isn't. using a little. girl. in the. donald trump's positive coronavirus test sends investors running to safety u.s. futures take a dive within moments of the u.s. president tweets meanwhile stock markets around the world also register a shock. as germany marks 30 years since reunification its economy it still shows divisions between east and west we'll look at some of the reasons why. i mean it is a don't fire to no more we'll see how the various coping without his world famous

october fest which held it to the concept. faces deja vu business on robots in berlin welcome to the program. we begin with the news from the u.s. the president donald trump and 1st lady melania after the positive for corona virus investors have been rushing to safety after donald trump made the announcement through his twitter account the on the 1st lady were already of quarantine after one of the president's closest aides hicks was also found to have copied 19 the news came out around 1 am in new york and the reaction from u.s. futures was immediate. on this let's cross to financial correspondent in frankfurt i should toss pandey i should toss what's the reaction been from investors around the world. things are not looking good rob actually the sentiments have turned negative a markets across the globe are in the red in japan it's the same story in london in

paris also here behind me you can see the dax is struggling there at the bottom so . and if you talk about the oil prices that again they have also slammed us is expected to open in the red again so all the negative news there it is a big shock for the markets they want to bed for this uncertainty right now traders are knowledge is trying to a certain what kind of impact would it have on the markets going forward what exactly is it about the news the president has coronavirus that is causing this reaction in the running to safety well exactly it's a classic reaction a knee jerk reaction just dump this move to safety and then take your time and make the assessment and then perhaps make investments is the same here and that's the reason why the safe havens are doing really well gold the. yen dollar they are

performing really well. so the similar reaction of come when prime minister boyd johnson also contracted the disease at the markets did go down but did did set it down a little later this time it's a little different because it comes very close to the u.s. elections so we got to wait and watch what happens next. and frank thanks for keeping an eye on it for us and other news this weekend germany is marking 30 years since east and west became one but 3 decades on from the reunification the fall of the fall of the berlin wall the former east germany is still lagging behind the west here's how the difference in stack up in numbers. no matter the job people in the east earn less than their western counterparts sales clerks in the east have around $26000.00 euros a year gross income whereas in the west they earn $28000.00 secretaries an easterner around 27000 euros while the same job in the west fetches 34000 engineers

in the east can gross 46000 euros but in the west they get 59000 people in the west might earn more but don't necessarily receive a bigger pension in 21000 male pensioners in the west receives 40 euros more than in the east but the situation is different for women female pensioners in the east receives almost $300.00 euros more per month than in the west that's because women in former east germany worked more than those in west germany thereby earning more pension but that has hardly any influence on economic power in eastern germany in the east g.d.p. per capita is around $33000.00 euros per year resin the west it's considerably higher at around $43000.00 the unemployment rate in western germany is also lower than in eastern germany in the former west it's around 6 percent at times in the 1990 s. unemployment the former east hovered at around 18 percent today the rates are slowly converging but when it comes to the economy german reunification is still taking more time than initially expected

so why are things still so different between the far east and western states so that's something we put to the president of the house institute for economic research professor right will. there are a number of reasons. and we need to know where actors want to say he's going to firms seem to be less productive and west germany. and less more. countries in the interim so it's more or less and less i being. compared. the fall of the belin wall was the beginning of the end for many east german companies who couldn't compete with their western equivalents however some of the skills and expertise that have been built up were simply too precious to lose optics were one of communist east germany's biggest exports but when germany

reunified 30 years ago few thought the state run cold science plant here in garo had much of a chance against tough western competition 3 optical engineers took a chance and bought the company shares to keep the optical traditional alive. the units seem to be stacked against the 3 who had never run a business before and had little idea about the market economy. manfred shoe box was one of them. whom interlocutors i know just as we had to be able to recoup the money we were spending has been. to name and as of we also had to build relationships with banks. and develop other ties with you to create a broad network is. to shuffle. the lack of relationships with banks in particular broke the backs of many startups in eastern germany they needed

the banks money for investment but they had no experience dealing with banks at all . in the tardis is not an issue it's an irony of fate that just after the crisis these companies were not trusted as much as the old established ones that had existed for $3540.00 or 50 years come alive through an icicle difference again she was going to talk to their strong point was their technical knowledge their company known as p. o. g. or precision optics gave up was full of optics experts even so uncertainty about its future meant many sleepless nights for the founders but that was something they kept to themselves. your current position we couldn't tell the newly hired employees that we all tried to make it work they could have gone to work for other companies but we wanted to keep this team together and. the team stuck by the

owners and out of 50 employees they soon grew to 180 the road to get there was an arduous one but in the end the company clearly made the cut. now a brief look at some of the other business stories making the news here leaders have agreed to levy sanctions against government officials in better. however president alexander lukashenko is not among them around 40 officials will be subject to travel bans and have their assets frozen it follows a violent crackdown on protesters following august election which the e.u. has described as rigged. tesla has cleared all the major hurdles needed to get approval for its new factories new near berlin even according to the regional state premier that is if follows nearly 2 weeks of public hearings environmentalist and some locals raised concerns about issues including deforestation water usage and noise pollution. i want the biggest

events in the german social calendar has fallen victim to coronavirus unix world famous october fest should have once again attracted enormous numbers of people to bavaria did you know normally they sell around 7000000 liters of beer but because of the pandemic this year's event was cancelled. now it's up to the regions government to cushion the blow for the local economy. an atmosphere like the rest but there isn't much going on at munich's going expanse right now to show men and market stall operators have been able to make up some lost sales here and that 9 other locations in the city peter bausch is even selling beer over the counter but small public festivals are no substitute for the october fest says the chairman of munich showman's association. it's a helping hand that we've gladly accepted but you can't compare it to

a whole season there are colleagues who have large stands and they don't have a place for them anywhere in the city. so they're still at 0 percent compared to last year and basically have no turnover at all. german showman install operators normally rake in around $4750000000.00 euros through the october fest and other festivals this year they missed out on most of that visitors are pleased that munich has allowed such alternative festivals to take place. so it's no substitute but it's still a nice experience it's nice here you can come here with small children and have a really lovely time. bring in. here at the olympic park many of the approximately 5300 family businesses of this kind in germany are fighting to even survive. most of the international tourists who normally bring momentum into the business have stayed away this year.

yes it's really bad. runs until october the fools just like we'll have our stand here until october 4th of course we're very glad of munich it has made it possible for us to have our stand here we're told. in. the munich breweries they're also trying to make up part of their normal october fest turnover at the alternative event this house reason but most visitors here are locals just a handful come from elsewhere the market stall operators and show men and now placing their hopes in germany's 3000 traditional christmas markets. in all of germany cities we've shown that there's no threat from events like summer in the city or from temporary amusement parks or whatever else is able to tape. place now. does he give the hygiene concepts can be implemented and developed

easily and i hope that these concepts will help us in the christmas season 1st one of your shift films special. but above all. airline iraq top story this hour investors look for safety after donald trump tested positive for the coronavirus the u.s. president made the announcement through his twitter account u.s. futures tumbled on the news. that's all from me in the business team here in berlin if you almost missed check out our web site either way dot com slash business we're also on facebook and twitter thanks for joining us.

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crew go no chemical. and boys. don't stand a chance. training successful. tucker cherami starts october 15th d.w. . the coronavirus is pushing more women to seek illegal abortions as lockdowns limit health care. there are $25000000.00 unsafe abortions every year almost half full terminations worldwide. and now the pandemic is approaching hopes of progress argentina's president promised to decriminalize abortion a 1st for latin america. well this remember those are not only remember these where the outbreak has put the reform on hold indefinitely. colombia was also close to be

good lies in abortion instead of talk or has ruled against it. in developing countries one in 3 terminations is carried out in dangerous conditions women in africa are at the highest risk of dying from an unsafe abortion. the statistics on their reality whether you're for or against abortion and not even factoring in lockdowns sure the restrictions have exacerbated the situation but this isn't anything new each year in kenya 2 and a half 1000 girls and women die from unsafe abortions it's a leading cause of maternal mortality especially in low income families and i'm robey correspondent mike miller met a survivor in the matar islam. we call her mercy but that's not her real name she was 16 when she fell pregnant her mother wanted her to finish

school so she forced nancy to abort the baby for fear of repercussions she hides her face. i went to a local medicine man i stayed there for 3 days he gave me herbal medicine and i took it and. then on the 2nd day i started seeing blood in that i was very afraid. there were people who were bored and they seemed fine so. i thought i would die. the. it's estimated that in kenya 7 women die each day from unsafe abortions abortions are illegal unless the mother's life or health is in danger or if there's a rape case that's why women come to this man he's well known for carrying out abortions along with other procedures even though he has no medical training mercy came here too she paid the equivalent of 8 euros for the abortion in the interview

however he denies performing abortions but still he wants to hide his identity. i'm not. given an injection drug and they're sent home so the pregnancy can terminate there many of these women die if there are lucky they do die if they're lucky the pregnancy terminate safely it's usually bad however. again it's on them by. in most cases women need professional help after the abortion the international aid organisation mary stopes is one of several n.g.o.s in kenya that offers these post-abortion care services but there's a lot of uncertainty says daisy adela. we don't have clear guidelines national guidelines on money doing this possible should care so so we're going to football should subsystem therefore this stigma that envelops us goes down to these women no

doubt who has no option and doesn't know where to talk to. of course merci would have preferred to see a real doctor 3 years later she's still suffering from the traumatic experience because those men will just give you some kind of medicine and then tell you when the pregnancy has been terminated they only want your money in the end you are the one who has to suffer in a battle. despite the stigma she faces from her community she thinks every woman should have the right to a safe abortion. or drink where he is senior press officer a human rights watch east africa so how has covert it exacerbated the situation. same to you you know pandemics always have an adverse effect to maternal health we saw with their boy a pandemic in sierra leone my sandal health access was very limited and now with the coronavirus and then make the same is happening u.s.p.s.

warning that with the disruption and their lack of access to contraception. in middle income countries in low income countries about $7000000.00 there be about $7000000.00 unintended pregnancies and this is the time for governments to step in and start addressing maternal health even as they're thinking of coronavirus because we are seeing women right now having to be discharged from hospital much faster and hospitals are trying to social this and you know putting all the measures to prevent coronavirus infections so this really limits how they can care for women who are coming in to give fire or who are coming in just for that care before they give or even after and of course the shortages in medical supplies has affected contraception and even condom manufacturing companies are warning of

shortage you saw of course this will greatly affect how people can prevent pregnancies and you also see in other places like italy and poland government that taking care taking advantage of the pandemic to completely cut off access to abortion. health care side of things what about the educational side of things the link between education and teen pregnancy for example. years saw before the pandemic many countries especially in africa be struggling with teen pregnancies and if i can give an example of kenya. a few months ago 2 months ago or some counties in kenya released data or pregnant teenagers and we saw this in the cows and tens of thousands girls who are now pregnant and why the government should have some concern and you know i acknowledge that this has happened we did not see

any efforts to ensure that these girls will be considered when schools are reopening and even now when there are discussions about how schools will be opened then all special considerations being outlined how these girls will who are back to school and what happens today to creation of small fine a lot of the year this year has already been lost due to the from their me but their children who are you know locked up sometimes of their users or people having sex because they did not you know have information or you know. other reasons but now we need to address the fact that the children need to go back to school and what's the government doing to make sure that they are not left behind whenever schools reopened or just tell me how how can educate and help our girls are raped by a family member in lockdown. so all children have

a right to education right and the lockdown did force some of these children to be locked down with children with people who are abusing them and if you're if a girl if a child is receiving comprehensive sexual education then they're very clear up or on about their bodies about what's acceptable about what consent means and about where to get help so some of these tips it's part of education some of this test can help tiled seek help reports and talk freely about what's going on with them but even so we need to secure the education after the pandemic and a possible stigma around abortion is i guess one of the biggest problems facing us and many young women. there's a lot of stigma around abortion but you see this is coming about from laws

and policies that prevent abortion but that does not actually stop abortion it just makes it more difficult to access them for the people who are seeking abortions are not getting them from qualified health care for the seat of health care providers and so when they do procure their bush on its policies and people do see others suffering. bleeding so much or even losing their lives so this just perpetuates this sigma but it is to see if abortion is actually health care that can be provided to people who are going to give us and you know limits the kind of sigma and misinformation that comes with it or to go into why when i see a press officer at human rights watch if africa thank you thank you.

and let me hand you over to derek williams who's been busy researching answers to your questions on the correct advice. what if no vaccine is successful what would be the powerful what the speed at which vaccines are being developed for covert 19 is breathtaking and there are over $150.00 of them in trials of some sort with with dozens of them in testing in humans and though that might seem like overkill it's not that's because under normal circumstances where development takes many years less than 10 percent of vaccine candidates for other diseases and up receiving approval so blots of the ones aimed at covert 19 not going to work out almost certainly the majority but what happens if none of them do it's a scary scenario and it's one that most experts don't consider likely but i suppose it's certainly a possibility so let's look for a 2nd and what that would mean if

a vaccine remains elusive will have to continue to try to fight the virus by helping and healing the people who become infected with treatments like newly developed or repurposed drugs that improve outcomes there are still just a couple of compounds being used widely intubate 19 treatment and they only help seriously ill patients so if it takes longer than we think to develop a vaccine we're going to need more therapy and then a big goal would be to nail down early stage treatments that prevent the disease from progressing to deadly later stages some of the most promising potential alternatives in this direction are around a dozen repurposed antivirals but also an immune system protein called interferon beta as well as artificially produced antibodies called mad for monoclonal antibodies researchers are raise. singh to test those compounds and others and it's

likely that at least some of them will pan out so so even if a vaccine doesn't we should still be able to save many more lives in the future with more effective treatments for people who catch the disease. there are millions there on benefits i said have you along i'll see you next time of i.

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