this is g.w. deuce live from berlin tonight the question before much of the world is now the time to start listing the coronavirus lockdown here in germany with the easter holiday weekend now over the country's most prestigious science academy is recommending a start to lifting restrictions also coming up tonight snow's lifting of the walk down in france french president. extends his country's restrictions for another month and he chose the french that they'll have to live with the coronavirus even longer and a landmark anniversary marked by isolation instead of

a party new york's metropolitan museum of art cancels the celebrations for its 150th birthday. plus navigating the crisis will take a look at the app developed in kenya it's now being used around the world to help people cope with the pandemic. i'm bringing off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome is this the week we begin leaving the walk dale that is the question many are asking here in germany the country's influential national academy of sciences today recommended that a start be made on easing the restrictions imposed to contain the corona virus now it comes as the number of new confirmed cases here in germany fell for the 3rd day running. german chancellor angela merkel begins discussions this week on whether to

extend the current restrictions which are scheduled to expire next sunday now in its report the academy recommends gradually reopening primary and secondary schools across all of germany the report says that schools could soon be followed by shops and restaurants with one important condition that tables be positioned to comply with social distancing the academy also recommends that people wear face masks in public places for additional protection and the academy warns that these reductions in restrictions should only occur in conjunction with nationwide testing for the virus so they're giving a big yes to testing and they're giving a nod to some data surveillance the academy says g.p.s. data collected from our mobile phones could be used for contact tracing or earlier i spoke with our political correspondent kate brady and i asked her how

likely is it that the german government will follow of those recommendations and ease the walk to. i think it's certainly too early brant to be talking about implementing or rather implemented all of these left on the restrictions are currently in place of course the measures that were put in place a few weeks ago now are still going to be in place until april the 19th and these talks are set to be held between the german chancellor angela merkel and the 16 state premiers on wednesday now there was indication last week from the german chancellor that if there was indeed a steady and continuous flattening of the curve here in germany that that would perhaps give way to a relaxation of some measures here of restrictions at least that are currently in place on movement here in germany the question is whether the fall in the new number of cases here in germany that we've seen over the last over the last 3 days is the question is whether or not that is steady and continuous enough of course

another thing to look at as well is the fact that one of the recommendations given by the institute is this idea of making masks or the wearing of masks compulsory in public and of course for something like that to be implemented as well the german government would of course have to ensure that there are enough masks available to everyone in germany which is something that the health ministry has already been working on some cause we'll have to wait until wednesday for some more definitive answers from the government but it certainly will be a very slow and gradual relaxation if any at all. so are germans tired of the coronavirus to talk about that i'm joined here at the big table by my colleague joe he's been following this story for us joe i mean that is a question are the germans how are they reacting to this lockdown are they ready to see the restrictions in well let's 1st talk about what those restrictions are germans are supposed to stay at home unless they're going out for work to go to the

shops or if there are going out for exercise in which case they can only be in pairs non-essential shops are closed so education places and interstate travel is restricted so what are germans think about it well a recent poll was taken and it found that around hof of the respondents said that they were in favor of extending the restrictions as you said they end on sunday or they're supposed to now about a 3rd said that they want these restrictions to be relaxed and a very small minority 8 percent said that they should be abolished altogether now that's what people told the pollsters when they were contacted but there's another set of dot of it tells a different story and that data comes from mobile phones now you'll have a phone said that a signal every time you move around and change cell phone towers now those changes have been tracked by a company called terra lucy and they show how much people are moving around germany we can have a look at some of the dr from the mobile phone tower changes and now and as we can

see at the start of the lockdown people were staying at home in fact movement dropped by about how often now it has started to creep back up again in fact there are twice as many people out on the streets now as there were 2 weeks ago according to mobile phones out and now when we talk about flattening the curve that is not the kind of the german government the german government wants to see flat yeah of course but it's interesting to see that that curve kind of corresponds to the weather the weather has got nicer and of course more people want to be outside and move around what about civil liberties here are germans worried that you know they could be losing some of their rights some are as resource small minority. we are in favor of getting rid of these restrictions all together very small number but some of them started to go out into the street and demonstrate for the right to demonstrate we saw this on saturday there was a small demonstration here in the heart of berlin a group called east on owns held a demo in the center there were no yelling grown cassettes which means basic law germans constitution now this is

a an audit makes of people that was both freedom rights activists as well as some conspiracy theorists they were all us to keep a good distance from each other to trying to buy social distancing laws but they were nevertheless breaking the these contacts about laws and that's why the police put an end to these demonstrations other demonstrations have also been held for causes such as taking refugees off the islands in greece and bringing them to a safer place they have also been shut down so some might say these kind of demonstrations are irresponsible but others would say that we need to find a way to be able to voice our opinion safely even during these really extraordinary time i mean edition of the people's i guess patience is wearing thin because it's interesting the 1st graph you showed there there's not a majority for extending or for reducing so you know it's a mixed bag there jill door is always jill thank you. we now know what. we now know what france will do with its

lockdown for its president. says the country will have to endure another 4 weeks saying progress has been made against the growing of virus but that the battle is not yet won the country has already spent a month under unprecedented restrictions that are keeping people at home for all but their most essential needs. is growing but nothing can be taken for granted from of the northeast to paris hospitals are saturated across the country and our overseas territories the health system is under pressure. we have not yet overcome the epidemic so we must continue our efforts to keep applying the restrictions the more they are followed the more lives we will save. are there was the french president there speaking earlier this evening for more now let's go to lisa lewis she's on the story for us

from paris good evening to you believe several countries here in europe are thinking about easing the walk restrictions for its president and he's going the opposite way why absolutely he said in his speech tonight that he didn't want to have to go back into lockdown once the rules are lifted restrictions are lifted like some asian countries where he sees that now that the number of infections is going up again that that they are thinking at the end to go back into the time he doesn't want to do that he wants to continue this strict lockdown at least until the 11th of may enough to that some restrictions will stay in place schools you know primary schools and colleges will open bit by bit but but universities will stay closed longer restaurants will stay closed longer the government will decide at a later point when all these businesses like you know theater music halls is hetero

where lots of people come together it can reopen again and he also mentioned the possibility of a rule that everybody needed to where a face my face mask in certain situations for example on public transport that would be obviously cotton face masks and not the ones for the surgeons and which francis still lacking. the french president has promised to plan for sectors of the economy that have been hardest hit by this walk down what more do we know about that tonight. yeah that would be sectors like restaurants the tourism industry hotels etc music the music industry theaters they will receive government subsidies the president said and they also wouldn't have to pay so sort of social security charges face contributions that for beforehand he only said that at those contributions would be pushed back to late but now apparently they're going to be canceled at the president also talked about

a widening of other economic measures for independent workers and for other companies that at this very moment receiving government aid and what about the controversial reforms that the president wants to see when it comes to the country's pension systems people were expecting him to withdraw all parts of that reform tonight did he do that. he didn't but he might do so in the coming weeks he thinks he says he's thinking about every founding the the country the economy the policies and he said we only need to grieve reinvent ourselves and i'm the 1st one who has to reinvent himself so that might be more to come the coming weeks reinventing himself we will watch for that solution who is on the story for us in paris lisa thank you. well staying here in europe spain is loosening its coronavirus lock down allowing some construction and factory workers to return to work it comes as the number of new viral cases has

slowed in recent days the government hopes that a gradual easing of restrictions will boost an economy that has been battered by the locked down. sanctions 1st steps toward life after lockdown in madrid these workers are back on the job for the 1st time in weeks they've been allowed to return to work in hopes of getting the country's economy back on its feet even with cope at 19 still claiming hundreds of lives every day it's a tightrope act the prime minister said it was necessary. i mean ethical in the virus threatens to take lives and at the same time crush the economic and social fabric of our country which is why this decision requires a combination of measures to prevent contagion to allow the recovery of the health system and to avoid the paralysis and collapse of our economy and it showed in plumas the price. of nearly

a 1000000 jobs have been wiped out since spain went into lockdown in mid march employers say nothing now to reopen businesses while observing strict safety measures could prevent more job losses. the moment olympus i'm not the new one so if the company has not had to consider laying off workers we are going to try to get all the activity going again and keep the jobs that way there was better than. all workers are wearing masks and gloves we have stocked up on sanitizing and we are actively looking for more mosques because we don't know how many times they can be reused but at the moment we all have enough that a moment to the mercy of the most part of us but. yet even as spain moves cautiously toward reopening the economy sobering reminder as of covert nineteen's terrible toll persist in madrid these doctors and nurses paid tribute to a colleague who contract the virus he was one of the many health workers around the

world who have died trying to save others during the pandemic. our time now to take a look at the other stories making headlines around the world u.s. senator bernie sanders has endorsed joe biden as the democratic party's candidate for u.s. president sanders appeared on biden's wife stream encouraging followers to unite to defend donald trump in november selection sanders last week withdrew from the race to become the party's nominee a sailor who was stationed on board the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt aircraft carrier has died of. 19 the u.s. navy said he died in intensive care at the naval hospital in guam where the ship's been docked since the end of march he's the 1st to tell us of more than $500.00 confirmed cases among the group. amazon is hiring an additional $75000.00 workers in the u.s. amid a surge in demand for online orders now that's on top of 810-0000 new jobs that it

filled just last month more consumers are turning to amazon after the shutdown of bricks and mortar retailers due to course efforts to stem the coronavirus. arms talk about the u.s. economy how i'm joined now by our financial correspondent in new york yes quarter good afternoon to you yes the walk down obviously means big business for online retailers if the retailers can meet the demand does this latest move by amazon does it show was that they're struggling to keep up to a certain degree yes so we also heard from amazon that at least for now they will stop accepting new. customers for their grocery deliveries because some of his the they are overwhelmed that was the amount at this point but on the other side it also shows that amazon is running

a pretty successful business and that's also what investors on wall street are focusing on the stock of amazon was up on monday by 6 percent and it's actually talking was a new record high we have to remember the people who deliver for amazon you know they are exposed to everything and anything that is out there let's talk about u.s. stocks down again today as investors anticipate dire 1st quarter earnings announcements yes is the outlook for the 2nd quarter is that even worse. in general yes so for the 1st quarter expectations are that profits off u.s. corporations on average should drop in the double digits and it's pretty likely that we will actually see 4 consecutive quarters of the negative earnings gross not every industry will get hit by the same but you can imagine what's going to happen with the earnings reports from cruise ships from from even agricultural

companies says so it will be clearly a pretty bet quarter that we will hear about in the next couple of days and weeks and this pain for u.s. corporations and their profits it's not going to end anytime soon but it's impossible to this point to really put a number in front of what we have to expect our audience quote of worse from new york yes thank you. well there's been a dramatic rise in corona virus kings in russia hospitals in the capital moscow have seen a big influx of patients and that we use your ear a shadow introduces us to a woman who has made it her mission to help medical staff on the front line in the battle against the virus. honest god has converted her parking spot in an underground garage in moscow into a storage space she is coordinating donations for doctors treating coronavirus

patients things like disinfectant kettles disposable plates and utensils and protective gear here we have very for anything. here. we can not. leave right now yeah yeah here is the main goal here is to say thank you to the doctors because i really appreciate everything that they are doing right by fighting every day you know and. we leave their house to well. you know we need to get back to all where common life despite the lockdown in moscow on us does yet and go got wants to ensure her donations reach doctors as quickly as possible there are now moscow hospitals treating coronavirus patients and a new hospital with 500 beds is being completed but until it's operational the majority of patients are being treated here in co monaca at the capital's outskirts as well

as needing protective clothing medical staff also have to eat. honest as yet succeeded in getting a canteen kitchen quickly on board it was already producing up to 10000 ready to eat meals with fresh vegetables for regular clients. request they're also now delivering $650.00 freshly made meals to doctors and nurses in moscow every day for free. we consider it our duty to help the doctors they bear the most responsibility right now we're making special finger food for them so that they can be quickly and get back to their patients. isn't about the actual. word of initiative has spread throughout moscow she's managed to convince more than 40 companies and organizations to donate goods for me and this is

a good sign because it's showing how important is to be gathered to be connected and how easy to do this and this is probably. bad to say that but it's probably a good side of. this means that people can be still very connected no one knows when russia's coronavirus up the demick will peak but for. got it's clear that her help is needed now more urgently than ever. well in times like these knowing where to get medical help where to get tested or perhaps just finding him sanitizer it's all vital information data has never been so important. that is a kenyan crowdsourcing technology that has in the past been used to collect data for disaster relief elections in crisis responses now organizations all over the world are using that platform to navigate the coronavirus crisis. in

data and information that's job is the plan to coordinate a map kibera and otherwise they should not have to match up is because for the past 10 years. corona virus outbreak has shifted the focus from his digital maps. now he's documenting handwashing stations clinics and aid efforts we have like some of the washing in the video like this one it's on the mob but we also have platforms where we shot it we have our thoughts. about how so many get beat up people we save them but. we also how. facebook they just like to get on with well we have huge number of could beat up people. joshua and to steam have also started documenting all corona cases confirmed by the kenyan ministry of health if heath information into digital maps on the open source platform

a shady the platform allows users to create their own topical maps and adding information to geographical points from happy very happy collecting data like this for years i've initiatives around the world i'm now using the shaky technology to collect data about cloning related responses and problems in that part of the world . to show he website shows it's being used in europe asia the us and latin america and italy for instance an initiative maps are places to get food and medical supplies and in japan users are reporting the corona testing experiences. so in the last few weeks is it more than $300.00. 80 platforms and it's being used across the us i think one thing that's come up yet is that for us to be able to deal with this crisis we're going to have to rely on you know people collective responsibility right you know people are being. dealt a lot of information this hour that people on the ground people who are

experiencing some of these issues will be able to bring to light and involve people who can then jump in and and supports while the kenyan technology is making its way around the world the hope is that the data will also help governments and international organizations and responding to the crisis. well today is the 150th birthday of new york's metropolitan museum of art in the pre corona calendar today was supposed to be filled with fanfare and style however new york's lockdown to tackle the coronavirus that put an end to the museum's long anticipated celebrations in addition to not having a party the met doesn't have enough money either. new york's metropolitan museum of art usually teeming with visitors while by its exhibits and the venue of the glamorous met ball today its famous steps are empty its anniversary celebrations canceled the interior abandoned

a short walk away in central park doctors treat patients suffering from coated 19 of them dizzy in seeing that there's a field hospital in central park it's not appropriate for us to be celebrating ourselves what's important now is what can we do what can we give back to society. numerous video conferences have resulted in this a digital museum accessible from home. to us through 5000 years of art history instead of reading hours picture books videos for children social media challenges daring fans to reenact works of art the crisis hits branch staying relevant seen here's an idea private foundations privately financed are the norm the met is certainly a wealthy institutional we have many sponsors who are supporting us now but if we have to remain closed for many more months it will be impossible for us to keep all of our stuff on because some. of them the salaries of the mets 2000 employees

are safe until the start of may the museum hopes to be open by do you know if the latest but even that is uncertain. arts and sports news is the only country in europe that is still staging football games amid the pandemic a league match attracted more than a 1000 fans on sunday despite calls from supporters to boycott games but some fancy prefer to stay at home have found a novel way of making sure they have some presence in the stadium take a look. at these football fans i'm not taking any chances are they staying at home and opting for the virtual experience amid the coronavirus pandemic chance of belorussian premier league club can have their faces pasted on top of mannequin sitting in the stands with the purchase of a virtual ticket it's a global hit. by be able in different countries buy tickets for the match england china australia russia at least 20 a latvia and usa. but not everyone is keen on the virtual experience especially

some locals will shut it to football football is about emotions it's about competition it's difficult to feel as emotions virtually there's no comparison with realize that i always respect. the who says more than 2000 cases of the coronavirus but says it can't afford a lockdown some fans have caught full boycott of matches so far though it has not kept supporters away from the stamps. in their money we know our team we went to all the games last season and it's bigger than the coronavirus we see need to recover to go to maybe you're just not at the football fan would agree with that like the spiritual can't they know they can't scream or jump for joy but for them football it's just not worth the risk. and you're watching news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day in the meantime here is

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