this is deja vu news wire from berlin lock down the loop hole protests may have been restricted during the pandemic but young climate activists here in berlin have found an alternative way of reminding people about the other emergency threatening life as we know it also coming up donald trump's medical musings trigger a backlash from health officials that the u.s. president promotes u.v. light and bleach as potential weapons against the virus doctors warn that trump indorsing unproven treatments could put lives at risk plus they work long hours

with little pay to save lives during the pandemic but in sudan it's doctors and nurses themselves who are being blamed for the country struggling healthcare system . and it started with a bad but not a good way 30 years ago today the hubble space telescope was launched will look at what went wrong at what went right. i'm serious almost kind of good to have you with us political demonstrations are no longer possible in most countries because of the pandemic the climate action movement friday's for future has switched to protesting online but one group here in berlin has found a creative way of staging a physical demonstration in the government quarter of germany's capital without it seems breaking any laws. in 29000 and normal. friday for climate

change protesters but not this year with schools still largely closed and demonstrations limited due to social distancing rules striking from school for climate change action has become tricky to mark the 5th global climate strike fridays to future protesters let the slogan speak for themselves after 2 days in quarantine more than a 1000 placards collected from across the country well laid out in front of the bundestag as a reminder for german politicians that the curve of 1000 pandemic isn't the only crisis on their doorstep protesters hope to the lessons can be learned. not to just be of course we wouldn't have wished for the current situation because this is costing human lives there are however companies for example that have now integrated conference calls into everyday life and might also be able to do without certain business trips in the future so there's also a bit of hope from the corona crisis for the climate crisis. thousands of

demonstrators also joined friday's protest online home to the world's virtual reality during the $1000.00 pandemic many of them huge social media to voice their demands that would otherwise have been made on the streets their main message the world might have been put on hold for now but climate change has not well what do a protest and democracy look like in times of a pandemic we can speak to a market as old hauffe she's a safe sex state a secretary at the federal ministry of justice and consumer protection miss wood off thank you for joining us we saw their fridays for future and they want to make sure that their voices are heard they're protesting digitally how much of an impact is that really having. well 1st of all thank you for having me over what we do know is that we have a new situation. this is a disease called at 19. around christmas 19 now for 4

months which means 120 days so we have to learn not everybody has to work even experts have to and what we've learned is we don't have a real game changer we don't have a break see nation and we don't have. a significant treatment so we have to deal with this we have to find all the has sufficient of the virus can be. defended with the every day if body ceases and that means a social justice distancing that means no nor crowds and means of cause drag turns into an amended rights perhaps we have the right of assembly and where people can meet if they would of social distancing if they for example.

asks and that is possible and we have current court decisions and. already and they emphasize always one point. in every case there has to be of consideration of the n.d.p. doing case of every aspect of it has to be done what about the role of democratic debate in the times of a pandemic like this one most people seem to agree with the measures that the government has taken but there has been some debate also in the bundestag about these measures that they are not allowing enough to bait over what should be done so is the government stifling discussion that needs to be had. well. it is a big challenge of course and a time to america yes i do in the buddhist time but she used the word which is very hard to translate into english the word just to move to what did she say she said the government has already and will be asking

a lot of us she explained to the parliament and expanded of course to the general public too and the transom actually as we all know is a very experienced political leader and she is a scientist by herself and that means she's not really teaching and explaining but she's hearing and we have a lot of experts taking part in the discussion and giving advice to the government and all its little of the republic all right we'll have to leave it there but that it hasn't ha state secretary at the federal ministry of justice and consumer protection thank you very much thank you for having me. now in the us president donald trump has cost alarmed by saying people infected with the coronavirus should be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant truck made those remarks during a white house press briefing after

a presentation by a government official suggesting heat and sunlight could weaken the virus trumps i.d.'s were dismissed immediately by doctors present at the briefing. donald trump's claims left health experts speechless here and the president's own advisers scrambling to undo any potential damage before it's too late which if they're in the white house press briefing trump suggests it this infected injections and u.v. light could be used to treat patients infected with the coronavirus this is. supposing we hit the body with a tremendous whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light. and i think you said that hasn't been checked begin to test it and then i said supposing you brought the light inside the body you can which you can do either through the skin or. in some other way and i think you said you can attest to sounds interesting very good right and then i see the disinfectant that knocks it out in

a minute one minute and is there a way we can do something like that. by injection. or almost a cleaning very marks were criticized by health experts who say this infected slick bleach are dangerous when injected or ingested when i said suppose it's not the worst time that trump has made claims that even scientists in his own administration have had to debunk and only a month ago trump promoted the use of hydroxy clora keen a drug used to treat malaria as a potential cure for coated 19. the next day the government's top infectious disease expert reviewed his claim during a press conference and surgical procedures is there any evidence to suggest that as with malaria it might be used as a prophylactic against code and there is the answer is no and the evidence that it's talking about john is anecdotal evidence trumps recent remarks and his

handling of the coronavirus pandemic have been widely criticized since the pandemic spread to the u.s. his approval ratings have been dropping. a recent poll showed that less than half of americans trust the information they're getting from the president on the coronavirus. but for some it's not only a question of mistrust for this group of protesters trump statements are causing people in the u.s. to die they laid out dozens of fake body bags a symbol of the lives lost to the corona virus and of the many more who are expected to suffer from the virus in the united states. earlier we spoke to john campbell in the u.k. he's a doctor and independent health analyst and we asked him how he viewed president trump's comments were disinfectants a certain to produce to disinfect surfaces and to disinfect objects they're not to be used to disinfect the virus the virus in the border and the idea of drinking

disinfection tauren druid injecting disinfectant would both be highly poisonous things to do if you drink it is going to go into the stomach is going to cause inflammation in the stomach and will be absorbed and can poison you and if you inject it into the bloodstream it could kill you straight away and if you inject insulin muscle it's going to damage the area of muscle and cause an injection abscess so it's not certainly not something we want to do these things for cleaning surfaces not for giving into the body in any way. all right let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world several 1000 people have attended prayer services at the biggest mosque in indonesia province across ignored advice from the national government and health officials who have urged worshippers to pray at home to prevent the spread of the corona virus. and a portuguese migrant center has been evacuated after the vast majority of the 175 residents tested positive for the novel coronavirus authorities ordered mass testing of all residents of the lisbon facility after one of them was found to be

carrying a barrier. chancellor angela merkel has reiterated germany's willingness to help fill the world health organization's funding gap she made a comment on a conference call today and a message comes after u.s. president trump announced last week his administration will halt all funding to the w.h.o. while it reviews how the organization handled the covert 1000 crisis michael said it is imperative that any vaccine is made available to everyone across the world. will have to find new ways both and how to develop a vaccine and how to produce it. this should happen in many places in the world. and we know that there are regions that are particularly affected by this. south africa's president who also presides over the african union has pointed this out to me. and that's why our engagement for africa and generally poorer countries is so

important. to do it. now doctors nurses other frontline workers have been hailed as the heroes of the pandemic expressions of gratitude have become a ritual in countries like spain italy the u.k. where people applaud medics caregivers and others from the balconies in their doorways but elsewhere frontline workers bear the brunt of public anger in sudan some doctors say they've been attacked by patients families who blame them for the health systems failures many medical workers left the country under the previous dictatorship that has left mostly young doctors to handle the corona virus outbreak . a moment of rest before the early shift begins doctors and nurses board a shuttle bus from their temporary housing to the nearby clinic they cannot keep a safe distance apart and they aren't allowed to see their own families. he's health workers have to get by on one meal a day. clinic is the main treatment center for sudan's

coronavirus patients it already has 16 intensive care beds and 15 ventilators but there are nearly 40 patients being treated already every day brings new arrivals. doctors like on a. work 12 hour days often much longer since they are poorly paid and at high risk of infection but feel a strong sense of duty. at the local the money we make isn't enough to live on we also work in other clinics and have about applications but it's ok we're not here for the money. crisis tong sudan is struggling after decades of dictatorship and economic mismanagement a unity government made up of the army and opposition leaders took over after massive protests last year the economy is in ruins food and fuel are in short

supply economic prospects. probably. a little more with. things that are very difficult even for doctors because our country is going through hard times i can only hope that the economic situation will improve soon in the meantime we will stay here and try to help people as best as we can although in the north all sudanese doctors take that view because of the low pay and poor facilities many highly qualified health professionals want to move away to europe or the us. hundreds have already left and now there are not enough doctors with feelings running high some have been attacked as people blame them for the pandemic. for attacking doctors is completely unacceptable this type of behavior should be

severely punished look at the school code. so done is now under lockdown the oath or a t's are hoping to avoid a sharp increase in corona virus cases which would overwhelm the health care system here's a look now at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the global death toll from covert 19 has surpassed 190000 according to johns hopkins university the number of confirmed cases is approaching 3000000 china has reported no new coronavirus deaths for the 9th straight day and just 6 new cases 2 of those were brought from overseas and forward to mastic cases and a poland will extend the closures of schools and pre-schools by a month i'm told least may 24th but the country's presidential election is still set to go ahead on may 10th. after being shut down for weeks and losing out on sales many companies can't wait to get back to business but it won't be business as

usual as long as the pandemic is still ongoing many businesses are getting creative finding new ways to keep workers safe while on the job like one italian company that even installed indoor traffic lights after a 6 week break workers at this fridge factory in italy are desperate to get going again but they're no transformed plant may offer an uncomfortable glimpse into the work spaces of the post coronavirus future. they are more diffuse it is little but we've developed a hardware and software system that could help people live and work in a safe manner and keep the social distancing going to do people most is the ultimate decision as well as one of them though measures like face masks and disinfectant a traffic light system has been installed in the canteen and in toilets to limit overcrowding. but one of the more innovative solutions is also the most eyebrow raising walkers know where it's hiding device that sends in

a layout to their mobile phones whenever they are too close to one another. another interesting element of that time is not it allows the company and trade union organizations to track the interaction of each time within the company. and that in normal times an employee tracking system would spark protest not here. we're sure this is not a spying of course it is not a tool to spy on us it's only a device to increase the safety distance to report close contacts not to spy on people from the us companies and countries around the world debate how and when to get the economy running safely again this is one factor that shows the future of commerce may require compromise along the way. russia is being accused of ramping up a coordinated campaign to spread disinformation about the koran a virus

a report by the e.u.'s foreign policy arm says moscow is disseminating information that could threaten people's health and put them in serious danger or reporter all that soccer is tracking this story for us he joins us for more high or low good to see you what is the e.u. saying here. well already a month ago the european union warned that russia was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus back then the kremlin strongly denied any of these claims and the e.u. is saying that that not only is it. a web site for example loosely associated with the kremlin or pro pro russian websites it's this misinformation is coming directly from state owned enterprises like russia today and sputnik now the european union external action which is the european union. european union's foreign policy arm are saying that not only is russia trying to change the global narrative but

they're spreading dangerous misinformation about about health for examples and there was a big spreading conspiracy theories they're all i can you give us some examples of what this alleged this information looks like. well we have one example from russia today arabic it's an article about bill gates words suggested that he indeed had some kind of hand in creating the coronavirus now this is a conspiracy theories that's been peddled before by donald trump's former advisor just stone and it's been star only debunked but of course this article has had thousands of interactions on on social media another example is from the kremlin backed news outlets sputnik there's an article suggesting that washing your hands does not help to stop the spread of the coronavirus now the u.s. is saying that there is literally putting people's lives at danger then we have

stories which is discrediting the e.u. and its efforts in the coronavirus crisis for example in italy and instead promoting a narrative that that russia is the big savior here now of course russia has sent age 2 to italy for example and it's also true that the european union has been very slow off the mark but the russian contribution is small compared to the european union but that doesn't stop kremlin from using these kinds of stories to promote a narrative that that russia is picking up the slack where the e.u. is failing although why would russia want to disseminate misleading articles false information. or this kind of follows the russian playbook on dissin from asian to a t. take the example of bill gates for example. here is not saying that bill gates had a hand in tracing the virus but they're also not reporting that this and that this

story has been debunked same thing goes for the hand-washing story they're spreading information that contradicts official advice when it comes to these e.u. stories there is this a 2 fold reason here one is to so kind of discord in europe and one has to win over hearts and minds at home and don't forget. it's not doing great at the moment the economy is tanking and he needs to score points the kremlin is using all its all the tools that house and its toolbox ok to win over people at home as well. reporting for us thank you. now which has been praised both here in germany and abroad for her leadership during the crisis her c.d.u. party is seen at the problem ratings jump and with the party struggling to find a new leader some are hoping merkel might stay on longer as chancellor in contrast

to other countries opinion surveys indicate that most germans trust their government to try to course that the pandemic so could the crisis up and future plans there's more. as capitals around the world have largely absorbed the initial sock covered 19 is dealt their societies the outlook for the future defense greatly between world leader has. just sighed an executive order to pearl a suspending immigration into the united states this will ensure that unemployed americans of all backgrounds will be 1st in line for jobs as their economy reopens . so the struggle to start opening up for business is a risk that i will take. if it gets worse it's on me. to nobody likes to hear it but this is the truth we're not in the final phase of this pandemic we're only at the start of it and we will have to live with this

virus for a very long time. and i'm going to now call sober science driven leadership on the final stretch of her last term in office some wanting her to stay beyond her announced retirement in 2021 angle merkel is a great european. and a great friend of poland so from my own point of view. you know we need to clone angle i'm oaklands to have someone similar run in germany let me tell you straight that is not going to happen mainly because i'm going to america has ruled it out many times but also because her own c.d.u. party is not keen on a medical reload so do this when not discussing this now or in the future. and while merkel's popularity ratings have risen so has the sense that after 16 years it will be time for a change at the chancery can make right now. i can't imagine any other candidate

but after so many years it could be time for a change. please do not province i'm glad when she's finally gone her own are not welcome but what corona house changed overnight is the perception of going to merkel in her final term. within the space of just a few weeks she's gone from lame duck chancellor to one of the few world leaders speaking in the name of science so corona staying with our societies for now is just as safe an assumption as angle america leaving when her term is up in autumn 2021. all right some other news now 30 years ago today the hubble space telescope was launched from cape canaveral florida over the last 3 decades hubble has changed our understanding of the universe but it had a difficult start. the hubble space

telescope has a clear view into the cosmos. that because it's floating over the earth's atmosphere. it's hard to believe that this groundbreaking mission started with a disaster. the world was waiting with bated breath for help 1st pictures but when they arrived they were blurry. couple's main mirror was too flat the telescope had a flaw. nasa engineers were able to analyze the flaw in hubble's main mirror. they then developed corrective optics for the telescope. space shuttle endeavor delivered the new optics to hubble in december 993. american and european astronauts installed them. the

space telescope could finally send clear pictures back to earth. the hubble telescope made landmark discoveries in a number of astronomical areas it was able to determine the size of the universe and show that it's expanding at an ever increasing rate something no one at the time faught possible. also delivered new insight into the birth life and death of stars the color of the pictures help astronomers understand these mysterious processes. just recently hubble sent home images of a black hole some 50000 times heavier than the sun. astronomers have long been looking for objects like this to learn more about how black holes develop and grow . if all goes to plan hubble will keep exploring space until 2024 its successor

is scheduled to lift off next year. thank you for watching d w news will be back at the top of the hour with more news until then you can head to our web site.

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