this is d w news live from berlin the united states confirms more coronavirus cases than any other country including china and new york is the epicenter stretching the city's health care system to the limits of. dying health care workers a shelter for school supplies and is likely to get worse also on the program. south africa became a 3 week coronavirus lockdown enforced by. the curious build up at supermarkets as people rush to stuff. i don't burden basketball club turns its locker room into

a t.v. studio to help keep kids active during self isolation. i'm still gal welcome to the program the united states now has more confirmed cases of corona virus than any other country including china almost 86000 people in the u.s. have become infected and nearly 1300 have died the crisis has hit the american economy hard fuelling a record certain unemployment claims and the country's biggest city new york is struggling. these are desperate days in new york with more than 3 and a half 1000 new cases in the last day alone medical facilities a critically overstretched a long line of worried people wait outside this hospital in the borough of queens just to be tested for the virus. almost any scenario

that is realistic will overwhelm because past of the of the current health care system. that's why the authorities a trusted please stepping up their response this hospital in manhattan is setting up a makeshift morgue getting ready for a wave of deaths or more that's creepy. than a temporary mark. if it is awful awful i'm scared to be here that's why i will soon be where i am as. determined president donald trump insists the battle will be won we are waging war in this virus using every financial scientific medical pharmaceutical and military resources to halt its spread and protect our citizens and know that we will achieve victory and quickly

return to the path of exceptional health safety and pres for all of our citizens other emergency measures include this 1000 bed u.s. navy hospital ship due to arrive in new york harbor on monday to ease the pressure on the city's own hospitals. normally packed times square is now eerily deserted with no tourists in town and deal kids heeding a government ban on working and socializing in public and. a city already in fear knows that the worst is still to come. because poland all of a solace is in washington i asked him about the $2.00 trillion dollars rescue package due to be voted on by the house of representatives later it's again an unprecedented money that is urgently needed and as you say it's mostly needed as a kind of emergency relief so to compensate people and businesses that are suffering

from the situation right now from the lockdowns across many economic centers in the united states but if you look at the health system that in particular in the f.p. center in new york that many health workers there described as catastrophic where fritz trucks are used right now to store the bodies of patients in the hospitals well that money of course is necessary and would help but only if the necessary material is available and new york's governor andrew cuomo desperately is calling for 40000 went through later for instance he's also stressing that the health care system is running out of supplies very soon so money is certainly not the only problem here it's also the fact that the material is not available in the market. in the washington i mean while the presence of the united states and china appears to have resolved their feud over which of their countries started the coronavirus

pandemic the chinese foreign ministry spokesman has suggested that the u.s. military brought the virus to china and now presidents trump and ping have spoken on the phone and agreed to work together to fight the pandemic. now there are some of the other stories making news around the world british vacuum cleaner maker dyson has developed a new ventilator that can be used to help the most serious cases of corona virus infection i found it james dyson says he's drawn in the company's expertise in and movement motors and power systems and ventilation it could be produced fast and that. commission president. eliab has criticized member states for their lack of solidarity as the coronavirus sweeps across the continent of the world more than 500000 confirmed cases are here in europe. the virus poses a particular danger to people living in greece's overcrowded migrant camps unless

boss on down other greek islands tens of thousands packed together in squalid conditions with little health care an outbreak could be devastating. if you days ago migrants so facemasks offering protection to others in the camps here as well as new arrivals now that the island is in lockdown built to house 3020000 people live in this camp now it's cut off from the outside world. sees up from doctors without borders says his organization has long been calling for an evacuation and now things are much worse they know what are your troubles and they know that there are no measures taken but you're to refuse to protect them against a virus and that's another issue so there is a real true it will be a medical and humanitarian catastrophe. but there's also the fear that is going on there we might see a lot of public. hygiene is

a big problem here and with social distancing virtually impossible any infection would spread extremely rapidly there were just 6 intensive care beds in the island's main town the very weak and sick including chronically ill children would need to be transported to the mainland gemini's s.p.d. party has appealed for action. germany and some of the european nations have offered to start by taking in around 1500 people mainly unaccompanied or sick children so. it's just an initial step and it now needs to happen very quickly. because it's. the european commission is responsible for coordinating it all and evacuation would be quick to organize says migration expert to get. 800000 beds in hotels in the grace with only around 7000 in use 10000 people on the islands could be accommodated on the mainland the international organization for

migration is now building temporary safer camps to move people to. yet so far there's been no evacuation it's time for european solidarity says canals those with refugee status living on the mainland could be taken in by other e.u. countries with all the accompanying health care protection they offer. any p. eric market has been on for several weeks he's been documenting the inhumane conditions of the camps. commission must coordinate the quick evacuation of people from refugee camps to individual member countries and we must work out how to ensure that hygiene and medical standards are right here to. the e.u. commission says it hopes that countries will be able to begin taking in children within the next few weeks. well south africa has confirmed its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths as the number of confirmed cases rises rises to more than a 1000 the news comes at the start of

a 3 week nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the virus the militias been deployed to help enforce measures that include restrictions on people leaving their homes for anything but essential trips alcohol sales and dog walking have also been banned. africa correspondent creech joins us from cape town welcome what's it like that on day one of this lockdown well for you can see behind me it is empty i'm on normally one of the busiest street in the center of cape town on long street and there's almost nobody everybody is forced to stay at home as the sign says right behind me this is the order for the next 3 weeks and it will be enforced according to the president and his ministers nobody is allowed to leave the houses only for essential services if you go to a supermarket for example but you're not allowed not even alone to walk around to go for jogging to walk your dog this is all forbidden so it's 3 very tough weeks

ahead for south africa but it is necessary and necessary step the president says looking at the numbers how they're growing they have reached more than 1000 cases today so following on from those numbers how is the country's health care infrastructure coping. well the moment it is still coping rather well but this is at the moment the reason why presidents who are opposed that took the decision was quite clear he knew that the health system is likely to collapse of the numbers continue to grow the way they have grown in the past days and weeks 80 percent of south africa's mainly popular poor population is catered for by the public health sector and it's already now overwhelmed in the townships where millions of africans are living in very bad conditions access to healthcare is a massive problem and it's going to be a worse problem in the weeks to come experts predicts that the number of cases will still continue to grow for at least 2 weeks and then hopefully we will be seeing a decline and that hopefully will give the health sector

a chance to be to recover and not be totally overwhelmed and all this in a country that was already in recession with an unemployment rate of 29 percent what's being done to lessen the economic impacts of this crisis. absolutely still more than every 2nd young south african is already unemployed now and it looks very bad for the future of the country depending how this lock down will work on not work many people here have the feeling with the support of the governments they came up with a number of packages to support small businesses and the economy could so why for the 3 weeks but it is not clear if maybe it could be extended in the future after the 3 weeks it is not successful nobody knows how things develop afterwards will tourists really come back right away remember the the country heavily relies on tourism which brings a lot of income and at the moment that sector is basically dead tells shutdowns restaurants are shut down so the outlook is not very positive at the moment but south africans still remain optimistic that things will get back to normal after

this lockdown thank you for that dream krege in cape town. so let's take a look at some more of the latest developments in this corona virus a pandemic 3 months into the outbreak in the total number of confirmed cases around the world and surpassed half a 1000000 the death toll is more than 24000 france has reported its 5th highest death count it's jumped by a quarter in just a day and death and it's still rising german company boss says it's developed a coronavirus test for use in medical facilities that delivers results in 2 and a half hours twice as fast as other tests of people everywhere are finding creative ways to learn or to keep fit and the restrictions imposed during these pandemic here in germany the country's biggest basketball club alba bennett has been helping kids who are stuck at home to do both more and more a tuning into sport lesson every morning. 10 year old levy is

at home alone just no schools closed in berlin last week but that doesn't mean he has to miss out on lessons. beth nissen is that tradition. 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 but. sports lesson runs on you tube every working day from the players' dressing room with a 120 coaches at the club alba know what they're doing but they've had to quickly develop the knowhow of a professional film company but with their dressing room being turned into a t.v. studio 5 days a week the new. shows me a new. form 'd of.

early. or so for college. and some oh. and everybody else has 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. chosen by the mom hope to keep it going it's really exciting and you can learn a lot about basketball. ciao. well despite details for people to avoid panic by joining the pandemic that's exactly what people have been doing so it can be hard to find things like disinfectant pasta flour and especially toilet paper in german supermarkets but even if you can get the real thing you can now get a toilet bowl shaped cake a german baker started making them as a joke 97200

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like any information on the throne of maurice or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. ford 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. i'm joined on and those are the kinds of questions we want to answer in this d.w. 900 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. a south korean 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 sprats 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 out of. the blue this 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 prior to the introduction of the system patients were treated in large negative pressure reims which take a long time to sterilize them 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. drive through testing has also been an innovative way south korea has battled the corona virus outbreak despite fewer coronavirus cases in south korea in recent days medical intern part jan sue argues for rapid testing. the number of confirmed persons is gradually decreasing. the most important thing to get rid of the epidemic is to identify the suspect to patients as soon as possible and have them self isolate overseas necessary treatment if you have even

a little fee for all suspected symptoms it's recommended that you go to the hospital and get tested it comes on people. after examining thousands 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. . 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 of countries are getting 1st access to

testing technology and unfortunately i could see the same thing happen with peas 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 edward he is a professor an 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 began 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 coated 19 before herd immunity kicked in and stop 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 19. 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 the stablished anti-malarial drugs on corona virus symptoms. trials are also ongoing for combinations of antivirals that have already been approved for treating a child b. and finally one of the most promising substances is a compound called rendez of year 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 by wrists 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 work. before we let you go we step away from the sobering world of tests and vaccines $20.00 and 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 piece burger in a green tea stand by her shaped by the restaurant owner is there lighted with his creation he says business is good and no hopefully remind customers to wash their hands before eating. and there are swiss confectioner's reminding us of the season

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