mean children the kidnapping campaign of knowledge to germany starts april 28th monday tell you. this is d.w. news live from berlin and the u.n. warns that africa could see hundreds of thousands of coronavirus related deaths so far african nations have reported a small fraction of the world's cases but there are fears that the continent could see millions of infections in the next 6 months also coming up. greece begins relocating unaccompanied children from its overcrowded microchip camps to other

european countries germany is already welcomed to group of nearly 50 miners will begin a new life here plus during. the civil defense volunteers even to cheer up residence confined by the coronavirus lockdown in spain where the rate of song and dance. omarion evanston welcome to the program africa has officially recorded more than 1000 deaths from covert 19 but the united nations economic commission for africa predicts that the pandemic will likely kill even in a best case scenario at least 300000 people on the continent and it could push so.

30000000 into extreme poverty africa's 54 countries have so far reported a small fraction of the world's coronavirus cases but health officials say that's because of limited testing capability they warn that in the next 6 months africa could see as many as 10000000 infections and global economic groups saying well over 100000000000 dollars is needed to assist the continent. on joining us now is emma naylor in google and she's the regional director of the aid group care in kenya's capital nairobi thank you so much for joining us what can you tell us about the corona virus outbreak where you are in the east african region while it's true as you mentioned that currently the number of cases seems very small compared to the rest of the world the numbers are in the hundreds here in kenya and in some countries where we work like south sudan and malawi there are

any just reports in there. but we do know we believe that the numbers are real numbers a much much higher than that because there is such limited testing capacity and very large proportions of the population have no access to healthcare it's will. the governments of accidents. to charge to the impact of the. for example in kenya and we are with respect to movements we have to biomass when we go out into the streets there was a curfew from 7 pm to 5 am to reduce people in contact with each other. and you know various governments across the region have been taking this kind of measures is going to college that would cause a false among people here. a daily meal they have to what every day and some of these measures already start to have an effect. well despite all of these very serious concerns the world health

organization struck a more optimistic tone they said that the virus could actually still be contained in africa do you agree with this assessment. i think that. along with other international agencies and the governments doing as much as we can to try to limit the effects of the of the of the virus for example aid agencies like care i don't see how are you my timing and programming our lifesaving programming that that helps people to cope with issues that we already have like plates and. which aren't so i doubt there's programs people receive the items that they need like. protective also i'm just received information about what's going on so they know how to protect themselves. but it really really all stepping into the unknown it's very difficult for us we see is that the combination of the impacts of

the pandemic not just the in the virus itself but also the social economic impacts that it will have to be really devastating for this region. well what do you believe is the best way to reach and educate people in africa about coronavirus. i mean it's a real challenge i mean of course many people in our region have access to marvel phones phone technology that's a very high up site people live in athens and so people watch the radio we see the news of the newspapers and those i'm people do have good access to information but there are also a lot of people who are a long way away from that kind of infrastructure. that may be a long way away even from the my space account i'm reaching them is is is a challenge the other major challenge that we have is that when people get a lot of information from social media we see there are a lot of misinformation that's being circulated and show you've seen this in europe

as well and so we've seen a very unfortunate effect for example all the messages going out like. you know it's only foreigners who can get this disease so we have to weigh very hard not just messages out to people. so make sure that they are getting the right information. and when they learn googie talking to us from nairobi in kenya we appreciate it thank you. let's get a quick roundup of coronavirus developments around the world in spain the official death toll has now surpassed 20000 people singapore has reported its highest number of new confirmed cases since the outbreak began authorities there say 60 percent of the infections are in dormitories housing foreign workers on a more positive note south korea has reported only 18 you cases it's low is the daily jump in more than 2 months. germany has welcomed the 1st group of

unaccompanied minors to arrive from refugee camps in greece the process had been delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic with greece facing a crisis within a crisis increased migration and a global health emergency at the same time e.u. member states are taking some of the pressure off germany will host a $350.00 children young people and in total some $1500.00 will be resettled across europe in the coming months. they are some of the 1st in a europe wide effort to place hundreds of minors all of them travelling and living without parental guidance these 47 children were headed for germany in all its hope 1500 unaccompanied young people will be allowed to relocate. isn't asleep so we are striving to provide help as part of the 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 and. 5 of the children will go to new homes in the city of potsdam just south of berlin the mayor there has been demanding action from the german government for months because we could certainly take in more we already said that in january it's wise to 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 of us with a vital for indeed even if this program is successful it will still leave more than 3500 unaccompanied minors in the camps the 1st 47 young people in the program to touch down in germany here in hanover will be quarantined before moving on to their new lives far from the harsh conditions of the greek island camps and even further from their home countries of syria afghanistan iraq and eritrea. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world. u.s.

president donald trump has come under fire for encouraging protests against lockdown restrictions in 3 swing states run by democrats call for minnesota michigan and for ginia to be liberated from measures that he says are too tough. to mallos reporting that a large number of people on a deportation flight from the united states have tested positive for corona virus all passengers 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. the worth of arts christian ceremony of holy fire symbolizing the resurrection of jesus went ahead without the usual throng of pilgrims due to corona virus concerns however the current restrictions on travel will not prevent the flame from being transported to countries around the world according to tradition. to hong kong

now where police have arrested 14 high profile democracy campaigners in connection with the massive protests last year the arrest include activists lawmakers and the owner of an anti establishment newspaper they're accused of either taking part in protests or publicizing them on kong was shaken by widespread street protests and 2019 sparked by a now abandoned proposal to allow extraditions to the chinese mainland. well for more i'm joined now by location hey he's the vice chair of the democratic party of hong kong thank you so much for being on our program now the founder of your big party the founder of your party martin lee was in fact among those who were arrested and we understand he said he was proud to be arrested when he was released on bail what do you think he meant by that.

chief. all right so you say that these arrests actually targeted the veterans of hong kong's pro-democracy movement why do you think that they were taken into custody right now. tactics.

to try to. do you believe that these tactics. do you think these arrests. the pro-democracy movement in hong kong.

all. who. are. angry. at the. party of hong kong thank you very much. well the coronavirus lockdown in spain has been in force for more than

a month and is among the strictest in europe being confined to their homes is a major challenge for residents especially those with young children but one group of civil defense volunteers is using music and dance to cheer people up have a good. day not be part of the normal job description but the families can fall into that you have securing not brings in the building. the young volunteers from the spanish the book protection agency are doing their bit to cheer up residence in this small town just outside mentoring. for their militant that wanted to volunteer because in this situation i think we all have to work together in some way when i'm a native son by being at home and others by going out and doing this act it is those are going to going to get a common and her colleagues are getting ready for the next mission with

a surprise visit to little son who's just turned full. why god oh my all the children in the neighborhood who have had a birthday they haven't been able to celebrate with family and friends to such if it could and of course this song. to some you know has overcome this initial shyness he can't resist john cena. eat. like. a mug or just was good for the russian soul.