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More countries relax lockdown measures

We hear how coronavirus lockdown measures in many countries are starting to be relaxed.

We hear how coronavirus lockdown measures in many countries are starting to be relaxed. Carsten Thamm-Walz is manager of the Udo Walz chain of hair salons in Berlin, and tells us he was relieved to finally re-open. In Nigeria last week President Muhammadu Buihari said lockdown measures had imposed "a very heavy economic cost", but the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Celestina Olulode discusses concerns that the easing of restrictions there could lead to the virus spreading once again, with lack of available testing among concerns. We take an in-depth look at the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the global advertising sector. Nigel McDonagh edits four weekly newspapers in Northern Ireland, including the Ulster Herald, and describes the economic impact a lack of adverts is having on the business. Sir Martin Sorrell founded WPP, one of the world's biggest ad agencies, and now runs a smaller digital firm, S4 Capital, and explains how bad the downturn is for the wider industry. And Lucy Jameson, who set up Uncommon Creative Studio, an independent ad agency in London, tells us how the coronavirus has changed the way adverts are actually made. Plus our regular workplace commentator Pilita Clark considers the positive and negative impacts working from home is having on couples who live together.

(Picture: A newly reopened hairdresser in Germany. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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27 minutes

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Mon 4 May 2020 14:32GMT

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  • Mon 4 May 2020 14:32GMT