medical equipment that's coming from china earlier i asked our chief political correspondent linda crane what steps had been taken to ensure that the face masks that just arrived that they meet german medical standards that shipment that arrived today and by the way we are expecting another shipment on wednesday bringing the total masks from china during the last few days to 25000000 apparently there were tests on those masts both in china and there will be tests here in germany when the masks are distributed throughout the tent while states where they will be given to over to the health ministers of their respective states and to be frank china has a very high stake in ensuring that these masks do are well because the deal to provide was actually negotiated between chancellor angela merkel and chinese president so a lot is riding on the fact that these mass needs to be a fact. that was g w g political correspondent there melinda crane well in contrast to germany and other european countries sweden's coronavirus strategy has been one to show allowing bars restaurants a business is to ope

and how one belgian businessman is bringing people together despite social distancing using a crane to hoist the care home visitors up into the air taking them face to face at last with their loved ones. i'm told me a lot of well welcome u.s. president donald trump has given his 1st briefing since his controversial remarks about using disinfectant to treat the coronavirus trump launched a fresh attack on china's in beijing could have stopped the virus before it stopped the world the president said his administration would conduct what he called a serious investigation despite the number of u.s. covert 1000 cases now approaching 1000000 trump insists all areas of the country are doing well the white house also unveiled new measures to ramp up testing for the virus. a washington correspondent stephens inman's followed the briefing steffen what was your big takeaway from this briefing the big one is there is a plan though according to the white house plan is to ramp up testing at the moment the united states conducts $200000.00 tests a day that is impressively more than it was just a few

the w chief political correspondent melinda crane welcomed melinda what has prompted this renewed push for climate protection. well you know we're often hearing churchill cited these days never waste a good crisis which basically tells us that this is the moment for a restart governments and multilateral organizations such as the european union the world bank i.m.f. and others are getting ready to commit trillions of euro's to economic recovery and how they do that the form this takes will set the path for the economy for decades to come economists call it paths dependence we commit to particular types of infrastructure or particular pricing schemes and businesses depend on that and set their business models on that and basically then get locked into that pathway for some time to come so right now we have the opportunity to take a green recovery path that will ensure that transport systems that energy systems become truly sustainable and benefit people as a whole rather than narrow groups of shareholders and essentially if we don't take that path we are going to face another crisis the

to take the distance out of social distancing visitors at one nursing home in belgium are getting a crane left to bring them face to face again with their loved ones. i'm sorry so it's kind of good to have you with us britain has held a minute's silence to pay tribute to frontline workers who have died after contracting co that 19 these were the scenes earlier this morning. now the u.k. government has announced it will make a $60000.00 pounds compensation payment to families of health care workers and social care staff who would die fighting the outbreak that's around the $70000.00 euros a critics of the government's response to the pandemic say it's highlighted the crisis within the u.k.'s national health system. our correspondent is with us from a lot to tell us more about this event of paying tribute to frontline workers across britain. well this could be the prime minister boris johnson making his mark he's back at work this week and he wanted to set the tone right i guess and have the symbolic gesture of the whole country just honoring the health workers which i think is a very movin

to take the distant sound of social distancing visitors at one nursing home in belgium or getting a crane lifts to bring them face to face again with their lawful. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the british public will hold a minute's silence today to pay tribute to frontline workers who died after contracting co bid 19 the government has announced it will make 860000 pound compensation payment that's all 70000 euros to families of health workers and social care stuff who died fighting the outbreak after years of underfunding and now a severe lack of personal protective equipment the pandemic has laid bare the crisis within the u.k.'s national health system. and non-slip gown that protects him from coronavirus dr assays munaf almost feels guilty every time he puts one on he's an emergency doctor so he doesn't have access to past more protective equipment or people. that supplies across the u.k. are very limited they simply aren't enough gowns for every doctor i want to go to a kitchen it's a. conscious user to you they call box of supplies going last summer so that's so t

jonathan crane from states thank you welcome. and you are today i'll be back at the top of the hour join me if you chad it will be wonderful to see it's been great having your company see the state of new news on the budget. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. covert 19 special next on d w.

such as political correspondent melinda crane welcome milind so the composer wearing a mask has been has long been a controversial issue here in what's changed and a people complying. 1st of all what's changed is that for a long time it was controversial in part because there simply weren't enough masks to go around it was pretty clear that if everybody were to be required to wear a mask there would be acute shortages secondly there was quite a bit of contrast ing if not to say contradictory opinion about whether masks really would be effective that partly has to do with the misunderstanding that some of the experts who were giving advice were essentially trying to tell citizens look this is not going to protect you from getting the virus and that is a misapprehension when it comes to masks masks actually protect people from essentially giving the virus to others so that has now more or less been quite clarified although in fact some leading experts here are still doubting how effective masks are now as to compliance it's early days it's hard to say but i am hearing from some colleag

our chief political correspondent, melinda crane, here in berlin.hina may be helping but there are reports tonight that suggest something different. germany's green party says chinese diplomats put pressure on the interior ministry here in berlin, to make positive statements about china's handling of the corona crisis. the german government has confirmed that this happened. and they say it did not comply with the request from beijing. dw's chief local correspondent melinda crane spoke with a member of the parliament. >> how problematic was this attempt by chinese despot -- chinese diplomats to influence german government official statements to influence handling of the coronavirus crisis? is it normal for governments to spin -- to try to spin the narrative? >> i think this was ultimately a desperate way of impressing their own to mastic audience in china with applause and praise -- their own domestic audience in china withh applause and praise from overseas. because obviously chinese leadership is not sure whether their own population is willing to

toughest negotiations are yet to come and i'm now joined by chief political correspondent melinda crane how did melinda so germany will pay the biggest share of the emergency fund that leaders have agreed to set up is that bound to be some opposition to that in the country. there will certainly be opposition from the far right alternative for germany party they said very clearly yesterday that they were not willing to see any kind of increased aid from germany to help other e.u. members particularly the hard hit southern european countries but otherwise the my old so far criticism or somewhat mild criticism that we've been hearing is coming from different. members of the political spectrum including the junior coalition partner the social democrats saying the agreement yesterday didn't go far enough and germany's commitment didn't go far enough that bolder action is needed to really get an effective recovery fund up and working. so all of the so-called corona bonds that countries like germany and the northern countries are opposed to other they now off the table. no so far basically not

was the german chancellor speaking today let's bring in our chief political correspondent belinda crane she is in berlin good evening to you melinda you know we've heard it many times we were talking about these corroded bonds euro bonds germany and the northern european countries they've always been labeled the bad guys southern european countries did the chancellor good day did she appear to be on the defensive a little. no absolutely not and she spoke in a press conference just after the end of this video conference summit and seemed pretty satisfied and she described the atmosphere as very positive very friendly and said that there was absolute agreement that together the e.u. member countries must find a way forward i think in part this lack of defensiveness is because this morning to some degree she went on the office if she managed to get herself out of the corner that sometimes germany quiets that getting backed into as a naysayer she said very clearly we know we must port more money on the table germany only does well when the rest of the e.u. does well and then she made this v

summit is chief political correspondent lyndal crane is following that story for us hello melinda so what are the main points the chancellor angela merkel made. well the chancellor started out by repeating what she had said this morning earlier on in her statement to the german parliament before she went into this video conference basically that germany will only be able to recover well from the corona crisis if europe as a whole recovers well that the they aren't one union one community and she went on to say and that means that germany will in future be contributing significantly more to the e.u. budget she was later on when she was taking questions asked well exactly how big is this new recovery fund that richard was just explaining exactly how big is that likely to be she said she wasn't going to get pinned down on that likely sized whether it was going to be another 500000000000 or possibly even as much as a trillion euros she said that that had not been the queen this evening and she said that what was also not agreed as we also heard from richard is whether payouts to countrie

they don't lose chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome belinda what has prompted this renewed push for climate protection. well you know we're often hearing churchill cited these days never waste a good crisis which basically tells us that this is the moment for a restart government and multilateral organizations such as the european union the world bank i.m.f. and others are getting ready to commit some problem was but in the train let's move on to russia russian president vladimir putin has said that his country's coronavirus pandemic hasn't yet peaked during a televised video conference with cabinet members and other officials mr putin also announced of the lockdown would be extended until the 11th of may and the restrictions might be loosened from the 12 russia has reported a significant increase in the number of cases with an additional $6400.00 confirmed infections in one day bringing the nationwide total to move the $93000.00. get more from g.w. correspondent i'm going to show in moscow welcome this lockdown extension come as a surprise well not really phil health offic

the idea of using cranes to hold people closer together was a brainchild of tristen fund and bosch he's the manager of the company that rents out the platforms for window cleaning and fruit picking. i saw somebody waving at his mother 2 or 3 floors up and i thought given that we have a serious fall in business we could live up to the window with our machines. and that's what we did. 84 year old clementine says that the crane right has given her at least a semblance of intimacy with her loved one i think i am very happy the time could speak to him that closely it's great i really appreciate this initiative. is up this moment. now clementines back down on solid ground and a husband still in lockdown even so just a few minutes with him have made a huge difference. thank. you watching t w news thanks for being with us. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. 19 special next on d w.

arliss bill in our political correspondent melinda crane she is on the story for us here in berlin good evening to you melinda there have been reports of defective medical equipment coming from china so can we even be sure that these masks will do what they're supposed to do. well that shipment that arrived today and by the way we are expecting another shipment on wednesday bringing the total masks from china during the last few days to $25000000.00 apparently there were tests on those masts both in china and there will also be tests here in germany when the masks are distributed throughout the federal states where they will be given to over to the health ministers of their respective states and to be frank china has a very high stake in ensuring that these masks do are well because the deal to provide was actually negotiated between chancellor angela merkel and chinese president so a lot is riding on the fact that these mass needs to be effect and mother knew we know that making these facial mask a mandatory it's been a controversial issue here in germany what has changed now and do yo

and we have jonathan crane from due to the sports with us for more on this story hi jonathan tell us what this is about me what is the bonus league plan and hope for here. as leader wants to get up and running as soon as it possibly can many so it can get its hands on 300000000 euros worth of missing t.v. money to save struggling clubs in fact we heard the d.f.l. boss christian seifert just a bit this is a matter of survival so to that end the league has come up with a plan pending government approval as you say as to how that might happen some of the things that might be needed obviously as we knew already matches will have to be played and empty stadiums it is going to need to be eliminated stuff presence in 3 zones that would be inside the stadium in the style and and outside the stadium of the pretty grain rituals such as walking out the other hand shakes team photos that will be abandoned and most controversially a play is obviously need to be tested before and after games coach to stuff as well now obviously this league itself has admitted that this is not a perfect solution th

. >>> the crane way pavilion is being converted into a medical station to help handle the anticipated surge in coronavirus patients. tran was henry lee tells us the building is a perfect location for this. [ screaming ] the crane way pavilion was bustling with activity on thursday. the historic building is being transformed into the medical station for coronavirus patients. >> it was very obvious this would be a phenomenal facility to conduct such a mission. >> reporter: dylan is a doctor who manages the property which provides isolation, privacy and plenty of scenery. >> if there are patients coming in with initial symptoms or patient's recovery, take a look at this view. this is a view you're going to have and i believe your mood helps in your recovery. >> reporter: the building is huge, no tents are needed. the national guard is bringing in beds and medical supplies. contra costa county is coordinating medical staffing. the facility would only be used if local hospitals don't have enough room to handle covid-19 patients. it won't be used as an icu or for acute care. >> we are going

to develop or say the ai equipped crane can do everything a human could be like an airline pilot the operator is just there as a safeguard generally everything will go as planned but not always people that think their privacy their data. is sure. is protects. unfortunately are not understanding of the new game. it's a new game that counts on trust in artificial intelligence and assumes that both data and technology is controllable. again with an uncertain outcome. a game with an uncertain outcome cyber threats can be hard to times to embrace new technologies and remain open to all the new possibilities big institutions are also grappling with data issues germany's foreign intelligence is the b. and d. has its own cyber security unit and is keen to hire the best hacker as we found one of them willing to talk. bending hours days weeks trying to get into a system and getting nowhere can be very frustrating but when you finally succeed it's an amazing kick. interviewing lucas is an amazing kick for me to look at this isn't his real name and we can show his face the work he does is highly

brent: dw's melinda crane speaking with me earlier. surveillance cameras.y are a part of public life in china. often they are watching when people cross the street, eat in a restaurant, ride the bus or go shopping. but according to a new report by cnn, the cororonavirus pandemic ha brought s surveillancnce cams to the front doors of people's homes. dw has been researching this. good evening. first of all, what exactly is being reported here? correspondent: brent, this is a way for chinese authorities to keep an eye on people who should be saying inside -- staying inside. most people in china are already being tracked by so-called contact tracing apps. that app will notify you if you have been exposed to someone who has been diagnosed with covid-19. you will be told to self-quarantine. but recently, p people starteted posting pictures on we b bow -- weiboo, the chinese social media platform come of cameras installed outside their apartment doors and in some extreme examples, cameras installed inside apartments. this seemed extreme, especially for those who d

chief political correspondent belinda crane thank you. for just been hearing companies name home industries have been brought to their knees by a pandemic lockdowns it seems likely then that any state aid offered to help them get up and running after coronavirus is likely to come with climate conditions attached many businesses here in germany support that idea. the world's largest comic is gradually resuming production at its european facilities the coronavirus pandemic has cost folks billions and executives aren't optimistic about the future . is that you should see if you're concerned that a car is not foremost on the minds of our potential customers right now. so we welcome efforts by the government to create some incentives for consumers. to put a lot of this is the government assistance for vehicle purchases didn't politicians want to phase out the combustion engine and wouldn't it be a good time to transition to a more eco friendly economy when company coffers are empty. on monday a broad spectrum of nearly 70 german companies call

walk of his in brussels in a moment but 1st i'll start with our chief political correspondent melinda crane hi melinda so we've seen germany support its neighbors with donations of medical supplies and even bringing critically ill people to be treated here in germany will that generosity extend when it comes to a joint if it's to help spur recovery in countries that have been hardest hit by current virus. that's absolutely the question that is on the table today at that video conference e.u. summit that is currently going on and it's a question that has been posed over recent weeks both in german political circles and in polls to german citizens and the wide majority of germans absolutely say germany must support those southern european countries spain italy portugal greece that have been especially hard hit both in terms of health and in terms of the economy by the coronavirus that said where germans are divided and undecided is the same place that the e.u. leaders themselves are divided and that is over the question of mutualization of debt so-called euro bonds or corona bonds what's clea

economic powerhouse to loosen its strings arliss pull in our chief political correspondent melinda crane she's on the story force here in berlin tonight's good evening to you melinda there's a lot to talk about your donald trump he is criticized for promising his nation that normality will return quickly and merkel as we heard today she says that this virus will make life hard for a long time and she's afraid of a deadly setback here isn't she. absolutely and she is right to worry as she put it today we are only at the beginning of this crisis and essentially what she was trying to do is get germans her parents across on hall and she did me ologists a logistics here in this country say she's absolutely right to do so and most a small fraction of the german population has so far been exposed to the virus the virus remains a true danger to all those who are not yet and there is if there are you real risk that if the rates of infection start heading upwards again that the health care services although they in fact to manage very well still father could become overburdened and that's why you

the idea of using cranes to hold people closer together was a brainchild of tristen fund and bosch he's a manager of the company that rents out the platforms for window cleaning and fruit picking. i saw somebody waving at his mother 2 or 3 floors up and i thought given that we have a serious fall in business we can live up to the window with our machines. and that's what we did. 84 year old clementine says at the crane right has given her at least a semblance of intimacy with her loved one. i am very happy the time could speak to him that closely it's great i really appreciate this initiative. this is. now clementines back down on solid ground and her husband still in lockdown even just a few minutes with him have made a huge difference. organizers of the postponed turkey. you are lympics a the games will be cancelled if they can't take place next year the olympics were moved to july 2021 because of the corona virus pandemic now the president of chile tokyo's organizing committee says another postponement won't be an option if the virus is still a threat next year scientists in japan of

walking the developers say the ai equipped crane can do everything a human generally protects. affords if we are not understanding of the data and technology and technology is controllable. again embraced you to acknowledge each of them get into a system and getting nowhere lucas isn't his real name indeed but no one is supposed to know that. what exactly what exactly do you do basically i'm a hacker prickle cases involve figuring out what's happening abroad to find out about weapons and defense technology somewhere. areas in which there's very normal lucas's about 30 lucas is about 30 and that's as much as he's willing to say he learns us hacking skills. he has a job he can't tell anyone anything about the usually don't bother asking any more questions like all i do is install printers and so on and no one's interested in that the b.m.d. is an urgent need of people like lucas and i t experts within the experts with an unconventional approach more than it getting job fairs and you know it's less for a low in fact the pay is pretty decent is pretty. decent civil servants it does