search of answers in the documentary film. stars may 21st d.w. . from berlin the number of coronavirus cases in russia skyrockets in the last 24 hours authorities registered more than 10000. 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. down our

reporter travel to see how people are enjoying. the world press freedom. freedom of speech. highlights the courage and determination of reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the coronavirus . 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 is 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 use your ear shadow is covering the corona virus outbreak in russia earlier i asked him what authorities are doing to contain the virus. well there actually it's a very of course the new numbers of infections and deaths are at least every morning here so on the one hand and i'm not excluding myself here you wake up in the morning and get several push notifications with all these frightening and numbers but because of the set up what the trend has been going on for days with new numbers of cases being reported people have also gotten used to it what's a problem for thor it's now is that there is a lot of my holidays across russia at the moment people usually half bodies 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 helicopters and drones to monitor the lockdown during the holidays and up until may 11th and moscow's mariya sabean has sat through that 13 security 13000 security forces will be patrolling the city which is a very high number even for moscow and the fact that to the russian prime minister tested positive for the virus was shocking news that could be a wake up call for some people here and that was also correspondent yury russia now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world. greece is moving hundreds of migrants out of an overcrowded refugee camp on the island of lesbos migrants are seen as vulnerable to the coronavirus and will be moved from the morea

camp to the mainland the european union has called on greece to evacuate migrants who are most at risk from cope and 19. 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 johnson spent 3 nights in intensive care during his week of treatment in a london hospital. germany's cologne cathedral held its 1st public service on sunday since the coronavirus locked down only $122.00 worshipers were allowed to attend due to social distancing regulations a special safety glass separated the cardinal from the faithful during communion. to open service in cologne was in mid march. to loosen its coronavirus lockdown over the weekend people are now allowed to leave their homes for any reason all shops are now opened again too to be followed by

restaurants and hotels later this month new infections in the country have fallen to just a couple of dozen though that's good news people in austria are now bracing for the challenges that life after lock down will bring. finally out for the 1st time after more than 6 weeks of lockdown the summer and family in south broke austria can go to the playground together the kids can hardly wait. as they have been looking forward to the playground because i can 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 we received with protection for the face and social distancing and hygiene we'll 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 had 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 its effect even working on 3 floors so 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 by latino food. but it's clear that this normality will look different to the one that south burghers 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 anthony asks 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. 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. home. austria is taking the 1st steps in living life with a new coronavirus a life which will take some getting used to. today as world press freedom day and on and every year on this stage gives out its freedom of speech award this year

there were 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 have a very problematic. attitude 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 rouhani the epicenter of the pandemic his report stiff of vastly from

the image of the country portrayed on state television there was. a short while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on the video now there are 8. 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 i'm not afraid of death do you think i'm afraid of you coming this party of china or polly called out what 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 here that our. holiday let me know that our. the world director peter limburg 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 of china. in russia where press freedom is strictly curtailed

government friendly media outlets have been spreading misinformation about the corona crisis independent journalists to 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 as d.w. dot com forward slash freedom.

we're at a sport now and german football's bid to resume matches has received vocal backing from germany's interior minister horses for does have been raised after 3 positive tests for the coronavirus at blunders leader club cologne mark meadows from sports is following this story so what did he have to say well he gave an interview to the built newspaper men can actually have a look at what he had to say the the main frost of it he said i find the shed jeweled proposed by the german league plausible and i support the restart in may now he is the interior minister but sports also comes under his portfolios effectively the sports minister so that's a pretty strong thing for him to say and he's pretty much the most senior figure in the german government to come out so positively about a bond as they can restart in may or be it without fans obviously now i think the reason why the government is also sort of behind getting the bundesliga going again

is well a because they're worried that clubs will go bankrupt if they don't and b. is the social and or the fact that football is so important to people in this country and you know if they're cooped up at home in a lockdown they need someone to watch albeit on television so they think they could be some sort of building up of morale if they get the owner's age or psychological help exactly and they're also worried if they scrapped the moaners league or the season like they've done in france and the netherlands that they could be some sort of litigation club saying hey that's not fair in a sense it's much more difficult to scrap a season that's 3 quarters of the way through that is to say scrap a season it's not yet started or of course so they want to sort of finish this season now while they care so will the game start up again as it's most early for now and he said to me here it's not that simple is it i mean i must say he gave the interview before we heard on friday that 2 cologne players and we think one physiotherapist had tested positive for the crown of ours and i'd like to. what hall say hope would say knowing that now there are 3 members of abundance legal

squad who have been infected and it's a tricky one because even one cologne player and some politicians are saying hang on why haven't cologne quarantined the whole squad should actually clone of only quarantined these 3 people now cologne say we've been training in small groups there's been very little chance that other people can have been infected and this is what the the the german league is trying to use small groups and to quarantine when necessary but not wholeheartedly and we have a meeting on wednesday when basically the government and the state premiers are going to discuss with one is that it's going to come back. in may the 9th was the original date that's not going to happen may 23rd it's possible is the last to work for lawyers to work through the talk again wednesday all right thanks for that mark meadows to give you sports. 3 of the world's top pole vaulters have held the tournaments with a difference in their back gardens the coronavirus means all track and field meets

are postponed for the time being former olympic champion when no. need of france won the contest along with sweden's world record holder mondo plantaris american sam kendricks also competed in vaults took place in mississippi louisiana and france. and you are of course watching news live from berlin. thanks for watching. in the climate. for. what's in store. for the future. for 2 major cities to get insight.

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