like so many other areas of life medical care is now also becoming digitalized. people with chronic conditions can for example have their blood pressure monitored remotely by staff at a clinic. next i talked to a health care management expert florian kind says patients in germany have become increasingly receptive to the concept of telemedicine this is lead to greater willingness among investors to provide funding that enables young companies to acquire new technologies carbon dioxide can get a lot of firms in germany of insufficient funding. that's especially the case with startups but that's no changing in some areas we're seeing many parts of the health sector getting a lot more capital and think that's enabled us to catch up with us for example our companies now have a better set of all round with competent teams so they can develop a broader scope. and frequent. the digital boom has benefited and given birth to a lot of startups swedish company who has developed

a digital health that allows users to consult with a doctor of life after registering online patients answer a series of questions about their symptoms and can then request an appointment. cruise network now extends to 900 doctors across europe covering all manner of medical conditions. to hire an infection inspect terrio infections headaches many different types of pain diarrhea and vomiting eye infections everything that normally a general practitioner will deal with at short notice. try pushing your head down so that your chin meets your chest. painful yes yes i feel it on the right side of my head where the pain is. the services available in scandinavia france britain and now in germany to. it's doctors speak

a range of different languages in germany consultations are offered in german or english. prescriptions sick notes and referrals are all issued electronically but doesn't that raise data privacy concerns as to how far a lot of people will have questions because it's also new. data privacy concerns are always great when it comes to health matters and what we're seeing people getting used to it pretty quickly because they know that it works and that doctors who have tele medical treatment training are able to find out a lot by asking the patient questions and his if you are also for. digital applications are now commonplace in the health care world in addition to promote consultations they now also enable aftercare for acute and chronic diseases ordering medication compiling patient data and even psychotherapy services. when it comes to serious or life threatening conditions there is no substitute for

a proper visit to the doctor but telemedicine can offer supplementary help and in germany for example health insurance companies now cover both types of treatment. now all that digital work during the pandemic has highlighted the need for a new generation of computer savvy specialists children these days tend to be immersed in a digital world right from the very beginning but what about us older people if you're looking for a job and can afford the training i.t. bootcamp software to bring you up to speed in just months it could be worth it because companies are desperately looking for professionals who can drive digitalisation. the global economy is in trouble supply chains spanning the climate have been disrupted the pandemic has highlighted the limits of the present economic system and the importance of digital technologies noire fisher is encountered in hamburg that describes itself as

a school and pool for digital talent. we are seeing growing interest in training in digital professions because of the crisis. for short courses it calls boot camps to train people in computer related fields. 3 months course in data science for university graduate costs a little under $9000.00 euros. training as a web developer costs just under 8000. digitalisation combined with coronavirus being forced to deal with these things no . flexibility and the willingness to go new ways are more important than ever that holds for training courses to remote learning is the order of the day. we see people who want to change their lives some being working in their profession

15 or 20 years and now want to change course. they spent 3 months with us doing intensive training and so they can work in an entirely new field. the need for many more digital professionals did not start with the pandemic but it has made it greater. the problem we are addressing on a small scale with our bootcamps is the lack of qualified personnel there are 124001000 vacant seats in germany right now on average it takes 150 days to fill a vacancy so there clearly aren't enough qualified. digital publishing is one industry in need of more people. are publishers magazines one of the print runs of its paper editions have been falling for years online presence has been growing fast its online publications now account for

a 3rd of its revenues. to work on the future viability of a company all the time and that involves finding qualified staff we have an arrangement with. whereby we can contact its recent graduates at an early stage so we can recruit good candidates for digital business. export driven manufacturing base is taking a battering because of the coronavirus crisis while digital developments are not up to speed. in the digital. managed. groups and make them more digitally savvy. digital technologies play a key role in just about every sector of the economy nowadays there's no way around the need to people's digital skill sets. i love working from

home but i. like it work my back is. like isn't as good as in the office the snacks are good but i do. at all times of the day and night it can get a little too much at times. that. that's working from home for you too much sometimes for you to emails phone calls leg skype what is a t.v. chat call. and you're expected to be available $24.00 seventh's would you react immediately to messages and form calls. what if somehow managing to do some actually i'm. sorry but i can't talk to you right now i'm shooting a video. how

can we get through this jungle without going crazy. i've got a few tips for you to. define when you want to do something and for a long if possible plan ahead when you want to do certain tests and how much time you'll need that way you can poke you spend it on the task at hand. interruptions and be a big typically killer research has shown that it can take an average of 23 minutes to get back into a subject after you've been distracted which brings me to my next point. set priorities when someone contacts you think whether you have to other right away or if it can wait for someone of your cult we should. hold that help we should put

that help on the other hand though whether who we start to do that we're starting her own school or progress in our work which might detract from the partner someone always weigh those 3 things obviously there are sometimes matters so urgent that they need to be resolved immediately. shooting a video but i'm gone. no you back in one hour ok but if they're not postponed them and focus on your current task. choose the channel of communication you feel the most comfortable with what would you prefer writing or speaking i know it's not up to you to dictate the means of communication. other. present fascinating articles about how these tools are more difficult for women than for men. in part because a lightning strikes is

a basis for if the media is suitable for many of us we might type stroke for a life better we might say no i want to do things right in the hour by slack her some other simple. answer is something about as we're agreeing to some calls because immediately takes the pressure off the video one more thing about what to get out of as many mailing lists as you can we spent 2 to 3 hours every day checking our maids wouldn't it be great if we could get down on things. take breaks nothing new about that. but seriously take a time out. that's imperative for your health and productivity just leg it on the stair cutting off ties.

time for us to clock off i'm been physical and so you know it's not. moving.

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place. play . this is d w news a live from for a leg in germany extends its lockdown once again despite declining numbers of infections and fears of more infectious variants of the corona virus and chancellor angela merkel insisting on extending restrictions for a another month and many schools and hairdressers will be allowed to open soon and also coming up on the shop. the wife of the jailed kremlin critic alex saying that bonnie flies into germany. now on the flies into frankfurt on a flight from moscow. thanks u.s.

president joe biden announces new sanctions against the military regime that seized power in myanmar his message comes amid a new wave of arrests of civilian officials and ongoing protests against last week's code. hello and play richardson welcome to the show germany's leaders have agreed to extend the country's current krone virus lock down until march 7th in a virtual summit with the leaders of the 16 federal states chancellor angela merkel made it clear she wanted to lock down extended for several more weeks even though the number of deaths and new infections has been declining recently. as the sun went down behind the chancellor in berlin another showdown about the lock down merkel and the state premiers wrestling with the question given the advance of

coronavirus mutations in germany how soon will it be possible to open up. the services. yes the time between now and the middle of march is when the experts are telling us that the mutated virus could gain the upper hand over the initial strain . it's crucial that we lower the infection rate in this period and that's why we need to be careful. until at least the 7th of march most restrictions will remain in place with 2 notable exceptions schools and kindergartens will start to open from the 22nd of february and hairdressers will be able to get back to work from the 1st of march move many germans are longing for the. hair dresser is a great loss my niece is cutting mine at the moment as well as she can. the next target is to start opening up shops and businesses that will be allowed in

places where the 7 day infection number falls to 35 but 100000 people but it's not going to happen just yet caution is still the guiding principle. closing things down takes courage opening them up demands intelligence it's more difficult because you have to take more things into account. specially with this new mutation it would be better if we push the numbers down then we can live freely instead of needing another lockdown i would love to just go out and you know go to cafe or and museum or visit friends or travel freely and take a trip somewhere and just to get out of my apartment. infection numbers are dropping in germany if that continues normal life it seems might be just over the horizon. well the wife of jailed russian opposition leader alex saying the volley

has arrived here in germany after leaving russia germany news magazine dash the eagle is reporting a union of on the landed in frankfurt after flying in from moscow and a passenger on the flight confirms this to w f n i as a rival comes a week after her husband was sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for allegedly violating his probation he recovered from a poisoning attack. and any reporter i mean i said has been following this story for us i'm going to do it we know why. has reportedly left russia we don't at this point so in russia the media is reporting that she left she fled russia in fear but in germany the s.p. goes reporting after talking to people familiar with her trip that she came here on personal business now we know that she and her husband of all the spent the better half of last year in germany in berlin was he was being treated for a poisoning attack so it very well could be on personal business that she's come

here but we also know that the russian government has really been tightening its advice on. lies of involve me especially his wife and tell us more about this i mean exactly what kind of political pressure has she been facing in russia while she was notably not arrested at the same time as involving when they returned ungenerous 17th to moscow but after she began participating in the protests after he was sentenced to over 2 years in prison after she participated in those protests she was arrested twice and eventually had to pay a fine though in terms of her being specifically targeted by the russian government the kremlin is currently considering legislation that would bar her and involve me from running for public office that would bar quote unquote foreign agents from participating in politics and advocates of that law have even said point specifically to and said that they want to avoid a bill ruse and should scenario meaning that the. the wife of

a prominent opposition leader who's been banned from running already specifically runs with his prominence and gains traction that way and we have reason to believe that she does have political aspirations in that sense well in russia it seems like the government there is trying to deal with that scenario already they said that this could be a likely scenario that she does run for office but her personal spokesperson has said has denied this and said that she does not have any plans to participate in politics in russia all right to be a reporter on the n.s.f. thank you so much for that. for. and we can take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world slovenia as a center left opposition has filed a 2nd no confidence motion against the conservative government of prime minister yanis. the 5 parties accused of violating constitutional principles by manipulating the police and legal system. haitian police in port au prince have clashed

with protesters calling on president. to step down and rest broke out in the caribbean nation earlier this month after he refused to leave office saying that his charm lasts until february of next year. a man who says he robbed a celebrity kim cardassian of 10 a $1000000.00 worth of her jewelry in 2016 cannot profit from the sale of book he wrote about the experience in french court has ruled a trial for him and 4 other accomplices is ongoing. so the united states now where house democrats have wrapped up their 1st full day of arguments and donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial the former president is accused of inciting the riot at the capitol building in which 5 people died last month impeachment managers presenting the case against trump said he undermined the election for months democrats and trump's defense team both have 2 days to present

their cases in the senate. here's what lead prosecutor jamie raskin had to say the evidence will show that he clearly incited the general instruction. he will show that donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the insider in chief of a dangerous instruction. and this was as one of our colleagues put it so cogently on january 6th itself the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the united states. let's get over to washington d.c. then and our correspondent stephanie simon's chef and tell us more about what we're seeing so far from those lawmakers presenting the case against. all day long the democrats the house managers are making the case that donald trump did it or was the insider in chief he incited the crowds to ransack the capital and to

this insurrection basically but not only and this is their main point not only with the speech he held on general 6 when all of this happened but also for months and months before so 3 points they want to make hay donald trump is responsible for what happened on january 6th be it was not only his speech he held that day but months and months weeks and weeks before a kind of planned approach by repeating the lies of a rick and stolen election and then egging on the crowds over many many weeks we have to be there and then in the speech to do exactly and to be responsible for that what happened on january 6th so far democrats are doing this with a timeline they're very meticulous about their giving a lot of details new video showing which was never seen before from inside the capitol c.c.t.v. cyclo sketch and television material and with all of this they stay very emotional trying to make this emotional to win over republicans

a correspondent stephanie simons in washington d.c. thank you very much. meanwhile president joe biden has announced a new u.s. sanctions against the military regime that seized power in an mar this as a close aide of ousted leader aung san suu kyi has been taken into custody in a new wave of arrests meanwhile large protests against last week's coup continue and activists are using increasingly creative tactics to make their demands. dressed in furry animal suits and risking their lives. 2 these groups of young protesters and young go on a challenging the crew leaders with humor their protest tactics which the slogans with pop culture references i knew from my mom. the most generations it's a good idea from our generation said where l g b t groups and cosplay is and where wearing costumes and trying to get international attention on twitter people from other countries have noticed it oh it's

a little way a lot. to gain attention and support abroad younger generations are using both social media and lessons learned from protesters in neighboring hong kong and toil and. wear in crowns and ball gowns. for growing share this like these members of a bodybuilding club people are showing bare opposition to the coup. demonstrators are calling for an end to the military dictatorship and freedom for the nation's elected leader own some suchi and her allies they also want to new constitution on their return to democratic freedoms to groups remain on deterred off to choose days violence. security forces declared the rallies illegal trenching peaceful protesters with water cannons there are reports that

police fired large rounds to disperse some marches. the teenage protester was shot and critically injured. a bomber shows the injured 19 year olds and demonstrators know their actions could risk a stronger crackdown from the authorities here but oh my god we are ready to give our lives if they're trying to threaten on on protesters we have nothing except our own bodies we are peacefully protesting but i don't. know we don't want to live under the military rules we want freedom. a curfew and restrictions on gatherings have been put in place but they have not stopped fresh protests from breaking out across the country. and in nigeria many people's hopes of going to the united states have been reignited after the biden

administration reversed a travel ban imposed by former president donald trump under the ban citizens had been prevented from applying for permanent immigrant visas to the u.s. our correspondent has more in this report. i was playing at the meiji has just moved to the quiet town of arbil in southwest nigeria he says life in the city of lagos was told. things that easy i hear he has begun dreams he wants to move to america with his family. despite his having ready ready u.s. citizens to mages visa application has been deemed night twice. i was nervous that i'm going to law. into the pressure to refer because we didn't believe it blames his 2nd visit rejection on presidential travel by the band prevented nigerians from getting any visa that could lead to permanent

residency or citizenship he's has now been overturned by president writing. many thanks to. talk to us today he. may be of all schools who are already resident in the united states never that many. people believe that this new administration gives them a better chance. is determined to try again this year he says moving to america could change his family's fortune there's a level playing field. for somebody who knows what they're doing and who wants to achieve greatness obviously this country has been tarred you know is when i don't want the same for my child. i don't. and. i'll give anything it takes.

anything. to keep close contact with his family in the u.s. until he can finally be reunited with them. you're watching the news stay tuned for our covert at 19 a special and by richardson in berlin for me in the entire news team thanks so much for watching. the fight against the coronavirus tend to have a. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 special. on t.w. . children 2 continents. one giant trouble m m.