A lack of personal protective equipment. Im still going to welcome to the program called the corona virus pandemic be a chance to save the planet from Climate Change a lot of questions being debated in an online summit by ministers from 30 countries germany and britain hosting this years round of the petersburg climate dialogue german chancellor Angela Merkel said climate protection had to be considered as part of the economic stimulus programs that governments are launching to help industries recover from the pandemic. While palins e. U. Is back in business from today climate activists fear that because of the corona crisis politicians may play increasingly hard to get on that climate goals addressing the 1st virtual pieces climate dialogue. Came out in favor of the e. U. Xampp issues climate goals despite the crisis. Well as a vision to go over the phone it will be all the more important to firmly consider climate protection when we agree stimulus packages. We must ensure that were not saving money on Climate Change now but invest in in future oriented technologies and we must not think nationally but continue to put our International Commitments 1st because thats essential for achieving global success in climate protection. For. Germany will be in tardive driving forward to europes green deal when it takes over the e. U. Presidency in july the un sees this as a moment of truth for the world we have a rare and short 3 love opportunity to rebuild our world for the better it is use that both every creek up to provide the foundation for a safe it also includes even more resilient words for all people the u. N. Secretary general says the fear of the 5 days for future movement protesting here in berlin last friday that the political reflex could now be to bail out carbon intensive industries at the cost of Climate Friendly investment. They dont lose chief Political Correspondent melinda crane welcome belinda what has prompted this renewed push for climate protection. Well you know were often hearing churchill cited these days never waste a good crisis which basically tells us that this is the moment for a restart government and multilateral organizations such as the European Union the world bank i. M. F. And others are getting ready to commit trillions of euros to economic recovery and how they do that the form this takes will set the path for the economy for decades to come economists call it Path Dependence we commit to particular types of infrastructure or particular pricing schemes and businesses depend on that and set their Business Models on that and basically then get locked into that pathway for some time to come so right now we have the opportunity to take a Green Recovery path that will ensure that transport systems that Energy Systems become truly sustainable and benefit people as a whole rather than narrow groups of shareholders and essentially if we dont take that path we are going to face in another crisis the Climate Crisis as it gathers steam that will put the dislocation and the misery receding in the corona crisis that it will pale by comparison so it sounds like policymakers are on the same page on this issue do they have broader support. They do in fact we have seen 68 of germanys Biggest Companies ranging from insurers who are sort of the usual suspects when it comes to climate appeals but also Steel CompaniesChemical Companies that depend on a lot of energy all of them calling for putting a truly ambitious Climate Policy at the very center of Recovery Efforts now why is business getting on board with this precisely for the reason that what policymakers do now will send signals to business and basically they are telling us we have just seen the toll that a crisis takes we dont want to go through another one any time soon we need clear and reliable signals for investment and that was spelled out by the c. E. O. Of to since deal when he said basically they are looking at committing enormous amounts of funds to recovery but they need to know that when they get on a certain path it is the right path to be on chief Political Correspondent melinda crane thank you. Russias president Vladimir Putin has said that his countrys coronavirus epidemic has not yet peaked during a televised Video Conference with cabinet members and other officials just a putin also announced that his countrys lockdown would be extended until the 11th of may 11th restrictions could be loosened from the 12th russia has reported a significant increase in the number of cases with an additional 6400. 00 confirmed infections in one day brings the nationwide total to more than 93000. 00 the russian president said his country still faces a difficult to pass. Hes a new movie sure we were gaily number of new confirmed corona virus cases thats relatively stabilized but this shouldnt reassure us the situation remains very difficult. The experts and scientists with whom we are in Constant Contact to check our plans and measures so that the peak has not yet been reached you should you please straight to moscow then when we joined the dept of correspondent emily show and well and only so did this lockdown Extension Come as a surprise well not really because Health Authorities had already recommended such an extension through the 11th of may thats essentially an extension through the may holidays here in russia i think the worry that the author already has had is that people would kind of follow their usual patterns for these holidays and go out and barbecue have parties go on holiday and of course that would mean a risk of infection that no one here wanted to take that risk put in today has said that its a difficult path that lies ahead for russia and he also said that whether those lockdown measures are extended or not after the 11th of may will depend on the situation so how people are responding to the lockdown. Well even state t. V. Here in russia has been reporting that people are kind of tired of the lockdown and here in moscow i think there are a lot of a lot more people on the streets in the past few days than there had been previously people had been i think hoping for kind of measures to be loosened for those holidays that didnt happen but i think one of the main worries for people here in russia at the moment is the economy we heard putin talk about that a bit today about further measures though he didnt go into detail people have been even taking to social media to express their concerns because this nonworking period that is the lockdown essentially means that employers are supposed to keep their employees on and can keep paying them but Government Support has been rather limited so a lot of people just dont have any money and people are really worried and putins ratings actually have taken a hit as well so how is the Health Service coping well things are really tough year i think and actually the off stories have been rather open about that here in moscow which has seen over half of the cases the author words have said that the medical staff and the Health System are very strained and basically working at its limits they have talked about the need to extend bed space to create more beds for coated patients and putin today as well talked about how russia has done a lot of increasing protective gear and so on but its not enough and the government has to work harder i mean we should win in moscow thank you. Oh take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world latest figures from germany show the number of new infections is increasing Disease Control experts say the countrys reproduction rate has risen back to one meaning that people with the virus of passing it to one other person the new data comes as germany begins to ease some knockdown restrictions. On the search for a covered 1000 vaccine has received another boost scientists at Oxford University say theyve successfully kept monkeys infection free for 4 weeks the team has now enrolled 6000 people for human trials and they hope to have millions of doses available by september. And britain has held a minutes silence to pay tribute to frontline workers who died after contracting covered 90. 00. U. K. Government tells the matters that it will compensate families of Health Workers and social care staff who die fighting the outbreak with payments of almost 70000. 00 euros critics of the governments Pandemic Response say the disease is highlighting a crisis in the countrys national Health System. And no sleep gown that protects him from coronavirus dr assays munaf almost feels guilty every time he puts one on. Hes an emergency doctor so he does have access to past not protective equipment or people. But supplies across the u. K. Are very limited there simply arent enough gowns for every doctor so i want to go to the kitchen its a. Conscious use it to you they call one box of supplies going alas alas and thats so thats every time because they only have to wear it you know we are in a high risk are not treat quarters before you can talk to say they dont have access to protective clothing visors and mosques are also in short supply some doctors are having to buy their own f p 3 masks from the i y stores and from building mentioned. And also having to do things like make their own aprons out of rubbish bin bags to try to protect their closing well staging these high risk procedures over 100 medical staff doctors as well as nurses have already died from the virus on social media videos like this are being said hospital workers paying their last respects to a continent even before the crisis the u. K. Was short of over 40000 nurses staff are now under enormous pressure even very experienced nurses and pushed to the edge and we have a lot of newly qualified staff who only been in the job 6 months or one year and theyve really been pushed pushed to 2 to breaking point we are and. Already underfunded we need more doctors and nurses to work in the n. H. S. Even in normal times so at the moment we are above and beyond what we ever thought that we could be intense and working and that we are trying our best that we do need more starker we need more quick meant and that is a result of underfunding over the last decade and patients are suffering 2 hospitals are having to ration supplies make oxygen or dialysis fluid for patients with kidney failure. To munaf describe situations where older patients that might offend the thinking from intensive care has been denied treatment whereas a few months ago people over 65 it would have said that if youre basing your mentality now if you scratch your sort straight jacket so the trust of anybody looks up to you but if people are bookish 55 i think you should switch i deemed. Care you did but i see you rejected a lot but it worked for crushing. Britains national Health Service is facing its biggest emergency since its founding. And organizers of the perspiring to Tokyo Olympics say the event will be canceled if it can take place next year the games will move to add july of next year because of the pandemic now the president of tokyo is organizing Committee Says another postponement would not be an option if the virus is still a threat next year scientists in japan have warned that it will be difficult to hold the games unless a vaccine is found. 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