the lack of customers, the shopkeeper appreciates the dynamism of her mayoyor, because she is sororry to see young pepp dedessert the country, often tid of the power of political parties. [speaking another language] reporter afterwards, the mayor visits this almost empty bar. The bars young owner is yearning to leave. When he launched this business 10 years ago, he was convinced that things c could improve. Today, he is struggling to get out of here. [speaking another language] reporter according to world bank statistics, a quarter of the population has left the country in the last 10 years. Noemi took only a few weeks ago. In love with art nouveau, this young architect never tires of strolling the streets of brussels. This is the most famous one. It is the first art nouveau building that i learned about. In school, so i was very interesting coming to see it in person. Passion wasr committed to sustainable architecture. That was hard d to reconcile wih the sector in north macedonia. Investotors are lookingng for profitbased solutions, maximizing the capacity of thehe site. That leads to a very low quality of life,e, and just wanteded tot away from that. The latest is a project with huge patriotic monuments s built throughohout e mesa doni an capitital, in a controversial move by the government. You saw all the investments that could have been done for our generation going to these monuments and buildings thahat e alreready falling apart. That w was very demotivating. Keeping young people in the country has become a national priority. Municipalities create local youth councils. Was the first in the country to do so. Around this table sit people from neighborhood associations, some high schohool students, and politicians. The law forces the municipality to devote at least 0. 1 of its budget to youth. In their case, that is 10,000 euros per year, barely enough to hire a fulltime person. A football coach has started. Change is our turn to things. Young people must stay here. I am working with this mayor. Mayor who iss is a very active on social media. Since his election two years ago,o, he has turned his twitter and instagramm account i into ts for directct democracy. Them that justt because i am quite y young, i he energy and movement to talk with them on a daily basis. Reporter he wants to find out how to concretely improve their quality of life. He takes us to see the latest achievement of the town, a brandnew playground suitable for disabled children. Accessible for all kinds of wheelchairs. Reporter but the mayor also knows that the big issue for the country in the coming weeks is not local. Its in brussels. North mesa doni and went so far as to change its name to meet criteria for joining the European Union. Recognized by be all European Union member states, and it should open the to havenorth macedonia acceptance with the European Union. Reporter but these hopes have been repeatedly dashed by e. U. U. Countries. North macedonia has been waiting at the door of the European Union for 15 years now. Noemi was a child when her country obtained candidate status. People in mylot of generation, it is just a fairytale, something that might happen that would be really nice, but i dont know if we still believe that it is going to catch our generation. However, she is an environmentalist at heart and sees a big potential advantage to aligning with European Environmental standards. She enjoys the outdoors. Noemi you can see some animals in summer, like birds around, and scrolls. It is a jewel of the city. Reporter she had abandoned the idea of doing yoga outdoors too much pollution. She ended up dedicating her walks to garbage collection. A worse p problem for me is the desperation of the situation that you cannot just clean it up and it goes away. You need to change the mentality of the people. Reporter along the roads of north macedonia, garbage is everywhere. We are near negotino, where megan spotted this unauththorizd dont. No real system that perfectly works for waste management. Being a part of europe of course the help us integrate regulations the e. U. Has a aroud trash and waste management. T. It is still o our responsibility at thehe same time to find a way to manage our internal issues as well. But in this region, the construction of an rdf Production Unit is not being welcomed. Members of the association do not want this project, which is suspended for the moment. [speaking another language] reporter they think the location has been poorly chosen, and they fear new pollution from the e use of this fuelel. T this rdfdf fuel is extremely and in the factories this is going to literally kill everything living in the area. But most of her activism is in the capital. Every friday evening she takes part in the worldwide student strikes. She herself is no longer at university. She works in a flexible job that allows her to fully engage in environmental activism. Today, she invites passersby to write words on the sign. [speaking another language] reporter that is painful for her to hear. This is the reality. Reporter but she is at least encouraged by the environmental awareness of young people. I think this is key. It i is this blind mentality tht we are having. The population does not believe it exists. Nobody is doing anything about it evenenhough peopople ae talking about it. Reporter this s is a generation that decided to take control of its own destiny without waiting for brussels. But they hope that one day they will wake up members of the European Union. [singing in another language] man donald trump has become the first u. S. President to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Woman it is a controversial and politically risky move. Man . A wall of flames. Man 2 fears that this could create further tension. Woman fears it could spark a new uprising in the middle east. Crawford hello. Im Alex Crawford in jerusalem and this is hotspots. Tonight, were gonna take you behind the scenes of some of the worlds biggest and hardesthitting stories. We get caught up in the violence in and around jerusalem and the west bank. Man the level of anger was intense. Crawford were on the scene as zimbabwes military topples its longtime dictator