news live from berlin britain's prime minister shuts down his country boris johnson instructs people to stay longer in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus the lockdown will last at least 3 weeks also coming out a warning from the head of the world health organization. the bunbury cuse accelerating new cases of covert 19 keep rising globally in some places that are at the faster pace of the ws there is still time to change the trajectory of the. pounds pressure builds to postpone the tokyo lympics the japanese prime minister acknowledges for the 1st time that the summer games may be delayed heat as canada and australia say they won't send us. i merely said i must and welcome britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight covert 19 boris johnson told the british people the government is shutting nonessential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people let's listen then from this evening i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home. because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between

this is good news live from berlin britain's prime minister shuts down his country boris johnson instructs people to stay home in a bid to stop the spread of corona virus the lockdown will last at least 3 weeks also coming out a warning from the head of the world health organization. upon them it is accelerating to. new cases of covered 1000 keep rising globally in some places at an ever faster pace for the w.h.o. says there is still time to change the trajectory of the damage. i'm hearing from our standard welcome britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight covert 19 boris johnson told the british people the government is shutting non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people let's listen in from this evening i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. the basic necessities as infrequently as possible one form of

boris johnson clapping in front of downing street on thursday night a symbolic thank you to health work is engaged in the fight against the coronavirus funding known at the time the british prime minister was already experiencing symptoms of the disease. on friday he revealed he had tested positive for 19 i am working from home i'm so price waiting and that's entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with technology to communicate with all my talk team to lead the national fight back against corona virus the prime minister was long criticized for playing down the threat of the virus this was his opinion of social distancing just 3 weeks ago i was shaking hands can decide that i was the other night i think there are a few there are actually a few credit cards patients and i sure can't live without it you'll be pleased to know that i continue to shake hands and. that is case numbers rose he found to pressure the streets of london have been virtually empty since monday when the british government ordered no one to leave the house except for essenti

turn for boris johnson well his critics have always said he's acting hof hotly and way too late but boris johnson has insisted that the u.k. is 2 weeks behind italy and that he would introduce the right measures at the right time now he had appealed to the british people not to leave their home but we've seen over the weekend that that didn't work out people in the hundreds were hitting the beaches for example or the parks and obviously that is not a social distancing so today came the measure for a lock down that now everybody has to comply with and if they don't there will be fines the police will be watching the people everywhere wherever they go so this is what he says ah the right measure us at the right time. on the story for us in. london sure lots of thank you. country's leading public health institution institute says new data suggest that the. cases may be leveling off. concerns that. may have caught the virus those concerns have been dispelled through. this. only for essential reasons like. shopping. but germany's robert costa institute says there's reason to be cautiously opti

lead british prime minister boris johnson tests positive for corona virus johnson says that he is suffering mild center symptoms and will continue to lead the nation's fight against the pandemic from quarantine. also coming up to germany induced to massively explain and expand its testing to faslane to fight the spread of the virus and the country is already testing a half a 1000000 people a week that number could double by the end of next month. plus a berlin basketball club turned its locker room into a t.v. studio to help keep kids active during self isolation. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has the coronavirus he is the highest profile political leader confirmed to have contracted the virus so far the u.k. health minister has also tested positive. boris johnson clapping in front of number 10 downing street on thursday night a symbolic sign queue to the health workers in the fight against the coronavirus harbor no one at the time the british prime minister was already experiencing symptoms of the disease on friday he revealed he had tested pos

now tell us more about the details well life is about to change prime minister boris johnson asked all people told them to stay home for and they can only leave their home for 4 reasons he set to go to work to help to get medical help if needed to go for exercise in the park once a day so those are the reasons that people are able to leave their home otherwise they will be fines and the police will be enforcing those rules another thing that is different in the u.k. from other european countries is that people who are vulnerable and the elderly are told to stay home to self isolate for 12 weeks now starting from today they've been called by their doctors and nurses to tell them to self isolate so there's this kind of for you turn for boris johnson now. well critics have said that boris johnson acted tough heartedly and too late but he himself has always said that he would do the right measures at the right time and now the time has come for that nationwide lockdown he has gradually. introduced stricter measures over time closing pubs and restaurants before the weekend but as we've seen

well scientists have been urging prime minister boris johnson to react sooner as london has become the hot spot off in sections we just don't really know how many infections because testing is only done for severe cases at the hospital at this point but the death toll is rising at a faster rate than in italy at the moment there approximately over 170 deaths in the country recorded so prime minister boris johnson always has said that he would do the right measures at the right time and yesterday the time was right to close the pubs and restaurants theaters and cinemas schools and nurseries as have already shut their doors yesterday so basically locations where people can gather but for now this is only a partial lockdown and for example shops remain open so we can expect probably tougher measures to come in the next days ahead how are people reacting to these measures what was the mood on the streets there in london. well it's extremely divided there are some people who are still in absolute denial and who have been going out to the pubs as we saw in the piece. has been enjoying themsel

and british prime minister boris johnson tells bars and restaurants to close and not to open again on the weekend that his government promises to guarantee most of the wages of those who were sent home or. i'm tired rate it's good to have a good to have you with us the u.s. state of new york has joined california and illinois and confining nearly all residents to their harms that's over 70000000 people it's a drastic step designed to prevent a run on the hospitals like in the usually the rate of increase in the number of cases risks overwhelming new york's hospital system cases in the stage climb to more than 7038 people have sort of died. and here's what new york governor andrew camara had to say about the measures. today we're bringing you to 100 percent of the workforce must stay home. these are non essential services essential services have to continue to function grocery stores need food pharmacies need drugs your internet has to continue to work the water has to turn on when you turn a faucet so there are essential services that will continue to function but 100 percent of the w

this is g w news live from berlin and british prime minister boris johnson tests positive for corona virus johnson says that he's suffering mild symptoms and will continue to leave the nation's fight against the pandemic from quarantine. also coming up south africa's police enforced the new 3 week coronavirus lockdown at the same time the country's 1st 2 deaths from the virus have been announced and getting back to business in china we need the operator of a hot food stall who needs to start making money again after the lifting of the coronavirus lockdown but where are the customers. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has the coronavirus he's the highest profile political leader confirmed to have the virus so far the u.k. health minister has also tested positive on thursday night johnson joins the nation and applauded workers at the national health service a day later after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he'd been isolating himself but he said that he would continue to lead the nation's response the

well it just seemed quiet in evitable now boris johnson has always insisted that he's doing the right measures at the right time and now the time has come to close all clubs and bars restaurants and theater as also schools and nurseries have closed door for the foreseeable future today so this comes at a time where london is becoming the new at a much faster rate than in italy and we don't know how many people are indeed infected in the u.k. at this point because testing is only being done in the hospitals for very severe cases but as we know now the next step of measures have been taken and it will change life here in the streets of london quite a bit from tomorrow on where it's as you can see right now lots of people still out here in the streets it's a stark difference to what you would see in berlin right now we know that in other parts of the world is growing londoners how are they reacting. well life has quieted down in the past couple of weeks here and today the mood was quite somber on the streets some people actually in a quite a panic mode you have to say i went to a couple

this is due to be a news live from berlin the coronavirus and britain's prime minister boris johnson johnson says he is only suffering mild symptoms and will continue to lead the nation's fight against the tend to make some quarantine also coming up south africa's police enforce the country's new 3 week coronavirus lockdown the country's 1st 2 deaths from the fires have been announced and a berlin basketball club turns its locker room into a t.v. studio to help kids activate trick self isolation. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has reveals that he has been infected by the corona virus on thursday night johnson joins the nation in applauding workers in the national health service after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he will be isolating himself but that he will continue to lead the nation's response to the pandemic. hi folks i want to bring you up to speed to something that's happening today which is that i'm develop tomorrow symptoms over the coronavirus that's. say a temperature and a persistent

news live from berlin the coronavirus gets britain's prime minister boris johnson and johnson says that he is only suffering biled symptoms and will continue to leave the nation's fight against the pandemic from foreign teams also coming up studying at home in hong kong schools have been closed for weeks but some teachers are convinced that online study is a good enough substitute for the classroom and south africa's police force the new 3 week ago of virus lock down and they aren't forcing it and at the same time the country's 1st 2 deaths from the virus have been announced. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has the coronavirus he's the highest profile political leader confirmed to have the virus so far on thursday night johnson joins the nation and applauded workers in the national health service a day later after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he'd been isolating himself but he said that he would continue to lead the nation's response to the pandemic. hi folks i want to bring you up to speed is som

boris johnson also began taking more precautions the prime minister's daily press briefing took place without journalists present their questions delivered via video. johnson's weekly meeting with queen elizabeth took place via telephone the royal family is already affected on wednesday it was announced that prince charles the heir to the throne had contract with the coronavirus. but johnson continued to meet with senior figure. wednesday questions in parliament sharing a bench with top cabinet members health secretary much has now also tested positive he too is self isolating and says his symptoms on my the question now is how many other members of the british government may have been infected well let's go straight to w correspondent shot out of pots in london charlotte the prime minister has given the news that he has tested positive for corona virus what does this actually mean going forward and especially for the ability her his ability to go over in the u.k. at this crucial time. well boris johnson insists that nothing changes he's self isolating and downing street at this point

johnson and his health minister both in isolation after testing positive for the virus and now boris johnson's chief adviser cummings he's also out of action you see i'm right there he was last seen in public leaving downing street on friday cummings is self isolating after developing symptoms over the weekend senior u.k. officials have been criticized for ignoring social distancing and holding face to face meetings until very recently at the same time they were advising the rest of the country to stay at home and to avoid all but essential contact with others. all right for more on the situation in the u.k. we want to bring in quittin feel he is from the think tank chatham house he is currently in south wales at the moment when it's good to have you back on the show with so many senior members of the cabinet inquiry and seed foul effective can the running of government be right now at such a crucial time. well it's obviously a problem i don't think it's a fundamental problem johnson insists that even though he's isolated he's still in charge dominic cummings his chief advisor he's t

news coming to you live the berlin britain's prime minister shuts down the nation boris johnson struck the fatal blow and it was the spread of the coronavirus down will last for at least 3 weeks also coming up the show in spain in one of the nation's worst affected by the threat of virus elderly people are found abandoned in the care home some of them dead in their beds. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus boris johnson told the british people that the government was shutting non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people johnston's government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to halt the spread of the virus. it's images like these which make it clear how quickly action is needed in the u.k. mobile phone footage of people crammed into the london on the ground the monday after train services were cut to deter people from using them and experts warned policy must change. and we can't control how. viruses we can control the rate in the po

we're going to have to doubly correspondent a burger at mass in london welcome back it was boris johnson only suggesting avoiding unnecessary social contact rather than giving with the force of law or as we've seen elsewhere in europe well boris johnson stress that the u.k. was a. liberal mature democracy and i think he wants to be seen as a liberal leader he also said when he was questioned about this he said that the government does have the power to eventually strengthen anything has a lot of powers within the law to make sure that actually this does happen but at the moment it's just an advice it's not enforcing anything this of course comes after the u.k. government has been really criticized quite a lot for example by the w.h.o. . they have been very critical that they haven't been testing enough so it was seen as a bit lax all the measures so far so for boys johnson for this government is quite a step up i why these recommendations coming now. well the government is saying that this is coming at the right time they're looking at the particular cuff within the u.k. they saying that

johnson takes a 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 what's happening in other countries look at what's 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 workers health 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 it's 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 you're right back at mass the reporting in london thank you. now let's have a look at some of the other carona related developments around the wo

boris johnson also began taking more precautions the prime minister's daily press briefing took place without journalists present their questions delivered via video johnson's weekly meeting with queen elizabeth took place via telephone the royal family is already affected on wednesday it was announced that prince charles the heir to the throne had contract to the coronavirus. but johnson continued to meet with senior figures it's only on wednesday young questions impala meant sharing a bench with top cabinet members health secretary much hancock has now also tested positive he too is self isolating and says his symptoms on my old the question now is how many other members of the british government may have been infected. by the chinese city where the global corona virus pandemic began has partly eased travel restrictions people are now allowed into that cannot get leave the city was put on block down in january as coded 19 cases sought the number has since dropped sharply and no new cases were reported on friday but the health officials say they are working to prevent the outbreak fr

while british prime minister boris johnson has announced the closure of all u.k. palms restaurants cinemas and gym in an effort to slow the spread of the corona virus in his country britain has almost $4000.00 confirmed cases of the infection but testing has been limited so the real number could be much higher government scientists say the virus is spreading quickly across london and many people have been ignoring advice to stay home. lost orders called in an attempt to hamper the spread of the corona virus despite government warnings to stay home in south isolate pubs in the british capital remained full on friday the prime minister address the country i do accept that what we're doing is extraordinary we're taking you away the. need to be right to free born people of you know the kingdom to go to the pope to help cover the wages of workers hit by the outbreak the government is stepping in for the 1st time in history. government grants will cover 80 percent of the salary of retained workers up to a total of $2500.00 pounds a month that's just above the median inc

johnson remains hesitant about curfews. point that i think people in to be understand about the timing of these measures you've got to impose these interventions in the spread of the epidemic the moment when they can have the maximum effect an awful lot with the epidemic is is hope is pretty tall let's hope a movement to to impose. curfews and provisions on movement and soldiers if you go to wait until i last until it's the right moment to do it and that's always been how we being gods right let's bring in our science correspondent garrick williams for more on this hi derek so is now the right time for britain to be implementing these measures are they coming too late well i think that most experts would say for us johnson has gotten something very wrong here starting with the use of the word and to explain the thing as epidemics like the one we're seeing don't follow intuition or hunches they follow certain statistical projections which is why we're able to model that mathematically the big fallacy with this comment is tha

boris johnson also began taking more precautions the prime minister's daily press briefing took place without journalists present their questions delivered via video. johnson's weekly meeting with queen elizabeth took place via telephone the royal family is already affected on wednesday it was announced that prince charles the heir to the throne had contract to the coronavirus. but johnson continued to meet with senior figures. wednesday he said questions in parliament sharing a bench with top cabinet members health secretary much has now also tested positive he too is self isolating and says his symptoms on my the question now is how many other members of the british government may have been infected well let's go straight to d.w. correspondent short out of pots in london charlotte the prime minister has given the news that he has tested positive for corona virus what does this actually mean going forward and especially for the ability her his ability to go over in the u.k. at this crucial time. well boris johnson insists that nothing changes he's self isolating in downing street at

health officials are warning of an imminent spike in the number of critically ill people boris johnson's critics say he missed a window to bring in a lockdown and keep the number of hospital admissions down for now the streets have mostly emptied out and just like in many other countries this will be the new normal. for the province where the corona virus originated and china will lift a travel restrictions on wednesday the 50000000 people of whom province have been under lockdown for 2 months those in the capital will han will have to wait another 2 weeks before they're allowed to travel but the easing of restrictions seems to be a sign of progress in china's battle to defeat the virus. preparing to get people on the move again. starting at midnight on wednesday the largest lockdown in human history will end. to travel in and out of who bay you'll need an electronic tracking code linked to your health status green means good to go. but people in the city of hun or the outbreak began will have to wait 2 weeks longer to leave the province still for some restrictions are already lifting. m

well i think that most experts would say boris johnson has gotten something very wrong here starting with the use of the word and to explain the thing as epidemics like the one we're seeing don't follow intuition or hunches they follow certain statistical projections which is why we're able to model that mathematically the big fallacy with this comment is that from a prevention point of view the time to impose curfews on lock downs is not when large numbers of people are getting the disease it's before arch numbers of people began to get that is that's the only way to slow it down because there's an incubation period new infections and deaths are going to continue to rise for at least $2.00 to $3.00 weeks even after strict social distancing measures have been imposed so will only see the consequences of what we do today in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks that's one of the lessons that we've learned from china and italy if you wait until numbers shoot up to react with measures then ultimately many more people are going to get the infection and it's going to kill a lot more of their convention th

health officials are warning of an imminent spike in the number of critically ill people boris johnson's critics say he missed a window to bring in a lock down earlier and keep the number of hospital admissions down for now the streets have mostly emptied out and just like in many other countries this will be the new normal. in spain the government is expected to extend the state of emergency by 2 weeks the number of new coronavirus cases jumped by some 6600 overnight with more than 500 reported to have dined pictures taken out a hospital in madrid show patients lying on attended in the hallway the spanish capital has been particularly affected with nearly 10000 cases an ice rink inside a shopping mall in madrid has been turned into a makeshift morgue and soldiers helping to fight the virus have made shocking discoveries at nursing homes where elderly residents have been found abandoned some dead in their beds prosecutors have launched an investigation. while official figures from italy offer a glimmer of hope that lockdown measures introduced 2 weeks ago have slowed the spread of the vi

british prime minister boris johnson has urged all citizens to refrain from non-essential contact with one another to help slow the spread of coronavirus he called on britons to avoid all social then years as the country faces what he referred to as the fastest growth period of the virus so far his government is still facing criticism for not ordering school closures johnston said that social distancing measures will help to ensure the virus is a short term problem. to store. to store on the street crowd. of course. and disruptive of their lives and the right moment as we've always said is to do it when it is most effective when we think it can make the biggest difference to slowing the spread of disease reducing the number of victims reducing the number of fatalities. well correspondent big it must joins us now from london bigot. britain took its time to take measures why is the british government still only advising citizens to reduce their contact instead of imposing mandatory measures. well boris johnson put it this way he said britain is a mature and liberal democracy and he is tr

now britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus boris johnson told the british people that the government was shutting down non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people his government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to halt the spread of the virus. just another day on the london underground except the u.k. is supposed to be in lockdown jampacked carriages on the chub despite the government telling all nonessential businesses to close. we will immediately clues all shops selling non-essential goods including clothing electronics stores and other premises including libraries playgrounds and outdoor gyms and places of worship will stop all gatherings of more than 2 people in public . above ground confusion about who the new rules apply to. construction work continues at this site. the corona virus outbreak has overstretched britain's health service the n.h.s. so the army has come to the battlefront delivering personal protective equipment to hospitals after medical staff complained of a

boris johnson also began taking more precautions the prime minister's daily press briefing took place without journalists present their questions delivered via video. johnson's weekly meeting with queen elizabeth took place via telephone the royal family is already affected on wednesday it was announced that prince charles the heir to the throne had a contract with the coronavirus. but johnson continued to meet with senior figure is only on wednesday young said questions in parliament sharing a bench with top cabinet members health secretary much hancock has now also tested positive key to itself isolating and says his symptoms on my old the question now is how many other members of the british government may have been infected. spanish football club barcelona is to cut the wages of players and staff to save money during the coronavirus crisis in spain it's not clear how big the courts will be but parts of players did reject a suggestive card of 270 percent earlier this week or their leaving leading spanish clubs are expected to follow suit meanwhile barcelona has offered its faciliti

this is news coming to light from britain's prime minister shuts down the nation boris johnson instructs people to stay at home in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus follows pictures like this showing that people still hadn't got the message about social distancing. also coming up overwhelmed by the coronavirus patients in the hospital corridor orkin bridge and another shot elderly people are found abandoned in a spanish care some of them dead in their beds. that's a sign of hope the chinese province where the current. protests travel restrictions up for 2 months. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide walk down to fight the coronavirus forest johnson told the british people that the government was shutting non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people johnson's government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to halt the spread of the virus. it's images like these which make it clear how quickly action is needed in the u.k. mobile phone footage of people crammed into

news coming to you live from berlin britain's prime minister shuts down his country boris johnson instructs people to stay at home in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus will last for at least 3 weeks also coming up keeping it healthy distance apart at a funeral in germany run a virus crisis means restrictions on funerals but somehow the deadlock still to be dealt with. fellow an attorney martin good to have you with us britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus forest johnson told the pit british people that the government was shutting non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people johnson's government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to halt the spread of the virus. it's images like these which make it clear how quickly action is needed in the u.k. mobile phone footage of people crammed into the london on the ground the monday after train services were cut to deter people from using them and experts warned policy must change. and we can't control how. viruses we can control the ra

health officials are warning of an imminent spike in the number of critically ill people boris johnson's critics say he missed a window to bring in a lock down earlier and keep the number of hospital admissions down for now the streets have mostly emptied out and just like in many other countries this will be the new normal. are the new normal for more on the new normal a start to the shorter part she joins me now from london good evening to you show a lot so we've seen pictures of the jam packed london underground today how did the u.k. fare on this 1st day of the nationwide. well my impression is that people are finally taking this very seriously the streets were pretty empty london city and the sites were absolutely deserted and those who can do work from home or are in quarantine if they show symptoms but we also have to say there are many thousands of people that are essential to keep the city running that can't really work from home and that have to use public transport to get to their destination to get to work now the transport has been shut down and its frequency so there are le

johnson has hinted that the u.k. might also have to close its schools as in many other european countries the czech government is ordering its citizens to start wearing face masks or something else to cover their mouth and nose when they go out in public and japan's deputy prime minister says holding the summer olympics would make no sense if countries cannot send athletes but the government says it is still working to hold the games as scheduled. now we asked some of yours correspondents around the world to give us their assessment on the chrono virus from their location. i could never have imagined that people in europe would ask me to send them this 10 minute hisor from the real me but nothing is normal these days here in west africa a region where people already face and even run from the security challenges they know watching this believe us people are fighting over oil that people are in parts of the world considered much better off the government has shut down schools colleges gyms and from and pools across th

this is deja vu news live from berlin britain's prime minister shuts down the nation boris johnson instructs people to stay at home in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus it follows pictures like this here showing that people still haven't gotten the message about social distancing also coming up a glimmer of hope in italy people are still dying from the corona virus but the death toll in the number of confirmed infections have fallen for the 2nd day in iraq we'll talk to the deputy health minister. i'm serious so much kind of good to have you with us britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus for struts and told the british people that the government was shutting down non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people his government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to halt the spread of the virus. it's images like these which make it clear how quickly action is needed in the u.k. mobile phone footage of people crammed into the london on the ground on monday after train services were cut

s prime minister boris johnson or french president my normal. case of missing gene the crisis as a war may allow him to keep implementing measures that the normal circumstances will probably take a bigger political toll all right a good reminder to remember just how disruptive those stimulus measures were 12 years ago in the u.s. jose luis the heart of the force on wall street thank you. let's look now at how the coronavirus is making business headlines elsewhere in the world millions of poor indians may get compensation for income lost due to the coronavirus state of products home to the famous taj mahal is the 1st to begin counting who qualifies the state which is one of the poorest in india will make online payments to poor and daily wage workers if they lose work because of the pandemic. b.m.w. shutting down all car production in europe and south africa until lease the end of april german car maker saying it needs to protect the health of its employees the company already had at least 3 cases of coronavirus at its r. and d. center in munich.

in britain prime minister boris johnson announced that schools would now close at the end of the week in a bid to slow the spread of the pandemic. and us president donald trump said he may invoke wartime powers to order private companies to produce more medical equipment he also announced that naval hospital ships will head to some infections olds. we're sending. upon request the 2 hospital ships are being prepared right now the massive ships there the big white ships with the red cross on the it's one is called the mercy of the other is called the comfort and. in tip top shape they were to be they're getting ready to come up to new york africa has so far experienced far fewer cases than europe but the head of the world health organization said the continent must brace for much worse. we have to prepare for the worst in other countries we have seen how the virus actually accelerates at after a city tipping tipping point so the best advice is to prepare for the worst few new cases have been recorded in china where the outbreak started beijing is now sending medical equipment to france