Prince china is surprised in exports but that may be trouble ahead. Of us a welcome to the Program Germany is back in business pass keeping the option to shut down again thats the word from chancellor Angela Merkel who announced the easy of some coronavirus locked on measures in the coming weeks germanys 16 states that will now manage the gradual reopening off more businesses and schools it will be a balancing act between preventing infection and allowing public life to resume. In the town of vine ma in central germany restaurants and cafes have already started to reopen customers must be seated outside with their need 2 people allowed per table its self service and there are strict hygiene rules but for many this is more than enough this is. Its wonderful its liberating and healthy i think. Its nice to see how happy people are its joy for years before the record im happy to be able to go out again its a group from saturday more restaurants and cafes across germany as well as all shops will start to reopen as part of the next phase in relaxing lockdown restrictions but there will be regional variations due to germanys federal division of power as. We have seen Good Progress as far as the number of new infections is concerned that means we can now take further steps by the union. But we have to be careful to keep control of the Emergency Response mechanism we have to fed it means i can feel quite confident. That means that if the number of infections rises too high in any region tougher restrictions must be introduced there but for now its up to the 16 state governments to decide how and when to reopen day care facilities restaurants and hotels social distancing rules are to be extended for another month although members of 2 separate households can now meet launch event like concerts remain banned until the end of august but the bundesliga football season will be allowed to resume in mid may with strict rules in place. Germany is gradually reopening albeit with restrictions but these regained freedoms will only last as long as the corona virus infection rate remains under control and thats one of the problems of Political Correspondent covering this story for us journalism fixers Disease Agency either all but. Just this morning warns there could be a 2nd wave before autumn how to start factoring into the governments plans. Well it certainly plays a huge role in the governments plans right now and something that they will be keeping an eye on both at state and federal level as the restrictions are east across germany and as you say they Call Institute confirmed as well as today that of reproduction rate in germany now has fall into north point 65. 00 but at the same time the Vice President of the situ said that this is not a signal that germany has the all clear and right now as under michael has said on several occasions until there is a vaccine 19 is very much going to be present in german life and in this new normal that germans are going to be getting new c. As a restrictions ease the public life. This new normal is great while many businesses are being given the green light for this new normal parents in particular are very happy was that. In fact it has been a lot of comparisons drawn in the last few hours or so since those announcements were made yesterday afternoon by anglo macko not only because things like the one this leader will be able to resume albeit behind closed doors but that there are also plans in place for things like tourism gastronomy and those of her thesis cultural events but the one thing that seems to be missing so far is daycare and kindergartens and that has drawn huge criticism from parents who are desperately trying to balance working from home at the minute many of them wanting to also return to work a working offices a laplace of work where possible as well right now but theres also been criticism on the lack of measures being taken to ensure that theres daycare for everyone from the social democrats and also the green party as well as social democrats leader and one of the coleaders saying today that they sent a fatal signal to families so there has been huge criticism on that front and all we heard from angloamerican yesterday. Was that it is going to take a while and of course there are also concerns as well especially for those children from from vulnerable homes who are in more difficult situations and what staying at home for longer might mean for them germany states now have a lot of freedom in terms of how far and how fast they go and relaxing restrictions or reducing them in fact whats the emergency brake and whos going to pull them so basically this is a threshold thats being set and each individual state will be responsible for this so if that all 50 or more than 50 new cases per 100000 inhabitants in a district in the last 7 days then the state each individual state will be responsible for every implementing restriction so we could indeed see pockets of many lock downs in restrictions being reimplemented here in germany in germany similar to the ones that weve seen already in previous weeks should brady thank you. For quick roundup of the latest news more than 3700000 people have now been infected with the coronavirus globally and nearly 265000 have died russia has passed germany and france to rank fish for infection numbers russia has 177000 cases now more than 3000 people have died in sweden the government has been criticised for maintaining looser restrictions than the rest of europe and egypt has extended its nighttime curfew until the end of the ramadan fast later this months in india at least 11 people have died in a gas leak at a chemical factory located in the city of. Hundreds have been hospitalized and more than 1500 evacuated from nearby villages a south korean firm that owns the factory says the gas leak has now been brought under control. More on this story from an eruption diaries of shes our correspondent in delhi hundreds in the hospital some still unconscious off to the leaking off styrene what do we know about this gas and the factory well the factories as you call it my just situated about 20 kilometers in the. Southern indian city or. So this factory is involved in making one of those and specifically. This diving gas is used to produce polystyrene which is a was that id love to use in making. This gas is a toxic gas and although it is harmful but it can actually do it on food if theyre just concealed and not want to do im concentrating on kings especially by young looks and. There is this situation now on the control or is that still a risk for People Living in the area well soon after the leak was just go what immediate measures were taken and people in areas surrounding the plant many villages there were evacuated because it was reported that this thread the fuel tax break to work nice to meet 2 miles around the plant and markedly just come on the bad treaty that there was a door to go to the accusation there were rescue teams on the ground hundreds as you mentioned what taken to the hospital some have been discharged some punkin you can be in not right now i guess still awaiting the impact of the treatment that theyre getting at least 11 people have died at the moment i think for the government of the local government and for the National Government their priority is that of seeding like only after that there will be analysis on what life long or long time in fact this gas people have will be. There is there any indication what might have caused this leak. Well there were conflicting reports in the beginning there were reports that the plant was shut down because because of the log down that was imposed nationwide to control the spread of coronavirus which led to a Chemical Reaction of some sorts and led to the gas leak but later on an official from the local government of the state was supported us seeing that the workers of the fact you were actually getting out to zoom the operations of the plant and that is why some at that point some accident happened and the ghastly disbelief. From what they know also platforming 116. 00 that are already on the ground that the investigation has started. But here is a guy reporting live from delhi sank you a brief look nod some of the other stories making headlines today iraq has a new Prime Minister the former intelligence chief mostafa. Was sworn in after lawmakers approved his cabinet lineup and in 5 months of political deadlock his Government Faces an array of problems including a severe economic crisis and the prospect of renewed Anti Corruption protests. Moscow it is extending virus was directions until the end of the months the mayor says some industry and Construction Companies will soon be allowed back to work but he insists its still too early to reopen sports facilities restaurants and theaters. 3. 2000000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week as lock down measures devastated the u. S. Economy even further claims since early march now top 33000000 on friday monthly figures are expected to show the jobless rate a record high of 16 percent. The anonymous british artist banksy is known for his subserve subversive street after it pops up in unexpected places his latest piece is a tribute to Health Workers on the front line against covert 19 and surprise star and General Hospital in southern england it shows a boy whos discarded spiderman and batman in favor of his prized new hero and their work will be auctioned off to raise money for Britains National health. After a break of more than 2 months germanys Football League will resume its season on may 16th spot behind closed doors the decision makes the bundesliga europes 1st major football the to resume play the strict hygiene and distancing rules to minimize the risk of being infected by the corona virus the resumption of play is being closely watched by professional sports leagues around the world. And heres a reminder of the top story were following for you here in the w. More german businesses are getting ready to reopen as the country moves to further relax coronavirus restrictions schools but also grab your resume but social distancing rules will remain until at least june 5th and lockdowns could be reimposed if infections spike again. And these 8 people have died when gas leaks from a chemical factory on indias east coast people struggling to breathe collapsed in the street of hundreds of the hospital the factories owner says the leak is now under control. And finally the German Electronic band craft lost one of its founding members Florian Schneider has died at the age of 73 after suffering from cancer coughed back achieved International Fame in the 1970s with his slide out a ban or tons of express the bands pioneering electronic sound is credited with influencing genres ranging from hip hop to techno well even now with the music of kafka for. The movie. The be. The big. Comeback in the pandemic. Where does research stand. 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