calm friday summer vacation begins across north rhine-westphalia. and negative test result could mean not having to cancel holiday plans. you basically we're here to try and save our holiday. we would really like to go to ideally with a negative task result that we can present at the border if it wanted to prove we don't have corona. even within germany some travel restrictions already apply the very air will only admit holidaymakers from the affected districts under certain conditions. we have to ensure we with the level of overall security for everyone for bavarians for the many holiday guests here and also for the guests from good. residents of good as low and violent off will only be allowed to travel to bavaria if they can prove a negative coronavirus tast other states are also planning restrictions germany's regional health ministers will attempt to agree uniform measures for all 16 federal states in the meantime the state premier of north rhine-westphalia says going on holidays should be possible for those with a negative test would you have

tracing internet chat room activity linked to child sex abuse case in the western state of north rhine-westphalia they've already charged 7 other people as a result and now they've revealed their researching at least 30000 digital identities from the internet based networks. reporter max merrill has been on the story for us hi max thanks for joining us here is that 30000 is a pretty massive number tell us a little bit about that yeah i mean the scale of this investigation is absolutely massive as you mentioned 30000 digital identities that the investigators are looking at not necessarily 30000 individuals basically these a leads that they're going into some people believed to have several accounts on various platforms but the scale of this investigation in germany is completely unprecedented $72.00 suspects have been identified by name so far and few have been charged as you mentioned 10 arrests overall made and so far it is believed that this is an international investigation but in the german language regions so the north rhine-westphalia justice minister where this investigation is focused he

of the new restrictions came from it is the premiere of the country's most populous state north rhine-westphalia the new outbreak is centered on a massive 10 years meat processing plant near the city of meters for more than 1500 workers that have tested positive for corona virus. police deployments will be used to ensure the home quarantines of thousands of 10 years employees with force if necessary. in the district of good is low we know dealing with the biggest individual infection or break in north rhine-westphalia and in germany. this specific situation with the geographical spread of locations and also the international nature of the news workforce mean that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic risk. mechanism agreed between the federal and local governments does not require widespread measures in the case of clearly localized infections. were we well known for the 1st time in germany returned a whole region to the lockdown measures that were in place a few weeks ago. that's been our correspondent who's following this story for us you know what exactly does that mean for the peo

with us nearly 400000 people are being forced into a new lockdown in the german state of north rhine-westphalia this comes after health experts here in germany are warning that a new cluster of corona virus cases have the potential to spread if action isn't taken more than 1500 workers at a slaughterhouse near good as low tested positive for the virus. well germany's robot called institute for infectious diseases now says the country's coronavirus reproduction rate is $2.00 meaning every active case in texas almost 3 people it was under $101.00 less than a week ago our correspondent nina followed that briefing nina will come to the health institute numbers in just a moment but 1st the head of the regional government there in north rhine-westphalia where that big outbreak has happened he's been speaking tell us more about what he had say well i mean last said from anglo-american conservative pods he has just announced that in that local district that is linked to that outbreak at the meat processing plant and those same lock down measures will be introduced again as they were introduced in monso

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program authorities in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia have reimposed to local lockdowns following a regional outbreak of cope with 19 the restrictions apply to over half a 1000000 people in the districts of bond off and. now the decisions follow a major spike in virus infections and they need processing plant health authorities are now conducting mass coronavirus testing. and reporter on as if it is in good to slow he told us that $230.00 tests of those carried out have come back with $229.00 of them negative and one to be repeated we asked him how people are reacting in the region. and beyond if you look at the numbers 229 negative test out of 230 sounds like really good news but of course everybody's expecting the worst here because of what happened at the turn a slaughterhouse where every day that more tests were done more positive results that is infections were found in the population of slaughterhouse workers so when we're dealing with a virus everybody seems to be in secure especially other states in germany who want to prevent th

one of its western states hundreds of thousands of people in north rhine-westphalia are now under lockdown just as the summer holiday season begins and austria tells tourists from the affected region to stay away i'm still in berlin and this is the day. for germany with that state of north rhine-westphalia has shown how quickly the situation can stand some. see if you're a sickly we are here to try and save our holiday. we play spend our holiday strides normally with greece right now we are trying to help and to provide answers whether someone is sick or not. i'm speechless and feel powerless. also on the day german payment processor why our current crisis with billions of euros missing from the balance sheets so that regulators been asleep on the job it's a shame that something like that happened and that starts with looking at a complete failure of the senior management private and public and is including my own who have not been effective enough. to prevent something like that happening. from health officials in germany's western state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting masker on

after the outbreak that germany with its stated north rhine-westphalia has shown how quickly the situation can stand traumatic defeat here a sickly we are here to try and save the holiday. we play straight down holidays twice we normally would be in greece right now we're trying to help and to provide answers whether someone is sick or not. meanwhile i'm speechless and feel powerless . also on the day of german payment processor why a card in crisis with billions of euros missing from the balance sheets so that regulators been asleep on the job it's a shame that something like that happened and that starts with looking at the complete failure of the senior management private and public and it is including my own. who have not been effective enough. to trigger something like that happening. to health officials in germany's western state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting mass coronavirus testing after reimposing lockdown measures on hundreds of thousands of people the decision follows a major spike in infections that have made processing the plant a germany also faces fresh outbreaks

well that sounds pretty serious since the north rhine-westphalia along with lower saxony is center for industrial production here in germany and it's yet another case where there's been large scale infections out of some 500 people tested at this tony's facility some 400 were tested positives with some tests still outstanding so that is a serious hot spot here in germany and we've seen in the media closure of schools in the area and the big question now is whether there's more to come particularly in that very heavily affected industry of meat processing here in germany and you know germany is also gradually been easing restrictions since the end of april how has that been progressing. well it's been patchwork since every state decided to go it alone that common line only lasted about 2 months or so here in germany and so we see some states adamant that there will be a full the opening of schools that they might even drop that requirement of minimum distance while others are being more cautious varia the state boarding austria is the monk the most cautious north rhine-westphalia where

north rhine-westphalia state premier visited the site on sunday. gunsmoke turn this child in north rhine-westphalia infection numbers have gone down by over 75 percent since we reopened but here in the good just little district we have a concentrated explosion and the numbers which are closely linked to the meat industry industry for booms and. it's not the 1st time that a large corona outbreak has begun at a german meat packing plant but the latest incident has intensified the debate over health and safety of the workers many of the plants workers come from eastern europe they live and work in cramped conditions. there is often an incident between the source if this can be found at this specific company but we still cannot rule out a wider lockdown condition look down the moment. lush it has been one of the loudest proponents of a swift and to lock down measures now he faces the prospect of being forced into a humiliating u. turn. all various protest groups including the fridays for future movement have not been seen publicly over the past 3 months

the factory has been shot at north rhine-westphalia state premia arm in lash it visited the site on sunday. gums not on this trial and in north rhine-westphalia infection numbers have gone down by over 75 percent since we reopened but here in the glitches slow district we have a concentrated explosion in the numbers which are closely linked to the meat industry and it is not the 1st time that meat packing plants have become hotbeds of infection in germany the latest incident has intensified the debate over health and safety of the workers many of the employees come from eastern europe and live and work in cramped conditions their plight might now have wider implications. of this is also if this can be found at this specific company and so it is still the case that we are unable to rule out a wider lockdown looked on the moment finished listen conan. it has been one of the loudest proponents for a swift end to lockdown midges now he faces the prospect of being forced into a humiliating. well for more on this i'm joined in the studio by reporter federica federica this is not the 1st time wit

german slaughterhouse tested positive authorities in germany's most densely populated states north rhine-westphalia reimposed restrictions in ghouta slow and foreign dolph residents blame the meat industry bosses for placing profit above public health. no one baradar far back under coronavirus restriction. until the end of june residents can only have contact with their own households schools pubs cafes museums and gyms will close again. we will now for the 1st time in germany return the whole region to the lock down the ashes that were in place a few weeks ago. before. the decision came after a massive corona virus outbreak at the 2 nears slaughter highs where more than 1500 workers have tested positive for cope with 19 dire living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread. the specific situation with the geographical spread of the locations and also the international nature of the tenuous work force mean that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic risk similar clusters have also sprung up it has in blocks elsewhere in germany and getting in clashes broke out between quarantined r

i'm phil gal welcome to the program or thors is in germany's western state of north rhine-westphalia conducting mass coronavirus testing and have reimposed local lockdowns following the regional outbreak of coverage 19 the restrictions apply to hundreds of thousands of people in the districts of veyron to often go to slow and follow a major spike in infections at a meat processing plant. but now other and other german cities are also facing outbreaks as the summer travel season gets underway. this is what it looks like when the coronavirus restrictions are back long lines have formed outside the testing facilities in the district of b. to slow the new restrictions here and in neighboring found off took effect at midnight. the mass testing follows a huge coronavirus outbreak at tony's slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contracted hiv 19 now some 600000 people are affected by the restrictions that are in place until next week at least. i want to get tested and do my bit to help find out whether we're all infected hearing or not. but we want to travel to bavaria on saturda

program more than 600000 people are now back under lockdown in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia authorities are imposed restrictions in the districts of goods a slow and vibrant off after more than $1500.00 workers at a meat packing plant tested positive for corona virus. the districts are good to slow and found off a back undercurrent of virus restrictions until the end of june residents in the west and german districts can only have contact with their own household just weeks after restrictions were eased schools pubs cafes museums and gyms will. close again . we will now for the 1st time in germany return a whole region to the locked on the ashes that were in place a few weeks ago. if. the decision came after more than 1500 workers attorney a slaughterhouse tested positive for 19 die a living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living here moved out just 2 weeks ago. the specific situation with the geographical spread of the locations and also the international nature of the tenuous work force means that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic

is welcome to the program health officials in the german state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting mass coronavirus testing and have reimposed lockdown measures on more than 640000 people the decision follows a major spike in virus infections at a meat processing plant in the region some $1500.00 workers of the 10 year slaughterhouse after us that's positive for covert 90 germany also faces fresh outbreaks in other cities just as the summer travel season gets into full swing. waiting for a coronavirus test in. come friday summer vacation begins here in north rhine-westphalia it's germany's most densely populated state and a negative test could be a ticket to paradise. you basically we're here to try and save our holiday. we would really like to go to ideally with a negative task result that we can present at the border if it wanted to prove we don't have corona. the mass testing comes after a massive corona virus outbreak at tunis slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contract and corporate 19 dire living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living

i'm phil welcome to the program or 30 years in germany's western state of north rhine-westphalia a conducting mass coronavirus testing and have reimposed local lockdowns following a regional outbreak of cholera 19 the restrictions apply to hundreds of thousands of people in the districts of valid and often goods a slow and follow a major spike in infections at a meat processing plant and other german cities are also facing outbreaks as the summer travel season gets underway. this is what it looks like when the coronavirus restrictions long lines have formed out. the testing facilities in the district of go to settle the new restrictions here and in neighboring valen doff took effect at midnight the mass testing follows a huge corona virus outbreak at tunis slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contracted kovac 19 now some 600000 people are affected by the restrictions which is those met told d.w. he's furious own group is a company of turn you're so angry with the system behind of the groups the system of sub sub sub contractors which is totally. transparent people had to put up wi

regional authorities in north rhine-westphalia did hesitate for a while because it is of course a big step to place an entire district under lockdown again so at 1st what they did was to close the plant where that outbreak happened last week then they closed schools and kindergartens also last week but now i mean last said who we just saw said that it was vital to place the entire district of slow under lockdown and that means that some 360000 people are affected that lockdown will be in place at least until next week when they hope to have more information about how the virus is spread exactly it means that people can no longer go to pubs or cinemas museums everything that was reopened is now being closed again they can't exercise indoors and the workers who have been placed under quarantine they will be supplied with essential goods by authorities well that the state premier used some quite robust language there how will regional government that enforce these measures we're talking about some 7000 workers from that 10 years meat processing plant and their families who have been plac

to try to prevent the disease from spreading leaders in the state of north rhine-westphalia say they are doing all they can to avoid reimposing a wider lockdown. it's an outbreak that has shocked germany day after day the number of infected 10 u.s. employees has risen to over. 1300 today but there are indications that the plan to may have ignored warning signs ahead of the outbreak. this video shows the company canteen in april of this year overcrowded despite germany's supposed social distancing restrictions and this widely circulated recording an employee can be heard voicing her concern about the situation this is tenuous she says in the video that was leaked online how are we supposed to protect ourselves. 10 years as one of germany's biggest meat processing companies its clients include german supermarket giants algae and. the mass outbreak has sparked protests and heated debate about working conditions at plants we will do anything in our power to shed light onto the darkness in the sector. and will certainly trying to keep the virus from spilling over to the general public. th

however as welcome to the program health officials in the german state of north rhine-westphalia are conducting mosque coronavirus testing after officials we imposed lockdown measures on more than 640000 people residents of the greatest low and violent off districts in the state of north rhine-westphalia face severe restrictions on their movements authorities took the locked out decisions after major spike in the virus infections at a meat processing plant in that region some $1000.00 were. because of the 10 years slaughterhouse i've tested positive for covert 90. well reports on me i see if is outside a coronavirus testing center in does the which is in that area so i mean what's the situation like that right the building behind me is actually a community college but school is not in session they've turned this into a makeshift coronavirus testing center the authorities announced that everybody and get this low can get tested for free but this is the only center they provided and as you can see a massive line has formed here it starts around the corner several 100 meters and then con

program war than 600000 people are now back under lockdown in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia authorities reimpose restrictions into neighboring districts in the state after more than $1500.00 workers at a meat packing plant tested positive for corona virus is the largest outbreak in germany since the country started easing restrictions in april. the districts of 2 to slow environed are far back under coronavirus restrictions until the end of june residents can only have contact with their own house how its schools pubs cafes museums and jams well old clothes again. we will now for the 1st time in germany return the whole region to the lock down the ashes that were in place a few weeks ago. before. the decision came after a massive corona virus outbreak at the tourney is still off their highs where more than 1500 workers have tested positive for cope with 19 dire living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread. the specific situation with the geographical spread of the locations and also the international nature of the tenuous workforce mean that this outbreak is a pot

come friday summer vacation begins here in north rhine-westphalia it's germany's most densely populated state and a negative test could be a ticket to paradise. see you basically we're here to try and save our holiday. we would really like to go to ideally with a negative task result that we can present at the border if it wanted to prove we don't have corona. the mass testing comes after a massive corona virus outbreak at tunis slaughterhouse where more than 1500 workers have contracted covert 19 dire living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living here moved out just 2 weeks ago under the specific situation with the geographical spread of the locations and also the international nature of the 10 years' work force mean that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic risk. similar cluster infections have also sprung up in housing blocks and getting in in central germany clashes broke out between quarantine residents and police balance noise district has also been affected confining society's most vulnerable to crunch living space as a result the hotspots h

when the state premier here in north rhine-westphalia announced a new lockdown residents were angry not angry at the state premier but that clemens tenuous he's the chief executive of attorney to meet corporation the way they see it this new lockdown didn't come because they had broken social distancing measures to party or to visit their grandparents but because turn yes in its quest for cheap meat forced several 1000 migrant workers to work and live in cramped and unhygenic conditions i spoke to many people in good to low and it's clear that turning is reputation has taken a hit now the german government has known about the risks of an outbreak in slaughterhouses across germany for many weeks this is not the 1st nor is it the latest outbreak in a german slaughterhouse the government has taken some action they've passed a law that says slaughterhouses can no longer use outsourced subcontracted labor which they say will bring more transparency into the industry but that law won't take effect until january and there's critical voices within the government who are urging action now to add

it's a very different picture in north rhine-westphalia an outbreak centered around a meat packing plant in the city of the scene over $1500.00 people test positive and a strict lockdown until the end of the month has been imposed on the area. undoes we will order a lockdown for the whole district of care are slow the purpose is to calm the situation to expand testing to establish whether or not the virus has spread beyond the employees of tony's we will get a better picture of the situation or intensive testing and can then see more clearly within 7 days what the situation is we want to bring about this lockdown which will stay in place until june 30th and bring us more clarity of those long queues have formed as tests of being made available to everyone in the affected regions the military being drafted in to help with the large scale testing operation health professionals suggest that a large number of symptomless code would carry is a behind the spike the largest localized outbreak in germany and something that is already the idea of these tests because we know that there are symptom

decision was made after a surge in corona virus cases at a meat packing plant in the state of north rhine-westphalia authorities in and around the town of head of eden burke are hoping the measures now in effect will prevent the virus from spreading further. many 400000 people are affected by the restrictions the new outbreak is the biggest since the company began listing the lockdown last month. the tiny district of good to slow is back under coronavirus restrictions until the end of june residents in the western german district can only have contact with their own household just weeks after restrictions were eased schools popes cafes museums and gyms will all close again. we will now for the 1st time in germany return the whole region to the locked on the ashes that were in place a few weeks ago. before. the decision came after more than 1500 workers attorney a slaughterhouse tested positive for 19 die a living conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living here moved out just 2 weeks ago. the specific situation with the geographical spread of the locations and also the internat

away from north rhine-westphalia there's also a localized lockdown in the city of my birth workers and is being seen bringing water and supplies to some of the 800 also families who are being taught. to quarantine. around 700 people remain in an apartment complex and get again a forced quarantine which turned violent last weekend. and remember i said restrictions were being lifted in berlin well not for old berlin as in the friedrich schein area of the german capital almost 40 households of being put on lockdown those living mia by a concerned about the risk posed a not too happy with those who faulted social distancing the policy in the summer. and i have a feeling the fear can you explain why because i belong to the risk group and i have medical conditions. we're doing this for weeks and months we don't do visits anymore mostly we sit on the balcony apart from grocery shopping or a walk pharmacy or the doctor that's it. if pushed if you don't understand why some have clauses in the box and in the compounds we don't understand this. off the back of those regional covert 19 spikes auth

will be illegal to provide accommodation people from austria has imposed a travel warning on north rhine-westphalia so all of these reasons i think help to explain why this why this is being taken so seriously so that your company owns the beat packing plant at the center of this tanya's one of they say. yeah a lot of people of been suggesting lately that it might be the ventilation systems in these meat plants that are really the cause of spreading coronavirus but other people have said you know the problem is with companies like base they've been cutting corners for many years and they're forcing their workers to accept substandard living and working conditions that's helped spread the virus the owner of the company says well he's sorry for all that he's doing what he can to support people providing them with food and other essentials while they remain under lockdown of the german government writ its part says that it's going to ains the reliance on cheap labor in the meat industry and the good news fail is that the number of new infections in goods is low is now coming down time and young thank

to meat processing plant more than 1500 workers connected to the factory in the state of north rhine-westphalia have tested positive for coated 19 go to slow county will join neighboring vonda off for a week of restrictions restaurants and entertainment value venues will be shut and people can only meet in public in pairs john mccain in berlin says reimposing knock down restrictions has been seen as a disappointing setback. something around 2 thirds of a 1000000 people find themselves now thrust back into coronavirus lockdown as a consequence of the number of corona virus infections that have been reported in a specific part of north rhine-westphalia the most populous state in germany in western germany this is a blow for the state and the man in charge of the state army lashed a key conservative ally of angela merkel who had made much of the need to ease restrictions and now he finds himself reimposing those restrictions and they are being reimposed because of the incidence of coronavirus in the meat processing trade in that specific area it's also worth making the point that some 160 kilomete

the reimposition of lockdown in the area of greatest low in the state of north rhine-westphalia is a blow for that state and its prime minister armin lashed to keep conservative allies of angular americal the hope amongst the all forest is that they will be able to keep this as an isolated outbreak it's worth bearing in mind that this particular this meat processing firm tourney is more than $1500.00 workers they have tested positive for the virus plus some of their family members and 2 dozen other people who are not connected with the plant as i say the hope is to be able to treat it as an isolated outbreak the interesting thing here is that the people who collect the figures of new infections and the rates of infections across this country have been looking into what it is about the meat processing industry that has seen several different outbreaks in this country over the course of the past few months during this pandemic this is what they had to say is skeptical there are indications that 2 aspects could play a large role in spreading the virus in avatar was one is the temperatur

people in the western town as good as the have been quarantined leanness in the state of north rhine-westphalia say they're doing everything they can to avoid reimposing a white a lockdown. it's an outbreak that has shocked germany day after day the number of infected 10 u.s. employees has risen to over 1300 today but there are indications that the plan to may have ignored warning signs ahead of the outbreak. this video shows the company canteen in april of this year overcrowded despite germany's supposed social distancing restrictions and this widely circulated recording an employee can be heard voicing her concern about the situation this is tenuous she says in the video that was leaked online how are we supposed to protect ourselves. 10 years as one of germany's biggest meat processing companies its clients include german supermarket giants all g. and legal the mass outbreak has sparked protests and heated debate about working conditions at plants we will do anything in our power to shed light onto the darkness in this sector. and will certainly trying to keep the virus from spilling over to

stamp out a new virus cluster the outbreak was linked to a slaughterhouse in the state of north rhine-westphalia workers faced poor working conditions that fueled the spread of the virus now many say that their conditions under quarantine are also a humane locked in and desperate 5 days ago these people were placed under quarantine to stop a corona virus outbreak that originated at a local meat processing plant but instead of just ordering the close to $700.00 residents to stay indoors and practice so sial distancing the authorities barricaded them in. i feel like a pig like a pig in a small hole and we have a family we have a former. official say the fence is meant to give residents a chance to get fresh air while in isolation but it also means those infected with the coronavirus are quarantining alongside those who tested negative the living conditions inside the building smeg disease control practically impossible. some of the apartments i lived in were very clean but there were exceptions as well it was always very cramped sometimes there were 1012 or even 14 people in a single flat. the 10