Commissions virtual pledging conference looking to raise a 7500000000. 00 euro. And south koreas baseball fans look forward to the league restarting on tuesday even if theyre only allowed to watch the games on t. V. Im sumi so misconducts great to have you with us italy is set to ease some of its Strict Lockdown measures today the country imposed nationwide restrictions on its population to halt the spread of the corona virus a 7 weeks ago parks are reopening and people will be allowed to visit relatives living in the same region the government has promised further openings this month if the rate of new infections stays low italy as the 2nd highest death toll after the us was nearly 28000. 00 deaths out of over 200. 00. And cases in a moment well have more of what is said to change for italians as the measures are loosened but 1st we look back at how the country became the 1st nation in europe to be overwhelmed by the virus. In mid march this was the scene at the main hospital in the northern italian city of fagen. It was the epicenter of europes corona Virus Outbreak. With over the previous 3 weeks the number of cases had risen exponentially and doctors who are struggling to cope with. Other countries who are now also becoming increasingly alarmed at the inability of italys most affluent region to cope with the crisis. One doctor had this message for the rest of the world. While it was suggested just shut down to stop all the break. Not coming in this kind of situation that is very very difficult to manage. For italy such advice came too late so many people were dying that the army had to be called in to transport their bodies to cemeteries and the virus was still spreading despite the governments announcement of a lockdown in the 2nd week of march and this appeal to the italian people. The xoom exists that its right at this time to stay at home. Our future the future of italy is in our hands and our hands have to be responsible hands today more than ever and everyone has to do their part. To. Because he was the 1st country in europe to impose such destruction and they were unprecedented. Suddenly cities such as melanne a place known for its bustling vigor became deserted his people followed the order to remain indoors unless they needed to leave for work or health reasons. For the 1st time in decades venice was emptied of the millions of tourists who normally visit each year. Italys air force marks world war 2 liberation day without the usual crowds on the ground in rome. Instead people celebrated on their balconies. But they too are now paying to be liberated from their long confines meant. For more on the story we can speak to dr markel that gano is an anesthesiologist and Critical Care physician he also drafted a series of recommendations to help italian doctors who are treating i. C. U. Patients and he joins us from touraine dr ghana good to have you with us italy is slowly coming out of lock down today you have been on the front lines of this crisis do you think it is the right time to lift some restrictions. Well i think its an avoidable because you cannot keep just people at home for months saw we are a little bit scared as Health Care Professionals because. Our fear is that that this will be like a sort of. Champagne cork just popping because people are really exhausted after nearly 2 months at all so we all hope that people will be able to follow the rules so follow the existing restrictions not they were getting us in new stuff. And we are leaving is it is a taste because if we see another explanation of surgery in 34. 00 weeks of course or probably the government will have to close again. So on there is a lot of uncertainty and for sure we are we are a little bit tired and some of us really exhaust this after these 2 months or now we have a little bit of quiet in hospitals but theres a lot of uncertainty about the future and that what would happen in the end at the end of may or at the beginning of june. What worries you most coming out of this lockdown is it precisely dr forgotten that you think that italy could experience a 2nd wave of infections. Yes 2nd wave is expected. And what is still uncertain is. The amplitude of this way because there could be a tsunami like the 1st one. And it could be just. Much more manageable wave now that hospitals are more prepared to treat patients and we learned quite a lot of things in the last weeks or so of we are expecting to leave a sort of a. Small bieksa and and this probably is going to happen for months. Just say so or not. Not huge or as the as the 1st wave that. Unprepared as a society and as a Health Care System but maybe maybe more waves in the coming months and unless something really a real game changer im seeing like im back soon now or a miracle struct or Something Else and doctors are going to just quickly you know what is your message to italians also other europeans who are starting to come out of lockdown whats your message going forward. Yeah the message for me and my colleagues is just be careful. Of course everybody really wants to get out and. To start. Again the sort of social life there are just simple rules so that you have to follow but they are very important like a little bit of social distancing and using your a surgical masks are outside and crowded places whats your answer and just remember that the virus has not disappeared so we just want probably the 1st battle with a lot of mistakes this is a very long. Its like a war and its not one yet its all right dr mark of our gano joining us from terrain thank you very much for your time thank you thank you thank you so much now in austria businesses are adjusting to a gradual return to daily life austria is only seeing a few new coronavirus cases each day so authorities have eased many of the National Lockdown restrictions but it is far from a return to normal correspondent bass and heartache of travel to for the city of mozart that normally draws millions of Tourists Hotels and restaurants their fear it will be a long time before visitors come back. I mean. Finally out for the 1st time after more than 6 weeks of lockdown the summer and family in south africa austria can go to the playground together the kids can hardly wait. As they have been looking forward to the playground because i can play table tennis there and you dont have to sit around at home the whole time. For christina summer and the end of the lockdown is a big relief to as a german teacher she taught her Classes Online now shes happy that she can sears students in person again we received with protection for the face and social distancing in hygiene will be able to do it im really looking forward to it life is very cautiously returning to the streets of south spring. For hairdressers already have their hands full they reopened on saturday keep your distance is impossible here for salon owner christian story meyer the new situation is a challenge and its effect even than working on 3 floors so the teams dont have to mix because if someone gets infected then we would have to immediately close up again and were doing the best we can we can to stay locked up eventually things will have to get back to normal normally feed the fish. But its clear that this normality will look different to the one that south bergers knew before usually this street would be packed with tourists from neighboring countries like germany or from overseas for the people who live here this is a dream they finally get to have their city to themselves but for the many businesses that depend on tourism the end of the lockdown is just the 1st step because what they really need is the borders to open. This includes. He owns the blower guns the oldest hotel in the city he tells me in 2 weeks the restaurant will be allowed to reopen with strict hygiene regulations followed by the hotel at the end of the month but who is going to come. And this summer will definitely be difficult Conferences Meetings and so on have a question mark over them and overseas markets have an even bigger one. So i dont think we will see the travel sector return to normal before 2022 and with the need for it to comb. Austria is taking the 1st steps in living life with a new coronavirus a life which will take some getting used to. Heres a round up of some of the latest pandemic news new zealand has recorded today with no new cases for the 1st time since the outbreak started and the country is considering opening up to a travel with australia egypt is allowing hotels to reopen for domestic tourists provided they do not exceed 25 percent capacity u. S. President donald trump says he believes america will have a Coronavirus Vaccine by the end of the here a German Health minister spawn is much less optimistic he believes the race to develop a vaccine could take years. Well the European Commission is hosting a virtual fundraiser to help efforts to develop a vaccine and treatments against the corona virus the event is expected to raise more than 7000000000 euros around the world more than 100 Coronavirus Vaccine projects have already been launched labs are taking different approaches some are using in activated forms of the virus while others are testing the live vaccines in each case the hope is to find a vaccine that can help the immune system build antibodies without inadvertently making the host sick. And theres no way to predict which if any of the vaccines being researched will work affectively and safely and it could be 18 months or more before one is available for widespread use but one way of speeding things up is to pour money into the search thats what the European Commissions Conference Today is all about as its president was last on the line and explained to you we have to build up capacities to manufacture and villian dozes and then we have to make sure that we can deploy to every corner in the world in a fair and affordable price and thats what exactly were working on for that we need money and we need to go global corporations. Are discovering the story for us from brussels high berent a European Commission president was last on the line once a collectively 7500000000 euros for the safford how realistic is that. The e. U. Commission and also its president are quite confident that it would be possible to raise this amount of money in fact many countries around the world have already started to pledge money and already hundreds of millions in there for example britain canada france germany italy japan always saudi arabia and the commission itself pledged a lot of money saudi arabia for example 500000000 euros saudi arabia is the head of the g. 20 group this year the 20 most powerful economic nations in the world they are also taking part in this effort also the w w h o the boat organisation so they are quite confident that the money will be there and this is only the beginning and initial start because much more is needed to actually produce the vaccine and to distributed all over the world so that it is a sex accessible for the whole World Population and we heard the Commission President say we need Global Cooperation and as you said a lot of countries are on board but the u. S. Is not taking part how much will that affect efforts. You know this is somehow a little bit disappointing for for the rest of the world that the u. S. Has not taken part because of course its a powerful nation it has many scientists many potent companies that could join the effort. But they are some american institutions joining this pledging conference like the milind and the bill Gates Foundation for example donald trump the president of the United States is known not to be very keen to. Work with International Organizations and so with the group today was circumvent this and try to come up with the money anyway and they also say that should not be a paid and in the end if an American Company for example discovers the vaccine it should belong to the world to all humanity and why is it so important to have this fundraiser right now. They have to start to or to fund the efforts which on the way that 120. 00 institutions around the world looking for vaccine the 8. 00 to 10. 00 different recipes to come up as a vaccine and to push that to speed things up as the german chancellor said its necessary to to give money to the process and also to raise money for the next steps that are to come and the hope is that at the end of the you know 18 months at least they succeed in but nobody can be sure to get these banned record reporting from brussels thank you. Lets check in now on some other stories making headlines around the world the e. U. Has approved a 7000000000 euro rescue package the french government wants to pay out to air france the countrys flag carrier like other airlines has been suffering from an almost complete halt of travel worldwide german competitor lufthansa is in similar troubles and wants to present details of a government bailout on tuesday. Students across vietnam have returned to school after 3 months of lockdown schools were closed in february when the 1st corona virus infections were reported in the country teaching was moved online vietnam has not reported a new case in 3 weeks. Greece is moving hundreds of migrants out of the notorious li overcrowded morea refugee camp on the island of last post the refugees will be transported to the mainland because of the danger of a coronaVirus Outbreak on the island. In russia a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases is fueling fears that hospitals could soon be overwhelmed authorities have confirmed a Record Number of new infections in the late last day and president Vladimir Putin is warning that russia is not yet past the peak of the outbreak. Moscow is entering its 6th week of corona lockdown but despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped thats not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear many hospital employees and doctors have become infected. Until recently russias official corona count was relatively low but is testing increases so too is the number of confirmed cases in St Petersburg last week ambulances were lined up outside hospitals medical stuff only admitting suspected corona patients one by one. Last time we had to wait for 10 hours. From 4 30 pm until 2 30 in the morning. According to the moscow Times Newspaper many ambulance drivers and paramedics are infected over 100. 00 alone in St Petersburg for several days now in moscow as austin keno Television Tower has shown this beating heart a fank you to the countrys medical professionals Officials Say 70 doctors and nurses have succumbed to the corona virus across russia. Almost 3000. 00 people on a cruise ship under quarantine in the german port of cooks how often are being tested for coverage 19 at least one person on board has tested positive and now everybody is being tested the people on board are crew members from the cruise fleet at the to his travel company. And hannah sent us this update from cooks hath the cruise ship is currently under strict quarantine here in cooks half and there are almost 3000 people on board none of them are tourists they are all crew members of the entire 2 a fleet which normally operates at this time of the year in the Mediterranean Sea all the Canary Islands now put all of its crew members and employees together on board of this vessel and brought them to germany just a few days ago everybody on board has to be tested for the virus and Health Authorities say that test results wont be available until late monday evening we hear theres a great amount of anger and frustration on board because its really difficult for people who are already stuck there for weeks to exercise social distancing when they even have to share cabins as we hear so its completely unclear at the moment when the odyssey for the 2 your employees will come to an end. Now every year at gives out its freedom of speech award this year the award highlights journalists who have been persecuted because of their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic lets meet some of the individuals who are singling out for their courageous reporting threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders the corona crisis is giving autocratic regimes a welcome excuse to clamp down even further theyre using the pandemic also to bring pressure on journalists and we see this in china russia and turkey in iran received around the globe so that these countries which have a very problematic. Attitude on press freedom theyre using this now to. January 2020 these images was secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist fun been inside a hospital in rwanda the epicenter of the pandemic his report stiff of vastly from the image of the country portrayed on state television. Short while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on the video now theyre at 8. 10 chris she a lawyer was the most prominent citizen journalist in what han whichever have been viruses right in front of me are chinas criminal prosecutors are behind me im not afraid of death do you think im afraid if you come in this party of china or polly called out well it was gently shes last video before he disappeared without trace just like fang been his last Footage Shows Police knocking at his door like that our. Holiday in the middle of our. Being the world director Peter Limburg criticized chinas blocking of investigations into the viruses origin and a free press would have really helped to to find the reason and at the end would have saved lives. In russia where press freedom is strictly curtailed government friendly Media Outlets have been spreading misinformation about the corona crisis independent journalists are feeling the pressure. Elena mulish ina internationally renowned investigative journalist received Death Threats after reporting on the coronavirus in chechnya allegedly from chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov himself the Organization Reporters Without Borders has documented a Record Number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela davisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on covered 1000 on social media. In countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. And you can find out more about all 17 of our freedom of speech Award Winners on our website thats a date every dot com slash freedom. Now to south korea which is one of the 1st countries to start up a Major Sports League again during the coronavirus pandemic the Korean Baseball Organization is taking a number of precautions to protect the players and a fans will not be in the stands theyll only be able to watch on t. V. Still both players and fans are pretty to go. Inside the chioma heroes home field players ease themselves into shape because of the coronavirus pandemic they had to wait over a month but now opening day may 5th is almost here still because of the virus there will be one big difference no fans you know when youre in the 6th inning 7th inning and youre in youre trying to grind out and out youre exhausted and hearing fans i mean it really does motivate you and pick you up. So you know not having them is going to be very very challenging one time major leaguer jake brigham had to undergo 2 weeks of mandatory quarantine when he came back to south korean team from training in the u. S. Now he just looks forward to seeing himself and his teammates back on the field when it counts. I think a lot of people the world will take notice just because it will be the 1st sport back. So i think its really exciting and the guys guys are just ready to go teams now even more carefully monitor Player Health and all stadium visitors have their temperatures checked so korea has managed to lurch really bring the corona Virus Outbreak under control with intense testing Contact Tracing and quarantining with new cases now numbering usually below 10 per day like baseball other professional sports leagues here are opening up although it will be a while before there are fans in attendance the league may gradually welcome a limited number of fans back to stadiums and remains committed to a full 144 game schedule special. Relations aimed to prevent the spread of the corona virus during games including no spitting and the coaches task their teams to keep all eyes on the prize her thoughts are given what if these actions you do without realizing it may be tough because you break your routine but you need to be more careful now for yourself your team and for the country. But if we do follow the guidelines and play well we can reach our goal for the season to move up a level and win in the meantime so chris boisterous fans have been enjoying preseason outings reluctantly making do watching games from the coach. Compared to before its a bit disappointing to only be able to watch games because i cant see everything i want to go to the games the soonest possible and share with other fans. I have a. Like the players fans long for the stadium atmosphere and if the coronavirus precautions work then their long wait maybe in its last inning. 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