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struggle to evacuate tens of thousands of people expected to cross. as a pool. and. distress as they fight over 19 mexico city hospital. it's good to have you with us germany's economy has taken its hardest hit since the 2009 financial crisis contracting 2.2 percent in the last quarter. destructions closed shops and restaurants wiped out and sent manufacturing into a tailspin and the government says before any recovery takes hold there's more pain ahead. germany's g.d.p. data is doomy even if slowly but surely the lights of the economy are being turned

on again. folks like the country's biggest carmaker opened its main votes for a plant a few weeks ago and despite distancing measures is edging towards full capacity. as well as manufacturing the services sector is returning to normal hairdressers opened last week well it's even possible now to meet friends for beer again some cafes and bars open their outdoors areas. while that suggests some hope a lot of damage has been done the german g.d.p. 1st quarter fall of 2.2 percent is a dramatic drop after years of relative stability it also means germany has now officially entered recession with 2 successive quarterly falls and the 3rd quarter will be much worse although the drop is sharp it's not as bad as analysts feared and it's better than most eurozone countries where lockdowns have been longer and deeper although that is not necessarily

a consolation for the german government given the state of the european economy as a whole. was. equal with this for the i believe that it would be very very very important for the revival of the german economy that the european economy is recovering to its full capacity because we are dependent on suppliers all over europe we are dependent on exports all over your calls it is in our own best interest that we all do the. statistics. with berlin's tourist hot spots still eerily quiet due to travel restrictions it's a reminder that things won't fully get better anywhere in europe until they get better everywhere let's take you to frankfurt where our correspondent joe to delineate is standing by chelsea it's the steepest contraction since the financial crisis is a bit in many ways a contraction was expected wasn't it. it certainly was expected all of the

data that we've gotten for the 1st 3 months of the year has shown just in absolute devastation across the german economy exports industrial production service sector activity for restaurants hotels retail all has really suggested a steep contraction what is a surprise from the state is that germany is now officially in recession a lot of a lot of economists had not expected that until later in the year but as part of this this new data that came out today the government actually revised the 4th quarter down so now it germany has has arrived in recession quicker than people had expected. how much was going to get in the quarters ahead it's certainly going to get worse economists expect this current quarter the 2nd quarter to really be the low point for the german economy there are a lot of estimates the consensus is really for contraction around 10 percent a lot of economists do expect the economy to bounce back as the economy reopens as

people get back to work and back to factories but there is overhanging question of demand will people really be ready to get back into the economy so that's obviously going to impact the way forward jumps or just in comparison with other countries. is germany situation well that's really been the takeaway of of today is germany is fairing a lot better than a lot of its european neighbors and the united states as well france italy spain all have contractions of around 6 percent so germany is really benefiting a from the fact that it didn't have to have such a long and severe. lock down but it also has put a lot of effort into to stimulating the economy and to keeping people from losing their jobs and businesses from going under so that also is helping cushion the blow job to do any think you very much for the. let's not have

a look at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic around the world the johns hopkins university says the global death toll has topped 300000 that a more than full point 4000000 confirmed cases worldwide south sudan has just at its fast deaths from the coronavirus takis death toll from govan $1000.00 has now passed $4000.00 and slovenia has called an official end to its pandemic becoming the fast european country to do so. a typhoon has slammed into the eastern philippines as authorities struggle to accurate hundreds of thousands of people but many of the emergency shelters are overcrowded with no means of social distancing and without proper safety gear against a coronavirus. is expected to sweep across densely populated areas before exiting in the north sunday. is packing powerful sustained winds of up to 150 kilometers per hour the typhoon has devastated parts of the country and

it's putting millions of lives at risk because of the coronavirus pandemic areas hit by the typhoon are under lockdown and people are trying to stay at home to avoid infection. the authorities have evacuated around $200000.00 people they now face contracting the virus at overcrowded imagines the shelters due to social distancing measures the shelters can only accept half their capacity and people have to wear face masks but not everyone has one and many are trying their best to keep safe. and now we have a lack of supplies to face masks that's why we have started to make our own once the spread of the virus. typhoons are a common occurrence in the philippines but this time the corona virus outbreak has made the threat even worse the national weather agency warns of potential flooding and landslides in the coming days. and.

already ravaged several islands of the philippines how bad is the damage. paresh government officials that i spoke to told me that managing a typhoon in the middle of a pandemic is an absolute nightmare we've seen the photos from the provinces where the typhoon 1st made landfall and we saw thousands of people whose houses were just flat and by the by the very strong winds now these are the same people who have been evacuated into temporary shelters that are overcrowded and where sanitation is already very challenging now what's going to happen to them after the typhoon is the big question and they won't have homes to go home to where they can self isolate or quarantine their she's are the people that are caught between surviving as a fool and surviving a raging pandemic as you mentioned and of this is

a typhoon in the middle of soprano about to spend demick and people managing. government resources are very much overstretched and manpower and they're also very fatigued it's been 2 months since we've had a lockdown so it's been very very difficult on the side of government and also the support and also on the side of the people of the bearing down on emotional toil of the lockdown but now really heightens all of this is the faithful when people are cramped and evacuation centers where the things that are supposed to protect you from 1000 infections like social distancing and sanitation are notoriously difficult to to reinforce to enforce and implemented so that brings another danger of preventing a surge of infections after the typhoon is over and when people are allowed to go to leave the evacuation centers is especially since in some of the provinces there

were very low transmission rates in the 1st place and we were just starting to see lockdown measures lifted as the economy tries to go back to normal and the typhoon is forecast to hit near the competent and then later today over only 2 moral what are the preparations in the city. there's been massive preemptive evacuations also in manila and this is a major watch point for authorities over half of all of the coven $1000.00 infections are found in manila and in the neighboring cities and that's basically because many less so densely populated so the overcrowded situation that you see in the evacuation centers is what you see in manila and so now authorities will have to make sure that the manila doesn't turn into a petri dish for the covert 1000 inspections moving forward after the typhoon and sometimes in manila thank you very much for that. now let's take

a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world sudden torrential rainfall has caused the river to overflow in northern milan the flooding overnight led to black oh in some areas well houses and basements but inundated in one part of the city the waters rose 86 centimeters in just 10 minutes authorities have now begun operations. face been an explosion of the chemicals plant at an industrial zone in venice a local newspaper reported one worker had been injured in the blast authorities have told people to stay inside and close doors and windows because of thick black smoke billowing into the air. germany's bundestag kicks off again this weekend it's the 1st major european football league to resume play since covert $1000.00 destructions suspend of the current season in early march but the matches will be played in front of empty stands one of the

matches is the ruler dobby between one of the fiercest rivalries in german sucka and. lost fans what it will be like being barred from entering the stadium. this time everything is different the dog main stadium an empty cell section no fans in no emotions the prestigious darby between men and shelter has turned into a ghost kay not a 4 nor did you feel i want i know hundreds of people there in the south section and you miss them you look forward to the game for weeks and you go there. and drink a beer. and now nothing without fans is like having sex on your own 6 along. in his life time bruno records has only missed 4 home games of his beloved dog he experienced his 1st dog minshull to darby 51 years ago so missing out now especially hurts. one comes on for me to number you just can't change it i'm sad

and i don't know what i'll do on saturday if the weather's good i'll probably go for a walk this season is over for mange with domains opponents show everything is also different the shelter fan club distiller has only a few guests and to prevent fans from cheering too closely to one another at a shelter goal the pubs owner might not show the darby on t.v. but there is still a bit of anticipation. in. the army is always highly emotional i don't sleep leading up to it and then what happens on saturday at 330 i don't know so well freak out then anyway but we have to keep our distance it's very important starts on tuesday. the fans are looking forward to the 1st ghost darby in football history with mixed feelings but they all agree on one thing a darby without fans has no real value. health care workers and

others are suffering severe stress from their work fighting over 191 hospital in mexico has taken on a special new employee whose mission is to help relieve that stress. preparing to work on the front lines and during a pandemic you can never be too careful. mate holly the 3 year old pug who works 2 hours a day at a mexican hospital to help raise spirits among health care workers cycled by his commandement their money getting some colleagues want to carry harley or play with him right away we have to consider the long lasting deprivation of physical contact most it's significant especially for staff on the frontlines even segregated themselves from their own families to avoid the possibility of infection. hollies i know lissie is says she's surprised by all the smiles hollies brought out of the health care workers treating patients with covert 19. even. has. been an

important buffer against all kinds of stress psychological mental and emotional as we as health professionals experience on a daily basis. during the long grueling days of work in the crown of our section of this hospital pipe so high that little holly can bring some polls to to take. a doggone good idea. this is need of a news more news and updates on it up to dot com i'm going to see you in 45. combating the pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. from the covert 19 special next on d w. houser virus. why do we have it

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