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and beethoven is for. beethoven is for karimov beethoven 2020 vision of the 50th anniversary year on d. dodo. the for. the reactor the pandemic with travel by slow downs. fighting for every life in one of germany's coronavirus hotspots some european countries are starting to relax smoked on restrictions will call this the title. no is not the kind of next measures. to our europe is a lot of schools businesses restaurants and factories have all been shuttered for

weeks now people autumn are lost with the arrival of spring they've been enjoying. they still can the sun in the park some fresh air but many are missing a sense of community some countries like denmark and austria are already beginning to loosen the most severe restrictions others think it is too early for them to know what the experts is the virus on the control room can public life return to normal and will the warmer temperatures now arriving in the northern hemisphere slow the spread of the disease. these are some of the questions we'll discuss in this edition of covert 19 special here on the w. news i'm chris culliver in berlin is good to have you with us now the longer the shutdown is in place the more pressing becomes the question when constricts social distancing measures be eased here in germany public officials are yet to decide on an official strategy so let's get an expert's view to be escort is a professor of public health and if immunology at berlin's shotty hospital welcome

to our program to b s let's talk about the weather 1st here there have been some including the u.s. president saying that rising temperatures are bad for the virus are they. well if you look at areas that's reporting its actions and if you see the spread that the virus there's really no differences between regions that are war and repeats that are colder so i think the virus is really not affected by temperature it is true that you are in the cold weather season diskin and most insect you throw is more susceptible 'd for getting in it's actually that may be a factor of it don't think that it is really effective. so springtime meaning it's not necessarily a bad time for corona. it's not about time for the buyers it's time for for us and it's all going to some hand so fully getting some fresh air certainly that

sunshine helps certainly a lot of moves it's a good time for all of us it's a nice spring right now but sort of iras i don't think that makes much of a difference to me as the number of reported cases in germany is declining in italy and spain the countries hardest hit here in europe are reporting receiving death numbers where are we in the timeline of this pandemic one thing one has to understand that the virus cannot be stopped the reasons why these measures and the physical contact restrictions on places to allow the health care system to leave some regions even in germany being out at. hospitals are we on the edge and so this was the reason why we certainly support it these these measures now and them initially over the so-called units he is reach and that is a long way to so if not relax the measures it's not wrong that iris is gone the

virus is there and we have to deal with the virus for quite some time until we have pixelation available or until enough people have been infected with the virus and have immunity against the virus nevertheless the severe social distancing measures they are taking their toll on people and number of public officials here in germany and other places are talking about lifting some of the strictest countermeasures is it the right time to do that. well scientists than many experts agree it is not discussing this office the air nobody likes to cook is we are at nationals entering 'd into place this is the right time we'll be in 3 weeks in 2 weeks in 10 days nobody really can tell what it's saying is it time now to discuss how we can lift this restrictions and how we can move into the future and as you know deal with medical they also of the economic they social they are psychological

data and all of these is not really helpful or for the health of the people so we have to really start to move on to to really start to go back to a life that is certainly not the normal life that we used to but to a life that makes sense and makes. us starting businesses again and allowing kids to go to school so i think it's a good time to discuss this right now all right lester let's talk about the how germany's academy of sciences one of the most renowned research institutions in the country says primary and secondary schools should gradually open again and it should be mandatory for people to wear face masks on public transportation what is your take on that. i think these are very good and reasonable of such actions many experts from various fields have been involved in this recommendations and i

think that those are really good starting points we all have to understand however that if restrictions are lifted it's that we may see an effect of the health care system again and that we have to increases some of the restrictions or potentially this will be an on off for some time we have to evaluate this very 'd carefully indeed exports are doing to 2 to recommence 'd specific measures to the politicians who don't have to make their decisions but i think the recommendations of the national academy of science will 'd be reasonable and say a good starting point also it is important that they set that we should not realize the late specific care groups such as the elderly or such as people with certain medical conditions i think that was also 'd a very important state and to be as briefly one of the most important aspects of such a strategy of easing these restrictions well it is. new really have to move who are responsible 'd people what they can do i think we all

society understood the importance of feeding his liar and sent the importance of the tension of the healthcare system so we should also count on on to society that they really work with everyone to make this. epidemiologist to be escort thank you for talking to g.w. thank you. so the discussion over when and how to access the lock down is still waging meanwhile spring has arrived in many countries in europe and at least in germany people tried to make the best of their situation over the easter weekend which meant catching some rays while trying not to catch the virus. spring has come and in parks across germany you wouldn't necessarily know that the country is in lockdown having spent weeks cooped up indoors many people are

experiencing a fresh appreciation for nature. you can send me looking for the tree being at site but of course i'm not meeting friends or socializing and it has a calming effect it's the last thing in the for me it's liberating to be as in a chair tools. in germany you are still allowed to go it alone or with one other person but it out to exercise or just to breathe in some fresh air bus even when you're soaking in the spring sun you still need to make sure you're sticking to social distancing rules. another man who certainly wishes he'd have more time for a nice walk in the park but our resident corona expert eric williams has been very busy thinking about and answering the questions you sent us here's our latest installment. can you get the coronavirus and share any symptoms.

based on what we know right now it looks like around one out of every 6 people that catches 19 gets seriously ill and develops difficulties with breathing symptoms and others who have tested positive for the disease range from serious to very mild and some people who test positive have no symptoms at all at the center for disease control in the u.s. believes as many as one in 4 people who get the disease show no symptoms know about vital information to have as asymptomatic carriers might remain perfectly healthy themselves but contribute dramatically to transmission knowing how many people are asymptomatic would also help us nail down the real mortality rate of the virus which continues to be guesstimated and finally it's important in terms of fighting the disease if we can figure out why some people don't get sick that information

could help us in. race to develop therapies. could survive i think they would 19 meaning to deal me this question is closely tied to the question of why some people can carry the disease but are are asymptomatic from what we've seen so far the corona virus infects everyone but some people don't develop symptoms and that probably has to do with their genetic make up past research has shown that genetics do have an influence on the course of viral infections and scientists are looking at some key genes very closely in the covert 19 pandemic especially the ones that include 4 and control the expression of an enzyme in the cell membrane called ace 2 it's what the corona virus uses as a gateway to get into the cell could variations there or make some people more

susceptible than others may be it's pretty unlikely though that there will be a single genetic variant that determines whether you get a mild or severe a case of covert 19 the 1st wide scale research studies in the area are ramping up now but they'll take time to carry out and evaluate. and if you have a question for us about the virus simply post it in the comments section of r.t.w. your chat and that wraps up today's edition of coven $1000.00 special for more on the event i make to check out our social media channels and our website that's d.w. dot com which has dedicated covered 9000 pages in 30 languages i'm chris caldwell and thanks for watching and before we let you go many scientists around the world are calling on governments to provide people with face masks if they intend on easing lockdown restrictions on taiwan seems to be a step ahead on those sorties there has sort of vending machines where people can

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