doubled in the past week let's look at the numbers the current tally by johns hopkins university in the united states now counts more than 339000 infections worldwide the syrian government has confirmed the country's 1st official case the united arab emirates has announced its suspending all passengers and transit plights for 2 weeks remember the dubai international airport is one of the busiest airports in the world. you're watching d.w. news from berlin coming up next world stories takes a look at what's been going on this past week i'm terry marvel. in the height of climate change. africa's make of. what's in store for. morning news today for the future of. construct in major cities the multimedia insight click counter.

ringback this week on world stories. germany exceptional circumstances in berlin. u.s.a. life under quarantine. but he stars in greece in the morea refugee camp unless both

sides and refugees on living in cramped spaces in very poor hygiene conditions now they also fear the coronavirus. memory a camp was originally planned for 3000 people but now it's housing some 20000 asylum seekers. they live in homemade tents outside the official camp in once they nicknamed the jungle. more than a 1000 people share a single water outlet which frequently malfunctions. obviously not water now we must. again behold. it's 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 i. this means waiting in long crowded lines for hours to get food avoiding close contact is

almost impossible in moria aid organizations say the camp is an ideal breeding ground for the coronavirus. but. we are extremely concerned about these 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 arrive in the capital the aid organization doctors without borders runs a hospital here on the outskirts of the camp there are hardly any coronavirus testing kits and this is shortage of doctors many patients already have respiratory illnesses and weakened immune ety 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 c.v. and mental health issues and obviously we have adults too have been traumatized so

it's difficult to predict but in principle all these people i stream the vulnerable to yet another health threat the greek government says it's 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 as small n.g.o.s refugees so surge. mosques they can make up to 300 day. their volunteers are amazing in this room i was sitting there from 7 o'clock in the morning on till 9 in the evening and just want to do it would tell them to go break they don't want to take a break i just want to work they want to help they know how dangerous this is everybody knows. 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 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 than stand around it's a different difficult time for all of us and i don't know how long time we are going to drive because we got today information that we did use our. process from tomorrow i hope that i will get enough money to somewhere that it's not. taurus disappearing social distancing and efforts to limit time in public mean that ever more berliners staying close to home commuters especially steering clear of public transport despite it keeping a regular schedule check seems to a fair a little better because. these measures have been implemented. but on the other hand it's affecting quality of life. 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 the door opener weeks of ballet and opera have been cancelled with dettori i'm 70 there's time to do some upkeep that would normally wait till summer berland struggling club scene also faces a new 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 but for working women what's now over there is working from home but for the kids it's going to be really boring this 5 weeks. because they 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 up to cope with 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 sent me home and she did it all while

the heater runs. are over the next 3 hours because there are more cats than realize she was negative for everything else and no. 9 1 to get her record of art were very and all the public health authorities that she didn't meet. was burns blames the u.s. government for not responding to the coronavirus threat quickly enough they could have done a lot more at the beginning. i think we should have learned from the pandemic that had happened and asia and the other countries monetary 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. at 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 for us they canceled everything we don't know how to pay our rent it's place apartment they're not. as a government employee was burned says her job is not at stake she's well aware that many americans are not as lucky. as. the coronavirus was 1st identified in the chinese city move on in the meantime it has become a threat to wall of humanity. an

epidemic that's threatening the globe calls for a global response. the new coronavirus 1st emerged in the city of will hon but the efforts to combat the virus goes far beyond china. researches all over the globe are racing to contain it. and to have chinese scientists publish the genetic code of the virus in early january enabling scientists around the world to start working on it. at 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. to know about this farce is the firstly what is the case 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 a new vaccine may come so no the entire scientific community is trying to get faster than 2 through. help in this emergency. the belgian team's 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 path 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 in the you know when in fact i got my experience is that in this area of research all the teams around the world are very tightly knit we exchange all our data and information it wasn't like that during your bullet crisis or the h one n one pandemic this is really new and lawyers. the fight against the new corona virus 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.

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