welcome to the 77. this week d w. this is. from berlin tonight in the surge of the pandemic the governor of new york makes an urgent appeal for volunteers to fight the coronavirus as the u.s. navy hospital ship comfort a rhymes with a 1000 beds the governor warns of a staggering number of deaths from the virus and most of them are in new york city also coming out of the corona virus pandemic

a menace to migrants aid groups say greece's overcrowded migrant camp should be evacuated they are warn an outbreak on the island of lesbos would be catastrophic plus a new date for the 2020 tokyo olympics mark your calendars for the 23rd of july 2021 last week the games were postponed because of the pending. i'm burned off it's good to have you with us tonight there are desperate calls for help from new york the state's governor andrew cuomo has made an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what he is calling a staggering number of deaths from the coronavirus the police came as the death toll in the state climbed past 1200 most of these deaths in new york city so far

around 80000 former medical professionals have answered the call meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived in new york harbor to help relieve pressure on the city's hospitals. a welcome sight for new york as the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last 2 weeks. and we needed this boost we needed this hope that's being created by our brothers and sisters the u.s. navy the marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a field hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words president donald trump says that medical equipment already in place

should be enough for the city but the mayor and the state governors say they both need more help from the federal government to be ready for what's coming. it is a fundamental blunder. to only prepare for today that's why in some ways we are where we are we've been at behind this virus from day one you have this scientist in the data projections show you a curve. the curve goes like this you're over here. prepare for the high point of the curve and do we know when you can do it the night before. medics have become the heroines and heroes of the day and monday was even national doctors' day but in new york they've had no chance to celebrate they're on the front lines in a city or the coronavirus death toll is rising rapidly. let's take

a look now at some of the other coronavirus developments the death toll worldwide in the past 35000 almost 738000 cases have now been confirmed italy the hardest hit country with more than 11000 deaths says it is extending its lockdown until easter italians have been under lockdown now for 3 weeks french health authorities have reported the nation's worst daily death toll more than 400 deaths in the last 24 hours france has become the 4th country to cross the $3000.00 they tallies threshold after china italy and spain and the price of oil has fallen to just over $22.00 a barrel that's the lowest since 2002 and it's because of plummeting demand due to the global economic downturn around the world social distancing has become the new mantra but in greece's overcrowded migrant camps it's practically impossible conditions were already unsanitary before the outbreak and many migrants have

preexisting health conditions aid organizations are now calling for the most vulnerable residents in these camps 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 coronavirus. 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 school a.b.s. and life 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 and lesbos refugees and residents alike devoted to

the credit and. didn't want to. 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 criticized 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. or earlier i spoke with the director of medical programs for doctors without borders in athens he described what his colleagues are experiencing on the ground

on the island of. rationing the. situation. for the 1000 schumann's and woman a man i living in a place for 6095 people these people are in overcrowding situation on the question of stay home there's no home to speak with they have lack of access to water bodies there's one water running for 1300 people there's 104200 people and they watch out for 200 people so they have no access to water and sanitation and thirdly these people are having an additional problem processing health care seems united those 19 the government stops along these people like cisco ok you know this isn't their last days there is a knock down of the gas that means that from 7 o'clock in the evening of these are going to be only these people are going to move out because that means more difficult conditions and more exposure to these people to least as doctors without

borders from athens erik marquardt he's a member of the european parliament for the green party we saw him in that report now he spoke with me in more detail from was books about possible steps that might be taken to evacuate the king 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 whole turds but we can also speak about cruise ships who are empty at some moment to have no guests and we just have the possibilities to deal with the situation it to evacuate if you can and we should do that actually not only because of humanitarian issues 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 it overcrowded question the camps can stay over. and. there was a member of the european parliament on the virus and migrants as more countries imposed because of the virus india faces perhaps the biggest challenge last week its 1300000000 people were ordered to stay at home for the next 3 weeks that's easier said than done for the millions of day laborers of they form the backbone of india's economy but the government isn't giving them a leg to stand on at the moment the walk down means many have lost their income overnight poor no money for food and now trying to make their way home a perfect storm for spreading the virus. social distancing is a privilege that these people cannot afford all the cross india day laborers rushed to transportation hubs carrying whatever they could. the nation wide lockdown has

put millions out of work and started a mass exodus from the cities. for these people who are leaving new delhi for their hometowns the fear of starving is currently greater than the fear of infection with the coronavirus. if we had food why would we have left we're not enjoying this we know that a pandemic is spreading but we are forced to leave we're taking precautions and keeping as much distance as we can have no matter what i mean if the government did nothing otherwise we wouldn't have left. india's efforts to contain the corona virus has plunged the country into chaos. after transportation was shut down some state governments arranged buses to bring migrant workers back to their home villages. but in other states people were left stranded and forced to walk hundreds of kilometers home. deliveries street vendors and other informal workers form the

backbone of the indian economy. with police chasing them off the streets and. no savings to fall back on the luck zone puts many of them at risk prime minister narendra modi uid ordered india's 1300000000 people to stay home has apologized for the hardships they are now facing. especially when i look at my poor brothers and sisters i think they must be wondering what kind of prime minister i am put people in such a difficult situation. i especially ask for their forgiveness. so far roughly 1000 people of india have tested positive for corona virus but experts worry numbers could be much higher. fears are that an outbreak in one of the world's most densely populated countries could result in a catastrophe. for here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world hungary's parliament has voted to give prime minister viktor orban

extensive powers to rule by decree the prime minister says they're necessary to fight the coronavirus but his critics see it as a power grab and a way to entrench is power. a painting by the dutch master prince of ngo called spring garden has been stolen from a museum in the netherlands seems apparently broken to the. museum which is near amsterdam the museum is closed due to the pandemic the 884 painting is valued up to 6000000 euros. sports news barcelona players will taking 70 percent pay cut and make extra contributions to help pay the club's other staff during the pandemic barcelona camps and he announced the move on social media but he criticised club officials for putting pressure on the players to quote do something that we knew we should be doing anyway the spanish football league has been suspended indefinitely because of

the pandemic. the 2020 tokyo olympics will now officially starts on the 23rd of july 2021 the paralympics will follow in august of 2021 the international olympic committee and japanese organizers settled on that date today a week after agreeing to postpone the games due to the pandemic. waving goodbye to this year's games the name tokyo 2020 may be staying the same dates most certainly not after a weekend of speculation confirmation the tokyo olympics will take place almost exactly one year later than originally planned. you'll where much the case proposed holding the games in the summer of next year and it was agreed to stop. the decision followed a missing of the tokyo 2020 organizing committee which was then rubber stamped by

the i.o.c. after a cooler with all impact federations i.o.c. president thomas boxset humankind currently finds itself in a dark tunnel these are limpy games tokyo 2020 can be a light at the end of this tunnel the so-called cherry blossom lympics in the spring had been considered to avoid the summer heat but organizers preferred to have more time to deal with the perspiring mint. how we feel it's better to hold the games next year at summer time for the sake of transportation volunteers and ticket holders around the world. for athletes to fully prepare we need to give them as much time as possible that. there are many challenges ahead including ensuring the venues will still be available to use next year but for the athletes at least there is now some clarity in the most unclear of times.

well the characters elmo and cookie monster they are adored by children around the world and now they have joined the fight against the grown ups the 2 sesame street characters featured in new musical public service announcements teaching kids how to sneeze carefully and help them wash their hands thoroughly the squads are going to lowball on a variety of t.v. channels or online platforms. getting clean. here's. the back of the record company. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. coded 19 special next on d w. how does

a virus spread. why do we panic and when we're. just 3 of the topics covered and 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 you can get it wherever you can get your podcast you can also find us at. science. in times of corona might be one of the key weapons to curtail this pandemic the data on all small phones for example it can show in the every step we take every step people around us take scientists estimate that one infected person process. the virus on to around 2 to 3 people on average so what if we used all the the

already have on all smartphones to track people infected with the coronavirus and warn those who had contact with the carrier prevent more infections build something like a digital. korea that seems to have been one of the keys to keep their infection flat surveillance can data tracking 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 corona virus 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 reined 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 the internet technology to share confirmed patients occasions and travel information directly with the public seems to have helped quite a lot actually. so theory a seems to be battling the coronavirus covert $900.00 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 the green 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 up provide the travel history of each patient. that's in the text so even if you. read that placing you don't really know where exactly to locate it so i 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 the place the south korean public has become a bit complacent as the pandemic 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 they can't 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 coronavirus became a threat i downloaded the app since 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 korea has managed to flatten the curve in reduced 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 planning university college london professor after a peek at the beginning of march south korea has kept new infections very low you say besides that testing program that's due to surveillance how yes tracing through through surveillance technology played a pretty part in this fight against a 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 from and who this patient could have to keep in mind as 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 they stand up with. 2 police state. resources with a target through police and that's a credit card transaction move like point. and this is the t.v.'s so this movie a form every every move by point of use networks have information about where mobile phone has been through g.p.s. and the trances sieber connection and the 2nd a critic cars is again the banks can tell you. when detestation happened so combination of these 2 well it gives you a lot of cars so for example if a keshia was patient for example everest every single

customers or potential patients they had to be tested and using credit card or of course you can find out all they want to call consumers 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 professor 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 when the only when the president of proves it is then to put it is a control access to these authorities or with a tire through police so when this situation is over they don't have a very dated don't get us to stay longer professor john once on joining us live

from seoul in south korea thank you very much for this and what. thank you. now that answer questions about how south korea handled the fight against the virus but fresh questions around the globe arise every day for. your questions most important and you have sent us plenty facebook twitter and e-mail and to answer them at least the problem every day here's our science correspondent williams. 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 address 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 had 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. the short answer to that is no the only thing that will stop 1000 for good is herd immunity 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 ones 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 it is providing valuable information all the time on how we can hopefully solve the problem ourselves. and that was a covert 19 special coverage for today from all on the pandemic to check out all social media channels and our website that city w dot com which has dedicated code with 19 pages in 30 languages. at the end of the show we leave you with pictures from a backhoe in long body into lee's region hit hardest by the novel coronavirus streets that. empty country sacrificing almost all folds of business activity to

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