and explore fascinating world heritage sites. world heritage $360.00 the happened now. this is the dublin years line for the airline industry in freefall corona virus spreads on flights. british airways becomes the latest character of measures to survive the corona crisis so can the sector survive in its present also on the program. the u.k. opens a temporary hospital in london to cope with a tsunami of new cases as the country records its highest death toll. in face

masks are in short supply in many parts of the world or something from the crisis but has found a way around the problem. times welcome to the program the coronavirus pandemic has plumbs aviation industry into an unprecedented crisis airlines have been forced to ground their fleets as borders are closed and passenger numbers plummet. it is the latest to take drastic measures to try to ensure its survival it's reported to be planning to suspend about $36000.00 staff and the company has stressed there will be no redundancies this week temporarily halted flights from gatwick airport you case 2nd busiest. well finance correspondent come out of the frankfurt stock exchange as well welcome

called how markets reacting to this news. good morning phil well the shares in international airlines group which is the parent company of british airways are up this morning but the whole sector i can say is pretty stable this morning on the stock markets all of europe. of course is not the only carrier suffering give us an overview of the sense would you. well of course this sector was one of the hardest hit in this crisis it was also one of the 1st hit when the corona epidemic broke out it doesn't even help that fuel at the moment is super cheap because of the decline of the oil price if you don't have passengers to transport if the amount of cargo is reduced the way it is right now you simply don't have to fly you have fewer flights grounded it doesn't really help that fuel is cheap here in germany the situation for lufthansa seems to be stabilized at the

moment 87000 employees of towns are have entered the reduced work hours scheme called cold here in germany that's a scheme that's supposed to help businesses in trouble that's when you know the taxpayer of the state takes on the wages of those workers. it's also considering to apply for emergency aid by the government or france k l m the french dutch airline already has applied for. so clearly this is devastating for this particular set so once we're out of this crisis i'm presuming that besets is going to look very different because not every airline is going to survive. well yes that's that's a fair presumption we really have seen a couple of casualties in the u.k. fly b.

the regional airline has gone out of business today it was reported that the small fleet of thomas cook is going on the administration and we're probably going to see more businesses you know and. it has to be said general to see it generally business is business models which were not super sound before the crisis and which did not have very sound financing will find it difficult to survive this crisis. front for the stock exchange thank you so much. britain has recorded its largest daily increase in coronavirus deaths home wednesday nearly 2500 people have now died of covered 19 the government has been criticized for carrying out too few tests compared to other countries or thors is a disease of emergency field hospitals across the country to deal with the massive surge in cases you don't lose a lot of parts reports from london. the finishing touches to london's newest

hospital 4000 beds to treat 1000 patients and isa pressure on britain's national health service which has far fewer bet's intensive care units and ventilator than most of its european neighbors what you see here is a mass mobilization taking place right across the country but also these new hospitals this is being an extraordinary team. of nurses and doctors and therapists and pharmacists. but also volunteers and paramedics and people returning to help 20000 retired doctors and nurses have returned to work most of them could be needed to cover this new hospital alone meanwhile critical care beds across london. doctors and nurses are bracing for a continuous tsunami of patients and they're frightened of what's to come they don't have the proper equipment to protect themselves and there is

a serious lack of testing one in 4 hospital doctors is self isolating at home at the moment because they can't get tested just at a time when they are needed the most so far only 2000 out of half a 1000000 frontline n.h.s. staff in england have been tested for the virus now the government has promised to use. tests for medical personnel. british industry is doing its part and the crisis instead of vacuum cleaners dyson is now building thousands. as well from the world of formula one racing like. despite the efforts experts say there won't be enough ready in time that people in the britain are still proud of the health service. and they just here i feel more prepared and more most countries that i know. you know absolutely fantastic.

to be honest. before christmas in china i would have been paired before a. the west to come to expected to reach the u.k. after. next weeks will be the most crucial test. ok here's a look at that covered 19 is impacting the world and there's growing concern that the scale of the coronavirus crisis in the u. s. with president with. a vicious days ahead. a new day in the 72 to more than 1900. the president of the philippines has ordered police to shoot dead anyone who causes trouble in lockdown areas roderigo deter televised speech came just hours after a group of people were arrested in. a demanding the government do more to help feed

the poor. countries around the world are reporting shortages of protective equipment like facemasks not only for medical staff but also for ordinary people but one country that's avoided this. so how do they do it could there be. a few w.'s phoebe kong reports from taipei. this handmade face must cover can be washed and reused for a day or 2 amid shortages like for so many others here face masks have become a necessity in josie's every day life of the virus with bradford droplets i have to take about 2 miles with every day so it's more than wired our they are to share the fan base with more than 30 people and it made me feel safer without wearing them. while getting a mosque can be no easy task in many parts of the world it's another story here in

taiwan to ensure the safety of its population of $23000000.00 taiwan imposed an export ban on such a commodity as early as january the government then began rationing mosques to 3 per person per week and soon after made them available online nowadays you can place an order for face masks with an up purchase history is recorded by hand national health insurance card so that it can be verified before sales for those who don't want to order online software developer can fin john has developed a real time must map to track facemask stocks in pharmacies. people can check their availability before heading out this is among the dozens of online tools that have mushroomed on the island during the epidemic an exhibition of public private partnership and mutual trust. it's not difficult to create such a map but the key to the successful rationing system is that the government is willing to share its data with us taiwan's well established health care system is

our advantage the data of over $6000.00 pharmacies across the country has already been connected to the official data banks it's enormously beneficial once the data is open to society panic can be eased as a result. by collaborating with other programmers across east asia his map was also adopted into a korean version to solve a similar problem facing south korea. 10 days after placing the order josee picks up a surgical masks at a convenience store. instead by conning people can buy in a really fair price you can buy 3 man left there one euro and this is really cheap if i go for so equality for us you can achieve like the healthy for right for everyone and you can have the math to protect yourself and that is invaluable in these difficult times taiwan's health care system and the upset serve it not only

help provide musk's but much needed comfort and stability. is that government advice about. something that people have just done for themselves. well recently taiwan government has. wearing policies because there is a representation of important cases on the island and has now reported over 300 infections confirmed cases now so on the government is now requiring the citizens to weigh on mosques. while they're saying and taking public transport and this can be done because. a steady supply of the mosque can be guaranteed on the island how one can now manufacture 10000000 mosques a day on this road and not only how one can cater to its domestic demand but also

how it is now trying to help other countries in other the well government just announced yesterday that they will donate 10000000 mosque to the most needy countries including the u.s. and europe and 7000000 the mosque will go to europe to help medical workers over there i'm 3 masts for less than a euro seems like a very good price were there instances of people trying to profiteer from this situation. now like didn't happen in taiwan because taiwan government has imposed train just measures on controlling the price. from the very beginning. that there is. not allowed to sell oil to the surprise otherwise they would be fined prosecuted and this is when the. government is trying to us they will i surprise. because this

is the most awesome. damage and. after all was all mosque. that's a centrally managed by the government so on the government is monitoring the whole production line off the mosque from manufacturing distribution to cells on the monitor and somebody has all the governments so. simply there is no free market mosque in taiwan right now and taiwan hospital prays for its. upon time it just took us briefly through. the most of a cold the most critical matches to consult a pandemic taiwan has imposed very early on to control life back in january taiwan has cut off just like they cut off the flights between mainland china and taiwan and also to impose travel restrictions to certain types of people so right now all

foreign visitors one of those civic and now fans from entry and the government is also was checking the overseas travel site and essential personnel including medics and military so they're not allowed to travel overseas and also students and teachers schools and they're not allowed to leave the country right now so this is a mash unit to cope with the and i mean. you for that. time. this is that the w.'s not live from berlin it's more of the top of the hour and round the clock on the website to d w dot com i'll leave you now with a look at some of the world's nobody busy streets and public spaces silenced by the canonic virus pandemic of the day.

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a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all this. time for just 3 of the topics covered and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the clone of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it where ever you get your podcast you can also find us at qana slash science. empty streets in a british village what a strange picture to us humans are used to only seeing ourselves governing the world as soon as we withdraw quickly takes over. these monkeys in thailand as well. eventually being good for the environment satellite images seem

to prove just in italy where people have been living in lockdown for weeks. nitrogen dioxide levels have clearly dropped and other studies suggest that germany might even reach its climate goals as the corona lockdown causes the economy to produce much less c o 2 so is that. good for the planet this is the news with special coverage of the covert 1000 pound. welcome. 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 rejoice measures have been implemented immediately that drastically cut emission emissions measures that otherwise would

have taken years to come into effect. images from space china's pollution shown in red shrunk dramatically between december and march. 6 smoke has given way to building skies thanks to closed factories reduced capacity power plants and fewer cars on the roads beijing's residents have been enjoying some unusually fresh spring air and they're not alone the air in europe is better 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 hot spots are also enjoying some restaurant then it's normally bustling with over $20000000.00 tourists each year is virtually empty. the water in its many can now usually dull and murky as a result of the many boats is suddenly clear. crafter

responsible for around 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions but the booming business is currently very international flights have been reduced to a minimum german carrier love tanser for example has cut 90 percent of its long distance flights in many countries lockdowns are set to continue for some time others are on the threshold of their china however it's beginning to wind its economy back up again and that raises the question when the lockdowns end will it be business as usual. will it strong i mean. from our environment. we just saw some of the positive effects in inverted commas of this pandemic on the environment so will we all should we go back to business as usual. we need to go back to 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 than the climate crisis that we're also living and you can understand people celebrating this partially particularly when we talk about air pollution now air pollution is one of the world's most deadly killers it claims more than $7000000.00 lives each year and it shaves off on average about 3 years of our lives in particular the people living in the global south then africa and asia now what this means when we've got locked down which have reduce pollution that we can see partially in china and it really 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 one to look down to lift you know how will the economy really be reshaped in a way that doesn't lead to just more smoke more smog being produced rather puts things into perspective as if the shutdown also causes a drastic cut in c

o 2 emissions to a degree that germany might even reach its climate goals for this year prematurely is that shutdown or a shutdown of that magnitude of what it takes to reach climate targets. it's one way of reaching them but i think most climate experts would say it's not a particularly good way of doing so there are clear solutions that would enable us to reduce greenhouse gas gus emissions and meet the climate targets that countries have agreed on in a way that doesn't require people to stay locked in their houses or to a hoax economic activity the most obvious of the flu shot and the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power and on top of that change how we consume food how we to reduce the amount of for instance beef that being a term that required raising rain forests and raising large numbers of cattle that belch meat thayne and other greenhouse gases. so the key point of read it from what

the climate experts are saying is to find ways to reduce the emissions without causing the harm to the economy to humans that these lock down the currently doing but as you do do you think that what once the recovery period after covert has started do you think that fighting climate change will go on the back burner for a while i think we're already seeing that happen and it's hard to predict how that hope played out once the pandemic is over which will hopefully be a soon as possible what we're going to see this year for sure is climate summit being canceled or postponed or i mean potentially held over skype and video. but a lot less effective if the clear answer we can see governments have much bigger priority is to deal with namely reducing the spread of the virus and on top of that we also have the issue of the kind of momentum behind change being lost so even

climate activists these school strikers protesting lycra to invoke having to do that over skype it's a lot less in the public domain it's a lot less on people's minds because frankly there are other more pressing issues to deal with. now the corona virus outbreak is actually changing the way we think about a whole range of things including how we treat nature intensifying us come in for particular criticism many of many new viruses have spread from animals to humans some say that in that in growing vast quantities of a single crop of monocultures all stripping the rain forest off its one humanity is laying the groundwork for outbreaks like this one is that true edgy are people just using the current crisis to further their agendas or is they indeed a direct connection between say the rainforest and the core of our us there's a direct her connection between human activity encroaching on ecosystems and the

effects on pandemics whether that was the case with this particular current of our earth is too early there's some suggestion that the virus spread initially from it's through penguins and then to humans we know that the center of the outbreak in china was in a wet locket where you've got lots of animals being traded sold illegally for meat on top of each other it's very easy to spread from animal to animal now that can all accelerate and what we're seeing clearly from course from ecologist calls from scientists to protect the rain forests to protect nature and even if we can't necessarily link it to the current crisis to be aware that this will help prevent future pandemics as ignorant on from our environment desk thank you very much thank you for. ok time now for your questions answered by our science correspondents derek williams locked away in his office at home keep your questions for him coming

via social media via comments on our you tube channel and if you're more the old fashioned type via email today we start with the weather. does hot weather help stop will say the virus. most of the most severe or corona virus outbreak so far have been in places that were still in the midst of winter but where spring is now on the way we don't really know yet whether when things heat up in the northern hemisphere 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. the lifespan of the corona virus. a study released

a few weeks ago in the new england journal of medicine looked at exactly that question and came up with some ballpark figures at 1st look at how long the coronavirus 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. can the virus spread when money changes hands. paper banknotes and bills are not all that different than services

like cardboard so yes you can expect the virus to survive for a while on their surfaces so in theory yes money is a possible vector for infection but but don't forget that you can. can't catch the disease through your skin and 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 and wash your hands thoroughly after conducting any monetary transactions it should be an effective way to limit any risk. there we go in that science correspondent and that concludes our covert $900.00 special for today for more on the pandemic do check out our social media channels and our website that's t w dot com of course which is dedicated covert $900.00 pages in 30 languages now before we go let's spare a thought for animal friends in zoos around the world with lockdowns in full force it seems the animals are missing the visitors. anyone who doesn't like

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