this is the dozen years live from berlin germany announces new measures for dealing with the coronavirus that's as the country's health minister warns the virus will be here for a long time to come in preparation orders of flu vaccines have been increased to prevent a double whammy viral hit just fall also coming up. britain's coronavirus death toll jumped almost $4500.00 in one day but is that increase the result of worsening crisis or simply a switch in statistics. and british fund raising hero captain tom celebrates his

500th birthday just days after completing a record breaking try to walk to raise money for health care workers battling the coronavirus. i'm told me a lot of boy it's good to have you with us we begin with a stark warning from germany's health minister he says there'll be no swift end to the coronavirus pandemic as a result germany is introducing new measures for dealing with the virus long term including more testing and stocking up on additional flu vaccines to prevent a wave of double infections in the fall. 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 spawns 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. refillable knisley 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 got to get to. work on an anti covert 900 vaccine in germany has meanwhile taken a step forward mind 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 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 pardon me because. protesters and pressure groups meanwhile are 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. now

reopening economies and schools is of course uncharted territory for policymakers in this pandemic let's take another look at the graph we saw in that report if we could bring it up again and we see new infections in germany initially rising and only seeming to start falling once the country schools are shut and then it's been mostly downhill since then. so doesn't reopening schools pose a big risk as what we are asked chief political correspondent melinda crane. 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 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 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. corona virus crisis is also hitting germany's economy with full force the government predicts this year will be the worst in its history g.d.p. falling even further than during the global financial crisis but as a at least some hope or better 2021. the german economy minister has nothing but doman gleam to offer on wednesday the global knock down because of the coronavirus pandemic has left a trail of destruction german exports are predicted to slump by 11 and a half percent this year. the german economy has been struck hard both internationally and domestically. we believe that this year the german economy will shrink by 6.3 percent. and its own 6 ports and. the a now is to preserve the very fabric of the german economy requiring billions of

euros of investment from government coffers he sat among the proposals on the table our premium on new car purchases. while easing lockdown restrictions will help restart the economy there is no quick fix. we will see a gradual relaxation of restrictions we hope that the data we receive in coming days will permit us to do this but even so we will not be able to revive the entire economy at once. ex-pats think the crisis will bottom out in the 2nd quarter and then things should start to pick up but the economy minister says it will be 2022 before we see germany's economy functioning preclear on a virus levels again. and it's a similar story in the u.s. which has seen its biggest quarterly dip since the global financial crisis 12 years ago the u.s. economy shrank by 4.8 percent during the 1st 3 months of the year as the

coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll with much of the country shut down during the last 2 weeks of march columnist estimate nearly 30000000 americans have lost their jobs since the crisis began the drop in g.d.p. as the u.s. longest of a period of economic expansion. now for brix look at some other stories making headlines around the world despite a coronavirus lockdown protesters took to the streets of tripoli in lebanon for the 3rd night in a role and clashed with soldiers the country's in a deep economic crisis and this latest wave of unrest comes after a further plunge of the national currency. a fire at a warehouse in south korea has killed at least $38.00 people and left another 10 injured the blaze broke out in the city of engine some 50 kilometers south of the capital seoul an explosion in the basement is believed to have triggered the fire.

boeing says it plans to cut production and shed 10 percent of its workforce around $16000.00 people a u.s. plane maker says the aviation market is frozen because of the coronavirus pandemic it posted a 6466 $141000000.00 loss for the 1st quarter of the year and its european rival airbus said it lost $550000000.00 during the same period. bollywood star and can has died at the age of 53 indian born actor became internationally known through his roles in the film slumdog millionaire and life of pi in 2018 he announced he had been diagnosed with cancer he died in a hospital in mumbai britain's coronavirus death toll has risen by almost 4500 in one day because health officials are now including deaths outside of hospitals in the count the total number of deaths in the u.k. attributed to covert 19 now stands at just over $26000.00 and includes people who

have died in all settings including nursing and care homes the revision means the u.k. now has the world's 3rd highest death toll after the u.s. and italy earlier we spoke to d.w. correspondent charlotte who posts in london and asked her why the u.k. has changed the way it's reporting coronavirus deaths. well the government came under intense pressure in the last weeks just hearing what was going on in care homes and across the communities that people were dying there but that those deaths were recorded as death so finally the government today gave in to that pressure and decided to publish these new numbers and they really paint a more true picture of what is going on inside this country inside the united kingdom how far this virus has really spread and how deadly it has been these numbers suggesting that not only vulnerable and older people are affected here and

dying but also for example today this death toll included a 14 year old otherwise healthy boy the government has just not done testing outside of the hospitals up to this week which means that those deaths that were not tested positive for cope at 19 in the community or in care homes not recorded and officially named as so experts and nurses and that the care homes saying that people are dying in the hundreds and thousands and that the numbers are much much higher and the office for national statistics another government body you takes care of the death count here in the united kingdom suggesting even that the u.k. death toll is now at $40000.00 which would of course make it the most affected country in europe. staying in the u.k. some hot warming news now as world war 2 veteran captain tom moore celebrates his

100th birthday upton tom has become a big can of hope after completing a record breaking charge you walk around his own garden to raise money for britain's national health service needless to say his many fans around the world didn't want to miss out on the chance to wish him well this very special take a look. a flood of birthday wishes. it's the most amazing outpouring of love for a great man the captain told me i think it's called the hearts of everybody in this country and this is what it looks like really we've we've had 125000 cards in the last week and a bit. this centenarian being celebrated as captain tom moore he's famously completed 100 laps of his garden with the help of his walking frame and in doing so raised more than 27000000 pounds to support britain's national health service

during the coronavirus outbreak crutchfield. right here in america and they were kept in terms aim was to raise just a 1000 pounds with this charity walk but his humble mission became an unexpected hit as people tuned in from across the globe to watch his progress online. if you'll believe that they will listen and to give a source of money to the nothing. having raised more donations than any charity walk in history he's even earned himself a spot in the guinness book of world records if we as a country can show the same spirit of optimism and energy shown by captain told more he turns 100 this week and i have absolutely no doubt that we will beat it together we will come through this all the faster. while politicians athletes

and stars are jumping at the opportunity to applaud the captain's initiative his donations have already enabled the opening of a brand new $500.00 bed hospital facility in yorkshire leaving little doubt that there is nothing a 100 year old with a strong sense of solidarity and a sturdy walking frame can do. well that coronavirus lockdown in france has made it difficult for many to exercise even extreme athletes are having to learn to adjust simón nogueira is a free run a full usually skilled the most famous buildings in paris but he's now limited to taking 2 roofs that are within 2 kilometers off his apartment a 25 year old says he's noticed that the as a lot fresher now that there is less traffic. because. you're watching d.w.

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