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philippines in the sights of my yes starts may 20th on d. w. . this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin germany moves to partially lift the penn demick lockdown and it's expected the government today will announce further measures to reopen the economy and parts of public life we look at what's next for germany coming up cautiously getting back to work in india the country believes it eases its lock down for some businesses despite. some urging in the country. plus
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a look back at another surreal time in germany's capital 25 years ago the abbott garde art installation was all the rage it giftwrapped right started by christo and . lint allows a retrospective of their work to. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany is taking steps to reopen the economy and further east restrictions on public life those measures are expected to be announced today after chancellor i'm going to michael holds a teleconference with heads of state governments a draft decision still warns that a new spike in infections could lead to more lock downs it's been $100.00 days now since germany's 1st confirmed case here's a closer look at how the outbreak has unfolded as berlin takes careful steps to
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reopen the country. another day with fewer than 700 new infections the president of the german public health agencies seem pleased ahead of the next round of easing restrictions. to protect the population from covert 19 and the best ways and that has worked really well in germany so far as you can tell from the latest figures. it's $100.00 days since the corona virus hit germany here in the varia on the 27th of january a man fell ill after contracting the virus from his chinese coworker. in early march during carnival celebrations the region of hind speck became a virus hotspot. a soccer game in nearby mentioned went ahead with some 50000 spectators this is when the severity of the crisis really hit germany in early march t.v. images from crisis written in italy reached german households. german authorities
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from top testing and added i.c.u. beds in hospitals bigger events got cancelled shops and schools closed border checks were imposed. in mid march americal addressed the german nation on t.v. a 1st in a 15 years as head of government. thinking these are the most severe restrictions postwar germany has ever seen let me assure you 1st somebody like me for whom freedom of travel in movement was a hard fought right such restrictions are only justified when absolutely necessary . and the measures seem to have worked these calculations show when and how many people became infected and when key steps were taken to slow the spread now shops museums and churches can open again if they meet hygiene and social distancing requirements. facemasks are now mandatory for shopping trips and on public
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transport on wednesday anglo-american the country's 16 state premiers will discuss the next round of easing restrictions the varian officials have already announced that beer gardens will be able to open again on the 18th of may. our political correspondent kate brave years covering the story for us kate many here in germany are hoping the government today will announce a further relaxation of lockdown restrictions what can we expect. they seem that certainly will be the case later today there's already been a draft paper doing the rounds here in among the german media this morning and some of the main points that we're likely to see relaxations on today are shots the reopening of shops nationwide regardless of the size so far that's been limited to smaller shops of up to 800 meters squared so it looks like they will be reopened albeit of course on the condition that social distancing measures are upheld by customers and staff also we're likely to see the reopening of schools
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a gradual reopening of schools for all students by the sum of break interestingly though it seems that it will be up to the individual states to decide whether things like hotels bars restaurants and universities will reopen and to what extent of course it seems that all of these relaxation is willing to be on the condition that the number of new cases of coronavirus does not increase here in germany and at least according to this draft paper that we've seen so far to say it seems that the each individual state will be required to reimplement restrictions should the number of new cases rise above 50 per 100000 citizens in a specific bera so these do come with strings attacked attached and there are of course expectations on all of the of the people here in germany to follow the social distancing rules ok so clearly the crown of iris is a moving target and all this could change quickly tell us kate we've got some
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states like the barrier here pushing ahead lip lock down decisions before they are announced on the national level this is a case of german states asserting their independence not being berlin sort of speak . not necessarily snowing beilin but of course this is a federal system and each of gemini 16 federal states has the right at the end of the day to make its own decisions and of course some of that responsibility it seems is going to be officially pushed on to them today after these talks or rather during the talks between angela merkel and the 16 state premie has but there is also i think if you like a bit a bit of a competition between the state premiers at the moment which of course is very dangerous considering that we're living through a come to make but it seems that each state wants to be the one to say look how much we've achieved and wants to take the 1st steps to let that local people back out into public life and get their economy back up and running again ok thank you
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so much t w political correspondent kate brady another much anticipated cision here in germany is whether the but his latest soccer season can resume play albeit behind closed doors that's also a pretty scutcheon today we'll bring you live coverage of the german government's press conference hopefully addressing that subject as well later today. his round up of some of the latest pandemic news a virus has forced indonesia to postpone regional elections slated for september will now be held in december at the earliest south korea reported only 2 new cases of carbon 19 officials said both were detected during screening airports or no new local transmissions white house is set to disband the task force responsible for the penn demick by early june president trump said coordination of the u.s. response was moving into a new phase focusing on the aftermath of the outbreak brazil posted
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a daily record of 600 deaths a further sign that the nation is still in the thick of its battle against cove it 19. india has seen its biggest single day spike in code 19 infections linked to an outbreak at a fruit market in the southern city of chennai overall the country has more than 49000 cases and more than 1500 people have died still india has moved to ease lockdown restrictions across the country in delhi people are slowly returning to work but things are still far from normal. if they want to back to work from home as a. nominee that is listing some of its big scenes then put the air conditioner a bit as well. but normally as quickly they need to fine. for the last 40 days. then there you go down has kept the argument home now of
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beans exit sticking and that can draw in workers like oz i'm not allowed to make one cause as long as they take precautions. all of them some money usually enough time to do window. but this year he feels the pickings are going to be far more. customers in each other game no by the customers don't want us to come customers also scared how does everyone is worried about their safety when they do call us they keep a distance from us to go to the other rooms all. although the streets are filling up again the field is doing everything the delhi government has had the time has come to be open the city but the public transport still offline and cogs on the kinds of businesses allowed to operate there is confusion about how that's going to happen then is a red zone a city with a higher number of cases. than the known shops other know to open but it isn't
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always clear to stop or nurse if they qualified after over a month of the do all of these they are using up envy. hoping to do you open. the window syndrome what's that electrical shocks are on the approved list. he's still keeping his shop half shouted just in case the it hard to tell him otherwise and that is another problem with public buses off the roads the only employees who can make it to work those who live within cycling distance and we need all those costs are got to why those who can make it will come i'll pick up what i can myself we can't call many of our employees anyway because we have to maintain distance you have a lot of the only the distance part of the order business is slow but at least the city is gradually coming to life. awesome doesn't want to get his hopes up because he knows a spike in pieces can cause another shutdown in these uncertain times every job is
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a blessing. now for a brief look at what impact the credit virus is having around the world germany's industrial orders have fallen dramatically during the pandemic orders for march fell by more than 15 percent the lowest level in decades demand has slowed both domestically and internationally the biggest impact was on the mechanical engineering sector. schools have reopened in chinese who pay province the ground 0 of the pandemic for the 1st time since they were shut down in january senior students facing big exams in the summer are the 1st to return to classrooms so unclear when junior and middle school pupils will follow. air b.n. b. is to cut 1900 jobs that's around 2025 percent of its workforce as the impact of global covert 19 restrictions lays waste to the travel industry revenues are
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forecast to be less than half of $29000.00 or earnings the home rental company had planned an initial public offering this year. the pandemic is also forced the artist christo to postpone a project to wrap the ark to 3 old from paris in fabric until next year in the meantime people here in berlin can enjoy a retrospective of the installations he completed with his late wife sean clogged the has been allowed to go ahead with an exhibition timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the duo's wrapping up the reichstag. 1905 it looked like a u.f.o. had landed in the middle of berlin christo and his partner john claude had finally made their vision to wrap up a reality the summer began with these idyllic surreal scenes that you a 1000000 visitors to the once and future site of the german parliament. house an
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elegance and an opulence it radiated with magnetic power that simply drew you in. 95 was the 1st time we met with crystal. it was astonishing to see that every fold and wrinkle he had painted was exactly what you could see in real life later. it was as though he could envision the whole thing. ingrid and thomas your home saw the rapt. they also followed christos other installations for decades forging a friendship with him in the process a new exhibit at the populaire shows their collection in honor of the 25th anniversary of christos project. it did so much good for germany and germany granted them permission with such tolerance and generosity a parliamentary building isn't just any structure. it also shows the beginning of crystal's career when all that was available for him to wrap up with old newspapers
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or performers of the 1960 s. it also shows his mammoth projects that the couple struggled for decades to realize such as the gates in new york's central park or the famous bridge in paris their undertakings were always wildly eccentric. christers last spectacular project was floating piers at lake italy in 2016. this was an installation that allowed people to literally walk on water. the artist sent this video message for the exhibitions opening. i'm very happy that all that is now and for the 25 in the rest of that i thank you very much i hope you enjoyed a condition. christa turns 85 in june but despite the death of his partner john claud in 2009 he hasn't lost any of his creative spirit this fall he had planned to
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wrap the uk to paris a long held wish but the pandemic has forced him to put that project on hold for a year. you're watching the news from berlin and don't forget you can get all the latest news information on our website at steve w. dot com i'm terry martin thanks for being with us. this state of emergency is the normal people around the world are documenting this dramatic times. they're keeping a corona diary and welcoming us into the lives they live sketch as up close and personal as the pandemic will allow. the diary starts many
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