it about what's going on in 2050 i can't imagine that people in the sand the cause the count the much better and then reduce the number of cancer cases there is the opportunity to live a much more fulfilling life because many diseases shortcomings cause of aging and to counteract that though logically at people they healthy for a longer period in their life. this is. coming up today i knew a lot over an old full. south korea type constrictions altered in the present. and for the 2nd time. is at the center of the outbreak. in thailand economic hardship brought on by a medical emergency. and

in china more than 100000 people are. as floodwaters threaten lives and property. welcome to. glad you could join us all thought of cheese in south korea bowls district social distancing measures in the capital seoul. to fight a sudden increase in coronavirus cases the country has just at its highest daily rise since march nightclubs karaoke bars and some other to establishment and the surrounding areas of incheon have been ordered to close. also on gatherings of people indoors and outdoors 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 the government action came too late for us to cope with the outbreak. the government should have forcibly suppressed that church they handled this too softly that this does too much harm to residents. to mean that i'm going to pick. only days before the shutdown of sudden jail its leader chunk one who organized in large rallies raising fears that the virus may have spread their 2. boys for the church say the government is overreacting i think but you don't do you know the

government try to expand the scope of covert 900 tests until 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 praised 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 provinces museums churches nightclubs and restaurants have to close again. she groom harm your mother told it over here if we can regain 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 a 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 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 human south korea is now over the past 5 days there are more than a 1000 new cases here. this is perhaps the 2nd time frank that the charge finds itself of the. virus are 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 going on president of 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 leadership in and president moon j a 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 smith in search of thank you so much. they're going on about a spine democrats hit the country's bigger neural sex trade hard the once bustling regular districts devoid of any 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 mt or the normal. 33 year old anna is transgender and a sex worker with a suddenly vanishing clientele. 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. close and no have war

and it has lived and worked here for 11 years one of almost 30000 sex workers in a city of 110000 people and a services used to be much in demand in a good month she turned $850.00 euros now it's about $100.00 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 to tell ya. side of the law 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 check.

for half an hour 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 by. compared to many other countries thailand has been hit mildly by coronavirus the government says that's a result of the lock down for the past weeks and months have been hard for many not least for ana and pâté yeah and it's still not over. this is my difficulty in my life i ever had i think maximum for me is. if not better so i can go back to live with my family but. all who are you where you. saw here is the freedom. the pandemic has turned life upside down here for an hour 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 man young city they were forced to abandon their trucks and move door to door on foot to risk you 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 are 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. new. communities in the water low country side also face another has it. the street in long one city was turned into a raging torrent as of yet mudslides tore through southern gansu province. a nearby bridge was swept away in the search. 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 the show to check out other stories on our web site. combating the pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. 19 special next on d w. you know that 77 percent. are young.

that's me and me. and you know what time. of the 77 percent. of. the 77 percent this weekend on g.w. . as this generation continues its fight against the coronavirus concerns are growing about the next generation. like this many a stain on the front lines. being pregnant. mothers of 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 covert 19 could have on fertility rates. great time to get pregnant some of my friends have been through stressful times others of 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 point to a 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 affects on older generations further down the track. a month before this moment. her

husband to the coronavirus.