already infected but that also will take several months ok we image software from vanderbilt university medical center in nashville tennessee is have to re freezing your insides tonight thank you. are we have some more breaking news coming in there are more cases of the karoly virus here in germany and apparently they are linked to the 1st reported case authorities in the southern german state of bavaria have just confirmed 3 more cases of coronavirus the health ministry in bavaria saying that the infections were directly connected to the 1st confirmed case in the country that case of course we reported on earlier in this program. are moving on here in germany it's been a decade since the 1st case of child sex abuse in roman catholic institutions came to light the government commission responsible for dealing with it called today for more to be done to protect children although he acknowledged that much has already been done to confront the issue the catholic church has been really from the world wide accusations after an emergency summit a year ago in the vatican you may remember pope francis promise

we want to bring in william schaffner he is a professor for preventive medicine at vanderbilt university medical center in nashville tennessee in the u.s. it's good to have you on the program i want to ask you how significant is it that we're talking about this kid this 1st case in germany being the 1st case of transmission from person to person outside of asia is that important yeah not good enough and can certainly is important this is big news because we know that this virus can be transmitted from person to person and although we have not had that sort of transmission yet in the united states it shows the potential of this virus establishing itself in other countries and i'm very pleased to hear that the federal health authorities in germany are prepared for this and have this situation currently well and and well how prepared are our cities in europe in your opinion big because in china we're talking about a government that has the power to lock down cities of 101112 1000000 people and one decision that doesn't seem realistic here in europe does that worry you as a as a doctor. well quarantine is

we have already adaptedg hat we are do the vanderbilt university medical center.very patient who ces to us with fever and influenza like symptoms willd be aso important questions.d have you retur from china recently or have you had contact with someone who has been in china rently? simple the right. low-tech, but very powerful in identifying possible cases. if we finduch a person, we will put them in ition and useti appropriate inf control precautions. we will be able to give the patient wonderful care safely for our health care workers. lauror the health denies asian did hold offin from decla global emergency. what do you make of that? >> it was the decision i expected for two reasons. this inot a virus that appears at this juncture to be spread very readily from person-to-person. it makes it lessontagious. the other is, we arena for it is not as severe. it is not as fatal asar and the mers virus. that reduces the hazard. it is not as deadly ason w feared. so much for bei with us. the u.s. senate heard the second day of arguments in the impeachment trial of presi