this is deja vu news live from berlin germany considers drastic steps to stop war mutant coronavirus variance from entering the country chance of marcos as she's up against a complete ban on travel but with no end to the pandemic in sight international flights in germany could be toxic to almost 0. also coming out of anger grows of the delay of millions of preorder doses of the covert 19 back seen from drug makers astra zeneca what's behind the delay and how will it affect those most vulnerable

to the growth of bars. and on the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the ocean its concentration camp the holocaust survivor tells us why it is important to never forget. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us germany's biggest newspaper is reporting that the government here is considering additional radical steps to slow the spread of coburg 19 the mass market paper billed says plans have been drawn up to cut international air traffic to germany to near 0 the arrival of new more infectious variants of the virus in the country is fuelling concerns at a time when the rollout of vaccines is slower than expected and germany has reported over 2000000 corona virus cases since the start of the pandemic more than 52000 people have died with copd. and let's bring in our

political correspondent nina has a she's following the latest on this for us hi nina good morning to you a so germany is considering tightening restrictions so what more can you tell us. well we're hearing that chancellor angela merkel apparently told fellow politicians from her own party group that she says it's not the time to travel now and that she wants to look into plans to further ridge restrict travel into germany and impose much stricter border controls she apparently said everybody agrees now that is not the time to travel and her interior minister is working on plans to essentially reduce traffic into germany to near 0 and he quoted israel as an example where as we all know the biggest airport has essentially been closed off of course bring down the number of new infections and to help combat the new mutations of the

virus how is germany dealing with the pandemic right now well germany today reported more than 13000 new daily infections and that is twice as many as the day before so for a while germany's new infections went down considerably and people were beginning to feel a bit more relaxed but of course the numbers are still very high we have to keep in mind that during the 1st wave the spike was a little over 6200 so now we're at 13000 still even though large parts of public life have come to a standstill essentially today jenny reported 982 more people who died with a pandemic so of course there's big concern like i say lots of parts of public life are already closed so politicians are really scrambling to come up with yet more ideas how to combat the pandemic also given the fact that the vaccines the

vaccinations have started it has been a very slow rollout as you said nina moats most of public life is already closed down so if there are tougher restrictions put in place will people go along with it . it's exactly one year ago today that germany reported its 1st case of the new coronavirus and so we've been dealing with this pandemic for a year now exactly and then we sort of very strict lock down in spring this is a little over the summer but essentially since the autumn shops are closed schools and kindergartens were close just before christmas so they have been closed for a long time now people are beginning to feel tired and yet everybody's beginning to know somebody who has been affected by covert in one way or another so the people are very aware of the seriousness of the situation but of course patients is growing thin and there are plans that are being put forward by some politicians

from states in the north of the country who are saying we need to give people a bit more of a perspective so then putting forward a plan how what which criteria need to be met for germany to be able to ease restrictions because they argue ok we do need to be vigilant we do need to be strict but we also need to be able to give people a perspective when things will be easier and why our political correspondent you know has reporting for us thank you now the european union is demanding answers over the millions of undue liver doses of coronavirus vaccine that it ordered the chief executive of drug maker astra zeneca said the e.u.'s late decision to sign a contract to supply the vaccine meant there were still glitches to be smoothed out in its production lines but all $27.00 e.u. countries are facing heat for a slow rollout and politicians are asking whether vaccines produced within the e.u.

are going to higher bidders outside the block. talks and more talks have done little to less than anger at astra zeneca european officials say the firm has failed to adequately explain why it was slashing expect scene deliveries to the e.u. . europe invested billions to help develop the world's 1st covered 900. to create a truly global common good and now the companies must deliver. they must honor their obligations. astra zeneca has delivery cut for the latest setback to e.u. plans to vaccinate 70 percent of adults by summer earlier this month fires are said it would temporarily reduce its deliveries to the e.u. was well citing production issues. but u.k. health officials say they expect to have enough supply to meet the country's vaccination targets that reality is fuelling tensions already that. i

think the thing to do now is not to. go down the sort of the dead end of the nationalism is to work together to make sure that we protect our people that's my priority is to protect the british people to protect the united kingdom but also to protect the whole world is no one to say from fools that. what divisions over how to fairly distributed vaccines will likely persist in the near term south africa's president lashed out at wealthy countries accusing them of buying up the global vaccine supply. now rich countries in the world won't need vaccines and we are saying really needs. that you have you have a ordered and ordered south africa still needs to secure 14000000 more doses to accomplish its vaccination goal by contrast the e.u. u.k. and the u.s.

have signed contracts with drug makers to acquire more than $200.00 times that amount. let's get a look now at some other developments in the pandemic the number of coded cases worldwide has now surpassed 100000000 that's according to johns hopkins university the kovacs vaccine sharing platform says it hopes to supply 1800000000 doses to poor countries this years of pedro's president francisco suggest he has ordered a total lockdown of the capital lima and 9 other regions after a surge in new cases there and a chinese woman has been sentenced to one year in prison for hiding her virus symptoms before boarding a flight from the u.s. to china last march she took medication to suppress a fever. to lebanon now where hundreds of anti-government protesters have clashed with security forces for a 2nd today including in the capital beirut and the 2nd largest city tripoli that's as the country hit a new daily record for corona virus deaths people are angry at the worsening

economic conditions and a strict lockdown that they say is driving them into poverty. they are angry and desperate asco $1000.00 cases are soaring protesters took to the streets for 2nd night hundreds of mostly young men clashed with police there with dozens of injuries many here feel they have now reached their breaking point. the pain of the people has driven them to the streets. after today with nothing changed we want to overthrow the system from head to toe what we see today is the pain of the people and what you saw is all pain. and poverty. more than 2 and a half 1000 live a nice have died from the virus and the government has imposed one of the strictest lockdowns in the world including around the clock curfew. but many are

being pushed into poverty. there's no stability the dignity of the people was the red line what we see for a 2nd day in tripoli is the result of a very hard reality without any plans to feed the people at texas dr burns just over $10.00 how can we tell him to stay home when he can't afford to buy bread for his family. dependent make has hit with the country already experiencing at dyea konami crisis. between close have brought lebanon's health care system to its knees and now many of its people into a state of rage and desperation. let's get a round of now some other headlines. around the world the netherlands has seen a 4th consecutive night of protests against coronavirus lockdown measures of the latest on rest was more isolated than in previous nights the country's 1st curfew

since world war 2 came into effect on saturday as a precaution against the new virus strains from the u.k. . italian president said that unless that to start talks with the leaders of political parties on forming a new government the consultation follows the resignation of prime minister she said because he says he's hoping to form a new coalition that can save the nation during the pandemic and economic crisis. u.s. president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin have reached a deal to extend the new start nuclear arms control treaty the treaty was supposed to expire early next month it limits the nuclear weapons washington and moscow can deploy the trump administration refused to extend the pact without concessions from russia. today marks international holocaust remembrance day it commemorates the $6000000.00 jews and the other victims of naziism with every year that passes there are fewer holocaust survivors still alive to tell their story one man who survived the auschwitz concentration camp spoke to d.w.

about his experience and about the importance of never forgetting. peter johan qadosh had a sheltered childhood in a jewish family in transylvania. but it suddenly ended when he was 13 years old. germans occupied transylvania in 1944 the german army was a short time later we were deported to auschwitz when you know my entire family was murdered there. through various coincidences or i can also say with god's help i stayed alive. his sister and mother were immediately killed in the auschwitz gas chambers. you hadn't cardassian pretended he was older and was sent to various concentration camps for forced labor.

i was affected by the whole persecution. and the year it auschwitz hols and covering might have hardened me emotionally or scolded me. i was no longer able to react to things as a normal person would. shortly before liberation got off managed to escape he later went to university built a career and started a family. with a father. my wife and i lived together for 7 years before we got married and i never talked about my past with her with a nice. sometimes i feel as if it were sunk in concrete in cement. now it is important for him to talk about it and about anti-semitism today that worries the 19 year old very much. a store was selling grape fruit from south

america and israeli grapefruit from jaffa i bought those from jaffa not out of jewish solidarity but because they're better they taste better and the lady behind me said don't buy from jews. got asked regrets that he can no longer go into schools as a contemporary witness due to the pandemic talking to young people brought him much joy. escaped my 90 now. there aren't many survivors of my age left i guess there won't be any of us left in 20 years. so it's good if it's recognised in schools and history books. but you can't make the young generation and the next young generation and the one that follows them are responsible for it you can't do that all you can say is never forget. already of you

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