your platform for reliable information. this is news live from berlin corona virus infections in russia skyrocket in the last 24 hours as dorothy's registered more than 10000 new cases of cope with 19 as more and more medics become infected there are fears that hospitals outside of moscow could become overwhelmed also coming up on world press freedom day honors journalists with our annual freedom of speech award the world highlights the

courage and determination of reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the coronavirus pandemic. and looking out for each other during the pandemic. kenya called i've dropped a family gives people who are better off a chance to financially support others lost their income. or welcome to the program despite a strict lockdown across russia the number of coronavirus cases there is rising sharply authorities recorded more than 10000 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total to almost 135000 more than half of the new cases are in moscow there is concern that as the virus spreads russia's medical facilities could be overwhelmed. moscow is entering its 6th week of corona lockdown but

despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped that's not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear many hospital employees and doctors have become infected. until recently russia's official corona count was relatively low but as testing increases so too is the number of confirmed cases in st petersburg last week ambulances were lined up outside hospitals medical staff only admitting suspected corunna patients one by one. the last time we had to wait for 10 hours. from 4 30 pm until 2 30 in the morning. according to the moscow times newspaper many ambulance drivers and paramedics are infected over 100 alone in st petersburg. for several days now

a stun keno television tower has shown this beating heart the thank you to the country's medical professionals officials say 70 doctors and nurses have succumbed to the corona virus across russia. and that spring ended have you correspondent you're a shadow in moscow yury as we've just heard you're experiencing a record one day increase of 10000 new cases in russia why the big job. while the high numbers of new unification see in russia of course sound dramatic and that they are actually dramatic but there is a very simple explanation and that is that the number of tests being carried out in recent weeks russia has really upped its testing efforts apparently it's one of the countries with the highest number of tests worldwide most of the testing is taking place here in moscow which has been the hardest hit by the virus or its recently changed their policy testing people in the beginning you have to to have clear

symptoms and you have to have had contact with someone who had gone out to get tested now it's enough to have a slide to runny nose or other symptoms of a cold you can call the hotline and get a visit from dr askew we'll test you ok and how early russian authorities are reacting. well direction it's a very of course the new numbers of infections and deaths are at least every morning here so with one hand and i'm not excluding my south here you wake up in the morning and get several push notifications with all these frightening numbers but because of the set up for the trend has been going on for days and with new numbers of cases being reported people have also gotten used to it what's a problem for 3 just now is that there is or the law a lot of may holiday's across russia at the moment people usually half bodies and barbecue in big groups and with the weather getting better this will be a really tough test for the russians in south isolation but authorities have taken

additional measures to keep people at home for example the national guard is going to deploy helicopters and drones to monitor the lockdown during the holidays and up until may 11th and moscow's mariya sabean has sat through that 13 security 13000 security forces will be patrolling the city which is a very high number even for moscow and the fact that to the russian prime minister and tested positive for the virus was shocking news that could be a wake up call for some people here ok did you use your e rasha to reporting from moscow thanks for that. time now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world. british prime minister boris johnson has offered more insight into his recent hospitalization for corona virus in an interview he said doctors had been preparing a strategy in case he died johnston spent 3 nights in intensive care during his week of treatment in

a london hospital. greece is moving hundreds of migrants out of an overcrowded refugee camp on the island of lesbos the migrants are seen as vulnerable to the krona virus and will be moved from the morea camp to the mainland the e.u. has called on greece to move who are most at risk from code 90. students in israel returning to school after 50 days at home under coronavirus lot the oldest and youngest are the 1st back remaining classes will return later this month. today's world press freedom day and every year on this stage gives out its freedom of speech award this year at the award highlights journalists who have been persecuted because of their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic we have this closer look now at some of the individuals who are singling out for their courageous reporting. threatened attacked arrested

press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders the corona crisis is giving autocratic regimes a welcome excuse to clamp down even further. they're using the pandemic also to bring pressure on journalists and we see this in china russia and turkey in iran you see around the globe so that these countries which have a very problematic. attitude on press freedom they're using this now to. january 2020 these images was secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist fun been inside a hospital in rouhani the epicenter of the pandemic his reports divorced me from the image of the country portrayed on state television and i was. short while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on the video now there are 8 he. was the most prominent citizen journalist in one han whichever have been viruses right in

front of me are china's criminal prosecutors are behind me i'm not afraid of death do you think i'm afraid of you communist party of china or polly called out well it was gently she's lost video before he disappeared without trace just like fang been his last footage shows police knocking at his door here that our. holiday let me know that i will. bring the world digital years director peter limburg criticized china's blocking of investigations into the viruses origin and a free press would have really helped to to find the reason and at the end would have saved lives of china. in russia where press freedom is strictly curtailed government friendly media outlets have been spreading misinformation about the corona crisis independent journalists are feeling the pressure. elena mulish ina internationally renowned investigative journalist received death threats after reporting on the coronavirus in chechnya allegedly from chechen president ramzan

kadyrov himself the organization reporters without borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on called 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. and you can find out more about all 17 of freedom of speech award laureates on our website at www dot com forward slash freedom. meters sport german football's bid to resume matches has received vocal backing from germany's interior minister horse a offer does have been raised after 3 positive tests for the coronavirus at dundas leader club cologne mark meadows from b.w.

sports is following this story so what did he have to say well he gave an interview to the built newspaper men can actually have a look at what he had to say the the main frost of it he said i find the show jeweled proposed by the german league plausible and i support the restart in may now he is the interior minister but sports also comes under his portfolio is effectively the sports minister so that's a pretty strong thing for him to say and he's pretty much the most senior figure in the german government to come out so positively about a bond as they can restart in may or be it without fans obviously now i think the reason why the government is also sort of behind getting the bundesliga going again is well a because they're worried that clubs will go bankrupt if they don't and b. is the social angle the fact that it will be so important to people in this country and you know if they could do at home in a lockdown they need someone to watch albeit on television so they think they could be some sort of building up of morale if they get the owners into psychological

help exactly and they're also worried if they scrapped the bonus league or this season like they've done in france and the netherlands that they could be some sort of litigation club saying hey that's not fair in a sense it's much more difficult to scrap a season that's 3 quarters of the way through than it is to say scrap a season it's not yet started or of course so they want to sort of finish this season now while they can so will the game start up again as it's new sailing from now on he said to me here it's not that simple is it i mean i must say he gave the interview. before we heard on friday that 2 cologne players and we think one physiotherapist had tested positive for the crown of ours and i'd like to know what horse a horse would say knowing that now there are 3 members of abundance league a squad who have been infected and it's a tricky one because even one cologne player and some politicians are saying hang on why haven't. the whole squad share actually clone of only quarantined these 3 people now colognes say we've been training in small groups there's been very

little chance that other people can have been infected and this is what the the the german league is trying to use small groups and to quarantine when necessary but not wholeheartedly and we have a meeting on wednesday when basically the government and the state premiers are going to discuss with one as it is going to come back. in may the 9th was the original date that's not going to happen may 23rd it's possible it's the last to work for through the talk again wednesday thanks for that mark meadows to do this for us. it's been said that the coronavirus crisis is bringing both the worst and the best people a new initiative in kenya is attesting to the latter residents who are better off have started to financially support families in impoverished areas who are struggling to get by in the lock down. nairobi's compare our neighborhood is home to around a quarter of a 1000000 people many of whom were already impoverished before the corona crisis

hit now things have gone from bad to worse since kenya and post a lockdown on its citizens many residents here have lost their jobs and income like single mother judy when. the and when the disease started we lost our jobs however a good samaritan named monica in 76000 shillings but i used the money to buy food as i am a mother of 3 children i also have a sick parent who depends on me. judy one to go and her children are amongst the beneficiaries of the so called adopt a family initiative which gives better off people the opportunity to support those who would otherwise go hungry to farm with the idea behind adoptive families to link poor families to those that are well off families from the slums often casual libraries who have lost their jobs since the government introduced work from home

missions and social distancing to minimize physical contact social distancing contact with a donation of $15.00 will enable them to afford food for a whole week. to identify families that are eligible for help a monday and a steam conductive vetting process in kibera us their teen neighborhoods families that qualify receive a weekly belcher with the equivalent of 12 year olds. local donors can also choose to send money directly to their adopted families or even deliver food themselves like steve i believe this is my thought for me to pull it off because food is a basic need and it is so painful for somebody to go hungry while i can provide a meal for them. according to the initiatives found the adopt a family scheme has helped around 90 families so far with ambitions to reach a lot more. right now it's a drop in the ocean in impoverished keep era but

a lifeline for those who are receiving it. and you are of course watching. from berlin i'll be back with more news headlines at the top of the hour and meantime you can always head over to our web site deja vue dot com and don't forget to follow us on twitter and instagram and to give you news on this for us from berlin thanks for watching. beyond. the steamers that. whatever it takes to get running.