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a new lockdown the government says it is the only way of preventing a catastrophe. a mammoth task ahead on the american prepares to set out her country's goals for the e.u. as it takes over the presidency for the next 6 months. and evil bill the giant tesla is coming to town hall tesla rushes to get its new factory up and running locals have mixed feelings about their new neighbor called this is the construction site just outside berlin. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us the world health organization says there is a merging evidence that the corona virus could spread through droplets in the air that statement comes after more than 200 international scientists claim the corona virus can be spread from person to person through tiny droplets that were made suspended mayor. for several hours they also claimed that these airborne droplets

could travel for tens of meters the w.h.o. is promise to publish information on the known routes of transmission of the virus these are fields of research that really growing and for we each there is some evidence emerging but is not the diff the feni to have. and therefore the possibility of airborne transmission in. in public settings especially in very specific conditions crowded closed or poorly ventilated a setting that have been described cannot be ruled out so let's get some perspective on this story now we have viral or just dr mohammed one here with us from lancaster university in the u.k. dr munir thank you for joining us 1st of all what does this mean for us if this virus can spread through this airborne airborne route. well if it is

a good nights by the organization that this was kept was made to other people through we had bought that mean of meserve jeanne you know or daily life which is already pretty much distorted that means that we probably have to their face masks in the or we have to work really effectively onto the ventilation. conditioning because there's a collision indoor would probably mean higher exposure to the wires and we also probably need to think about commuting maybe trains and the bus is going to be traveling with or didn't know the old one and so on so once it is there tonight message and use it acquired ok so we're talking about even more precautions here in the w.h.o. says it's still emerging evidence behind the spend more than $200.00 international scientists are convinced that this is true so why is the world health organization being cautious. i think one of the major problem is being misinterpretation of the data because the guy doing that mean define for the corner what his transmission

has been basically based on the studies those been conducted in and 1000 forty's and fifty's and at that time point we have a certain limitation on instrumentation what kind of instrument we can apply to believe detect the spread of the infection but as we move along we have no new technology to really determine how much the distance is a small problem can travel and now we have a clear idea that one sneeze can generate more than $30000.00 different droplets which are ranges from the size of 50 to 5 micron meter and even the smallest droplet which is 5 micron could have thousands of lives in them that can travel up to 10 feet much more than what we are currently observing the social distances so i think now there are strong evidences and certainly that it's a need to revise the strategy how we control this infection this is pretty overwhelming for a lot of people to hear her already taking precautions so given what we know about kobe 1000 to this point what is the best advice you have for preventing yourself

from catching the virus i think at this moment there borden thing that i would like to highlight is that carry on following all those controlled media that we have already been practicing for example mosque or face covering in the gathering of washing hands keeping the social distances and also being digital vigilant of all the information that would become available on to the new guideline especially when we are in the war that also have a lot of destruction on to moving forward with opening up of the countries and working in the offices where there are limited spaces so certainly a lot more need to be generated would be much more helpful in us at defining moving forward dr mohamed when you're from lancaster university with us thank you very much for your. well the australian city of melbourne is heading back into lockdown for the next 6 weeks after a spike in corona virus cases 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 australia is to most populous states now being controlled by police offices cars lined up for hours 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. permit last mile along with help a little business buzz but still it is. probably still another half an hour before i get to work and be running like the state of victoria is being isolated from the rest of the country because it's capital city melbourne he's seeing a 2nd wave of coronavirus 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 big night deadline has an open 5000000 residents return to strict lockdown measures for the next 6 weeks i think we're doing a good job here overall 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 base 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 up to $27.00 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. for more on this story let's go to reporter roger maynard he's standing by in sydney hi roger good to see you do we know what triggered this latest outbreak in melbourne. well the irony is that the victoria was one of the 1st states to really crack down on the virus way back in march. but now it's being accused of instigating the the 2nd worry as a result of lex acuity in some of the hotels were travellers of being quarantined over the past few weeks is alleged that security guards not allowed people to go out to do a bit of shopping. or even alluded to have shared the bedrooms of those people who are being quarantined there are courses guards allegedly been taken back to their own families and spreading it to their friends as well as

a result some 3000 people have been virtually imprisoned in ny in tampa locks in in the in melbourne areas which are fairly poor areas. and have to stay there for at least 5 days unfortunately even longer. what impact do you think that this 2nd lockdown is going to have. well these are quite draconian measures that will effectively put 5000000 people. in lockdown in victoria. it's just the inner city area of melbourne it's the whole of melbourne in the surrounding suburbs gives you an indication of the people are going to be affected it means that resistance really will be i believe their homes unless they have essential excuses or reasons such as going to get some food going to school or college giving some kid giving in you're going to help people who are sick and a bit of exercise is there

a dirty we're going to travel very far but restaurants and cafes are also being closed down as well as bars pubs entertainment areas and gyms and beauty salon so it's really quite all consuming this lockdown the victorian premier down andrews says the tough measures are needed to ensure that the infection doesn't spread to the rest of victoria and certain situation be turiya is has deteriorated very rapidly over the past few days overnight where another 134 infections are reported the big fear of course is an infection like spread into new south wales as was ordered that they've closed the border between the 2 states and you have to have very good reason to cross that border up until the the at the border is closed thousands of travelers were trying to get into new south wales before the lockdown part but from now on you know you have done a very good excuse to to come into new south wales the fear being that if that if

you actually breaks out in new south wales to the same extent it's broken in victoria then you'll have a very serious problem the 2 of us really is most populous states which are virtually the engine rooms of australia's economy roger maynard reporting from sydney good to talk to you. after brazil and the us india is the 3rd worst hit country in this pandemic the government in delhi has started easing restrictions after a 3 month lockdown but the result is that new cases and deaths are rising at their fastest pace since appendix start. after 3 months of lockdown life in new delhi is almost back to normal millions of indians have lost their jobs in the corona crisis now the economy is sputtering back to life but with restaurants and shops open again the coronavirus is also making a comeback. afraid we have to leave

our house to make a living but we fear for our lives. many hospitals have reached capacity and the country is scrambling to increase its intensive care units this wedding hall has been filled with hospital beds 12 doctors staff the emergency treatment center. we have around 100 beds here we have patients with mild and less severe symptoms and even some without symptoms that have nowhere else to quarantine. india has ramped up its testing. fear that the tests will reveal a rising number of infections. ok let's check in now on some of the latest the coronavirus developments the u.s. has announced it is formally withdrawing from the world health organization the exit of the w h o's biggest donor will come into effect in one year about

a quarter of ireland's population has downloaded the country's new coronavirus contact it is hoped that the decentralized app will help keep ireland's infection rate low and new zealand plans to bring charges against a man who escaped quarantine to go shopping and later tested positive for covert 19 he faces a fine or jail time. the coronavirus crisis is having a major impact on millions of hiv patients who are reliant on lifesaving drugs it is estimated that nearly 40000000 people across the world are living with hiv although there is no cure for the disease that causes aids anti-retroviral medication helps control it but the covered 1000 pandemic is interrupting supply lines for the life saving drugs other hiv patients are too scared to go to the hospital the hospital because of the pandemic as our reporter in south africa reports. tempi would have preferred not to come to the community 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. my family knows that you. know. because they like to call for. they judge you own snodgrass because you don't know your future to 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 h. i.v. being passed on the birth i less than 5 percent south africa has made significant progress in 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 of the crisis means the meetings have been cancelled. to gain from the group sessions discussing with p. is given time to discuss with defense he doesn't things like that so another group happening anymore if it is he afraid to post natal clubs the medics know how are the mothers on a one to one basis hiv is still a serious problem here. the hospital is much empty of than usual because of covert 19 many patients the void hospitals and therefore don't have access to their medication experts believe this could have a strong negative impact on the page every aids but also tuberculosis patients in the future. simply knows her medication significantly increases her own life expectancy the hope is that in the future h. i.v. in corona will no longer be a danger to

a daughter. a little earlier we spoke to professor hensley think of our ologist who specializes in hiv research at the university of bonn here in germany he told us that an untreated hiv infection is far more deadly and covered 1000 and he explained why while the difference basically between 19 and 8 chevy is that brennan hiv patients do not get their medication it's a deadly disease and almost 100 percent can die from aids hiv and they are infected now we were at the state where we can control the infection bed 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 that the issue is that they said the that you have to take

the medication every day and if you do not have medication for example poor months or even that week you may develop resistance against the medication and then it won't work anymore that w h o n u n h s and it's that about half a 1000000 additional aids that we've all faced this year because of the call that 19 prices. now to some other stories from around the world china has opened a new national security office in hong kong this comes a week after china imposed a controversial new national security law on the territory of the security headquarters is located across from victoria park frequent site of opposition protests. tie police have seized over 1400000 tablets of methamphetamine and arrested 3 suspects in a raid in lampung the province lies in the north of the country in the so-called golden triangle where thailand me and maher and laos meet the region as a hub for drug smuggling. demonstrators have stormed the serbian parliament in the

capital belgrade to protest a renewed lockdown president aleksander of which imposed a curfew and banned gatherings of more than 5 people after searchin coronavirus deaths 13 people died of coburg 1000 on tuesday serbia's highest single day death toll. brazil's president are both n.r.o. has tested positive for covert 19 speaking to journalists also are removed his mask and said he felt fine despite displaying symptoms well this comes after months of downplaying the danger of the virus as the death toll in brazil topped 65000. german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with european lawmakers today as the country assumes the presidency of the e.u. council it is a 13 time germany as head of the key body and the 1st since 2007 when i'm going arkell was in her 1st term as chancellor back then michael's international stature was given a boost as she pushed member states to commit to

a new agreement to consolidate the use powers which later became the treaty of lisbon she also advocated and vicious climate protection policy for which she was dubbed the climate chancellor. is and let's go right to our correspondent in brussels richard walker standing by for us there hi richard what are germany's plans for the next 6 months what are we expecting i'm going to present today. there was to me there's really just one massive subject that completely dominates over everything else and that is trying to get the e.u. economy moving again now like just about everywhere in the world as the economy here has really fallen off a cliff was a result of the pandemic but also of the lockdowns which have also obviously had a huge effect on business here in europe and america has been at the forefront of efforts to plan what's being called a recovery fund running into the hundreds of billions of euros that is designed to

stimulate the economy to try and prevent this very very deep recession happening right now from turning into a depression and just to give you a sense of how serious this is amid the european commission just released new projections yesterday saying that the e.u. economy was set to contract this year by 8.3 percent 8.3 percent how much is that really well as a kind of point of comparison the economic crisis that happened 10 years ago after the collapse of lehman brothers then the e.u. economy contract in one year by just 4.3 percent so it's like twice as deep as the contraction that happened way back then and we know what a huge impact that had on everything ranging from unemployment to politics in the years that followed so a very very big priority there but certainly not the only one there are a whole host of issues that are also very important run for bricks it to relations with china migration climate change all sorts of things but still that absolutely

one overriding thing is likely to be the centerpiece of merkel speech as well you know richard i want to ask you about that economic recovery package as you said worth hundreds of billions of euro with a lot of hopes in place on that program but negotiations over it are proving difficult what are the hurdles at this point. that's right i mean the negotiations are kind of underway in the background at the moment the president of the european council sami shelves been doing a lot of negotiation with individual member states to try and find out where they will stand almost the one thing that everyone agrees on is that there is a need for a major step here a major program but once you come to a lot of the details there are discrepancies about the size of it should it be 750000000000 or just mentioned or should it be less than that there are some northern european countries that have been branded the frugal 4 who say. it should be smaller than that there's a big debate going on about whether the money should be handed out as grants or

whether it should be loans that individual countries then have to pay back because the countries that are likely to suffer most say well if we just have to pay it back it's not really going to help us very much there's also a debate about the distribution of the money from which country to which and so the countries the likely to suffer economically the most the countries like italy and france will these are rich countries can eastern european countries that are less rich but probably will suffer less under this really be expected to subsidize their recovery so that's a flavor of the debate going on next week there's a big summit when they want to crack it but there are questions in the air whether they'll manage in one single summit all right richard walker reporting for us in brussels will be coming back to you through the course of the day thank you richard . and we'll be bringing you live coverage of michael's address in about 2 hours' time you stay tuned for that now u.s. electric car maker tesla is building a major new factory east of berlin summer hilling it as a boost for the local economy it's expected to create thousands of new jobs and

with the area back on the map after years of decline but some locals object to tesla's plans paradoxically they complain that the company is failing to address concerns over the environment. this is the site in question located 40 kilometers southeast of the german capital berlin it's here in glue and high did that tesla wants to begin producing electric vehicles by the middle of next year construction of the plant set to employ some 10000 people is a ready well underway. the multi-billion euro investment is new zick to the ears of corn dog shows kid who envisions renewal in a long forgotten region. this is an incredible opportunity for the region and we need to caesars and young people who emigrated may be tempted to come back because of the jobs on offer but this is

a good chance for us to entice young families who might have moved to states like bob or bavaria. getting in touch with tesla isn't easy the company did not respond to an interview requests from d.w. . many environmentalists are furious that the electric giant has pressed ahead with construction despite not having the final green light to do so. other concerns include the vast quantity of water the factory will consume well tesla has promised to address that issue activists like nadine and spend a lot of my asked say it doesn't go far enough to date some 370 objections to the factory has been submitted but the coronavirus means there won't be a public hearing until september which will happen to us as her criticism is not accepted at all people who speak out against the project don't get to listen to their many people who are really involved and want to contribute but they just get

ignored we need to listen to be involved we need transparency and democracy but we really need our politicians to take our resources and protected areas seriously and to put their foot down when needs be. the turn of gloom hide where the factory will be located has 8000 inhabitants tesla could draw a further 10000 to the region some locals fear this will mean more traffic and less unspoiled nature. others like our are excited he regularly flies his drone over the construction site he's fascinated by what's going. and on. i was my nose it is a superstar in my view this is a very forward looking company. one nothe disrupting the market with 500000 electric car supposed to hit the market here it will encourage other companies to embrace electric mobility and get things moving. so being he posts his drone

footage on twitter giving both those for and against the project a bird's eye view of what's going on. just one sports item for you to time formula work one world champion from now until i learn so it's going to start racing with ray know in 2021 after retiring wasn't 2 years ago the spanish driver called it quits at the end of the $28.00 season following 4 unsuccessful campaigns with mclaren but the 38 year old now looks set to return to another former employer a no the team where he won championship titles in both 20052006. let's get a reminder now of our top stories now here on d w the world health organization has admitting that there is emerging evidence that the corona virus could spread through droplets in the air that statement comes after more than $200.00 international scientists urged the w.h.o. to review its guidance on how the virus could be transmitted. and the australian government has descended into lockdown the city of melbourne saying it is the only

way to stop a potentially catastrophic new outbreak of the corona virus the new surgeon cases there's been linked to a failure by private security companies to properly enforce restrictions in quarantine hotels. coming up next you have your business with chanelle do allow and she's looking at the e.u. setting to decide on a big merger in the train industry thank you for that.

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