this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin hundreds of protesters gather at the capitol building in the u.s. state of michigan to demand an end to coronavirus restrictions solemne are all are also coming up germany announces further steps to ease its long chancellor merkel says places of worship museums and children's playgrounds will reopen under certain conditions but all of it ends with lord's crowds remain bad and until the end of

all. also coming out kenyan government bans entry to 2 refugee camps as fears grow over the coronavirus but will it be enough to stop the spread to the hundreds of thousands of people who live there. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us hundreds of protesters gathered at michigan's state house on thursday to protest the governor's request to extend the state of emergency to combat kogut 19 more than 40000 people have tested positive for the virus in the midwestern state. for the 2nd time in 2 weeks protesters gathered outside the state capital in michigan to demand an end to stay at time 0 days and business restrictions. but this time they didn't stop there.

hundreds of demonstrators stormed the capitol building to condemn a plan by the democratic state governor to extend emergency powers for another month some of them with rifles. governor gretchen whitmer has already issued an executive order to extend a state of emergency but protesters say that's a violation of their rights. the buyer says here it's going to be here so we need to get out and live our lives in quit taking our economy keeping to socialism. it's time to let people go back to work it's all there is to. the measures imposed to contain the penn demick have inflicted unprecedented economic pain and uncertainty. there are people that are compromised. people that are. they can't take it their reach assume their homes they have what freedom is. this isn't freedom. already more than 13000000 americans have filed for unemployment

benefits something not seen since the great depression. to prevent further economic decline some states are preparing to lease and coronavirus restrictions and restart their economies in georgia the shelter in place rules ended at midnight for all but the elderly and fragile. washington correspondent all of her so it has this update for as many states prepare to get back to business. president trump's economic reopening guidance expired on thursday and that now puts the burden on the states the governors will have the final say about when and how to reopen the economy and in fact more than half of the states is trying to go back to normal to move the restrictions gradually step by step which will be a hard and difficult path for them and an experience citizens will have to get used to the security requirements will be high

a visit to the barbershop will include masks and cloths but one thing is clear though no matter how hard the states try experts and advisers issued stark warnings opening the economy at this point in time can lead to a backlash and in some states the curve has not even flattened plus there's not enough testing available but at the same time the pressure on president trump is enormous $30000000.00 americans have filed for unemployment in recent weeks and the u.s. went from a booming economy to a crash the country hasn't seen in decades and the election is getting closer americans are taking to the polls in 6 months from now. to get around some of the latest developments in the penn demick world wide u.s. intelligence agencies say they agree with the scientific consensus that it's unlikely the coronavirus was bioengineered the statement comes as president donald trump again touts the theory that the virus leaked from a lab in china the world health organization has warned that the outbreak is still

picking up speed across africa despite efforts to contain it malaysia will allow the majority of businesses to reopen next week as the pace of new cases there has slowed in recent days and denmark says its gradual easing of law measures has not accelerated the spread of the virus can the garden and schools began opening there 2 weeks ago. well here in germany chancellor angela merkel has announced for the easing of lockdown restrictions but she warns that they could be reimposed if the rate of corona virus infections increases again places worship childrens playgrounds and museums are being allowed to reopen but large public gatherings remain bad until at least in the august sports fans are still waiting to hear whether the bundesliga soccer season will be allowed to resume behind closed doors before that chancellor angela merkel defended a step by step approach as she outlined details of the latest easing of her strict sions in germany following a virtual meeting with the 16 state premiers it's been the 1st new words i am

firmly convinced that the interests of the economy and also the interests of social contacts best proceed if we consider that we can take steps forward and the allowing more contacts but only if we don't have to take steps back and that's why we have to stay careful and idiot to hygiene measures. 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 1000 patients again and playgrounds can reopen as early as this week. but 2 decisions were postponed for now one should germany's 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 fast steps to ease the lockdown 2 weeks ago before deciding on the next steps and that will happen next wednesday. political correspondent good to see you what do these latest announcements from the german government tell us. i think the main message is the one down the line i put is deciding to side of caution she is saying again and again that it would be counterproductive to go ahead quickly with lifting various aspects of the lock up and i think that it is necessary to measure the effect of the 1st of step or 2 will be a job that is doing this in 2 week period 7 doing a major lifting of sanctions and it's waiting for a vote 2 weeks to see what are those lifting is will have to fake infections in the

country and if fact is controlled of all then this step will be implemented so she didn't think any state over are doing it hate it just all too much to measure what their various measures have only if infection rates doesn't increase only then can you steps be taken in that sense the lifting who are announced yesterday will in fact ought to schedule as it were they were not in those 2 week to week period but . decided that in these areas such as mediums and so small to religious gatherings and so on these would not have a huge effect on the infection rate in germany so these listings were a kind of sense of hope in a sense out of schedule. give us a sense of the balancing act that the chancellor and the regional leaders are

having to perform here. well it's clear there is huge huge amount of pressure on politicians on the government and the various regional leaders firstly from business and there are tens of thousands of businesses that are facing ruin basically there are millions of people that are not earning any money on so sort of short pay so the pressure on the business side that pressure for people back to work is enormous at the same time there is an increasing restless little german population after several weeks of being basically restricted to their homes especially families with children i think are running out of patience with their children one could say said the pressure for some sort of social relaxation for some sort of global live to be reestablished is all serious very big i'm going to america has to balance that obviously against the health of the population and the capacity of the german system to deal with the infections all of the corona

fires so it with a balance i'm going to knock out as i say it is earning on the stock option and being very careful about what steps to take from one week to next thank you so much political correspondent there. a survey commissioned by d.w. sports has revealed that public support for resumption of the blooms league season is fading dramatically the majority of people surveyed say they do not support football resuming in may with so-called ghost games. does the games behind closed door was necessary for survival or sport sending the wrong message the commission survey shows the majority and 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 does the league clubs and officials that

desperate to play again to guarantee some 300000000 euros in missing t.v. revenue leaks plans for a restart would involve things like testing playas and restricting stadium access the head of the league says some clubs will go out of business if the season contrie starts. to show and i'm asking all of those who are interested in the bundesliga really all of them full lenient and support it's playing without spectators is not what we want to avoid but it's the only thing that seems possible at the moment and putting the end anywhere depends on political sign off with the public mood shifting that sign off may now be harder to get. for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world today u.n. chief antonio good terrorists has criticised a lack of international cooperation in the coronavirus crisis. a un appeal for $2000000000.00 for the most vulnerable including refugees and internally displaced

people has only been half funded. jury and drumming legend tony allen has died in paris at the age of 79 alan is credited with creating the afrobeat sound along with his former band mates. the cause of his death is not known but his manager says it is not linked to the coronavirus. the european central bank president christine has warned the eurozone economies 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 you see the stimulus measures to protect the economy. as global concerns grow about the spread of the coronavirus aid agencies and governments are warning about the vulnerability of refugees in kenya the government has been treated to refugee camps housing 400000 people.

address reports from kenya. you know this miles away from home this group. is facing an unknown and. it's a fear that keeps the. violence in neighboring somalia before arriving in this crowded field you come more than 25 years ago. there is not the fia we can't sleep. restricted there's not much work we pray to god that there will be no criminal cases here because if the virus reaches us i don't think a lot of people will survive. a concern it could buy you and it's the you're in fiji agency which has called for emergency funding to help displaced people though they've been no confirmed cases of the virus here yet the existing conditions would spread half of you are do we all live very close to each other to certain people

live in one camp section this includes children elderly people with diabetes and high blood pressure that could become a big problem a tragedy. that. many of the refugees seem more concerned about their livelihoods than the virus itself. has had to be given to us and many businesses have closed how do i run a small shop. owners have been affected it's really hard for us to make ends meet it seems like we're not making any money. but only hope. to come. home from what i have. and i'm like most people here i follow the news and social media very closely what can i can to prevent it by washing your hands covering your face with a mask and if you're feeling unwell you're seeing

a doctor was someone who can take care of you. for now see this is very much a believer that the virus can be stopped everyone please get past. for more let's bring in philip or crossed and taylor she's country director at care international in kenya and joins us from nairobi crossed on taylor good to have you with us tell us with the data sealed off who is taking care of the hundreds of thousands of refugees living there. we don't want to ban plastic t. and units you know a lot of partners that all have different roles but then within the camp parents a national looks after a wash sanitation and hygiene wear so we make sure that we provide water. so hygiene hiking messaging for all of the various people we also do have some of. this speech in. there we're we're part of that i think as well but there is

a very well coordinated. consort with partners that are all working together very closely and might be enough that if any of. them is out and they're all incredibly dedicated number. what do you think will happen if the coronavirus reaches. if the grown a virus has reached that camp as in many parts of kenya it's. i mean we have we only actually i was in working in the government but still we have said it is for 2000 in quarantine with 110 beds in it in isolation in fact and that's 270000 people out there. of which you know $240.00 it. just sounds very close we don't of course here are refugees. it's a really we're only wearing so knowing what in your opinion needs to be done to a virtue

a medical disaster in camps like. i think we're doing what we can and we're spending a lot of money on so we're running our 12 hours a. day on our own or slightly old infrastructure because it's a bit to make sure that people are having enough that mr washing their hands making sure they're. clean and when you want to actually encourage. we're making sure that one of the think things are going to speak. and i think you mentioned that that's what has to be done. with what's happened. let me ask you does kenya have sufficient resources to deal with this pandemic whether we're talking about the cap or just the country in general. i think that's pretty well create across the continent and many countries in africa.

that's why they're spent so much time and effort trying to prevent the spread we do not have the resumes and. if we get the sort of cases nicky's numbers you're getting in europe and america is just not for us we don't have the isolation beds we don't have the medical equipment there is just not here you've been secretary general antonio terrorist says that the international community is not delivering on its commitments to help africa and other developing countries facing this pandemic what do you think the international community should be doing. we need money could be p protection equipment we need we need more money to do hygiene messaging i mean there's panic or money coming in to do any of the what bits it's helping them to release things we're doing our best messaging out of the radios the government's doing a good job trying to make sure that it's all contained but it's not enough and

there's not enough remark there's not much he said there's not enough we what. we have you know what the nation and. not just the refugees and across ontario think well we've that's a very clear message miss cross and taylor thank you so much for talking with us that was philip across on taylor she's country director at care international in kenya and joined us from nairobi thank you very much about. a new study is warning that almost half of all mid-sized companies here in germany are struggling with strict pandemic measures and and many may not survive. riccardo is the world's leading producer of economy class aircraft seats prior to the krona pandemic it was doing well but since the sector has overwhelmingly ground to a halt the company's order numbers have plunged it's cut costs and reduced workers' hours in an effort to survive. now

a major client boeing has started production again ricardo hopes that could mean orders will also soon return. germany's trade and service sectors have been especially hard hit by the crisis for many of the relaxation of lockdown measures has come too late restaurant chain fabiano was already in trouble before the pandemic now has declared insolvency many fear the credit crisis could lead to a drastic shake out of markets. and that feeds concerns that german mid-size companies will become takeover targets 4 years ago a chinese company paid 4600000000 euros for robotics developer kuka an especially painful episode the berlin doesn't want repeated. let's talk more about this with sebastian tip hall and he's from the consultancy munich strategy which carried out the study thanks for being with us mr tampa a lot of concerns about takeovers from outside the country but are investors really lining up to rate german businesses. well yeah 1st of all let's be clear about

something so germany always has been an interesting very interesting for international investors before during and also after the corporate crisis so indeed cherry yes investors are queuing up but that is primarily due to the fact that we have a very strong corporate landscape in germany with excellent companies across different sectors and regions and to make it clear we very much welcome this sort of capital from abroad in germany in 2019 international investors funded corporations in germany has 70000000000 euros and this we do emphasizes that this capital is pivotal to the economy. should the state intervene to prevent certain acquisitions and if so under what conditions. so in my view terry the state is not the better the entrepreneur and therefore in normal circumstances

i would rather tend to the saying stick to the knitting so no interference from sagan the economy but as all of us know we are currently not living in these new all the times we're living in exceptional times where fully healthy companies overnight by no fault of their own came into a tragic situation and these special times i think require special measures and therefore i personally really appreciate the initiative that it now has been brought forward by our minister of economic affairs peter admire the initiatives of the initiative as a pragmatic approach where we really count how those for many healthy companies to to to to stay alive and not truthful into foreign hands however we need to make sure 2 things 1st of all we have to have a coming and standing about the sectors where this instrument may be applied and we also need to define a clear way out a clear exit strategy because any state intervention should be temporary one of

germany's mid-sized businesses are central to the country's export driven economy how likely are they to survive the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. so a recent study reveals that the german middle east on good deeds is facing a huge reorganization so who will win and you will lose this probably is the $1000000000.00 question but where we think that there's one group of news of companies that these companies consisting either of organisations that have been poorly operating and how also before the corporate crisis they 'd just care for life due to favorable market conditions and cheap loans from the banks and this group now is expended by some with direction cases you just mentioned in your report that require all case so companies that now are in that situation by no fault of the oil on the other hand we have the champion companies the beacons of the german people start and these are very high performance companies with good

business models and very innovative and they are now going to take advantage of the situation and they will probably grow at the expense of the companies either by gaining market share or actively considered 18 and so at the end these companies will make sure that once the music starts to take in they will be sitting in the 1st row and i'm very much convinced that these companies will then be stronger even if not as a table thank you very much for your analysis that was a bust in tampa old from munich strategy consultancy thank you jerry. there's still a lot we don't know about the novel coronavirus one of the key questions scientists are trying to answer is how it affects children switzerland's health authorities have concluded that children cannot contract or spread of 19 but a study conducted here in germany suggests otherwise the jury is still out.

music to the is of parents schools and kindergartens this week the swiss health ministry said children under the age of 10 are not at risk of covert 19 as they don't appear to contract the virus the announcement was based on conversations with doctors under study and legibly showing children don't have the receptive to get infected with the virus one study in iceland interviewed a group of voluntary participants and came to the conclusion that children play only a minor role in spreading the coronavirus german vie religious however have questioned that saying the research only focused on a small fraction of the population new research from berlin shelf hospital involving now famous german virologist coastie and austin suggest children develop as many viruses in their throats as adults making them just as infectious and research is involved in a chinese study concluded children become infected with the virus just as often as

adults one thing experts around the world broadly agree upon is that infected children tend to develop milder symptoms than adults but as doctors point out that's not the case for every single child there are some children who have developed severe disease and some children who have died. there are some recent rare descriptions of children in some european countries that have had this inflammatory syndrome which is similar similar to the syndrome but it seems to be very rare the world health organization is appealing to doctors to systematically record information on child cases of covert 19 and extensive international database would make it easier to determine how the virus affects children and that in turn could allow schools and kindergartens to be able to reopen their doors with confidence. just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the w. news hundreds of protesters some armed gather at the capitol building in the u.s.

state of michigan to demand an end to coronavirus restriction. then germany and else is further steps to ease its walk down transfer going to medical service places of worship museums and children's playground will reopen it under certain conditions but all events folklore crops remain banned till the end of all this. you're watching the news you'll find much more on our website at g.w. dot com i'm turning mark i just want.

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