Government forces seized control of 3 cities from the world cup before half time. Fears of a 2nd wave of coded 99000 infections in some parts of asia over 100 survivors in south korea have tested positive again. For the 1st payments from the us stimulus package of set to reach americans but will it be enough to get them through the crisis. More than half of the 115000. 00 people who have died worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic a from europe but the rate is slowing in parts of the continent and some countries are cautiously starting to ease restrictions in spain some workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors returned to their jobs on monday Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez though is warned that his country is far from victory with strict rule still in place for most people. Italy is allowing some Small Businesses to reopen including bookshops stationers and Childrens Clothing stores they should wide lockdown there though will continue until at least may 3rd and the World Health Organization has urged caution it says it will release guidance on easing lockdowns on tuesday it said that any decisions must be based on making sure the people are safe some countries are considering when they can lift these restrictions are there is considering whether and when to introduce them in both cases these decisions must be based 1st on foremost on protecting human health and guided by what we know about the virus and how it behaves while covered 19 accelerates very fast it decelerates might more slowly in other words the way down is march slower than the way up that means control measures must be lifted slowly and we cant rule it cannot happen all at once live now to paris where president is addressing the nation lets listen in on. It cant get us and those if. 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Government in consultation will make the required decisions be imported was also in you know it was on fire that protect our teachers our children what is it you join the north and you must be going to your the students of higher education. Weve got them on our. The government workers were on the day that france reported 574. 00 further coronavirus linked deaths bringing the total to 14967. 00 that was president mccraw addressing the country from the lease a palace the lockdown he said must continue until the 11th of may lets get some analysis from observers Natasha Butler who joins us live via skype from. In Southern France france wasnt sufficiently ready for this crisis the president said but thanks to our efforts we are making progress in our battle against the coronavirus. Yes the french president said we are making progress and the reason he says that is because over the last few days the number of people being admitted into intensive care into hospitals has a diminished reduced likely as has the number of deaths there manal micron has said look this is reason for hope but he said the crisis isnt over yet and that is why the french president has announced the france faces another 4 weeks of lockdowns another month of lockdown until may the 11th said. After that time he said perhaps we will look at opening up and perhaps loosening this lockdown he mentioned for example that some crushes might open to allow parents to go back to work but it this stage the focus is very much on the fact that frogs must maintain this very Strict Lockdown that its already been in for a month for yet another month so 2 months all together for the time being and why so certainly not all michael p. Calls it is absolutely essential he says for the health of the nation to stop the spread of the coronavirus theres a lot of concern of course by the french government is that perhaps we could see a 2nd wave if there was any reduction or all of this knocked down so no mark hasses Everyone Needs to rally together it really was a sort of speech of rallying the nation thanking people for their efforts but saying you know i have to make a bit more of an effort for a little bit longer. And sasha bottle reporting live from. In Southern France many thanks indeed sasha as we heard earlier the head of the World Health Organization has warned countries against any hasty decisions on lifting restrictions lets go live to london. Joins us now work from there via skype he is referring specifically to work to spain italy i suppose the World Health Organization that is having lifted partially restrictions there. Yes thats right is that you west affected countries in europe from the coronavirus adrian and the World Health Organization trying to address this problem of when and how you start to ease restrictions because governments right now are trying to balance a Health Crisis with an impending economic crisis and this is that the dilemma but at the same time if you left the restrictions too early you risk a 2nd wave of infections in the w. H. O. Saying that if you are looking at lifting restrictions you better make sure that your Health System is properly equipped and prepared with a very comprehensive program of case finding and Contact Tracing because the peculiar thing with this virus is that even within the country you can see larry in trends in the weight affects different geographical parts of the country and then also the way it affects different segments of the population and so thats why dr ted ross was saying that the decider a she trying to come down from the crisis and reduce the number of cases takes a while i mean you were just talking about there being flare ups in Asian Countries places like as Hong Kong Singapore even even korea which had such a massive Testing Program is now seeing a reemergence of this so w. H. Y. Say if youre going to lift restrictions it has to be phased and gradual and whats the conversation right now there in the u. K. Maryam about easing restrictions earlier we had the foreign minister whos deputizing for the Prime Minister saying that there are positive signs from the data that were starting to win this battle our plan is working he said. Yes which is why the lockdown is going to be changed any time soon just as we speak about countries in europe italy spain austria denmark looking at coming out of the lockdown no chance of that happening here in the u. K. That was one of the main developments from that briefing earlier confirmation of what we already know that the lockdown will remain in place the dominant rob didnt say how long it was going to last full but he made it clear that it stays for now. If we let up now the virus will only take full advantage it will spread faster and it will kill more people if we refuse to give in to it if we keep up this Incredible Team effort we will beat this virus and we will come through this National Test a plan that is working please stick with it and we will get through this crisis together. Well so it terms of the global comparison of deaths adrian it seemed to show one of those slides from the government seemed to show that the u. K. Is still on the same path as italy so the number of deaths are still rising and theyre expected to rise even further but now with 3 weeks of lockdown the hope is that we might start to see some positive effect from nash and so what were really looking for is a overall from the figures is a plateau in a flattening and then its a question of how long that goes on for when it just be too long in flat for a while or will in numbers come down very quickly so thats something that we have to see the other thing that was very important that was mentioned in that briefing was care homes and its really something of a hidden crisis and i say that because there isnt any transparent comprehensive tracking of what is happening is i can see right now in their thought to be a significant number of deaths in those homes and chris we see the chief medical officer saying that there has to be more testing because really right now we do not know the extent of this crisis certainly though we dont have the full picture on how its affecting the most vulnerable in this country are there as Maryam Namazie reporting live from london many thanks indeed lets take you live now to madrid not out of joins us from there not everybody happy about spains partial easing of the lockdown them asta. No not at all i mean all these. All these measures have come to printing of criticism amongst all the Political Parties and even in the in the in the rebel government what we have to say is that today in the past 24 hours spain has reduced to 517 new fatalities and 3500 new positive some call it 19 the very very low and Health Minister spencer minister said that we are facing this famous phase of us of our allies stationed with all these figures flattening dont we see them going up and down again as you mention to the nonessential workers the is the measure of the stuff in measures of the lockdown imposed just 2 weeks ago all these people will be joining supermarkets hospitals are transport or Metal Workers construction and only new construction optics cleaners and security people have joined today thousands of spaniards have gone back to work yesterday the governance plan is government provided the guidelines of the protocol to follow the owners of these companies had to provide or supply the personal protective equipment they had to do to keep the social distance of the census of 2 meters bitching between the workers and avoiding to take the public Data Transfer anyone cares there was no need there was there was a need to take it be happy to it where people used office as well that were happening today. To everyone that was taking the public transport so as you mentioned many Political Parties or quit is criticizing this the least of these measures will it be that the Health Minister says we are not we are seeing a deescalation this is just were still back at the beginning march 14th at the beginning of the state of emergency at lockdown and yes these people are going back to work but many problem any criticisms and many critics that prompted a lot of that are there live for us in madrid many thanks indeed so lets now go to italy then joining us is francesco jabatan a who is in milan francesco the partial easing of the lockdown there doesnt apply to the worst hit region is that right. Yes its right and the italian lockdown will be very slightly is from tomorrow of you non essential to it is mostly bookshops and baby stores will be allowed to open again in the country imposing costumers strict distancing rules but these measures will not be implemented in the hardest hit region of lumber d. Where cases continue to grow and the lockdown remains untouched according to the Top Health Official there are still too many people on the streets but opposition parties say this is just a strategy to shift the focus from the original governments responsibilities for the lack of tes