The situation is serious he will take it seriously since german if occasionally no since the 2nd world war there has been no challenge to our nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united action in a televised address to the nation german chancellor Angela Merkel makes an unprecedented call for solidarity in the fight against coronavirus. And the European CentralBank Announces a 750000000000 euro Bond Buying Program to stave off the pandemics economic fallout chief legard says there are no limits to open it bench to the euro. Im monica jones its good to have you with us. Italy has reported to the highest one day death toll from coronavirus than any other country official said nearly 500 people died on wednesday videos posted on social media are said to show military trucks in the city of baghdad more preparing to transport the dead to nearby cities mortuaries and crematoriums in bury them all have run out of space medical teams from china have a arrive to help authorities fight the virus. The governor of italys hardest hit region made this appeal to medical students and retired Health Care Workers to the media as you can. I want to appeal to all of these doctors and nurses. Make yourself available and lend us a hand in these trying times. In my opinion through the corporation and availability of these professional Health Workers we can find important answers to the challenges we face is posed to you if you put band. Lets bring in journalist sima gupta whos standing by for us in rome sima dramatic scenes there in northern italy the governor calling for help does he get the support he needs. Well thats what the governor if off along but hes actually saying i mean hes made it very clear look morning that at this stage we base reach a situation soon where they wont be able to treat the sick at all and its hes calling on the residents in law but also all around the country to essentially stay at home and thats the message of the Prime Minister as well gave an interview to a local daily here essentially saying that the country and the bishops that they good to take they expect them to get even stricter a complete law is what theyre suggesting the sports minister has already said that hes looking towards the idea of stopping all Outdoor Activity that needs no more and he wants all or joking in the pot simply because they need to stay at home in order to limit the spread of obit 19 this fall so were cool closure will be extended beyond april 3rd and thats because also weve seen 43000 by the nations off the lockdown measure in the space of one week and the authorities and officials im chlorine people to listen to the rules stay at old practice social distancing only leave when its absolutely necessary theyre very concerned as we as you said weve seen these dramatic and the mens numbers of the dead just 475 did with coke at 19 in the space of 24 hours and its because of that i think that the authorities believe that the next week or so is very crucial the peak infection rate still has not been reached here in his sleep now as you say a main people there also where you are further south faced with those incredibly dramatic images from northern italy will that help to convince people to actually and here to what the authorities tell them to do or not to do. Well thats what did george hes a hoping for thats what the doctors im plowing we see a frontline medical professionals going on social media imploring everyone showing them we go to work to save lives you do your part stay at home that seems to be the message that youre sending out here in boston for the most part you do see people at hearing this its frustrating for people to be stuck at home were now into day 9 of the lockdown families at home with their children having to deal with work on the one hand as well as dealing with their Children School work trying to juggle all of that and manage its not easy but if everyone does their part as everyone keeps saying they were all in the same boat and so if one does they are caught this will help limit the spread not just up north but also for the rest of the country that is also preparing for a rise in infections you know you talk about the doctors the battery has been brought in to help with that but old sort of the fast track the graduation of medical students right sima gupta there reporting for us from rome thank you so much. Britain has also stepped up its response to the coronavirus the Prime Minister announced that up 220000 military personnel will be put on standby the United Kingdom is bracing for the stringent measures that will come into effect on friday in addition to schools dozens of underground stations will be closed other Public Transport Services will also be reduced the government has advised people not to go to cops and restaurants though an official ban is not in effect. Lets cross over now to london where the correspondent to get mass is covering developments for us big london of course is a big huge city and its now facing streaks containment measures which the military could help to enforce how london is coping. Well there is a sense of doom i would say across london because i think a lot of people are expecting this to get even tighter and maybe into a complete lockdown at least this is the speculation in the media and on social media so we might really see londoners being confined to their homes and what you see at the moment is that people are trying to go and shop as much as they can so if you go into a supermarket in the afternoon the shelves a really really empty because people are expecting that there will be shooting each is in the future of course the authorities are saying its because the demand is so much its not that there is no supply of essential items like toilet paper or even food its because people are buying too much and they should stop it but at the moment it doesnt seem that people are hearing to this advice because people are frankly very nervous of whats to come all right while people not following advice weve seen that across europe now and as of tomorrow schools all over the country will be closed to Prime MinisterBoris Johnson take this step too late perhaps as his critics claim. Yes there has been a lot of criticism towards the government there was for example the editor in chief of the lancet a leading medical paper and he has just 4 weeks almost to look at whats happening in other countries look at whats happening in italy and just act and be tough now the School Closures come fairly late only in effect as of tomorrow even though some schools have already closed now voluntarily but officially as of tomorrow the schools will be closed the children of public Health WorkersHealth Workers and of other people who are necessary for the infrastructure for example food delivery they will be able to go into some schools so there will be some sort of provision but its coming fairly late and lots of people hundreds of scientists in fact have the government over the weekend to be strict and yes now finally it is happening youre right back at mass the reporting in london thank you. Here in germany chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the nation in an unprecedented televised speech saying the country faces its biggest challenge since the 2nd world war this as the countrys top Disease Control official warns that germany could be dealing with 10000000 Coronavirus Infections in the coming months if its citizens dont adhere to measures outlined by the government. Ballons most famous locations should be bustling with tourists at this time of year but due to cover dial 900. 00 there currently surrounded by empty streets its also highly unusual for a german chancellor to make a televised address but Angela Merkel said these are extraordinary times and she urged all citizens of germany to seriously consider that own obligations to society the situation is serious and take it seriously since german unification no since the 2nd world war has been no challenge to our nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united action. 100 and called the womens figure she said germany was in a good position but warned that it could not be complacent god slunk out that. Germany has an Excellent Health system perhaps one of the best in the world we can take some confidence from that but a hospital stay would be completely overstretched if too many patients with a severe corona infection were to be admitted in a short space of time. Because people in berlin have been waiting in long queues to be tested for the covered 19 virus and there have been reports from other states of people having to wait in lines for long periods before they were finally tested across the country germans are having their nerves tested new border regulations on the polish border are causing massive traffic jams as far as the eye can see. In many places authorities have begun extending Police Patrols to enforce new regulations on which shops are allowed to remain open cultural establishments schools and nurseries are supposed to be closed along with most normal grocery shops. And. Our officers are on patrol all around the clock with 2 groups of 100. 00 each in addition we have Undercover Police officers and their only mission is to enforce the regulations. So far the German Government has resisted placing a nationwide curfew such as in spain france and italy but that could soon change. Countries including germany are stepping up preparations to avoid the kinds of scenes that have been playing out in the hospitals of northern italy has been looking at the measures being taken in berlin to ensure a large number of patients can be treated if and when the situation arises a new hospital is being arrested at an Exhibition Center in berlin one of germanys latest measures to tackle a pandemic its supposed to be able to treat a frozen people set up with the help of the german army. I see it in case we have shortages we want to be able to avoid having serious bottlenecks by having something up our sleeves a clinic which still has capacity this is just a precautionary measure. The infection rate in berlin is growing maybe this extra capacity might not even be enough here at the robert cock institute an ever increasing number of positive cases are being tallied up just how long can the virus be kept under control the answer a sobering. A dream from yaba views upon belief were talking about years that this pandemic might take to go once around the world view. Traveling waves we know that but how quick these waves are a when these waves that were speaking about come from west 60 to 70 percent of the people around the world become infected that will take years in my view id say 2 years of. A crisis is coming our way but weve been forewarned that makes it easier says the head of the heart of her clinic in berlin. Says theyre well prepared they have recently received 10 extra respirators and the hospital could increase its capacity 3 fold if things got really bad for the more hes also ready his staff to harden weve also retrained new statistics and doctors from other specialties who havent done intensive care duties for a long time now so that we managed to get a further 20 to 30 percent extra back up in personnel and we could also get more from Outpatient Care on the border most of. The daily numbers say that up till now there hasnt been a Single Person with the coronavirus ending up in intensive care however its obvious that things wont stay that way statistics just didnt show what individual hospitals across the country can handle and where beds are available that probably couldnt have come at a better time. In fact the head of the German Hospital Federation says theres reason for both caution and reassurance. This is our findings show that about 15 percent of patients become so sick that they have to be treated in hospital 4 percent of patients in fact and then have to be treated in intensive care and put on ventilators. But we mustnt furthermore the government has planned that in extreme situations even hotels and Rehab Centers could be transformed into treatment areas if theres a bed shortage. In other news journal he has for the 1st time banned a group linked to the far right Rights Movement the movement whose name translates as citizens. The rice rejects the gentle missy of the modern german state the government says its groups promote right wing extremism and anti Semitism Police conducted raids across 10 states in connection with the ban early on wednesday authorities believe there are around 19000 rice by the members in germany. And for more im joined by Political Correspondent hans blonde hans tell us exactly what happened today well what happened is that the 2 particular groups within this price burger the citizens of the right movement if you want to call it that way were banned this morning and the properties the sites where these organizations are based were raided by police this morning what will happen now is that their property will be seized by the state. Bank or columns will be closed promoting their views and showing their symbols using their symbols is not going to be a criminal offense what we dont know now is whether anybody was a rest of this morning and whether there will be charges against any of the members of these groups but they have now been banned and who are these socalled rights what do they stand for. Well they basically maintain that the german state that is still the legitimate illegitimate state is the german reich the german state that was founded off to the 1st world war after the end of the monarchy in germany and that the modern german state the federal republic of germany is not a legitimate successor to that original german state so that they reject the legitimacy mysie of the modern german state and in fact some of them found their kind of areas of independence as they called it they issue their own possible so and so on all of that is more or less one could call it crazy but apart from that they are very aggressive they take take up arms they have been shootouts with the police occasionally a few years ago one of these rice burger People Killed a policeman so they are very aggressive and they are on the right wing of the spectrum of the political spectrum and highly anticipated and their statements in that sense they are regarded as a danger for the state and i did the 1st time now that the rights of the group is being banned how significant is that yes its the 1st time such a group is being banned but they have been under observation by the german internal Security Services for a long time and its not the 1st extremist right wing group that has been banned just very recently another Similar Group was banned by the police and there have been additional measures taken against right wing as in germany ever since most recently there have been some murderous attacks by rightwing people on a synagogue we once said and the killings and. More than where about 10 people were killed by a right winger so the German Authorities are now taking this threat particularly serious. But on top Political Correspondent thank you so much. And now back to our top story and what could be a major turning point in the drive to contain the current role of iris on wednesday china the epicenter of the original outbreak reported no new local cases of the infection for the 1st time since it began recording them in january however there were 34. 00 new infections imported from abroad which threatens the progress china has made beijing imposed restrictions on travel and movement in an attempt to prevent the virus from spreading the total number of confirmed corona virus infections in Mainland China stands at almost 81000. 00. Now taiwan has managed to keep its infection rate follower the neighboring countries despite its proximity to china where the corona virus originated weeks ago the island was expected to become the 2nd west hid region off to china but that didnt happen so what did i do to change the narrative and how is it coping with the ongoing pandemic w. s phoebe kong sent us the latest from taiwan surgical masks and go girls have become part of dr whos uniform since the coronavirus outbreak began he was among the 1st group of doctors in taiwan to treat suspected patients that was back in january when the virus 1st spread from china across the strait. Islands taiwan is experienced in understanding china so we know what is reliable and when we should be skeptical. And because taiwan has long been isolated from the International Community we must take more steps ahead of the crisis and use our own judgment. Of both the c. B. C. So this is how. This is where he ended up sleeping in a dormitory next to the hospital set aside for medical staff like him for time on vigilance as the treatment for a disease with no cure. It was hard to identify misinformation out 1st i was scared of spreading the virus to my family. I think this has to be a collective effort if each of us takes very strict a cautions ourselves it eases the burden on the health care system. Other than medics and military students and teachers at High School Level and below and now banned from overseas travel. Foreigners are denied entry but containing the virus is not only about Border Control communities have found themselves on the frontline. District officer of t