another. democracy of the global church july 1st on t w. this is d w news live from berlin more than half a 1000000 germans are under lockdown again mass testing is on the way in western german towns linked to a new coronavirus outbreak the freshness fictions have led to clashes with some residents locked behind wire fences and the police presence to enforce the rules also coming up deadly flooding and mudslides hit parts of china forcing tens of

thousands of people to flee to safety rescuers are racing to save lives and forecasters are warning that more heavy rain could be in store. russia marks a special victory day with a display of military muscle pushing aside pandemic concerns that have delayed the parade last month we look at what a public vote on constitutional reforms tomorrow that's do with the day celebrations. as welcome to the program health officials in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting mass corona virus testing have reimposed lockdown measures on more than 640000 residents the decision follows a big spike in virus infections at a meat processing plant some 1500 workers of the 10 years slaughterhouse have

tested positive for covert 19 germany also faces fresh outbreaks in other cities just as the summer travel season gets underway. waiting for a coronavirus test in. come friday summer vacation begins here in north rhine-westphalia it's germany's most densely populated state and a negative test could be a ticket to paradise. who. 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 the proof we don't have corona. the mass testing comes after a massive corona virus outbreak at tunis slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contract it covered 19 dire living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living here moved out just 2 weeks ago. a specific situation with

the geographical spread of the locations and also the international nature of the tenures work force mean that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic risk. similar cluster infections have also sprung up in housing blocks and getting in in central germany clashes broke out between quarantine residents and police balance noise district has also been affected confining society's most vulnerable to crunch living space as a result the hotspots have caused the reproduction rate in germany to skyrocket to 2.76 but because the overall number of new cases remains low public health officials say concern is limited but. here in our country and if we give the chance to spread then we'll take this opportunity which we can see in the current outbreaks. elsewhere in germany the slow return to normality can be deceiving with most of the country enjoying the summer weather but the lock down in law is

a reminder that the corvette 19 pandemic is far from over with a bumpy ride ahead. has been covering the lockdown and does little he gave us an update on the situation that 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 gear 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 now 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 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 underway at a poultry plant in the northwest of germany tell us more about that. that's right in this house and that's northwest of here separate outbreak at a poultry plant has in 23 people have tested positive but that's only out of 50 people who were tested so that plant is going to test all of its $1100.00 workers but this really just brings a slaughterhouses into the spotlight german authorities have 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 to 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. you know use a mirror to see if in peter's low thank you. so look some of the other developments in the pandemic india has registered 16000 new cases its highest daily increase yet the government has called in the army to manage new treatment facilities in delhi coronavirus death in latin america and the caribbean now exceed 100000 the e.u. may ban travelers from the u.s. brazil and russia when it reopens it its external borders according to reports in the new york times australia has recorded its 1st virus related fatality in a month after an 80 year old man died in the state of victoria. heavy rain

storms have led to severe flooding in parts of china where thousands of people have had to flee to safety at least 3 people are reported to have died in the disaster rescuers are still searching for survivors who may be trapped in the water. waist deep in water for up to 8 hours at a time emergency teams like this one have been working for days to rescue people from floodwaters. in east china's and why a rain triggered landslides clogged the spillway of a dam causing a surge of water of nearly 10 manges hundreds of homes and more than 200 hectares of farmland in the town were flooded but the main cause of such a breach was piping we have dozens of dams of bigger small pipings like this now town and we are now fixing every one of them as fast as we can get in central china's hu bay and none more than 60000 people have been displaced as ceaseless

rain has pummeled the provinces since monday the water has also damaged buildings roads and crops in a number of other villages and towns in the country southwest rescue is and residents alike have no choice but to keep battling the seasonal flooding until the rain stops. tarnower for a look at some of the other stories from around the world pakistan's aviation minister says human error was to blame for last month's crash in karate that killed 97 people the bus a 320 plunged into a residential district near the airport while attempting to land the initial report on the disaster says the pilots were distracted as they talked about the coronavirus pound. the trump administration is threatening to add tariffs on various goods imported from the e.u. and the u.k. cheese yogurt and all lives would be affected as well as whisky trucks an aircraft

u.s. brands $3.00. $1000000000.00 of new tariffs. the french pharmaceutical company sanofi expects approval for a covert 19 vaccine in the 1st half of next year so no fees program is $1.00 of dozens of spring sprinting to deliver a vaccine to help end the coronavirus pandemic. a massive cloud of dust from the sahara desert is blanketing the caribbean where a density of dust this high hasn't been seen in half a century health experts warn the dust could exacerbate respiratory conditions including covert 90 and telling people to stay indoors for. russian 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 he 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 bot was postponed because of the covert 19 pandemic the kremlin dismissed criticism that it's irresponsible to go ahead with it now saying infections in moscow are declining. a correspondent is standing by for us at moscow's red square where the parade took place today emily why did president putin decide to go ahead with this parade now despite. all the risk to public health. well 1st of all this is the 75th anniversary this year is the 75th anniversary of the soviet victory in world war 2 and that's a hugely important event for russians and for vladimir putin as well and we saw this bombastic parade here today including foreign troops from former soviet states and from china from india we saw tanks crossing red square artillery fly

over so this really big parade. but also this big bombastic parade that i'm talking about house and national importance this year as well because tomorrow a vote kicks off on constitutional amendments here in russia which could keep the flooding here putin himself in power as president for 2 more charms so until 2036 if the instep amendment if those amendments are passed so in some ways the kremlin i think with this parade is trying to create a patriotic atmosphere ahead of that vote. holding such a massive event during the coronavirus abandonment. well there were there were mixed feelings among the people that i spoke to here today on the one hand people say you know we're in the middle of a pandemic until just recently we were supposed to be self isolating and now

suddenly there's this parade in moscow and in many cities across the country people are saying that they think that it's not safe but a lot of the people i spoke to said this parade has to happen even though it was postponed because of the pandemic that they were saying that victory day is really sacred to them that's the word that many people here use after all an estimated 27000000 soviet citizens were killed during world war 2 which is known as the great patriotic war here so every family kind of has a story to tell and vladimir putin. today also in his speech talked about the huge wait that the soviet people had to carry. did you see any measures being taken to show that this parade doesn't spark a new coronavirus whole sport. well according to reports the soldiers the troops marching across red square today were under strict control they

had their temperatures measures measured to ensure that they didn't have the coronavirus the veterans and the viewers in the stands watching the parade were socially distanced so there was space between them people weren't wearing masks but of course having 14000 troops marching through the center of moscow that is a huge risk but it seems that that's a risk that the kremlin is willing to take especially ahead of the all important vote which kicks off tomorrow. sure been reporting from moscow's red square for us thank you. now if you're one of those people like me who have a fear of heights you might want to look away now as we bring you some of the death defying feats of swiss acrobats freddy knock and his troupe their 55 year olds set 3 new world records on tuesday as he walked and unicycle sometimes blindfolded along cables suspended more than 175 meters from the ground in the

beautiful mountains of southwest switzerland is fellow acrobats joined in with a range of jaw dropping tricks and stomach lurching stunts. and that said to the finance our kelly will be here at the top of the out with an update stay tuned now for a covert special with monica jones. comparing the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. and information and news. hour corona update. from covert 19 special next on d w.