So. Than in the 1st. Step towards justice for thousands of victims. Welcome to the program. Again warned that the fight. Is far from over and that the country. For the long haul has been addressing the bundestag thats the German Parliament. Extra as the country begins to slow. Concerned about the extent of interest frictions have been eased in some states. With the crisis. But you also have these words of caution for everyone living in germany new month with the go nobody likes to hear it but the truth is not in the final phase of the pandemic instead were still at the beginning we will have to live with this virus for a long time and the question of how we can prevent our Health System from being overwhelmed and consequently costing the lives of countless people this question will remain a central issue for politics in germany and europe for a long time to come. August you pretty. Good average of Political Editor. Is in the German Parliament this morning for. Merkel has also criticise
Suspected of torture go on trial here in germany campaigners hope it will be the 1st step towards justice for thousands of victims. Plus wheels of fortune we just covered how life has changed for cyclists here in berlin since the outbreak of the current us. Im so misconducts good to have you with us chancellor Angela Merkel says germans must continue to show discipline in the face of the corona virus pandemic in a speech to parliament she criticised the lifting of some lockdown restrictions as true hasty she fears she fears that the country might squander the gains that its made so far if people become complacent about physical distancing she also called for a bigger European Union budget to support recovery in the block. Across germany more people of censuring out a week after the 16 german states agreed to relax certain restrictions on movement some shops slowly reopening opiate with restrictions. Placed and now obligatory on public transport as well as in stores in some state but ea
But the idea spreads to split the block and reopen old wounds. And german footballs top brass signed off on a plan to restart the countrys beloved one does league name but not everyone is on board with taking off the lead in little outlook and demick. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us on american says germans must continue to show discipline in the face of the coronavirus in a speech to parliament she criticised the lifting of some lockdown restrictions as to hasty she said her fear was the country might squander the gains its made so far of people become complacent about social distancing she also called for a bigger European Union budget to support recovery in the bloc. Across germany more people of venturing out a week after the 16 german states and. To relax certain restrictions on movement some shops are slowly reopening albeit with restrictions. Facemasks are now obligatory on public transport as well as in stores in some states but easing restrictions runs the ri
Has managed to spread through modern developed societies especially britain is a crime you know in 2016. A drill cold exercise sickness and that was a drill to practice for a pandemic happened in london and the very the whole the whole drill was was laid out to be the result of but was but the Health Service was overwhelmed there werent enough beds. There werent enough i. C. U. Beds there werent enough ventilators. There there werent enough clinicians in the right place the whole system which had been the Health Service which had been battered by cuts and privatized sation for years failed and the chief medical officer then in 2016 asked the government to heed the warning of walked played demonstrated very clearly and yet the department of health in london suppressed the documents which had the conclusions of this drill they kept them from going public now that is only 4 years ago. So they knew the whole preparedness for this short of being in place but of course they knew they couldnt
Of people across the bay area and how you can help if youre able. Plus bright and blue. The usually red levis stadium changing its colors to Honor Health Care workers. Good thursday evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. They will call you, text you and track you for good reason. Ucsf is now contract tracing. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is in San Francisco with the details. Sergio . Reporter Contact Tracing is what Public Health officials do to try to gauge just how widespread coronavirus may be within the community. But ucsf researchers are actually working on a few ways of figuring out just how widespread coronavirus is. Ucsf is partnering withople. The plan is to also track down everyone they have come into contact with. The department of Public Health has already been doing this to a certain extent but theyre about to get more help. Because Public Health in general has been defunded in the united states, so to do all these major initiatives, i think t