and critical but uniquely to interact and say you want to do their story. boarding the information for margaret. this is d.w. news line from berlin the coronavirus and them it has a new ground 0 new york city has marked more than 500 deaths in a single day medical supplies are running short and the governor is warning the worst is yet to come also coming up tempting to antibodies a lab in germany is working on tests that can tell if a person has already built up an immunity to the corona virus something that could

help calculations return to a more normal life. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program we begin in new york which has seen its deadliest day of the pandemic so far more than 560 people have died there within 24 hours with nearly 3000 deaths the state now accounts for nearly half of all virus related fatalities in the country in response new york's governor has issued an executive order to seize critically needed supplies across the state president donald trump is also citing an act to stop masks and gloves from being exported 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

the peak hasn't yet hit and new york's governor is warning the state could run out of ventilators in days cuomo has ordered the machines to be redistributed to overwhelmed hospitals. with many overcrowded this convention center in manhattan has now been turned into a makeshift hospital. funeral homes and crematoriums in the country's most populous city are also struggling to cope. 911 was really good but it wasn't like. a lot of the. were around back then and. even comparable to what we're getting now death in isolation for victims and their families there are no last words no goodbyes only pictures of their loved ones from those on the front lines

meanwhile u.s. officials have done a u. turn on their face mask guidelines after initially stating they aren't necessary for the general public the center for disease control is now recommending face covering such as bandanas and homemade masks bill the president has stressed they are not mandatory. or just or were myself it's a recommendation they recommend. i'm feeling good i just don't want to be doing i don't know somehow sitting in the oval office behind that beautiful resolute desk the great resolute desk i think wearing a face mask. great presidents prime ministers dictator kings queens. i don't see it for myself the mixed messages have left many in the u.s. confused and frustrated. and staying in the us

a navy captain has received a hero's farewell after he was dismissed from his post for criticizing the navy's handling of the pandemic captain brett in crozet it was chaired by his crew as can be same here in the cell phone videos the come on the have been battling an outbreak of the virus on his ship and demanded that he be allowed to evacuate from the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt so far more than 150 people have been tested positive for the virus and they dismissed him for not following proper protocol and allegedly causing panic by letting his complaint to the media. report i'm in s.f. has been following the story and is here to talk it through with us i mean what's been the reaction to captain crotchets dismissal frankly his crew seems heartbroken that he's been dismissed he had become something of a legend among his crew members for standing up for them there are currently over 150 confirmed cases of covert 1000 on that ship so people are getting worried and

you can see that in the way that they support him here's a tweet from somebody on the ship said that i would cherish the moment for the rest of my life he was a great commanding officer here's a person who she is a wife of somebody who's on the ship and said that she wants to thank him for saving her husband's life so these are life and death turns there and he was seen as somewhat of a hero you also had politicians coming out in support of. unlike bernie sanders and joe biden and the navy has actually started to evacuate the ship which is what he had called for so they've evacuated $1500.00 people so it seems like they've also taken him seriously wow so is this a done deal or thinking a likely to be political fallout from this well the navy seems to be sticking by its position even though it's complying with what he asked for they're standing by the position of dismissing him because they said that he broke protocol in copping people into an unsecure an e-mail which allowed you know to be reached to the media not because he had complained with the way he had complained and several u.s.

senators all of them democrats have called for an investigation into his firing so i think we're going to see this story for a little while longer. and there's also another ship actually a navy ship that's part of the controversy over the coronavirus in the truck when mr ations handling of that there's a ship docked in the new york harbor right now called the u.s. and comforts it's a navy hospital ship and it's designed to take 1000 patients but only has a few dozen and that's because the military protocol again because they are not allowing coronavirus patients onto the ship which might sound kind of absurd but they said that they want to help hospitals relieve hospitals of other patients but they also sent hospitals a list of 49 other medical conditions that would disallow them from coming on the ship ambulances aren't allowed to take people directly to the ship they have to go to hospital 1st and get try and get a test for the current virus before they come on the ship so currently sitting there with only about 20 to 30 patients on board so people are seeing this as

another failure of the military to adapt to the current crisis now trump as commander in chief could step in and do something about that but people are saying that he hasn't and certainly wouldn't want to be a patient on a ship that was getting about of khurana. i mean he said thanks so much for looking into this story for us. let's take a look at some of the other covert 19 related stories italy has reported its 1st drop in intensive care patients since the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic currently around 4000 people are in intensive care however officials warn the country will continue its lockdown for at least another month. china has held a nationwide 3 minute reflection to one of the victims of the corona virus outbreak chinese president xi jinping was among the mourners air raid sirens wailed and flags were at half mast the virus has killed over 3000 people in china. or than a 1000000 people globally have now tested positive for the virus but the actual

number of cases is thought to be much higher with many of those afflicted not even aware they're infected now researchers here in germany are joining the international effort to understand the full extent of the corona virus pandemic they carrying out a new test that aims to find those who may have already had the infection and could now be immune. this machine could bring relief from isolation for some here at the clinic in munich doctors who not only test for the corona virus they can also see if patients unknowingly contract to the virus in the past more than 100 samples can be processed in an hour this is how it works the sample vials are coated with building blocks from the virus a surface if antibodies are detected in the patients of blood they will attach to the blocks the virus can then be the texted with a different antibody that carries a dye and changes the sample color it positive. in addition to patients the new

machine will also allow health care workers to be tested. one but that really isn't test test will of course be offered to personnel working in infected areas which will allow us to know who has already have the virus and has built up immunity after had to any more than fart it's thought the antibodies could provide immunity for years to come for those with antibodies that could mean a return to normal life it's hoped that people who work in other sectors could soon be tested by the general practitioner. and he body tests have already been approved in the u.s. and to tell us more about it i'm now joined by dr andrea final from the health finance institute from harvard university and here thanks for joining me tell us why are these tests so important. thanks so much for having me on this test very important because to provide conclusive information not only whether chris is infected but also whether this person has developed immunity eighteen's is

infected so this can be used for 2 purposes really joel out those that have immunity to re enter society which has others have said could actually jump start the economy again but also for congress and has not a nation to those who are infected so the site. is going to ask you how extensive the new testing is likely to be who is going to be able to access it and who be tested. it really depends on how fast this test can be rolled out as i understand there is some testing going on for $100.00 are studies 400000 persons in germany right now and it's probably going to be a couple of months until we really know how well these tests are working in terms of how the big the positive predictive value is of these tests and also how long this immunity lasts is one thing to detect infinity it's another thing to have lasting immunity so it's still in there in an early study face so we will probably

watch this very closely over the coming months how accurate is this test to go on these tests. i think are still too early to tell we will probably know after having studied as significant amount of persons i know as i mentioned 100000 people are involved in germany right now and a positive critical value i need i would need to in the coming weeks we can probably determine that. how how can these antibodies can i help patients who tested positive for the virus. it can actually be so it's called convalescent plasma so and that's been shown in some clinical settings to actually be effective as a treatment so basically in other nations to of those that have antibodies can be used to treat those who have the disease dr and if i go from harvard university thank you very much thank you so much.

of awakes now health workers and activists have been warning of catastrophe in the coronavirus freds 3 graces over crowded migrant camps that moment may now be drawing closer covert 9 tain has now arrived at one camp near athens fueling fears that a broader outbreak could sweep through some of the most vulnerable populations in europe. the threat experts have long feared has now arrived at the ritz on a refugee camp north of athens at least 23 people here have tested positive for coronavirus the camp is now under quarantine no one can leave for security reasons refugees who arrived in greece after march 1st are being housed separately they're at a greater risk of infection people are coping without with a few exceptions chauffeurs i'm young says that's right to believe that come and actually speak out of the calm as we say but still they were called to return back to the can. the situation is far worse on the island of lesbos the maria migrant

camp is designed to house 3000 people there are currently more than 20000 here people are living in squalid conditions without enough washing facilities or doctors and social distancing is impossible an outbreak of current virus here would be catastrophic refugees living increases other crowded camps are at high risk as well. so you must since not enough testing is being done it could be that there are already cases of the infection in the camps that are known we have. the greek government has pledged to bring at least a few 100 older refugees from the islands to the mainland 8 european countries including germany have agreed to take in $6600.00 unaccompanied children the 1st of them will be picked up on monday. not long ago china was baffling to contain the outbreak of the new corona virus but as the situation there looks more stable china

has started supporting virus stricken countries around the world with equipment even sending medical tapes there is that international solidarity or is china seeking to extend its global influence we'll have this special feature. it's late march in serbia and a plane has just landed at belgrade airport. this is no ordinary flight on board a medical teams and tons of equipment to help fight the coronavirus they flown in from china and they get a hero's welcome the president himself is here. to serbia isn't the only place welcoming to liveries like this. chinese supplies of also been arriving in hungary as well as the czech republic slovakia austria greece spain canada even the u.s.

has been turning to china for supplies. so what's going on just a few weeks ago china was the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis the place where the outbreak began as it's suddenly gone from victim to savior that special report from our chief international editor richard walker coming up in just a moment you're watching digable you news don't forget you can get all the latest news on our web site that's the w dot com thanks very much for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning.

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