Berlin hat nach SPIEGEL-Informationen zwei Millionen Atemmasken geliefert bekommen - Dank der Unterstützung der Bundeswehr. In den USA breitet sich das Virus unterdessen rasant aus. Der News-Überblick am Samstag.

The airline’s CEO, Jozsef Varadi, told “Bloomberg”, “Most European airlines have been badly mismanaged when it comes to liquidity. Now they’re all begging for state support. Governments should only be stepping up in areas of employment and reducing charges such as air navigation costs”. Interventions could put Europe’s liberalised, market-driven aviation regime back by five to ten years, the CEO said, with many private operators failing as governments favour flag carriers that have struggled to compete with Wizz and other budget airlines.

Verteidigungsministerin Kramp-Karrenbauer verkündet regelmäßig, die Bundeswehr stehe in der Coronakrise bereit. Beim Mangel an Schutzmasken und Beatmungsgeräten aber kann die Truppe nicht helfen - die Lager sind leer.

The president’s failure to heed the warnings about coronavirus and act quickly has set in train a domino effect that now imperils large swathes of the US