we. look. to go on. this is do w. news live from berlin using tech to tackle the coronavirus german developers are working on a new smartphone app that will warn people if they've been close to someone who has tested positive for code 19. also coming out. americans brace for

a tough week ahead u.s. president donald trump warrants of the death toll from corona virus could rise significantly that's the number of cases in the country thompson 300000 we have a look at how the u.s. is coping plus. not. living in self isolation is one thing but to life on long down with kids one of whom is a preschooler well that's something else altogether alice forest whiting reports from the confines of her home here in berlin. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us germany is the latest country to be developing a smartphone app that can track people's movements and war. in them if they've been

close to someone who's tested positive for covert 19 but in a country with strict data protection laws one big concern for developers is that the app does not infringe on users' data privacy if germans embrace the new app authorities here hope it will help them contain the spread of the virus our mobile phones could become an important weapon in the fight against the corona virus and germany could see the benefits very soon software developers are working on tracking ups which would enable a loosening of restrictions on movement without compromising data privacy the op registers of their smartphones with the op installed on contract people who are in the vicinity of the user for a particular amount of time if the up user tests positive for corona all the people they had contact with can be notified and warned the hope is that possible cases of infection can be isolated more quickly according to calculations however it only works if 60 percent of the population uses the up. negative as long as it's free

and it doesn't come from above i think it's completely ok but look what everyone has a smartphone by now which they used to look up everything with an app that bed registers your location around the clock that's why it makes sense it's what they did in china. data protection laws are far stricter in europe than they are in china however which is why using the us to be voluntary and anonymous it's not programmed to love the users location only the distance between them journalist is monitoring the ops development i'm not. going and china what's all it's all crucially this that the information is only saved on my telephone at 1st it's not uploaded anywhere not stored at a central location somewhere this way if i were to test positive i could then decide to share the information voluntarily. the corona could be launched in germany this month just under half of all germans have signaled a willingness to install it one of them being angular merkel herself. well for more

let's bring in fabio and schmidt from d.w. science hello to you 5 in so we're hearing that this app is to be able to meet german data protection standards that is being built in a way that protects privacy but what exactly does this mean in terms of how this app works. yes. if we look at the chinese and south korean apps which are basically based on the geo tracking that most mobile phones have activated this works completely differently it doesn't really track your general graphical location where you all registered some well sent it off into the cloud but what it does is it basically works with bluetooth bluetooth is a kind of media area communication between smartphones and so if you are in the vicinity of someone who also has a smartphone that has little to lose it will register that you've been in contact

with that person and only that fact will be sent into as a cloud and it will only be stored there for 2 days so the point is will never register where you are but just whom you had contact with and once you press the button then all the people you've had contact was will be informed by that was the data will be deleted after 2 days so data protection is very very high on this. side but how does this actually help stop the spread of the corona virus. the idea is that if someone has tested positive and he gets a positive test result he's probably still in the early stages of being infective and so if everybody who has been in contact with him the last 2 days gets the information. that the likeliness that these people can also.

be more whales to danger and maybe sharks themselves consulted doctors asked what they should do maybe just avoid other contacts is much better and this is really is a crucial period that the medical doctors have concluded that should be taken into account right 5 inch made from our science desk we thank you very much. let's get a check of some of the other stories making news this hour. the head of germany's chancellor rhee is warning that the country has not yet seen the peak of the coronavirus crisis hit a ball and said the time with the highest number of infections is still to come and that it was too early to relax measures aimed at slowing the spread of the virus. the british government is warning it may ban outdoor exercise unless people observe social distancing sunny weekend weather has seen large crowds gathering in city

parks later on sunday queen elizabeth will make a rare broadcast appeal to britons to show courage with dealing with the crisis nearly 5000 people have now died in the u.k. . hundreds of migrants are being forced to return to venezuela from neighboring colombia despite an economic crisis in their home country there aren't able to earn a living in colombia due to strict quarantine measures bus service has been cut amid the pandemic and most have to make the long journey on foot. u.s. president donald trump has told americans to brace for a tough week ahead numbers of corona virus infections and deaths are spiraling while public health officials struggle to equip hospitals with what they need the president seems to have largely stopped downplaying the scale and the danger while u.s. citizens are now adapting to the precautions needed to limit the spread of the virus . reality bites refrigerated trucks outside to manhattan

hospital to store bookies because the morgue is full under the gaze of the empire state building. on the street signs that people realize it's serious new york now where mosques and gloves in public. soldiers deployed to help extraordinary times and even aid from unusual place. i look better expression you go to war with what you have not what you need right now we're not at the apex so we're still in the stage where we have the luxury if you will of gathering as much as we can so the 1000 ventilators i was in from china and the 140 from oregon were still shopping. the rest of the united states is watching. new orleans is open to medical support facility and

a convention center to ease the strain on local hospitals it'll take over patients too sick to be a home who don't need intensive care right now as is being accurately reported in new orleans that we can call instruction parishes that's the biggest hot spot that's where we're most likely to see it our capacity to deliver health care the soonest and so that's where we're looking. at the pandemic is not only spreading fear it's also awakening gratitude for those risking their health to others. oh if it's really nice you give us hope. with the coronavirus keeping millions of people around the world indoors many are struggling to ward off boredom and keep a positive attitude well at young kids to the mix and you've got a situation that's challenging even for the most patient of parents alex for us why

having is one of them and she gave us this inside look at her new normal from the confines of her berlin apartment. welcome to our home which is now also the home office the home school and the home kindergarten this is my husband name working in was supposed to be a bedroom. this is charlie who's almost 10 and he usually found slugging it out at the kitchen table with his mountain of homework and this is 3 year old cecilia known as c.c. who is the one member of the family thriving in this new reality. we live in an apartment him berlin right next to a rather beautiful church but we don't have access to a garden or even a balcony so at times things can feel a little bit claustrophobic. none to arthur

so moms thought. through for me. this was a car this is. she's going to go everyone has to help out around the flaps. well i say help no. but there are also some fun things about having to stay home. every morning c.c. can meet kindergarten friends and teachers online because become go outside much we try to do some exercise inside each day. we've even done a reenactment of the fairy tale little red riding-hood well it does help having

a designer as a husband even if you did make me play the old grandmother. look i'm not going to pretend that this is the way he is and what we are trying to do is to appreciate what we do have which is. for christians around the world today is palm sunday an important date in the religious calendar and the start of holy week leading up to easter but in these days of the corona pandemic everything is different st peter's square in the vatican was deserted this morning usually it's full of catholics who gather to hear the pope instead pope francis live stream the traditional palm sunday mass as the faithful have been instructed to stay at home. there are only 4 at national football league's that we know of still in action since the coronavirus has shut down the sport nicaragua's premier league is among them and it's enjoying a surge in popularity as

a result but the footballers and even some fans are against having matches during a pandemic playing a game while the coronavirus runs rampant in the world affects the level of intensity normally seen players in nicaragua had already expressed fears about hitting the pitch during the pandemic but that fell on deaf ears club owners and the league made the decision to continue without consulting the players. during a skype interview with a goalkeeper from nicaraguan side de pere tivo said the players try to avoid touching each other. and mentally one isn't focused on the game instead you think opponents could have the coronavirus. but you know. football fans in the country aren't allowed to attend the matches and so i don't fully support the idea games. if there's

a going on i think it's a bad decision on behalf of the directors and the league because they are risking the health of the players and their families because we have seen in other countries in italy spain famous players who have tested positive for corona virus court and are into nicaragua's football federation has not decided to complete the season yet if things get worse they plan to suspend action however right now football fans worldwide are tuning into nicaragua believe he has even received interest to broadcast games from as far as sweden. and the united states the national basketball association the n.b.a. has announced its hall of fame class for 2020 and the list is headlined by the late kobe bryant the superstar player who retired from basketball in 2016 made the cut for the hall of fame in his 1st year of eligibility he won 5 n.b.a. championships with the los angeles lakers and he's widely considered to be one of

the greatest to ever play the game he died in a helicopter crash in january of this year. you're watching the w. news i'll be back again at the top of the hour with another update for you in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest news and information on our website just go to www dot com american abstained from me and.