Key words : italy help
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_14/
Italy will allow restaurants to open for business next week, and will allow people to travel from other EU countries starting early next month. Both have been banned for more than two months in response to the coronavirus crisis.
Italy has been gradually easing its stay-at-home order and other restrictions since May 4, when it determined the rate of new infections had slowed.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced additional easing of measures at a news conference on Saturday. He said restaurants and cafes may reopen next Monday, as long as they take precautionary measures.
The reopening of eateries was originally scheduled for early June. Retailers have already resumed operations.
He also said Italy will be open to tourists from EU member countries starting on June 3.
Conte said the country is facing a calculated risk, knowing that the epidemiological curve could rise again. He stressed his intent to turn around the teetering economy, while taking measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
Restaurant chefs gathered in central Rome to observe a moment of silence while holding their hands to their chests, as if they were at a funeral. They wanted to let others know about the hardships they are facing from the prolonged restrictions on their industry.
A restaurant manager who organized the demonstration asked for more help from the government, saying restaurants cannot reopen without funds and that their prospects for the future remain bleak.
Key words : germany facemask
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_15/
People protesting restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic have taken to the streets across Germany.
Those in the country are still required to wear facemasks when shopping and to stay 1.5 meters from others.
The measures will remain in place while the government starts relaxing restrictions in stages that have been imposed since March.
But on Saturday protestors came out demanding the measures be scrapped.
About 1,000 people took part in a protest in Munich.
One said she wants to live and breathe like a human being and not be forced to wear a mask.
The opinion poll released on May 7 by public broadcaster ARD shows 67 percent of Germans approve of Chancellor Angela Merkel's crisis management.
But with the end of the pandemic nowhere in sight, people living under heavy restrictions are growing more frustrated.
Many of the participants in Saturday's protests are said to be right wingers and conspiracy theorists.
Analysts say that as people suffer economic hardships from the outbreak, hate and racism could surface, deepening divisions in society.
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Key words : soccer
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_11/
Soccer players are back but their fans are not as the German league's top division held six games on Saturday under strict new rules.
Matches have restarted after being suspended since mid-March.
Athletes have to adjust to a new routine of playing without spectators. There is no marching onto the field together, no huddles before the kickoff and no handshakes.
Substitutes wearing masks sat at a distance from each other in the stands away from the bench.
Even when a team scored, the players did not hug each other, making for a more subdued scene.
The German league required all the players and staff to have a PCR test twice, once a week before the game and once more by the day before the game.
The stadium is divided into three zones to reduce contact as much as possible.
Elsewhere in the world of soccer, the English Premier League is saying it wants to reopen in June and the Italian League says it hopes to reopen the same month.
Local media report that the Spanish league is also working to start again in mid-June.
The football leagues in France, Netherlands and Belgium have decided to close the season.
Key words : government lifted dozens of
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_03/
The Japanese government is urging people to continue to take measures against the coronavirus despite the lifting of the state of emergency for dozens of prefectures.
The emergency declaration was lifted for 39 prefectures on Thursday, but it remains in place for eight others, including Tokyo and Osaka.
However, more people were seen going out even in these eight prefectures on Friday compared with the previous day.
Economic Revitalization Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi said on Saturday he is concerned that people are apparently a little complacent.
He also warned of a possible second wave of infections similar to the ones that have taken place in South Korea and Germany.
The government is monitoring the possibility of a resurgence of cases as it plans to consider lifting the declaration for the eight prefectures this coming Thursday.
The government also intends to ask residents in the rest of the country to continue to take physical distancing and other measures, especially at bars, nightclubs, live music venues, karaoke parlors, and sports gyms.
Key words : pakistan
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_09/
Medical workers in Pakistan are urging people to take more precautions against the coronavirus. They are increasingly concerned that some people are not doing enough after easing of curbs on businesses.
The number of infections has surpassed 38,000 and is still rising. But the government began a phased easing of restrictions earlier this month on fears of an economic downturn. Small traders were allowed to resume operations.
They are required to take preventive measures. But some shops and markets have failed to ensure that people wear masks and disinfection is carried out. Physical distancing is also not being followed.
A shoe shop owner in the capital, Islamabad, said he will not catch the virus because he prays everyday as a Muslim. He also said it is difficult to implement thorough anti-virus measures for religious reasons.
Some shops reportedly cannot afford masks and sanitizers due to financial difficulties.
A doctor at a hospital near Islamabad told NHK that more lives will be lost if the current situation continues, as there are not enough beds to admit all the patients.
Key words : China state-run
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_18/
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency says six local government officials have been dismissed in the northeastern province of Jilin, where more than 20 new coronavirus infections were reported this month.
The six officials include an executive of the health authorities in Jilin City and the chief of Shulan City where the infections occurred. It is believed they have been made to take responsibility.
The infection has been found to have spread to Shenyang City in Liaoning Province, causing more than 8,000 people in the two provinces to be isolated.
Six people living in the same housing complex in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, where the infection was said to have ended, were found to have contracted the virus, leading to a city-wide virus test.
Key words : air travel
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_12/
The impact of the new coronavirus pandemic is likely to be hard on international air travel, with recovery only projected to come in 2024.
The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, released new analysis of air travel demand on Wednesday.
The association said that it expects overall passenger demand, both domestic and international, in 2021 to be 24 percent below 2019 levels.
And it expects that domestic passenger demand will recover to 2019 levels by 2022, while international demand is expected to return to 2019 levels in 2024.
The IATA warns that fears of being infected while overseas and quarantine rules at destinations are on the minds of potential travelers.
It says that their survey of passengers in April shows that 58 percent are likely to restrict their first trips after the pandemic to domestic ones.
And it noted that 69 percent of recent travelers said that they would not consider traveling overseas if it involved a 14-day quarantine period.
The association calls on governments to come up with a system to ensure the safety of travelers and to adopt measures other than quarantine, such as screening passengers' temperatures to prevent those who have symptoms from travelling.
Key words : rwanda
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_07/
One of the most wanted suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Felicien Kabuga, has been arrested in France.
About 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in the attacks 26 years ago.
The 84-year-old Rwandan businessman is accused of funding the militias who led the killings and inciting hatred against Tutsis through a radio station he founded.
He was indicted in 1997 by a UN international tribunal on seven counts, including genocide.
French authorities say Kabuga was detained on Saturday near Paris, where he was living under a false identity.
Authorities say Kabuga had stayed in Germany, Belgium, Kenya, and elsewhere in Europe and Africa while he was on the run.
The tribunal's chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz said in a statement Kabuga's arrest is a reminder that those responsible for genocide can be brought to account, even 26 years after their crimes.
Kabuga is expected to be transferred to the custody of the international court after completing legal procedures in France.
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