Coronavirus: China bans citizens from leaving their homes | DW News

The number of people infected with the corona virus has surpassed the 70 thousand mark here the latest figures from the Chinese government report just over two thousand new cases today which is a slight increase after three days of lower figures and there have been 105 new deaths Due to the disease, the total number of deaths has risen to about 1,800 since the outbreak began two months ago. In other developments, DW confirms that CL GaN in Hebei province is applying new stricter restrictions as residents are not allowed to leave

their

homes

or use

their

private vehicles, let's talk more now about those tough new measures with correspondent Matthias Berliner Matthias, can you tell us how our authorities make sure that people don't leave their

homes

or get in their cars and see, oh God, I can't say it?

You have details on that, but it's not that difficult to make sure that people don't leave their houses in China, since most people leave compounds without fences, so you just need to basically control the gate of that compound and then Make sure people don't do it. I can't get in and out, there are passes issued even here in Beijing. I have been issued a pass to enter and exit my complex. We still have no restrictions on entering and

leaving

, but I have to show my past and I cannot receive. visitors for example, and that is true for most people here in Beijing, we hear the same thing from other cities, so Xian Shelgon and Huang Gang, which is a city also nearby, these two cities are very close to Wuhan , the epicenter, have taken it a little further and are now preventing people from

leaving

their homes, even to buy food.

In other cities that we've heard about in Jersey, in the province, a number of cities have restricted the number of people from each household that can go out and the number of times they can go out, so basically. one person is allowed to go shopping every other day in each household, so we are seeing all kinds of restrictions across the country. Shao Kahn is just one of the toughest. Okay, now Matías, the president who, as we understand, has just given a speech behind closed doors. We know something about that, what he said, so yes, it was published, it was published this weekend in Osho, that is the party theory

news

paper and there is a lot of talk about winning this people's war against the disease and how he is leading it , but there is one. very interesting detail, he says in that speech that he has been leading this battle from January 7 onwards, now still close to seven, it was a time when officials were still saying that the virus would not spread between humans and when it did not They admitted that they had a problem, so in some ways they are now taking responsibility for this massive failure to curb the infection at an earlier stage and that is quite remarkable, it could mean that they are now confident in winning this battle against the virus, although we are not seeing any numbers on the ground that would point that out and we are not someone who just gave me a mask because people, when I am here without a mask, they think I shouldn't do it, so he is basically taking responsibility and it could mean that they are sure that it could also mean that he was unable to evade responsibility, after which Hans Maher already said that he informed the authorities in time, so it is quite notable that he is now taking more risks, it could also mean that now it's all or nothing for him, it's okay that they give that mask to Mattias. a sign that people are taking this people's war as she expressed it seriously where are you via Beijing Matías thank you very much for that well a cruise ship quarantined in the Japanese port of Yokohama has seen hundreds of American passengers evacuated that ship has been quarantined For about two weeks now, after a man who disembarked in Hong Kong tested positive for the virus, the Diamond Princess has been fenced off at the Yokohama pier, but for some at least a departure after more than a week of uncertainty, the buses They stop next to the boat. ready to pick up about 300 Americans who have chosen to squat in quarantine here to return home.

Okay, this is it. I'm about to take a step into the big wide world, so I have to put on my mask and move forward. Sheryl Malsky and her husband. Paul, from Syracuse, upstate New York, after being stuck on the ship for 12 days, agreed to be flown back to the US, where they will spend another 14 days in isolation. They recorded this cell phone video of their own evacuation in this case at least one good character event the hustle and bustle takes you a plane the plane takes you to the United States and then you rush and then they are on the road leaving behind at least 40 Americans who have contracted the virus those patients will remain in Japan for treatment and the last leg of the evacuation jumbo jets chartered by the government ready to fly to California and Texas an eventful vacation is coming to an end with these huge checkpoints of quality without being completed Canada Hong Kong and Italy say they also plan to evacuate their

citizens

from the cruise ship much sooner we spoke with correspondent Klaus Sheva in Tokyo we asked him about the current situation of the diamond princess still in quarantine Klaus Sheva is a correspondent for a radio station Germany public in Tokyo join us now for more g "One day for you Klaus, can you tell us what the situation is on the quarantine cruise ship, the diamond process long after 300 Americans left this tomorrow and another 400 people from the original passenger list are in hospitals on the mainland in Tokyo and others?" There are still almost 3,000 people on the ship and its current time period ends after two weeks this Wednesday, so everyone will be tested until then.

We still don't know exactly if they will leave on Wednesday or maybe Thursday. There are some questions. It's still open that could be the reason and some might see the American decision to move their people out as them having lost patience in Japanese officials handling the issues and also putting pressure on other governments if there were Canadians in the ship. who said well, your government, you Americans, they take care of you, mine just doesn't care, so now we have confirmation that Hong Kong and Canada will also be removing people, which adds another 500 and also Australia, Italy and Taiwan.

A word about the crew there have been complaints also from crew members who said we are not on current staff time we have to work on a quite risky canoe we are sorry you were not treated very adequately Clara, therefore it is in Tokyo, well, here in Germany, a group of people evacuated from Wuhan have been released after two weeks of quarantine and 120 people were held in a German army barracks since they returned, none of them tested positive for the kovat 19 virus we spoke to a Red Cross worker who attended to the evacuees tired but happy Oliveira taka of the German Red Cross listens to the final press conference at the barracks.

He is one of the Red Cross workers who volunteered to quarantine with evacuees from China. Now, after two weeks of living with the threat of infection, it's time for everyone to go home. You had to be a little afraid for everyone else and you have to make sure you follow the rules, do it again of course, and I think I can say that all the colleagues that are there would say that the same cigars are ganoush pewterschmidt on the road . The speaker back home talks about a difficult start after the evacuees returned from China two weeks ago, the stress of the trip, all the uncertainty and waiting and that after the difficult situation in Wuhan, some of them waited for weeks To go out, they were afraid.

That's why everyone fled. You could see that they were relieved to be here and that relief grew after each exam that went well. At first the evacuees were divided into small groups to reduce the risk of cross infection but the barracks were too small and soon they were all together, so the evacuees and volunteers ended up being a very close-knit community despite the face masks and plastic gloves. The crisis is over for now for Olivet Alka, but the international crisis is far from over.