how. small part documentary stores may be w. . this is news live from berlin germany says it's corona virus pandemic is now under control health minister yan's spawn says the infection curve is flattening out warns against overconfidence. growing protest against lockdown restrictions in the us president trump says at least 3 democrat controlled states need to be liberated

. and migrant children who have been forced to live in squalid conditions in greek camps find new homes in europe hundreds are being relocated. to a michael okun happy to have you with us germany says it's getting on top of the corona virus outbreak health minister yan's spawn's said it's thanks to emergency measures decided last month authorities here ordered schools restaurants and shops are closed and imposed social distancing each infected patient is now passing the virus on to only 0.7 other people suggesting the virus is in retreat officials say early widespread testing has helped keep death rates low. germany's streets

are still empty its stores still closed a result of the country's strict physical distancing measures after almost a month the restrictions are proving successful germany's hospitals have i.c.u. space to spare at least $10000.00 intensive care beds are available this means the health care system has not yet been overwhelmed by the pandemic according to authorities this is because germany managed to flatten the curve and reach an important milestone a much awaited drop in the infection rate. leaked a reproduction number we calculate is currently 0.7 on average in germany. of course there are regional differences here too. but it's clear that this reproduction number has continued to fall. which means that on average each person who is infected and no longer in fact another person. using courage in numbers are

what the german government has been aiming for they show that the spread of the virus is finally slowing down although there's been a recent rise in the death rate for weeks german chancellor angela merkel has been explaining the need for a drop in the infection rate leaning on her scientific background to clearly explain how virus transmission works and she said social distancing restrictions would remain in place authorities are aware of the risks of going back to normal life too quickly germany is doing relatively well managing the epidemic. that makes us humble not overconfident. if the call for caution has been spelled out by the last 3 days which have seen a day to day increase in both cases and total deaths germany still faces months of struggle with the virus even with the gradual loosening of the lockdown people are being asked to accept restrictions as the new normal well efforts continue to

expand testing and develop a vaccine and that is likely to take months of painstaking research in cooperation with scientists and governments around the world. is deputy director of the institute of or ology at the hospital here in berlin we asked him if the government was being too optimistic i don't think so so far we don't have the exact number as the case for tell it to rate so the best estimates point for point 6 and could be that no virus is moving into retirement homes and then elderly people i'm sure wish this novel coronavirus and much more susceptible to the waters and may see more casualties gender for is a quick roundup now of coronavirus developments around the world the confirmed

death toll has now exceeded 150000 according to the johns hopkins university in the us the actual number of covert 1000 related deaths is likely to be much higher france's registered death toll neared 900000 after more than 760 more people died in one day but officials say the spread of the disease appears to be slowing britain has launched a task force to spearhead efforts to create a coronavirus vaccine more than 800 daily deaths were recorded in the u.k. on friday and japan has now surpassed the 10000 mark about 3 months after the 1st case was found in the country japanese pm prime minister that is abbate stresses the importance of social distancing. u.s. president donald trump has come under fire for encouraging protests against the lock down restrictions in 3 swing states run by democrats in a series of tweets trump called for minnesota michigan and virginia to be liberated

from measures that are courting to him too tough. there are for the 2nd day in a row protesters lined the footpath outside the home of minnesota's governor. there edging him to end the state's strict lockdown president trump wants minnesota to be liberated as he puts it along with the genea and michigan a notion he defended in his daily press briefings are you concerned those people coming out in protest are going to use british companies to other people who are congregating in ways that cultish purposes that they should not these are people expressing their views i think i see where they are and i see the way they work and they seem to be very responsible people to me. trump says the restrictions in the states are too tough the genie is governor dismisses that so i really do i would

just simply say that as the governor of the commonwealth of virginia along with this staff is fighting a biological war. they're not have time to involve myself in twitter wars the governor of michigan has also defended her decisions. every one of them has weighed heavily on me but i've done what i thought the right thing to do and. i will hope that if people are going to dissent that they do so and manner that doesn't compromise their safety or the safety of others. more demonstrations are expected in the next few days. the 1st unaccompanied children to leave greek migrant camps for new homes in germany are due to arrive this weekend greece has faced criticism for sailing to provide decent conditions for minors and its detention centers the plan is to relocate hundreds of them to

a dozen you states but germany says the process has been held up by red tape arrival in luxembourg these were the 1st children to be relocated this week from the refugee camps on the greek islands 1600 unaccompanied minors are being relocated around europe and initial group is traveling to germany on saturday isn't asleep so we are striving to provide help as part of a european solution we offer that early on already on march the 8th the german government decided to accept at least 350 children from the camps 5 of the children will eventually travel here to potsdam just south of berlin mayor mike shubert has been demanding action from the german government for months because we could certainly take in more we already said that in january that's why for me it's interesting i'm quite a positive person so i see it as an initial step in getting people here but more have to follow quickly i was with. the german interior ministry says that the huge

number of people involved n.p.r. rock recy is slowing down the process due to coronavirus restrictions the children arriving in germany will complete a 2 week korean teen before moving on to other cities thousands of miles from the harsh conditions of the camps they left behind. for more on that we're joined now by journalists and in athens and to appreciate you being here let me start with the 1st question that jumps out for me why are only children being moved out to the out of the camps. right well this is a plan which the prime minister here. takis hatched very very early on after his election here last year. and it has to do basically with the fact that greece is coping with 100000 migrants who are trapped here in the country and resettlement and relocation programs with europe have

effectively halted so what he's trying to do with this plan is start off with the most vulnerable lot which of course are these unaccompanied minors and that's what the government it's no coincidence for example that the prime minister was there today at the airport sending off these children to germany there were 12 more who were sent to luxembourg just a couple of days ago but these numbers may sound very very small but what he's hoping is that they can start pave the paving the way for more relocations and for more family unifications reunifications many of these children have families in the west they were split during their harrowing journeys from afghanistan and syria here i get it i get it now greece apparently welcomed this e.u. initiative but what specific measures as

a country taken to protect people living in the camps from the pandemic. well greece has been has taken very effective and robust measures from the start i'd say actually faster than any other e.u. member state and that's why it's seeing it's. the impact of the pandemic here in greece very very low we've just had about 100 deaths here compared to the thousands and tens of thousands that we've seen gripping europe as far as the refugees these measures have applied from the start so much more in these abysmal camps and refugee camps there have been cases the government has quickly isolated them and what it has managed to do is not to allow them to spread to further communities within especially these islands and to care saba there in in greece for us thank you so much. now to some of the other stories making news

around the world the world health organization says many other countries will probably have to follow china in revising their death tolls upwards w.h.o. experts say discrepancies arose because the chinese health system which they warn that other nations may be facing the same challenge. u.n. chief. has urged richard nations to grant debt freezes to developing countries he told a virtual conference that africa needed more than $200000000000.00 to cope with the pandemic. the powerful chief of staff for nigerian leader mohamed has died after contracting the coronavirus. he was in his seventy's strictly controlled access to be the president of africa's most populous nation. tested positive for a virus in late march after visiting terminal. is

reporting that a large number of people on a deportation flight from the united states tested positive for thrown a virus all on the flight were taken to a facility for quarantine concerns are growing that limited testing at u.s. migrant detention centers could help the virus spread in central america. a japanese photographer has won the prestigious world press photo of the year award . of the press focused in on a powerful moment as young people gather during sudan's uprising last year. the competition focuses on global political events especially crises wars and other catastrophes one of the most compelling events last year was sudan's peaceful uprising that was violently suppressed by government security forces. the people 1st turned against

a tater omar bashir then against the ruling military council after his ouster resistance prevailed amid the chaos and that's was captured in the winning picture the photographer snapped a shutter as a young man shouted out peace poems. between his breath everyone shouted. the revolution you know every. decision expression and voice impressed me. i could not stop focusing on him to capture the moment. the jury had to choose among almost 75000 photographs by more than 4000 for talk of has. nearly all of them show images of protest and conflict. by contrast the winning picture is free of violence. this image speaks to morse important development in east africa knowledge. voicing a sense of who. the winners were selected before the outbreak of the coronavirus

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