Penalties differently. Also on the day with International Sanctions a tanking economy and its status as an International Pariah iran already had plenty on its plate before the coffee crisis now people that just seem to have had enough. Ive seen many people who dont care anymore at the beginning they were strict but now theyre not they dont know any rules at all. But a major setback for germanys fight against covered 19 or so hours his of new lockdowns in 2 areas in the west of the country the decision was made after a surge in corona virus cases a meat packing plant in the state of north rhinewestphalia more than 1500 workers tested positive from the total number of new infections in the area is approaching 2000 area covered by the new restrictions include the district of good to slow and virus doff 600000 people are back on the lockout. The districts are good to slow and fast and off a back undercurrent of virus restrictions until the end of june residents in the western german districts can only have contact with their own household just weeks after restrictions were eased schools popes cafes museums and gyms will close again. We will now for the 1st time in germany return the whole region to the lockdown nashs they were in place a few weeks ago. If. The decision came after more than 1500 workers at suny a slaughterhouse tested positive for 19 die a Living Conditions are being blamed for the quick spread employees living here moved out just 2 weeks ago. The specific situation with the geographical spread of the locations and also the International Nature of the 10 u. S. Workforce means that this outbreak is a potentially enormous pandemic risk similar cluster infections have also sprung up in housing blocks and get even in central germany clashes broke out between quarantined residents and police. District has also been affected confining societys most vulnerable to cramped Living Spaces as a result the hotspots have caused the reproduction rate in germany to skyrocket to 2. 76 but while the overall number of new cases remains low the robot cock institute for Public Health ses concern is limited to viruses still in our country and if we give the chance to spread well take this opportunity which we can see in the current outbreaks from. Elsewhere in germany the slow return to Normalcy Committee saving with most of the country enjoying the summer weather but the lock down and grew to slow is a reminder that the cove in 1900 is far from over with a bumpy ride still ahead. Of us get more from v. W. Political correspondent simon youre welcome simon it was all going so well now we have 2 regions of the locked out i reports of another outbreak of another Meat Processing plant is the situation under control. Well fairly there is a sense that things could be drifting out of control a little bit theres been this drip drip of of these flashpoint events in relation to cover corona virus and just today theres been a new report at another Meat Processing plant this time a poultry plant in lower saxony its also reported a cluster of cases so there are concerns and the authorities are reacting on wednesday the Health Ministers from germanys various states will be holding a telephone conference to discuss what further measures they can take so i think there is concern there is a potential i think for further lockdowns some states are already taking actions less beholds done in the north has said people arriving there from risk areas will be asked to go into quarantine so you can see you know worry and response but you have to say also that a lot of these cases are being detected because theres a Testing Program in place so you could say the system is also working and these are local decisions other siren this is this is that the states making these decisions rather than berlin say ok now its time to act. Thats the procedure in germany the National Government is coordinating a response but its saying you know for the moment at least its looking at these events as local flashpoints and outbreaks and its saying that the local and regional authorities should take the decisions on what to do ok so weve got a signal a significant outbreak at a meat of Processing Plant or another outbreak at a poultry plant we saw outbreaks it to us Meat Processing plants in may what is it about these places that seems to make them so vulnerable to these infractions. It does seem that there is a problem both with working conditions and with Living Conditions inside the plants what youve got his is cooled working environments where the meat is being processed and youve also got damp and environments with lots of aerosol droplets can form and indeed the head of germanys robert cough Medicine Institute said just today that these are factors that can be linked to the spread of corona virus so thats one thing and then away from the plants many of the workers a lot of whom come from Eastern European countries and of only come to germany specifically for a short period to work in these plants very seem to be living in these unsanitary and cramped conditions in many cases that we saw in the report and people are saying well you know that to aids the spread of the virus now the company that runs a plant of the center of the big outbreak this attorney yes i was there was reading that a the bait they control was 30 percent of the meat of the pork in in germany how influential is the Meat Industry in this country. Why i think germanys Meat Industry easy extremely important as you say 10 years is a big name and a big factor in the Meat Industry which the plant where there have been these problems is germanys largest Meat Processing plant and meat the Meat Industry it accounts for Something Like 46000000000. 00 euros of turnover or did in 2019 and you know germany is an exporter of Meat Products around the world so its certainly something thats a nationally significant economic factor having said that in recent years the popularity of meat in germany has been declining and i think that combined with competition from around the world and also increasing consumer concerns in some cases about Food Industry standards of put a lot of pressure on the Meat Industry and of course its proven now that corona virus has just added to those pressures i thank you for that Political Correspondent salmaniya. Iran is struggling to contain the spread of this pandemic it recorded nearly 10000 coverage related deaths of most of any country in the middle east and its just going through a record breaking 2nd wave of infections but to raise a drop of reports from tehran many people are failing to heed the warnings. Tehrans metro is notoriously crowded for safety and at the pandemic face masks a mandatory here as well as physical distancing among travelers. In a city with lots of regulations already covered 19 has added even more to the mix. But as with the other rules to ronnies have adopted a rather relaxed attitude. There are signs that you should not enter without wearing a face mask and in some stations they dont let people enter without one but people dont observe this in the metro when its crowded they go in and sit next to each other. All over the capital every day life is returning to business as usual after 4 months iranians seem to have lost any fear of the virus. Things are almost as normal as if there were no problem at all ive seen many people who dont care anymore at the beginning there was strict but now theyre not they dont observe any rules at all. We have many sick and deaf people because people dont obey the rules they dont listen they dont keep distance they even kiss each other. And covert 19 is making a comeback over the past regan ron has reported more than 2000 new infections every day experts like to see say the country is in the midst of a 2nd wave. Its bigger even bigger than the 1st but not as severe as the 1st maybe because this. Facility is being prepared for the situation. Disease but its. For now to irans hospitals are able to cope and while the sanctions imposed by the u. S. Make it difficult to import medical equipment they have also decreased the countrys dependency on imported goods so unlike many other countries iran never ran out of protective equipment because its produced in iran still dr ali horizontal sea is concerned he fears this limit republics International Isolation could make it difficult to get a hold of a potential vaccine. So to avoid a further spread of the disease his contribution to a channel on instagram that informs iranians about covert 19 but as far as we have not educated the people maybe just you know taking some more strict decisions and restrictions in some places but work. That is something most people in tehran suppose are afraid of then those are still trying to recover from the weeks of lockdown and spring which made their already bad Economic Situation even worse. And. Sales have plummeted. In the quarter for example checks have bounced and now they have piled up. In general its a terrible situation now you know. Its not likely to change anytime soon irans government has wanted citizens they will probably have to live with the virus for a long time. As. You just saw his a political scientist coming to Say University of montreal he specializes in iranian politics welcome to day doubly what do you think of the way iran has handled this pandemic. From the very outset the pandemic was actually handled in a very unprofessional ratio look at you know the stakes that it was for and was releasing you know when it started losing statistics about the corner virus for instance they were severely under reported and there was also the fact that for the fortys will cover enough the extent of the corner of my wrist not for a very long time although you know it dates back to. You know actual to the month of january while the authorities started reporting on the 1st cases of corn a virus on february 24th and you know well this is quite problematic because they left the corner virus and the dangers associated with it actually per long or. Or actually continue in society while you know in fact of thousands and thousands of people so had they not resorted to negligence you know such a catastrophe could have been as i dont hate its i mean ive read your your writings on this earth and they intrigue me because why why a cover up this this this horrible event who does that serve. While you know i think we also have to look at the timing you know when the corner virus arrived in iran because it points out every 2 very important events you know when you talk about the month of february for instance. Well 1st of all it was the anniversary of the islamic or. Revolution of the call it in iran and you know while the thought is very very anxious to get as many people as possible in the street in order to project some sort of strength to their enemies you know to tell the population that look we are after all we have thousands of people in the streets saudis are making public is very popular and secondly. He was also the election time and you know while the thought is of the Islamic Republic or you know are very fussy about. Fall about participation in the elections because it is a way for them to project some sort of a legit embassy so in order not to scare or people from participating in these events although they knew about the fact that corner virus had been spreading throughout iran because there were reports from cities like calm which is supposed to be the epicenter of the virus they refrained from actually knowledge ing that the corner virus had reached iran and then you know until by the time the excepted that the corner of our eyes had really arrived in iran it was too little too late. Its it was sobering to hear it in our report that International Sanctions might be hard for irans efforts to fight this pandemic do you think there is a case for a temporary halt or indeed to make exceptions because of the pandemic. No the instigators of on demichelis iran are multipronged so we cannot really pinpoint want one specific factor as as having instigated for the current outbreak in the Country Security reforms are upset just that perhaps i didnt phrase it particularly well because. Of course at the moment iran sort of sits in a corner while the rest of the world that throws paper cups at it. Im wondering if there is a case to be made for iran to say well look these are extraordinary times would you just back off on your sanctions because people are dying do you think thats a strong arguments you know that its some sort of an argument but i dont think its a Strong Enough argument to actually account for the abject state of affairs in iran as far as the corner virus is concerned because you know when the corner virus actually you know or or. Actually when china was hit by corn of ours for instance while iran actually spent a millions of facemask or well or the authorities were aware that. The virus had reached the shores of iran as wild. I mean in a way for the functions are making it very difficult for iran for instance to acquire some actual personal Protection Equipment or because theyre creating from sort of an economic strain but i mean. I for theyre not the only explanation for them after accent of affairs you know if you compare it with with lebanon for instance which is also facing more severe economic strength its not sanctions but economically well the country has been going through a very harsh time but they managed to take the right precautions that the right time and they have managed to learn or worse where iran in you know or the kept on a plane with negligence ok so we are where we are what should iran do now what action should the leaders of a country with a crippled economy do in the face of a worldwide pandemic a population struggling to put food on the table. Well you know. Its individual that sanctions should be actually relaxed or even. Ended because or they have been you know or not instigating at a lot of misery for the population but this having been said well the very fact of putting an end to fact actual sanctions is not going to be a panacea for irans problems or because it was problems are very deeply rooted you know actually. I mean related to or to the authorities so they should and corruption well they should actually. Well come up with more i guess effective policies but in order to properly manage the quite as and all of these as all of these elements have been missing so its a bit too late and i guess too little too late for iran. To i guess put an end to its crane i mean well they have to resort to a greater or lockdown in the case of the 1st lock down for instance you know it was not sufficient and they actually opened up the economy when the cornal agnes still raging in the country. Ok good talking to you thank you for joining us server who do you just saw from the university of montreal. Thank you. Tennis star Novak Djokovic has tested positive for covered 19 the news follows widespread criticism of the serbs decision to host a tennis tournament this month following which 4 players a tested positive for the virus the 1st leg of the tour attracted more than 4000. 00 fans and ended with the players dancing together in a nightclub. To get more on this from max medal from a database but welcome max lets talk about the the tournament 1st what was it how was djokovic involved it was a Charity Event the joke of it along with his brother organized due to the lack of a. T. P. Events Association Events at the moment there have been any since february due to the pandemic and as you mentioned half of it was held in belgrade the other half inside on croatia and croatia had eased lockdown measures just before the tournament so the players and organizers decided to not uphold any of their own restrictions basically there was no social distancing talking its confirmed today that they hadnt required players to test before the tournament there was no sort of bubble environment so to say and Grigor Dimitrov bona corage and victor troy he all tested positive along with chocolate and along with a coach of dimitrov and the fitness coach of joke of it as you mentioned they were all pictured together in a nightclub they also played football together played basketball with a local team in croatia and this all doesnt look great especially considering that djokovic has outed himself recently and previously as someone whos and he vaccinations and who said that he wouldnt get vaccinated possibly if that were a requirement for a. T. P. 20 months in the future but it doesnt just look not great it just sounds horribly irresponsible what sort of reaction has there been well he himself has apologized profusely and his why. And he had tested positive upon reentering his children tested negative so far he said he had good intentions and believed conditions for the tournament had been met other tennis players have voiced less or more aggressively their stance carry us a player whos attracted much control of the on and off the court said that this was a boneheaded decision and that he asked his critics not to criticize him for being irresponsible or being classified as stupid because he says this takes the cake andy murray is a close friend of joke of it said this is a lesson for us and thats quite apt considering hes currently part of the battle of the brits another tournament being held in the u. K. Which is being held behind closed doors with a lot more restrictions than the adriance will was and Martina Navratilova says theres a definite pattern here with these types of events causing more outbreaks and she questioned whether the u. S. Open and french open could go ahead those are planned for august and september respect ok so those are still in the diary of the at the moment ok so was it for from from not from not series as much as if tested positive im guessing we can expect more yet for players and to coaches as well a lot of people have been tested since then of course due to these announcements but i expect there will be more not just players also you know 4000 fans were in attendance and bill great there might be some there that will have become infected and i think its a real warning sign a lot of Sports Events have now gone ahead with a lot of restrictions even when these restrictions werent necessarily put on the general population we look at the bundesliga here in germany where there was a lot of testing a lot of social distancing around the matches and during the matches even and the n. B. A. For instance and in america will be held under a sort of bubble environment i think this is a clear sign that Sports Events and all other events have to be extremely careful. For thank you. Countries in europe starting to emerge from pandemic the lockdowns many destinations are welcoming back their 1st foreign visitors for months the fall of a pandemic hits germanys capital berlin was a booming a tourist market so whats it like now aspect become corrupt. We have floated 500 feet above germanys capital finally that is possible again the pandemics restrictions are eased borders inside here have opened but high above we only find just in inverness up from germany. The lin feels like a village you can get anywhere by bike and stand no crowds so you dont have to queue. For this money and. Were actually from a small town and comparing the 2 the only difference is that there are more things to see here. No traffic jams no crowds not even at one of polands highlights the book gate most hotels and restaurants are welcoming guests again but many of them a business travelers and most of them germans they have to deal with coronavirus for strictures which remain in place like wearing a face mask. And i find it a little exhausting wearing the mask on the train it gets really hot on the knees so you always have to carry it around remember to bring it up thats quite different. But otherwise german visitors seem to make the most of their trip to the capital it is the lynas who are craving something. Is feeding these. Cities and visitors from abroad are missing everything that used to be more diverse and colorful as. We continue our hunt for International Tourists at the site gallery where remains of the berlin wall still stand and we finally find one but with a story we didnt expect. A knowledge is a core thought the i got to write when the whole thing around coronavirus started a whole and because then no more flights back home project tina im still here 3 months later and im a boy already made. Out of steam is lucky he is staying with a friend until touring across the globe is possible again something done another german traveller is missing too she would rather be sipping cocktails on the beach right now the capsule is that im going to go mad if i can board a plane abroad again this year but what can you do you have to make the most of it. Lynn is waiting for the rush of international globetrotters to return our trip to the cities hotspots has shown we need to be a little patient. Well the day is almost done but the conversation continues online in who join us on twitter either state of the news or you can follow me out phil go and get tips hash tag. Also watch and have a good day. And. An unprecedented approach swedens handling of the corona virus pandemic. 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