hard to. swallow the part documentary stories you may dream w. this is d w news live from 7500000000 euros to fight the coronavirus it will fund millions of doses of vaccine at an affordable price for use around the world that is the aim of the european commission's a virtual pledging conference taking place today also coming up it's really begins lifting its long lockdown millions are returning to the streets after big stuck

inside for nearly 2 months but the country faces a long road back toward reviving to the cherished public life and nigeria begins rolling back its restrictions in a bid to get the biggest economy in africa back on track but health officials are warning it's the worst possible time for the country to let up on the lockdown plus the formula electric racing series is on hold until at least a lot because of the coronavirus but there's an alternative if the drivers are now competing on virtual circuits for germany's maximillian good start it's an ideal way for drivers to maintain their skills. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the european commission is hosting a virtual fundraiser for efforts to develop a back. scene and treatments for the coronavirus the event hopes to raise more than

$7000000000.00 euros but the u.n. secretary general has warned that nearly 5 times that amount could be needed to sustain a global research campaign so far world leaders have pledged over 5000000000 euros to the effort. the battle against covert 19 has many fronts and it looks different in every country but the ultimate goal is the same vaccine and an effective treatment government's anyone can follow through with a virus and that is why we have the task of editing together worldwide and. many of the world's scientists estimate that it could be 18 months or more before a vaccine is available for widespread use but there are efforts underway to speed things up by pooling resources and pouring money into research. you have to build up capacities to manufacture it villian dozes and then we have to make

sure that we can deploy to every corner in the world no fear and affordable price and that's what exactly we're working on for that we need money and we need to go global corporation. to jumpstart such global cooperation the european union wants to raise at least $7500000000.00 euros to be allocated to international health organizations and research networks european leaders including the german chancellor have suggested they're ready to dig deep. germany's at the forefront of all these activities because we as a country are convinced that only joint international multilateral action will allow us to overcome this and demick. around the world more than $100.00 groups are researching vaccines right now almost a dozen of them are about to start or have already begun human trials such as the german company buy on tech. but whether it's this slap that succeeds or another the

message of european leaders is it doesn't matter who comes up with a vaccine and treatment as long as someone does and soon. and we're joined now by his chief international editor richard walker who is in brussels following this for us so richard the pledge drive it to collect 7500000000 euros how's it going. well it's not quite there yet sara to the conference is taking a bit longer than expected there about between half and 2 thirds of the way through i think the contributors and they're currently saying they've got 5.4 hours of that 7 half 1000000000 euros went quite quickly at the beginning with the european commission themselves throwing in a 1000000000 germany and france both putting in about half a 1000000000 each it's slowed down a little bit since then but i think there are a couple of important things to point out here firstly not all of the money that will be pledged at this conference is necessarily new money the organizers have

said that they will accept money that may have been pledged or even start to be spent on a national basis in some other context it's going to take some time to sift through what is really new money and what may be an effort by some countries to get a sort of a 2nd p.r. boost by rian out seeing money that they've already announced and then secondly 7 a half 1000000000 euros sounds like a lot but in this new kind of context of corona in which we're living it's really not much at all just to put it in comparison the european commission of stage at the moment is working on a plan to get the european economy going once the corona pandemic has begun to ease and the numbers being talked about their own up to 1.5 trillion euros that's 200 times this so this is really a fraction of the kind of money that the world is looking at throwing at the economic and social fallout of corona but of course european commission does also

stress that this is the beginning more money will be needed for this medical effort down the road absolutely that the message that they are indeed reiterating in time richard we know that conspicuously the united states is not taking part in this has of course also pledged to suspend funding to the w.h.o. does this raise the prospect of an uncoordinated competition to distribute any potential vaccine. yeah it certainly does i mean it's been very interesting to watch the contributions from so many world leaders so many of them have been stressing the importance of working together on an international basis the secretary general of the united nations thank the european union for what he said was essential leadership and it was hard not to interpret that is a little bit of a swipe in the direction of the white house which of course has been suspending funding for the world health organization and really seems to be at the moment retreating for the much and so that america 1st posture not just with respect to

you know every aspect of international relations with also with respect to the coronavirus so certainly a lot of concern i think around the world about whether the europe the united states may at some point be willing to join some of this but the european union does stress that it would love the you americans to get on board big open question whether that will actually happen chief international editor richard walker thank you. for well here's a roundup now of some of the latest news in the pandemic the number of people infected with covert 19 worldwide has risen to more than 3500000 almost 250000 people have now died as a result from 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 2 way travel with australia. meantime has recorded 204 hospital deaths that is the lowest daily increase in more than 5 weeks england

is the worst affected part of the u.k. egypt is allowing hotels to reopen for domestic tourists provided that they do not exceed 25 percent capacity. well it's nearly 29000 deaths italy is one of europe's states which have been hardest hit by the pandemic the country was the 1st in europe to impose a nationwide lockdown when its outbreak raced out of control back in march now nearly 2 months it's really is rolling back some of those restrictions millions of people have been allowed to return to work and many are making a careful return to the streets. or at least the 1st cautious steps towards it being out in the fresh air is something many italians missed desperately during the 7 weeks of confinement within their own 4 walls they are now free to exercise outdoors and to visit relatives for the 1st time.

during the korean teen we were desperate i can't express how excited i am. through excited we have only seen or with video calls for 2 months but it was not the same it couldn't be the same. voice over face. shopping at open air markets using public transport going to work and train travel all of this is now possible again but the new italian way of life calls for social distancing and mandatory masks in indoor public spaces as life cautiously returns to the streets. but i want to have something i really hope people will remain civil and that in the coming weeks there will be no new surgeon infections so that we will not have to go back to quarantine in the same america i don't think

the situation is over in the end not much has changed compared to before but this is also a beginning where. for italians it's a gentle 1st step back into a world forever changed by the pandemic. and let's get more we are joined now by dr marko vergano an anesthesiologist and a critical care physician he drafted a series of recommendations to help italian doctors treating i.c.u. patients he joins us from turkey thank you so much for joining us here on the program and i'd like to begin by asking you because we need to have heard here that italy is slowly coming out of its lockdown so as someone who has been on the front lines fighting this virus do you feel it's the right time. probably yes it is the right time because we cannot expect the whole country to remain told is a latent for many months so i think this is an unavoidable and now the epidemic curve

. has been flattening and now we are. our hospitals are a. very rarely secured case in my hospital for example in the last 3 weeks we had just a few cases and this situation is totally different from this situation we experience that. you need to march for example so i think it's. understandable that people just are. just want to go back to their social life for. 'd the very tired after nearly 2 months at home but i'm leaving this as a base of them and because of. my fear and my colleagues the fear is that we will be forced. to close that again d.v.d.'s and. in a few weeks if people are not see them carefully enough and the number of. contagious we learn again in the coming weeks let's talk

a little bit more about those i'm so sorry for interrupting you there i wanted to ask you because you know we hear these numbers that you're referring to nearly 29000 deaths we also hear that here faction rape itself has slowed but we wanted to ask you you give us a little bit of a window there at least how it's been developing actually on the front lines where you have been in the i.c.u. where you're working. well the use our steel or. we have probably around the house of the patients that we one month ago i'm talking about not the needle and the most affected region even during the amount or longer the experience that. even. more severe. intensity of this surgery but probably the lockdown or was very

clear and and preserve the south and region so people eat from experience even in this emergency. it could be that for some towns and regional certain cities and not there legally. reopening and the end of this lockdown could be a little bit. early and so we will see in the next these because there is still a lot of uncertainty even among the care professionals on what could happen but for sure now are the patients we have now in the i.c.u. was our patient that there were a need to do it at the end of march or at the beginning of april so because there are very long i.c.u. stace so even for people that survivor the i.c.u. not dr mark are gone now anesthesiologists critical care physician we know that you don't very important work these days cell we appreciate you taking the time to give us a little bit of

a window into what you are experiencing and how you are helping the people there intervene we appreciate it. thank you so much. well one of the inconveniences of lockdown measures has been that restaurants have had to close experts are warning of serious long term economic damage with hundreds of thousands of restaurants and bars closed for weeks the german state of lower saxony is set to reopen the gastronomy sector starting next week with restrictions of course only half of the seats can be serviced according to the state's agricultural minister. well meantime in austria businesses are adjusting to a gradual return to daily life austria's only seeing a few new coronavirus cases each day so authorities have eased many of the national lockdown restrictions but it's far from a return to normal correspondent and heartache travel to salzburg the city of mozart that normally draws millions of tourists hotels and restaurants their fear

it will be a long time before visitors come back. but. finally out for the 1st time after more than 6 weeks of lock down the summer and family in south africa austria can go to the playground together the kids can hardly wait. i think i'm going to 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 fears students in person again. we received with protection for the face and social distancing in 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 park. but 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 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 normally people. 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 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 is a so maybe it's the commission we'll examine this summer would 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 with the need for 2 it doesn't have to comb and. austria is taking the 1st steps in living life with the new coronavirus a life which will take some getting used to. hans now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world the widow of a german islamic state fighter went on trial in a hamburg court today she lived in syria with her husband a rapper who went by the name of death so dog who was killed there in 2018 she

faces charges including membership in a foreign terror group and crimes against humanity. a trial over a stampede at germany's love parade festival 10 years ago has ended without a verdict judges said that coronavirus measures meant the statue of limitations would run out 3 people face charges of negligent manslaughter 21 people were crushed to death at the techno music festival in the city had to spark. up with restrictions being loosened life is slowly going back to normal for some but not everyone can afford to worry about their long delayed shopping spree many people are out of work and times are tough especially for those who were already struggling to make ends meet before the pandemic hits migrant workers it's had a son used to be able to make some money taking jobs in neighboring russia but that's not an option for them right now. the lines look at the longer every day at

this odd jobs market into shall be the capital of touchy keystone. everyone has been affected all the people who are standing here there used to be 15 or 20 people in this line and now it's 80 or 100 many of them have been without work for weeks. he stands the poorest country to emerge from the soviet collapse with barely any economic activity few jobs are available here many depend on jobs across the border to feed their families the money they send home accounts for a 3rd of the stans gross domestic product. i'd like to be i graduated from medical college i would have liked to be a nurse in russia and if i had been accepted if not then no working construction any job will do a. lot of this before. they announced the quarantine due to the

coronavirus in russia that was when the last money transfers came my relatives have a difficult situation in russia they can't buy food they can't get a salary so they can't send us anything either. some biker workers who made it to rush up before the lockdown are now trapped there but at least able to work their worry is of a different kind to get sick while working without any protection. you're watching news still to come on the program with formulate the racing on hold because of the coronavirus the drivers are now competing on the virtual circuit and for germany's maximillian going to it's an ideal way for drivers to maintain their skills. on edge area as because using lockdown rolls in its main cities the government said that some states will follow the city

is of a huge and lagos and gradually lifting restrictions the easing of the lockdown marks the reopening of africa's biggest economy after more than 4 weeks of town residents of the commercial capital they ghost had mixed reactions to their 1st day out was already operated logano store because it enabled people to. meet. people. in the markets got them some money to feed my family i don't think it's a good idea. i think they got me supposed to. let everybody see him. live the body all these great you get plants. the love down and let's get more now we're joined by devious

florist a courier who joins us from lagos welcome to you so tell us new we've heard a lot of relief in those. comments from people about the easing of the lockdown but also some concern and those pictures that we were seeing they didn't really seem to tell a story of social distancing. yes exactly people are right now no it's normal observing social distancing from the pictures and videos that you've seen everything is pretty much back to normal even though the government has tried to impose certain rules to make re to reduce the escalation of the spread or who are now virus in nigeria but these rules are very very difficult for the government themselves to enforce you have to remember that this is a city of 20000000 people and so any measure of toil is going to take extra effort on the part of the governments reach as we've seen 2 d.

is not the case. nigeria is africa's largest economy when we look in broad terms how was a coping. as economy has taking the biggest heat when it comes to the 19 pandemic. reports the department of statistics released the reports today that reviewed that 40 percent of the population is really in abject poverty and what that means is that 4 out of 10 people are living below $400.00 a day and of course that. was from research done from $29.00 team weigh in nigeria's economy was just recalled green from the recession and the heat virus those figures are likely going to be higher so we're finding more people living in poverty just ordinary believing in poverty and then the economy are holistic in the heat of course you know the oil crisis recently so it's going to really be

a struggle to restart the economy and get things going again experts have warned that nigeria's should really prepare for the last 20 called the economy. with the view from lagos thank you so much. well now we have to more disclosure sports and with the formula electric racing series on hold until at least a light because of the coronavirus drivers are having to make do with competing on virtual circuits for germany's next to 1000000 good races for the b.m.w. team it's an ideal way for drivers to maintain their skills. just over 3 months ago maximilian was celebrating being the youngest ever formula a race winner and that the coronavirus has stopped him in his tracks the 22 year old is proving just as adept on the virtual race track he's won the 1st 2 races of

the sport's race at home challenge series. home series it's going to be won by. good tour across the line he wins the race i know but dorney 2nd place just 7 tenths of a 2nd we racers we want to beat the others this allows us to live out our competitive sides. from the street but also this 12000 euro simulator takes working from home to a whole new level the throwing a few 1000000 more and you get this machine it's the closest the drivers can get to the racetrack during the coronavirus pandemic. typically spends 2 days a week honing his skills on the simulator. he got from that and focus for a racing driver it's very important to be able to adapt to different environments like a new car or a new circuit and by using a simulator you can fine tune and perform well in

a short period of time. jogging also plays its part and keeping her in good physical shape he'll be raring to go as soon as the situation allows it. now rio de janeiro's christ the redeemer statue is the start of a campaign urging brazilians to wear face masks the landmark was lit up in different colors with slogans encourage existence to protect themselves by respecting social distancing rules president also not o. has repeat of the railed against the strict lockdowns imposed by brazil's state governors but covert 19 cases have topped 100000 more than 7000 people have died. as we've been following for you here and either the good news countries around the world have pledged over 5000000000 euros that a virtual fund raiser for corona virus vaccine and treat them to research the

european commission is aiming to raise 7500000000 euros to fund the effort and it's only some restrictions to public life are being lifted from today bringing much needed relief after 7 weeks of a walk down the government has promised furthering openings this month if the infection rate stays low. and with that now you're up to date with the news don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site t w dot com you can follow us up on social media at t w news my handle is at seroquel the t.v. thanks for watching.

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