this is g.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 the credit virus restrictions there some are carrying weapons also coming up germany announces further steps to ease fits ches what i'm going to battle says places of worship museums and children's playground will reopen under certain conditions. and we talked to the health workers in india who say they're being forced to risk their lives to treat coronavirus takes years.

following terry martin thanks for joining us in the u.s. state of michigan hundreds of demonstrators crowded inside the capitol building on thursday to protest the governor's coronavirus lockdown order some demonstrators carried rifles and attempted to enter the legislative chamber but were held back by police. 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 and signed an executive order this morning governor

gretchen whitman has already issued an executive order to extend a state of emergency and protesters say that's a violation of their rights the virus is here it's going to be here so we need to get out and live our lives he 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 penn demick have inflicted unprecedented economic pain and uncertainty i know there's people that are compromise. people that are. making it take it there reaches soon there will say it's 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 loosen 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. sends us this update as many states prepared 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 loosen 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 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 here's a roundup of some of the latest developments in the pandemic 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 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 a 1000000 people are now known to have recovered from corona virus infections

worldwide although it's unclear how many of them have permanent health damage due to the virus. now a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world today u.n. chief tony of guitars has criticized the glock of an international cooperation in the coronavirus crisis terrorist said a u.n. appeal for 2000000000 dollars for the most vulnerable including refugees and internally displaced people as only been funded. protesters have gathered in athens for traditional may day marches that's despite authorities urging the unions to move their demonstrations to next week when. measures began using the organizers said the event adhere to all necessary protection measures demonstrators were masks and distance between each other. by jury and drawing 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. he calls of his death is not known but his manager says it's not linked to the corona virus. here in germany the robot called the institute for infectious diseases says that the number of confirmed corona virus cases in the country is now over 160001 thursday german chancellor going to medical announced a further easing of lockdown restrictions but warned that they could be reimposed if the rate of infection starts to increase again. 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 in the 1st new words i am firmly convinced that the interests of the economy and also the interests of social contacts are best pursued if we consider that we can take steps forward and 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 a 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 non-code at 19 patients again and playgrounds can reopen as early as this week. but 2 decisions were postponed for now one should germany's blunder sleekest 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. morning from the

political correspondent husband good to see you what are 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 sending 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 step or 2 will be a judgment is doing this 2 week period of sept doing a major lifting of sanctions and it's waiting for about 2 weeks to see what are those lifting is will have to fake infections in the country and if in fact is controlled of all then this step will be implemented so she didn't think any state over doing it hate it it just all turned to measure what the various measures have owned if the infection rates doesn't increase only then can you steps be taken

in that sense the lifting who are announced yesterday will in fact auto schedule as of would they were not in those 2 we hear ios but. decided that in these areas such as mediums and small to religious gatherings and so on these would not have a huge effect on the infection rate in germany so these lifting so would a kind of sense of hope in a sense out of schedule. give us a sense of the balancing act the chancellor and the regional leaders are having to perform here. well you see there is huge huge amount of pressure on politicians on the government on the various regional leaders seriously from businesses and they are tens of thousands of businesses that are facing ruin basically millions of people that are not earning any money or all and so sort of

shoulder pay so the pressure on the business side the pressure for people back to work is enormous at the same time increasing rates listening to german population off to 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 the threshold of for some sort of social relaxation for some sort of mobile live to be reestablished is also very very big. not a house a balance that obviously against the health of the population and the capacity of the german system to deal with the infections all of the. fires so it with a balance i'm going to knock out as i say it is going on a sub or shouldn't and being very careful about what steps to take from one week to next thank you so much political correspondent there could be

19 poses a particular risk to health workers who are literally on the frontline doctors and nurses around the globe have been working tirelessly to help patients in addition to physical exhaustion they also have to deal with the motional strain of seeing so many people dying some are also risking their own lives because of a lack of personal protective equipment our next report looks at the difficulties faced by community health workers in india who suddenly found themselves there on the front line for an extra 12 year as a month. every morning this is how dodging the debris gets ready to vote. for she has to protect herself. and the home washed my ass as she was of homes in her neighborhood to check her symptomatically all nobody. is doing is an activity social health activist in india also known as an actual vocal. in addition to their mean for community health educators actual workers have another deployed as the

very 1st line of defense in india's fight against school with 90 years. to reach assigned area where she conducts sobeys with other workers rajan has to either visit or fast by areas called red zones being numerous positive pieces of the wires have been detected despite this she has been provided with only one mosque that she washes and uses every day. this government on average every word of it i gather the 1st time when i was made to visit a red zone i had never gloves nor a mask we received just 33 rupees a day the government treats us worse than bonded labor and. get away from the pop up on the. other russia workers have also at times been forced to with a just ski areas without gloves marks and sanitizer. some of them have refused to work as a consequence the delhi government however tells us that they are ensuring

a regular supply of protective equipment to all the frontline health workers but workers like arjun are not the only ones struggling to reach people without sufficient protective gear this is one of hundreds of community clinics in delhi these primary health centers run by the state government have been especially important in providing health care in underserved areas. while the doctors at these clinics are equipped with basic protective gear they do run a risk of contracting corporate 19 from each symptomatic carriers. this doctor wanted his mean good head because he feel the question it's. 100 percent risk because there may be asymptomatic patients coming to us who've not been tested we too can be asymptomatic areas we should get tested this. with a number of cases in india still on the rise community health workers like knowledge and the head of the dragon passes by this red zone every day to conduct her

duties she and many health workers like could i braving a life and death threat. and finally as the singapore zoo is closed to the public in order to curb the spread of the corona virus its penguins can currently waddle around the premises without any visitors and their way the staff are trying to keep them entertained during a long down the african penguins are regularly out for walks to explore the deserted zoo and conquer areas such as the children's playground. just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the news hundreds of protesters some are gathered at a couple building in the u.s. state of michigan to demand an end to the run of virus restrictions and into germany and elsa's further steps to ease its lockdown chance look like michael says places of worship museums and children's playgrounds will be reopened under certain

conditions all events with large crowds remain but until the end of august. you're watching the news you'll find much more on our web site that's d.w. dot com you can follow us on twitter and instagram d w news you'll find me there at t.m. news stream thanks watch. this state of emergency just the normal people around the world are documenting these dramatic times and they're keeping the karuna diary and welcoming us into their lives they live escape as a close and personal as the pandemic will allow.