Coconavirus hahas brought big brother to the doorsteps of peoples homes. After six weeks of confinement, spain says children can now go out to play. But has damage been done . A new report on lockdowns and Mental Health of young people. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, welcome. We begin with a tragic milestone reached this tuesday in the United States. More than one million americans have not contracted the coronavirus, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins university. More than 50 7000 americans have died from covid19, the disease caused by the virus. More than 50,000 on april 10, the number of cases in the u. S. Stood at 500,000. It took 18 days for that figure to double. All the while, President Trump facing questions and criticisms for what he did and didnt do to stop the virus. Correspondent like many countries in the early days of the pandemic, the United States was in denial about the true danger of the coronavirus. Is going to disapp
And, nigeria begins rolling back restrictions to get the biggest economy in africa back on track. Health officials warn the timing could not be worse. South koreas baseball fans are looking forward to the league restarting on tuesday even if they are only allowed to watch the games on television. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, ill come. Welcome. The race to develop a vaccine is underway. Today, led by the European Union, countries around the world pledged seven and a half billion euros to fund the fight against the virus. The European Union chief held the event as a victory for global cooperation. Todays fundraiser was just as notable for the noshows as the donations. We have more in this report. Lets start the pledging. The e. U. Kicked off its fundraising drive with one billion euros. Pledges were beamed in from across the globe. The kingdomom of saudi arabia has pledged 500 million. Pop icon madonna has made a lastminutee donati
Return to the pitch, but the fans will have to watch from home. Plus, Donald Trumps flipflop. The u. S. President while expect plans to wind down the countries Coronavirus Task force, just days after signaling that the task force upon days were numbered. Doctors and nurses in the colombian capital of bogota are already risking their lives to save others. Now they tell dw news they are facing a new challenge, abuse and discrimination. Plus, more than five years after a german pilot killed 150 people by c crashing his planene in n e alpsps, the victims families are now heading to court. They say of tonsil is to blame. They say lufthansa is to blame. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. Back in business, with the option to shut down again. Today german chancellor Angela Merkel announced that germany will ease some of its coronavirus lockdown measures in the coming weeks, but she warned that the steps must be taken gradually and
Can you get to the hospital during the lockdown. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] a survey commissioned by dw news shows the majority of fans are against the season resuming and empty stadiums. A hero marks his 100th birthday. He achieved the landmark after completing a recordbreaking charity walk to raise millions for healthcare workers battling the coronavirus in the u. K. Brent i am brent goff. To our viewers, welcome. We start with Angela Merkel performing a delicate balancing act, easing lockdown restrictions, but warning they could be reimposed if the infection rate increases. Museums, galleries, places of worship, and childrens playgrounds are allowed to reopen, but sports fans will be disappointed because major events such as professional football matches remain banned until the end of august. Chancellor merkel defended her approach as she outlined the latest easing of restr
Living through that locked down in rwanda. It is tough for everyone. So far they have managed to escape with a very low infection rate. I am brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. We begin with the latest grim numbers from the pandemic. The number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 3 million. That is according to Johns Hopkins university and the United States. It comes on the same day germany began requiring people to cover their faces when shopping and using public transport. A mask is now mandatory, provided that you have one. Equire Wearing Masks requires having masks to wear. Germany, like most countries, needs billions of them in the months ahead. When the World Largest cargo plane landed in leipzig on monday, with 10 Million Masks from china on board, a leading member of Angela Merkels cabinet was there to greet them. The defense minister says the masks will be sent to germanys 16 federal states for distribution. All those who