Signs for optimism in the country as far as it goes the coronavirus social distancing measures of help slow the spread the number of new infections is going down but it had latest briefing im going to makeable that now is not the time to ease the lockdown. Deserted streets in the german capital a common sight in countries facing current virus around the world but according to experts in germany the restrictions on movement seem to be having a positive effect. The number of new cases there appears to be leveling out but with a long easter weekend looming the german chancellor has warned against getting complacent if you do if we mustnt allow ourselves to be lowered into a false sense of security instead we should be really happy that more stringent measures are necessary for me this means that we cannot be reckless now we mustnt allow ourselves to be lulled into this false sense of security and i know that for myself personally you get a little hope then you gain confidence then you become a little more relaxed and then youre a little careless you know we have to stay focused the situation is fragile for you germany also announced plans on thursday to increase Domestic Production of protective medical gear asian manufacturers are currently responsible for 90 percent of the worlds production of protective masks more than 100 companies have responded to the governments call for help but also. As a result in our discussions about procurement and the purchase of personal protective equipment especially medical protective masks we saw the 1st steps of progress. Some companies that operate here in germany are already investing in increasing the production of the material thats needed for masks. Hopes among germanys european neighbors of mutual eyes debt however will cost after merkel ruled out the highly debated corona bombs. Well lets talk more about those corona bombs and indeed the meeting between the e. U. Finance ministers with Kate Ferguson from the w business thats a through there were socially space were certainly distance welcome kate whats been agreed then so nice ok fillable this is really a moment of truth for europe which has seen so Much Division over the past decade with nothing to do with the issue of migration or with practice and now faced with this pandemic a challenge of such markets. The question was really can they pull together or not and what we have just learned is that the answer to that question is a cautious yes euro zone finance ministers ofter holding a 2 day Video Conference meeting have come up with an agreement we know very little about the details so far its been described as a multi 1000000000 euro stimulus package and this is of course hugely significant because as you mentioned the thorny issue of corona bonds has been just dominating these discussions and there was very little agreement on that issue yet not part of this deal yet explain to us then what these corona bombs are and why germany is so against them ok so basically corona bonds are an updated version of what was once called the euro bond this was a an idea that with types had to buy 10 years ago after the financial crisis in 2009 the idea basically is to pool debt so at the moment every euro zone member has different conditions attached to borrowing money so if youre a country like italy which has a pretty poor Credit Rating it costs you a lot more money to borrow if youre germany which is very fiscally sound you can borrow money really easily Everyone Wants to lend to germany beat it because i think well were going to get this we know that germany has a lot of savings its contentious because under this new plan the debt would be pooled so it means that richer nations more fiscally stable countries like germany the netherlands austria finland they would have to pay out more for weaker economies like italy and spain ok so a thats why theyre very against it so if not corona bombs what instruments other member countries disposal so this money is very likely to come from something thats called the european stability mechanism this is also a scheme that was introduced to the financial crisis and basically its a big fund that member countries can can use to prevent economic collapse its already been in use spain portugal greece and ireland all used money from the european stability mechanism. But it came with a whole load of strings of touch and thats why theres been disagreement over how this money should be distributed so back off of the financial crisis countries that were using money from this fund how to introduce a therapy matters and not was something that was quite painful for the people of those countries what they were disagreeing about this time is should there be Strings Attached or not because countries like spain and italy which have been hardest hit by the pun demick think this isnt our fault this is a Health Crisis we shouldnt have to pay up more just because we have been disproportionately affected by this other countries most notably the netherlands were saying well youre still havent really been very fiscally responsible over the last few years we dont just want to give you as much money as you want with no Strings Attached ok so what were waiting to hear the details on that and what sort of fudge has been done ok and how much does the europes response depend on what the rest of the world is doing well theyre certainly looking to see how other countries are responding in the United States weve had 2 trillion dollars stimulus package in 9th last month by the from the administration we have the news today that the Federal Reserve is unlocking more loans so course germany on the whole euro zone is looking to see what other countries are doing of course china the worlds 2nd biggest economy if its entire economy is structured around the idea of state folks cities so theres a lot of pressure on governments to come together here to make sure that theres a gear of a unified European Response and good talking to you ok thank you very much for that Kate Ferguson from de duve business. Well professor good to shorten or heres a scene youre very well adjusted to brother in shari tell you Medical Center is one of europes biggest University Hospitals its also one of germanys leading scientists for research in the coronavirus welcome professor is the chancellor writes to warn the germans that its too soon to relax virus control measures. Oh i think shes right because you have still to be very cautious i mean it seems that the measurement effect if indeed but we have to look at the intensive care units whats going on there and expecting the reaks to come that you see more patients in the intensive care units and for we have still really to be alerted so how long do you think man before life can go back to normal. Thats difficult to predict of course on the other sites as the economic pressure and their precious very high so i seeing after at least on the political instability discussed all of a can relief their measurements a little bit but that has to be very controlled so we have to do it step by step maybe it can be all in small shops and also top to people is that they still follow the rules of hikes and so they still have that social distancing all through soko distancing so that the virus spread is not out of control that is so i think very important ok as stay with us please professor were about to look at a new study of one of the worst affected regions in germany virologist from the university of bonn have managed to test a 1000 people that and the heinz band district and found that 15 percent of participants already have had the virus and then are likely to be immune to the disease. Scientists in germany have taken a close look at a region hit especially hard by the corona virus the affected community is goggle initial results show that 15 percent of the population has tested positive thought we gave people a questionnaire took a throat swap and used the p. C. Our methods to verify whether an infection was currently present we also took a blood sample and use an Antibody Test to see if the person had already experienced an infection. In the minas apology of the scientists calculated a mortality rate of 0. 37 percent thats 5 times lower than what the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins university projected for all of germany this may lead to a relaxing of restrictions in some areas of daily life but experts warn special measures favoring older people should still be a priority. Of this also according to what call in situ data is 83 so it is very important to protect the elderly. Hind legs district chief says this area narrowly missed a catastrophe at the virus been detected just 2 weeks later the situation would be far worse in the meantime the curve of the number of infections has begun to flatten. Lets go back to professor. Professor when so we have a study here which says that the virus is less lethal than initially expected what do you make of this. That isnt very interesting point of this study is that the case fatality rate is about 14. 44 percent that is less than many experts and to support it but still i mean we have to think about that the virus is still spreading and will reach about 50 percent or 70 percent of the population so you have to be more cases and more deaths even though the case fatality rate is very low i think that is the most important point thats the 1st time ive heard that figure youre reckoned with but generally speaking youre looking at 70 percent of us becoming infected with corona virus at some stage thats what epidemiology is expect 50 to 70 percent and that at this point probably the virus stops to spread further because everybodys you know and the virus does not find any host anymore that is susceptible to the virus these are the triggers coming to accept it so far and again just referring back to this study we just looked at 15 percent of the population of anger have. Been in contact with some sort of infection so that thats quite low then from what youve said. Absolutely that means that youre still at the beginning of the plan to meet and evil see many more cases in the future and another question is whether we can compare the. Socalled with other regions in germany itself thats a beginning of the pandemic they reach and may have different numbers percentages of people that have experienced infection with a virus and during the planting make the numbers will more to come similar to each other and so but that point is not reached it ok im going to ask you to speculate now just because pressure on politicians is so great to try and release populations from from lockdown is it inevitable that we reach a point where the virus appears to have been beaten we slowly release people from lock down and then we have another spike in infections if that just something we have to just accept you have to face that yes indeed because the virus even if it disappears for a while it will reappear and it will cost more infection so we have to control the spread of the virus and to prevent the intensive care units truong being although well meant by loads of people have that yearly ill and that is the whole aim of false all to all these measurements but at the end we have to accept that probably just 50 to 60 percent off the top relation will be infected so everything therefore the the end goal that is is is a vaccine is. Some sort of inoculation. Sure that is the most wanted. Issue but unfortunately probably only 2021 we will have to taxi it takes time to test vaccines because we have to check to nate also people who are that really healthy is and. Therefore has to be very safe and that takes time to test that is very important so i think my feeling is that the vaccine comes too late you are well thats enough for you anyway professor thank you so much for joining us professor going to show rick from the had charite Medical Center. Youre welcome france has been under partial lockdown for more than 3 weeks but with the number of infections still increasing social distancing measures unlikely to be extended president macros do to address again the nation next week in paris the rules have become even stricter backed up with fines and even prison time the deadly paris correspondent lisa lewis shows us just how small her life has become i think confined to these 13 square meters for weeks now but i do have the right to go out once a day for one hour to do that i need to fill in this form with the date the exact about time and the specific reason for example im about out for an Urgent Medical appointment or if im summoned by a judge that today i have to buy food. Bakeries like this one have been allowed to stay open despite the lockdown they are considered essential services but even here business has suffered. For our turnover has gone down by 40 percent and we had to put half of our 12 employees on temporary unemployment and we dont know for how long this will go on record markers on the ground right away it has taken some people which is time but now most of the french understood the rules of social distancing thats quite an achievement for people renowned for their lack of discipline. On people. Paris is normally bustling city but not these days the lockdown in france is stricter than in some other European Countries and yet not all the french are following the rules. In some prison suburbs in certain regions people are just observing the lockdown that negates the early effort by everyone else thats why were cracking down on such behavior weve already given out hundreds of thousands of fines for preaching the rules costs 135. 00 euros or 200. 00 euros for a huge offenses one person was caught infringing the lock down 10 times in a row for it and condemned to 3 months in prison more cuticle than a. Doctors degree people should comply with the law they say its the only way to slow down the spread of the virus. Because we have run out of a veil of beds in intensive care units and have to make tough choices people over 75 years are generally no longer taken in at those units at least thats the case at hospitals here in paris and in eastern france has still not equipped to do massive testing and hand out masks to everybody so for now the locked on one of the train places. The government has already announced the lockdown is likely to be extended further. Right i better get myself over there and but before i go back into isolation is one thing i can do with my fellow parisians even if we have to keep our distance and join in the evening applause for all the heroes in this crisis the Health Care Personnel supermarket patches and of course my local. Journeys biggest port hub has been hit particularly hard by the corona virus a pandemic 30 percent of its trade comes from china and even their chinese production is starting to ramp up again but could take a while to feed through to homburg this container ships need but 6. 00 to 8. 00 weeks to make the trip. This is what hamburg looks like when everything shuts down no fish sandwiches at the citys famous london spoken pier no ferries taking tourists around the port the pleasure boats are all anchored and whats worse for business is that there are hardly any freighters out on the edge of the river normally hamburg is germanys main hub for container traffic. The impact of the coded 1900 outbreak on the port is only really now becoming visible chinas production breakdown has reached hamburg with 6 to 8 weeks delay in the shape of a half empty cargo vessels. Its what no one can say at the moment is what exact amounts are not arriving which goods the missing and thats connected to the issue of whats happening to the Global Supply chain when things are not being produced in china we can already see in the Auto Industry that theres going to be a lot of disturbance it means that were going to experience a massive disruption to the entire economy. Which after leaving the port of hamburg handles around 9000000. 00 containers a year but now the gigantic trans shipment hub is grinding to a halt experts predict that freight volumes for april and may could tumble by 80 percent but at a time when border closures are impacting road transport shipping ports may be more important than ever before the off guard shipping will grow in importance it will become even more necessary for the flow of goods to proceed on hand it would and thats thanks to the seafarers who are currently doing Exceptional Service on board far from their families and we owe them our gratitude at least as much as cashiers and nurses there. Some 30000 sailors are currently serving on german cargo ships on the worlds oceans crew changes have been largely suspended to lessen the risk of infection so crew members are working without normal breaks between shifts the shipping companies and other logistics firms of the port of hamburg are struggling to keep merits. Trade moving they still dont know how deep the economic damage from the kobe 1000 crisis will be. This is the weekend will be unlike any other not least in jerusalem with a nationwide lockdown in effect across israel large governments can take place so one Christian Group is helping worshipers make a digital pilgrimage the holy city this easter. And new sunday tradition an improvised altar is assembled on this rooftop overlooking jerusalems old city since visitors are no longer able to come to the churches here the austrian hospice a catholic guesthouse is bringing the service to them virtually did do for all. Yet still may now that people cant comment more to jerusalem we bring jerusalem to the people into their farms on their screens and t. V. And want to keep doing that during the holy week and easter. Sunday mass on a rooftop but without a congregation because of the pandemic gatherings are no longer allow the Services Live streamed using a mobile phone 2 floors down in the now closed coffee shop a Young Volunteer follows the broadcast going for us on a i think it provides a kind of support you know that even though you cant be here every sunday you can still be a part of it lets get to a little. Easter in jerusalem is very different this year the normally busy via dolorosa the way of the cross is empty the church of the holy settle has closed its doors most Easter Services will be live streamed instead its a highly unusual situation also for the local Palestinian Christians residents are under tight restrictions. Probably talk to family. Or. Smart we. Threw some light out got used to think so many. In the last 2 millenia at least but this year it will be your. Resume. Where the people celebrate this easter jerusalem its residents say its important to show solidarity and not to lose faith that better times will come. Here in berlin across other parts of germany sunny spring weather has entice people out of their homes and into pucks are raising fears amongst experts so many people out and about will have a negative impact on the fight against the coronavirus. Door exercising is allowed for now at least berlins parks have been teeming with people despite the restrictions. That say its like it always is here you see no fewer people Walking Around than usual. Mention might avoid people keep your distance so long as you do that then youre fine well at least i think so so i mean thats but what are the experts think about ive door exercise at berlins battle hospital dr dawkins vide socog hygiene specialist believes everyone should exercise a little more caution during the current pandemic. With me through this from a medical point of view in order to break the transmission chain the safest way to do so is by keeping everyone at home but we cant keep that up there are many reasons why people need to get out and about its not just because they have a desire to move but because situations can escalate quickly if youre in close contact with your family all the time. With Sports Centers closed many people like traffic for dental have been exercising at home but controversially several but in this league clubs have called their players back for Group Training sessions. When im just an ash doll and us im a little surprised that football clubs are starting their training sessions again one team after another and this comes during a phase in the pandemic when weve not reached the peak and there are still transmissions its astonishing that this disarmament is taking place so to speak. We see. A stark warning to everyone but on last theres a tightening of restrictions it doesnt look like berliners will be giving up or exercise. Im invented in the southern indian city of hydrabad is injecting a bit of humor in these countries that National Lockdown is like this work is a coronavirus shaped vehicle to remind people of the need to stay off the streets as a pandemic sweeps the world of the cars and quite perfect yet it doesnt always fire on all cylinders but when its moving its of makeup so the coffee yet die out believes it will remind people. To make tight social distance. That was the day as ever they come station continues online you find us on twitter at the end of the news at fogo the fit to use a hash tag the day of the. Small arts can inspire me to change and meet the people making it possible to go africa fantastic right. Join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and Work Together for a better future. 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