A little more relaxed and then youre a little callous i know we have to stay focused on the situation its from child abuse. So the chancellor says she does say signs for optimism in the countries far to go as the coronavirus social distancing measures of help slow the spread and the number of new infections is going down but it had latest briefing im going to back award 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 seeing 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 to do if you know its niche 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 loaded 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 i know we have to stay focused the situation is front gyle 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 if you give momentum going displacement 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 aquash after merkel ruled out the highly debated corona bonds. Well lets talk more about those corona bonds and indeed the meeting between the e. U. Finance ministers with Kate Ferguson from the d w business. So we are socially space were socially distance welcome kate whats been agreed then so last ok fillable this is really a moment of truth for europe which has seen so Much Division over the past decade whether thats to do with the issue of migration or with praxis and now faced with this demick a challenge of such markets. The question was really count they pulled 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 bits of scotians and there was very little agreement on that issue yet not part of this deal yet explain to us and 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 with a an idea that with types hedged by 10 years ago off 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 very against it so if not corona bombs what instruments other member countries disposal focus money is very likely to come from something thats called the european stability mechanism this is also a scheme that was introduced after the financial crisis and basically is the 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 fair he measures and that 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 pound demick say 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 where say well youre still havent really been very fiscally responsible over the last 2 years we dont 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 with 2 trillion dollars stimulus package and i instill last month by the trumpet ministration 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 its 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. Good talking to you ok thank you very much but Kate Ferguson from de duve business. Well professor good to assuring there here is a senior very well adjusted to berlin 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 reeks to come that we see more patients in the intensive care units and for we have still really to be alerted so how long do you think men before life can go back to normal thats difficult to predict of course on the other site 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 talk to people is that they still follow the rules of highchair and so they still have that social distancing all through soko distancing so that the virus spread is not out of control that is i think very important ok and stay with us a place professor were about to look at a new study of one of the worst affected regions in germany virologists from the university of bonn have managed to test a 1000 people that and the heinz of bad 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 of we gave people a question how took a throat swap and used the p. C. On 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 dangled 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. The store says that the virus is was 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. But still i mean we have to think about that the virus is still spreading and will reach out 50 percent or 70 percent of the population so you have to be more chases and more deaths even though the case fatality rate is very low i think that is the most point thats the 1st time ive heard that figure youre record but generally speaking youre looking at 70 percent of us becoming infected with corona virus at some stage. Thats what epidemiology just say 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 come and get accepted so far and again just referring back to this study we just looked at 15 percent of the population of a gang out having been in contact with some sort of infection so that thats quite low then from what youve said absolutely that means that were still at the beginning of the plantain week 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 the beginning of the pandemic regions may have different numbers percentages of people that have experienced infection with a virus and during the planting week the numbers were more to come similar to each other and so but that point is not reached it ok i would ask you to speculate now just because pressure on politicians is so great to try and. Release populations from from lock down 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 infections so we have to control the spread of the virus and to prevent the intensive care units truong being although well md by loads of people is that severely ill and that is the whole aim of false alter all of 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 then is a vaccine is. Some sort of inoculation sure that is the most wanted. Issue but unfortunately probably only 2021 we will have to act in it takes time to test vaccines because we have to act to nate also people who are that there are a healthy 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 to our well thats enough for you anyway professor thank you so much for joining us professor going to shine rick from the cherry take 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 mash is unlikely to be extended president macros due to address again at the nation next week in paris the rules have become even stricter backed up with fines and even prison time p. W. Paris correspondent liza lewis shows us just how small her life has become. I think confined to these 30 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 day be exact about time and the specific reason for example im allowed out for an Urgent Medical appointment or if im summoned by a judge back today i have to buy food. Bakeries like this one have been allowed to stay open despite the locked 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 report 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. 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 lock down by that negates all the efforts made by everyone else thats why were cracking down on such behavior weve already given out hundreds of thousands of fines for breaching 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 and prison more cuticle than what do people feel. Doctors agree people should comply with the locks and they say its the only way to slow down the spread of the virus. Plus we have run out of vailable 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 still not equipped to do massive testing and hand out masks to everybody so for now the locked on to stay in place. The government has already announced the lockdown is likely to be extended further. Right i better get myself home van 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 cashiers and of course my local. Journalist biggest port has been hit particularly hard by the corona virus a pandemic 30 percent of its trade comes from china and even though chinese production is starting to ramp up again that 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 covert 900 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. In congress when no one can say at the moment is what exact amounts and 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 in. 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 a new border closures are impacting road transport shipping ports may be more important than ever before but not 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 are. 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 merit. Trade moving they still dont know how deep the economic damage from the kobe 1000 crisis will be. This is to we cant all be unlike any other not least in jerusalem with a nationwide lockdown in effect across israel large governments come to take place so one Christian Group is helping worshipers make a digital pilgrimage to 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 hospital a catholic guesthouse is bringing the service to them virtually did do for all. Yet so many other people cant combine the 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 the pandemic gatherings are no longer allow this service is live streamed using a mobile phone 2 floors down in the now closed coffee shop a Young Volunteer follows the broadcast were going for this is an 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. But to. 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 sepulcher 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 talked to family. Or heard that. Smart. Threw some light out got used to things already. In the last 2 millenia at least but this year it will be your. Visitors. 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 pox are raising fears amongst experts so many people out and about will have a negative impact on the fight against the coronavirus. Ive door exercising is allowed for now at least and prelims 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 my avoid people keep your distance so long as you do that then youre fine well at least i think szell so thats. What of the experts think about i do or exercise at berlins bethel Hospital Doctor told his 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 blown this league clubs have called their players back for Group Training sessions. When im dissing us dont us to know 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. Not me see. A stark warning to everyone but unless theres a tightening of restrictions it doesnt look like berliners will be giving up outdoor exercise. And inventor in the southern indian city of hydrabad is injecting a bit of humor in his countrys that National Lockdown his latest 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 car isnt quite perfect yet it doesnt always fire on all cylinders but when its moving its a make up so the coffee yet dive believes it will remind people. To maintain such a long distance. Box was that day as ever they come station continues online you find this on twitter i think of the news at fogo the fit to use a hash tag the death of a good. Home. Small accidental spiral changes the people making us all 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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