And, nigeria begins rolling back restrictions to get the biggest economy in africa back on track. Health officials warn the timing could not be worse. South koreas baseball fans are looking forward to the league restarting on tuesday even if they are only allowed to watch the games on television. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, ill come. Welcome. The race to develop a vaccine is underway. Today, led by the European Union, countries around the world pledged seven and a half billion euros to fund the fight against the virus. The European Union chief held the event as a victory for global cooperation. Todays fundraiser was just as notable for the noshows as the donations. We have more in this report. Lets start the pledging. The e. U. Kicked off its fundraising drive with one billion euros. Pledges were beamed in from across the globe. The kingdomom of saudi arabia has pledged 500 million. Pop icon madonna has made a lastminutee donation of a million euros. The host insisted it sent the right signal. Today is a defining moment for the global community. At a time when we are sitting further apart than usual, the world has shown it is standing closer together than ever before. Not quite all of the world. A chinese delegate took part but did not pledge any money. Russia and the United States were absent from the conference. For her part, the gererman chancelloror could not resist a jajab at the u. S. President. At a time when we do not always see multilaterall cooperation, i think today is an important signal of hope. Germany was one of the leading donors, budging over 500 million euros. Though money is earmarked for International Health organizations and Research Networks in a bid to speed up the development of a vaccine. Many Scientists Say it could be 18 months or before before a set before a vaccine is ready. More money will be needed to ensure it can be produced and a large quantities and distributed for a fair price around the world. Today, was a great start for our marathon. We need everyone on board. United nations secretary general Antonio Guterres described the fund as a down payment. He said the world must raise five times that amount. Brent for more on this, i am joined by dr. Seth berkley. He has an epidemiologist and ceo of the vaccine alliance. It is a Publicprivate Partnership that leads immunization campaigns in poor countries around the world. Lets talk about the money for a moment. We got pledges today, about 7. 4 billion euros for resesearch to help find a vaccine. Is that enenough . First off all, that 7. 4 billion was fofor vaccinenes, treatmtment and diagnosostics. Of that, around 4 billion was earmararked for vaccinines. That is to both Fund Research today for 2 billion but also to begin to prepare for scaling up the manufacturing as well as thinking about b being able to have instruments too purchchase vaccines for t those livining ie poorest countries. Depending on the vaccine technology, one does, two doses . We do not know that yet. Brent what about the noshows today . China and the United Statess not particicipating. Isis that t going to impapact te development of a vaccicine . For sciencece, this is a a globobal problem and you want ta globobal effort. We want t the best vacciness anywherere they are in the worl. To be scaled up and deliver it to everyonone in the world. If w we move to natioional effo, we will l not optimize for r the science. It is not just the vaccine. It may be ththgs you putut in te vaccine to make them stimulate better. The way science works is global. Brent youou are leading the charge to make sure vaccccines e available to everyone. What are you d demanding tononit from wororld leaders . . The most important thing is to havave that mindndset that s, this is a global probl. We need a globabal lution. If y y are thinking about it, if ere are large reservoirs of viruss aroround the worldld, thk the world is not safe. If we can get a sense that s sas we have to stop this pandemic everywhere in the world we saw whwhat happened. It started with a few cases outside of wuhan. It spread to 180 countries over a few months. We need to make sure we have this vaccine available for everybody in the world. Brent based on your experience, when can we realistically expect a vaccine . We are getting prediction something could b be available s soon as the end off september. I think it is too early to say w what is goingng to win bee we do not have clinicall data in humans from m any of the vaccin. Ience isis moving quickly. There arere 102 approachehes one who website. Are going t to need to understand, are those product showowing promimise . Are we s seeingesults . . Ist going to be a linear pathway . Often, you havave go back andnd change the dosing and work moree on. We see somome results by the fa. I do not think we are going to have licensed product by any means. Brent dr. Seth berkley joining us frorom geneva. We appreciate your time and insights. Thank you. Brent with nearly 29,000 deaths, italy is one of europes countries hardest hit shared the country was one of the worst to impose a nationwide locked on one else when its outbreak raced out of control. Italy is rolling back some of those restrictions. Freedom, or at least the first cautious steps towards it. Being out in the fresh air is something many italians miss desperately during the seven weeks of confinement within their own four walls. They are free to exercise outdoors and to visit relatives for the first time. During the quarantine, we were desperate. I cannot express how excited i am. We have only seen her with video calls for two months, but it was not the same. It could not be the same. Shopping at open air markets, using public transport, going to work and train travel, all of this is now possible again. With the new italian way of life calls for social distancing and mandatory masks in indoor public spaces as life cautiously returns to the streets. I really hope people will remain civil and that in the coming weeks, it will be no new surge in infections so we will not have to go back to quarantine. I do not think the situation is over. Not much has changed compared to before. This is also a beginning. For italians, it is a gentle first step back into a world forever changed by the pandemic. Brent tonight, hundreds of asylumseekers have reportedly arrived on the greek mainland after being evacuated from the squalid migrant camp on the island of lesbos. A covid19 outbreak could prove catastrophic in the camps where thousands live in filthy conditions with Little Health care. Temperatures are taken before the most vulnerable, the elderly and those with Health Issues get the all clear to leave the camp. The greek government is in the process of transferring some 2300 migrants from camps in various islands to facilities on the mainland. The countrys migration minister vivisited lesbos on sunday to oversee a new reticle clinic set up for testingng. A a new Medical Clinic set up for testing. We do not have a single deh relateted to the coronavirus amg the migrant camps. This requires even more vigilance now as we answer the as we enter the second phase where tests need to be increased in the camps to ensure t they wl be free of coronavirus. Some 800 people have already been movoved to the mainland in the past two weeks and the governments goal is to move the rest within a month. Even after this first wave of particularly vululnerable e migs is moved, that will still leave over 33,000 others. People living in precarious conditions in overcrowded camps on remote greek islands. Brent heres a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines. Turkey has begun easing coronavirus lockdown measures. President erdogan saying intercity travel restrictions in southern provinces be lifted but not in the cities of istanbul and ankara. Senior citizens and those under the age of 20 will be allowed time, four hours, one day a week to go outside. The widow of a german Islamic State fighter went on trial in Hamburg Court today. She lived in syria with her husband,d, a rapper. She was he was killed in syria in 2018. She faces charges including members of a Foreign Terror Group in crimes against humanity. The leader of lebanons prohas blblog groupup says by b banning his movovement. Last week, germany banned all of has blahs activities and is in need of the iran backed group a terrorist organization. Research from a virus hotspot here in germany as shedding light on the spread of the virus in the country. A study from the hardhit history from a hardhit district estimates only one in 10 coronavirus cases has been diagnosed. It is highlighting the dangers presented by unidentified carriers as germany takes further steps to open back up its economy. The priority for these germans was pretty obvious, queueuing at the haiairdresserss fifirst thing onon monday. Onone basis on discussion for further easing might be found in a new study in the western district. It suggested 1. 8 Million People may have been infected nationwide, 10 times the number previously confirmed. A new and precise test for antibodies can help verifyfyhe extt number of infections. The new test amounts to an important milestonene in the fit against the virus. Meanwhile, some states are pressing ahead. One will allow people to meet up in groups of five. Lower saxony announced the reopening of restaurants. Chancellor merkel and others fear that if different regions race to reopen, it could undo the successes achieved so far. We are so close to the number where we would have exponential growth again. I do not understand why we cannot be a bit more patient to secure what we have achieved. On wednesday, chancellor merkel and the german state premieres will talk about lifting more restrictions. Brent patient is a difficult thing these days. Lets go to the chief Political Correspondent. She has more tonight in berlin. Lets talk about the study. Were there any they surprises and if so, what are their implications movoving forward . There was nothing totally unexpected. A couple of things s do stand o. A significant share of those who had been infected, a fifth overall, had no symptoms. This absolutely underlines the importance of how we behave ass we begin to relax restrictions on going back into public. Namely, you need toto be wearina mask, you need to be maintaining distance to other people even if you feel fine. Otherwise, you could in fact them. Secondly, the 1. 8 million number. More thahan 10 times as many people appear to have been infected as what was previously confirmed. That goes to the question of herd immmmunity. Ththe idea were we could eventually gets the point where the virus is lesess of a risk to Health Services and society as a whole because a lot of people have already gotten it and become immmmune. Ththe fact is, 1. 8 million may sound like a lot, that means there are still erer 80 millioin germanans who have not ha covid. We are a long way from herd immunity. Brent that brings me to what the German Health ministry was talking about. These socalled immunity passports. He has reversed his decision to introduce a document like this for the time being. Why . Because there was a lot of pushbackck after he made thatt proposal. Herere is the thingng. Peopople are very worrieied it d set up essentially a two clalass system where you have one group of people who have had covid and recovered and get an immunity passssports can go back into societety and work and play a as usual. And then you have a second group who still. Need to be protected. Peopople who have not had the virus. They in that second group would have a strong incentive to try to get themselves into the other category. Maybe they would stop taking precautions, hoping to get a mild case of the virus and then return to normal l life. That clearly is a situation with a lot of risks. Brent we saw today in the country some students were able to go back to school today. The federal states in germany are relalaxing these restrictios and they are doing so in very different ways. Why is t that . That is correctct. The federal states d do alll hae ratherer desperate population ad economic situations. Some of those momoving ahead are very populous states and n not terribly rich once. They are under a lot of pressure to g get people baback to work o try to get n normal life statar. The factct is that there are rel risks for all states if some push ahead faster than o others. Obviously,y,his virus does not respect either local or national boundaries. Meaning of one state pushes ahead d so fast it sees a reaeal upsusurge in infections, thahatl spill ovover to other statates s well. The chancellor will be meeting with the heaea of the e federal states on n wednesesday. You u can be sure this is goingo be a big topic for them. Brent ourur chiefef Political Correspondent on the story for us tonight in berlin. Thank you. What to do about the crew . The german travel group is planning to test nearly 3000 cruise ship workers board a liner in the in part. The company is using one of its own cruise liners to fairy thousands of its employees home amid the pandemic, but the ship ran into trouble when it ducked in late when it docked in late april with m me than a dozen crewmembers exhibiting flflulike symptomoms. The cruise ship that is now a quarantine station. The s ship is part of f a fleet. 300 meters long with a 25000 capacicity. Nono tourists are aboard, only crewew. Theyey are stuck. Withth eight confirmed cases of coronavirus, no one is allowed to enter or leave. Authorities are testing almost 3000 peoplple. We willll put those people in seclusion and in a special quaranantine area on boaoa as wl as the p people they hahave been personal contact with. They will go on board what we call containment scoututs to do coacact tracing. One deck of the ship has been prepared foror this in case a ae else has to isolate. The cruise ship docked a few days ago. Even if some of the crew look relaxed, the situation has put their nerves to the test. The mostly nongerman staff have served for months at a time on various shipips of the tui flee. After setting sail from the canary islands, they should have been able to set foot on land, but physical and mental Health Issues have surfaced on the quarantine ship. The management has declined to granant any intnterviews. Broken furniture after outbursts of rage, pregnant crewmembmbers and unpaid wages. These rereports of somee crewmemberers show a very t tene tuatation on boaoard. Ofof the manan natationalitiesee arroroughly 800 f filipos. Itit is completely unclear how d when they can be brought home. Some are eager to get home. Others dream of more travel. Martina and herbert were aboard this cruise ship in the caribbean. When do you think you will be ableleo travel a again . I heard i hope it will be in the next two or three months. Maybe not abroad, but in germany i would think. In the meantime, beach chairs sit empty on the north c shares north seashores. The locals wiwill soon n find tr way back and give the area a muchneeded boost. Brent nigeria is beginning to lift the lockdown in its two biggest cities. It is part of an effort to get africas largest economy back on track after the shutdown. Many fear the country is rushing prematurely to rollback restrictions and putting lives at risk. The bustle is back in lagos. Although the virus has not been vanquished, crowds throng the streets of the city. Ignoring distancing rules and the requirement to wear a face mask in public. Any are relieved they can are in an income again. Others worry new infections will explode. I am very happy. I am in the market. I have gotten some money to feed my family. A lot of people are starving. Complaining that the government did not issue anything. It is not a good idea to lift the lockdown shared if people are still at home, the virus will not spreaead. The spread there is a lockdown. The easing of restrictions comes with a sniffing at risk of overwhelming nigerias health care system. In a country were 40 of the population live in poverty and with the economic damage mounting, it is also necessary for the daytoday survival of those if no other means of keeping themselves fed. Brent earlier, we spoke to our correspondent in nigeria about the pandemic and the damage it has brought to africas biggest economy. The economy has taken the biggest hit when it comes to the lockdown. Lagos is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in nigeria. It is also the commercial capital of nigeria. With shops closed, businesses lockdown and everything on hold, you know what that means for the country. That means the economy has been put on hold. Not to add to the fact that nigeririas economy has basicaly taken a huge hit in the whole coronavirus pandemic. Expeperts are warming nigeria are warning nigeria should prepare for the worst when it comes to the economy. Brent there have been 10 positive test for the coronavirus in the germany football bundesliga. The division says 1700 test were carried out. Colon reported three positive cases. The test were part of the hygiene concepts as the leak bids to restart the season this month. The German Government is expected to decide whether or not to allow games to resume in empty stadiums. Now to south korea which is one of the first countries to start up a Major Sports League again during this pandemic. The Korean Baseball Organization is taking a number of precautions to protect players and the absent fans. Inside the home field, players ease themselves into shape. Because of the pandemic, they had to wait over a month. Opening day, may 5, is almost here. Because of the virus, there will be one big difference, no fans. When you are in the sixth inning, seventh inning and you are exhausted, hearing fans, it does motivate you and pick you up. Not having them is going to be very challenging. One Time Major League or jake brigham had to undergo two weeks amendatory quarantine he came back to his south korean team from training in the u. S. Now he looks forward to seeing himself and his teammates back on the field when it counts. I think a lot of people will take notice just because it will be the first sport back. I think it is really exciting and the guys are ready to go. Teams now even more carefully monitor Player Health and all stadium visitors have their temperatures checked. South korea has managed to largely bring the coronavirus outbreak under control with intense testing, Contact Tracing and quarantining. If cases outnumbering now numbering below 10 per day, other leagues are opening up. It will be a while before there are fans in attendance. The league may welcome a limited number of fans back to stadium and begin and remains committed to a full schedule. Special regulations aimed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus including no spitting. The coaches task their teams to keep all eyes on the prize. These actions you do without realizing. It may be tough because you break your routine. But you need to be more careful now for yourself, your team and the country. If we do follow the guidelines and play well, we can reach our goal for the season, to move up a level and when. And the meantime, the boisterous fans have been enjoying preseason outings, reluctantly making do watching games from the couch. Compared to before, it is a bit disappointing to only be able to watch games at home because i cannot see everything. I want to go to the game as soon as possible and share with other fans. Like the players, fans loan for the stadium atmosphere fans long for the stadium atmosphere. If precautions were, their long wait may be antiaids last inning. Brent i will be back till break to make you through the day. The way for a vaccine purity who is paying, who is playing and who is not. We will be right back. As the death toll in france boss is twenty five thousand the senate. Votes against. Wants to come out of lockdown still showed you for may the eleventh the head teachers across the paris region raising safety concerns. Over the rear of the schools. Seven point five billion euros pledged to fight code nineteen the special donors conference french president Emmanuel Macron says any vaccine developed. Has to become the property of everyone but its inventorss should be well rewarded. The event was hosted online by the age you dont is included p