Lockdown for some businesses despite viral hotspots emerging in the country. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that germany will ease some coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks but warned that the steps must be taken gradually and with caution kindergartens and primary schools will be allowed to reopen from next week as well as all shops but social distancing rules will remain in place until at least june the 5th and lock downs could be reimposed if infections spike once more now michael briefed reporters after a long Video Conference with the leaders of germany 16 states lets listen in to our Opening Statement and this is why we find ourselves at a point where a leader. And save that target which is to slow down the spread of the virus has been successful we have been able to ensure that we do not exceed the response capacity of the Public Health systems weve been able to achieve this because. Our citizens have shown real responsibility in charge here into the restrictions. In order to protect the lives of others in the community. As well as themselves the situation we find ourselves in at the moment means that it is possible in our discussion with the state premiers to conclude another way is eased into the lock down measures weve had a number of different concepts. Forward and his associations and representatives of other organizations have put forward a plan for restarting public life in germany and i think this is very good because this shows that the whole questions of you hygiene rules and regulations that we must adhere to in a pandemic are accepted and indeed. Are being implemented in our daily lives. Lets get more on that were joined now by Political Editor michelle. Tell us a little bit more about the measures that are now going to be relaxed. Over you this is quite small press conference that we saw that today in germanys crunch and the opening following that standstill of public life in every school child is supposed to see the school from the inside before this some of break and a lot of responsibility is now being shifted further to the regions locally where outbreaks there will be less attempts to centralise a National Response so this sounds very much like the new normal that im going to the cabinet had more than hinted at in recent days lets have a closer look at the details of those restrictions. Actually lets lets go through some of those right now because we know that germanys state leaders are you going to react to this in just a minute but were going to walk our viewers through what exactly these state leaders have agreed to in their Video Conference with the chancellor it is being left now to the 16 state governments to decide for themselves how and when to reopen daycares Restaurants Hotels but local governments must respond quickly if there is a spike in new infections so social distancing rules meantime are to be extended for another month but members of 2 separate households will now be allowed to meet large events like concerts and festivals remain banned until the end of summer but football fans can look forward to the bundesliga season being allowed to resume in may with for strict. Some pretty dramatic changes there mchale i mean what what does the easing now seem to indicate about what authorities think of the state of the pandemic in germany right now. Well they think its man and they believe that its most manageable when you look at it from a very local perspective chance im going back or described this easing of measures as a bold step but after being seeing that positive surprise of infection rates not rising in those 1st 2 weeks of gradual easing of restrictions the government and also the Regional Government heads took heart here to make that turn around to go down that path but also seeing a family the responsibility in germany 16 federal states to pull the emergency brake as it was called here if there are more than 50 infections occurring 100000 habitants within the space of 7 days thats the new magic formula here when an Immediate Response is now required thats something the whole country has agreed to now and beyond that germanys response has become very very regional as of today and that both relates to education Sports Grounds under which conditions shops can be reopened pretty much across the board and what does the public make of all of this. For the public has always upward of 90 percent behind those restrictions in fact we saw polling recently where more than a half were concerned that those restrictions could be lifted too fast to be very interesting to see what the latest polling on this is but there was a big praise from the government for a very disciplined public here and me and when the chance i was asked well but how are you going to actually control the regions and the responses that you get get how can you rely on the figures being correct she said well the whole of germany is built on trust and thats also the expectation she has of every member of the public again if this figure this go up again theres infection rates that could be a. Snap response by Regional Government ok so the situation very clearly going to be so be closely monitored Going Forward what are the biggest risks. Well the biggest risk is that you would not be able to interrupt those infection chains here in germany and then a lot of hope grafts on an app notes of the germany has been very slow off the mark to come up with an app that would make the tracing easier because that is key how many people are infected only it is very relevant if you know whether its very reasonable or whether its across the board and thats where the next step of easing will come from once that tracking is up to speed also in terms of technology. Chief Political Editor thank you. And of course the lockdown has had a huge impact on the German Economy with the countrys all important Manufacturing Sector among the hardest hit new figures showing that Industrial Orders in march it fell by more than 15 percent the lowest level in 3 decades this demand both at home and abroad plunged as a result of the pen damage. Lets get more on the impact that plans to loosen restrictions will have on the sector we are joined now by tito brought to mind he is the executive director of the v. D. M. A association of Mechanical Engineering it represents over 3000 German Companies welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us our id like to begin by asking you for your reaction to what has been announced today. Yeah good afternoon we are of course happy that there is a gradual opening and we think that this is an important signal on this road back to a kind of normality of course we all know that the vaccine will Something Like that is available the whole situation a normal life will be one with the why rests. Without increasing infection so this is always a bit of a game how to handle that in an appropriate method the steps taken today the good steps we think very important is that the educational institutions they start working again they were soon in their service that is very important for the young people of course because they have the opportunities now again and this must be preserved but also and this is all point of view and all of you angle on this of course that this is a relief for those parents of course who want to go to work and the message is so that were companies are a sector of the industry is a safe one that demick plans have been drawn up and everywhere there are car hygenic concepts that this is a very easy to go lets talk a little bit more about those people returning to work and particular about state support for their jobs because we know that some 3300000 excuse me workers in the engineering sector could find themselves on government sponsored short time work schemes you have actually spoken out against plans to extend that program why. Right now thats not greeley the whole story we were very much in favor of short time work and we think its an important instrument in times of crisis like this. And we were very much in favor of adopting this fast and to the extent to weve seen in the beginning and also we lobbied an extension of the Generation Office soul what we were against on that side think your point is the question of whether we increase these so short time work compensation. We believe that if the crisis can be a long term lasting one we dont know how long it will last who is wiser to be very very economic on the result of this federal Employment Agency where the money is so taking into account that it will have to last for a couple of more months we are in favor of leaving it where it is. It was officially was 60 percent of the salaries but adding some Christmas Holiday and other benefits to it so most of the people got more than 70 percent off the salaries and so we are in favor of being very economical on the results there and just briefly what level its at state involvement do you think is appropriate in a crisis like this. Over a foot the state met all of this which is a big crisis we believe that there is an involvement that helps with the short term work and to maintain liquidity in the companies these are the most important things and in fact they were successful infection rates have remained low and we did a void to complete shutdown of our sector of industry that was a good thing now its time to ramp up and of course many calls are coming up for further Government Support but they have we have the view that its very difficult ones where the state is involved good to get it but out of there when we have the ramp up and when they manage that so that is always a difficult difficult thing to maintain our system of economy to about money and that can have director at the v. D. M. A. Thank you so much for speaking with us. Thank you. Well there was good news for germany is going to think it today as we heard earlier politicians signed off on the leagues plans to resume the season chancellor merkel had this to say. There number of other areas that we look. For example retail. Of and we have now you need to lift. The ban on larger shops to be opened but of course there will. Also talk about sports and recreation and of course. We. Will. Resume operations and. So joining us now we have quest harrington from sports to tell us a little bit more about this so just how soon can the bonus they get back to soon really defined as mid may and the German Football League the d. F. L. Will meet next meet this week tomorrow in fact to decide in define that day in particular so that could be as soon as next weekend or the following weekend but the decision was unanimous to restart the but is legal and theyve been working on a plan to restart this working closely with politicians as well as the medical experts to make sure they can provide the safest environment to restart you know the boat as they can after all it is a business weve seen some businesses potentially open back up in the been as they go is no different how big a deal of this is is this for german football its enormous i mean its a really black and white issue and you can even consider it a red issue a black or red issue because some reports report that the highest 13 out of the 36 but if they get and 2nd Division Clubs could suffer insolvency if the but as they get is not resumed they pick up that 300000000 euros that they expect if they complete the season by june 30th from the t. V. Revenue so thats huge and very important plus the riches clubs as well kind of put their money aside in a pot you know of charity and so. For thats byron munich dorman leipsic as well as labor coups and you know so that can help is well you know but i think its using it really shows a big signal to the rest of the world as well what does that mean 1st ports around the world do you think well you know i think it provides hope obviously that we can slowly take steps back to some level of normalcy within society you know c. E. O. Carl hives ruminated came out and say he believes that this can show the world how the policy works in germany and i have to you know add that during the press conference one thing that stood out is that the politicians thanked the population of germany for at hearing to these restrictions and so forth you know so i think that people have to keep that in mind and then you can look at other major leagues i mean not only you know sports but football leagues you can look at each of the English Premier League you know all of the leagues are watching theyre watching the play and its germany could serve as a blueprint you know what other leagues can follow and some you know have been going back to the drawing board several times but not everyone will be happy with this idea what concerns are there no course there concerns of a 2nd wave of infections and so forth some politicians have spoken out saying that some professionals in high risk situations such as nurses have struggle to get adequate testing where but as the good players are giving to tests you know of before they hit the pitch some playgrounds in some states in germany havent opened up but millionaire footballers are being allowed to play on their grounds fan groups as well theyre not happy you know with the idea of having artificial environments for fans even though we reported earlier in the week that they have artificial virtual fans of games you know another thing the fans stood out to me what they want is they want the games to be aired for free and thats a huge stage because with no fans allowed how will you really control the outbreak of fans from gathering and the major broadcast of the book as they get has not ruled out the possibility of selling their rights to free t. V. So that could be a possibility i hope it does actually materialise tended to be sports thank you ok. Well now for a brief look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting Global Business germanys Industrial Orders for march have fallen dramatically by more than 15 percent thats the lowest level in decades demand has slowed both domestically and internationally due to the Global Pandemic the mechanical and engineering sectors felt the biggest impact. Air b. N. B. Is to cut around 1900 jobs around 25 percent of its workforce as the impact of global code 19 restrictions is felt across the travel industry revenues are forecast to be less than half of last years levels the Home Rental Company had planned an initial Public Offering this year and the United States and britain have begun to go she asians on a Free Trade Agreement they plan to work quickly to counter the hit that the pandemic is having on their economies supporters of the u. K. s departure from the e. U. Have argued that striking a deal will boost the post price if economy. India has seen its biggest single day spike in corona virus infections linked to an outbreak at a fruit market in the Southern City of chennai overall the country has more than 49000. 00 cases and more than 1500 people have died still india is moved to ease the lockdown restrictions across the country in delhi people are slowly returning to work but things are still far from normal. If they won back to walk. Normally that is blistering some of its peak season and conditions as well go. But normal is quickly define. Not for you do yes. In there you go down has got because im at home now of these exit is speaking about. Self employed workers like odds and odd allowed to make one cause as long as they take precautions. Other than some other means usually last him through the window but this c. E. O. He feels the pickings are going to be far more to. The customer we need to know by the customers dont want us to come the customers also scared i guess everyone is worried about their safety and when they do call us they keep a distance from us to go to the other rooms so they want to all go to st opening up again the field that didnt ever do the Delhi Government has had the time has come to be open the city but the public transport still offline and called on the kinds of businesses allowed to operate it there is confusion about how thats going to happen then is a red zone a city with a higher number of to serve. Than the long shots other know to open but it isnt always the some poor in the us if they qualified off through to months of detail on things be asked to sing up envy. Hoping to deal with. The windows syndrome whats out that electrical shocks are on the approved list. Hes still keeping his shop hop shouted just in case the authorities tell him otherwise. And there is another problem with public buses off the roads the only employees who can make it to work of those who live within cycling distance and we need all those who got the why those who can make it will come ill pick up what i can myself we cant call many of us anyway because we have to maintain a distance. Business is slow but at least the city is gradually coming to life. Of them doesnt want to get his hopes up because he knows a spike in t. If this can cause another shutdown in these Uncertain Times every job is a blessing. While harassment of action even physical attacks a growing number of Health Workers caring for covert 1000 patients are reporting such treatment they say that people are fearful that they could spread the coronavirus its a phenomenon that has been reported worldwide from europe to asia to north and south america heres a look at what some hospital workers in colombia have adored. Liz is a nurse and. Wearing her uniform fills her with pride especially in these trying times but in recent weeks she has repeatedly suffered discriminatory behavior after being identified as hospital staff. I recently had to transfer some money. And the place i went to didnt want to let me in. The lady at the front desk told me she couldnt serve me because i was clearly health care. And could be infected. Or not was left humiliated. And hurt with the situation were not out to harm anybody. Since the pandemic reached colombia numerous doctors and nurses have reported social stigmatization. Buses that wont stop for them supermarkets that wont let them do their shopping one nurse was reportedly beaten on the street and accused of spreading the virus. Christiane is a doctor in the city of cali he was evicted after residents in his building demanded he leave fearing he would bring cobe it into their homes. He told me that people were very scared the tenants threatened to leave if i did in that case they would refuse to pay the cancellation fee saying me moving in hasnt been their choice and that it had put their lives in danger. So the landlady told me that she was sorry but i had to leave because she had to protect other tenants with. Cases like those of christiane and liz are fortunately quite rare but even isolated incidents put added pressure on those already carrying societys biggest burden most times it seems to be a common misconception that motivates abuse but. People think that the clothes Health Care Workers wear on their way to the hospital are the same garments they were out. As hurtful as this rejection might be the good outweighs the bad unexpected expressions of solidarity and gratitude are what keeps liz going. To get sacked or the other day when i was about to get out but a driver didnt want to take my money i was wearing my uniform he told me you dont owe me anything thanks for what youre doing for our society. And to those who are still fearful of her and her colleagues she has a clear message. Dont discriminate against is please dont abuses dont attack because if were gone who will come out and help you when you need to move. Ords to remember there now the pentagon mike has also forced us artists christo to postpone a project to wrap the Arctic Triomphe in paris in fabric until next year in the meantime people here in berlin can enjoy a retrospective of the installations that he completed with his late wife in the german capital the exhibition is time to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the duos wrapped rice stuck. 1905 it looked like a u. F. O. Had landed in the middle of berlin christo and his partner john claude had finally made their vision to rap the reality the summer began with these idyllic surreal scenes the true a 1000000 visitors to the once and future site of the German Parliament and. 1000 elegance than an opulent it radiated with magnetic power that simply drew you in. 1905 was the 1st time we met with crystal. It was astonishing to see that every fold and wrinkle he had painted was exactly what you could see in real life later. It was as though he could envision the whole thing. Ingrid and thomas your home saw the rapt. They also followed christos other installations for decades forging a friendship with him in the process a new exhibit at the billionaire palate populaire shows their collection in honor of the 25th anniversary of christos project. It did so much good for germany and germany granted them permission with such tolerance and generosity a parliamentary building isnt just any structure. It also shows the beginning of crystals career when all that was available for him to wrap up with old newspapers or performers of the 1960 s. It also shows his mammoth projects that the couple struggled for decades to realize such as the gates in new yorks central park or the famous bridge in paris their undertakings were always wildly eccentric. Christers last spectacular project was floating peers at lake italy in 2016. This was an installation that allowed people to literally walk on water. The artist sent this video message for the exhibitions opening. Im very happy that all that is now and believe for the 25 in the rest of that i thank you very much i hope the vision. Crystal turns 85 in june but despite the death of his partner john claud in 2009 he hasnt lost any of his creative spirit this fall he had planned to wrap the octu triomphe in paris a long held wish but the pandemic has forced him to put that project on hold for a year. And with that now youre up to date on t. W. 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