this is day to be news live from berlin russia begins easing its fall down even as the number of pearl in a virus infections race is high and president bush and ses many sections of the economy will begin reopening but restrictions will stay in place in some regions including hard hit moscow to get a level at a live update from the capital also coming up. nurses on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic speak out as we walk international nurses day to day many say they are still not getting the protection they need as they risk their own health

saving others. hello i'm perceived little welcome to the program russia has begun easing its knock down despite a recent surge in corona virus infections the country now has over 230000 cases placing it behind the united states and today the kremlin's chief spokesman was hospitalized with copd at 19 despite the outbreak president vladimir putin is pushing forward with a plan to roll back restrictions across the country but hard hit moscow has introduced new rules people have to wait clubs and mosques in supermarkets as well as in texas and public transportation. in the show been reports the no entry without gloves and a mask employees. tell people. the mini market in the center of moscow is sticking

to the city's new rules despite a huge drop in profits due to lockdown measures the store can now only let people wearing protective gear shop. we all know that these are precautionary measures but people are unhappy about them it's hard to find gloves and masks at the pharmacy at the moment otherwise we would give them out to people so that they could buy things at our store restaurants and non-essential stores remain closed in the capital but construction work has now we started the author worries have said that workers aren't at risk of infecting the public. on monday president vladimir putin announced an official and to the so-called non-working period in russia allowing a gradual easing of the lockdown across the country. again. based on an analysis of the situation and on the opinion of the chief medical officers the heads of each individual region will decide what restrictive and preventative

measures should be in place and on how and in what order they can be gradually eased or maintained the use of continued. moscow has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus over half of russia's cases are in the capital but the lockdown is also a huge blow to russia's economy and that is the main worry for many people now. know you have the most and i don't think it's too early to come out of lockdown most people don't have any savings and people need something to live on a way to feed their family and pay their rent. i should. think the restrictions should be in place for 3 years why not make it 5 there just messing people around the barcode proof look around people are out on the streets anyway no matter what restrictions there are. political analysts argue that the kremlin's decision to ease restrictions is politically motivated and surveys show trust and bloodier putin has fallen to new lows. the main reason for these changes is that

russia doesn't want to fall behind the west many european countries have already started coming out of coron team they've been successful in their battle against the pandemic things are going back to normal there putin knows that if he falls behind he will lose out when it comes to public opinion in russia. meanwhile off the worries in the capital have been frantically working to expand the number of beds for covert 1000 patients turning buildings like this exhibition center into temporary hospitals after all thousands of new cases are still being reported in russia every day. emily who filed the reporting you're just full joins me now from a studio in moscow. so russia now has the 2nd highest number of coronavirus evictions but its desperate remains relatively low why could that 8.

so the high number of cases i think is partially to do with the fact that the russian authorities have really stepped up testing in the past few weeks parent lead they have carried out nearly 6000000 tests so far but yes the number of deaths is comparatively low and recent media reports have pointed out that there may be a discrepancy in the number of reported deaths and the number of real deaths they point out that there has been a rise of around 20 percent in the death rate recorded in april but meanwhile that would be almost $12000.00 cases if that's true but meanwhile the number of reported coronavirus cases this is in moscow is much much lower so there is some suspicion that there could be a discrepancy there but it's not clear at the moment that's not confirmed how watery people in russia about the coronavirus.

well i would say judging by the situation in moscow people aren't very worried despite the fact that the capital has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus people in the last few days which were holidays here in russia have been out on the streets it's been sunny there really were a lot of people out on the streets and it seems to me that people here are more worried about the nomic situation than about the coronavirus itself that's at least what people tell you here real wages after all in russia had been falling for years even before the pandemic now the global oil price has taken a huge hit which of course affects the economy in russia significantly and people say that yes the government is rolling out support measures for families for businesses but they say that it's simply not enough and that much of that support really just isn't reaching them. ok so if that really does go on to feel a growth in public frustration how much

a 5th rate will that who's to president putin. well trust and let him or putin is is lower than it has been for over 10 years usually the trend that we see is that the russian government kind of takes a hit in approval ratings when people are upset or dissatisfied but not putin himself but that seems to be changing now the economic dissatisfaction is a huge factor and a sociologist i spoke to recently was saying that if economic kind of measures from the government aren't stepped up and that support isn't there then the kremlin could have protests on its hands when case lockdown really is lifted and i think initially reporting for us in moscow thank you. the coronavirus pandemic has brought the work of nurses into sharp focus as they

struggle to care for patients suffering from close at 19 and today on international nurses day nurses. to demand better protection as they risk their lives to do their jobs this nurse's day also marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of a pioneer of modern nursing nightingale. the original queen of hygiene florence nightingale she revolutionized battlefield medicine june the crimean war and laid the foundations for modern nursing on tuesday nurses in sri lanka celebrated her 200th birthday well also honoring the tartus work of nurses all around the world. at the demand event that in many us ended there they were not known or. whether there is a pandemic or not. but my nurses will do their duty.

now that workers don't look for public approval. or even expect a thank you from a patient who leaves the hospital after getting well. enough but what they do expect is better protection working on the front lines of the coronavirus battle nurses are paying a high price with many falling ill or dying from kovac 19 the international council of nurses says data on the number of infections among nurses is lacking it just calling for accurate records on the rate of infection and. nurses has become a symbol of resilience in the fight against the coronavirus but also strong advocates for further action from governments. in places like pakistan nurses have taken to the streets to call for better safety measures to protect them while working inside hospitals. they are. in south africa they protested outside

a cape town hospital also calling for better working conditions and more protection from the virus. the struggle faced by nurses is now in focus around the world among those praising their heroism is the pope who said they deserve to be fully valued but also bush's street artist banksy his latest work game changer is on display at a hospital in southampton. joining me now is how it casts and he heads the international council of nurses in geneva switzerland hello to you how is your organization is to mates that of the 90000 health care workers worldwide have been infected with the 19 and that hundreds of nurses have died why is this happening. good evening and happy international nurses day to you we have been very alarmed at the lack of protective personal equipment that's been reported to us by nurses right the way around the world and we have also seen high levels of health care

workers and nurses infections infection right so 151617 percent which is why too hard and then in addition we have heard tragically of the deaths of nurses we now where around the world of the deaths of more than 260 nurses we believe the are related to the lack of personal protective equipment but governments are not collecting this information in a standardized and systematic way we think that simpleton because of course we need to recognize and honor those people who have died but if we collected this information it could add to our the science and our understanding about how the disease is treated smith said where people are working when they have contracts it it their symptoms it could help us improve infection prevention and control measures so that's why we want governments to collect this information it seems

poignant on international nurses day 200th anniversary of the birth of florence nightingale if she was here with us i believe she would be calling for this as well that was how it cason from the international council of nurses now for a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world afghanistan's interior ministry says more than a dozen people have been killed in a gun attack on a maternity hospital in kabul newborn babies their mothers and nurses are reported to be amongst the dead the taliban has denied involvement in the incident. this top u.s. expense on infectious diseases stops anthony fall she has warned that reopening the country too soon could see a spike in corona virus cases testifying from whom he expressed concerns to a senate panel about the risk of a fresh outbreak if the easing of dropped on misha's is rushed. they say necessity is the mother of invention and that's something many businesses are

finding out during the current virus crisis germany's small wine makers are having a tough time as much of their output is bought by tourists to come to visit the solution now is to go on mine. this is germany's oldest wine growing region the muslim. billionaire chris about family has been here for generations in the us and i find it just incredibly exciting that i can sell what i've produced myself this is my baby my product it's just an incredibly exciting thing. but since the coronavirus struck life for the 1000 residents of titan haim has changed dramatically. all of a sudden things became very quiet. there's such a strange emptiness in our house we're not used to it being so quiet with nobody coming to visit there are no wine tastings no one comes to pick up any wine. with

restaurants closed wine festivals canceled on travel in general curtailed business in the region home to some 3000 wine growers has taken a major here's. but the crisis has also been encouraging locals to innovate clearly in a has been offering her regular customers wine tasting classes on you tube. it's a good opportunity to market her products. this is just a nice fresh but also powerful line. these wine boxes were sent by courier a week before the virtual wine tasting to make sure they'd be with the customers on time there were a total of 70 orders for lena going online it was a good decision. at least we now have the opportunity for customers to see us we've talked to many customers on the phone and written emails

about our campaign the response has been great. so great that vienna is planning on sticking with the new sales channel once the pandemic is over. and you have to date it's been good having your company see you next hour. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. covert 19 special next on d w. i'm doing great big thing in the time. how to handle a new.