Captain tom celebrates his 100th birthday just days after completing a record breaking charts you want to raise money for Health Care Workers battling the coronavirus. Im told me a lot but its good to have you with us we begin with a stark warning from Germanys Health minister who says there will be no swift and to the coronavirus pandemic as a result germany is introducing new measures for dealing with the virus long term including more testing and stocking up on additional flu vaccines to prevent a wave of double infections in the fall. Phil latest figures from the whole bad Call Institute provided the clearest picture yet as to how the epidemic has developed in germany the calculations show when and how many people became infected and when key steps were taken to slow the virus spread the ban on public gatherings took a while to make a noticeable difference the closing of schools brought infections down considerably. German Health Minister a young sponsor as the number of registered
Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Germany is set to extend social distancing measures until may the 10th of that is according to chancellor Angela Merkels chief of staff who was commenting ahead of a government meeting on the countrys Coronavirus Response merkel and the 16 state leaders are set to discuss proposals on reopening schools and resuming sporting events but will not decide on any further easing of restrictions until may 6th and thats when data is expected on the impact of the 1st round of easing which saw some shops reopen from last week the head of germanys Public Health institute is urging people to remain cautious is warning that the pandemic is far from over. Doing a pounding me compendium it like this can only end when 60 to 70 percent of the population has been infected then we have a chance to stop paying dividends for them according to our data the percentage of german seems to get is still in the Single Digits 4 to go and so its clear this is a marathon of cloth