my. diaries start. live from berlin people in spain get moving after 7 weeks in lockdown. cyclists and runners take to the streets finally allowed to exercise outdoors again a country that seems one of europe's toughest coronavirus lockdowns is gradually easing restrictions. and in the u.s. more states begin loosing loosening coronavirus lockdowns that are reopening

opinion is divided across the country many americans warning it's too soon to return to business as usual. plus a viral hit from a russian techno group inspires people all over the world to dance their way through corn. welcome to the program and we begin here in europe where the country with the most coronavirus cases spain has now seen more than 25000 deaths but the number of new infections is dropping so the government is easing some of its strict lockdown measures for the past 7 weeks only one person for a household was allowed to leave their homes to go grocery shopping or to walk the dog but starting today spaniards are. allowed to go out to exercise again with

restrictions. celebrations of freedom in madrid starting today spaniards can leave their homes to exercise something they haven't been able to do in nearly 2 months. in barcelona people jumped at the opportunity to get outside into the fresh air it's part of the country's roadmap to recovery. and see it for he said we feel free it's essential for physical and mental health it's essential to allow people to exercise and sense of john and spain's atlantic coast the surfers were out in force. and i think i think the people was happy he was indeed he would do one thing to these times because you know. you get next to each other so i mean i think people who's happy i'm happy. in a bid to avoid overcrowding the government has implemented

a shift system adults can exercise mornings and evenings afternoons or earmarked for children with the remaining time slots reserved for the elderly but well measures are being eased new health and safety regulations are also being imposed. the 1st of these is the requirements used masks on all public transport as of monday the 4th of may. be. as a 4th of may anyone using public transport will be required to wear a mask. with the highest number of cases in europe spain has the continent's largest coronavirus field hospital in another positive side it's closing its doors . the last patients left the facility on friday as spain takes its 1st steps forward the rest of europe is watching closely. and joining us now from civilian southern spain is correspondent young philip

schultz yeah and just give us a feeling of what what the vibe is on the streets right now. most people that i saw on the streets today were extremely relieved that they could finally leave their apartment to get called many it's been 7 weeks and as you can still see behind me it's been a very beautiful day here in spain so in some cities officials actually warned of overcrowding but from what i've seen on the streets people are following regulations quite well and there are still a lot of frustrations for example. a different time slots for different age groups and also you are not allowed to walk further away than one kilometer radius. so they're proceeding with caution it sounds like one of the next steps from the spanish government. step is really just the 1st step. procedure it's planned for spaces that the government calls

transition to a new normality. census stressed that it's a symmetrical plan and meaning that different regions can move in different speeds according to the infection rates one of the most important milestones would be to open restaurants again in a few weeks and then at the end of the road probably in mid june spend us will be allowed to travel again at least within the country is speaking a traveler spain of course is known for receiving many millions of tourists a view needs them for its economy so one resorts there are going to be opening again. the plan says that hotels can open again in may and mitten a budget on the limited capacity of about 30 percent but i talked to the head of the association of hotels in southern spain and he has very little hope that there

will be anything close to a normal summer season there might be some spends to respond to the international tourists and of course this is dramatic for they are for the economy and spain more than 2000000 people work in the tourism sector so a lot of people out of work want to spend years think of their government's performance so they are satisfied overall. now very divided spain is in general quite polarized between the left and right even in times of crisis so a lot of conservatives conservatives tend to blame the left wing governments that it hasn't done enough that they are partly responsible for the many deaths year it's true that the government in the 1st faces has reacted it's quite slowly but that lot of problems for example very limited capacity capacities and health system here that of course go beyond the responsibility of the current government ok

report again for that shelter in seville spain thanks for that a cruise ship with almost $3000.00 crew on board has been put under quarantine in the german port of cooks haven't 15 people were tested for copd 19 for developing flu like symptoms at least one person tested positive and the ship is being used to transport crew members from the cruise fleet of the tooling to the travel company there are no passengers on board one. same here in germany chancellor angela merkel says her country is prepared to make a significant financial contribution to the development of a coronavirus vaccine on monday the european union will host a donors conference for governments and organizations to pledge money local called for global cooperation in her weekly video address i meant. i knew it was a kind of body can get sick with this virus and so it's on task to work together across the continent this is not only an opportunity for working together rather i

would say it's a necessity gemini's taking on this responsibility and will make sure that once a vaccine is developed that it benefits all people i'm on the good rule that was of course german chancellor angela merkel in germany the may day holiday passed off choir than usual this year official trade union events to mark international labor day were streamed online but in some german cities there were still some of the traditional street protests by left leaning demonstrators. the scuffles broke out before nightfall rocks and bottles were thrown and fireworks set off in berlin scrotes bear district social distancing and infection prevention all forgotten and similar scenes in how birds were several 100 people had gathered for protests police had their hands full breaking up the unauthorized gatherings. in berlin large groups of curious onlookers added to the danger several 1000 people

at close quarters hardly any wearing masks. we cannot convince some unwise people to respect social distancing rules. people are of course free to walk the streets but we could not always prevent some passers by from clogging the streets and turning into groups of rubber neckers. but most of the may day holiday passed peacefully restrictions on public assembly inspired some creative protests like here in berlin but a german camera team was attacked 5 people were injured some seriously 6 others were arrested some 5000 police were deployed in berlin. in the u.s. more states are reopening for business amid a fierce nationwide debate over how soon coronavirus lockdown restrictions should

be lifted many public health officials have warned it's too soon for a return to normal even as protesters in some states keep up pressure on local leaders to reopen there's little consensus with different states pursuing different policies. finally a day at the beach the sand and gulf waters of galveston have reopened to the public texas has become the biggest u.s. state so far to begin reopening just after recording its highest single day death toll from the coronavirus one florida man dressed as the grim reaper acted as a reminder that beach goers were risking their health. we are dealing with a deadly virus i love our beaches i've been fighting for our beaches for years but i think it's too soon to draw thousands and millions of people to our beaches after a period in which 90 percent of americans were told to stay home lock down orders

have now expired in several states barber shops in alabama open their doors to customers overdue for a trim shops movie theaters and restaurants are back in business in various areas though with precautions to enable social distancing. with a 350 person occupancy you know 25 percent of that is about 87 people but we're going to kind of slow down the operations a little bit or work with about 60 people diners who showed up celebrated the ok jd we were thinking which is the 1st restaurant we're going to go to after we are able to come out now and this is the one that we ended up bad so we're really happy here he's here but. you know this is great. elsewhere people are on edge and states including california were tough restrictions remain in force police in los angeles had to keep demonstrators for

and against reopening from coming to blows i got you man and a man in texas is facing assault charges after pushing a park ranger into the water for asking people to observe social distancing rules. let's take a brief look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. north korean leader kim jong il has appeared in public for the 1st time in 3 weeks state media broadcast a video of committed dedication ceremony there had been speculation that the north korean leader was seriously ill even dead. a prison riot in venezuela has erupted over a ban on relatives of bringing food to inmates at least 17 inmates for killed and 9 injured after the army stormed the last honest prison in the west of the country. the coronavirus lockdown drags on in russia

a techno group there is showing people how to party in self lation the music video by moscow based bad cream soda has taken the internet by storm and inspired people all over the world to death's their way through quarantine. with people around the world stuck in self isolation the song is dedicated to all the cancelled parties. which translates as i'm crying to techno has become a quarantine and it's taken over the russian speaking world or at least its balconies . soon after the release of the song people started posting their own versions of the video on social media across russia and ukraine as well as other countries people grab at the chance to go just a little bit crazy. people

are taking the time to get creative. that's what i do mean it's always card for 24 hours that's not a problem. there are now tens of thousands of versions of the video online some of them verging on surreal. so if you've been crying to techno in quarantine the song might help you

to smile back on your face yeah unlike what they usually say on t.v. t.v. you can actually try this at home your of course watching the news by surfing i'll be back more headlines at the top of the hour meantime check out our web site you know if you dot com or followers on twitter a deal can use he's watched. is from me. is for you. it's for health. care he told it is for. is for.