this is date every year news live from berlin to life slowly returns to normal for the people of italy the country's top tourist attractions may remain deserted but the listing of some restrictions starting today will bring relief after 7 weeks of lockdown. also coming up millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine at an affordable price for use around the world that is the aim of the european commission's virtual pledging conference looking to raise $7500000000.00 deros. plus south koreans hit the shops and the malls and social

distancing restrictions are lifted we'll tell you why they're calling it revenge shopping. i'm serious almost kind of thank you for joining us italy is easing some of its strict lockdown measures today nationwide restrictions were imposed just 7 weeks ago to halt the spread of the corona virus but now parks are reopening and people will be allowed to visit relatives living in the same reaches the government has promised further openings this month if the rate of new infections stays low italy has a 2nd ty's death toll after the us with almost 29000 deaths out of 210000 cases . in a moment we'll have more on what such a change for italians has the measures are loosened but 1st we look back at how the country became the 1st nation in europe to be overwhelmed by the virus.

in mid march this was the scene at the main hospital in the northern italian city a faggot. with over the previous 3 weeks the number of cases had risen exponentially. one doctor had this message for the rest of the world. while it was suggested just shut down to stop all the break. not coming in this kind of situation that is very very difficult to manage. for italy such advice came too late. so many people were dying that the army had to be called in to transport their bodies to cemeteries and the virus was still spreading despite the government's announcement of a lockdown in the 2nd week of march. because he was the 1st country in europe to impose such destruction and they were unprecedented suddenly cities such as melanne a place known for its bustling vigor became deserted as people followed the order

to remain indoors unless they needed to leave for work or health reasons. for the 1st time in decades venice was emptied of the millions of tourists who normally visit each year. italy's air force marked world war 2 liberation day without the usual crowds on the ground in rome. instead people celebrated on their balconies. but they too are now keen to be liberated from their long confines meant. earlier i spoke to dr michael verdana an anesthesiologist and critical care physician in to read and i asked him if this is the right time for italy to be emerging from lockdown. well i think it's an avoidable because you can to keep just people at home for months solve we are

a little bit scared as health care professionals because. our fear is that that this will be like a sort of. champagne cork just popping because people are really exhausted after nearly 2 months at all so we all hope that people will be able to follow the rules surf on all the existing restrictions not they were getting us been released. and we are leaving is it is a taste because if we see another explanation of surgery in $34.00 weeks of course are probably the government will have to close again. so on there is a lot of uncertainty and for sure we are we are a little bit tired and some of us we exhaust this after these 2 months are now we have a little bit of quiet in hospitals but there's a lot of uncertainty about the future in that what would happen and in the end at

the end of may or at the beginning of june. what worries you most coming out of this lockdown is it precisely dr forgotten that you think that italy could experience a 2nd wave of infections. yes 2nd wave is expected. and what is still uncertain is. the amplitude of this way because it could be a tsunami like the 1st one. and it could be just a. much more manageable way for now that hospitals are more prepared to treat the copy patients and we learned quite a lot of things here in the last weeks or so of we are expecting to leave a sort of a. small peaks and and this probably is going to happen for months i'll just say so or not. not huge or as the as the 1st

wave of the. unprepared as a society and as a health care system but maybe maybe more waves in the coming months and unless something really a real game changer i'm seeing like i'm back soon now or a miracle struck or something else. that was dr marco van gunnoe a critical care physician speaking to us earlier. now let's get a roundup of some of the latest pandemic news the number of people infected with cope with 1000 worldwide now stands at more than 3500000 a must 250000 people have died as a result of contracting the disease new zealand has recorded a day with no new cases for the 1st time since the outbreak started and the country is considering opening up to a travel with australia u.s. president donald trump says he believes america will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year but german health minister against bonn is much less optimistic he believes the race to develop

a vaccine could take years for the european commission is hosting a virtual fundraiser to help efforts to develop a vaccine and treatments against the corona virus the event is expected to raise more than 7000000000 euros around the world more than 100 coronavirus vaccine projects have already been launched laboratories are taking a different approaches some are using in activated forms of the virus while others are testing live vaccines in each case the hope is to find a vaccine that can help the immune system build antibodies without to inadvertently making the host sick. there's no way to predict which if any of the vaccines being researched will work effectively and safely and it could be 18 months or more before one is available for widespread use but one way of speeding things up is to pour money into the search that's what the european commission's conference today is all about as its president was enough on the line to explain to you we have to build up capacities to manufacture it zillions of

those and then we have to make sure that we can deploy to every corner in the world in a fair and affordable price and that's what exactly we're working on for that we need money and we need to go global cooperation. and rigor it is covering the story for us from brussels high berent a european commission president was last on the line wants to collectively 7500000000 euros for this effort how realistic is that. the commission and also its president are quite confident that it would be possible to raise this amount of money in fact many countries around the world have already started to pledge money and they're already hundreds of millions in there for example britain canada france germany italy japan always saudi arabia and the commission itself of pledged a lot of money saudi arabia for example 500000000 euros saudi arabia is the head of

the g. 20 group this year the 20 most powerful economic nations in the world they are also taking part in this effort also the w w h o the vote has organization so they are quite confident that the money will be there this is only the beginning and initial start because much more is needed to actually produce the vaccine and to distributed all over the world so that it is a sex accessible for the whole world population and we heard the commission president say we need global cooperation and as you said a lot of countries are on board but the u.s. is not taking part how much will that affect efforts. you know this is somehow a little bit disappointing for for the rest of the world that the u.s. is not taking part because of course it's a powerful nation it has many scientists many potent companies that could join the

effort. they are some american institutions joining this pledging conference like the milind and the bill gates foundation for example donald trump the president of the united states is know and not to be very keen to. work with international organizations so with the group today with circumvent this and try to come up with the money anyway and they also say that should not be a paid and in the end if an american company for example discovers the vaccine it should belong to the world to all humanity and why is it so important to have this fundraiser right now where you have to start to or to fund the efforts which on the way there $120.00 institutions around the world looking for vaccine and $8.00 to $10.00 different recipes to come up is a vaccine and to push that to speed things up as the german chancellor said is

necessary to to give money to the process and also to raise money for the next steps that are to come and the hope is that at the end of the you know in 18 months at least they succeed in but nobody can be sure. he's banned record reporting from brussels thank you. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world the e.u. has approved a 7000000000 euro rescue package that the french government wants to pay out to air france the country's flag carrier like other airlines has been suffering from an almost complete halt of travel worldwide german competitor lufthansa is in similar troubles and wants to present details of a government bailout on tuesday. russia has registered another day with more than 10000 new coronavirus cases following sunday's record one day rise more than half are in moscow the number of confirmed infections in russia is now above 145000 as the virus spreads there's concern that medical facilities might not be able to cope

. hospitals in bangladesh have been overrun as the country reported a record one day rise in the number of coronavirus cases nearly 700 people tested positive on sunday bringing the total infected to almost 10000 the country has been in lockdown for more than a month. and students across vietnam have returned to school after 3 months of lockdown schools were closed in february when the 1st corona virus infections were reported in the country teaching was moved online vietnam has not reported a new case in 3 weeks. in south korea shoppers were busy over the weekend as a relaxation of social distancing rules allow them to return to large malls and department stores many brands slashed their prices to drum up some business but economists warn it may not provide a big enough boost to the economy. it's been a long time coming crowds of shoppers returning to malls in south korea after

months of self and forced social distancing economists call the spending spree revenge consumption and for some here vengeance is a fresh cut bouquet. could go on and people did not think about buying during the outbreak of new coronavirus because they only care about buying fetes mats and basic items however the number of coronavirus cases is decreasing now people are coming and buying flowers to change their mood. for the hunger. after the pandemic not 40 percent off store sales in march shop owners will hope the sentiment spreads for some customers are just happy to be outdoors again singled out i came here with my friend to get some fresh air now i can buy things after trying them myself it feels so good because i can shop in person and then it wouldn't be. travelers to are on the move souls gimpo airport was much busier

over the holiday weekend with the number of flights to some resort island double what the where a month ago. now that the coronavirus situation has calmed a little we decided to go on a trip to asia. for all the signs of optimism however analysts caution that any bounce in consumer spending may be short lived. right one sports item for you the penn demick has put all track and field events on hold for the time being but 3 of the world's top pole vaulters have found a novel solution they held a virtual tournaments jumping in their own back gardens former olympic champion they know 11 in france was the highest valter out jumped as rivals from sweden and from the u.s. . you're watching news you can always get the latest on our website w dot com or follow us on twitter our handle there is at t

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