this is t w news live from berlin and british prime minister boris johnson tests positive for corona virus johnson says that he is suffering mild symptoms and will continue to lead the nation's fight against the pandemic from quarantine also coming up getting back to business in china we meet the operator of a hot food stall he needs to start making money again after the lifting of the coronavirus lockdown but where are the customers and south africa's police in force the new 3 day week 33 week coronavirus lockdown at the same time the country's 1st

2 deaths from the virus have been announced. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has the coronavirus he is the highest profile political leader confirmed to have the virus so far the u.k. health minister has also tested positive on thursday night johnson joins the nation in applauding workers in the national health service a day later after receiving the positive test results he posted a video in which he said that he would be isolating himself but he says that he would continue to leave the nation's response to the pandemic. heifetz i want to bring you up to speed to something that's happening today which is it i'm developed symptoms over the coronavirus necessary a temperature and a. system cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer i've taken

a test that has come out that you say you are working from home i'm so far it's you let's go straight to the correspondent mass who is standing by in london barrett what does this mean for johnson's ability to govern in this very critical time for the country well boris johnson assert himself and his message that he is continuing to lead the fight against the coronavirus so he will stay on top of things is what he's saying right now if he should to do that and we know that the foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in so he will be the 2nd in command to then lead the country but as of yet we're not there yet forest johnson he was seen in the house of commons as recently as wednesday bereket are there concerns that other members of staff and m.p.'s that they might also have been exposed here.

several m.p.'s had just already 2 weeks ago so that they probably shouldn't be all coming together in the house of commons it's quite an hour chamber and people are usually sitting there quite close to each others who expressed the worry that they would basically be like a giant petri dish and then they could all go out into the respective constituencies all over the country and possibly spreading the virus however just recently last week this week people have been spacing out so the house of commons was much quieter than usual and for example the prime minister's questions on wednesday there were just un peace in the chambers normally it's packed so that has already a shift in their behavior of the m.p.'s johnson of course not the only high profile case there in the u.k. prince charles has also tested positive for the coronavirus spirit is it possible that the virus is more widespread in the u.k. than people recognise. it's very very lightly sarah

sue the official numbers just over 11000 cases thought i think a lot of people that i know already know somebody who is infected so the fear is that the virus is very widespread here in the u.k. much much higher than the official figures and especially in london we also know that hospital is already coming close to being overstressed and we haven't seen the people of the virus just yet so even though the weather at the moment is very sunny and i think in the south is the mood at these for many londoners is quite jolly but i think underneath a lot of people would frenzy be quite scared farragut mass in london thank you barrett and here are some more of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic 3 months into the outbreak and the total number of confirmed cases has passed half a 1000000 with more than 24000 deaths spain has seen a record one day rise and is with 769 people dying in 24 hours the death toll is

now more than 4800 a serbian court has sentenced a man to 3 years in jail for flouting self isolation orders serbian state t.v. reported there are 112 people in detention awaiting trials for ignoring orders to stay at home and sweden has banned gatherings of more than 15 lowering it from 500 so far the country has opted for a more relaxed approach to the penned by keeping schools restaurants and bars open . united states now has more confirmed cases of corona virus than any other country including china almost 86000 people in the us have become infected and nearly 1300 have died the crisis has hit the american economy hard feeling a record surge in unemployment claims and the country's biggest city new york is struggling. and 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 the capacity of the current health care system. that's why the authorities a trusted glee 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. tripping. on a temporary mark. if it is a powerful it's awful i'm scared to be here that's. where we're going as. a 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 i know that we will achieve victory and quickly return to the path of exceptional health safety and prosperity for all of our citizens other emergency measures include this 1000 bed us 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 do yorkers heeding the government non-working and socializing in public. a city already in fear knows that the worst is still to come. and the presidents of the u.s. and china appear to have resolved their feud over which of their countries started

the corona virus pandemic after president trying talked about what he called the chinese virus china's foreign ministry suggested that it had been brought to china by the u.s. military well now presidents trump and she have spoken on the phone and agreed to work together to fight the pandemic so let's take a closer look now at the state of the outbreak in china itself because the problems of who by where the coronavirus pandemic began has reported no new cases since lifting its lockdown and reopening its borders on wednesday but its team at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine has warned who by its capital will hon which remains under lockdown for another 2 weeks that an overly hasty relaxation of restrictions there could increase the chances of a new wave of infections as the people of who by get out and out again they're counting the cost of the lot. opening the fortress the ancient fortifications at the heart of ch'ing hsu city

a usually buzzing with tourists particularly now in spring but even though people are free of to go out from the full there's not much going on and that's creating the next worry for those living and working there. who will not know why the 1st half of the year is the season for flower blossoms many people come out to see the flowers to take photos and have fun the 1st half of this year is supposed to be the peak tourism season but the coronavirus will definitely have a big him. tacked on us. the cities in who by province now a by word for the pandemic. just look there are so few people those from outside will not come here for a holiday you know now who by is the hardest hit area and no one dares to come yet when they know you're from who by they all keep away from you they're scared. high . she said she'd spent the equivalent of 2 month's rent on

food for her stool but that she wasn't able to sell its own even herself during the look down and it had all gone rotten. wood c.n.n. i had a relatively smooth opening today some girls bought 6 corn cobs for me at once. this is the 1st business for me this year it's good because there aren't many people around after the outbreak this is big money for a small business owner with. the hope is that the streets will quickly fill up again with people and that the hardships in jewett during the days of fortress jin show will soon be history. and south africa has confirmed its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths as the number of cases of rises to more than a 1000 and the news comes at the start of a 3 week nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the virus the army has 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. and for more on south africa's lockdown i am joined by d.w. africa correspondent krishna standing by in cape town so i jan what was it like there on day one of the lockdown. so i have never seen capes on like this you can see it behind me the streets are almost empty although i'm in the city center on long street which is unusually one of the busiest streets and so on you know but it seems most people are following the order of the government and the president which you can read right behind me on this house stay home this is an order for the next 3 weeks for them you have said that the rules here are quite strict you cannot just go out and have a walk or go for jogging this is all the bit you can only go to the supermarkets and to the hospitals and so follow up on essential services this is it and at least in the city center here you can see most people are following it and just come from

one of the townships of the crowded poor areas of cape town it's a bit more difficult because it's a very crowded space many people are still going out and it seems things are not enforced as strict as many people believe they would be and how is south africa's health care infrastructure coping as well. see the reason why presidents who are. now at this lockdown is because he thought that if it continues like this the numbers of cases continue to increase then the whole system might collapse already now there's only a few very good private clinics that hardly anybody you can't afford to visit the majority of the hospitals are state run 80 percent of the mainly poor population depends on the state's health infrastructure and it's already now overwhelmed so this is going to be a massive problem for the country of the numbers don't go down and might also be a massive problem economically adjure on south africa already in a recession with an unemployment rate of 29 percent what is being done to lessen the economic impact of the crisis. well the state says it will invest

a lot of money to support businesses but the question is will that be enough it's gonna be very difficult south africa has one of the most unequal societies in the world curious from all over the world they're not here anymore a lot of businesses already had to close down so it's very very tough times that i jam creation cape town thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world that the u.s. attorney general william barr has announced a $15000000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest of venezuelan president nicolas maduro the u.s. justice department accuses modo and other senior venezuelan officials of drug trafficking crimes. the governor of tokyo has urged people to wait until next year to celebrate the cherry blossom season with traditional parties the appeal comes amid a spike in new coronavirus cases and fears of a wider outbreak tokyo residents are still strolling in parks to view the blossoms

but some areas are now being sealed off. german engineering and technology company says that it has developed a coronavirus test that can deliver results within 2 and a half hours that's around twice as fast as the current systems used in germany bosch says that it's test is over 95 percent accurate and is designed to use of medical facilities such as hospitals and doctors offices. despite appeals for people to avoid panic buying during 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 to get the real stuff you can now get a toilet roll shaped cake as it turns out a german baker started making the cakes as a joke now he is selling 200 a day and helping to keep his 40 staff in work.

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talking about how to get through collective. elation and we've got some professional insights from some who know what it's like to be far away from everyone and everything but 1st to someone else and isolation at home our science correspondent derrick williams we've been receiving all your questions for him around coded 1000 all the today we've picked the one we've all been asking ourselves have a listen. can life continue normally off the quarantines would not risk other outbreaks. and this is indeed the great danger and it's also the key question even if strict social distancing helps us to flatten the epidemiological curve by by suppressing the numbers of new infections won't the number of people getting it just skyrocket again once we end those measures are we just kicking the can down the road a lot of eyes are turning to china now as it cautiously begins to lift some of the

direct hooting restrictions that have been in place there for the last couple of months everyone is sort of waiting with bated breath to see whether the number of new cases there begins to rise again but there are an awful lot of experts now saying that until we come up with an effective vaccine the new coronavirus is here to stay at least in the near future to keep it from overwhelming health systems we'll all have to get used to social distancing as the new norm along with the isolation that that brings. now there is being stuck at home but arguably there are tougher places to be alone astronaut mathias mauer has been training for years for his future flight into space and isolation. ok this is meant here for the missions i'm 1st and this is my local mission there to. cut off from the outside world with little equipment and even fewer comforts mathias nowra spent 6 days in the darkness

of this kid in italy to help them prepare for the rigors of space he learned how to explore unknown surroundings and how to conduct scientific experiments underground . and joins us now mathias welcome to your also having to stay home these days how is your astronaut training helped at all. your software quite prepared for the isolation i mean i lived in a cave for several days i lived also on the water for 16 days in a very tiny confined environment with other people because like you well it only took. well what would you say the hardest part was then that was it communication was it the cabin fever or in your case the cave fever or something else completely . well it's living together with other people like in a confined environment for an extended period of time and for ash knowledge it's even a little bit more complicated because once we're in space we were lifted up for 6

months we all come from different countries speak different languages have a cultural background which is different and so communication is the key and we learned before the flight to space how to how to like adapt our ways how to interact with other so we talked very openly on the problems that we need to like ok you have this in this which i don't really like in your tanks this man a little bit and then once you talk openly you feel well prepared and then i think that the mission itself is then very sick. well what would you say helped you psychologically speaking while you were disconnected from everything. it's very important to have a good record. schedule during the day so i plan my day and i plan a project i plan also positive spots that i have that you're into that day and then

we also plan to have time to get up together with my crew together with my team and it's lunch time it's even in dinner time it's very important to spend this time together we also include that there's bit of physical exercise despite being in a very confined environment but you still can do some exercises and this combination of having a schedule of having a project of having friends together with you that helps you to cheer you up i think that was also very important and we had a successful mission. there you have it structure is key mathias nara he's an astronaut from the european space agency thank you so much for sharing your insights. my pleasure. now as we heard there not everyone is distancing alone there are those who have to do it in groups being with the same set of people all the time can obviously be hard perhaps even impossible without a bit of fun but don't take our word for it the crew on the international space

station can tell you more she knows what it feels like to be up there alone u.s. astronaut christina cook repairing the outside of the international space station last year she set a record by spending 328 days in space in the i.s.a.'s you literally couldn't get any further from the coronavirus but the astronauts on board have a lot in common with the millions in isolation 400 kilometers away back on us constantly packed in together yet separated from any other life unable to visit family and friends for months that's why crew are trying to deal with the psychological impact of living in space keeping busy is the key but a working getting a haircut or of course having a restful night's sleep the only s.s. crew like christina know all too well how to stay healthy and happy in isolation jax to stare is an isolation researcher and

a cultural anthropologist specializing in the measurement and enhancement of human performance and extreme environments well it's not for there you've done a lot of work with astronauts you've been advising nasa for several decades what sort of advice have you given to astronauts giving up a way of life on earth to go to space seeing as that can be helpful now. well most astronauts. determine before their mission that getting along with their crew mates will be their highest objective. and they work toward that goal. ways to foster the group solidarity that's necessary when things become a problem or 2 or to a schedule as matthias had just said. but it is ok to sleep in not on the international space station but when you're can try and. in your homes sleep is good just make sure that you have

a schedule and that you. make a list of objectives and i think the key to surviving i'm in our 12th day of isolation now but the key is to view this as an opportunity rather than an obstacle an opportunity to. to finish projects that you had. let slide around the house an opportunity to read a book that you'd always wanted to read an opportunity to call friends and family and talk for as long as you would like them to check in on their physical and behavioral help so i guess in some way it is a matter of wreaths raining but there's no way you'd be isolated for a limited time like on a space mission verses now where nobody knows how long they'll have to stay home for how does one deal with the open ended ness perhaps of this isolation. yes that

is that if the difficult part this is imposed on us we didn't volunteer for the space mission but we are indeed passengers on a spacecraft passing through space and time together and some of the ways that we can make this work is to consciously attempt to be polite and respectful with those with whom we're confined. to avoid derisive humor the kind of humor that a stablish is wedges between people who are a spine it is an excellent coping mechanism but avoid that the side of the rights of humor that is so common especially among men. consider the possible consequences before you say or do anything consciously attempt to be cheerful and supportive of your housemates. or your crewmates and.

eat at least one meal together each day. the importance of kindness of their again and the importance of avoiding derisive humor but speak of social skills that we all have to assume that the outbreak will one day the under control and we'll all be reconnecting based on what you know about astronaut's coming back how do you think we will have changed as a people after all of this. well astronauts spend a lot of time in the coop watching the beautiful earth pass beneath them and almost all of them report when they return that they have changed it that that experience has changed their perspective of life on earth there are no borders really visible from space and during the early days of the space of the ice i assess a station. there would be an american fighter pilot teamed with a so

a former soviet fighter pilot they had trained their entire careers to kill each other and yet they got along famously they lived in perfect harmony and working toward the same goals and i think that that's the kind of thing that we can derive from this experience we're all working towards the same goals a reminder from jax to surface he's an isolation researcher and longtime adviser to nasa thank you very much. and that was our d.w. call the di $900.00 special from our do check out our social media channels imes in alabama law and we'll leave you now with music from opera singers singing together from greece but alone in their own homes thank you for watching and stay healthy everyone.

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