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Reported the news comes as economic output drops for the 1st time in 30 years. And decades of economic mismanagement and devastating drought of left zimbabweans living hand to mouth now the coronavirus lockdown is adding to them is a ring. Of honesty this is it is the poor. Indian also our own does he roy speaks to w. W. In an exclusive she tells us Prime Minister Narendra Modi is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to incite the persecution of muslims in the majority majority in do nation. Welcome to the program Germanys Health minister says his Country House now got the coronavirus pandemic on the. Told this comes as the country plans to gradually ease lockdown measures in coming days spahn said Germanys Health care system has at no point been overwhelmed the country has seen one of the highest numbers of infections in europe but by comparison low death rates Officials Say thats down to rest of testing in the early stages of the outbreak germanys Public Health institute the whole web cock institute says that on average each new patient is now infected less than one other person meaning the outbreak is on the decline. Spawn said germany has reached a turning point but offered words of caution. Because now we can say this was successful we have managed to bring the Dynamic Growth back to a linear growth the infection numbers have decreased significantly especially the relative increases from day to day the outbreak has now become manageable and controllable again. But in managing the corona epidemic germany is doing relatively well that makes us humble not overconfident. And the head of the whole but Call Institute explained how the numbers of new cases in germany were declining. The reproduction number we calculate on average in germany is currently 0. 7 of course there are regional differences here too but it is clear that this reproduction number has continued to fall. Which means that on average each person no longer infects another person that is each person who is infected infects another person the president. Well for more on this lets go straight to our Political Correspondent Sanjana Simon lets talk about that number why is it so important. Well i think its absolutely important to predict how the infection is spreading across germany so what this socalled reproduction rate ease of the virus basically if its one that would mean that every infected person infects another person theyre saying now that the number is 0. 7 what that means is if you have 10 infected people on average they only infect another 7 people so that as those people then recover there are a few other people who are just getting sick with the disease and if that continues at that rate of course it means there ever fewer people who are getting the disease and that of course means that the Health Care System as the Health Minister was saying today can really cope much better thats really what were seeing in germany the infections are down 3000 infections reported today and in time the experts expect the death rate to fall in line with that as well as you said theres some encouraging numbers that. In what is germany got right so far. Well i think the key thing a lot of people have pointed to is an aggressive Testing Program so that a lot of people have been tested its been possible to you know hone in on where there have been localized outbreaks also Germanys Health care system is held up very well the intensive care beds have been available and protective equipment and so on has been available so germany has been able to get control of this now the question now turns to what is the right approach Going Forward theres certain easing measures easing of the restrictions have been announced people have been told they can start to go back for instance to some shops from next week only the smaller ones and by will by the way thats been criticised by all of retail groups saying that you know that everyone is equally affected by the economic effects of this but you know so there are limitations on where people can shop but also its being talked about whether there should be a requirement for people to wear these cloth face mosques in public on public transport and in certain shots thats an idea this makes up for instance in saxony the government there is introduced this as a requirement for next week and where it has been done over the past few weeks in a few towns around germany weve seen that the infection rates of fall and so it really seems like wearing mosques is a really good idea as long as enough people do it. You Political Correspondents simony on thank you very much. Here a picture of post lockdown china is beginning to emerge the full impact of the corona virus has left the country reeling with economy taking a massive hit figures for the 1st 3 months of this year show the 1st drop in output for almost 30 years 2nd blow new figures reveal that the death toll in the city of where the virus was 1st detected actually 50 percent higher than previously reported all report begins with a slump in the economy. The lockdown may be lifting but the virus has left its mark for the 1st time in decades chinas economy has plummeted people can return to work but with virtually no demand many businesses remain closed. Car sales that 1st dropped then plummeted down 21. 6 percent in january then down 92 percent in february according to the China Association of automobile manufacturers. China home to the worlds 2nd largest economy has released its 1st quarter g. D. P. A drop of 6. 8 percent millions of workers do not qualify for Unemployment Benefits and many businesses are on their knees what should be peak season for many is now the worst in recent memory. Not because the situation is dire awful it is a source for me. Ive got no idea how to get through this year. Theres no hiding from reality my business might not survive this year and i might be unemployed. Next year i dont know. Chinese officials released another startling figure the number of coronavirus deaths in who has been raised to almost 4000 thats a 50 percent increase from earlier numbers the news has fueled concerns that china has covered up the true extent of the outbreak an accusation the country denies. President donald trump says the u. S. Is looking into unverified reports that the virus is from a laboratory in china earlier we heard from the front of fast spokesman for chancellor Angela Merkels conservative heart and asked him if trumps theory was credible i think. 8. Hours we know about the risk that potentially highly infected virus might jump from you know any look human being this is. The result of all the science in the last decades ones own lives development and it was obvious that once day d Something Like that might happen in the. Coal all abuse case its not. Just the problem anymore to you would be i think mate most it is. Also for the future and therefore we should concentrate on that im not sure that the broker currently might find out the whole truth about what happened maybe all of the china government is not really that to hold the chair on this starting point occurred to me. Time now for a quick roundup of coronavirus developments around the world the United Kingdom has extended its furlough scheme for employees of firms hit by the corona Virus Outbreak to the end of june the government covers 80 percent of the wage bill for those companies saudi arabias grand mufti the highest religious authority in the country says muslim prayers during ramadan and aid should be done at home if the coronavirus pandemic continues and in the media has become the country with the most recorded cases in Southeast Asia Health Officials there say only 6000 people have been infected with the virus. Indias 1300000000 people are halfway through a 6 Week National lockdown the government insists that the restrictions are the keys of breaking the chain of transmission but the battle against the virus also has a religious dimension to the correspondent. Travel to the Northern City of mira to find out why muslims are being targeted for supposedly staging what some locals are calling carona jihad. 3 more weeks of lockdown businesses closed of restricted movement. But these men are fuming about Something Else abdul rashid a shopkeeper in the Northern City of made it says islamophobia in india is at an all time high. Hes clearly blames the indian media. Corona has arrived this is what they say when they see muslims mark their vision or shouting at us saying here comes corona is this a way to behave so there is a limit to our patience the discrimination started after an event by the jamaat and islamic sect was recognized as occurred on our wireless hotspot many who attended the gathering in delhi became called 19 carriers across India Several Media Channels were quick to claim that this was a deliberate attempt to undermine india some even alleging corona jihad these allegations have also had a severe Economic Impact moment if the us would normally travel to different neighborhoods hawking has with some of these were predominantly hindu. Now people refused to let him in so when everyone is turning so away the residents say dont sell through here go back to your own neighborhood. Police are stopping us to beating us. These muslim vendors can now only sell goods in their own majority muslim neighborhood business has dried up elsewhere and we are not rumors are circulating about malicious intent. Locals who are citing the ports of multiple incidences of muslims entering neighborhoods and spitting in them to spend the corner by this residence here a standing guard and barricading gates to prevent this from happening even leaders from the ruling b. G. P. Have claimed that members of the sect have deliberately spread the wireless youre going to have should have been free of coronavirus by now but in the market these german members this connected like suicide bombers or these suicide bombers that should face the strictest possible legal action they should be punished in a way that generations to follow starting up will be too afraid to commit such crimes. If the allegations the sect has spread the virus on purpose are still unfounded but fewer and go across communities. For these men their religion has become an added burden during the long lockdown. Was spoke with a prize winning writer and leading political activist in delhi about her take on the situation in india. In fact its not a crisis yet in india if you look at the numbers which of course but little exposed seems about not just from core but from a crisis of hatred progresses. And of course the lockdown in india is lot a lot darker as there is not physical distance either just physical compression. But really this is crazy is against. Its coming of course and of that of a massacre in the league which was the result of of you know since december people protesting against the anti muslim citizenship a lot more and now after nearly even as we speak. Under the cover of of course with the government is moving to arrest Young Students 2 cases of instant lawyers a 1000000000 Senior Editor against activists and intellectuals 2 of them recently thought into doing so theres nothing i can see it through to the government all the. People i can speak to people in india and to the world outside not to dislike it because obviously the situation is approaching. You know because the governments agenda has been and it says the sky muslims have been lynched was them have been hunted down but now the stigmatise even this illness has left you know Government Policies on the street now you can hear it everywhere. Rather under he wrote this to us and heres a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today myanmar has released almost 25000 prisoners in a president ial amnesty to mark the countrys new year understeers during holiday celebrations are common so the number of trade this year was higher than normal human Rights Groups have called on me a monster reduce overcrowding in its presence corona Virus Outbreak. U. S. President donald trump has also laid out plans for a phased return to normality from the coronavirus lock down state governors will take control of the process themselves trump says states that are free from disease can reopen quote literally tomorrow. Youre watching the news still to come on this program after decades of Economic Hardship the coronavirus presents zimbabweans with a new challenge what can be done to overcome as well hear from amnesty international. And the president of the world bank has urged lenders to support debt relief for the poorest countries while they deal with the coronavirus during a Spring Meeting with the International Monetary fund which finished today David Malpass private praised a Debt Relief Initiative this week by g 20 economies i. M. F. Chief crystal ina georgia urged governments and the private sector to step up their efforts to help africa and other emerging economies with the pandemic thats what she had to say earlier in the meeting. We are very encouraged by the unanimous support of the membership for the doubling of x. Istream urgency financing which combined with speed means that. By the end of this month some 50 countries receive help and we have a. Request that 102 at this moment. Both spoken in favor of debt relief to poor countries what concrete proposals put forward. Try get hard and the world bank is offering 160. 00 a 1000000000 u. S. Dollars in aid for developing countries the g 20 countries earlier offered suspending debt for developing countries and then the i. M. F. Has put together a one trillion you ass dollar lending package in addition there is also some debt relief for 25. 00 countries using the c. C. R. T. Fund that was dating back to the a boulder crisis back in 2015 so some bold moves there from the Financial Institutions of course the underlying idea and assumption is that those developing countries are simply not able in financially Strong Enough to combat the pun demick by themselves the secretary general of the United Nations gutierrez made that very clear today when he said that africa alone would need 200000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in aid to come by over the next weeks and months i had and therefore the assumption is that helping these countries would release basically the money that they spent for paying debts and that this money then can be used to stabilize their National Health systems all over the world bank has also said that commercial lending the bank account was need to be prepared to take a hit how is that message. Well many have agreed in fact to that message and in fact hundreds of private creditors have also accepted already that they would wait for their money were talking about suspending debt and not for. Were giving that of course thats a big difference because what they know is that if they insist of repayment in a time where the World Economy is basically standing still then eventually this would lead to National Debt crises and defaults and so the idea behind this is that its better to get your money back late than never live in washington for us thank you. One of the countries that will not benefit from that covert 925. 00 is zimbabwe because it has settled its loans with the world body that should be good news after years of economic mismanagement under former president Robert Mugabe the country is still struggling to pay off huge debts to other major lenders woman is a bob once the coronavirus pandemic means day to day survival is now even more difficult. Shuttered shops lined the streets of harare zimbabwe its economy was already at rock bottom neither the Coronavirus Crisis is denying shopkeepers even a modest income. We are unable to work during the lockdown. Which is coming to prevent people from looting our shops this is bad for business we are living hand to mouth. After decades of economic mismanagement a serious drought and now the lockdown it is estimated that more than a 3rd of the population is in danger of starvation. Its a bit sick of and has to give us food or money thats what we need most of. The Health System is struggling to cope there are very few intensive care units and ventilators protective equipment is scarce and doctors are worried. Theres a difference between your. Say so or for us we need to be protected so that it will be. Lit. And then well be able to service is doctors say that even before the pandemic struck patients were dying in hospitals because of inadequate care as the disease spreads zimbabwe appears l. Equipped to deal with its potential impact. Joining us now from johannesburg is the pros much i know hes the director east and Southern Africa at the City International most medical staff went on strike in march over a lack of facilities to fight corona has a situation improved since then. Well not at all the situation in zimbabwe remains and in fact the state of the Health Sector is a microcosm of the state of the economy which as you know has been here in consistent decline for almost a decade now so the vitus pandemic moment is a reflection that we know through which we see the dysfunction that is in the economy which is now affecting the Health Sector it is very difficult right now for citizens to be assured that they is a capacity. To respond to this pandemic because of shortages of medicines and absence of. Confidence among the population if you look at how the young journalist. Was the 1st person to die from virus died in circumstances that demonstrate that the we can be told which was the most people are designed to respond to corona virus did not have a ventilator and one was privately procured he didnt have the appliance to make it functional so i didnt wait to die situation in zimbabwe and the government need to step up its effort in order to respond effectively went with 24 reports of corona cases right now zimbabwe as an infection rate is still very low how will the country cope if case numbers go on. Well the lower. Case is that there is a function of testing you know you can only know how many people you have what positive if there is an aggressive testing going on so while the government has stepped up its testing regime in terms of at least today dandiest to date following the Court Directive that they must test it is a 1000 people a day its important that theyre beginning to respond and test much more so number of cases is not an indicator that the virus is not present in the population so one hopes that they want to advantage of this time when. People who test screen and ensure that they can isolate the cases that they effectively treat and give zimbabwe a fighting chance to escape this because as you know these are wholly of disease patterns that is obtaining in the country which population is already dealing with you know to have any more. System would be a challenge. For east and south africa. Thank you very much. One tourist attraction thats deserted is the 600 year old income settlement of much of. Southern peru its normally a huge draw for visitors from all over the world but its been quiet for the last month because of the coronavirus all right for a country whose economy relies on Foreign Exchange times are tough for peru. The ancient in cape town might you picchu is one of the 7 modern wonders of the world last year it attracted a 1000000 and a half visitors now except for someone as its deserted. Pers capital lima is also empty due to the lack of tourists many restaurants are suffering since the government imposed a partial lockdown a month ago as a result nearly 6000. 00 hotels in lima are completely empty the Tourism Industry and all of the workers depending on visitors do not expect relief any time soon. I think it will take much longer than a year for the Tourism Industry to recover because things wont be the same. Tourism analysts suggest only a quarter of the usual number of visitors will travel to korea and the sector will lose around 4000000000. 00. And also news of the weird and wonderful variety scientists have discovered what they believe is the worlds longest animal off the coast of Western Australia socalled zoids have merged into a floating colony that is at least 46 metres long it was found by an underwater robot that allowed researches to explore deep sea canyons on coral reefs around australia other had never been seen before all sorts of animals that cloned themselves thousands of times and Work Together to form a gelatinous string. And thats it for me and the news stream here are going to forget you can always get all the latest news on the d w r. D w dot com. In berlin ill be back at the top of the hour with an update. Good shape. Its a delicate subject that makes some people uncomfortable. Every bald. And if you ever being embarrassed about. This diagnoses and presents. 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