lam i am annita coronavirus pandemic. i am annita mcveigh. on today's programme, by scientists are increasingly focused on tracking down the so—called super spreaders of the virus. also don't forget you can find the latest updates on the pandemic on our website. but first this week, gyms and buyers reopened in several german towns and cities as the country continues to relax restrictions. germany has gained international recognition for the way it's brought the coronavirus outbreak under control there are now fears it may be moving too quickly. the bb's berlin correspondent fears it may be moving too quickly. the bb‘s berlin correspondentjenny hill reports from tussled off. it's going to be a painful recovery. —— bbc‘s. tussled off gyms open again as germany relaxes most of its corona restrictions. "i am torn, britte tells us. "i'm enjoying the

new freedoms but i'm scared, maybe it was too early." germany's approach, relaxing now. angela merkel continues to warn repeatedly this country is in the early stages of the pandemic. on a day like this, it's hard to believe it. germany has brought its outbreak under control but there is now an intense public debate on what happens next. this country can still boat —— boast low infection rates but it's early days. yes, i think it is too soon now, we are easing it too fast and too much so we are easing it too fast and too much so we risk a second wave and i don't really understand why this is done so really understand why this is done so quickly because still more than 80% of the population stand behind the drill agreements we had some time ago. small and voluble, a small roman —— minority demanded an easing of restrictions. so did regional

leaders, such as a leading candidate to replace her. translation: there are other people, children from disadvantaged backgrounds, people who couldn't get treatment because hospitals were full. this is damaged as well and it's claimed lives. nothing then to do with raising his political profile question much translation: the measures we had to decide on was so important. life or death. katarina is not impressed. the relaxation has meant she is not seen herfamily the relaxation has meant she is not seen her family in weeks. the relaxation has meant she is not seen herfamily in weeks. i am very sceptical, very sceptical, she says. it's like tipping over a sack of potatoes. this country, praised worldwide for its initial success, feels rather fragile now. worldwide for its initial success, feels ratherfragile now. it's six months now since this virus first came to light and scientists are

learning more about it every day. so—called super spreaders are of particular interest. the 10% of infected people who are responsible for 80% of all cases. rebecca morrell has more. an outbreak in a nightclub district in south korea. one man with covid—i9 is linked to 150 new cases. coronavirus clusters are not unusual. io% 150 new cases. coronavirus clusters are not unusual. 10% of people can cause 80% of all infections. this is how coronavirus spreads. if the virus is left unchecked, one person will impact three others who will then pass it on to three more, and this keeps on repeating. but this is the average picture. in reality, some people won't pass the virus on at all, especially if they are self—isolating. others, though, will spread it more widely, so one person

could give the virus to ten other people and a few of those could do the same. this is a super spreading event. right now, this is the only way to sing together but pre— lockdown saw super spreading events. ba rs lockdown saw super spreading events. bars and lockdown saw super spreading events. ba rs a nd restau ra nts lockdown saw super spreading events. bars and restaurants also had clusters, but gyms as well. it's not just about close indoor contact. people went to a zumba class and then pilates, for example. having to shout, expel more breath, that might cause transmission or you are engaged in an exercise that causes you to breathe more heavily and deeper, as opposed to more gentle breathing. with lockdown easing, we are being encouraged to spend time outside, but is what the risk? just being outdoors is less risk or

transmission than being indoors. but if you spend a lot of time together ina group if you spend a lot of time together in a group and sharing food, and if you don't maintain social distancing oi’ you don't maintain social distancing or hand hygiene, and there is still a risk of infection. it's crucial to know where super spreading is most likely to happen. scientists say targeted restrictions will help to control the spread of covid—i9. finally, during this pandemic, doctors have had to deal with death more often than many i used to. and due to restrictions, they are often the last person to spend time on the patient. the filmmaker paul miles spoke to five doctors had to administer end—of—life care during the crisis. once you've been told someone the crisis. once you've been told someone is dead, myjob is to go out and confirm that death, checking for

signs, listening to their chest. after that, you might spend another 30 seconds just there may be saying goodbye to them. just acknowledging they've gone, and then you pull the sheet over their head. it seems so incredible that what you are saying is the culmination of someone's whole life. the only things that unify us is we are all born and we will all die. death is not abnormal, it's perfectly normal. the best deaths i guess are those that are co mforta ble, deaths i guess are those that are comfortable, peaceful, even if someone comfortable, peaceful, even if someone is unconscious or confused, they may recognise a tone of voice, a perfume, the touch of a hand. we

quietly read him his favourite poem just at the moment when he died. his wife and his ex—wife spent the night in the hospital room drinking a bottle of wine with him. itjust seems a happy way to go. this afternoon, the foreign secretary said the lockdown across the uk will remain in place for now. he said deaths are still rising and we haven't yet reached a peak of the virus. particularly in this area, the hospitals are full of covid—i9 patients. a colleague described having seen someone in the morning we walked through the door who had died by the afternoon. we walked through the door who had died by the afternoonlj we walked through the door who had died by the afternoon. i would get called to look at one or two deaths was now it seems like there is often ten people dying each night in hospital. i've had to look after a few patients. they were actively

dying and they couldn't see the faces of anyone who is looking after them, including me. you're sort of trying to smile with your eyes and trying to smile with your eyes and trying to smile with your eyes and trying to show them some emotion. like they are not allowed at the end of their life. we made the concession for one gentleman of allowing his elderly wife to come in and see him. as he was dying, she had to wear a mask, she had to wear an apron and gloves to see and touch her husband at the end of his life. i got called to see a patient in the middle of the night he was very unwell. as i came in, his mobile phone was ringing. before doing everything else on that. we got moved onto focusing on optimising his oxygen. he passed away before

the morning. iwondered his oxygen. he passed away before the morning. i wondered afterwards if there was anything else we could have done to help him speak with his wife. we then had to make a blanket rule for all the family members not even coming into the intensive care department. people aren't even able to come into the mortuary to be there with the body of their loved one because of infection control reasons and i think there is going to bea reasons and i think there is going to be a huge amount of emotional trauma that comes out of the back of covid because people have and be able to process the deaths of their loved one. some of the staff are struggling coming in, and finding that their lift list of ten, 15 patients is only two alive, after literally one night. there is a real issue in palliative minute medicine with emotional burnout between do

what we can to give people is comfortable and normal death as possible but this a completely abnormal situation. i do think in the uk we are quite resistant talking about death, potentially something this awful pandemic will do is making people much more aware of their own mortality, making it much more acceptable to be talking about. when we are scared, the first instinct is to turn your face away from what is scaring you. i think it's not a time to be doing that. i think it's a time to connect, conveyors and just be clear about what's important. this too will end and we will come through this. we may have changed. some of that will be for the worst and some of that also must be for the good. that's it for now. a reminder, you can follow me on twitter at @annita?mcveigh or

go to the bbc news website for the latest information. keep watching. —— thank you for watching. well, it's certainly not going to feel like a day injune out there on saturday. and certainly not compared to what we had last week, when temperatures were in the mid to high—20s. saturday is going to be a blustery one with further showers. and low pressure is firmly in charge of our weather. you can see the clouds circling around the area of low pressure very close to scotland, and actually through the early hours, we're seeing a band of cloud and rain slipping southwards across the uk, accompanied by some pretty strong winds. it's the weather front that's linked to this low pressure, and this low pressure will hang around through most of saturday and then by sunday, it looks as though it's going to clear away. but through the early hours, we've got a band of more

persistent rain stretching from the north, moving due south. it does look as though the south of the country is actually going to wake up to some sunshine, but look how that cloud, that rain—bearing cloud slips southwards through the course of the day, so i think most of us will catch at least a little bit of rain. but the chances are that during the afternoon the skies will clear across more northern parts of the country and the sun will come out. but it's across the south, middle of the afternoon, where we'll probably have most of the cloud and the outbreaks of rain. now, the wind arrows you can see here, those are the gusts of wind, and in places they are in excess of a0 mph, perhaps even up to 50. 50 mph in gusts isjust about gale—force, and that's a strong wind for the time of the year. certainly whipping those trees around. now, the temperatures in the sunshine in the north will probably peak at around 19 degrees, for example in the lowlands of scotland. but further south, we are talking more like the low or the mid—teens, and it is going to feel nippy in those gusty winds.

and the showers will continue into saturday night and the early hours of sunday, but there is an indication that that low pressure and its weather front will drift a little bit further towards the east during the course of sunday. so, yes, sunday on the north sea coast blustery with showers, but even here, they will eventually fade a little bit later on in the day. and i think for most of us, overall, sunday is looking better, particularly the further west and the north you are. so, again, another fine day in glasgow. and the outlook actually shows that the weather will be stabilising itself as we go through next week. perhaps not all that sunny and not all that warm, but at least those winds will die down. that's it from me. bye— bye.

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