this is the news live from durbin spain passes another bleak milestone in its coronavirus crisis. 10000 fueled by a record number of daily fatalities across the country helped stop overwhelmed and under protective and economic activity grinding to a halt also coming up. but it may put entails russians to stay home from work until the end of april with infection surging russian president moves to tighten restrictions on movement but stops short of ordering

a nationwide lockdown. plus life in syria's refugee camps is hot enough but what will happen to the 1000 stuff there when the pandemic hits. and anthony how it welcome we begin with another grim chapter in spines coronavirus crisis of a 10000 people have now died from complications linked to cope with 19 that's off to a daily record 950 people passed away in the last 24 hours spent is now 2nd only to italy in the number of virus fatalities the pandemic is also hitting the country's economy hot nearly a 1000000 people have lost their jobs since mid much meanwhile the country's health care workers. and lacking critical protective gear. stretched to

breaking point the wards are philippa's hospital the now the county so coronavirus patients lie in the corridors just north of barcelona medics have turned the hospital library into an intensive care unit spain is one of the worst hit countries the number of coronavirus deaths has no jumped to more than 10000 after a record 950 deaths in the space of a day. the health workers on the frontline say they are being put in an unthinkable position. we're lacking the staff at the moment and the few staff that we have available are in a dangerous situation themselves and at risk of becoming transmitters. as i got infected because of the lack of protective measures as we don't have enough resources there are fewer and fewer suitable protective masks. in these ideas of the markers when somebody is doing things really badly and we need them to rectify this because if they don't do so to morrow people double the number of infected

health workers if we continue like this there would be enough professionals to take 8 of our patients. but there are glimmers of hope the rate of new infections in spain appears to be slowing and people are recovering here at a hospital the northeast of the country doctors discharged a 93 year old man who is made to feel recovery after 5 days in isolation. spain has been in a nationwide locked day and since the middle of march and the standstill is hitting the economy hard 100000 people have lost their jobs and spain's recorded its highest ever monthly rise in unemployment the government says it will have to work on relaunching the economy once the epidemic is under control health officials say data shows the curve is stabilizing but despite the slowdown in the recent infections the fight to contain the virus. it's far from over.

well let's bring in d w correspondent john philip schultz in spine and despite the nationwide lockdown the number of deaths has reached a new high is there anything else that can be done here are they any other further measures under discussion to help save lives well the measures here in spain were just tightened some days ago and so again though it's only that the strictest in europe you know only employees of the so-called sectors can go to work and even small walks with no. spending as ask themselves how much stricter can the measures be and also the government announced today that it would sort of starts using mobile phone data to trick people who've asked themselves how much stricter can the measures be and also the government announced today that it would using mobile phone data to track people's movements the officials stress that it's 100

percent anonymous and that it will be only used to analyze the measures and not for law and horseman's purposes but of course some some spaniards skeptic about it. just in terms of the profile demographic of the sick end of the day which population groups of being worst hit by the crisis in spite. well it's the elderly people who have been hit hardest by far which is especially tragic of course because they are also the most vulnerable group the news from nursing homes all over the country very disturbing the mayor of wasilla now said today that up to 70 percent of the nursing homes in the city might be affected by by the corona virus but of course we also have to be careful with those official statistics because the testing capacities very limited and that might also be

a lot of younger people infected with mild symptoms and not have stopped turning to the economics 900000 people have already lost their jobs what health can one expect. whether that's that's a good question it's true but it's the month of march has been the worst in the history of the spanish economy and. the government has been rolling out new measures almost daily basis for the people that are worst affected by the crisis immediate measures in place now among them the stop of. direct financial aid and also easy accessible loans the bugs almost all experts agree that this is not enough and the spanish people have some very very hard economic days and weeks and months. and philip schultz in spain thank you

think over president vladimir putin has extended the country's coronavirus lockdown until april 30 all citizens with the exception of essential workers to stay at home with salaries to be paid throughout this period and i televised address put in stress the seriousness of the threat facing the country and that the pink of the virus still lay ahead. you know what you need you know the non-working week declared all over the country as well as self isolation regime for residents of many regions allowed us to win some time for preventive action to mobilize all the authorities to increase health care resources to fight the epidemic with maximum efficiency using our own experience and the past practice of other countries that. we're joined now by d.w. correspondent emily show win in moscow and lee president putin calls this

a nonworking period or even a nationwide coronavirus holiday what is behind this language. well the language of course is rather euphemistic last week put in already announced a week long holiday and the kremlin followed that announcement with an encouraging statement saying that people should actually be encouraged to keep working now of course this positive wording that putin is using essential a allows him to be the good guy he talked about the fact that different regions in russia as it have been affected to different extents and he called on regional governors and mayors of cities to kind of implement their own measures according to the seriousness of the situation in different regions and that of course means that the regional afterwards will have to essential to be the bad bad guys when they institute strict measures now we've already seen moscow put people in self

isolation last week in many regions following moscow in within russia has been the hardest hit there have been around 3500 cases across the country in 2500 of them around that number are in moscow and this week the city off already have been discussing how they're going to be implementing those self isolation measures next week using smart technologies like facial recognition and using the geo location data from people smuggle phones and moscow has been kind of a testing ground for measures so we're likely to see strict measures in other regions as well and how are the people in russia reacting to these measures that you talk about. well last week when putin announced this kind of weeklong coronavirus holiday as you called it people kind of took him by his word some people booked flights to the black sea city of sochi there were images on

social media of people in moscow barbecuing and then in the off forty's took rather strict measures for example by closing hotels and such a by imposing the self isolation in the capital i think people now have understood the seriousness of this and the fact that these are essentially just euphemisms moscow certainly is rather empty there is hardly any traffic there are billboards around the city calling on people to stay home presenters on state t.v. are presenting from their living rooms some of them are wearing masks to encourage people to kind of stay home as well and i think people are starting to understand that here as well and they are likely to understand it even better there better if strict measures come into force as well across the country. really should win in moscow thank you. now here's a look at some of the other ways covered 19 is impacting the world right now the

european union says it's rolling out a huge relief program for member states struggling amid the coronavirus crisis and you chief on the line unveiled the hunt 100000000000 euro fund i mean to prevent widespread job losses due to the pandemic. there's growing concern at the scale of the coronavirus crisis in the u.s. with president trump warning of vicious days ahead the death toll in new york state doubled in 72 hours to more than 1900. british airways is reported to be negotiating with its union to suspend as many as $36000.00 employees the move would be one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to falling passenger numbers and continuing travel restrictions british airways has already halted flights out of london gatwick airport. well any process will hit the most defenseless hardest and the coronavirus pandemic is no exception the situation in war torn regions like syria's italy province is already dying and the medical

infrastructure almost non-existent a corona virus outbreak there would be devastating. disinfecting tents at a refugee camp in the province of prevention effort being carried out by the volunteer rescue group white helmets. almost a half a 1000000 people are packed in here at times up to 10 people share a tent under catastrophic hygenic conditions many of them have fled civil war only to be threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. children are taught the most essential prevention methods their parents often desperate. yes i've heard about the coronavirus i'm scared for my children there is no prevention happening hardly any disinfectant nobody takes care of it. syria is ill prepared to deal with the corona virus outbreak so far authorities claim to have only 10 cases but the actual

number is likely much higher. math would show him as a doctor at one of the few hospitals in adlib he alone tells us about 50 suspected cases. over this old man has trouble breathing the law for them or another has a high fever and is feeling sick. the entire province of it live has roughly 100 intensive care beds and 47 ventilators for a population of over 3000000 a. moment or not we are doing the best we can to prepare for the corona virus and we have installed a quarantine ward. but we would be out of our league to confront a virus like this should it break out here may god prevent this and the shuttle a lot of them. here in the capital damascus a curfew is in place from 6 in the evening till 6 in the morning just like the rest of syria but during the day life still moves at its normal pace and even in it live

the shops are still open nobody is under quarantine abu ahmed owns a small street shop and i do think i do have the virus is dangerous for all of us but we need to work in order to survive how can we stay at home i see what the world health organization has so far sent only 300 corona test kits to add limp according to local health officials who have a stern warning we. actually know who he is. or is. he is if you want to hear. if the corona virus spreads and it live it will hit those who are defenseless and have nothing to counter it. and some sport before we go and club version said to be declared champions of the belgian pro league after it was announced that the remainder of the current season will be cancelled 1st had a 15 point lead at the top of the belgian table before play was interrupted as

a result of the coronavirus pandemic the decision says belgium become the 1st country to cancel the rest of the professional football season in germany the bundesliga is still suspended at least until the start of night with clubs discussing the feasibility of completing the current campaign behind closed doors. this is day w. news live from berlin bring gulf will be back at the top of the hour with more for now but i'm anthony how it on behalf of the team here in berlin thanks for watching . 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'll all this and. just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic we should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. science. corner silver now. really silver is the weapon against coronavirus other stranger out of the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours. jim bakker this televangelist has now been sued for selling these fake coronavirus cures fraudsters wasting no time to make money from your fish hoax

lucky originates from a widespread spread belief in silva's antibacterial properties some tooth brush from the mantle to in order to boost sales but scientists agree silva is no effect against the corona virus in fact expose. the 2 colonial silver can be toxic. well other fake remedies against covert 19 and fake news about the outbreak are flooding the internet right now so let's have a look at what's right and what's wrong about this is your covert 19th special on the news. berlin welcome times of crisis are always great times for fake news and propaganda and the more ridiculous the claims it seems the more traction again on social media feeds tips like drinking alcohol to kill the virus and fight the disease as tempting as it may sound for some it isn't or religious claims that

corona was a punishment dished out by god or mother nature now team fronted obvious science has put together a selection of some of the most outrageous fake news about covert 90. whatever you do don't try this at home this cape widely shared on whatsapp is just one example of the many coronavirus related stories circulating online the problem as the disease continues to spread fake news is going viral. in india a picture purporting to show an italian boy taking his life after all his family members died from corona virus went viral there's a fact check revealed that the footage actually shows the suicide of a woman before the outbreak. and this photo doesn't show dead bodies on the streets of italy it's actually an art installation in germany. also doing the rounds conspiracy theories among them the just south korean series for caustic

corona virus outbreak back in 28 in just one of many revulsed stories describing the pandemic as a premeditated invention. platforms like facebook are rife breeding grounds for the spread of fake news the social. working giantess among several companies pledging to take stronger action to prevent the spread of misinformation others too are doing their bit to make sure people are getting the right information about corona a service called africa check recently had to rebuff a south african man as claim that a vaccine against corona virus had being developed. now much of asia seems just over the hill in most of europe as a myth battle against covert 19 africa is bracing for impact and fake news is not helping societies that prepare for the onslaught that's pretty invent something as he's deputy kenya africa check and joins us from nairobi vincent how much of

a problem is corona fake news in african countries right now. thanks for having corner virus misinformation is a big big problem and the reason is that the more people believe misinformation then they will not follow their instructions are going to wash their hands only practice social distancing and they will not stand tall so the strings mean that if they don't pay attention wires writes more and on top of that you have people trying certain fixed cures or many things that have been proven not to work we've seen in nigeria for example that people have been poisoned by chloroquine because they heard it could work. what's the weirdest piece of fake news you've come across so far. or the weirdest i have come across is that if

you take some orange peels and you boil and you inhale the steam you can keep your corona and we know that's not sure because your body temperature internal body temperature never really 'd changes or you end up doing is there any. why on earth are people actually believing this kind of stuff well people believe misinformation particularly out health because it's tied into the spirit people are afraid of diseases that are difficult to cure and so this gives them hope when you give them a little hope they will try and secure as they will i make decisions fake medicines if they have to or. you should notice that really we don't see a lot of fake news about the disease like malaria because we all hear it's curable and medicine is clearly accessible. to people across africa generally

trust the governments to take the right measures of false starts misinformation on fertile ground. people are are more or less trustful of their governments and there is only our it is because they know who the government really can do the most to protect what we have seen is a bitter dissatisfaction with the measures that are being taken so for example in kenya we knew that for example the number of tests have been rising but these are concerned that they're not you know and also the fact that a lot of people live in an informal economy in kenya so they have to go out every day and money and it's very difficult to tell people like that to stay at home and so why so late unless you're providing them with money so that they can stay inside . who benefits from these fake leaves.

a lot of people benefit there are people who once too grew their insurance online and they'll spread anything about his fate whether it's about coronavirus or politics it doesn't matter then there are people who want to actually make a business selling fake cures so that you can actually spend your money to buy a fake cure or to do things that are not true for example or into water and then finally you've got people who want. to drive a political agenda so they're going to capitalize on people's fears to spread stories and that way spread the agenda that's probably the system it's wrong and therefore you should for me because i have a solution so there are people during its digitally on line to have. to come

logical results others have commercial reasons and some have political reasons for instance and they see the deputy kenya at a tad african 2nd thank you very much for joining us from iraq starting. i know it's time again for your questions keep them coming on you tube facebook and twitter all send us an e-mail today a science correspondent gary williams will do with some of the most viral and fake news stories unfolds claims about the coronavirus. is this famous genetically modified to be used as a biological weapon this was one of those conspiracy theories that was bound to pop up in the midst of a global pandemic right i mean there's been too many books and movies with that as a plot line but a team of researchers that studied the genetic makeup of the virus recently published some compelling arguments for why it wasn't engineered but must have

naturally evolved 1st they said source code to most closely resembles coronaviruses found in bats that don't cause disease in humans and of course and evil scientists trying to build a superbug would have started with one that's already been proven to make a sick 2nd in our computer models the changes to the stars code to genetic sequence that allowed it to start infecting us just don't look like they should work very well they aren't mutations that any bio engineer would have chosen if they were trying to build a superbug because the models would have said they don't really work so no the coronavirus was not designed by humans. can supplements like fish oil zinc over to men's health. supplements or an area of nutrition where there's very little consensus in the scientific community under ordinary circumstances much less in the midst of a pandemic the idea that you can somehow boost your immune system i mean what does

that mean anyway the answer to this question is a resounding no the only thing that we currently think will prevent you from catching the virus is if you've had it already and developed antibodies that will prevent you from getting it again i'm not saying you should stop taking your fish oil or your by. humans just don't expect them to keep you from catching covert 19. there is agreement that loss of smell is a sign of a severe case of caveat 19 can we hear more about that. recent large scale study in britain that collected data from hundreds of thousands of people reporting on and out sure that from those who eventually tested positive for the disease around 60 percent had that symptom to a greater or lesser extent that certainly sounds pretty convincing the only problem is that losing the sense of smell or taste is also closely associated with other

respiratory infections it's a lot more common than you might think that's why as of this morning at least the w.h.o. was still reviewing the issue and hadn't yet decided to add the loss of smell or taste to the official list of symptoms of corona virus infection but that could very well have been in the coming days if there's enough evidence to support it. from a science department answering your most pressing questions and that concludes our code with 19 special force a day for more on the pandemic do check out our social media channels and our website that's w dot com which has dedicated covered 19 pages in 30 languages and before i let you go let's go back to africa where musicians are fighting against a coronavirus together with local health authorities the foremost across the

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