lead british prime minister boris johnson tests positive for corona virus johnson says that he is suffering mild center symptoms and will continue to lead the nation's fight against the pandemic from quarantine. also coming up to germany induced to massively explain and expand its testing to faslane to fight the spread of the virus and the country is already testing a half a 1000000 people a week that number could double by the end of next month. plus a berlin basketball club turned its locker room into a t.v. studio to help keep kids active during self isolation.

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 contracted the virus so far the u.k. health minister has also tested positive. boris johnson clapping in front of number 10 downing street on thursday night a symbolic sign queue to the health workers in the fight against the coronavirus harbor no one at the time the british prime minister was already experiencing symptoms of the disease on friday he revealed he had tested positive for culvert 19 . i am working from home i'm so far isolating and that's entirely the right thing to do. but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to that was reborn technology to communicate with whom i talk to him. to lead the national fight back

against corona bars precautions were already in place the prime minister's daily press briefings were taking place without journalists present their questions delivered via video. and johnson had held his weekly meeting with queen elizabeth via telephone the royal family is already affected on wednesday it was announced that prince charles had a contract of the coronavirus we will get through it in the way we're going to get through it is of course by applying the measures only days ago johnson was in parliament answering questions and sharing a bench with senior cabinet members on let's go straight to the correspondent charlotte potts who is standing by in london charlotte a critical time for the country at this moment how could this diagnosis now impact the prime minister's ability to govern. well he's saying as we

just heard that he is now isolating and that he's planning to govern the country via video conference and telephone calls from his home he's saying that he has symptoms but of course he's in the beginning of the illness and in comparison to other world leaders and quarantine such as he actually has the virus with which comes cases with fatigue and exhaustion now if it gets worse we have to say he's 55 and in good health as far as we know so he's not a risk group but if it was to get worse then his designated survivor the man who will step in and govern the country would be foreign secretary dominic robin that was already decided last week as a precaution. we have now boris johnson seen in the house of commons we were just watching the video there as recently as wednesday we also have the u.k.'s health minister who has tested positive for corona virus charlotte how high is concern

right now about contagion. well it is very high boris johnson was somebody who has shook hands with people as long as he could he's been downplaying the virus just a couple of weeks ago he's since stepped up but now with the health secretary also falling ill with a virus several m.p.'s in the houses of parliament and boris johnson making his rounds throughout london and downing street for example at his daily press conference with the chief medical officer and the chancellor the one who has. took in extraordinary economic measures over the past week those 2 will have to quarantine right now as well and of course the question arises has the government itself not taken social distancing as serious and is this government in the long term able to function if most of the people are in quarantine of course as

a precaution but some have already caught the virus and another person who's caught the virus in other very high profile cases prince charles who has tested positive for corona virus charlotte is the virus potentially more widespread than people are even aware there well the fact that the heir to the throne and the prime minister have caught the virus leads to the assumption that the virus is far more widespread as we imagine right now especially here in london the epicenter of the crisis so far we have around $700.00 deaths confirmed but the worst is still to come in the coming weeks that is something that the prime minister has related reiterated time and time again charlotte potts in london thank you charlotte. well meantime in germany there are over 47000 cases of the infection but the death toll has remained far lower than europe's 2 hardest hit countries

italy and spain officials have credited widespread testing with helping to keep germany's mortality rate low but the country's leaders are still urging caution like many other nations germany has placed stricter strict restrictions on public life in order to control the spread of the virus the chancellor says those measures will stay in place for the forseeable future. in germany too public life has come to a new standstill german chancellor angela merkel is asking for patience speaking on the phone from her precautionary quarantine. i would like to stress that right now is not the moment to talk about easing the measures we've put in place when you look at the figures we still have a fast rise of new infections and the a muffed role is to prevent a health care system from being overstretched you know. mark on. the side. well not. yet germany has so far been

spared from spiking death rates these days politicians like to have the man who developed the corona test at their side he says that's down to a simple fact. the reason why we have so few fatalities in relation to the number of those infected is down to the extremely high level of laboratory testing we're conducting here in germany extreme fuel aboard your daughter and around 500000 tests per week and as clinics brace themselves for a sudden influx of patients a record 750000000000 rescue package to shield the economy was signed into law according to a leaked interior ministry paper the government is already exploring best and worst case scenarios on the effects of the corona crisis the 1st. this paper deals with the question of how this situation which is currently focused on health could have

an impact on the security situation which scenarios are possible and what measures would then be necessary to react to that of the votes. germany is increasingly sending the signal it's as ready as it can. but no government truly can be it seems already sees itself accused of not showing enough solidarity despite taking in intensive care patients from the city and it's an open question whether europe can emerge from this crisis as strong as it used to be or whether it will be more divided than ever. and that was our chief political editor there in berlin here are more of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic 3 months into the outbreak of the total number of confirmed cases has passed half a 1000000 with more than 24000 deaths spain has seen a record one day rise in faith tallaght is with 769 people dying a serbian court has sentenced

a man to jail for flouting self isolation orders dozens of others have reportedly been detained for ignoring orders to stay at home and sweden has banned gatherings of more than 50 down from 500 the country has so far opted to keep schools and restaurants open. as countries race to slow the spread of the outbreak young people around the world have been dealing with some historic restrictions on social life with bars beaches pubs and clubs shut many of their favored gathering spaces are literally off limits schools are also closed forcing millions of children and teens to stay at home and our correspondents tell us just how young people across the globe are confronting life in the age of a pandemic. police in brussels have stepped up efforts in order to stop particular groups of young people from meeting up in parks like this one a recent study has shown that 44 percent almost half of 18 to 21 year olds are not

respecting the rules of social distancing but there's positive news as well some 600 people many of them students have signed up on a list of volunteers in order to support hospitals and elderly people's homes some 15 c. fusions have requested that help and are now looking forward to receiving it from recent graduates and students here in colombia many young people are using their newly gained spare time to assist those in need and the country's major cities private initiatives are popping up that are calling on young and healthy people to go shopping for the elderly and many are volunteering trying to keep those most at risk safe by getting their groceries their drugs their personal hygiene products and delivering them to their doorstep without any kind of personal contact allowing those most vulnerable to stay at home and themselves to feel a little less helpless in these times some have gotten creative to raise awareness

for the pandemic for example there have been online poetry readings against. one club and peter's book has been giving people a special service as a door and measuring their temperate room but the days of offline events are numbered in russia. and cinemas across the country have closed and nightclubs are supposed to close now too but he's taking classic measures to contain the spread of the virus young people are finding more creative ways to raise awareness and also fight this information for example through educated videos in local languages and also from every state sponsored media the young especially have shifted to online spaces both for work and leisure a party. that students often private schools are also trying to continue with their class of using apps and online stuff this that i thought were also trying to help others in the final of crisis since movement is restricted during

a lot down i family local community level young people are using fortune media to coordinate efforts to ensure that the elderly people of their communities continue getting their essential for life. schools across the u.k. whether expensive private schools or regular state schools are now offering online classes some via video conference for me means i've now got 3 teenagers at home all trying and sometimes struggling to stay on top of their schoolwork and one of my sons recently said to me mama i never thought i'd say this but i miss school. surprises out there and you can find out much more on how young people are grappling with life in the age of coronavirus on our you tube channel all people everywhere are finding creative ways to learn and to keep fit under the restrictions are posed by the corona virus pandemic here in germany the country's biggest basketball club alba berlin has been helping kids who are stuck at home do both more and more people are turning to our sport lesson every morning. the

10 year old levy is at home just now schools closed in berlin last week but that doesn't mean he has to miss out on lessons. this is not. 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. the sports lesson runs on every working day from the players dressing room with a 120 coaches at the club know what they're doing but they've had to quickly develop the knowhow of a professional film company what with the dressing room being turned into a t.v. studio 5 days a week he knew. was. also there for 'd all of. the service.

earlier. also for college. 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 dozens of bio mom i hope to keep it going it's really exciting and you can learn a lot about basketball. and it's also a challenge for us here at news but coming up next we have our covert 19 special report that's coming up with my colleague don in just a few minutes time and don't forget you can always get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com i'll have another news bulletin at the top of the hour so do tune in if you can i'm sorry kelly in berlin

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quarantines. self isolation and distancing human beings are social creatures making life in the time of the pandemic a challenging and lonely is just not how we're built but we are in it together and among us are people who learn to live in isolation long before the corona virus outbreak how did they prepare and what can we learn from them. hi i'm on and in today's cove in 1000 special we'll be talking about how to get through collective isolation 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 derek williams we've been receiving all your questions for him around coded 19 all beak today we've picked the one we've all been asking ourselves have a listen. can life continue normally off to quarantine would not risk other outbreaks. 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 answer 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 director who didn't respect us 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 and tell 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 my theory of the mission if i'm 1st and this is my log on this night to. cut off from the outside world with little equipment and even fewer comforts mathias morris spent 6 days in the darkness of this kid in italy to help them prepare for their regular save space he learned how to explore unknown surroundings and how to conduct scientific

experiments underground. and joins us now mathias welcome you're also having to stay home these days how is your astronaut training helped at all. yes soffit are 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 and we got pretty well along each other well what would you say the hardest part was then that was it communication was it the cabin fever or in your case the key 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 it's even a little bit more complicated because once we're in space we will lift there for 6 months we all come from different countries speak different languages have a cultural background which is different and so communication is to keep and we

learn before we fly to space holiday to how to like at depths our way how to interact without us so we talked very openly on the problems that the seeds are like ok you have this in this which i don't really like can you change this man a little bit and once you talk openly then you feel well prepared and then i think that the mission itself is then very sick or well what would you say help do you psychologically speaking while you were disconnected from everything. or it's very important to have a regular. schedule during the day so i plan my diary and i plan approach eric i plan also positive parts that i have during do that and then we also plan to have time to get up together with my crew together with my team it's lunch time it's even and dinner time it's very important to spend this time together we also

included a little bit of physical exercise despite being in a very confined environment but just stoic and do some exercises and this combination of having a schedule of having having friends together with you that help you that show you are a strength that was also very important and we have a successful mission there you have it structure is key he's an astronaut from the european space agency thank you so much for sharing your insights my question 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 $328.00 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 trained to deal with the psychological impact of living in space keeping busy is the key whether working getting a haircut or of course having a restful night's sleep. the i s s crew like christina know all too well how to stay healthy and happy in isolation jack's 2 star is an isolation researcher and a cultural anthropologist specializing in the measurement and enhancement of human performance and extreme environments well so that for there you've done

a lot of work with astronaut's 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. determined 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 no 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 or the 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 re framing but there's a knowing you'd be isolated for a limited time like on a space mission vs 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 the derisive humor the kind of humor the 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 jack's to sir he's an isolation researcher and longtime adviser to nasa thank you very much and that was our d.w. call the die 900 special from our do check out our social media channels imes and now the milan will 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. you know.

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