this is g.o.p. news live from berlin the united states confirms more coronavirus cases than any other country including china new york is the epicenter and the u.s. is number skyrockets stretching the city's health care system to the limit where people are dying health care workers are missing critical supplies and the worst as likely yet to come also coming out that she said she felt the e.u. slams member states for not showing solidarity asked the coronavirus move through the continent when europe is really needed and own call one spirit too many

initially gave only from the response. you commission president was enough on the line criticize us some states were not coordinating their virus response. plus the u.s. government charges when it's real and president nicolas maduro was not called terrorism and drug trafficking charges might be a big escalation in washington to washington's campaign to drive material from office the u.s. is also offering millions of dollars for information leading to his capture. i mean a phenomenon well the united states now has more registered cases of covert 19 than any other country surpassing china 82000 people in the u.s. have contracted the virus and was in a 1000 have died the crisis. has hit the american economy hard fuelling

a record search in unemployment claims meanwhile the country's largest city new york is struggling to cope critical supplies are lacking hospitals are overwhelmed and also resorted to building makeshift morgues fear is growing rapidly across new york as is the number of people infected with corona virus many have to wait in line here in front of elmhurst hospital in queens doctors worry the health system could collapse we are definitely seeing study 4050 year olds with no co-morbidities no diabetes no coronary artery disease no high blood pressure or. other very much otherwise healthy individuals state governor andrew cuomo is trying to set up as many beds as possible 1000 in this congress sent to unknown aside from staff shortages he's also concerned about a lack of ventilate his ventilators for the ladies room to leaders we need 30000

we have in the existing hospital system 4000 through 2 liters this is just in the normal operation of hospitals etc as more people are tested the number of known infections grows the virus had spread here for weeks before testing was made possible new york is trying desperately to stay up and running subway trains and buses a still operating this constant cleaning but the city is being forced to prepare for the worst kula trucks stand ready behind the public bellevue hospital as makeshift morgues. during his daily briefing on thursday u.s. president donald trump spoke about the need to relax guidelines on social distancing to stem the economic impact of the outbreak and he said america needed to get back to work. we are waging war on this virus using every financial scientific medical pharmaceutical and military resource to halt its spread and protect our citizens i know that we will achieve victory and quickly return to the

path of exceptional health safety impreza parity for all of our citizens. we have to get back to work our people want to work they want to go back they have to go back for more on this we cannot talk so w. stephens a month in washington 7 deadliest day so far the u.s. now has more cases than anywhere in the world so how can trump be telling people to go back to work. good question we are going to have a good answer on this one you get a different president trump every day there was a somber very. almost pessimistic trump a few days ago and now everything seems to be on the trajectory all hunky dory for the president encouraging the thought or at least the idea that in not too long. not too many days he's able to this kind of surgically decides what counties or

what states could loosen their their measures in terms of social distancing or shutting down businesses and with that the economy well i have to tell you this is the deadliest day in the u.s. so far with 247 dead right now as well as you mentioned 80000 cases now more 82000 cases almost more than china spain italy this is 10 fold 10 fold the number we had last week last week this same time 8800 cases now 80000 and something cases so i have no idea nobody has an idea why the president thinks it's a good idea to actually float the idea that. any easement off of the measures which the feds and the states have taken here would be. in place. new york is the epicenter of the outbreak how are authorities there coping with the situation. i think they're holding on by

a thread as well as doing the best they can as you seen in the piece and as we have told our viewers all day they need tests as testes bats bats bats ventilators protective gear for nurses and doctors and unfortunately they also need more more space new york's operating now with some refrigerated trucks to actually be able to store those deceased from the coronavirus they're building 91000 bed hospitals out hawk so you see they're really trying everything they can do there is. of course the notion and that hits the federal government as well as state governments that the u.s. as a whole was too late to the game did not have preparations in stock to answer this coronavirus crisis stephens humans in washington thank you so much

the european parliament in brussels is debating special measures to question the economic impact of the pandemic and e.u. leaders have been meeting the a video conference to discuss steps to mitigate the crisis but in a speech to lawmakers european commission president also enough underlined expressed dismay at member states lack of solidarity including decisions to close borders. when europe really needed it and only for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response and when europe really needed to prove that this is not only a fear whether union too many initially refused to share their umbrella but it was not long before some felt the consequences of their own uncooled the need to action. a successful new peon response can only be coordinated if our internal market and i was sharing an area were kind of the way

it should a crisis without borders cannot be resolved by putting barriers between us to be a correspondent says following today's developments for us in brussels a pretty strong condon condemnation there by the european commission president where exactly does she see that lack of solidarity. look unfortunately there is no lack of examples here when you when you look for that lack of solidarity just of to give 2 examples one is the closing of mutual borders something that happened in poland causing huge traffic jams another example is limiting exports of mosques desperately needed for instance in italy at the end of the day they didn't come from europe but they came from china and that is why it was that often on the head of the european commission has said again and again coordination is key here and that is also why she started the the idea of

creating a stockpile of protective gear in europe strengthening the xstrata borders closing the extra borders so that no internal borders need to be closed so e.u. leaders had what seems like a very difficult video conference on the crisis what came out of that. the had of the european council shall we shall call it a strong political debate in other words a proper and serious raul over the right response the right an adequate economic response to the corona crisis you have countries in the south of europe particularly spain and italy who would like to see so-called corona bonds mutual iced debt in europe something that germany austria and the netherlands reject clearly at the moment on the other hand there's more likely measures like tapping into the fund the european stability mechanism the 400000000000 euro fund

that is also disputed because the netherlands for instance say this is only a last resort while it's only says it's too little too late so at the end of the day the leaders opted for the minimum common denominator they were buying more time to date and the decision is now that the finance ministers have to come back in 2 weeks with proposals how to address this crisis economically and adequately matters in brussels thank you the us government has announced that is offering some 15000000 dollars in return for information leading to the arrest of in israel and present nicolas maduro the bounty comes as the u.s. justice department officially charged material and other senior officials in the country with drug trafficking crimes in several indictments washington accused mentor and his allies of converting been a subpoena into

a criminal enterprise and staining billions from the country let's have a listen to what the u.s. attorney general william barr said when he announced the charges. the indictment of nicolas maduro and his co-defendants alleges a conspiracy involving an extremely violent terrorist organization known as the revolutionary armed forces of colombia the fork and an effort to flood the united states with cocaine. america correspondent a close clearly has been following the story from colombia's capital bogota and explained what is behind the u.s. charges in a way this was a very natural next step for the u.s. government to take but an extremely important one nonetheless because for the 1st time nicolas maduro isn't only being called complicit he's being identified as the leader of a drug cartel a position from which he allegedly orchestrated large scale drug shipments between venezuela and the united states for 20 years the u.s.

don't seem to eager to get their hands dirty on all of this so what they're likely seeking with this bounty is for members of my party and the military to defect and have his support system crumble that might allow one why don't the man who is widely regarded as venezuela's legitimate president to move in seize power extradite him to the united states where he would then face justice motor racing now and the indianapolis 500 is the latest major sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic organizers confirm the event which attracts trials upwards of 350000 has been postponed until late august traditionally takes place on us memorial day weekend and was scheduled for may 24 it's the 1st time since the 2nd world war that the race will not take place on its traditional date. he will everywhere are finding creative ways to learn and to keep fit under the restraints

since imposed during the coronavirus pandemic here in germany the country's biggest possible klopp alabamian has been helping kids who are stuck at home to do post one more at you know into sports lesson every morning. the 10 year old levy is at home a lot just know schools closed in berlin last week but that doesn't mean he has to miss out on lessons beth nissen is not tradition of the hunt giving to best to throw the ball from your wrist so that it flies in a good curve to make it go forward from behind your back means we bend our wrist and try to throw the ball over our butt. about in or. out of a sports lesson runs a every working day from the players' dressing room with a 120 coaches at the club album know what they're doing but they've had to quickly develop the knowhow of a professional film company what with their dressing room being turned into a t.v. studio 5 days a week the new. guys who chose the new. more

severe form 'd of. service. earlier for starting also for security reasons and some oh and everybody knows that the online lessons have had millions of clicks alba berlin are succeeding in the digital world if not on the basketball court levy seems quite happy with it despite having to stay at home. shows or doesn't invite a mom i hope to keep it going it's really exciting and you can learn a lot about basketball. there's a state i mean news i'm merely phenomena stan we're coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock

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a weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at dot com slash science. we have a simple message for all countries test test test. a simple message yes a simple solution are not sure and certainly not all countries have been employing it the fight against corona virus has multiple fronts testing tracing infection chains racing to create vaccines and treatments or seeing what already exists and what could be adapted to treat the novel coronavirus how should countries

prioritize. and those are the kinds of questions we want to answer in this d.w. 19 special it's the same one scientists and government officials have a grappled with since the beginning of the outbreak now back to the message to test test and test south korea was one of the countries which followed the world health organization's advice most diligently and managed to flatten the curve here's how south korea did it. green hospital has created a new system for testing patients suspected of suffering from the corona virus kovac 19 after an initial consultation patients enter a booth to have samples taken and talked to a medical technician using an intercom. so young he on had developed a fever and other cold like symptoms and decided to get a test just to be safe. manya gave border if you don't know that you have it the

pandemic spreads even if you're a little anxious it's good to have a test at 1st i was scared when i had about it but it wasn't as painful as i thought and it was actually kind of interesting a lot by a lot of. the buddhists are the brainchild of dr kim saying gil really designs were quickly put in service on march 10th the booth helped medical workers process patients 10 times faster than the traditional procedure. what got you quieted the introduction of the system patients were treated in large negative pressure reims which take a long time to sterilize and ventilate it's inefficient and doctors and nurses had to meet people face to face and were nervous about exposure and tie it this physical separation is safe and enables print examinations. dozens of hospitals in south korea and abroad have expressed interest in implementing a booth testing system although these prototypes are not scaled for manufacturing

dr kim has shared his know how. testing has been a key pillar to south korea's response to the corona virus outbreak seeking to flatten the curve and reduce the number of new cases without implementing a complete lockdown test kits manufactured here have been exploited to other countries to strengthen their response to the pandemic. dr through testing has also been an innovative way so korea has battled the corona virus outbreak despite fewer coronavirus cases in so 3 in recent days medical intern part chance who argues for rapid testing. the number of confirmed persons is gradually decreasing with the most important thing to get rid of the epidemic is to identify the suspect to patients as soon as possible and have themselves isolate overseed necessary treatment if you have even

a little fever or suspected symptoms it's recommended that you go to the hospital and get tested or condone people. after examining foul zones of patients drive through and booth testing have only uncovered a few cases of the coronavirus but they have offered a lot of reassurance to a nervous population. joining me now is al edwards he is a professor and immunologist at the university of reading in the u.k. welcome now south korea's method seems to be working so why aren't all affected countries doing mass testing if they can it's a really good question i think that the video you just saw gives you some glimpses as to why testing itself is a very valuable tool but it's quite labor intensive and it has to be done really carefully because if you do testing in a way that isn't properly and safely controlled there is

a risk that you can also spread the virus or put your health workers at risk when they take those samples so it's a delicate balance and it needs a lot of manpower. well because of the complexity of this task we can imagine that not all countries are able to enroll this kind of mass testing what would you recommend for those countries. so i think the most important thing is to spread the resource you have wisely so what's really important is to 1st of all prioritize people who are in hospital and also health care workers because these are the most vulnerable people and also the most exposed people and by prioritizing the use of your testing results and by using that smartly as possible even if you have limited testing results it's still incredibly value and it gives you so much data and so much information about what's going on what about home testing kits could they help at all yes there's

a number of different technologies and tools out there. these can even be a simple i have one here at this little plastic that could potentially be used at home this kind of technology is going to be incredibly useful but it does have to be used very carefully so when you do a lab test you have the best possible accuracy if you do a home test they're not quite as accurate but they're more convenient so you have to make sure that you use the best possible science and medical practice to use these tests effectively rather than just using them without proper consideration. now testing is of course one issue but how much of an issue is for example global access to vaccines and treatments going to be are we in danger of seeing a 1st come 1st served approach which could prioritize rich countries for example. yeah and i think that's already happening to

a degree with testing even the better off countries are getting 1st access to testing technology and unfortunately i could see the same thing happen with sarah p's there's some really good news and some positive news which is that people seem to be incredibly open to sharing the information they have about improved treatments and that's vital so everybody has that knowledge but whether we can see the same sharing of resources i'm not so sure about whether that resource in terms of ventilators or when vaccines start to be manufactured whether people will share them around i'm not sure whether that's going to happen we'll have to see. information sharing as well as resource sharing it's going to be vital thank you very much al edward he is a professor and immunologist at the university of reading in the u.k. thanks for your insights. now vaccines seem to interest many of you as you've been sending us your questions in the last few days our science correspondent derek williams has some answers for you take

a look. why will it take so long to come up with a vaccine the problem with developing any pharmaceutical product is that it has to go through an exhaustive testing process with the vaccine you 1st have to identify good potential candidates and that when astonishingly quickly this time within weeks of identifying the virus and sequencing its genome researchers begin talking about candidates but that's just the start you next have to test your candidate for safety usually you do it 1st in animals and then in increasingly large groups of humans but only after a candidate has proven safety developers usually begin looking at actually how effective it is so even if and when you're a candidate fulfills all of those criteria you still have to ramp up production to manufacture hundreds of millions or even billions of doses now there are ways to speed the entire process up a little bit for example by by running some of those trials in parallel rather than

one after the other but that approach has drawbacks to and that's why most experts usually predict that we won't have a vaccine ready to distribute on a wide scale for at least a year and a half. why do people talk so much about a vaccine is a medication more important. medications are of course important for limiting the impact of the virus on patients around the world but long term to defeat the disease we need what's called herd immunity and the best way to get that is through vaccines if we don't develop vaccines experts currently estimate that between 50 and 70 percent of us would have to get coke at 19 before herd immunity kicked in and stopped the pandemic naturally but along the way it could potentially kill millions of people so a vaccine offers a safe alternative to achieving immunity in a large percentage of the population and thousands of prevention is really. worth

a pound of cure that's why although treatments are very important long term that scenes are even more so is that research on how existing drugs affect 119. a range of potential drugs that might one day help treat kovac 19 are being trialled around the world but we don't really have many results for any of them so far the world health organization is looking at 3 candidates in particular that have shown some promise 1st it's examining the effects of a stablished anti-malarial drug song coronavirus symptoms that he chose sponsor trials are also ongoing for combinations of antivirals that have already been approved for treating a hiv and finally one of the most promising substances is a compound called rendez if here it was originally developed as a potential treatment for ebola but it didn't work out for that disease as well as hoped retrospective testing however showed that it did affect replication in the

summers virus so hopes are high that it might also affected that pathogens close relative to new coronavirus the best thing about all of these candidates is that most or all of the development has already been done for them so production could be ramped up quickly if they did prove effective and these clinical trials we should know soon if any of them or. and before we let you go we step away from the sobering world of tests and vaccines to indulge in lighter fare one restaurant in hanoi has created the corona burger so far only available in vietnam but it looks set to take off the world wide it's a beef burger in a green tea stand by are shaped by the restaurant owner is there lighted with his creation he says business is good and though hopefully it remind customers to wash their hands before eating. and there are swiss confectioner's reminding us of the

season but also of the times but chocolate easter bunnies a decorated with little face masks. and that was our d.w. coven 19 special for more do check out our social media channels i'm john album thank you for watching and stay healthy everyone. during. what unites. would define. what binds the continent to counter. items and stories aplenty. spotlight on people. next to.

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