who still can t get unemployment benefits. i ran out of patience with that. i m still one of millions. i do understand that, but it s ridiculous. reporter: ed and melissa hamlet in louisiana have been trying to get benefits for over a month. probably 95% of the time your calling you re not getting to speak to anyone at all. reporter: ed is also fighting lung cancer and now worries he won t be able to find a new job. you work for 20, 30 years to build up to where you can give your family a lifestyle that you re accustomed to now, and it s all just taken away. reporter: in florida, only r viorquin mployntenhaven th. reporter: around 20 million americans still has not received their stimulus checks. the hardest hit industry? leisure and hospitality. nevada once one of the fastest growing economies. las vegas now dubbed ground zero
the pandemic, some of the toughest restrictions have been lifted, after two months of quarantine. parks, construction sites and factories are reopening, and people can visit relatives again and move around their region. but the extent of the social and economic impact of the shutdown is still unclear, as our correspondent mark lowen reports. a nation that has shed so many tears alone, can finally grieve together. in naples today, the first funerals allowed with a maximum of 15 people, as italy opens up. being unable to say goodbye or visit graves has been one of cruellest losses of the lockdown. this is a beautiful day as i can visit my son who died ten years ago, says this woman. thank you to everyone who has made it possible. i can t say anything more, i am too emotional. as the world s longest shut down of the pandemic starts to fade, outdoor exercise is now allowed.
lockdown to try to control the pandemic, has lifted some of its toughest restrictions, on the day it registered its lowest daily death toll since the lockdown began two months ago. but the extent of the social and economic impact of the shutdown is unclear, as our correspondent mark lowen reports. a nation that has shed so many tears alone can finally grieve together. in naples today, the first funerals are allowed, with a maximum of 15 people, as italy opens up. being unable to say goodbye or visit graves has been one of the coolest graves has been one of the cruellest losses of the lockdown. this is a beautiful day, as i can visit my son, who died ten years ago, says concetta. thank you to everyone who s made it possible. i can t say anything more, i m too emotional. as the world s longest shutdown of the pandemic starts to fade, outdoor exercise is now allowed. parks and some businesses
mark lowen reports. a nation that has shed so many tears alone, can finally grieve together. in naples today, the first funerals allowed with a maximum of 15 people, as italy opens up. being unable to say goodbye or visit graves has been one of cruellest losses of the lockdown. this is a beautiful day as i can visit my son who died ten years ago, says this woman. thank you to eve ryo ne says this woman. thank you to everyone who has made it possible. i can t say anything more, i am too emotional. as the world s longest shut down of the pandemic starts to fade, outdoor exercise is now allowed. parks and some businesses are re opening and relatives can see each other again, with distance and masks. so finally people can visit the family members they have been stopped from seeing for eight long
we have to avoid excessive euphoria, because we must maintain collective responsibility in order to stop and control this epidemic. italians are also hoping that some of the toughest measures can be lifted. as the country celebrates the anniversary of the defeat of the nazis in world war ii, there are hopes that the government may announce a plan for lifting restrictions in may. and in germany, where small shops opened again this week, there are rows about which sectors are being allowed to go back to work. larger shops, cafe and restaurants say it is unfair, they can t reopen. in some ways, leaving the lockdown is proving harder and more divisive than implementing it was. and angela merkel has warned against easing restrictions too quickly. translation: nobody likes to hear it but it is the truth. we are not living in the final phase of the pandemic, we are still at its beginning. we will have to live with this