this is g.w. news a live from berlin germany announces the 1st steps to lifting its lockdown and reopening the economy we have to understand that as long as there's no vaccine we have to live with the pirates. chancellor angela merkel says beginning next monday some stores can start business again but social distancing measures will stay in place also coming up. on safe ground the 1st unaccompanied migrant children out from greece's overcrowded camps land in luxembourg to begin a new life and. her. her limbs take

a dream to have been boxed in for now but this tunisian fighter is doing all she can under lockdown to prepare for the postpone summer games next year. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show germany is about to take the 1st steps in reopening its economy beginning on monday smaller stores will be back in business while some schools are set to reopen on may 4th the decision was reached on wednesday during consultations between chancellor angela merkel and leaders of germany's 16 states described the country's success against the pandemic as fragile and partial. it's been 3 weeks since chancellor angela merkel announced the initial restrictions on contact now have been largely extended social distancing rules will

remain in place until may 3rd groups will remain limited to 2 people and at least 1.5 meters must be kept from of us. for may 4th schools will gradually re-open 1st for school leavers in primary and secondary education day care will remain shut religious gatherings will also remain banned while major events including germany's beloved football will be called off until august 31st meanwhile restaurants cafes theatres cinemas and music venues will keep the shutters down only shops up to $800.00 metres square can reopen from monday face masks are also being recommended in shops and on transport. announced in the amended restrictions chancellor angela merkel warned against complacency but the. what we've achieved is an interim success no more no less and i emphasise it is a fragile interim success this is now determined our deliberations should be no

rushing forward even if it's with the best intentions we have to understand that as long as there's no vaccine we have to live with the virus. that's kind of him to become in the. controls along germany's land borders with its neighbors in the schengen free travel zone will also remain in place for another 20 days. from now germany will continue keeping its distance the curb may be flattening but the government it seems is taking things slow. as germany begins to slowly reopen schools could find some guidance by looking north on wednesday denmark started easing its lockdown by reopening primary schools and daycare centers denmark has seen more than 6000 infections and nearly 300 deaths though the rate of new cases has been falling. it's back to school for 7 year olds aster from

copenhagen. will work hand sanitizer before going in while there's relief there are also concerns many parents are worried schools are reopening too soon so put it more about the difficult transition is for us parents we have to hand over our children that goes against our instincts as parents to protect our children i mean it's a prescription bottle. denmark is reopening creches some primary schools up to year 5 under strict conditions. there has to be at least 2 metres between deaths in classrooms many are simply too small for the. difference because. most classes into 3 groups that basically means we need 3 times as many staff so we've brought in all our teachers and some extra ones as well.

no schools tools are ready some will reopen their doors in the next few days denmark has a shuttle for getting back to normal the government wants to bring forward its plans to get other areas of daily life going again the politicians will hop to work out which ones. here's a quick roundup of some other coronavirus developments around the world the g. 20 group of leading economies has agreed to suspend a debt payments from the world's poorest countries to free up money to combat the pandemic efforts to slow the spread of the virus are choking africa's vulnerable food supply lockdowns in 33 of the continent's 54 countries have blocked farmers from getting food to markets and many informal markets are shut automaker volkswagen will resume production of passenger cars in europe next week starting with plants in germany and slovakia factories in countries like the us russia south africa and brazil will follow suit new york state will require face coverings in

busy spaces where people cannot maintain a 2 meters of social distancing. while there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding for the world health organization president trump has himself been under fire for his handling of the pandemic and he accused the u.n. body of failing in its response to the corona virus outbreak for its part the w.h.o. a specialized agency of the united nations says it regrets trumps most of. the world health organizations response to the white house when the study was clear the world's most vulnerable by now be at greater risk. w.h.o. works to improve the growth over many over the world's poorest and most people who. bluto is not only fighting corbett 9 to trump's decision to cut w.h.o. funding amid a pandemic has stunned the global community and drawn criticism from experts back.

you know credible. concerns. absolutely can be raised right now from the. perspective we believe that the president should reconsider its decision despite the fact lash trump on wednesday reiterated his concerns over the w h o's handling of the early stages of the outbreak. and you see what happened to italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france w h o's guidance had failed to control their borders at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world the us is now the worst affected country worldwide with more cases and more deaths than anywhere else white house critics believe more should have been done by the trumpet ministration and that the president is now deflecting blame the united nations

health agency says unity is needed now more than ever sure here's a look at some other stories making news around the world former north korean diplomat a young how has become the 1st in north a former northern official to be directly elected to south korea's parliament is when it was a bright spot for the conservative opposition preliminary results show the left leaning ruling party winning a majority in the election which was carried out under quarantine. u.s. senator elizabeth warren has become the latest high profile democratic party figure to endorse joe biden to be the party's presidential nominee warren who ended her own bid for the white house last month announced her support in a video message mr biden it now has been endorsed by all of his major former rivals . a 106 year old woman has been released from hospital in britain after recovering from coven 19 great grandmother connie to chin is believed to be the

country's oldest patient to recover from the disease she said she felt lucky to survive and was hungry after her month long ordeal. russia is reporting nearly 25000 infections and 198 deaths from the corona virus with lockdown measures imposed across the country moscow spent a rocky 1st day under new restrictions. making every moment count doctors in this hospital in moscow race to prepare for patients suffering from the coronavirus. here's one of our new oxygen the shades you can run the mask and here you could control the flow of oxygen which. time has not been conned to the russian capital that is confirmed nearly 190-1000 cases in just 24 hours to slow the spread moscow has put a travel permit system in place starting wednesday almost divides must present

a machine readable path whether they are traveling by car or by metro day one didn't go well the gridlock tried patience and forced crowds to violate social distancing guidelines some people waited for up to 30 minutes to even get into a station the mayor has promised the system will improve. meanwhile the kremlin is trying to stop the hemorrhaging of financial losses caused by the endemic. at the regional level a lot of work is underway to support the economy and our citizens of. these regions must have the necessary financial resources for this. i propose directing 200000000000 rubles to ensure their sustainability and balance of regional budgets . in addition to that roughly 2400000000 euros russian airlines and small and medium businesses will also get relief but while the country's main

business hub is under lockdown crimmin critics wonder if these moves will be enough help those struggling to provide for their families. refugees heading for europe a flood war and poverty in their own countries but many ended up stranded for months and overcrowded and squalid migrate camps in grace now the 1st 12 unaccompanied migrant children from those camps have landed in luxemburg under an e.u. program that aims to eventually resettle more than $1600.00 of them around europe. touched down in luxemburg safety finally for 12 and accompanied minors they were living in refugee camps on the greek islands of chios most and. now they have the chance to start a new life in luxembourg after a period in quarantine. course we've not made the world a better place or made it more beautiful what we have here in the framework of the

european union's peace project is actual solidarity with greece but also with people who have a right to a dignified life without hunger without was here and also to a life in peace. and live in freedom. thousands of minors are stuck on the greek islands living in overcrowded camps they are mostly boys who fled their countries alone before the coronavirus crisis a group of european countries pledged to take in a 1600 of them but the process has stalled and the observers report the situation in the camps is getting worse. thought and. there's not enough space is not enough medicine north enough doctors on site to deal with the situation appropriately it's really embarrassing and we here in europe and we're not able to make sure these people's lives and no longer in danger and even before

. germany wants to follow luxembourg's lead it is expected to take in up to 50 unaccompanied minors next saturday. the coronavirus lockdown has made it difficult for professional athletes to stick to their training regimes sporting events around the world may be cancelled but athletes still need to maintain their fitness levels for one tunisian boxer who qualified for the now postponed tokyo and becks that means bringing the ring to her home. her living room has become a temporary boxing ring. and have backyard is now a gym she needs in books marion home ronnie is not sweating the coronavirus lockdown distract from her efforts she trained several times a day with her husband who's also her coach determined to stay ahead of her future opponents. this is just to maintain my physical fitness since under these

circumstances i am unable to get professional training or participate in competition and i've also been following other boxers who qualified for the olympics those in my weight bracket to study their strengths in their weaknesses. i'm ronnie secured her qualification for the tokyo olympics back in february those games have now been perspire into next year but home ronnie doesn't want to let what could be a once in a lifetime opportunity slip through her fingers where they come on i don't think about how well or help poorly i train them and i only focus on the sacrifice and how patient i was in waiting for this moment i think of how i woke up at 3 am every day to train when i'm in the ring i forget everything that. the former ronnie will have to wait a while yet before she's able to step into the ring again when the time comes she knows she will be ready. this is g.w. news live from berlin and you can always get the latest around the clock on the new

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