house world report documentary stories may. or you know. this is the deed of new year's 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 approaches 1000000 trump insists all parts of the country are doing well also on the program. 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. and how one belgian businessman is bringing people together despite social distancing using a crane to hoist the care home visitors up into the air taking them face to face at last with their loved ones. i'm told me a lot of well welcome 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's in 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 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 a 2 month 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 is and the government of the trumpet illustration 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

those 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 stuff and 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 you had last week and before that china is that friendly for a president trump 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 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 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 disinfectant comments to 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 calls it and as you remember he tried to pedal 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 or 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 still messed also leisel 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 claims don't have made casting comments only ok stephens inman's in washington we'll leave it there for now thank you. nearly half a 1000000 new zealanders have gone back to work as the government eases the

national lockdown some aspects of daily life are getting back to normal hospitality businesses including coffee shops are open again construction and work on major infrastructure projects is also resuming prime minister just into od and thanks new zealanders for their resilience during the shutdown but she warned that the fight against the virus is not yet over it is an ongoing basis there is not one point in time that this mission now use we have done that in the lock down the goal now is to keep up that so we're now in the next phase of the battle and we are not done around 75 percent of the economy is operating with key seat does like building in construction forestry manufacturing and contextless reach out starting back up. importantly major infrastructure projects that up again today now a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world the australian

city of sydney has reopened its popular bond diabetes to surface and swimmers the golden sands were closed last month as thousands of revelers ignored social distancing rules people are now allowed back in the water but walking and sunbathing remain banned. engineers are installing the final spot in the new road bridge and they tally in city of genoa 43 people were killed when the original crossing collapse nearly 2 years ago a new bridge costing 200000000 euros is designed by the italian architect renzo piano. 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. now rules of lighting people to cover their

faces on public transport and in most shops have come into force here 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 cabinet was there to greet them defense minister on a great cramped cabin bauer says the mass will be sent to germany 16 federal states for distribution into a fence and the they wanted to hear the whole if not all those who have you know. to ensure that this is to liberate iraq i. have something much bigger title trying to make it under a new crisis barrel and that poses a. 3rd dimension i need to take place tomorrow. non-medical masks are

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. also it's not a big deal betting the most doesn't do any harm and if it can find. out it's to help people and protect older people it's ok you can do with it it's harder to speak and brief place for a good reason. but. one cannot be used to seeing this in japan but here it's really strange it's high money doing it to protect our those. as if it does not support i think it's really tampa's come by someone you don't get a lot of an athame maybe it's

a good safety precaution but who knows if this really doesn't do anything. about this purpose of us. polls show most germans backing the restrictions on public life how long this new normal lasts this open ended official saying until there's a vaccine which may be many months off or longer. and some have questioned the quality of the medical equipment coming in 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 $25000000.00 apparently there were tests on those masks both in china and there were possibly 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 are well because the deal to provide was actually negotiated between chancellor angela merkel and chinese president so a lot is riding on the fact that these mass needs to be affected. british prime minister boris johnson is back at work after recovering from coal that 19 now while somebody rippin countries are starting to ease their lockdowns johnson is meant tain in the u.k. as restrictions and 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 are innocent speech after 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 be overwhelming of the n.h.s. . for more than a month now the country has been at a near standstill one of the spread of the virus is slowing down most people support holding on to the current measures. i do actually meant we take them in in many ways in terms of the lockdown so we have pageant i guess. not rushing back to normal too soon i think we need to keep the restrictions and then the storm i think placed a hand there i just know to say yes we would have people that you know you've been to my morning. going back to one of the people who don't need to so i think kerry will be careful and they remind you one should be. careful and it's probably the way we should be getting. 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. coronavirus lockdowns have brought misery for millions the most vulnerable in society have been cut off from family and friends often for weeks on end but now one belgian businessman has come up with an idea for bringing even those observing social distancing a bit closer together. clementine has been waiting for this moment for almost 2 months her husband is in this process care home the last time she saw him was in early march now they're reunited for a few precious minutes. this is great isn't it it's great. i think i have to stay here yes. the idea of using cranes to hold people closer together was a brainchild of tristen fund and bosch he's a manager of

a company that rents out the platforms for window cleaning and fruit picking. a month i saw somebody waving at his mother 2 or 3 floors up and i thought given that we have a serious fall in business we can lift that man up to the window with our machines . and that's what we did. 84 year old clementine says that the crane right has given her at least a semblance of intimacy with her loved one if you think i am very happy the time could speak to him that closely it's great i really appreciate this initiative this if he is up this moment. now clementines back down on solid ground and a husband still in lockdown even so just a few minutes with him have made a huge difference. in sport italian prime minister does a pick on day has given the go ahead for the syria football league to resume

training next month individual sessions begin in the 1st week of may team training will follow on later in the month with players required to maintain social distancing the legal suspended after several players tested positive for covert 19 us today are still has 12 rounds of matches outstanding but there's no date yet for play to restart. this is the news there's more on our website d.w. dot com i'm told me a lot of thanks for joining us for. this state of emergency is the normal people around the world are documenting these dramatic times. they're keeping a corona diary and welcoming us into their lives a little scared as i'm close and personal as the pandemic will allow.