from a destroyed city. philippines. starts may 20th t w. w news a line from berlin germans a longing for summer holidays after lockdown might get their moment in the sun with proto virus infections on the decline in europe germany has begun easing border controls with neighboring countries the move is good news for europe's tourism industry which took a major hit during the pandemic also coming up. brazil's new health minister quit

shafter less than a month on the job the resignation comes as the spread of the coronavirus fixed salary in the country. and league of football kicks off this weekend the players will have to adjust to stadiums without fans as they return to competitive match and one for to beat games will see dortmund take on shelf in their 1st match after the lockout. a michael oku welcome germany has taken another major step towards normality after months of coronavirus restrictions this weekend border control says some of germany's neighbors are being eased this includes luxembourg france austria and switzerland the goal is to resume free travel within the e.u. by mid june just in time for summer holiday but all still depends on keeping the

virus in check. the endless beaches of france and the majestic mountains of austria in any normal summer german tourists love to head for these and many other european beauty spots but because of the corona virus the route to germany's neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance which gets a lot of courses about our health all around the world but they can't take away our freedom to travel not because of corona or an economic crisis and have to do that but in front of i'd like to go to spain i don't yet know if that's possible it depends if the spanish open their border at the moment there's no sign maybe we'll know in 4 weeks if you will. but there is a sign from the german government how it plans to reopen its frontiers the border with belgium and the netherlands was never closed from today police will not patrol

the luxemburg border either to the north denmark has said it is willing in principle to allow the traffic to flow but needs more time to work out the details germany's borders with france austria and switzerland have been seeing a loosening of restrictions that means that here at the austrian german border anyone with family or property on the other side may now cross over and if there's no major new spread of the virus the checks will be completely lifted in mid june the borders with poland and the czech republic have not been closed by germany but rather by the governments in warsaw and prague berlin is hoping to persuade them to open their front tiers but the uncertainty has made some germans rethink their plans. thinking that i think i'll just work a lot this summer and then go away in the autumn i hope i won't take a holiday this year it makes no sense and. there's still a long way to go until europe's vacation hot spots are crowded but now germans at

least have a timetable for when they will enjoy the freedom of movement once again. correspondent bussin hartig is on the german austrian border in the town of kiefer's feld and from where he joins me now boston it's good to see you again and squarely a big day where you are the border between germany and austria reopened just a few hours ago give us a sense of what the situation is. now as you can see michael it's fairly quiet there's one car at the checkpoint right now but if you look over here this lane i've been i've been told is up until yesterday this was packed with cars at any given moment because police pulled over every car that wanted to cross the border now they're only checking at random if you do get pulled over like that car behind me they'll ask you why you want to enter the country then you have to make their case to the officers and if they think your reason is good

enough to let you through if they don't they'll turn you back and they'll escort you back across the border to austria michel so it's random checking along that border what are some of the restrictions that will remain in place for certain. ok so those restrictions have been eased just a little bit since yesterday so before that basically only people who were commuting for work for example or german citizens returning home they got to cross the border now that definition has been expanded that now includes people who want to visit family members on the other side of the border for example or people who have real estate on the other side that they need to tend to they now get to cross as well but still not possible it's crossing for touristic purposes or for shopping trips for example michel i see so it's still early and you likely haven't had a chance to talk to many travelers but what's the collective significance for

people who have an intention of crossing from one side to the other. well look ok so 1st of all there's these people who live close to the border they routinely cross. before the krona crisis they would cross the border just as a normal routine in their daily life now and at the moment they can't do that or only very restricted but on a bigger scale holiday season is coming up so people want to know if they can go on a summer holiday austria is one of the favorite destinations for german citizens they want to go to the mountains they want to join their summer holiday there at the moment they don't know if they can do that now the border controls or the borders should be opened by june 15th but that is that depends highly on the number of infections the german interior minister said if those infections surge on either side of the border then that that that the plan that they have of opening the borders by june 15th can't go ahead and even the easing of the restrictions that

are taking place yesterday or last night will be will be walked back michael our correspondent bastian hearty with the latest from the german austrian border much appreciated. let's have a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the italian government is easing travel restrictions allowing people to move freely inside their home region as of monday and between regions starting june 3rd india has surpassed china's tally of confirmed infections with nearly 86000 cases. the 1st quote a virus infection has been confirmed in the crowded camp for growing a refugee is a cox's bizarre in bangladesh where more than 1000000 are taking shelter the 3 baltic states of a stone yet lot fia and lithuania have opened their borders to one another creating

the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble during a pandemic slovenia has become the 1st european union member state to declare it's grown a virus epidemic over the prime minister announced that the spread of the virus is now under control with only a few new confirmed infections every day slovenia borders italy hungry croatia and austria and is now reopening its borders to e.u. citizens. light at the end of the tunnel for slovenia's government at least the number of new corona virus infections only 35 over the last 2 weeks has reassured authorities and led them to take an unprecedented step announcing that its corona virus epidemic is officially over. to the today's slovenia has the best epidemic logical picture in europe which means we can declare an end to the general epidemic and this will probably coincide with the end of the 1st 2

anti corona packages. packages that include financial aid to citizens and companies hit by the coronavirus crisis some think this could have been a strong motivator for the government to say the outbreak in the country was over authorities are gradually loosening restrictions which were introduced 2 months ago schools will begin to reopen next week and cafes and restaurants will be able to serve customers indoors. at last count a shocker but it's all in their money where change no score no big parking but the patience in people i think will be diminished he point the moral. high hope not to have. a loosening but not a free for all people are still required to follow basic rules to avoid spreading the virus like wearing face masks and practicing social distancing. slovenia also announced it will open its borders to e.u.

residents after a slump in tourism revenue over the last 2 months the hope is that tourists will return and that slovenia will be able to keep the coronavirus set. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the latest round of talks on the. relationship with the european union has ended in stalemate the e.u. chief negotiator michele dunne year said he was no longer optimistic that a new trade deal would be agreed on before the end of the transition period on december 31st. u.s. president donald trump says he hopes the u.s. will have a corona virus vaccine available by the end of the year trump said the government's providing the support needed to speed up trials on thursday the country's former vaccine coordinator told congress it's unlikely a safe and effective vaccine can be rolled out this year.

now to brazil where the new health minister has quit after less than a month on the job this departure comes as the krona virus pandemic rages in the country with hospitals overwhelmed in several cities despite the spread of covert 1000 brazil's far right president. continues to downplay the virus and opposes lockdown measures. as brazil struggles to fight the pandemic the country has become one of the world's hot spots for cope at 19 with the death toll now surpassing 800 people at day so the health minister's resignation could not come at a worse time. i view the field life is made of choices and today i chose to leave i can say that i gave the best of my so if the days that i was here during this period it is not simple to be in a ministry like this one joining such

a difficult period. peter that i want to use but other times didn't give any reason for his decision but it's been clear he disagreed with president the apl sonars promotion of a controversial and malaria drugs to fight cope with 19 and his push to reopen the economy. our people are dying yes they are and they regret that but many more are going to die if the economy continues to be restricted to. a recent poll shows one 3rd of voters still back the president but more brazilians are on happy with how he's dealing with the pandemic. news of the health minister resignation prompted banning protests in major cities. demonstrate his accused boston r.-o. of recklessness and failing to save lives. well at long last it is finally upon us german football is returning after

a 2 month suspension due to the krona virus outbreak of course there's been so much talk about hygiene in empty stadiums but what about the actual football dortmund take on shell in a crunch local dog beyond saturday while league leaders buy in munich are in action on sunday. bruce your daughter and players will leave this tunnel on saturday and see exactly this a stadium empty of fans despite the lack of atmosphere there will be plenty of passion on the pitch as the bond as they go resumes title challenges dormand face arch local rival shocker in german football's big darby coach lucien 5 expects it to be a surreal experience. doing that this is i think a situation is a huge challenge for all coaches and all teams but we know what we have to do this is our job so we asked for having to wear a mask on the sidelines we've got to do it. and that's shall cut off

and raise their game against dortmund the players mass will be off for the darby as david wagner side looked to continue their push for a european spot. training has been tweaked in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic distance has been kept where possible but the tackles are likely to fly against dortmund despite the eerie surroundings. we can honestly use of the obvious that are very different to this with a full house and a great atmosphere. it's a real shame if there's no other way to do it then so be it. without fans we've got to try and push ourselves somehow to push and this weekend will be totally new for most of the players who have been quarantined in hotels during the week to try to avoid infection leaders by and munich face a tricky trip to new in berlin on sunday they are keeping themselves away from the

cameras for now the defending champions are 4 points above dortmund with 9 games left but the title run in will be like nothing we have seen the fore. this is deja news a reminder that you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our web site at any time that's. dot com for all of us here. thanks so much for joining us and stay tuned they'll be more news as always at the top of the hour we will see you then. combating the pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. our corona update. 19 special next on d w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio

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