traces that remain of their existence. because. storage living on d. w. could be a part of that but. this is deja vu news live from berlin a new states shut out britain to contain a new strain of the corona virus the move paralyzes traffic at british ports which are now effectively cut off from the continent the u.k. is battling the corona virus mutation sweeping the country south and could be far more infectious. also coming up germany awaits

a verdict on one of its worst anti-semitic attacks since world war 2 a german man kills 2 people after failing to storm a synagogue in the eastern city of homs. thanks. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us a growing number of countries are banning travel from the united kingdom to block a new strain of corona virus that is sweeping across southern england now the measures are already causing havoc at airports and other travel hubs in the u.k. which is now effectively cut off from continental europe now the governments of ireland france belgium the netherlands also a denmark germany and poland also on this list austria italy and also ball garia all these countries are barring entry for people who are traveling from britain more are expected to follow suit the new coronavirus mutation is believed to spread

more quickly forcing the british government to impose a strict lockdown on the capital london and nearby areas. some of the last u.k. passengers to arrive in the netherlands this year. they arrived in the country just hours after it was announced that all travel from the u.k. to the netherlands will be banned for at least 2 weeks. these were the final passengers from london to belgium who also shut up their borders to u.k. travelers. several other countries across the world followed suit with many of the nationals having to change travel plans just before christmas going home for christmas was working as being with family so i think i just jumped to go and i went to the host the idea is very very 250 pounds for 4 years yes very pregnant women say their home for

a given our soldiers being safe and quarantining was here and then get to see her family and friends the e.u. are holding crisis talks in brussels on monday to decide on a coordinated response to the new variant a compulsory negative test maybe one of the per requisites for travel. whatever the measure will decide on in 48 hours time it's probable the p.c.r. test will be compulsory that's why invite people to go and get tested because there's a delay before getting the result there. until a solution is reached people and goods law remain stuck within the borders. let's get some perspective on this now we can speak to john that campbell he's an independent health analyst in the u.k. and he joins us for more hi john good to have you back on our show 1st of all can you explain to us what is different about this new strain. so this new strain was

1st identified in late september and he appears to originated in kant in england although that's not necessarily the case because in england we have a very high level of surveillance genomic you k. is actually sequenced of 140000 viral samples so it's a bit difficult to say where it originated but the difference is that this is a cluster of this characterized by 17 different mutations within the genome of the donors the nih gives rise to 17 amino acid changes in the proteome of the virus the overall structure of the virus and the most significant of those mutations is called and 5011 and this is particularly important because this is the 501st amino acid in the spike protein in the receptive binding they're made of this point protein which as you know is the big that actually latches into the cells so this is actually change the potential infectivity of the virus and we believe that

the infectivity of the virus has increased what germany is to fire ologist here today is that that he's not yet convinced that it is that much much more of infectious i mean how worried are you about this mutation. well we noticed that this mutation was spreading in london for example it spread in the last few months from london from being from being known to about 25 percent in november to being about 2 thirds of cases in london now and throughout the southeast and it's spreading to other parts of the united kingdom so it does appear to be more infectious in terms of correlation because the areas where the infection has been increasing most dramatically is also the areas where the highest incidence of this mutation has been picked up but as well as that there's been studies done in the lab report and down you know this isn't published in peer reviewed data yet but we're getting reports now this virus is more contagious is more infectious and it could be around about 70 percent more contagious now that's significant because

that would increase the value by northpoint for so it is a potentially significant increase and he surveyed the spread throughout other parts of the united kingdom in as well as in wales is in scotland and people with these restrictions renounce these t. 4 to 4 restrictions were announced in london people that fled london to all parts of the country so there is the potential for spread and because it's been around since september there's also potentially a ready ease in european countries just that the u.k. has got a particularly high level of genomic surveillance so maybe maybe it's just that we picked it up 1st this is not really clear yet but i am concerned is more infectious that is the consensual consensus of medical opinion in the u.k. at the moment we'll have to leave it there john campbell independent health analyst joining us from the u.k. thank you so much for that analysis thank you sir thank you. so what does all of this mean for the european union strategy let's go right to

brussels where our correspondent max then there is standing by for us hi max good to see you so we know that representatives of e.u. countries they're going to meet later to coordinate their response to react to this new mutation in the u.k. do you think we could see further border closures. also i mean we have seen some rapid developments over the last couple days of the last couple hours already will fall most a 3rd or roughly a 3rd of e.u. member states. suspending travel from and to the u.k. so it really does seem that you leaders have gone into panic mode now the you council presidency has called for this this crisis meeting to discuss further steps they're most likely going to touch on the issues of corn teaming and testing and put potentially also in coordinating efforts in terms of the border closures but important to note here that the e.u. does not have any competencies they can in terms of closing borders they cannot

tell member states when to close or open their borders that's completely within within the responsibility of the member states. but if you learned one thing from the past pandemic from the past months from the past year when the 1st wave hit us back in march and april and member states started closing their borders does that a lot of chaos lead to a lot of uncertainty among people living in the e.u. and this is something they're really do not want to repeat and as we've heard already there's a great likelihood that this virus is in mainland europe already and border closures wouldn't really make a difference they are right max and it comes at the same time that the e m a the european medicines agency is expected to approve that biotech pfizer vaccine tell us more about that. that's right so the the i'm a has reviewed the biotech far as a vaccine for the last couple of weeks and is meeting as we speak and hopefully

will come to give their green light later today which means that it's only up to the commission to give their final approval which means that the vaccine can then still be started to to be distributed to the member states and the 1st patients will be able to get their shots but this doesn't mean this is a 1st step in the fight back against the pandemic this mean that all of this is over because there are limited quantities of vaccines there is limited numbers of fact scenes that are going to be available in the next next timeframe so we'll have to wait for for the pharmaceutical companies to ramp up their production to be able to distribute larger numbers larger quantities to member states and also other countries in the world who haven't really have an effect on the pandemic. max and are reporting for us from brussels thank you. well the pandemic has battered tourism around the world and the principality of monaco on the french riviera is no exception but lately the tiny city state a scene a little boost

a steady stream of day trippers have been seeking a reprieve from tighter restrictions across the border in france it's a sunny lunchtime in monaco a few minutes away in trumps all the restaurants are closed because of the pandemic and the sit to stay that way to january the 20th at the earliest here they are open and heaving with people 30 many of them french people. you know. what if they want to consult for normally when we're from nice we've come to eat in a restaurant because in france we're not allowed to. parents give us all those. you mustn't leave the house you mustn't go and eat. what we are disobedient teenagers we don't listen to our parents will cross the border to come in and out. of my course. you would. say don't show it's an excellent

thing it keeps the economy going do you think the french into the city and think oh . yes it would be a step towards getting back to normal economically the country never mind something . i. mean it's not as if there aren't anti covert missions here in fact they're required to most of us on that side call it. the just also didn't is old the tables have to be one and a half meters apart. no more than 6 people potato. at the reservations only. customers must come no later than 2 pm for lunch and 8 at night when the curfew starts. we give them a permit so they can go home later but everyone has to be out by 930.

monaco is an independent country that's smaller than london's hyde park everybody knows everybody and people don't want to say anything that might displease the prince the family holds the economic as well as political power when she sounds one person who sorts monaco's coded policy was too lax would only speak anonymously. i'm really against leaving the restaurant open it's less about freedom and thoughtlessness and showing off freedom stops when other people's freedom starts when you tread on other people's liberty you're not defending liberty any more on the contrary. most though as the holiday season gets underway support the principle this there's too many others with their feet who. bellies different people celebrate new year's with the grounds of the restaurant you know not this year not in france in any case but many will be coming over. to the restaurants

here. let's get around to some other stories from around the world talks between britain and the e.u. want to post regs that trade deal are expected to continue on monday after negotiators sail to meet another key deadline for compromise the european parliament had warned that it would not vote on a deal secured after midnight on sunday it is believed significant differences remain on fisheries. around 100 people have been detained in minsk following sunday's anti-government protests crowds of people took part in rallies scattered around the belo regime capital the country has been gripped by months of protests after leader alexander lukashenko return to office in a disputed election. eastern iceland has been hit by some of the heaviest rainfall it's ever seen triggering mudslides that destroyed at least a dozen homes and entire village has been evacuated but no one has been injured.

in the u.s. congress has reached an agreement on a $900000000000.00 relief package for the country's economy were public and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said that the bipartisan deal will provide the 1st new aid in months it will be the 2nd largest economic stimulus in u.s. history following the $2.00 trillion dollars package passed in march senate minority leader chuck schumer had this to say about the latest deal which is set to be formally passed in the coming hours the agreement on this package could be summed up by the expression better late than never although i know many of my republican colleagues wished it was never but after a long and arduous year after a year full of bad news finally we have some good news to deliver to the american people so why did it take so long for a deal to be finalized did have you stefan simons is in washington with more.

because of politics there was a partisan stay in made for months and months remember the last stimulus package in terms of coronavirus help was passed in april april 2020 now it's december so it went on since the summer the congress the democrat let's congress then wanted to issue a stimulus package and help aid package of 2 trillion dollars and now the compromise in december $900000000000.00 yup partisan stalemate and knowledge of course also partisan finger pointing even today as they announced this deal the republican senate leader as well as the. democratic minority leader in the senate. exchanging punches verbal punches that each other who is responsible for the delay and so long of a wait for this $900000000000.00 help aid package for people who suffer from coronavirus

economy here and the breakdown of. their job structures and so on. stefan simons there ok we have some of breaking news coming into us now a german court has handed down its verdict in the trial of a man accused of murder and attempted murder in an attack on a synagogue in the city of hama less last year and let's go right to our correspondent leony from how much time she's standing by for us in front of the court in only so what is the verdict. well the verdict for stefan b. is life in prison and this comes as no surprise because stephanie has neither denied snowshoeing nor shown any remorse for his crimes he's been charged with 2 counts of murder and 68 attempted counts of attempted murder and judge mass and says just handed down the verdict but this trial is about much more than just

a legal verdict yelena tell us more about this verdict and why this trial is so significant. well we're talking about what would have been the deadliest and a semitic atrocity in post-war germany as chef and attempted to shoot his way into a synagogue on yom kippur last year and only a wooden door helton from entering the synagogue and murdering the people 52 people in size and then he shot to process by and and this this case has really fueled alarm in germany about the riots in anti semitism about the rise in anticipation of crimes and sentiment in the country and we're talking about a country that has never again after the holocaust and it's now seeing a rice and to semitism and this is what the cold plaintiffs here and the survivors of the attack have been making very clear throughout this trial germany has

a problem with anti-semitism and it needs to reckon with its and they've also been saying the authorities are not well prepared to handle the online radicalization off attackers such as. the trial painters and their lawyers have accused police and investigators for not knowing for not handling the online radicalization the mechanism behind it the international tie to similar attack us elsewhere right wing extremists attacks also here in germany well enough and so this is what this trial here is about now we'll talk more about that alarm as you called it learn in a moment but 1st let's remind our viewers of what happened on that terrible day and hala. on yom kippur war the holiest day in the jewish calendar more than 50 community members and guests were celebrating in the synagogue in holland. at midday

a heavily armed neo nazi attacked a synagogue he fired shots at the door and threw hand grenades. but the synagogue solid wooden door withstood the attack saving the lives of those inside. among them was max piva hot ski chairman of hull is jewish community the experience has left him traumatized. never had a problem with the fireworks on new year's eve in the past but i noticed this year that they make me feel a bit i wouldn't say they make me nervous but i really don't feel comfortable i sociate them with the attack. in the doesn't mean. when they attack or failed to enter the synagogue he shot a woman walking by who had spoken to him he then storm to

a snack bar and opened fire killing a customer the gunmen filmed everything on his own helmet camera streaming the attack live on the internet. a sign in the window kemmer rates the 2 people who were killed. 9 months later the trial of the alleged perpetrator began. the 28 year old confessed expressing his extreme right wing views he showed no remorse. max plead hard ski has twice found paper swastikas left in front of the jewish community office once he saw a police officer surreptitiously removing a swastika he finds this unsettling. and kind. of i can't feel completely sure the police or security authorities are safe.

and that's bad. the. politicians in holland and throughout germany stress that combat in anti semitism is the highest priority all the same very few jews in holland dare to show their religious affiliation in public. the synagogue door which saved their lives has been replaced with a new one that is even stronger. for any on this day as the verdict has been handed down how were the victims commemorated. we'll just opposite from the district court where i'm standing here in mexico because there is a demonstration taking place and a righty off different alliance of actors have called on people to attend despite the pandemic they are sticking to a very strict hygiene concept and they are commemorating the victims and they also want to give room for the survivors of the attack many of whom. in this case are in

the courtroom right now more than 40 are here today and they want to give them the chance to speak they want to give them the chat room to talk about their experience and this trial and what's the organizers have just told me is that they want this trial to be to not be the verdict or not be the end office reckoning with this case this attack but they wanted to be the beginning germany to start start to debates about rising and to sentences and start to debates about online radicalization about the problem with stream islam in the country you mentioned litany that one of the big criticism as has been that authorities have not done enough precisely to battle anti-semitism and rising attacks here what have authorities been doing. well following the attack and 1st of all authorities have been increasing security off to the jewish community of synagogues almost all states and germany have

invested more money in the protection of synagogues and bulletproof gates and doors and secondly following there was a law being costs against them online hate speech that was one of the big came out of this but the jewish community is saying as says it is it is not enough and they want to continue to draw attention and that's what the organize itself the demonstration outside here of south been saying time and again it's not up to the to the survivors of the attack to continue to raise that but it is up to all of german society to do that. on how much time and outside of the courthouse there in marjah burglar as we heard the synagogue attacker has been handed a life sentence i thank you so much for that reporting. to sports now in the bundesliga false birkhead into the winter break in 4th place

in the table after a tight victory at home over stud guard the wolves accomplished the job even after coronavirus protocols wreaked havoc with their roster. took up coach pelligrino matter out so had good cause to smile after his side were handed a boost ahead of the game opponents most birds plants were thrown into disarray as 2 of their players tested positive for corona virus just hours before kick off with 3 others having to quarantine. but it was the hosts who had the best chance early on getting hard twice went close to scoring the opening goal but was denied by gregor coble and the post. shook up fired back and almost took the lead when see last one minute to go went through on goal. but the wind has slid his shot just wide. nil nil at half time but vosburgh finally broke the deadlock soon after the break with more than a hint of good fortune. he also record lows free kick took 2 deflections the

wrong footed coble and the ball dribbled over the line. stuttgart should have levelled the scores in the 78th minute but nico gonzalez completely fluffed his lines and his missed kick was easily cleared. the visitors couldn't find an equaliser and that meant devolves book either came their coronavirus chaos to claim a victory that puts them in the bundesliga top 4. in sunday's other match fiber continued their recent good run with a convincing home victory over struggling had haberlin the hosts took the lead when vincente so gleeful handed in a cross in just a 7 minute earlier it early in the 2nd half rather had to hit back when dirty look at back you know stuck in unmarked at the back. host bus driver would retake the lead through emily and demure of each and added 2 further goals for a final score

a $41.00. ok let's look at the bundesliga table to see what all of those results mean biron minix finished the calendar year at the top ahead of labor coups in and to leipsic fall spurred leapfrogged dortmund into 4th place in the bottom half mites and shellac are going further and further adrift they'll be hoping for a change in fortunes in 2021. north america's national hockey league the n.h.l. is set to play a shortened season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the new season will start in january instead of october and conclude with the playoffs in july they usually play $82.00 games in the regular season but that's now been cut down to $56.00 divisions have also been realigned to minimize travel. now sky gazers are gearing up for a close encounter of the celestial kind after sunset today when a great conjunction of planets becomes visible to the naked eye jupiter and saturn will come so close together that the look like one bright or the to meet every 20

years but astronomers say they haven't been this close in almost 4 centuries and with the alignment falling on winter solstice in the northern hemisphere astrologers say could even pretend a new era of rebirth. coming up next we'll look at how the new coronavirus train is taking its toll on the british economy you know your business .

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coronavirus. welcome to the program on a day when hopes of conquering the coronavirus and then make have been served a hefty blow after discovering a new apparently more contagious strain of the virus in britain more and more countries are boring contact with the u.k. the netherlands was the 1st country to impose a flight ban on sunday morning belgium and italy followed suit later in the day germany joined in on sunday evening but fears over importing this new virus variant are growing and so is the number of countries taking precautions france arlan switzerland spain denmark and that's just europe all these countries across the world have now banned flights from britain. rushing to catch one of the last flights to britain many passengers here in madrid were hoping to make it before the midnight deadline on sunday the start of the flight ban

a lucky few who made it on time to spend christmas with their families others were not so lucky. when it was easy as though i was really scared because i had a flight on tuesday but i don't know if they're going to cancel all of them in the end so i bought the last seat on this flight to manchester right now. just a shame this happened over christmas you know the situation. we call go and see family especially over christmas time airports worldwide are now trying to accommodate the stranded passengers many truck drivers are also stranded francis barge ferries to britain and shut the eurotunnel only unaccompanied freight has allowed across the borders the ban is in effect for 48 hours from sunday night the travel ban is a major inconvenience for companies on both sides of the english channel who've

been trying to fill their warehouses for weeks out of fear of a hard breck's it come the new year let's get more on this from the correspondents color bosun at frankfurt airport enberg mohsin london bridge burg and let me start with you britain is pretty much shot off from the rest of europe what does that mean to the country and how's it reacting. britain is in isolation just like you say and the government is meeting this morning in order to discuss what measures they can take there is food security which is the biggest problem and sainsbury's has reported that if these transport ties are not restored with an days then there will be gaps on the shelves in the supermarkets so that will get british citizens to be quite nervous i suspect during the coronavirus pandemic we had seen people buying panic buying and the government will probably have to do with the

question what happens if if this is indeed the case also there is the question of medical supplies we know that another batch of the coronavirus vaccine is expected here and there are reports that military at core of are on standby so those are just some of the pressing issues for the british government to deal with comrade over do you europe germany's biggest airports are trying for the international what's the scene like where you are. well chris the situation here in terminal one which is actually the only open terminal right now it feels pretty much business as usual the atmosphere is everyone is wearing a mask of course we shouldn't forget i think that large parts of europe already have been. strict lockdowns for quite a while now governments all over the continent have been warning people not to travel over the holidays so this new restriction the ban on flights from and to the

united kingdom is only adding to this of course people who are in transit in london who all who had planned to go via london have a problem now they cannot take their flight they have to book another ticket conrad we heard that british business is actually fear shortages of transport ties are not restored quickly what does that look like from mainland europe. well of course you know europe is much more important to the u.k. as a trading partner than vice versa but that doesn't mean that many manufacturers here on the continent here in germany also depend on deliveries from the united kingdom and all this will be delayed now at least by 2 days and we shouldn't forget there had been delays before given the stockpiling of u.k. manufacturers who had you know bought a lot of goods in order to prepare for

a no deal brax it. so this whole chain is being disrupted and it is. people in german manufacturers get to feel this and this is the reason much more than the flight why the stock market this morning in frankfurt haslam quite significantly a bigot back to you in london all of this comes in less than 2 weeks before britain actually leaves the use economic structures and talks on poles breaks relations are deadlocked yes indeed if within 2 weeks there is no conclusion of these talks then what conrad mentioned it's the so-called no deal breath and say it's the end of the so-called transition period and britain really does want to know what happens british business is what happens after this will there be some form of agreement with the with the continent with the rest of the

you will there not the end on top of the coronavirus chaos that we are seeing now on top of that you have extra chaos at the borders where so much more paperwork and so much more customs. documents would be filled in and then also not not knowing really what's happening it's putting a huge strain on beaches and british businesses and we see the scottish leader nicolas sturgeon saying that the deadline should be extended that the talks which should be ongoing so far we haven't had a reaction from the british government on this latest statement day w. correspondence they did martin london and conrad bosun at frankfurt airport thanks to both of you. to the united states where after weeks of wrangling congressional leaders have reached an agreement on a $900000000000.00 stimulus package most votes on the deal are expected later on monday it will be the 1st federal aid package since the cares act back in march

despite individuals and businesses struggling due to coronavirus knock on measures the stimulus package includes $600.00 direct payments to individuals and an additional $300.00 per week in unemployment benefits here's what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had to say more help is on the way moments ago in consultation with our committees the 4 leaders of the senate and the house on laws in agreement there be another major rescue package for the american people i thought citizens continue battling those coronavirus this holiday season they will not be fighting alone. and now to some of the other business stories making news european aviation regulators insist that voice service of mass models are safe to fly that's despite accusations by u.s. senate investigators who said that boeing and the federal aviation authority had

attempted to cover up important information during the certification recertify occasion process the planes were grounded in march 29000 after 2 deadly crashes german trade union verity is calling for a strike at 6 hours of locations in germany the campaign would last until christmas eve the goal is to pressure amazon into recognizing collective wage and workplace safety agreements in similar previous disputes amazon said that customers will receive their parcels as usual. for 6 days germany has been in a 2nd hard coronavirus lock down which includes all so-called nonessential shops having to close now in an already difficult year the order has been a nightmare to many retailers who feel they are being deprived of their pivotal holiday business. these days local residents here in dusseldorf only go out to buy groceries or perhaps pick up some flowers the rest of the stores have shut their

doors due to the lock down shopkeeper done the elop iraq has followed suit even so she comes in almost every day and she still sells some of her sustainable clothing and other products on line captions at 5000 zips in an online shop so i've had an online shop since 2017. and luckily i didn't have to start from scratch this year so that helped that it had it would go but that doesn't make up for the losses incurred by a lock down shot it sets up one order has arrived this morning by email the customer will pick up the perfume later online shoppers are mainly locals. magazine but an online shop at that i've noticed that many people i know from the area visit the online shop. typhon none of the customers come from hamburger frankfurt. for. almost all of the retailers and germany's most luxurious shopping

street that could examine and dusseldorf have closed their doors shopping centers are nearly deserted. but there is still work to be done at least for this jeweler sonia kies is designing a piece for a client the pandemics global impact has hit her business especially hard her family shop creates custom made jewelry. i don't need unique gems which we carefully select in person as uncut stones at the mines but i can't get over there so i can't fulfill my orders now i just. missed a fool and her husband shows images from the last trip to a sri lankan mine in march they've already cut this stone. but more are needed for the order luckily the client is patient an exception to the rule. people shimada gomar industry is in great distress many of us are down 30 percent.

overall retail sales are down 14 percent in 2020 which is why the industry's trade association is urgently calling for help. we're experiencing a lack of liquidity that simply must be compensated if that doesn't happen it really looks as though up to 50000 shops could soon close. dunya at least was able to sell the perfume before noon the customers stopped by that's how many retailers are operating right now she's prepared should the lockdown go on for longer at least until the end of january. and that's a shell thanks for watching every success.

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exile. but protests against president bush and co were continuing unabated. this case the much he started coming out to march on sundays is as much a part of everyday life as having breakfast a neighborhood just won't keep quiet it's here that you finally get to meet your neighbors mr pearson says for all the demonstrative good humor fear is never very far away in minsk but most people here don't want to be recognized and only agree to be filmed wearing the mosques one person who is willing to take that risk is media 20 she's only ever known one leader at xander. while mr bush back in august we felt the change was really close it felt like it was in breach of just a day or 2 more and everything would change. 4 months later we're not where we wanted to be a. dollars and there. was. a lease emerge out of on

mount bands scattering the marches in all directions. dozens of smaller demonstrations in parallel across the capital means making the police's job that much harder for the hundreds of protesters still routinely arrested each week and the stakes are rising the courts hand out a harsher sentences. look at the the fear only really hits you when you get home and read about everything that's happened that day online. i always carry a set of instructions with me that tell you what to do and who to call in case you were arrested. eventually the protesters recruited continue this time without the help of modern technology so often in protest days in belarus the government has switched off mobile phone networks. the reaction to their protest from the locals is over what. we got really lucky one time the police were using stun grenades we got hit by some shrapnel there was

nowhere to hide and all we could do was knock on people's doors we moved from house to house and eventually there are about 30 of us hiding in one woman's house she looks after us and wouldn't let us risk leaving the house unless we had a lift to pick us up. but not everyone is as impressed. as the march reaches its conclusion the question is as ever how to get home without getting arrested. it really feels like we've changed as a country have a happens now that can't be reversed. no one can say with any certainty how long these protests will continue or what they might still achieve but for most of these young better russians out protesting giving up doesn't seem to be an option. the us has the highest number of

covert 1000 deaths worldwide. this is partly because president continues to downplay the threat of the buyers the consequences are from. south dakota one of america's least populated states but yet the virus has spiraled out of control here like nowhere else in the u.s. in the city of sue false a mask mandate was put in place recently without sanctions many citizens remain defiant i think it's a good idea that people wear a mask but some people balk at the idea of being told to do so i think with some of the shutdowns are doing and the picking and choosing that they're doing is making it very difficult for a lot of businesses like most of the people nowadays like even ehlers are not working but i think it's for the best like there's happy. south dakota now sees the highest hospitalisation rate of the u.s. and there is no relief in sight. out of schroeder is one of

them he and his colleagues are working 12 hour shifts trying to save those who are at the brink of death. a task which comes with the personal toll we deal with a lot of dying right now unfortunately not everybody is recovering how we'd like. it's a little harder every day people are coming in typically requiring much oxygen a lot of them end up getting a breathing tube. and from there you know it's just a battle for their life i kind of see and understand his weekly press conference mayor paul 10 hakan of the republican party updates his community about the latest developments the mayor has been criticized over his handling of the pandemic in this part of the country i think there's a fierce independence a lot of people have made the mistake of calling a cowboy country at one point and people didn't appreciate that but the point of that term meaning we're independent we don't like people telling us what to do.

christina bjorkman wishes for more government action against the pen demick in october she lost her husband took over at 19 after a 30 day long struggle at the hospital her ordeal. where. she says his death could have been avoided with stricter rules. the whole mask mandate got political and should've never been political and should have been a medical thing. and i think it just got so blown out of proportion and. i think maybe it came from our president he started it. christina bjorkman is pinning her hopes now on the president elect and a nationwide mask mandate once he takes office before then thousands more could die from cold at 19 in south dakota and the rest of the united states.

the coronavirus situation is also a concern in turkey. the government only recently began publishing the full number of daily actions. doctors in the country's population are. either as is celebrating her birthday she turns a 2 day or 2 biggest wishes harry potter cake and meeting her best friends. the latter is more difficult to organize since trick to coronavirus measures have come into force in turkey young people under the age of 20 are only allowed to leave their homes for 3 hours a day. i know that but i used to be able to go outside whenever i wanted it that was much better but i also miss school now everything is done why assume and it's

so annoying they are ok. i didn't feel this is mother is trying to organize life as best as she can between work and curfew. curfews for children are not the only new anti coronavirus rule and turkey those older than 65 can also only go outside at certain times public transportation is forbidden for young and old people and on weekends everyone with few exceptions has to stay at home. it looks pretty bleak these days in istanbul's usually very busy neighborhoods restaurants bars many. shops closed. the government now reports about $30000.00 new infections per day. even with the queues many of us are angry about how the government is managing the crisis but there's nothing we can do. the government is

concerned with its reputation they want to look good that is why there is no transparency of almost publishing the need to but they should have informed people much better right from the beginning then everyone would have known what to expect and how to act if you could read it. and are clear in their deals with many covered 19 patients he's a family doctor and belongs to the turkish medical association he says the authorities are still hiding the truly extent of the crisis. we still have a lot more cases then the government says according to our estimates we have about 50260000 new infections per day while our doctors and hospitals are at the absolute limit we have to urgently take radical countermeasures on that almost all of us things the current restrictions are already plenty tough policies over the kids have to go back inside next year she hopes for

a birthday with out the coronavirus. our last journey was to germany the country is now a hard lock to almost everything is closed citizens are being told to stay home. the world famous christmas market nuremberg has also been cancelled. this is christmas eve as it gets back in 2020 usually the central market square is bustling with the city's famous christmas market at this time of the year but it was cancelled weeks ago and now the city center has become almost ghostly. only fruit and vegetables on offer but no one comes to buy them. and has been working here for 3 decades he says he's never seen his city so empty. it's all full for us there's no christmas here now no tourists it's terrible just

look the market square is completely empty. and it's the same all over the city the state government has asked variance to only leave their homes if they have valid reasons like going grocery shopping visiting the doctor or going to work wearing a mask is compulsory in most areas of the city center partial school closures a ban on alcohol in public places and a nighttime curfew complete the strictest lockdown in germany police have increased their presence in the city center to remind people to stick to the rules but for now this little resistance they tell us. of course there are people who intentionally defy the rules there have been incidents of people refusing to cooperate when police tell them to wear masks but luckily those people are really the exception in the fella bones all the people we speak to think the authorities should be even tougher in the monitors that we think the lockdown is

absolutely justified there's just no alternative at the moment the restrictions should be tightened even further for shift and so. i'm totally fine with it because there are so many people suffering and people not taking this seriously should see what it looks like in hospitals. and that discriminate and getting worse every day that scares people including those who are suffering from the effects of the lockdown that is already in effect like market trader do you need to go on the 2 things are hard lock down is the best option now there are 3 and we've just got to get through this and maybe things will get better that it's better. maybe even in time for christmas for that no back us a willing to make sacrifices in the weeks ahead.

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