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to be tough it is for me. it's for. beethoven. and beethoven is for. beethoven is for. beethoven 2020. the 50th anniversary on d. w. . bush german chancellor angela macklin actions a gradual easing of longtime restrictions we'll get reaction from one of the economists who advised her. also coming up created a crisis entrepreneurs in argentina have true resistance to fight b.s. that. this business

on paper i guess and thanks for joining me we begin with the news that germany is to gradually ease some of the restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus shops with an area of up to 800 square meters will be allowed to reopen from monday under strict social distancing rules with consumers urged to wear face masks restaurants bars cafes and cinemas will remain closed machall says her government will review a further easing of restrictions every 2 weeks but insists that further changes will happen gradually last month berlin pos a rescue package totaling more than a 1000000000 euros to cushion the effect of the lockdown more. for more on this i'm joined now by professor veronica graeme she's a member of the council of economic experts which has been advising the german government on how to handle the pandemic professor graeme welcome to the program did maxwell take the advice of you and your colleagues. yes the decision point.

by various expert groups say all state basically that under certain conditions social and economic activity should be allowed to be soon step by step and always with the highest priority on protection and it also has to be clear that opening up certain sectors we quite good preparation this concerns availability of protective measures test capacity absent for infection pricing and the establishment of general hygiene standards and all of this has been emphasized by the chancellor it is also possible that it has been recommended to proceed step by step and to evaluate the progression of the uncertain time into most models to adjust some measure taken. from my point of view it's very important to leverage not concept how to open up for example school spouse economic activities this might imply to

switch to smaller groups i suppose to protect teachers belonging to risk groups. already being improvement as children would go to school for 2 or 3 days for 2 you told to us 3 stops a week for example why and there's been talk of an op you just mention it there that could help with contact tracing this is being raised in countries like taiwan chairman stella they're known for being very careful about their. behavioral economist do you see each other when signing up for an. i hope so very much. in this very special situation. can enable us to return more quickly to social and economic activities and this opportunity should definitely be sized and taken it will be very important to design the frame the conditions and such a way that the acceptance is ass high as possible in the population can't because

it can only work if people if many many people use. then you can fish out whole chains of infection so to speak if you are crossed enough and this for this. because it is also the digitalisation of the health care system you know we must be fast too and how worried are you about the long term effects on the economy. i think. there will be a big drop and the long arm and you can all make it to the ts are in such a lockdown the stronger will be of course and death for this as a next step very important to clarify. which economic activities are committed under strict protection precautions if this is clear companies can then develop concepts on the basis of which they can become

active again and all this will take a while. for all the more important that the frame the conditions for the ts and also the government the gov to accompany the process are soon in place and are communicated through article greymouth thanks so much for your insights thank you. meanwhile in the united states retail sales fell a record 8.7 percent in march many stores were forced to close a state and local government issued stay at home orders clothing furniture and vehicle sales were especially hard hit while grocery and online services surged the pandemic also weighed on money factoring u.s. industrial output fell by more than 5 percent last month the biggest decline since 1946. and. to some

of the other business stories making news around the world the world's richest man jeff bezos has become even richer shares in his retail giant amazon have shot up in value according to bloomberg basis of office have increased by $24000000000.00 to over $138000000000.00 since the beginning of this year. delivery services have been in high demand us people stay home during a big corona virus outbreak. french carmaker ran nose says it is getting rid of its loss making pos and your car business in china the tie up with the dongfeng motor group has been in place since 2013 but has struggled to make money the coronavirus crisis has made things substantially worse with car sales plummeting in china. like much of the rest of the world argentina is in lockdown with the economy effectively shut down entrepreneurs have time on their hands time

that they've been investing in helping their country pull through the crisis from 3 d. printed protective gear to ventilators made in car factories under news the flexibility are on full display. here in moreno aside one is ari's the dero architect's office has just resumed work in normal times it produces fully furnished ready to use offices and has his. although the firm is under lockdown it has been permitted to build 10 modules for intermediate treatment stations for coronavirus patients at its own expense sometimes even other loss the buildings are intended for use as hospitals to meet demand darrow needs donations lucas salvatore is one of the company's shareholders. how did we get the idea to help during this time we just asked ourselves what is our area of expertise what we

can't manufacture facemasks so we said we would produce what we can do well and quickly and we put our designers to work with. salvatore is not the only manufacturer showing solidarity yorkie weissman normally works in television and in his free time he's a 3 d. printer he set of an 8 project called contango. with 9 other entrepreneurs to produce a 1000 facials for health workers as well as for the police and military all financed by donations. but these people are desperate and scared because they work in direct contact with the virus but we have distributed our equipment to 15 hospitals but because of the limited capacity of our machines we can only deliver 15 she is to each hospital we have to stop taking orders after just 3 or 4 days. but what we have.

even in the poorer areas around when desire is people have come together to help. norma more alice is the coordinator of 6 textile cooperatives in the barrios to be a organization she came up with the idea of making protective equipment for health workers as well as road sweepers hawkers and day laborers who work on the streets. instead of their usual i put of clothing and flags the co-op was produced 15000 facemasks 2000 pairs of shoes 3000 vests on a 1000 caps. we have to do something to fight the coronavirus and what we make here is our contribution above all facemask so that people can take care of everyone. automakers based in argentina such as diamond or in general motors are looking to see if they can manufacture ventilators in the fight against corona virus almost everyone in argentina is pulling together. like in many countries

hotels in russia are bracing for consolations during what would normally be the beginning of the spring travel season but some operators are trying a new marketing tactic selling themselves to locals who need a safe place to quarantine or self isolation take a look. ever felt like you needed a vacation after your vacation well if you've returned from a coronavirus hotspot 2 weeks of alone time may be mandatory as lockdowns in moscow st petersburg and other regions in russia continue occupancy rates at hotels have plummeted so managers and owners are offering rooms or dachas to locals who need to go in to sell 14 after a getaway to a corona hot spot with a job or 2 she wouldn't if we asked the authorities and made sure that we could offer accommodation especially since our houses are 5 to 8 metres apart so there is enough room for distance so we are still posting people and i hope we won't be

stopped from doing it right here as we are barred from hosting guests that's it for us to protect the shrine. at the rate of show. and it's not just lake houses in the countryside hotels in crowded cities like st petersburg and moscow have also been affected by the travel slowdown and they are hoping features like plenty of hand sanitizer and contactless check ins will entice locals to sit out their quarantine with them at this hotel you simply need a code to check in and go to your room. with lock downs and travel restrictions expected to continue russian hotels like these are hoping this pivot will help them ride out the worst of the pandemic economic effects. of today's show thanks for watching for me it's by and take care.

no opportunities for everyone regardless of ethnicity or appearance unfortunately for many migrants in germany that may be a distant dream. many companies are trying to make their application process is more inclusive but does that really spoke against discrimination.

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