this is e w news live from berlin germany's health minister says the country is getting the coronavirus pandemic under control health officials say the curve is flattening but the yen sponsons a cautious note and tells germans not to be overconfident also on the program china admits that the death toll in more harm is much higher than originally reported that as economic output drops for the 1st time in 30 years. and muslims in parts of india take the rap for the coronavirus we go to one city where muslims are

falsely accused of staging what locals call the corona jihad. and god of his welcome to the program germany's health minister says the coronavirus is controllable and manageable the country's agency for disease control says the infection rate infection rate is on the decline germany has seen one of the highest number of infections in europe but comparatively low death rates something official say is due to widespread testing in the early stages of the outbreak but as germany plans a gradual easing of lockdown measures next week the health minister has also urged caution. the 1st round of pandemic control measures is coming to an end a gradual relaxation is in the cards but closures social distancing and face masks

are set to remain the new normal germany's hospitals have i.c.u. space to spare at least 10000 intensive care beds are free possibly more as hospitals nationwide begin complying with a new regulation to inform guards about their daily capacity health minister young says the health care system has at no point been overwhelmed with the host espouse of today the outbreak is controllable and becoming more controllable germany is doing relatively well managing the epidemic and that's when the effect that makes us humble not overconfident. if there's good reason to be cautious the week has seen a day on day rise in both total cases and deaths thursday recorded the largest single day death toll yet 315 people were reported to have died of the virus nearly 10 percent of germany's total how many health workers may be among the sick and

dead no one can say the health ministry says those numbers are not tracked but one number that is the reproduction number that shows how quickly coven 19 may be spreading in germany the public health institute says it's now at 0.7 suggesting the outbreak is slowing down. that's largely because of the drastic social distancing measures taken to stop it effective treatment let alone a vaccine are still in the early stages something germany's top by rolla just recently called a dream to tell him we're not dreaming we're working on making it a reality that the work is likely to take months of painstaking research and testing in cooperation with the public and private sectors around the world until then germany's government says it will reevaluate the situation every 2 weeks and adjust precautions accordingly. well for more let's go straight to political correspondent simon young health minister young spawn says the outbreak is now

manageable what exactly does that mean. here get out the health ministers comments at his press conference today were pretty much in line with what chancellor merkel said on wednesday you know there's room for cautious optimism because of the numbers of good in the trends of good and so little bit of easing has begun but really what he was talking about was this point. she said is the health care system here in germany been under pressure that he couldn't deal with and indeed 6 of 719 patients have been outpatient so they haven't required hospitalization toll and he also said that germany has 10000. intensive care beds for the not being used at the moment and indeed he said that. 3 quarters of those perhaps could be made available for use to treat patients from other

european countries said the picture here is very aware of boston very good and that's why there's this room for cautious optimism. so the infection numbers and germany have dropped the toilet the rate is up is the government government's assessment to up to mr kim maybe. well i think what you're seeing is the infection numbers around 3000 today was what we're told by the president of the robert cock institute the main medical body here and you know that is lower than it's been the key number i think he said the cycle reproduction rights of the virus is around 0.7 that means of tain infected people they only infect another 7 people so that as the virus spreads throughout the population fewer and fewer people are actually getting it now you all seeing the number of dead going up that's because they were infected some time ago so obviously it's taken

a while for that to filter through the experts say that peak in deaths they expect to be happening around now they said that was expected and that number of course will come down as well as the infections drop so the big question now is what has germany of gotten ride so far what other countries have not run. yet when they've done a lot of testing and there have been there's been this very good response from the health care system as we've as we've said now it's about. a certain amount of easing there's also discussion of introducing a requirement for everyone to wear face masks these most cloth coverings for mouth and nose. hasn't been introduced as an obligation yet but for instance saxony says that that's going to be mandatory in public on public transport in shops on monday . young thank you sam. now

a clearer picture of post lockdown china is beginning to emerge the full impact of the corona virus has left the country reeling with the economy taking a massive hit figures for the 1st 3 months of this year show the 1st drop in output for almost 30 years the 2nd blow new figures reveal that the death toll in the city of. by was was 1st detected is actually 50 percent higher than previously reported our board begins with a slump in the economy. the lockdown may be lifting but the virus has left its mark for the 1st time in decades china's economy has plummeted people can return to work but with virtually no demand many businesses remain closed. car sales that 1st dropped then plummeted down 21.6 percent in january then down 92 percent in february according to the china association of automobile manufacturers. china home

to the world's 2nd largest economy has released its 1st quarter g.d.p. a drop of 6.8 percent millions of workers do not qualify for unemployment benefits and many businesses are on their knees what should be peak season for many is now the worst in recent memory. the situation is awful it's as us was for me. i've got no idea how to get through this year. there's no hiding from reality my business might not survive this year and i might be unemployed. next year i don't know. chinese officials released another startling figure the number of coronavirus deaths in has been raised to almost 4000 that's a 50 percent increase from earlier numbers the news has fuelled concerns that china has covered up the true extent of the outbreak an accusation the country denies.

meanwhile dar trump says the u.s. is looking into unverified reports that the virus has escaped from a laboratory in china we heard from the foreign affairs spokesman for chancellor angela merkel's conservatives your heart and asked him if trump's theory was credible i think. 8. hours we know about the risk that potentially highly infected virus might jump from you know any last human being this is. the result of all the science in the last decades one's own lives development and it was obvious that once day something like that might happen in. court all of it was case it's not. just the problem anymore to you would be i think it's

a mate most it is. also for the future and therefore we should concentrate on that i'm not sure that we brought her potentially might find out the whole truth about what happened maybe also the china government is not really that to hold the chair on this starting point of that go to me and that's a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president on trump has also laid out plans for phased return to business as usual from the locked down state governors will take control of the process themselves from says states that are free from disease can reopen quote literally tomorrow by . 3 astronauts who spent months aboard the international space station have returned to landing safely in kazakhstan after more than $200.00 days in space due to the coronavirus the 2 nasa astronauts and one russian underwent special safety measures up on that iraq. has released almost

$25000.00 prisoners in a presidential amnesty to mark the country's new year and the city's during holiday celebrations a common though the number of freed this year was higher than normal human rights groups had called me a moth to reduce overcrowding in its prisons due to the coronavirus all break. the united nations special envoy for yemen says the threat of covert 19 has galvanized peace efforts that last week saudi arabia declared a 2 week unilateral ceasefire in yemen it's the 1st nationwide truce in the 5 year old war yemeni authorities have been left struggling as they try to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. lining up to test for the coronavirus anyone who has a fever has to stand outside a checkpoint outside of sanaa it's to protect the metropolis of millions from an

outbreak. the transfer people who are suspected to have coronavirus to the hospital or various hotels suitable for quarantine. that want to. officially there's only one case of covert 19 in yemen in reality there may be many more that's bad news for this troubled country 5 years of war between the saudi military coalition and the hoody rebels have devastated the country's infrastructure. almost 50 percent of all hospitals have been destroyed saudi arabia has declared a ceasefire but it's a fragile one people don't have enough food water electricity or medicine many people are suffering hardship and hunger washing their hands is almost impossible. this guy out hospital in sanaa is still operating. it is one of 2 with intensive care beds for coronavirus patients there are only 6 respirators here there are 12

in total in the whole capital. long the clinic is large and located in a sparsely populated area that's why it was chosen to fight the disease to start nothing more the u.n. has warned that the delivery of urgently needed aid is considerably more difficult because of the sea and air blockade of saudi arabia and supplies which the united nations are trying to bring into the country lifesaving supplies i.c.u. supplies the medicines that are needed it's been difficult to do that because of the blockade. cholera and diphtheria waves have weakened millions of people in recent years this makes becoming seriously ill with covert 19 even more likely deficiencies also in pharmacies masks and disinfectants are not available or only at extortionate prices will come on of march i can't find the mass wherever i look

there are none 1st they cost $20.00 now it's a 1000 and we are going to live on the shortage and need are already in normal state of affairs in yemen a coronavirus epidemic could dramatically worsen the desperate situation of millions of people. are now joined by lisa grundy the united nations resident coordinator in yemen who is leading the un's emergency operation of that. what are the challenges of tackling coronavirus in yemen. really expects that corona car is a must if it's jammed it can spread faster more widely and with nuclear consequences in even then i was. in the war right now are these concern is supplies and her parents rience me that the virus takes transmission

cannot be surprised at the height of the crisis we've each 100 hospital but that's across the country right now there are only $30000.00 we. need 3000 specialized beds i.c.u. that's right now our country there are only 500 there are only 200000 liters for the entire country 100 more in has clearly insufficient we don't have enough testing kits we don't have another protected and even if we can get this finds me have to get a new it could bring in by a court it's clear that if we try to bring them in the airports are closed if we try to grow convoy you're stopped at checkpoints and then there's a 3rd problem and that's on. your case in. the u.s. 41 major programs 31 of 31 of them are hosting a show this month because we don't have to get deals that you know it's pretty nice

in our history magical. is a years of deprivation. during this war as well as less large parts of the population of course in the house of weakened immune systems then you tell us more about the particular danger that the coronavirus poses to the people in yemen. 80 percent of the nation you can require some form of humanitarian assistance or protection in order to just not a population has one of the most loathsome general and unity. i'm really happy entire population every day hungry and depend on the united nations for their own food 7000000 people in this country. to. our children we know that it. is not a surprise if the impact operation that you pack is going to be catastrophic it

could be the worst cars freeze in europe you know 100 years do you think this ceasefire that is now in place actually help for more emergency aid to reach those most in need. the people who are crying the loudest for the cease fire or the people who came in in humanitarian cease fire to make all the difference. principle received can get them to the people who need it it's kind of tough even with the ceasefire we're going to have to do everything we can but we can't put needs to be done when you have a cease fire is around the united nations resident coordinator in yemen many thought this. to india now where 1300000000 inhabitants are halfway through a 6 week national lockdown the government's insists that the restrictions are the key to breaking the chain of transmission the battle against the virus also has

a dimension of religious prejudice correspondent nischelle jos why has traveled to the northern city of mira to find out why muslims they're being targeted for supposedly staging what some locals are calling corona jihad. 3 more weeks of locked out of business is closed restricted movement. but these men are fuming about something else abdul rashid a shop people in the northern city of me that says islamophobia in india is that all time high. he's clearly blamed the indian media. corona has a right this is what they say when they see muslims. they're beating a suit shouting at us saying here comes corona is this a way to behave so there is a limit to our patience the discrimination started after an event by the jamaat and islam except was recognised as

a coronavirus hotspot many who attended the gathering in delhi became covert 19 carriers across india several media channels were quick to claim that this was a deliberate attempt to undermine india some even alleging coronal jihad. these allegations have also had a severe economic impact. moment if the us would normally travel to different neighborhoods hawking his wares some of these were predominantly hindu. now people refuse to let him in so when everyone is turning so away the residents say don't sell food here go back to your own neighborhood. police are stopping us to beating us down. these muslim vendors can now only sell goods in their own majority muslim neighborhood business has dried up elsewhere and mirrored

rumors are circulating about malicious intent. locals who are fighting the ports of multiple incidences of muslims entering neighborhoods and spitting in them to spend the coronavirus residents here are standing guard and barricading gates to prevent this from happening. even lead us from the ruling b.g.p. have claimed that members of the beekeeper mock sect have deliberately spread the why if you're going on about india should have been free of coronavirus by now but in denmark but these german members this collective like suicide bombers form these suicide bombers that should face the strictest possible legal action is it going to god or are you they should be punished in a way that generations to follow starting up will be too afraid to commit such crimes this year. the allegations the sect has spread the virus on purpose are still unfounded but fewer and anger across communities. but these men their village and has become an added burden during the long lockdown

. while that report of course is a stark reminder that a crisis of these proportions can bring out the worst in people but there are some who say the pandemic could be a blessing in disguise but bregman is the author of a book called human kind of hopeful history and he joins us now from the hotel in the netherlands mr bregman quote you hear disaster and crisis bring out the best in people that's one of your theories however as we've just seen in india this isn't really always the case is it. well you know it's not really my theory it's actually what we see you know from 50 or 60 years at the evidence from sociology so people often assume that officer a crisis hits us you know and and they are a natural disaster that we you know become greedy selfish and that people start hoarding stuff and you know that we show the worst in each and every one of us but

actually. this is something very different what you really see it is it is and explosion of altruism inculturation rating i'm sure there are lots of examples you know that get a lot of attention in the news. people we have exhausted but if you zoom out a little bit and if you look at the 700 case studies for example that happened by social assistance the 96 these about people who actually be a doctor for example natural disaster you find something very different actually lived so i you know you actually say that the coronavirus pond i made is a blessing for humanity. you know i would never never say that i'm just saying that there is reason for hope as well i mean this is obviously a huge test for our society right but let's remember that throughout the world you know people governments nations that made the decision to lot down and to put you know saving lives 1st over profits or economy i think that's a pretty extraordinary thing and what's also happening is that around the globe you

know governments have come up with a list of so-called vital professions and you look at these professions and you know you can find that for managers on that but it's you know it's the nurses it's care workers it's teachers so this crisis is a great reminder for us as well. you know what's really important and walk through are really doing the really valuable work so yes i mean a crisis point can be a crisis can be shifting for societies and we can go down a dark road but it could also move us in the right direction but reminded surely but do you do you really believe that we will start by paying people who work with supermarket checkout nurses all these vital jobs that we're going to start paying them better. don't expect like i do that we'll forget about all this soon as this crisis. well there have been very interesting developments for example 2 weeks ago

there was an editorial in the financial times you know the bill of the world's leading business newspaper and the financial times said you know that we need to reverse the policy direction of the last 40 years which was all about competition about privatisation about you know as treating the welfare state and the loot need to move in a very different direction of taxing the wealthy and implementing a guaranteed basic and you know having a bit stronger state so this crisis could actually be a shifting point that gets is out of the age of what we call the age of neoliberalism and move us into a different age that is more about ration and so there. is not for sure so this is not a prediction it is a possibility it's something that we can hope for so you say this pandemic could be a huge unique opportunity for humanity exactly exactly every prices is an opportunity every crisis can be shifting points if you look at the

history of the 20th century said during the midst of the great depression you know people were already thinking about the new do in the 2nd wall are in 1942 the beverage of choice was sort of the blueprint for the welfare state of war so again and again you know especially in times of crisis decisions are being made in weeks or days or even hours that can have implications for years or decades so it's not to pay attention do you also trust the political elite around the world to use this make the world a better place. well i mean they're all basically huge differences between countries so look at what's happening in hungary and it's just it's just a classic example of a dictator and basically using the crisis to give themselves the emergency powers wrath what viktor orban is doing but then there are other hopeful examples as well you know i'm personally i'm from from the netherlands and. so far you know it's

interesting how actually this crisis is misty brought people together so the standard differences between the left and the right seem to be less relevant right now and even our right wing prime minister you know. suddenly sounds. very different than he normally does right he says you know where the please socialist country and we need to get for each other is that. so and yet there are big differences of the country. with a decidedly optimistic view of the coronavirus crisis thank you very much. thanks for having. news of the weird and wonderful scientists have discovered what they believe is the world's longest animal off the coast of western australia so-called zoids have merged into a floating colony that is at least $46.00 metres long it was found by an underwater

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