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And while many countries still have strict lock downs in place some who hit early on are now beginning to lift restrictions but that doesnt mean the life is going back to normal just yet in chinas hu han city 58000. 00 seniors have gone back to school to having temperature checks other wearing mosques classes a smaller timings of staggered and talking is kept to a minimum in south korea children will have to wait until next week to go back to class theres been a consistent decline though in new infections of more businesses a reopening and some social events are being allowed but easing of restrictions is worrying many with no vaccine in sight while scientists are looking at ways to treat code that 19 global infections are on the path to hit 4000000 lets begin our coverage with katrina you joins us now live from beijing how has the 1st day back at school and mohan city gone katrina. Well this is being hailed as a milestone here in china. At the center of the outbreak here the residents had to experience the strictest measures in terms of lock down controls this year and more state of the deaths and cases of the current virus took place in 100 city and now for the 1st time students are streaming into their classrooms after weeks of not being able to go to school and there is a lot of relief and excitement from the students being able to go back to classes but as you mentioned its not classes as they remember them they are now going to smaller classes as groups sizes have been reduced theyre Wearing Masks at all times they havent had that temperatures checked and classes are also staggered and there are much fewer students only the Oldest High School students will be attending class the seniors theyve been per pirate us as they have to prepare for their University Entrance exams that are taking place this coming july. And this is just one of the indicators of life going back to normal here in china we also heard the news in the last few hours that shanghai is disneyland will also be reopening after weeks of being closed albeit they will limit the numbers of customers who will be able to enter and also Chinas National Peoples Congress the most important event of the Political Class calendar here in china will take place later this month and it comes off to dwindle in corona virus cases here in china according to official figures in who bay province the has not been a new coronavirus case in the past 31 days and nationwide there have been Single Digits in terms of new coronavirus cases daily and most of these imported cases so the government does seem to have things under control it does have a sense of confidence when it comes to controlling this outbreak and thats certainly the message that theyre trying to sell to the people here in china but people do seem to be optimistic although people are all. That china is not quite out of the woods there off still a lot of cry cry and a virus precautions to that are in place around the country everyone does need to wear a mask when going to work will be out and about public and old these students object to school many students are still taking their lessons from harm for example we get to hear of a schedule when it comes to when primary School Students can go back to class out of there is true to you reporting live from beijing katrina many thanks indeed well south korea is also lifting more restrictions as we mentioned it has only reported 2 new cases on tuesday both for people who derived from abroad its containment has been widely praised his how its managed to do it soon after the 1st infection was confirmed in january testing kits were quickly approved and patients isolated tracking apps drive through testing of coroutine violation fi in this to test trace and contain the virus or introduced early on the number of infections hit a peak on february 29th on the curve flatten significantly after that by mid april you cases were reduced to Single Digits a lie in the parliamentary election to be held 255 South Koreans died more than 10000 cases recorded aljazeera was robbed mcbride has more now from inside the museum of modern in seoul. This is a further indication of restrictions here in south korea gradually being lifted as the country emerges into this strange new post virus world here at the museum of modern art along with other museums galleries libraries across south korea they are all being allowed to open but only with very strict precautions being in place we have the usual temperature checks of everyone entering the numbers here are strictly controlled 1st of all you would have to have registered online to visit your museum of modern art and with no more than 100 people at any one time allowed inside its basically all part of whats known here as every day life quarantine basically the new normal but its one the South Koreans weve been speaking to seem to accept is part of the recovery from this outbreak and they are certainly welcoming the fact that they can now get back into public venues hound them are limited the number of people here which is good because its not so crowded and that. People are still aware of the distancing measures also being allowed for the 1st time religious gatherings sporting events all those occasions that bring people together as long as theyre still practicing the basic principles of social distancing then theyre allowed to do so it usually takes 7 to 10 years for a vaccine to reach markets drugmakers are racing to find a cure 8 potential vaccines are being tested on people the World Health Organization says that 4 of the trials are in china pharmaceutical giant pfizer began testing a vaccine in the u. S. On monday that could trigger cells to produce proteins that fight covert 19 scientists at the u. K. s university of oxford began trials last month if successful a vaccine could be ready by september European Union leaders have pledged 8000000000. 00 to boost Vaccine Development dr jerome kim is the director general. Of the International Vaccine institute he joins us now live via skype from seoul good to have you with us dr i want to talk to you about how south korea has managed to deal with a pandemic so successfully in just a few moments but 1st how confident are you that a vaccine will be found to counter the virus. So i think when you think about a vaccine you really have to think with the end in mind that end in mind is a vaccine that is being used around the world to reduce death and the burden of disease from kobe 19 so testing and well being that the vaccine works is only the 1st the next step is that we have to make it and we have to make a lot of it at high quality i mean were thinking you know some multiple of 7000000000 doses 7b1x4b2x1b doses of vaccine and then you have to take that back to you and you have to use it and were hoping that when we use it we prioritize and that people all over the world who need the vaccine are going to be able to access it but are you confident that a vaccine will give Something Like lifelong immunity would it be just a year or so like the flu or just months or even weeks so i think start to answer your 1st question i do believe that we will succeed eventually in making a vaccine 6 to 18 months is a very hopeful timeline and if everything works out fine perhaps we will we wont know about the requirement for booster doses though until we give the vaccine and then follow people up for 12 months or 18 months after they receive the vaccine to see how quickly those whose infection fighting proteins called antibodies which are induced by vaccination drop off is a vaccine our best hope. For a return to normal or should we perhaps be focusing more on treatments that minimize symptoms. So i dont think that the treatments that minimize symptoms are necessarily going to be the answer because by the time you have an infection and by the time im in a relatively symptomatic person progresses to the point where they need hospitalization theyve had the opportunity to potentially expose you know hundreds of other people so the advantage to the vaccine is it keeps Healthy People healthy and it keeps Healthy People from spreading the virus around when you get an infection 80 percent of people have very very mild symptoms and we really cant tell and those are the people who are transmitting the infection to others so really for him to return to the old normal of that scene is probably the most Cost Effective the most effective mechanism that we have in our amendment area and funnily enough what lies behind south koreas apparent success in dealing with the pandemic water theyd get right that so many other countries havent. So you know all of the demick her different even when you look at you know covert 1000 in korea or in italy. I think that one of the things was that it was a relatively singular introduction it came into to go into that into the church and it and it spread among Church Members and it spread from there in the United States you had multiple introductions you had multiple introductions into new york multiple introductions on the west coast as well and before they knew it they had a significant number of infections and deaths in top korea they were on top of it and so it wasnt only testing though i mean because testing that was only a part of the answer part of it is also knowing who those people might have met up with during the course of their daily lives and might potentially have transmitted the infection to you so the ability to test and the ability to identify people who might have been exposed posed and to isolate those who were exposed and to test them for infection was really also a critical part of the success in fact if you look at the governments criteria for stopping it was you know having infections lower than 50 per day and then also being able to successfully trace 95 percent of the contacts of people who came down with the infection so its its not only testing but its the ability to identify those potential contacts and to isolate them as well because they could potentially also be the source of new infections really good stories you dont see many thanks dear dr jerome kim that direct to all of the director general of the international fraxinus twosome so thank you. This is the news from aljazeera still to come on the program well hear from migrants in singapore who say theyre living in cramped conditions alongside infected people. Assholes boss issues a coronavirus warning well hear from him a little later in the program in schools. Spains parliament is debating a vote on whether to extend the countrys lockdown for a 4th time Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez wants the state of emergency to stay in place for a further 2 weeks but opposition piece of signal but they are not willing to approve the measures sanchez doesnt hold a majority and his government has been accused of reacting too slowly to the pandemic lets go live to madrid. Is there for us why is the opposition not happy with the Prime Ministers plan to extend the state of emergency. Opposition parties in spain are blaming. The outbreak of coronavirus centralized. Government power for mismanagement of the crisis and not consulting or even reporting to the to the rest of the political groups any action or any decision that it was he was going to mate with to this traveling in the past days trying to negotiate with all of the political groups in the. To get the support to extend the 4th extension of the state of emergency dont that we have since march 14th and if its approved today it would last until may 25. Down down. This morning is the proper framework the one that. Their health and the economy. He has also said change that. Tone of these speeches this morning more conciliatory lending a hand to the other political groups announcing a National Morning from next week. And also. Offering to call rule with the rest of the of the autonomous regions. For next month a further restrictions will be eased in order to get the economy going again in spain how do people feel about that. Yes from monday will enter who will move on to face one where a small shops. And restaurants will open the terraces to a 50 percent of the capacity hotels are also able to open up to 30 percent of the capacity but with no use of the common areas most of the holders are not opening their have got no guarantee because all the borders are closed National Borders and people cannot travel from province to province so say they say theres no point to open the doors we have to remember that these effects strictly to respond to recently in spain represents a 12 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and in directly. And indirectly impacts a 35 percent in spanish economy experts are are for seeing that this year till the end of the gear is spain which it will lose in the private sector 124000000000. 00 euros and well have 800000 jobs lost so this is a very green ring scenario to reason well have to rely in nationalists and we have to remember that that spaniards here have lost their jobs and are getting Unemployment Benefits with a very uncertain future also germany has already told their citizens not to travel to spain so this is an area which is quite grim and dark frustrating. Many thanks indeed. Reporting live from madrid. Britains government is denying accusations that its elderly people in care homes by prioritizing hospitals in its response to the coronavirus pandemic more than 32000 people died in the u. K. The highest number in europe the government began to have the tell us hes homes to its figures at the end of april lets go live now to london nonserious jonah how is there where in just under an hours time Boris Johnson will be in parliament for his 1st Prime Ministers question since he recovered from covert 19 but lets start 1st with the fact that one of the governments most serious science advisers has been as resigned his position why. Yeah well well talk a little bit in a moment about Prime Ministers questions and Boris Johnsons reappearance in the house of parliament behind me but but this is an enormous story youre talking about its splashed across all of the National Newspapers today surpassing even those death toll figures that you talked about there putting britain in 1st place in europe 2nd place in the world 2nd only behind the United States said on the papers were talking about one of the most influential scientific advisor stepping down from his role on sage the Scientific AdvisoryGroup Advising the government during this lockdown its an important story because professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College in london has been so influential in size in government policy it was his Research Back in march that indicated that in the absence of a full lockdown here fully a quarter of a 1000000 people could die that was at a time of the government seem to be looking the other way resistant to the idea of a lock down he has consistently been advising that the lock down needs to remain in place for as long as is necessary to protect against a 2nd wave and that as senior government figures and conservative Party Figures are pressing for an end to the lock down to restart the economy and its also an important story of course because of the example that it sets to the public this is a public figure now who has encouraged the lock down whos broken it himself by reportedly invited inviting his lover into his home on 2 separate occasions during lockdown professor ferguson says he did so believing he was immune having suffered from the virus several weeks ago hes admitted an error of judgment he regrets undermining the lockdown but i think already a say as plans are becoming clearer about a gradual easing of the lockdown with a lot of pressure to do so i think already there are suggestions that the part of professor ferguson will not necessarily be to the regret of everybody in government and the conservative party all right so Prime Ministers questions to get on the way in the next hour the 1st since Boris Johnson returned after suffering is 1st with a new leader of the opposition opposite. Yeah i think this will be gleefully watched it is a weekly encounter of course it often isnt gleefully watch this will be not least because a lot of people are at home unable to do so but of course because as you say Boris Johnson is back hes up against a very different kind of opponent now the newly elected leader of the labor partys a very different to his predecessor jeremy called when they come from opposite ends of their party mr coburn was frequently accused of missing the opportunity week in and week out to last the hard questions and really challenge the government is by profession a prosecuting lawyer he is more than able to ask the hard questions and im sure will do so in the weeks and years to come when theres no shortage of course of those questions at a time of National Crisis the u. K. s lack of preparedness its apparent slow response this soaring death t