It is for me. Is for. Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for the friend on. Beethoven 22150th anniversary here on. The be. Slowly dulcet german chancellor Angela Merkel and knight says a gradual easing of long time restrictions will get reaction from one of the economists who advised her. Also coming up creative in a crisis entrepreneurs in argentina cool resort the stuff i cant check out the punter. This is new business im Craig Ferguson thanks for joining me we begin with the news that germany is to gradually ease some of the restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus shops with an area of up to 800 square meters will be allowed to reopen from monday under strict social distancing rules with consumers urged to wear face masks restaurants bars cafes and cinemas will remain closed machall says her government will review a further easing of restrictions every 2 weeks but insists that further changes will happen gradually last month berlin pos a rescue package totaling more than a 1000000000 euros to cushion the effects of the locked and. For more on this im joined now by professor Veronica Graham shes a member of the council of Economic Experts which has been advising the German Government on how to handle the pandemic professor groome welcome to the program did maxwell take the advice of you and your colleagues. Yes the decision point. By various experts groups say all state basically that under certain conditions social and Economic Activity should be allowed to be soon step by step and always with the highest priority on protection and it also has to be clear that opening up certain sectors we quite good preparation this concerns availability of protective measures test capacity absent for infection pricing and the establishment of general hygiene standards and all of this has been emphasized by the chancellor and its also possible that it has been recommended to proceed step by step and to evaluate the progression of the uncertain time into the. Models to just some measure was taken. From my point of view is very important to leverage not concepts how to open up for Example School spouse Economic Activities this might imply to switch to smaller groups i suppose to protect teachers belonging to risk groups. Already being improvement as children would go to school for 2 or 3 days for to you to us 3 spots a week for example. Theres been talk of an up you just mentioned that that could help with Contact Tracing this is being ready successful in countries like taiwan chairman stella theyre known for being very careful about their. Behavioral economist do you see german signing up. I hope so very much. In this very special situation. Can enable us to return more quickly to social and Economic Activities and this opportunity should definitely be sized and taken in will be very important to designed to frame the conditions and such a way that the acceptance is ass high as possible in the population you cant because it can only work if people if many many people use. Then you can fish out whole chains of infection so to speak if you are processed enough and this for this privilege because it is also the digitalisation of the Health Care System you know we must be fast too and how worried are you about the long term effects on the economy. I think. There will be a big drop and the longer man you cannot make it to the ts are in such a lockdown the stronger the course and death for it is as a next step very important to clarify. Which Economic Activities are committed under strict protection precautions if this is clear companies can then develop concepts on the basis of which they can become active again and all this will take a while. For all the more important that the frame the conditions for you make it to the ts and also the government governance to accompany the process in place and are communicated through article greymouth thanks so much for your insights thank you laura. Meanwhile in the United States retail sales fell a record 8. 7 percent in march many stores were forced to close a state and local government issued stay at home orders clothing furniture and vehicle sales were especially hard hit while grocery and Online Services 3rd the pandemic also weighed on money factoring u. S. Industrial i put fell by more than 5 percent last month the biggest decline since 1946. And. To some of the other business stories making news around the world the worlds richest man jeff bezos has become even richer shares in his retail giant amazon have shot up in value according to bloomberg basis is have increased by 24000000000. 00 to over 138000000000. 00 since the beginning of this year. Delivery services have been in high demand of people stay home during a big corona virus outbreak. French carmaker brandos says it is getting rid of its loss making pos and your car business in china the tie up with the Dongfeng Motor Group has been in place since 2013 but has struggled to make money the Coronavirus Crisis has made things substantially worse with car sales plummeting in china. Like much of the rest of the world argentina is in lockdown with the economy effectively shut down entrepreneurs have time on their hands time with that theyve been investing in helping their country pull through the crisis from 3 d. Printed protective gear to ventilators made in car factories under news the flexibility are on full display. Here in moreno aside one is aris the dero Architects Office has just resumed work in normal times it produces fully furnished ready to use offices and has his although the firm is under lockdown it has been permitted to build 10 modules for intermediate treatment stations for coronavirus patients at its own expense sometimes even of a loss the buildings are intended for use as hospitals to meet demand if the arrow needs donations Lucas Salvatore is one of the companys shareholders. How did we get the idea to help during this time we just asked ourselves what is our area of expertise what we cant manufacture facemasks so we said we would produce what we can do well and quickly and we put our designers to work with. Salvatore is not the only money factor showing solidarity yorkie weissman normally works in television and in his free time hes a 3 d. Printer he set up in a project called contango. With 9 other entrepreneurs to produce a 1000 facials for Health Workers as well as for the police and military all financed by donations. People are desperate and scared because they work in direct contact with the virus but we have distributed our equipment to 15 hospitals but because of the limited capacity of our machines we can only deliver 15 shields to each hospital we had to stop taking orders after just 3 or 4 days. But what are you. Even in the poorer areas around when a series people have come together to help. Normal morale is the coordinator of 6 textile cooperatives in the barrios to pay organization she came up with the idea of making protective equipment for Health Workers as well as road sweepers hawkers and day laborers who work on the streets. Instead of their usual output of clothing and flags the coop has produced 15000 face masks 2000 pairs of shoes 3000 vests and a 1000 caps. We have to do something to fight the coronavirus and what we make here is our contribution above all facemask so that people can take care of everyone. Automakers based in argentina such as diameter and General Motors are looking to see if they can manufacture ventilators in the fight against coronavirus almost everyone in argentina is pulling together. Like in many countries hotels in russia are bracing for consolations touring would normally be the beginning of the spring travel season but some operators are trying a new marketing tactic selling themselves to locals who need a safe place to quarantine or self isolation take a look. Ever felt like you needed a vacation after your vacation well if youve returned from a coronavirus hotspot 2 weeks of alone time may be mandatory as lockdowns in Moscow St Petersburg and other regions in russia continue occupancy rates at hotels have plummeted so managers and owners are offering rooms or dachas to locals need to go in to sell 14 after a getaway to a corona hot spot with a job or 2 she would meet if we asked the authorities and made sure that we could offer accommodation especially since our houses are 5 to 8 metres apart so there is enough room for distance so we are still posting people and i hope we wont be stopped from doing it right here if we are barred from hosting guests thats it for us to protect the shrine. At the show. And its not just lake houses in the Countryside Hotels in crowded cities like St Petersburg and moscow have also been affected by the travel slowdown and they are hoping features like plenty of Hand Sanitizer and contactless check ins will entice locals to sit out their quarantine with them at this hotel you simply need a code to check in and go to your room. With lock downs and travel restrictions expected to continue russian hotels like these are hoping this pivot will help them ride out the worst of the pandemic economic effects. Of todays show thanks for watching for me its confide and take care. Im going to. Enter the conflict zone here after years of the war in yemen goes on with no apparent end in sight but whos really trying to stop it my guest this week here in munich is the countrys foreign minister Mohammad Abdullah on how germans come to thousands of civilian casualties and be enormous human suffering all beings from nothing. Conflicts the 1st. Next on d. W. When others give up. Natalia keeps on fighting. Many russian mothers are in similar situations. Their sons have run afoul of the countrys arbitrary justice her only hope is protest. And shes not alone. Sent to see the bad guys in 60 minutes on d w a. We know that this is a scary time for the coronavirus is changing the world changing. So please take care of yourself good systems what you have. You can stay at how we do w. B. For here for you we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on all of our platforms we are all in this is getting on to gether make it. Stay safe everybody. Stay safe stay safe the priest stay safe. The war is ugly more than 17000 civilians killed and injured since 2050 i would not give up the future of my children and their children so you can sleep at night they have to come and talk peace soon year after year the war in yemen goes on with no apparent end in sight but whos really trying to stop it my guest this week here in munich is the countrys foreign minister Mohammad Abdullah a dreamy of the many thousands of civilian casualties and the enormous human suffering all being for nothing