the drinking water shortage. high unemployment. what happened to i'm gonna stream of black gold? oil promises. starts december 4th, w. about the runway back to business. the international air transport association calls for systematic testing of passengers to give planes flying and more from the industry bodies. director general near animal, also, and germany's boucher bendix. vacs is to significantly increase the number of its members. we'll tell you why. and all the farmers in iraq are hauling in a bumper harvest. the covert restrictions are hurting their business. and crystal

welcome to the program. global air travel is looking for a way out of the devastation the pandemic has been causing the international air transport association. i.x. have believes it's possible to save the industry from ruin by reopening safety as soon as possible. and it seems to be high time. the industry body expects losses to belong to $84000000000.00 in this year alone. the unprecedented drop is due to demand in the industry tanking by well over 60 percent. now today i asked is holding its annual meeting where measures to remove travel restrictions will be high on the agenda. and a move towards what could become common across the industry. australia. squanto has announced that international travelers wanting to fly with the carrier will need to be vaccinated against cove. at 19, earlier i spoke to director general and c.e.o.

and xander vision yack and asked him what ideas the industry body had to move forward. you know what we are a commending because of that scene is not there yet and will be probably the law of mass in more of the 2nd half. and why? and because we kind of wait for such a long time to start, we've proposed to stage a systematic testing for ask them to this departure or, or all, but that's systematic. it, everybody. so you fly someone who is so it is not infected or where the least bit is actually sort of the pandemic is under control, which is the key issue and the best there. technology, a lot of that now and who's supposed to pay for this? testing? it does a very good question because the 2nd major improvement that the good yes made is to

refute the whole thing with the p.c.r. test you got in the area. it was dollars for test with the n.t. gent. yes. you aren't. yeah. yeah. between $6.00 to $7.00. so it is affordable on a pretty large scale. and so we think that we could use massive new state delegate . we commanded by, you know, 2345 key the ways and we also work to rebuild. man, you know the right of all we work with that. part of that is we have mangrove tested that been issued a few days ago. so everything is ready. and we would like to convince states if you implement that technology and the process will fall as and you don't need to quarantine, you can be moved by the problems and then the traffic stop. now your organization has also called for an additional $70.00 to $80000000000.00 of additional state

help. how justified is that in the fact that other economic sectors are suffering as well in this pandemic? we are absolutely conscious of that. that of the father, not the only one to suffer, but we're really on the frontline of station you mention that we were expecting to lose $84000000000.00 of it. when people i can tell you like this, your mission that we make public. and if you, if your moment is much higher than the 2nd, is this, then already given us one within 60000000000. but as we have no passengers off, as you mentioned, the traffic has been used by since this 6 percent. and for the long haul, i think about 90 percent. it means that our situation is still that it,

that it. and we have just admitted of huge need around 70 to 80000000000 of us who we are very grateful about the previous stimulus packages have been implemented. it, but it's a pretty big joke and without them 1st, if you know, one who has the, you know, the money you have invested, we are asking for more. and secondly, if you want as quick, strong, strong development and growth for your economies. you know. 'd we will miss the problem as soon as possible. other words, no problem, no hook. and xander does any actor director general and c.e.o. of the international have transport association. thank you for talking to us. germany's benchmark dax index is set for a major revamp dodger burrs, which operates the dax plans to expand the index from 40 members from now 30. it

also toughen rules for daks members and speed up the process for kicking companies out of the index. the changes are in response to the collapse of former dax member wire card, which went bankrupt in june and germany's biggest post-war accounting fraud. let's get more on this from the financial correspondent, shitters pandey in frankfurt, ashutosh. what do the operators of the dax want to achieve with this book? because they're basically trying to align this benchmark with international standards. and the idea is to focus more on qualitative factors such as profitability. if the company is doing level audit, so not. these are the factors that drive to actually focus more on because going into the future, you can actually now see that a company with does not some that it's audited. results in due time could be booted out and that's a problem be faced with by a card just a few months back. and the also,

the idea would be to actually ensure that this benchmark is with companies that have a track record of some sort of profit and profitability. operating profit for 2 years is now a basic minimum requirement for companies to be to enter this benchmark. and i'm sure will be the new members them well, that's 40 still months of age. so it's not yet clear. but there are speculations that though probable entrance could be on line. fashion retailer the londo. that's one of the top names that's doing the rounds. then. siemens energy is there, and over $900.00 s. provider is also among those people which are being among the companies touted to make the cut down day in frankfurt. thank you for now, but do stay with us. u.s. president joe biden has reportedly picked janet yellen, the former chair of the federal reserve to become as treasury secretary, missy ellen presided over the u.s.

central bank from 2014 to 2018. in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the move comes after president donald trump's administration agreed monday to cooperate with biden's transition team. that role free up federal funding for biden's team after weeks of delays. as mr. trump continues to contest, election results. back to you in frankfurt, ashutosh pandey, janet yellen, a familiar face to financial markets. what our expectations for a very likely secretary of treasury, john is, you know, well, exactly. the markets are definitely happy. it's a known face. as you mentioned, she's a known doll for somebody who cares a lot about creating jobs. and that's one of the aspects that the market civilian excited about. it would be needed. her expertise would be needed. going forward, specially doing a pandemic. she's expected to work really in tandem with the fed chairman jeroen paul with that's going to be important because we've seen of late. there's been

a spat between treasury secretary new minucci and and paul wood. and so there should be more think going forward between the fiscal and the monetary policies. i should have found a frankfurt. thank you. and now to some of the other global business stories making news. bitcoin rose to $900000.00 on tuesday for the 1st time in nearly 3 years. the digital currency has surged more than 150 percent as investors seek out protection against inflation amid massive government spending. to combat the virus that klein is closing in on his all time high of just under $20000.00. but asia's shutting many factories of top of law of the world's biggest drug maker for kovan, $1000.00 screening and quarantine. the move comes after more than 2000 workers tested positive for the disease. sales for the company have been booming on huge demand since the pandemic. but news of the closures saw shares fall sharply.,

britain is considering a new law wish would find u.s. telecoms cut, u.k. telecoms companies up to 10 percent of annual turnover or 113000 euros a day if they breach a ban on using gear made by china. while way, the u.k. banned the use of fall way in 5 g. networks in july saying u.s. sanctions meant twal way would not be a reliable supplier. it's to iraq now, and after years of war, farmers in the country have struggled to return to normal. many have managed to replant their land, but now say the pandemic is blocking their path to recovery. and an extra ford will need to all the farmers struggling to spite harvesting a bumper crop. it's harvest time once again at this olive grove in northern iraq. famo, now ali is expecting a bumper crop,

but it's not enough for him. and many of his fellow farmers that these trees are 30 years old, but now you see there's no market in the farmers are losing out. the farmers are breaking up their farmland and selling it as residential land. even god wouldn't accept that. near here was the front line of operations to free mosul from the so-called islamic state group. many farms were burnt down. now the area is stable. farmers had hoped to return to their traditional ways, not so for the likes of fact. moved. who's taken to sealing the crop in barrels of his father, north of mosul. he helps to sell the next year. instead, that's if the pandemic subsides, the coronavirus left a big impact on us. our lives were exported to the southern governance now as a real and sort of money. but the coronavirus in the closing of checkpoints

affected us. after years of war, time, devastation, these farmers still have no choice but to wait longer. wait until the end of the pandemic before their lives can finally take on some semblance of normality again and the rest of our program. for more news and background stories, you can log on to d.w. dot com slash business, or check out our social media. i'm chris, thanks for watching. ever suffered over

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will follow are part of a new kind of they could be the future of granting opportunities, global news that matters. d. w. made for mines many leaders see testing as the way out of this dark and sporadic tunnel of coronavirus lock down. the thinking being that if you can catch someone before they spread the virus, then you can slow and even stop the pandemic. in austria, the government is planning a mass testing campaign. here, a bike courier drops off, tests at apartments in vienna. back in the evening to collect the samples to be tested, but not every test is created equal. and the timing of tests is also crucial to

getting to someone before they're infectious can make or break the contact tracing campaign. a mass testing program in northern italy has identified over 3000 coronavirus cases. and many of those people had no idea they had covered 19 testing can clearly be a powerful tool for combating the spread of the virus. but what tests you do and where is key? we report from a hospital in a corona virus test to make sure this patient's not infected ahead of her operation in a few days time. if it doesn't hurt exactly, but it's very unpleasant. it feels like the swab is poking around in your brain, but the test is obligatory to protect other patients and staff at hospitals like this one in berlin. but many people in germany would like the chance to be tested more regularly. it would be good if we could use the tests to make things like

traveling easier to be a bit safer. but that doesn't look likely any time soon. but the testing capacity at its limits, the government is trying to ease the pressure on overworked labs, even some hospitals are shifting away from the more reliable p.c.r. tests. instead, using the faster cheaper antigen test to check that stuff for the virus that has the advantage of rapid tests is that we get a result within 30 minutes. it's relatively reliable and a relatively easy testing system. but on the other hand, the disadvantage is that we know the rapid tests are slightly less sensitive to the virus. the p.c.r. test is the gold standard. it's more precise than the rapid test. and it's a fine balance between what's reliable and what's practical. but the rapid test come with that challenges too. in germany, they can only be administered by a trained health worker that costs time and money,

and means people can test themselves at home. nurse eve, bahman understands the dilemma. as hospital staff, of course we would have liked to keep using the p.c.r. tests because they're more sensitive. but i understand that the labs are at their limit and we need to p.c.r. as more urgently for their patients. when they arrive with symptoms, then we have to know fast, but for sure whether they really have coronavirus or not. boman gets tested once every 2 weeks enough to feel safe. he says. but it's clear any hopes testing could be rolled out on a broader scale. we'll have to wait for many, that means a test of patience instead. now there are 3 key types of tests being carried out on citizens around the world at the moment. the 1st tests for a past infection is called an antibody test or a serological test. a blood sample is needed for this test. it's then analyzed on the existence of antibodies. these are produced by our bodies when they face an

infection and can be detected once it's over. the other 2 tests look out for an ongoing infection with sars cover to the 1st of these is the antigen test. it needs a sample of saliva or throat tissue which can then be analyzed for the proteins that sit on the outside of the corona virus. these tests can give results quickly, but they're not as precise as the p.c.r. test. for the p.c.r. test, you also need saliva or throat tissue. but this time it's tested for the viruses genome which is known as r.n.a. . the p.c.r. test is the most reliable one, but in many cases it needs more time to be analyzed. now i've been speaking to evangelise quite subtle us from the association the represent over 200 accredited laboratories. here in germany. i asked him why,

when we have these more accurate p.c.r. tests, we still need another type of test for khalid 19. the less accurate one, you mean the entity just well it's a, it's a tradeoff, i guess between speed and accuracy. we have multiple settings in patient care where we cannot wait 567 or even 24 hours for a test result. so take someone who is going to hospital over in an emergency setting, for example, of all in aged care, in an old people's home. someone is slow because it develops a high fever or not. you need to be responsible very, very fast. and in such settings, it may be acceptable to work with a little bit less curacy and less sensitive nitty. and that's how these tests have been designed as well. so tests also have a package insert like a drug, like a prescription drug. and it's very clear that these tests have been designed to

detect virus in people who are symptomatic and within a certain time window. and that also gives you that answer where these tests are not extremely good at the moment. that's in broad based screening, where people are generally asymptomatic. they look and feel healthy pile, where they could still be infected. and with these people into treatment and especially the robot tests do not have a very hard sensitivity. and we recommend p.c.r. testing should be done instead. but increasingly saying mass testing programs being carried out in various pass the word is that an effective way of actually defeating coronaviruses? it just telling you where seeds well, it's a different quality of the program, but it's not the continuous permanent screening and track and trace program. we currently drew broadway's crowd around the country. however, it has its purpose to it basically shines a spotlight into the part of the population at a certain point in time and tells us how many infected people might there be. the

trouble with that is a little bit dirt and engine tests again used and if the prevalence in the population of the disease is very low, like we have now seen all the italy over this past week and the positive rate there was below one percent. the risk of host positive and false negative results is very, very high. and we also see the problem in the negative. and the result could give some whole certainty because people can inflict it or get infected pretty quickly after the head test taken. but with a negative result, they might feel safe and everything's fine and take over doing what are they like doing, which is not quite the case. so we have to be careful with these results, but it gives us interesting statistics to see how many people might be infected within a certain population group. if you want to do what about the virus, because you would have to repeat it every day. and it would have to repeat the

entire population. and of course, it's a big enough feat getting those people tested once, isn't it? and the antibody test, so exciting as someone is, had coronavirus in the past. why is that useful? particularly when we don't know how long or even if that does make you immune well, that's precisely the point is so, and also why it's not being applied very much at the moment. so if you know someone has had the infection, a person has tested positive through the p.c.r. test, perhaps even been admitted to hospital. it is interesting to try out. the antibody developments there are different types of antibodies which build over time some very quickly within hours where the immune system runs up to fight in a drug that's a sign on to develop over time and then state. and so it's very interesting to measure in concern positive cases. how long do antibodies stay which type of

antibodies build over the period of time? but for the current fighting of the pandemic, this is not a very relevant information. we need to know who is infected, right? now, and who has to be isolated and put into the everybody test evangelise cuts from thank you so much for joining us on the college. 1000 special. thank you . and now is the boss of the road on where you get to ask the questions to ask science correspondent, aquariums if you're diagnosed with covered 19 and a recovering it's higher measures, should you take to prevent your family from catching it as well? the last thing you want to do if you catch cove at 19 is give it to your friends or family. unfortunately, that can prove challenging if you live in the same household. on the positive side, the evidence we have so far indicates that after your symptoms appear with every day that passes,

you'll likely grow less infectious though it's still grinding its way through studies at least. currently, we think that maximum infectiousness hits around the 1st day that you show symptoms if not before. so if you tested positive after you developed symptoms and are now convalescing at home and the people around you have tested negative, then the likelihood you'll infect them should as a rule drop by the day. here's what authorities recommend you do 1st, no visitors of course, and both you and caregivers should wear masks and any interactions, even if it's hard. stay as isolated as you possibly can, preferably in your own room with a window that can remain open. if temperatures permitted, door closed, try to only eat there as well. a dedicated set of silverware and plates is a good idea. if you have the option in your home of multiple bathrooms and toilets,

then dedicate one to your use limit contact with caregivers, if at all possible, they really should belong to a high risk group. they'll need to disinfect regularly. leave any dirty laundry or bed linens, unwashed for as long as possible. and finally, don't forget that caregivers will also need to quarantine for as long as health authorities require. even if that means long after your own. proved. and you can submit a question for derek through you tube channel. we have just enough time to bring you the latest developments in the race to get a coronavirus vaccine ready for distribution. scientists at oxford university working alongside pharmaceuticals, astra zeneca, say trials show that their vaccine candidate is 70 percent effective, but that is thought to rise as high as 90 percent one and a half doses

a given that is lower than the percentage is given by pfizer, by on tech, however, the office of vaccine is cheaper to produce and it's easier to store for any other developments on the virus do go to our website, dot com slash call it 9 tame. thanks for joining us on the college. 19 special

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