this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight another bleak milestone for spain in the coronavirus crisis codeine 900 deaths have surged over 10000 as the daily death toll hits a record high doctors and nurses are overwhelmed and under protected and the economy is drawing to a halt this as the number of infections globally tops 1000000 also coming up brazil's defiant president even as infections and deaths. is resisting calls for a nationwide lockdown and he continues to downplay the severity of the pandemic.

i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us 50000 dead and over 1000000 infected the numbers are bringing the global scale of the coronavirus crisis into plain view code 1000 is exacting a heavy toll around the world but spain it has been hit especially hard the country has passed a grim milestone in total fatalities and it's seen a record surge in daily virus related deaths the coronavirus crisis creating an economic crisis as well nearly a 1000000 people have lost their jobs since mid march and meanwhile the country's health care workers they are overwhelmed 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. got infected because of the lack of protective measures as we don't have enough resources there are fewer and fewer protective masks. and these ideas of an office on somebody is doing things really badly and we need them to rectify their speakers if they don't do so to morrow we will double the number of infected

health workers if we continue like this there would be enough professionals to take heed 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 in 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 rate of infections the fight to contain. virus is far from. our.

correspondent. in spain this evening this week spain has tightened the nationwide lockdown even further how are people in the country how are they dealing with these new restrictions for the people they are. dealing with new restrictions incredibly disciplined and incredibly when i go to one of the markets here in the city one of the few nice places that you can go to i see. measures taken seriously i see things very well organized and i see more and more people also with us of course staying. also the mounting. financial future. also creates new conflict it creates stress for some people and unfortunately the numbers of cases of domestic violence has increased significantly the number. before and.

the people are respecting and following. death toll for the day in the country are further measures under discussion maybe to help save lives. well locked on measure c. in spain ready among the strictest in the world and officials trying hard to increase the capacity of hospitals trying to increase the number of emergency units and also by to buy more protective gear for medical personnel and today the government also announced that it wants to use mobile phone data to track people's movements government trauma since that it's completely anonymous that it's only to analyze measures that are already in place and snorts for law enforcement purposes but some people here in spain asked

a skeptic about this new step we learned today too that 900000 people in spain have lost their jobs and connected to this crisis what kind of help can they expect. indeed it's a very very bad economic crisis the months the month of march was the worst month for the labor market in the modern history of spain and the government has been rolling out new measures almost on a daily basis in the last 2 weeks has some immediate measures in place now for people directly affected by the shutdown among these measures are to stop its. direct financial aids and also new new loans for people but experts agree it's not enough and that the next in the coming months will be very difficult for spain april definitely a tough month in spain philip schultz for putting tonight from spain until thank

you. well here's a look now at some more waves could 1000 is impacting the world jobless claims in the united states doubled over the past 2 weeks to nearly 6700000 people that number exceeded even the highest estimates of economists and it represents 6 percent of the u.s. workforce especially hard hit are the restaurant and retail sectors the european union is rolling out a huge relief program for member states struggling economically you chief of the for the lion unveiled the $100000000000.00 euro fun today it's aimed at preventing massive layoffs the coronavirus pandemic is changing a lot that goes for politicians as well german chancellor angela merkel's struggling conservatives they have rebounded in public opinion surveys thanks to americans handling of the pandemic crisis now it's a surprise turn of events for a chancellor who many have been calling a lame duck leader in

a new poll most germans they say they're giving their government high marks for the virus response they're most worried about the economic fallout from the crisis. almost 2 weeks into the near freeze of public life more than 90 percent of germans still agree with the contact with texans in case. it helped as i've simply accepted that that's the way things are now no problem. as gift you can still buy everything but of course i miss my friends. confidence in germany's health system has even slightly grown since last week to 77 percent of all while 22 percent say they are less confident the system can cope but for 3 of the 3 to feel that the health service is working despite all this is great as an old person i remember war times and we're nowhere near that yet but. what germans currently worry about most is the economic damage the corona crisis could bring. 3 quarters are concerned over very

concerned for the economy overall less than a quarter worry about their own personal situation. solidarity in europe and beyond is also something most germans would like to see now well almost 2 thirds feel it is right for politicians to think of germany 1st at this time of crisis 95 percent would like to see some the dera t. within the e.u. and 64 percent say rich countries like germany should now help poor of regions. in south america the coronavirus pandemic has hit brazil the hardest almost $7000.00 people have been infected and that includes the 1st coronavirus cases among brazil's indigenous population president also an auto is under fire for his handling of the crisis last month he referred to covert 19 as quote a reasonably cold he's also the only major world leader continuing to criticize

lockdowns designed to slow the spread of the bike. it was a deliberate provocation by president jaya bo'sun r.-o. visiting a supermarket surrounded by shoppers right in the middle of the coronavirus crisis bowl scenario himself may be infected with the virus this is why he chose to mingle all the same. people who started the should i have the coronavirus as a former athlete i don't need to worry about i wouldn't notice anything at the most a touch of the flu or a cold or do you want for 3rd of our families must be able to feed themselves that's why we should now all be returning to normal people in rio de janeiro's biggest shantytown took the president at his word after days of isolation residents went back to work shrugging off the dangers of the virus. the local mayor

fears he may soon be dealing with an epidemic. it will be a disaster we've already been fighting a tuberculosis outbreak was because when he did you know residents don't realize that they would be safer staying at home. the crisis is escalating. unlike paul scenario brazil's provincial governors acted from the start shutting beaches schools and supermarkets scientists are warning that the crisis is just beginning noise. we estimate that the demi cure of in brazil will peak in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks the infection rate is constantly increasing. across brazil coronavirus victims of being buried and young people are among the dead. these scenes have sparked protests president city banging pans in anger and. he

eventually backtracked even as we have a mission to save lives think without threatening jobs we have to focus on both the virus and the economy. in an apparent also narrowed now wants to fight the virus but too late to prevent him losing many supporters who now see him as irresponsible. and for more now we're joined from rio de janeiro by the correspondent who filed that report once he has a bird once he has it's good to have you on the show it looks like will soon or is the way honest man standing when it comes to leaders denying the severity of this crisis do we know where he's getting his information from and why he continues to just blow off the warnings. in the last 2 weeks there was one wing office government more in to ensure on him so this was the wing of religious groups and off science deniers they recommended to both narrowed to take this risk of the

corona virus not serious enough and now since accused a even ng he changed his mind and this was due to pressure from other from the other wing inside his government from the military groups and more science friendly groups so now broad and narrow. is on track thinking that isolation is a good measure. to attack and to the virus and so he's now and not anymore denying the problem is certainly a course reversal there we know that regional leaders have taken the initiative since he didn't and they've been mourning people you know to stay at home social distancing is brazil's health care system is it also ready for a a surge in patients. it's definitely not good but it's much better than other health care systems on the continent so the governors of the big states

here a reduction in aero and sao paulo they are now preparing a lot of. temporarily beds and hospitals in and around the different cities for example he and readers are near 0 there is the american stadium and also says some border most of the khan of all temple they will be temporary hospitals and so there will be a higher capacity but we are not sure and we have to wait and see if this will be enough money is what about brazil's indigenous people and the threat to them who's looking out for the they are the most vulnerable people here in brazil they have not the same antibodies as the rest of brazilians so they are now moving back as we hear in many countries in many parts of the country and many tribes going back to the amazon deep into it together with some members of the food neither the state body for indigenous people they try to hide in the forests in

order to not get any more in contact with black white brazilians or foreignness so they want to protect them so steep into the jungle they definitely have to deal with a different immune system that is for sure correspondent much he is joining us tonight from rio de janeiro with us thank you. this is g w news live from berlin for all of us here in berlin thanks for the company we'll see you tomorrow. combating the pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. 19 special next on d w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all miss. just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would

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from the mantle to in order to boost sales but scientists agree silva is no effect against the corona virus in fact exposure to colonial silver company toxic. well all the fake remedies against covert 19 and. fake news about the outbreak are flooding the internet right now so let's have a look i was right and what's wrong about this is your covert 19 special 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 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 from did 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 forecast the corona virus outbreak back into a teen just one of many stories describing the pandemic as

a premeditated inventions. platforms like facebook are rife breeding grounds for the spread of fake news the social networking giant is among several companies pledging to take stronger action to prevent the spread of misinformation others to. 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 mez claim that a vaccine against corona virus had being developed. now much of asia seems just over the hill and most of europe is in mid 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 core of 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 why are spreads more and on top of that you have people trying certain fixed cures or medicines 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're going to cure corona and we know that's not sure because your body temperature internal body

temperature never really changes all you end up doing is burning you. why on earth are people actually believing this kind of stuff. well people believe misinformation particularly of 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 hope they will try and see if we cure is the will i made to since fake medicines if they have to or. you should notice that really we don't see a lot of fake news about a disease like malaria because we all hear it's curable in medicine is clearly accessible. to people across africa generally trust that governments to take the right measures of force that misinformation on fatah ground.

people are are more or less trustful of their governments and the reason they are is because they know or that government really can do them most to protect what we have seen is a bit of dissatisfaction with the measures that are being taken so for example in kenya we know that for example the number of tests have been rising but there's a concern 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 news. a lot of people benefit there are people who once too grew their insurance

online and those credit anything that is 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 your or our producer things that are not true for example or in cio 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 is wrong and therefore you should move because i have solution so there are people during its digitally online today have. to come out. others have commercial reasons and some have political reasons for instance and they see the deputy kenya at

a time that african sect thank you very much for joining us from nairobi. for now 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 unfold claims about the coronavirus. 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 super bug 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 oh victim and it's how. supplements are 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 so. i think you should stop taking your fish oil or your vitamins 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 cave at 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 have benchley 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 code with 19 special forces day for more on the pandemic social media channels and a website that's w dot com which has dedicated covered 900 pages in 30 languages now 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 continent and getting vital messages across to the public in songs they sing about

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