sphere no continent is visited more by tourists then europe and new country provides more tourists to the world than germany that was until the coronavirus pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt now germany is considering opening its borders to tourists as soon as next week but there will be risks tonight's europeans dying to take a summer vacation i'm for golf in berlin this is the day. if we don't start off writing said spend i can say is going to the best news this summer says and we know for sure it is going to be. not so good because the 2 reasons are not going to come. find often come to the mosque of never seen it so in. the form of such requests we're happy that the season

is starting up again now that we're also worried about a 2nd wave on this that is really difficult not just this year but the many years to come. also coming up tonight the anger and frustration of the pandemic being taken out on our children a special report about the dangers lurking in the walk down. this crisis. for. all. of us. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day dreaming of a european summer vacation 3 months ago as the coronavirus pandemic took hold the world watched stunned as one european country after another closed its borders and shut down its a con. there was no joint european union plan in those 1st weeks you may remember

the criticism as northern italy appeared alone even abandoned as the death toll there skyrocketed well you won't find many loud voices calling for another go it alone approach as june and the summer holiday season approach europe's tourism industry is 110th of the e.u. used total g.d.p. to survive european tourism needs european tourists thanks to the pandemic that has never been as true as it is now no european country provides as many tourists and as much tourism revenue to the continent than germany that explains why the entire in you especially greece italy and spain are watching closely the decisions taken here in berlin the german government is expected to lift its travel restrictions on 31 european countries effective june 15th now the timing here is crucial tourist hot spots around europe and the world are slowly story from there and dimmick

slumbers those lines are preparing to welcome back beach goers barcelona's famous beaches opened on monday as part of spain's 4 part plan to phase out its lockdown only today we saw the church of the nativity in bethlehem reopened to visitors after shutting its doors 3 months ago entry is limited to 50 people at a time and masks are mandatory there are also strict controls for anyone visiting the ancient city of pompei in italy including temperature check it's a small inconvenience for a rare chance to tour those breathtaking ruins without the crowds. now to say that italy has the most at stake this summer would not be an exaggeration rome is betting on all the european borders to be open again by june 15th and it is depending on germany to make that a reality take a listen to what the italian president of the european parliament said today. do

you she have a nickel now a new note we need to build a stronger european union with an ambitious plan but with a vision for europe and that's why it is the german government a founding country of the union that can make a decisive contribution. that it will now she's evil are for more now let's pull in holger schmieding he's chief economist with baron bank here in berlin mr reading it's good to have you on the day italy's foreign minister today predicted that e.u. borders opening on june 15th will be like a d.-day for european tourists what do you say will it well d.-day is probably too big a bit for that it's great to have the restart but i guess the start will be fairly slow as people would be hesitant to take advantage of the new opportunities it would likely take until next year to get back to something like normal it's good to

be able to travel again quite a few people do so but don't expect anything like the usual summer season the economic shutdowns that we've all experienced they took place just as winter was ending back in march was that do you think a blessing in disguise for the tourism industry i mean could european tourism survive if the shutdowns in the walk downs were extended into august and september . well quite a few businesses would still survive that if the shutdowns were to be extended simply because there would be significantly more government support but yes it is very good from a tourist and point that we at this stage before the start of the rio summer season making great progress in containing the pandemic the demi will be there this will be a slower tourist season than utah but it will not be a complete loss i remember a during the euro crisis when we spoke many times that the problems were depicted

or framed within this north south divide in europe the poorer south the richer north how does european tourism fit into that southern europe needs northern europe doesn't. yes unfortunately this excess abates to some extent the north south divide that we have in europe that we had that we had during the euro crisis because well for previous reasons a lot of northern european tourists flock to the beaches of the south over the summer so the losses in spain in greece in italy and portugal will be significant much more than the losses in tourism that northern europe will suffer as a result the south should get some support from the north with the european recovery program where mostly the north will be paying in and mostly the thout will be getting money out of it you know we saw the german chancellor last week she gave a nod for the 1st time ever to allowing europe to borrow money for that fund by

using germany's excellent credit rating i mean we're very close there to corona bonds territory will in your opinion will the summer and tourism will be a move that europe closer to mutual wising its debt. well we both mutual i used the debt not in the sense that existing debt will be shared between countries but what we are fortunately doing is that we will be shouldering jointly the burden of covering the expenses of this pandemic and covering what it takes to recover from it so for this specific purpose indeed debt will be underwritten jointly debt issued by european institutions and that makes sense as this is a common challenge rather than something that is the result of national economic policies. misters meaning the latest polls i don't know if you've seen them but they show that about half of germans are still not convinced that it is safe to

vacation abroad this summer let me ask you what happens if the borders are all open but the germans designed to stay home this summer. well they won't quite decide to stay home this summer if that were to happen that it would be a significant loss for other parts of europe my impression is that germans at the moment where it's allowed to travel within the country already are taking good advantage of that traveling within the country and indeed once the borders to neighboring countries are open again they will also take advantage of that just not as much advantage of it as was usual in past all right are you taking a summer vacation outside of the country mr meeting well we're still thinking about it if we can we may end up doing so but it's a bit early let's see exactly how the pandemic evolves in various places and indeed possibly greece might be a place but as the situation is not yet settled we're probably waiting for

a week or 2 or 3 to make our own mind have a feeling you're not the only one doing that meeting tonight with. bank here in berlin we appreciate your time tonight thank you you're welcome thank you. when germany is now planning to extend the social distancing rules until june 29th the deal follows a realm between the federal government here in berlin germany 16 states over how quickly to ease what their own measure is now one state in the east of the country the range of wants to lift restrictions entirely but some are warning that would send a fatal signal. it's quiet at the daily farmer's market in potsdam a small city near berlin social distancing is no problem on days like these you report on tuesdays and wednesdays it's pretty empty but fridays and saturdays are very very busy the queue goes back from my stand right back to where the cars are

parked everyone 1.5 metres apart people do people stick to that yes yes they do the big debate is over easing the corona restrictions gradually and steadily as the central government once or allowing regional states like to the freedom to loosen up more rapidly if they want. and in my view to reinjure is moving too quickly all the states should get together and agree on a strategy on a united way forward in it it is critical and i had his. company at 1st i thought it was good that there was a joint approach but now there are regions where there are hardly any new infections and i think there should be regional differences. aside. the eastern states have to reengineer is loosening the restrictions social distancing will not be enforced next month because the premier says there is no longer any justification for infringing people's rights. no one and

239 known cases of infection are not a legal basis on which to say to more than 2000000 residents we will be knocking on your door and asking whether there are too many people drinking coffee together in your house if you mention some coffee. but the premier of varia is warning against making dangerous assumptions to cloud corona for anyone who thinks corona is over is being naive since we don't know exactly how the science is going to develop the sensible course of action remains. the same staying calm and prudent and acting on a step by step basis. that caution gets a mixed response and puff stem but polls show 3 quarters of germans agree with the measured approach being taken by bavaria and in berlin full still to come

night life on life's a poor or take a look at efforts to put the party into post pandemic clubs and bars but. it is one of the biggest of perhaps most tragic ironies of this pandemic the walk downs and restrictions taken to protect people from the virus have made it easier for adults to hurt our kids the children's aid organization world vision says the pandemic has led to a surge in violence against children as well as forced labor and under age. schools out in ivory coast this was march since then hundreds of millions of boys and girls around the world have been lost. no classrooms no

playgrounds and nowhere to run. charities are warning that the very measures meant to protect them could see them fall victim to violence. like 12 year old could be in bangladesh whose father is out of work. and hits us if we ask for more food he is frustrated and angry. it's hard to concentrate because i'm hungry. i have headaches and sometimes feel dizzy. everything around me seems clary. across bangladesh world vision has been helping children whose family lives have been turned upside down by this virus but these are unprecedented times. this crisis. is like. for.

all of. us all. of us who are now. out world vision estimates that $85000000.00 more children may be exposed to violence during quarantine in bangladesh beatings by parents increased by 40 percent an additional $4000000.00 girls a risk of being forced into marriages in the next 2 years. the u.n. says that spike is the result of families looking to recover financial losses. frontline workers are concerned that few here to act know will lead to more trauma in the future. what. is often you are.

asked. for months the coronavirus crisis has been one of a meal and says and intensive care warts expect see without extra funding and protection and may give way to a crisis that is longer lasting and harder to heal. or my next guest sounded the alarm 3 months ago connecting children abusing code 19 cornelius williams is associate director of child protection at unicef he joins me tonight from new york continues it's good to have you on the day it was march 20th when you sent out the press release warning the world about the dangers of the pandemic for for children in these lockdowns were your warnings he did once and go made state hit 180 s. of cherry pick it respond. by and large we haven't seen actually

the response i think has not been i didn't create interest it provided the kind of protection and support that millions of children need actually to 77 percent of children under 18 who are living in countries where there is a spiritual down we don't think the response has been not a great and why and why do you think that is. virtually actually and you have to the wall has to parry times actually the wall has to protest have protection one of the forces thing actually behind us will is that the social workers and this chap protection work should be made it since it work they tweet should try in all needs to make sure that this child protection workers have contact with children who wear the trip did right by the saying out there already suffering from loans in the homes of it even 8 who are already actually who are

disabled right who need services so when the knock down happened ok those who were in contact with children who are providing services to their i know be kowtowed could we scramble even trying to use or kinds of fights what needs to get to this but the most important thing is to make sure that i actually do work as a party times for these cases you know you talk about priorities from china to the u.s. to right here in europe you know there's this constant drumbeat about restarting the economy there's not a drumbeat about protecting the children what has this pandemic revealed to you about the value that we all plays on our children. you know and truly here is there somebody who said the children are going to pay the price right now the children going to pay the price actually for restarting the economy are the

children going to pay the price for strategies that have been put in place if we brought you children who are the next generation. who are the ones who are going to be able to do the rebuilding who are the ones who are going to take the world forward after the cooking experiences got it right then we should make sure it or police yesterday developed to respond to the needs of this children the policies have to ensure that their children are protected doing that containment piece and after the containment trades that we peel back big to protection systems for the state of the party states have to make sure that that loss in gains in education that the children have suffered from it's built into the parties we should have that is part of the drumbeat right we should have also the last game in health care the vaccination set needs to be done on the child care that needs to be don't so no

matter what kind of economic policy you put in place economic policies are made up of human beings said julie and you would need this to bring us your citizens even your country to take forward this economic policy i mean we've got about 30 seconds corneas let me ask you is there anything though in this crisis with children that has pleasantly surprised you. 1st of all we've been losing the surprise that we syrians of children really remember what has happened to the well billions of children we want to take in from 3 security clearly not and not to a factual well and this to me has shown incredible recedes in it baseball didn't actually to this shits if their life and so we should recognize that children and their resilience we should recognize the ingenuity actually and how they have responded to this experience. ok canoeist williams associate director of child

protection at unicef 20 years we appreciate your time your insights tonight thank you. thank you very much. for chances are you have not been clubbing or out to a bar in a long time unless you live in iceland that small island country in the north atlantic has been a world leader in testing for copd 19 of the government says it now hands the pandemic under control so after a 9 week hiatus bars and nightclubs are open again. monday night and. for the 1st time in more than 2 months people could meet their friends out for a drink and some were even ready to show off their moves on the dance floor again. reminding how to get that in my.

real life like. the. rest of the. mass testing and early tracing of being cited as the main reasons for iceland's relatively low rates of infection and only 10 people have died from covert 19 in the country. but as iceland's bars are allowed to reopen authorities will be keeping an eye on the situation earlier this month south korea had a spike in infections after night clubs were reopened there for bar owners for a sing of restrictions is a blessing part of the stuff that it's just like being born again it's been a hard period but i think we'll come out of this strong at least i hope so. well the bar is finally open those who were hoping to avoid iceland's bright nights and dance until the early hours and disco alights might be disappointed 11 pm is close in time for now. already fresh from the clubs as my colleague has been

reporting on this story so joe how safe is it safe to go out to the clubs in iceland now where health experts are saying that we shouldn't be opening night clubs until there's a vaccine or until is a sufficient level of immunity in any given population and nightclubs are of course ideal places for transmission for an airborne virus they're close quarters people speaking in very close proximity so it's a bit of a risk but every day we're hearing of more countries easing their lock down measures and allowing people to return to drinking establishments the czech republic has reopened its famous breweries. it's not clubs and it's karaoke lounges reopened within a few days they're taking a risk we know that in south korea there was an outbreak in a nightclub district just a few weeks ago more than $200.00 people were infected that led to more than $60000.00 people having to be traced and tested so countries that are doing this they're taking a gamble that they now have the resources and knowledge to be able to deal with the

consequences that they didn't have before i can imagine that a lot of people here in berlin are watching what happens in iceland berlin is known for being a city of clubbing are the clubs here in berlin are they likely to reopen anytime soon well the short answer is no bill in city government is being very cautious more so even than other german states it has allowed restaurants and cafes to reopen but there is no there's nothing on the horizon for clubs and not clubs and barely has good reason to be cautious one of the 1st clusters of coronavirus outbreaks in this city was in a not close of course that has left the operators of nightclubs in a very difficult position many of them a worried about how they're going to survive right now they are owning donations from live streamed d.j. sets that isn't enough to cover the rent in the long term and they're kind of currently proposing creative solutions to allow them to open for example holding outdoor events in public parks having all their guests wearing mosques and using apps to trace people now one by one the industries of pleading their case for their

right to be able to reopen and proposing solutions for example today the german sex workers industry proposed that legal brothels be allowed to reopen as long as the client's a wary other sorry the sex workers are wearing mosques now just as with nightclubs there's no indication that these proposals are being taken seriously yet we have to remind our viewers do that prostitution is legal in germany we understand that there is an american company that has come up with a vision of safe clothing what is that i'm not sure if you going to like this very much i don't know anyone is going to like it to be honest but the company has come up with an idea called a. and they say it is a socially responsible solution to allow people to interact in close proximity let's have a look at what they're talking about it is basically a body suit looking like some kind of space suit it comes with the nozzle xin side the mosques there that you can drink out of and faith out over at the same time they say it's only covering the top off of your body so the bottom half is for you

for all the bodily functions basically the only practically interesting thing about this that i think i would actually want is that there's a volume control inside the helmet so that you can turn down the music of it gets throughout and you know to me that sounds like a pretty good idea i've been in some noisy not called before it's like techno from the ninety's a little bit a little bit out of style and you know that's another one of the problems so far the company seems to only propose one color and the last thing you want is to show up at a nightclub and realize that someone else is wearing the exact same protective suit as you that would be very uncool that is for sure joe as always we appreciate your reporting thank you.

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