this is e w news live from berlin a warning that germany could be heading for an uncontrollable spread of the corona virus comments from the country's disease control agency comma after an alarming jump takes the daily number of infections a box filled with fallacy that's the highest number in a single day since early april. also coming up china's race for a vaccine teachings as one could be ready by the end of the year but experts say the return of the pandemic could come sooner. the coronavirus also dominating the

u.s. vice presidential debate the american people have witnessed what it would be great to feel you know of any president or administrator history mark from the from the very 1st good president donald trump to put the cold turkey for. comma harris and my pants face-off debate in issues ranging from the supreme court appointments to the climate but did they have any answers though. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a leading health official in germany says that the spread of the corona virus could become on controllable if people do not stick to hygiene and distancing rules the warning comes as official figures show the number of new cases in germany has leapt with more than 4000. it's reported in the past day that rate has not been seen

since april when the country was still in lockdown authorities have tight restrictions in high risk areas and they have warned against domestic and international tourism speaking with the press today the head of germany's robert costa institute expressed great concern about the spike let's listen. to the current situation worries me a lot we don't know how things will develop over the next few weeks it's possible that we will see more than 10000 cases a day and it's possible that the virus spreads uncontrollably does he just used to do it for good and for more let's bring in political correspondent thomas sparrow who is following all of this for us from berlin did the german government thomas mention any specific steps that they are taking sorrow what mr also mentioned immediately after that soundbite that we've just heard is that his hopes that germany will be able to control and reduce the numbers on by doing so that germany

will avoid the health system from being overwhelmed on this has been a particularly important element when you look overall at how germany has fared when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic because yes obviously these numbers are very concerning but at the same time germany has fared comparatively well if you look at other european countries however there are areas of concern one for example that more young people are getting infected another one there's a 2 asian in big cities like right here in london in fact but they also are now in some concrete measures for example a nighttime curfew and also contact limitations on germany's health minister actually also refer to the current situation in but what he had to say about this specific situation. it is a step by step and we have to be careful not to undermine our success in dealing with the coronavirus. the situation here in berlin shows that callous and at times ignorant behavior during this pandemic can quickly change the situation for the

worse and. that's why i welcome the new measures taken by the city council. and in all of that thomas i mean it goes back to the message the numbers are expected to rise further though in the coming months what would germany's response be and what lessons have been learned from the widespread restrictions back in march and that's why the german government has also been discussing the plan for the coming months in particular because the next few months will be colder months where people tend to be more indoors than outdoors one of the concrete lessons that was learned from a month of the pandemic was for example to separate patients in hospital between those who have grown out of virus like symptoms and those who don't that is something that also today in that press conference was clearly mentioned that need to separate patients and at the same time they have been asking people here in germany not only to keep social distancing not only to continue wearing their mosques as necessary but also to improve and increase the ventilation of closed

spaces that is something that authorities not only now but also in the last few days and weeks have been very quick and very clear to point out that dach could be one very important and effective strategy to also help reduce the risks in the coming months in particular as yourself sara mentioned numbers could actually continue to rise something that is particularly worrying here in germany thomas authorities they've also warned against domestic and international tourism so can we expect straddle restrictions now in the future. that has something that's also been under discussion although officials were clear today that only a minority of those who get infected in germany now returning from other countries in particular from high risk regions they have said that a majority of those infected are actually infected in germany for example in parties or gatherings or also in hospitals and that why the focus now will be primarily in these kinds of infections and i said earlier also considering

particularly the fact that more young people are getting infected thomas sparrow and berlin thank you now a new rapid antigen test is raising hopes for a quick self diagnostic here in germany the test checks saliva for the virus and it promises a result within just 15 minutes without the need for a lab or for a doctor the government says that it has secured a supply of $9000000.00 devices per month and wants to increase that number but critics say they are far from reliable and i was our reporter found out not yet widely available as a down list i mean quite a lot of people and some of them maybe corona positive so today i want to try out the new and to test. and. i'd like to buy an antigen test didn't do read for plan afraid i can't show you the test as things stand it can only be given out to medical stuff so you don't qualify

you can't test yourself you simply have to go to the doctors and agree it's kind of this. after this initial setback i find a doctor who's willing to let me do the test myself not the standard procedure yes . this is this is the packet containing the antigen quick test i only got this week ago so i had to read the instructions to this also a small sterile swab here no i'm not going to beat your comment your tongue down far enough you can use a stick to help i'm sure you can tell it is. not that easy but for me definitely doable. have you done both sides yes left and right afterwards the swap goes into a liquid which is then tricked on to the test when line means negative to mean positive of. as a result it's pretty clear the tests are showing

a negative result sibylla katzenstein thinks everyone should have a test like this at home. which would be great for a moment for example whose child wakes up feeling sniffly but she isn't sure and is wondering whether she can take the child to school and go to work herself. if patients have access to a simple test they could do at home that will do use the pressure on doctors and laboratories and it would help a lot of people to decide what to do. but critics say the test is not sufficiently reliable here's how laboratory an antigen test compare when a person gets infected with covert 19 the viral load in the body starts off low increasing rapidly in the 1st few days and then decreasing as time passes a regular lab test can detect the fire a surly on with very little viral load the antigen test can only detect the virus

later when the low just higher so does that mean i could actually still be positive despite having a negative result i asked a lab x. parrish when he was asked if the viral load in the throat is not high enough to begin by the test that might result in a false negative and it's the same if this was not done properly. and is intense and fast way of testing people but the test is less sensitive than others and can't completely inspect and to do tests can replace task but they can be a great home in the fight against cold 19. and for more on this let's bring in stefan willis he is the director of the institute. for social medicine epidemiology and health economics at the sherry tate hospital here in our land welcome to the program and thank you so much for taking the time to join us to talk with us about the importance of tests especially as we have heard that the spread of the virus

right now is increasing in the country yeah the viral have been not a good is the reason some watch i don't think it's really rory suddenly had but numbers are. coming are so we have to watch our we have to cheer up to the established methods of crude rendition may be a social distancing namely those nose of traction and mating and of course the issue of tracking and tracing this will be the cornerstones of a long term strategy know the testing of the 1st test of the rabbit to this it is a very promising development and the testing is currently on the go and validation and i would expect that it was in fuel we may be forced 56 weeks

lease test will be made broadly available in the united be reliable and then will my life much easier and in many respects this charité where you aren't as of course one of germany's leading hospitals and therefore i'd like to ask you about hospital capacity right now because we've heard the head of the robert cock institute with this pretty stark warning saying that the spread of the corona virus could become uncontrollable in the country can the health system cope with numbers that do rise uncontrollably. i don't think this warning is justified particularly not given the current numbers not even in spring time. hospital capacity and intensive care capacity it was was even remotely used in germany we obviously are well aware that in some cities in italy and spain and also france there are probably also u.k.

though it was a of there was a shortage but in germany there has never been a shortage due to give you a clear idea of the about 3 percent of intensive care unit capacity is used for a car with 19 patients in berlin and that is probably representative for journalists of 3 percent only there is huge capacity. i don't see in the forseeable future the healthcare system could become. overburdened. however she will be in to protect the hirers patients as good as possible so we have to make sure that preventive measures particularly if a home for elderly carry most and for hospital it's that these protective measures

work because younger people have in fact the majority of the population is not seriously affected. by the disease it's the it's it's it's the clearly defined high risk pool so if if really achieve an adequate protection for the high risk pool there is from my perspective nothing to worry in terms of getting close to the hospital pass thank you so much for joining us to share that that expert opinion and down and your expertise on this matter stuff and then i think as we mentioned you're the director of the institute for social medicine epidemiology and health economics at the shites a hospital in violently. your art. well with germany and other european countries moving to contain a rising number of infections time is reporting the pandemic there is under control

beijing says it has been in the pen and that it could have a vaccine ready by the end of the year we'll get more from beijing in just a moment 1st this report on a crowded train station yet people here are not afraid of getting infected there are currently just a couple of 100 active cases in china it has already celebrated its victory overcovered 19. now china wants to be the 1st country to develop a successful vaccine. for companies have vaccines in stage 3 testing some trials could be finished by the end of the year. but several 100 people have already been vaccinated since july and initially it was military and health personnel but now it's teaches trying conductors and generalists. we have completed preclinical an animal test that fulfills the conditions required

to approve the product. for. even though in fiction numbers are currently low in china experts say the country may well experience a 2nd wave of infections in coming months after the good times of summer and autumn has cited. and let's go to beijing now where correspondent is standing by for us. let's talk a little bit about how close china is to coming up with a vaccine for domestic use and one that it could potentially use on the international market where where are developments right now. it's of course very hard to assess china's quite confident that they might finish phase 3 tests the tests in real epidemic situations that are currently under way until the end of the year and then that they could roll the vixie in out there are

as we've just heard people who have already been vaccine and quite large numbers we don't again have a clear figure but this is something that has been criticized by epidemiology and immuno all knowledge is around the world because of exene should really be considered according to them safe only when phase 3 trials are completed and it's also unclear whether soldiers for example would have a way to stick to to make a decision themselves or whether they could because to do that so there has been criticism but it shows of course also that that the chinese leadership thinks that it is on the way to having a big scene again many questions will remain. but the country clearly wants to be the 1st country to to bring a vaccine to the domestic and to the international market and they're pushing for this hard to speak with us

a little bit perhaps more broadly speaking about the concern in china over the cove in 1000 numbers going up again. so what china has done so far is that it really seems to have brought the domestic transmissions under control we have almost no news about domestic transmissions anymore we have just completed an 8 day holiday public holiday where 5 to 600 millions people have been travelling most of the people you can you cannot really see them because it's dark but most of the people around me here are tourists in traveling from other places so people have some kind of a confidence the borders are closed everybody wants to and has to undergo a 2 week mandatory quarantine and people are still that's the measures in place but overall the country seems to be confident that there is no outbreak around now in

the country and these measures are there so there is of course awareness we have to use apps to register so people so the government could trace infections back people are still wearing masks and once something is found there would be strict measures in place quickly that's at least what has happened so far so there is no as sign that people are letting come down their guard completely but it is more or less relaxed at the moment he is pulling out in beijing thank you. the cost of virus of the economy has dominated the 1st and only vice presidential debate ahead of the us elections republican vice president mike pence and his democratic challenger senator kamel harris clashed from behind plexiglass over the trump administration's response to the pandemic other hot button issues where the president's choice for the open sea on the supreme court abortion and the ongoing unrest in american

cities after the recent chaotic presidential debate this seemed civil and much more orderly the 2 candidates seated at a safe distance divided by plexiglass barriers in the 1st and only vice presidential debate both harris and pence seemed ready for filing to give every need to vice president just like he interrupted me and i'd like to just finish the coronavirus pandemic was just one of many issues of contention between mike pence and camila harris the american people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in history of our country undermining the pen's who hits president trumps corona pandemic task force on excess went on the defensive from the very 1st day president donald trump has put the health of america 1st before there were more than 5 cases in the united states all people who

had returned from china president donald trump do what no other american president had ever done whatever the vice president with the pandemic still affecting millions of americans leaving many worried about keeping their health care coverage harris went straight on the attack if you have a preexisting condition heart disease diabetes breast cancer they're coming for you . if you love someone who has a preexisting i say thank you they are nice and i marry you if the vaccine ends this response avoided specifics obamacare was a disaster for the american people remember well president trump and i have a plan to improve health care and for preserve protect preexisting conditions for every american here that abortion also came up as always an important factor in american elections or in 4th. i'm pro-life i don't apologize for. this is another one of those cases where the search for dramatic contrast joe biden

kamel harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth late term abortion they want to increase funding to planned parenthood of america issues before us can be more serious there is the issue of choice and i will always fight for a woman's right to make a decision about her own body it should be her decision and not that donald trump and and the vice president michael. the most viewings of the debate to play spiritually at home some locations hosted small viewing parties like this one in cincinnati. well i think it was a lot more like a debate than the previous presidential that be. a lot more with what normally happens. i was pleasantly surprised to see more civility in this debate than the previous presidential debate. but it's unclear how much this vice presidential debate will change the dynamics of the presidential race donald trump

and his challenger joe biden ship will to face off again in the 2nd debate next week. and let's get more we're joined here in the studio by peter all the dollar lot of a attention on this vice presidential debate perhaps more so than in previous years why well you know one of the reasons is that we're looking at the 2 presidential candidates who are really the old is in history i mean biden at 78 would be the oldest incoming president to ever take office if elected it will be 82 by next election meaning that he's already said you know i'm not going to run for a 2nd term essentially setting the stage already for kemal harris to succeed him if elected again trump already broke the record when he was elected back in 2016 he's now $74.00 would be $75.00 if inaugurated in january and there's the added layer with him obviously that he's sick with bars he you know claims to be out. the woods but that doesn't really appear to be the case so we're looking at

a much greater likelihood that we have indicates that one of these potential vice presidential candidates could take over and there were 2 really big issues that just kept coming up over and over again now was the coronavirus pandemic and the economy the big economic impact that it has had on average americans and how many of them are suffering right now did these 2 candidates deliver when it came to appearing indeed presidential well i think in many ways this was probably the kind of debate that a lot of people had hoped for last week when the 2 presidential candidates faced off rate this was much more civil much more presidential there not a lot of undecided voters left but there are no if that it could still make a real difference and so you know this introduce i think the voters to the temperament the character of these 2 candidates come all the hairs over her part former attorney general of california as a center is shown herself to be a fierce prosecutor and her challenge i think was to stand her ground call out pens

challenge him on the issues but not come across in a group black woman a real challenge for women in the presidential field now other challenge also to not just fire of the liberal base the more progressive wing of the democratic party but really also to assuage fears of you know moderate republicans who don't like trump but maybe feel a bit uneasy about going for democrats and so you know that may came a little bit at the expense of her forcefulness but you know reaction suggests that she really pulled off i want to talk about. the strength of the administration's pandemic response u.s. president tweeting an update on his condition let's listen i want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president because i feel great i feel like perfect so i think this was a blessing from god that i caught it this was a blessing in disguise. yes this was his 1st appearance since returning from the

medical center walter reed a part of a nearly 5 minute video where it almost sounded like really a almost a commercial for new experimental and very expensive drugs that are not within reach for a lot of americans so one of the drugs he's had it was a drug called general and it's an experimental anti body antibiotic cocktail that trump billed as a cure you know experts say it's promising but it's really very much still in the test phase and so you know trump obviously wants at this point i think to project strength and control at a time when we're looking at over 200210000 deaths cases searching across the country and it kind of reminded me of when trump was out trying to sell a hydroxy cork when asked the cure all right i mean a drug that his own health officials later had to go out and warn against. i think the truth is not just that the race for the cure has been incredibly rushed we don't have yet a full picture of what works but really also trump it appears is growing at

incredibly desperate he is trailing badly in the polls that we've seen and it appears that he is more interested at this point frankly in getting reelection or getting reelected even if that path to getting there is paved with you know have truth were untrue then at this point he has about you know the health and safety of americans that at least what comes across in this video just a few weeks ago in the race for the white house. thank you. germany's daily numbers of new corona virus infections has leapt to over 4000 the highest number in a single day since probably a this as the germans of these controlled agency of the robert institute warns that the virus can spread uncontrollably unless people stick to hygiene and social distancing roles. and in their only debate ahead of the u.s. election vice presidential candidates mike pence and calling harris have clashed over the trumpet ministrations response of the pandemic but both appeared to dodge

questions at times pants on whether trump would accept election results should he lose and harrison a potential expansion of the supreme court. the facts my colleague monica jones takes you through all of the headlines from the business world i'm sorry kelly and carla thank you so much for watching.

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