covered 19 cases in just over 2300 deaths despite this the chancellor told germans today that they are hopeful signs in the country's fight against a pandemic but she warned that now is not the time to lesser in the fight i'm fairly in berlin and this is the day. to do you know it's nice when mustn't allow ourselves to be lulled into a false sense of security instead we should be really happy that more stringent measures are necessary to me this means that we cannot be reckless now we mustn't allow ourselves to be lulled into this both sense of security and i know that for myself personally i get a little hope then you gain confidence then you become a little more relaxed and then you're a little careless i know we have to stay focused on the situation it's from child.

to the chancellor says she does see signs for optimism in the country's fight against the coronavirus social distancing measures of help slow the spread the number of new infections is going down but it had latest briefing i'm going to back on that now is not the time to ease the lock down. deserted streets in the german capital a common sight in countries facing current virus around the world but according to experts in germany the restrictions on movement seem to be having a positive effect. the number of new cases there appears to be leveling out but with a long easter weekend looming the german chancellor has warned against getting complacent if you do finance niche we mustn't allow ourselves to be loaded into a false sense of security instead we should be really happy that more stringent measures are necessary for me this means that we cannot be reckless now we mustn't allow ourselves to be loaded into this false sense of security and i know that for

myself personally you get a little hope then you gain confidence then you become a little more relaxed and then you're a little careless you know we have to stay focused the situation is fragile you germany also announced plans on thursday to increase domestic production of protective medical gear asian manufacturers are currently responsible for 90 percent of the world's production of protective masks more than 100 companies have responded to the government's call for help but also to give momentum going displacement as a result in our discussions about procurement and the purchase of personal protective equipment especially medical protective masks we saw the 1st steps of progress. some companies that operate here in germany are already investing in increasing the production of the material that's needed for masks. hopes among germany's european neighbors of mutual eyes debt however aquash after merkel ruled

out the highly debated corona bonds. well let's talk more about those corona bonds and indeed the meeting between the e.u. finance ministers with kate ferguson from the dean w. business. so through we are socially space we are socially distant welcome kate what's been agreed then said ice ok phil well this is really a moment of truth for europe which has seen so much division over the past decade whether that's to do with the issue of migration or with praxis and now faced with this pandemic a challenge of such markets. the question was really count they pulled together or not and what we have just learned is that the answer to that question is a cautious yes here is own finance minister is ofter holding a 2 day video conference meeting have come up with an agreement we know very little about the details so far it's been described as a multi 1000000000 euro stimulus package and this is of course hugely significant because as you mentioned the thorny issue of corona bonds has been just dominating

these discussions and there was very little agreement on that issue yet not part of this deal yet explain to us then what these corona bombs are and why germany is so against them ok so basically corona bonds are an updated version of what was once called the euro bond this was a an idea that was types had to buy 10 years ago off the financial crisis in 2009 the idea basically is to pool debt so at the moment every euro zone member has different conditions attached to borrowing money so if you're a country like italy which has a pretty poor credit rating it costs you a lot more money to borrow if you're germany which is very fiscally sound you can borrow money really easily everyone wants to lend to germany beat it because i think well we're going to get this we know that germany has a lot of savings it's contentious because under this new plan the debt would be pooled though it means that richer nations more fiscally stable countries like germany the netherlands austria finland they would have to pay out more for weaker economies like italy and spain ok so

a that's why they're very against it so if not corona bones than what instruments are their member countries disposal so this money is very likely to come from something that's called the european stability mechanism this is also a scheme that was introduced after the financial crisis and basically is the big fund that member countries can can use to prevent economic collapse it's already been in use portugal greece and ireland all used money from the european stability mechanism. but it came with a whole load of strings a touch and that's why there's been disagreement over how this money should be distributed so back off of the financial crisis countries that were using money from this fund how to introduce a therapy measures and that was something that was quite painful for the people of those countries what they were disagreeing about this time is should there be strings attached or not because countries like spain and italy which have been hardest hit by the pun demick think this isn't our fault this is

a health crisis we shouldn't have to pay up more just because we have been disproportionately affected by this other countries most notably the netherlands where say well you're still haven't really been very fiscally responsible over the last few years we don't just want to give you as much money as you want with no strings attached ok so what we're waiting to hear the details of all that and what sort of fudge has been done ok and how much does the europe's response depend on what the rest of the world is doing well they're certainly looking to see how other countries are responding in the united states 2 trillion dollars stimulus package and once lost month by the trumpet ministration we have the news today that the federal reserve is unlocking more loans so course germany on the whole euro zone is looking to see what other countries are doing of course china the world's 2nd biggest economy it's its entire economy is structured around the idea of state folks cities so there's a lot of pressure on governments to come together here to make sure that there's

a europe unified european response and good talking to you ok thank you very much for that kate ferguson from de duve business. well professor good to share their hears and seen your very well adjusted to berlin shari tell you medical center is one of europe's biggest university hospitals it's also one of germany's leading scientists for research in the coronavirus welcome professor is the chancellor right to warn the germans that it's too soon to relax virus control measures. oh i think she's right because you have still to be very cautious i mean it seems that this measurement effect if indeed but we have to look at the intensive care units what's going on there and i expected it reeks to come that we see more patients in the intensive care units and for we have still really to be alerted so how long do you think men before life can go back to

normal. that's difficult to predict of course on the other side the as the economic pressure and their precious very high so why seeing gulf the east and the politicians to go discuss how they can relief their measurements a little bit but that has to be very controlled so we have to do it step by step maybe it can be all in small shops and also talk to people that they still follow the rules of high chain and they still have that social distancing all through soko distancing so that the virus spread is not out of control that is i think very important ok as stay with us a place professor were about to look at a new study of one of the worst affected regions in germany virologist from the university of bonn have managed to test a 1000 people that and the heinz have banned distrait to found that 15 percent of

participants already have had the virus and then are likely to be immune to the disease. scientists in germany have taken a close look at a region hit especially hard by the corona virus the affected community is goggle initial results show that 15 percent of the population has tested positive thought of we gave people a question how to cut throat swap and use the p.c.r. methods to verify whether an infection was currently present we also took a blood sample and use an antibody test to see if the person had already experienced an infection. in the minas apology of dangled the scientists calculated a mortality rate of 0.37 percent that's 5 times lower than what the u.s. based johns hopkins university projected for all of germany this may lead to a relaxing of restrictions in some areas of daily life but experts warn special measures favoring older people should still be a priority. age of this also according to what call institute data is

83 so it is very important to protect the elderly. heinsberg district chief says this area narrowly missed a catastrophe at the virus been detected just 2 weeks later the situation would be far worse in the meantime the curve of the number of infections has begun to flatten. let's go back to professor. professor went so we have a study here which says that the virus is less lethal than initially expected what do you make of this. that isn't very interesting point of this study is that the case fatality rate is about 14.44 percent that is less than many experts and to support it but still i mean we have to think about that the virus is still spreading and will reach about

50 percent or 70 percent of the population so it has to be more cases and more deaths even though the case fatality rate is very low as such is the most important point that's the 1st time i've heard that figure you're reckoned with but generally speaking you're looking at 70 percent of us becoming it infected with corona virus at some stage that's what every 10 yalit just expect 50 to 70 percent and that at this point probably the virus stops to spread further because everybody's you know and the virus does not find any host anymore that is susceptible to the virus these are the triggers coming to accept it so far and again just referring back to this study we just looked at 15 percent of the population of agang have having been in contact with some sort of infection so that that's quite low then from what you've said. absolutely that means that we're

still at the beginning of the plantain week and evil see many more cases in the future and another question is whether we can compare the. so-called with other regions in germany itself that's a beginning of the pandemic reach and may have different numbers percentages of people that have experienced infection with a virus and during the planting make the numbers will need more to come similar to each other and so but that point is not reached it ok i would ask you to speculate now just because pressure on politicians is so great to try and. release populations from from lock down is it inevitable that we reach a point where the virus appears to have been beaten we slowly release people from

lock down and then we have another spike in infections if that just something we have to just accept you have to face that yes indeed because the virus even if it disappears for a while it will reappear and it will cost more infection so we have to control the spread of the virus and to prevent it intensive care units truong being although well md by loads of people is that severely ill and that is the whole aim all false all to all these measurements but at the end we have to accept that probably yes 50 to 60 percent off the top elation will be infected so everything therefore the the end goal then is a vaccine is. some sort of inoculation. sure that is the most wanted. issue but unfortunately probably only

2021 we will have it acting it takes time to test it seems because we have to check to nate also people that really healthy is and that seems therefore has to be very safe and that takes time to test that is very important so i think my feeling is that the vaccine comes too late you are well that's enough for you anyway professor thank you so much for joining us professor going to show rick from the have charité medical center. you're welcome france has been under partial lockdown for more than 3 weeks but with the number of infections still increasing social distancing matches are likely to be extended president macro's due to address again the nation next week in paris the rules have become even stricter backed up with fines and even prison time d.w. paris correspondent lisa lewis shows us just how small her life has become i think

confined to these 13 square meters for weeks now but i do have the right to go out once a day for one hour can do that i need to fill in this form with the date be exact about time and the specific reason for example i'm not out for an urgent medical appointment or if i'm 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 had to put half of our 12 employees on temporary unemployment and we don't know for how long this will go on report marcus 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 that's quite an achievement for people renowned for their lack of discipline. on 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 people are just observing the lockdown that negates all the effort made by everyone else that's why we're cracking down on such behavior we've already given out hundreds of thousands of fines from breaching the rules costs 135 euros or 200 euros before it leaves offenses one person was caught infringing the lock down 10 times in a row for it and condemned to 3 months and prison more cuticle than a. doctor's degree people should comply with the law they say it's the only way

to slow down the spread of the virus. plus we have run out of a veil of 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 that's the case at hospitals here in paris and in eastern france to be still not equipped to do massive testing and hand out masks to everybody so for now the locked on wall of the strain place is more dispersed. the government has already announced the lockdown is likely to be extended further. right i better get myself over there and but before i go back into isolation there is one thing i can do with my fellow parisians even if we have to keep our distance and join in the evening applause for all the heroes in this crisis the health care personnel supermarket catches and of course my local.

journeys biggest port have has been hit particularly hard by the corona virus a pandemic 30 percent of its trade comes from china and even though chinese production is starting to ramp up again could take a while to feed through to hamburg as container ships need $6.00 to $8.00 weeks to make the trip. this is what hamburg looks like when everything shuts down no fish sandwiches at the city's famous london spoken pier no ferries taking tourists around the port the pleasure boats are all anchored and what's worse for business is that there are hardly any freighters out on the edge of the river normally hamburg is germany's main hub for container traffic. the impact of the coded 1900 outbreak on the port is only really now becoming visible china's production

breakdown has reached hamburg with 6 to 8 weeks delay in the shape of a half empty cargo vessels. in congress one no one can say at the moment is what exact amounts and not arriving which goods the missing and that's connected to the issue of what's happening to the global supply chain when things are not being produced in china we can already see in the auto industry that there's going to be a lot of disturbance it means that we're going to experience a massive disruption to the entire economy. which often leaves. the port of hamburg handles around $9000000.00 containers a year but now the gigantic trans shipment hub is grinding to a halt experts predict that freight volumes for april and may could tumble by 80 percent but at a time when e.u. border closures are impacting road transport shipping ports may be more important than ever before the shipping will grow in importance it will become even more

necessary for the flow of goods to proceed on hand it would and that's thanks to the seafarers who are currently doing exceptional service on board far from their families and we owe them our gratitude at least as much as cashiers and nurses there are. some 30000 sailors are currently serving on german cargo ships on the world's oceans crew changes have been largely suspended to lessen the risk of infection so crew members are working without normal breaks between shifts the shipping companies and other logistics firms at the port of hamburg are struggling to keep merits. trade moving they still don't know how deep the economic damage from the kobe 1000 crisis will be. now this is the weekend will be unlike any other not least in jerusalem with a nationwide lockdown in effect across israel large governments can take place so one christian group is helping worshipers make a digital pilgrimage to the holy city this easter. and new sunday tradition an

improvised altar is assembled on this rooftop overlooking jerusalem's 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 those 3 yet still many other people can't comedy more to jerusalem we bring jerusalem to the people into their farms on their screens and t.v. and 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 services live streamed using a mobile phone 2 floors down in the now closed coffee shop a young volunteer follows the broadcast in front of this and i think it provides a kind of support you know that even though you can't be here every sunday you can still be a part of it. but to. 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 it's a highly unusual situation also for the local palestinian christians residents are under tight restrictions. probably talk to family. or turn that. smart. threw some light out got used to think so many. in the last 2 millenia at least but this year will be a. visit. where the people celebrate this easter jerusalem its residents say it's important to show solidarity and not to lose faith that better times will come. here in the.

cross other parts of germany sunny spring weather as it ties people out of their homes and into parks are raising fears amongst experts so many people out and about will have a negative impact on the fight against the coronavirus. i do or exercising is allowed for now at least brilliance parks have been teeming with people despite the restrictions. that say it's like it always is here you see no fewer people walking around than usual. mention my avoid people keep your distance so long as you do that then you're fine well at least i think szell some in the city. but what are the experts think about exercise at berlin's bethel hospital dr dog vide socog hygiene specialist believes everyone should exercise a little more caution during the current pandemic. of media through this from

a medical point of view in order to break the transmission chain the safest way to do so is by keeping everyone at home but we can't keep that up there are many reasons why people need to get out and about it's not just because they have a desire to move but because situations can escalate quickly if you're in close contact with your family all the time with sports centers closed many people like traffic for dental have been exercising at home. but controversially several bull in this league clubs have called their players back for group training sessions. this in a stall and us 9 a little surprised that football clubs are starting their training sessions again one team after another and this comes during a phase in the pandemic when we've not reached the peak and there are still transmissions it's astonishing that this disarmament is taking place so to speak. not me see. a stark warning to everyone but on last there's a tightening of restrictions it doesn't look like berliners will be giving up door

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subscribe to the documentary. thanks. hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week in eastern europe in poland to be precise where a man called pavel adam over each scene on the right of your screen was the man of the northern port city. then almost exactly a year ago he was stabbed to death during a charity event.