this is g.w. news live from berlin easter under lockdown churches around the world celebrate the holy day without congregations in rome pope francis calls for global solidarity and fighting the coronavirus pandemic and for cease fires in all conflicts st peter's square normally packed with tens of thousands of worshipers stands deserted also coming up to the warm weather in europe is posing a challenge for people who have to live under lockdown due to covert 19 most countries allow exercise out in the open but is it safe and how close is too close

. and how much of an impact will the coronavirus pandemic house on society and the way we work we take a look at what happened after the spanish flu outbreak more than 100 years ago. m k richardson welcome to the show the pope has broken with centuries of tradition and live streamed his easter sunday mass for the 1st time as the world's 1300000000 catholics celebrate the holy day under coronavirus lockdown he spoke to a small audience in st peter's basilica instead of the hundreds of thousands who normally gather in the square pope francis devoted his traditional irby at or be message to what he called this year's easter of solitude and calls for global solidarity. he swapped his normal audience of thousands

for empty pews and the echoes of an empty set of peter's basilica. pope francis delivered his message behind closed doors amid the ongoing lockdown in coronavirus heat italy. he's called for global solidarity to fight the virus. in. light of the present circumstances. may international sanctions be relaxed. since these make it difficult for countries on which they have been imposed. to provide adequate support for their citizens. if i may all nations be put in the position to meet the greatest needs of the moment. action if not the forgiveness. burning the balance sheets of the poorest nations.

also expressed particular concern for the future of europe saying innovative solutions were needed to get through this tough period. european union is presently facing an epochal challenge. on which will depend not only its future. but that of the whole world. let us not lose the opportunity to give further proof of solidarity also by turning to innovative solutions the. pews are a familiar sight around the world with services being held in close churches as millions of people have been told to stay. british prime minister boris johnson has been discharged from hospital after being treated for 19 chance and was admitted a week ago and spent 3 days in intensive care his release from st thomas's hospital in london comes as the u.k. death toll from the coronavirus at tops $10001.00 of the highest in the world

johnson's government has come under fire for a lack of protective a personal equipment for frontline workers in the hospitals and a video posted on twitter the prime minister thanked n.h.s. staff for saving his life and the british public for obeying social distancing measures from a saying about the u.k. it would defeat the coronavirus in the last 7 days i have of course seen the pressure the v.h.s. is under i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the health care workers of every description physios radio group was foremost this who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harm's way kept risking this deadly virus it is thanks to grant courage that devotion that duty and that love that our n.h.s.

has been unbeatable. well warm words for the n.h.s. of but johnson's government has been criticized for its handling of the crisis and support for n.h.s. workers we asked a. lot of pots for her analysis over the weekend we saw the highest daily death toll in europe over 900 deaths per day and that continues number continues to rise doctors and nurses are saying they don't have enough protective gear to protect themselves one and 3 sutton's even saying that they can't operate because they don't have the proper gear at the same time doctors and nurses are dying nearly 20 n.h.s. stuff so far have died and there is also a serious lack of testing only the very severe cases at the moment attest that at the hospital so there is no tracking but surely happening and the unrecorded number of cases of coronavirus here in the u.k. is incredibly high and this all as the peak is about to be reached so really

a crisis that could have been prepared for much. well let's get you caught up on the latest developments of the coronavirus the commissioner of the u.s. food and drug administration says his country is very close to the peak of coronavirus cases is hopeful that restrictions can be used by the 1st of may italy which has the world's a 2nd highest death toll after the united states reported 431 new face on sunday the lowest daily rise in 3 weeks in india 10 foreign visitors were forced to write i am sorry 500 times after being caught taking a walk in violation of lockdown rules there and in the german capital berlin police say people are mostly abiding by restrictions amid summer like weather $500.00 extra police were deployed including patrols on horseback in the city's forests. well throughout the day we are speaking to our correspondents around the world about easter in the time of coronavirus right now let's go to kate brady in berlin

kate a german chancellor angela merkel urged people to stay at home during the easter holidays are people complying. it certainly seems that people have heeded the words of the german chancellor this weekend she spoke a couple of times earlier this week telling people to stay home and that the decisions that people made to this weekend as to whether they went out or not could indeed have a huge role in the decisions made by the government this week when they meet to discuss the future of restrictions to slow the spread of current virus here in germany and certainly i was out earlier today here in berlin and it certainly seemed that there were indeed fewer people on the streets than yesterday so large a speaking at least according to authorities as well people do seem indeed to be listening to the advice of the german chancellor and staying at home and of course following those rules as well when they do go out and keeping that distance from

others so how is the government able to enforce these restrictions. well this varies from state to state here in germany you have 16 different states but many of them are have certainly their police presence in recent weeks since those restrictions on movement were imposed on march 22nd and so here in berlin today for example there were some 500 offices out on the streets and interestingly though the thirty's have reported good behavior should as it may be kolker say here in in berlin but also there have been not only incidents where police have had to approach people in them so that people have taken on this advice to perhaps keep a further distance from of those but police have also been out in the capital here thanking people when they have actually been out enjoying the sunshine while also abiding by those restrictions and recommended distances from other people so it seems that there is quite an amicable relationship going on here between all 4

inches of people when it comes to following these restrictions ok brady in berlin and thank you very much for that analysis. well it's also been a beautiful easter weekend across much of year up with warm sunny weather testing people's resolve to stay indoors to avoid spreading the coronavirus each country has different rules about going outside and some have banned it entirely where it is allowed authorities often instruct people to keep about 2 metres apart while outdoors such as here in the czech capital prague but some people may be wondering if 2 meters is far enough to avoid potential contamination especially while running or cycling. well that's something i've also been wondering as i have been out running another king jogger instead of a reporter angela dahl rai so what sort of route should i be planning and what considerations should i be taking into account when i decide to go out running in a public space thankfully the broader small minds have been working on this really

crucial question that many people are asking themselves these days academics in physics and aerodynamics from universities in netherlands and belgium have been conducting wind tunnel experiments to find out all trail of saliva that flies behind us as we're moving and we can look at some of the simulations that they actually did now in a video so as we've often been told it's advisable to keep 1.5 meters distance from another person while you're holding a conversation so how does it work when you're running an expiring heavily well simulation so there's a little risk if you're running side by side with somebody but the worst position to be in is if you're running right behind another person because you're liable to get a face full of their exhaust and possibly the germs rather the experts say that a better position to be in is if you stagger your formation so that you are a few feet to the side of the other person in front of you now the crucial question how close is too close well it all depends on how fast you're moving the academics

say that if you're were moving at a moderate pace and so you're walking 4 metres enough if you're jogging then you should leave. 10 meters distance but if you're running quickly you need to leave a full 10 to 20 meters between you and the person in front of you that's kind of hard to do on a crowded jogging path as a bit of a nuanced choreography there well some countries aren't allowing people to go outside to exercise at all italy is one of them and in paris they have banned outdoor exercise from 10 am until 7 pm what can people do who are not able to go outside to stay fit and healthy well there is no shortage of videos these days of inspiration from the indoors and we can have a look at the latest one from uganda's president that's the most of vini now he says you don't need to go outside to exercise at all and he demonstrated it by jogging inside his rather expensive presidential office to show that you can stay inside an exercise then he got down and did a full set of 10 push ups which is quite impressive when you consider that this man

is 75 years old so that's a full 2 years older than us president donald trump who i can't imagine doing any pushups at all so that's a bit of inspiration from the top there some more inspiration this one comes from german champion athlete young for a day no he completed a full iron man triathlon inside his apartment he swam for coloma says cycled 180 kilometers and then ran a full 42 kilometer marathon all from inside his accommodation now of course we don't all have one of those fancy counter-current swimming pools out on our apartment balconies so don't feel too bad if you did manage to complete a triathlon this weekend i don't think i will be at trying in the near future but thank you so much for those inspiring stories. and how the spanish flu outbreak more than 100 years ago had a big impact on society

a century on the coronavirus is likely to have far reaching affects on both our working and personal lives people are getting to grips with life under lockdown staying and quarantine and new concepts such as social distancing and self isolation but how life changing. history might just have the answer. a deadly pandemic descended on the world after the 1st world war as if people hadn't suffered enough already. the virus known as the spanish flu tore across the globe 100 years ago hitting middle aged people hardest. you know. about one 3rd of the german population was sick and to some degree. in all of europe 2300000 people died in it was one debatable and worldwide at least 25000000. possibly $50000000.00 or double even that would be to feel. doctors had little at their disposal to fight the virus no

ventilators no antibiotics the only thing that helped was keeping people apart from each other so that's one this is this shows that the most important step in stopping the spread of the pathogen is separating people by shutting down every day life and interactions. pandemics are both brutal and educational the spanish flu prove that quarantines help. after the 1st world war and the spanish flu the world economy started looking up the history of pandemics shows that they lead to advances and innovations. another example the plague it killed millions of people in the middle ages yet later had extraordinary economic and societal effects. experts say the current pandemic will likewise have far reaching effects on society and the way we work it's already driven the digitalisation of daily life even faster making innovations in the home office but

you know conferencing and internet shopping the norm history shows that a different approach to work and life is inevitable after a global event like the covert 1000 virus. you're watching news i'm claire richardson amber lynn and i'll have more news for you at the top of the hour. in a sustainable way discover the house. starts made on w. . we know this is very time for the coronavirus is changing the world changing. so take care of yourself good distance wash your hands if you can stay at how we deal with you here.