this is deja vu news live from berlin china raises the alert level following a surge in new covert cases in beijing the capital moves to contain a new outbreak 60 percent of commercial air traffic is grounded schools are closed for a 2nd day now residents are being told not to leave the city we'll go live to our correspondent also coming up researchers in britain say a low cost widely available drug can save the lives of some critically ill covert patients look at how the steroid dexamethasone is saving the lives of patients and

ventilators. and byron munich win their 8th consecutive bonus league a football title the varians crossing the line by beating brain. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today china has counseled more than half of its scheduled commercial flights as the capital beijing struggles to contain a new wave outbreak of the coronavirus schools are closed for a 2nd day a travel ban has been imposed stopping those from leaving high risk areas the new outbreak has been traced to a large wholesale food market tens of thousands of people are now being tested for the virus. building residents thought they'd put this behind them but here they are lining up in the hot sun for corona virus testing after nearly 2 months a new outbreak is causing alarm dozens of cases have been trying to this sprawling

wholesale market it's more than 20 times larger than the work market in will hand where the virus was 1st identified. pictures from state television show the response in the surrounding neighborhood residents here are not allowed to leave or dorothy say they are in wartime mode and they aim to contain the spread this time gaiety has already made its way to other parts of the city. i'm very worried or not i don't know what the situation will be in the future because we are getting much information we don't know if the virus has spread again if it does we should worry. i mentioned it was supposed to be nearly over and then we suddenly get another wave of cases. sports and entertainment then you only residents who have recently tested negative are likely and only if travel

is essential and then short of a full lot done but the world health organization says beijing is doing enough. and it needs to be investigated. exactly what i mean are doing but other provinces are concerned many have imposed quarantine with crime and hundreds from beijing and the country that had declared victory over the coronavirus is forced to confront the ever present risk of other fresh bright. well to britain now where researchers have made a welcome discovery in the fight against covert 19 a low cost widely used antiinflammatory has improved chances of survival for patients seriously ill with a virus it's the 1st treatment to show life saving promise months into the pandemic now the medicine dexamethasone has reduced death spiral a 3rd among patients on ventilators although experts say benefits were not observed and those with milder symptoms. hospital staff are struggling to help severely ill

covered 9000 patients in the u.k. though these images were recorded several weeks ago things like these are still being played out around the world every day brings more deaths. that's now a glimmer of hope the worst hit country in europe is hailing a major breakthrough scientists set up today universities say they have identified the 1st strike that can save the lives of covered 1000 patients next m.f. his own is a widely used steroids and randomized trial showed it reduced death rates by a 3rd in patients on ventilators and by a 5th in patients receiving oxygen. it really is showing quite a significant threats and it's really important because the drug itself is very widely available it's on every pharmacy shelf in every hospital it's available throughout the world and it's extremely cheap so we've looked at the numbers and if

we treat 8 patients in intensive care with this drug. will save one life and the total cost of treating all $8.00 patients is only about 40 pounds 40 pounds is about 50 u.s. dollars the drug works by reducing inflammation in the lungs the study results are still to be peer reviewed but the u.k. lost no time in approving it for use in the country's health service we've been stockpiling it since march so we now have $200000.00 courses that are ready to go and we're working with the n.h.s. so that the n.h.s. standard treatment for covert 19 will include dexamethasone from this afternoon. as a generic drug dexamethasone is readily available to rank the world it's not a cure for covered 19 but with no vaccine yet available and infection rates rising in many parts of the world its potential is welcome news. all new outbreaks in many

parts of the world let's get the latest now on the new outbreak in beijing did amusement is billing and joins us now from the chinese capital good day to you mathias how serious is this new al break where you are. new cases are being found every day until now so the numbers are rising and as long as the numbers are rising that means that we do not know whether the virus is still spreading and this is definitely a serious out break the numbers have surpassed 100 and. this could if there could be many more so now the authorities are really focusing on detecting all these people and a mass testing is underway in the surrounding areas i suppose it will also spread to other places in the city i'm in tears what else is the government doing is the chinese government doing to to contain this outbreak. well the

lockdowns are coming back the lockdowns they had just been lifted 2 weeks ago the emergency level had been lowered all the block posts that hunch or old people that were temperature was measured that restricted access for people who didn't keep did for example not live in the same compound all these are coming back for now they're very strictly enforced in this south western part of the city where the market is here where i live it's me at the center it's still a bit more relaxed but i've seen quite a few new measures being taken during the last few days delivery people were yesterday allowed in my compound they cannot enter today and their travel restrictions now for people who want to leave the city only urgent travel is allowed and people need to test for the coronavirus before they can leave the city and it is how are people responding to the latest on lockdown are they prepared.

people are of course prepared they have been trained with all these measures for month and month but it's hard it's hard to go back when you just feel that you have been released everybody is very unhappy about this outbreak however most people here think that. tough restrictions are necessary to contain the fires and it is building up for us in beijing thanks very much for that. let's get to breathe now some of the other stories making news results reported some $35000.00 new cases its highest since the start of the pandemic a senior official leading the country's virus response says the outbreak is under control brazil's the world's number 2 covered 1000 hotspot after the u.s. . north korea has confirmed that it has blown up an office that was set up to improve relations with south korea the explosion was captured on surveillance video showing young is furious at seoul's failure to stop activists from spreading

leaflets over the border. u.s. lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill on reforming aircraft certification following 2 fatal boeing 737 max crashes the federal aviation authority was accused of being too cozy with boeing during a plane certification measure seek to eliminate the ability of aircraft makers to undo early influence the certification process the $737.00 has been grounded since last year. the trumpet ministration suing former national security adviser john bolton to prevent the release of a new book about his time at the white house the administration says the text contains classified information the publisher calls lawsuit an attempt to block a book deeming unflattering to the president was forced by munich have retained the bundesliga title after a win over better braman gave them an unassailable lead at the top of the table

this is the 8th season in a row the barn have won the german championship let's take a look now at how they confirm their latest crap. buy in and coach hands it was time to wrap up. the reigning champions with by the return of robert lead on. the bench for the visit struggling braman. by and looked like from their opponents from the start off in their attacks like a finishing touch. from braman. great the league leaders. by and we're in for a long night since the rain began lashing down. until just before half time. of the league season put the trying to within touching distance. perfect allowing love until. he does. the 2nd half with uneventful and.

second booking leaving by a man down frame and then they should have had a penalty. about the referee waved away. with time running out manuel neuer came to the rescue to secure the win felt by him and with it. many of the players it was just the light of many championship so. it was there. and while the rest of the league may be tired of watching it and are celebrating once again. and joining me now in the studios johnson crane from d.w. sports good to see johnson it sounds very familiar doesn't it another stroll to the trophy for byron how easy was it for them well it might look like it was easy but that doesn't really tell the whole story brian in all kinds of trouble at the end

of last year in november they lost $51.00 and i tracked frank fred in that sort of then coach nick carr kovacs fires he was replaced by hand safely but even then the time around wasn't completely at one point by him was 7 points off the top of the table behind leaders bersih much glad back at the time but what slick has done is he's made the team look like a team they started actually playing together playing attractive attacking football and to be blunt other teams just couldn't keep up went by and kept on winning who are some of the key figures in their later latest romp to the. 3 or to start with. the goal scorer last night he won the gold now this season that's a new best for him he seems to get better and better but i think a lot of the credit does have to go to the coach. really has kind of the team around they were all kinds of trouble when he took over we can see is recalled that when rates of 90 percent he's made it back to his time as a coach and even pep guardiola they've taken 58 points from

a possible 66 in the league and not only that he's improved the play is that by an already had i think he's a real good manager for example alfonso davis is flourishing really really good prospects and some like thomas miller who looked like he was maybe on his way out and. he's been given a new lease of life on the flick i think we can hear from those 2 players now about by an incredible run only. seek their best. on and live on in. the rest of the games we won and. played brilliant today maybe he needs a break next week. 8 years one champion does that change next season well i mean it's going to be difficult because we're already started season as favorites. season of look good i think if they can keep a lot of that talented players together they can be a threat brissie dortmund of also improved

a bit hole and came in in general strike is there at least now i don't want to have a full season with him but by really all the teams to beat i think when they win the few weeks ago it was a sign that they just are that level above it's very difficult when they keep they have the ability really brian to keep churning out victories. leipzig you're not mentioning them i mean like that again they've kind of way towards the end of the season i think just by and they are still on for a treble they still could win the german cup they can still win the champions they and was incredible as were talking about football months ago with the coronavirus we didn't even know if it was going to be and i think that's a testament to the burden is legal that they have already crowned their champions when england's premier league doesn't even restarted yet incredible johnson thanks very much from the sports scores today. if you're a modern elf our top story at this hour. as council more than 400 flights closed schools for a 2nd day now as it struggles to contain a new outbreak of the crown of ours these new cases have been linked to a wholesale food market in the capital. this is the interview news live

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