mrs g. w. news live from berlin donald trump defends his strategy to slow the spread of coronavirus us president said his actions have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and then aired a self congratulatory video criticizing to be assembled media also coming up on the show. here in germany in which the easter holiday weekend is now over the country's most prestigious science academy says it's time to start cautiously lifting restrictions. and imagination it knows no bounds when it comes to social distancing

people around the world put their ideas for coping with the current virus into practice. i'm claire richardson welcome to the show u.s. president donald trump has been defending his administration's actions over the coronavirus crisis saying the spread of the virus was slowing but at his daily press briefing an angry trump rounded on journalists who criticized his response insisting it had been right and accusing the press of spreading fake news remember this everything we did i was criticized because those 2 are only. if i waited longer it would have been you were included if i went way early if i went 3 months earlier i would have been critical of you know criticize for being way too early so with all of that being said. we understand. i think. i bid you created

a lot of people as to the press and i would love to be able to say that we have a very honest press honestly john there's been nothing i would be more proud of if the press would work and i don't want to be included. but not when they rule to tell us more i'm joined by d.w. correspondent all of our dollar in washington d.c. all over as we saw trump defended his response and to the coronavirus reaction what did you make of what he said well this is one of those press conference clear to be remembered a highly unusual press conference with a very very angry president trump lashing out against his critics against the media he also insulted journalists in the room you just heard his sound but they are so really strongly trying to defend himself and of although a very special moment in the press conference when the white house. showed a campaign style video where they actually defended the handling of president

trump's handling all of that pandemic and this is one of those videos that you would actually see on a campaign rally but not a government press conference of course so it really shows that president trump got under pressure u.s. networks later called that video a propaganda video and that happened after the fall of president trump's leading expert in infectious diseases. in directly criticized president saying that many lives could have been saved if the government had acted earlier that's right there's been some controversy surrounding that trans response to a director scuse me to dr anthony can you tell us a little bit more about that. right and that controversy began after those policy remarks that i just mentioned and today president trump read tweeted a tweet where someone called for firing and tony followed she and then there were

additional media reports that trump was actually planning to do exactly that firing his coronavirus export expert excuse me which he then later rejected as fake news so big controversy here leading up to that press conference late later anthony found she was trying to put that into perspective in that press conference he said he had a bad choice of words he also said that trump acted when he told him to with regards to the shutdown of course of bob's it with regards to the important assessment that he made that lives could have been saved had the government acted earlier he stayed on message and it is a very serious situation for trump you can see that in his response as well election here in the united states is coming up and president trump really got on the defensive so as we've seen that back and forth between foushee and trauma can you tell us how the situation in the united states has been developing all right so there's another debate. right now going on and that is about when to

reopen and who's in charge of reopening the economy is it the governors is the president so total of 9 u.s. states is now trying to organize themselves trying to lift those stay at home orders new york is one of them they have seen a dip in hospitalizations over the last days but andrew cuomo new york's governor stressing that the situation is still very bad that there are 2000 new cases every day and that you have to be very careful when reopening the economy warning about a backlash correspondent all of a ballot in washington thank you very much. could this be the week we began the leaving a lockdown that's the question many are asking here in germany the country's influential national academy of sciences has recommended that some of the restrictions imposed to contain the virus could begin to let up the report comes as the number of new confirmed cases in germany fell for the 3rd day running. blame it on the sunshine

germans flocked to nearby lakes and pox to soak it all in over the east a long weekend police patrolled popular areas but found most were a bang the restrictions. as long as it's necessary i think the rules of fine health has to come 1st light using would definitely be good at some point we need to start earning money again. they soon 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 social 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 and i think mouth nose protection

must become a social standard for months. politicians say 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 chancellor angela merkel is due to hold a video conference call with the state's leaders on wednesday. with the restrictions set to expire on sunday she says the academy's position will play a role in deciding germany's path forward. but we now know what france plans to do with its lock down french president. says the country will have to endure another 4 weeks saying there has been progress against the coronavirus but 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 this ball when the hope is growing but nothing can be taken for granted from of the northeast to terrorists hospitals are saturated that your way across the country to end 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 that the more lives we will save. earlier we spoke with the d.w. correspondent lisa lewis in paris and asked her how president micron justified the extension to the lockdown he said in his speech tonight that he didn't want to have to go back into lockdown once the rules are lifted the 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 lockdown he doesn't

want to do that he wants to continue the 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 halls or cetera where lots of people come together it can reopen again and he also mentioned the possibility of a rule that everybody needed to wear a face my face mask in certain situations for example on public transport that would be obviously cotton facemasks and not the ones for the surgeons which france is still lacking well meanwhile spain is loosening its coronavirus a lock down and allowing some construction and factory workers to return to work the move comes as the number of new cases has slowed in recent days the government

hopes it will help boost an economy that's been battered by the lock down. sanctions 1st steps toward life after lockdown in madrid these workers are back on the job for the 1st time in weeks he's 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 tight rope backed the prime minister said was necessary. i mean nothing 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 our health system and to avoid the paralysis and collapse of our economy in a short and bloomers the price. of nearly a 1000000 jobs have been wiped out since pain 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 the one percent or more of the new insights the company has not had to consider laying off workers we're going to try to get all the activity going again and keep the jobs that way. was for the good of. all workers are wearing masks and gloves we have stocked up on sanitizing and we're actively looking for more mosques because we don't know how many times they can be really used but at the moment we all have enough that a moment of the remorse of the most part of us but. yet even as pain moves cautiously toward reopening the economy sobering reminder 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.

time to take a look now at other news around the world u.s. senator bernie sanders has endorsed joe biden as the democratic party's candidate for president sanders appeared on biden's live 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. amazon is hiring an additional $75000.00 workers in the u.s. amid a search. urgent demand for online orders that's on top of 100000 new jobs it has filled since last month more consumers are turning to amazon for their shopping as stores remain closed and people stay home. when much of the world's population has been driven into lockdown to prevent the spread of the krona virus that's created a lot of stress for those stuck at home but also allowed creativity to flourish let's take a look at how people from indonesia to bellerose are getting to grips with those

social distancing roles. 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 bill 1st of all we want to be different secondly we want to create a deterrent effect because poor kong is spooky and scary so when we show up it's a deterrent to 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. is wearing enjoying the epidemic our hope to provide him with total protection solution. 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. got another. i saw it. on facebook and i just had to i love y. so i love i love dogs you put the 2 together that would 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 this should have like these help make social distancing just a little more interesting and perhaps even fun. you're watching

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