solutions my name is on the time and i work in detail. i. could look up the. this is g w news live from berlin and it's really tall just to pay its respects to the victims of the coronavirus pandemic her. rome's mayor joins in observing a minute of silence in memory of the more than 11000 italians killed by the virus we will bring you the latest from rome also coming up germany they have one of the best health systems in europe but is it up to the coronavirus challenge the cracks may be already starting to show and working from home in japan

a novel concept in the land of the hardworking salary man. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program italy has held a minute's silence to remember the 11 and a half 1000 fellow citizens who have died in the corona virus pandemic. car car. flags nationwide were lowered to half mast as here in rome as overburdened hospitals and health care workers struggled to cope italy remains the epicenter of the pen to make in europe with almost 102000 people infected a nationwide lockdown has been in place for weeks and the government has warned.

but it could go on for much longer. and joining me now from rome is correspondent seem a good death so you know it's striking really to see this shift in italy since the outbreak began i mean we had videos a few weeks ago of residents of a balcony singing and now silence and you're absolutely right sara i mean it's from singing to silence singing for solidarity and sign and really to remember all the victims the more than 11500 victims people who have died with cope with 19 as well as to honor the health care workers that are fighting this infection this pictures disease and it's important to remember all of that more than 11500 victims did you do have at least 61 doctors that have lost their lives to cope 19 of the flags were for flying at half mast all throughout italy as well as at the vatican and a real a somber reality of that stan greene figure for many people to remember that said

that the authorities are trying to stress the fact that the number of new infections does appear to be stabilizing and some pro projected that perhaps the peak of infection could arrive within the next $7.00 to $10.00 days and in the meantime we know that residents have been under strict lockdown for weeks now it was supposed to end on friday but now it's been extended until at least april 12th that's easter sunday how are people coping with such a long lockdown like this. you know you're right it's day 22 now of this lockdown in a lot of families of course there's a massive psychological stress just being cooped up at home and having to juggle work life as well as family life and school life for their children that's for those who are lucky enough to have jobs unfortunately there are those that are really struggling literally do make ends meet because you're either unemployed or for instance particularly in the south of the country which is poorer and has

a high unemployment rate you have people who often do clandestine work or work in the black as they say even that work has run out and so they are struggling just to buy food to feed their families and that's why the government has set aside 400000000 euros to be distributed among all the town councils that they will use to set up food vouchers so that people can feed themselves and their families and there will be an additional 4300000000 euros of help on its way that said though there is concern about the economic impact all of this is having here in italy and there's some concern that the european countries north should be doing more to help in italy and perhaps create a more. solidarity in terms of helping italy deal with its debt crisis as well and so a lot of medias as well as regional officials have written a letter to germany for a greater coordination is as one has done after will war to all kinds of

measures on the table including a so-called corona bond sima group to joining us with the view from rome today thank you. only reckoned to have one of the best health care systems in europe but as with other countries the number of confirmed coronavirus cases keeps relentlessly rising there are now more than 67000 confirmed cases in the country the german government has warned that the health care system faces its biggest challenge in 75 years and already cracks are starting to show. the german city of alephs book has been badly affected by the corona virus at least 17 people recently died in a care home and now this hospital has been forced to stop receiving new patients after various employees tested positive this case is an example of how the crisis in this country which is one of the most affected in europe is testing the limits

of its health care system it is often considered one of the most advanced in the world but the pandemic is also revealing its weaknesses there are reports of staff and equipment shortages of unnecessary bureaucracy of lacking digitalisation and also other frequent need to improvise the government and in particular the health minister are aware of the challenges ahead it's to inflict a coup if the doctors and nurses are probably preparing for the biggest challenge in 75 years. we already have many infected people in germany and we also mourn many deaths. this is still the calm before the storm for the i'm sure . germany has comparatively few coronavirus deaths which is partly to do with the high number of tests in the country. but this is not enough to weather the storm and that's why a package of measures has been passed to help hospitals financially reduce

bureaucracy and expedite reaction times and berlin is planning to build a new hospital which could house between 501000 patients. the government has asked for doctors to be brought out of retirement and for hospitals to suspend any non-urgent operations in order to free up intensive care beds germany already has more beds that many countries in europe and that's why it has been able to bring in 50 coronavirus patients from france and from italy germany sees this as european solidarity in times of crisis but as the infection rate here continues to be too high for authorities to lift restrictions it remains a big question whether germany's own health system will be able to pass the test. and for more i'm joined now by andrew alon a member of the parliament for the german opposition party of the free democrats is also professor of in fact ology thank you so much for joining us here on t.w.

news are you anticipating a sharp increase in corona virus deaths in the next weeks and the next months. of fruits and the death rate will through the increase here in germany as well we are still lucky as a country if you look at the amount of insect. look at the numbers of dead were still less than one percent this is a very little count florida the global community if you compare us however is those numbers will still increasing with one percent those numbers of people who are sick come on qubit 19 will be increasing you mention that the numbers here do tend to at least on the face of it look better than in other areas what do you think that that is down to i mean is the country simply a better prepare than others and is it likely to stay that way. i'm not so quite sure if you're really well prepared you're looking out there shortly so we're facing for protective gear masks gloves disinfection no this infections this seems

that we're not really well prepared however if you look at the testing capacities that we have in our country and this is spread throughout the country it's not only one city it's these are these are even to be able in smaller cities shows that they're we are better prepared for the testing situation than other countries nevertheless i think we would be short of saying that we are well prepared there are some who are out there who don't really believe that this virus is that dangerous how do you see society right now adapting to the pen demick and you know the general mindset of the public. i think the public is learning very quickly you know we had here some little elections just 2 weeks ago here in bavaria i was really shocked how good we're still gathering in parts we had wonderful weather here in the area and i do understand that we like to gather however nobody

a lot of people don't understand the urgency and the severity of the covert 90 crisis that we're facing and now that we are locked down people start to understand comprehend what's happening. things are changing i see in the grocery stores people are keeping their distance they have coffee because they're using their coffee to their their sleaze people washing their hands more using disinfectants if they're available so what i think people are learning along this crisis is well how about wearing face masks as we have a city haryana the 1st german city to introduce the mandatory wearing a face not something initially we were all told that it doesn't really make too much of a difference the narrative seems to be changing where do you weigh in here. well the narrative is very simple it's just one solution a one size fits all all the measures that we take are important meaning and wearing masks even if they are just a bit of cloth they might be helpful but they're not as good

a surgical masks of course this is for your hands wash your hands very frequently keeping your distance away from your fellow citizens these are all measures they're together very important not by a single measure itself won't change anything that much we're all together this could be very helpful professor added a lot of thanks so much for your time. full let's take a look now at some other ways coronavirus is affecting people around the world russia has reported its biggest one day rise in new cases some $500.00 bringing the country's total to more than 2300 authorities in belgium have confirmed the death of a 12 year old girl infected with cold at 19 although serious infections among the young remain rare several countries have reported exceptions and the world health organization is warning that even though the focus is now on europe and the united states the coronavirus pandemic is still quote far from over in asia and the pacific region for. well the german football league has confirmed that the restart

date for the bundesliga will be april 30th at the earliest germany's top tier league has been suspended since march 13th the clubs agreed on tuesday that the suspension should be extended because of the coronavirus however games may still be played behind closed doors when the season resumes there are 9 rounds of matches left in the current going to sleep. to depend now or a surge in corona virus infections in the capital tokyo is putting the government under pressure to declare a mation wide lockdown 2000 cases have so far been confirmed throughout japan in a bid to contain the virus many employees are already working from home and that's quite a novel concept in the land of the so called salary man the worker drone chained to his desk. casually dressed as his daughters play nearby yuki such as work environment is far removed from a typical japanese salaryman tokyo's decision office workers are expected to spend

long hours at their desks but the corona virus outbreak has forced employers and workers to adjust to more tell you working from home it's getting a cautious thumbs up. all. what's good about telly working is that i can have more free time i usually spend 2 hours in total commuting which i now use to take care of things at home. that i like very much that i think you know that. the government wants to encourage more women in the workforce in japan and this requires men to pull their weight on childcare and housework while one 5th of companies offer a tele work option just 8.5 percent of employees have tried it out. experts say it may lead to a more permanent change and it's not just the office workers themselves who welcome the change the kids like it too. well

tokyo's main countdown clock for the 2020 elim picks has been reset the digital clock in front of the iconic tokyo station was built in the run up to the games it had been counting down to the originally slated date until organizers agreed on monday at the games would be rescheduled for july 23rd to august 8th next year. $479.00 days and counting remain on the clock which also serves as a tourist attraction. and finally how do you teach kids to stay safe in times of the coronavirus well once aleutian isn't listening the help of their favorite muppets elmo and cookie monster from sesame street have joined the fight against the pandemic the pair features a new musical public service announcement teaching kids how to sneeze carefully and wash their hands thoroughly the videos are airing around the world on t.v. channels and online platforms so before we go now we would like to show you all

while getting clean and getting into the groove thanks for watching. i'm sorry kelly and lana reminder to all of us to wash our hands thank you so much for joining us please stay safe out there. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona updates. from the coded 19 special next on d w. this

pandemic is is overwhelming so many people that need the breathing machines that just simply have manufactured. imagine you're a doctor and have a 30 year old patient in an 80 year old both infected with the coronavirus both showing severe symptoms and both need an oxygen mask but you only have one who. has this kind of decision is called tria it's french and it means deciding who has a higher chance of survival and is given a higher priority in medical treatment and who might be left to the.

doctors around the globe are taking these decisions right now what does that mean for those doctors and what are the ethics behind trio that's what we're looking at today in all special coverage of the covert 19 crisis your own d w s welcome. it all comes down to how well the health system is prepared for a pandemic in the end it's the number of intensive care beds and ventilators that counts currently most health system outside italy and france are holding the line but around the world hospitals are filling up tria might become a reality for doctors sooner or later. this is the worst case scenario when treating patients in front stopped as a force to make life or death decisions patients over the age of 80 will not be put on mechanical ventilators this process is called tria. the term comes from the french for t.n.a.

it means the sourcing of an allocation of treatment to patients modern medical triano was invented during the napoleonic wars france spain and italy of the worst affected countries in europe more than 100000 people have been infected with the virus in italy unknown nearly 12000 have died and the longer the crisis continues the more often doctors are faced with making some very tough decisions and to talk about those decisions are now joined by dr to be escort is a physician and the epidemiologist the director also the director of the institute for public health of berlin sorry to hospital professor. physician teaching medical ethics at heidelberg university let's start with you dr corder we're not yet doing triology in germany are doctors well prepared for taking these decisions. well workers are well prepared as are the doctors in the world of training and the

hospitals and physicians already stationed. theoretical i think we're in what's reactions necessary in germany it will be very challenging for a doctors and the medical teams here as well. to put how does trash work in a hospital is it just one doctor who ends up being the only one responsible and carries this burden well there certainly are operating procedures in place so it's going to imagine eventually you have a very short time to decide in which case it louis left by in treating physician 'd in a medical teams on the side will get a better place or not so it's going to be very challenging situations over there for the support of the local law structures the hospital as well as the legal system is very important to support these medical teams to make these decisions but talking about these procedures a professor how can doctors and hospitals actually prepare for tria.

but i think. from an ethical point of humor and prepayment for this decision says crucial for 2 reasons the question of uniform rules in order to ensure fair occasion of resources. across teams across units and hospitals and because doctors in their everyday clinical don't and i'm not familiar not at ease this as such decisions because the traditional clinical ethics is patient centered and not at for allocating patients to different levels of contingency care so i'm unethical. we need to korea are 2 areas i think 1st of 4 cards that provides for a step by step evaluation and criteria for testing patients and in germany several medical association pettish recommendation protocol last week with their ketamine

for ethics in medicine in the lead and 2nd each hospital then test it and assess how it is full it should be implemented and therefore actually asked teams that include the expertise of intensive care physicians. maybe even clinical ethics committees can support in setting up these processes think the most important think is s. and thing as. not their only if they give it up it's not to charge for the responsibility taken in these decisions that's where one key issue of course but what about normal doctors say in the community village doctors who have covered patients do they also or might they also face these ethical dilemmas. i think not those that dissent is and the decision on. who gets under ventilator is obviously not the primary care physician that they have at their tree ash decisions if there are many patients who are going to transfer to the hospital. if there are many

patients in need so i think the same criteria of seriousness and and commodities that go into the trash or tickets in the hospital can also here in the periphery for nominal primary care physician. at least of importance for him. not of course coming back to you how well can you predict actually whether a person will probably die even if treated isn't that also a bit of a lottery. but there certainly is a lot of parameters and medical history medical experience of the trade in the social network are to support your decision but there is no certainty there to be minute decision is he is the right one there also is only because. here in spain it it seems made a difference decisions the canoe up situation there will be a circle

a learning curve. and they're going to the medical teams are going to rest to really use the actually the best of the large professor winkler coming back to you as an ethicist what can you tell a frontline doctor who is facing a decision like that could you give us an example. well i think 1st it would be important to or to acknowledge that these are tough decisions that kind of head out spend our common doctor's ethics and summer test the church if you have such dilemma and then coming back to those rules and protocols that we have now is set up saying. there are different phases of the pen demick and if you have not enough. patients who needs you have to prioritize so it's. certain that you are and that they will survive and then others

and there we have clearly laid out criteria so that this was a good set current situation up the patient come up it ts for a it isn't criteria but for example age just not a credit here that went into our recommendation said cherry and if i think the steps thing that i would recommend is make. a way out of a terrible supply it's in 2nd or absolute terms because you know that this is a serious stress and more and other west wrestling situation and this church as a bit up now or in the hospital it's will relieve the stress that happens in trio situations professor having to and dr to be a score thank you very much. and hours every day here is a science correspondent stare equal him for a couple of answers to questions that you have sent him keep them coming today it's

about how men and women can be differently affected by covert 19 it's the covance gender gap. studies suggest men are more likely to catch covert $1000.00 than women is that true it does indeed appear that men are more likely to test positive for the disease than women are in other words men make up more than the 50 percent of confirmed cases you would expect if the virus infected men and women with equal frequency. are men more likely to die from coven 1000 as well. here the data is this more conclusive and what it's saying is that men are more likely to die after infection with covert 19 then women are the numbers are very striking for example in italy where over 70 percent of the confirmed patients who succumbed to the disease were men also the coronavirus really does appear to be more lethal for men than it is for women. so why are men more

vulnerable than women. so much else about this virus free just don't know enough at this point to really penned down why it's killing more men than it is women but researchers have hazarded some guesses on average worldwide more than women do men pursue behaviors that are considered to be health risks like smoking tobacco or were drinking alcohol and everyone should know those risks those unhealthy behaviors can also lead to what are called co-morbidities those are conditions like like hypertension or a cardiovascular disease or chronic lung disease and many of the victims of cope at 19 were elderly men with co-morbidities yet other researchers are trying to cast some light on the issue by focusing on the biological and genetic differences between men and women could estrogen be playing a protective parole for example maybe there are also some well documented immune

system differences between men and women and what's most probable is that all of those factors social behavioral biological that they're all going to play a role in why covert 19 is hitting men harder than it's hitting women there's not going to be a simple straightforward explanation. on the williams there keep the questions coming and that was our 900 special for more on the pandemic to check out our social media channels and our web site that's d w dot com of course which is dedicated covert 900 pages in 30 languages and now we want to leave you with a few images from that egypt the famous great pyramids unpleasant with messages of unity and solid doubts with those battling novel caracal and iras across the globe the 1st time last night stay safe and thank you those keeping us safe flashed

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