Report from severe one of the spanish cities that have been approved by the government for an easing of coronavirus restrictions. And oil giant saudi aramco releases either lee awaited results for the 1st quarter look at how the Global Economic crisis is hitting the Worlds Biggest Oil company. Im brian thomas great to have you with us today theyre trying to virus pandemic has brought the work of nurses into sharp focus as they struggle to care for patients suffering from covered 19 since today is International Nurses day were focusing on the sacrifices theyve been making to save lives starting with a look at the woman credited with creating the modern profession Florence Nightingale today also marks her birth 200 years ago. The original queen of hygiene Florence Nightingale she revolutionized Battlefield Medicine during the crimean war when more british soldiers were dying of infections than battle wounds the principles remain is just exactly the same today as they did you im sure you see i mean she is you need to wash your hands and you need to make sure that the environment is incredibly clean. And. The space between patients and the need for ventilation the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals around the world thats led many nurses to protest from peru to washington d. C. Outside the white house carrying our point across the country and we demand to be heard. President from hamburg and all other government at this time we demand that you immediately get b. P. American doctors and Health Care Workers on the problem and that can damage. If you dont protect that we cant protect our feet. In senegal this nurse says theres a strong sense of duty in the profession novel but if we have no choice from the moment you set out to become a nurse to practice this profession i think its a source of pride to be a nurse to be able to help people to be able to help them recover their health. One person who does appreciate nurses street artist banksy whose latest work game changer is on display at a london hospital. And were joined now by the European FederationNurses Association secretary general paul the rock from brussels thanks so much for being with us paul let me thank you and everyone in your profession for all youve been doing during this crisis an estimated 179 Health Care Staff in britain alone have died during this pandemic many of them nurses whats the biggest risk that theyre facing in this pandemic i think had been done it came to us quite suddenly so many Member States in the uniform in union including the commission itself was not prepared for this and not such a Protection Equipment that we need to have in order to go next to facial to wash to patients to feed the patients who knows that they can whats not available so even from being born a crisis in 2014 enough and wrote a report at that time title last we are not prepared the next result full prepare and then next week for the after and make career recommendations release government give your nurses your physicians who are from florida who are taking care of the patients that b. P. East the masks the aerials that they need to protect themselves and i think everybody trying to do all their best ok paul that report was a 6 years ago calling for Protection Equipment what went wrong why did National Governments why did the European Commission brussels not listen to your call for help. I think in that time to maxim berkshire me dont help was that preparedness and border crisis you know we had a few noses who came to london to muggeridge who were defective who gain from from africa but you know dont despair and that make you stokely different as a different scale and do 2 governments by surprise also the lack of coordination you know the commission has no there is still this subsidiarity principle and you know in relation to Health Governments has always said yes but this is not your responsibility until you have a serious problem and then you miss out on the time so we have always said please make sure that the 16 recommendations are in that report they are huge to build today and we are not not asking much we just asked the things that we need to do our job properly and to not good our selves at risk using could be very simple to get masks and gloves to the people who need it most paul thank you so very much we have to leave it there thank you for all your work and wed like to recognize you on this International Nurses day people in your profession thank you thank you like other european nations spain has started easing some of its restrictions Restaurants Hotels museums and some cities are now allowed to cautiously reopen but many regions are still locked down the government says almost half the country has yet to meet the criteria for lock downs to be lifted in even in cities that have been given the green light while Business Owners are very cautious we have this from severe. This is the 1st time in 2 months that. Has opened its doors he stands at his coffee machine at 7 in the morning just like he has in the last 28 years and this is open to tempt fate in this sense. But things are very different not new regulations state he can only serve customers outside with as many tapers as you nonetheless until you hold so few patrons book or its cafe might not survive. The last few months have been really tough we had operating cost but absolutely no income state assistance help but its still just learned we have to fight back and somehow keep our business afloat. We have to try at least to be honest its all very depressing. But a lot of. Civil fulfills all the criteria to qualify for an easing of social restrictions a lower rate of infections and a good supply of hospital beds that puts it at a better footing than the capital madrid but many said bill businesses will still stay closed this time of year is peak season for antonio specialty snails but currently at his restaurant he hasnt even said. Hes running a small Delivery Service but had to lay off his whole stuff is frustrated by a lack of clear information from the government im not going to go we were just told ok from today you can open again but up until the day before they told us they didnt publicly announce anything about what that meant and exactly what regulations would have to be met. Besides restaurants Small Businesses and hotels are being allowed to open this week at least on paper many shopkeepers also keep their businesses closed due to the strict regulations have already given up. Empty shop windows and parentheses are becoming more and more common in spanish cities trentons spain is one of the countrys most affected by the crisis at all levels where the pictures of overcrowded toast which are only a few weeks old the latest economic figures are causing you borrow experts are warning of unemployment rates of more than 30 per cent. The terrace is slowly beginning to fill up hes been able to reemploy 3 Office Format stuff hes hoping the next easing up restrictions might mean he can soon invite customers inside to. Were joined now by the correspondent who filed that report for us john philip shelves good morning to you in. Young philip even 1st off more than half of spain returned to a semblance of normality today or yesterday rather but half the country is still on lockdown yes thats true but still for the people here in spain its been a huge step it might seem still strict compared to other countries but we have to keep in mind that some days ago all of spain was under the strictest lockdown in all of europe so the new rules that i would now include besides the opening of restaurants that you saw in their report they also includes relaxation of measures on a personal level for example people can meet in small groups again and what is very interesting about the spanish model is that each region has to apply for the relaxation of measures. Measures and then the Central Government decides that region and move on or if the region has to wait ok so handing a lot of the responsibility for reopening down to the lowest level thats the most local level lessons like a good idea what do people think of the loosening of the measures in general. I think in general people are. Easing off measures because its been very tough on them for more than 2 months now you can see a lot of families out on the streets now strolling around you can see people having a drink on the streets so generally welcoming the steps but we also have to keep in mind that spain is still very heavily affected the memories of overcrowded hospital its still very fresh and memories of the people so the people welcomed the steps but they are still cautious at the same time ok theyre still cautious right now but what are the next steps especially regarding the big cities like madrid barcelona and the other regions are still under tight restrictions. Exactly barcelona and they are still under title restrictions because. The rates. Vary so they cannot move on to the further levels of relaxation when. Head of the local governments. Tried to relax their restrictions see it received huge protests a lot of her colleagues from other regions protested and said that the capital should not get special treatment just because its the capital of the country so that is still a lot of discussions ahead but what is for sure is that many regions can move on to the next level 2 weeks and this will also include the opening of cinemas and yes ok young old thanks so much for that update from c. B. S. And for your report as well today. Lets. Lets get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news this hour the white house has directed staff working in the west wing to wear masks at all times when they are at their own desks and this after a number of people working there were tested positive for the virus unlike a number of other World Leaders the president himself has so far far not won a mask in public. In serbia pro and antigovernment demonstrations have taken place in belgrade tensions between the 2 groups have been growing at a parliamentary elections next month critics claim serbian president president alexander who judge is using a coronavirus state of emergency to tighten his grip on power. Electric carmaker tesla has resumed factory operations in california the final local order restricting nonessential businesses and Companies Suing local officials to overturn that order c. E. O. Elon musk has threatened to pull operations out of california if officials officials dont allow the. Duction to continue. Were taking a look now at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic a new outbreak of corona virus cases in south korea has been linked to a man who visited a number of nightclubs wont fact did the number of related new cases has now surpassed 100 germany is also seeing a rise in new infections after some relaxation of lockdown instructions the government will contribute 750000000 euros to develop a new vaccine and after the 1st day of ease restrictions in france that country also reporting an increase this one in deaths from the virus on monday. While giant saudi aramco has seen a 25 percent drop in profits for the 1st quarter of this year and warns of challenging conditions for the months ahead among its concerns production cuts Saudi Arabias EnergyMinistry Announced monday it would deepen its cuts by a further 1000000. 00 Barrels Per Day as Global Demand weakens now this is a blow for one of the worlds biggest companies. The world was a very different place last december when saudi aramco the Biggest Oil Company of the mold went public in a blaze of glitz. The coronavirus pandemic means the battle has well and truly told for the oil sector even for a company then valued at a mind boggling 1. 00 trillion dollars the pandemic has quickly burned through balance sheets. The price of crude oil has plunged dramatically since coronavirus lockdowns led to a massive reduction in demand in the 6 months since around coal launched its shares oil has lost well over half its value on the markets. Saudi aramco has already felt the impact of the stock price has been in steady decline since the i. P. O. Yet so far it has not fallen anywhere near as sharply as the overall price of oil that may be because the Company Still plans on paying out a 25000000000. 00 dividend for the next 5 years. However in what looks an increasingly barren time for the sector all bets are off in the oil kingdom be any bets on for more lets find out from claudia kefford Energy Expert of the German Institute for Economic Research to gordon cloudy nice to see you what it comes at the morning when it comes to saudi aramco there its problems are they strictly a result of the virus hitting the demand for oil or do they predate the crisis. Well i would say its predating the crisis because we already saw it before the corona crisis extend that there are severe difficulties not only in saudi arabia but especially to saudi aramco so they stakeholders a basically domestic that geo political recess a corruption and a lot of uncertainty so even now with a krone crisis of problems are increasing all the challenging the challenges are increasing so we now are facing a difficult situation ok its a challenge is not just for Oil Companies like around co the entire oil base Saudi Arabian autonomy is in a position that was absolutely unimaginable last quarter can riyadh get out of this crisis. Well only if they do a lot off reforms and only if they are changing also their Business Models for the whole country because they are now very dependent on oil and gas experts said they need oil price a buffer level off 70. 00 per barrel and this is a price we will not see this year or even next year if if the oil demand is still low and therefore they need to change a need to invest more into renewable its into Energy Saving programs into reforms like increasing taxes and all this its unlikely that this will happen so fast so they might come severe difficulty. Difficult time ok and that that raises all sorts of stability issues for that entire region lets move on to a very startling statement by the c. E. O. Of oil company b. P. Hes saying its possible that weve reached peak oil that demand might fail to pick up after the Coronavirus Crisis how can the oil industry continue in its current form but yeah i mean this is very difficult that they are continuing in this current form they need to structure they need to restructure and also invest into alternatives to oil because the oil era is an ending now with a corner crisis even faster than expected so the oil demand might might be low only because the flights decreasing the economic stimulus step program in many o. E. C. D. Countries are fostering cleaner technologies like electric mobility and also the heating system which replaced and says the insulation is says boosted by this kind of program so the oil demand might be lower so the Companies Need to change and also diversify also to more Renewable Energy and also change their supply structure and theres are to be a golden lining to this crisis for renewables cloudy thanks very much for coming in on this today. Thank you well you Health Ministers are meeting today to discuss the viruses impact on the production and distribution of medicines the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on International Supply chains many of the components of common medications come from china and then move on to secondary countries so what happens when productions of the Raw Materials stops lets take a look. Its loud in here stuffy and smelly manufacturing antibiotics is a dirty process and back in march production that penname laboratories near delhi was going full blast churning out 150. 00 tons a month the final product goes to 60 countries including some in europe where its pressed into pill form but the precursor substances come from china and the corona virus shut down their threatened production here it just shows how utterly dependent the world is 80 percent of medicinal Raw Materials come from china india used to produce them too but chinese products are cheaper than i had been in last journey by 30 is seen that they thought instead they and many of i was gundry and they had part of our debt in our men peg getting into a bad day. Theyre tired that theyre really paying to make dirty their hands so they think. In germany pharmacists like here near stuttgart were having to apologize to customers about supply problems shortages of keep painkillers and Blood Pressure drugs as well as antibiotics were already an issue even before germany went into lockdown once china stopped exporting things look to go from bad to worse but Global Supply chains for medicines are complex and nontransparent in the house if youre a manufacturer of course youre not going to say where you get your substances at what price and in what fall you its like in other industries how you get your Raw Materials can give you a Competitive Edge