Years on the horror is still vivid remembering the victims of germanys both involved death camps one of the last remaining survivors schools for compassion for those displaced by war today. Im rebecca races welcome to the program the World Health Organization is warning that lifting restrictions imposed over the Coronavirus Crisis too early could bring a deadly resurgence the cove at 19 pandemic has raged another grim milestone with the global death toll now more than 100000 the United States is close to overtaking italy as the country with the worlds highest death toll President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the country as soon as possible but nearly one 3rd of all cases in the world. Now in the u. S. Passengers have thinned out on new york subways but that snow is sure and to many people who need the ride its very frightening to be here and if i got it right that one right now yeah like i said theres a lot of hope a lot of training. So you can get a little training get a good part so thats not me. You know your kids we dont miss it thats the problem keeping your distance from others experts agree that social distancing combined with aggressive testing of suspected cases is the fastest way to tackle coded 19 but there arent enough tests for the job in new york and elsewhere in the u. S. New yorks governor says companies now cannot provide the numbers needed we need. An un precedented mobilization where government can produce these tests in the millions President Trump pointed to progress in the numbers of new cases on the other side you have the numbers of beds being used were just saying substantially ridges that usually decide that its heading in the downward curve but the death toll continues to mount hundreds in new york die every day hospitals or repurpose in refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues and in the citys reserved site for on mark graves burials have spiked the weekly average is now being reached every day the rise is being attributed to coated 19. We spoke to journalist abbie half a son in new york she says state Governor Andrew Cuomo cautiously optimistic. Governor cuomo is certainly looking for beacons of hope and hes saying the number of hospitalisation on average the 3 day average have been down thats a positive sign which indicates that social distancing measures physical distancing measures are actually working but it could also be in combination with the fact that many are afraid to go to the hospital considering what theyve been hearing in recent days and weeks about the coded 19 outbreak and possibly being in fact as the south he also talked about a slight death in i. C. U. Numbers and that dip is about a dozen or so people it seems very small but when you compare it with previous weeks where they saw about 300 people more than 300 people on a daily basis this is certainly a cause for optimism but of course its cautious optimism because they dont want to let up on any of the measures that are currently in place that have led to these small successes and fearing that there could be a 2nd wave or 3rd wave of infections if they were to lose such measures a number of deaths and infections in india has so far remained relatively low despite the enormous 1000000000 plus population both already say they are ramping up testing as the capital delhi and financial have mumbai images hot spots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under pressure to extend a nationwide lockdown due to end next week. Poverty is pushing millions of desperate people to defy indias lockdown orders its a basic matter of survival this landfill just outside of new delhi has become a lifeline. For the past few days ive been eating whatever i can find here look here theres some bread. There are biscuits im going to eat again. He and others scour heaps of waste looking for whatever they can survive on now and live on later. I dont know if i can resell anything at the moment but after a lot when the market reopens ill try to sell it. To contain the coronavirus the Indian Government has chosen to confine all of its 1300000000 residents success varies city to city state to state some areas are nearly empty with few people venturing out but for the millions living below the poverty line confinement isnt an option. I had a good life and all of a sudden my kids and i lost our jobs everything closed down this is no way to live what are we going to eat the condemning has dried up work and costs a mass exodus yeah people will die anyway either from hunger or coronavirus under these conditions its best to return to the village at least theyre all roses will be able to bury us with dignity. But while the poor free they could potentially spread a virus throughout the country making the fight against kobe 19 even tougher to win. Data. Is standing by for us in delhi let me share as we saw in that report the lockdown is having devastating effect for so many in india how long is it likely to continue. Well back of the scene the. Fish food runs out next week but we are expecting that decision and announcement from the pragmatists early to be out if this knocked out the extended are not is going to be anything that local leaders across the south she put her decision on the extension of the snap knocked up by de santis have instead of this knock down to the end of the bridge to nowhere to either even the pandemic hit you know i was in the midst of an economic slowdown and theyre not done is definitely had an impact on the bench and its likely to have a resonating impact on the decision is going to be a spazz mark in doing the state of the widest but also ensuring that some sectors that need to be. Ill just start functioning however the government has and the sense that back to normal social distancing will be a lot of months to come. So the lockdown is obviously unnecessary measure of a what is the government doing to help those most vulnerable. But how about a government announced measure as to what the people want us to be jordan micros in art and centers in cities like. Actions that opened the city to cash chance was being made to construction workers and. However the government has any criticism for what was seen as plenty when the stock down was announced bass right alongside a lock down these measures announced that look could have had more confidence in stephen please instead of the end leaders we saw right at the big a lot of vessels that he might just flex launch in addition the government set up all sorts of security measures to ensure this the impact and what would happen so if the law dont extend this is going to be. There when you have to see it the government is going to have protections and i have. No major just find delhi thanks very much germany is marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of who when vald one of the 2nd world wars most notorious concentration camps a commemoration was planned at the side of the camp but because of the current restrictions on public gatherings a virtual remembrance ceremony is being held instead one of the last remaining survivors tells us his story. Of a concentration camp april 1945 shortly after the liberation it was one of the biggest death camps on german soil from 937 till 945 the nazis imprisoned more than 260000 people here even even he survived the death camp as a young jew he was imprisoned in one of the many separate forced labor camps. If you. Want to be 11th the floodlights went dark p. S. s are gone. From afar we heard the rumble of cannon. Nobody dared move many more were dying in it. Had been no food for days only the next the some of the russian prisoners where you now wont be later but we march to it down here now its mushy at 56000 people were murdered. Or died of starvation or illness. After the liberation of the death camp the american soldiers forced citizens of nearby to visit the site to face the atrocities the corpses were piled up. Remembering the atrocities remains important 75 years on but even even he wants to look forward and be even mentioned the right to think of the ones who are suffering today. Who are fleeing fleeing award or because they hope to find their power of a self where. Those who drone in the ocean or who are stuck between borders that. Dont tell me that this is something different. Of course it is a little different but a lot of people turned a blind eye when it came to what happened with the jews. So if youve got the strength and show empathy for those who need help you know. Even even you is grateful for all the happy years he has lived since his liberation he knows life could have ended very differently today victims are remember that the buddha memorial on the site of the former concentration camp. Lets take a look now at some of the more coronavirus related news from around the world the United Kingdom has seen a record daily death toll surpassing italys worst 980 people lost their lives there in just 24 hours and made concerns that Britains National Health Service lacks staff ventilators and protective clothing. In rome the pope has conducted the Good Friday Service without any worship is present the faithful were able to watch a live stream of the east to precession pope francis will also strain his easter message from the seclusion of his private library. Apple and google have announced joint plans to create Contact Tracing technology to slow the spread of the virus the 2 companies mobile operating systems power 99 percent of the worlds smartphones while a tracing app could be a powerful tool there are 9 serious privacy concerns. But it lived province in northwestern syria has been one of the regions worst affected areas by 9 years of civil war a ceasefire last month finally slowed down the civilian death toll but now covert 9 tave poses a new threat to its lives 3000000 residents officials fear an outbreak could be devastating. In the bombing has fallen silent but now fear is spreading about an insidious killer coronavirus no one knows how far it is in full trade of the city at the hospital everyones temperature is taken but there arent the resources to tackle an epidemic. What we need most urgently are doctors there arent enough and we have very Little Medicine or medical equipment if the virus starts to spread our supplies will be used up within a few days seem all too they are not. As yet there are no confirmed cases of the virus in the ad lib region perhaps because testing is only just begun the lab here only got the equipment a few days ago its a race against time. Close by is a refugee camp where 300000 people live packed together its not a question of whether covert 19 will surface in the camp but when. None of you has and our economy is as vulnerable to the coronavirus as all the others theres no disinfection no bad tical staff god help us if it spreads here it would be disastrous there would be many deaths. What will happen when the sickness strikes as long as the cease fire holds chances of survival here should be higher but the highly contagious corona virus could make life in even more dangerous than ever. As the virus lockdown continues its not just audience audiences who are missing out on cultural events many artists themselves are also missing performing for their public dances at the head of ski theatre in some pages but have put together a stay at home show will leave you with these extracts youre watching date over the news from berlin im rebecca reeses thanks for watching. The supposed. To be a book
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