this is d w news live from berlin new york's a deadly day in the heart of the pandemic in the u.s. it sees a record surge in faith hospitals are stretched to the limit and the city could soon run out of lifesaving ventilators we'll get an update from the big apple also coming up stranded abroad and hundreds of thousands of the new citizens of face obstacles getting home as boarders close and flights are canceled is help on the way from brussels. plus the head of european football's governing body hopes

domestic leagues will complete their current seasons even if it means playing without fans in the stands. i'm claire richardson thanks for joining us new york city has seen its deadliest day of the pandemic 562 people have died from covert 1000 within the space of 24 hours and with nearly 300000 deaths in the city now accounts for nearly half of all virus related fatalities in the country with hospitals facing critical shortages of medical equipment governor andrew cuomo has issued an executive order to seize critically needed supplies across the state and bring them to where they're needed most. new york city is struggling as a crop was with skyrocketing infections and a severely strained health care system friday mocked its single deadliest day yet

in its battle with coronavirus. new yorkers in crisis helping new york. and then pick up the camp and then go to the next place as this rolls across the country it comes a day after governor cuomo that the city only had enough ventilators to get through the next 6 days with supplies already scarce it raises new concerns about how well the state is equipped to combat coronavirus. inside this brooklyn funeral home it's clear they're struggling to meet surging demand. usually equipped to handle up to 60 cases at a time the dealing with more than 3 times that amount and counting maybe the government you know me and figure out a way that we could accommodate families in a timely manner in

a more dignified way amid the deepening crisis the federal government is yet to formalize any orders. well i think we're going to be coming out with the regulations on it if people want to abide by and frankly i don't think it will be mandatory because some people don't want to do that with little direction from the white house states like new york left with no choice but to continue taking matters into their own hands well let's bring in journalist abby colossus and who's covering the story for us in new york new york has just had its deadliest day yet everything points to another want to follow it what's the mood like where you are now. yeah clear i mean the numbers certainly tell the story over 2900 people have died the last 592 people overnight in the last 24 hours alone a single high its daily tally and not with here in the state of new york of course

these numbers are being presented to us by the governor on a daily basis and the latest numbers now higher than they have been in the 1st 3 weeks of the month dire numbers with the message remains the same and that's to stay at home to flatten the curb their r. and d. streets for the most part most people are not going outside unless it's for essential like growing to the grocery store there an essential worker but of course as the weather sometimes warms up people do get to get outside but again public health officials are urging people to stay home and they're asking now the c.d.c. that is if you do have to go outside to use a face mask and they don't necessarily want you to go out and buy a medical 1951 they want you to use one from home a cloth or other fabric to cover your face because the end 95 masks of course are in desperate short supply at hospitals where. speaking of supplies that's been a constant in this crisis what is the situation now with regard to protective equipment and ventilators. yes sadly the word shortage has come up quite

a bit in recent days and weeks as we move towards the apac that's what the governor here says that he's preparing for the worst case scenario and not being today he did sign an executive order that will make sure that the redistribution of ventilators and other pieces of equipment from facilities and hospitals that don't have an immediate need for them that they'll go to places that require them as of right now with regard to shortages that the job at center which is the convention center here in midtown manhattan has about 2500 beds originally it was taken on corona virus change that now they will accept 1000 patients and the number of pieces continues to thrive so that is what they're going to be doing with regard to that you know the personal protective equipment and ventilators that shortage that's an ongoing discussion. clearly a national emergency but it seems like the states are making many of the decisions what can you tell us about how this is being handled in the u.s.

. yes certainly as you said that national state of emergency was actually implemented a couple of weeks ago but there hasn't been a nationally ordinated response and that's what some experts and critics are severely concerned about right now as of right now it's up to the states to issue a stay at home order florida just implemented that on friday nebraska has cases of quoted $1000.00 but hasn't taken that step and infectious disease experts like dr fouchier say this is absolutely crucial to ensuring that we don't head toward a more catastrophic outcome in the days and weeks to comp so that's certainly been a large concern some of the states including governor cuomo here in new york has said that states are competing with each other when they're trying to purchase ventilators or other equipment and that if this was done by the federal government on their behalf they wouldn't have to have to deal with these kinds of issues so it's certainly an issue there but as of right now it's up to the state and the federal government doesn't seem to be wanting to step in but of course experts will

tell you infectious disease experts will tell you there are no state lines in this pandemic. at the classes and in new york city thank you very much. well foreign ministers have held a video conference to discuss the repatriation of e.u. citizens stranded overseas 600000 new 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 waiting has been helping to pay and courtenay the flights. well he has been following the story for us in brussels she said there's still much work to be done to ensure citizens make it back home. what we heard out of the foreign minister's video conference today is that there really hasn't been a lot of progress in bringing home the 250000 or so citizens who remain stranded

all over the globe foreign policy chief joseph breaux pointed out that commercial flights are cancelled that transfer hubs are shut down and so people can't even take off because they might get stuck on the way so there have been about 10000 citizens brought back by special military flights but he emphasized that no one should be thinking this is the way they're going to get home this is only a means of last resort when there is really no other way to get people out of what could potentially be a dangerous situation so german foreign minister heiko moss at the meeting today pointed out that yes little by little people will find ways to get home but it can't be excluded that those who are right now sitting in the colombian jungle or on some island in the philippines may have to be very patient and sit it out a while longer well more than a 1000000 people around the world have now had a confirmed corona virus infections and over 55000 have died as we look now at the very latest developments in the crisis in egypt on friday the number of coronavirus

cases jumped by more than 100 for the 1st time there are some in 985 confirmed infections there and 66 deaths so far south korea has denied entry to 8 foreigners who refused to submit to quarantine measures all overseas arrivals including south korean nationals are required to self isolate for 14 days and germany now has more than $80000.00 confirmed cases and over a 1000 kovan $1000.00 deaths. well as with many other places in the world colombia's lockdown has hit the homeless especially hard our next report is from nicole throw this on the streets of bogota she met a man who is already an everyday hero to the needy and is now rising again to the challenge in the time of the pandemic. nobody knows the invisible like this man for 15 years orlando beltran has been looking after the city's homeless he knows where they meet where they sleep and where they get their drugs with his n.g.o.s get

a little bit on the bronx banquet he provides the destitute with food clothes and a shoulder to lean on but the most important part of today's delivery are these face masks. a face mask can save many lives the drugs they smoke damage the muscles in their mouth. move. her muscle it's hard for them to control their saliva. and they may accidentally you spit on each other without realizing what is happening and they would lose your job because the. orlando's help is needed now more than ever ever since columbia went into lockdown it has become hard for the homeless to get money begging or collecting metal and rubbish makes little sense when the only people left on the street are those with nowhere to go with police in charge of enforcing the quarantine this young man tells us he's often violently chased off the streets. tell us to leave but

if we don't tase us and beat us i do what i can to avoid that i try to collect some money and find a place to sleep. those who can afford it escape police brutality in these temporary housing facilities. but sharing a windowless room with dozens of people who roam the streets of bogota during the day may well increase their risk of contracting the virus. under these conditions orlando's masks may seem like a band-aid on a bullet wound but it's all these people have and even the skeptics where their masks like shields protecting them from an invisible menace the end of the day is bittersweet for lando. side to leave but i'm happy. because we gave them hope the hope of us coming back and bringing along the humanitarian aid for the homeless. would have gone down of course. he knows it's

a stretch but it's this hope that has kept him going for the past 15 years. and the smiles on the faces of those he has helped smiles he may not be able to see under the new masks but he still knows they're there. well beyond us like a club dortmund have announced that their home stadium signal you do not park is set to become a coronavirus treatment center the largest football stadium in germany will act as a testing station for suspected cases as well as providing medical care for those that have already tested positive the center which will be staffed by doctors and nurses and stocked with medical equipment will be fully operational from saturday. with the exception of belarus countries across europe have put their football seasons on hold as a result of the coronavirus pandemic with many clubs and leagues uncertain about

how and when they'll be able to return to competition the interruption is depriving that many clubs a vital revenue but it could still be a long time before football gets back underway. all quiet on the football front england's premier league clubs have confirmed that the season will not resume at the beginning of may they do still intend to complete the competition but when remains are clear. belgium yesterday became the 1st country to cancel the rest of this season we've league leaders club brews set to be confirmed champions just hours after that decision was announced you wait for implored its members not to follow the belgian example president alexander jeffery and hopes domestic seasons can be concluded even if games have to be played behind closed doors. without spectators in the stadium is no longer the same as football with the public in the stadium. we must be away that we're in

a specific situation that the whole world is in a specific situation and that it's still better to play matches without a public not playing a. so-called ghost games are still an option in germany where clubs are also determined to complete the season in whichever way possible the ongoing suspension of play is starving clubs of income for some the loss of revenue is a threat to their very existence this leaves them through massive insolvencies that means not just players but of course thousands of other people who are going around the professional football industry was orsen histories will lose their jobs but with further delays looking inevitable a return to footballing normality seems a very distant prospect. you're watching news well leave you now with some sad news one of song music's biggest voices has been silenced american singer bill withers

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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 hands this is either your news with our special coverage of the covenant in pandemic alpha's 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 driscol can we do to not be overwhelmed by panic let's bring in the modern. 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 of those out and it's 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 the side of flight response and what that does to our perception and also to our decision making abilities is confident of the session what we know also thought is that it definite hinders long term and good decisions that aren't focusing on them to. 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 fall 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 it 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 the fall more isolated than younger people and now even family can visit what does that do to the elderly and how can we help keep best spirits up. yeah well

maybe also sings of a more hopeful because then this is a very negative note in general is what it can also create and also especially to the end 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 that 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 psychologically and one group we act together against this virus that is the global threat. news outlets often 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 and 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 in 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 urge 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 we're trying to heed your advise in order that thank you very much for this important. 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 best songs are in teen. and what we found were that there was

a higher percentage of. p.t.s.d. the crash. happened. during the sars a result so what we found when we talk about p.t.s.d. what we know is that people feel. that it's. really frustrating it feel there's a lack of control how can you explain the fact. the you want. so it's not all there is is not most dramatic stress and ok so that's what they are starting to experience is the fact that it's a true that if and when they were sort of about the fact that they might have developed some are or in this particular. virus you're thinking about and i'm going to make it when i feel the symptoms oh i have a heart oh you know i have

a longer harder agree it is the common one. although the current coronaviruses pandemic is also throwing up such a thing as 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 to. 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 seeing 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 harming one's ears and inside. 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 our resident corona expert e.w.s. derrick williams with us again to answer questions that you said to us. since the virus passed from animal human human to night stuck there isn't much work out 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 the number of corona viruses 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 you remain infectious differs depending on the virus and we aren't sure how long that period it is for sars cove to however a study carried out here in germany indicates very high had loads of virus in 1000 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 young will this also affect. 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. 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 and the longs. keep the questions for him coming on all you

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