have so in cities in regions where the number of cases exceeds 35 per 100000 within 7 days been the messman number of people you're allowed to meet in a private setting is 15 now that's important because germans had a problem with the virus spreading to privacy operations like weddings and birthdays and things like that and also with that number if that threshold exceeded mask requirements will be stricter now let's say that a city or region becomes a hotspot meaning that the number of cases exceeds 50 per 100000 within a 7 day period that means that there will also be a curfew imposed on bars and restaurants at 11 pm now that's the case already in several cities across germany including here in the capital berlin there's been a curfew on bars and pubs since saturday now the situation here in germany is pretty bad but in france just across the border it's looking even worse what more can you tell us about the situation there it's not good we're also seeing that they're reporting record numbers of new daily infections 3 days this week the new deal in facts and. exceeded 20000 new cases so pr