this is g.w. news a live from berlin and russia reports are record daily rise in corona virus cases as more and more medics to come in fact if there are fears the health care system could be overwhelmed also coming up on the show. austria eases its 7 week a lockdown travel to mozart's press places out sparks to find out how people are using their new freedoms. and id w honors journalists with our annual freedom of speech award to ward highlights the courage and determination of reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the

coronavirus endemic. i'm claire richards and welcome to the show we begin in russia where a sharp rise in the number of corona virus cases is fueling fears that the hospitals could soon be overwhelmed authorities have confirmed a record number of new infections in the last day and president vladimir putin is warning of that russia is not yet past the peak of its outbreak. mosco 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 men. the hospital employees and doctors have become infected. until recently

russia's official corona count was relatively low but as 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. 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 a stun keno television tower has shown this beating heart thank you to the country's medical professionals officials say 70 doctors and nurses have succumbed to the corona virus across russia. did over use your château as covering the outbreak in russia earlier we asked him what the authorities are doing to contain

the virus. well direction 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 because all these frightening numbers but because of the set up for 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 therapists now is that there is a lot of my holidays across russia at the moment people usually a 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 sent out to that 13 security 13000 security forces will be patrolling the city which is

a very high number even from moscow and the fact that to the russian prime minister and tested positive for the virus was shocking news that could be a wake up call for some people here that was g.w. moscow correspondent here a shadow here's a roundup of some of the latest pandemic news u.s. president donald trump says he believes america will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year but german health minister is much less optimistic he believes the race to develop a vaccine it could take years meanwhile france says travelers arriving from other european countries will be exempt from a 2 week quarantine the measures will apply it to arrivals from places they deemed to be at risk. businesses in australia are adjusting to a gradual return to regular daily life with just a few new coronavirus cases now being reported each day authorities have eased many of the national lockdown restrictions we report from the park mozart's birthplace

and normally a magnet for millions of tourists hotels and restaurants there fear it will be a long time before the visitors return. but finally out for the 1st time after more than 6 weeks of lockdown the summer and family insults brooke austria can go to the playground together the kids can hardly wait. 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 considers students in person again. meets 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

had their hands full they reopened on saturday keep your distance is impossible here for salon owner christian story meyer the new situation is a challenge and it's a even 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 to 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 burgers 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 to coleman. austria is taking the 1st steps in living life with the new coronavirus a life which will take some getting used to it. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world greece is moving hundreds of migrants out of the notoriously overcrowded morea refugee camps on the island of lesbos the refugees will be transported to the mainland because of

the danger of a corona virus outbreak on the island. british prime minister boris johnson has been giving more details of his covert $1000.00 or deal he says he became so ill and doctors were preparing a contingency plan in case he died johnson spent 3 nights in intensive care in london before recovering. germany's cologne cathedral has held its 1st sunday services since the start of the lock down the number of worshippers was limited by social distancing regulations a safety screen separated the cardinal from the congregation. students in israel are returning to school after 50 days lockdown at home the oldest and youngest are the 1st back the remaining classes that will return later this month. every year d.w. 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 let's meet 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 you see around the globe so that these countries which have a very problematic. edge a truth 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 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. 10 chris she was the most prominent citizen journalist in what 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. in the world will use director peter nimble criticized china's blocking of investigations into the virus as 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 côté old government friendly media outlets have been spreading misinformation about the corona crisis independent journalists of 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 dubuisson 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 of our freedom of speech award winners on our web site that's d.w. dot com forward slash freedom well here in germany it sports authorities are still debating whether to restart the football season but some countries are already playing soccer again taiwan for example which occupies only 138th place in the

field for world rankings but the island is hoping to cash in on extra interest from viewers desperate for some online action. the ball is rolling in taiwan the men's top football division has been allowed to host matches without fans since mid april is 1 of the few sports leagues globally to be operating gere in the coronavirus pandemic cardboard cutouts have been used to try to artificially boost the atmosphere the coach of one of the teams says they are doing the best they can given the situation of course it's better to have people watching in the stadium during a match as there goes the players but this is a closed door match and there's nothing we can do about it so everyone has to lift their spirits and imagine there's an audience watching. non-playing staff take precautions by wearing masks as of sunday taiwan has been comparatively successful in fighting the virus with only 6 deaths recorded so far with so little sport

elsewhere time when he's football is riding a mini wave of popularity among fans and internet gamblers across the world. yeah i think for one is a great opportunity so contrary. to being no. definitive a lot of people are watching i think the 1st game was no more than 14000 people so i think it is good opportunity for. whether the exposure will boost taiwanese football long term is unclear but their experiences could help forge the blueprint for other leagues trying to return to action. the pandemic has also forced organizers to postpone all track and field events for the time being but 3 of the world's top hole vaulters have found a novel solution they held a virtual tournaments jumping in their own backyards former olympic champion rain i love a need of friends was the highest of all star jumps rivals from sweden and the u.s.

. and before we go a new world record in deadlifting has been set by icelandic actor have to send. a strong man who is best known for his role as the mountain in the t.v. show game of thrones lifted an incredible 500 in one kilograms at his chip one kilo more than the previous record holder aronsen who won the world's strongest man competition in 2018 said afterwards he was absolutely speechless. don't forget you can always get a d.w.i. 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're part of a news story yourself you can also use the app to send us photos and videos of what's happening. you're watching the news i'm clare richardson

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