the german federal republic was emerging image what's on the line is the health and the lives of the people in this country and it's about solidarity and cooperation and germany and all of that i am standing here speaking to you as the chancellor of the german government in recent weeks has concluded measures here which our president. there's nothing that we can orient ourselves on in the past. we have introduced. bills that we have asked you to approve we have freed money that was unimaginable before the pandemic and i would like to thank the german parliament the bundestag as well as the upper house apartment of interest. for. working as quickly as they have both in consultation and in their approvals. for weeks now we have been living in a pandemic every single one of us has had to change our lives to fit with the new conditions private lives as well as in terms of work. everyone knows what they find particularly difficult and i know that living under corona conditions seems like it's been going on for ages and ages for everyone. no one wants to hear this. but it's the truth we ar

measures before anybody else well this is the version i think the germans have a much bigger problem with this because they are a federal republic and the states in germany have the right to determine these things and so a coordinated process the whole job it is very difficult and there are at elements or echoes of this in the u.k. i do know that the latest wants to be as close to the general gist of things in the u.k. as possible as to whether there are special conditions in scotland or wales i'd rather doubt it except the rural areas might have a rather different risks are urban areas we know the difference between london and certain large cities and the rest of the country in terms of infection rate expert and health protection professor paul holt told me earlier that the government will need to keep a close eye on the epidemic once restrictions are arranged. recessions are something that we want to avoid at recessions do have severe health impacts on people so yes we have to make sure that we do balance the need to control cope with 19 with the needs to ensure that we still have a healthy society and economy at the end of it

measures before anybody else well this is the evolution i think the germans have a much bigger problem with this because they are a federal republic and the states in germany have the right to determine these things and so a coordinated process the whole job it is very difficult and there and elements are echoes of this in new york. i do know that the welsh minister wants to be as close to the general gist of things in the u.k. as possible as to whether there are special conditions in scotland or wales i'd rather doubt it except the rural areas might have a rather different risks are urban areas we know the difference between london and certain large cities and the rest of the country in terms of infection rate. the question really is how easy is it to. discipline and she's equal distance see possibly easier in rural areas that it is in the big cities really good to talk to you today thank you so much for joining us professor david alexander thank you thank you well still to come to know this the russian president announces an extension to the measures imposed on the government to come up with a place to plan to end them will be g