this is the wife of from berlin tonight the question before much of the world is now the time to start lifting 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 from the lifting of the lockdown in france for its president in mind extends his country's restrictions for another month and he tells the french they'll have to live with the virus even longer and following the rule imagination is no balance as people around the world put their

ideas for coping with social distancing into practice. hello everyone i'm brant goff it's good to have you with us is this the week that we begin leaving but walked 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 and you kadam his report came as the number of new confirmed viral cases here in germany fell for the 3rd day running. blame it on the sunshine germans flocked to nearby lakes and pocks to soak it all in over the east a long weekend police patrolled popular areas that found most. were abang the

restrictions. and as long as it's necessary i think the rules of fide health has to come from. lightning would definitely be good at some point we need to start earning money again. this syrian may be coming germany's most influential science academy has recommended the lockdown slowly be lifted. primary and secondary schools would gradually reopen with the extra precautions in place and if so should distancing rules are enforced stores and restaurants could follow the academy says the government should also make it mandatory to wear face masks in public. we can learn from our neighbors in asia i think mouth nose protection must become a social standard for months. politicians a yet to agree on how quickly the lockdown should be lifted. we must continue to look at what effect it has on the number of infections in some places we may have

to reimpose certain restrictions in the coming months members and members of chancellor angela merkel is due to virtually meet with the country's state leaders on wednesday. with the restrictions set to ease on sunday she says the academy's position will play a role in deciding germany's path forward. but with political correspondent kate brady and i asked her how likely is it that the german government will follow 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 lifts on the restrictions are currently in place of course the measures that were put in place a few weeks ago now also going to be in place until april the 19th and these talks are set to be help 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 left 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 all 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 this of course 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 it was the pretty there reporting earlier tonight from berlin we now know what france will do with its lockdown french president emanuel says the country will have to endure another 4 weeks saying progress has been made against the coronavirus 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 need. this. is growing but nothing can be taken for granted from of the northeast to terrorists 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. or earlier we spoke with correspondent lisa lu

is in paris and we asked her how president justified the extension to the what. he said in his speech tonight that he didn't want to have to go back into lockdown once the rules lift 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 and after 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. lots of people come together it can reopen again and he also mentioned the possibility of

a rule that everybody needed to wear face my face must in certain situations for example on public transport that would be a was a cotton face mask and not the ones for the surgeons and which france is still lacking. it was lisa lose their reporting from paris spain coronavirus walked down and allowing some construction in factory workers to return to work it comes as the number of new cases in the country has slowed in recent days the government hopes that it will help boost an economy that has been battered by the walk down. tensions 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 19 still claiming hundreds of lives every day it's a tightrope act the prime minister said it was necessary. i mean ethical the virus

threatens to take lives and at the same time crushed 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 employers that ice. nearly a 1000000 jobs have been wiped out since spain went into lockdown in mid march employers say acting now to reopen businesses while observing strict safety measures could prevent more job losses. the moment olympus them up a 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 for the. 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 of the mercy of the most part of us that. even is being moved cautiously toward reopening the economy sobering reminder is of covert $900.00 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. well here's a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world u.s. senator bernie sanders has endorsed joe biden as the democrat party's candidate for president sanders appeared on biden's wife stream encouraging followers to unite to defeat donald trump in november's election 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 coded 90 the u.s. in. navy says that he died in intensive care at the naval hospital in guam where

the ship's been doctor since the end of march he's the 1st fatality of more than $500.00 confirmed cases among the ship's crew 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 the 100000 new jobs that it filled last month more consumers are turning to amazon after the shutdown of bricks and mortar retailers due to efforts to stem the corona says. well the coronavirus has driven much of the world's population into lockdown has created a lot of stress but even in the worst situations there's often something to smile about let's take a look at how people from indonesia to bill roos are getting to grips with the social distancing rules. when the moon comes out ghosts roaming the streets of indonesia's java province. but they're not souls damned to

wander while repenting their sins they're volunteers scaring people into staying home and. africa today 1st of all we want to be different secondly we want to create a deterrent effect because poker is spooky and scary so when we show up it's a deterrent. getting kids to wear masks has been tough for many parents around the world this chinese man created a full body anti-virus suit for his son so he could take him to a shanghai park he said a tough goal. my son is wearing it during the epidemic i hope to provide him with total protection and isolation. if anyone bothers him the boy looks like he can handle himself. meanwhile in the u.s. state of maryland a wine store uses a dog named soda to bridge the 2 metre gap dictated by social distancing guidelines

so to is much more than a curiosity he's a social media hit who's bringing in new business. have another even though i thought. facebook and i just had to i love wine so i love i love dogs you put the 2 together that you make the drive. and in belarus the coach of the dynamo breast soccer team came up with a novel way to keep players from getting demoralized by playing in almost empty stadiums mannequins adorned with the faces of fans who've sent their pictures and. while the virus continues its path of destruction and initiatives like these help make social distancing just a little more interesting and perhaps even fun. well no fun for the met today is the 150th birthday of the new york's metropolitan museum of art in the pre corona calendar today was supposed to be filled with fanfare in

style however new york's walked to tackle the virus will that put an end to the museum's long anticipated celebrations in addition to not having a party at the met doesn't have enough money either. new 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 cope with 19 of them dizzy in the seeing that there's a field hospital in central park it's not appropriate for us to be celebrating ourselves against what's important now is what can we do what can we give back to society. or studio conferences have resulted in this a digital museum accessible from home. to us through $5000.00 he is about 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 and seeing his private foundations privately financed. it 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 the consumption meter bed so. the salaries of the mets 2000 employees are safe until the start of may the museum hopes to be open by juno at the latest but even that is uncertain. our sports news in german football here to berlin have unveiled their 4th yes 4th coach of the season bruno well but he was officially presented to the press and he confirmed that he is to forego a large part of his salary as long as bonus legal action is suspended due to the pandemic social distancing was in operation both that the us press conference and

among players as he took his 1st training session with no date yet fixed for the season to resume. you're watching news from berlin for all of us here. i think for the company see tomorrow. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. covert 19 special next on di da.