because we. kick off on you tube joining us. this is the w.'s live from bradley in a stark warning from u.s. president donald trump as his country's death toll from the coronavirus surpasses china. this is going to be a very painful. very very painful 2 weeks white house predicts up 224-0000 u.s. citizens could die in the content polls on the program. afghanistan steps up efforts

to contain the spread of the virus for the country faces an additional challenge in the thousands of people now coming home from iraq. and should be old not be wearing face masks some places including one town here in germany making the compulsory opinions divided on whether they can stop the spread of infection. i'm still going to welcome to the program u.s. president to donald trump has told americans to prepare for a very painful 2 weeks he was speaking as the country's death tolls from the coronavirus of past 4000 that's greater than china's official tally as in trump said as many as 240000 people in the u.s. could die even if current social distancing measures were maintained. bringing out the to. it new york is america's coronavirus hot spot with 19 has killed more than

1500 people across the state most of the deaths have been in new york city authorities there are ramping up hospital capacity across the u.s. numbers are rising sharply. i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that we're going to go through a very tough 2 weeks. as the experts are predicting is predicting. even the start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful very very painful 2 weeks new york's world renowned central park is normally a haven for walkers and jug is now dozens of volunteers have helped to build a field hospital in the park to cope with an expected surgeon coronavirus cases there's hope that people really care i think we've seen so many new yorkers come

out here and helping just that there's a there's hope out there think it shows the capacity for our health care system to reach out and do whatever it takes to take care of this is the united states the field hospital in central park will be able to take nearly 70 carona patients the u.s. open tennis complex will be home to another makeshift emergency clinic the white house is projecting as many as 240000 u.s. deaths officials say that without social distancing measures now in place that could have been more than 2000000. developments in this pandemic the captain of a u.s. aircraft carrier is calling for urgent help to quarantine he's cruel for thousands the field all roosevelt is dr chua in the pacific with the disease spreading rapidly on board here in europe france the u.k. and spain all recorded their highest a daily death tolls on tuesday

a 12 year old girl has died in belgium she's thought to be europe's youngest victim so far and if you postponing parliamentary elections set for august because of a pandemic. well afghanistan has recorded maybe $200.00 cases coronavirus cases and or deaths of soldiers that are taking steps to hold the spread of the disease that after years of war the health system is weak will be overwhelmed if the number of cases grows as it has in other countries the problems are also exacerbated by the return of thousands of afghans from iran one of the country's worst hit by the virus spraying down the streets of kabul in a desperate attempt to stave off a deadly disease afghanistan as one of the world's poorest countries its health care system is no match for a pandemic that's spreading across the globe like wildfire. as the number of coronavirus cases here rises the government is taking measures to contain the

outbreak the western city of herat is eerily calm shops and mosques have been ordered to shut down. maddow more as a coronavirus keeps spreading they'll be in a minute terry and catastrophe the government must take serious measures to help like most afghans the residents of herat a poor the government has ordered the release of hundreds of inmates to prevent crowded jails from becoming infection hotspots but afghanistan has bigger worries than its prison population millions of afghans have been displaced during years of conflict many have fled to neighboring iran one of the country's worst hit by the corona virus pandemic those people are now streaming that in their thousands all are potential carriers of the disease. i don't know if it was the number of afghan refugees returning has increased massively. they're afraid of the coronavirus in iraq and the not finding work because of the.

government is concerned about the huge number of people returning among the most vulnerable to the virus is afghanistan's internally displaced population many of them live in sprawling camps on the outskirts of hirano which is close to the iranian border here survival is already a daily struggle camp residents depend on critical help from overstretched international aid agencies whose work is now made even more difficult by the global pandemic so how do you protect refugees during a global pandemic egeland the secretary general of the wage and refugee council welcome to d.w. how dangerous is the coronavirus pandemic for people in displacement camps like the afghans we saw. well it is horribly dangerous because remember that this place that refugees have fled from their homes from their

communities from their space from the hospitals that may be bombed too small a confined space is very often where they thought they were safe now these places camps settlements may be traps where the virus will fright and humans will be very very vulnerable so we are in which a refugee council working very hard in afghanistan in iran and in 30 other countries we're trying to provide more hand-washing facilities more water and sanitation we're trying to also provide most base for the refugees so they can have some physical distance and part perhaps we would also be able to put up quarantined at tennis and the like but it's a race against the clock well over one who overstretched isn't as these are the very things that you're trying to provide as aid agencies water space

a sanitation those are exactly the things that were missing the big complaint about before this pandemic hit. it indeed so we try to tell the refugees and displaced people to wash their hands all the time keep a distance and not spread it to cease keep stay and even in their own quarters they tell us when you do not work in the informal sector we will stop we have no clean water how can we wash our hands hold the time and we are 10 people per 10 and the next 10 is say is it is 2 meters away how can we have physical distance so i think this this is really a moment of reflection for the robust north from where the virus now spreads and where it's great that havoc in new york and spain and italy. is

spreading to the vulnerable south and to the thrive on the river which are the displaced and the refugees the must be solidarity now that must be more injection of humanitarian aid. through an interruption of blood just like to pick up i'm not point one when you talk about the robust noles which of course is also fighting this pandemic how do you respond when industrialized host countries say well we don't have the results is to protect the microns of we're already struggling to protect our own populations. well everybody's trying to protect their own population and we've all been quarantined of course just 2 weeks in quarantined because they came from from abroad have to are slow but since we're all in the same boat and since there will be a flattening of the curb in the north because of all of these enormous measures it is in our interests and in conformity with our ideals to not let the virus get

permanent strong how holmes in the south and in in places like afghanistan or iran so costa has to be the same can't kind of packages intend national solidarity that there is now for national solidarity if it's only america 1st europe 1st russia 1st and not humanity 1st it will come back to haunt us forever with we're begging that we'll look at this as an international effort but talking to you young egland secretary general of the norwegian refugee council thank you so much thank you well the pandemic has triggered a massive surge in demand for protective facemasks the shortages hits french president emanuel macro once french factories to start producing 10000000 a week the masks are key for frontline medical stuff to come into contact with infected patients but there's debates about their effectiveness in stopping the spread of infection amongst the general population. facemasks the year is

they've been part of daily life for many in asia and now for parts of europe they're about to become say to us to this decision to make it compulsory to wear the masks in supermarkets sparked a debate in neighboring germany. the town of you know has now become germany's 1st to announce similar measures though given the shortage of face masks the city has encouraged people to sow their own it's a move large be welcomed by the residents. i think it's a good the more that's done the better and the more everyone does it the sooner we'll be free of the virus i have 6 simple masks at home and then push comes to shove also my assuming. i think it's a good idea in principle the problem is that there simply aren't any masks makes. the world health organization is among those saying there's little scientific

evidence showing that basic masks once not intended for medical use affectively prevent healthy people from catching the corona virus but some experts advise that they could be useful as a barrier to stop those infected from contaminating others. not intrudes masks for nose and mouth are relevant for the protection of others if someone is infected and masks keep the virus droplets from flying out when someone sneezes or coughs towards mr voight. up to now the insistence by many western countries that the widespread use of masks is not necessary has surprised many in asia that people have worn face masks the years the cause of air pollution but in this pandemic there practically a civic duty in europe that attitude is now increasingly gaining ground. let's get more from political correspondent hasa well how far is the rest of

germany behind example in making these face masks mandatory. well nobody's stopping anybody from taking such a decision here in germany of course this decision can be taken at local level any time but america will talk to the state premiers of all the federal states of these 16 federal states later this afternoon it will probably be a topic of discussion but one state premier an influential one from the very a has already said that he's warning against such measures because he warns of stockpiling yet what is truly doing to make sure that it's got enough given that there's a global shortage of these things well of course germany has the same problem as all other countries that it's trying to protect it's medical workers and the people who work in key infrastructure and there are simply not enough masks available of course before the corona crisis most of germany's masks came from china or other

countries in asia and that is no longer happening so some german companies have already switched their production textiles firms for example like sports where firms they have switched their production to producing facemasks and on tuesday the finance minister said that he wants to encourage those measures and that he's working on a plan to provide some sort of a financial stimulus to those countries that decide to switch their production to producing facemasks now on a wider point where east germany now in its fight against this time danny. well the most stringent measures have been in place for just over a week now and then not likely to be lifted anytime soon. definitely not before easter and the current seems to suggest that the rate of infection is slowing down and the president of the public health agency that publishes those figures actually said that he was optimistic that the measures were working but he

said it was too early to tell and he's also warning that the mortality rate is probably going to go up in germany as it is in other countries that it's currently at 0.8 percent but it's probably not going to stay that. correspondent thank you. well. the top of the hour don't forget there's always the web sites around the clock the w dot com i'm going to. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. our corona update. from the 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 clone along rest 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. slash science . you know. this pandemic is is is overwhelming so many people that need the breathing machines that simply haven't been manufactured yet. imagine you're a doctor and have a 30 year old patient and an 80 year old both infected with the coronavirus both strong severe symptoms and both need an oxygen lungs but you only have one who

should use this kind of decision it's called tria which is 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. what are the ethics behind 3 are that's what we're looking at today in all special coverage of the covert 19 crisis here on the w m god all things welcome it all comes down to how well the health system is prepared for a pandemic in the end as 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 trio 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 save the age of 81 not be put on

mechanical ventilators this process is called tria. the time comes from the french team 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 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 at berlin sorry to hospital professor eva vinca physician teaching medical ethics at heidelberg university let's start with you dr corder

we're not yet doing in germany are doctors well prepared for taking these decisions . well workers are well prepared as other doctors in the world in training and the hospitals and physicians already stationed propellent. theoretical i think we're in what's reactions necessary in germany it will be very challenging for a doctors and medical teams yes well 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 but are certainly operating procedures in place so it's going to imagine eventually you have a very short time to decide in which case it will be left are in treating physician in a medical teams on the side will get into place or not so it's going to be a very challenging situation and so therefore the support of the local law structures the hospital as well as the legal system it's 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. then i think. from an ethical point of humor and prepayment for these decisions is crucial for 2 reasons the question of uniform rules in order to ensure a patient of resources. across teams across units and hospitals and because doctors in their everyday chemical 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 from an ethical. need to korea are 2 areas things 1st victory asked for quotes 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 and medicine in the elite and 2nd each hospital tested if and. peaceful 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 is. that they're only if they give it up it's not to charge for the responsibility taken in these decisions and that's where one key issue of course but what about normal doctors saying in the community village doctors who have common patients do they also or might they also face these ethical dilemmas. i think not those that this end is and the decision on. who gets under mental

a dose of is he 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 hospitals can also. in the periphery for nominal primary care physician. at least of importance for him . 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 physicians are to support you or this isn't but there is no certainty there to be minute decision is he is the right one also there is only. 2 years painted it

seems made a difference decisions the canoe up situation it will be a circle the learning curve who are there in conservative best who really who has the absolute 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 faces of the pen demick and if you have not enough. tests for our patients who needs your have to

prioritize so it's. certain that you are and that they will survive and then others and there we have clearly leg made out criteria so that this was a good set current situation up the patient come up it piece frae it isn't criteria but for example age just not a credit here that went into our recommendation said chumbley and if i think the steps thing that i would recommend is make. a way out of. a timber supply it's in secular 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 in the hospital as parents will relieve the stress that happens in trio situations professor you have in there and started to be a support thank you very much. and i was

every day has 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 kemi differently affected by cover 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 succumb to the disease for men so the coronavirus really does appear to be more lethal for men than it is for women. so why are men more vulnerable than women. like so much else about this virus we just don't know enough at this point to really pin 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 we're 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 are questions coming and that was our coverage $900.00 special for more on the pandemic to check out our social media channels and our website that's the 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 solidarity with those battling the noble karata coronavirus across the

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