w. . this is. from berlin corona virus infections in russia skyrocket in the last 24 hours authorities registered more than 10000 new cases of covert 900 as more and more medics become infected there are fears that hospitals outside of moscow could become overwhelmed also coming up. authorities in austria eased the country's 7 week coronavirus lockout our reporter traveled to cells for to see how people are enjoying their new freedoms. and on world press freedom. honors journalists

with her as freedom of speech for the award highlights the courage and determination of reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the coronavirus pandemic. spies are welcome to the program. despite a strict lockdown across russia the number of corona virus cases there is rising sharply authorities recorded more than 10000 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total to almost 135000 more than half of the new cases are in moscow there is concern that as the virus spreads russia's medical facilities could be overwhelmed. moscow is entering its 6th week of corona lockdown but despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new

cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped that's not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear many hospital employees and doctors have become infected. until recently russia's official corona count was relatively low but it's testing increases so too is the number of confirmed cases in st petersburg last week ambulances were lined up outside hospitals medical staff only admitting suspected corunna patients one by one. the last time we had to wait for 10 hours. from 4 30 pm until 2 30 in the morning. according to the moscow times newspaper many ambulance drivers and paramedics are infected over 100 alone in st petersburg. for several days now in moscow as a stun keno television tower has shown this beating heart

a thank you to the country's medical professionals officials say 70 doctors and nurses have succumbed to the corona virus across russia. and that spring indeed of your correspondent you're a shadow in moscow yury as we've just heard you're experiencing a record one day increase of 10000 new cases in russia why the big help. while the high numbers of new infections see in russia of course sound dramatic and they are actually dramatic but there is a very simple explanation and that is that the number of tests being carried out in recent weeks russia has really upped its testing efforts apparently it's one of the countries with the highest number of tests worldwide most of the testing is taking place here in moscow which has been the hardest hit by the virus. just recently changed their policy testing people in the beginning you have to have clear symptoms and you have to have had contact with someone who had gone out to get

tested now it's enough to have a slight a runny nose or other symptoms of a cold you can call the hotline and get a visit from dr askew who will test you ok and how early russian authorities are reacting. well actually it's a very of course the new numbers of infections and deaths are at least every morning here so with one hand and i'm not excluding myself here you wake up in the morning and get several push notifications these all these frightening and numbers but because of the set up for the trend has been going on for days and with the new numbers of cases being reported people have also gotten used to it what's a problem for 3 just now is that there is a lot of my holidays across russia at the moment people usually after parties and barbecue in big groups and with the weather getting better this will be a really tough test for the russians in south isolation but authorities have taken additional measures to keep people at home for example the national guard is going

to deploy a helicopters and drones to money told to lock down during the holidays and up until may 11th and moscow's mariya sabean has south of that 13 security 13000 security forces will be patrolling the city which is a very high number even for moscow and the fact that the russian prime minister tested positive for the virus was shocking news that could be a wake up call for some people here ok to use your earshot of reporting from moscow thanks for that austria started to loosen its coronavirus lock down over the weekend people are now allowed to leave their homes for any reason all shops are open again now too to be followed by restaurants and hotels later this month new infections in the country have fallen to just a couple of dozen so that's good news for people in austria are now bracing for the challenges of life after lotto i mean what. finally

out for the 1st time after more than 6 weeks of lockdown the summer and family in south spoke austria can go to the playground together the kids can hardly wait. as they have been looking forward to the playground because you play table tennis there and you don't have to sit around at home the whole time. for christina summer and the end of the lockdown is a big relief to as a german teacher she taught her classes online now she's happy that she can serious students in person again meets received with protection for the face and social distancing and hygiene will be able to do it and i'm really looking forward to it life is very cautiously returning to the streets of south spring. for hairdressers already have their hands full they reopened on saturday keeping your distance is impossible here for salon owner christian story meyer the new situation is a challenge and it's a even those who are working on 3 floors of the teams don't have to mix because if

someone gets infected then we would have to immediately close up again and we're doing the best we can we can't just stay locked up eventually things will have to get back to normal normally feed the fish. but it's clear that this normality will look different to the one that south berger's knew before usually this street would be packed with tourists from neighboring countries like germany or from overseas for the people who live here this is a dream they finally get to have their city to themselves but for the many businesses that depend on tourism the end of the lockdown is just the 1st step because what they really need is the borders to open. this includes andrea. he owns the blower guns the oldest hotel in the city he tells me in 2 weeks the restaurant will be allowed to reopen with strict hygiene regulations followed by the hotel at the end of the month. but who is going to come. and

this summer will definitely be difficult conferences meetings and so on have a question mark over them and overseas markets have an even bigger one. so i don't think we will see the travel sector return to normal before 2022 and the need for it doesn't transfer to common. austria is taking the 1st steps in living life with the new coronavirus a life which will take some getting used to this. time now for a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. greece is moving hundreds of migrants out of an overcrowded refugee camp on the island of lesbos the migrants are seen as vulnerable to the coronavirus and will be moved from the camp more more to the mainland european union has called on greece to evacuate migrants who are most at risk from cope at night. british prime minister

boris johnson has offered more insight into his recent hospitalization for corona virus in an interview he said doctors had been preparing a strategy in case he died and spent 3 nights in intensive care during his week of treatment in a london hospital. students in israel are returning to school after 15 days at home under coronavirus lockdown the oldest and youngest are the 1st back to remain in classes will return later this month. germany's cologne cathedral held its 1st public service on sunday since the coronavirus lotto only $122.00 worshipers were allowed to attend due to social distancing regulations a special safety separated the cardinal from the faithful during communion the last open service in cologne was in mid march. almost $3000.00 people

on a cruise ship under quarantine in the german port of cooks have been are being tested for covert 19 at least one person on board has tested positive and now everybody is being tested those on board our crew members from the cruise fleet of the travel company. sent us this update from the port in cook's happen the crew ship is currently under strict quarantine here in cook's how often there are almost 3000 people on board none of them are tourists the old crew members of the entire 2 a fleet which normally operates at this time of the year in the mediterranean sea all the canary islands. put all of its crew. and employees together on board of this vessel and brought them to germany just a few days ago everybody on board has to be tested for the virus and health authorities say that test results won't be available until late monday evening we hear there is a great amount of anger and frustration on board because it's really difficult for

people who are already stuck there for weeks to exercise social distancing when they even have to share cabins as we hear so it's completely unclear at the moment when the odyssey for the 2 young chloe's will come to an end. that was. reporting from the german port of. today's world press freedom day and every year on this stage interview gives out its freedom of speech award this year the award highlights journalists who have been persecuted because of their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic we have this closer look now at some of the individuals who are singling out for their courageous reporting. threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders the corona crisis is giving autocratic regimes a welcome excuse to clamp down even further. they're using the pandemic also to

bring pressure on journalists and we see this in china russia and turkey in iran we see around the globe so that these countries which are have a very problematic. as you today on press freedom they're using this now to. january 2020 these images was secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist fun been inside a hospital in one hand the epicenter of the pandemic his reports divorced me from the image of the country portrayed on state television and it was. a short while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on the video now there are 8 he. was the most prominent citizen journalist in one han whichever have been viruses right in front of me are china's criminal prosecutors are behind me and i'm not afraid of death do you think i'm afraid if you come in this party of china or holland called out well it was gently she's lost video before he disappeared

without trace just like fang been his last footage shows police knocking at his door like that our. holiday let me know that our. the world director peter nimble criticized china's blocking of investigations into the viruses origin and a free press would have really helped to to find the reason and at the end would have saved lives. in russia where press freedom is strictly curtailed government friendly media outlets have been spreading misinformation about the corona crisis independent journalists are feeling the pressure. elena mulish internationally renowned investigative journalist received death threats after reporting on the coronavirus in chechnya allegedly from chechen president ramzan kadyrov himself the organization reporters without borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela

davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on called 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. and you can find out more about all 17 freedom of speech award laureates on our website that's did have a dot com forward slash freedom. now before we go new world record in deadlifting has been set by icelandic actor half door bjornson . 6 destroyed homes for his role in the t.v. show game of thrones lifted an incredible 501 kilograms at his gym one kilo more than the previous record for your insane who won the world's strongest man

competition in 28 team said afterwards he was absolutely speechless. and you are watching news i'll be back with more news headlines at the top of the hour on the sparser just watch. and. language courses. video and audio. w. media center. freedom of the press during the corona crisis. the pandemic has changed the world to speak with us.