to avoid taking any risks, she sends fabienne a basket. much-needed favor for monique and the opportunity for a permissible though limited social interaction. in the coming days, he will run several such errands for monique. associationr of an which is focused on solidarity between neighbors. here he distributes flyers to help recruit new volunteers. his goal, to encourage those who can to lend a helping hand to neighbors in need. displays of solidarity that are both reassuring, even life-savaving for some of the french capital's most vulnerable inhabitants. ofbelgium is following some the strict measures implemented here in france. there lockdown begins this afternoon. ourmore, we speak to correspondent in brussels. hello to you. first of all, i think you arere out in b brussels today. and us about where you are how this lockdown is going to affect people out in the streets today. >> i'm in froront of the most well-known symbol of brurussels and d indeed all of belgium. we just heard the c church bells rang out. at means thehe lockdown is

it so go straight over to our science correspondent fabienne schmidt science how can we explain the fact that germany appears to have a lower corona virus mortality rate than other countries. yes it's very interesting christian germany it's about 0.3 at this point at this point we have to stress in italy it's roughly 7 or even higher now it's different explanations for that the 1st point is that germany got the virus later than italy which means that people who were. identified was having the virus had more time to develop the disease and so you don't die right away but especially if you're older and have a preexisting condition it takes some time until the virus takes a full effect on the lungs and actually you essentially suffocate from it now the 2nd question of course is the issue of respirators and some medical equipment now if you have enough medical equipment in intensive care units respirator and devices which are very complicated and high tech. to treats a number of people whom you can treat at this moment then you can still cope was it and more people are going to survive and u

are let's bring in 5 encroachment he joins us now from beijing fabienne groupon this is really where the pandemic 1st emerged millions of people there were put under a total lockdown what's life like there now with these restrictions starting to be lifted. well i guess you can't call it normal dude but what is actually normal these days anyway but compared to the previous weeks yes the streets are filling up with people and people are going shopping also enjoying the new freedom i mean for for several weeks they have been allowed to just a residential compounds so yes also bus route operated again subways a surprised me out of this well but it's only a partial opening up of the city the people are not of the residents of want are not allowed to leave the city but people are allowed to enter the city and when they enter at the train stations they have to prove that they're healthy and they do that with a smartphone q.r. code that they skin and it means that they're healthy that they have been tested before and have not been in contact with anyone. or who had contact confirmed case 5 a

let's go to china now correspondent fabienne crush my is standing by for us he is in beijing fabby and it sounds like a little by little beijing and maybe the entire country starting super turned to normal is that fair to say. you know it's fair to say i would call it not normal but maybe the new normal i mean the streets are 4 filled by people now i mean it's not as crowded as it used to be but let's say 67 percent at least people are also brave enough to take the subway they go to restaurants the shops are closing really you can see the capital here waking up every day a little bit more but of course you have strict rules and restaurants for example they are only allowed to take. customers to cetera and most people are still wearing face masks so they are cautious but yes they are really feeling more safe you know you can see in those pictures i mean pretty much everyone still wearing a face mask because theoretically there are still risks here right i mean we've heard there are still cases coming in from outside could all this increased movement lead to another outbreak. i mean that