A cluster of new cases was discovered. By the program well germans love their holidays in the sun and with the government starting to lift pandemic border controls the only things are getting in the way of those summit trains or other countrys borders so getting them to defect controlled is now a matter of the highest level of politics and diplomacy germanys foreign minister is due to discuss exactly that with his european counterparts next week. The endless beaches of france and the majestic mountains of austria in any normal summer German Tourists love to head for these and many other european beauty spots but because of the corona virus the route to germany is neighbors has been blocked at the borders for many the pandemic has given travel a new importance through just gets a lot of course its about our health all around the world but they cant take away our freedom to travel or not because of corona or an economic crisis and of a tough titties or a spot in front of id like to go to spain i dont get know if thats possible it depends if the spanish open their border at the moment theres no sign maybe well know in 4 weeks one place if you will for that but there is a sign from the German Government how it plans to reopen its front is the border with belgium and the netherlands was never closed and from saturday police will not patrol the luxemburg border either to the North Denmark has said it is willing in principle to allow the traffic to flow but needs more time to work out the details germanys borders with france austria and switzerland will 1st see looser controls than at present if theres no new major spread of the virus the checks will be completely lifted in me june. The borders with poland and the Czech Republic have not been closed by germany but by the governments in warsaw and prague those 2 countries are not yet ready to open their front is to germany but berlin is hoping to persuade them you know uncertainty has made some germans rethink their plans. They stick but i think ill just work on this summer and then go away in the autumn i hope i wont take a holiday this year it makes no sense. Theres still a long way to go until europes very cation whole sponsor crowded from this weekend germans who want to travel at least have a timetable for when they will enjoy freedom of movement once again. Well lots of restaurants cafes and hotels have started to reopen across germany mounted so welcome relief to some in the Hospitality Industry a choosing to stay closed i did abuse our next forest white house welcome alex so what are the requirements of cafes and restaurants need to meet before they can reopen well because germany is a federal system its up to the 16 states to decide when and how those cafes and restaurants and even hotels can open so today in berlin cafes and restaurants began to open on monday in bavaria we will see dining facilities with out door seating opening so that will also allow some of those important big gardens there and also some states have already opened their doors including western palm pomerania and that began last weekend and in fact one cow cafe in a bit of a publicist stunt decided to give every customer a hat with a Swimming Pool toggle on top to make sure that they were keeping their social distance from each other and other states are taking this very seriously as well ensuring that openness is a writing down the names and addresses of each guest ensuring that only people from 2 households can sit at the same table and in many places way to. And kitchen staff one having to wear a mask at all times so why are some Restaurant Owners are deciding to stay closed while we were speaking earlier to the bird and hotel and get stronger Meat Industry association and lessing partly to do with these health and safety rules the to kill a make you feel that people are keeping a one and a half meter distance difficult if you own a small cafe for example but for all the people i think is just simply down to the numbers is this financially viable there off fixed costs already associated with having a restaurant or a cafe such as rent but if youre bringing stuff back in to work full time and youve only got half the people coming through your doors because of no tourism and because of social distancing policies its going to become very difficult now one Restaurant Owner in berlin who has reopened today has explained exactly why he his business has already been hit. By told unsponsored might expect a profit in 2020 can be happy if we can rebuild the losses a little bit but only a little bit because i think selected sort of normal turnover for the rest of the year. That and then we hope that 2021 truism over to the ground and we will have more. About but even though the focus is only 50 to 60 percent of 2019. 1000 once and so what sort of Economic Impact has the pandemic had. Hospitality sector where its been pretty dreadful on the german hotel and Restaurant Association warned back in april that around 10000000000. 00 euros of sales would be lost by the end of april so that just gives you an idea and some restaurants and cafes across the living across frankfurt actually had a protest an empty chair protest a couple of weeks ago where they were trying to draw attention to just how serious a problem this is for them more than 220000 businesses are affected across germany a huge number so although its great that finally being opened now here in berlin and in other states across germany the question is will they need more government help in the future or will they actually end up having to close that door because they cant get that money through and those people people through as well as far as watching thank you. Video has become the 1st e. U. Member state to declare its coronavirus epidemic over Prime Minister young as young announced at the spread of the virus is now under control only 35 new infections reported over the last 2 weeks so being a borders its really croatia and austria is not reopening its borders to citizens so we began implementing coronavirus restrictions in march some will remain in place to try and lower the risk of being infection spreading of. Well the journalist vita overage brown joins us from atlanta welcome to you all what do they go mean when they say the epidemic is over. Well 1st there are of course the numbers you said the radiator to 5 cases over the last 14 days today it was only new one new cases reported 29 are presently in hospital 7 of them in tents of care even for a small country like slovenia with its 2000000 inhabitants that are small numbers and this is where Prime Minister youngster claims to be kind of based in class and this is how he justified to live the status of epidemic here in the country however critics say it was a purely political decision taken half an hour before midnight before the status would have prolonged automatically for another month and this is why this decision was taken relatively hastily last night. However you have to say that most of the protective measures that are in place presently still stay in place at least till the end of the month so that there is also a gradual opening of businesses and facilities here in the country but it goes slowly step by step but either way 35000000 factions over the last 2 weeks is still pretty impressive how bad did things get there. Well all in all it didnt get half as bad as expected so. The hospitals at no point had a problem to deal with these cases except one sector as these are galbally homes just today there was a Research Published by the London School of economics. Saying that. Head among the european states one of the highest death rates in elderly homes and that for sure sparked also quite some critics here in society but all in all you have to say the numbers were low as theyd lol and all in all the situation was under control not least because the government imposed very early relatively strict measures and for example we were for several weeks not allowed to leave our community except for of going to work but most of the businesses were closed anyway on the other hand people were also very disciplined so very masks the german discussion about Wearing Masks from the ritz live in perspective seems to be rather awkward because here people who are varying must basically from day one and they keep doing we saw even now today you dont enter a store without wearing a mask and briefly if you would like to much economic damage has this pandemic caused. A lot because like all over europe a lot of businesses had to close down especially in their small little Medium Sized Enterprises they got some help from the slovene state but it was marginal and 700 euros a month for self employed for example that is the slovene minimum wage on the other hand this linda economy is very much depending on exports and mostly on exports to germany and as hard as the German Economy is hit we just heard about it it will also leave brutal scars here in the slovene economy in the next weeks and months to come im sure about that well thank you for that vital browed in. Take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world the job an economy has taken its hardest hit since the 2009 financial crisis shrinking by 2. 2 percent in the 1st quarter of this year experts are warning of an even deeper slump in the 2nd quarter as the full impact of coronavirus restrictions is felt. The latest round of talks on the u. K. s postbreakfast relationship with the e. U. Have ended in stalemate the use chief negotiator Michel Barnier said he was no longer optimistic that a new trade deal would be agreed before the end of the transition period on the 31st of december. Brazils Health Minister has resigned after less than a month in the job of becoming the 2nd Health Minister to do so and with the coronavirus pandemic the nelson types office said he disagreed with the president both lawyers approach in particular the use of hydrochloric when treated covered 19. Coronavirus has reached a bangladeshis huge migrant camps which has moved more than a 1000000 hinge refugees at least 3 cases of covered 19 have been confirmed inside becomes a danger to see teams are scrambling to try and trace the people whove been in contact with the infected people. In china fears of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections are growing clusters of asymptomatic cases have been reported in blue han where the virus was 1st detected the city now aims to test all 11000000 residents in the coming days. To get a usable sample you have to rob the swab deep inside the throat to taste the entire population of wool hand you need to do this 11000000 times that is the enormous undertaking officials at the root of this Global Pandemic are attempting. To by oh im a little bit worried it is a huge effort for the government to take these measures to provide a test for everyone. But it shows the care for residents health. Well. For our own 2 weeks the chinese city will be transformed into a giant lab after a cluster of new cases spooked local leaders testing will need to be rapidly increased from capacity of around 100000 tests to more than 700000 per day. I think its necessary because after all a cluster of new infections appeared in one neighborhood just a few days ago theres a possibility of a reoccurrence of this epidemic we dont need to spend money out of our own pockets it will all be covered by the government so i think its also a protection for our own lives and property. As a about. For months residents were forbidden to go outside now theyre being beckoned to line up together and get tested not for the 1st time the world is watching will hand regular mass testing on this scale could be one route out of lockdown and the few governments can marshal the resources required to pull it off. Well have more world news for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course you can always get the latest on the website thats w dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram as d. W. News of good. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and there is. 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