Economy but democrats say they are vague and inconsistent and are calling for a major expansion in coronavirus testing the u. K. Government expense knock down restrictions for at least 3 more weeks and Brazils Health minister is fired after a dispute with present votes in iowa over the corner virus response. Thank you very much for joining us chinas economy has suffered its sharpest fall since it opened up to the world in the 1970 s. In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic Gross Domestic Product in the 1st quarter plummeted by 6. 8 percent the 1st time its contracted in decades and speak to our correspondent in beijing katrina you katrina a historic plunge but not entirely surprising. No we were expecting this we have some more information now about this plunge minus 6. 8 percent we havent seen this kind of fall since records began here in china mall figures above around this so manufacturing investment in china fell year on year by 25 percent in the 1st quarter Infrastructure Inv