this is deja news last night from berlin at the un's world food programme ones that are on a virus pandemic could cause famine of biblical proportions. millions of 1000000000 living in congress including women and children very little break your story very with the specter of very very real. possibility so what if anything can be done also coming out of the global race for corona virus vaccine a german company when its approval to stop the country's 1st clinical trials with

humans. i'm here if i must and welcome a virus that could make us sick and leave us hungry the u.n. world food program is sounding the alarm over food shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic saying we could soon see famines of biblical proportions that obvious he says there already $800000000.00 people without without enough to eat the pandemic could force $130000000.00 more to the brink of starvation by the end of the year. farmers in south sudan trying to ward off their latest invasion no chris saw threatening to destroy what crops they have left in a country where hungary's talks are. tavi life after years of civil war the

majority of south sudanese are already in a state of food crisis now things look set to get even worse last year we had to feed 5000000 people due to fighting and flooding already in 2020 we've had locust invasions and now there is the covert 19 pandemic which we predict could almost double the people in the queue hunger by the end of 2020 across the world. and those numbers are shocking we're also on the break of a hunger pandemic at this rule of $130000000.00 people could be pushed to the breaking storage by the end of 2020 that's a total of 265000000 people. government lockdowns are taking their toll in brazil it's estimated that up to 40000000 informal workers have been dragged into extreme poverty handouts here in rio de janeiro are keeping people fed

. others are doing whatever they can to survive. that month to do peaceably honestly it's very difficult even with selling food in order to survive but my daughter in law and me we're out of work and we're doing this selling food and then a pencil. organizations like the un's world food program are pleading for more funds but with so many countries now battling for economic survival plus a lack of global leadership the fear is that a humanitarian catastrophe could be closer than ever to make it. earlier we spoke to the u.n. world food program's chief spokeswoman in germany bettina luscher and we asked her if she had a message for the world's governments. this time we are all in this this is not

a crisis somewhere. or somewhere over there very very far away this is affecting all of us and we are all the thing home and we are all trying to help each other but if you live in africa or in the middle east or in a war zone you have you don't have the luxuries that we have and if we do not help or know there will be a hunger and then me and that is your horrible never before seen situation there is our very natural self interest to help our neighbors they are suffering much more than we do if we don't help them the pandemic will get out of control and the virus will come right back at us so we have to stand together the world needs to stand together like you can never before and now here's a look at other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive orders hamper rarely suspending immigration he said it was necessary to help americans get jobs and then the

economy rather spy the coronavirus the or don't kill its many exceptions including for medical workers as well as immediate family members are u.s. citizens. the british government has recorded 759 new deaths from covert 19 official death total death toll now stands at more than 18000 the country's financial times newspaper says the government has undercounts at us and puts the figure at more than double $41.00 thousands of. flash flooding in the yemeni city of aden has left at least 14 people dead and dozens injured many streets have been blocked and buildings destroyed by mud and devery the country's already struggling with the effects of years of conflict and cholera outbreaks. as well 5 covert 19 cases search past 2 and a half 1000000 the race to develop a vaccine is more urgent than ever on wednesday the german drug firm bio and tech

won approval to begin the country's 1st human clinical trials of a possible vaccine they're currently dozens of potential candidates in development in europe china and the u.s. but health officials say it will still be months before a vaccine is ready for the markets the german firm bio and tech is working on what it hopes to be the 1st vaccine for covert 19 important human clinical trials have now been given the go ahead by the federal banking regulatory body and the trial will be the 1st in germany. with this authorization we will conduct the 1st clinical trial worldwide of the vaccine and this is indeed a modicum of course who does this from and my. bio and perform trial to 4 different versions of a vaccine candidate and 200 healthy test between the ages of 18 and 55 in the coming months in the hope of developing an effective treatment for the novel

coronavirus germany's health minister says. and i think there is one thing is very important after all this is an injection so remarkably the top priorities are often most the active substance in the vaccine will contain the pathogen genetic material the human body will then create proteins with it against which the immune system or form antibodies the principle bio intact already. we use for a vaccine herby for cancer the whole project has now been redirected or going the timetable clinical trials will start at the end of april 1st results are expected at the beginning of july if positive trials would be expanded to thousands of objects in the fall and winter. the company hopes to develop a covert 1000 grant here that acts group think 2021 is more realistic for i

think it's reasonable to expect a vaccine in the 1st crop of next year who's been approved by the authorities who is widely available for the market doesn't just have to be tested it also has to be available to the general population not just in germany but also worldwide. and think the vaccine is one great hope and a coronavirus pandemic. let's have a look now it's other coronavirus the world health organization says most countries remain unprepared to effectively fight the corona virus and once we have a long way to go the e.u. says air travel will need social distancing in airports and on board planes when air travel reopens the european commission will present a set of guidelines next month's south africa plans to deploy more than $70000.00 additional troops to enforce its strict lock down that's in place until at least the end of the months and the us recorded 1738 deaths from the coronavirus on

wednesday pushing the total a buff 46000. most businesses deep trouble during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but not all netflix has added 16000000 subscribers over just the last few weeks that's more than double the expectations coronavirus lockdowns have led to a boom time for online streaming services as people remain confined to their home it's. not every day that. prison for murder for. netflix is a smash hit series target king has been watched in over 60000000 households since it was released in march. since the start of the year more people have signed into netflix for the 1st time than it any other period in its streaming history. coronavirus lockdowns have seen paid subscribers to its content climbed to more than 190000000. are certainly. growing.

and you want to be able to escape. whether streaming platforms are also sharing in the spoils brought by a housebound entertainment market disney plus has only been going for 6 months and it's already passed the $50000000.00 subscriber mark years ahead of schedule. but netflix has warned shareholders not to get too carried away. or get. 3 to 4 primary. user numbers to stream as will continue to soar as long as lock down stay in place and movie theaters remain empty. hope for soccer fans the german football league

is set to meet on tuesday to outline a proposal to restart the bundesliga season with game state behind closed door but was large public events for the most part banned in germany and least the end of august the league will need special permission from the german government and one sticking point maybe the coronavirus testing that would be a proposal. the german football league wants to get back to business. in pails to restart they stand to lose over 300000000 euros in the money and the method made in 750000000 overall. average of all the league has drawn up a plan with high beam guidelines to play the remaining games behind closed doors that would include limiting the number of people on the stadium grounds 300. on the

pier and that outside the stadium the government health minister has expressed openness to restarting the league on may 9th under certain conditions. and that's going to be with a reduced or as far as possible clue to the risk of an impact and then it can certainly happen it just needs to be about you waited. one of the conditions would be the regular coronavirus testing of everyone involved with the board if we go around $20000.00 tests over the rest of the season germany's public health institute has a problem with that. problem i don't see why certain parts of the population where there aren't really or any other group in which society has a certain interest should be routinely green room. the issue of germany's capacity for testing is central to whether the board can actually restart on may 9th. so while germany's been asleep is negotiating whether

to restart mashes soon dutch football specials now say the present season is effect a few over because of an extended lockdown and a further ban on major public events dutch prime minister mark russell extension on tuesday specifically pointing out that there would be no professional football until the 1st of september as football special say they will speak with you further governing body of european football before confirming their decision. the coronavirus knocked on an india as having one positive side effect plummeting air pollution levels in the capital delhi just take a look at these 54 and after pictures this is what one of the city's most famous landmarks looked like back in november of 2019 and this is what it looks like today you can even see the india gate from way back then no chad it's usually

the city's roads soaked with. experts say the dramatic change as lashley due to the shop drop and traffic and warn that the improvement is likely to be short lived . don't forget you can always get news on the go and just download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any of breaking news and if you are part of a news story you can also use to do it up your out to send us photos and videos of what's happening around you. this is the news in maryland a quick reminder of it you can get news and features around the clock on our website at g.w. dot com i haven't receded of your app and on twitter at the w news i merely for how much time thanks for watching.

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