Problems before the coronavirus hit and live tons of becomes the 1st Major Carrier to announce permanent cutbacks to its operations as the corona Virus Outbreak continues to throttle the aviation industry. Im sara kelly welcome to the program a month long lockdown starts to ease today in wu han the chinese city where the corona Virus Outbreak was 1st reported the citys drastic measures have served as a model for corona virus battling the corona virus around the world after 11 weeks chinese authorities are now allowing residents of one han more freedom of movement this milestone comes as china reported no new deaths on tuesday. Its about time as the clock struck midnight. One of the major last day measures was removed in travel an impressive light show marked the occasion featuring Health Workers and the words heroic city others werent pausing to celebrate instead thousands of travelers flock to catch trains or take advantage of remove from roadblocks. So. I feel great the epidemic has maybe stabilized to some extent so were able to travel now. Has lost a lot in this epidemic and its people have paid a big price and the lockdown has been lifted i think were all pretty happy. Its the city where the coronavirus a break began many people have been trapped for more than 2 months they will leave for hand to rejoin Friends Family and return to work. I came back before the Lunar New Year and planned to stay for a few days it wasnt even 2 days and it was announced to happen would be locked down and i couldnt leave so ive been stuck here the whole time. The easing of the lockdown comes as china reported no new coronavirus deaths for the 1st time since it started publishing figures. But authorities still urge caution. Since 0 new covert 19 cases does not mean 0 risk with the lifting of the knock down does not mean the lifting of Epidemic Prevention and control. Harness been breathing a tentative signs of relief more shops are open and there are more people on the street though a return to normality appears far off various restrictions on movement within the sprawling metropolis will remain in place to guard against a 2nd wave of infections. So lets bring in correspondent crutch for who is joining us from beijing so its not a complete return to normal as that. No its far from normal and what we see here is that of course the streets are filling up but mostly are still empty restaurants some of them are open now but also empty as we see for example now there are fissures again at the young to the river that flows through the city thats normal and for many residents its feel its normal but of course appropriate virus compared with that then its not normal at all the big change today is that some people are allowed to leave the city and that means if they are have a green q. R. Code every resident was given a cold depending on their Health Status and if you are green that means you dont belong to any Health Risk Group then you are allowed to leave the city but within the city of course many of the restrictions of movement are still in place and thats also because the responsibility for new infections in china is a cheap delegated to the lower level saw the neighborhood committees the Property Management of residential compounds and also the companies can be held accountable if you infections break out so they actually take it very seriously yes to reports to your Neighbor Committee before you eat your compound and then really tell them where youre going and it strongly encourage that youre only doing necessary settings so given all of that how are people reacting to the relaxation of the curfew. Theyre very euphoric very happy i mean one resident that i interviewed he told me that the moment that it was that he left his compound his residential compound for the 1st time in over 2 months he took selfies and sent them to all of his friends because he really just wanted to share his joy and then he headed to the supermarket and straight to the section of sweets and chocolate bars and all that because in the last 2 months of course the necessities were all taken care of he was supplied rice vegetables and even meat but you know all those sweets for his children were the 1st in over 2 months so yeah definitely its very emotional but actually many residents also that i spoke to theyre still afraid of a 2nd wave of infection so they are really young not really easy going out but want to stay home how high is that fair fabiana because i mean the coronavirus as is by no means to feed as you highlighted. Yeah actually its only a matter of time until the infections will rise again we know that with. The testing the Virus Testing has been increased now there up to 12000. 00 viruses tests the day again so that means also there will be much more. Carriers of the virus persons who are infected but who dont show any symptoms that number will increase and its basically trying every decision that is not made and can be also turned back so i think they really want to. Experiment they want to try to open it will the numbers go up or not and then they can take it from one step at a time correspondent. Thank you its. And lets get you now the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic the Global Health toll from cold in 1000 is now more than 82000 with more than 1400000 infections since the outbreak began british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has spent his 2nd night in intensive care he is said to be in a stable condition and not on a ventilator us President Donald Trump has threatened to freeze funding to the World Health Organization trump accused the death of pro china bias and a Global Condom shortage is looming due to the virus lockdown measures and major production hubs like malaysia the un warns of devastating Public Health consequences. Meantime new york is still reporting sharply rising casualties from the coronavirus the death toll has now climbed above 4000 many more than died in the 911 attacks the state reported its biggest one day jump in fatalities on tuesday hospitals remain overstretched but Governor Andrew Cuomo insists that the number of deaths is leveling off he says the shows social distancing is working. And European Finance ministers have failed to agree on a rescue plan for coronavirus hit by for countries excuse me hit by the coronavirus despite all night talks they are due to meet again on thursday eurozone countries are split over socalled corona bonds which would see Member States guaranteeing each other stat italy is pushing for the bonds the virus has had a devastating impact on its economy. These fishermen from fuming cino near rome the still free to go to see. Unlike other italians who would like to work but on too loud too but with no restaurants open no one wants the fish they catch. Everything is ball and by half sales demand and what we earn we used to go out by days a week now with the corona virus and the lack of demand its only 3 times. The whole of italy has been in lockdown for 5 weeks nice sectors providing essential services such as food and health care couldnt continue operating its lee was already grappling with financial problems now the virus is hitting europes 3rd biggest economy especially hard businesses are in trouble and many people are finding it difficult to cover their living costs the government has come up with a series of rescue packages. This decree provides our businesses with 400000000000 euros in liquidity 200000000000 for the domestic. Market and 200000000 to reinforce the export market. That were in be enough heavily indebted its leaders calling on the e. U. For help and specifically for corona bones but romes appeal for debt to be shared across europe is not getting through worried about the future italians also are angry. The mood of his crazy and always has been. That was. If theres going to be one europe then people shouldnt just think of themselves. Corona bones have become a symbol of European Solidarity its a the ones unconditional support from brussels the country is battling a crisis on 2 fronts. Lufthansa has become the 1st Major Airline to announce permanent cuts to its operations driven by the Coronavirus Crisis the company is closing Budget Airline german wings and decommissioning more than 40 aircraft the german carrier says that it doesnt expect demand for air travel to return to preclear rotavirus levels for years to come it is also planning to reduce the fleet of its subsidiaries Austrian Airlines swiss and euro links. And anshul correspondent and joins us now from frankfurt with where love tons of happens to be headquartered welcome to you conrad is it likely that look tons is simply the 1st of many carriers to take moves like this. Well you know what sara even before the coronavirus grounded the airline fleets worldwide the sector had large over capacities too many airplanes flying around half full and not very profitably and only very few airlines have the financial power to stand through such a lock down longer iata the International Airlines as a see asian estimates that only 13 of its 300. 00 members have the financial powers to survive more than 2 months without being in operation so its very very likely that is only the 1st among many among Many Airlines to announce that it has to shrink permanently so what does this mean for the industry i mean what would it take for airlines that have grounded their flights for them to fly again. Well of course the 1st thing they need is passengers people that want to travel by plane something which is not easy while all the International Travel restrictions are under way something that also would probably help lines is a more generous handling of all the claims for cancelled flights that they have to handle right now a generous handling of course from the point of view from the airlines the amount of planes is huge and the amount of money to handle of course as well so many knock on effects on this virus conrad and in frankfurt thank you. And now to some other ways that covert 1000 is impacting a condom use and business economists in germany are expecting the country to see its biggest quarterly decline in g. D. P. On record as a result of the pandemic leaders leading researchers say that the economy is such a shrink close to 10 percent between april and june that would be the biggest drop since quarterly figures were 1st collected in 1970. France has technically entered a recession after its economy shrank for the 1st for the 2nd quarter in a row french g. D. P. Contract to buy 6 percent during the 1st 3 months of this year the biggest reduction since the end of 2nd world war it followed a much smaller point one percent contraction in the last quarter of 2019. And twitter founder jack dorsey says that he is donating a 1000000000. 00 toward tackling the coronavirus pandemic he announced through the social networking site that hell fund the gift with his shares in payment square and that its approval and to 28 percent of his overall wealth he didnt say exactly where the money would go. For the largest the brightest supermoon of 2020 rows over cities around the world hushed by the coronavirus on tuesday sky watchers in germanys capital berlin witnessed the super moon rising over the citys landmarks a super moon is when a full moon occurs at the point in its 28th day or a bit that is closest to the earth in london and around the globe the full moon this time appeared up to 14 percent bigger than jewish. Even watching do that the union is alive from berlin im sorry kelly will have more at the top of the hour but before we go one a bit more of sad news to report unfortunately the american folk and country star john prine has died at the age of 73 due to complications. And covert 19 he was known for his lyrical songwriting which earned him the praise of bondo cha Bob Dylan Johnny cash and won him 2 Grammy Awards the singer passed away in nashville tennessee but his music as they say will live on. The mother. Of the mother. Jazz. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona. From the covert 19 special on d w. Im doing great big thing in all the time. How to handle our new lives in times of the corona pandemic d. W. Reporter. Just like everyone else and shes looking for answers thankfully with the help of 2 leading expects youre the point. Thank you this is not life as we know it were in this together our. Health care systems around the world are under stress more and more patients are seeking treatment pushing hospitals to the brink of collapse but if you look closely there are differences in the u. S. Health care is largely privatized in efforts to cut costs many hospitals have reduced staff and stretched resources that are now urgently need it many clinics are overwhelmed the same goes for countries like italy and spain which were burdened with severe austerity measures off to the last financial crisis. State run Health Care Systems on the other hand are proving to be more robust to deal with the crisis some experts say in many countries this has sparked a discussion about whether health care should be a public good run by the state or a business model. This is your covert 1000 special d. W. News i want to get jones and bill in good to have you with us now lets agree money cant buy you everything but it can give you a better chance of survival if you can afford a private Health Insurance chances are you get to see your doctor sooner than someone on National Health its not fair but it is what it is but how does it work in a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic in a moment well talk to the c. E. O. Of germanys biggest private hospital operator but 1st this report. The patients just keep on coming the coronaVirus Outbreak is testing the limits of hospitals all over the world demand for beds for spiritual equipment protective gear and workers continues to search many for medical professionals have been called back on duty like a qualified doctor the irish Prime Minister as you know rejoined medical register there last month and. Setting aside. The one session a week about half a day a week so far in a telephone clinic the virus which is infected politicians celebrities and Business Leaders is often described as indiscriminate but as hospital staff get to work in equality reigns. Poorer people are more likely to catch the disease and theyre more likely to die from it thats led to calls for a lifting of the barriers for example between public and private hospitals in spain one of the countrys worst hit by the crisis become and has ordered private clinics to share resources with the public system australia has pushed through similar measures. In germany meanwhile some private clinics have reportedly applied for Government Support to compensate for the cancellation of lucrative procedures but they simply arent a priority right now. For more im joined now by the c. E. O. Of frizzy a Global Health care group with more than 200 set 90000 employees in more than 100 countries and here in germany is also the largest hospital operator welcome stephanie good to have you with us tell me how are your Hospitals Holding up in this health crisis. Were going to differentiate between the situation in germany and japan we have 86 hospitals in germany where were still waiting for a large wave of corona patients to arrive on the other hand we have 44 ospital across spain werent particularly in the hot spots in madrid and barcelona we have had more than our fair share of patients to deal with right how how big of a role i mean its it feels awful to talk about money in such a situation but how big a role does money play when it comes to providing good health care. Well we have to see that the fatality rate in germany is substantially lower than the one that we are seeing elsewhere but i do believe that 1st and foremost that has to do with quite a few issues that happen outside the hospital. So when it comes to the amount of testing that were doing that denominator in the fatality ratio germany has done substantially more as far as i can see than most of the countries but also when we look at the numerator i believe that in germany the potion population on average is substantially younger than elsewhere a key reason for this may actually be a cultural difference where i think it is more. Towards the german culture to keep the natural social distance relative to what we can observe in italy and its banks. And it comes to the money the Capital Allocation to a Hospital System than i do believe. That germany is a bit better equipped than what were seeing elsewhere and as far as our own hospitals are concerned we have invested quite heavily in the past and we can now also afford to shift resources within this large network. They are needed right as as you just mentioned about shifting resources you are you do run private hospitals and private hospitals that and then theyd say they need to be profitable is that a problem now given thats treating covered 9000 patients is very time and very cost consuming. No and this is not a time to think about market share gains or profitability this is the time to think about how we can best help. Society as it was mentioned a bit earlier on yes the Spanish Gover