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the state. of the program germany's health minister has warned that the country faces a long haul before the coronavirus pandemic is over and yet the government is taking the precaution of buying more flu vaccines and usual void away factions that would put extra pressure on the health 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

in 2000 but regional differences remain so the government germany's foreign ministry has decided to extend its global travel ban until mid june foreign minister said that europe needed to find a coordinated plan to me because i'm for once a member of the women rights 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 and let's start with that graph that we just saw in that report will bring it back up and what's interesting about it is we see that 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 will and 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 concern 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 khurana 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 peoples who are once again attending school. linda crane speaking to me a little while many of germany's schools due to reopen on monday as the lockdown is eased but for the past 6 weeks with children learning at home teachers students and parents have discovered a different reality has been speaking with a teacher to find out how the new style of remote learning has been working out. so mentally mind we're not sure. because this is maximilian vesa he would normally be in class with this students right now but because of the corona crisis

on all germans schools are partially still closed so instead maximilian streams his math lessons life from his living room almost every day. doesn't usually for math lessons especially it's a great way to teach. your happy with the help of the chap function i can interact communicate and react to spontaneous questions if i have to. but this by all his efforts the 29 year old teacher knows that a major element of his lessons is missing at the moment. and i think 2 thirds of the students are doing quite well with their online assignments but most of the missed the social contact. 16 year old valentina also misses her classmates but at least she can spend some time in her garden with her favorite pal some sun at the moment this is also why she watches her teacher's online lessons but

valentina says it's not the same as being in a real classroom. it's just got on and it's much more difficult to learn without having a teacher in the room who helps you and tries to explain things to you in different ways of course you can ask questions but it takes a while before you get an answer so it's not the same. this by the lack of personal interaction there are benefits. when i'm learning how to manage my time and i'm learning to use the day wisely so i can send off my homework punctually and i might be learning a little self-discipline to. valentino is one of over 10000000 german students who are partially still learning at home but not all of them have the technical capabilities that she does that worries tom atman. students who grow up in difficult family situations are

a big challenge for us they're often hard to reach teachers and childcare workers have a hard time even initiating contact. maximillian vessel did find a way to keep in touch but there was a good reason why i decided to become a teacher i always wanted to work with children or with people and not just sit at a desk all day but now i work from home and have never see the students i really miss that part of the job and that's why we can't wait for the schools to reopen. maximillian vessel plans to continue offering online lessons in the future but only as a supplement to his real life teaching. britain's coronavirus death toll has risen by almost 400000 in a day because health officials are now including the hospital deaths in the count of the number of deaths in the u.k. attributed to cough it 90 now stands at just over 26000 now includes people who have died in all settings including nursing and care revision means the u.k.

has europe's 2nd highest number of deaths in this pandemic behind me we get more from d.w. correspondent shotor potts in london welcome shelter so why has the u.k. changed its counting methodology. well it's of course a huge number huge jump in one day there so before the department of health which is responsible for the counting had only included those that were affected by cold and died in the hospital not outside in the community or in care homes the government when pressured from journalists about this always said that it was too difficult to include those that died in the communities and in care homes but the pressure was too high and the government needed to change that and that explains this huge jump in numbers and it also shows you how widespread the virus is in the u.k. and how deadly it has been it has really affected here not only the elderly and the

vulnerable but today's death toll for example included a 14 year old boy who sadly died of covert $99.00 she was otherwise healthy. lack of testing in the u.k. there must be warnings that the real figure is even higher than not. yes some say even in the thousands higher so far the government really has turned a blind eye on care homes and we know that the situation is really devastating then nurses and caretakers who are working with the patients has been saying that for weeks now and also the election making themselves protective equipment to to protect themselves but we know that hundreds or thousands might have been dying at care homes and it is not only the department of health that looks at these official death numbers but also the office for national statistics and they have a very different approach to this they say the death toll in the u.k. might stand at this point already at $40000.00 which would include those that just

suspect if 2 have died of covert 19 but they couldn't get tested because mass testing is just not happening at this point in the u.k. . meanwhile the prime minister has announced that he's just become a father again. yes to a healthy baby boy his fiance kerry simmons also healthy gave birth to the boy in a london hospital this morning boris johnson himself was present and returned to downing street to work shortly afterwards being of course very joyous we saw him beaming there in a picture this comes of course after a very difficult months for the couple as boris johnson was in her intensive care when he had contracted the virus himself and his fiance also showed symptoms and was self isolating in their apartment so of course a joyous moment boris johnson now back at work he's saying he will take some short parental leave later this year but not now during this crisis of course shot

a lot of thoughts in london thank you. fans around the world to wait for that same service time to t.v. screens supporters of germicide back are trying to solve what they see as an even bigger problem how do they remain part of the action we're not even 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 la even 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 birds humans can cloud back 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. bankers taken to the stadium. these are guns a pop come of this whole cardboard made 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 glovebox 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. of course that it costs 1000 euros by buying it 3 companies in mention gladbach will be supported to your eyes will be donated to the percy a foundation and 2 euros to help aristotelians 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 and tens of thousands of fans white to join the chorus once more. of france's coronavirus lockdown has made it difficult for people to exercise the hyundai extreme athletes are no exceptions. is a free rider who will usually scales paris's most iconic buildings but now has to stick closer to home. so he said running jumping off onto the broom set up within a mile radius of his apartment 25 year old says he's noticed that the air is a lot fresher above the city of love. brenda gulf will have your light sister worlds not update at the top of the hour i'm going to find out more news on our web site of course that's t w dot com i'm going to.

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