3 part documentary george. w. . this is due to be in years live from berlin and get a medical tells people of germany not to let their guard down as the country eases some of that's coronavirus restrictions. it would be a real shame if we were not into such a relaxed and with the focus so we must not be candidates were responsible even for a moment also on the program colombia is supposed to be in florentine than observing physical distance involved but many people they are ignoring regulations especially in the capital cities main market. and maybe 5 year old mom and

he's one of thousands of children trapped in refugee camps and greece as the great shock the coronavirus looms the situation is looking for him. to save the oil price drops to its lowest level in decades after the pandemic causes the launch to plummet. prosy wonderwall come to the program now the german chancellor has warned people have nots to relax and to lift their god as restrictive measures here start to be only asked for money brady she gave us her and that assists on those calling. she warned that there was too

much focus on easing travel restrictions particularly in the different 16 states around germany rather than focusing on making sure that people are still are daring to those social distancing measures that are still in place are making sure that people are still keeping at least one and a half meters away from each other making sure that people are gathering in groups of no more than 2 and the people that you are meeting with or moving around cities with are from your household and so one thing that merkel did point out as well is that the results or rather the consequences of these relaxations that we're starting to see take place across germany this week the results of those won't be seen for another 14 days so there will be a reassessment in another 2 weeks and the key message from merkel is that germany just cannot be careless right now and that the cautious approach needs to continue . or right now the german chancellor angela merkel has warned people

that they should not risk it at all in terms of compromising what germany has achieved in containing the coronavirus basically this is the danger is that people become complacent share especially about so physical distancing the medical's missing as germany begins to ease some of its restrictions it put in place several weeks ago she wants a of new infections struck growing rapidly again they could be a return to tighter restrictions of course that would be an avoidable. shopping but not as we knew it to this store in cologne customers are required to keep a safe distance apart but will that happen when more people come. chancellor merkel announced the easing of germany's strict lockdown just days ago but now she says she's worried people may think the pandemic is no longer a problem on india so we must proceed slowly step by step and with

caution it would be a real shame if we were now to suffer a relapse despite being able to avoid that and if we were through our actions to put at risk area initial successes so we must not be careless or irresponsible even for a moment life then the. retailer patrick cooler in brooklyn near the french border is only allowing 15 people at a time into his shop he has had to improvise a plan to keep everyone safe. we put a bell on the door each customer rings the bell and then we let them in if possible otherwise they'll need to wait for perhaps 10 or 15 minutes we've put a table in chair outside the customer can sit in the sun and read a magazine while they wait. in zion and shops with more than 800 square metres of space can also open if they're divided into separate areas that means big department stores can return to business in saxony customers are required

to wear a mask and today bavaria has followed suit cloth masks will be mandatory there in shops and on public transport from next week the lack of a single set of rules for all of germany has irritated some. as i would like to see standard rules for retailers across the whole country and i would prefer the rules to be implemented immediately in the different states. germany's retailers are optimistic as they emerge from the lockdown they hope that customers will come but that business will not lead to a surge in infections. for more on germany's response to the corner virus allat chief political it is that is with the german health minister on. his high the indeed the german health minister spawn is with me right now minister german news health system has so far escaped the stress test many heart.

considering taking in nonessential operations once again what is germany doing different from other countries well 1st of all that germany has got through this so well so far actually makes us humble not overconfident because we know this was only the 1st wave this is a long run and not a short sprint but so far we've doing well because of system actually that was very well prepared to go good shape so to say i'm standing on the shoulders of giants that since this is a success story of many governments we have a very good network for example of general practitioners that take care of the milder cases the softer cases 6 out of 7 covered patients for example are treated. it was general practitioners not in hospitals so hospitals are not overrun and then traditionally we have a very high capacity of i.c. use of intensive care capacities in the hospitals and that is of course very

helpful in this situation now german chancellor angela merkel spoke of a found also excess now in germany is possibly easing some of those restrictions you will only learn in 2 weeks time what the actual impact was what is your main concern going into these 2 weeks now. well we still need to learn which measure actually has which results regarding new infections cases the dynamic situation no one really knows no one in the world if you have kill shops if you kill stressed wrongs if you stop social life if you close conduct gardens for example what really makes a difference and to what extent so actually we need to learn step by step. what just happened today open up small shops again what difference makes that to the dynamic of the outbreak is there any or is there not and you can only tell after 2 weeks because it takes time to if you can see it and the statistics and so we have

decided to have a step by step approach to pick to a new normal we do some steps us today shops and schools for example and some. have all but one states and then in 2 weeks we might take a next step. much precaution i prefer an approach that says let's do it step by step slowly carefully but in a way that actually is very reliable and has no need of turning someone in this in this journey what's your concrete expectation how much infection rates could rise through this opening now. well frankly spoken no one really can tell because what people have learned very proud and thankful for my german fellows actually what many have learnt and do live in their all this life is keeping distance for example varying masts in public transport for example that and that itself makes already

a difference and but we know what we all know is that this needs to be in place for 4 months for months to come until there is a vaccination there will be some things in all this life that really needs to be changed all the time through that is mainly keeping distance and as long as people have that in mind that makes always a difference to the world before they yourself have put a lot of emphasis on recent health authorities and the tracking of cases and containing cases you presented a whole host of measures today and that also includes bringing along the digitalisation in those regions is that the police heel is that what the german government missed and is now suffering for in this crisis. well in this federal state of germany we have different levels the community level the federal state level and the national level actually and what we see is yes we should have invested more in previous years in the digitization of actually make these

different levels better into acting in a situation like this that new cases that fall into the community within seconds actually unknown with with our national city see that is not yet the case it takes one to 2 days till we have the information here in berlin and that is just the example but in the very important one to have a real picture of these outbreak that we want to change through digitization and to to actually support and to fund this investments that need to be taken to communities and we really want to speed up that chance in this crisis actually to speed up the judaization and public health system now there's a lot of debate about european solidarity and also germany solidarity in this crisis germany's taking in patients from abroad how far will german solidarity go will that also include potentially sending personnel or equipment or even as far as

to write up once. well in general for example able to do nate's a couple of 100 until ager's to spain italy france the u.k. countries that we wanted to support that have helped us in the past and so we could . have been helpful for them we have taken patients as you just mentioned from abroad from other countries we have an exchange i mean there were times when all of us helped us and now we can give for example mosques some at least. medical must. or polish neighbor so we want to be of help as much as we can in this difficult case i'm very convinced you know at the very beginning once again in a crisis the european union seem to be somehow disorganized and it took some time to be pull everything together but now what we see is all together we are stronger and i'm very confident actually that we are getting out of this stronger than before regarding the economy for example that we have packed

a 500000000000 cannot make stimulus that is to help to send incentives for investment where it is needed and to help those countries that actually need to invest in the health system as well and it's helpful for us too by the way since we have obviously some economic trouble as well and in this we are together and that show the health system as well as the economic situation many if it could also tell europe apart that you say it will be in europe together. as i said at the very beginning there was a stressful time for europe and there is of course as soon as you do discuss concrete measures concrete packages there's always a discussion which is quite normal because of different interests between the 27 member states but does always when it is needed we come to a result and what is important for us this is an approach of germany and of many other countries we are in

a european solidarity and at the same time we don't want to have any incentives for the future that might lead to the wrong way so as to find the right balance between financial sound and european solidarity and that is actually what we have reached so far so yes there are debates and some of them are stressful but and that is important in the end we are stronger together and spontaneous health minister thank you very much and with that back to the studio all right thanks. chief political it is his speaking to the german health minister now it's often say that the coronavirus doesn't discriminate between rich and poor but in reality there is a difference in the way people with less money impact it in the us high rates of death and infection among african americans have been linked to poverty in france people live disadvantaged areas outside paris known as. also hit hard. in france's war against the coronavirus this is the front line sand in the on the

outskirts of paris has a very high death rate from covert 19. to run only for us and people who've dropped out of the death right because of preexisting conditions related to poverty such as obesity. the body's conditions often go undetected and wasn't treated early yet the kind of network of doctors as we could then in other places it's one of france's biggest medical deserts. here a former neighborhood resident shares leftover bananas and tomatoes from a wholesaler and word spreads fast. it will. begin to lock down is increasing longstanding inequality and things are difficult. children usually 18 school for 15 euro cents a day now with the schools closed the parents have to find the means to feed their

kids. between one up north. most people here live in state subsidized housing with few amenities for weeks of lockdown with 4 more weeks and site has hit harder here than in richer neighborhoods. lives with her son's wife and army in the last few days she's noticed a change in her neighbors attitudes. people are sick of being locked in their respect in the lockdown less and less. warnings about the dangers of infection are increasingly falling on deaf ears and many here have economic reasons to leave home stand in these residents keep paris clean drive its metro and buses and perform other vital tasks. because the ship was people have to go out i take care of people who are handicapped or bedridden and

need help. yes of course i'm scared we have to be careful we have no choice. there's no home office or video conferencing for these jobs and with reduced public transport the people who do that are packed into the metro on their way to work risk is not distributed equally the corona virus has been an unforgiving mirror held up to french society. now here's a brief roundup of the current virus developments around the world the global death toll has now exceeded $166000.00 according to johns hopkins university in the u.s. the united states has vetoed a statement aimed at strengthening the mandate of the world health organization and coordinate responses to the virus spade will last the european union to set up a massive 1.5 trillion euro fund to help countries but cover from the economic fallout and the un refugee agency says lockdowns are having

a huge negative impact on the lives of displaced women and girls since they are now at greater risk of gender based violence. the corona virus continues to spread in south america colombia is one of a number of countries that have imposed restrictions in an effort to riches rates often fiction but as. some people and businesses all failing to stick to the new roles with essentially lethal consequences. it looks like a scene from a different era a bustling market in the heart of bogota the capital like the rest of colombia is under strict quarantine. but here it almost seems like business as usual. keeping the market running throughout the lockdown is a big job says manager freddie rojas. the most important go there are we've

installed 40 sinks and $55.00 jail dispensers maser strategically located throughout the market we're also enforcing a minimum distance of one meter between people in order to avoid gatherings from our every day we sanitize the entire perimeter of the market we also disinfect the parking lot and all the vehicles more but on these on doesn't figure on in our part of the group each of the 1500 people who enter bogota biggest grocery retailer every day have their temperature taken and must wear a face mask at all times all of these measures may seem like more than enough but even during the pandemic old habits die hard something that could render all the handwashing and sanitizing useless. in reality not many people seem to care about the social distancing guidelines they wear their masks incorrectly or take them off to chat or have a snack. and while colombians are told to leave their homes only when absolutely

necessary some shopkeepers are actually seeing more people now than before the restrictions came in. is a real see only the flow of people has definitely increased everybody's stuck at home trying to combine. i'm seeing one and sometimes even 3 people from the same household. i asked my customers whether they'd like me to deliver their groceries to them at home know most of them tell me no this is the only way i can get out for a while. has worked at the market for nearly 50 years he has never known anything like this. with his fruit stall suddenly turned into a high risk work environment camillo can't help but feel a little fatalistic. i do feel very exposed but here's how i see it if i catch it meant to happen i've lived my life. every day he's putting his physical well being

on the line to keep his business alive. with takings have to since columbia went into lockdown camillo says he can only keep going for another month. the survival of his fruit shop depends on how the government manages the crisis camilla's health depends on whether his fellow shopkeepers and customers can stick to the rules and the doubt to the new normal. such as some of the of a coronavirus stories making news around the world brazil's president xi ableson already joined crowds at a public rally in brasilia sunday and criticised coronavirus rocked on measures imposed by state governess brazil has the highest number of infections in latin america. has downplayed the threat and is pushing to reopen the economy.

officials in the australian city of sydney have reopened 3 beaches in a tentative step to ease coronavirus restrictions locals are allowed to exercise their strict physical distance emissions still apply the city's most famous stretch of sand on diabetes remains closed. and in the u.s. state of washington on the west coast summer some 2 and a half 1000 people demonstrated against a stay at home order put in place by democratic governor jay inslee the protests in the capital in the state capital limpia defied a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people. now in early march and number of e.u. countries promised to take in at least $1600.00 migrant children from camps on greek islands including moria and les paul's the coronavirus pandemic delayed implementation of the program but now germany and have flown out the 1st groups of 70 unaccompanied minors children's rights organizations say that's nowhere near

enough because thousands of other gangstas many of whom desperately need help of being left behind. for many children in the morea camp less bus this is their bathroom and their playground the camp currently houses over $7000.00 children because of coronavirus restrictions none of them are going to school desperately overcrowded moreas now largely sealed off and many international aid workers have left their posts but i wonder what a miracle we're even alive but if the virus takes hold they will need to think about treating the ill although have to think about is how they can bury the dead because that's all that we are able to do. you know saying he's from afghanistan he's been living here for 7 months together with his wife and 2 children they share 4 square meters in a container winter was bad he says but corona has made things much worse hossein

and his wife especially worried about 5 year old mom or 2 the boy who was born prematurely and suffers from epilepsy and fainting fits that. show what happens if a virus comes here even healthy humans can find it and thousands have died around the world. so how can a frail little boy like muhammad possibly survive. they don't let more much out of their sight even for a moment the lack of space the noise the dirt it's a terrible combination what the boy really needs a medicine and specialist treatments and a good hospital but nothing like that exists in the camp. that was why 2 months ago the family got a special permit to leave less person but then the authorities cancer the permit because of the color on a crisis. we want them to process things fast so that we can get out of here a soon as possible to go somewhere where our son can get proper treatment and is

looked after really in all our thoughts and our only concern is with muhammad. the international medical organization doctors without borders runs a provisional clinic next to the camp but are unable to treat chronic illnesses like moments. it's good they say that some children are being flown out but they add it's far from being good enough that we 1st used it it's a positive development finally. the from thing is moving and a few drinks are being taken out but these numbers are so small that the question for me is not a question of capacity but it's all an issue of political will. is the pandemic spreads relief organizations are now calling for the full evacuation of the camp but greece government to get a different approach it has tightened the asylum law and later suspended the law

governing the right to asylum for a month. they say the laws changed why is it changed can anybody see this child needs treatment see that this is not a good place to keep him from so they can stay isn't this law not considering all these things that all of those are 'd no longer looking for sane husseini says he no regrets ever taking his family on the dangerous journey to europe and many a year now believe that what the greek authorities are set on doing is to use the shocking conditions in the morea camp as a deterrent the message stay away from europe. ok now with europe on lockdown and borders shut german communities along the frontier with france are finding enterprising ways to secure their daily bread because nothing beats a classic french baguette or cross-current one village resident in the state of

silent does his cross for the shopping with a fishing rod barred from visiting their favorite french bakeries and the locals call in their orders and get them hand delivered at a temporary barriers. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you german chancellor angela merkel has warned the country to stay focused on physical distancing has germany eases its coronavirus restrictions merkel says the country has achieved a great deal in controlling the spread of the virus but it will be a delicate balancing. to keep new infections under control she warns if new infections spike again and a return to strict that lockdown measures will be unavoidable let's. begin. don't forget you can always get on the go just. on the google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world and all the push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of

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