the truth. george. w. . this is g.w. news live from berlin funding the fight against the coronavirus special 7 and a half 1000000000 euros to help fund vaccines treatment at testing but how much will it take to make it all available and affordable for everyone also coming up german researchers say the number of people infected with the virus could be 10 times higher than the number of confirmed cases that's after conducting

a study in one of germany's worst hit top. also coming out south korea's baseball fans look forward to the league restarting on tuesday even if they can only watch the games on television due to of course the coronavirus knocks out. and the days of lockdown here draw to an end a sermon reopen customers rushed to get some over due to fashionable styling but the strict hygiene rules. i mean for the most unwelcome the race to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus is underway and it comes at a high cost led by the european union countries around the world have fetched nearly $7.00 and a half 1000000000 euros to fund the fight against the coronavirus commission president underline this calling it

a victory for global cooperation but the fundraiser was just as notable for the no shows. let's start the pledging the e.u. kicked off its fund raising drive with $1000000000.00 euros in the hours that followed pledges were beamed in from across the globe the kingdom of saudi arabia has pledged 500000000 dollars even pop icon madonna made a last minute donation of a 1000000 euros it wasn't enough to reach the fundraisers target but housed in a fund the lion insisted it send the right signal yes today is a defining moment for the global community at a time when we are sitting for a lower part than usual the world has shown it is standing closer together than ever before but not quite all of the world a chinese delegate took part but didn't pledge any money russia and the united states were both absent from the conference for her part the german chancellor

apparently couldn't resist a jab at the u.s. president. as a time when we don't always see multilateral cooperation as i would like and i think today's a very important signal of hope. germany was one of the leading donors pledging over 500000000 euros the money is earmarked for international health organizations and research networks in a bid to speed up the development of a vaccine many scientists say it could be 18 months or more before a vaccine is ready for widespread use and when it is more money will be needed to ensure it can be produced in large quantities and distributed for a fair price around the world today sprint was a great start for our medicine the marathon is the way i had know we need everyone on board. united nations secretary general antonio good tara she described the funds as a dine payment he said that to reach everyone everywhere the world must raise 5

times that amount. spoke to a washington correspondent on of a salad and i asked him why the u.s. decided not to take cuts in the donor conference. trump has never been very keen on multilateralism and that right from the start and even before when he was running for president is policy america 1st is very much known around the world and he's been very consequent with that he pulled out of several multilateral agreements while he was president the parish climate of agreement just to name one of them he's been threatening to stop payments for the world health organization and then some weeks ago there was also a big debate of all of his attempts to lure some german scientists in the into the u.s. simply because they were working on a vaccine and he really wants to have his country have the vaccine 1st so it's pretty clear that he thinks he doesn't need any help from abroad and he looks at

all this like a fight and certainly a fight that he wants to win so what strategy is donald trump following. well we might look at this also something like a political stunt he's been blaming the world for the virus has called it the china virus and he blamed the world health organization for calling it too late then of course europe was another scapegoat for him so you might as we'll think that at this point in time cooperation and cooperating with other countries of course might make him look weak and also let's not forget president trump is in the middle of a reelection campaign so that i enter a new projections by the u.s. government that suggests there could be a lot more coronavirus victims than previously predicted what more can you tell us about that. well that's an interagency report that you're quoting there and that was made by the department of homeland security and the department of health and human services and reportedly there and now is is projects up to $3000.00

casualties per day by the month of june and it also predicts 200000 new coated $1000.00 cases in the u.s. per day and that already until the end of may so that's of course a significant rise from the current rate plus it will certainly mean a significant setback also for president trump and his administration as they're currently trying to reel open the economy trump is of the forefront of doing so although it's the local governors who are in charge but he is really encouraging everyone to go ahead and go back to work and reopen the economy so for him it would be no great news at all and also let's not forget that many experts have been warning the trump administration that the u.s. might see some heavy push backs and setbacks as the country is trying to go back to normal one of us on it in washington thank you so much. and you study estimates that the number of actual covert 1000 cases in germany is far higher than

officially reported show the study of the region around time spec in early coronavirus hot spot in germany found infections in some areas where 5 times higher than previously known it also found that about 20 percent of people in fact as had no symptoms making it had a to trace the diseases progress the researchers as to meet 1800000 people in germany have already contracts at the coronavirus. and area we asked our chief political correspondent milena crane what the results of that study mean for germany's past for what. 1st of all is significant share of those who have been infected about a 5th overall had no symptoms and this absolutely underlines the importance of how we behave as we begin to relax restrictions on going back into public namely you need to be wearing a mask you need to be maintaining distance to other people even if you feel fine

because otherwise you could infect them secondly that $1800000.00 or more than 10 times as many people appear to have been infected as what was previously confirmed now that goes to the question of herd immunity the idea that we eventually could get to a point where this virus is less of a risk to health services and less of a risk to society as a whole because a lot of people have already gotten it and become inured but the fact is 1800000 may sound like a lot but that means there are still over 80000000 germans who haven't had copd and so we are a long way from herd immunity to chief political correspondent 1000000 x. ray and he has a round up of some of the latest pandemic news the number of people infected with covert 1000 worldwide has risen to more than 3500000 almost 250000 people have died

from the disease german state premiers expected to approve a plan to allow all shops to reopen and the resumption of honestly soccer matches malaysia and in the s. begin to ease part of the lockdown measures but both governments have urged caution as cases continue to rise. and now to south korea which is one of the 1st countries to start up a major sports league again during that 10 demick the korean baseball organization is taking a number of precautions to protect both players and fats. inside the kiyomi heroes home field players ease themselves into shape because of the coronavirus pandemic they had to wait over a month but now opening day may 5th is almost here still because of the virus there will be one big difference no fence you know when you're in the 6th inning 7th inning and you're in you're trying to grind out and out in your exhausted and

hearing fans i mean it really does motivate you and pick you up. so you know not having them is going to be a very very challenging one time major leaguer jake brigham had to undergo 2 weeks of mandatory quarantine when he came back to south korean team from training in the u.s. now he just looks forward to seeing himself and his team mates back on the field when it counts. i think a lot of people in the world take notice just because it will be the 1st sport back . so i think it's really exciting and the guys guys are just ready to go teams now even more carefully monitor player health and all stadium visitors have their temperatures checked so korea has managed to lurch only bring the coronavirus outbreak under control with intense testing contact tracing in quarantining with new cases now numbering usually below 10 per day like baseball other professional

sports leagues here are opening up although it will be a while before there are fans in attendance the league may gradually welcome a limited number of fans back to stadiums in remains committed to a full 144 game schedule special regulations aimed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus during games including no spitting and the coaches task their teams to keep all eyes on the prize. what's her given what if these actions you do without realizing it may be tough because you break your routine but you need to be more careful now for yourself your team and for the country. but if we do follow the guidelines and play well we can reach our goal for the season to move up a level and win in the meantime so through his boisterous fans have been enjoying pre-season outings reluctantly making do watching games from the coach which only if you compared to before it's a bit disappointing to only be able to watch games because i can't see everything i

want to go to the games to soon as possible and share with other fans. but a couple. like the players fans long for the stadium atmosphere and if the coronavirus precautions work then their long wait maybe in its last inning. and finally catching the lock self locked down has alliance of germany a once again open for business after further easing office texans and for many here in berlin it was a welcome relief after some d.i.y. disaster. after so long few here will ever take a wash cut and blow dry for granted again hair salons in berlin have reopened after 6 weeks of enforced closure for some customers it was really high time. i was cutting my own hair and it started looking awful yourself with that up now

the challenge is for both stylist and customer to wear face masks so that it's going to help please remove the elastic bands and hold the mask to your face. now you've taken it off. i didn't brief are you crazy. but it seems to be working. as you can see i'm desperate my last haircut was in november yes we've been here. for years. for. ali and his coworkers are fully booked through the end of the month walk ins are out of the question. now that people know we're open again the phone has been ringing off the hook from morning till night but that's fine with me i'm glad. plastic curtains provide some protection between customers during shampooing the

new regulations are being strictly obeyed what matters is that the salons are at last open for business again many in the sector depended on state assistance she once years and that is financially speaking it's not the best situation but i think many are in the same boat and so many people have lost their jobs so i really can't complain. mr president i made good use of my free time for those i've never had 6 weeks off before. furious as i was far. behind in the music school. finally there's hair to be swept up again even wearing face masks at least people can hold their heads up high again. oh this is my personal knocked on is over at least as far as my hairdo goes thank goodness . and don't forget you can always get d. w. news on the go to style note are up from google play or from the app store that

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