Abandoned by workers relatives are turning to Digital Technology to help keep in touch. And smokers line up one last time in tokyos restaurants a ban on indoor smoking goes into effect among the last major Global Cities that still allows it officials hope to ban was helped by the spread of crow by. Im called aspen thanks for joining us we start in the United States where the death toll from coven 1000 now exceeds 3000 or than a 3rd of those victims are from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers and requirement called the number of deaths staggering so far and 8000 former medical professionals have answered quote most call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york. As the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point weve all been through a lot these last 2 weeks. And we needed this boost we needed this hope thats being created by our brothers and sisters in the u. S. Navy marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a Field Hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words President Donald Trump says that medical equipment already in place should be enough for the city but the mayor and the state governors say they both need more help from the federal government to be ready for whats coming. It is a fundamental blunder. To only prepare for today thats why in some ways we are where we are weve been at behind this virus from day one you have this scientist in the data projections show you a curve. The curve goes like this youre over here. Prepare for the high point of the curve and do it now know when you can do it the night before. Medics have become the heroines and heroes of the day and monday was Even National doctors day but in new york theyve had no chance to celebrate their on the front lines in a city or the coronavirus death toll is rising rapidly. Spain has europes 2nd highest coronavirus death toll behind italy and with more than 7700 they tally these spain has now also surpassed china with the elderly at high risk Nursing Homes in spain have been overwhelmed by the number of infections there are reports of dire conditions even dead bodies left in beds for hours banned from visiting relatives or fear fearful for their loved ones our correspondent john Philip Schultz has this report from seville. What is happening behind these windows concerns many spending arts own most 2000 nursing home residents have died after contracting the corona virus every day more homes are affected more dangerous uncle has parkinsons and lives in a nursing home in Southern Spain a while ago he learned that the 1st cases of corona virus had been diagnosed there too since then he tells me the residents of the nursing home and their relatives have become increasingly worried. So what are they doing to do with the difficult situation. Care workers complain about terrible conditions in many homes they say. Say theres not enough protective clothing and that hundreds of their colleagues are infected authorities are investigating reports that some workers went home after the 1st cases were identified leaving residents forgotten in death beds the dramatic situation in many Nursing Homes has shocked people here in spain the spender society takes pride in its Strong Family ties and in taking well caliph the possible criminal neglect and the feeling of helplessness among family members have started to affect the so. Tender lot of spaniards fear that the situation in Nursing Homes might get worse in the coming days. In the nursing home where often more dangerous unclear lives the management has set up whats at group now that i fail and the other relatives feel a little bit closer to their loved ones. Lets bring in young Philip Schultz you filed that report for us from spain you mentioned in your report that spain is a country that takes pride in caring for its Elderly Population how is it possible for the situation in Nursing Homes there to get sabbat i think the main problem here in spain is that the government has realized wait too late the true extent of the problem realized it when dozens of Nursing Homes had already being. Checked with a coronavirus and regarding the abundance of people in the Nursing Homes i think we have to wait and see the outcome of the investigations that are going on still also nurses and family members that say that the stuff in Nursing Homes this is doing their best regarding the arabic on just means at the moment and that partly also the government is trying to blame us for that old shortcomings spain and now has the 3rd highest number of chrono virus infections worldwide and actually 13000 of those infections are Health Care Workers just gifts not of what the situation is like there right now. Yeah i think there is a contradiction of feelings here in spain at the moment when i go to a supermarket for example one of the few places where theres still some social interaction i see a lot of worried and sad faces on the other hand there is also some sense of hope some hope that those very strict measures they must show some effect soon there was a representative of the House Ministry yesterday that gave a press conference and said that they hope that the peak of infections will be reached this week but still the situation is quite bad and especially within families we have to keep in mind that the economy exaggeration gets worse and worse and worse every day this puts a lot of pressure on families they say that the Economic Cost is about 50000000000 euros at the moment already about about 30 seconds by this one asking you mention those new restrictions in spain in a lockdown for weeks what exactly has been implemented now. Well the restrictions become very strict now basically only essential workers can go hours anymore essential work house members of the medical teams social work. True supplies and also journalists were still allowed to work to provide the public with information our john Philip Schultz giving us the latest there in spain thank you so much. Lets take a look now at some other coronavirus developments italy is the country with the most deaths and it will extend its lockdown until these april 12th italians have been under lockdown for 3 weeks already the World Health Organization is warning that even though the focus is now in europe and on the United States the coronavirus pandemic is still quote far from over in the asia region and in the pacific and Brazils Health minister has defied president your bills and urged brazilians to practice social distancing both sonar has downplayed the pandemic and opposes regional lockdown measures lets go check on the Financial Markets now for that im joined by our financial correspondent conrad burns and hes in frankfurt conrad today actually the end of the 1st quarter of 2020 it started out strong and then we all know what happened after that i mean where do we stand right now. Well the german share index the dax is trading 24 percent lower than man at the beginning of this year this is how big the corona reload related losses have been so far this year whether or not the next quarter will bring a strong recovery of stock prices here in germany well its too early to say at the moment the overwhelming majority of news and statements from companies are scrapped dividends scrapped forecasts warnings about more difficult financing delayed shareholder meetings stuff like this so the news the statements coming from companies the data is not so that long term oriented investors would really want to bays optimistic Investment Decisions on them germanys economic advisors also are not so optimistic theyre saying recession is now inevitable whats the long term outlook now how long will it take until things get better. That will depend totally on when the corona virus and the pandemic is contained thats what every economist a saying if the contraction of the economy this year here in germany will really be 5. 4 percent thats the worst Case Scenario of the counsel of our governments economic advisors then the contraction would still be a little bit smaller then 2009 you know the last recession so there is hope on the markets that we are going to see a strong recovery as soon as you know the pandemic is really over and the virus is contained but many question marks also have to say are still attached to this italys Government Debt this year is expected to grow to up to 150 percent of g. D. P. In normal times this would be. Siddha totally unsustainable on our bosom of the update there from frankfurt thank you very much. Lets take a look now at some other ways of coping 1000 is impacting the Business World workers at an Amazon Warehouse in new york city have staged a walkout over Workplace Safety thats after one employee at the facility tested positive for the coronavirus one warehouse worker was fired after publicizing the protest on social media. Ford and General Electric say they will produce 50000 emergency ventilators in the next 100 days they join a carmaker g. M. In the race to repurpose battery lines to produce spent later as hospitals across the u. S. Are urgently seeking the devices they deal with an onslaught of coronavirus patients. And the largest dutch flower merchants says his industry could lose between 2. 30 euros due to the current Coronavirus Crisis and social distancing measures in the height of what would be flour season most of the harvest remains unsold and as you can see it has to be composted. The tokyo summer olympics have officially been postponed for a year but not a new law banning smoking the japanese capitol is one of the worlds last major cities where people can still Smoke Cigarettes at restaurant tables but not much longer on wednesday april 1st a ban on indoor smoking takes effect it was originally meant to make a limbic dining smoke free but officials now hope that the measure will have the added benefit of slowing the spread of coronavirus. Though tokyos streets are more quiet these days its restaurants and bars still beckon after hours most welcome smokers but thats about to change a bad schedule to make the city tobacco free in time for the now postponed olympics comes into effect on wednesday Health Experts warn that smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to the coronavirus but that hasnt persuaded these patrons to quit. Of course i know that smoking increases my chances of getting the virus but i cant just stop its an indulgence. So if i get the virus i get the virus theres nothing i can do about it then. Sorry. The impact on customers i guess fewer people will come initially theyll come as usual but if they cant smoke will gradually start coming thats exactly what city authorities are hoping for with the number of corona virus infections on the rise they say people have to stop going out and socializing at bars and nightclubs. Constant these locations fall under all 3 locations for close contact that can result in a high risk of infection close to spaces with bad ventilation densely packed crowds of people and close distance between people. As the governor has already asked tokyos residents to stay indoors but her requests arent binding and as much of life continues as usual medical experts in japan are calling on the government to declare a state of emergency before its too late. 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