you save everybody. is there is a safe. to say. this is the w. news live from berlin more than half a 1000000 germans find themselves back under lockdown health officials conducted mass testing in west german towns targeted by a lockdown on the outbreak throws summer travel plans into doubt across the region also coming up. russia marks a special victory day with a display of military muscle pushing aside pandemic concerns that have delayed the

parade last months for the public vote on constitutional reforms tomorrow has to do with today's celebrations. and a new highway in cairo has turned this man's dream apartment into a nightmare how did this project get the green light. and got out of his work on the program health officials in the german state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting mass coronavirus testing and reimposed lockdown measures on more than 640000 people the decision follows a major spike in bias infections at a meat processing plant in the region some 1500 workers of the 10 years slaughterhouse have tested positive for covert 19 now all. residents of the

beautiful and districts are subject to coronavirus restrictions. waiting for a coronavirus cast out side the public health office include a slow. calm friday summer vacation begins across north rhine-westphalia. and negative test result could mean not having to cancel holiday plans. you basically we're here to try and save our holiday. we would really like to go to ideally with a negative task result that we can present at the border if it wanted to prove we don't have corona. even within germany some travel restrictions already apply the very air will only admit holidaymakers from the affected districts under certain conditions. we have to ensure we with the level of overall security for everyone for bavarians for the many holiday guests here and also for the guests from good. residents of good as

low and violent off will only be allowed to travel to bavaria if they can prove a negative coronavirus tast other states are also planning restrictions germany's regional health ministers will attempt to agree uniform measures for all 16 federal states in the meantime the state premier of north rhine-westphalia says going on holidays should be possible for those with a negative test would you have asked us what to expect from the other federal states including northern germany is that we can arrive at the right measures here and that we are able to act together to deal with this crisis. well reporter i mean a safe is outside a coronavirus testing center in does the which is in that area so i mean what's the situation like there. right the building behind me is actually a community college but school is not in session they've turned this into a makeshift coronavirus testing center the authorities announced that everybody and

due to slow can get tested for free but this is the only center they provided and as you can see a massive line has formed here it starts around the corner several 100 meters and then continues down the street for another several 100 meters countless people in line can't even see the end from where i'm standing we've talked to several families we talked to one family who was at the beginning of the line they said they came out here at 7 in the morning and there was already several 100 people standing there they had heard the announcement that they could get tested for free so they came out here as early as possible and they're still worried that they're not going to get to the end of the line and as for people who are all the way at the back the question really remains is there enough capacity here to test up to 200000 people who live in this district. i mean this is a localized outbreak but it's captured the whole conference attention how are people reacting elsewhere. well that's exactly why so many people want to get

tested because several german states have basically closed their borders to vacationers from this district no summer vacation begins next week a lot of people in line here want to go on holiday and bavaria for example and whole stein mecklenburg west pomerania have all said that visitors from this district are not welcome in some areas though if you provide a negative coronavirus test then you can stay at hotels for example in the area austria is also among one of the countries that has banned vacationers from. going to slow district and bombed off districts so a lot of people standing in line here want to get their negative test so that tomorrow saturday. next week they can go on their vacations i understand there's also a similar smaller outbreak on the way at a poultry plant in the northwest of germany tell us more about that.

that's right and this housing that's northwest of here separate outbreak at a poultry plant has been $23.00 people have tested positive but that's only out of 50 people who are tested so the plant is going to test all of its $1100.00 workers but this really just brings a lot of houses into the spotlight german authorities had known about the dangers for a while they passed a law to ban outsourcing of labor so that they can bring this more under control have a little bit more insight into how workers are being treated there but there's other voices demanding that some action be taken now this poultry plant even though they have positive cases they've isolated them and they're continuing work but some people are demanding that this really comes under focus here that somebody does something about the spreading of viruses at slaughterhouses so that a situation like this can be avoided. i mean to see if in fact you.

and here are some of the other developments in the pandemic deaths and latin america and the caribbean now exceed $100000.00 australia recorded its 1st a virus related fatality in a month after an 80 year old man died in the state of victoria the e.u. may ban travelers from the u.s. brazil and russia when it reopens its external borders that's according to a report in the new york times and tokyo says it expects a large number of new cases after a virus cluster was discovered in an office building that for united states is also seeing a new surge of corona virus infections across a large part of the country that's according to the top u.s. infectious disease experts the he says the next 2 weeks will be critical to the country's ability to manage the new cases his warning comes as political polarization competes with for attention with public health advice. u.s. president donald trump was back on stage on wednesday. to secure the support of

voters in arizona no topic was taboo even if it included racist slurs it's got all different names. hans was catching on. coronavirus street. kung fu. covert 19 is now infected more than 2300000 people in the u.s. and killed more than 120000 trump said the numbers with the result of the testing we're testing show much we're now up to 27500000 tests when you have all those test you have more cases so the discovers that there are more cases we want to do testing we want to do everything but they use it to make us look bad he was speaking as our zona texas and nevada set single day records for new cases on tuesday while other states including louisiana and south carolina have also

reported warring surges senior health officials have confirmed widespread testing will continue. the to my knowledge none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerard not only testing to specifically identify people in the identify isolating contact trace but also much more surveillance state governments have also begun to ramp up other precautions washington will soon join several states including california in requiring people to wear facial coverings in public as the economy reopens but testing remains a primary defense against the virus with u.s. experts saying the current number of tests would need to be doubled to control the spread. tonneau for a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world french pharmaceutical companies i know she expects approval for

a covert 19 vaccine in the 1st half of next year sanofi its program is one of dozens sprinting to deliver a vaccine to help end the coronavirus pandemic. heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in parts of eastern and central china more than $200.00 hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were flooded in eastern unholy private province in central hunan the rains bridge dams and displaced some 60000 people russia's president vladimir putin says the world owes the former soviet union a debt of gratitude for its contribution to the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 it was speaking at a major military parade in moscow marking 75 years since the end of the war the parade was originally scheduled for may the 9th but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic the kremlin dismissed criticism that it is irresponsible to go ahead with it now saying infections in moscow other climbing. well

the w. russia correspondent demolition and house been following the parade today here's an update she sent us from moscow's red square all the 14000 troops marching across the great clarity. and had their temperature is taken to ensure that they don't have a. player that reporting that they can relate are a. few. 1000 new. russia every day but it really didn't right here where. russia is holding. on your constitutional amendment that could keep the president in power for 2 more terms until 2036 so it's clear that for the kremlin it's very important to be. on the show been reporting that. now to egypt with a group of residents in the capital cairo fighting against construction that will

bring hundreds of thousands of cars just outside their front doors the government says the new highway is necessary to improve life in the crowded city and the apartments were built illegally attorneys and neighbors say the government's in the wrong. the view is certainly unusual but it's not something allah fahim can enjoy the government is building a full lane highway overpass just 50 centimeters from his balcony. soon 750000 cars and trucks will be whizzing past his home every day the 55 year old jokes about opening a snack bar in reality it's no laughing matter. for serbia. i find it depressing they didn't give us any warning they started building without informing me. it's hit me really hard resent glimmers of the morgue the concrete

monstrosity cuts right through a residential quarter of cairo a middle class area home to doctors lawyers and office workers and a few small shops. they started building in september the highway is designed to connect the south of the capital with the north it's a prestige project for the government but most residents had no idea it was coming they bought their apartments for up to 50000 euros in egypt that's a lot. in the soil my apartment is now under the overpass it's cut off my sunlight and my air it's made the apartment practically worthless and i've got 2 kids in kindergarten and primary school soon they'll have to breathe in exhaust fumes and be exposed to constant horn honking every day that will kill them but no one seems to care about the health life or future of the children the well head how

long that will how will you know is there issue for you as a player hey cairo is a crowded and congested city endless traffic jams are the order of the day in the mega metropolis building projects like the new highway i'm meant to bring relief the government says individual interests must take a backseat. but ways events are not giving up easily some egg is representing $150.00 plaintiffs from the area and he's putting up a fight with little that it's not fair and it's unacceptable we're going to sue the government the amount they're offering in compensation is totally inadequate and the balcony used to be his favorite place quiet with a nice view soon he will have to seek sanctuary from the onslaught of traffic indoors. news here's

a reminder of all the top story at this hour testing is on the way in the german state of north rhine-westphalia authorities reintroduced strict lockdown measures in 2 districts that after a major spike in infections. processing. that's it for now from me and the new seema be back at the top of the hour with an update and of course there's more news on the web site e.w. dot com is that. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona update.

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