despite my confront my. policies and development the stock. to security question must. not have to be cheap but so much more needs to be john and i think people have to be a concrete solutions. and. this is. coming up today i knew a lot over an old full. south korea talk constrictions alternating present. the highest daily ride since march and for the 2nd time a trudge is at the center of the outbreak. in time and economic hardship brought on by a medical emergency nobody's friend has nearly wiped.

out in china more than 100000 people out of vacuity as floodwaters threaten. 5 british welcome to. glad you could join us all thought of cheese in south korea bowls district social distancing measures in the capital seoul and neighboring areas to fight a sudden increase in coronavirus cases the country has just to its highest davy rise since march nightclubs karaoke bars and some other to establishment in seoul and the surrounding areas of incheon have been ordered to close this destructions also on gatherings of people indoors and outdoors. those the new measures are meant

to keep in check the growing number of cases many of which have been traced to a church congregation. a place of worship at the center of souls corona virus outbreak more than 600 cases have been connected to a site until church the church building and its surroundings are now sealed off local residents are frustrated i'm not always but here you go if you look at what our government action came too late for us to cope with the outbreak. the government should have been forcibly suppressed that church they handled this too softly that this does too much harm to residents. she leaned on to appear to critique. only days before the shutdown of 7 jail its leader trunk one who organized the launch rallies raising fears that the virus may have spread that to the boy is for the church say the government is overreacting uk but to tell you how

the government tried to expand the scope of covert 1000 tests on to the church with unprecedented abuse of authority. the past week has seen south korean case numbers rise to 3 digit highs only months ago the country was praise for getting the outbreak under control through testing and tracing. restrictions have now been reimposed on gatherings in seoul and its surroundings including neighboring incheon and chunky province museums churches nightclubs and restaurants have to close again . she groom harm your mother told it over here if we can't regained control over the virus now we will have to consider raising the social distancing to level 3 and that would have a large impact on our economy and people's livelihoods south korea may be on the brink of a new coronavirus crisis with the prospect of restrictions being greedy introduced nationwide. german offer more as correspondent frank smith

from a circle frank south korean prime minister. said there was a possibility of mission wide pandemic what is the government's strategy in fighting this new outbreak. well the 1st thing they did was they raise the level of social distancing rules from level one to level 2 in a 3 level sort of system they've also banned indoor gatherings of more than 50 people banned outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people suggested that people stay home for a couple of weeks public facilities the 12 sort of high risk venue's have been shut down those are public facilities 'd as i mentioned bars and nightclubs as well they're also very aggressively conducting contact tracing of members of that church that was involved in the demonstrations on saturday and

trying to get more beds available here in south korea as now over the past 5 days there are more than a 1000 new cases here. this is perhaps the 2nd time frank to charge finds itself of the. brick in south korea how are people responding to this. well there's been an extraordinary level of inconveniences that this resurgence in the virus is causing for example people that have made wedding reservations now are going to be charged for cancelling they made big deposits because in south korea weddings are huge occasions and people are you know engaging in online petitions calling for the government to to help individuals that are being you know facing these charges be reimbursed also schools are scrambling to implement new

coded 19 guidelines in terms of the number of students they'll accept in their classes it had been something like one 3rd of students would be attending classes and then 2 thirds if they were in outlying areas all of those now are being revisited as the country deals with this sort of growing resurgence in the cove it $900.00 pandemic here and now an order for the charge which find that some of the center of this controversy has accused the government of quote unprecedented the views of authority what is behind that statement. june 1 whom the lead pastor of the serin jail church in northern soul has been a vocal critic of the south korean leadership in and president moon j n he's been previously implicated in some tax fraud and illegal electioneering prior to the previous elections he labels the mungy in

government to a communist regime that he would like to see overturned any he often demonstrates against the president with thousands of people in downtown seoul calling for the ouster of mungy and this was the case just this past saturday august 15th when thousands of. hoons church members his congregation came out to demonstrate in the south korean capital he 'd has been asked to provide a list of all those that have attended he's been accused of withholding the names of people and providing inaccurate information to the government he's also i'm self the the minister has contracted couvade 19 as well so this is an ongoing story that the government's trying to scramble to contact trace all those that may have developed cove in 1900 symptoms following this massive demonstration

that took place this past saturday frank smyth thank you so much an entire record on of us from democrats hit the country's 1000000000 euro sex trade hard the once bustling red light district devoid of meaning vast numbers of migrant sex workers are facing an existential choice return to their villages or find another job. tell ya's main party street so wimpy that the high heels echo matter the normal. 33 year old anna is transgender and a sex worker with a suddenly vanishing clientele. they come fall read legs and have some fun like a play pool table and play a game and have some dream something like that. and now everything is quiet and everything is closed. but you schools know have.

and it has lived and worked here for 11 years one of almost 30000 sex workers in a city of 110000 people and a service is used to be much in demand in a good month she turned 850 euros now it's about 100 with so few clients and spends time helping in the soup kitchen for sex workers in need most of them come from villages where their families depend on the money they send from pâté our. side of the lot there's no money coming in from anywhere. i work as i'm a soused and i'm not earning anything if this goes on i have to work as a saleswoman and then all earn a lot less. but not made. in the capital bangkok a reopening of bars is being tested cautiously the workers dance with masks on while guests provide their name and phone number and have their temperature checked

. a half a mile i'm happy that we could open again but i don't know if the customers will play along he said but for if we'll ever get back to where we were guy. compared to many other countries thailand has been hit mildly by coronavirus the government says that's a result of the lockdown for the past weeks and months have been hard for many not least for ana. and it's still not over. this is my difficulty in my life i ever had i think maximum for me is 2 more months if not better so i can go back to live with my family but. all who are you where you from something here is the freedom. the pandemic has turned life upside down here for anna who knows something about evil and change

it's a more uncertain future than ever. in try another young visit to dangerous levels off to some of the heaviest rainfall in recent memory southwest and central regions have borne the brunt of flooding hundreds of thousands of local residents have been evacuated from low lying areas for. the mighty yangtze swollen to historic levels southwest and central china has been hit with some of its heaviest rainfall on record causing hundreds of rivers to burst their banks. for the 1st time sichuan province has declared a level one flood response the highest on the 40th scale. emergency teams are battling treacherous conditions in men young city that were forced to abandon their

trucks and move door to door on foot to risking trapped residents. there were scenes repeated in villages towns and cities across the region as tens of thousands flee the rising water. in many areas boats of the only way to navigate the flooded streets. it's a race against time to pluck stranded residents from danger. these men were found exhausted clean to a roadside. communities in the water low country side also face another has it. the street in long run city was turned into a raging torrent as soviet mudslides tore through southern gansu province. a nearby bridge was swept away in the search. for. those who couldn't escape in time had to be hoisted by helicopter from the rooftops

. as well as the dangers to life and property china's cultural heritage is also under threat the 1300 year old. is now surrounded by floodwaters at one point the statues toys are under water the 1st time that's happened in 70 years. that's it for today be sure to check out other stories on our web site. combating the pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. update. 19 special next on d w. how does

a virus spread. through just through the. weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get your podcast you can also find us at. science. as this generation continues its fight against the coronavirus concerns are growing about the next generation. like these medical workers a staying on the front lines despite being pregnant. mothers are putting off their dreams of parenthood until

a treatment can be found. some had predicted a baby boom during lockdown but initial research suggests u.s. birth rates have fallen. that leaves many wondering what long term effects coated 19 could have on fertility rates. great time to get pregnant some of my friends have been through stressful times others have coasted through this crisis making the most of taking it easy joint pregnancy and many more delaying their plans to make a family google searches for terms like morning sickness and pregnancy tests have fallen scientists say the data collected points were 15 percent drop in birth rates in the united states in the coming months the picture varies around the world but all in all it looks like fewer babies are higher impact on the wellbeing of new moms and effects on older generations further down the track. a month before this moment. her husband to the corona virus.

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