bialik guest. this is g w news live from berlin. coming up next. tonight in italy fears of unrest are rowing as the coronavirus threatens to bring the economy to would sneak armed police are deployed outside supermarkets in southern

italy as people were out of food and money local leaders say lockdown restrictions of movements on commerce simply cannot go on forever also coming up scientists at the french german border are turning that region into an open air coronavirus layout they're trying to find out just how the virus spreads and how we can best be contained and tracking the virus with your smartphone a new app here in germany is designed to trace and limit new infections but already facing a choice between public health and personal privacy. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight on this april 1st in a new month with new worries about the coronavirus pandemic governments around the world are scrambling to find ways to slow the spread of the virus many have imposed restrictions on people's movements italy. for example as in its 4th week of

a strict nationwide lockdown this might help in the fight against the virus it is also hitting the country's economy hard with people losing their jobs and their earnings fears are mounting that if decided faction could quickly turn into social unrest. italy's streets empty like they have been for the past 3 weeks. police are in 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. authorities 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 we thought about it but we will soon need something close to normal economic activity. otherwise not only will we have thousands of coronavirus deaths but we will also have millions of unemployed people you will need each local body about you know organized crime will stop and it can spend money and it can spend it faster than the government because it 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 now i'm joined. by our correspondent seem a go to good evening to you same how serious are fears that the wong or the walk

down goes on the more it could foster crime and social unrest. well i think the fear of the virus now is also turned into a fear of people just not having enough food and what that can lead to i mean the concern particularly is in the south of the country and this is traditionally the area that is poorer it also has a higher unemployment rate and it also has the presence of organized crime gangs that are ready to take advantage of desperate people now we see seen the factories are closed because of the lock down and you have businesses that are failing or suffering ordinary people who need not be able to get their salaries at all and even if you have a plan to still work that's undeclared illegal work that might have run out and you may not even have access to the benefits that may be available for others so we've seen as that report mentioned about supermarkets where people are trying to run in

and get the food for free and the police having to come in and patrol that you've also seen reports about people begging for loans in banks because they simply cannot make ends meet and so in such a situation that's where the organized crime groups can get in because they'll have the liquidity in order to give these and reasonable lawns to people all give money in exchange for recruitment into the organized crime gangs the government has said that they're providing some money to the town councils to give out food vouchers to those who are desperately in need but fishel is in the south say that this is me not be enough i mean we know the family has always been a story of 2 different worlds the north south divide how is this how is this crisis playing out differently across the north in the south. well aside from the economic differences because of course is affecting the entire country but as we as we've

mentioned in the south in particular in terms of the prices of this corona virus emergency even the head of the civil protection services here in italy says that the emergency is not north but the risk is still high in the south and we've already seen classed as forming in the south in a numbers of inflictions rising in sicily income punya any poorly as well and officials there saying that it desperately in need of protective gear in particular to help ensure that this infection rate doesn't increase even further and create a fun day militancy down south all right sima gupta with the latest tonight from rome sima thank you well it's time now to take a look at other developments in the pandemic spain has recorded a new daily death total of 864 and a total of more than $9000.00 covert $1000.00 related deaths

a serbian deputy environment minister died today from the corona virus this is the 2nd death of a public figure from the disease in the country some 1000 sailors aboard a u.s. aircraft carrier have been taken ashore in guam it comes after the ship's commander issued an urgent warning that the corona virus was spreading rapidly on board. and here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in the united states was vegas authorities have converted an outdoor parking lot 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 nesta mated $6500.00 people without permanent housing in las vegas britain has turned a london exhibition center into a temporary coronavirus field hospital that will treat up to 4000 patients struck down by covert 19 who were previously fit and healthy sicker patients and those

with underlying health conditions will be treated in regular hospitals the german government is funding start ups with a rescue package worth 2000000000 euro the country's finance minister says that many innovative young companies are already struggling with liquidity and they're finding it difficult to secure loans they need support so as not to endanger their existence and years of research and development. when germany says it's extending its social distancing rules aimed at slowing the spread of the virus beyond easter the government is urging people in the country to keep contact with others to an absolute minimum even during the easter holiday meanwhile a group of scientists have announced a new study into the coronavirus they're hoping that the hard hit region on the border between germany and france can help shed new light on just how the infection spread its. this is germany's. high and spare is the german epicenter of the

corona virus outbreak now it's about to be turned into an open and the dollar tree . as one of the country's worst affected regions heinsberg has reached the point where we can now see new infections declining so here for the 1st time we can ask the question how high the ratio of those really is who were sick without ever being diagnosed. doctors are teaming up with pollsters to analyze a group of 1000 people in the small community of ghana had following carnival celebrations in february the town saw a sudden surge of corona virus infections those responsible hope the mistakes made back then may now produce some good for others in the end we might end up not just being those who were in the spotlight for being the region where things were particularly bad maybe we will also be seen as those who handled the situation well

. it's hope taking samples from all aspects of daily life will shed some light on how fast and in which ways the virus spread it was probably innocent of the problem is that we are currently relying too much on mathematical models and if only one factor turns out to be wrong the whole calculation collapses. the team of scientists hopes to be able to present the 1st concrete results on actual infection ratios by the beginning of next week. is your smartphone helping the government trace every step of the german government is hoping to launch a smartphone within weeks that would alert people that they come in contact with someone who has tested positive for. studies showed this contact tracing is highly effective epidemics but germans are known for being very protective of.

privacy and this project while they have stalled until recently. using mobile phones to tackle the corona virus without a massive increase in state surveillance for weeks over 100 experts from 8 countries have been working to achieve this goal now they've come up with an app that uses bluetooth technology to anonymously monitor whether other users are nearby for a certain period of time. if a user has tested positive for the corona virus other pieces who were in contact received a warning. up the amp works on a voluntary basis privacy will be strictly respected because we will on no account to use personal data or location data neither will data be saved over a long period but rather just for 21 days. germany's business friendly free democratic party is among those to back the idea the the platform here this

platform is the european solution it conforms to data protection regulations and respects society our values and can contribute to health protection from a finnish damp isn't ready yet and the german government says the newly announced project is just one of many options it is considering it can you know shouldn't have to cunt's i can tell you now that the head of the chancellor's office thinks the app is promising and welcomes the fact that a cross border solution is being worked on to the fence a bush gotten from it. the project's developer say an app may be ready off to the staff. so we've got a nother possible tradeoff here between civil liberties and public health to talk about that i'm joined here at the big table by i mean if i'm wondering why does the german government think that a smartphone app can help where quarantine rules have not worked well as you know people are still coming in contact and a lot of people don't quarantine strictly until they feel sick but the problem

there is that people are contagious even before the feel sick so the government wants to know who they've come in contact with before then to alert those people and get them in the korean team and this is a very effective method against the spread of a virus but only if you have massive amounts of data and that has been made possible through digital surveillance and thus the app big data big brother how do germany's efforts compare to other countries well germany is behind the curve at this point south korea is an example of a country that was in front of the curve they really rolled out a lot of surveillance and a lot of contact tracing right at the beginning and they seem to have been able to stem the growth of the virus in their country there are about 10000 well germany is about 70000 cases and still rising. the did video surveillance that means credit card history everything that's on your cell phone the data has access to if you've been diagnosed with 2 of the 19 as you know that wouldn't fly in germany germans

are famously protective of their data they've lived through quite hard times when it comes to surveillance so they're they've been a lot more protective of that but the app now seems to have some protections against that you know. if and when it comes out i mean do you basically this is a question do you trust the state to use your data just to make sure you don't get sick right i think a lot of people would very easily give up their data to avoid a catastrophe. but at the same time i do think that they have done a lot with this app to protect the data because they're using bluetooth technology and that would just mean that the user of the app would know whether or not they've come in contact with somebody with the virus and not the government hopefully if they do it that way then i would download it yes i mean yes i mean thank you you're

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