what's a big what's. her over. to the real. this is d w news live from berlin and spain it gets moving again after 7 weeks in lockdown cyclists and runners take to the streets finally allowed to exercise outdoors despite suffering europe's highest number of cases fate has gradually easing restrictions also coming up on the show. syrians mark ramadan and the last rebel stronghold of islam but after years of civil war failure to maintain social

distancing and could set off another disaster. a viral hit from a russian techno group inspires people all over the world to dance their winter park. i'm claire richards and welcome to the program we begin in spain which has suffered more coronavirus cases than any other country in europe nearly 25000 people there have died but the number of new cases is dropping and the government is responding by easing some of its strict lockdown measures for the 1st time in almost 2 months people in spain are now allowed outside to exercise again but still with some 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. safer for we feel free it's essential for physical and mental health it's essential to allow people to exercise and sensible john and spain's atlantic coast the surfers were out in force. and i think i think the people whose hobby it was indeed he would do went into these towns 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 are 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. people. 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. earlier we spoke to correspondent yan philip schultz in seville spain and asked him what lay ahead. just the 1st step of

a long procedure. plan for spaces that the government calls transition to a new normality prime minister census stressed that a symmetrical plan and meaning bad 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 yes will be allowed to travel again at least within the country the plan says that hotels can open again in may and mitten a budget only a 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 them for the economy and spain more

than $2000000.00 people work in the tourism sector. austria also went through 7 weeks of lockdown and is now gradually easing restrictions as virus cases their slow shops have been reopened and restaurants and hotels are set to follow suit later this month. the center of austria's capital vienna it almost looks like it used to before the pandemic. shopping centers and large businesses are open again after nearly 7 weeks of everything being closed shoppers didn't seem to mind the spacing restrictions and rules needing that everyone has to wear masks you have done a very entrance we have masks available for customers if they need them but honestly they haven't been made and everyone's abiding by the rules that's very commendable with. in light of a very low number of new infections just 21 within a 24 hour period businesses with direct customer contacts like her dresses are also

opening again after a long and forced break demand is high. not completely full and we're booked up for the coming weeks the general rule remains that people should keep at least to me to put in each other inside and in front of shops many businesses have also set up disinfection dispenses and people are buying up big to protect themselves now the shops are open again. now let's take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic you're up to now has more than 1500000 cases and russia and pakistan are both reporting their biggest one day jump in new infections new york meanwhile is sending 1000 police on to the streets this weekend to enforce social distancing warm weather is forecast and sexy and hot as the 1st german state to ease contact restrictions people there can now get

together in groups of up to 5. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world a cruise ship liner is carrying almost 3000 people and has been put under quarantine in the german a part of cook's how often one person on board a tested positive for covert 19 the ship was transporting staff working for the to travel company. the pandemic has forced a thousands of south africans to queue for food residents of a township near johannesburg awaited as an aid agency distributed food masks and disinfectant the government is spending 24000000000 euro it's on emergency aid. the u.s. military has staged a spectacular fly over in the skies over baltimore to honor 1st responders and medical staff about allowing the coronavirus jets from the air force thunderbirds and navy blue angels display teams made several passes over the city.

the mayor of now some brazil's amazon region is asking the climate activist a great a 2 unbagged to help his city fight the virus he says people who work protecting the rain forest are at high risk sydney's one of brazil's corona hotspots. all over the world's muslims are having to adjust celebrating ramadan under lockdown but it led syria's last rebel strongholds the social distancing message doesn't seem to be getting some through the high number of displaced people medics fear an outbreak of covert $1000.00 there would be disastrous. praying close together without protection every day off to sunset hundreds gather at this mosque and it led. during ramadan this is perfectly normal but because of the corona virus pandemic it's highly risky he said of course the infection can spread during prayer

. but we are in god's hands and the prophet mohammed so that no people will suffer to disasters at the same time. one disaster is syria's war there's currently a cease fire and it led the countries last rebel stronghold much of the infrastructure here is destroyed including hundreds of clinics in the region. there aren't yet any confirmed cases of coronavirus but there aren't many tests either. many people are living their daily lives just like they did before the pandemic this could claim thousands of lives the world health organization is warning. them please give me this the result of in a crisis zone that already has health care problems where people live very close to each other. the spread of corona virus would be truly catastrophic and could the socialists. pray at home or online risk free rather than in

a mosque this message from the w.h.o. has hardly gotten through and it led to. countries such as germany are taking tentative steps toward allowing professional sports to gradually start up again but what about the amateurs playing tennis on a normal court is still not possible and if you thought the facemask in fencing makes it extra safe again till you caught up with some amateur sport enthusiastic find out how they are coping. back in the swing of things with tennis clubs and public courts closed in berlin these amateurs have had to get creative they feel that with the right distance their hobby can be safe but practicing on the concrete brings its own health risks. and if you believe you good luck is the surface is different it's a hard court for your joints you can't play so intensely but you always tend to anyway the injury risk is therefore higher. for 11 year old fencer

max it's not necessarily the venue that's the problem but he too is struggling to progress. is different as i'm not trying with my coach but rather with my dad. we don't have much space indoors so i go fencing outside. sometimes we try indoors but i don't have a proper coach so i'm just repeating things i already know you know. despite the presence of masks fencing is not risk free when it comes to the virus. and my fish is not to leash. in fencing there is a natural distance due to the weapons used but when trying to score points and you can get quite close to each other mask to mask. all. mask because in those moments there is definitely a chance that particles can travel through the masks mesh. and. i

think. as several sports are stuck in limbo for the forseeable future social distancing will remain the name of the game. a new world record in deadlifting has been set by icelandic actor have to be on sun the strong man who is best known for his role in the t.v. show game of thrones lifted an incredible 500 m. one kilograms to his jet ensign who won the world's strongest man competition in 2018 said afterwards he was absolutely speechless. and as the lockdown are drags on and russia a techno group is showing people how to party while self isolating the video by the moscow band cream soda has taken the internet by storm inspiring people all over the world to dance their way through quarantine. with people around the console find solution consume is dedicated to the council to

parties. which translates as i am crying to techno has become a quarantine anthem it's taken over the russian speaking world or at least it's about conies. 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 do just a little bit crazy. people are taking the time to get creative.

lots of very dark involving credit. so that's why they do make it so it was carved for 24 hours that's not a problem. here and 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 this song might help put a smile back on your face don't forget you can always got news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you are part of a news story you can also use the d

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