in and let's get more from political correspondent thomas barrow thomas what can we expect from champ tensely merkel's talks today with the state premiers i'm going to mccoll regularly meets with regional leaders and that hasa do with the fact that some of those decisions that are actually made are either decided or implemented at a regional all local level as you said this meeting today is most likely going to focus on my review of the measures that were already taken a few weeks ago in particular that idea of reopening certain shops 800 square metres all the gradual step by step reopening of schools no very big announcements are expected today those are now it will probably happen next week or may the 6 but some of the key topics that have been discussed before that meeting include the possibility of restarting the business or the job and football league all the conditions that need to be met in order for religious gatherings to take place or how to reopen museums so it will be a key meeting to try and decide also on some of the discussions and elements that will be decided on or ma

in let's get more on that now we are joined by the political correspondent thomas barrows the times tell us the closing schools it was a key measure for containing the outbreak here in germany so why are the schools now reopening. this was part of the german government on regional governments that process that started to slowly and gradually ease some of those restrictions one of the 1st measures sorrow was for example to reopen certain shops shops for example of under 800 square meters the next step was for schools to prepare for the gradual reopening which you mentioned already will begin next week and this is obviously a very big challenge that only for german schools we saw part of that in our report but also for authorities have to understand how to try and decide how to make sure their kids can go back to the classrooms were at the same time maintaining hygiene measures and social distancing measures throughout the countries where very difficult process but also one that or thought is believed will help parents and kids on society in general to have a stoat sense of things getting