you're the perfect person to talk to these people still thank you bruce is not life as we know it we're in this together howard. this is g.w. news live from berlin an easter under lockdown and churches around the world celebrate the holy day without their congregations in rome a pope francis calls for global solidarity in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and for cease fires in all conflicts st peter's square normally packed with tens of thousands of worshipers stands deserted also coming up. health experts warn of

a coronavirus it could have a devastating impact in africa where most hospitals are desperately short of equipment and train staff we go to kenya where the coronavirus is also causing a financial uncertainty for many. it's been a different kind of easter celebration and this year despite all the lockdown upheaval one berlin charity has tried to take some inspiration from the easter bunny and put smiles on children's faces. and claire richardson welcome to the show the pope has broken with centuries of tradition and a live stream to his easter sunday mass for the 1st time as the world's 1300000000 catholics celebrates the holy day under coronavirus locked out and pope francis devoted his traditional or be at or be message to what he's called this year's

easter of solitude and calls for global solidarity. he swapped his normal audience of thousands for empty pews and the echoes of an empty set peter's basilica. pope francis delivered his message behind closed doors amid the ongoing lockdown in coronavirus heat italy. he's called for global solidarity to fight the virus. in. light of the present circumstances. may international sanctions be relaxed. since these make it difficult for countries on which they have been imposed. to provide adequate support for their citizens. if i may all nations be put in the position to meet the greatest needs of the moment. action if not the

forgiveness. burdening the balance sheets of the poorest nations. also expressed particular concern for the future of europe saying innovative solutions were needed to get through this tough period. european union is presently facing an epochal challenge. on which will depend not only its future. but that of the whole world. let us not lose the opportunity to give further proof of solidarity also by turning to innovative solutions like the. pews are a familiar sought around the world of services being held in close churches as millions of people have been told to stay home. almost all of the united states is under a stay at home order this is to wreak and as the country grapples with the largest coronavirus outbreak in the world the death toll has risen by some of 2000 for 4

days in a row bringing the total to over $21000.00 but as the economic toll of the lockdown mounts the trump administration is considering relaxing movement restrictions in just over 2 weeks we're looking at may 1st obviously we want that to happen as soon as possible i can't predict at this point because as i said things are happening very rapidly but this team this team of doctors this team of experts all of government approach they're focused at looking at the earliest possible time that we can get americans back to wait back to work safely and to give americans the confidence they need to make sure that these are the right joining me for more is correspondent in washington d.c. all over may 1st as a potential target for easing the lockdown what's been the reaction so that as a day. well it clear that's exactly what president trump wants to hear he'll of course has the elections on his mind the stock market the economy he's also under

really severe pressure by a prediction of the i.m.f. just a couple days ago that we're expecting the deepest economic downturn in a century and then of course the johns hopkins university who's been delivering the global data of the latest numbers in infections worldwide they've been very critical in responding to that they believe that if the country opens up too early then the numbers of infections and casualties would spike once again. the leader the expert the national expert here in the united states for infectious disease anthony follett she says reopening is possible technically but he is rather talking about a phase stroll old and that means that it's depending on local situations because obviously new york city the situation in new york city is somewhat different compared to other states across the u.s. particularly in the center of the country and don't forget the state governors will

have an important word to say to him they will rather decide based on their local situation rather than with regards to the upcoming election we're talking now about lifting a social restrictions but far from that some are saying that these sort of restrictions restrictions should have been brought into place much earlier. you're right claire and those again the corona experts here said today that earlier mitigation efforts would have saved lives and that there was some heavy pushback against those plans and that's very interesting it's a very strong tack in fact against president trump against the u.s. administration because what everyone knew until this point is that the response of the administration has been slow president trump has also publicly not really taken the virus as a big threat and seriously at least in the beginning of the pun demick but to hear that from president trump's top experts for infectious diseases who's giving daily

press conferences also together with him is a strong signal something that trump doesn't like to hear and it's also not looking good for president trump but for now the u.s. remains in a lockdown and briefly what is the situation in bend over the easter weekend where you are so far. well in new york city we are getting reports of hospitalizations have been slowing down for quite some days but still the death toll there is peaking about on the other hand there is some hope of course that that might improve and experts also believe that this is proof that mitigation efforts are working on a phase out in washington d.c. thank you for that analysis. the world health organization last month warned africa faces a dramatic evolution of the coronavirus pandemic even as governments imposed restrictions to help contain it the virus has spread to $52.00 african countries

but despite a steady rise in the number of confirmed cases the continent continues to lag behind the global curve for infections and deaths in kenya the government predicts the country could see 10000 cases by the end of april. it was supposed to be an orderly process but the fence could barely hold back the crowd motivated by misery residents from the slums of nairobi have come in search of promised aid packages. i'm waiting here so that my grandchildren can finally eat again i don't have anyone else. but private donations aren't enough for everyone here in the fight against the coronavirus the kenyan government has drastically restricted freedom of movement for weeks now few have been able to earn a living the poorest communities have been hardest hit she have any savings and what money they have goes on food soap and running water or luxuries and everything

has become more expensive since the outbreak began most african states are struggling many are highly indebted with paul the functioning health systems the growing number of coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm hospitals by the african states are struggling to compete with rich countries on the world market for scarce resources such as face masks or ventilators. bill gates and his wife melinda are appealing for industrial countries to put selfishness aside the couple fund the biggest private foundation in the world which is engaged in projects across proffered they're demanding more cooperation between countries around the world health organization right now the number of cases in those countries is still pretty modest but everything we've seen would suggest that they'll become the epicenter of the epidemic in the months ahead without major support for developing countries the coronavirus pandemic will remain a global problem. let's get you caught up on the latest developments on the

coronavirus to support oil prices amid the pandemic the opec countries plus russia and other oil producing nations have agreed to cut their output by a record amount representing 10 percent of the global supply turkish interior minister so they mine soil has resigned after an abrupt lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus it was announced with only 2 hours notice and start to panic buying across the country france's virus the death tally has surpassed 14000 but the country also reported a drop in coded 1980 s. on the previous day italy reported its lowest number of daily coronavirus deaths in 3 weeks with 431 new fake tell it is in the past day bringing its total to almost 19900 when british prime minister boris johnson has been discharged from hospital after being treated for cove at 19 johnson was admitted a week ago and spent 3 days in intensive care his office says he will not be

returning to work immediately johnson's release from st thomas' hospital in london comes as the u.k. death toll from the coronavirus tops 10001 of the highest in the worlds. this hospital bids farewell to its most high profile patient as the british prime minister arrives at his country residence to recuperate boris johnson says the national health service saved his life in the last 7 days i have of course seen the pressure that the n.h.s. is under i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the health care workers but every description physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harm's way kept risky these deadly virus he's survived what so many others haven't as the u.k.

passes a grim milestone today marks a somber day in the impact of this disease the fact that over 10000 people have now lost their lives to this invisible killer demonstrates just how serious coronavirus is and why the national effort that everyone is in gauged in is so important the real number could be much higher as the official told does not include deaths outside of hospitals and while the prime minister thanks the health service for saving his life doctors unions are warning that a lack of protective equipment is putting health care workers at risk britain's health minister says the government is working to fix any shortages daily with delivering millions of items to the front line so we're working very hard to resolve all of these individual logistical challenges meanwhile british life is still on hold this beach in brighton would normally be packed for the easter

weekend every turn to normality looks a long way off with the expectation that the nation wide lockdown will be extended to this week. now for christians of course easter is meant to be a day of celebration but in the midst of a pandemic had that celebration has been a new day for children here in berlin as elsewhere in the world individuals have stepped up to try to make it a special day nonetheless a sunny yet desolate easter for some with lonely colored eggs and playgrounds that are no go zones for children. enter a stand in for the easter bunny he's barren cicle co founder of the ark a small german christian charity. like the easter bunny baron single cow delivers the ark normally offers lunches tutoring and support for kids from families facing tough times. but its facilities are all closed so the ark brought

the easter goods to the door. he looked with the air is getting thinner now at home parents are running out of ideas of what to do with their kids they may not have a garden to go out to maybe a balcony but they can't be too loud because the neighbors won't be happy everything's cramped and strange for most families. so single call brings some familiar easter joy to the apartment door. i wonder sometimes you don't know how to get to the end of the month especially with the children at home usually they get food in school and the art so it's important we get support and i. even support in the way of chocolate bunnies can go a long way sickle col in the ark brought smiles to kids from about 150 families. as many worshipers a stay at home for the easter holiday one portuguese priest decided to take the church to the faithful father knew no west would it drove around the streets of a lisbon suburb to bring words of peace and comfort to the community standing in

a smart convertible he provided a blessings and prayers from a distance during portugal's recent lockdown priests have had to look for alternatives to reach their congregations such as broadcasting sermons online or in this case going for a drive. you're watching news from berlin or remember you can get the latest headlines on r g w app for website d w dot com i'm claire richardson and by len i'll have more news for you at the top of the hour for now though thanks for watching. they were abducted by the nazis until you can to germany to be raised as citizens

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