others aren't yet. >> the chancellor and the regional state premieres had agreed to reverse openings too many new cases but with number rising, states are hesitating to do so. merkel says she will not sit around and wait for case numbers to keep growing. the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premieres influence. >> one possibility is to modify the infection pretension act again and to say specifically what has to happen when. we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there. >> the cdu leader is one of the premieres being criticized by merkel. he's conceded leaders are at an impasse. >> it cannot go on like this. the fact the state premieres and half the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours, that every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. >> that's why we propose that the next conference should take place in person. >> for the opposition greens, more measures are needed to curb the third wave of infections. they think the chancellor should be more

is the state premier just like i'm unless it actually but has a much stronger majority in the state of very about to see the man seen as the key contender that it's really bad news at the same time he's the one who has a much bigger backing within those regional level function as the c.d.u. party and it's still a very very long way to go until some time after you so we're told that candidate is chosen and that will most likely also be along the national popularity that. the charts really popularity and also that we see ominous that fall behind. trucks of from opposite a from that area this moment a lot of time left to go to those general elections of temper to w.c. for the coeditor of the show here for will be there with us every step of the way thanks very much. i mean maher state television is reporting that martial law has been imposed over parts of the country's largest city young go on the news comes after the city saw heavy anti kook protests on sunday reports indicated to many as 14 protesters this officer were killed in crackdowns and gone alone and possibly dozens more across

the bavarian state premier. favors taking a flexible approach. but some point with astra zeneca we're going to have to operate with a lot of freedom whoever wants to and whoever dares to should have the opportunity to take it almost 4000000 doses of astra zeneca will arrive in germany next month but another dent to public confidence in the vaccine means using them up could prove difficult. more in the us that speak to detail the political correspondent the only yvonne hummus stein any of the chance that is reassuring germans that they can still trust the government's vaccine program but what else did she have to say to try to instill confidence. well she sort of reaffirmed 1st and above all that vaccine and vaccinations are really the most effective tool we have against the grown a virus pandemic at the moment and she also said that she understands sort of the frustration of people and the anxiety the questions that now arise with this u. turn on the astra zeneca vaccine but then she underlined quote unquote we will overcome this pandemic step by

planned and she's now slowly relying on the emergency brake that she had already defined with state premiers weeks ago which means once the incidence rates hit $100.00 and above within the space of 7 days per 100000 inhabitants then those possible easing of lockdowns possible openings of shops would all be rolled back and there would be further contact restrictions but no doubt this damages her and it also damages the entire way this crisis has been handled so far indeed because i mean it is a really remarkable turn of events she's a very cautious person as you illustrated before she then after she admitted that she made a mistake she basically took the fall she didn't have to take a grilling in front of parliament. yes there was in fact she apologized twice within the space of just over half an hour because she apologized the chancery then she drove over to parliament and there she faced m.p.'s question time and of course she got quite quite a bit of criticism there also questioning the support that she has the very form of sitting together with the state premiers and parliament had for som

the middle of the night and it clearly backfired not just on her but also on those individual state premiers although there was some applause from experts also from the medics association here in germany which felt that this wave break a knock down was needed so this is more and more about leadership style rather than the concrete results of this gathering and it raises yet more questions which will now be solved very much recently so it's a it's a shift in how germany deals with this crisis and it clearly is a crack in. leadership while this living legacy that she is and it raises a lot of questions how she will try to lead this over the coming months because she's lost a lot of credibility here. chief political editor thank you for this analysis i mean here just mentioned the medical profession let's speak now to dr johnson's he's the head of the german association of critical care emergency medicine dr johnson looks like these the shutdown is going to be this isn't going to be a strict as we expected what do you make of this u. turn now what does it mean for you. so the german intended as

the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so max and says she won't sit around and wait for case numbers to keep growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. as one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader there's also one of the premiers being criticized by america he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the state premiers and have the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. and that's why we are suppose that the next conference or should take place in person. stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave infections they think the chancellor should be more pro

there are different blocs one state premier saxony for instance actually came around to being one who was against lock down to becoming someone who apologized to german chancellor angela merkel because she has been the voice of caution here at the same time there's a recognition that there are a lot of issues including whether kids can go to school that became a completely regional issue so it's complete patchwork across the country now they want to avoid yet more patchwork while allowing some silver lining in all of this crisis as germany potentially faces a 3rd wave. and that means opening shops to a certain degree and we understand that there is argument what the exact threshold will be and also the issue of vaccinations so with millions of astra zeneca doses not being used because there is caution here in germany some people simply don't want that vaccine and there we have the bavarian state premier basically saying that should then be a free for all that this strict order of vaccination should be break broken up against stiff resistance from german chancellor merkel so we expect

the bavarian state premier marcos favors taking a flexible approach. but some point with astra zeneca we're going to have to operate with a lot of freedom whoever wants to and whoever dares to should have the opportunity to take it almost 4000000 doses of astra zeneca will arrive in germany next month but another dent to public confidence in the vaccine means using them up could prove difficult. more in this that's a political correspondent the only yvonne hummus the only other chance it is reassuring germans that they can still trust the government's vaccine program but what else does she have to say to try to instill confidence. well she sort of reaffirmed 1st and above all that vaccine and vaccinations are really the most effective tool we have against the grown a virus pandemic at the moment and she also said that she understands sort of the frustration of people and the anxiety the questions that now arise with this u. turn on the astra zeneca vaccine but then she underlined. we will overcome this pandemic step by step and you can see that both he

hard lock down once they sort of cross a certain threshold of new infections and some of the state premiers have not implemented that emergency brake but instead are defending a course of action that sees a combination of rapid antigen testing go hand in hand with the fruit very easy and off the restrictions and america has found very clear words to criticize those premiers and has even said if that did not shame she would have to think about overreach overriding state regulation so you can see there's a little bit of a tension going on between the federal and the regional level here in germany thank you that is. homicide thank you so much. well health officials in canada have also put of paws on ashes of a vaccination this is for people under $55.00 they were responding to reports of blood clots in europe so far there are no cases reported in canada around 300000 doses have been given out there millions of doses of astra zeneca have been deployed around the world. well eric segal ding is an epidemiologist he says the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risks. this is gary frustratin

leonie: she is facing tough opposition, also from state premiers within her own party.here are some state premiers, regional leaders who are defending their concept of a policy of easing restrictions, while at the same time using antigen test, quick tests, to open up some areas of public life, as pressure from the german public is also growing on the government to actually deliver a path forward. so, the chancellor is facing opposition from within her party, from the opposition, and obviously you see there is growing discontent with the government with the slow vaccination rollout. 56% of germans say they no longer trust the government with handling this crisis, so this really is a test for the german government. brent: leonie von hammerstein with the latest on this. thank you. those suspensions in germany following decision by health officials in canada to pause astrazeneca vaccinations there in people under the age of 55. the move comes after reports of blood clots in europe. there are no reports of such cases in canada, where about 300,000 doses of the astrazeneca va

which is already underway so it created the damages her leadership damages the whole concept of state premiers and anger machall sitting down together and here where i'm standing in parliament she did face some tough questioning by parliamentarians who in the past have felt too left out by that very format throwing it into doubt and asking the german chancellor to work more closely with parliament in efforts to find a common. so what else what kind of criticism did she receive in parliament earlier than. well there was also a question of so what is going to replace this she answered by saying that part of the room and gave the regional leaders now the possibility to implement curfews to basically lay down their own contact restrictions and that this emergency break that was defined by the previous meeting once the incidence rate hits 100 infections 410-0000 people within the space of 7 days and this is happening all across germany one by one and that roll back of the previous easing some shops were open here in germany schools opening in many places but essentially what has happened is that al

one state premier saxony for instance actually came around to being one who was against lockdown to becoming someone who apologized to german chancellor angela merkel because she has been the voice of caution here at the same time there's a recognition that there are a lot of issues including where the kids can go to school that became a completely regional issue so it's complete patchwork across the country now they want to avoid yet more patchwork while allowing some silver lining in all of this crisis as potentially faces a 3rd wave and that means opening stops to a certain degree and we understand that there is argument what the exact threshold will be and also the issue of vaccinations with millions of astra zeneca doses not being used because there is caution here and some people simply don't want that vaccine and there we have the varian state premier basically saying that should then be a free for all that this strict order of vaccination should be broken up against stiff resistance from the german chancellor merkel so we expect quite a bit of debate if not argument on that ok you me

the bavarian state premier those 2 are seen as being in the race to become the chancellor can do that and sees this as a serious blow to conservative politics to the c.d.u. c.s.u. union and sees didn't need for action both do agree on that but i mean last it would prefer to look into the future he's adamant that those september elections will be about post pandemic germany only germany the whole world is still firmly stuck within this pandemic and you already mentioned that there is this scandal over several m.p.'s who stepped down since who took money for arranging mosques deals with the health ministry and that raised a lot of question marks over the c.d.u. and it's a big cloud to fight when you going into an election campaign that's a look at the other parties as well especially the greens they were among the big winners all of inside. well they are absolute delight it's because in the back which traditionally was a conservative state it's the home of the cedars and poor. they proved with winfrey of cash money that they not just have the caris money but also the ability to link up

allow an ounce into comes after talks with regional leaders stretched into the night after the state premiers reported they disagree on a number of details. take a listen to what the chancellor said afterward. then 15 you know i don't mind we're at the threshold of a new phase of the pandemic in annoying thoughts. mean it's a phase which we can't go into carelessly but i think it's important to say with justified hope the key things are going to force new 90 and going. when you think the old go is our job now to make sure that the next steps we take are smart ones the steps should allow us to open up a bit more but at the same time they should set us back months in this pandemic. and for more i'm now joined by our chief political editor michelle. tell us if you can a more about what medical and state leaders have decided. well they forced a compromise on what is or has been in the past more of a scientific issue so far over the past year german chancellor angela merkel and her 16 state premiers to rising infection numbers with deeper and longer lockdowns now we are seeing numbers potentially

the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so medical says she won't sit around and wait for case numbers to keep growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. as one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader that is also one of the premiers being criticised by medical he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the state premiers and half the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being released this is not appropriate for the crisis. and that's why we are suppose that the next conference or should take place in person in stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave in infections they think the chancellor should

the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so medical says she won't sit around and wait for a case number 60 growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader that is also one of the premiers being criticised by america he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the state premiers and have the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. and that's why we are suppose that the next conference should take place in person. stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave in infections they think the chancellor should be more proactive

the announcement comes after talks with the regional leaders stretched into the night after the state premiers but portably disagree on a number of details here's what chancellor merkel said after the negotiations wrapped up. then fish didn't you know i must we are at the threshold of a new phase of the pandemic in annoying thoughts they're going to mean it's a phase which we can't go into carelessly but i think it's important to say with justified hope we go to speak the garment. off knowing the name game can. we get think the old go is our job now to make sure that the next steps we take are smart ones the steps should allow us to open up a bit more but at the same time they should set us back months in this pandemic. i'm now joined by our chief political editor michelle michelle us tell us if you can and more about what marco and state leaders have decided. well they forced a compromise on what is or has been in the past more of a scientific issue so far over the past year german chancellor angela merkel and her 16 state premiers to rising infection numbers with deeper and longer lockdowns

the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so mix of says she won't sit around and wait for a case numbers to keep growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. as one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader there's also one of the premiers being criticised by america he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the labor premiers and have the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. and that's why we are suppose that the next conference or should take place in person. stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave in infections they think the chancellor should be more

party but what also became very much clear is that the state premier catch man in biden vote back that personality is the man who secured this victory he's a lot more conservative than the greens at the central level so these general elections also will be a lot more about personality than simple party profile. we came to thank you very much as always to chief political editor mechanic. now let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today thousands of people are rallying in australian cities calling for an end to violence against women the march for justice movement is demanding a public investigation into sexual misconduct within australia's parliament follows a series of rape allegations against politicians and staffers. people in the netherlands are voting in 3 days of general elections which are seen as a test of the country's perenna virus policies the nation is under tight restrictions which is fueling public anger police broke up and he locked down protests in the hague on the weekend prime minister mark ritter is tipped to win another term. spani

yes she is facing tough opposition also from state premiers within her own party there are some pre-state premiers regional leaders who are defending their concept off a policy of easing restrictions while the same time using. tests so the use of quick tests in order to to open up some areas of public lives as life as the pressure from the german public is also growing on the government to actually deliver a path forward so the chancellor is facing opposition from within her own party from the opposition and obviously i mean we see that there is a growing discontent with the government's handling of the pandemic with the slow vaccination roll out. there 56 percent of germans say they are no longer trusting the government in handling this crisis so this really is a test for the german government. with. yet another pandemic policy we only think you. well those suspensions here in germany they follow a decision by health officials in canada to paul's astra zeneca vaccinations there in people under the age of 55 the move comes after reports of blood clots in europe and people who would receiv

the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so makes it says she won't sit around and wait for case numbers to keep growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. in the move as one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader that is also one of the premiers being criticised by america he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the state premiers and half of the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. and that's why we are suppose that the next conference should take place in person. stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave in infections they think the chancellor sh

southwestern state of boston votes and book will decide whether the country's only green party state premier can stay in power for a 3rd term in neighboring rhineland plot and it pulls suggest a close contest between the governing social democrats and merkel's conservative christian democrats with me now in the studio as our political correspondent has brett hats thanks for being here looking forward to the outcome then your analysis is 6 months away from the big federal race but with these 2 regional races tell us well as you've just said i'm leaving she will no longer be the chancellor in germany by the end of this year and the big question is how would her conservatives perform in the polls running up to the general election in september at the moment the conservatives are struggling they're on the back foot and in these 2 regions where the elections are taking place today they are not in government they're both pot in both both regions they are part of a coalition government but they're not the leaders here and the question is whether they can make gains there it doesn't really look like

allow in outspent comes after talks with regional leaders stretched into the night after the state premiers reported they disagreed on a number of details. of some of what chancellor merkel said after the negotiations wrapped up. then 15 you know i don't mind we're at the threshold of a new phase of the pandemic in annoying thoughts they're going to mean it's a phase which we can't go into carelessly but i think it's important to say with justified hope because the government but if the. game can. be good think it's our job now to make sure that the next steps we take are smart ones the steps should allow us to open up a bit more but at the same time they shouldn't set us back months in this pandemic . flu i'm now joined by our chief political editor michelle. tell us if you can do more about what marco and state leaders have decided. well they forced a compromise on what is or has been in the past more of a scientific issue so far over the past year german chancellor angela merkel and her 16 state premiers to rising infection numbers with deeper and longer lockdowns now we are seeing numbe

southwestern state of baton votes and book will decide whether the country's only green party state premier can stay in power for a 3rd term in neighboring rhineland plot and polls suggest a close contest between the governing social democrats and merkel's conservative christian democrats with me now in the studio as our political correspondent has brett hats thanks for being here looking forward to the outcome then your analysis 6 months away from the big federal race what with these to regional races tell us well as you just said i'm leaving she will no longer be the chancellor in germany by the end of this year and the big question is how would her conservatives perform in the polls running up to the general election in september at the moment the conservatives are struggling there on the back foot and in these 2 regions with the elections are taking place today they are not in government they're both pot in both both regions they are part of a coalition government but they're not the leaders here and the question is whether they can make gains there it doesn't really look like that at t

the bavarian state premier marcos zuda favors taking a flexible approach. but some point with astra zeneca we're going to have to operate with a lot of freedom whoever wants to on to ever dares to should have the opportunity to take it almost 4000000 doses of a go when i arrive in germany next month but another dent to public confidence in the vaccine means using them up could prove difficult. the violence in myanmar is escalating as daily protests demanding the restoration of democracy face an increasingly brutal crackdown more than 520 civilians have been killed since the start of february on tuesday the military junta used missiles on their own citizens forcing thousands to flee their homes and seek medical treatment in the thailand and protesters have defied strict curfews to hold funerals for those killed in the violence on maher has been in turmoil since the army ousted a like to beat up on songs of cheap detaining her and reimposing military rule. and tintin yo is managing director of burma news international joining us now from bangkok what have you

is the time to push forward for policies to fight climate change something that winfrey man the state premier here involved in wittenberg with the greens has said he also wants to put forward putting climate change at the center of talks he's going to lead with the other parties to try to form a government coalition it's been a bad night for anglo-american c.d.u. conservative party and the general secretary of the party paul seem york has said he attributes this to the masquer cumin scandal that has rocked the party over the last couple of weeks but also with growing discontent with the coronavirus policies carried on by angle america's government there is a slow rollout of the vaccine and the current lockdown that isn't really helping to bring down cases looking at the s.p.d. the social democrats they see some optimism ahead with a chance to form government coalitions also without the c.d.u. . now while sunday's elections were regional and lucky to have repercussions across germany the country is carrying out for national elections this year it was the worst possible start of the election ye

the bavarian state premier. favors taking a flexible approach. but some point with astra zeneca we're going to have to operate with a lot of freedom whoever wants to and whoever dares to should have the opportunity to take it almost 4000000 doses of astra zeneca will arrive in germany next month but another dent to public confidence in the vaccine means using them up could prove difficult. and for more let's bring in his chief political correspondent linda crane linda what does this mean for the vaccination campaign. as the health minister said it is an absolute setback and that for a vaccine campaign that is already badly lacking in comparison to countries like the u.s. or the u.k. only about 11 percent of germans have been vaccinated so far and they are ongoing shortages of the vaccines like by and tech pfizer or madonna meaning astra zeneca has been a linchpin of the german vaccination campaign and tens of thousands of people who have either preexisting conditions or people like teachers actually are scheduled to have astra zeneca vaccines in

at the headquarters of the social democrats granlund politeness current state premier. is getting ready for her daily life stream. that because of corona i can travel to all the constituencies to have our usual big campaign events with the candidate zadi having south invited all candidates to come here and i try it we try to convey our political messages yeah my effort and i want to end the common milo's digital and it looks relaxed but it's actually a well practiced routine over the past few weeks kyra has hosted 52 individual s.p.d. candidates from the various constituencies the live streams of broadcast why you tube facebook and instagram small tenuously what is missing is face to face interaction with the voters. in a kind of battle. of course the kind of that still need people but in a very limited way they might do that from time to time and i meet individual people but try to keep my distance and you carry a basket full of flyers which you try to hide eyes are touching the other person but it's all a bit tedious but it's nice because you get actual feedback and l

as the chancellor meets state premiers again today what measures are they looking at. essentially what's probably going to happen today is that they're going to tighten some of the screws of germany's knock down when they last met a couple of weeks ago they had developed reopening town a very cautious reopening plan with an emergency brake if the infection rate went beyond threshold of 100 cases 100000 inhabitants in a space of 7 days now this has gone beyond that threshold so it is expected that they will tighten those restrictions they will bring back some of those that they had already announced as part of that reopening plan and there are also other issues being discussed still unclear but for example night time curfews so this is something that's probably going to be discussed today when german federal and regional leaders need to discuss the path forward. tightening restrictions again could spell financial ruin for some small businesses tell us stay with us while we take a look at that her homemade chocolate cherry cake is a favorite with feet because customs at

the talks between regional leaders and chancellor angela merkel stretched into the night with state premiers having to negotiate a number of details but when merkel finally emerged she had an optimistic message for the german public despite announcing the lockdowns extension until later this month. you know we're at the threshold of a new phase of the pandemic. i mean it's a phase which we can't go into carelessly but i think it's important to say with justified hope. the leaders agreed to a step by step reopening strategy for businesses schools and public spaces with emergency breaks built in each new step will require affection writes to remain low less than 50 cases per 100000 people over a 7 day period if infection numbers begin to spike then the measures will quickly be reversed however contact restrictions between households will be slightly eased as of next week the reopening strategy also focuses on vaccinations and mass testing jabs will soon be available at many family doctors to try and boost vaccination numbers starting next monday people in germany will get access to one free ra

yes she is facing tough opposition also from state premiers within her own party there are some pre-state premiers regional leaders who are defending their concept off a policy of easing restrictions while the same time using. tests so the use of quick tests in order to to open up some areas of public lives as life as the pressure from the german public is also growing on the government to actually deliver a path forward so the chancellor is facing opposition from within her own party from the opposition and obviously i mean we see that there is a growing discontent with the government's handling of the pandemic with a slow vaccination roll out. there 56 percent of germans say they are no longer trusting the government in handling this crisis so this really is a test for the german government. with. yet another in the pandemic policy thank you. well those suspensions here in germany followed decision by help the visuals in canada today to poles astra zeneca vaccinations and people there under the age of 55 the move comes after reports of blood clots in europe and people who had received t

it is having quite a setback this evening now the rising star of the varian state premier marco is shining very brightly this evening so you've mentioned who's up who's down these are the 1st elections at any level really or any major level since the pandemic what do these big national issues especially depend emic play perhaps in these results that we've seen. they play into this but the polling has shown that a lot of the blame for what has gone wrong is placed firmly with the central government in berlin that's what the voters are saying the setback for the conservative c.d.u. under mathilde's party seems to also be connected with party scandal. seeing m.p.'s having to sign a piece of paper that they didn't profit from dealings connected with the pandemic they are also on regional issues i mean polling has also shown that people are very still very concerned about the climate despite the fact that our lives all our lives of being dominated by corona right now. but most of all i say that it will be the candidate's popularity that decides everything that clearly is something very tangible

between the chancellor and regional leaders discussions are stretched into the night after the state premiers reportedly disagreed on a number of points including the right threshold for business reopening once. and for more i'm now joined by our chief political editor michelle. tell us if you can more about what medical and state leaders have decided. well they forced a compromise on what is or has been in the past more of a scientific issue so far over the past year german chancellor angela merkel and her 16 state premiers to rising infection numbers with deeper and longer lock downs now we are seeing numbers potentially rise into a 3rd wave again and at the same time public pressure mounted forcing the government to announce some kind of perspective on this crisis and that is now leading to concrete openings beginning from the 8th of march that means that more than just a household in one extra person can meet 2 households can in future meet again children below 14 won't count into that and now we're seeing a 5 step plan leading into the future also adjusting the 7 day threshold previously

corona virus measures and a worrying rise in infections here in germany as the chancellor meets state premiers again what measures are they looking at. it is indeed terry a worrying rise german officials now talking over an exponential increase in cases stressing that the situation at least could be even worse than it was at the end of last year that all has to do at least in part with these more contagious coronavirus variants like the very end the 117 which was 1st found in the u.k. and is now becoming more prevail and here in germany and this situation has actually changed the plans that the german government and regional leaders have they were actually focusing on reopening that in fact the last meeting that they had had focused on a reopening plan which included what they described as an emergency brake designed precisely to pull back some of those reopening steps if the numbers got too high that threshold was 100 cases per 100000 inhabitants in a space of 7 days germany is now above that threshold which basically means that authorities if they follow their own rules will be pulling that

the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so medical says she won't sit around and wait for a case number 60 growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. in the move as one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader there's also one of the premiers being criticised by america he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the premiers and half of the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. and that's why we are suppose that the next conference should take place in person in stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave in infections they think the chancellor should be m

she is facing resistance even from within her own party and some from some of the state premiers who graf sort of resisted tough for restrictions. they had previously agreed on and we're talking and specifically here about the so-called emergency brake that sees that is meant to see areas return to a hard lock down once they sort of cross a certain threshold of new infections. and some of the state premiers have not implemented that emergency brake, but instead are defending a course of action that sees a combination of rapid antigen testing. go hand in hand with the food, very easy. and off the restrictions and mechanised found very clear words to criticize those premiers and has even said if that did not shame, she would have to think about overreach, overriding state regulation. so you can see there's a little bit of attention going on between the federal and the regional level here in germany. thank you. that is homicide. thank you so much. health officials in canada have also put a pause on ash seneca vaccinations for people under 55. they were responding to the reports of blood

day politics of corona in these meetings with german chancellor angela merkel where we do the state premiers have most of the power when it comes to implementing corona measures but also into law making finding new rules and regulations so a lot of power is in these regions and their very much speaking with very different political voices not just over corona but also when we look towards who could come top in this very important general elections which will mark the end of anglo mack also chopped into politics a delicate political balance thanks for breaking it all down for us the w.'s chief political editor for. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. police in the netherlands have used water cannon and baton to disperse a large crowd of anti lockdown protesters more than 2000 people had massed in the hague on the eve of dutch parliamentary elections months of harsh restrictions have fueled a growing dissatisfaction with the government. spanish police have seized $600.00 kilos of cocaine in a nighttime raid in the capital madrid in 2 other cities of

the chancellor and the regional state premiers had agreed to reverse openings if there are too many new cases but with numbers rising states are hesitating to do so mikel says she won't sit around and wait for case numbers to keep growing the government could push for parliament to change the law to decrease the premier's influence. in the mood is one possibility is to modify the infection protection act again and to say very specifically what has to happen when we are obliged by the law to contain the incidence of infection and right now the containment is not there c.d.u. leader there's also one of the premiers being criticised by america he's conceded leaders are at an impasse it's come not go on like this so the fact that the labor premiers and have the federal government are sitting in front of screens for hours every word is being leaked is not appropriate for the crisis. and that's why we are suppose that the next conference or should take place in person. stocked for the opposition greens more measures are needed to curb the 3rd wave in infections they think the chancellor shoul

lockdown at the same time she didn't communicate she didn't bring everybody on board in advance the state premiers were taken by surprise in the middle of the night and so was the german public and this is something that simply wasn't palatable to the public at large although one has to say that on content the public still morden upwards of 2 thirds backs tougher lockdowns to fight this pandemic is a leadership style that is more and more being called into question while there was clear discontent with the most recent decisions let's listen in to what ordinary germans think of the latest measures which were only announced on monday. because it's a total catastrophe it's incomprehensible we have to leave with a disease. the whole circus the back and forth and maracle always proclaiming she's invented a new word for something it true really annoys me and often thrown out i didn't know where can a vaccination center and see how the place looks and how people are affected there should definitely be a longer look that. this meeting is just a reaction to all this criticism about the recent decisions. we

early hours of the morning that there were some issues upstate there and some things that the state premiers found difficult to agree upon that was the chancellor there was a question of schools whether they should remain open or should close they just reopened a few weeks ago and as those so a contentious issue here it was which is that of travel easter holidays are coming and there's been a lot of discussions on whether or not traveling approach should be allowed and here again the chancellor angela merkel would be an agreement had been found with airlines with german airlines which now will be able and should actually test rita nice to germany before they board to fly specked some questions remain open us to well if they do test positive what will happen would be would they be then put in quarantine in their country where they were traveling a week they would be will they be brought back to germany on another flight so those are questions that still have to be answered quickly. that the leaders agreed but will the german public agree with this move. there's a general sense so fatigue afte

become evident is that lockdown seems to be the only answer given every time that this group of state premiers meets the german chancellor with still no coherent testing strategy to speak of what is the level of acceptance among germans for days do measures what are you hearing well we don't have polling yet but we do know that still up to 3 courses of germans still support restrictions over all more in general and at the same time people are also not just the opposition in parliament here but we also spoke to people on the streets who have very differing views on whether this all makes sense or not let's have a listen into that. i think it's good of course it has serious consequences for students businesses and the hospitality industry. but obviously they have to draw a tough line in order to contain the pandemic. so. it's a total catastrophe it's in comprehensible we have to live with the disease. completely it's completely right otherwise we'll never get a handle on. this whole circus the back and forth and michael always proclaiming she's invented a new word for something oh yeah it really

is a very delicate and a very difficult situation for german chancellor angela merkel and the state premiers. meeting as we speak to present to present this another blow to the reputation of astra zeneca the vaccine to the public to communicate about what's. attractive the huge backlash from the population i mean we just heard there people on the streets are really fed up with the government's handling of the crisis it's not only the blow to astra zeneca but also the slow vaccination the slow roll out and confusing messaging when it comes to testing when it comes to vic ations so the government is really under pressure to deliver results to communicate to its population the way away forwards i mean we've seen recent polls that 56 percent off germans are do not trust the government anymore and handling this pandemic well while a lot of experts and the german chancellor himself a warning off a new pandemic with the new coronavirus variations already underway here in germany so it's a serious situation certainly not getting better that's for sure political correspondent . thank you. it's a diff

lockdown after more than a dozen new locally transmitted infections were detected queensland's state premiers says the cases are of the highly infectious u.k. strain people were only be allowed to leave home for essential work shopping care duties for exercise schools will be closed we have had a lot of people now out in the community infectious so that's why we need this 3 day lockdown to get on top of all of the contacts of all of these positive cases and work out where they've been and having everyone in their home instead of out and about in the community just helps us get on top of all of the context and minimize the risk of further spree. lebanon is looking to the private sector to help speed up its vaccination drive only a fraction of the population is fully inoculated and there are concerns that contracting out vaccination distribution won't benefit those who are most in need it harder has more from beirut. this initiative is supposed to speed up the coronavirus vaccination campaign in lebanon the government is allowing private companies to import vaccines to make sure the country's c

therefore, we have to act with the bavarian state, premier zuda favors taking a flexible approach. but some point with astra zeneca we're going to have to operate with a lot of freedom. whoever wants to, and whoever dares to should have the opportunity to take it. almost $4000000.00 doses of austria's anika will arrive in germany next month. but another dent to public confidence in the vaccine means using them up could prove difficult. let's bring in our chief political correspondent, melinda crane, for the latest on the story. hi, melinda. what does this decision on astra zeneca mean for germany's efforts to get people vaccinated? it's another very disappointing turd in a vaccine rollout that was already lagging significantly behind other countries like great britain or the u.s. up until now only 11 percent of people here in germany have received even a 1st shot at it. fact, astra zeneca is a major linchpin of the german vaccination strategy because of ongoing shortages of other vaccines like biotech pfizer, and look down at so for example, for the coming weeks, tens of thousands

time to push forward for policies to fight climate change something that winfrey's touch man the state premier here involved in britain back with the greens has said he also wants to put forward put in climate change at the center of talks he's going to lead with the other parties to try to form a government coalition it's been a bad night for anglo-american c.d.u. conservative party and the general secretary of the party paul simi arc has said he attributes this to the massacre acumen scandal that has rocked the party over the last couple of weeks but also with growing discontent with the coronavirus policies carried on by america's government there is a slow roll out of the vaccine and the current lockdown that isn't really helping to bring down cases looking at the s.p.d. the social democrats they see some optimism ahead with a chance to form government coalitions also without the c.d.u. now while sunday's elections were regional likely to have repercussions across germany the country is gearing up for national elections later this year. top officials in the cd you didn't hide their disappo

state premiers involved in the talks say the decisions are justified by germany's exponential growth in infections yes that happened to figures in our state where once again significantly higher yesterday an incidence rate of over 80 that's why we unfortunately need more new measures to try and curb the 3rd wave in the hope of creating new prospects for the future enough island by the end because of current the prospect of another months of restrictions during mixed response on the streets of berlin. in principle i think it's good of course it has serious consequences for students businesses and hospital it industry but obviously they're hard to draw a tough line in order to contain the pandemic. we've got. to it's a total catastrophe it's incomprehensible we have to live with the disease completely it's completely right otherwise we'll never get a handle on it. the whole circus the back and forth and miracle always proclaiming she's invented a new word for something true really annoys me off and so on i dunno where can a vaccination center and see how the place looks and how people a