live from berlin this is news fears of a wrist grow as the coronavirus threatens to bring italy's economies to its knees to police the ploy outside supermarkets in southern italy as people run out of food and money local leaders say hasse restrictions on movement and commas simply cannot go on forever. afghanistan steps up its efforts to contain because vietnam scene but now faces an additional challenge from the thousands of people returning from. passively over wearing face masks as the time to make sweeps across the globe

opinion is divided about whether they use 5 known medics can slow the spread of infection we look at differing attitudes in europe and they should. come at me how to welcome governments around the world us scrambling to find ways to limit the spread of the corona virus many have imposed restrictions on people's movements italy is in its 4th week of a strict nationwide lockdown while this might be helping in the fight against the corona virus it is also bringing the country's economy to its knees with people losing their jobs and their earnings feel is a mounting that in italy dissatisfaction could quickly turn to one wrist. italy's streets empty like they have been for the past 3 weeks.

police are on patrol to ensure citizens only leave their homes when strictly necessary. the lockdown has altered daily life in italy and brought the country's economy to a halt all non-essential businesses have had to shut down many people have lost their jobs or have seen their salaries cut some are now unable to afford even the basics of thirty's and individual citizens have stepped in handing out meals to those in need but these initiatives are hardly enough and the risk of social unrest in italy is growing the mayor of naples has warned that the lockdown can't continue indefinitely. but we will soon need something close to normal economic activity. otherwise not only will we have thousands of coronavirus us but we will also have millions of unemployed people you'll need to be like you know

organized crime will stop and it can spend the money and they can spend it faster than the government. will stop in sicily police are patrolling supermarkets after reports of shoppers refusing to pay italy isn't the only nation with a lockdown is hitting the poor hardest it might again prove to be an example of what's to come in other countries paralyzed by the coronavirus crisis. for more we're joined from brown by correspondent zima gupta how serious are fears that the longer the lockdown goes on the more this time could foster crime and go on wrist. yes i mean the concern really is as that package pointed out when you look at the country the concern is more in the south and that's because the south is traditionally the poorer part of the country it has high incidence of unemployment and it's also where you have the presence of those organized crime gangs are groups

that are ready to take advantage of very desperate people so we understand that she's a close these this is a feeling in suffering even those who are involved in can still go to work that's dried up and they don't actually have access to any of those benefits is not as easy for them and so you have these reports of supermarkets where people are just going in and taking the food into the police have to stand out there to make sure that doesn't happen you've gotten points of people begging at banks for no ones because they need money to support 5 * so this can be to other issues of social tension in unrest and it's precisely in such a situation that you have these organized crime gangs stephanie and the mafia where the experts who study these groups say that you know they've got the liquidity they've got the money now to offer very unreasonable loans off of these loans in exchange for recruitment into the criminal activity on top of that they could be tapping into that that people have full protective gear in selling that equipment

but for more money the same in italy as. shop north south divide how is the crisis playing out differently across these different areas of the country. well you look at the health response me up north that's where the biggest cost is where we're seeing the biggest emergency but that traditionally is where you have a well cost health system down south it's not as well equipped and there is concern that needs the clusters were to explode there could potentially be really dangerous now we're already seeing increasing cases in regions like campania with needles located as well as it cornea and in society and the hospitals there are not as well equipped and dorothy's big need more protective gear they need those mosques they need the goggles and all the putting that come to protect those who akara are working to help those that have been infected the key concern is also the presence of the virus in care homes but egypt where the vulnerable 7 and those working there

also to protect the authorities are asking the central government for that. synagogue in iran thank you so much time now to take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic and spain has recorded a new delhi death toll of 864 and a total of more than 9000 covered 19 related deaths european scientists are launching a joint initiative to develop applications to help contact tracing they're looking at ways of making an app that's compliant with the blocks tough privacy laws china has reported on numbers of asymptomatic cases for the 1st time it says 1300 people who showed no symptoms have tested positive and the captain of a u.s. aircraft carrier is calling for urgent help to quarantine his crew of 4000 the theatre over develop is docking in the pacific with the disease spreading rapidly on board well here in germany we have been told to wash our hands and keep our

distance from others in some places especially asia people have been ordered to wear face masks some european governments are now also telling people to cover their faces but opinion is divided. facemasks for years they've been part of daily life for many in asia and now for parts of europe they're about to become say to our streets 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 stung 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 if push comes to shove also my assumed. i think it's

a good idea in principle the problem is that there simply aren't any masks next to 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. non-truths 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 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 they're practically

a civic duty in europe that attitude is now increasingly gaining ground. there are some of the other stories now making news around the world. the german government is funding startups with a rescue package with 2000000000 euros finance minister all the shots said that many in the innovative young companies already struggle with liquidity and find it difficult to secure loans they need support pieces so as not to endangered their existence and years of research and development. lawmakers in ukraine passed a historic land reform bill clearing hurdles to unlock and eye to $1000000000.00 i.m.f. loan package wearing masks and gloves against the coronavirus they lifted a longstanding ban on the sale of farmland. and in the us las vegas authorities have converted an outdoor pocking vault into a temporary homeless shelter amid the pandemic the measure has sparked outrage with critics pointing to the thousands of empty hotel rooms in the city there are an

estimated 6500 people without permanent housing in las vegas. well afghanistan has recorded nearly $200.00 coronavirus cases and 4 deaths or thirty's they are taking steps to halt the spread of the infection but after years of war the health system is weak and would be simply overwhelmed if the number of cases grow as high as it has in other countries the country's problems exacerbated by the return of thousands of people from iran one of the country's worst hit by code did not. spring down the streets of kabul in a desperate attempt to stave off a deadly disease afghanistan is 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 coronavirus pandemic those people are now streaming back in their thousands all are potential carriers of the disease. the number of afghan refugees returning has increased massively. afraid of the coronavirus in iraq and they're 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 no earlier we spoke to egeland the general secretary of the no wage and refugee council and i asked him how dangerous the coronavirus pandemic is for those living in camps for displaced people. what 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 to small confined spaces 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 crop haps we will also be able to put up poor and tie in tents and the like but it's a race against the clock well over one over stretch. of asean egeland there from the noways in the refugee council well the coronavirus is also causing mass disruption in the world's 4th football's governing body fifa is working on what it calls a football marshall plan to limit the financial damage done by the coronavirus pandemic

to the world's most popular sport details have not yet been decided but favor is likely to dip into its reserves of $2700000000.00 u.s. dollars in order to help associations leagues and clubs of account they starved of revenue by the interruption to play almost all domestic and international competitions account they suspended due to the pandemic and major tournament like euro 2020 and the copa america as also being postponed. and finally here in germany a group of volunteer firefighters in self isolation received a phone call that i'll never forget. they've been living at their station for 2 weeks in the small town of bergen on the island of northern germany's coast to avoid infection. that's in german chancellor angela merkel's constituency so she called them up to thank them for they did occasion but i thought it was a prank and hung up

a 2nd call did go through press office fun to assure them that they had actually been speaking to. our corona. 19 special on d w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we're. just 3 of the topics covered and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic can also find us at. science. fiction to us humans used to only seeing all cells governing with these monkeys in thailand as well.

eventually levels dropped and other studies suggest that germany might even reach its climate goals. down causes the economy to produce much less c o 2. so is the coronavirus good for the planet this is the news with special coverage of the covert 19. years in berlin welcome to factories devoid of workers thousands of flights canceled empty streets because people are working from home instead of driving to the office global economic activity has been put into an induced coma bad for the world economy but from a climate perspective the coronavirus pandemic is not entirely negative environmental activists might actually with joyce measures have been space china's and pollution shown in red shrunk dramatically between december and march. 6 mogue has given way to billing skylines thanks to closed factories reduced

capacity power plants and fewer cars on the roads beijing's residents have been enjoying some unusually fresh spring ad and then not alone the air in europe is that it too depending on how long the crisis goes on for the poor think tank estimates that germany's greenhouse gas emissions could be 40 percent lower this year than last. tourist hotspots are also enjoying some restaurant then it's normally bustling with over $20000000.00 tourists each year is virtually empty. and the water in its many canals usually dull and murky as a result of the many boats it's been simple for around 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions but the booming business is currently very unbecoming international flights have been reduced to a minimum german carrier looked handsome for example has cut 90 percent of its long distance flights in many countries lockdowns ascent to continue for some time that

will it's joining me now is neurons and he's visited neurons and his sin and 1st comments of this pandemic on the environment so will we all should we go back to business as you serve what we're doing before but in a different way it's really difficult to talk about silver linings or to kind of celebrate these lockdowns because of course we're in the middle of a pandemic and this is a much more urgent crisis that the climate crisis that we're also living and you can understand people celebrating this partially typically when we talk about air pollution air pollution is one of the world's most deadly killers it claims more than 7000000 lives each year and it shaves off on average about 3 years of our lives particularly people living in the global south africa and asia now what this means when we've got locked down which have reduced pollution as we can see partially in china and italy is that in the short term at least people are able to breathe better the question is how long can this be held on for and want to lift

how will the economy would be reshaped in a way that doesn't lead to just more smoke more smog being produced you know rather puts things into perspective as if the shutdown also causes a drastic cut in c o 2 emissions to degree that germany might even reach its climate goals for this year permit way of doing so. there are clear solutions that would enable hauser's or to a hoax economic activity the most obvious of the flu shot and the to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power and on top of that change how we. turn that requires raising rain forests and raising large numbers of cattle that belch anything and other greenhouse gases. so the key point of reddit from what the climate experts saying is to find ways to the economy to humans that they've locked down the currently doing but as you do do you think that

what once the record will go on the back burner for awhile i think we're already seeing that happen hopefully be a soon as possible what with effect namely reducing the spread of the virus and on top of that we also have the issue of activists the school strikers that may. now the corona virus outbreak is actually changing the way we think about a whole range of things including how we treat nature intensify spread from animals to humans some say that in that in growing vast quantities of a single crop in monocultures all stripping the rain forest of it's what humanity is laying the groundwork for outbreaks like this one is that true as you are people just using the current crisis to further their agendas or as they indeed a direct connection between say the rainforest and the corn of ours. there's a direct her connection between human activity. we know that the center of the

outbreak in china was in a wet wet blanket where you've got lots of animals being traded folded neatly for meat on top of each other are you protecting a cry that will prevent future pandemics thank you for. ok time now for your quest at home with the wet that helps stop will slay the virus most of the most is still in the midst of winter but we are on the way it will slow the spread of covert 19 but there is reason for cautious hope that it might related coronaviruses have been shown to have seasonality but the w.h.o. has more than that at this point we very much just have to wait and see. a study released a few weeks ago in this a few weeks ago in the new england journal of medicine sed look at how long the corona virus remained in the air iris remained in the air and found there were

still viable levels of it after 3 hours the researchers also looked at materials like stainless steel and plastic and found that the virus survives on those surfaces for up to 3 days on cardboard it only remains viable for around 24 hours it's important to say that those tests they took place under strict laboratory conditions so you can't really transfer those results one to one in the real world but they do provide a kind of rule of thumb that the virus to survive for a while on their surfaces so in theory yes money is possible that through your skin the virus has to get into your respiratory tract and it does that by your hands when you touch your face so if you avoid doing that williams that. force which is dedicated covert $900.00 pages in 30 languages

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