this is d.w. news live from berlin the united states struggles to control pain a surge in coronavirus cases with several states reporting startling new numbers some leaders are tightening restrictions that have been rolled back also coming up on the show italy sees a fresh cluster of virus cases in an apartment complex in the country south

hundreds of people are put into quarantine after an outbreak among seasonal workers and tensions are rising with local residents. i'm claire richardson and welcome to the show the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert dr anthony says the country is facing a quote serious problem as cove in 1000 infections a surge in southern and western states many states are experiencing at their highest infection rates since the coronavirus crisis began worst affected are states including florida texas and arizona along with california texas ordered all of its bars to close while florida banned its bars from selling alcohol today the u.s. coronavirus task force held its 1st press conference for 2 months vice president mike pence encouraged us at. sen's to follow local health guidelines we stand here

today we believe we've made progress. but as we are reminded as we see cases rising across the south that we still have work to do and so we say to every american particularly those counties and states that are being impacted by rising cases of that now is the time for everybody to continue to do their part well let's cross now to d.w. correspondent staff and simons in washington d.c. stefan we just heard pence there trying to strike a positive tone about the trumpet ministrations response even as the number of cases a spikes in several states around the country but what do they have planned in response . that's a very good question let me 1st say that this is an administration and the vice president who seemingly lives in a different reality those numbers are going through the roof 40000 new infections

cases in the united states in one day alone florida 9000 cases new cases in one day topping their former their earlier high score of 5000 new cases california florida texas the most populous 3 states in the united states ringing the alarm bells republican senators more or less really urgently looking towards the white house for guidance and for help not to close testing stations which the white house is now not doing but which was the plan yesterday so a lot of experts here saying really this is not just a carone our crisis for the united states anymore this is a full blown public health disaster in the making here what is the administration doing the trumpet in this trade managed to come up with a press conference of the test force which was lying dormant for the last 2 months while the president ministration and all the states most of the states focused on reopening the country for business well given the startling numbers we're seeing

coming out now what do people think of the government's handling of this crisis. good question. the approval ratings for the president handling this crisis are on a historic low 40 percent the latest poll says is the approval rating for president trump and to my knowledge there is nobody ever lower than this at least not in current history so that is of course a problem for the president but he is not leading he's not saying anything we haven't heard anything from the president in days on the coronavirus problem the united states has and so the approval for what he's doing is not even there most americans really really really afraid however having said this it is dr follet she america's top health expert who's begging people literally to wear masks

because we have experienced this ourselves you fly into texas at the airport and almost nobody is wearing a mask as if covert 19 would not exist this is going to change now to be a correspondent jeff and simons in washington d.c. thank you. meanwhile european union officials are still debating whether to relax a ban on travelers a from the united states and brazil but some parts of europe are dealing with a return of the virus and it only there has been a spike in new cases in the north of naples mainly in apartment blocks housing hundreds of agricultural workers the city of mundra gone a is on alert to try to stop the virus from spreading further. tensions have been rising between the residents of these apartment blocks and the local people in undergrown e after the buildings were placed under lockdown due to dozens of coronavirus cases several residents trying to leave and defiance of the buddha and this is called the

big brother of arise because. after they are going to close all the c.v. and then you say economic problem for us. most of the residents of bulgaria many of them thought to be working in italy without proper contracts and for very low way to us now sentiment against the foreign workforce is mounting. the biggest i'm going to be from. a great cultural workers they come each season and then they move on to greece for the olive hottest of the new leave. before the seasonal work has arrived there was no cold fit here. you've called the dead man's a number of police. now dozens of police have been sent to munder goni to ease tensions and stop residents from leaving the building to keep the virus contained

the red cross is carrying out extensive testing hundreds of samples have already been taken. will be to them undergo a thoughtful minimal climb a say that monday or go any is 1st funding bill very very about a lot of a lot of people are coming for tests and since we started this morning we've taken over 250 s. what was will people understood here how important is to be careful about the virus . now the national protection agency is delivering food to the current 1000 residents they will not be able to leave their homes for the next 15 days. well a string of coronavirus outbreaks at slaughterhouses here in germany is leading to read. new scrutiny of the country's meat industry the country's food minister yulia klock now has met with meat industry officials to discuss the future of livestock farming she says she wants higher prices for meat to improve conditions for workers

and for animals the meeting follows a coronavirus outbreak at a neat plant in the city of that lead officials to reimpose local walked out. meanwhile health officials english are slower trying to figure out why the virus was able to spread so rapidly at the chinese need to plant. the meat cutting section attorneys is the center of the outbreak 2 thirds of the workers here have tested positive but why did the virus spread like wildfire here scientists suspect it could be related to the air cooling and circulation system in the plant is here but what we didn't know before it is that under these circumstances the recent kill ation of air can keep aerosols moving. that's a risk factor we weren't aware of hung it was enough these equal for. different politico works as an air conditioning technician in the city to use the world according to german lore all workplaces need to be supplied with fresh air the

tourney's meat processing plant is no exception. to this wolf they're all cooling systems based on research elation they lower the room temperature to between 6 and 10 degrees celsius but the machines used for that only move the existing air around they don't add any fresh air. experts now speculate that the recent kill a chanst is to many have spread the virus throughout the plant because the is not pure a find. doesn't give us money for fog of these appliances to carry felt as if one is installed the machine won't be as effective as before it's like buying a sports car and adding a heavy trailer it won't go as fast. and look at doubts the air circulation is to blame he says lingering aerosols couldn't withstand the movement and yet slaughterhouses are increasingly becoming corona hotspots in lower saxony 45 infected workers from a turkey slaughterhouse apparently quarantined in these army barracks. and the

north rhine-westphalia more than 80 employees. tested positive even though the conditions here are much better than attorneys and stew the meat processing environment was fertile ground for the virus. well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world's irish prime minister leo carter says his center right party has voted to enter a coalition with its historic rival and of the smaller greens ending nearly 5 months of political deadlock the alliance will keep the resurgent republicans and fein out of power. mexico city's police chief has been shot several times during an armed attack 4 other people were killed including 2 of his security team the assailants opened fire and threw grenades at his armored vehicle police say they believe a drug cartel is behind the assaults. turkey has sentenced 121

people to life in prison for attempting to violate the constitution according to the court in ankara the accused took part in the coup in 2016 which tried to overthrow turkish president on a total of $245.00 defendants were on trial. police in scotland say a stabbing attack in the city of glasgow has left 6 people injured including a police officer one man has died after being shot by police emergency services were called to reports of a disturbance at a hotel housing asylum seekers police say there is no danger to the wider public. well a court in moscow is handed down a guilty verdict and a 3 here suspended sentence so the russian film and theater director cough he was accused of forming a criminal group and embezzling public funds for a theater project the court upheld the russian culture ministry's demanded that

sara brannock off and 2 of his associates reimburse the state for the missing $1900000.00 kremlin spokesman and dimitri has responded to the verdict by calling for further investigations the spending of state funded arts organizations. figures within russia's liberal arts scene have criticized the trial as politically motivated d.w. spoke with some of them outside the moscow courtroom. but like came here because this trial isn't about the money it is a trial about creative freedom about whether it can exist in russia or not it's mushroom if. you believe your beautiful is abused and scared for my family they don't deserve this no one deserves and justice this nastiness but especially not my family has been with us you will this give me even the spears. there's only government blood horror madness i don't even know where this case came from adult

putin himself because i'm not about to come up with it. was a sports now and in football liverpool fans are still celebrating after securing the english premier league title after a 30 year wait after chelsea ended manchester city's championship bit and confirmed liverpool as winners fans flocked to the stadium to party despite pandemic restrictions and there were plenty of tributes for your game klopp who became the 1st german manager to lift the english title. thursday evening liverpool stadium one half of the city is beside itself we've waited a. long long time for this moment. i was for the last time we want to leave you have to. pack your bags. it's really all i thought of it's amazing to see some sponsors on the festival with me in the ground she's waiting for you so much that we might get to see it all. to myself we're not. going to win

it and i can hold the week i just recited. the inevitability of this title didn't stop the party little wonder given that no club had ever won the english championship with 7 games to spare. the players and staff didn't hold back either as they celebrated together in a liverpool hotel somewhere in there is the man who must have minded it all coach you can clock up and have. a really really. obviously but. it's a very good as it's a very very good moment my life. very possibly about the matter just when you become champion so. but a lot of the work. that's already. on friday clark wasn't just the darling of the english press the red half of liverpool knew whom to thank for ending 30 years of

footballing hurt he chose us just off something amazing on a frankie well it is a. liverpool's 19th title is done and dusted no fans here are hoping for the 20th which would see them equal manchester united's english record. here watching it over you know don't forget you can get up to date with all the latest on our website that's dot com and play richard send him by len thanks so much for joining me. nico is in germany to learn german polish pinnacle. why not learn with him w z e learning course nikos fake. that 77 percent laughing are younger than 6. ends meet.