this is d.w. news live from berlin 10000000 protective facemasks touched down in germany from china today new regulations for shoppers and travelers on public transport to cover also on the program british prime minister boris johnson goes back to work a bunch after contract uncovered 19 but he warns that lifting restrictions too soon could risk a 2nd wave of infection. on the absence of north korea's leader at a key national event fuel speculation about his health but south korea says it

knows where kim jong. il i feel girl welcome to the program as germany eases some coronavirus restrictions it's also making it mandatory that travels on public transport to cover their faces and everywhere except here in berlin face mask must also be worn in shops there are concerns that demand for masks could outstrip supply on monday cargo plane carrying 10000000 masks from china landed in germany defense minister. was there to inspect the shipment most of which will be distributed to hospitals and nursing homes. got the latest from d.w. the chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome milind so the compulsory wearing of masks has been has long been

a controversial issue here in germany what's changed and a people complying. 1st of all what's changed is that for a long time it was controversial in part because there simply weren't enough masks to go around it was pretty clear that if everybody were to be required to wear a mask there would be acute shortages secondly there was quite a bit of contrast ing if not just to say contradictory opinion about whether masks really would be effective that partly has to do with the misunderstanding that some of the experts who were giving advice were essentially trying to tell citizens look this is not going to protect you from getting the virus and that is a misapprehension when it comes to masks masks actually protect people from essentially giving the virus to others so that has now more or less been quite

clarified although in fact some leading experts here are still doubting how effective masks are now as to compliance it's early days it's hard to say but i am hearing from some colleagues who took public transportation today i did not that not everyone here in berlin in the public transport was wearing a mask as you said just now in shops here in berlin it is not a requirement it is recommended and so far i'm seeing at least half the people in the shops without masks that major change over time but we'll see where this goes in the course of the week because the regulations have just come into effect ok so the have been reports of defective medical equipment coming from china. people that these masks will work. well they are being spot tested apparently they were spot tested in china before they were shipped they were also spot here or will be spot checked when they're distributed to the federal states by the health authorities in

the states and one must know that this shipment comes as part of a very high level deal apparently was negotiated by chancellor merkel herself with chinese president xi jinping so there's a lot riding for the chinese on making sure this equipment is reliable and does its job well melinda stay with us if you will because as german shops reopened for business a top court in the german state of both varia has ruled against parts of the country's relaxation of pandemic restrictions the new rules a lot of some small shops to open i have a large business is with 800 square meters of space must remain closed roped off large sections of the sales flow restriction court says it's unconstitutional so now the decision only affects the very. sort of melinda crane so we have this decision for bavaria what's it likely to mean

for the other german states. it has only an advisory. influence at most on the other german federal states but i think they will certainly be looking at it because this cut off with the $800.00 square metres has been controversial also in other places including here in berlin but here's the bottom line what has been made very clear is that this relaxation of the shutdown restrictions depends on everybody starts businesses workplaces and individuals complying with social distancing and hygiene rules if they do that i think that in many places it will be determined that the size of the shop is less important than the policies and rules it has put into place and its ability to enforce them and what also varies from place to place here in germany at the moment is whether there's a fine on violations of behavior now you can be pretty sure that if major

department stores don't comply with social distancing regulations and hygiene rules that they will be looking at fines and that they will have every incentive if they wish to open large spaces to consumers to have those rules in place for that chief political correspondent melinda crane well in contrast to germany and other european countries sweden's coronavirus strategy has been light touch aligned bombs restaurants and other businesses to open as long as they respect physical distance and recommendations schools and daycare centers also still open the country's chief epidemiologists as you approach has been carefully thought through but there are critics. daily life in sweden as in most countries is dominated by the corona crisis but children here are still going to daycare centers this one in stockholm looks after 25 boys and girls some things have changed the debate over the advent

of mick is they've gone up i normally spend a lot of time outside but now it's even more more i get a pretty mess inside we do lessons in small groups everything else is outside we take it in turns. in the health and giving. it helps working parents that daycare centers and primary schools are still open and the swedish health authorities say it's good for the children as well they are convinced young children do not spread the virus in fact schools have not become sources of infection there are rules in place. far more stuff but we have to wash our hands carefully and sing a song then after that we could rinse off the soap and we're putting it out for. sweden has followed a different path to other countries from the start that the aim has been to protect the vulnerable groups such as the elderly and those with existing illness it hasn't

all gone smoothly a lot of old people have been infected nearly half the deaths in sweden have been into your homes senior hospital doctor johan still has many elderly patients i'd be helped and it's got a dollar to call middle good says scandal that will need looking into when this is over i think we are still going to see a significant rise in fatalities in old people's homes but with. sweden has added considerably to its hospital capacity since the start of the uk break there are spare beds but many health care staff are off sick. the hard one don't test that we are not testing enough we test all patients suspected of having the corona virus and everyone who needs an operation i would like to see all our workforce being tested but we aren't able to do all that and they already did all that despite these criticisms most people do support government policy day care centers are

counting on the authorities getting it right. first put it had it's not just to look after children. i hope and i believe that those responsible are making the right decisions for sweden propes some car that is that it's about. sweden is going its own way with no end to the crisis yet in sight. and british prime minister johnson has returned to work after recovering from have covered 19 in a televised address from outside 10 downing street he urged people to maintain the lockdown restrictions and declared that britain is turning the tide against the virus if these virus were a physical assailant an unexpected and invisible mugger which i can tell you propose we experience it it's then this is the moment when we have begun together to wrestle it to the floor. it's fighting talk straight to d.w.

correspondent shot of parts in london welcome shots of mr johnson's into intensive care less than 3 weeks ago now he's back in charge how did he seem. well he's clearly doing much much better we've seen him several times throughout his illness and he looked awfully sick at times and as you mentioned he was in intensive care he said himself when he left the hospital his chances of survival at some point were 5050 and now today we've seen a recovered boris johnson one who was refreshing to really was enthusiast again who struck a upbeat tone as far as this is possible in the city in the current situation and we saw a change prime minister of the one who now takes the situation and the virus very serious because he experienced what it means to himself and of course boris johnson is also taking over a very changed country when he 1st fell sick they were under 1000 deaths of from

covert reported in the united kingdom and now the death toll only in the hospital over the weekend the number of 20000 and what did he say about the possibility of easing restrictions. well boris johnson is under intense pressure from companies from newspapers from donors his conservative party to use a lock down as soon as possible to bring the back to work and bring the economy back up and he said that it's not possible at this point to ease. the situation and frankly quite. dramatic at this point the number of deaths are rising still hospitalizations are slowly flattening but he said it would be a mistake because a 2nd peak would come if restrictions now and mass testing and other issue also not being done in the united kingdom at this point and we all know that this is one

of the requirements to ease restrictions in the long term johnson they're taking over town and at downing street again and frankly during his time away was somewhat of a paralysis so he has a lot on his hands to reorganize the situation now. take a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of cuban doctors of africa to help. the team will spend the next 14 days in quarantine before being deployed around the country cuba has deployed. 1200 health care workers. says the country has won its. transmission of the virus health officials have recorded. the country. on monday. tourism is one of the industry's worst hit by the pandemic it's

estimated that global travel will fall by up to 30 percent this year europe accounts for half of the world's tourist arrivals and is facing staggering losses e.u. ministers have held a virtual summit to consider how to help an industry in crisis. from paris to brussels. european capitals that should be filled with people lie almost empty and silent. weave borders closed and members of the public forced to stay home europe's tourism industry is in dire straits. the european market accounts for half of world tourism according to the e.u. commission it fears the tourism economy within the $27.00 nation bloc could fall by up to 70 percent that could result in the loss of up to 400000000000 euros for the

industry. spain is the most popular tourist destination in the e.u. it's also the world's 2nd most visited nation but there are no visit is these days . for bar owners like pavlo gonzalo it's a worrying time. here 2020 is practically playing many businesses will not reopen because they will be able to continue. right now the only thing to do is to look month by month and not think about the distant horizon . of the final. across the border the portuguese government has said it will start reopening hotels in june for those that are still in business. others are taking things into their own hands in berlin hotel and restaurant owners

have taken empty chairs to brandenburg gate to illustrate just how tough life expect come for them. from previous lives on tourism. if we don't support our who tells in restaurants with a sanction who will work. most european governments are already offering more financial support to tourism and travel sectors but for some businesses it may already be too late. let's go to brussels that are joined because one of ben welcome back to did be a you ministers come up with any solutions. well the tourism minister has found that it is not. even irresponsible to set a date for the reopening of the borders with new york for touristic travel the german tourism minister said it's very unlikely that germans will spend their

vacations that summer holidays outside of germany in greece or in spain on the other hand the spanish and the greek. the germans to come to the countries they want to reopen at the end of june but this seems to be unlikely but they need the germans because they spent $100000000000.00 euros a year in travel packages in southern europe it's more like the borders will open region by region the austrians say we will let in hungary and slovenians and maybe some italians and this might be this patchwork might be the case all over europe there's no big bang for the opening of the borders we can talk more in just a moment and 1st let's have a look at an example of just how hard tourism is being hate to tell and kathy owen is in the spanish beatriz a lot of mob loss this season's this year's season before it even began i think asian paradise in standby mode in mid march this pool in my bag was crowded

with holiday makers the hotel almost at capacity says hotel director often far and from one day to the next everything shut down now he just hopes he can reopen the hotel in time for the high season in july. everything is ready. we could open tomorrow if we have a few weeks before we have to close we revised all of our hygiene procedures and so far not a single guest or employee has become infected with the coronavirus. but so far there is no information on what the health regulations for hotels in spain will be a growing number of hotels expect the next season to be next year in economic disaster tourism ploys about 2000000 people here in spain and that doesn't include the many small businesses that depend on tourists some beatrice drones and offering

delivery and take me as phone locals and retirees who came here for the winter and couldn't or didn't want to return home. right now it's a little bit difficult but we are increasing every day people know we will leave it to the order of. business owners hope that at least spanish tourists at the beaches this summer the challenge will be making the beach just safe for everyone. 2 meters distance between each beach that would be about this much space between each vacation that's one of the many plans being considered in spain at the moment to at least partially save this year's beach season but many are asking is this plan feasible and who were enforcing these measures. some people are calling for a kind of beach police one businessman from italy has designed plexiglas boxes that could be set up to reduce contact between sunbathe we talked to him via video link

from his office and he told us he has had inquiries from results all over europe including spain. we want to make this invention even better. for example we are working on a spray system on the outside walls to disinfect the area. i cannot imagine for his hotel he says he's getting bombarded with curious inventions but what he really needs is reliable information from the government about what regulations he'll have to meet and when he can reopen his hotel. in brussels but when people are able to travel again the world is going to look very different from their last holiday. yeah that's true the question is also

will vacation as a really accept spending the holidays in a plastic cubicle all keeping social distance in a bar over his or just stay home and wait to travel agencies estimate that 70 percent of the business will not take place this year and it's still unclear whether that be enough hotels and also at carriers next year for the next season left after this big hit by the coronavirus and some people that say we can also have maybe. a kind of a coed door to try to shuttle german tourists to greece have see unsanitized way but this is still to be developed and to rehears in brussels thank you. a government officials in south korea are playing down speculation over the health of north korean leader kim jong un saying that he's alive and well a chairman kim has not been seen in public for more than 2 weeks and the house

unconfirmed reports that he's seriously ill following a heart surgery. kim jong un is usually front and center of north korea's state propaganda his usual omnipresence has fueled speculation that he is ill or even dead after he failed to attend birthday celebrations for his grandfather kim il sung on april 15th the ceremony honoring the now deceased founder of the north korean state is the country's most important annual event. according to a network of north korean defectors kim has undergone cardiovascular surgery the 36 year old is reportedly in poor physical shape due to obesity and heavy smoking. but the south korean government says that rumors surrounding the dictator's health cannot be confirmed.

confidently that there is nothing unusual. officials in seoul do not rule out that kim is ill but north korea experts say it's hard to extract verifiable information from the secretive dictatorship all this. should be taking. a grain of salt because it's always been difficult and now impossible to get. speculation that kim is dead has also been undermined by recent satellite images of the dictator's personal train in one sun kim owns a personal retreat in the coastal town. well the coronavirus pandemic has called for. around the world to come to a halt and with it perhaps players changing teams for astronomical sums clubs are still planning moves in the transfer market but selling clubs may have to reckon with a significant drop in revenue. the coronavirus has turned football on its head

you don't need a crystal ball to know the sport's finances will be hit for a while the c.i.s. football observatory estimates transfer values in europe's big 5 leagues would decrease by 28 percent to 23400000000 euros season restarts in june and big money transfers the previous year's look to be a thing of the past. when you consider the loss in revenue for individual clubs and also leagues in europe then i think we'll see changes in the average transfer fees. in the business league in stark i have since been tipped to make a 100000000 euro move abroad but despite the pandemic club bosses are holding firm on the price. i've. been told that all the quality players will maintain their value even through this crisis. clubs like backs by

pharmaceutical company by are likely to weather the crisis better than others but those without deep pocketed investors could struggle become a good fortune this is i can imagine that as time goes on there will be a permanent shift clubs that have it bad financially will get worse because the have to sell their best players and clubs doing well will do even better. well if i didn't see it's good good for it was fun weekly i was not basically. the vegas league season is looking to resume without fans inside the stadium but when they are finally allowed back in they're likely see a very different football landscape. before the warms hope to get its delayed season underway in europe this summer by staging races without spectators the sports chief executive chase carey said he was increasingly confident of being able to start the season in july it would mean the race hamilton beginning his title

defense of the austrian grand prix on the 5th of july the 1st 10 races of the season have been postponed or canceled with the french grown pre the latest to be called off today. italy's prime minister has every country has given the go ahead for syria football to resume training next month individual training is due to start in the 1st week of may team training will follow on the 18th although players will have to maintain social distancing the league was suspended in march after several players tested positive for confident 19 and city are still has 12 rounds of matches to play but no return date has been set. it is a grand the bike tour of the year 0 d'italia was due to take place in may before the pandemic cause it caused its postponement so how do professional cyclists stay on top form while they are waiting to compete again the attorney in the pro berto mango that's him in the middle is delivering food by by his home town need cheering

it is 20 to 30 chips a day cycling as much as 60 kilometers not much for a professional but he says he always takes a stance. so here's a reminder of our top story this hour germany has made facemasks amanda street in certain public places that likes doors and public transport it's open you. will help will help prevent prevent people infected with the virus from possible to. the jetstar you can always get b.w. news on the go just down the top from the google play a full make up still i'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news was the part of a news story you can also use it to send to some photos and videos of what's coming . up close if you don't have a yet that there's always a website today w.

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