in rome, mattia is breaking his lockdown for his hour of daily exercise.t of the rules of the new normal. and he says he can see an upside. >> it is a strange feeling, but in some sort of way it makes me proud whenever i have a glimpse. it gives me a little bit of hope because we are really understanding the best way to show solidarity and love is not touching and seeing each other. >> italy still has a very family culture. people know their grandparents, live close their grandparents, eat meals together. has that helped? >> i think so. in my case, for sure. i'm getting together more with my family now than i ever did. it is also an opportunity to rediscover that. >> social distancing forced us to rethink how we work and how he play. in historic firsts, the olympic games have been postponed in peacetime. the ideal of the games to bring nations together, suddenly not matching the new spirit of the age. >> we are fighting multiple issues here. there is the virus. there is the health-care sector. there is the economy of course. you know, not to mention things

and one of the spread of the virus is slowing down most people support holding on to the current mattias. i do actually commend the u.k. government and in many ways intensive the lockdowns we have pageant i guess it's not rushing back to normal to certain i think we need to keep the restrictions on that these terms i think in any case days and they're just not history yet we would have people like to know you've been to my point. going back to one of the people who don't eat so i think kerry will be careful who they referred to one should be. careful. he's probably going should be getting money. the u.k. government is set to review the lockdown restrictions by may 2nd but even after that date social distancing measures will probably continue to from. well so far africa has escaped the coronavirus fate of europe and the us although there are fears that the worst is on the way rwanda was the 1st sub-saharan nation to enforce a lockdown and it seems to have worked because so far there have only been $147.00 reported cases and no deaths at a news conference tonight the president clearly was

and one of the spread of the virus is slowing down most people support holding on to the current mattias. i do actually commend the u.k. government and in many ways intensive the lockdowns we have pageant i guess. not rushing back to normal too soon i think we need to keep the restrictions and this time i think in any case. and i just noticed really did go to people that you know you didn't get my point in time but going back to kind of the peak you don't need so i think kerry will be kind of. one should be. careful. he's probably going to shut down in. the u.k. government is set to review the lockdown restrictions by may 7th but even after that date social distancing measures probably continue to from. our sports news in football italy's prime minister just up a conte has given the go ahead. to resume training next month with individual training due to start in the 1st week of may now team training will follow on the 18th although players will have to maintain some social distance at the league was suspended in march after several players tested positive for 19 syria still has 12 rounds

mattia ferrerasi feared other countries would soon be suffering just like italy.n march 13th, he wrote a column in the "boston globe" urging other countries to learn what would be called the eye talion lesson. >> we wasted time. we wasted few precious weeks in which we could have explained and understand better the importance of social distancing, the importance of staying home. >> many countries did follow italy's lead. in london after initially resisting a lockdown prime minister boris johnson closed pubs and restaurants and advised citizens to stay at home. >> the government has a lockdown in force. >> you must stay home. >> france and spain did much the same. even india, with its population of 1.3 billion, decided on a lockdown. everywhere covid-19 was imposing a new reality. >> i'm in my house all alone. i can't go to my grandchildren. i can't see my children. >> my name is brooke. i live in sydney, australia. i've been inside going on three weeks. >> it's a bit weird being out here because it feels like nothing else is happening in the world until you log on

but no mattia what use of says she keeps pushing him. he has to use his legs to make them strong again. ok that you. know off. i suppose. by size of a mobility. it's been a tough 1st day. getting used to this new reality isn't easy especially for. just a few months ago he was a confident teenager and a champion wrestler. but then his father died of cancer and a month later he lost his leg in the accident but. our life has changed a lot. we've become poor we've lost the head of our family. i used to go out with my friend in the moment i was the strongest amongst them. now i'm the weakest moments of life for them it makes me feel so bad he was one of the rugby. cricket i think about what i'll do in the future will i be a burden will i work as a laborer pushing a wheelbarrow. i can't even push a wheelbarrow. instead of worrying about school or his next wrestling match is ron now worries about his family. i want to work to feed my family all of them and i don't want to baghdad anyone for help he heard the song it's very difficult one i'm fed

to shoot and of course just before you step into the white house mattias. of this movie or this or this is off for one year. we look at it from that broader view were. you know i think clearly. the white the walls want to say to you all the people who can read it back to the looking for ways to form that was all over as the shower is for you all around the world so i'm not so sure that well certainly we aren't saying martin is more reasonable. the satisfied with the situation but it's a very good source for these dogs or people with more extreme views i think people more you lose sight. so i think that whatever works for what it's done in the past did you hear soon will lead you to any of that commission or omission still think you're any way warned of this. call looking to score. victor the basic law was adopted by the national people's congress 30 years ago now the world is very different is a more polarized world politically whether it's trumps america britain victor or pounds hungary so is it harder for the ideals of a one country 2 systems system to su

and one of the spread of the virus is slowing down most people support holding on to the current mattias. i do actually meant the u.k. government and in many ways intensive the lockdowns we have had and i guess. not rushing back to normal too soon i think we need to keep the restrictions on that these terms i think in place names and i just want to say we have heard it before that you know you can get my point now going back up to another page you don't need to so i think kerry will be careful who they were merging one should be . kept. he's probably going to shut down in. the u.k. government is set to review the lockdown restrictions by may 7th but even after that date social distancing measures book probably continue to from. well here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world firefighters in russia are battling at least 16 wildfires in the northern region of siberia the authorities have detained at least 3 people they believe cole's some of the fires through carelessness burning trash or camping illegally forecasters say weather conditions will not impro

latest on that from the white house kimberly thank you well for more on this we can speak the dentist mattias a professor. at the city university of new york he joins us now over skype starr thank you so much for joining us you're an al-jazeera obviously deeply worrying figures when it comes to unemployment that we have just read out it's always been a balance for leaders all over the world saving lives and then also trying to maintain the call me going looking at things from the medical point of view do you think parts of the u.s. are anywhere near ready right now to lift restrictions in some way. no the u.s. is not at all ready to see if we relax this and see measures i think many things that need to be in place before they're going to happen 1st so many places in the u.s. are managing or an overwhelming number of cases in hospitals and nice use i mean your and that's certainly still the case here and until we can reduce covert hospitalizations to a manageable level we can't relent on these physical distance measures a 2nd our health care workers and 1st responders and other essential worke