this is live from berlin tonight in the united states there are now more than 1000000 people with the coronavirus a grim marker for the u.s. in this pandemic counts the number of confirmed cases rises some states are continuing with. president trump insisting that enough testing is being done to protect americans wherever they live also coming up surveillance of public areas has part of life in china but a new report says the coronavirus pandemic has brought big brother to the very doorsteps of people's homes and after 6 weeks of confinement spain says the

children can now go outside to play. damage already been done a new report on lockdowns and the mental health of young people. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin with a tragic milestone reached this tuesday in the united states more than 1000000 americans have now contracted the corona virus that's according to the tally kept by johns hopkins university more than 57000 americans have died from coded 19 the disease caused by the virus and proof of how quickly the virus has spread on april 10th the number of cases in the u.s. stood at 500008 took just 18 days for that figure to double all the while u.s.

president trump facing questions and criticism for what he did and did not do to stop the. like many other countries in the early days of the pen demick the united states was in denial about the treat danger of the corona virus it's going to disappear one day it's like a miracle it will disappear the name of jesus and. but the miracle didn't happen and the prayer didn't help certainly not in states like new york 1000 hit the big apple hard hospitals were soon fill to capacity and morgues were overwhelmed state governor andrew cuomo entered crisis mode and issued a warning to the rest of the country. new york is in crisis helping new york and then pick up. and then go to the next place as this

ruthless across the country a prediction that turned out to be true the virus spread rapidly from coast to coast by early april it was impossible to deny the seriousness of the situation. during a very critical phase of our war against the coronavirus the sacrifices we make over the next 4 weeks will have countless. american lives saved we're going to save a lot of american lives. we're in control of our own fate very much. despite the sacrifices within a week the united states led the world in 1000 deaths it still tops the grim list. confirmed infections have now topped the 1000000 mark a milestone that nobody wanted to reach at a time when calls to reopen the country are growing louder. beaches in california already packed at the weekend and several cities and states are preparing to lease

and stay a time restrictions. are pulling a correspondent jeff once a month he's on the story boards in washington good evening to you stefan so we've got the u.s. now topping the $1000000.00 mark it makes up one 3rd of all confirmed coronavirus cases in the world people around the world when they see that number they ask why has the u.s. been hit so hard. and i wish i could give a easy and very comprehensive and non-complex solid answer on this this is not easy and it's not. not complex to the contrary but basically it is because the u.s. government has in the beginning the trumpet insulation has slept through this or has actually denied it to be a crisis or potential crisis you heard the sound bites from president trump saying this will all go away by itself and in the beginning he was actually criticized for

downplaying under playing the potential threats of this crisis and now we're in the middle of it as you said 1000000 cases in the u.s. and growing this is not the end this we're still in the middle of this and the problem is now that the hospitals are not overwhelmed anymore and have enough ventilators but what about testing we need testing testing testing otherwise there's no way of the united states this government anybody the local governments telling on how much the virus has infiltrated the society here in america. this 1000000 mark president trump says the he has everything under control it does make you wonder though how good this crisis management really is and we want to pull up a picture showing the u.s. vice president now he was visiting coronavirus cases at the mayo clinic in minnesota and we're going to pull that picture up i'm sure in just a 2nd aren't we and are we pulling that picture up.

there we go and as you see pence is the only person in the room with a mask on it's been shocking to a lot of people i'm wondering what does it say about the crisis management of this administration you know a good question brian i'm asking myself the same question i think there is a hundreds of thousands of people out there who asked themselves this question what is this actually tell you about this ministration and in this case the vice president taking his actually serious what's going on here he isn't in the room with with experts and doctors and everybody is wearing the mask it is the man clinics policy to wear a mask he wasn't in contact there there when this picture was taken with somebody or with people who were identified as covert to 900 positive but nevertheless he was in the hospital and on the hospital grounds i myself was in hospitals and of

course you wear gloves and a mask and take all the precautions the hospital tells you to do i don't know if maybe the. vice president thinks he walks above water or doesn't impact him but that sense absolutely the wrong message no doubt about this and he's heavily criticised for this instantly twitter sphere exploding and commentators here in washington across the political spectrum shaking their heads and it is kind of symptomatic of what impression the trumpet in a stray ssion left in the last few weeks to many many many people in the public into many many many. observers and critics off the and you know strange and of course do that as i say not as i do it could be the policy perhaps chiffons humans in washington jeff and thank you russia's president vladimir putin who says that his country's coronavirus epidemic has not yet peaked. during a televised video conference today with cabinet members hootin announced that his

country's lockdown will be extended until the 11th of may however restrictions could be loosened beginning may 12th russia has reported a significant increase in the number of cases with an additional $6400.00 confirmed infections in one day bringing the nationwide total to more than $93000.00 and says his country still faces a difficult path going forward is a new that just will move us which if we look daily number of new confirmed coronavirus cases that's relatively stabilized but this shouldn't reassure us the situation remains very difficult. the experts and scientists with them we are in constant contact to check our plans and measures say that the peak has not yet been reached should you please. our correspondent emily sherwin is in moscow and she told me how people in russia are coping with the lockdown restrictions. well

even state t.v. here in russia has been reporting that people are kind of tired of the lockdown and here in moscow i think there are a lot of a lot more people on the streets in the past few days than there had been previously people had been i think hoping for kind of measures to be loosened for those holidays that didn't happen but i think one of the main worries for people here in russia at the moment is the economy we heard putin talk about that a bit today about further measures though he didn't go into detail people have been even taking to social media to express their concerns because this non-working period that is the lockdown essentially means that employers are supposed to keep their employees on and can keep paying them but government support has been rather limited so a lot of people just don't have any money and people are really worried and putin's ratings actually have taken a hit as well. that was g.w.

simile sure they're reporting from moscow here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the search for a covert 19 vaccine has received a big boost scientists at oxford university say they've successfully kept monkeys infection free for 4 weeks the team has now when rolled 6000 people for human trials they hoped to have millions of doses available as early as september protesters in the northern lebanese city of tripoli have set fire to base after a demonstrator was killed by police the country is in the grip of a spiraling economic crisis anti-government protests are gaining momentum after a low due to coronavirus lockdown measures a fire has destroyed much of a camp for displaced people in mali's capital bamako over a 1000 people fleeing violence in central mali had found refuge there there's been no report of casualties yet witnesses say strong winds caused several small fires

to burn out of control or could the coronavirus pandemic be a chance to save the planet from climate change so that was the question that was up for debate on tuesday as germany and britain hosted this year's online version of the petersburg climate dialogue german chancellor angela merkel says that climate protection has to be considered as part of the economic stimulus programs that governments are launching now to help their economies recover from the pandemic. well balin zoo is back in business from today climate activists fear that because of the corona crisis politicians may play increasingly hard to get on their climate goals addressing the 1st virtual pieces about climate dialogue. machall came out in favor of the use ambitious climate goals despite the crisis. was a vision to go over the thing and it will be all the more important to firmly

consider climate protection when we agree stimulus packages. we must ensure that we're not saving money on climate change now but invest in in future oriented technologies and we must not think nationally but continue to put our international commitments 1st because that's essential for achieving global success in climate protection. for you much of. germany will be in charge of driving forward to europe's green deal when it takes over the e.u. presidency in july the un sees this as a moment of truth for the world we have a rare and short read of opportunity to rebuild our world for the better it is use that both demi great coverage to provide the foundation for a safe it also includes even more resilient words for all people the u.n. secretary general says the fear of the 5 days for future movement protesting here

in berlin last friday that the political reflex could now be to bail out carbon intensive industries at the cost of climate friendly investment. or earlier i asked you w.c. political correspondent with the crean whether policymakers have broader support for linking climate protection to these economic stimulus packages. they do i think amongst the general public there's greater openness perhaps for ambitious policies than there might have been in the past because people have just experienced in their own lives what a crisis looks like and are going to be eager to not see a repeat another crisis namely caused by global warming that's one part the 2nd part is business business feels the same way and for one very practical reason business needs clear and reliable signals about how to invest as it emerges from this crisis and that's where $68.00 big german companies and i'm not only out

service companies like insurers i'm talking about steel chemicals companies that normally would say we need really cheap energy they have called for ambitious climate policy to be at the center of the recovery programs because they want those reliable signals for how do we invest their money emerging from this crisis they are useful in the green speaking with me earlier surveillance cameras they are in part of public life in china and they're often they're watching what people across the street eat in a restaurant ride the bus or go shopping but according to a new report by c.n.n. the coronavirus pandemic has now brought surveillance cameras to the front doors of people's homes w.'s tucker has been researching this force good evening to you know what 1st of all tell me what exactly is being reported here. hi brant so this is

a way for chinese authorities to keep an eye on people who should be staying inside now most people in china are already being tracked by so-called contexta tracing apps and that's an app that will notify you if you have been exposed to someone who's been diagnosed with coded 19 and then you'll be told to south quarantine but recently people have started posting pictures on your way by the chinese social media platform of cameras being installed outside their apartment doors and in some extreme examples of cameras being installed inside apartments now this seems extreme especially for us who don't live in china but remember china has more surveillance cameras per capita than any other country in the world but even so the area just outside your apartment door is a bit of the grace own when it comes to the difference between public and private space so even for china this is extreme so if china hands in or many of these cameras across the country who's actually monitoring all the cameras we're talking

about an army of people watching as well. well 1st of all these cameras haven't been installed by the central government in china but rather by local governments and they are being monitored by so-called neighborhood committees now these are groups that have a long history in communist china they're basically private citizens who act as the on ice and is off authorities to make sure that their neighbors behave now it's important to say that in all of these reported cases these cameras were taken down after the 2 week quarantine ended but it does really raise questions about the use of surveillance technology during the corona pandemic be it cameras or being tracing apps and what will happen to that technology and more importantly the daughter that has been stored after the pandemic has passed you know this speaks to

the discussion going on about privacy are we seeing similar privacy issues in other countries. well we have a few examples in hong kong for examples of people arriving from overseas and now issued a. and electronic bracelet and the idea here is to say to make sure for authorities to make sure that people stay in their apartments or their hotel rooms during the week or n.t. quarantine in poland now when you're in quarantine you have a choice between frequent police visits for taking selfies and sending them via an app to authorities to prove that you're actually in your home and finally in israel the government there has come under criticism for using surveillance technology that has been developed by the country's internal intelligence agency now that went all the way to the high court on sunday they ruled that it's now up to the knesset the country's parliament by thursday to decide whether this should be allowed to

continue you know there will probably be similar cases across the world as this pandemic continues well soccer reporting tonight thank you. spain has started loosening its walk down on children allowing them to leave their homes for the 1st time in 6 weeks and the move followed a heated public debate about spain's strict curfew and it came amid warnings from experts over the psychological impact of keeping children in the worse in w.'s young village olds went to meet one family as they finally left but walked out. and how they have waited for 43 days for this exact moment they're finally allowed to leave their apartment again accompanied by their mother of course they say it's a great feeling but a little unusual too. you see a lot of kids hardly any adults on the street. and there aren't any cars the

constraints imposed on children where some of the strictest in europe they were not allowed outside not even for a few minutes this gives them all the more reasons to be excited about what's finally possible again. my friend lives really close maybe i can at least see it from a distance. but only from a distance and to morrow we all go rollerskating. you know me you truly. are today's destination grandma and grandpa but very strict rules apply well getting them cycling and running this allowed playing with other kids is not their grandparents' house is within the permitted one kilometer radius but visiting them is not the same as it used to be. not allowed to have a lift them up this is something everybody has to get used to. several days of confusion preceded the spanish government's decision to allow children to were outside for walks again the original plan was that they would only

be allowed to accompany their parents to the supermarket but eventually the public pressure became too strong more and more parents insisted that after 6 weeks without any fresh the limit for children had been reached many experts about the government's change of heart including psychiatry's diego figueroa he was one of the many who advocated to lose in the restrictions for children but even if the measures are gradually reduced you problems might arise. children that have been spending most of that time with their parents might have a hard time adjusting to school other groups outside their families again this might cause serious phobias or even result in kids refusing to leave the house. and hobby enjoy their time outside despite the new strange circumstances the allotted 60 minutes past the way too quickly the 3 of them already making plans for

tomorrow when they can spend their next hour outside and maybe others will be able to see her girlfriends even if it's only from a distance it's tough for children to talk about that i'm joined tonight by unger author what can a child clinical psychologist at the university of southampton in england it's going to have you on the show we know that children are these bundles of energy that they need to go outdoors and run in play that's the physical aspect of it what are the main psychological challenges that children face in this pandemic when they're being kept inside so long. i think sure young children in particular the need to explode and these things and feel and touch and smell the things has been really limited through disliked am and what we use in areas that children's brains vary and this is not plasticity said they've got to look to the opportunities to really learn the things that they need to syria even if there's been some short

term changes in how they learn and develop these won't have a long term impact that's very dramatic that what you're saying there that they would have to really learn something you know we adults we complain about things being boring or maybe people are lonely but but children they're dealing with things that we don't have to deal with right when they're inside for so long. they do that they do it depends on the age of the child as well so a lot of children and well all children feel they're very relational so they need the relationships to feel ok cept actually when they're at home with parents and older siblings actually they katie what they need in terms of the kind of nurturing hopefully and for most children and but when we think back teenagers and they developmentally so teens of very very am. that they read they require no social contact a lot of contact with p s and say for example for them that's really difficult to be indoors rather than be out meeting their friends every single day so that the

end impact on the lockdown is different according to different ages the children but one thing that i found in my clinical practice is that young people i've worked with for months and months you've had quite severe anxiety this is all being lifted as part of the lockdown because they're living in a bit of a bubble so the things that used to make them anxious such as going to school who or and seeing other people their rage this is all being taken away from them so they actually enjoying a bit of temporary relief from anxiety well that's good to hear that something you wouldn't think of immediately is being a nice side effect of this what about the parents what advice would you give to them. to help their children deal with these like to help. ates experimenting is the trickiest job there is and when we don't have our props it can be much much trickier and by proxy i mean things like being able to go out and have a coffee with a friend or take your children to

a class where somebody else is looking after them for half an hour when we teach them how to swim for example so it's a very intense time and i think for parents we just have to be very easy on ourselves that doesn't mean that we have to give up and give in and let children do every they want but it does mean that we just need to think well of the important things i need to do during this time and to think but the opportunities as well as the challenges and one of the things i work with parents on is if we get up in the morning just take a minute before we get up to think what do i want my day to look like today what are the things i'd like to achieve what are the feelings i'd like to get and that gives you a bit of a roadmap through your day and and it just helps you to ease up on the so say we all make mistakes throughout the day as parents but just make sure at the end date for the children going to bed repay and the any arguments that you've had and then start again the next day well it's good to hear from someone like you that children are so resilient and that no matter what happens that they will come out of this

intact and sure that a lot of parents are happy to hear that tonight and robert can child clinical psychologist joining us from the university of south hampton thank you we appreciate your insights organizers of the postponed tokyo olympics say that the games will be cancelled if they can't take place next year now you may remember the games were moved to july 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic scientists in japan have warned that it will be difficult to host the games unless a medical solution is found quickly. another delay isn't an option you she'll movie the took you 2020 committee president made it clear that the games would be cancelled rather than pushed back again. japan's medical experts say finding a vaccine against the corona virus is vital if next year's olympics ought to go on . more this in my view it would be difficult to hold the lympics on less

effective vaccines are developed i'm not saying it should not be held back my prediction is that it will be difficult to hold the summer olympics 2021 unless effective vaccines are developed the cancellation of the games would also have huge financial consequences a former international olympic marketing director told t.v. that japan stands to lose billions if the games are cancelled. and the principal revenue that it would then be losing from the japanese side would be the ticket because obviously you would have to refund all tickets and i think that's closing close to a $1000000000.00 the challenge has been how do you keep everything ready for a further 12 months but the majority of expenditure has already been invested has already been made. and that would all be last what was supposed to be an

international celebration could end in the financial nightmare for tokyo. well as a reminder of the top story we're following for you in the united states more than 1000000 people have now been confirmed with the coronavirus president trump insisting that enough testing is being done to protect americans work ever they live in some states they continue to ease the walk down. you're watching t w news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that will be right back to.

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