as up close and personal as the pandemic will allow. the diary starts many d.w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump says china could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the world as the number of cases in america coaches 1000000 trump insists all parts of the country are doing well. china sends 10000000 antivirus facemasks to germany and just in time new rules mean germans have to cover up in

shops and on public transport also on the program. britain's prime minister boris johnson is back at work a month after contracting called it 19 but he warns that lifting prescriptions too soon could risk the 2nd wave of infections. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has given his 1st briefing since his controversial remarks about using disinfectant to treat the coronavirus trump launched a fresh attack on china saying beijing could have stopped the virus before it swept the world the president said his administrator would conduct what he called a serious investigation and despite the number of u.s. covert 1000 cases now approaching 1000000 trump insists all areas of a country like are doing well the white house also unveiled new measures to ramp up

testing for the virus. a washington correspondent stephens interns followed the briefing steffen what was your big takeaway from this briefing the big one is there is a plan though according to the white house plan is to ramp up testing at the moment the united states conducts $200000.00 tests a day that is impressively more than it was just a few weeks before just say 2 months before a month before i was there we were talking about numbers in the 102-0000 now it's 200000 that's a good thing and the plan isn't the government or the trumpeting restrain the white house will do according to this briefing today everything they can to ramp this number up and make it 500000 tests per day at about $2000000.00 per week $4000000.00 a week $4000000.00 tests that's the goal and that is walk to the president and all

his experts also say now and heard from the experts from other experts and from the governors in the states that they need thorough testing to get a handle on where this virus is stephan let's talk about china the u.s. has been critical of china calling the saying it hasn't been transparent enough and that it didn't call out when the outbreak began what did trump have to say today in this latest briefing. all today have pretty much the same as he said ok julian all the meetings he had last week and before that china is definitely for a president trump some. hot spot in terms of making the blame fairly square on china and. on chinese officials for not sharing the bad news early enough for example and for not doing enough to contain the virus in. the trump administration in the beginning mr trump and the president had no 'd bad word to

say about china now that has obviously changed and he's blaming china for letting this go out of hand and with this he transitions into it is the virus which destroyed his economy the economy the u.s. economy he had built which was 'd so wonderful and which is now of course not that wonderful anymore as we are counting now 26000000 people without work now this was the 1st briefing mr trump has held since last week's to subjecting disinfectants inside their bodies to clean their lungs all ultra violent lights of course the experts came out to say well please don't do this if the companies who produce this came out to say don't do this because it will kill you you cannot ingest anything disinfectant clorox still missed us a license or whatever the products are and now what is the president doing his ignoring any other and further questions he said today he will not be held

responsible for a up search in calls to the poison center sea in the united states over the weekend and the days before people calling in asking if they should take the president serious and ingest disinfectants he says he's not responsible for this and again as i said it claims don't have made casting comments only ok stephan simmons in washington we'll leave it there for now thank you. no rules obliging people to cover their faces on public transport and in most shops i've come into force in germany so you must wear a mask that is if you can get hold of one to require wearing masks requires having masks to wear germany like most countries needs billions of them in the months ahead so when the world's largest cargo plane landed in the eastern city of leipzig on monday with 10000000 masks from china on board a leading member of america's cabinet was there to greet them defense minister on

a great crime common power says the mass will be sent to germany 16 federal states for distribution in defendant. all those who have helped. to ensure that this delivery a right. of something much bigger tile to try make summer in a crisis barrel. food you mention. non-medical masks or improvised coverings are thought to protect others from infected people public health officials say this is especially important for coping 19 given the suspected large number of mild and asymptomatic cases by wednesday mass will be required in most german states for shops and public transit. measures many people appear to be taking in stride this is that prank or so it's not a big deal varying the mass doesn't do any harm and if it can have its time. has also served out it's to help people and protect older people it's ok you can do

with it harder to speak and brief place for a good reason is a much different. but you cannot go for we are used to seeing this in japan but here it's really strange because i'm only doing it to protect all those others. and you are going to as if it doesn't support i think it's really terrible and it's cumbersome and you don't get a lot of ather maybe it's a good safety precaution but who knows if this really does do anything as good as its mass now spoke about sniff by 2nd poll show most germans backing the restrictions on public life along this new normal last this open ended official saying until there's a vaccine which may be many months off or longer. though some have questioned the quality of medical equipment coming in from china chief political

correspondent melinda crane explains that shipment that arrived today and by the way we are expecting another shipment on wednesday bringing the total masks from china during the last few days to 25000000 apparently there were tests on those masts both in china and there were boss of the tests here in germany when the masks are distributed throughout the federal states where they will be given to over to the health ministers of the respective states and to be frank china has a very high stake in ensuring that these masks do work well because the deal to provide was actually negotiated between chancellor uncle americal and chinese president so a lot is riding on the fact that these mass needs to be affected. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. firefighters in russia battling at least 16 wildfires in northern siberia the authorities have

detained several people they suspect of starting fires by burning trash or camping illegally high winds and making it difficult to put out the blazes. syrian authorities say 3 civilians were killed in an israeli missile attack on towns south of damascus syria's military say the defenses intercepted and shot down several missiles fired by warplanes over lebanon israel has not commented. chinese human rights lawyer wang kwan john has been reunited with his family in beijing it was separate separated for nearly 5 years wang was detained during a crackdown on hundreds of lawyers and human rights activists. well in contrast to germany and other european countries sweden's coronavirus strategy has been rather laid back allowing boss restaurants and other businesses to operate so long as they stick to rules on social distancing req recommendations

now schools and daycare centers are remaining open senior doctors say the approach has been carefully thought out but there are critics. daily life in sweden as in most countries is dominated by the corona crisis but children here are still going to daycare centers this one in stockholm looks after 25 boys and girls some things have changed you never know with the advent of make you live on after i normally spend a lot of time outside but now it's even more more going to inside me do lessons in small groups everything else is outside we take it in turns. he tells working parents that day care centers and primaries schools are still open and the swedish health authorities say it's good for the children as well they are convinced young children do not spread the virus in fact schools have not become

sources of infection there are rules in place. former spokesman but we have to wash our hands carefully and sing a song then after that we could rinse off the soap and not bring out what. sweden has followed a different path to other countries from the start the aim has been to protect vulnerable groups such as the elderly and those with existing illnesses it hasn't all gone smoothly a lot of old people have been infected nearly half the deaths in sweden have been into your homes senior hospital doctor you know it has many elderly patients i do and it's got a dollar to good says scandal that will need looking into when this is over i. we are still going to see a significant rise in fatalities in old people's homes it will be sweden has added considerably to its hospital capacity since the start of the uk rake there are spare beds but many health care staff are off sick the heart don't piss we're

not testing enough we test all patients suspected of having the current virus and everyone who needs an operation i would like to see all a workforce being tested but we aren't able to do all that and they already did all that despite these criticisms most people do support government policy day care centers are counting on the authorities getting it right. just put it had it's our job to look after children. i hope and i believe that those responsible are making the right decisions for sweden if it's propes some tar to death because that facility. sweden is going its own way with no end to the crisis yet in sight. british prime minister boris johnson is back at work after recovering from cove at 19 while some european countries are starting to ease their lock downs johnson is maintaining the u.k.'s restrictions and he warns that now is the moment of maximum

risk. this is a belief in and with his hair even longer than usual british prime minister bars johnson has returned to what yes are innocent fast speeds up to 3 weeks of sick leave he asked the british people to contain their impatience to bring lex the current lockdown i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a 2nd major outbreak and huge loss of life. and the overwhelming of the n.h.s. . for more than a month now the country has been at a near standstill and one of the spread of the virus is slowing down most people support holding on to the current measures. how much you actually commend the u.k. government and in many ways intensive the lockdowns we have pathogen i guess it's

not rushing back to normal too soon i think we need to keep the restrictions on business. i think in one place place and i just noticed lately a lot of people i fear knowing if i'm going to my boy in a coma don't back up one of the people who don't need to so i think carry on being careful and one should be. careful. is probably the way should be done in. the u.k. government is set to review the lockdown restrictions by may 7th but even after that date social distancing measures probably continue to from. this is d.w.p. is coming to you from berlin again keep up to date with the news on our website it's d.w. dot com follow us on twitter as well at d w news i'm told me a lot of golf thanks for joining us.

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