this is deja vu news live from 13 in germany cancels it's world famous be effaced of old munich's october faced is all the various state leaders say it's just too risky also coming up. the stock market traders say they've never seen anything like it for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices turned negative as the corona virus causes demand for crude to collapse . and chris freedom and the trades and you report warns that governments are using the pandemic to crack down on media across the globe we'll talk to an activist

who's fighting to make sure that reporters can operate free meat in sub-saharan africa. hello i'm christine want to welcome to the program the 7 german state of bavaria has canceled the october faced if ist of all because of the corona virus the event attracts more than 6000000 visitors every year and a horse he's feared allowing it to go ahead would lead to a spike in new infections. but no crowded party tents giant mugs of beer or packed out parades. germany's biggest festival has been cancelled for the 1st time since world war 2. large events are currently banned in germany until the end of august october 1st was supposed to start on the. termer

19th but officials say the risk of infection during the coronavirus pandemic is just too high 2 2. which is painful for us it's a great pity because with many things this is not a normal year and this is going to be a year without the 1st. about $6000000.00 visitors flock to the october 1st every year crowding the festival grounds but also the host city munich the cancellation of the event is not only certain news for the city it also means big financial losses. as to the value of 1500000000 euros for munich and many people profit from it it's not just those that have told professed like to be hosts fairground workers or souvenir shops it's also hotels restaurants retail trade and taxi drivers $200.00.

people in munich now face a year without their beloved festival but this isn't hasn't come as a shock. when vantine. i'm really sad but it was expected. if people come from all over the world we can't host a party like this one. if it's apologize maybe it's a great decision i have such respect for our state leadership the way they're handling things. october fest will be back again next year and then we'll enjoy it all the more. annoying our cd say. and so begins the countdown until 2021 when the next october 1st will hopefully take place. harvey has been following the story for us in munich we asked him why this is a difficult time for the city. well absolutely it is because you have to understand that for the city of munich and for the people who live here you know if this is

much more than just another huge party it's got a really long tradition it's been around for more than 200 years and it's something that's deeply ingrained into the d.n.a. of this city and on top of that it's also safe the image of not only munich and the very a but also to a certain degree all of germany really all around the world if you ask anyone anywhere what there's no see it with germany one of the 1st answers that you always get is going to be the a total says so it's usually popular around the world in the city and the people here in the city of munich they're proud of that they're proud of the fact that their city is home to such a famous and popular festival and force now they're sad that this year almost visitors from around the world can't can't come here can't take it and can't take part due to professing that this huge festival is not going to happen. and it's have a look now at the coronavirus news the u.k. government say's chemical trials of a possible vaccine developed by scientists will start on thursday using human

volunteers singapore has extended its a lockdown until june 1st this off to the city state so a sharp rise again in the number of cases austria says it will allow restaurants bars and cafes as well as schools some schools that is and churches to reopen starting may 15th or will be subject to safety restrictions and before the end of this week it's me will announce plans for the gradual missing off its lockdown mischa's starting may 4th. the collapse in american crude prices has same shock waves around the world pushing stock markets into losses and driving down of a commodity prices oil markets are now in uncharted territory and demand has fallen faster than when she says can shut off their wells what storage space running out oil is becoming more of a burden around the world than s.s. . when its planes aren't flying and it's roads are all but empty the u.s.

can at least lay claim to one thing we certainly are plenty of oil in fact far too much of it the president tried to calm nerves after the value of u.s. crude went negative for the 1st time ever on monday at one point reaching minus $40.00 a barrel in a month or so go a little bit it's at 25 and 20 $8.00 or so it's largely a financial squeeze and they did get squeezed the day traders who found themselves on monday under heavy pressure to sell off their crude futures the rising cost of holding the oil in the u.s. is dwindling storage facilities means keeping it is becoming too expensive. there's so little space for it left the u.s. government is planning to fill up its own reserves i think we have 75000000000 gallons right now capacity that's a lot it's we've been building it up over a period but that's 75000000000 barrels. so we're going to get either ask for

permission to buy it or we'll store it one way or the other it will be for the what is most needed is a return in demand brought by restart to the u.s. economy then the oil that continues to be pumped unbroken pace can actually have enough places to go. now here's a look at other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump says he'll temporarily suspend all immigration by signing an executive order he said the action was in response to the coronavirus operate and to protect jobs more than 22000000 americans have applied for unemployment benefits in the past month because of pandemic lock dolls. greece has quarantined a hotel housing asylum seekers off to 150 people tested positive for the new coronavirus almost 500 live in the building nearby town off on the greek mainland is also being pushed and to be blocked off. the u.k.

parliament went back at work today after some 3 weeks under lockdown restrictions very few parliamentarians were physically present in the chamber and they did sit far those who were present instead many lawmakers joined for the 1st time ever via video conferencing. doesn't have died in floods in eastern congo authorities say some 75000 people are also homeless off the heavy rainstorms triggered flash floods and landslides roads and bridges across if it to grade also suffered severe damage . now the pandemic may have been slow to reach africa but the number of cases is increasing fast jumping by over 50 percent last week there are now almost 24000 confirmed cases across the continent north africa has seen a significant outbreak with hot spots forming in morocco and egypt south africa is

worst affected with some 3000 official infections that's all that high number is partly and due to the country's aggressive testing regime that's critical to retain south africans as health but is stretching labs to the limits. joining me from cape town is anna stockwell he's an africa health expert and on trump and yeah he helped pioneer africa's 1st hiv treatment rollout inputs lana and he's also advised new mice governments on matches of health parity earnest how do you think the continent is teeming with the current if i spend any at this particular moment i'd have to say the continent is dealing remarkably well we know that treating our way through the current epidemic is not an option for africa we've got too little infrastructure in place too few facilities too few health workers too few supplies this country that have you know 3 ventilators for 5000000 people so trying to treat

our way through this is not the option we must prevent it ergo the very aggressive lot down measures which are necessary to protect and save lives it does cause complications there because you know we have lots of vulnerable populations in terms of poverty and food and water and things like that but it's a very very tricky balancing act that leaders will have to walk it out to to maximally preserve lives while at the same time making sure that their populations are well catered for. if you're going to a mobile app to stop the spread of covert 19 tell us more about that. yes so basically what the app does is it matches supply and demand we know or dealing in a situation where we have a very scarce resources and you cannot afford to waste these resources in places where they're not needed so on the demand side this is the population in need we in the app you can screen people on the app and in real time capture their status whether they are keys for covert or whether they are someone who has come into

contact with someone who has co-opted you can identify them also identify people who are at risk for is out because of diabetes or hypertension or hiv and you know that you can then isolate them to that they don't get infected and then you need to match them up with the facilities that are nearest to them the health facilities and to see those facilities are ready do they have enough beds and do they have enough protective equipment do they have enough medications and supplies and so we have the app also then allows us to quickly in real time see what kind of stock the facility as of medications see how many beds they have and also the app allows you to assess the wellness of your workforce since in africa going to be critical to protect our workforce because if they go down the other 1st and really only line of defense so the app allows each worker before they start each day to capture whether they're feeling well or not they're not feeling well you can't afford to have them out this critical of it so this way you can test them quickly and make sure that

they get support and we maximally preserve this critical workforce that we need urgently in this time of crisis all right that's in a style called health ex-pats talking to us from cape town thank you thank you very much. now the media watchdog reporters without borders fears the coronavirus pandemic could pose a threat to press freedom around the globe the warning comes as the group publishes its annual press freedom index it's a list of countries ranked according to how freely their media are allowed to operate throughout the day we're speaking to international activists and journalists to find out about the situation in their countries but 1st a look at how different nations off area. at the bottom of the table are eritrea turkmenistan and north korea reporters without borders classified the lack of press freedom in those countries as very serious sudan is also in that category but last year's mass protests that led to the ousting of president omar al bashir

have resulted in stronger democratic structures and reduced restrictions for journalists as a result the country ranks 16 points higher on the index than last year countries that made similar improvements include malaysia any theo pia. while poor ratings and given to the west african state of binny and which fell 17 places and haiti down 21. the caribbean nation is struggling with an ongoing political crisis and violent protests in the past year journalist there were repeatedly attacked one was killed. the united states ranks at 45th place this year after 2 years of decline the situation has slightly improved over the last year but reporters without borders cite the u.s. as a warrior example of hatred incited against journalists by elected politicians with

verbal and physical attacks against reporters alarmingly frequent terms of actually germany ranks 11th place also up 2 places from last year the main reason for this is a decline in the numbers of attacks against journalists barbara. borders without borders so there's still concern for the protection of journalistic sources. the country's ranking highest for press freedom remain in scandinavia denmark finland and norway . little for sport now in football spanish side barcelona will sell the naming rights to its stadium for the 1st time in its history to raise money for the fight against corona virus also known as camp is one of the most iconic stadiums of all football and has held its name since opening in 1957. charitable foundation will be tossed out finding a sponsor for the stadium spain has been one of the worst affected countries by the pandemic. this is. when you're up to date

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