20 225-0000 overstrain here. you. can see w. news live from berlin more than half a 1000000 germans are under lockdown mass testing is underway in western german town is linked to a new coronavirus outbreak the fresh restrictions have led to clashes with some presidents locked behind wire fences and italy's presence to enforce the borders. also coming up russia marks a special victory day with a display of military muscle pushing aside time demming concerns that had delayed

the parade last month we will look at what a public vote on constitutional reforms tomorrow has to do with 2 things celebration. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program authorities in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia have reimposed to local lockdowns following a regional outbreak of cope with 19 the restrictions apply to over half a 1000000 people in the districts of bond off and. now the decisions follow a major spike in virus infections and they need processing plant health authorities are now conducting mass coronavirus testing. and reporter on as if it is in good to slow he told us that $230.00 tests of those carried out have come back with $229.00 of them negative and one to be repeated we asked him how

people are reacting in the region. and beyond if you look at the numbers 229 negative test out of 230 sounds like really good news but of course everybody's expecting the worst here because of what happened at the turn a slaughterhouse where every day that more tests were done more positive results that is infections were found in the population of slaughterhouse workers so when we're dealing with a virus everybody seems to be in secure especially other states in germany who want to prevent the virus from coming to their state so they don't have to go through what north rhine-westphalia went through there's been some travel restrictions put on people from this area but that's also why there was so many hundreds of people in line today because they want to get their papers in order to show that they don't have the virus so they can go on their summer holidays and we are joined now by dr toby s. class he is a professor of public health and epidemiology at the sheri take clinic in berlin

welcome to the program and thank you for joining us. thanks for having me what do you think of how the authorities are handling these new outbreaks i think you know thirty's are doing well in really in forcing the lock down and trying to isolate those clusters and trace people and test people to see us in the fact that eventually if the isolation hopefully as soon as possible but now it's very important to identify those last. seen in the reports it's not only in this area we have other classes in germany and so we need to be very careful and watch the situation very carefully so i think you know authorities are doing well so it sounds like what you're saying is that these these strict lock downs are indeed necessary. unfortunately that's the only way we're not that we know that will help to slow or stop this brett and we work on a flexible level so we don't lock down entire north of us failure by regional

cities and villages and i think that's the current way that we that we can conduct these these measures well then locking down large regions. this these cases they're getting so much attention not only because of their scale but also because you know a lot of germans they have they are approaching summer holiday season people have plans talk with us about you know these outbreaks in the context of of the bigger picture what does it need for the country what does it mean for the e.u. . well these spreads of these clusters come not surprisingly so the virus is there we knew that and when you open up the lockdown there's a certain risk or increased risk of people get infected again in particular knowledge people are traveling again so people are mingling from one country to the other country so we have to be extremely careful and we will have to watch very carefully the next and they sold these at the wage and develops now obviously if things get worse the lockdown will be larger and it may affect their

travel so really all should be reminded to wear face masks to really keep a distance and we should do the best we can to identify the clusters to test to people to trace people lying close proximity with those who are infected so we stop this practice soon as possible yet but it's really difficult to predict what's going to happen if you follow the situation other countries for example the united states where states have opened up and a few weeks later 4 to 5 weeks later they have a massive increase in the number of infected people so therefore with that in mind with that contacts and also with your expertise i mean there is a lot of talk about the possibility of a 2nd wave of infections in germany do you think we're heading there well so is the question what you call the 2nd wave we see clusters of infections and these really have never stopped coming from a very low level luckily in germany but we have to now continue these measures and

to continue to be very careful to maintain this low level and it can go very quick and we are up again and we facing lockdown dr toby as a professor of public health and epidemiology at that sherry take clinic in berlin thank you so much for joining us. thank you. and as we heard earlier the decision to return to lockdown follows a big outbreak at a slaughterhouse in north rhine-westphalia it's the latest in a string of local outbreaks tied to me plants across the country but in this land of meat lovers will concern about coronavirus get germans to change their buying habits. at home or on the go meat consumption is a big part of german canary culture the pandemic hasn't changed. in the capital barely knows love to grab a curry vorst or curry flavored pox us age without much concern about the outbreak

of corn of iris in a meat plant on the other side of the country. will go rogue ok no i'm not afraid to talk i trust my butcher i know what he sells is just fine or cold ya. i'm wary i'm being careful i'm not eating less meats i'm just buying it from someone i trust we all know we go to a little butcher shop in a small village in but on so we don't need to worry about that. but here at one of the german capital's oldest takeouts the news of the core of the virus outbreak in a slaughterhouse even hundreds of kilometers away does affect sales. that's when it becomes known that a slaughterhouse is effective and not only a regular customers stay away but so do the others who would rather buy organic or sustainable food items back out and what i am not hiding the growing

number of corona virus infections in germany's meat industry has raised concerns but even then habits are hard to break. and let's bring you up to date with some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization says that it expects the 10000000 case mark next week and warns that the virus has not yet peaked in north and south america india has registered 16000 new cases its highest daily increase the government has called in the army to manage new treatment facilities in delhi and the e.u. may ban travelers from the u.s. brazil and russia when it reopens its external borders according to the new york times new york and berlin have canceled marathons due to coronavirus concerns. let's have a quick check of some other stories making news around the world a special prosecutor in the hague has filed an indictment against kosovo president husham toci and 9 other defendants for war crimes including murder and crimes

against humanity he led and he served forces during the kosovo war in the late 1990 s. a special tribunal has been operating since 2015. heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in parts of eastern and central china within $200.00 hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were inundated in eastern on his province in central hunan the rains breached dams and displaced some 60000 people for. while russia has staged a massive military parade to commemorate its victory over nazi germany 75 years ago the event was originally scheduled for the 9th of may anniversary but postponed due to the pandemic for many russians victory day is one of the nation's most important holidays honoring the sacrifice of over 25000000 soviet citizens who died in world war 2 well this year's parade is also taking place just ahead of

a crucial vote on president vladimir putin's proposed constitutional reforms which could see him extend his hold on power for the next 26 years. it's a tradition but never before has russia's victory day parade been more controversial than this year in the midst of a pandemic the government of one of the worst affected countries governed fouls in some people on red square to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany. well if it does you're listening it was our people who were able to overcome the evil defeating more than 600 divisions of the enemy destroying 75 percent of their aircraft fuel tanks artillery pieces. and to the end we reached the point of victory. of leaving a path of valor justice and sacrifice. still still it was new the

timing of the events is no coincidence on thursday voting starts in a constitutional referendum that could extend through until 2036 having rushes accomplishments and sacrifices in world war 2 the president hopes to boost his unusually low ratings taking only minimal precautions to ensure the health and safety of the parades participants. all the 14000 troops that are marching across the bridge player and had their temperature is taken to ensure that they don't have . clear their make. every day. the w. h. o. has warned russia that the parade could exacerbate the spread of the coronavirus the mayor of moscow asked people to stay at home but many ignored the physical distancing advice. at the. it was

absolutely right to go ahead with the parade. people who have criticized the actions of the government and the president for this for being petty. when you think you know one scared when no one's wearing masks or gloves and that's fine but there we came to give them a sense of patriotism that's especially important for boys girls need to know their history boys need to be prepared for the army a lot of me as just did you. couldn't attempt to stir up enthusiasm. has clearly been successful with some russians but he'll have to wait until next month to see of today's enthusiasm spills over to the polls. all across germany it is graduation season for students and the pandemic is forcing schools to make adjustments but one school in berlin says that it's already learned to be more flexible in the last couple of years says it struggled to succeed to incorporate

young refugees well now the school is honoring graduates from syria who have been wildly successful special honors for a very special graduating class the german family minister hands out diplomas to this year's best students these high school seniors arrived from syria only a couple of years ago with the horrors of civil war still fresh in their minds. the airplanes came and bombed everything stopped and there was no place left to live. i was in a rubber boat with my father and my brother we crossed the mediterranean greece macedonia until he got here to me and also by to this family also fled syria with his parents stuck in a turkish refugee camp and no prospect this student set off on his own. my family stayed in turkey and i wanted to go to germany we had to stop in cyprus and a year later i was able to leave after another year i was finally reunited with my

parents in germany. once he got to berlin he enrolled in the secondary school in the district definitely because back then it was one of the city's most troubled educational facilities and even had armed guards. we saw how the mines a secondary school went through very hard times and then wondered how the school would even continue to function. but things improved all of this year's graduates arrived as refugees their teachers were key and getting them to where they are today with their help i've gone from speaking no german to speaking it well. and it's event even the principal thought impossible. in front of me in this academic language in 5 years and getting such high grades is great i'm proud of the toys. so what's next for these graduates. as for going to college studying medicine this business administration. this is an

incredible opportunity a potential a force that will benefit germany and lead to good things in this country and just good being good and the 1st step into a brighter future for these graduates. and with that now you're up to date here on news don't forget there's always more on a web site t w dot com you can also follow us on twitter instagram at news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching take care. of combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. covert 19 special next on d w. a

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