The act. Im sorry kelli walk into the program the epicenter of americas corona Virus Outbreak new york state has reported its highest death toll in a single day nearly 800 in the last 24 hours that despite this grim milestone new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that there are signs that the spread is slowing down but the pandemic is still pounding new york city where even a cathedral has been drafted into service to treat the sick. Beneath the stained glass windows this church is getting ready for a different east to crowd a significant weekend in the christian calendar President Donald Trump assured americans there is light at the end of the tunnel. They would have many easter is together in churches in the future. Were getting closer you see the numbers were getting much closer to getting our country back to the way it was. As new yorks death toll climbed pos 6000 the states governor moved to reassure residents we are flattening the curve thank god thank god thank god thank god. And thank a lot of good people who are been working very hard and that is a moment in time dont get complacent thats what were doing thats working keep doing it thats the good news and that good news has a big cabin. Were still in the midst of it Governor Cuomo has directed all flags be flown at half mast in on our of the lives lost as the sun sets on the states deadliest day yet a sense of solidarity reverberates around the city. Odd and for more lets bring in journalist michelle lamb who joins us now from new york city and you know michelle as bad as those numbers are new york authorities have said the official death toll might actually be an undercount why is that. Well there has been lots of speculation why the number of reported are not accurate and some people are saying that some people just havent been in the hospital in new york city and had in particular there are several people at 2 residence their primary is here in manhattan and there are secondary homes are in upstate so im assuming they are making reference to there might be an undercount there could be people who left the city 19 and did not know that until they got to their secondary residence or there were some people who were not fortunate enough to make it to the hospital out weve seen that this virus has impacted so many different people and theres so many different circumstances there are some people who live in new york city alone and they dont have families so each day were learning more and more about the death toll. You mentioned that you know a lot of people have been going to their 2nd homes outside of the city theres been a lot of criticism and a bit of blowback regarding that trend you know individuals in those more local communities saying that the people from new york city are bringing coronavirus to them in that context how is the Health Care System in new york city and also outside of the city coping right now. Well right now i feel that the city is working closely with the state to pool resources to basically put together a more effective plan and when we 1st heard about the 1st case the person who works in the medical care facility she came in from iran and she sells isolated and then from there we started seeing number growing gradually in the beginning a most of us here in new york really didnt know what to do should we wear a mask should we not wear a mask and at 1st we were told not to wear a mask been to now wear them to help reduce the numbers so i think how they have come together in different areas is you know what everyone wear masks as a precautionary measure and each city is taking the steps to protect their citizens. Michelle just briefly before we go everyone you know is under this 2 week stay at home order now how are people come coping in what is usually one of the worlds busiest cities i mean if you look at social media for example you have these hashtags which are trending such as new york tough whats the mood new york state inside you know people are just basically reaching out to each other and using video chat to just make the social distancing a bit more bearable i live right by central park in about 7 oclock each day everyone goes to the window we cheer we clap and thats in support of you know the Health Care Professionals who are risking their lives but also when you look across the way you see a neighbor that you havent seen before and you wait in youre like ok well youre here today its kind of like a ghost town we look down a street thats usually heavily populated and theres no one there so in this moment were encouraging the Health Care Professionals its also giving us a glimmer of hope michel them joining us from new york where there is some evidence at this hour even despite its deadliest day in the coronavirus that the curve might be flattening thank you so much for joining us for that reporting being here. Im staying in the us and senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign clearing the way for joe biden to become the democratic partys nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in november selection in a live stream speech the 78 year old said that he could no longer continue in good conscious to campaign in the face of this current Global Pandemic sanders still expects to have a progressive influence in the partys platform but says that he will support. Now returning to some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the global to death toll is approaching 90000 with more than one and a half 1000000 confirmed infections since the outbreak began south korea has reported its smallest one day increase in new cases since february only 39. 00 new infections were registered in the past 24 hours and in india officials are sealing off corona virus hotspots in the capital new delhi and in neighboring states the number of cases rose to over 5000 there meantime the number of confirmed Coronavirus Infections in germany has risen to more than 108000 with the death toll of 2107. And france has been under partial lockdown for over 3 weeks now but with the number of infections still on the rise social distancing measures are likely to be extended president emanuel mccrone is due to address the nation next week to explain the path forward in paris the rules have become even stricter enforced with fines and even prison time for paris correspondent lisa lui shows us just how small life has become. Ive been confined to these 30 square meters for weeks now but i do have a right to go out once a day for one hour to do that i need to fill in this form with the day be exact about time and the specific reason for example im a lot out for Urgent Medical appointment or if im summoned by a judge but today i have to buy food. Bakeries like this one have been allowed to stay open despite the locked they are considered essential services but even here business has suffered. For our turnover has gone down by 40 percent and we have to put half of our 12 employees on temporary unemployment and we dont know for how long this will go on report markers on the ground right away it has taken some people which is time but now most of the french understood the rules of social distancing thats quite an achievement for people renowned for their lack of discipline more people paris is normally bustling city but not these days the lockdown in france is stricter than in some other European Countries and yet not all the french are following the rules. In some prison suburbs in certain regions where people are just not observing the lockdown that negates all the efforts made by everyone thats why were cracking down on such behavior weve already given out hundreds of thousands of fines breaching the rules costs 135 euros or 200 euros for a huge offenses one person was called infringing the lock down 10 times in a row for it and condemned to 3 months of prison more cuticle going to prison for ya. Doctors agree people should comply with the locks and they say its the only way to slow down the spread of the virus. Plus we have run out of a liver beds in intensive care units and have to make tough choices people over 75 years are generally no longer taken in at those units at least thats the case at hospitals here in paris and in eastern france as theyre not equipped to do massive testing and hand out masks to everybody so for now the locked on well enough to stay in place is more dispersed one of the. The government has already announced the lockdown is likely to be extended further. Right i better get myself. But before i go back into isolation is one thing i can do with my fellow corinthian even if we have to keep our distance dine in the evening applause for all the heroes in this crisis the Health Care Personnel supermarket cashiers and of course my local. Sounds of appreciation there that were hearing in so many cities lets take a look now at some Business News from around the world Australia Police have seized the black box from a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with corona virus in sydney the ruby princess has been linked to hundreds of covert 1000 cases and more than a dozen investigators want to know why the passengers were allowed to leave the ship in march. Saudi arabia has announced a 2 week cease fire in the war in yemen coming into effect today the move is believed to have been motivated by the global coronaVirus Outbreak who forces aligned with iran have not said that they will observe the cease fire. And oxfam is warning the fallout of the corona Virus Outbreak could plunge half of 1000000000 people into poverty a report by the charity concludes the economic crisis to come will be worse than the 2008 Global Financial crash it expects poverty worldwide to increase for the 1st time in 30 years. Its well it is easter this weekend and it will be one unlike any other not least in jerusalem hell grahams have visited for thousands of years there but with nationwide curfews in effect across israel large gatherings cannot take place it means for the 1st Time One Group is making sure that the citys long held easter traditions will be making their way into the Digital World its. A new sunday tradition an improvised altar is assembled on this rooftop overlooking jerusalems old city since visitors are no longer able to come to the churches here the austrian hospice a catholic guesthouse is bringing the service to them virtually did do for all. Yet still may now that people cant combine the more to jerusalem we bring jerusalem to the people into their farms on their screens and t. V. And we want to keep doing that during the holy week and easter. Sunday mass on a rooftop but without a congregation because the pandemic gatherings are no longer allow the service is live streamed using a mobile phone 2 floors down in the now closed coffee shop a Young Volunteer follows the broadcast public in front of the center i think it provides a kind of support you know that even though you cant be here every sunday you can still be a part of it because the toilets. Easter in jerusalem is very different this year the normally busy via dolorosa the way of the cross is empty the church of the holy sepulcher has closed its doors most Easter Services will be live streamed instead its a highly unusual situation also for the local Palestinian Christians residents are under tight restrictions. Probably talk to family. Or the. Turn that through the smart read through some lights out gotten used to see think so many girl groups in the last 2 millenia at least but this year will be a come your we want to visit. Where are the people celebrate this easter jerusalem its residents say its important to show solidarity and not to lose faith that better times will come. For that direction do you have you news coming to you live from berlin im sorry kelly thank you so much for joining us see. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona update. From the covert 19 special next on d w. Im going crazy thing in all the time. How to handle our new lives in times of the koran a pandemic reporter. Just like everyone else and shes looking for answers and thankfully with the help of many expect. To basically thank you is not life as we know it. In this together. As the death toll of 19 keeps rising scientists are still uncertain about where this deadly virus came from in the 1st place its believed that it jumped from animals to humans so far and babs it was sold at the web to my. In bhutan and china are the most likely candidates but the virus doesnt stay with humans there are signs that its also spreading to other animals a tiger at the bronx zoo in new york city has tested positive for covert 19 of developing a dry cough a couple of lions also show signs of infection. And there are reports in hong kong that dogs have tested positive without having any of the usual symptoms Scientists Say those cats are very susceptible to the virus and you people around the world are now worried about what that means for them and their pets and farmers also want to know how dangerous the virus could be to their livestock pics chicken and ducks at least im not likely to get infected what about the rest. Welcome to our covert 900. 00 special here on news and want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us what droll do animals play in the corona virus pandemic which species can get infected which is immune and whats this mean for our interaction with pets and farm animals lets ask professor tomas met unlighted hes a bar ologist and the president of the free trade lefler institute which studies Animal Health and infections which can be transmitted from animals to humans good to have you with us on the program let us start with pets a lot of people now are wondering whether their pets could transmit the virus what do we know about that so far. Hello phone in serenes what we actually do now is that cats can get infected experimentally and by. Exposure we know very little about transmission because all the instances that we seen so far they clearly hint to infection of the pats by their owners this is biased or not ours to infect the owners so the the owner is more dangerous for the pet than vice versa what does this mean for the interaction with with our pets i mean we have terrible stories about some owners already putting their pets down because of this no there is no reason for doing that at all i mean of course i would stay away from my pet if i am sick myself and as is particularly true if im sick with a coronavirus too so i should really take caution in that aspect on the other hand its still very clear that this is a socalled anthropos over knows this which means that humans are the ones that infect the animals and not in this particular case the other way around so what does this mean for life stock i mean we already heard that picks up probably not success subset the bill to the virus but what about cows and how would a pharma know that his cow for example is infected. We have Experimental Evidence that picks chicken and ducks are indeed not susceptible to infection we have no Experimental Evidence of any other of the of livestock and for producing animals that our colleagues all over the goal of actually testing these animals as we speak and we hope that we have more information on that in a couple of days actual so its not knowing everything yet also worries people of course certainly consume us is there any advice you have for consumers for example when it comes to milk. At the moment we have no indication that any foods really presents the risk for con time the nation offered transmission of the infection as a forum and picks are not susceptible chicken attacks are not susceptible and from what we can deduce from the previous. Was from 2002 into his office where he would be very surprised to see that cattle are indeed an infected bat this is under experimental. Examination at the time as we speak of course were still trying to learn more about this new coronavirus professor mitten like to thank you for now we have more questions for you so dont go away because 1st we want to look at how scientists a working to find out how the virus was transmitted to humans in the 1st place. When it comes to the transmission of infections from animals to humans to Global Wildlife trade plays a major role take pets in some parts of africa and asia theyre considered a delicacy. But theyre also a source of viruses among them the corona virus. One study found that a corona virus found in bats shared 96 percent of its genetic material with the virus behind the current pandemic known as sars kovi 2. But this particular bat virus is unlikely to have infected human cells directly what is more likely is that the virus jumped to humans via another animal one prime candidate is a pangolin the corona virus found in pangolins has similar surface proteins which dr receptors to the virus currently infecting humans but other animals are also potential transmitters to search for the source of this pandemic is still in full swing. Back to profess them in light of on the free trade lefler institute an Animal Studies what is the significance of bats carrying so many viruses and how does this knowledge help us deal with a current outbreak. So probably bets are a good reservoir for different kinds of viruses not only coral are viruses we actually dont know why this is the case that they can control the virus better than other species do might have a special in human system which is able to control the viruses but so far its unclear what the basis of this reservoir function really is i but we can state is that there are frequent events that viruses actually jump to worse humans from the bed rest of war of course were all trying to find a solution to this crisis and your infection studies actually found that ferrets are a good model prehumans wise that i mean ferrets are animal did out being used as a model for human respiratory infections for quite some time and probably they are also susceptible to infection by this asteroid or virus to. The good effect that they are a proper