remember how can we protect our turns and what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing small solutions overstrained said in all the ways. the ideas in the limited series of little tiny holes in. my. bank ends its run in the red germany's biggest lender has posted its 1st annual profits after 5 years of losses we'll ask how it's done it. will be super mario to the rescue of the head of the e.c.b. mario draghi is putting his crisis management skills so the test once again becoming head to the v a tally in the government. and tens of thousands of check workers cross into

germany and every day we'll see how they're coping with the new content looting. this is due to be business. welcome to the program. but don't you bank has posted its 1st annual net profit for 6 years in may have 113000000 euros into the black during 2020 despite the pandemic bank is midway through a 4 year turnaround program which aims to cut costs by almost 17000000000 euros but along the way it will be making job cuts 18000 of them us around a 5th of its workforce however georgia has a long way to go before it can compete with the biggest european banks particularly in terms of market cath it trails behind the likes of h.s.b.c. spare bank and b.m.p. power with just. 17.4000000000 euros that's 17th place overall in europe let's bring in our financial correspondent in

frankfurt comrade buzan and let's talk about these deutsche of bank results because now after 5 years of net losses now profit how they've done it well they have cut losses of course they have really been quite successful in their investment banking units and with the ongoing volatility on the financial markets with high trading volumes it's likely that investment banking will remain. pretty profitable for the bank for quite a while corporate banking well the performance there will depend a lot on the continuous impact of the corona pandemic on the economy and on the business of those events customers alice a very hesitant to make precise forecasts just as they found it very difficult to predict what kind of result bank would come out with today or can they keep it up.

as a city under lockdown frankfurt had hoped for some good news but its major banks have delivered mixed messages this result season one of the bright spots bank its 113000000 euro net profit for the year 2020 is a sign of light at the end of the tunnel after years of struggling with failing divisions litigation and i t troubles well i think there's a windfall gain from the pandemic well all client have to restructure the financing situation in much need for capital a lot of transactions lead loans they need their over to mr jastrow response fall into situation and all this is good for the larger budget because they come provided full service argument on that far fewer pandemic loans are going sour than expected that's good news for the bank the outbreak of the pandemic may even help the bank to cut costs many of its employees are working from home

a trend the bank wants to keep up the outlook for core mats bank germany's 2nd biggest lender it's not as rosy the bank is said to cut $10000.00 jobs about 20 percent of the workforce no wonder that in an internal survey of cold math bank employees only 20 percent say they're optimistic about their future. the german government still owns around about 15 percent of command shares that's a holding dating back to the last financial crisis before this financial crisis 20082000 the night the share price was at 220 euros now shares are trading below 6 euros. because in the end frank thanks for joining us. a former european central bank president mario

draghi has been appointed to lead a new italian government as head of the e.c.b. he guided the eurozone through times of crisis the question is can he do the same thing. they call him super mario for a reason it was tonight he was single handedly calm financial markets at the height of the euro crisis. we need in our monday within our monday these c b is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. and believe me it will be enough. to that he gave markets the confidence they desperately needed fast forward a decade today that is home country is in dire straits the coronavirus pandemic hit in the midst of an economic downturn exposing a lack of infrastructure and straining the public coffers the country's government

debt has steadily grown for years and is expected to hit new post war records this next year clocking in at almost 160 percent of gross domestic product. analysts say italy needs labor market and pension reforms and stock he knows it won't be easy. and we're going to feature it is a difficult moment for them the president has spoken about the dramatic health crisis and its great effects on the lives of people on the economy and society the seriousness of the emergency demands answers that are offered to the task of reeky their responsibility it's a little secret soon. many on the financial markets believe that he is up to it that after fixing the euro that he might just be the right man to fix it only to. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making the news dial it plans to split itself into the stock got automakers as it was spin off its truck and bus

operations into a new company to be listed on the front stock exchange the remaining business will house its car operations and be renamed mercedes benz. consulting giant mckinsey has reportedly agrees to $573000000.00 settlement over its role in the us opioid epidemic mackenzie advised her to pharma the now bankrupt maker oxycontin and other drug makers to aggressively marketing people painkillers holding 2 lawsuits. and shell has reported a net loss of nearly $22000000000.00 for 2025 similar losses for other titles like b.p. and exxon mobil shell says it may now need to cut production and has previously announced job cuts around 9000 point. the e.u. and the u.k. looking into invidious $40000000000.00 acquisition of british chip designer own competitors say the company will have an unfair advantage chip designs are widely

used by apple samsung and other small items. now every day tens of thousands of people cross from the czech republic into germany for work many of them are employed in industry or in the health care and hospital sectors but coronavirus restrictions are making the crossing a lot more complex. 7 in the morning in fulton violet on the chick german border yuri burma is on his way to work in germany to enter the country he has to show a negative coronavirus thirst every 48 hours his appointments are made online the tests done in a former customs house were not allowed to film inside. there a doctor takes a nasal sample to see if you're e. is dealing with a corona virus infection. after a 20 minute wait relief comes in the form of

a text message on his phone. i open it up and. i'm negative now i can get into germany a lot of. the czech republic has much higher corona virus infection rates than germany the rapid tests for commuters are aimed at keeping the border open and lowering infections. 10 minutes later yearly burma is at work in the printed circuit plant of his employer dell tech. a qualified electrician is responsible for several production lines which make printed circuit boards for the auto industry. his wife and their 2 small children live in the czech republic a mere 15 minutes away from the plant. but he still doesn't feel like relocating to germany. i've bought a house there i've got mortgages and needs renovating the situation is too difficult to stay in germany right now. over 2 thirds of the

company's staff commute to work from the czech republic deltec couldn't function without them. most of them are well trained in electronics. and we're grateful we can employ people like bees. $4500.00 cross border commuters come to the district of. many of the highly qualified specialists who are in high demand the district's chief administrator wants to keep the border open for commuters otherwise a lot of local businesses would go bankrupt that's why the state of bavaria is paying for the tests it's our bills that it. they pay their income taxes each year the painter our social security systems. and that's what justifies the free state of bavaria to pay $18.00 euro's for a fast antigen test just 18 euro's it's the same thing we do for the local german

population as well. with almost 25000 commuters in the area alone that adds up to quite a sum of closing the border don't be far more expensive and the tests don't bother you really burma too much he just doesn't want to lose his job pays him a 3rd more than he durned back across the border. now next time you check into a hotel you can perhaps expect a robotic reception a guest house in johannesburg has become the 1st in africa to embrace a new technology that makes for a more pandemic friendly. what time is britain to say. akron up thruster on tuesday printer night x. makes 32 techniques 90 mid week and i'm going in there a one to 3 humanoid robots in johannesburg's hotel sky they can do more than just answer gas questions they can also carry luggage and deliver room service they sort of how about with the smaller things if people need smaller things and we stuff

would you leave it running up to fulfill as digital of a meal or delivering 2 meals now we've got the facility where they can control that all of us in cells in sanded off and they can also have the jackpot on sitting christians that we have usually taken advantage robots are finding their way into new roles in rich countries but they are rare in developing nations at this hotel guests and staff are happy about the addition to the hotel manager says. it just creates such a nice vibe and excitement for the stuff in the in the stuff to have that. inside africa bowl is a special way they have the opportunity to to be part of this chain in being the innovators inside if you get to tell it in trade. the manager insists that his goal is not to replace staff in a country where nearly a 3rd of the workforce is unemployed. he believes the whole lot could help keep hotels open even during strict lock downs and help save jobs that will be taking.

so from a in the business team and that if you all from us to check out our web site com slash business also on facebook and twitter thanks for joining us and so next time goodbye and. the fight against the corona virus 10 damage. has. the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t w. w's talk show. strong and clear positions from international perspective. every week we get to the point on

a current topic. open controversial community. to point. out on the other side. wearing a mask is no big deal in asia they've been doing it long before the corona virus pandemic. western countries have been more reluctant to adopt trace masks as a useful tool to fight the virus we don't generally recommend the wearing of masks in public but otherwise well individuals. because it has not been up to now associated with any particular benefit. but eventually opinion changed hands the home so masks popped up everywhere and experts change their tune people

congregating often without masks of being in crowds and jumping over and avoiding and not paying attention to the guidelines that we very carefully put out we're going to continue to be in a lot of trouble and there's going to be a lot of hurt if that does not stop. as more variants of the virus emerged medical masks were back on the agenda even becoming mandatory in some places but can masks really beat the virus. that's the question welcome to our coverage 9. special i want to jones in berlin good to have you with us and just in case you're wondering why isn't she wearing a mask well the studio's pretty much the only place i can take it off for now because things to keep changing just like the virus itself and that also goes for the acceptance off wearing masks and the evidence that they really help curb the

spread of the virus in fact a study from germany has found that face mask could reduce the number of new code with 19 infections 20 days after their mandatory introductions anywhere from 15 to 75 percent and researchers also found that the reduction in new cases was the most for those above 60 years of age this is the 1st study to identify causal effects in a population rather than in a clinical setting highlighting the co-relation between wearing face masks and a drop in new infections. class they had a professor of economics at the governor's couldn't bear university mind is the co author of this study and he joins me now good to have you with us what i noticed is that your study doesn't mention specific facemasks why not balance true we don't mention flu specific trace mers across the regulation at that time just required to wear any mask so the bees were probably normal made.

ok so we don't really know about the efficacy. where we take into consideration the medical masks which are now mandatory in many places or f.p. market do you have a hunch would there be even more effective. yes of course i mean there are other studies that detail which type of mask or effective and we know of course that. last mask on the 1st. nurse doesn't talk you have a much better approach ringrose. ok apart from the model of the material of a face mask what other factors play a role in in making wearing a mask effect if i believe your study also points to different regions different climate. you know all regions on climate i'm not too sure what but what definitely matters is what i'm asking since the issue is a menu where

a beer then of course there's a lot of airflow at the edge of the mask and this can be a problem in any case with any basket on the environment if you are in a. continuing a do. you know you will contaminated and you end it here and then you can get infected anywhere you are in robots and there is more growth as they enter anyway right i just had to smile because you mentioned. no a few colleagues here including our science correspondent who will find it difficult to part with the beard but back to the efficacy of a face mask the average in your study says it's at around 4547 percent that's a good start but it means that we also need different measures to win this fight which rules are the most important all the rules that we need in place from your point of view. well it's definitely true master you're not the only

a measure we should employ there should be other rules but if i should say something about rules i mean rules are one thing but compliance to rules is a much different and when we look for example at the sudden increase of infractions before christmas then no we this cannot be related to rules because the rules didn't change in time but we know from ability day to others around christmas which and be understood but nevertheless around christmas mobility increased a lot so the question is how much compliance is there to rules in their private environment and then another issue so for example a mass workplace i recently went to a small enterprise for a mechanic to earth and everybody was without a mask i mean i was shocked i mean so masked and there were places they would all be your good measure s. well exactly and you just mentioned statistics with looking as mobility before

christmas i mean with what's been flooded with statistics on daily infection numbers now for almost a year now and more recently sadly we also get the daily death numbers and how helpful od those statistics when it comes to assessing the situation right now. yeah this is a very important question the daily reported infection numbers we hear every day they have serious study script problems there's a systematic bias where does this bias come from well we test for different reasons one example is we test when people go to a doctor and have symptoms and then we test the individuals who had contact with the person who is infected or we test individuals that return from mali dates the study think a problem resulting from this is when the relative importance of how many tests you undertake because of symptoms or because of crevice or because of other reasons

when this relative shout changes then there are reported number of infections are not comparable over time there are of course other such as ticks which are less biased when we think about the number of individuals in intensive care units i mean this is definitely very unbiased this is a very good measure and then as you said the number of deaths you don't want 3 others but this is also an unbiased measure but unfortunately these measures are late no i mean this is not in some tenuous measure of how your append any so what we should be his we should not just test individuals i mean testing is are extremely important test as much as possible and we should also report why individuals were tested and if we knew for example all the positive tests of individuals that were tested because they have sometimes then we should then we would count quoted 19 cases so cases of the deceased and this would be

a unbiased measure of the superiority of the under me ok so there is definitely some homework to be done certainly when it comes to effective testing just very briefly at what point do you think can we been elon musk's. ah well when the pandemic is over its own plans are ok if if if i had to give a rule. wait for the number of patients in the intensive care units to fold to a level that we had in spring 2000 range. then we can be more relaxed so we need to use unbiased measures and or on this return based long term rules and long term planning right that sounds like a good plan classmate a professor of economics at the one is good and they're going to versity minds and co-author of the study on facemasks thank you so much you're welcome.

so testing and wherein face masks to reduce the number of infections that's half the battle won but some cases are less easy to trace than others which brings us to one of your questions and over to our science correspondent eric williams. what do estimates now say about the percentage of infections caused by asymptomatic cases. to answer this we have to 1st look at differences and similarities in asymptomatic and priest symptomatic carriers of covert 19 now if someone is infected with the virus it might take time to develop symptoms but most people eventually do they're just priest symptomatic for a while one of the things that's made this disease so hard to combat is that unlike for example people who got sars we think that 19 patients grow most contagious

late in their incubate period so while the virus is reproducing rapidly but before they begin to show symptoms for some reason truly asymptomatic people never develop symptoms but apparently go through a similar stage of shedding the virus what asymptomatic and precint emetic people have in common are those few days where both are carrying the virus and shedding it yet neither is showing any sign of disease so maybe we should instead ask how many people are getting covert 19 from people who aren't showing any symptoms a recent study published by c.d.c. specialists tried to answer that question of the researchers had to make a couple of educated guesses but based on data from other studies they assumed that close to a 3rd of all people who catch the virus remain truly asymptomatic and that there

are around 75 percent as infectious as those with full blown disease if those baseline assumptions are correct asymptomatic people would be responsible for around a core. there are of all 19 infections present in batak transmitters or thought to pass it along at even higher rates than that so so the model therefore predicts over half of all cases of covert 19 are transmitted by people who have no symptoms at the time they transmit it no wonder tracing infection chains has proven so difficult it's more support for the advice that that wearing masks in public is a good idea even if no one around you is coughing. which brings us back to the topic of this program that was derek williams of course and he'll be back to answer more of your questions again tomorrow that's all for

this edition of covert 19 special but as we're all stumped often called say in these trying times we want to leave you with some images from eternal rome from the colosseum to the vatican museum which you can visit again the facemask of course enjoy the music thanks for watching and see you soon.

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