this is g w news live from berlin the world passes a grim milestone as more than a 1000000 coping 1000 cases are reported the people in turkey are not forgetting their neighbors it's a lifeline for the elderly and with seniors and the seriously ill under curfew they depend on others for their daily essentials also coming up india's prime minister tries to boost morale in a country under lock down by urging people to unite to fight the pandemic but millions

a day laborers left with no income are barely surviving and. i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program more than a 1000000 people around the world have now confirmed couldn't run a virus infections and 50000 are dead here are some of the latest developments in the pandemic the united states has registered the world's highest daily covert 1000 death toll thursday saw 1169 confirmed deaths from virus related causes there south korea has refused entry to 8 foreigners who refused quarantine measures all overseas arrivals including south korea nationals are required to self isolate for 14 days and germany now has more than 80000 confirmed cases and over a 1000 coated 1000 deaths that's as the head of the country's disease control agency says that deaths are probably under counted. well covert 1000 cases are also

rising sharply in turkey the country currently has more than 18000 confirmed cases and 356 deaths associated with the virus president recha type area one is under growing pressure to impose a general lockdown to slow the outbreak what he did announce and introduce early on is a curfew for the chronically ill and those older than 65 people who have their own special needs. home delivery turkish style. for many istanbul residents this is not a novel way of doing their shopping but with the corona virus epidemic worsening it's now become a lifeline for the city's elderly if there are. no cool shopkeepers have quickly adapted it is the other cities that we have started to delivery service so they call us and we help them i mean really care if they want something

from the shop or the market we take it to their homes because they are our elders solution. the curfew for citizens all that and 65 was among the 1st measures taken by the turkish government in their battle against the epidemic. in the region that was local authorities have been told to be strict. to enforce the rules and send people home. at 1st however many pension is wouldn't listen to an arson from these general municipality tells me beat us a lot of billions. each by sharjah nothing really changed during the 1st days but when you look at it now you can see that the use of public transport for example is down 90 percent and this is a strong sign that our older citizens are more aware of the importance of the issue not the following the rule is more than before. the move

pension a stay at home the more work there is the municipal support teams across the city they have delivered groceries to tens of thousands of quarantined istanbul lights. but despite the yearly introduction of the curfew for the elderly it has proven to little in the fight against the virus more measures have been taken. it's jumbles grand design one of the largest in the world is now closed as are schools museums sports club. bars and cafes. all international flights have been stopped and domestic travel severely restricted its jumbles new gigantic appu order and he and deserted and shingle an arson predicts that move measures will come to the sulu for as the old hour here in istanbul the population density is very high hard to cuddle with so it's safe to say that we

will need more radical measures eventually after all that is sample appears to be a hotspot offis epidemic going on in the now and watch a priest stumble. with more restrictions looming stumbles patients will be tested as well as the solidarity of its people. and i'm joined now by our turkey correspondent nearly hard who is currently in berlin so ilia turkey has seen the sharp rise in new infections tell us a little bit more about how it is spreading across the country. it is spreading fast the number of officially confirmed copper 19 cases in turkey has more than tripled over the past 7 days that now exceeds 18 thousands more than 350 people have died that's all according to the turkish health minister however critics argue that the actual number of cases might be higher than many infections

have gone unnoticed because authorities have just recently ramped up tests as some people have also criticised the government's food leaks has not revealed which parts of the country are most affected so it was only 2 days ago that the turkish ship pavlik officially learnt that istanbul is the epicenter of this crisis a city of 16000000 people and it has 60 percent of all the coronavirus cases in turkey and with criticism swirling what has been the government's response. well most of the measures have been mentioned in the report we just saw there a curfew for the elderly the schools were closed to travel bans put in place modest prayers gatherings that must have been suspended but president everyone has so far stopped short off that imposing a complete lockdown on public life in turkey he says the economy must continue to

function but with the number of cases on the rise he's come under increasing pressure from medical experts and from the opposition most importantly from in stumbles you may owe it cram in mahmoud he has repeatedly called on the central government to impose a stay at home order on the city's residents all of them not just the elderly as quickly as possible as the mayor actually chant just announced such a crowd himself let's listen to what he thinks it's necessary. still we still see 15 percent of people moving around. and this is very frightening because it means 2000000 people are on the streets every day. that's as much as the entire population of some big cities in europe particularly it's a real threat and that's why we say we need stricter measures. to do get through so the mayor is concerned they're clearly how well equipped is the health system to

cope with the pandemic well many doctors would only speak to journalists on the condition of anonymity because they say they are too scared of speaking out so the turkish medical association the country's largest a doctor a union does and they have been saying that it's jumbles hospitals are always sure to undo all the struggles the mouse another protective gear and that they could face a severe shortage of the i.c.u. about the turkish government on the other hand it's trying to give the impression that the health system is robust that they have enough resources just a few days ago they sent out protective the quick mend and disinfectant to italy and spain so the government's message is we are well prepared to this we're so well prepared that we can even support other countries in need turkey correspond to you leon thank you. for one country with a relatively low infection rate so far is india which has $2500.00 confirmed cases

and a population of $1300000000.00 last week the country introduced a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the virus in a video message broadcast on friday prime minister narendra modi tried to bolster more owl by urging people to like candles for 9 minutes on sunday night but for millions of day laborers in india who lost their incomes when the country went into lockdown candle light is not going to fill their bellies. full reports. greeting. sometimes for all that and. this is what every day looks like now for these daily wage workers. social distancing boxes seem meaningless in the face of hunger at the end of this particular way it to oranges none of these men are originally from delhi they migrated to the capital from villages in neighboring states looking to own

a livelihood. some work in small restaurants are those at construction sites every meal depends on the day's awnings but with businesses closed for india's 3 week lockdown the zoning and the meals have dried up now didn't try to go home but the bus stations were closed the police told us to stay here. but there are no medical services available here and we're not allowed to leave we will have to call an ambulance who are supposed to let us go. yet with food at hand these men are the lucky ones the government is providing food hundreds of shelters like this one yet the demand far outstrips the supply in addition many are physically unable to reach these centers because of the lockdown. this is where civil society is stepping in. boone an ngo that has worked on disaster relief during floods and

earthquakes. is now adapting to a different challenge to a disaster that cannot be seen but that is everywhere. this time while fewer aid workers are being called in to maintain social distancing and they're taking up costs they have never had before relief work especially in the midst of a lot down is the government's responsibility. but workers here believe there is no time to assign blame lives are at stake and not just because of the good or no iris because good men big government was not for the pay i'm making an effort about there's a gap we all need to work together this is not an issue of survival of this sort of i will go through her. but even as these groups work that i had to sleep to provide protection and food to the city's poorest. the fight for survival promises to be

a long one crowding together shelter social distancing is a luxury these men cannot afford but for now at least that is school to eat. and that report from correspondent in the wall in delhi earlier she gave us her sentiment on the address by prime minister narendra modi have a listen. rihanna's just wolf at length about the need not to get despondent in isolation and for you to continue to be that despite the distance we are i could die in this fight against that when i was still not in the speech already to this is not an institution media in india and often questions about why have there been no concrete measures announced and even if you want measures why is there not more information about in us do you just get spite what is happening about just doing what is happening. protective equipment what is happening about logos given to

congo because it was knocked down so why are the prime minister and congress to indians to stay strong and the result to isolate there is also heavy criticism bought his message. while in delhi even foreign ministers have held a video conference to discuss the repatriation of the e.u. citizens stranded overseas 600000 e.u. citizens got stuck around the world when the pandemic hit of those at least 350000 have already been flown back home on private and e.u. facilitated flights the rest are still waving the e.u. has been helping to pay and coordinate those flights. let's get more we are joined by dint of your correspondent teri schultz in brussels so terry foreign ministers have actually been discussing this what's the update. well actually it's a really small proportion of those flights that are paid for and arranged by the european union that is not their 1st choice when it comes to getting citizens home

they believe that people should be paying for their flights also that national government should take the lead in this and what the foreign policy chief just said is that 250000 people are still stuck this is a figure that we've heard now for days so they are still stranded around the world as as more and more flights are canceled as transport hubs are shut down he said it's going to take a long time little by little these people will be able to come home but it is going to take some time we actually heard it even more realistic perhaps impression from german foreign minister heiko moss who said look we are bringing people home but we can't exclude the possibility that you know one in some colombian jungle or on something philippine island they will be sitting there for quite some time so it's just not going to be possible when flights are canceled and there don't seem to be any commercial options complicated situation with no easy answers teri schultz in brussels thank you. well funded think a club or a c.

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do you also feel like banging your head into the wall sometimes stay in bed forever just cry plainly freakouts because the bad news about corona seems to have no way these are tough times you switch on the news or look at your favorite website and it's not a pretty picture more dead every day infections on the rise. more than 1000000 cases worldwide health care systems. countries in lockdown friends and families are cutting off contact with each other. and it doesn't end their businesses are facing bankruptcy workers are losing their jobs it's all pretty scary stuff so how can we get through these challenging times without feeling helpless and depressed today will talk about how to get on top of the situation that feels very much like nothing is in our own. news without. special coverage of the covert 19 pandemic

alphas in berlin welcome. so a coronavirus does to the body is quite well known by now and more research is on the way but what does it do to our soul fear of infection the isolation worries about loved ones who are brisk walk can we do to not be overwhelmed by panic let's bring in the mother and she is neuroscientists and her field of research really is bad news and what it does with our brain matter how does this barrage of bad news that we're seeing right now influence our perception of this pandemic well 1st of all it tilts the perception in a certain direction because as you already mentioned most of the news actually negative so we get the idea that those out and is even more negative and even more challenging than it is so what that does to our brain is really create a continuous chronic stress response so we continuously in this situation where we

think we either have to fight or run on the side of flight response and what that does to our perception and also to our decision making abilities is content of research and what we know also thought is that it definitely hinders long term decisions that are focusing on them to keep. the virus is a threat we cannot see or feel is similar to radiation does that give the fear another dimension. yes certainly because of course if we see something like a wave coming towards us we can run and what we see unless also especially in many countries that i was pleasant present in the beginning people of a very relaxed about it because it was far away and something we know about this perception humans is that. spoken openly is quite bad so when we don't see something we actually contrast it because our brains are not optimized for that so

it's leading needs to be local it needs to be immediate and it needs to hurt people for us in order to act and of course that creates really a challenging situation because then what also comes into effect is what i mentioned before it creates this continuous stress response which in this our problem solving abilities. really help old people not only more at risk they are also by default more isolated than younger people and i even family can visit what does that do to the elderly and how can we help keep their spirits up. now well maybe also sings of a model for because then this is a very negative note in general is what it can also create and also especially to the ends of the people is a sense of community because once we all understood that this is really a risk situation and this is really a danger that is out there isn't it though we can't really see it it or see it it can create this common sense of shan't responsibility and that's what we see all

over the world and also as we got to the elderly there people actually take more time take more care not only to the people we know and our own family members who might be isolated and feel lonely but also to strange us because we now is what we consider up psychologically and one group we act together against this virus that is the gravest threat. or news outlets our criticised for focusing on the bad news all the time like all journalists we here at the w are guilty as charged but just reporting on a happy promise in kittens is not really an option either so what can we the media do. yeah i was already kind of hinting at that because that's really a unique chance for what we call constructive or solution oriented join in this these days because now we have this idea of this understanding that we are all in this together and people all over the world ask what now and that's really the key

that's a additional question that is introduced by construct defense additionally into reporting into joining us and into the journalistic thinking and it's for example lots of journalists are practicing now these days because the people come to watch them and they have this birds to get onsets to all that questions and needs to understand the situation and i see this really all over the world now and we just need to focus on it even more the people who select a news they consume but also of course all the jonas that are covering this global pandemic trying to heed your advise in order that thank you very much for this import. thank you but it's not just the news that can give you the blues we are social creatures so having to live in self isolation can be pretty stressful in itself our reporter hugh dela talked to a researcher who observed quarantined people during the 2003 sars epidemic. in

2003 a previously unknown virus caused the severe acute respiratory syndrome known as sars more than 8000 people were infected and thousands were quarantined. remus direct conducted research into the mental health of people during the best songs are in teen. and what we found was that there was a high percentage of people thought p.t.s.d. the and the crash. happened. during the sars or. so what we found when we talk about p.t.s.d. what we know is that people feel. well what is it that we must read it they feel there's a lack of control how can you explain the fact. the your

experience. so i think my mother's is you know most dramatic stress center ok so that's what they're starting to experience is that it's a true that and when they were sort of about the fact that they might develop star or in this particular. virus you're thinking about what am i going to make it when i feel the symptoms oh i have a heart oh you know i have a woman who are going to be in is this the coming one. although the current coronavirus pandemic is also throwing up such fears there are differences now too and some of these could even have a positive effect on people's mental health. and they are going to have a sense of community so what we see now is there are so many people in isolation but people don't feel they're the only ones you know there is

a lot more communication as well now we have taken. the other thing that's happened this time which is very different from sars is that there is a lot of psychological support what are the scenes that people can do if they find themselves while in isolation and keep in touch with family and friends by using technology they will provide you a tremendous amount of support the other thing is setting out a routine and routine helps in hama and one's fear is an anxiety. even though the world might seem grim at the moment we should remember that there are still things we can do for ourselves and for others not so everything is beyond our control. who has managed to stay in control and stay calm all through this crisis he's a biologist a science journalist and our resident corona expert he ws derek williams with us

again to answer questions that you sent to us. since the virus passed from animal semen. 10000 stuck there isn't much work there yet looking at which animals could carry the disease or might even get sick from it one study published by a chinese team earlier this week claims the virus replicates poorly in a range of domesticated animals among them dogs pigs chickens and ducks but that cats and ferrets showed some susceptibility and could also pass it along to each other that work still has to be confirmed it's not a surprise though if it's correct because a number of coronaviruses are known to cause a range of illnesses in livestock and poultry. how no take

for them. to stop infection it turns out that it's a pretty tricky question to answer and like so much else we don't know for sure yet when it comes to catching any viral disease the length of time to remain infectious differs depending on the virus and we aren't sure how long that period is for sars cove to however a study carried out here in germany indicates very high had loads of virus in covert 19 patients peaked about 4 days after symptoms began and dropped steadily from there the researchers recommended release though only 10 days after symptoms began and then only if detectable levels of the virus had dropped dramatically. if the virus attacks the lung will this also effect. it's clear that if your respiratory system is affected by an illness then it's going to have knock on effects throughout the body not least for your heart of

course but the. also mounting evidence that the corona virus might directly affect the heart as well or it might have an indirect effect there are also indications that the virus can directly damage the kidneys in some cases though that's apparently more rare but for the majority of patients especially patients with milder cases the disease begins and ends in the lungs. there it is there keep the questions for him coming on all you tube channel by facebook or twitter that was arco with 19 special come on the pandemic to check out our social media channels and our website that's d w dot com which has a dedicated code 19 pages in 30 languages and got all his umbrella in as a news update in half an hour this is the w. news stage.

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