this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin he dismissed kovac 19th as a little fluid flouts rules on social distancing no he has the disease himself brazil's president charles boss narrow said tests positive for the coronavirus will it lead to a change in his behavior also coming up millions in the australian city of melbourne to make last minute preparations ahead of a new law the government says it's the only way of preventing the catastrophe. plus the un fears there could be

a cop in 1000000 extra deaths from aids because of coke at 19 as the prices just supply line. low in terry martin welcome to the program brazil's president. has tested positive for the krona bars all sonora has downplayed the severity of the disease for months describing it as a little flu critics said it was only a matter of time before he caught the disease and self as he has failed to socially distance and has largely refused to wear a mask in public. from the very beginning of the outbreak. repeatedly played down the risks of the corona virus and initially described this as an issue flu he also sensual distancing recommendations and other measures.

including lying face masks in public. has been tested 3 times previously all came back negative however on tuesday the brazilian rightwing leader confirmed to local media he had tested positive for covert 19 australia bit of a glove or when i don't it on sunday with a certain feeling of being on well the cult was a monday with no tiredness a bit of muscle pain and a fever that reached 38 degrees in the lens of the new. thoughts that with the sentiments and with the presidential dr believing it to be a possible curvy 1000 infection i had a c.t. scan at a military hospital here in brasilia my lungs were clear. brazil is the 2nd worst hit country in the world after the us with more than 65000 deaths and at least 1600000 coronavirus cases. despite this pass

restaurants and other businesses are slowly reopening the people still have to out us and they're getting as long as we follow the safety measures space between the tables i think it's worth reopening but we are the only ones in here but if for instance there's someone on another table i think i would probably feel uncomfortable w.h.o. has won the pandemic is far from over as it's taking its toll around the world participants that have now been moved 11400000 cases of corby of 19 and more than 535000 lives have been lost the outbreak is accelerating. and we have clearly not reached the peak will be pondered weak the won't say should also place to proceed in present. a speedy recovery in his own battle against the car from the fire us. in ited states has announced

its formal withdrawal from the world health organization us president donald trump threatened to leave the w.h.o. and permanently cut funding to the organization back in may over disagreements about how to respond to the global coronavirus pandemic trump accuses the un agency of quote pushing chinese misinformation although he had praised china's handling of the outbreak at beginning of the here the us was the largest financial contributor to the deputy. is australian city of melbourne is heading back into lockdown for the next 6 weeks after a spike in corona virus cases there officials from the state of victoria reported 134 new infections on wednesday it's in contrast to the rest of the country where the numbers have remained in the single digits. normally an invisible line between a stray leads to most populous states now being controlled by police offices cars

line up for i was at the border between victoria and new south wales after was closed for the 1st time in 100 years those in border communities rush to get permits to cross for essential reasons like heading to work. a lot more along would help a little business buzz but stewart is. probably doing you know that half an hour before i get to work going to be running like. the state of victoria is being oscillated from the rest of the country because its capital city melbourne he's seeing a 2nd wave of corona virus cases. this is as i said not a situation that anybody wanted to be in bodies the reality that we must confront to do otherwise is to pretend that this isn't real to pretend that we have other options the best public health advice is to type those steps. shoppers strip the supermarket shelves before the midnight deadline has now been 5000000 residents

return to strict lockdown measures for the next 6 weeks i think we're doing a good job of all as frustrating as it is i support it. but you know ask me again in 6 weeks. most people can still go out for work grocery shopping or light exercise but for these people in some of the city's public housing estates they can't even leave their homes the state government implemented a 5 day hard lockdown on 9 housing blocks after 27 residents tested positive for the virus authorities said they were preventing an explosive outbreak but many trapped inside say they are being treated like prisoners with little access to food and medical supplies. the state's premier daniel andrews says testing is at record levels and that authorities will continue to investigate how the spike in cases occurred. say look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the

world today china has opened a new national security office in hong kong this comes after week a week after china imposed a controversial new national security law on the territory the security headquarters is located across from victoria harm frequent side of opposition protests. type police have seized over 1400000 tablets of methamphetamine and arrested 3 suspects in a raid in lump on the province lies in the north of the country in the so-called golden triangle where thailand beyond marren lalas me region is a hub for drugs one. and german chancellor are going to battle is said to meet with european lawmakers today is the country assumes the presidency of the e.u. council by fals expected to focus on bolstering support for a multi-billion euro corona crisis recovery package which has faced resistance from some you members. demonstrators have stormed the serbian parliament in the capital belgrade to protest renewed lockdown president aleksander imposed

a curfew and banned gatherings of more than 5 people after a surge in corona virus deaths 13 people died of kobe 19 on tuesday serbia's highest single day death toll. the coronavirus is having a major impact on millions of hiv patients who are reliant on lifesaving drugs it's estimated that nearly 40000000 people across the world are living with hiv although there is no cure for the disease that causes aids and he retroviral medication helps control it but the covert 1000 pandemic is interrupting drug supply lines the united nations has warned that half a 1000000 people could die from aids if drug disruptions persist a reporter in south of us in south africa adrian creech met one woman who could be affected. to him. he would have preferred not to come to the clinic today because

of the corona virus and to avoid questions from neighbors to be is not her real name she prefers to remain anonymous i knew she was hiv positive and wants to make sure her one year old daughter does not become infected. in my family no you. know. because they like to call for a little bit build they judge you its own this is not cracked because you don't know your future would have been to you after all. so you don't need to charge for . one in 5 mothers in khayelitsha township is age i be positive a few years ago 2 out of every 5 children also had the virus but now the chances of hiv being cost on that group are less than 5 percent south africa has made significant progress of the fight against hiv the government pays for the medicines and aid agencies like doctors without borders spoke with education programs in

normal times a group of mothers with h i.v. meteo once a month at the corner crisis means the meetings have been cancelled. to gain from the group stations discussing with p. is giving time to discuss the difference in the t. doesn't internet that so in the group. it is he afraid to post natal clubs the medics know how and where the mother's on a one to one basis hiv is still a serious problem. the hospital is much emptier than usual because of covert 19 many patients void hospitals and therefore don't have access to their medication experts believe this could have a strong negative impact on hiv aids but also tuberculosis patients in the future. knows her medication significantly increases her own life expectancy her hope is that in the future age i.v. in corona. will no longer be a danger to her daughter. joining me now is professor hendricks take director of

the institute of hiv research at the university of vaughan professor we saw in that report just now how hiv patients are avoiding going to hospitals to get medication and treatment because of fear of the coronavirus how serious is this problem while the difference is basically between 19 and it should be is that many hiv patients do not get their medication it's a dead heat and almost 100 percent can die from aids hiv and they are infected now we're at the states where we can control the infection that well that people can make it happen normal life expectancy but now lacking those medication in some countries just due to. transportation chains this is a very serious problem and w h o n e u n h s and it's that about half

a 1000000 additional aids that we both face this year because of the call that 19 prices ok just to distinguish premiums things are some people who are reluctant to go to the hospital to get their treatment for h.l.v. age because of fear of contracting kovan 1000 but the u.n. is talking about a different problem than just supply chain disruptions of antiviral drugs to treat hiv patients how serious could the impact of that be. well the un aids and w.h.o. can only estimate but that as the mating half a 1000000 additional death due to lack of supplies. that issue is that they said that you have to take the medication every day and if you do not have medication for example for months or even a week you might develop resistance against the medication and then it will work. through ok now aside from working on a you are also trying to fight coded 19 are there parallels between these

viruses maybe some lessons learned from combat again that can be applied to corona virus while i think many of the h.p.v. researchers and physicians are now working on quote 19 because it is working on a charity is forking during a pandemic hiv pandemic is not over and now we have facing an additional 10 that make the quick 900 so you have a lot of experience how to handle research during such a time and i asked the questions what actually most important was doing a pandemic. at the same time the virus is a very different by both of them on a by our viruses so half a similar nucleic acids structure be at completely different and it's probably more likely that if you have effects team against covert 19 earlier than against h.p.v.

should we really be so confident professor that we can roll out a coronavirus vaccine within a matter of months given how difficult it's been with other diseases like hiv aids . no i don't think we can be confident that people have to fix it and in fact coming from the age should be world we know that it's very hard to find a big scene that gets most of the big infectious disease kilo's like for example also to buy clothes as my larry out of danger we do not have a vaccine however this truck show up to corona virus is different to a chevy and there's some. features of the virus that may make us think or make us believe that there is that it might be easier to time to seen against us coronavirus but at the end this needs to be tested and it's very hard to

predict. or thank you very much for your insights that was professor headley stake from the university of all thank you you're watching the news you can find all the latest news anytime you want on our website at www dot com i'm terry marsh and thanks for watching. on meal time to all complete the 2nd season of only. the planet on the brink of disaster we did a long interview with experts about one question how do we change that.