Its good to have you with us after weeks of lockdown borders are starting to reopen across europe the European Commission has unveiled a plan to revive the battered Tourism Industry and make it possible for people to take a Summer Vacation at the same time the German Government has announced that it will begin relaxing border controls with other e. U. Member states starting this coming weekend. Border checks were supposed to be a thing of the past in europe change in zone germans were used to freedom of movement but the coronavirus put a stop to that cross border travel to neighboring austria switzerland and france was limited to those with an urgent reason to move now the interior minister has announced a road map to get the roads open again. That is simply that if people continue to show discipline observe the hygiene rules and wear face coverings then in spite of the easing of restrictions during may not only here but across europe we can foresee that the borders will be open on the 15th of june. 5th and 6th. Border points which were closed completely will be reopened and there will only be random checks by police all 4 countries have agreed to review their policies in mid june and there are hopes of freeing up travel to germanys other neighbors as well but the minister warned if the virus spreads the rules could change again that is in line with the cautious exit strategy set out by Angela Merkel on wednesday the chancellor was facing questions in the bundestag the unknown is that now its not accepted all these previously unimaginable limitations in our lives in our walk and our businesses including temporary curbs on our rights only to risk sliding backwards now by dropping our guard it would be depressing if we had to return to limitations which we hoped where in the past because we want too much too quickly. Given that infections in eastern france of been well above those in germany some spread of the disease may be hard to avoid but now it will be up to germanys Border Police to oversee what is sure to be a surgeon cross border journeys. Our Political Correspondent kate brady joins me for more on this kate germany and other e. U. Countries see this as a lifeline to the Tourism Industry but the coronavirus will still be around this summer so what are the troubled look like. It certainly will be and the extent to which travel is even allowed will certainly depend on the situation that not only germany but also neighboring Member States find themselves in in the coming weeks especially as we head towards those some of months and in the School Holidays but of course travel will look very different there so much should it go ahead we can expect for example to see masks being made obligatory the wearing of must be made compulsory on both planes and in airports and its also likely that the number of guests both her tells and the Tourist Attractions as well will be limited to a much smaller number than usual to ensure that social distancing measures can still be a did to make sure that people can keep minimum recommended distance of 1. 5 meters from each other and on top of that as well weve already heard some advice from the e. U. Commission recommended that perhaps travel be only permitted to regions where there is the capacity to treat. With medical cash should that be necessary as of course in the meantime germany like other nations both in europe and around the world all already preparing for the case that may so be a 2nd wave of crave at 19. Tony Borders Borders with the European Union but what about International Travel. Well germany still has a Global Travel warning in place until mid june and thats going to be set to be reviewed in the coming weeks and horse the whole for the german interior minister he said yesterday again that he would have serious issues Serious Problems he said in considering International Travel particularly to the United States and to russia right now but as i say of course looking ahead to the situation is very volatile at the moment and couldnt change very quickly by positively and negatively and the german. Foreign minister has also hinted as well that should the situation changes accordingly positively then that still may be time to reevaluate that that Global Travel warning a little earlier than planned especially when it comes to travel within the European Union could pretty thank you very much for that the European Commissions plans to reopen internal borders will come as good news for spain one of the countrys worst hit by the coronavirus been demick in cities dependent on foreign visitors for their economy and like my luggage many hope is that all is not lost for the upcoming summer season. Spanish beaches like here at your at de mar have never been this empty no one is sunning themselves at the popular tourist resort the beach bars are all closed as the lockdown continues but its due to the east gradually in the coming weeks. Were not giving up International Tourism for last this year were pushing for our action plans to be finalized we want the European Union agreements to be reached so that tourist terms will be allowed and we need to know the exact conditions that must be fulfilled by tour operators clients and especially by the airlines so that planes can start arriving from other e. U. Countries. For the time being the aircraft are grounded like youre in malaga last year nearly 20000000 passengers landed here most of them vacationers the hotels bars and restaurants remain closed for the time being. The Tourism Sector fears losses of around 125000000000 euros but the restaurants are gearing up slowly too often. You are talking about a distance of at least 2 meters between tables and between waiters disinfection of tables for the use of clients the disinfection of the whole establishment but also dishes will be kept well closed away so theyre not exposed to contamination in a few. Since early this week cafes and restaurants on Spanish Islands including my york and grand canaria have been allowed to open on the it cautiously at present its just locals who stop by but soon the 1st tourists from abroad could come here on holiday. But increase to travel brings with it the risk of a 2nd wave of the Scientists Say it isnt a question of if there will be a 2nd wave but a question of. As destruction of restrictions news and the opportunities for the virus to spread start to increase one small cities of new infections in south korea shows how fragile recovery can be. After a person infected with the coronavirus visited several small nightspots in early me bars and clubs have shattered in about 120 people have been diagnosed positive for 19 linked to the single case. The south korean government only recently relaxed social distancing now this cluster outbreak which started here in the Entertainment District of e. T. A. One highlights the struggle to balance the need to reopen the economy with the need to protect Public Health despite concerns the new infection can turn into a 2nd wave the government seems confident it can continue reopening. So. Of course its not absolute but as long as the number of daily confirmed cases remains below 50 and 95 percent of all infections are traceable by the government system it can be manageable sing on and go through pressing on and puti but the new coronavirus cases have reminded locals and visitors a need to warn their protective measures are still needed. I think like hes a man who is doing badly so were all very worried about the resurgence in virus cases so individuals must follow social distancing rules so that all came to want to type the kid and thats. When i went to the gym this morning the gym said i have to wear the mask again to get into into the. Gym and this was the older from the government just just yesterday after you tell ones actually done. What i did individuals credit card and phone days are used when required to track the spread of the virus why there is the risk of privacy invasion i dont think its a tremendous problem. To get. Officials still seek out visitors to the e. T. A. One district are using personal transaction phone in c. C. T. V. Information and tested 22000 people the hope is they continue to aggressive Contact Tracing will let south korea keep it successfully flattened curve. The u. K. Has seen the highest death toll from over 1000 in europe over 30000 people have died since the pandemic began a disproportionate number of them from ethnic minorities for example black people in the u. K. Are 4 times more likely to die from the us and caucasians thats according to an analysis by the National Statistics agency showing the ports has the details from london. Has had enough which is why she came here to downing street to protest even though shes 6 months pregnant she had to fight for a protective hospital because it just wasnt enough. Im here today for the doctors nurses and health care. Project and send 50 to. More than 200 Health Care Workers have died in britain so far 2 thirds of them minorities. Here in the United Kingdom data has shown that the virus does indeed discriminate even though everybody has access to Free Health Care experts are unsure about the reasons but say they vary from overcrowded housing to preexisting medical conditions what is clear though is that covert 19 revealed longstanding existing inequalities in British Society which rings true in this multiethnic neighborhood of brixton one of the colbert hot spots in the capital patients and hospitals across the country a 4 times more likely to die from coronavirus and white ones most people here where and have changed their behavior. Much more in march. Just because this. Is something that is killing everybody and i just need to keep myself or my family safe thats the main thing so i dont know im not focused on the fact that. I dont even home or nothing. So far medics and experts havent figured out why minorities and the u. K. s so disproportionately affected by covert 19 the government launched an inquiry last month theres also been discussion of shielding minorities from frontline jobs and unrealistic approach some say it can all make priorities but there are limited social actions because of these crimes and. Its all very well. Away from other peoples forest but if its a choice between not knowing and living. Some people will be presented with with with the right. Back at downing street this helps to encourage others to also speak up to prevent more deaths of ethnic minority patients and her colleagues. Who filed that report joins me now from london charlotte you mentioned overcrowded housing and preexisting medical conditions as factors behind some minorities being more affected by this virus what else is playing a role. Well the Research Suggests that these Socio Economic inequalities play huge role that ethnic minorities tend to live in poorer Living Conditions and thereby to be more at risk for Underlying Health conditions such as diabetes and high Blood Pressure for example which we know doesnt fare very well with the new virus covert 19 but its also for example that ethnic minorities tend to have lower skilled jobs that they work in industry set a very much at the front line of society right now and thereby more exposed to the virus such as for example in supermarkets as bus drivers all across society and those are not necessarily jobs where they could have sheltered now in this crisis for example if you do look at the medical Community Lots of ethnic minorities working in the jobs as as ambulance drivers are cleaners and particularly those might have not be in the position to speak up the lack of protective gear because they did not want to lose their jobs so lots of different factors playing into why minorities here in the u. K. Are so affected the government now has launched an inquiry and its hoping to get some answers and also medics looking into the issue hoping to find answers and then to be able to shield those that are more affected Better Beyond this inquiry is there anything else that the governments running on doing to protect vulnerable groups. Well they have isolated so far the elderly everybody above 70 and those that are particularly high risk considered by the doctors so they are safe isolating where the government has returned a blind eye it seems is on care homes theyve been neglected in this crisis and britain has the highest death toll in europe but now data suggests that 40 percent of all those deaths occurred in care homes because the government has not paid much attention to the situ very horrific situation there and even guidelines that the government have released has released show that hospitals have released covert 900 patients from hospitals to free up beds into care homes which then made the virus spread there even more so very tricky situation and while the virus itself is going down in the communities here in the United Kingdom the crisis in care homes is very far from over shot of bottom london thank you very much for that. For a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world that used that hungry circumvented you nor by holding Asylum Seekers in prison like conditions at the border camp the case was brought by for saddam seekers from iran and afghanistan theyve been kept in the camp after arriving by a surveyor. A closed Nuclear Power plant in the southwest germany has been demolished its part of the countrys planned move away from Atomic Energy the phillipsburg plant was taken off the grid last year germany is fossil fuels with the new book Energy Sources over the coming decades. A powerful storm has hit the eastern philippines a typhoon made landfall just. Have begun evacuating some 200000 people from a mountainous areas fearing flooding and landslides they say social distancing from be nearly possible. Youre watching the news still to come. Wanted to help germany beat the pandemic. To find out how to get back to work. The u. S. Could get exclusive 1st rights to french pharmaceutical giant some of these covert 19 vaccine thats if trials are a success the u. S. Was 1st out of the blocks to fund. Research c. E. O. Paul hudson said in an interview with bloomberg its shaping up to be a Major Political row french politicians say privatizing the u. S. Would be an acceptable. For more on this im joined by office all of them from d. W. Business welcome now the battle to come up with a covert 19 vaccine does come over nationalistic overtones to do yeah absolutely it is taken that line at the moment paresh vaccine nationalism you could call it and that is a problem and if you talk to any Public Health experts they would agree that it is a very big problem potentially so since this problem started to cover one thing when the most consistent things weve heard is that in order for the in order for there to be a long term viable solution we need a vaccine and that even in that case it may not even be a full solution but as a result of that countries have been rushing to try and get there 1st because of the perceived that that would come and also for the political kudos that they would achieve by been able to say to their entire population we would vaccinate you however what a lot of experts agree on is that in order for a vaccine to truly be successful you really require a multilateral approach and the 2 main reasons for that one is that in order to tool the medical scientific resources it is far more beneficial to have multiple people working together from different areas of expertise on it because even though a vaccine might be found it may not necessarily be the best one there could be other ones that ultimately are are more beneficial that have more lasting benefits on top of that you have the problem that if i see it is found if for example china or the u. S. Were forced to achieve a vaccine producing it is a different question entirely especially to the level that the world currently requires and in order for that to happen it is absolutely undeniable that global approach is required speaking of the global approach you have about 30 countries and organizations pledging some 8000000000. 00 into an e. U. Led fund into Vaccine Research called for for the whole world how does this multilateral approach square with a number of countries going it alone here its very important to point out that its not just simply a case of each for their own here so the e. U. Did organize that that event last week and several countries did take part obviously the e. U. Itself countries but also canada saudi arabia the current head of the g. 20 however much more notable was the countries who werent there so the u. S. Wasnt there india wasnt there china did. Sent an envoy but it didnt send its rather was represented by a sound bite wasnt represented by its leader however there are those those multilateral efforts the u. K. Itself wants to hold an event next month a similar event and it helps raise a similar amount of money to pump into double efforts and likewise that the and other local Matters Organization wants to host a similar event so there are those double efforts however whats very important to say is that there is no one Single Global Authority who can decide what private sector goes and its the private sector that ultimately will need to a vaccine here the sort of one from a business desk thank you very much for that. In south africa theres a ban on the sale of a product that some consider essential alcohol the ban is part of some of the toughest restrictions on public life anywhere in the world right now due to the covert 19 barbaric demand is still high and police have reported robberies of closed Liquor Stores but an increasing number of South Africans are trying to get around the destructions in an entirely legal way. In the township of lying out in cape town business for richard became you know has been brisk despite the coronavirus pandemic. And one item in particular is selling very well pineapples he sells 20 cases every 3 days even though the price has doubled since public wish to actions began. This is the ill do the hotel both is this is that was sitting there like a live moment now but why is that it was because if it were they depended on each year to get something to drink. Thats why michael the hobby has come here the hobby brewer shopping for pineapples as well as grapes and sugar going to be part of the group and. Back home and a friend testing their latest brew its been fair mentoring and a bucket for 5 the process turns this liquid to alcohol. He says he cant understand why the government has banned the sale of alcohol. I think also it affect our financial state in terms of the country and also obvious people that people that depend on not statically as well would have to make ends meet dont so no they cant i dont think government should ban it i think the government should reconsider opening up and sell maybe a few hours maybe 3 hours doing the day. So the africa has implemented a 5 tier social restriction system alcohol will only go on sale again when the country reaches level 3 expected by the end of may according to government adviser Salim Abdul Karim the countrys pandemic peak will most likely be sometime between late july and september the extent to which we need emergency clear. Call is a major contributor. You know 3 different ways. Of contributes in terms of more than vehicle accidents. Or. Interpersonal violence and injury i mean in china militants are also. Strongly linked to alcohol and then get it out of. Use you know actually at how it is lower cirrhosis so on so those those tend to occupy a very substantial amount of. Military meanwhile the shadow economy in the lang a township and across the country east driving this cost millions in lost tax revenues although the passy are close to this is still possible to buy arco we learned there are several black Market Dealers who are still selling at a minimum 3 times the original price of beer and wine for example we tried to talk to them but they did not want to talk to us on camera. Michael but harvey plans to continue making his own pineapple beer even though he readily admits hed much rather have a glass of fine red wine. Germany tackling this pandemic has creativity flowing one nonprofit has come up with an inviting former Health Professionals back to the frontlines so far Germanys Health care system has not been overstretched by the band but the aim is to keep German Health care systems running smoothly in case the country takes a turn for the worse. On a pizza take a step back into her past. Its almost 10 years since she quit nursing for a job in i. T. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit germany she decided that she wanted to help. She now works one day a month out of event as hospital in berlin. This month and wanted to make myself useful and i wanted to help even just a little bit. I can still do a lot of course im not up to date with the very latest but with many things it is just a matter of learning the new procedures. She found her way back to nursing via a platform called revolt and health or in english we want to help it was developed by the berlin based health care nonprofit meddling 10000 people have so far registered mostly nurses and doctors germanys Hospital System is not overwhelmed by the pandemic but the platforms founders say it provides an emergency resource should the situation worsen. Get out we have built a pool of people with serve on house and that can be ready to start working in case the situation changes and more staff is needed in the hospitals if that happens we are ready and we can send stuff to the hospitals and nursing homes. On the ship. Germanys rate of new cases has been consistently falling for weeks now. But there are still fears of a 2nd wave. Either way p. Trick and an army of others are there ready to help. To the United States now where police in new york state have paid a special tribute to hospital workers in long island. By dumping rain outside the mt sinai hospital the medical stuff for them life saved. In the dont know why this crisis the hospital had up to 90 people on ventilators of the height of the pandemic new patients arriving at the hospital after significant. This idiot of the news dont forget youre going to. Come. Instagram from back in 15 minutes and sing about. Write down. The thank. 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