In weeks in which the behavior rules have forced us into physical distance at a time when we need closeness we have joined forces and by thinking for the entire community and all of europe we have managed to slow the spread of the virus here in germany you know governments can prescribe a thing like that the government can only hope that its citizens will embrace this will work on the basis of reason will act with compassion for other people for their country for the. For everyone and it makes me incredibly grateful and i very much hope that we can continue in this manner in the next. Weeks and months ahead its going to last a long time i know that but after the 1st weeks of the pandemic i have to say i believe we will succeed in my tackling this challenge. Both as a society in germany. In europe as a whole thank you. For the german problem insisting on a number of points that you clearly in addition to solidarity both with germany and also particularly importantly perhaps within the European Union its been a question that has been at the heart of the. Debate and questions that have been raised but how united in fact countries within europe angular merkel making her position on that molds making a few a few hints as to how the e. U. Council meeting of leaders be Via Video Conference later today in the afternoon as to how that will we be progressing i believe we have the deputy chief Political Editor with us and hes joining us from brussels mccain id like to come to you 1st in berlin very short question at the very beginning what were the Key Takeaways from this speech. Well that anger america very much came out here at the beginning as the mother of the nation calling on the federal states and we got a clear idea of what her role is here to actually get those states to find a common line on key issues for the outbreak of coverage 19 she wants them to paul together and that she wants germans to understand that frankly politicians dont have all the answers right now and that this is set to be the new normal living with corona until there is a vaccine and thats the big open question right now but you also stressed a bit of dr bit about the federal structure of germany didnt she surely do do that she said something along the lines of some states might have gone a little too far in. Restrictions and there needs to be cooperation on that front. But essentially there was a negotiated agreement on how to start loosening those restrictions in place here in germany federal straights agreed on those and then something happened that she disagrees with and that shes deeply concerned about as became clear here today once again thats been the debate all week that states might enter a kind of competition whos 1st to take those steps to a return to normal while she says that getting ahead of themselves might risk losing this early success in containing the virus here in germany its actually even on her scale almost emotional and how deeply troubled she appears to be about losing this initial success and that germans must remain vigilant in courses and the last thing she wants to do is to loosen restrictions and then have to pull all of that back again she stressed that this is one of the most difficult decisions actually these restrictions on civil rights essentially that she has had to take in her career which. More than a decade here and only. A few other measures that the government will be taking i think she talked about providing mobile teams calling them containment scouts about 105 mobile particularly stayed on the point protective equipment p. P. S. Richard b. New virtually in short supply across europe what are her thoughts on that. Or she was busy referring to a whole host of measures that was already announced by the Health Minister and that is the strengthening of Regional Health authorities in tracing and tracking. People who have been infected with a corona virus the positive example there of course being south korea which has been able to use an hour what this also points towards is what is now emerging as one of the biggest failings of her time is german chancellor that germany is so behind in digitalization that now they need to step up in staffing rather than having fast track Digital Solutions to be able to track those who are infected very swiftly and thats something the Health Ministry in the government is trying to catch up on right now so that is something she felt strongly about but didnt particularly active porn and that is something where germany has some catching up still right now. With us in brussels good morning to you what is the message for the European Union. Well i think the most important line that german chancellor Angela Merkel said is we need to act like europe if you want to be europe and we need to show the world that we can act like europe now of course everyone here in brussels and throughout europe of all the state leaders will be will be keen to get you know exactly what that means in terms of money and that is what todays 4th Video Conference a summit here in brussels will be all about in his invitation letter the head of the European Council sean michel already said that even more determination of will be needed than in the past to find Common Ground so does this gives you a taste of whats to expect us put together a package report where i summered up what has been gathered in terms of aid so far and what we expect here is my report. That i support if you question the advance Payment Company in green equity injected and direct wrong on the normal floor complained these could all be examples of unfair competition. But with europe. The suspended for the 1st time in history theres a mountain of new money on offer for europe. Well above 3 trillion euros the. Impressive response anywhere in the world. But we know we will need more. A lot more this is because they are in a much better financial position to Fund National stimulus packages than others eurozone finance ministers have already agreed on the principle of a mutual e. U. Recovery from the big problem the nature of the new debt instrument has yet to be decided by heads of government italy france and spain have so far been in favor of jointly issued a huge debt but germany the netherlands and others strongly opposed the idea of socalled koroma bond a compromise could lie behind these walls the e. U. Commission could borrow money and issue bonds against the security of the e. U. Budget Something Like a limited edition of mutual debt it is a better suggestion and the german chancellor has already said she is willing to explore the idea and will need a quick answer to address the pandemic and germany will cut in pay and solidarity measures that go beyond the initial rescue package of 500000000000 euros. The question is what the Commission Found loans for instead of ground something strange you might. Want to support that report together is with us from brussels and so as i did a bunch of Political Editor. In berlin again or just to come back to the report there were you raised the question of joint debt these socalled or corona bonds do we get any clue as to what germanys position is going to be later this afternoon at the e. U. Council meeting. So far its a bit unclear the german chancellor has said in her in and the Previous Press conference she signalled some readiness to explore that the e. U. Budget could be used to mention that today in her speech again that higher contributions could be made to the e. U. Budget and in a way this could be seen as a sun as i said in the report and in direct coronato corona bonds but it would be a limited according to the you come tracts there that liability mutual liability at your debt is not possible and so the cowrote using the e. U. Budget as a means to provide a Recovery Fund to Member States could be a walk around to that problem over all the states in the north of Europe Germany the netherlands but many others as well strongly remain critical of the idea of corona bonds of mutual iced debt so that clearly for the moment is not on the table is it is it many a question of having another look at you law to make a good on a viable or is it the. Appointed you just mentioned that the richer countries in the north as the netherlands austria germany will have to could potentially show another debt problems of the poor also. I would say its clearly both at the moment i mean changing the contracts would mean that it would take 2 to 3 years and clearly theres no time for that at the moment that is what the jump chancellor has also confirmed on the other hand youve hurt america right now speaking a lot about solidarity making strong point here and i think there is a readiness among you leaders to acknowledge the fact that these countries in the south of europe that already suffer under huge debt cannot be left alone because this one in danger of the entire internal market and that is something very precious very dear to the economies in in europe so a lot will be done to safe those countries and the commission has already aired a number of some 2 trillion euros that could be put into this fund. Even numbers go up as up as high as a 7 trillion euros so there is a clear effort to be expected from you leaders to reach an agreement on this Recovery Fund whether that will be today i would say thats rather unlikely. Just expanding the. Corporation to the international arena. German chancellor Angela Merkel speaking in a speech about. Not just the e. U. But also the g. 7 and the g. 20 group of nations and particularly talking being. The. Yes absolutely in their shoes in contrast to of course the United States whove cut their funding to the World Health Organization germany has signaled that it might be willing to jump in i just want to expand on. That weve got a very very clear pointer here from the german chancellor that she sees the e. U. Budget as being the place for European Solidarity so the term of corona vons whether it will be used or not that is pretty much remains off the table as far as germany is concerned weve also heard some noises from italy that the treaty change might indeed take too long so thats one step towards a potential compromise but one thing is clear the richer countries particularly germany have recognized that they are the ones who will now have to pay significantly more we also saw a macro almost silently drop her resistance to paying for short term Workers Compensation in other e. U. States so germany has already moved significantly there germany stands for multilateralism it wants to ramp up those International Institutions the World Health Organization and the other point the german chancellor made is that if a vaccine is found and for us far as we know she said thats the only thing that could stop this pandemic right now science is for the world and the whole world and that this vaccine would then also have to be made available to the entire world so she spoke like a true world leader here and theres a clear recognition recognition here in germany that europes largest economy will be for seeing a significant chunk of the bill of this crisis. In berlin and. In brussels thank you both very much for the time being and the midst of all of that the race to develop a vaccine is gaining momentum the german drug enteric won approval to begin the countrys 1st human Clinical Trials of a possible. Dozens of potential candidates in development in the u. S. But Health Officials say it will still be months before a vaccine is ready for the market. The german from bio and tech is working on what it hopes will be the 1st vaccine for covert 19 and important step will be human Clinical Trials these have now been given the go ahead by the federal bank scene regulatory body. The trials will be the 1st in germany. With this authorization we will conduct the 5th Clinical Trial worldwide to develop a vaccine and this is indeed a milestone. Bio and tech will perform trials of 4 different versions of its vaccine candidate and 200 healthy test subjects between the ages of 18 and 55 in the coming months in the hope of developing an effective treatment for the Novel Coronavirus germanys Health Minister says safety is key. And says every thing is very important after all this is an injection so safety must be the top priority or strain was the active substance in the vaccine will contain the pathogens genetic material the human body will then create proteins with it against which the immune system will form antibodies the principle bio intact already uses. We use this for a vaccine therapy for cancer the whole project has now been redirected. The timetable Clinical Trials will start at the end of april 1st results are expected at the beginning of july. If positive trials would be expanded to thousands of subjects in the fall and winter the Company Hopes to develop a covert 1000. 00 vaccine this year but experts say 2021 is more realistic stakeholders i think its reasonable to expect a vaccine in the 1st half of next year which has been approved by the authorities and is widely available with the vaccine doesnt just have to be tested it also has to be available to the general population not just in germany but also worldwide. And effective vaccine is one great hope to end the coronavirus pandemic. Heres a look now at some other coronavirus related developments around the world Ratings Agency fitch says the world is on track for assertion of unprecedented depth in the postwar period it could be twice as severe as the Great Recession of 2009 south Korea Central Bank says the economy has shrunk 1. 4 percent over coronavirus its worst performance in more than a decade the number of confirmed a covert 1000 and factions in singapore has passed 10000 despite robust efforts by the city state to try and control the virus and in china a citizen journalist missing for almost 2 months has reappeared he says he was detained by police and forcibly 14000. 00 staying with john i would just battling a new outbreak of the current of otters in its north east and local infections in the city of how to be in close to the border with russia went up to 52 yesterday with most new cases coming from abroad thats where the virus appears to be under control from beijing to the former epicenter of people are going back to work but as we report life is different and fears of a 2nd wave remain. High up in a painting office tower work at reporting firm cloud mind you mean by the employees 1st have to pass the series of checks their clothes and shoes are disinfected and their temperatures are measured facial recognition ensures that only current employees can enter the controls are the firms own in addition its abiding by regulations if you buy beijing City Government so that its 300 employees can return to work as long as we can keep one me because it is 2002. 5 square meters space for every stock based office is open for everyone so now contact less online stuff 1st started with mr number one priority nothing like and that this has changed our way of life. For staff there are fewer meetings but the robot has plenty to do. This dancing robot has been sent to a clinic and move on to get moving again. Other types are used to transport food and medicine towards treating active cases. Still others clean and disinfect. In the epicenter of the corona outbreak production is starting again workers at this honda factory are adjusting to a new normal after 11 weeks of closer. Apple supplier farrakhan is putting its 800000 employees back to work across china. Its corporate t. V. Channel explains the new thinking measures twice daily temperature reading everyone in math in the cafeteria people behind dividers. They scan the q. R. Code so the Company Knows who ate here and at what time total surveillance is the new normal but for now observers are skeptical about the long term prospects. And producing close to normal Economic Activity will start to happen but we do anticipate a 2nd wave of virus attack in the 4th quarter and if that happens then its pretty much the 1st quarter all over again the economy activity will be halted back in beijing cloud mines hoping for an end to the corn teen rule so there is quite in china and the u. S. Can read normal cooperation will help every day there would be no progress on a free for off people in a free flow of product logic takes and this will happen say how to begin to get back to normal we do hope the government to look into this issue i know how caught up with myth to be able to flow on to say you are meant by the business has to grow. Chinas recovery may have begun but it still has a long way to go. Its not just what but travel that has also become somewhat impossible because of the coronavirus but many borders closed and International Flights grounded as the report says having a devastating impact on countries that live off tourism Spanish Island of new york for example using specially hard hit. Cloudy april weather is just a tiny problem compared to the corona Virus Outbreak if you dont make such catastrophic consequences for your cup beaches from now to suit its. Just a year ago 50000000 just just brought here to tbilisi erik islands. Hotel only montserrat for say you know no fears for her likely shoot all restaurants and hotels in majorca have been forced to shut down indefinitely. And even economically speaking this is a disaster for us and everyone who lives for tours and on the island. This used to be one of the busiest streets of palma now everythings closed the belly eric islands g. D. P. Could tumble by a 3rd its feared that spain as a whole could lose 90000000000 euros of revenue. As vital to the country the local government here is pushing for the reopening of those essential sector. Committee was we want to slowly were starting august which about a quarter of last year. That would be a good sign. Montserrat wants to welcome holiday makers to her hotel again but its unclear just when it will be able to reopen the residents stressed that they are sealed off from the mainland and a number of infections here is relatively low my. Position itself as a safe destination and this is also why we hope to welcome our guests again very silly me but on the back that it was 3 steps but master or so makes it difficult to keep a distance of 2 metres from all those on the islands majorca faces some very difficult times ahead. If youre just joining us our german chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the drama in parliament. Far as i can up what were the key points of speech. Well she started out speaking as the mother of the nation actually reminding individuals that its also up to them to take responsibility she actually unusually intense actually stated her fears that this initial easing of restrictions that the federal states are implementing now could lead to people believing that this is now the time to start relaxing again she warned that germany wasnt out of the woods too that this pandemic was here to stay and that only a vaccine could actually end it so this is her preparing the ground for a sense of a new normal in society here in germany Angela Merkel stressing that those restrictions on civil rights have been one of the hardest decisions she took in her time as german chancellor just made a point of solidarity with the rest of europe saying something along the lines of germany can only. Europe thrives. Absolutely and economic figures actually show that as well germany is an export nation strongest economy and she made clear that germany would stand for solidarity already having almost silently dropped her resistance to financing through in egypt e. U. Measures. Counter unemployment measures sought compensation you states now the big question is corona bonds that word seems to be off the table but the german chancellor here pointed firmly towards the e. U. Commission budget as the source of e. U. Solidarity but then speaking also as the european leaders saying that this is the time for europe also to consider a measures to work closer together the big question mark will be at a moment where many nations became suddenly very National Weather a lot of progress will be made there. Thank you very much for that. Youre up to date with see you soon with more on mules and updates im going to use a. Book. Going. Into the conflict zone team sebastian. 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