our way. this world our documentary george. w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin china's one time coronavirus at the center of lists it's locked down after nearly 3 months travellers who have passed health checks are streaming out of the city but the word news remain on high alert trying to guard against another outbreak from imported cases or people without symptoms plus they really missed

a school they could have called it months earlier they would have known. u.s. president donald trump lashing out at the world health organization for not acting fast enough on the coronavirus it comes as the united states reports its highest single day death toll and no agreement yet after all night talks for an e.u. economic rescue plan hard hit italy is leading the call for help beset by financial problems before the coronavirus tent. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program among song lock down starts to ease today in wu han the chinese city where the corona virus outbreak was 1st reported at the city's drastic measures have served as a model for countries battling the corona virus around the world after 11 weeks chinese authorities are now allowing residents of new han more freedom of movement

this milestone comes as china reported no new deaths on tuesday. it's about time as the clock struck midnight and will hand one of the major last day measures was removed in travel an impressive light show marked the occasion featuring health workers and the words heroic city others werent pausing to celebrate instead thousands of travelers flock to catch trains or take advantage of remove road blocks. so. i feel great the epidemic has maybe stabilized to some extent so we're able to travel now. but the way it will harm has lost a lot in this epidemic and its people have paid a big price. with the lockdown has been lifted i think we're all pretty happy.

it's the city where the coronavirus a break began many people have been trapped for more than 2 months they will leave we had to rejoin friends family and return to work. i came back before the lunar new year and planned to stay for a few days it wasn't even 2 days and it was announced would be locked down and i couldn't leave so i've been stuck at the whole time. the easing of the lockdown comes as china reported no new coronavirus deaths for the 1st time since it started publishing figures. but authorities still urge caution. since 0 new covert 19 cases does not mean 0 risk with the lifting of the knock down does not mean the lifting of epidemic prevention and control. who hand has been breathing a tentative sight of relief more shops are open and there are more people on the

street so a return to normality appears far. of the various restrictions on movement within the strolling metropolis will remain in place to guard against a 2nd wave of infection. so let's bring in correspondent fabien crutch for who is joining us from beijing foggy and so it's not a complete return to normal is that no it's far from normal and what we see here is that of course the streets are filling up but mostly are still empty restaurants some of them are open now but also empty as we see for example now there are fissures again at the young sort of river that flows through the city that's beyond normal and for many residents it's feel it's normal but of course a virus compared with it and it's not normal at all the big change today is that some people are allowed to leave the city and that means if they are have a green q.r. codes every resident was given

a cold depending on their health status and if you are green that means you don't belong to any health risk group then you are allowed to leave the city but within the city of course many of the restrictions of movement are still in place and that's also because the responsibility for new infections in china is a cheap delegated to the lower levels or the neighborhood committees the property management of residential compounds and also the companies can be held accountable if you infections break out so they actually take it very seriously us to report to your neighborhood committee before you leave your compound and then really tell them where you're going and it really strongly encourage that you're only doing necessary sings so given all of that how are people reacting to the relaxation of the curfew. they're very euphoric very happy i mean one resident that i interviewed he told me that the moment that it was that he left his compound his residential compound for the 1st time in over 2 months he took selfies and sent them to all of

his friends because he really just wanted to share his joy and then he headed to the supermarket and straight to the section of sweets and chocolate bars and all that because in the last 2 months of course the necessities were all taken care of he was supplied rice vegetables and even meat but you know all those sweets for his children were the 1st in over 2 months so yeah definitely it's very emotional but actually many residents also that i spoke to they're still afraid of a 2nd wave of infection so they're really young not really easy going out but want to stay home how high is that fair fabiana because i mean the coronavirus as it is by no means to feed it as you highlight it yes actually it's only a matter of time until the infections will rise again we know that actually within will hon the testing the virus testing has been increased now they're up to $12000.00 virus tests the day again so that means also there will be much more.

carious of the virus persons who are infected but who don't show any symptoms i think that number will increase and it's basically trial and error right or every decision that is now made and one can be also turned back so i think they really want to like in an experiment they want to try can they open it will the numbers go up or not and then they can take it from one step at a time correspondent. thank you so. and let's get the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic the global death toll from cova 19 is now more than 82000 with more than 1400000 confirmed infections since the outbreak began british prime minister boris johnson has spent his 2nd night in intensive care he is said to be in a stable condition and not on a ventilator and the head of the e.u. stop science organization has resigned motto foot adi says that he faced

institutional and political obstacles while trying to swiftly set up a scientific program to combat the virus and a global condom shortage is looming due to the virus locked on measures in major production hubs like malaysia the un warns of devastating public health consequences it's. new york is still reporting sharply rising casualties from the virus the death toll has now climbed above 4000 many more than died in the 911 attacks the state reported its biggest one day jump in fatalities on tuesday hospitals were made overstretched but governor andrew cuomo insists that the number of deaths is leveling off he says that this shows social distancing is working. meanwhile president donald trump has threatened to freeze funding for the world health organization at his daily white house briefing trump criticized at the handling of the crisis saying that the u.n. body was quote china centric they called it wrong they call it wrong they

really they missed a call they could have called it months earlier they would have known. and they should have been and they probably didn't so we'll be looking into that very carefully and we're going to put a hold on money spent to the w h o we're going to put a very powerful hold on it and we're going to see. it's a great thing if it works but when they call it roman snow. and correspondent oliver salat has been following the story in washington we asked him about trump's reasons for attacking the temple h.-o. president. essentially saying that he will put a hold on the u.s. funding to the world health organization that's a very bold move you heard the sound bite he said they missed the call so and he's partially right because the world health organization was in fact late calling the corona crisis of pandemic they also were protective with regards to china in the beginnings of the make blot it really looks like president trump is really trying

to blame the w.h.o. for his own for his own acting in this crisis because he's taking a lot of heat recently for acting late so the u.s. has turned into the f. you center off the grown up endemic as we know and president was very reluctant in the 1st place to act quickly to take this threat seriously also and it looks like he's now trying to punish the world health organization and that very well also fits to his rhetoric and that is don't blame me blame the w.h.o. and blame china. that was all over salad in washington european finance ministers have agreed to or excuse me failed to agree on a rescue plan for countries hit by the coronavirus despite all my talks they're due to meet again on thursday now euro zone countries are split over so-called corona bonds which would see member states carrying teeny each other's debt italy is

pushing for those bonds the virus has had a devastating impact on its economy. these fisherman from fumin chino near rome are still free to go to see. unlike other italians who would like to work but on the loud too but with no restaurants open no one wants the fish they catch. everything is bolland by half sales demand and what we earn we used to go out 5 days a week now with the coronavirus and the lack of demand it's only 3 times. the whole of italy has been in lockdown for 5 weeks nice sectors providing essential services such as food and health care couldn't continue operating it's really was already grappling with financial problems now the virus is hitting europe's 3rd biggest economy especially hard businesses are in trouble and many people are finding it difficult to cover their living costs the government has come up with

a series of rescue packages. to create provides businesses with 400000000000 euros in liquidity 200000000000 for the domestic market and 200000000 to reinforce the export market. that won't be enough heavily indebted its leaders calling on the e.u. for help and specifically for corona bones but rome's appeal for debt to be shared across europe is not getting through worried about the future italians also are angry. crazy and always has been. if there's going to be one in europe then people shouldn't just think of themselves . corona bones have become a symbol of european solidarity it's anyone's unconditional support from brussels the country is battling a crisis on 2 fronts. lufthansa has become the 1st major

airline group to announce permanent cuts to its operations trip and by the coronavirus crisis the company is closing budget airline german wings and decommissioning more than 40 aircraft the german carrier says that it doesn't expect demand for air travel to return to precursor on a virus levels for years to come it also is planning to reduce the fleets of its subsidiaries austrian airlines swiss and euro wings. a national correspondent joins us now from frankfurt with where love tons of happens to be headquartered welcome to you conrad is it likely that love tons is simply the 1st of many carriers to take lives like this. well you know what sara even before the coronavirus grounded the airline fleets worldwide the sector had large over capacities too many airplanes flying around

half full and not very profitably and only very few airlines have the financial power to stand through such a lock down longer the international airline association estimates that only 13 of its $300.00 members have the financial powers to survive more than 2 months without being in operation so it's very very likely that is only the 1st among many among many airlines to announce that it has to shrink permanently so what does this mean for the industry i mean what would it take for airlines that have grounded their flights for them to fly again. well of course the 1st thing they need is passengers people that want to travel by plane something which is not easy while all the international travel restrictions are under way something that also would probably help lines is a more generous handling of all the claims for cancelled flights that they have to

handle right now a generous handling of course from the point of view from the airlines the amount of claims is huge and the amount of money to handle of course as well so many knock on effects from this virus conference and in frankfurt thank you. you're watching us here on tape of eunice i'm sorry kelly in berlin don't forget you can always get more on the web site t w dot com you can also follow us on social media thanks for watching 6. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. in the covert 19 special and next on d w. in the art of climate change.

what do you use today to get your. dog megacities the men. could turn. health care systems around the world are under stress more and more patients are seeking treatment pushing hospitals to the brink of collapse but if you look closely there are differences in the u.s. health care is largely privatized in an effort to cut costs many hospitals have reduced staff and stretched resources that are now urgently need it many clinics

are overwhelmed the same goes for countries like italy and spain which were burdened with severe austerity measures after the last financial crisis state run health care systems on the other hand are proving to be more robust to deal with the crisis some experts say in many countries this has sparked a discussion about whether health care should be a public good run. by the state or a business model. this is your covert 900 special in g.w. news i want to get jones and bill i'm good to have you with us now let's agree money can't buy you everything but it can give you a better chance of survival if you can afford a private health insurance chances are you get to see your doctor sooner than someone on national health it's not fair but it is what it is but how does it work in a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic and a moment we'll talk to the c.e.o. of germany's biggest private hospital operator but 1st this report. the

patients just keep on coming the coronavirus outbreak is testing the limits of hospitals all over the world demand for beds for spiritual equipment protective gear and workers continues to search many for medical professionals have been called back on duty like qualified doctor the irish prime minister as you know rejoined medical register there last month and. setting aside. the one session a week about half a day a week or so far it's just. a telephone click the virus which is infected politicians celebrities and business leaders is often described as indiscriminate but as hospital staff get to work in a quality rains. poor people are more likely to catch the disease and they're more likely to die from it that's led to calls for a lifting of the barriers for example between public and private hospitals in spain

one of the country's worst hit by the crisis the government has ordered private clinics to share resources with the public system australia has pushed through similar measures in germany meanwhile some private clinics have reportedly applied for government support to compensate for the cancellation of lucrative procedures but they simply aren't a priority right now. for more i'm joined now by the c.e.o. of frizzy a global health care group with more than 200 set 90000 employees in more than 100 countries and here in germany is also the largest hospital operator welcome stephanie good to have you with us tell me how are your hospital holding up in this health crisis. we're going to differentiate between the situation in germany and spain we have 86 hospitals in germany where we're still waiting

for a large wave of corona patients to arrive on the other hand we have 44 ospital across spain weren't particularly in the hot spots in madrid and barcelona we have had more than our fair share of patients to deal with. how how big a role of an it it feels awful to talk about money in such a situation but how big a role does money play when it comes to providing good health care. well we have to see that the fatality rate in germany is substantially lower than the one that we are seeing elsewhere but i do believe that 1st and foremost that has to do with quite a few issues that happen outside the hospital. so when it comes to the amount of testing that we're doing that denominator in that fatality ratio germany has done substantially more as far as i can see than most of the countries but also when we

look at the numerator i believe that in germany the potion population on average is substantially younger than elsewhere a key reason for this may actually be a cultural difference where i think it is more. towards the german culture to keep the natural social distance relative to what we can observe in italy and its banks. and it comes to the money the capital allocation to a hospital system than i do believe. that germany is a bit better equipped than what we are seeing elsewhere and as far as our own hospitals are concerned we have invested quite heavily in the past and we can now also afford to shift resources within this large network where they are needed right as as you just mentioned about shifting resources you are you do run private hospitals and private hospitals that's and then they'd say they need to be

profitable is that a problem now given that's treating covered 9000 patients is very time and very cost consuming. no and this is not the time to think about market share gains or profitability this is the time to think about how we can best help the society and it was mentioned a bit earlier on yes the spanish government has grown on resources to help out and we saw more than happy to do that. i believe that yes whilst we're still waiting in germany for. actually we're not waiting but no we haven't seen a large wave of corona patients yet and therefore in many of our hospitals where we have followed the ministers appeal to delay in the elective surgery yes we are seeing in on the utilization of capacity but that is obviously absolutely

fine we got to see through this crisis now and everything else is going to be taken care of afterwards that is definitely a an almost luxury position to be in the one that you describe here in terminal spittles as you mentioned that so far germany's health system managed to keep the number of covert 19 related to this fairly low 7 in comparison to other countries but the number of cases keeps rising now as the c.e.o. of germany's biggest hospital operator how worried are you that maybe you will not be able to cope with the influx of patients and and have to make hard decisions. this has been a very very dynamic development that frankly has bitten so my expectation so i will be cautious with making definitive statements but at the same time. germany has had the luxury of being somewhat late to this and therefore we have had the opportunity

to learn quite a bit from what worked in other countries as an aside we have also had quite a number of volunteers in our german hospital system to go down to spain and help out our colleagues over there and those who are returning now have a real life experience as to how we can better deal combat this crisis nobody derives truly arrives here in germany right stefan storm c.e.o. frizzy news thank you so much for your time and all the best to you and certainly for your medical staff in the coming days and weeks thank you stay healthy. and now let's get some more answers to your questions remember that you can keep them coming in on you tube on facebook and twitter or via e-mail the science journalist deron williams stands ready to provide some answers. was germany

better prepared for the pandemic than other countries. throughout this pandemic the number of fatalities in germany has remained remarkably lower than that and other countries only between one and 2 percent of the people who tested positive for covert 19 here have so far died from the disease that's a lower case fatality rate than almost any other country tenser the question germany appears to have been better prepared than many other countries in one key way the number of acute care beds here is very high there are more than twice as many of them per capita as there are in european neighbors like france or italy i don't think any country was really well prepared for a covert 19 but germany's reaction to it looks to have made a significant difference and and how many people it will probably kill here in.

the u.s. and the u.k. were supposedly well prepared for this kind of emergency but they're seeing a lot of infections and fatalities why. that's a tough question because so many factors appear to be contributing to how affective countries are and grappling with this disease don't forget the situation is unprecedented and we're still in the middle of the pandemic it's way too close to fast changing events to be able to really say country a got this writing country b. got that wrong that said one thing in particular hand seem to play a pivotal role in slowing the spread of the disease in some countries and that's early widespread testing as we've heard over and over again you can't fight what you can see right so both the u.s. and u.k. got off to quite slow starts when it came to testing because the health care

systems there rely on. tests from a single government source and those government sources didn't respond very rapidly so despite getting top marks for their health care systems and reports like the global health security and it's a structural aspect of how the u.s. and u.k. were set up to deal with a possible pandemic might now be making a big difference in the overall numbers. did abuse derek williams and he'll be back of course tomorrow to answer more of your questions for now that was our 900 special. in berlin for more on the pandemic to check out our social media channels and our website that is d w dot com where we have information on covert 19 and more than 30 languages. now we would like to leave you with a story that shows we really are all in this together. at a hospital in taiwan people wait in line to make donations to help italy and its

fight against the coronavirus a so far donated more than $3000000.00 u.s. dollars to the relief effort it's a way of showing their gratitude to italian priests who helped build hospitals in taiwan after the 2nd world war the funds were used to purchase much needed medical supplies for kobe 1000 stricken areas and it's in the. capital in crisis the streets are empty. the majority of businesses are closed and families are confined to within their own 4 walls. place in berlin during the corona crisis or odd coincidence dealing with the

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