A new outbreak emerge in the countrys north. Israels political future in the banks the top court hears the final arguments to a new power sharing deal. And on time how much now have all the sport. For those in its top division is syria back in training following permission from the countrys government. So from italy to india a new working week has begun with the lifting of many of the restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus but some are questioning whether its all too soon italy has recorded nearly 29000 deaths that is the worst toll in europe but it has begun easing lockdowns allowing people to return to work and visit family many businesses there are also reopening and across the world there have been more than 3 and a half 1000000 infections and. Some Health Experts fear the reopening of many countries will lead to a 2nd wave President Donald Trump says hes confident of a vaccine by the end of the year the u. S. Is not joining a european led conference which is aimed at raising more than 8000000000. 00 in a worldwide effort to speed up Vaccine Research or lets begin we can speak now to francisco attorney who joins us on skype from milan and francisco it interesting day isnt it i read one of one residents who said that were feeling a mix of joy and fear which summed it up really tell us more about how its done in philly and what elements are returning today. Well of course the feelings of the italians today makes theyre all a lot of people on the straights more than 4000000 people went back to work this morning in all the kountry well he is trying to restore the economy without pushing the curve of the infractions up again but of course there is hope that the worst has passed but there is also concerns about the possible 2nd wave of infection of cases the government was really hit hard criticised for not explaining how it will handle the Health System in the 2nd phase but what is happening in this 2nd phase well factories Building Sites and wholesale trade reopened today there was also a lifting on the restrictions on personal freedoms people are now allowed to go out for a walk and to go to visit their parents or their family but in these meetings they need to wear a mask in the hardest hit region of law but the where im speaking from that the mask is mandatory every time outside and thats why im wearing it social gatherings are still bans and its not possible to move from region to region sporting activities can now be practice also far from home in fogs that wear open today but they are open just to walk or run errands for children remain closed while schools will not resort until september as shops museums and libraries will reopen from may 18th so that there is really high attention on how these 2 weeks will work. As things open out what is the strategy to prevent a potential 2nd. Well this is what the government has been criticized on because it didnt explain march and it doesnt seem to have a very Clear Strategy very different from the face one there are no new big measures to control the virus except from a protective. Asks mandatory on public transport and new distancing groups thats why many people are worried nothing was said about the possibility of increasing the number of tests and february and march were not enough for heavy one for everyone who needed to be tested there was also a public debate on the Contract Tracing that the government is working on but its not ready yet and so the authorities didnt even decide to isolate infected people in facilities like hotels to avoid infecting family members its not easy to understand why some regions are making immunity immunology immunity tests and some are not so of course much has been demanded to the responsibility of people in this in this 2nd phase and now many are asking the authorities to implement new strategies to try the possible 2nd. Wave of contagion if it happens we hope not of course of course thats the picture in italy as its least also if not we can francis because you know its really thanks very much indeed. Well as we mentioned earlier 2 Southeast Asian nations are taking cautious steps to lift coronavirus restrictions thailand is allowing restaurants sons and pet shops to reopen no new deaths have been reported in Days International flights have been banned until the end of the month malaysia will permit the majority of businesses to reopen large gatherings are still not committed but enough was called hyde lee whos in bangkok and he explained some of the restrictions lifted by thailand. This is the 2nd day the 1st business day of the relaxation of these restrictions that were imposed back in march you know its a slow and steady process according to the government you know its going to be every 2 weeks where they re evaluate how things are going and then well decide if the move forward in lifting some of these restrictions right now some more shops are allowed to open up restaurants are allowed to have people dying in but distancing very strict social distancing measurements within those restaurants that weve always had a and encourage work from home directive from the government here never really fully enforced that remains in place also when you look at the Public Transportation here in bangkok very critical for this very very crowded city. People riding up Public Transportation still have to wear a mask now when it comes to the future of a big contributor to the Gross Domestic Product here in thailand how thailand makes its money comes from the Tourism Industry and there have been a couple of announcements about how things will be moving forward we know that there is a a ban on inbound International Flights that will stay in place until the end of may that is in place the airports here in thailand will only be open from 7 am to 7 pm to further curb the air traffic if you will some domestic flights restarted at the end of last week but still very limited at this stage now when you look at again the importance of it thats why were here in this neighborhood of old bangkok this is really a touristy area called zone area there are still very few tourists here obviously that is going to remain the case for several weeks if not months to come you know were looking at projects in numbers coming out from the government down at least 40 percent the 1st quarter of this year in tourist numbers thats going to be even bigger for the 2nd quarter and again thats a very very important for the economy here so obviously the government is rambling to try to figure out other ways for the nation here to make money. Most businesses are now allowed to reopen including retailers like thats one and shopping malls but theyre going to have to implement certain Safety Measures including temperature screening and making sure theres enough space within the premises for people to maintain a practice physical distance thing now employ its however have been advised to allow people to work from home as far as possible and were seeing that on the streets on monday morning it seems the busier than they won the last 6 weeks but no way regular day not schools and colleges remain closed malaysia hasnt reopened its borders and interstate travel is still not allowed the Prime Minister has described the easing of restrictions as a controlled and cautious reopening of Economic Activity malaysia has lost 14 and a half 1000000000. 00 since the cubs were put in place 6 weeks ago but not everyone agrees with the governments Decision Making on even though i think its still a bit unsafe the virus is invisible im just here to get a bit of banking done and then im going to head home as soon as possible. Thats a petition online urging the government to reconsider its decision to ease restrictions and as of 9 am on monday morning in malaysia that petition has gone more than 470000 signatures but Malaysian HealthOfficials Say the country has not acted lax in that and thats very much a sense that what the government is trying to do is strike a balance between protecting lives and preserving jobs. Now there are multiple efforts underway all across the world to try and find a formula to create immunity against the virus thats enough from stephanie deca. The world is desperate for a vaccine against covert 19 and the race is on to find one thats been developed in many countries i think in largest number in the usa followed by china market is a professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine. They are keeping an up to date database of all the vaccines being worked on there are over 100 bad news is that the usual crime rate the development vaccine is a problem the initial discovery who actually having a be given on a population level is usually about 10 to 20 years. But the urgency now means teams all over the world are trying to speed up the process we work day and night and follow probably 1000 people on a person. We have a 3. People 3 shop working group and for 24 hours several are at the stage of human testing including this trial the Oxford University were told there is never been a vaccine against a Coronavirus Group for approval and that the success rate of vaccine trials are between 5 to 10 percent even once there is a vaccine it will take quite some time before there is enough to vaccinate entire populations and while we wait there are questions about Natural Immunity it is still not clear whether we can develop long lasting immunity to the virus we have never been here before this is a direct thats emerged that has changed everyones life its you know bringing so many people to be sick to be in hospital dying its wrecked entire economy is this is the back to that the world is desperate to have for once the world is largely united in the desire to be able to visit and hug our families to walk the streets to fill the restaurants to travel and for so many to be able to work again to return to a life most of us took for granted. Our once buzzing news room here in doha has nearly full infile and with most people working from home its a similar picture in many places across the world now despite so many vaccines being in the works its going to take quite some time before one is available to all of us and that means that partial lockdown and social distancing could remain part of our lives for a very long time Stephanie Decker at aljazeera headquarters in doha lets explore this further in places say we can speak to only while the smith who is professor of emerging Infectious Diseases at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine joins us on skype from geneva professor welcome to the program before we discuss this critical this crucial issue of finding a vaccine i just want to ask you all the easing of restrictions that were beginning to see how comfortable are you with. Every country has a different speeds and criteria for easing that knocked down as you know china had very strict criteria and that meant they had to see is 0 new cases for 4 weeks before they list it most other countries have have now decided to go for a compromise and to lift when they see a decline in cases of sleep as long as the virus still circulate as we all know there is a risk to the world then continue to that increase again and could cause a 2nd. Peak right so its all a calculation the risk occupation isnt that it is and its weighing up at the tween the Economic Cost and and and the. Challenge to the to Health Care Systems and lives lost all right is a problem the world faces and also a key issue the world faces is the finding of a vaccine 1st on you might think from what you hear that finding a vaccine will definitely happen but is that actually right can we be certain that a vaccine will be found. I think we should have guarded optimism and and prepare for the fact that we may not have a vaccine for quite a while because just waiting for a vaccine may then end up as not really taking older because. So so we are there is an incredible speed and president the speed in developing this vaccine and president amount of resources and money to indeed invest in this vaccine this is probably the most important and that scene and the highs that need vaccine. Because its not only about life saving lives theres also about saving our economy and the optimism of finding a vaccine within 12 to 18 months is exactly that is that optimistic is it overly optimistic. I actually remain optimistic we are going in parallel so so you know we are investing in various platforms in parallel and that will increase the success rate but we have to pee pee pad that vaccines may also feel this is a novel pathogen and b. And and and therefore we must be prepared that that a vaccine may feel right as you say we are moving faster than ever before what is the time lapse between the the you rico moment of finding a vaccine and then making it globally available. So this depends on the on the Manufacturing Capabilities obviously behere need billions of doses to cover all people around the world and to have equitable access and i think this is the bottleneck so to already address this bottleneck for example oxford has now has gone into it to the extreme trials probably with a lot just a phase one phase 2 trial. As a ready setting up mechanisms so already now prepare scaling up manufacturing this is a risk that is a risk i think the world needs to be prepared to take we need to be pat to pay now into an investment to scale up manufacturing even if we dont know whether this vaccine is going to be successful it is a space race isnt it in a kind of a way and the thing is theres a lot of disparate effort or theres all these i think is up to 90 different efforts going on around the world shouldnt they be more coordinated we can easily diluting the efforts by having all these different efforts going on. I do believe that we need to have as a team and we need some competition but we need also coordination. I want to stress that those 90 plus vaccines are mostly all still in preclinical trial and send some of the most important back same kinds of we need to look at those that are have and tent human human status that studies in humans are human trials and there are now 6 that have started by march april and i think we are looking forward to just seeing their results of them face one trials to see which one really has that has has most of the prospect of success right so exhilarating a vaccine that has never been done in this way before it will be as youve mentioned pretty much a heroic achievement if we get that but if we dont youve also alluded to the fact that we need a plan b. What is that plan b. Its going to be very hard reality of finding the a fine balance. The to mean it cannot make damage and lives lost and also saving and protecting our Health Care System and its a very fine line that we need to learn. How to titrate and how to manage and every country will have different approaches but the criteria are always the same the criteria is you interrupt transmission some degree of physical does and saying well needs to continue for a long long time but i think were also Getting Better income taining at source so countries like now you Zealand Australia france and. Other countries that have successfully. Curbed the epidemic and have now in the numbers they cannot fully focus on ensuring that every time as a level spike that they immediately suppress it so testing is therefore so important so you discover a new rise in cases and immediately suppress it we have the tools in hand we just need to use and wisely so overall i think we can keep the numbers at minimum if we use the tools that we have at hand in the moment and use them wisely while still trying to protect the economy professor we really appreciate your expertise on this thank you very much indeed for that and elise while the smith thank you thank you. President donald trump says hes confident the u. S. Will have a current of our vaccine by the end of the year the president was speaking at a virtual town hall meeting on 3 questions from americans about his handling of the pandemic revelled has this report. Were joined now by president in a virtual town hall style event broadcast on the u. S. Television Network Fox NewsPresident Donald Trump predicted Rapid Development of a covert 900. 00 vaccine we are very confident that were going to have a vaccine at the end of the year by the end of the or have a vaccine by the end of this year we think were going to have a vaccine by the end of this year and were pushing very hard trump went on to claim that he was not told till late january by u. S. Intelligence agencies about the spreading coronavirus some reports indicate that those agencies sounded the alarm on january 3rd on january 23rd i was told that there could be a virus coming in but it was of no really important other words it wasnt all we got to do some we got to do something it was a brief conversation trump blames china directly for the pandemic he promised a report with new information on how it originated and spread i think they made a horrible mistake and they dont want to admit it more than 68000 people in the u. S. Have died from cold at 19 and the numbers are rising trump said the toll could reach 90000 a higher number than he has cited before many public Health Experts are warning against premature lifting of stay at home orders saying that could lead to a new surge in infections without giving any specific dates trump said the u. S. Needed to restart its economy soon we cant stay close as a country were going to have a country left the president ducked a question about safeguarding vulnerable nursing home residents and called white