tv World Stories Deutsche Welle March 21, 2020 9:15pm-9:30pm CET
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at the window at. the border. when he began to speak he said son i made a lot. out of reading people's faces knowing what the cards were by the way they feel they're singing soon you don't mind my saying i can see you're out the big board chief where. playing free jenny is full of surprises moustafa call out. to some sips one day in the footsteps of the great people. in europe north america most around the fleet street play. 3 times wanted the film very much alive let me challenge you guys to specialise in germany.
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recognizing where exactly. was fun and learn a lot of cars culture history. detail travel extremely worth a visit. places week on well stories. germany exceptional circumstances in berlin. you would say life on the quarantine. but the stars increase in the morea refugee compliments but silent refugees on living in cramped spaces in very poor hygiene the conditions now they also fear the coronavirus play . the maria camp was originally planned for 3000 people but now it's
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housing some 20000 asylum seekers. they live in homemade tents outside the official camp in what's been nicknamed the jungle. more than a 1000 people share a single water outlet which frequently malfunctions when we arrive here we see here is not water now we must go. again to hold. this life. sadar an afghan doctor lives with his wife and 4 children in a small tent they fled the war in their country and now rely on an aid. this means waiting in long crowded lines for hours to get food avoiding close contact is almost impossible in morea aid organizations say the camp is an ideal breeding ground for the coronavirus. we are extremely concerned about these
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very cramped conditions there's no soap it's impossible for people to take even the most basic hygiene precautions and that's what's worrying because it means they cannot do anything to stop the spread of the virus if it were to write an account the aid organization doctors without borders runs a hospital here on the outskirts of the camp there are hardly any coronavirus testing kits and there's a shortage of doctors many patients already have respiratory illnesses and weakened immunity which makes it much easier to contract the virus. we have a lot of people who are very vulnerable anyway we have a lot of very sick children also suffering from chronic diseases diabetes very severe mental health issues and obviously we have other holds to have been traumatized so it's difficult to predict but in principle all these people i just really vulnerable to yet another health threat the greek government. says it's
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prepared for this scenario that there ease a chronic crisis plan but the camps aid organization says they get to see it. that's why they're taking matters into their own hands. and team humanity is small n.g.o.s refugees so surgical masks they can make up to $300.00 day. their volunteers are amazing in this room i was sitting there from 7 o'clock in the morning on till 9 10 in the evening and just want to do it would tell them to go break they don't want to take a break they just want to work they want to help they know how dangerous this is everybody knows this is because of this threat there's really only one solution which is that the european union must now do everything possible to evacuate these people as quickly as possible let's pause morea camp is not a place where you can handle a potential coronas threat and the action needs to come now. but as european countries continue to seal off their borders many refugees are afraid they'll be
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forgotten in the coronavirus crisis. in berlin public life has largely been shut down residents in the capital are trying to adjust to these exceptional circumstances. life in the german capital is coming to a halt but historic sites are usually teeming with tourists are emptying out museums well one of public life sacrifices in the battle against 19th travel and border restrictions have put the brakes on tourism in what should be the start of a peak season these bust talk i can do a little more this. around it's difficult time for us.
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because we got today information that we did use our. process from tomorrow i hope that i will get enough money to survive. it's not just taurus disappearing social distancing and efforts to limit time in public i mean that. staying close to home commuters especially steering clear of public transport to spice it keeping a regular schedule check seems to a fair a little better this is. good these measures have been implemented. but on the other hand it's affecting quality of life. so at work there's not a lot to do many people can't go out and older people are scared. and that's a little sad of course this is the culture of all tastes has been hit hard here at
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the door weeks of ballet and oprah have been cancelled with dettori i'm 70 this time to do some that would normally wait till summer. struggling club scene also faces. many of the capital's cases were traced back to clubs but some businesses are trying to adapt to the new reality stay open this cafe has implemented a seating rule of 1.5 meters that's the minimum distance health experts say can reduce the chance of passing on the virus. students however have been sent home the closures apply to all levels of education from university to preschool leaving many working parents struggling to find alternative childcare. i can't carry my child was for working women but now over there is working from home but for the kids it's going to be really boring this 5 weeks. because they
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need. that may be a challenge in coming weeks for children and adults alike. people in the u.s. capital washington are also suffering the consequences of the kobe 19 epidemic especially those who were quarantined at home. lockdown hits home it's an experience liz burns and her family could have never imagined but since they're all p.r. was hospitalized with a high fever the burns are quarantined inside their house the only way we can conduct an interview is by phone through the window. initially they like something you know and weren't you worried about it and then home and she did it all while the heater runs. are 9 over the next 24 hours because there are more cats and
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realize she was negative for everything else and you know. 9 what you're her recorded part were very unsuccessful the public health authorities said that she didn't meet. liz burns blames the u.s. government for not responding to the coronavirus threat quickly enough because other countries are more on that very quickly and forcefully. on the streets of washington d.c. life has slowed down dramatically the usually busy streets remain empty restaurants are open only for takeouts. universities and schools and many states remain closed putting additional strain on students and families. of the albert einstein high school in the state of maryland stuff pans out bag lunches offering some relief for parents the pandemic is putting low income families at particular risk some working parents have been laid off and now find themselves in a desperate situation but i think i'm and they're not the most there are no jobs
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for us they canceled everything we don't know how to pay our rent in place apartment then. as a government employee was burned says her job is not at stake she is well aware that many americans are not as lucky. to corona virus was 1st identified in the chinese city dupont in the meantime it has become a threat to wall of humanity. an epidemic that's threatening the globe cools for a global response. the new coronavirus 1st emerged in the city of will hand but the efforts to combat the virus far beyond china. researches all over the globe are racing to contain it. and children of chinese scientists
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publish the genetic code of the virus in any january enabling scientists around the world to start working on it. at home home university pathologists of grain the new coronavirus and human tissue to find out more about its properties one of the basic . things which people. you know about this farce is the 1st reward is a place in respect of the facts or in the human body in which the process replication and the 2nd is what sort of damage is it causing to the body and then also to see how the body reacts to this virus damage. the ultimate goal in the fight against any virus is to find a vaccine multiple teams around the world already searching for the magic bullet that can be used to immunize people one of them is based in belgium at the university of life and vaccine development takes 1015 years before
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a new vaccine may come so no the entire scientific community is trying to get foster there to through. help in this emergency. the belgian teams research is partly conducted in a robotic lab that separates researches from hazardous pathogens they hope that within a few weeks there will be able to test the 1st vaccine on mice. between mice and using this in humans is still a long long bobs because you need to do all kinds of tests safety tests and and animals and then you need to test it for safety and human volunteers. in germany's capital berlin physicist but man and his colleagues have been working on a global risk assessment model analyzing flight data they calculate the risk of the spread of the disease for different countries.
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my experience is that in this area of research all the teams around the world are very tightly knit we exchange all our data information it wasn't like that during your bullet crisis or the h one n one pandemic this is really new noise. the fight against the new coronavirus is a race against time and while the response to the virus has been one of the quickest in recent history the west wing outbreaks in iran south korea and italy could be an indication of just how close that race will be. cancelled. and closed. livelihoods some under threat.
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but the crisis is also a catalyst for creativity and. new directions where the arts take in response to lock downs and fierce. forms 21. d.w. . deal of africa. in the morning sees the students in the afternoon i reporter. tara is taking a camera workshop. in her free time she goes out and reports on ecological issues in among countries south africa makes me away and it makes them want to take initiative and join us nico africa. 16 s t w literature invites us to see people in particular. i like to see as good. find strength growing up her.
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