if you look at it. this is d.w. news live from the u.s. president donald trump says china could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the world as the number of cases in america approaches 1000000 from insists all parts of the country are doing well. and 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 names that lifting restrictions too

soon could risk a 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 stopped the world the president said his administration would conduct what he called a serious investigation despite the number of u.s. covert 1000 cases now approaching 1000000 trump insists all areas of the country are doing well the white house also unveiled a new measures to ramp up testing for the virus. a washington correspondent stephens inman's 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 or just say 2 months before a month before i was there we were talking about numbers and the 102-0000 now it's 200000 that's a good thing and the plan is and the government of 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 what 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 and to stephanie 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 on 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 that friendly for a president trying some. hot spot in terms of making the blamed fairly square on china. on chinese officials for not sharing the bad news early enough for example and for not doing enough to contain the virus in. the troubled with ration in the beginning mr trump and the president had no 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 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 disinfectant comments did the president do much to shake off the controversy. well i think no he didn't he's doing his best to ignore it he clearly caused it and as you remember he tried to peddle back a day after claiming that he just made sarcastic comments and that it was more or less jokingly what he had said that people should consider ingesting or injecting disinfectants inside their bodies to clean their lungs all ultraviolet 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 please don't do this because it will kill you you cannot ingest anything disinfectant clorox don't mess toss a license or whatever the products are and now it is the president during his ignoring any other 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 claims don't have made casting comments only ok stephens humans in washington will leave it there for now thank you now to measures here in germany rules obliging people to cover their faces on public transport and in most shops have come into force 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 aguilar medical's cabinet was there to greet them defense minister on a great credit card and our says the mast will be sent to germany 16 federal states for distribution in so fenton d.d. wanted to hear the whole if not all those who have helped. to ensure this delivery are right have something much bigger tile to try and make her in a crisis barrel and that poses a. 3rd dimension i need. to take least some off the non-medical masks or improvised coverings are thought to protect others from infected people public health officials say this is especially important for covert 19 given a 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 a crime because it's not a big deal very much doesn't do any harm and if it can happen it's fine. as long as they've got it 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 words but. one 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 other. those in the ongoing socialists and i think that describes what i think it's really terrible and it's cumbersome and you don't get a lot of athens and maybe it's a good safety precaution but who knows if this really does do anything as. good as its must know about this because of us. polls show most germans backing the

restrictions on public life how long this new normal lasts is open ended official saying until there's a vaccine which may be many months or longer. now some have questioned the quality of medical equipment coming from china our chief political correspondent melinda crane explains 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 masks both in china and there will also be tests here in germany when the masks are distributed throughout the federal states where they will be given 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 angela merkel and chinese

president xi jinping 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. protesters in lebanon have clashed with security forces as the national economic crisis deepens activists blocked a highway north of the capital beirut despite a coronavirus lockdown there's widespread anger over rising prices and the collapsing lebanese pound. syrian authorities say 3 civilians were killed in an israeli missile attack on town south of damascus syria's military say their fence is intercepted and shot down several missiles fired by warplanes over lebanon israel has not commented. engineers are installing the final span in a new road bridge the italian city of genoa 43 people were killed when the original crossing collapsed nearly 2 years ago the new bridge costing 200000000 euros is

designed by the time the an architect renzo piano. firefighters in russia are 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 are making it difficult to put out the blazes. british prime minister boris johnson is back at work after recovering from cold at 19 while some european countries are starting to ease their lock downs johnson is maintaining the u.k.'s restrictions he warns that now is the moment of maximum risk. this is a belief in a and with his head even longer than usual british prime minister boris johnson has returned to work and yes. speech after 3 weeks of sick leave he asked the british people to contain their impatience to bring lex the current lock down 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. . to more than a month now the country has been at a near standstill while the spread of the virus is slowing down most people support holding on to the current measures. i do actually meant the u.k. government and in many ways intensive the lock downs we have had and i guess. not rushing back to normal too soon i think we need to keep their restrictions and then these terms i think you will pay for names and they're just not to say yes go to people that you know you've been to my point of work going back to one of the people who don't need to so i think kerry will be happy to be referred to one should be. careful. probably the way we should be bearing in mind. the u.k.

government is set to review the lockdown restrictions by may 7th but even after that date social distancing measures will probably continue to from. now here's a roundup of some of the latest developments in the pandemic italy has registered its lowest daily number of new cases since the beginning of the outbreak south korea has reported only 10 new cases officials are considering reopening schools scientists in hong kong say they've developed a spray on coating that can protect surfaces against corona virus and other pathogens for up to 90 days and australia says more than a 1000000 people have downloaded an app aimed at speeding up country contact tracing. a trial hearing allegations of corruption surrounding the 2006 football world cup has been abandoned prosecutors claimed a slush fund was used to buy votes awarded by votes awarding the tournament to

germany now the truth may never be known. the trial into corruption allegations surrounding germany's 2006 world cup was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic now there won't be a verdict the 5 year statute of limitations to secure convictions against the former german football association leaders to. host good option it was gonna spark and space x. fever general secretary was lyndon expired on monday. is just it's great that is finished i would have preferred an acquittal. at the center of the scandal a 6700000 euro transfer the d.f.t. is accused of buying votes to secure germany's pay to host the 2006 world cup can't spectrum by our who was the head of the 2006 organizing committee was removed from the trial because of health reasons the accused however deny any wrongdoing critics

say the swiss attorney general botched the trial they think the process was inefficient. heart it took 5 years of research and for a whole year it was tied up in the courts force here and here was a huge. budget out of verdict the truth about the 2006 world cup may never come to light. still in football as least prime minister. has given the go ahead for syria to resume training next month with individual sessions to begin in the 1st week of may team training will fall on the 18th although players will have to maintain social distancing the league was suspended in march after several players tested positive for covert 19 still has 12 rounds of matches to play but no return date has been set. this is the news there is more on our website d.w. dot com follow us on twitter and instagram as well at the news and told me all

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