Are fears that the continent could see millions of in fictions in the coming months also on the program. That will make the Civil Defense volunteers and you can cheer up residents on the lookout inspiring the spot of some index. If im anthony how to welcome contamination at a low bar a tree in the United States was responsible for the delayed rollout of coronavirus test kits thats according to an investigation by the Washington Post it says that the kids produced by the centers for Disease Control and prevention gave incorrect results of faulty kits than had to be recalled hampering early efforts to can contain the spread of the virus in. It states. Well im joined now by david will man from the Washington Post the author of that report david just how serious was the impact of these faulty kits on early efforts to contain the virus. Well it was quite permission is. Imperative to get test kits out around the United States to try and surveil in advance of the expected arrival of the coronavirus to the United States so everyone was waiting for the centers for Disease Control and prevention to get its test kit out and there were as we all know significant delays what has not been answered until now is what was the cause of the original the lay and the cause was contamination thats in the c. D. C. S Manufacturing assembly of those kits. They did speak to the cause and that speaks to my next question who is to blame for this delay. Well of course this work was done within the c. D. C. But as part of our report in the Washington Post about. You know there are several problems here that i think demand more answers and that is 1st of all exactly how did these contaminated kits. Escape the quality of the efforts at the c. D. C. Laboratory we now know based on what we brought to light today that the c. D. C. Violated its own protocol of manufacturing practices in assembling those kits so a breakdown in Quality Control there. Can comment with us that the c. D. C. Used a more complicated design for these kits then for instance the World Health Organization sponsored design was the c. D. C. Kids had 3 separate components 2 of which were focused entirely on detecting ecofin 1000. 00 strain which is what the pandemic is right now but the 3rd component that c. D. C. Put in was seeking to detect a broader family of of corona viruses and it was within that 3rd component that these files emerged which gets to a 2nd question here the 1st question is. Caught the little gap with the contamination but once the false positive started emerging out there theres a question a huge question as to why the c. D. C. Didnt with greater speed in shifting away from that problem in 3 component tests and do what the c. D. C. Took well over a month to do which was to tell the laboratories you know what you can it can test reliably without that 3rd component so those are both of those are are huge question. Many questions to be answered one mowbray such as that hobbit university psych testing needs to be tripled before the country is safely reopened but im one the way things stand now with testing in the us enough tests being done. She said its a great question and i dont have a statistic for you and as to how much testing has been done i think i think the pragmatic pragmatic adjustment thats being made around the country based on what im hearing from senior u. S. Officials and from clinicians is that were never going to be able to test every Single Person who has maybe some suspicion i think its going to come down to people who are really ill with very severe or moggi they are going to be tested thats with the test that would confirm an infection of coded 19 course theres a different type of testing which i think is very much top of mind right now and that is antibiotic testing. How Many Americans for instance obviously were trying the United States would you need to test to see if the. Added bodies that were formed in reaction to the presence of copd 19 if you have whatever percentage you want to be comfortable with. And that has the added bodies then you get to this concept of closer to the to this at least hypothetical concept of herd immunity and it gives i think policymakers greater comfort in trying to have a return to normal economic function life theyve been woman from the Washington Post thank you very much thank you sir. Well africa has officially recorded more than 1000 deaths from 19 but the United NationsEconomic Commission for africa predicts the pandemic will likely kill even in a best Case Scenario at least 300000 people on the continent and in their estimation it could also push 30000000 into extreme poverty this report from egypt. This cairo rubbish dump is home to him saeed and his family. The dump also provides his income for euros a day from sorting trash stopping work because of the coronavirus is out of the question. Fraid of corona but we hope that god will protect us we need every cent and we pray nothing happens to us we dont want to beg. But 80000 people live and work in this garbage city on cairos outskirts 16 tons of rubbish arrive every day to be sorted and recycled by hand no gloves nor masks in extremely close conditions where hygiene is nonexistent officially theres no corona outbreak here but theres also a new testing the World Health Organization estimates a high number of unreported cases residents complain of fever and diarrhea the head of the garbage collector syndicate has demanded that the government supply protective equipment so far without result he hopes garbage workers exposure to the virus will make them immune to work must go on. All the trash is full of bacteria and mold. If we dont collect it the results would be catastrophic for egypt its feared that a wave of infections could start here and quickly spread within cairo and throughout the country and experts see egypt as poorly prepared for a major outbreak. Police in hong kong have a wristed 15 high profile Democracy Campaign is in connection to the massive protests there last year the rest include activist lawmakers and the owner of an anti establishment newspaper they are accused of taking part in protests or publicizing them on kong was shaken by widespread street protests in 2019 now abandoned proposal to allow extradition to the chinese mainland. The biggest crackdown on hong kongs prodemocracy Movement Since the beginning of mass protests last year 15 activists were arrested on charges of organizing and taking part in an Unlawful Assembly is in august and october among those detained are one current and one former lawmakers including veteran prodemocracy activists 81 year old martin lien the prominent founder of the Democratic Party was also taken into custody. I dont regret what i have done. Im proud to have the chance to walk down our democratic road. With hong kongs excellent young people. Of those arrested are due to appear in court mid may lee and some others were released on bail. Hong kong was rocked by widespread protests in 2019 which sometimes erupted into violence they were sparked by a proposal now abandoned to allow extra missions to the chinese mainland almost 8000 people were arrested for taking part in the protests it is not clear how many of them are still in custody. Germany has welcomed the 1st group of unaccompanied minors to abroad from bref u. G. Camps in greece the country had been facing criticism from human rights organizations who say the childrens detention hot in the risk of them contracting corona virus with the country facing a crisis within a crisis migration and the pandemic at the same time a new Member States are taking some of the white off germany will take in 350. 00 children and young people and in total 1500. 00 will be very hard to cross europe in the coming months. Theyre just kids living and travelling without parents some of the 1st in a europe wide effort to place hundreds of minors from refugee in migrant camps this contingent of 47 children was headed for Hanover Germany in all its hoped 1500 unaccompanied young people will be allowed to relocate. Isnt asleep so we are striving to provide help as part of the european solution we offered that early on already on march the 8th the German Government decided to accept at least 350 children from the camps. 5 of the children will go to new homes in the city of potsdam just south of berlin mayor Mike Schubert has been demanding act. From the German Government for months we could certainly take in more weve already said that in january its wise to me its interesting. Person so i see it as an initial step in getting people here but more have to follow quickly. Indeed even if this program is successful it will still leave more than 3500 unaccompanied minors in the camps the 1st 47 young people in the program to touch down in germany here in hanover will be quarantined before moving on to their new lives far from the harsh conditions of the greek island camps and even further from their home countries of syria afghanistan iraq and eritrea. W. s Florian Schmitz was there at the beginning of the miners voyage to germany. Here at Athens International airport it was a bit strange to see the bus with the unaccompanied migrants stopped in front of the plane greek Prime Minister. Was also there putting the youngest children on the head some of them only 3 years of age for the children of course this departure is a moment of joy and relief that was noticeable and thats what the greek Prime Minister and the german ambassador wanted to show up to 500. 00 children ought to be brought to germany when it remains unclear. I was Florian Schmitz the reporting from greece well the coronavirus lockdown in spain has been a force for more than a month and is among the strictest in europe being confined to their homes is a major challenge for residents there especially those with Young Children or perhaps with that in mind one group of Civil Defense volunteers is using music and dance to try and a lot in the mood. Here is. That they not be part of the normal Job Description but the families can fall into the aftershocks cheering not brings in the village. The young volunteers from the Spanish Civil Protection Agency are doing their bit to cheer up residence in this small town just outside of mentoring. For the militant that wanted to volunteer because in this situation i think we all have to Work Together in some way some by being at home and others by going out and doing this if those are going to try to look at a common and her colleagues are getting ready for the next mission a surprise visit to little son you know just handful. Why dont. All the children in the neighborhood who have had a birthday they havent been able to celebrate with family and friends to such difficult and of course the song. Enough to samuel has overcome this initial shyness the current resist. To be. Applied samuel this is day to day news live from berlin dont forget you can always get the latest news around the clock on the app or at de doubly dot com theres more news coming up in 45 minutes ill be back with that now from maine the rest of the team here and thanks watch. For. Language courses. Any time any