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there is something wrong. the cleaners social media shadow industry starts june e w. this is deja vu news live from berlin a powerful cycling hits coastal areas of india and bangladesh claiming a number of lives as that storm pushes in london coronavirus pandemic is making it even more difficult to keep people safe and assess the damage also coming up. here of 2nd biggest airline says it is close to sealing or tyronn
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a bailout deal with the german government. and how was the coronavirus transmitted scientists are looking at an outbreak of a choir here in berlin to gauge how people are infected through breathing in the tiny droplets known as aerosols present in the air around us. our brian thomas thanks so much for joining us this morning one of the stronger psych loans and decades is moving inland in india and bangladesh millions of people have fled cycling omf on an authority say low lying areas are risk of flooding in the south or they're also concerned about the spread of the coronavirus and cycling shelters where social distancing is impossible. these bangladeshis are preparing for the. psst. filling sandbags with their bare
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hands they braved conditions voted on by one of the most powerful cyclists in decades. of. meteorologists have dubbed it a super cyclon and as it headed inland it lived up to that name it sent water surging inland some 25 kilometers to the damaged compounded by winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour. in comic conditions inside kid of bangladesh volunteers help to bring locals to safety more than 2 and a half 1000000 people were evacuated to shelters like this one which brought new concerns amid the corona pandemic bill but the day you can put it there is a shortage of drinking water there are sanitation facilities for them that nurse or should distance is maintained for that reason the fear of the corona virus spread is persistent there. already scrambled to evacuate residents in the cyclons
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projected path of destruction but that may leave them vulnerable to an increased risk of the fires 50 kilometers west into cop a attempts at social distancing futile. i mean there are too many people here it's impossible to maintain social distancing i'm very concerned we couldn't stay home due to the storm and here is the tension of coronal i'm just trying to dodge both. and i'm precedented challenge for millions in pan couldn't have come at a worse time. tracking developments from delhi forces. where is this storm headed at this hour. looks like to what i just made it better be all over the stomped it was down after making landfall on how important it is see to see that the true assessment of the damage really deep deep today on
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close stands a cloud of these was a warning yesterday that people should not do much from their homes and then all at night is declared because of us just lack of funding in from another region actually check the drug bust up the damage as it was pulling out of any of that assessing damage from what amounts up to 12000000000 euros that is also of course the not supply side of the knuckle to communication lines dr oz what it got out of captain our best and what was a song blackout is electricity cuts was it happened so the assessment of the damage as that would happen through the day today ok as this assessment takes place a what's it looking like have efforts to prepare for the storm paid off. it's important to note that the national disaster relief force of india has truly put together a command of the effort that has improved its performance over the past few decades the previous storm of this in density which i put it like 20 years of old saw
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a loss of life and death i wasn't beat that and even why any gossip like is is is that sadness betrayed not course that the damage has been 30 years however i must fall to the oil attention to the need to improve resilient and try to stop changes really as these egos ask on current and also our venue because of its sheen better conditions that have been instigated by climate change these are seeing more and more extreme climatic events so the investment such as what the damages is seen 12000000000 euros i mean better be invested in infrastructure so that these storms do not check this much. preparations might have been improving but but there's a completely new threat this time around what can you tell us about the threat for thousands of people in shelters of coming into contact with the coronavirus that's true crime is happening to about and this is definitely a double check just 2 weeks ago all this for excitement and what i mean i guess
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what i didn't mention does actually converted into cool woodwards and now this letter was sort of just pieces do more of these speak that many people actually use it for the you want to walk and talk to the bank put them to willing to back me she sent us because these are what about the impact of the good when i want to even buy if you speak to me and then have that the strong the steve st louis is going to be distracted in controlling the damage caused by the 2nd one and hence in fact let's give men spend a divine is also important to see that many migrants from urban centers like new delhi and won't be up to being back to the steve ovett bank on notice up so what exactly even if johnny apart isn't steep grade after look after them as well let me . developments for us from delhi thanks so very much for that misha let's give you brief down some of the other stories making in the news at this hour votes are being counted after brandy's presidential election the day passed off
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peacefully despite initial fears of violence the main opposition party is accused of tory's electoral fraud saying its observers were chased away from polling stations there were a few independent observers on election day. recession hit japan has seen its exports fall 'd some 22 percent in april as the country's worst drop in more than a decade this as the pandemic slammed a global demand japan is heavily dependent on its exports but it's had to shut much of its economy down. german airline has confirmed it is close to sealing a deal with the german government over a 9000000000 euro carona rescue package. saying the package you're stabilization of measures incorporates $3000000000.00 euros in the form of a loan from a public investment bank under the plans the federal government's economic stabilization fund would acquire a 20 percent stake in the airline as well as
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a convertible 5 percent bought. let's get more on this now with a reporter simon bone didn't you simon ryan morning what does this deal mean it is live tonsil now going to take an active hand and running the company well you know these talks have been going on for weeks and part of the reason for that is a fundamental disagreement within the governing coalition as to what the role of the government should be with lufthansa ultimately it seems they've reached a compromise that the government will be something of a silent partner it will get to board members so it will have a say in the running of times it but it's also said these people are not going to be ministers they're going to be business people appointed by the government so it's hoping to take something of a hands off approach one thing it does want to prevent is a takeover of lufthansa and the 25 percent share that it will have in total with the 20 percent stake and the bond will allow it to to prevent that simon there's no
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way to predict when we'll see an end to the damage being done to the global travel industry by the measures surrounding the penn demick right now is this enough cash for europe's 2nd biggest adeline are now to to weather the storm well i think a wait and see approach is what they're aiming for that part of the deal doesn't involve a 3000000000 year old line of credit and that obviously will have pay the bills have a look times a says by its own reckoning that it's burning through it 11000000 euros per hour the airline itself is saying and has been saying. it expects to end up a smaller airline and it doesn't expect under the best circumstances for demand to return till 222-9000 of those killed 2023 and i believe they are saying that is the most optimistic scenario with that in mind is this enough cash that's one question but what about. planes what about the staff what's happening with them right now
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well. look tons it has a fleet of about nearly $800.00 planes some of which are older or less efficient models and it has i believe 14 a $380.00 s the super jumbos which are not going anywhere it sent them to spain along with some other 4 engine aircraft which are many analysts say that their planes are unlikely to fly again but the greater concern obviously for the employees is what's going to happen to them and the fans employs about 135000 people it's furloughed $90000.00 of those already and the airline was last week talking about cutting around $10000.00 jobs because it's says it just it's going to be a smaller along the demand just won't be there in future so you know we can look ahead to probably thousands of job cuts ok we should know more about this deal going through or not later today simon bone thanks for now. here's a look now at some of today's drona virus developments the number of infections worldwide is now past 5 now in the world health organization says 106000 new cases
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were reported last 24 hours that's the most in a single day since the outbreak began the chinese city of new han the epicenter of this outbreak as issued a total ban on hunting breeding and eating wild animals research suggests the virus most likely spread from animals to humans through such practices the european union's virus response chief says that the region must prepare for a 2nd wave and that it is not a question of if but when and how big that wave will be. studies suggest that the sars cova due to virus could spread through the aerosol drop it drop us that we exhale and that means close spacious spaces with little ventilation put people at risk the choir at berlin's cathedral discovered that during a rehearsal back in march. to be a spokeswoman as the cantor of berlin cathedral here on march 9th he reversed
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together with 80 singers this is how the chairs were arranged in the room no one present was showing symptoms of covert 19 but 5 days later 60 choir members had fallen sick on tickets to concerts and we've got the whole spectrum from very mild symptoms to very serious cases it. is not the only one asking how it was possible for people throughout the room to become infected studies have shown that infections through droplets would have been practically impossible over such distances. now researchers are increasingly turning their attention to aerosols tiny particles of less than 5 micrometers scientists suspect viruses can also attach themselves to aerosols and be transmitted that way. that one isn't 05 aerosols are such tiny droplets that they can remain airborne for a substantial time and can therefore be inhaled into the deepest parts of the lungs
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aerosols are created wherever fluids are vaporized that can happen for example as they pass people's lips during speech or singing. but i think we're seeing in larger droplets don't go very far because they fall quickly to the ground aerosols are smaller and later they remain airborne for hours and can spread through an entire room just how often aerosols transmit infections has yet to be determined the results could greatly influence the reopening of economies could people safely sit and chat for hours in restaurants or work out together in gyms aerosol transmitted infections could hardly be prevented their outdoors aerosols are harmless the fresh air thins out the microscopic particles too quickly for them to become a threat for an infection to occur a certain quantity or viral load is needed. indoors as aerosols
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accumulate so do the risks. in the when people occupy indoor areas and if there's a ventilation system it should be turned up if not 2 windows should be opened that opposite ends of the room to create a good draft and change the air. because. for now to be a strawman rehearses only with a small ensemble in berlin cathedral inside the vast space aerosols can dissipate fast fast enough for no one to get infected the cantar hopes in summer he plans on rehearsing the full choir again outdoors. japan has launched a rocket carrying a cargo vehicle full of vital supplies for the international space station the rocket carrying the country's kind of tory transporter blasted off from the to make it she must face and this will be the last time the cargo ship will be used to
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deliver supplies to astronauts in space. and this is due to be news live from berlin i'm brian thomas don't forget you can always keep up with the latest on our web site we're on social media for the entire team thanks for joining us. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona update.
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