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europe owes italy an apology, says the president of the eu commission — for not helping enough at thef the coronavirus pandemic. president trump prepares for an easing of the us lockdown to get the economy moving — in the face of opposition from state governors. and the 99—year—old war veteran captain tom moore completes 100 laps of his garden before turning 100 — raising £13 million for the nhs. i am surrounded by the right sort of people, so yes i feel fine. i hope you are all feeling fine too! good afternoon. a three—week extension to the current measures of lockdown is expected to be confirmed later this afternoon — as a senior scientist has said the uk will need to keep a significant level of social distancing in place until a vaccine is available. professor neil ferguson also wants the government to do more work on what happens after the lockdown ends. this comes as the first minister nicola sturgeon says the scottish government will look at its own exit strategy in the coming days. in a leaked letter seen by the bbc, senior social care officials have criticised the government's

the eu commission has confirmed that the uk is not involved in any of the eu's joint procurement agreementquested to be involved in any of them, despite being "repeatedly invited" by the eu to do so. gavin lee is in brussels. fill us in. there are four schemes as part of what is called the eu joint procurement agreements in step two are related to personal protective equipment. the third is to do with ventilators and bulk buying ventilators across europe. the fourth is to do with things like testing and equipment for laboratory tests. the first meeting, the european commission said, was in january, days before brexit was due to happen. and before the transition period was to start but there wasn't a single british representative at that meeting the stuff they had several meetings after that over the course of the following months up until the 17th of march. eu officials say british representation was there some other time. on the 17th of march, this policy for this joint bulk buying programme is launched, whereby each member state would look for suppliers internationally and send out a ten

the president of the uk -- eu —— eu commission... michel barnier, saying... and the french president emmanuel macron on twitter as well. all my support to borisjohnson, twitter as well. all my support to boris johnson, his twitter as well. all my support to borisjohnson, his family and the british people at this difficult time. i hope he ove i’co m es difficult time. i hope he overcomes this ordeal quickly. rich preston, i'm sure throughout the night we will continue get updates as people follow the story into the night. thanks so much. the latest official figures on those affected by coronavirus across the uk were released a little earlier. they show that — in total — 5,373 people have died in hospitalfrom the effects of covid—i9. that's a rise of a39 on sunday's figure, although they do not account for people who have died in the community or in a care home. as intensive care units in hospitals across the uk come under increasing pressure — including st thomas's, where borisjohnson is being treated — we have a rare insight into con

the first half has been appalling, the member states of eu commission, the who and they realised it wastoo much too late. 0ne reason is health is not a real competence for eu. it is something that member states deal with themselves. the other thing was that when they finally realised there was a disaster looming, they started act ing for themselves and hoarding special equipment and putting an export ban on ppe and then they, the border controls without co—ordinating with each other. the first half has of this hz not been pretty and where solidarity was needed, each member state was thinking about themselves. i think they failed the first half of the coronavirus test. in some ways, we have seen very different results in different countries. for example, germany, which seems to be very far advanced in term of testing, has a lower death rate than in countries like spain and italy and the uk?|j think like spain and italy and the uk?” think there are many reasons behind that. first, it is a different health care. i think the germans have much more ventilators than they have much more ventil

europe owes italy an apology, says the president of the eu commission, for not helping enough at the start of coronavirus. president trump prepares for an easing of the us lockdown to get the economy moving in the face of opposition from state governors. and more than £13 million raised, and people are still donating. the world war two veteran tom moore completes his challenge. i'm surrounded by the right sort of people, so, yes, ifeel fine, and i hope you're all feeling fine too. and in sport, dundee united win the scottish championship after the football season is ended below the top tier, but relegated partick thistle to threaten legal action. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a three—week extension to the current measures of lockdown is expected to be confirmed later this afternoon — as a senior scientist has said the uk will need to keep a significant level of social distancing in place until a vaccine is available. professor neil ferguson also wants the government to do more work on what happens after the lockdown ends. from westminster, chris mason reports. fo

now urszula vendor land, the president of the eu commission, says that the recovery fund must be linkeddget and it will be a sound balance between grants and loans. the in north america, coronavirus have caused convenience stores to walk away a fuels proposal for retailer, ending a six-month pursuit. kining me now is the circle ceo brian hannasch. circle k has recently announced that it will be donating food for the pandemic. great work that you are doing out there. we also understand you are providing coffee and snacks to health care providers. circle k stores remain open, you are a critical infrastructure. but at the same time, who uche-tard'sco revenue, three quarters comes from gasoline. how are you managing your business? on the fuel side, unprecedented demand instruction. we are the largest fuel retailer in the u.s. we see demand down from 30% up to 60%, depending on the severity of the stay-at-home order. significant impact. thankfully, the stores are a key part of our business, key part of our community, so we are seeing fairly decent traffic in our stores, and people are using

the president of the eu commission.many people have contracted this, but as with justin trudeau's have contracted this, but as withjustin trudeau's wife, he is recovering. and the french president... with the social media sphere, we heard president trump at his press co nfe re nce we heard president trump at his press conference saying americans are praying for boris johnson, a friend of mine and a friend of the american people. iwe friend of the american people. i we going to get any daily updates or hourly update, as we do with public figures from the hospital about boris johnson? we don't know. we are waiting to see if the hospital gives us any information as the day breaks. thank you very much. when germany's finance minister unveiled what he described as a ‘bazooka', many were taken aback byjust how much the country was willing to spend to protect its economy against the worst effects of the coronavirus pandemic. the rescue package, which forced germany to taken on new debt for the first time in years, is worth mor

the president of the eu commission says italy is owed an apology, because brussels offered little helpourth week in a row — millions of people across the uk are expected to show their appreciation for healthworkers in half an hour's time — in the clap for carers. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first... let's get more now on that very strong criticism of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic by leading social care officials, in a leaked letter seen by the bbc. the association of directors of adult social services has written to the department of health accusing ministers of presiding over a "shambolic" supply chain for personal protective equipment and says conflicting messages have created confusion and extra work. the department of health says it is continuing to work closely with the sector. let's talk now to anita astle, manager of wren hall nursing home in nottinghamshire. over the easter weekend they lost their tenth resident of covid—19. in total th

at eu headquarters, the commission president wants the european union to set the pace. she warns in the borderless member area, the piecemeal strategy will undermine mundane tasks. peopleo not want to have moving from one member state to the next to use this opportunity. it is important that the coordination between neighboring an excellent is one. good neighbors speak with each other. >> in spain, the number of new deaths fell on sunday. the country still has one of the toughest lockdowns in the eu. in the first parliamentary session singed -- since controls were imposed, there was a debate about exit strategy. >> 47 million spaniards have been confined with no hope other than two more weeks of lockdown because you are incapable of carrying out a plan four masked testing. -- mass testing. >> the confinement measures are working because we began with a daily infection rate of 35%. today we are at 3%. that is a consequence of increasing the number of kits. measures are saving lives and benefiting spaniards regardless of where they live. russia's virus outbreak is on an u

the eu commission may seek to raise about 320 billion euros to finance the recovery, a draft proposaleu budget. always, the question is who and how are you going to get to pay for that. spain floating a perpetual bond to pay for all of the recovery efforts in the euro zone, which kind of leads me directed to bank of america's call of gold at $3000. a route yesterday in a note, -- they wrote yesterday in a note that investors would be pushed into gold, looking at $3000 over the next 18 months. francisco blanch, b of a securities head of global commodities research, joins me now. i couldn't believe you actually made a call for $3000. walk me through your thesis about why you made it. core is really that central bank balance sheets are going to double, fiscal deficits are going to double, and we are going to find debtlves with a lot of being effectively socialized. situation for the at least the last 10 years, were central bank balance sheets is a share of gdp have been 21%tively stable between and 28% of gdp, which has also been a stable period for both prices. now we see this balloonin

eu jobs. the commission chief said it was time for an economic marshall plan for europe. >> many companies arewith no income, and if we do nothing, they have to lay off their workers. consequence, as a when the engine will restart, when the world will be start. they will not have the skilled so we willhey need, go to -- so we will open markets and this will limit our recovery. anah: in the u.k. there is surge of people relying on government banks. 950,000 people have applied for welfare support, 10 times the average over two weeks. british airways is suspending 80% of its workforce. that is 32,000 cap and and ground crew. they will now have most of their salaries paid by the government. more than a quarter of all british firms have now cut staff. this is a crisis within a crisis. some of the biggest economies in europe are on their knees, ill prepared for this unrelenting virus. al jazeera. helena: 600,000 chinese people have been locked down after doing for our reported near the chinese hubei province where the coronavirus first began. but in wuhan, life is gradually returning to normal after

the european commission is urging eu members to co—ordinate any plans to ease the lockdown measures —tancing. the death rate in individual european countries has varied widely — with germany and austria experiencing fewer than 5 deaths per 100—thousand inhabitants, while italy and spain have seen more than 30 deaths per 100 thousand. as the lockdown continues here — a limited number of shops and businesses are being allowed to reopen in italy, spain and austria. our rome correspondent mark lowen reports. a tiny step towards unlocking italy. camilla cocchi's baby shop reopening today after five weeks, as this country dips its toe back into normal life. a limited experiment to see how italians react, with new rules on hygiene and limiting numbers on site. we're really glad, really excited. of course, it's not normal times, so we are worried at the same time. but we have to work, we have bills to pay, we have rents to pay, we have wages to pay. leaving your business that you started, is like leaving your baby. customers too are adapting, welcoming a reward, but with apprehension. i feel

speaking in brussels, the head of the eu commission also said it was vital that european countries coordinatehas been speaking to our global health correspondent, tulip mazumdar. it's a story of hope and of caution. europe is still the pandemic epicentre globally. it is not a time to let the guard down. i have never seen such devastation. many of us have been surprised by the speed and also by the aggression of the virus. the stark assessment from the man in charge of the world health organization's response to the pandemic in europe. dr hans kluge told me that despite some very cautious optimism, the region's fight against covid—19 is farfrom nearing an end. we see for example, a number of countries like sweden, there is a fresh surge. in turkey, particularly istanbul, there is quite an increase of cases. in belgium, ukraine, norway, the same. but then we have, for example, germany, where there is no more increase in new cases. if we can talk a little bit about what is happening here in the uk at the moment, hundreds of deaths being reported every day, thousands of cases. this is a country w

eu procurement scheme. although the european commission says that isn't true. >> when we did receive an invitation in the department of health, as it came to the department of health, it was put up to me to be asked and we joined, so we are now members. >> another charge leveled at the government? mismanagement of a growing number of field hospitals set up across the country. dozens of covid-19 patients have interned away for treatment at the nightingale hospital in london. not for want of beds, but because there were not enough nurses to care for them. >> the death toll from the coronavirus in spain has increased over the past one of four hours and the figure is in line with the increases reported over the last few days. sanchez says that he hopes to wind down lockdowns in the second half of may. of coronavirus patients in intensive care here in france has seen its sharpest decline since the outbreak b ben . this while the deathth toll reaches 21,000. the public health chief has warned that the virus is still circulating a high level and the pandemic has shown that doctors are indispensable to the health-care syst

the european commission is urging eu members to co—ordinate any plans to ease lockdown measures and tomark lowen has more details. a tiny step towards unlocking italy. camilla cocchi's baby shop reopening today after five weeks, as this country dips its toe back into normal life. a limited experiment to see how italians react, with new rules on hygiene and limiting numbers inside. we are glad and excited. of course it's not normal times, so we are worried at the same time. we have to work, we have bills to pay, we have rents to pay, we have wages to pay. leaving your business, that you started, is like leaving your baby. customers who are adapting, welcoming a reward, but with apprehension. i feel strange more for them, for the babies, for my children, but we have to be happy and somehow brave. i'm really pleased, says eight—year—old elena, because i haven't been out since the 4th of march. i'm emotional. books and stationery shops too can reopen, but some regions think it's too early and have kept them shut. confidence will take some time to return here. italy found itself as the test

the european commission is urging eu members to co—ordinate any plans to ease the lockdown measures andpean countries as a result of the pandemic has varied widely, with germany and austria experiencing fewer than five deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, while italy and spain have seen more than 30 deaths per 100,000. here in the uk, the rate of deaths is just over 17 per 100,000 inhabitants. as the lockdown continues here, a limited number of shops and businesses are being allowed to reopen in italy, spain and austria. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen sent this report. a tiny step towards unlocking italy. camilla cocchi's baby shop reopening today after five weeks, as this country dips its toe back into normal life. a limited experiment to see how italians react, with new rules on hygiene and limiting numbers inside. we're really glad, really excited. of course, it's not normal times, so we are worried at the same time. but we have to work, we have bills to pay, we have rents to pay, we have wages to pay. leaving your business that you started is like leaving your baby. customers, too, ar

the 27 eu leaders met in a video conference call today and diplomatic sources say they agreed to ask the european commission to work out the details of the common support recovery plan. this is the fourth time the leaders have met since the virus outbreak began in italy. the eu chief took part in that summit today and warned all eu countries need to see a steady recovery or risk deepening the divisions within europe. >> the pandemic certainly knows no borders and is blind to nationalities. some countries are certainly hit harder than others and unless we act decisively and collectively, the recovery will not be symmetric. divergencies between member states will increase. brent: let's take this story to brussels and speak with dw's chief, richard walker. how do eu leaders plan to tackle this huge problem? richard: we are a few baby steps closer, but we are not quite there. a sickly all of the 27 eu leaders managed to agree on so far is a really broad strokes of what they want to happen. they have agreed they want to have the big recovery fund that is designed to help countries recover their economies once th

that is the biggest daily increase in three days meantime, the head of the european commission is urging eu countries to lift export bans on medicines and avoid stockpiling that could lead to shortages elsewhere in the eu. >>> americans give their highest rating on coronavirus response to dr. anthony fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert with a 90% approval rating in cnbc's states of play poll 60% approve of new york governor cuomo's response vice president pence at 50%. president trump 49%. >>> shipping traffic at the port of los angeles fell 31% in march, the slowest month in more than 11 years. >>> and in new york, broadway theaters will now stay dark through june 7th following government guidelines. as always, for more on the coverage, head to cnbc.com wilf, new jersey's government is holding its news conference right now. we will have details on what governor murphy is saying next hour back to you. >> we look forward to that 90% for tony fauci doesn't surprise. >> i agree. >> surprise is not higher for governor cuomo given what feels that almost universally positive cov

the european commission is urging eu members to coordinate any plans to ease lockdown measures and maintainndent sends us this report. a tiny step towards unlocking italy. camilla cocchi's baby shop reopening today after five weeks, as this country dips its toe back into normal life. a limited experiment to see how italians react, with new rules on hygiene and limiting numbers on site. we are excited. of course, it's not normal times, so we are worried at the same time. we have to work, we have bills to pay, we have rents to pay, we have wages to pay. leaving your business that you started is like leaving your baby. customers who are adapting, welcoming a reward, but with apprehension. i feel strange more for them, for the babies, for my children, but we have to be happy and somehow brave. "i'm really pleased," says eight—year—old elena, "but i haven't been out since the 4th of march. i'm emotional." books and stationery shops too can reopen, but some regions think it's too early and have kept them shut. confidence will take some time to return here. italy found itself as the testing ground

the european commission ‘s urging eu countries to co—ordinate their plans to ease restrictions and andramatic cost for the economy and society. it comes as the imf predicts the global economy will shrink by 3% this year due to the pandemic. so the question we are asking experts todayis question we are asking experts today is what is the safest way for societies to exit lockdowns and help their economies back on the road to recovery? joining me now is a professor of behavioural science at warwick business school and a professor of infectious diseases at the national university of singapore. thank you both forjoining us on the programme. the big question really is when is the ideal scenario for lifting of the lockdown, professor, i begin with you? i think we're too early, especially in the uk, what we're proposing is for the future and not for now but of course there will come time when lockdown will no longer be official so when that time comes and we propose first that we release first 20— 30—year—old, not living with pa rents 30—year—old, not living with parents in the first stage an

different health care systems and 27 different economic priorities, the european commission admits that, in the end, each euons. but it's worth noting that no—one here or in eu capitals is talking about getting back to normal — lifting lockdown altogether. this is a targeted, gradual lifting of the restrictions, which would be reintroduced again if there is another big second wave of infection. today, the eu's biggest economy said shops in germany would start opening as of monday. schools as of 4 may. but angela merkel insisted... translation: this isn't a race, however well—intentioned. we have to understand we'll be living with this virus until we have the medication or a vaccine to deal with it. delighted to see friends, unaware of their parents‘ nervousness, danish children streamed back to primary and nursery school today. these are nail—biting moments for the eu as well. the lid is lifting on europe's lockdown, but no—one knows for how long. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. when comedian melanie bracewell found herself facing weeks of self—isolation as new zealand went into a coronavirus lockdown, she

the european commission is urging eu countries to co—ordinate any plans to gradually ease restrictionsrk plans to ease its lockdown faster than originally planned and reopen schools for younger children. poland says it will gradually lift restrictions on its economy from sunday. and austria, which was one of the first countries in europe to impose a strict lockdown, is now allowing garden centres, hardware stores and small shops to reopen. bethany bell is in vienna. i hope that it will go well and the number of . but it's good to do something to help the economy. translation: i think it's good to be you have to stay at home and there's plenty to do in the garden. translation: hopefully people will stick to the rules so we can stimulate the economy. things may be easing up at that here slightly, but there's a strict safety rules when it comes to shopping. you cannot go inside a shop and those are wearing a basic facemask like this covering your nose and mouth. 0nce a basic facemask like this covering your nose and mouth. once you're inside a shop you have to keep your distance. our than

welcome in 40 minutes, 27 eu leaders plus the head of the european commission behind me and the counciload map to recovery summit. two fairly straight forward, they will digitally sign it off after an hour or two. one is something finance ministers have spent 18 hours on, a huge package, 540 billion euros, about £470 billion, a recovery package for a short term for workers and businesses, for governments, that's higher than the gdp for example for poland and that pretty much the sign off. a road mac is also a physical thing, a guidance for countries on how to step—by—step get out of the lockdown and things like making sure that i see you unit beds are low enough to cope with what is expected to bea enough to cope with what is expected to be a second spike, but the big issueis to be a second spike, but the big issue is the idea of helping italy and spain as we heard from that piece financially in the long term. an idea of a mutual debt sharing programme, the northern european countries very, well, backing away from that now for two weeks. we expect, we've had a letterfrom from that now f

different health care systems and 27 different economic priorities, the european commission admits that, in the end, each euting that no one here or in eu capitals is talking about getting back to normal — lifting lockdown altogether. this is a targeted, gradual lifting of the restrictions, which would be reintroduced again if there is another big second wave of infection. today, the eu's biggest economy said shops in germany would our world has been turned upside down by this virus — and for children, the loss of routine is especially hard. enter the iconic tv show sesame street. for50 years, big bird and the gang have been teaching pre—schoolers not just their abcs — but also how to deal with difficult emotional situations — like bullying and divorce. so of course, sesame street has taken on social distancing — with a global special called elmo's playdate. elmo i think i have figured out my phone finally, how do i look now? grover and elmo are having a remote play date. like many kids are in america that cannot meet up a bursa but trying to stay in touch and the muppets are having technical trouble just l

different health care systems and 27 different economic priorities, the european commission admits that, in the end, each eus. but it's worth noting that no—one here or in eu capitals is talking about getting back to normal — lifting lockdown altogether. this is a targeted, gradual lifting of the restrictions, which would be reintroduced again if there is another big second wave of infection. today, the eu's biggest economy said shops in germany would start opening as of monday. schools as of the fourth of may. but angela merkel insisted... translation: this isn't a race, however well—intentioned. we have to understand we'll be living with this virus until we have the medication or a vaccine to deal with it. delighted to see friends, unaware of their parents' nervousness, danish children streamed back to primary and nursery school today. these are nail—biting moments for the eu as well. the lid is lifting on europe's lockdown, but no—one knows for how long. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. the pandemic has put huge pressure on healthcare systems around the world. doctors, hospitals and insurance companies a

different health care systems and 27 different economic priorities, the european commission admits that, in the end, each eur in eu capitals is talking about getting back to normal — lifting lockdown altogether. this is a targeted, gradual lifting of the restrictions, which would be reintroduced again if there is another big second wave of infection. today, the eu's biggest economy said shops in germany would start opening as of monday. schools as of the 11th of may. but angela merkel insisted... translation: this isn't a race, however well—intentioned. we have to understand we'll be living with this virus until we have the medication or a vaccine to deal with it. delighted to see friends, unaware of their parents' nervousness, danish children streamed back to primary and nursery school today. these are nail—biting moments for the eu as well. the lid is lifting on europe's lockdown, but no one knows for how long. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. as the outbreak continues to affect all parts of the uk, we've been hearing from front line health workers about the challenges they face. our health correspondent

in fact, the european commission is presenting a 2.2 trillion dollars plan to eu leaders today that neitherer cabin and have seen. so, that tells you just how preliminary it is. it is an earnings season unlike any other is your and banks are reporting first quarter results. spotrs already in a tough before the coronavirus outbreak hit. they are likely to detail more worrying news for their embattled investors. provisions for future bad loans will be in major focus after many of the biggest u.s. lenders set aside billions of dollars in the first quarter. senior bankers and regulators expect europe's banks to report comparatively low increases in loan loss reserves. the only exception being swiss wealth manager credit suisse, as well as its crosstown rival ubs. ubs is indicating an earnings hike. more than 20% a short while ago. us three put aside times as much as expected for loan losses. it is closest to their steepest average discount. something that earnings season could reinforce. average prices compared with both value are at 50% of u.s. levels, the lowest since a in 20128% was reached

have anp next, we exclusive interview with margrethe vestager, european commission vice president on what the eu is doing to help businesses during a pandemic. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york along with guy johnson in london. this is "bloomberg markets." let's get the first word news with ritika gupta. ritika: a rolling wave of shutdowns due to the coronavirus outbreak crippled the manufacturing sector. in march. slumped a report out today on the impact of the coronavirus on the oil market. they say global oil demand will plunge by a record 9%, according to the international energy agency. by slump will for efforts opec+ to cut production for crude. republicans are ramping up efforts to paint china as the villain in the coronavirus pandemic. the trump campaign sent out a fundraising email that accused china of lying about the outbreak. senator josh hawley has introduced a bill that could make china liable for civil claims regarding the virus. president trump cuts off the funding for the who, saying the agency to china's claims about the outbreak at face value. it elizabeth warren

watch the country 19% in the green still on some decent gains the european commission, it will next week unveil a plan for eu members to coordinate an exit to the lockdowns according to the times. the president there announced a lockdown extended until may when schools will begin to reopen anyone with symptoms will be tested and anyone infected will be given masks he says progress is made but the battle is not yet won. >> translator: there are hopeful signs but nothing can be taken for granted. in the east, hospital services are overwhelmed. on the french mainland and overseas, the system is under tension and the epidemic is not under control. we must continue our efforts and rules. the more lives will be saved that's why strict confinement will be observed until may 11. >> telling cnbc, berlin will weigh the perspective. >> we have managed through it very well but we need to find the right balance. i would say it is not the health of people versus the economy because they are very much interlinked. you need to have a strong economy. unemployment is harmful for the mental and physical health of the people to

she says the eu will need a plan for economic reconstruction, and she will commission a proposal on jobn. she says europe must show it is ready to defend the bloc. earlier, germany itself announced a one under percent guarantee of loans for small and medium-sized enterprises, so between 11 and 250 employees, and said it would be limitless. we also have the german finance minister with an op-ed saying that there will not be any debt mutual is a -- any debt mutualization. that ascending european stocks higher. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is a big bet being take by hollywood heavyweights. came fromor the app jeffrey katzenberg, who's known , and whoing dreamworks was at disney and shepherded in "aladdin."ing" and they are funding about $2 billion for its lunch for next year. he says it taps hollywood's entrepreneurial spirit, which hasn't been tapped in a while. quibi's success will come down to whether people want to pay for short form videos available only on their phone. there's a lot of content out there for free, and with everyone cooped up because of coronavirus, it might not be a goo

also breaking right now, the eu is apologizing to italy for its slow response to the coronavirus. the commissiondent just said this morning that too many people were not there when italy was in the beginning stages and really needed a helping hand bowing solitary going forward. >>> new covid testing sign up in marin county, testing will be available starting at noon at go health urgent care on redwood highway frontage road.>>> tracing the spread of the virus will be crucial for reopening california. now san cilauning a plan that could serve as a model for the state and the country. they teamed up with a software company to develop a new contact tracing program. this involves interviewing people who are newly infected and making contact with people who may have been exposed. those tracers can keep in touch with people through nap. >> the apple w people to ep tra and to check in armoritheir coion.w more swift communication, better data tracking and stronger interventions to reduce spread. >> the city hopes to train more than 100 people over the next few weeks to stack the apps. they could eventual

commission said. so basically roll on another few weeks but looking at another emergency summit. the euions. it's now agreed some guidelines on this. easing should only happen when. deaths and infections have been reduced for a sustained period. health care systems are able cope with a new surge of cases. and there must be enough testing capacity. all of which some might say is all quite close to common sense. and raises the issue of why eu member states are being mroe ambitious in how they work together. indeed, some argue a lack of co—ordination has already cost lives. there's some brilliant analysis on our website from katya adler on this. she says scientists say ‘yes', better co—ordination would have helped. but as katya points out, that hasn't even been possible among the states in the us, and it's going to be harder still among 27 independent countries. well today we've heard from angela merkel on germany's easing of the lockdown this week. these are pictures of a secondary school near dusseldorf. this isn't a full re—opening - just for students who are sitting exams — and strict

the european commission is floating a 2 trillion recovery plan. eumeet in about half an hour. going from brussels is bloomberg's maria tadeo. can you give us more detail on this 2 trillion recovery plan? maria: this is what european leaders will really talk about in this meeting. the market is hoping to get some clarity, and we have seen many stories, many leaks, proposals floated around. the latest does look at the european convention and a 2 trillion euro budget. money. a huge amount of what is key here is that they would be open to tap the market for new debt. you're looking at potentially 320 billion euros. issued by european institutions, it would be aaa. this is new money. having said that, this is a political discussion, and it is so countries like germany, but also italy, where are under huge pressure. alix: for the money, is it going to loans to countries? is it going to be grants? do we know some of the mechanism by which it is distributed? maria: that is the debate at this point, and this is the debate between the north and southern europe

the job for a third straight day, though new eu guidelines suggest that spain is loosening restrictions too quickly. the president of the european commissionat before countries ease restrictions, there should be a sustained decrease in cases, sufficient health care capacity, and widespread testing. we went through that checklist with public health expert peter drobac, who says that spain is still not doing enough testing. he says that the fact that spain is still using a convention center and hotels as hospital wards means that their health care system is far too fragile. and with just 20,000 coronavirus tests a day, testing is not widespread enough. the spanish government says that it's carefully considered the risk. it also says that it's increasing its testing, which is the reason why the number of new cases spiked today after a week of decline. scott mclean, cnn, madrid. >> reporter: here in tokyo, a panel of government experts is warning that 400,000 people could die of coronavirus in the coming months without social distancing measures, largely due to this country's lack of ventilators and icu beds. u.s. forces japan is now expanding

the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said it would mobilise a trillion euros' worth of investment, and would require greater contributions to the eu'st. the world health organization is warning that up to half of all covid—i9 deaths in europe could have been among care home residents. its regional director for europe, hans kluge, said there was a ‘deeply concerning picture' emerging of the impact covid—i9 is having on those in care, labelling the fatalities an ‘unimaginable human tragedy‘. the bundesliga says it hopes to resume matches on the ninth of may, becoming the first major european football league to restart after the coronavirus outbreak stopped matches. the proposal — which would need to be ok‘ed by the german government— would involve matches taking place behind closed doors, and those taking part be rigorously tested for covid—i9. vietnam has started to ease lockdown across much of the country after reporting no new coronavirus cases for a week. with only 200 and 68 confirmed infections — and no deaths — the communist government‘s strategy for containing the virus among almost 100 million people has been one of the most

eu leaders. do expect the ecb to step up next week and increase bond buying? seen in europe is unfortunately the coordinated action from the european commission. what has supported european economists is individual actions by governments. with the help of the ecb. dayecb announced the other they are going to accept collateral. it is quite important. it shows determination of central banks to support government. supportat it takes to us. we would not be surprised to see more decisive action from that front. >> in that case, would that encourage you to become more positive in european equities? or would you prefer, for example, to be buying high-yield debt? to theuld probably go side of that. with european stocks, there is a reason we do not like european stocks. they were in a kind of precrisis situation even before coronavirus. we had endless conversations about is you are recession? we do worry about european -- it is our least favorite region. >> ok. lots more in the markets, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ morning. cases rise atus the slowest pace in three weeks. this as steven mnuchin ones equity in return for eight. wants equity in return for

many officials in the european commission, including its chief, who are saying they are extremely concerned about what they see happening in your country and will have the euutional level investigate very carefully whether you have flouted the values of the european union. and we are ready for that. we are open for that as well as requiring that monitoring should be on for all european countries, four other countries have decided to provide for the government open end, open end rights. but the point is that you may say that we are doing nothing different but the overwhelming feeling is that you are doing something different. if i may interrupt you forjust a second. it has been maybe two dozen times that i have heard this that there's nothing particular in your legal system, your measures are in line with european treaties, they are not in our concern. we do not care about political opinion. all countries in europe have chosen the best an most efficient way to handle the crisis. that is what hungary is trying to do if you look at our numbers, we have managed to avoid those problems that the uk, italy, spain and other countries were not able to avoid because

for example, a recovery fund based on the european commission , issuing bonds on the market based on the existing eusources. the additional cost of the richer states is very small, and certainly much smaller than the broader economic cost of the collapse of the euro zone or of some larger countries in the euro zone because they will be unable to sustain very high levels of debt, which are not because they made the wrong economic choices. it is a next journal shock, i catastrophe which they could not have predicted. the problem that continues is the feeling that it isn't a complete union yet. there's a lot of hope that coming out of the financial isis, you would have more fiscal agency, if not a one budget kind of situation. enough situation moved to not have us extrapolate from this that somebody might leave the euro zone? i think it depends what your expectations are. it is certainly not what i would like it to be. i do not think we are facing a danger of collapse as we were facing 10 years ago, but i do worry about the politics, both north and south, if we do not find a solution that convinces the

world, eu leadersave agreed to work towards a plan to help their economies recover from the pandemic. inthis is on top of fcial support that has already been agreed. the head of the euro commissiond the fund would mobilize one trillion euros . elizabeth warren has announced that her older brother has died from coronavirus. the former presidential candidate often cited her three siblings on the campaign trail. she has been highly critical of president trump's handling of the crisis and has backed her former rival joe biden to take on mr. trumpn november. severe weather has swept across three southern states of the u.s., killing at least ticks thunderstorms, flooding, and oetorn left a trail of destruction in oklahoma, texas, and louisiana. thsands of people were left without power. you are watchin"bbc world news erica." still to come on tonight's program, gun sales are booming during the coronavirus outbreak. even as crime drops, stericans are ockpiling weapons. ♪ laura: germany's chancellor says her country must remain clever d cautious in handling the coronavirus crisis. amid the easing of some lockdown restrictns there. angela merkel wned europe is still at the beginningf the

european commission has said europe owes italy a heartfelt apology for not offering enough support at the start of the pandemic. her words have been welcomed by the italian foreign minister. eusts of economic recovery.

. >>> the president of the european commission apologized to italy for the lack of support at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak admitting to one from the euhere to help italy a few months ago but is now showing solidarity. more than 170,000 confirmed cases. >>> beaches and parks have reopened in parts of northern california. santa cruz county opened this recreational area after a week of being closed. they have basketball courts, skate parks, other sports-related areas remaining closed. citations can still be issued in any public space for gathering in groups oren gauging in other activities that are deemed nonessential. >>> moving to south carolina, dozens of people lined the street in spartanburg to celebrate front line workers. a parade of police cars and fire trucks blaring sirens and honking horns. they clapped to show support. newspapers around the country are reflecting the pressure on states to reopen despite high rates of infection and death. the governor is not ready to start raising restrictions they say. on the right, countless hurdles before sporting events can go on even without spectators. city schools will stay shet for th