so how. small part documentary stories made. for you. this is newsnight from dublin a long haul to defeat the coronavirus germany's help minister warns a pandemic isn't going to be over for a long time yet the government robs purchases of flu vaccines to avoid a possible double hit for the health care system also program protesters in love with return to the streets for a 2nd day that opens months of antique up and unrest now there's growing anger at

the coronavirus locked up. i mean the german football fans during their best to support their teams for that to go inside the stadium. i'm fogel welcome to the program germany's health minister has warned that the country faces a mall hole before the coronavirus pandemic is. yet she says the government plans to buy more flu vaccines to avoid the possible extra pressure on the health care system later this year. the latest figures from the whole bad call institute provided the clearest picture yet as to how the epidemic has developed in germany the calculations show when and how many people became infected and when key steps were taken to slow the virus spread the ban on public gatherings took a while to make a noticeable difference the closing of schools brought infections down considerably

german health minister a young sponsor as the number of registered acute infections in germany has been falling for over 2 weeks and is currently at 37000 but regional differences remain so the government announced that testing will be stepped up even further from nearly half a 1000000 tests last week. if you will introduce more regular testing in care homes including for asymptomatic patients we're also changing some of the rules for tests to get a better overview of the epidemic and we're introducing compulsory reporting of negative test results. to return to. work on an antique over 1000 vaccine in germany has meanwhile taken a step forward minds based company biotech says the 1st group of 12 participants had received a trial vaccine on wednesday. but with the progress of infection still unpredictable

across europe germany's foreign ministry has decided to extend its global travel ban until mid june foreign minister high command said that europe needed to find a coordinated approach. over the last 4 weeks we brought 240000 tourists from all over the world back to germany we will not carry out such an operation again this summer which is why a lot will depend on how we get on with fighting the pandemic here and in other countries plan to me because i'm from abroad so remember the limo invites argued. protesters and pressure groups meanwhile a urging the german government to ease even more of the current restrictions on thursday the state premiers of germany's 16 states will reassess the situation with chancellor angela merkel. let's get more from dublin chief political correspondent and melinda craig welcome bill and let's start with that graph that we just saw in

that report will bring it back and what's interesting about it is we see the new infections in germany initially rising and they only seem to start to fall once the countries schools were shut and it's been mainly downhill since then ok so germany is about to reopen its schools melinda this looks like a quite a big risk. indeed it does the reason that they are taking this step as part of the overall relaxation of restrictions is that schooling is considered high priority going to school is mandatory here in germany it's an absolute exception that preparing to have been homeschooling their kids for the last 6 weeks and there's also concern about the welfare of children especially children from vulnerable families troubled families who might be subject to domestic violence also concerned for privileged less privileged children who perhaps don't have access to the digital tools that many teachers have now been using so for all those

reasons there is a strong push to get schools back up and running and at the same time all authorities at both state level that's where school policy is handled and also at federal level are saying we will be carefully watching the results of what is essentially an experiment this is a trade off and if they see the reproduction rate of the infection increasing once again and frankly it has already been increasing some it's now close to one again meaning that for every person who gets to run and they infect another person if that rate continues to go up when the schools are reopened then you can be certain that measures will be taken probably to at least decrease the number of people who are once again attending school and what about the vaccine trial we heard about in the report belinda does it mean that we can look forward to getting a good 19 vacillations. well it's exciting and there are

a lot of exciting innovative initiatives going on not only in this country but elsewhere as well and yet experts warn including the head of the w.h.o. who just this evening said this is going to be very difficult to come up with a workable that scene and we think it's possible but we don't know for sure so 3 reasons for that 1st of all testing very important and complicated because there is no cure or treatment for this disease so you have to be very careful tests could have to be interrupted if people get ill when the vaccine is applied secondly it's not clear that a vaccine that appears promising in theory will work in practice for coronaviruses generally it seems that even those who are infected their immune systems can forget that they ever encountered corona that doesn't speak well for a virus thirdly for a vaccine thirdly even if you get what looks like a workable vaccine production would have to be ramped up massively and quickly and

at 1st there will simply not be enough to go around w. chief political correspondent melinda quite thank you let's take a look now at some of the stories making headlines around the world australia's prime minister scott morrison has defended his call for an independent inquiry into the origins of coffee at 19 and the investigation would not talking to any particular country is demand has soured relations with china the new coronavirus is believed to have originally said to them. all it would start if i'm qantas died at the age of 53 indian born actor became internationally known through his roles in the films slumdog millionaire and life of pi 28 t.v. and house he'd been diagnosed with cancer and died in hospital in mumbai. at least one person has been killed and several others injured during a prison life in sierra leone's capital freetown according to officials the violence comes 2 days after all thought is confirmed an inmate of the prison it

tested positive for corona virus. a protesters in lebanon have returned to the streets of cities across the country for a 2nd day one demonstrator was reported killed in the latest clashes fueled by the country's deepening economic crisis level has seen months of anti-government and rest now compounded by growing anger at the locked out. another night of violence in lebanon and in the northern city of tripoli demonstrators hold fireworks and rocks at security forces 'd responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. the anger over lebanon's crumbling economy growing day by day. this is the beginning of the road where you are seeing today is just the start . was lebanon is in financial crisis grappling with the collapse in its currency soaring inflation and rampant unemployment problems worsen by coronavirus lockdown

for lebanese on the streets the fight is extensional. we are day laborers if we work we eat if we don't work we don't eat i hope to god the situation changes for the better. lid on spanx have borne the brunt of the protestors fury they've imposed strict capital controls on accounts freezing access to cash as food prices sort of running into money that you have. to deal with if. the lebanese army has deployed across tripoli to contain the on the wrist. as the government still works on a risk you plan to drag the country out of its current turmoil. and many countries across europe are in the middle of or about to begin busy fruit and vegetable picking seasons the majority rely on migrants for the seasonal work but

with most of europe now in lockdown and people unable to travel there is a huge shortage of workers but the u.k.'s environment men minister has come up with a possible solution alex forrest whiting can tell us well welcome alex what's being proposed well it's across from the can be very difficult for them at this time they rely on seasonal workers for example france each month 200002 the u.k. $80000.00 and obviously if they don't have them they're concerned that food and french but end up just brushing away in the fields so george eustice who is britain's environment minister is the latest politician to suggest that those workers who've been furloughed in other words they've been laid off because of this crisis should think about becoming seasonal workers. we estimate that probably only about a 3rd of the migrant labor that would normally come to the u.k. is here and was probably here before lock down and we are working with industry to

identify an approach that will encourage those millions of furloughed workers in some cases to consider taking a 2nd job helping get the harvesting in june. so how has that gone down well already there are mass recruitment campaigns across countries like the u.k. germany france and spain with some of them offering those workers that they were a single that keep their unemployment benefits if they work in the fields now look at germany relies on around about $300000.00 seasonal workers every year in normal times many of them come from remain ia and poland and some farmers have told me that only although they've had offers of help from locals this is back breaking work and many people don't want to do it but we have also spoken to an association organizing the land help project in germany and they said just in the space of

a few days they had 60000 applicants many of them are already working picking asparagus and picking hops and they've actually had to turn some people away because they've had such interest in this but on the other hand a workplace charity in the u.k. although they said that they had interest in this from around 50000 people only around about 150 there have actually turned up to work so i think it depends in which country we're talking about what's going to come to the farms we need to work a straight away well some countries like the u.k. and germany have already flown in some work is particularly from romania that happened a few weeks ago it was considered you know an extraordinary decision to make done for the time because they had to do it but also there were concerns about it be. has there were worries about the people not being tested when they derived in various countries now although some organizations are saying that the u.k. may well still chartist some flights others are not but if they do not get these

workers in those fields in time then literally those fruit and vege will be rotting in the fields i'm forced washing. was horrible fans around the world away for their teams to return to t.v. screens supporters of german side gladbach trying to solve what they see as an even bigger problem how do they remain part of the action when they're not allowed inside the stadium. all these quiet in german football the sounds of singing birds has replaced the screaming fans the sight of empty stands likely to remain for many months yet the. spirit and it's very difficult to watch a game on t.v. instead of actually being ned life in the stadium on t.v. you just don't get the emotions you can get by being in the stands with friends for the diehards of birth. football without fans is unthinkable and so they are making

cardboard cutouts of themselves to literally remain part of the scene using a mobile app interested parties can take a photo of themselves which is then printed on cardboard and. thanks taken to the stadium. does a dance a pop come up this whole cardboard mates campaign is more like a vigil because football just doesn't work with that fans. almost $10000.00 orders have already been placed and demand continues to grow the club are big fans of the initiative to so much so the gloves players and coach have got themselves a place on the north terrace even opposing fans are on board a touching show of solidarity for the times. it costs 1000 euros by buying it 3 companies in mansion got back will be supported to euros will be donated to the percy a foundation and 2 euros to help. mel hasn't missed

a home game in almost 14 years from now and the foreseeable future she'll have a proxy presence as she intends of thousands of fans white to join the chorus once more. so if you're up to date i'll have more at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site that's t w dot com of the day. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. how does

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