this is deja vu news live from berlin fears grow that brazil could become a new coronavirus hotspot doctors are warning the health system is on the brink of collapse and there's political turmoil too as the popular anti corruption justice minister resigns also coming out. of the system crash the story of a troubled child scoops the best film and best director prize. i'm

nick spicer welcome to the program brazil's health care system is on the verge of collapse see administrators many clinics are already overwhelmed by coronavirus cases there are fears brazil could become one of the world's pandemic hotspots despite the warnings have his health officials however president joy are both a narrow maintains it's a relatively minor disease he's also facing a fresh blow to his political authority olson ours justice minister resigned after the president fired a top police official. i'm. noisy protests rang at across brazil on friday dragging at the president's televised address to the nation. i have also not defended his sacking of the federal police chief and made accusations that he was trying to interfere in the country's justice

system. it will be jilted also i don't have to ask for authorization from anyone to change any official or anyone else but both scenarios still provided no reason for the dismissal which had prompted the resignation of prisms popular justice minister on life t v. i long for this mission on page one fortunately i have no way to continue with the commitment that i assure you without any are able to preserve the autonomy of the federal police to carry out their work. about what you think about all. said joe moross departure was a body blow to a president already under fire over his handling of the coronavirus crisis both and now rove has repeatedly described covered 19 as a little flu which now hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves.

state governors have brought in social distancing measures it's dismissed by both the narrow as poison. officials a warning that hospitals are on the brink of collapse. and the man at the top faces public anger growing lied to by the day. and for more on this let's bring in journalist michael fox from up florrie nautilus michael the justice minister quit a week after bolton are fired his own health minister it was the public reacting to all this. oyo. it's been it's been a crazy time here in brazil and it continues to be i think people are just kind of at their wits ends in a lot of ways particularly because it's all happening in the middle of the pandemic now it's important on the stand that many on the left however have always seen justice minister social moral he was the former head of the law shop though the anti corruption investigations he was the jailer all former president lula and his

jailing the event opened the door for become president so it's important to understand that context that many on the left going to see him stepping down and see this can bullshit ins within the bullshit out of government as proof that this government was was kind of doomed to fail but at the same time people just kind of throwing their hands up in the air very nervous about what this means for the larger pandemic you know you're as you were saying for president. is going through a lot of political turmoil during a pandemic one gets the impression that this is just not a high up on his list of priorities. well it's not really i mean we've seen him out of the streets without a mask on he's been enjoying the protests calling for the end of the quarantines he said that roughly 70 percent of the population has to get the the virus before we're through it and so people just go back to work for him the economy is the bottom line and really is biggest fears about the financial impact we've seen the reality right now is at the lowest point it's ever been and it continues to drop so

he is very clear that the economy is big his big issue and really a pandemic it's just it's just a little cold potentially it's also he's using that north shore up support between his his supporters right that are there that that kind of fall along with big newsline if all along that the conspiracy theories but it's not that big of an issue for him right now. is the health system capable of managing that kind of it's not a big deal policy. briefly well right now thankfully brazil that is not the brazilian policy what 'd we have in brazil is a very strong health care system it's a universal health care system that is cross the country ever has access to and thankfully up until now the health ministry has been quarantining it has been pushing social restriction measures so that's extremely important but at the same time that universal health care system is not spread equally around the country so

that means that you have places like in the northern amazon where we've got spikes in the disease right now death rates are growing and those ice use they're there maxed out and they're in several other states so it's a major major issue really complicated we're going to see what happens come tearing journalist michael fox thanks for that. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the 10 that make the global death toll is now more than 200000 according to figures from johns hopkins university more than a quarter of all deaths have occurred in the united states which has the world's highest number of cases deaths in britain have passed the 20000 mark britain has the 5th highest death toll in the world world health organization says there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from covert 19 are protected from a 2nd corona virus infection. now a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines. there are questions over the health of north korean leader kim jong il reuters news agency says doctors

have been sent from china to advise on kim's health south korean media have reported that he's recovering from a heart operation. u.s. president donald trump says he was being sarcastic when he said research should be done to see if coded 900 could be treated by injecting disinfectant or with ultraviolet light from race the treatment methods during a daily briefing on the coronavirus leading us disinfectant manufacturers warned consumers not to use their products under any circumstances it's. now what do drinking vodka driving tractors and going to the sauna all have in common they're just some of the things by the russian president alexander lukashenko has recommended his country's citizens do to protect themselves against the coronavirus quarantine and social distancing have not been among them while most of europe is still on lockdown belarus has ignored calls to shut down public

life. smiles jokes and barely a mask in sight these government workers in minutes go out on a saturday morning tidying up their neighborhoods as part of a nationwide cleanup campaign just the same as they would every year and in spite of pleas from the world health organization to cancel mass public events. better uses president alexander lukashenko has been keen to dismiss what he's repeatedly called the coded 19 psychosis encouraging people to carry on as normal beat up planting trees or playing sports 000 so there are no viruses here at all you didn't see any flying around and i didn't see any either this is a refrigerator that couldn't be anything healthier sport there's nothing better than sport on the ice in this fridge it's the best antiviral medicine there is. it's better to die on your feet then die on your knees kid the girl you. asked for

death's official statistics currently record more than 60 deaths from the virus among $1000.00 confirmed cases activists say the true number of fatalities is likely to be significantly higher but the doctors are coming under intense pressure to keep quiet about the true extent of the pandemic president lukashenko for his part has consistently rejected even his own government's figures claiming the belorussians are dying with coded 19 rather than from 19 the deaths he says down to preexisting conditions you see this is a psychosis that has been blown out of all proportion around the world people are afraid and that's why i want to tell them this here in belarus not a single person has died of corona virus not a single one so far only a few opposition figures have come out with criticism of the president's stance. we were placed at it it's just not acceptable for a head of state to take this position of complete denial of the corona virus pandemic and the threat it poses showing the provide oh he's basically torpedoing

all the efforts by the health system you know to sit with. for now the cleanup continues but as the president calls on citizens to keep calm and carry on evidence is mounting that many ordinary belorussians are losing faith in government advice with transport ridership plummeting and many shops and restaurants choosing to close. the fridays for future movement has mobilized young people from across the world to call for action on climate change but social distancing means they've had to find creative solutions to get their message across during the most recent strike the climate activists tested new ways of protesting during the pandemic they plan to fill the streets with their message. instead these activists have to go back to the drawing board now they are taking their strike on line. but will it be as successful till alex and christina are hopeful they are joining the online

protest from a coal mine in western germany in the capital berlin their colleague is hosting a 2 hour you tube live stream for fridays for future. reference if it's active since this is a crucial moment for the community of course the question was how do we ensure that it's not a flop and then this idea came about the momentum built quickly people were very enthusiastic because there's a glimmer of hope at a difficult time for many people and also for the climate movement. although they are professionally equipped things don't go to plan that after a series of technical issues they find their groove. german stars including clue so and lena are interviewed her. as the team at the coal mine wait for their turn another activist posters in the

country's west. has despite the restrictions we are still trying to get our message onto the streets by having the signs not for us so that despite everything the mass protests can be visible on the streets and not only online it's a way of making sure all their gains aren't lost yet now we are showing that when we talk about the future we can only talk about the end of the pandemic we must also talk about the climate crisis. and. back at the coal mine the team is finally on the life stream but their excitement is short lived their appearance isn't as long as promised i mean with by you does something always goes wrong a good demonstration whether it's on or off line we can only learn from it and do better next time we listen to both of us some of you know still the online protests was a success for the organizers more than 200000 people tuned in. the german

film awards ceremony is normally a glitzy and glamorous affair but this year germany's physical distancing rules meant nope or red carpet gala instead the prize winners were announced in a virtual ceremony and this year's big winner was system crash and. it tells a story of a 9 year old girl with violent behavioral problems and how she experienced germany's child welfare system the film won 8 awards or alone was including best picture best screenplay and best director for nora affliction shite. do you correspondent scott roxboro watched the awards ceremony and said the atmosphere was very different this year. system crasher and berlin alexanderplatz an intimate social drama and the sweeping political epic were the winners of this year's lolo's and showed the breadth of modern german cinema. now it might seem a bit obscene to hold a awards ceremony in the midst of

a pandemic but the german film academy rightly in my opinion decided that the show must go on without an audience without applause but with a few interesting and compelling moments like when 11 year old best actress winner helmut saniel of system crasher accepted her lola via video link from her parents' kitchen her mother screaming in the background it's moments like the personal intimate surprising that remind us what cinema at its best can give us and it till that moment when we can go back to the movies together it gave us a glimpse of what we're all missing. australians and new zealanders mark and zach a day in isolation this year it's their national day of remembrance for those who served and died in wars and peacekeeping operations.

there were no public gatherings for traditional dawn services new zealand prime minister just into ardor and commemorated anzac day on the street outside her home in a wreath with the people in her corona lockdown bubble her partner and her father. and that's it for now from me and the news team i'll have an update for you at the top of the hour on expenses. it's a deadly sin. and the whim of nature. motivates us. and threatens to ruin.