this is the wu news live from berlin relaxing restrictions germany is set to announce further loosening off its pandemic lockdown chancellor angela merkel is about to give a press briefing which will bring to you live people who are weary after weeks of restrictions on daily life the decision making power on exactly what can we open and when we're now live with state governments body infections spiked again germany could see a swift return to lot. as

well come german chancellor angela merkel is due to announce steps to reopen the economy further east coronavirus was directions on public life has been holding talks with the heads of state governments with boards coming out of that meeting indicate that she's agreed to let state premiers assume responsibility for easing lockdown restrictions provided they swiftly respond to any new increase of infections if those reports are confirmed it would mark an end to the chancellor's efforts to coordinate a nationwide response to the pandemic. a chance is due to hold a news conference to outline these results of today's easing of lock downs while we wait for that to begin we'll bring that to you live of course let's hear from the

political correspondent kate brady kate many in germany are hoping the government today will announce a further easing a significant is in of the lockdown as anything when leaked yet. well there has been a draft document that's been doing the rounds all day here today in germany with some very interesting information regarding the possible relaxation of some restrictions here in germany one important point regards the shops here in germany as are it's expected that all shops will soon be allowed to reopen regardless of their size so far only shops up to a maximum size of $800.00 metres square have been able to reopen of course with social distancing measures in place which will of course still be a requirement when shops reopen on top of that we're also expecting to see all school children return to school in germany by the summer break again on the condition that strict hygiene rules are followed and that social distancing can be

up kept already earlier this week in many states small groups of school leavers both at elementary and secondary level were returning to school but for the transition into secondary school as of course some many school leavers will now be sitting some of their final exams before they finish school for ever on top of that what else are we expecting to see says a possibly the reopening as well of restaurants and universities there says that it seems however will be something which will be left to each individual states so 16 federal states here in germany it seems they will take the reins on measures regarding the gastronomy sector and also hotels as well but one thing that will stay in place is a strict ban on large events so big spectator events they're expected to remain banned until the end of all this but all of these relaxations come 'd with on the

condition really that we don't see an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases here in germany if that were to be the case it seems that we could see a number of restrict. been reinstated here in germany. that draft decision. you talked about still warns of the possible new spike in infections could lead to more lockdowns. for the chance to arrive for a press conference it's been a 100 days since germany's 1st confirmed case is a closer look at how the outbreak has unfolded as the country carefully moves to reopen 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 on. the population from covert 19 and the best ways and that has worked very well in germany so far as you can tell from the latest figures. it's $100.00 days since the coronavirus 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 cannavale celebrations the region of hind speck became a virus hotspot. soccer game in nearby mentioned went ahead with some 50000 spectators this is when the severity of the crisis really hit germany in a much t.v. images from crisis written in italy reached german households. german authorities 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 her 15 years as head of government. thinking these are the

most severe restrictions postwar germany has ever seen let me assure you for 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 face masks are now mandatory for shopping trips and on public transport on wednesday anglo-american the country's 16 state premiers will discuss the next round of easing restrictions varian officials have already announced that beer gardens will be able to open again on the 18th of may. have some states like lower saxony or bavaria have been pushing ahead to lift lock down decisions before they are announced on the national level is it

a case of german states asserting their independence snubbing berlin so-to speak. well there certainly has been growing frustration among the different states here in germany and of course different states have been affected differently by the corona virus pandemic with different number of cases and also a different number of deaths ranging in different areas around the country and so in tackling the pandemic the state premiers over 16 states have wanted to ideally respond differently and respond with a targeted response that fits their state but so far i'm glad michael has been calling on the 16 state premiers to to unite on on a national front but as you say in recent days we have seen a growing number of relaxations popping up in different places around the country including there as we saw in the report in bavaria with the plans to open up be a god and so they have certainly been flexing their muscles when it comes to how

they can use germany's federal system which of course is to their advantage that they can take a more targeted approach at the same time that it's the consistency and the national nationwide understanding of the measures which is widely being seen as one of the successes and so and as to why so many germans until now have been a daring so closely to the restrictions that have been in place for several weeks now. talking about the average german that what is public opinion about loosening coronavirus restrictions. well it really is still a quarter virtual issue and interestingly a poll from just a few days ago suggested that almost half of germans actually think that the relaxation is taking place a little too quickly and only 15 percent think that it was taking place too slowly so germans of course are ready to get back out and get towards a sense at least of normalcy in public life and when you're out and about here in

germany as well i can speak at least for berlin it does seem that people are currently a daring to a lot of the measures particularly when it comes to the wearing of masks now which is obligatory nationwide in shops and also on public transport there is however a bit more complacency when it comes to keeping that distance at recommended distance of 1.5 meters and so that is also that risk which has been mentioned from day one of relaxing restrictions here in germany that people could become increasingly complacent even careless and start to spend too much time together and and too much time close together as well. ok do you get the impression the german government believes the country has the worst of the pandemic behind it. well the german government certainly isn't taking its progress in the pandemic and relative success you might even say in hundley in the pandemic for granted but at

the same time of course the numbers here differ hugely from other neighboring e.u. states and unposed asians have been working closely with scientists scientists and experts in their decision making as to how and to what extent these restrictions should indeed be relaxed but of course at the same time the public health institute here in germany the robot call institute has warned that a 2nd wave of 19 could certainly be on its way and at the moment of course the number of new cases daily cases here in germany do seem to be continuing to decline but that could change at any moment particularly with people likely to now coming to more contact with each other if these a relaxation is a confirmed in this press conference with angola malco so there are still concerns here about a 2nd wave here in germany and whether the progress that germany has made so far

could indeed be put in jeopardy. stay with us while we wait for that press conference of the chance to start to come back to you. meanwhile federal and state ministers will have discussed the much anticipated restart of the bond as they go season if the league gets the green light it would be the 1st of europe's 5 biggest football leagues to return to the. to play or not to play that is the question only politicians can answer germany's football league the d.f.l. has revealed more than 10 positive kobe in 1000 cases so far 3 from s.c. cologne the league had just started the 1st wave of coronavirus tests last week in preparations to get back on the pitch another wave of testing is underway following the initial positive cases however teams continue to train in compliance with this insane protocol set by medical experts germany's health minister. has expressed his

support for the business leaders plan to resume play stating the basic plan makes sense and could serve as a model for other professional sports but will have to see how it goes several clubs in the bonus league as 1st division reported 0 positive kovan 1000 tests the d.f.l. has stated should the season go ahead all teams will have to go into quarantine like training camps one week before games restart some players had already expressed their concerns about resuming in mid may many players are also talking to us about ok is this appropriate right now when is the right time how far has my community in my country come to a battle with a crisis where i said a positive example fan groups in germany had reservations about the restart as well as expected no fans will be allowed in the stadiums germany's police union believes fans will gather outside the stadiums regardless of the rules must the show go on

the d.f.l. is hoping the politicians will approve the resumption of the but is legal and 2nd division seasons as soon as may 15th. but if play does resume and then a player test positive what happens then. lets out the topic of football very important to lots of people there are reports out there that suggest the league will indeed get the green light from the state what are some of the concerns about restarting the. locals like a lot of the decisions that have been made regarding the relaxation of restrictions here in germany and there's a lot of controversy here over this decision and how the bunda sleeve should and or if it will even continue and of course you've got 2 main aspects that have been balanced here obviously the health of both the players and the teams and the fans but also the economic impact as well the d.f.l. the german football league has always ready warned that several clubs could go out

of business if games don't resume and that comes down a lot to the money that's made in television there's around $300000000.00 euros still at stake this season so if those games on played and broadcast on television than these teams are simply won't receive that money but as we heard there in the report as well there have also been concerns voiced by players and by fans alike about whether they should be setting a good example on whether resuming play would set a good example and of course on top of that concert and for their own health as well. kate we're just being told that that press conference with. the loosening of the restrictions is being delayed for at least another 15 to 20 minutes so we come back to you when that is starting to fall september and i'll be held in december at the earliest south korea we boarded only 2 new cases officials said both were detected during straining at airports there were no new local

transmissions the white house is said to disband the task force responsible for the pandemic 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 it was the ground 0 of the global pandemic now china's who by province as taken another step towards normal life schools have reopened for the 1st time since they were shut down in january senior students with exams in the summer are the 1st to return to classrooms amid enhanced safety measures it's unclear when junior and middle school pupils will follow. as for in your correspondent father who is covering the story for us in beijing fabienne schools are reopening in big cities across china today what can you tell us. already predict that there will be 3 big milestones for china to get back to normal and the

1st milestone of those we see right now that's the opening of the school actually the 1st milestone was to. visit of president xi jinping the epicenter of the virus and the 2nd was announcing off the national congress the biggest political event this year and now the schools open it means that actually the government is confident that the reopening of the schools will not bring a 2nd wave of infection and yet now when you go to beijing you can see every often the one in front of the school gates mothers grandparents. waiting for their children to return and yet it's basically one more step off getting back to normal but it won't be a back to school normal so to speak for you goes with what sort of measures are being kept in place. quite strict measures for example social distancing strictly required i mean literally physical distance when the children are sitting in the classroom also they have to get their temperature checked and also they have

to scan a q.r. code and in china when you have a smartphone you are assigned a q.r. code and then there are 3 colors. green means you're healthy and normal but then there's also yellow and red and only those students who have a green q.r. code are she allowed in the classroom and to the school but china also says it has largely the spread of the disease hoping is the fear that of a possible 2nd wave of infections. when you talk to people there is some fear to. decrease but if you look at the number yes then since friday there were only 26 and you infections are sold it's really really low especially if you consider that the country has 1400000000 people and yet their recent weeks there were some local infection classes for example in the north close to the border to russia there was a look at a very some but actually at least it seems that the authorities staff have brought

the infections under control and knowledge seems actually the virus was defeated but of course only so long until you have for example the. waters off the country i listed it cetera so of course it can be a 2nd way from fiction any time of entrenching their reporting live from beijing thank you very much. and therefore be focused on board the impact the coronavirus is having on the world of business germany's industrial orders for monster fallen dramatically by more than 15 percent that's the lowest level in decades demand has slowed both domestically and internationally due to the global pandemic in the chemical and engineering sectors felt the biggest in. b. is to cut 1900 jobs that's around 25 percent of its workforce as the impact of global covert 19 restrictions is felt across the travel industry revenues are forecast to

be less than half of last year's home rental company plans an initial public offering this year the united states and britain have begun negotiations on a free trade agreement plan to work quickly to counter the hits the pandemic is having on their economies supporters of the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. have argued that striking a deal will boost the post bragg's it economy. india has seen its biggest single day spike in krona virus infections linked to an outbreak at a fruit market in the southern city of chennai overall the country has more than 49000 cases more than 1500 people died still india moved to ease lockdown restrictions across the country in delhi people are slowly returning to work things are still far from normal. if they want back to work from home not.

normally that is missing from its peak season for the egg condition as well. but normally it is quickly indeed a fine. for the last 40 days. then i think you know alan has got the heart and head home now of these exit is getting an. employee workers like ours an odd allowed to make one cause as long as they take precautions. awesome summer earnings usually lost him to the window. but this c.e.o. he feels the pickings are going to be far more to. the customer in each other game no by the customers don't want to come customers also scared i guess everyone is worried about their safety when they do call us they keep a distance from us they go to the other room so at that although the streets are filling up again the field is doing everything the delhi government has had the

time has come to do you open the city but for 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 high number of cases. done no shops are allowed to open but it isn't always clear to some poor nurse if they qualified off through to one of the 2 or names they are using up envy. hoping to do you open. the windows syndrome what's up the electrical shocks are on the approved list he's still keeping his shop hop 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. i mean it all go through as i got to why those who can make it will come i'll pick up what i can myself we can't call many of us anyway

people because we have to maintain distance you have a lot of the only the distance the water business is slow but at least the city is gradually coming alive. as in doesn't want to get his hopes up because he nor a spike in t. if this can cause another shutdown in these uncertain times every job is a blessing. for more on that joint from correspondent. reported misha india's government is easing restrictions even as parts of the country are reporting a rise in infection numbers on people and about the virus spreading further maybe i have that. despite. the opt out in us closing in on $50000.00 she says but on the other hand we also have the massive economic impact. on getting the flow for example of you know lawsuits in the snow down and

the knock down has hit the what is section. the hottest team down has a massive and almost sick joke that has been on business is the book fault why shut down not only has got to be nice to change and dreams and for a few reasons being more easing it's going to take a long time but cities like mumbai mamak outlook. and places and even nationally but more than just to shoot or don't do not so why do you think is an interest only uptick of migrant workers what's the situation now. that's right not to be locked up wasn't asked there was a massive exodus and said just like. just trying to walk down the let's just how it was dismissed quickly shut down because there were concerns within the

villages as well as by government that these migrants could get the widest back will be little of this recent easing was announced the government also said that session but those in chains ability to annoy can these might even be well i don't have to off for a few leaks however this all ties back to the economic question that's just that's why i'm going to put a little send those you by having me on my good lashley operate so now it's a looking back but they don't have the microphones what's going around so again it isn't the additional challenges for these listeners to go up and i'll of course also migrants are still using it she was going through difficult register processes to get home. for also reopened proving to be a problem tell us more about the. national guard how to bust now kings of cool shit since nothin we have seen in india has been in their lives. god has

actually focused sarah to listen only at the start which look let's focus on the one linda fuel for that and light people lighting up on 60 and white trying to get to the stars and stars had to be closed down even that was. not. my cup by 70 percent of my has actually shut down the stardust is going to be all of the problem and it's likely going to going to be close to again because of. this as well reporting from delhi for us thank you. and i'd like to remind the viewers that we are currently waiting for german chancellor angela merkel to address the press on further lifting of restrictions. coronavirus restrictions here in germany their press conference has been delayed we're going to go bring it to you live as soon as it. meant eviction even physical

attacks a growing number of health workers caring for covert 9000 patients are reporting such treatment they say people are fearful that they could spread the corona virus it's a phenomenon that's been reported worldwide from europe to asia to north and south america here's a look at what some hospital workers in colombia. is a nurse and. wearing her uniform fills her with pride especially in these trying times but in recent weeks she has repeatedly suffered discriminatory behavior after being identified as hospital staff. i recently had to transfer some money. and the place i went to didn't want to let me in. the lady the front desk told me she couldn't serve me because i was clearly a health people and could be infected. you know it was left

humiliated on. board on her with the situation we're not out to harm anybody. since the pandemic reached colombia numerous doctors and nurses have reported social stigmatization. buses that won't stop for them supermarkets that won't let them do their shopping one nurse was reportedly beaten on the street and accused of spreading the virus. christiane but toci is a doctor in the city of cali he was evicted after residents in his building demanded he leave fearing he would bring coded into their homes just in general maybe the landlady told me that people were very scared the tenants threatened to leave if i didn't and that case they would refuse to pay the cancellation fee saying me moving in hasn't been their choice and that it had put their lives in danger. so the landlady told me that she was sorry but i had to leave because

she had to protect other tenants with. cases like those of christiane and liz are fortunately quite rare but even isolated incidents put added pressure on those already carrying society's biggest burden most times it seems to be a common misconception that motivates abuse and people think that the clothes health care workers wear on their way to the hospital are the same garments they were at work. but actually they get a new set once they enter the promises. but seeing the uniform is what leads to a 1st level of rejection they reach as well as hurtful as this rejection might be the good outweighs the bad unexpected expressions of solidarity and gratitude are what keeps liz going. to get sacked or the other day when i was about to get out but i didn't want to take my money i was wearing my uniform he told me you

don't owe me anything thanks for what you're doing for our society. and to those who are still fearful of her and her colleagues she has a clear message. please don't discriminate against his please don't abuses don't attack because if we're gone who will come out and help you when you need to move. well around the world people have also been finding ways to pay tribute to the doctors and nurses working on the front lines to save lives during this pandemic so many have done so by applauding health workers nightly or raising funds to support their health systems but one couple in bolivia's capital powers the best way to thank essential workers with a home cooked meal. cooking meals as a family to get under lockdown and nestor tech arena and his wife geraldine also

naga have found a new cooling along with geraldine's mother movement restrictions came into force in mid march so instead of clocking in for his job as a marketing manager father of 3 n.s.t. spends his day in the kitchen preparing food and this.