this is the dublin years live from germany and also as further steps to ease its lockdown chancellor merkel says museums galleries places of worship and children's playgrounds will reopen under certain conditions but all events with large crowds remain banned until the end of august also coming up hundreds of protesters gathered in the u.s. state of michigan as its governor seeks to extend the coronavirus lockdown as many other states are preparing to reopen their economy. and no to football's ghost

games commissioned by d.w. shows the majority of germans are against the bundesliga season resuming in empty stadiums. i'm told me a lot of both thanks for joining us we start here in germany where chancellor angela merkel is performing a delicate balancing act easing some lockdown restrictions but warning that they could be reimposed if the rate of covert $1000.00 infection increases again museums galleries places of worship and children's playgrounds are being allowed to reopen but sports fans will be disappointed because major events such as professional football matches remain banned until the end of august. chancellor angela merkel defended a step by step approach as she outlined details of the latest easing of restrictions

in germany following a virtual meeting with the 16 state premiers it's been the 1st time strongly convinced we can best work in the interest of business but also of social contacts if we focus on taking small steps towards allowing more contacts but if we don't have to take steps back and that's why we have to stay care for and have to adhere to measures of hygiene. under the new rules religious gatherings are allowed again provided hygiene and distancing requirements are met in churches synagogues and mosques visits to zoos museums and memorials will also be possible again under the same requirements intensive care units and hospitals will start receiving non-code 1000 patients again and playgrounds can reopen as early as this week. but 2 decisions were postponed for now one should germany's bunder sleeker soccer league resume its season with games behind closed doors and to just which

requirements need to be met before schools and child care facilities can reopen gradually. said it was important to get a clear idea of the impact of the 1st steps to ease the lockdown 2 weeks ago before deciding on the next steps and that will happen next wednesday. our political correspondent has brand explains what these decisions tell us about germany's strategy for dealing with the pandemic. i think we have to see that what i'm glad machall emphasized again and again today was that she wants to on the side of caution she wants to do this carefully she wants to do this slowly she wants to measure it she referred several times to the scientists and their advice that has been given in this crisis she feels it's absolutely necessary to lift certain restrictions and then to wait 2 weeks and measure whether those lifting of

restrictions allows the virus to spread more quickly and if that is not the case any then will further restrictions be lifted. at the same time the lifting the easing set who have decided today as zoos botanical gardens playgrounds those kinds of things in a sense are on schedule they are not within this rhythm of 2 weeks. every 2 weeks deciding on a new or new measures but people felt the politicians involved felt that the areas where these restrictions were lifted law are not really of great consequence for society as a whole and for the spread of the virus that's why these restrictions were lifted today meanwhile brit's and remains in lockdown almost 27000 people have died there from cove in 1900 so far but prime minister boris johnson now says the country is past the peak of the outbreak that's despite the heavy criticism his government has

faced for the way it's responded to the pandemic. the british government hasn't yet made its target of 100000 tests per day something boris johnson had to concede at his 1st press conference since recovering from covert 19 i'm not going to minimize the logistical problems we faced in getting the right protective gear to the right people at the right time both in the n.h.s. and in care homes the situation is particularly bad in care and nursing harms a majority of nursing staff have yet to be tested for the virus there is a tsunami. yes that way that we probably may have been able to avoid should replied testing also last area. boris johnson says he'll release a comprehensive lock down exit strategy in the days to come so i will be setting out a comprehensive plan next week to explain

how we can get our economy moving britain now has europe's 2nd highest kovac 19 death toll. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world european central bank president christine lagarde has warned the eurozone economy is facing a dramatic contraction of between 5 and 12 percent this year she said the slump was on a scale never seen in peace time the e.c.b. has unveiled stimulus measures to protect the economy. amazon's profits fell 29 percent during the 1st 3 months of the year that's despite revenues rising by more than a quarter the company says it's being wiped out by costs associated with the corona virus outbreak including taking on new staff. russia's prime minister has tested positive for the coronavirus state media say the 54 year old will now

solve isolation 1st deputy prime minister andrei billets or will be his temporary stand in. in libya's civil war rebel leader has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan the statement follows international calls for a truce of the country's internationally recognized government says its forces will keep fighting citing a lack of trust and have to upholding the proposal. to the u.s. now where more than 2 dozen states are moving ahead with plans to relax coronavirus restrictions and reopen their economies federal social distancing guidelines to cub the spread of the virus expire at midnight local time on thursday and are not being extended with signs that the outbreak has stepped stabilised in some u.s. states sorry in some u.s. hotspots president trump again praised his government's response to the virus at a white house event honoring american sailors but some states are nonetheless

extending stay at home orders well into may in the midwestern state of michigan that's prompted fresh protests from people who want the restrictions to end. this is not what social distancing looks like protesters gathered outside the state capitol in michigan to demand an end to stay at home and business restrictions despite president trump's plan to let nationwide rules expire michigan's governor has already issued an executive order to extend a stay at home regimen until may 15th the democrat is also asking for her emergency powers to be extended by another month some residents feel she is trampling on their rights and their livelihoods the virus is here it's going to be here so we need to get out and live our lives you quit taking our economy deep into socialism . it's time to let people go back to work it's all there is to the measures imposed

to contain the pandemic have inflicted unprecedented economic pain and uncertainty i know there's people that are compromised by people that are older weaker and they can't take it their reach assume their homes they have what freedom is. this isn't free don't already more than 30000000 americans have filed for unemployment benefits something not seen since the great depression to prevent further decline some states are getting ready to. to loosen coronavirus restrictions and restart their economies in georgia the shelter in place rules and at midnight for all but the elderly and fragile that means the rest of the state's $10000000.00 residents can go out freely their republican governor had already allowed restaurants to reopen at the beginning of the week the people that are most vulnerable to this earner long term care. and their elderly and medically fragile that's who we're doing shelter in place but the people that are not been adversely affected by this

you know there's a way now for them to move back into the workforce move back into normal parts of their their life to solve a lot of other issues that are safe while some states are pressing ahead others are concerned this could result in a 2nd wave of infections plans to ease restrictions have been met with both fear and relief from citizens facing a deeply uncertain future. perhaps talk a little bit more about this with w.'s stephens in ones who was in washington stephan does this mean that the white house is letting the country reopen. know that's a little bit too strong the white house is basically and always has given guidance on more or less voluntary basis as you just heard in the piece and as we have said numerous times there will be up to 30 or even more though by the end of this week

31 states across the united states who will to some degree that very sexually from state to state really open to loosen restrictions they had in place and put upon their their citizens but the most important aspect of this is also that of course reopening this and if you see the protests there and protest there in michigan people are hurting they're hurting a lot and it is only the most populous states like california new jersey illinois or michigan who are actually which actually where the governors they are actually increasing the restrictions or or or prolonging the restrictions stay at home or to shelter in place or does that drop but it is clearly getting iffy and there is a will to reopen the country of by president trump definitely by the trumpet ministration of but governors and local authorities are in charge and let's see how this will all pan out in the next few days you say people. because of the economic

impact of these restrictions. yeah i mean just the numbers 30000000 people 30000000 people in the united states without a job unemployment this translates into an unemployment rate of almost 20 percent. just that they're saying in for a little bit and this was the top economy in the world just a few weeks ago so yeah people are hurting they have got their check from the federal government hopefully if you have an account you've got it's already directly transferred into your account and if you're not having this account well then you're still waiting on this check and there is no guarantee of getting actually back into this job so people get antsy it's not about staying home and wearing a mask or sanitize it's really fear konami fear which goes to the core of many many many people that they won't have a job and they don't know how to feed their families so can we say that this is i guess the beginning of the end of the lockdowns. i wouldn't be

that forceful with this it will be the beginning of the end in many many states of what we have experienced up until now but again other states will actually prolonging and extend those. shelter in place orders and what we definitely see is what experts are afraid of is a rebound a 2nd wave as we mentioned in the piece so we're in for some interesting times for another 2 or 3 weeks here ok stephens in ones in washington thank you. now a survey commissioned by d.w. spots sports has revealed that public support for a resumption of the bundesliga season is fading dramatically the majority of people surveyed say they do not support a ball resuming in maywood so-called ghost games. games behind closed doors necessary for survival or sport sending the wrong message the d.w.

commission survey shows the majority are now against so-called ghost games 49 percent of people don't support a resumption in may without fans that's almost 20 percent more than an identical survey conducted 3 weeks ago when this league or clubs and officials are desperate to play again to guarantee some 300000000 euros in missing t.v. revenue the league's plans for a restart would involve things like testing players and restricting stadium access the head of the league says some clubs will go out of business if the season can't restart the. true ally i'm asking all of those who are interested in the bundesliga really all of the go for leniency and supporters who want to play without spectators is not what we want to avoid that is the only thing that seems possible at the moment and put in the end any return to action depends on political sign off

with the public mood shifting that sign off may now be harder to get. you're watching the news you can keep up to date on our website on twitter and instagram accounts as well i'm talking about it all back of the top of it all with headlines suggests. this state of emergency is the normal people around the world are documenting these dramatic times. they're keeping a corona diary and welcoming us into the mavs a little skittish as i'm close and personal as the pandemic will allow. the diary starts many changes on g.w. .