Telling residents to remain inside their homes is the 2nd worst hit country in europe after italy. I married to evanston thanks for joining us europes open borders are closing germany now joins a growing list of e. U. Countries to at least partially shut out its neighbors in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus the government announced that boundaries with switzerland austria and denmark will be closed added restrictions are also being imposed on the french german frontier in germany itself many of the countrys largest cities have ordered schools to close for a monday and authorities have ordered bars pubs and clubs to shut their doors to customers. Pleas for out in the streets of berlin enforcing the closure and sending reluctant revelers home regional transport restrictions are also expected in the coming week. For more im joined now by william glue croft in berlin hello to you william so germany is now the latest country in europe to shed at least some borders what more can you tell us about the closures thats right germanys interior minister for say hoffer just finished a press conference along with officials other officials of the German Government outlining what is going to happen come into force starting monday morning at 8 am that is when border restrictions for france austria switzerland denmark and luxembourg are going to come into force he noted that goods and commuters will continue to pass through the border as they have been he noted germanys reliance on exporting goods for a large part of its economy is as a good reason for allowing goods to continue going back and forth but nonessential people people without business in neighboring countries they will not be allowed to cross the border the idea is to help slow the spread of the coronavirus and also to prevent hoarding of groceries and other goods in Border Regions horsetail for would not commit to a concrete end date for these border controls when theyll be lifted its based on as he said risk assessments and how things progress in these border areas and now another measure to take Effect Tomorrow is that all schools and kindergartens will be closed in germany will you what implications will this have on public life in the country. Well as they hope for said it is in his press conference he does not believe that germany has seen or even europe has seen the worst of this crisis of this virus pandemic the current count is 4900 almost 4100 fact did cases across germany thats up from just 3800 yesterday so schools are closing pubs Restaurants Public life really as we know it is coming to a halt starting tomorrow just to give you one figure a berlin estimates 150000. 00 children in the city will be without child care because their parents are have to work or or a single parent homes where they have to work and theres only going to be a small amount of emergency child care for children of parents who work in essential or emergency jobs so a very difficult situation ahead for parents and many others now well you might like to ask you about another report were getting from a german newspaper saying that u. S. President donald trump is attempting to entice a German Laboratory to develop a vaccine for the corona virus exclusively for the United States what more can you tell us yet it is a somewhat bizarre development that went to press today in the popular newspaper that they were citing an anonymous source within the German Government that was saying the trouble ministration was trying to financially entice a mostly german biopharmaceutical thats working on a vaccine for the corona virus to make it exclusively for the United States but we should note that it as i said it is an anonymous source and although the German Government has confirmed those quotes used to be authentic theres a lot of details that we just dont know about right now while we do have a closer look at the work that this lab is doing lets have a look. Searching for a breakthrough this cure vaca lab in southwest germany hopes to be the 1st in the race to develop a vaccine against the corona virus and its being noticed with reports surfacing donald trump is trying to lure the company to the u. S. Fairly is encouraging the buyer pharmaceutical firms to stay. In their political we are seeing a lot of Political Support and the issue is taken very seriously from various sites specifically we have received support from an International Vaccine initiative off so that these Clinical Trials can also quickly begin to hear these conditions for. The company says research into several possible vaccines has begun with the 2 most promising to be chosen for clinical tests it expects to have an experimental vaccine developed by june or july and will then seek approval for testing on humans. Kill vax specializes in a method called and which makes human cells produce proteins that trigger immune responses against infections or cancers on. This basis we are now building that new vaccine we now have a process where we can quickly respond to new threats. So we believe that this r. And a technology is a very good a way to quickly provide solutions. And to be. If the vaccine is successful in human trials cure vacs says up to 10000000 doses could be produced in several weeks experts originally thought a vaccine would be 18 months away meaning a successful human trial as early as july would be welcomed by the global community. Now william how likely is it that this lab may actually agree to the offer from the trans administration. Well the company itself has already said they have no plans on offering the vaccine if its developed at all exclusively to the United States or any other country and i reached out to the w. H. O. Which is largely responsible for global coordination of developing a vaccine they had no idea about this story at all and they said theres as many as 30 vaccines currently under development around the world from Different Pharmaceuticals so why this one Company Might be of interest to the trump ministration based on this one report in the newspaper today is something were really going to have to wait and see if anything further comes to light. Blue croft in berlin we thank you very much. We move now to the other covert 19 hotspots in europe such as spain and france which are among the worst affected by the outbreak both countries have gone into lockdown theyre following italys lead and have announced new drastic measures in a bid to combat the spread of the virus police are now patrolling the streets of madrid sending people home who refused to obey orders to isolate more than 190 people have died in spain making it the 2nd worst affected country in europe 47000000 spaniards are now banned from leaving their homes for the next 2 weeks after the Prime Minister declared a state of emergency. In italy however remains the country worst affected by corona virus outside of china on sunday 368. 00 new corona related deaths were reported bringing the total to 1809. 00 thats an increase of 25 percent compared to saturday the number of new infections also continues to rise rapidly the total number of infected people in italy is now nearly 25000. 00 despite widespread efforts to control the spread of the virus spring in rome sunny and 20 degrees celsius many romans are eager to go outside for some fresh air but parks are closed and the police are keeping an eye on the streets theyve registered 20000 violations in recent days the country has been under quarantine for almost a week. That brother be punished and have my dog your dates in my apartment to the guys i know im not afraid ive seen how people of being very careful and a very aware of their surroundings. I always wear gloves and Pay Attention and when i go to my elderly mother i take a shower and completely change my clothes. It really is no longer the scene of panic buying there are lawrence and. Front of supermarkets because only a few shoppers at a time are allowed inside psychologists fear the effects of the corn teen loneliness and the ban on meeting with friends will have consequences. To make matters worse many italians are already struggling to make ends meet the vatican has announced easter events will be held without thousands of pilgrims now a Church Authorities aim to scale down the celebrations amid tight regulations. We have Team Coverage of the situation right now in italy and spain see the group is standing by in rome and marcos burnished is in madrid the spanish capital lets start with you marcus so 47000000 people in spain ordered to stay inside is it working how do things look where you are. Well as you can see maybe behind there is nobody in the streets there are some cars mostly taxis or buses driving but the rest is and all the rest of the spaniards at least here in madrid they are respecting their new routes to stay at home there are there were during the day there was in development during the day. Even less people were found in the streets and this is almost here to control it but also because people realize really. Here especially madrid the latest figures they just think. This might. Seem whats the picture like and italy its been nearly a week now since the country came under a nationwide quarantine how have people adapted to these restrictions. While you have people just fucking down staying at whole families parents and children trying to work out the situation or what its like to stay indoors this definitely at the crease use of Technology Children getting their schoolwork on my parents house working and working from home its also a sense of solidarity that were all in this together were all in the same boat so you have these flash mobs happening where people are going out to the a fellow can see the windows there at certain times of the day singing songs to support the bill curry job or applauding the Health Care Workers that are really at this front line in this battle to troll the spread of the county did to deal with the people that are suffering from this should obviously people are also very concerned about the impact of this activity at the on the businesses as well as on the a likelihood but the focus. Now making sure health is the number one priority now sima despite these measures though weve been hearing some very alarming figures about the number of covert 19 deaths and the number of new infections how is the Health Care System coping with this. Well the reality is the Health Care System up north and particularly the hardest hit regions particularly a lot but the north there really there are extreme doctors there are telling the b. T. S. About how the kid resist because they are running out of intensive care units equipment such as rest breeches they dont have enough beds one doctor in the town of the ball which is particularly one of the towns thats been hardest hit. Said they are getting 7 missions into the tents if care unit daily and they just cant cope they need more help from the government the official said law but he said that role has a wrong perception of the situation and they need more help but the government says theyre doing everything they can to get things in order to put in place you bitches such as supporting companies here in each city that are producing goes by the need for the Health Care Professionals theyre also going to get more money to those who are in the hospitals that are working over time theres also a move perhaps to look at hotels as being converted into potential isolation areas for those that have been affected so these measures could be put in place but basically the focus is to try and help those hardest hit it to prepare the rest of the country as well all right sima gupta for us in rome and standing by in madrid marcus furnish we thank you both very much for your reporting and hope you also stay healthy. 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