anchor: the covid-19 death toll in france approaches 22,000 as 516 new deaths are e reportrted. hohospital and -- hospitality ad tourism severely impacted. president macron holding talks with industry repeps. the frenchch governmenent gearsp to start distributive face masks. take you to germany, where masks are about to become comompulsory on public transport and in shops. as ramadan begins, millions of muslims face the prospects of a month of daytime fasting without iftar evening-

gathering, and in total isolation. i'm tom murchison. thank you for joining us. we begin in f france, where despite a continuing decline in the number of patients being care, theo intensive covid-19 crisis is far from over. 516 new deaths from the virus hahave been presented for the pt when he for hours. this brings the total death toll to nearly 22,000. while some lockdown measures could be eased by may 11 -- but only if it is deemed safe. today, french president emmanuel macron is holding talks with her presented is from the hospitality and tourismsm industries, by videoconference. the secretary of state for the economy says the government is planning to start disturbing face masks to the general public in early may. alison sargent tells us more

about the possible logistics for that. alison: face masks for all of france before the end of thee lockdown. it is a straightforward promise, but the details are still being worked out. by the end of april, authorities say they wiwill have 25 million cloth masks a week. some will be made in france, others imported from abroad. the government plans to start experimentnting with distributi. from pharmacieies to tobacco shs to town halls. local authorities may give them out for free. otherwise, it is not clear how much they will cost. government has no plans to regulate prices. ththis business owner ordered hundreds for his employees, paying extra for speedy delivery. [speaking f french] rules about when to wear

masks also remain unclear. they a are almost t certain to e requireded on pubublic transportation, but the government has not issued further guidelines. since the start of the outbreak, french officials have been criticized for their changing advice about wearing masks, and for major supply shortages. speaking on the radio friday, francis health minister justified production delays. >> [speaking french] alison: doctors at france's academy of medicine go further than the government. they say a face covevering of ay kind is better than nothing. the death from, covid-19 is up by 227, and the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus has increased over the last 24 hours.

as of next week, everyone in germany will have to wear a face mask while usingng public transpsport or in shshops. one e city in the east of the country put that rule in place several weeks ago, and since then, they have not seen a single new infection. nick spicer has more. in the eaststern town, sewing ateliers are on the frontline of the battle against covid-19. since apriril 6 and a city law making masks compulsory, she has been on her sewing machine nonstop. >> we can now make six an hour, that at the startrt, it took moe time. nick: after city hall contntactd the workshop, i it has been swamped by orderers. >> since the beginning of the month, i have been gettiting cas all day, asking me if i can still make masks. i get the feeling people are reassured when they wear them. nick: it was the first city to impose mask wearing in stores,

public transit, and the workplace. with the measure came in intense campaign. also called on people to make their own masks. at city y hall, we can provide them to medical personnnnel, but not the whole population. nick: the measures paid off. the social distancing and mask wearing appeared to have stopped the spread of the virus. had 155 9, he says, we covid-19 cases for 100,000 inhabitants. since then, the number has not changed. singlel have 155, not a one more. city officials say people are wearing masks without exception. no fines have been issued. like it or not, people here accept the new normal. >> [speaking german] >> [speaking german] nini: the towown showed the way and the rest of germany i is

following g suit. as of next week, all germans will have to wear masks and all 16 german regions. tom: nick spicer reporting there. south africa remains under lockdown, although cyril ramaphosa says it could start being relaxed at the starart of may. just under 4000 confirmed cases of the virus. the country has reported the highest nunumber of coronavirurs cases on thehe continent. for businesseses in south afric, the past few weeks have been devastating. to more, we can speak anthony black. has takenhe pandemic a terrible toll on businesses in south africa. what is the government doing about that. it had a huge effect. the economy was in trouble even before the pandemic started. -- presidenttly announced a big 500 billion rand

rescue package, about 20 billion euros, it is going to provide income support, support for , guarantees, and a range of support measures. for example, an increase to the child grant and an increase to other social grants. a pretty big package in south africa in terms of the size of south africa's economy. it is a very big package. the economichas damage been? are there indicators you can offer us? anthony: it is really a difficult number. gdp this yearor has been falling quite rapidly. i would expect perhaps around a .0% decline in gdp this year i think as we all know it is very difficult to predict, that it has been a huge impact.

also, the impact on the poor has aen dramatic because there is high rate of unemployment, and a lot of people who are not part of any kind of safety net type of system at the moment. tom: do you envisage a scenario whereby once the lockdown measures start being eased, pent up demand from these last five weeks or so would result in some sort of a rebound? and would that rebound be enough to make up for any or much of the lost ground, do you think, professor? lot, butit will help a there is also income which has not been hurt. are keen tors spend, wage earners who have been receiving some kind of wage. but i think there is certainly going to be a lot of lost incocome, which wowon't be recocovered. part of that willl be made up fr by the relief measures which

have been announced by president ramaphosa. anecdotally,just hassigns that this lockdown not been observed? has it been adhered to? had south african people bought into this idea of absolutely staying indoors, staying out of harm's way? areasy: i think in some that has been the case. certainly not in all areas. if you are living in a small stay, it is difficult to at home, a large family living in a small shack. has been, it supported. after four weeks of strict lockdown, people are looking for change, and it is going to be slightly relaxed next week. but i thinknk generally t thereh been strong support for the government on this whole program. i certainly think that the lockdown has had a considerablbl

effect in reducing the new infections. tom: thank you very much for speaking to us. professor anthony black of the university of cape town. think you so much. muslims around the world are beginning the holyly month of ramadan, and monthth of daytime fasting which is typically accompanied by family gatherings and mass prayers. this year, ramadan is going to be very different, with rules preventing gatherings of any kind in many countries. fastwill be breaking their and isolation. a team will take us to a neighborhood in paris. >> it has been done a certain way for centuries -- extended families, whole communities fastring together to break and to pray. but this will be a ramadan like none quite before it. upside9 has turned life down. mosques will be deserted, and fasts will be broken by many in isolation.

toparis, those coming out buy food told us they are doing what they can to separate. >> [speaking another language] >> 's[ baking another language --[speaking another language] >> [speaeaking another langugua] will be: clearly, this a subdued ramadan, but mosques like this are trying to keep one of the key traditions alive, charity, by organizing food parcels for the poor and those in isolation. reporting massey there. the spanish government announced today that a fururther 367 peope

have died from covid-19 ring the last 24 hours. it is a high number that is the lowest spain has seen in four weeks. the total death toll since the start of the pandemic stands at more than 22,500, aching at the third highest in the world after the united states and italy. been's health workers have calling on people across the country to write letters of solidarity to peoplele who have caught the virus. the france 2014 went to find out more about this initiative. hospitals across eurorope, patients with covid-19 are kept strictly isolated, unable to see friends and family. a group of young people in madrid want to send these people messages of hope. "i donon't t know you, , but hei am." >> [speakingng spanish]

reporter: she has been helping out with the project. she doesn't work in a hospital, with other volunteers, she can mimix the e letters they have received by email, and sends them to hospitals that arare pat ofof the proct. speaking french] >> [speaking spanish] french]h]ng >> [speaking spapanish] [speaking french]

tom: and finally, t the lockdown in india has been extended to may 3. as a result, pollution levels have dropped sharply in the skies have cleared. for residents of cashmere -- kashmir, a mountain range is visible from upwards of 200 kilometers away. we leave you with stunning -- kashmir.s thanks for watching tuned. -- watching. stay tuned.

>> under cover of darkness, joey steers his boat toward the deep sea. month, whenen the tides are calm,m, he sets out in his ship for the middle east and asia. player in theical drug trade, carrying contraband by boat into kenya. get a call from my boss, telling me where to go. go to meet the boat and they give me three to four packages, sometimes even five. i come back to shore, and there is a vehicle waiting for me to receive the goods. the job is profitable. he makes up to 900 euros per drop, nearly the average annual salary for canyons, but the risks are high too.

joey: it is a job that is really dangerous. the more you work, the more you know. and then one day they asked me to come alone to get the goods. some of my friends disappeared that time. we never saw them again after they left to do their job. reporter: joey will come back a few days after setting off with seven kilograms of narcotics. -- mules will then transit kenya'ss to mombasa, second largest city and east africa's largest port. it is now also a bustling source of illegal trafficking, with her when coming in from pakistan and

cocaine coming from south america. harrowing -- heroin coming in from pakistann and cocainine from sououth america. >> undoing the packing for the people that are going to distribute. reporter: there are many like david, who shuttled drugs by air between kenya and foreign cities. for his own security, he does not want t to tell usus the destination, but he does share some hints. david: one thing -- we make more money in europe. for most, europe is the best. maybe three out of five trips goes. if it is cocaine, i am makingg

6000 per kilo. after wrapping, he has to test the balloons to make sure they are watertight. the stakes are high. if one breaks in his stomach, he will die of an overdose. it is a fate he is willing to grapple with, because mewling -- muling drugs is easy money. david: we can depart from kenya easily. especially,can you a especially,ny because receiving it, we get it easily. reporter: thehe kenyan drug mart is estimated to bring in more than 100 million euros annually. the trade mainly benefits kingpins at the top.

mansion belongs to a well-known businessman in mumbai set. -- in mombasa. he is expected of being involved in drug trafficking, and police have raided his house. >> you can't leave anything here. you must take everything you find. is there anything related to our investigation? reporter: sniffer dogs move through all the rooms and the house is turned upside down. it is big news in mombasa, with police inviting local media to show off their so-called war on drugs, that the record tells another story. >> there was a nepalese man inside. we arrested him.

he w was in possession of cannabis. he had a joint and a half. we also found the equivalent of 57,000 shillllings in kenyan and nepalese money. reporter: the kenyan interior minister recently declared a renewed battle against traffickers. grounund, teams on the conducting arrests of those that we get information for. we tell the public. reporter: a few w days later, ts county commandnd of three e yeas will be transferred because of his inability to stem the drug trade. some police officers say their own colleagues are the ones protecting drug barons.

tos investigator is keen tell his side of the story. he hasas arrested severall traffickers, most of whom were immediately released. he is scared to talk to us during the day or to show his face, fearful of reprisals. >> when we take them back to the station, we are threatened by certain superiors. we will bebe transferred to zons where there are terrorists.. receive bribebes from the big drug traraffickers. reporter: frustrarated and scard

for his own future, he plans to quitit in the coming mononths. ineffective policing of incoming drugs has flooded the market with cheap products. dealers or fixtures on street corners. using heroin for 19 years and comes to the center to get free, clean syringes. heroin has become much easier to find in mombasa. one government study says 3.5% of the city's population has tried it. >> that is a syringe. this is water. this is used in injection.

reporter: he regularly talks with counselors at the ngo for reminders of basic hygiene. >> thanks to these meetings, i know what awaits me outside and how to avoid the dangers on the street. oforter: aside from the risk overdose, the rates of hepatitis and aids in this community are high. people come to the center daily for help. use, some of them , and some ofopouts them are professionals. they are affected when they use. the thing has gone out of plan and everyone has access more easily. reporter: historically, kenya

has not been hit by widesespread use of her drugs. that is changing, with the number of addicts on the rise. areeen 2500 and 5000 people addicted to heroin in mombasa alone. ♪ ♪ >> i started 19 years ago. i had a friend shooting heroin. he often came by my house, and we smoked together. i asked him if i couould try to find out what t it was like.e. ♪ ♪ reporter: yearsrs of shooting up

have destroyed his veinsns, ande misses a few times. >> i will get some money and then i go to buy the stuff. money, noome question, i'm going to buy the stuff. it is my full life. reporter: but the local market for this cheap heroin is just a tiny part of trafficking in mombasa. in an apartment nearby, davidids all most ready to head to the airport. he prays to survive the long trip. david: i want to ask god to

protect me. i just want him to help me resist this thing until at least i rereach the e destination. reporter: a mix of milk and soggy cereal helps him more easily swallow the cocaine balloons. >> a maximum of 12 hours. when someone eats food, the food can stay in the stomach for a maximum of 12 hours. he can still have a hard time ingesting the product, even as an experienced mule. confident he will avoid fromtion, he is off

mombasa international airport. he will return in a few months for another long haul to europe. it is a trtrip that will either finallybig or,r, if he is caught, lend him a hefty prison term.

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