Doesnt even exist. And an explosion of violence including brutal attacks against police and looting Police People in the german city of stock guard stunned and businesses rocked. Im brian thomas could have you with us today German Authorities are scrambling to contain a corona Virus Outbreak after more than 1300 people tested positive at a meat packing plant thousands of people have been placed in quarantine in the surrounding area there remains unclear if regional leaders are going to reimpose a wider lockdown and concerns are growing about the reproduction rate for the entire country which is now jumped to 2. 00. Its an outbreak that has shocked germany day after day the number of infected 10 u. S. Employees has risen to over 1300 today but there are indications that the plant may have ignored warning signs ahead of the outbreak. This video shows the Company Canteen and april of this year overcrowded despite germanys supposed social distancing restrictions and this leak recording and employ you can be heard voicing her concern about the situation this is tenuous. How are we supposed to protect ourselves 10 years is one of germanys Biggest Meat Processing Companies its clients include german supermarket giants aldi and lidl the mass outbreak has sparked protests and heated debate about working conditions at plants. Will do anything in our power to shed light on to the darkness in the sector. And will certainly try to keep the virus from spilling over into the general public. The outbreak at 10 years has raised fears of a super spreader event in the countrys west or germanys 1st major outbreak happened over winter the latest developments have put north rhinewestphalia us premier army in lush its on the defensive he has now signals hes considering a larger quarantine in the area to control the outbreak. Of the source of this can be found at this Pacific Company but we still cannot rule out a wider lockdown an inflation day can look down the moment. 10 years c l claimants 10 yes has promised to take full responsibility for the plant but local leaders have already said they have little confidence and his company to manage a rapidly growing outbreak for your call. Is with us now from outside the factory at the center of this outbreak good day to you 7000 people now in quarantine in the surrounding area how strict is it and are people cooperating. Hi brian the lockdown seems to be pretty strict right now in this factory were standing in front of the slaughterhouse where 6500 workers were at work just a few days ago slaughtering 20000 pigs a day that production has been shut down for 2 weeks now 7000 people which is all of the workers here plus their close contacts are in quarantine many of them live in big collective Housing Units in local towns in the area several dozen of them and police have surrounded these areas and are enforcing quarantine now theyve learned lessons from previous outbreaks and slaughterhouses in germany and theyre trying to bring food to them in these collective housing arrangements so that they dont have to leave and so far authorities are confident that the lockdown measures are strict enough that the corn team is being obeyed but of course 7000 people are quite hard to keep in touch with and that is after this company has come under the spotlight for failing to provide 30 percent of the addresses of the workers here and prompting the Crisis Management team in the area to say that theyve lost all faith in the company so although the lockdown measures are quite strict it still remains to be seen if 7000 people will obey that quarantine strictly i mean what what are people saying where you are who are they blaming for the outbreak. They blame 2 sources tenuous the meatpacking plant does not have a good reputation in the area a person we talked to this morning a local said success its definitely a Success Story they have a lot of jobs here in the area so people respect that but on the other hand they know that the conditions that the workers live in are very poor and they know the people that we talk to anyway blame those conditions for the outbreak now the company itself hinted that the outbreak came when workers returned home for the holidays so both gary and romanian brought that infection to the plant but of course the conditions here are responsible for turning those possible infections into an actual outbreak and i think the locals understand that at the same time there is a segregation in these towns here between the german locals and the romanian and bulgarian workers Migrant Workers and theres been a lot of false sightings of Migrant Workers outside of korean scene which Authorities Say are just people who look like theyre from romania in the town so there is the problem that a lot of locals here are worried that if they see somebody who looks like theyre not from the area then theyre afraid that that is going to possibly bring the outbreak outside of that community so that blending both sides here. Thanks so much for that today. Lets bring you up to speed now some of the other developments in the pandemic the World Health Organization has recorded the biggest one day increase in cases so far more than 183000 the americas accounting for more than half of that in brazil more than 50000 people have now officially died from the virus hundreds of people joined in protests for and against brazils president i are both in our o. And his handling of the crisis. China is reporting 9 new cases in beijing over the past 24 hours thats down from 22 the previous day in the 1st time its been in single figures for more than 10 days. Now if you want to get to the heart of the scandal one good ways to follow the money but in the case of the embattled German ElectronicPayments Company wire card well that doesnt work and now says that 1900000000 euros reported missing from his account books may not even exist the mystery of the mythical money has led to a frantic sell off of its stock. It was once a rising star in the financial startup world now wire card has fallen hard 18 months of fraud allegations and scrutiny into its Accounting Practices came to a head last week and the fallout is ongoing on thursday wire card said auditors could not find 1900000000 euros reflected in its Balance Sheet the funds were supposed to have been in 2 philippine banks but on sunday the Philippine Central Bank said the money never entered the countrys Financial System so the missing money scandal has already cost c. E. O. Marcus brown his job and on monday a fresh admission a statement from wire card saying that it is likely that the 1900000000 euros do not even exist the amount accounts for a quarter of its total Balance Sheet wire card is facing a cash crunch and says its in talks with creditors to continue financing survival but time could be running out for the company once tell us the future of german finance. So if i doubt what happened there wired car with our financial correspondent Chelsea Delaney in frankfurt good morning to you jesse how does almost 2000000000 euros go missing without anyone noticing. Well this is the question for the past several days to the 2000000000 euros go missing was that embezzled that somebody take it or did it never exist in the 1st place and it is becoming increasingly likely that the 2000000000 years didnt exist that it was fabricated on their Balance Sheet and this is really just the tip of the iceberg for wire card theyve been facing allegations for years now that they were inflating revenues and that they were inflating profits out there overseas subsidiaries and they have faced a lot of investigations where were investigators especially in places like asia and the middle east would go in and look at the businesses and the payments that wire card was reporting and they would just find these companies that they were supposedly processing payments for just didnt exist so those 2000000000 years does seem to be linked to the overall fraud and play sion on wire cards business at this point ok with all these problems tells you what comes next for the Company Going to even stay afloat its path forward is looking increasingly uncertain they have seen just a massive decline in their stock price today its fallen another 45 percent theyre running out of cash quickly there are now facing 2000000000. 00 euros of of loans that could be cancelled because theyve missed the deadline to file their 21000 Financial Report so they are definitely facing liquidity constraints and at the same time theyre going to be facing a lot of regulatory and legal problems to a lot of investors say theyre going to be suing the company and they also are facing an investigation from prosecutors here in germany and likely well see more and more legal challenges ahead josue thanks for that from frankfurt. Lets get you briefed down some of the other stories making the news today lived on says leaving the german stock market the dax index today monday the airline is in the midst of a crisis after being badly hit by the pandemic a government rescue package is planned but has not yet been approved by shareholders. President trumps former National Security advisor says he would be voting for the president come november in an interview to promote his tell all book john bolton said that trump was not fit for office u. S. President tried to have the book blocked on National Security grounds its due for release this week. A fire broke out at the kid dana u. S. Air force base in japan firefighters were spawning to toxic smoke billowing from a Hazardous Materials facility no one was injured because of that fire is under investigation. Or here in Germany Police are widening their investigation after rioting and looting in the city of stood guard the head of police there says hes quote never seen anything like it in nearly 50 years on the job on saturday night police lost control as on 500 young riders to go over the city center an attack officers at least 1000 Police Officers were injured 24 people were arrested. Shattered glass ransacked shops still cut streets after saturday nights chaos hundreds of people came to this park to party when the Police Arrived suspecting a drugs offense the situation escalated. People threw stones and bottles and attacked police cars several officers were injured Police Called to the scene described it as completely out of control. They have an interest on loans in full its the police all in all 1000. 00 Police Officers were injured last night the engine was designed inst one of them was hurt so badly had to be taken off duty this number could still rise as officers often report their injuries afterwards that made an understand using narcan gun called videos circulating on social media shows several groups turning violent destroying shop fronts and losing until the early hours of the morning this all into something they didnt for a lot of throughout the night 40 stores were attacked. At the moment we see in shop windows was smashed and destroyed shop interest. From what we know at present 9 shops were looted always does noise in large english if they get. The next day start that residents reacted to the destruction. Weve never seen this instant gut im completely shocked i just cant really believe it. Clogs up this was the old i found out about it through a video i just saw someone throwing stones at the shop was lucky to criminal damage destroying other peoples property thats not ok. Police are currently gathering evidence from the shops destroyed overnight more than 20 people arrested during the violence and now being questioned. Now how much would you pay to own the guitar that kurt cobain played during oeuvre on his legendary 1903 m. T. V. Unplugged session while someone is just part of with more than 6000000. 00 at auction for years now makes it the most expensive guitar ever cobains 1959 martin. Beats the record it was previously held by a strata caster belonging to pink floyds David Gilmore now that sold last year just last year for the relatively cheap price of 4000000. 00. Skitter minor now of our top stories this hour concern is growing in germany after more than 1300. 00 people tested positive for corona virus at a meat packing plant facility that has been closed for 2 waves thousands of people placed in quarantine in the surrounding area. This is the news live from berlin im brian thomas for the entire team thanks for the. A meal and im good welcome to the 2nd season of on the fringe of the planet on the brink of disaster we did a long indepth interview experts about one question how to change things