World Health Organization warns 300000 people could die across africa. With infection rates falling germany says its got the outbreak at manageable levels. Ground control to me. And top tips from a former astronauts on how to come to grips with life in isolation. And on time how much now have all the sporting commuting plans are and the motion to complete this seasons European Champions League with all this 29th a pencil then before the final. Alarming new numbers are showing the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on the worlds 2 biggest economies this increasing doubt about the u. S. President s. 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running in 30 states 22000000 americans have made jobless claims in the past month numbers not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. Chinas Gross Domestic Product has plummeted by almost 7 percent in the 1st quarter the steepest fall since it opened up to the world or 2 years ago and theres been a big rise in the death toll in the original epicenter of the outbreak 150 percent more people died than previously reported the citys total fatalities are now said to be 3860000000. 00 katrina you has this report from beijing. The coronavirus pandemic has Strained Health systems around the world and now its caused the uninterrupted growth of the worlds 2nd largest economy to falter for the 1st time in decades for the 1st quarter of 2020 chinas g. D. P. Contracted by 6. 8 percent. The current external situation is more complex domestic demand remains comparatively Weak Companies still face difficulties such years insufficient demand and the drop in orders preventative measures so chinas Economic Activity slowed to a trickle. Months local infections have eased and some businesses and factories have resumed operations but Many Companies are on the brink of collapse feed this situation is dire. Disastrous for me ive got no idea how i can get through this year chinas National Statistics bureau says economy thats the 2nd quarter and long term growth going to be affected but Global Demand plummeting its economy faces an uphill battle the kind that next has been spread out early. Which leads to a lot of countries including the us and European Countries into our recession so our only to increase. In the round of chinas. Chinas central bank has cut Interest Rates and provided tax breaks and subsidies to businesses in need but analysts say its broad enough to stabilise point finding work will be difficult for graduates and Migrant Workers especially and while Economic Growth has plummeted chinas corporate 19 death toll has been revised upwards after a formal review officials in the original at the center of increased the number by 1290 saying previous records were incomplete chinas coronavirus count has been adjusted several times in recent months this laces change is further stealing suspicion over the accuracy of government figures many critics believe that the official tally is about 82000 falls well short of the real numbers on the ground katrina aljazeera. More now on the increase in the war harm death toll was a professor of Population Health science and policy at the arkans school of medicine that month cyanide she says that has no independent way of verifying the numbers. 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That this is these are only good looking years and no none of the 2 it was their own out so it is not correct and not mentioned changing methodology as we know our time originally if you died with that anger against it would mean you were in county cricket now china is not going in and got in a 100 methodology but given that it was this country and we are not particularly worried about that because it was the type of coverage that and they were biased to spread and spread and become the pandemic that we had today or to the problems faced by the us where the president suggests some states could reopen for business within weeks but as cover 1000 keep spreading Democratic HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi says more testing needs to be done under gallacher reports its what President Donald Trump calls a science based plan to get the United States back on its feet hes issued guidelines in 3 phases that advise each state when they can begin to reopen and what doctors say will be a new normal america wants to be open and americans want to be open. As i have said for some time now a National Shutdown is not a sustainable long term solution. To preserve the health of our citizens we must also preserve the health and functioning of our economy over the long haul the 1st phase calls for social distancing and for schools and businesses to remain closed but some larger venues including restaurants and movie theaters could reopen if states see a steady decline in coronavirus cases they can move to phase 2 in which schools some businesses including bars could open big gatherings remain limited the 3rd phase will allow workers to go back to their jobs and risk people to continue to take precautions. We took the greatest economy in the history of the world and we closed it in order to win this war and were in the process of winning it now our approach outlines 3 phases in restoring Economic Life we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time democratic speaker of the house nancy pelosi called the plan vague an inconsistent citing concerns over the need for Rapid Testing oh the corona virus has taken a harsh toll on the u. S. More than 30000 people have died and there have been over 600000 confirmed cases 22000000 people are now out of work wiping out a decade of job growth President Trump says the u. S. Will be back and greater than ever but this is a delicate process that comes down to a state by state county by county basis some states manta phase one as early as friday others face a far longer slog Business Leaders governors and scientists warn a shortfall in testing could hamper efforts to reopen the country that decision now lies with each states governor in some States Coronavirus case is a yet to peak and as a risk of the virus making a comeback in the months ahead personal Protection Equipment for Health Workers is still in short supply but even if you are in phase 123 its not ok game over its not its going to be a way that we protect ourselves because as we know and as ive said from this podium it may very well be as we go the cycle around that theyll be this virus that once the come back to us i think were going to be able to handle this is a cautious approach to reopen the Worlds Largest economy something President Trump has long wanted to do the challenges for each state a huge the dangers of making the wrong decision now crucial and as yet theres still no vaccine and a gallica aljazeera. Ok for more on this lets go to White House Correspondent kimberly halakhah shes in washington d. C. So the president is talking a lot about the economy but there doesnt appear to be a broader rope line about testing yeah and thats the real friction point that has been exposed as the president unveiled his guidelines for reopening this economy there doesnt seem to be any plan or provision that has been announced as of yet in terms of how to allow for this increase testing and in the his call with the governors on thursday many expressed concerns about this that their state budgets may not have the capacity also they dont have the Health Care Workers in order to not only administer tests a 1st time but possibly a 2nd time a 3rd time as millions of workers across this country prepare to go back into the workforce and this is something that the president is likely to get hammered on in questions in the upcoming Coronavirus Task force briefings given the fact that there simply isnt any sort of plan in terms of how to protect these frontline workers as they try to return to their jobs and completely hold the president there the saying that this recovery was going to be handled one step at a time why do you think the president has taken such a turn around from claiming originally total authority over a forcing states to be able to reopen and yet now hes leaving it to the state governors themselves. Yeah its an astonishing turnaround really i mean it happened in a matter of less than 4 days from initially on monday claiming total authority over the decision to reopen to the economy to suddenly giving the governors the power as of thursday well it has a lot to do with limiting political responsibility in an Election Year theres no question that the u. S. President has been under the microscope in terms of his response to the corona Virus Outbreak in the United States from the beginning and there are questions about the sort of process moving forward by passing this over to the governors the president is able to say look at i gave them the power i followed the constitution and it was up to the governors to make the right call so this is something that the white house has calculated will help the president as he tries to win a 2nd term in november but it also puts him at risk because if the the plan goes badly if the governors do make the wrong call you have to remember the states have open borders people are free to drive in between states if this allows for a 2nd outbreak particularly in the fall when we already know from Public Health officials this could occur this could be particularly damaging for the president right before the november election given the fact that there could be this 2nd outbreak of absent of sort of a centralized plan the fact that he has given this power to the states instead of being the one in control right before americans go to the polls carefully are giving us a lot of dates on the us from washington d. C. Couple of things i want. The u. N. Is projecting at least 300000 africans could die because of the pandemic its Economic Commission for africa says 2300000 others may need hospital treatment fighting the virus is more complicated on the continent because there arent enough hospital beds and breathing machines on top of that a 3rd of africans have no access to washing facilities at home africa 54 countries have so far reported more than 800000 confirmed cases and nearly a 1000 deaths but the w. H. O. Has warned the continent could become the next epicenter with 10000000 infections in the next 3 to 6 months and the u. N. Says the pandemic could push 29000000 africans into extreme poverty with exports cut and tourism nonexistent Rights Groups a virus lockdowns in south africa mean millions are not able to get enough food. Textile factories in tennis and kenya are scrambling to produce tens of millions of surgical masks after the government has made it compulsory to wear them in public. For nairobi. A few weeks ago 300 tailors at this factory in nairobi made clothes most are now on enforced leave because of the corona virus pandemic was left to workers stitching around 20000 protective facemasks a day the government has ordered that everyone must wear proper masks when out in public or pay a fine of 200. 00 its a job of tailless across the country to make sure theres a constant supply at an affordable price the local authorities have only 35 the surgical ones but those are not very comical if you have if youre one of the 4 devote every day for what we came up with is the clock mark. A few textile companies have also been commissioned to make other past more protective equipment for Health Workers but this young people in a neighborhood backyard on the outskirts of the city tell us they too can make protective 19 respond as they all recently lost their jobs as economy continues to suffer theyve already made body suits like this one which theyve distributed to a local Health Center here they tell us this is an extra layer of protection and with it and it all for her award her friends different. And part of the country with groups. There and mark got a fridge for that occurring a girl standard or forewarning or some of this product. For a 4th. Approved by the governments bureau of standards but they hope it will be soon its just like having your house on fire anything you. Down is good enough kenya has little experience in manufacturing medical supplies it mostly realizes. Inputs from countries like china and foreign 8 hospitals have around 500 ventilators many like this a private Health Facility are preparing isolation units one pass and recently died of the disease. Around 5000. 00 public Health Workers are to be employed in the special units and those on the frontline will be regularly tested but some nasi say its not enough we have been raising the issue of. To be decided after 14 hours to see it in 14 days to ensure that. We have been raising the issues of Life Insurance for from Health Care Workers that has not been disappointed about the minister for now its a race to have everything in place using all needs of the people to deal with a pandemic that is causing so much distress across the world catherine soy aljazeera Nairobi KenyaGermanys Health minister has declared the pandemic there is again manageable he says the success is the result of a months long lockdown in response to an early surge in cases germany has the 4th highest number of cases in europe behind spain italy and france the person to person right in germany has dropped to 0. 7 that means each virus carrier infects fewer than one other person germany has plans to produce 50000000 masks a week from august and that are more than 138000 cases but the number of people who died is just over 4000. 00 thats a low fatality rate compared with other european nations dr peter drawback is the director of the score center for social entrepreneurship at the saeed Business School at the university of oxford hes joining us from oxford thanks very much indeed for giving us your time on aljazeera sir why do you think it is that germany has been able to manage this situation better than say the u. K. One of the big differences was an early commitment to scaling up widespread testing germany has tested far more than the u. K. And many other places and so this gives them a much clearer picture of how the epidemic is spreading and where the epidemic is spreading and thats one of the tools thats going to be really critical for any country to figure out how to begin to ease lock down measures when they refer to this situation now being manageable what do you think they mean by that well its clear that theyre not declaring victory here in angola merkel called this quote a fragile intermediate success and i think thats a nice way of putting it whats clear is that measures over the last 4. 00 to 6. 00 weeks have clearly bents the curve and theyre down from a peak of about 6000. 00 new cases per day to about 2500. 00 new cases per day or just a little bit below that so so theyre theyre well past the peak and they have a very Strong Health care system with a lot of additional capacity of hospital and i. C. U. Beds in so theyre in a position now where they may at least start to experiments with how some of the social distancing measures can gradually be eased but its a very fragile balance between doing that safely and preventing a new upswing in infections yeah let me ask you about that because of course the next 3 months for example is going to be key in this because the result was the risk as there is anywhere all of a secondary infection rate isnt there. Absolutely and in some of the countries in asia that bent the curve and are a bit ahead of us here south korea japan and now china singapore we saw that as they open things up there have been some increases in cases not what you would call a 2nd surge and most of those cases are actually imported as people return home and travel into the country but that risk is very much there this virus is not going away and so the more there were having people in proximity to one another the more that risk is going to be the reality is though because this problem is not going away we need to be kin to be able to find some balance so that we can get a condom is going against safely one of the recurring themes of covering this story over the last few weeks has been the fact that information is key to these trying to contain the spread of this virus in what way do you think that germany has been able to access the information better than other countries you know all the information is out there for everybody and if we look back and look at what the world Health Organization was recommending to countries back in february you know if every country had heeded that advice wed be in a much better place right now germany obviously has a very well developed medical system and a lot of science and techn