this is. from berlin tonight a warning from germany there will be no quick and easy end to the corona virus pandemic germany's health minister today said the country and the world will be dealing with the virus for a long time to come in preparation orders of flu vaccines have been increased to prevent a double whammy of viral hit in the fall also coming up it is real the pandemic has forced reason walked in political partners to finally form a government will it last i'll ask the former head of israel's national security

council plus britain's coronavirus death toll jumps 5 almost 4500 in just one day but. they've changed the statistic including non hospital deaths as well. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us germany's health minister has warned that the country faces a long haul before the coronavirus pandemic is over yet spawn says that the government is taking the precaution of buying more flu vaccines than usual to avoid a wave of infections that would bring extra pressure on the health care system later this year even then germany's health system will probably still be coping with the corona crisis. the latest figures from the whole bad cop 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 you've got 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 his global travel ban until mid june foreign minister said the curate needed to find a coordinated approach. over the last 4 weeks we brought 240000 tourists from all over the wild 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 talking with fighting the pandemic here and another country pub to me because i'm from but once i'm in i'm at a minimum by target. protesters and pressure groups meanwhile edging 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. its own people in israel have been celebrating independence day which marks the creation of the state back in 1948 but the usually festive occasion was muted by israel's coronavirus walk down the pandemic has actually had an impact on politics in israel since it forced reluctant partners benjamin netanyahu and bibi guns to form a coalition government at least in part to deal with the pandemic meanwhile people in israel are wondering when restrictions on their daily lives will start to be eased. so there are no customers but i slung keeps the place ready for guests and how 6 weeks ago she had to close the pam lease restaurant in the kibbutz just outside of jerusalem because of the cope with 19 pandemic says she supports the

overall handling of the health crisis by the government led by benyamin netanyahu but she thinks 3 me worried about her family's life the hood. the. weekly that after a month and a half of lockdown we are still completely closed except for deliveries and take away. but that is just a drop in the ocean. independent business is a very much on edge not knowing if we are going to survive. that of all that. every morning daniela and her husband prepare pizza to take away this very government is taking steps to reopen the economy and allow some businesses to start operating again the us lance can see a clear path out of this crisis that many other israelis but there is no exit strategy that is being presented to the public ok no one here say ok if we going to

be under you know 200 mill. people who are infected we're going to open up these and that and the other way we're going to close these and that how about course what the what if you know what what is the program what is it what what if what if their work flow the kimono virus pandemic came the midst of deep political crisis in israel 3 elections with the needy approved inconclusive only last week benyamin netanyahu signed a coalition agreement with his former rival benny gantz to form a national emergency government with netanyahu as prime minister. is very long serving prime minister has been credited with quickly imposing strict measures like travel restrictions and defacto closing israel's borders at the beginning of the crisis. but now the public debate has shifted to the economic impact of the knock down a clearance sale at a small neighborhood shop in tel aviv closing down because of virus it says on this

winter unemployment has risen from 4 to over 25 percent. i don't think. they're clear about where they're going it seems like they're doing everything. very spontaneously and without a lot of stuff behind the lead that they are shocked that markets are in my opinion the government is stressing aside to bit too much. they could give a small freedom because people are keeping to the restriction and the same french women in my lungs. in many other countries these are troubling times than is around in the long term politician few will be measured by their response to the house and economic issues surrounding the kuvo never have is. israel in the pandemic to talk about that i'm joined tonight by giora eiland a retired major general of the israel defense forces and former head of israel's

national security council general island it's good to have you on the program let me get your take on this did it take a virus and a pandemic to make a new government possible in israel. to a certain extent the answer is is that this is the excuse that is presented by both of these books about this is that can start this coalition government although so far they said almost nothing about the crisis and i don't think that this is the main reason or i don't think that they can be helpful but we did reach such ernster nation and then lo and the the word of probably only 2 options number one is to go to another election full time to heal and the other one was to fold this coalition government and probably this 2nd option of was. a

little better than the other but this is not the inquisition this is a marriage there's no love and no trust between both sides and i don't know childer they're capable to work together in no the fix something to be there to be fixed in israel due to the damage the call now that it was close but this isn't a good question formally didn't know the coalition government is not in phone there are still some discussions about. the wait to see whether it is the find of the season of no. general arlen that you have doubts that this coalition government will last do you think it's dead on arrival. most people don't believe that it will last a plea ears as as a read because of the conflict to be able son and the lack of trust there very very opposite interest line during the crisis. we will see

which crisis exactly will be the one that will. close to the collapse of this they go to them and about many people a lot of domestic about and as i said even if the devil begins to go. the complexity of that it would be the leading. my created completes the nation because no decision can be made because of each side it is. so careful and so suspicious of the gods of the intent of the other side of the children that it wouldn't be able even to the video as something that would say that my quote of the people is legit and a bottle of it is that is one thing that is clear like no is going to be the biggest government in this there is a 36 minutes which is lowest double the he'd done nice is only do satisfy some kind of political interest and of course most of the people

in it is a lot of but that is because everybody understands that we're going to suffer from a bit of the. economy crisis because of the goal of the virus and the god of it behaves as if they leave in a different world well what world are they living in general i remember when we were looking at these 3 election campaigns we always heard guns say that he would never serve he would never rule or govern with an indicted prime minister benjamin netanyahu and yet that is exactly what he has agreed to do now that doesn't sound like a strong glue holding any type of government together. i tend to agree with the way that you put it and it is not only that they have specific personal and claims against it and l. the main claim of guns bobbie is that. netanyahu led to israel to leave in

a period of go for completed their corruption and if they continue to work with me even in a way that gives legitimacy to something that was the main for leg they used to laze until 2 or 3 weeks ago so not many people trust the really on this by saying the time is done to work together because of the goal of others especially when the leaders of this. gods and other colleagues never said anything above 0 never said any idea or he then the laughter to take. the slow civility of the ministry of. neutral that any of the sides here is really sincere in his ill intent ok and as i said we are going to do 2 very sick period that we never had in the bus just one a lot about the economy we are going to face probably decrease of about 6 percent

of the gross of the g.d.p. and minus the negative blows for the 1st time of the state of peace yeah and this is something that the consequences i'm going to be so severe and i'm not sure that this government will be able to cope with such a very severe and challenging needs you know that is definitely a dire prediction that you're making there general island we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you very much my pleasure within it. well britain's coronavirus death toll has risen by almost $4500.00 in just one day because health officials are now including non-hospital deaths in the callup as well the total number of deaths in the u.k. attributed to cope with 19 l. stands at just over 26000 and includes people who have died in all settings including nursing in care homes the revision means the u.k. has europe's 2nd highest number of deaths in this pandemic behind italy.

are let's pull in our correspondent to auto parts she's on the story for us tonight in london good evening to usual why has the u.k. changed the statistics here it's counting methodology well the government came under a lot of pressure frankly to publish those numbers of how many people have died in care homes and in the community we've heard from experts from can take us themselves that the numbers were in the hundreds maybe even thousands and now the government had to give in to that pressure by journalists but actually the real number might be even higher because testing is just not done outside the hospitals at the moment and the office of national statistics at the moment suggests that it might be 40 at $40000.00 at the moment which would of course put the u.k. having the highest death toll in all of europe already don't you show other parts

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