this is d.w. news live from berlin a grim mock up of the united states the corona virus has infected more than 1000000 people in the u.s. as the number of confirmed cases rises some states are lifting their restrictions president donald trump insists that enough testing is being done to protect americans wherever they live also coming up president vladimir putin extends russia's lockdown to 11 main tells russians the pandemic is likely to get worse confirmed cases soared by almost 6 and a half 1000 on monday plus governments are planning huge stimulus packages to get

industry working again the politicians are debating which climate friendly strings to attach could the pandemic actually help us fight climate change. i'm told me a lot of good to have you with us we begin with a tragic milestone reached on tuesday in the united states more than 1000000 americans have now contract at the coronavirus as according to the tally kept by johns hopkins university more than 58000 americans have died from covert 19 the disease caused by the virus proof of how quickly the virus has spread on april 10th and 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 didn't do to stop the virus. like many other countries in the early days of the pandemic the united states was in denial about the tree danger of the corona virus it's going to disappear one day it's like a miracle it will disappear 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 the camp and then go to the next place as this row 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. we're in 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 and 1000 deaths it still tops the grim list . confirmed infections have now topped the $1000000.00 mark a milestone that nobody wanted to reach at a time when calls to reopen the country are growing louder beaches and california are already packed at the weekend and several cities and states are preparing to

lease and stay a time restrictions. now staying with the us the country's military flight squadrons have flown over new york city in a tribute to health care staff and other essential workers fighting the pandemic residents gathered together to catch a glimpse of the aircraft streaking a salute across the skies but critics say the cost of the flights could have been spent better spent on protective equipment for doctors and nurses. me reports i mean he is here with more on that story i mean what was the reaction on social media particularly from the health care workers the very people that this was meant to on a certainly occasion for people to put out their phones and point them toward the sky there's a lot of videos being shared on twitter facebook instagram of these fibers also from medical workers as you pointed out and one popular video was from the president of the newark hospital system the workers gathered on the roof there and

watched the fly over and he said this was an amazing display of gratitude and patriotism from the greatest pilots on earth thank you here's another tweet from a health care worker in philadelphia she said beautiful fly over today at temple health thank you to the thunderbirds and blue angels for a little morale boost at work so in any case must've been hard to miss i don't know if you've had 12 fighter jets fly every had but it's definitely a physical experience as was noticed by a lot of people praise there but there were also some people who were not so happy about this show right i don't think it's just because they didn't like the sound of it a lot of people on social media facebook and twitter were asking why the federal government was spending money sending fighter jets to praise health care workers instead of the equipment that they needs a new york city and that area around there is the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak and they have a shortage of p.p.m. protective equipment for personal protective equipment including face masks and things like that so people were asking questions like this tweet right here.

he says that it's he likes a no site is beyond obscene to watch the blue angels fly overhead and he asked how much that fly over cost. so you have a lot of criticism out there on twitter and people asking what are the government's priorities if there's spending money on military fly overs instead of personal protective equipment and then on that note how much does a flight. like that cost i tried to crunch the numbers and i came up with this so the flight time can be calculated cost per hour these are f. $16.00 s and f. 18 somewhere between 802-4000 per hour flight time they flew for a little bit over 2 hours and there was 12 jets that comes out to anywhere between $380580000.00 for this affair so if you're still with me here and translate that into facemasks for healthcare workers that's

about 1500000 of these and 95 face mass at bulk prices so that really gives you an idea of how much could have been bought with this money that doesn't mean that they could spend that money on facemask because these jets would be used anyway but it still gives you an idea of hash tag priorities. i mean yes if thank you for that. now in russia president vladimir putin has warned that the country's corona virus pandemic has not yet peaked you know is that the current lockdown would be extended until may 11th although restrictions may be eased after that russia has reported a significant increase in the number of cases with an additional $6400.00 infections in one day bring in the nationwide total to almost $94000.00 and the health care system is reaching its limits. this ambulance is rushing to sing petersburg approach ski hospital many health care workers and russia are doing

their utmost to cope with the coronavirus epidemic but they are reaching their limits more and more medical workers are now testing positive themselves. which we did there are 32 coronavirus patients in our unit and 10 of them are medical workers yes you didn't mishear me all of our employees are now infected. russian president vladimir putin now acknowledged the problem hearing a televised meeting with his ministers the situation is still difficult and we're in constant contact with our specialists to coordinate our plans and actions we have yet to pass the peak. russia has been on a strict lockdown since late march now russians are being asked to stay home until at least may 11th. in his speech the president thanked the people for abiding by the restrictions until now did you know is that the way we manage to slow down the

spread of the epidemic this is the result of our joint work this is the responsibility of millions of citizens who listen to the recommendations of doctors and specialists to choose it's used the kremlin underlined that it will come up with measures to support russia's fragile economy and ordinary russians many are struggling to make ends meet due to the country's strict regulations which. force residents to stay at home unless absolutely necessary in the capital people are counting down the days until may 11th but even then a quick return to normality is unlikely. now for quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world the search for a cold 1000 vaccine has received another boost scientists at oxford university say they've successfully kept monkeys infection free for 4 weeks the team has now enrolled 6000 people for human trials they hope to have millions of doses available

by september. a fire has destroyed much of a camp for displaced people in mali's capital bamako over 1000 people fleeing violence in central mali had found refuge there there's been no report of casualties yet witnesses say strong winds called several small fires to burn out of control british airways has announced plans to cut up 212000 jobs in response to the coronavirus outbreak the carrier said it's likely to take years for the sector to recover. scandinavian airline s.e.'s is laying off up to $5000.00 full time employees and iceland is laying off 2000. but could the coronavirus pandemic be a chance to save the planet from climate change that was the question of a debate on choose day as germany and britain hosted this year's online version of the petersburg climate dialogue german chancellor angela merkel says climate

protection has to be considered as part of the economic stimulus programs that governments are launching to help industries recover from the pandemic. well early in the 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. came out in favor of the business climate goals despite the crisis. always a vision to go over 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 with. germany will be in target 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 demick recovery 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 fridays 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. organizers of the postponed talk your lympics say the event will be canceled if it can't take place next year the games will move to july next year 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. another delay isn't an option you shiel 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 coronado iris is vital if next year's olympics ought to go on . more as though you might it would be difficult to hold the olympics unless 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 principle

revenue that you would then be losing from the japanese side would be the ticket because obviously you would have to refund all the 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 lost. what was supposed to be an international celebration could end in a financial nightmare for tokyo. and france the top 2 football divisions all set to be cancelled despite 10 matches remaining this season this after french bread prime minister edouard phillipa said professional sports competitions aren't allowed to resume before september football was suspended last month due to the corona virus and damage the league is expected to meet in may to discuss how to end

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