Spain and italy edging towards easing their shutdowns of france could be about to go the other way. The economic fallout is hitting aid budgets the World Food Programs cutting rations for more than a 1000000 refugees in uganda also on the news or. In other news fighting intensifies in libya between the warlords after the internationally recognized government and in support professional baseball has made its 1st appearance of 2020 taiwanese hosting games behind closed doors with mannequins replacing real spectators. The russian president Vladimir Putin says the Coronavirus Crisis is worsening in russia and the Defense Ministry may have to be involved in containing it and made those remarks. After the country had its biggest daily increase yet in infections 2500 new cases the total number of infections has now gone beyond 18000 the government says 148 russians have died as cross live now to our London Bureau and correspondent covering all the european aspects of this need barkha soni for a reading of what mr putins been saying. Well our general reading is the president putin is very concerned indeed as you mentioned there a jump of 2 and a half 1000 new infections we know that 18 people in the past 24 hours have died bringing the death toll there to 148 russia is noticed a real acceleration across its huge landmass and the number of people affected by the coronavirus which is why there are these words of warning now from the president and from the russian leadership suggesting that the next 2 weeks in the russian capital moscow could be very critical indeed a suggestion also that the Russian Military and forces from the Emergencies Ministry may be brought in to help shore up support for the countrys publicly funded Health System which is pretty good its a legacy of the soviet union but in many places it is old it is creaking and is likely to be under huge strain from a sudden influx of people being deeply affected by this virus also some strict rules and regulations to be brought in as well president putin suggesting people who flouted restrictions could face lengthy prison sentences of 7 years we also believe that according to the russian leadership that as many as a 1000000 people have been tested for covert 19 and that doctors have been ordered to treat all cases of pneumonia as if people already had the virus a critical situation appearing to get much worse of course russia and today also in europe may have were seeing contradictory different approaches between the Spanish Government and the french government we think emanuel macron tonight will unknowns no more locked down for perhaps the next 3 or 4 weeks where as the spanish are slightly easing the whole thing off. Its a very very very difficult balance so peter it very much depends on where you are along the coronavirus trajectory we know that for instance italy and spain are deciding now to ease their restrictions allowing heavy industry workers to return to work d obviously those people not able to work remotely during this period of lockdown we know that denmark that introduced restrictions 12 days ahead of the United Kingdom is tentatively easing restrictions there so children of the age of 11 on wednesday will be able to return to schools and kindergartens the Prime Minister saying that the border lockdown remaining in place of the border will remain closed and if there is a return to an increase in cases that restrictions will immediately be reintroduced a similar situation in norway and austria in austria were hearing that some shops will be able to reopen followed by restaurants and finally hotels here in the u. K. The government has to decide by thursday what it wants to do its legally bound to do so we gather though there is a difference of opinion in the british cabinet as to what to do next particularly given that the countrys chief Decision MakerBoris Johnson is still recovering from his bout of the coronavirus but as you mentioned there the suggestion is from those close to the elites a palace that later on in the day the french president emanuel macron may and around picking up on restrictions possibly for several more weeks possibly for even longer this coming only days after france said that it entered a deep recession maybe mention Boris Johnson there are reports circulating i notice on newspaper websites some people saying hes actually being pressured by his own members of his own cabinet to join in that meeting by remote on thursday but other people might say no its just far too soon for him to get back on that horse again. Were judging by Boris Johnsons character he comes across at least as the kind of person who want to get back to work as quickly as possible he appeared over the weekend giving a televised address. Thanking members of the National Health service for essentially saving his life is it perhaps too soon to force the band back to work well he is now saying that hes going to follow the advice of his doctors 1st and foremost theyve already warned that he could be away from work for many weeks does that mean he could be dialed in remotely to join in with conversations members of the cabinet we know that dominic robb the foreign secretary is playing the role that johnson would play at coronavirus cabinet meetings and also holding the at the Daily Briefing at downing street but as were hearing that do seem to be different opinions about the lockdown thats costing british businesses billions and billions of dollars the question is how do you strike a balance how do you find the right line between whats proportionate and whats potentially reckless nieve many thanks or lets stay in europe monday morning in spain a scene some non essential business is reopening after. Almost 3 weeks almost 517 deaths linked to the virus were also reported thats fewer than on sunday the loosening of the lot done has been criticized by spaniards who are worried about a resurgence in the disease more than 17000 have died so far with close 2170000 confirmed cases martyred aero joins us on skype from madrid hi there marty good to talk to again here on the news hour what kind of businesses are we talking about that a now open for business. Well peter were talking about construction manufacturing were talking that nonessential businesses we were keeping the supermarkets pharmacies and of course Health Care WorkersPolice Officers fire men and now all of these Construction Industries and manufacturing especially construction also has been limited to new construction buildings not construction in the same building where you can find someone neighbors or People Living there where you can get involved with so after these 2 weeks of tougher measures in the lockdown have to remember that spain has been in a state of emergency down since march 14th 2 weeks later it due to the overwhelmed of the intensive care units the Health Care SystemSpanish Government decided to toughen those measures and ban nonessential workers were talking Manufacturing Industries and and construction workers buying them from work so with been having tough measures imposed for 2 weeks this was in the agenda and it was also the ones who wanted to embrace that is to what it is trying to be able to avoid not a dairy into the restrictions of the lockdown because weve seen plenty of people traveling to the coast to 2nd homes so this was in the in the governments agenda today lifting these measures doesnt mean were deescalating at all the lock down this is just a little bit tougher measures 15 days after that look i mean spain today in 24 hours just seen since yesterday in 24 hours it has reduced it to 517 new the talent these and 3500 new positives these figures are showing that the lockdown measures that being effected are bringing down the numbers steal steal very slowly its a progressive slowdown and as Prime Minister health minister. Have a spanish minister stated today in a press in the daily press or he said were ensuring conference were entering a face of this that belie sation we also have to add that the. Well that are going back to or returning to work today were given by the Spanish Government to guidelines to the point of what they have to do to supply to the workers personal protective equipment they need to get to sort of his distancing up 2 meters between each other and also they have to take him at least transport public time and transport is one of the hotspots of the spread of the corner virus because everybody will are gathering together closer than that what they should be and Police Officers were distributing or handing out these morning masks to all the people that were going back to work people are really afraid they see that its very very very early to leave these tougher lockdown measures by not only people who were just going back returning to date were also Political Parties president s of other regions and many many experts criticizing its very early to leave this stuff a lot of the measures but we have to insist that spain has faced a 3500000 unemployed thats only 2 weeks 100000 jobs were lost though the creation of julie years of jobs in spain was lost in 15 days at the end of march so spain is strike now facing a very critical situation economy a critical situation the worst scenario seen as a spanish civil war so these may be the reasons why this line of government has decided to live these measures we will see the consequences of these leave in 2 weeks time want to see the reflection of the ongoing for a fatality for people ok martin thank you very much at least a 116 people in south korea who were cleared of the virus of again tested positive 51 similar cases were reported there last week is raising concerns in the government as it tries to stamp out infections right mcbrides and so he says this is significant. It is a worrying development this is a phenomenon that epidemiologists in the center of Disease Control here have been studying for quite a while the months this Large Population of people here who got sick towards the end of february beginning of march who got the virus who were there not the treated in hospital or treated at home and some 7000 of those people have recovered and as part of their own going treatments of gradually being retested and worryingly there has been this trend of finding now wall that 100 cases amongst this population of several 1000 people who have tested positive again so these were people who were clear and they hit had tests either in hospital look at clinics Testing Centers it proved to be negative and more than 100 now 3 have now tested positive 7 questions here for the experts is what is causing this is this a reinfection d people coming into contact with a carrier and getting the infection again or more worrying they use a reactivation that somehow they were may not have been asymptomatic at they may not have been its certainly on the face of it infectious but seem to have possibly still being carrying the virus in some dormant form possibly deep in body tissue that somehow has managed to become reactivate so it is a worrying trend here does that mean that there has been a problem in testing and does it mean certainly that there are many more questions about this virus that the experts simply dont know about it. Watching clements is a professor of Infectious Disease epidemiology at Curtin University in australia heres what he had to say about this new infection rate a little earlier. Firstly i dont think there is any evidence emerging that its becoming symptomatic again if that. Was the case then that would be very concerning but i dont believe that theres any clear evidence that that is the cause. I think even with a very very large number of people being tested for rape in the issue but one of ours and and in most countries that is still anything infecting a very small percentage of population you will see a high. Positive right and i think that is to be expected you need an almost perfect test to avoid that situation what the critical thing is is that people need to interpret the data correctly and so you know when youre monitoring population of. The 20000000 people as you do in south korea and you guessed it up a 1000000 people you will expect a number of false positives. But usually in a pandemic with things are rapidly him changing way and learning more about the bars needs to be expected that the diagnostic test will have limitations the important thing is the Public Health response so. And then of course erring on the side of caution so it would testing positive that need to be are isolated the content pricing needs to happen. And so much of the something made continue certainly recession this thing is this thing may stay in for a considerable time to come. China reporting its highest number of new virus cases in almost 6 weeks the Authorities Say 108 people were infected over the past day and most of the travelers returning from overseas while that number is low its adding to concerns of a possible 2nd wave of cases the economic fallout of the pandemic is making it harder for International Agencies to raise money among those the World Food Program which says its been forced to cut rations for more than a 1000000 refugees in uganda after failing to secure additional funding lets go to malcolm webb World Food Program which says its been forced to cut rations for more than a 1000000 refugees malcolm so what kind of impact beyond the obvious will this have on those people with the uns work through program has been calling for donations to help them feed refugees in uganda since the end of last year donations havent been forthcoming and while it is normal for the World Food Program to not receive as much money as it requests in this case the shortfall is critical thats why theyre cutting rations by about a 3rd so thats going to maybe a hard life even more difficult for those 1200000 refugees in uganda these camps are not good places to live even at the best of times in northern uganda hundreds of thousands of people who fled the conflict in south sudan a living there in a landscape thats dry for much of the time that farmed the land is not suitable for farming it makes it difficult to be able to produce their own food and so they depend on the food from the World Food Program which is now going to be cut welcome thanks very much. Well have more on the pandemic later here on the news hour for you how have oil prices reacted after a groundbreaking deal by opec and other major big producers plus. Theres the this is that as a possible opportunity to actually make more money. Health insurance in the United States the pandemic is highlighting confusion across the industry. And in the sports news with andy in about 30 minutes well hear from a leading voice in the lympics sport who believes the delay in perspire winning the 2 games will put athletes lives at risk. Forces loyal to libyas internationally recognized government be making gains in the fight against the warlord holy father have to theyve been to the city of sore man thats west of tripoli and they are continuing their advance earlier the tripoli based government launched airstrikes against half his forces killing 7 his fighters have been trying to capture the capital and overthrow the government there for the past year. Lets talk now to jason pak hes a nonresident fellow at the middle east institute and founder of Libya Analysis l. L. C. A Libyan Affairs consultancy he joins us from new jersey in the United States just impact welcome to the news hour how have the forces fighting after he managed to pull this off because theyve been on the back foot for a long time now. Well thats right its been a year or 2 weeks thats how tar sees the addition of an attack preferably in violation of International Law and his previous promises and even in january of this year when the berlin conference with many major leaders like merkel and putin announced an embargo it appeared that the violations of the embargo were favoring the neck of the emirates and egypt and russia were introducing mercenaries and drones that benefited whats been happening there were over the past weeks is that the balance has shifted turkish drones and turkish aerial support and turkish training has helped the g. S. A. And now theyve had already or maybe even supremacy in the air and they are undercutting d. L. And they supply lines on all directions so the evelyn days forces that tac tripoli require tarhouni and the watch the air base in the west and those are now both under threat is hell soon may be fighting a losing battle on the other end of his military calculation and could it possibly be that his external backing countries have taken their eye off this particular ball because theyre dealing with the coronavirus back home. You know some people are saying that and i dont think thats actually true the corona virus has affected Global Dynamics everywhere so to some extent its changed things in libya but there are still arms shipments arriving so what it is is that the g. S. A. Has a financial and diplomatic advantage and the ever they initially had and it bet if youre terms of Foreign Military support now the l n a is on the v