Cover up in shops and on public transport and how one belgian businessman is bringing people together despite social distancing using a crane to hoist care home visitors up interfere taking them face to face at last with their loved ones. Im sonia logical welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has given his 1st Briefing Since his controversial remarks about using disinfectant to treat the coronavirus trump launched a fresh attack on china saying beijing could have stopped the virus before it swept the world the president said his administration would conduct what he called a Serious Investigation despite the number of u. S. Covert 1000 cases now approaching 1000000 trump insists all areas of the country are doing well the white house also unveiled new measures to ramp up testing for the virus. A washington correspondent stephens inmans followed the briefing steffen what was your big takeaway from this briefing the big one is there is a plan though according to the white house plan is to ramp up testing at the moment the United States conducts 200000. 00 tests a day that is impressively more than it was just a few weeks before just say 2 months before a month before i was there we were talking about numbers in the 1020000 now its 200000 thats a good thing and the plan is and the government from going to restrain the white house will do according to this briefing today everything they can to ramp this number up and make it 500000 tests per day at about 2000000. 00 per week 4000000. 00 a week 4000000. 00 tests thats the goal and that is what the president and all his experts also say now and heard from the experts from other experts and from the governors in the states that they need thorough testing to get a handle on where this virus is stephan lets talk about china the u. S. Has been critical of china calling the saying it hasnt been transparent enough and that it didnt call out when the outbreak began what did trump have to say today on this latest briefing. All today and pretty much the same as he said ok julian all the meetings he had last week and before that china is there for only for a President Trump some. Hot spot in terms of making the blamed fairly square on china. On chinese officials for not sharing the bad news early enough for example and for not doing enough to contain the virus in. The Trump Administration in the beginning mr trump and the president had no bad word to say about china now that has obviously changed and hes blaming china for letting this go out of hand and with this he transitions into it is the virus was destroyed his economy the economy the u. S. Economy he had built which was d so wonderful and which is now of course not that wonderful anymore as we are counting the 26000000 people without work now this was the 1st briefing mr trump has held since last weeks disinfectant comments to the president do much to shake off the controversy. Well i think no he didnt hes doing his best to ignore it he clearly cost it and as you remember he tried to peddle back a day after claiming that he just made sarcastic comments and that it was more or less jokingly what he had said that people should consider ingesting or injecting disinfectants inside their bodies to clean their lungs or alter a violent lights of course the experts came out to say well please dont do this if the companies who produce this came out to say please dont do this because it will kill you you cannot ingest anything disinfectant clorox still must also leisel whatever the products are and now what is the president doing his ignoring any other further questions he said today he will not be held responsible for a up search in calls to the Poison Center sea in the United States over the weekend and the days before people calling in asking if they should take the president serious and ingest disinfectants he says hes not responsible for this and again as i said claims dont have made casting comments only ok stephens humans in Washington Well leave it there for now thank you. Now still in the virus rules of blighting people to cover their faces on public transport and in most shops have come into force here in germany so you must wear a mosque that is if you can get hold of one. 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 power says the mast will be sent to germany 16 federal states for distribution in so fenton the media wanted to hear the whole if maldives who have you know. This delivery of rights does have something much bigger title to try and make the Current Crisis in the barrel and that poses a. 3rd dimension. That 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 2nd was that its not a big deal bearing a must doesnt do any harm and if it can have its time. To search out its to help people and protect older people its ok you can do with it harder to speak and breathe place for a good reason. But. One cannot go for we are used to seeing this in japan but here its really strange because im only doing it to protect all those other things. As if it doesnt support i think its really terrible and its cumbersome and you dont get a lot of an asset and maybe its a good safety precaution but who knows if this really doesnt do anything is a shall issue. States must now 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 off or longer. Now for some of the stories making headlines around the world. Protesters in lebanon have clashed with Security Forces as the National Economic crisis deepens activists blocked a highway north of the capital beirut despite a coronavirus lockdown theres widespread anger over rising prices and the collapsing lebanese pound. Engineers are installing the final span in a new road bridge they tally and city of genoa 43 people were killed when the original crossing collapsed nearly 2 years ago the new bridge costing 200000000 euros is designed by the italian architect renzo piano. Health workers in mexico city have staged a demonstration against their working conditions doctors and nurses are demanding better equipment to protect themselves when dealing with covered 1000 patients the number of cases in mexico has risen to nearly 15000. Firefighters in russia battling at least 16 wildfires in northern siberia the authorities have detained several people they suspect of starting fires by burning trash or camping illegally high winds making it difficult to put out the blazes. British Prime Minister baraks johnson is back at work after being after recovering from covered 19 while some European Countries are starting to ease their lockdowns johnson is meant taming the u. K. s restrictions and he warns that now is the moment of maximum risk. Visibly thinner and with his hair even longer than usual british Prime Minister bores johnson has returned to work yes in his 1st speech after 3 weeks of sick leave he asked the british people to contain their impatience relax the current lockdown i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a 2nd major outbreak and huge loss of life. On the overwhelming of the n. H. S. The more than a month now the country has been at a near standstill and while the spread of the virus is slowing down most people support holding on to the current measures. I do actually commend the u. K. Government in in many ways in terms of the lockdown that we have pageant i guess its not rushing back to normal too soon i think we need to keep the restrictions and babies down i think in any case plays and there i just notice the way you have a lot of people that you know youve been to my point if you tell me go back to one of the people who dont meet your so i think kerry will be careful to be reminded one should be. Careful. Hes probably the one who should be hearing from. The u. K. Government is set to review the lockdown restrictions by may 7th but even after that date social distancing measures probably continue to from. Now coronavirus lockdowns have brought misery for millions the most vulnerable in society have been cut off from family and friends often for weeks on end but now one belgian businessman has come up with an idea for bringing even those observing social distancing a bit closer together through clementine has been waiting for this moment for almost 2 months her husband is in this process care home the last time he saw him was in early march now theyre reunited for a few precious minutes. This is great isnt it its great. I think i have to stay here yes. The idea of using cranes to hold people closer together was a brainchild of tristen fund and bosch hes a manager of the company that rents out the platforms for Window Cleaning and fruit picking. Exactly a month i saw somebody waving at his mother 2 or 3 floors up and i thought given that we have a serious fall in business we can lift up to the window with our machines. And thats what we did. 84 year old clementine says that the crane right has given her at least a semblance of intimacy with her loved one. I am very happy the time could speak to him that closely its great i really appreciate this initiative. This is. Now clementines back down on solid ground and her husband still in lockdown even just a few minutes with him have made a huge difference. And the pandemic has halted football around the world and we also see him and the star players changing teams for astronomical sums clubs are still planning moves in the transfer market but sellers may have to settle for significantly lower fees. The coronavirus has turned football on its head you dont need a crystal ball to know the sports finances will be hit for a while the cia asked for observatory estimates transfer values in europe speak 5 leagues would decrease by 28 percent to 23400000000 euro if season start restarts in june the big money transfers the previous years look to be a thing of the past. When you consider the loss in revenue for individual clubs and also leagues in europe then i think well see changes in the average transfer fees. In the Business League. I have since been tipped to make a 100000000 euro move abroad but despite the Pandemic Club bosses are holding firm on the price. Id say the top treated for top level of quality players will maintain their value even through this crisis. Clubs like leyva couzin backs by Pharmaceutical Company by are likely to weather the crisis better than others but those without deep pocketed investors could struggle become a good fortune this is i dont imagine that as time goes on there will be a permanent shift clubs that have it bad financially will get worse because i have to sell the best players and clubs doing well will do even better or if i didnt see its good get focused on. The Business League a season is looking to resume without fans inside the stadium but when they are finally allowed back in now likely see a very different football landscape. This is news a web site is d w dot com and were also on twitter and instagram at the new so you can keep up with the latest there im told me a lot it will thanks for joining us. Its a deadly sin. And the women nature. Motivates us. And threatens to ruin us