it is. being treated. as a. commodity starts march 22nd oh and b.t.w. . this is deja news live from berlin no end in sight to germany's lock down regional leaders say to extend pandemic restrictions beyond easter as infection writes so will pass the threshold set to protect hospitals from being overwhelmed. and poland enters a new lockdown as coronavirus cases increase there the government closed restaurants and borders for 3 weeks as infection writes near record highs. plus

a sinister idea battles its worst floods in decades the relentless downpour leaves the outskirts of sydney underwater and dams overflowing with now left off and sidle farthings declare a natural disaster. i'm rebecca ridge has welcome to the program several german states pushing to extend strict coronavirus restrictions into that's according to a draft plan of time by the news agency a.f.p. germany is battling its 3rd wave of the corona virus the right of infections has now tipped over that $100.00 per 100000 people threshold the level at which experts say hospitals risk being overwhelmed or thora to say variants of the virus on driving the rising numbers chancellor angela merkel and regional late as well may

on monday to discuss further steps. joining me now is deafening political correspondent hena kisner mahela break it to us gently what what can we expect from that meeting on monday. on nothing terribly new we have seen a draft document circulated by the social democrat side of the governing coalition and we have seen under them at least see through stuff pretty fast to stress that this is not a draft coming from the chance to itself there's talk of an extension time wise way into april and should of course crucell ahead of the easter holidays but i do expect the demonspawn senate and the states to point towards that formula that they found 2 weeks ago when they discussed which steps to take and that is that magic threshold that you mentioned 100 but 100000 people acted within the space 7

days below that we would expect an easing of the current lockdown but you just cited it germany has gone past that threshold and we seem to be moving away from a unitary approach across the country in terms of whether some so close to a very regional different more different to approach in which might see salts open if the incidence rates drops but they're not dropping at the moment right now we have to tend to the vaccination rollout less than 9 percent of people in germany have received a 1st shot of the back saying fall behind the u.k. and the us and many other countries why is that. well and what is being cited by the government is that the vaccine simply isn't there what is true is that the e.u. keeps exporting vaccine whereas the united states for instance won't let roxy out having said that there is a recognition on the side of angela merkel as well he said yes that the e.u.

that germany was slow in getting this out this seems to be a lot of red tape that german states are stumbling over and production facilities simply not being fast enough and patience certainly when you look at the opinion polls is wearing thin on that very issue you mentioned that it's exactly what i want to ask you next i mean business given the slow progress of the vaccination rollout the same yngling never ending lockdowns head does the government still have public support it does overrule what we are seeing also is that people would like to see tougher restrictions once again particularly with extra flights now going to make your cut people taking more risks being willing to take risks is a large majority of the population that wants to rein that in that wants to remain cautious but we are seeing angela merkel's conservative seat you see use you block drops significantly in the pinion polls and this could of course have an effect if

this follows through until september we see general elections here and really and the end of the euro. rhyme i came across that thank you very much for that update. across the border poland is one of the countries hardest hit by covert 9 tain and started imposing new lockdown restrictions on saturday much of public life will be shut down for at least 3 weeks there poland has experienced an exponential growth in cases in the past month its health care system is under strain as hospitals struggle to cope with a surge of new admissions. warsaw 1st responders are at their limits and one in every 3 colds they get is a covert emergency more and more young people are coming down with the virus like this 45 year old mother of 3. she's been sick with the virus for 11 days the condition is deteriorating polson her breathing and now irregular.

after collecting their patient the 1st responders have to find a hospital that will take her and it's becoming ever more difficult. in the hospital ward the filling up as the picture numbers rise. more than 26000 new infections were reported in poland on saturday as many as jury november's peak to be 117 mutation has been spreading. the news bubbled if the made it 60 to 80 percent of cases could be traced to the british variant it's extremely aggressive in a strip of util saw the health system is under intense pressure including the hospital in ports in central poland there are 35 beds for covert patients and over 50 patients ill with the virus what. it would be easier for our hospital if we had more doctors we specially need more. but we're also lacking stop in almost every

department. to fight the 3rd wave the hospital in ports could is trying to vaccinate as many people as it can as quickly as it can poland's rollout is amongst the most rapid in the e.u. you know. it's really important to be here today i'm caring for my disabled son and i don't want to infect him. i want to get vaccinated i haven't been secret covert but my wife died of it. the government has now tightened its lockdown museums schools and shopping centers nationwide will close for at least 3 weeks but online lockdown opponents have been organizing against the measures hotel and restaurant owners from the group were open hard to find the rules even though they could be fined. if we shop now that. i've put the years of my

life into this place of my work clothes. but the authorities aren't giving in to community opposition the infection numbers are rising too fast for about. i tell it take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now a new wave of protests have been held in myanmar against its military rulers one man was killed and several wounded when police opened fire on a group setting up a barricade in the central city of one who are here nearly 250 people have been killed since the army took power in a coup on february 1st. voting is underway in the republic of congo's presidential election then he says soon again it is expected to extend his 37 year grip on power the main opposition party is boycotting the vote which it says is illegal. turkish police have arrested a prominent pro kurdish politician they've been staging a protest in parliament for the past 5 days. refused to leave the building after he

was stripped of his seat and his immunity as lawmakers. a state of emergency has been declared in miami beach after a large crowds of revelers arrived for spring break it's the 2nd year in a row that authorities in the american result city have clamped down because of fears that crowds could spread coronavirus. or storage fees in australia have to play it a natural disaster as to wrench will rains continue to pummel the east coast of the country the downpour is causing some of the worst flooding in decades people were evacuated from near sydney as more than 30 centimeters of rain fell on the area in just over a day emergency services a warning of a life threatening situation. skloot stone the manning river in new south wales much of the state has been affected by dangerous flash flooding it's causing widespread damage and history says american sea services have appealed to people

not to drive through the flood waters it's not worth the risk. you creating significant risk to yourself or your families and also to the us who would need to come in and say. record reams of paper most of the state some areas have reported the worst flooding in half a century and the dating poor is are showing no signs of abating. we're just inundated at the moment. and the water still rising demographic you know a lot of you know. here this is the worst i've seen it last year just after christmas it was pretty bad as well but not this bad. is going to be a lot of people that might you don't get their houses a lot of them they won't get to work or ride will be wrecked as well that's going to get attention and i think a lot of people bit of a walk up call the government is offering financial assistance to people affected by the floods meteorologists are warning that this extreme weather is set to

continue for several days and let's bring in journalist rochelle harrison placed in sydney hi richelle so new south wales is saying some of the worst flooding in decades and parts of sydney where you are also now being evacuated what kind of damages are we talking about here. well actually authorities are said the rain that's currently lashing the mid north coast of new south wales is a once in a century then there's the record breaking rains that have lashed that region but also as you said right here in sydney aware of that equation orders were given this sunday afternoon to thousands of residents in parts of western sydney sydney notably the head rich area a national disaster has been declared in 16 local government areas across the state we know that hundreds of properties and properties have been damaged and

sadly people's beloved pets have also been lost in love and then there are reports of horses and livestock being washed down the rivers and washing up on local beaches there are some incredible images old for example of how that was had to be rescued from the surf on the mid north coast of new south wales so it's not something you see every day that's the short and not how well prepared our forest is and people have as we heard the better obviously there's going to be thing funding from the government but how are prepared where they. are. well i think both authorities and residents were taken by surprise by just how quickly the strains arrived and how quickly the floodwaters started rising so there wasn't a ration ounce of preparation and 13 makeshift evacuation centers of popped up in

those affected regions of cross the state there were more than 300. volunteers on the frontline there and they have reportedly carried out some 700 flood rescues just in the past 3 days so that and enormous amounts of them out of the game that a once in a lifetime in a stream of weather events that i think just nobody was prepared for was expecting the rain is going to keep bashing this area well into next week so i think it's a case of people really just hunkering down and bracing for the worst right richelle harrison plaza in sydney stay dry and safe thank you. give my best thank you. and so when this league football now and dortmund were on the road on the road saturday in cologne where young scoring sensation in holland grabbed 2 goals and his club needed both of them to win a point early in the match holland controlled

a long pass and poked the ball into the net to give dortmund one nil lead cologne scored twice to go ahead until the 90th minute when the norwegian popped up again to make it through to the door seems to win state 5th in the league. and let's take a look at all the bonus they result so far on match day 26 champions by an easily bache that got to maintain their 4 point lead 2nd place leipzig bielefeld frankfurt down to lynn fallsburg one last place shall call it lost again in sunday's shuttle includes a head to berlin against leave it to some which kicks off shortly let's take you to . central france now on have a look at a very rare ritual that's been captured on camera. a famous pounder was put in contact with her male counterpart. and they mated

it's an incredibly rare moment says a male pandas are only 24 to 40 i was a yo. says they all know and around the so not whether or not she's pregnant. you're watching the news next on the w.-l. digital program shift looks at gaming culture we'll have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour and until then there's always our website at state dot com i'm rebecca riches in berlin thanks for watching. w.'s crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues only this odes are available online of course you can share and discuss on w africa's facebook page and other social media platforms turn fighters to me and no . i was a few when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in

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