Welcome to the program as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide exceeds 3000000 and germany has made it compulsory for people on public transport to cover their faces the move which in most parts of the country also requires people to wear masks while shopping a comes as other restrictions are eased but there are concerns that demand for masks could fast outstrip supply. To require Wearing Masks requires having masks to wear germany like most countries needs billions of them in the months ahead so when the Worlds Largest cargo plane landed in the eastern city of leipzig on monday with 10000000 masks from china on board a leading member of going to medicals cabinet was there to greet them defense minister on a great crime common bauer says the mass will be sent to germany 16 federal states for distribution in the offense and the they want to hear the whole a small those who have helped. To ensure that this delivery of rights. Have something much bigger tile to try and make up for a new crisis in which an even barrel in that poses a. 3rd dimension. Nonmedical masks or improvised coverings are thought to protect others from infected People PublicHealth Officials say this is especially important for coated 19 given the suspected large number of mild and asymptomatic cases by wednesday mass will be required in most german states for shops and public transit. Measures many people appeared to be taking in stride the sepang forces its not a big deal varying the mass doesnt do any harm and if it can happen its fine. If the idea is to help people and protect older people its ok you can do with it its harder to speak and brief place for a good reason. But we are used to seeing this in japan but here its really strange im only doing it to protect our those living. As if it just got sport i think its really terrible and its cumbersome and you dont get a lot of athletes and maybe its a good safety precaution but who knows if this really doesnt do anything. About this book trust me if. Polls show most germans backing the restrictions on public life how long this new normal last open ended official saying until theres a vaccine which may be many months or longer. To get the latest from d. W. The chief Political Correspondent melinda crane welcome milind so the composer wearing a mask has been has long been a controversial issue here in germany whats changed and of people complying. 1st of all whats changed is that for a long time it was controversial in part because there simply werent enough masks to go around it was pretty clear that if everybody were to be required to wear a mask there would be acute shortages secondly there was quite a bit of contrast ing if not to say contradictory opinion about whether masks really would be effective that partly has to do with the misunderstanding that some of the experts who were giving advice were essentially trying to tell citizens look this is not going to protect you from getting the virus and that is a misapprehension when it comes to masks masks actually protect people from essentially giving the virus to others so that has now more or less been quite clarified although in fact some leading experts here are still doubting how effective masks are now as to compliance its early days its hard to say but i am hearing from some colleagues who took Public Transportation today i did not that not everyone here in berlin in the public transport was wearing a mask as you said just now in shops here in berlin it is not a requirement it is recommended and so far im seeing at least half the people in the shops without masks that made change over time but well see where this goes in the course of the week because the regulations have just come into effect ok so the have been reports of defective medical equipment coming from china. People that these masks will work. Well they are being spot tested apparently they were spot tested in china before they were shipped they were also spot checked out here or will be spot checked when theyre distributed to the federal states by the Health Authorities in the states and one must know that this shipment comes as part of a very high level deal apparently it was negotiated by chancellor merkel herself with china. Well take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a syrian Authorities Say 3 civilians were killed and 4 others injured in an israeli missile attack on town south of damascus syrias military says the defense was intercepted and shot down several missiles fired by the planes of 11 on but some made it through israel has made no comment on the incident. Chinese human rights lawyer huang john huang kwan john has been reunited with his family in beijing after being separated from the nearly 5 years he was detained in 2015 as part of a crackdown against hundreds of lawyers and rights activists his homecoming was delayed as he was 1st put into a 14 day coronavirus quarantine in the city before being allowed to see his family. British Prime Minister barak johnsons back up to downing street after recovering from coffee 90 this is government ways house of safely reopen the economy he urged the country to maintain the lockdown the United Kingdom is one of the worlds worst hit nations with almost 21000 coronavirus deaths. Well since the start of the pandemic fake news and conspiracy theories about the corona virus of spread almost as rapidly as a virus itself one of the most pervasive revolves around the microsoft cofounder and philanthropist bill gates. I know that. This this video is from a rally against a lockdown of the american state of texas on sunday it was led by a far right and radio host and conspiracy theorist alex jones with people chanting arrest bill gates d. W. Reporter all that can tell us what welcome all is and gives an idea about the kinds of conspiracy theories out there. Well they range from the idea that the virus is somehow a biological weapon that it was created in a lab and we had china to. Shoot the idea that somehow radio waves from 5 g. Cell towers is making our bodies vulnerable to the virus now as we saw in that video the year because they receive theories surrounding bill gates is one that just wont go away its been around for a long time now and its really based on if you baseless theories surrounding the idea that he is somehow involved in creating the virus for profit and also and again the very basis idea that he somehow somehow wants to install computer chips into a brains ok i wonder why single bill gates out for this treatment. Well firstly at the bill and Melinda Gates foundation that he runs with his wife has spent billions of dollars over the last decade on fighting infectious deceases but last october the Foundation Contributed to a pandemic preparedness exercise by the Johns Hopkins university in the u. K. And this took place just weeks before the outbreak of the of the Novel Coronavirus and who had this then that some conspiracy theorist to believe that not only did he know about the virus but he had some hand in creating it and he had done so to me. Money off of vaccines and the 2nd story is from earlier this year bill gates was taking part in an online q. In a talking about the potential of the future vaccine against the coronavirus he was speaking he was speaking about a yeah. I have to have a hypothetical digital satish because now that would be a certificate to certify who had gotten the vaccine or not this was then taken by sun to mean some kind of tracking device and this story was then spread by by far right conspiracy theorists like alex jones that you mentioned before it was even on fox news in the us there was bill gates said about all this. I know he said he finds it ironic that people believe such a thing considering the billions of dollars of his own money he has spent and dont forget the foundation the bill and Melinda Gates foundation has been instrumental over the last decade in fighting deceases like malaria and hiv aids and so because you know system now the foundation has pledged 250000000. 00 to fight the coronavirus pandemic bill gates also recently said that if and when such a vaccine is available its a currency for him that a smell of it made available to all people including in countries where they cant afford it i thank you for that id be doubly reporter or they also. Tourism is one of the industrys worst hit by this pandemic its estimated that Global Travel will fall by up to 30 percent this year or europe accounts for half of the World Tourist arrivals and is facing staggering losses e. U. Ministers have held a Virtual Summit to consider how to help an industry in crisis. From paris. To brussels. European capitals that should be filled with people lie almost empty and silent. Weve borders closed and members of the public forced to stay home europes Tourism Industry is in dire straits. The European Market accounts for half of world tourism according to the e. U. Commission it fears the tourism economy within the 27. 00 nation bloc could fall by up to 70 percent that could result in the loss of up to 400000000000 euros for the industry. Spain is the most popular Tourist Destination in the e. U. Its also the worlds 2nd most visited nation but there are no visit is these days. For bar owners like pavlo gonzalo its a worrying time since you dont leave here 2020 years practically playing many businesses will not reopen because they wont be able to continue. Right now the only thing to do is to look month by month and not think about the distant horizon. As the final. Across the border the portuguese government has said it will start reopening hotels in june for those that are still in business. Others are taking things into that own hands in berlin hotel and Restaurant Owners have taken empty chairs to Brandenburg Gate to illustrate just how tough life respect come for them. Believing leap from progress move their lives on tourism. If we dont support our who tells in restaurants with a sanction who will work. Most european governments are already offering more Financial Support to tourism and travel sectors but for some businesses it may already be too late. Well in football italys Prime Minister just to become to has given the go ahead for syria to resume training next month with individual training too to start in the 1st week of may Team Training will follow on the 18th of the players will have to maintain social distancing the league was suspended in march after several players tested positive for coverage 90 so they are still has 12 rounds of matches to play but nobody turn date has been sent. A reminder of our top story germany has made the wear face masks mandatory in certain Public Places like stores and public transport its hope the new rules will help prevent people infected with the virus from past music. This is d. W. 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