this is d.w. news live from berlin a deadly coronavirus from china reaches germany authorities confirm the 1st infection here in germany it's also the 1st suspect of person to person transmission outside of asia so what sent by some health officials to prevent infection. meanwhile there's no end in sight for quarantines across several cities in china as the virus continues to spread there and beyond look to help people in who are coping under lockdown. the president trying to get set to unveil his middle east peace plan israel is hoping that trump will give the green light to annex the

jordan river valley that's a move that's sure to spark conflict with palestinian. arab. satellite and at the end it's a protester in lebanon who says sectarianism is out reform is in and a complete redesign of the political system is the only way to end the countries. that aren't politicians say that is wishful thinking. i'm sunni so much gonda thank you for joining us germany sees what may be the 1st person to person infection of corona virus outside of asia officials in the german state of varia have confirmed that of 33 year old german man has been diagnosed with the disease the state health minister melanie who most said the man contracted the virus from a chinese colleague at a conference. in germany she said varia is well prepared to deal with this and many

other cases officials have tested people who are infected chinese coworker came into contact with during her visits. him and in fact is find out if you look at the current case the patient is doing well he remains in isolation in the clinic in munich we had originally attempting to reach people he has been in contact with especially family members and people connected to his company who have already been informed. and are political correspondent hans branch was listening in to that press conference he joins us for more hi hans what else did the bavarian health minister say about this case i think what's most interesting about this case is the way the infection was spread to the german the woman came from china but she did not come from who hung where the infection broke broke all she came from shanghai and she had been visited by her parents from who hung just before she left for

germany so that's the way the infection got to germany also she did not have any flu symptoms she was asymptomatic all the time that she was here in germany and early on her flight back to china the to feel sick and then go to the authorities there and there in china in shanghai her infection with the coronavirus was diagnosed so this shows that the transmission of the virus is possible from people who don't hear it's have any symptoms of the sickness themselves to people who are in close contact with them the question then is what is close contact and the german authorities have been saying that if you spend maybe of 15 minutes in a conversation with such a person that will probably be sufficient to be infected and what about how prepared the state of bavaria is to deal with a possible corona virus outbreak. well all of the officials that have been talking to the press this morning have been saying the persians have been ongoing ever

since the coronado virus outbreak in china in other words they have been reviewed before even though the 1st case was detected here in germany so the level of preparation is very high at the moment all the people that were in contact with this chinese woman in close contact with the man the german man who has been infected have been isolated they've been told to stay at home that's about 40 people all in all here in germany that are now on under observation and the patient himself as we have heard is in hospital although he is not particularly ill but he is being looked after in hospital he's being isolated in hospital and the authorities are saying normal hygenic preparation. precautions such as washing hands. and regular airing of rooms where sick people might be or staying at these should be a sufficient at the moment to avoid infection all right our correspondent homes

brand fair thank you will be on germany more than a dozen countries have confirmed cases up the virus in china the death toll has jumped to 100 with more than 4500 cases confirmed studies suggest each infected person passes the virus on to 2 or 3 other people on average entire cities are already under quarantine and now the government has asked people to delay foreign travel for millions worry and waiting is the new normal. to love and support that's most needed in china right now the news popping up on the food it's mostly to worrying so well the scenes in some cities and the virus is at peace and to watch checkpoints everywhere with a lockdown in place streets of completely emptied out too few women from. when we face a new type of virus of which a lot is still unknown. a lot of people may feel anxious when.

psychologists have been deployed in hospitals to treat patients. on high level and experts are there to instruct people on how to protect themselves and the knowledge you couldn't hear her from all the good info beijing says it has to situation under control images released by the state media show that supermarkets have sufficient supplies and prices are stable but some dismissed those images as propaganda this student from thailand in holland has such a different experience it's very difficult to find out if you want to buy it right now because of the shortage everyone wants. but it's already too late you will very tired 'd raise the recession washing it while your shirt well jacket one. jacket 3 layers and a red mask and a regular doodles. trapped at home some people have followed an online call chanting who hum do your best from their windowless.

small gestures to lift people's spirits like this light show in one flashing words of encouragement everyone here is waiting and hoping that life in the city can soon return to normal earlier i spoke to correspondent mathias belanger in beijing i asked him to update us on the latest steps authorities there are taking to contain the outbreak. yeah. the most important step is of course this lockdown of a city unprecedented the. people cannot get out of the city and inside and we are seeing more and more travel restrictions you mentioned ban on foreign travel and buses into and out of beijing the capital. is has stopped but the most important thing is the people in china the people here are very wary of the

government's response they are taking measures themselves they are staying at home as you can see it's eerily empty in here this is one of the main tourist spots in beijing so people are very worried about the response of their government well as the corona virus continues to spread the scientists and pharmaceutical companies are racing to find a way to medically contain the virus lessons learned from the sars epidemic nearly 2 decades ago might help them in developing a vaccine it's a race against time before the virus has a chance to mutate china has begun testing in nature i.v. drug to fight the new corona virus that is spreading rapidly the medication known as aloof. prevents the virus from reproducing in effect slowing down the spread of the infection chinese health authorities requested the drug according to a spokeswoman for u.s. pharmaceuticals company. scientists around the world are racing to develop

a vaccine against the disease chinese researchers were able to quickly identify and share the genetic sequence of the new corona virus allowing scientific research teams to get to work right away they hope to build on the da time and research gathered during the 2003 on break of the severe acute respiratory syndrome or sauce the disease is also caused by a form of the koran or virus. the research teams are pursuing several different approaches with global health agencies hoping at least one treatment will be ready for human trials within a few months. the new virus is not as deadly as most old salts but scientists fear it could mutate into an even deadlier and more contagious variant which. let's check in now on some other stories from around the world the british government has confirmed it will allow chinese telecoms conglomerate why wait to have

a world building 5 g. networks in the u.k. that the u.s. have pressured the u.k. to block walk away on security grounds. israeli president reagan rivlin has begun a 3 day trip to germany together with his counterpart from at this time i was welcomed at a jewish school and berlin of the moses mendelssohn high school is open to students of all faiths and a high profile visit comes amid an alarming rise in anti-semitism in germany iran has announced it is preparing a series of rocket launchers to deliver civilian satellites into orbit satellite imagery capturing activity at iran's imaam how many spaceport appear to substantiate this claim but washington says it believes iran is using a launch to advance its military ballistic missile program. israel has announced it is beefing up forces in the jordan valley part of the occupied west bank ahead of the unveiling of u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington along with opposition leader benny gantz where they've

been meeting president trump and together they're expected to present his long awaited peace plan in a few hours all details of transfer postals remain secret there's been speculation that it could give israel the go ahead to annex the jordan valley a move that analysts say is sure to stoke the conflict with the palestinians. the jordan valley in the occupied west bank the area running along the jordan river bordering jordan is to teach equally important for both israelis and palestinians the fertile areas home to israeli settlements palestinian villages and many farms. at this israeli pepper farm you version is waiting to hear more about president trump's way forward. lots of things that we don't need anyone to lay out a peace plan having said that we trust president trump and prime minister netanyahu that they will strike a good deal. expectations are particularly high among israeli officials

that the term plan could lead to the an extension of the jordan valley area that means it would officially become part of the state of israel as prime minister benjamin netanyahu promised during the last election campaign. i think it's a historic and dramatic moment for the state of israel. the adoption of israeli law in the jordan valley and the dead sea will give security personal security to the residents of the coastal plain and the people of israel. for decades israeli politicians have demanded that the jordan valley remain with israel as a security buffer as it eastern border with jordan this particular area makes up about a quarter of the west bank israeli say they cannot give up on the jordan valley 1st grievance palestinians say there cannot be a palestinian state without the jordan valley. in the palestinian village of

our people are waiting to hear what the trump plan actually entail it's the leadership in my model of us not consulted because it has cut diplomatic relations with the trump ministration where he doesn't have the right he owns his own country that he can give to israel to britain to france to germany but he doesn't have the right to just hand out land that isn't his it's not the property of his father that he can just hand out. skepticism also prevents among palestinians in east jerusalem the part of the city palestinians would like to see as their capital in a future state in 2017 trump recognized as the capital of israel many palestinians have no hope that his plan will take their interests into account myself this deal brings fear it's a humiliation because since 948 we've trying to establish our presence but we're just humiliated and we don't have any say in any decision making. to have the

support that this deal of the century is being imposed on us anything that's imposed doesn't invite peace and invites war why because i as a human i ask for peace and you impose on me peace in your way so you are saying to me no look for is an individual and. people are counting down the time of. the trump plan one thing is certain there's both cause for the tensions in the region. that report from deed of use tanya kramer and she joins us now from jerusalem for more on this story hi tanya as we just saw on your report this peace plan hasn't been unveiled yet but there are already very strong reactions tells more about what you've been hearing. well i mean many people don't call it really a peace plan especially on the palestinian side as you heard in the report the palestinian leaders had cut off ties with the ministration.

president trump declared. back in 2017 they have not really been consulted in this plan and there's a sense here that the plan might not take into consideration their interest. of rights of the palestinian people and then narrative to be understand there is an emergency meeting being called by the palestinian leadership tonight about the same time that this peace plan of the plan the deal of the century is about to be released in washington older factions have been invited to also hamas which is kind of significant because. it's who dominates the west bank and hamas who is in the gaza strip and the bitter political divides but they also have been reactions of course under israeli side as to the timing of this plan it comes out just about a month before the next elections and also read been hearing from the right being

a settler didas although it is sad that this plan might be in favor of israel they already have said that it would not accept and you plan that would have to notion of a palestinian state you know 10 you were talking about a plan that we haven't seen yet i mean what about the details here do we know really what it is likely to include. well there have been a lot of speculations obviously also leaks especially in the israeli media but washington has been very tight lipped about it so we have to wait and see until this is actually released but we will have to look at how this deal is being framed paramita is it is being done for example will it be based on the principles of 2 states for 2 people that is something that the internet most of the international community has been backing over the past decades of so the trump ministration didn't actually code for this at all really have to look at how palestinian state

will be defined according to this you know what about the borders what about the settlements other issues very important is true of course and also the issue of refugees so this is what they have to be looking at once this is being released he had his tenure crime reporting on the story for us from jerusalem thank you in brazil at least 54 people have died in floods and landslides caused by heavy storms across the southeast entire buildings have been washed away and more than 30000 people have been displaced authorities warned more rain is expected. 1st came the rain then came the mud and took everything they had its and houses tumbling down hillsides buried them under landslides some were unable to flee. yet many houses were hit here but the main ones are those where the victims are it was 2 different families one with 4 people and the other with 3 things from

thursday to friday the metropolitan area off batteries on tests of the highest rainfall in over 100 years 3 states in the southeastern part of brazil are affected minister rice aspire to santo and rio de janeiro. those who did not get out on time scramble to safety on higher ground. on monday the rain subsided as residents return to their homes they find what the flood didn't wash away now covered in mud. everything is trashed you can't use it i have to throw it all the way my closet while cabinet my washing machine was also destroyed. very severe here they affected everyone dressed all the way into our house people have no place to live we're dependent on august for food clothes. and one. a state of emergency has been

declared in over 100 towns and districts and more rain is forecast for the coming days. now in lebanon there's been no letup in protests despite a new government that's been installed to address protesters frustrations on monday security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to stop lawmakers from entering parliament where a new budget was approved now on top of the political turmoil the middle eastern country has been grappling with a deepening financial crisis as well reporter abraham traveled to the capital beirut where she spoke with one young protester who is fed up with politics as usual and love and. joe has been protesting on the streets of lebanon since october 17th. for her this is personal. been the worry in my home and this

is part of the why i remember the year i stopped between my school and university because i couldn't because it's so expensive this is part of the why i remember electricity being of a minute being capable of turning on the heater when i was in my family this is right there when. she's not the only one failing economy white spread unemployment and in adequate public services have taken their toll on lebanese from all walks of life. and others doing career politicians for lebanon's problems. some of them has been there ever since i was born 9227 me speaking with a member of the people while generations arising within different thinking within the from consciousness within the indication when i was born i felt that after 2 weeks of demonstrations the prime minister resigned in late october and

a new government was formed. but many like perla want more. the. way for things to work that is to actually. move this. more the political. group of people that took over 4 years lebanon needs to. get out of with 63 and system and its politics. getting rid of lebanon sectarian system which protesters say hinders reform and fosters corruption isn't as simple as changing a government. the country has 18 officially recognized religious groups and they all have to somehow participate in government. parliament seats are divided among most of these groups even the 3 highest political offices are allocated based on religion the quota basis jim has roots in lebanon's history and was reinforced

following the country's civil war and there are some like lawmaker and i own the disagree with protesters and still see a need for the system. for the needs of course you know these are diversified societies and you need a minimum of safeguards to ensure everyone that they are being able to to get the rights that you came up move from a sectarian government and system to a secular one from a day to another it's a process. i support the process but not to an overnight switch. probably knows that getting to bigger goals will take time but says the social cohesion born out of the movement has brought the country one step closer to change . she's convinced her presence on the streets is necessary for that change to continue. abraham was reporting there in lebanon she's now back in berlin

and with us here in our studio to tell us more about the story hi we saw a parallel incredible story there of how she's been driven to to protest tell us more about your experiences talking to other protesters what keeps them going out in the street day after day so you know this protest movement has been going on for 3 months it's unprecedented in its cross sectarian cross religious cross region and also cross class really cuts through all the lebanese population and in all its shades and colors and if we could summarize the impression from all of these people is that people are really just fed up they feel like they're living in 219-2020 they're still struggling to get basic services we as we were they were experiencing up to 6 hours a day of electricity cuts roads are dangerous hospitals are under for an affordable unemployment the country lebanon a tiny country of 4000000 people has the 3rd highest debt to g.d.p. ratio in the world so people are just are done and they feel like you know at this

point they deserve better and they've given the system what they are telling me enough chance their generation and their parents or their grandparents and they're done with it they're fed up and in particular they're fed up with the sectarian system on the other hand this is a system that was put in place to reflect and respect all of lebanon's ethnic and religious groups to make sure that they are included so how can they push forward with were forms but also remain inclusive i mean lebanon is really a unique country in the middle east no other country has this kind of diversity and the sectarian political system was an experiment to try and make that happen i don't think anybody i have spoken to is necessarily against the idea of inclusion they just say that this particular iteration of the system has not brought them what they want instead it has been used by politicians to further foster divisions . i mean we mentioned in the report that this you know parliament is divided government political offices are divided but also you know the sectarianism goes in

in you know giving the public jobs for example so in ministries and in the public sector a lot of the protesters said you know this has fostered such a client to ism that a functioning public services system for all of the needs is just coming as 5th or 6th or 7th priority and not being put in the forefront and they want to you know try something different and i also feel like there's a generation like burned in the country to relate with the trauma of the civil war anymore and they don't really need they don't remember that they don't see a need for themselves to be divided by their sectarian identity 1st in the way that they vote and in being that been used 2nd they just don't have that memory anymore ok so this is a big shift in generations there just just quickly do you think we've seen any progress under the new government well this government really has you know 2 to kind of problems to deal with they have the this huge task to save lebanon out of. a crisis so they're not getting in a correct you know an easy they're not coming in with an easy task but also you

know there's a there's a lack of trust from the streets in this government precisely because in its formation they saw a lot of the old maneuverings between parties and so it remains to be seen as just been one week since they've been in place all right abraham reporting for us thank you so much for sharing that story with us. and let's get a reminder now of the top story that we're following for you here on d.w. china has asked its citizens to delay foreign travel amid global fears over the spread of a deadly coronavirus germany has confirmed its 1st case of the virus more than a dozen other countries are also reporting infections. coming up next on the d.w. news asia rising sea levels are displacing millions of people in coastal areas we look at what's already happening in the philippines. and

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