They want. To. Welcome to the program. Germanys registered a massive increase in corona virus cases with more than 6 and a half 1000 new infections over a 24 hour period so lets look at how rapidly those new infections have surged over the past 7 days so starting at wednesday the 8th of october we were up to 2828 cases as you can see the numbers went up from there they dipped over the weekend where a number of local Health Departments dont actually report their figures and then you can see about sharp increase there to 6638 thats where we are now that number of registered covered 19 infections well with numbers more than doubling in one week it means case numbers are growing exponentially the figures were released just hours after german chancellor Angela Merkel met with the leaders of the countrys 16 federal states to agree new measures to contain the pandemic. One seen as a role model for Europe Germany now feels the pandemic is getting out of hand that a county has fed redate the web so far with cases rapidly rising im going to america has issued a stern warning. As Michel Martin does if you ask what worries me it is the exponential rise and well stop it otherwise it will not end well. We can see that all over the place and i dont need to look at germany here i only need to look in the neighboring countries thats a point of regional leaders have agreed to shut hospitality venue some 11 pm in areas today become virus hotspots a regulation already adopted by some cities like bellina and frankfurt contact restrictions will also be enforced in hotspots social gatherings will be limited to 10 people from a maximum of 2 households in a bid to curb the number of infections at the political level one bone of contention remains leaders cant agree on Domestic Travel rules that mean travelers from hotspots cannot stay in hotels without a recent negative test i am prone to come a day should ban is still a contest to demand to stay busy someone to keep it up at any cost and to majority of states are skeptical because its related inefficient to prevent infection but in the end it causes a lot of agitation anger and disruption but some under street say its not more rules that are needed. This is from get existing rules are not being followed and theyre not being enforced all too often you see people beat out of moscow on buses and subways i believe the ruse should be better in security its a fine line when you see all the weddings are kind of course understand but on the other hand its also a risk for others as well as the abilities i think we all need to be reasonable the numbers right now is different. If the number of infections keep rising im going to america has warned that even tougher steps may be needed. Lets take a closer look at this with d. W. Political correspondent kate. Kate so it doesnt sound like the chancellor is completely happy with the outcome of yesterdays meeting with stateliness absolutely not and that was after 8 hours long hours of talks yesterday even with the 16 state premiers and it seems the 1st and foremost merkel wanted to already see some tougher measures implemented here in germany to stop or to rather flatten the curve while germany is still ahead of what is widely being seen as the 2nd wave but on top of that merkel has also voiced concern yesterday evening once again about the number of people who are still not daring to the recommended rules and guidelines and measures already in place even the most basic things about making sure that social distancing is held to making sure that people are Wearing Masks as well where that requires and one of the big problems for machall yesterday evening as well was the fact that there was still no decision reached on Domestic Travel within germany and some of the bands that are currently in place for people traveling within germany from hotspots to other states and thats going to be discussed again at the beginning of november germanys handling of the pandemic started so well so what went wrong. Well there were a lot of faxes that contributed to germany being able to handle the pandemic so well in the spring times its not so much a question of whats gone wrong yet we have with you look at the figures at the moment as you say theres been a huge jump in the last week or so and weve seen in the last 24 hours more than 6600 new covered 1000 cases reported here in germany thats partly due of course to increase testing at the moment in germany about a 1000000 tests are being carried out po week at the moment but of course the situation is changing more and more people and i hadnt indoors its harder to be out in the fresh air working keeping distance and one of the a large contributions to this increase in cases so far has been noted of by the Public Health institute here in germany is private celebrations and weve seen reports in recent weeks of a lot of outbreaks weatherby whether it be at birthday parties whitings even wakes after funerals as well so thats why these new measures the stricture measures as well focus particularly on those Group Gatherings and private celebrations kate brady thank you. Well germany is one of several European Countries by case numbers appear to be rising significantly french president emanuel mark rojas announced a nighttime curfew for paris and other cities from the weekend italy and Spain Catalonia region are also introducing a new restrictions. Restaurant owners in paris will be sending their customers home very early from saturday thats when a nighttime curfew goes into force people wont be allowed out between 9 pm and 6 am except for essential purposes the police he said would be our objective is to reduce the private contacts. Theyre the most dangerous contactless. Sociable moments when we loosen up when with people outside our family units the curfews in response to the high number of new infections and increasing strain on hospitals 40 percent of the intensive care beds in the paris region are already occupied by coated patients. The pressure is growing we also have to care for other patients and the system can quickly reach its limits im very concerned about what will happen in the coming weeks. Or. Hospitals and many french regions have already activated their emergency plans. A bleak situation too in spain since last friday nobodys been allowed to enter or exit madrid for nonessential purposes. And catalonia is now shutting all bars and restaurants except those offering takeaway service. Over 33000 people have died from coated 1000 in spain since the beginning of the pandemic and the governments alarmed it could lose control of the outbreak again lets not fool ourselves the next weeks will be complicated. Primary care physicians in barcelona have gone on strike calling for better working conditions and resources to deal with the virus and epidemiologist warned that a shortage of contact tracers across the country is making it impossible to break chains of infection. It may not quite be a love affair but the face mask has become a Constant Companion in italy where it has been compulsory in public since last week Rule Breakers face a 1000 euro fine the governments also urged the public to be cautious when gathering at home by Wearing Masks around vulnerable friends and family members and keeping groups small only for let me be clear that we will not send the police into private homes the private sphere must be protected but we must all be prepared to act prudently to manage this phase it was the phone. In italy the intensive care beds are slowly filling up again but in contrast to the early months of the pandemic when in the lead became the 1st country in europe to be badly hit the government now has been able to implement a test and trace system to help suppress another wave of devastation well lets talk about this 2nd wave with dr emmanuel couple bianco hes director for health and Care International federation of red cross and red crescent societies welcome to d. W. So concentrating on v your opinion experience this pandemic initially took us by surprise then we got a grip now we are suffering best 2nd wave of infection why do you think that is. I think we are suffering a little bit from what was then. The bring it during the summer there was a relaxed they should all but be the people that you know they didnt want it to to go back to normal when its a question its not normal and also we had some prayers in a number of countries around the 5th them or i think tracing and isolation and quarantine and the 2 element. Combined resulted in an increase in the number of cases of the slow in the month of august and september bodies reactivating a number of countries now where exponential growth alright so with and with thing about growth pretty much across the whole of europe and you have called on governments to act with what you called speed courage and inclusiveness in order to combat this just explain to us what you meant by this in concrete terms when we are talking about exponential growth in the number of cars they are doubling the enough to date the speed is essential to avoid that number of cases will just double so we decision needs to be taken early on we learned in march april the complete patients are all delayed response we talked about courage because what is needed right now are tough political decisions maybe. But good politicians are the ones who can show the longer term benefits which are not only Health Benefits but are going to be social economic benefits they could be demick we can make it your advantages on the social status of the population and then what we are being calling for you think through the net because we need to keep the focus squarely on the Vulnerable People not only will devote to the itself so the elderly and people with preexisting conditions but also the Vulnerable People that are facing social Economic Impact and that require us to port for their lives through government. Good talking to thank you for that dr emanuel capablanca from the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies thank you. Apologise for some of the poor sound quality stuff and that now post trade is one of the topics on the agenda at a meeting of european leaders in brussels today talks between the u. K. And the e. U. Are currently set to be hanging in the balance the heads of leading german french and italian Business Associations urge the 2 sides to do everything in their power to reach an agreement british interests are also under threat d. W. Correspondent us reports on the u. K. Pharmacy fear they could lose access to the all important french markets. Frank languorous and his son. For generations. They raise some 5000 sheep in the southern english county. Most of the meat is exports from. The french like a lamb like this which has a good conformation. They want them weighing around about 18. 00 to 20. 00 kilos as a carcass. Not too much fat just a little fat they are very discerning and they like good quality lamb if theres no trade britain and the European Union customs duties of as much as 50 percent could have a caucus and extra border checks might mean the meat being less fresh when it arrives in france. And then they go into a refrigerated truck and normally theyre killed one day and there in the paris market the next morning any delays to that will cause big problems if theyre talking about you know 4 or 5 days of customs checks and lorries how its just going to. Impact the supply chain and prices. The languishes also farm cattle which are subject to strict quality regulations. Braggs it. Quality meat from the u. S. Could. So how market despite this many farmers including some of the language his neighbors voted for bricks and other now requesting that service here at cannes weekly cattle auction most pharma say they just have to answer to it i think farms just got to make the most of the situation but it will have the legislation is in place and whatever tires we have and get on with it we will be better off in the end but it will be very hard in the interim period albie on a softer start in our coach and on the looking for softening is going to be a long haul to hole we have bricks without government subsidies many farmers might be facing bankruptcy particularly in the absence of a trade deal at languish is furious. That its just disbelief that they can tell so many lies you know its its you know