derek williams from a science desk in the studio welcome derek now it seems that official health officials have identified the virus as one which is linked to the freak serious is it well i mean the fact that they've managed to identify it already is very big news we've been following the story for a while and identification is going to be key in deciding what kind of measures you're going to take against it this virus apparently belongs to a family of viruses known as coronaviruses because due to the way that they look at this corona when you look at them in the microscope sort of similar to this on and that includes viruses that cause symptoms similar to the common cold but also cause more severe acute respiratory diseases such as sars of your acute respiratory syndrome or or mers which is. middle eastern syndrome and respiratory syndrome and there is a very very positive side of this or at least at the moment which is that appears that there's been no human to human transmission that's really very very important they seem to have gotten the people who have it seem to have gotten from a

berlin so gradually we're learning more about the virus and now let's get more on the story now derek williams from good of you science is with us here in studio hi derek we have the german health minister on there saying we need to be built vigilant but we also have to have a proper sense of scale here so how dangerous is this virus really when the one virus so far has proven to not be as as deadly as either sars or me mers the other coronaviruses that it's closely related to sars kills about 10 percent of the people who get it mers kills over 30 percent of the people who get it so the mortality rate with this with this new virus is much much lower than that is certainly under 5 percent so that's that's the good news that said however on the other hand it i mean the good news being that it doesn't also appear to kill normal healthy adults it's mostly also affecting people with compromised immune systems and certainly also the elderly however that said it does it is a serious disease and and the seriousness which with a lot that's in many ways very similar to. pneumonia and so it has to be tre

system is confronted with something it's never had to deal with before and goes into overdrive derek williams thanks very much for coming in and explaining that to us. it was just a matter of minutes that the waves destroyed and changed lives forever. indonesia 15 years ago on the 26th of december a powerful earthquake struck in the indian ocean just before. we've lived up to 30 meters water corded as the tsunami swept through indonesia within more than 220000 people across what killed as the tsunami unleashed its destructive force but as the years have passed some survivors have done to the ocean as a way to heal and find meaning after moving so much some people run from their fears. serfs on his knees waves bring fun and thrills but 15 years ago a tsunami inflicted the cruelest pain killing almost half his family now traumatized for derry suffering is about surviving. and. we no longer feel like this wave was the one that destroyed us we just don't think like that anymore in fact the waves are now our friends so if you're wondering how could we surf a wave the ones killed us well we've neve

scientific research and development this year 2020 it's all about the bio economy our reporter derek williams takes a closer look at what that exactly means. bio economy describes any part of the economy that could benefit from renewable biological resources it's about promoting materials or energy based on living things like crops forests or microorganisms. one big aspect of the bio economy is improving environmental sustainability for example in areas like aviation the use of biofuels based on crops or crop waste rather than oil could dramatically reduce the sector's carbon footprint but to be an option the technology has to get cheaper as of today biofuels are more expensive than fossil fuels it's a magnitude of 4 times more expensive and that's another reason why we talk about the need for large scale production to get the unit cost down to meet the cost of fossil fuel another area is improving quality and food and agriculture and the industrial production of chemicals replacing materials like conventional plastic made from fossil resources with sustainable alternatives grown by microbes.

science correspond derek williams welcome adenike within the space of last few weeks we have 3 people 300 people who are infected with this virus 6 people have died how dangerous is this new grown up iris well it's a group the coronavirus is belong to a group of viruses that up until now around 7 different strains have been identified that in fact human beings and they range from things that cause symptoms like the common cold to stars or mers which are actually quite deadly diseases i mean mers kills more than 30 percent of the people who contract it sars kills about 10 percent of the people who contract it so for this disease doesn't appear to be nearly that lethal not that deadly the numbers of people who have died are keeping within a fairly small group and the people and if people don't have compromise. immune systems it appears to not affect them too badly so how deadly is it it is a core can be deadly in its current form how deadly could it become that's another question entirely and it's already spread to 3 other asian countries and 2 other countries australia and the philippi

new virus could be behind a new moon i like and prick in a chinese city a science correspondent derek williams will have more details. and tsunami survivors from indonesia ride the waves to tackle the trauma of the disaster that hits that country 50 s. go. on the mall come. on d.w.t. news asia i have more international news for the top of the hour the forward to seeing you then of that. i was fishing when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard i was for. i even got white hair. learning the german language and not often this keeps me and could help us maybe to entrust the flavor you want to their story. it's good writing and reliable information for margaret. in the army of climate change. custom is to. come. up since the. want to tears today the future. dot com for. the making it. clear. what secrets lie behind small. discover new adventures in the 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. p.w. world heritage 368 get kidnapped now. and again and live. at any time time claim any place using names video capture the kind of songs to sing along to see this to c

the double science correspondent atika williams has been on the story since the 1st this is what reporter derek welcome does it look like people have enough information on what precautions to take well the w.h.o. has posted an extensive list of things that people can do to protect themselves interestingly the consensus is still very much out on the masks whether or not they actually do protect you but the come these commonsense measures include things like for example avoid close contact with anybody who's suffering from acute respiratory infections or wash your hands frequently particularly if you had contact with someone who's been sick avoid unprotected contact with farm animals if you can if you possibly can practice cough etiquette a very very important thing when you're in public and you have to cough make sure that you catch that cough in a handkerchief or a tissue of some kind so they're not yet issuing any really strict rules for travelers but they're saying if you are traveling abroad and if you've been in one of these affected areas and begin to feel ill please contact the people hea

first class terry wallace, sergeant ray testers, lance corporal derek column, staff sergeant brian lewis, sergeant julian atkins, sergeant williamart ridge, corporal david stewart. mr. mccaul: i yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: an additional 30 seconds is granted. mr. abraham: sergeant david murray, first sergeant michael borderla, sergeant nicholas olver, sergeant seth trahan, staff sergeant jonathan reed, staff sergeant christopher ramsey. sergeant michael evans, sergeant robert sweeney, staff sergeant william manual. mr. chairman, i -- i request unanimous consent to enter the rest of my testimony into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i now yield one minute to a valued member of the foreign affairs committee, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. huell hab -- ms. houlahan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. huelskamp: thank you, mr. chair -- ms. houlahan: thank you, mr. chair. i rise in support of the resolution before us today. article 1, section 8

first class terry wallace, sergeant ray testers, lance corporal derek column, staff sergeant brian lewis, sergeant julian atkins, sergeant williamt ridge, corporal david stewart. mr. mccaul: i yield an additional 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: an additional 30 seconds is granted. mr. abraham: sergeant david murray, first sergeant michael borderla, sergeant nicholas olver, sergeant seth trahan, staff sergeant jonathan reed, staff sergeant christopher ramsey. sergeant michael evans, sergeant robert sweeney, staff sergeant william manual. mr. chairman, i -- i request unanimous consent to enter the rest of my testimony into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i now yield one minute to a valued member of the foreign affairs committee, the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. huell hab -- ms. houlahan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. huelskamp: thank you, mr. chair -- ms. houlahan: thank you, mr. chair. i rise in support of the resolution before us today. article 1, section 8 of