Hello im terry martin good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a further easing of lockdown restrictions but warns that they could be reimposed at the rate of Coronavirus Infection increases again places of worship childrens playgrounds and museums are being allowed to reopen but large gatherings including major sporting events remain banned until at least the end of august. Chancellor Angela Merkel defended a step by step approach as she outlined details of the latest easing of restrictions in germany following a Virtual Meeting with the 16 state premiers in the 1st new what i am firmly convinced that the interests of the economy and also the interests of social contacts are best pursued if we consider that we can take steps forward and allowing more contacts but only if we dont have to take steps back and thats why we have to stay careful and idiot a hygiene measures. Under the new rules religious gatherings are allowed again provided hygiene and distancing requirements are met in churches synagogues and mosques visits to zoos museums and memorials will also be possible again under the same requirements intensive care units and hospitals will start receiving non covert 1000 patients again and playgrounds can reopen as early as this week. But 2 decisions were postponed for now one should germanys blunder sleeker Soccer League resume its season with games behind closed doors and to just which requirements need to be met before schools and child care facilities can reopen gradually. Said it was important to get a clear idea of the impact of the 1st steps to ease the lockdown 2 weeks ago before deciding on the next steps and that will happen next wednesday. From Political Correspondent hans blunt good to see you what do these latest announcements from the German Government tell us. I think the main message is the one down the line i put is deciding to her side of caution she is sending again and again that it would be counterproductive to go ahead quickly with lifting various aspects of the lock but it is necessary to measure the effect of the 1st step or 2 the judgment is going this 2 week period of sept doing a major lifting of some christians and its waiting for about 2 weeks to see what are those lifting is will have now im going to fake infections in the country and if ect is controlled of all then a step will be implemented so she didnt think any state over are doing it hate it just all too much to measure what the various measures have owned if the infection rates doesnt increase only then can you steps be taken in that sense the lifting who are announced yesterday would in fact auto schedule as would they were not in those 2 week to week periods but. Decided that in these areas such as mediums and small to religious gatherings and so on these would not have a huge effect on the infection rate in germany so these listings were a kind of sense of hope in a sense out of schedule. Give us a sense of the balancing act the chancellor and the regional leaders are having to perform here. Well certainly there is huge huge amount of pressure on politicians on the government on the various regional leaders personally from businesses and they are tens of thousands of businesses that are facing ruin basically there are millions of people that are not earning any money on so sort of short pay so the pressure on the business side that the pressure for people back to work is enormous at the same time there is an increasing restless Little GermanPopulation Office several weeks of being basically restricted to their homes especially families with children i think are running out of patience with their children one could say said the pressure for some sort of social relaxation for some sort of mobile live to be established is also very very big. America has to balance that obviously against the health of the population and the capacity of the german system to deal with the infections all of the corona virus so it with balance im going to knock out as i say it is earning on a sub or shouldnt and being very careful about what steps to take from one week next thanks so much Political Correspondent there well in the u. S. To more than 2 dozen states are moving ahead with plans to relax coronavirus restrictions and reopen their economies the federal social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of the virus expire at midnight local time on thursday and are not being extended speaking at the white house President Trump again spoke of the need to restart the economy despite warnings for Infectious Disease experts of a possible resurgence of the outbreak nobody has spent more time late in the evening thinking about whats happened to this country in a short period of time but at the same time we have to get our country open again and were doing that step by step. Tennessee is an example step by step were opening the poor country. To be a washington correspondent oversell it is this update for us now as many states prepare to get back to business President Trumps economic reopening guidance expired on thursday and that now puts the burden on the states the governors will have the final say about when and how to reopen the economy and in fact more than half of the states is trying to go back to normal to loosen the restrictions gradually step by step which will be a hard and difficult path for them and an experience citizens will have to get used to the security requirements will be high a visit to the barbershop will include masks and cloths but one thing is clear though no matter how hard the states try experts and advisers issued stark warnings opening the economy at this point in time can lead to a backlash and in some states the curve has not even flattened plus theres not enough Testing Available but at the same time the pressure on President Trump is enormous 30000000 americans have filed for unemployment in recent weeks and the u. S. Went from a booming economy to a crash the country hasnt seen in decades and the election is getting closer americans are taking to the polls in 6 months from now. Lets get around to now some of the latest developments in the pandemic world wide u. S. Intelligence agencies say they agree with the Scientific Consensus that its unlikely the coronavirus was bioengineered in the statement comes as President Trump again touts the theory that the virus leaked from a lab in china the World Health Organization has warned that the break is still picking up speed across africa despite efforts to contain it well lazio will allow the majority of businesses to reopen next week as the pace of new cases there has slowed in recent days denmark says its gradual easing of lockdown measures has not accelerated the spread of the virus kindergarten and schools began opening there 2 weeks ago. Well one group affected by coated 19 like no other it is Health Workers doctors and nurses around the globe have been working relentlessly to help patients in addition to physical exhaustion they also have to deal with the emotional strain of seeing so many people die some are also risking their own lives because of a lack of personal protective equipment or p p e our next report looks at the difficulties faced by community Health Workers in india who have suddenly found themselves on the front line for an extra 12 euro zone month. Every morning this is how do we do 3 gets ready to work. For she has to protect herself our car and the home washed my ass as she was its homes in her neighborhood to check her symptoms for all nobody. Is doing is an activity social Health Activist in india also known as an actual vocal. In addition to being mean her community her educators actual workers have now been deployed as the very 1st line of defense in indias fight against school with 19 years. To reach assigned area where she conducts sobeys with other workers rajan has to either visit or fast by areas called red zones where numerous positive pieces of the wires have been detected despite this she has been provided with only one mask that she washes and uses every day. This chemical on our government every day i gather the 1st time when i was made to visit a red zone i had never gloves nor a mask we received just 33 rupees a day the government treats us worse than bonded labor a good thing to do about get away from the problem and. Other actual workers have also at times been forced to with a just periods without gloves marts and sanitizer. Some of them have refused to work as a consequence the Delhi Government however tells us that they are ensuring a regular supply of protective equipment to all the frontline Health Workers but workers like rajan are not the only ones struggling to reach people without sufficient protective gear this is one of hundreds of Community Clinics in delhi these primary Health Centers run by the State Government have been especially important in providing health care in underserved areas. While the doctors at these clinics are equipped with basic protective gear they do run a risk of contracting cold 19 from in symptomatic areas. This doctor wanted his mean good health because he feels professional just a question of. 100 percent risk because there may be asymptomatic patients coming to us whove not been tested we too can be asymptomatic carriers we should get tested this. With a number of cases in india still on the Rise CommunityHealth Workers like larger have a tough task ahead. As rajan passes by this red zone every day to conduct her duties she and many Health Workers like her breathing a life and death threat. Who filed that report joins us now from delhi how well equipped is india to deal with the pandemic. Well as we just saw the report of the frontline Health Workers and the laws are the ones that these community Health Workers like our show our goods do according to the government guidelines all they need is just a bit of blood and must but as you just saw that according to these workers that are that that is not enough they are going from house to house conducting so the 2nd course symptoms and they feel one another but as we saw in the report and as many other community Health Workers have told me that sometimes even have to put up a fight for months now of b. P. Good country in a lot of things like. Overall down of the floss would cover i hope shell etc but for these Community Health worker theyre going for the guidelines the only thing that the government takes acquired is a must and a bed of gloves which these workers can only thing thats not enough for them even the Community Clinic doctor that we spoke to said that they should be getting a full b. P. Could so they can examine all the patients properly because they also do feel risk of contracting by to some asymptomatic areas there are multiple reports that the demand of b. P. Is still explored exceeding the supply. India is a country of over a 1000000000 people yet its reported only 35000 cases of the coronavirus so far is that because the countrys containment measures have been effective or is more going on there than meets the eye. Well the containment measures have been effective in quite a large number of states but it is. Really effective they are nationwide because if you look at just that little number of reported cases then yes compared to other countries it does look like a promising picture but then there are multiple reports and multiple explode which are saying that the number of deaths were doing its still less with respect to the population that we have so we do not get a true picture unless weve really had ample evidence to go back to date and what is also concern is not just a total number of reported cases but also dr bloody that we are seeing in the number of well the reported cases and now the government just facing an even bigger challenge theyre walking want to die because they have to do why isnt a good strategy out of this nationwide lockdown because the climate experts are seeing that another down the phoenician life long down the actually big catastrophic for our economy so the government is facing the challenge of college to farm some life into the economy get some industrious some sectors running but at the same people control over the number of calls to do so which i. Thank you very much for that was the w. s manoora chaudhary in delhi. Youre watching t w news we have a lot more for you on our web site not just on the coronavirus pandemic but of course a lot of other stories that we may not be giving our full attention to otherwise im terry Martin Thanks for joining us. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news of. Our corona update. 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we have it and when we