if you just come to you this is where it comes. to 77 percent this weekend on d w. this is d w news live from berlin and my current emergency aid groups called for the evacuation of vulnerable people from greece's overcrowded migrant camps they fear an outbreak of the corona virus in the morea camp on the island of lesbos would be catastrophic also coming up hungry as parliament gives prime minister viktor orban an open ended extension to emergency powers in the battle against the pandemic but critics are

calling it a power grab and there was criticism from the police in kenya for their tough tactics as they forced the new coronavirus curfew. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program around the world social distancing has become the mantra of the day but in greece's overcrowded migrant camps like moria on the island of lesbos that's not possible conditions were already unsanitary and many migrants stuck there also have preexisting health problems aid organizations are now calling for the most vulnerable residents to be evacuated to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. in the maria refugee camp very few have been able to get a mask to protect against corona virus there are more than 20000 people living here

in dire conditions lack of food washing areas and medicine are the norm. there is a lot of disease here people are sick they have fevers and skin conditions like scabies and lice they cough and have breathing problems like asthma officially there are no coded 1000 cases here but also no government plan to prevent them says doctors without borders such a scenario would be a disaster for everyone unless both refugees and residents alike. voted for. him. to. do neither one of them. before the pandemic germany had agreed to accept unaccompanied minors that's off the table now an effort to avoid bringing in

outsiders from at risk groups opposition parties have criticised a lack of political will to end the humanitarian crisis. many politicians say we don't want a repeat of 2000 to 15 but we're not talking about millions of people here just a few tens of thousands if you're really serious and want to do everything possible to prevent a further outbreak then we have to evacuate these camps. a camp intended for 3000 people housing 20000 that makes social distancing here close to impossible. and earlier i spoke with a possible program director of medical programs for doctors without borders in athens he told me about the situation that his colleagues are experiencing on the ground in the morea cap situation in the. situation. for the 1000 runs and women of america i live in a base for 6095 people these people are you know overcrowding situation or the

question stay home there is no home these people are they have a lack of access to water wines there is one woman going for 1300 people there is 100 or 200 people and there is one shop or 200 people so there is no access to water and sanitation and thirdly these people are having an additional problem of accessing care seems united those 1000 the government stops along the routes discovered you know this isn't their last days there is a knock down in the grass that leaves it from 7 o'clock in the evening every sort of talking of only these people cannot move out of that house that mean more difficult conditions and more exposure to these people to these and that's the view from doctors without borders i also spoke with eric marquard who is a member of the european parliament for the green party he spoke with me from lesbos about possible steps that might be taken to evacuate the camps. i also think

that it's not a matter of possibilities it's just a matter of political will we have empty hotels all around you and we have to support the hotel industry in the summer and we will have to support them will be an economic crisis which also affects them and i think if we speak about hotels but we can also speak about cruise ships who are empty at some moment who have no guests and we just have the possibilities to deal with the situation there to evacuate with huge accounts and we should do that actually not only because of the humanitarian issues there but also because the fight against coal should be fought everywhere and i don't understand why everybody is talking about social distancing and you apply overcrowd aggression the camps because they overcrowded it's often our interest in the fight against colona it was green party and if you eric markert that's going to look now at some other coronavirus developments the number of infections worldwide has almost reached 738000 people according to a new tally

a navy hospital ship with 1000 beds arrived in new york harbor to help relieve the crisis gripping the city's hospitals and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has gone into quarantine after one of his staff members tested positive for the corona virus the price of oil has fallen to just over $22.00 a barrel the lowest since 2002 that's because of plummeting demand due to the global economic slowdown. hungary's parliament has voted to give prime minister viktor orban broad new powers that he says are needed to fight the coronavirus there the new law allows orbán to rule by decree for an unlimited time the prime minister declared a state of emergency in hungary 3 weeks ago critics say that the n.t. coronavirus defense act as it's known gives orbán unnecessary and limited power allowing him to cement his leadership under the pretext of fighting the outbreak

and joining me now from budapest is the hungary and minister of justice you to thank you so much for joining us this afternoon they reckon it's my pleasure to be with you your country hungry you have passed this legislation you say to protect your citizens from the coronavirus but we have some opposition m.p.'s and groups that think that this is a power grab by your party feet as what is your response. and there's no point in thinking about. the slow on president thing you know more power in this emergency situation or in a situation of danger when the national parliament has to count on the regular functioning the 100 percent innocent assembly and the low expository includes the the national assembly may revoke at any time it's authorization low is nothing more than to provide for the government the necessary room for acting

immediately for the sake of citizens house life and for the stability of the national economy every measure has to be proportionate. into the constitutional framework of course running its necessity and can only target the measures which are there to fight. this war to be so easy to revoke the law why would there be such a critical mass of criticism out there i mean you've received criticism from the o.s.c. from the united nations from the council of europe and the general message seems to be that there is no clear cut off date here they're concerned about democracy in your country why would you insist on this measure. you know i would recommend everyone to read below the text of the low and that to read on in the press release is this this is this same pattern what's always been going on there on time gary it is you know the same weiss's are always reflected indifferent to media outlets i

would be very happy to have as much space in the international media with 100 in government's position as much as the opposition has in the international media so there's no floor in the room for any kind of for their concerns on the contrary this deal of the sect already provides much more constitutional guarantees than in general in a situation of danger any kind of constitution could on that there is very strong provision as routing the law which actually provides more flexibility for the constitutional court seats during the crisis and that's why every measure can be bested against constitutionally criteria and this is also in the hands of the national assembly to the to mine when the crisis is over and also over to the sec so up in the. terminations of the virus it should still be a not exist anymore so there is no need to have any kind of cost as a bad day in the finish time because the time is by itself determined by the virus

and the national assembly you mentions the media and your response then i'd like to talk a little bit more about the media because your party has been highly critical of the independent media operating in your country your field as party and there is a measure in this law which says that jail time of up to 5 years may be imposed on those hindering measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus and those spreading false information related to the crisis rights groups think that this could be a measure that your party that your leader viktor orban might use to muzzle journalists what is your response. you know i respond is again that please read the text of the law and also please learn a bit about the hungry and criminal the judicial system because fear mongering that has a long standing christan turned history already in our criminal system can code system this new provision applies equally to every hunger citizen and it is targeting

those intentional i have to reach intentional false and on 2 statements which are in front of the larger problem of the great and it is probable it is appropriate to prevent the defense measures during a crisis situation during the extraordinary legal order so it is a well defined case know what qualifies to be untrue statements of course opinion or criticism however harsh it may be it was a government may not be on their discussion the 1st day of this and they retreat again it is at the cable equally to each and every citizen not not only the shows. and any kind of profession or any kind of promise it is in europe so this is this is not about to targeting any kind of fair sectors in hungary you had fargher hungary's minister of justice thank you thank you thank you very much. of going to

quick check of some other stories making news around the world easy jet has grounded all of its flights due to the coronavirus pandemic joining airlines such as quantas. grounding its entire fleet the company says it's currently unclear when flights will resume the airline will pay staff 80 percent of their wages for the next 2 months a hospital in the german city of wolfsburg has stopped taking in new patients after several staff there tested positive for the coronavirus new patients will be sent to facilities nearby the number of registered coronavirus cases in germany has risen to more than 57000 according to official figures. also in germany the so-called wise men panel of economic experts believes that measures to deal with the coronavirus will slash growth this year by over 5 percent a recession starting in the current 2nd quarter is unavoidable according to these experts in the best case scenario similar to china where the situation appears to

have stabilized germany's economy would rebound strongly in 2021 the economists say that the government's priority must be funding the health system to provide adequate care to patients and to limit the spread of the virus. in kenya people are having to get used to some stringent restrictions on daily life due to the corona virus outbreak the government has brought in evening curfew but there's been criticism of the way that the police have been enforcing it. life in kenya has slowed down since the 1st confirmed corona cases 2 weeks ago the usual traffic jams are gone and many restaurants and offices have closed. last friday the government introduced a 7 pm curfew police were ordered to arrest people who were not part of essential services such as health care workers food suppliers the result was that people rushed in buses and other means of public transport to get home and feed the cats.

and i'll before the actual curfew reports emerged of police arresting and beating up a local t.v. show p.r. takes teams of police dispersing people with gas at a ferry port mombasa. society of kenya has filed a complaint against the curfew and the police we've challenging because few because we think because who is notable for the way it was done most patients do not have the luxury of. driving themselves home or a walking public transport system. i don't know what people in nairobi have mixed feelings about the curfew. because it is all good think it is trying to assist people and you know most of these people are going to have a no no to do about it over the border in future state says or not doesn't work with the suffering and tragedy has doubled the corona and this police brutality it's wrong is wrong but as journalists we're still allowed to move around off the

shelf you know the little town very clear and there have been reports over the weekend of today's culture left so we're going home early but we're not taking any chances. you're watching t.v. news don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our website that's a huge dot com you can also follow us. on social media i'm sara kelly in for a lead thank you so much. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. covert 19 special next on d w. how does

a virus spread. why do we panic and when will all this. just 3 of the topics covered and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the chrono laroche 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 twitter dot com slash science. in times of corona data might be one of the key weapons to curtail the pandemic the data on all smartphones for example that can show in the every step we take and every step people around us take scientists estimate that one infected person passes the virus on to iran 2 to 3 people on average so what if we used all the

data that we already have on all smartphones to track people infected with the coronavirus a moron those who have contact with a carrier prevent more infections build something like a digital box image. and south korea that seems to have been one of the keys to keep their infection survivals candidates are trying to help us find the current crisis. this is the news welcome to our special coverage of the global covert 19 outbreak today want to take a closer look at south korea country was hit hard by the coronavirus but now it has seen a steep decline in new covert 19 cases compare that with the numbers in germany they are currently nearly 10 times as high. come the number for germany in recent weeks it appears south korea has largely reigned in the disease

and without closing down public life to a degree we are seeing in europe and elsewhere now how. nobody knows exactly but making use of internet technology to share confirmed patients occasions and travel information directly with the public seems to have helped quite a lot actually. so 3 is seems to be battling the coronavirus kovac 19 effectively without implementing a complete lockdown in addition to rigorous and innovative testing for the virus online applications and social networking have been crucial to encourage ongoing public participation in the battle against the corona virus every day south korean health authorities send text messages to everyone's smartphones the advisories remind people to avoid large groups practice to meter safe distancing and

regularly disinfect their homes leaving the windows open. so korean health authorities emergency alerts share the locations of new coronavirus patients people can then follow the links to detailed patient tracking data web developers like ryan home have collected and aggregated that information to more user friendly websites. the government provides the travel history of each patient. that's in the text so even if you. read that place name you don't really know where exactly to locate it so i try to put that out on the map so that people can. officially see where it's exactly look at it so that they know if they've been to that place the south korean public has become a bit complacent as the pen demick drags on so websites like this may help remind people that the risk of infection is still out there and possibly nearby there are

lots of people like thiel in korea. because they think they didn't have any contact with the patient with this web site they have a better idea of that and they can really you know deal with situations since their creation in late january in early february independent coronavirus patient tracking web sites have received millions of page views offering users reassuring information on. when the corona virus became a threat i downloaded the app still started using them to understand the situation you can see where infected people have been and avoid going there so it helps to stop the virus from spreading. so 3 has managed to flatten the curve and reduce new pieces of the corona virus in recent weeks although health officials here still worry about potential new clusters. well from seoul south korea i'm now joined

by professor john one son associate professor at the bob school of fleming university college london professor off a peak at the beginning of march south korea has kept new infections very low you say besides a testing program that's due to surveillance how yes tracing through to surveillance technology played a pretty part in this fight against the corner. if the country has pretty be complicity with testing if you don't know who to test the testing capacity has only limited the use so to find out who to test disobedience technology was really cool so the cool east to find though that it would be one in every single one patient to come from the patient contacted in the past so ted way you can find out who this patient could fighters to from and who this patient could have been biased

to what kind of data exactly has the government there gathered. because the initial data is the interview of people experts interview interview patients who too is king rarity but then this entity just quote your work at all says to police state our resources are what they tell you through police and that's a credit card transaction move. look asians and this is city's so there's no better form every every move by point service networks have information about where mobile phone has been through g.p.s. and intensive sieber connection and the 2nd a critic cars is again the banks can tell you. when the testing action happened so contingent these 2 were ready keep your lot of. so for example if a cashier was

a patient for example everest every single customers of potential patients they have to be tested and using credit cards or of course you can find out all do all the clinical scanners and then see if the t.v.'s can give you even more finite movement to data. to the patient to talk to in the past who the patient to pointing to poor example and then someone can i just interrupt you did only thing profess a this it is dangerous when a government can track every step of its citizens it is certainly is so this is this is an emergency manager who will only lend the one even the president of troops it this dental put it is a controlled access to these authorities with a tire through police so when this situation is over they don't have the data don't get us to stay longer professor don't want to join us live from seoul

south korea thank you very much for this and what. if you think you. know that answer questions about korea handled the fight against the virus but fresh questions around the globe arise every day. your questions most important and you have sent us plenty facebook twitter and e-mail and to answer them at least a part of them. every day here's our science correspondent williams. i think. if we start data tracking are there any assurances in place the technology won't be used against us in the future that depends a lot on the country i think where you reside any assurances put in place will have to come from governments now there's no question that digital surveillance measures like cell phone tracking that are used to trace the contacts of someone who has

been infected are one of the most effective ways that we have now to find out who else might have been exposed but the big fear of course is that once given the right to track their citizens in this way some governments might continue to do it once the current crisis is over and it needs to be addressed and the legislation expanding the rights of governments to track their own citizens striking the right balance between outbreak oversight and data privacy is not going to be easy and i think. what data can be used to track the spread of the coronavirus. well nowadays practically all of us leave a kind of trail of digital bread crumbs behind us as we move through our lives if you have g.p.s. or bluetooth turned on on your phone for instance then that can provide pretty specific information as to your whereabouts or who you might have come close to other information that can be used as for example when or where you might have made

purchases with a bank card or a credit card and then of course in places that are directly monitored by c.c.t.v. you can employ facial recognition technology to pretty precisely determine exactly when someone was where in south korea which has so far had some of the greatest success at containing the virus without resorting to draco nian measures like lock downs tracking the previous movement of people who tested positive has relied on a company. of all those measures. can big data help us avoid a 2nd corona virus outbreak and the short answer to that is no the only thing that will stop killed 1000 for gerd is her going to unity which hopefully we will acquire through a vaccine in the not all too distant future however there are many ways that big data techniques can help us better control any future outbreaks they can help us

recognize when one is beginning at an earlier stage to start with and dealt also tell us a lot more about what measure is being instigated all over the world at the moment actually work best so even if it doesn't solve the coronavirus problem for us big data is providing valuable information all the time on how we can hopefully solve the problem ourselves. and cope with 19 special coverage for today from all on the pandemic to check out all social media channels and our website that's the w dot com which has dedicated covert 19 pages in 30 languages. at the end of the show we leave you with pictures from a balcony in long but the it's a nice region hit hardest by the novel coronavirus streets that. empty

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