How these inmates are pitching in to help taiwans battle against a kohen of virus. That these kids would rather not be a part of made up of olsons from the philippines as drugs war. Im british 70 welcome to beat up good news asia its good to have you with us south korea has the full 2 largest number of people in the world affected by the. But it also has one of the lowest death rates with more than 7700 this is the number of dead is around 60 people a death rate point 77 percent as compared to a global. 3. 4 percent each of that has been a 3 pronged approach involving open information Public Participation and widespread testing but at the heart of this response is south koreas medical walk as the frontline medical those walking in hospitals Testing Centers medical facilities even im going to frank smyth reports from seoul on these and what drives them to face a virus thats mostly a mystery to medical science. Paramedics in south korea are answering some tough calls and battling the coronavirus for each prospective covert 19 emergency like this one they take time to put on highlevel protective gear and only one paramedic attends to possible patients to safeguard the team paramedic and is ready for what comes watching for the telltale symptoms of corona virus high fever and coughing. 1000. 00 calls are difficult to respond to because we still dont have a clear idea of how to distinguish an actual case from a false alarm even if a person hasnt traveled overseas but is running a fever we still have to assume the worst because theres an outbreak in the community. 3 hospitals in seoul have suffered clusters of the outbreak closing their Emergency Rooms other hospitals are at times unavailable because they are overcrowded when transporting possible coronavirus patients ambulances in seoul sometimes travel long distances south korea c. D. C. And Emergency Command Center route paramedics to designated hospitals with space in trio in a negative pressure isolation room which has special ventilation to prevent the spread of the virus. After each call the ambulances are thoroughly disinfected in their interiors sealed to ensure they are virus free. In which if i ever get infected im confident that i would eventually recover given my young age but i live with my parents and they are older so im most worried that i might pass that on to them and there are no guarantees that they could receive the treatment they need in a timely manner because Emergency Services are so overstretched right now. The medics at the Ambulance Center are required to live in isolation eating alone at separate times and maintaining social distancing still team members say that morale has remained good. New we do get we work in a field the fabulous teamwork of buffel now so putting in an extra shift and going out on another cold is simply a part of our job description. If they needed a supreme allowance we simply kept our head down and work hot instead of fretting about it then i dont see going into. It looks like there will be no let up in work. Has just been dispatched for a week with more than a dozen colleagues to dig the epicenter of south koreas corona virus outbreak. Daigle is south koreas 3rd largest city and accounts for the large majority of corona virus cases in south korea a number of patients have been housed here at the kind younger diversity dongs on hospital this is in addition to at least 2 apartment blocks that have been quarantined after residents that destined positive for the virus but daigle to spawns isnt only characterized by hospital treatment and quarantine alone a reporter posted this video of the streets of the city being disinfected by city authorities banners on the trucks that are saying stay strong daigle and on twitter praise for south koreas Coronavirus Response particularly mass testing south korea has such high numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases because it is willing to test in massive numbers and because the people are not afraid that a test or subsequent treatment when literally brand bankrupt them for life more than 178000 people have been tested here that tweet from an american journalist that number is now out of date over 220000 have been tested as of wednesday around 10000 tests are being carried out per day in south korea. But for a lot of these tests to happen medical workers need to be wearing face masks and that is a commodity in short supply worldwide the World Health Organization says that the supply of face masks needs to be increased globally so at least 89000000. 00 are available each month this in the middle of export bans that many countries and territories have instituted to prevent shortages one of those territories is taiwan where authorities have tapped into a captive workforce to replenish stocks. These men usually make prison uniforms but since the spread of the coronavirus to taiwan the inmates here have put their sewing skills to use for the public good. More mortar import all the time were making are 2 kinds of facemasks the one that is a cloth face mask like the one im wearing now. The other is a face mask protector which can extend the use a lot of the medical facemask. As with many other places in time is of the virus prompted panic buying of surgical masks the government rations soon followed but many complained a little bit of 3 masks per person per week is insufficient since last month the inmates have produced more than 50000 masks to help cover the shortfall. Fold i and repeat its a monotonous job that these men have time on their hands and a lot on their minds. That were hurtful when my family came to see me they said it was very difficult to buy face masks out there and i said to them that he is making face masks here and maybe you will have the benefit of using one of them every time i was selling the face masks or i was thinking to myself that this could bring some security to my family now. That the other one. Misty you whos just 10 years into a 23 year sentence says the benefits of the scheme go beyond public health. Or heart health although it brought us a sense of affirmation dealing with this little face mask will not only let us contribute to Society Weekly it also gives us selfesteem talking about it. From the inside helping out their time spent at the sewing machine could make a difference and help the Wider Community in the fight against corona and reading a mosque on a moral boosting visit to where the global outbreak began was chinese president xi jinping on tuesday he said one had basically curbed the spread of the outbreak and the city has been on lockdown for more than a month now and its highways and streets still remain deserted for the most part the number of cases being reported is far less than during their peak in january and february 24 new cases were reported on wednesday the lockdown in the city and its neighboring areas effectively put nearly 60000000. 00 people under quarantine one is the capital of a province or thought it is now see they would allow Healthy People in low risk areas to travel with them who. More than 3000 people have died in the province already its the highest number of fatalities in the world due to the corona virus. President of the philippines rodriguez detective boasts that his war on drugs thats going to more than 5500 drug dealers and uses the controversial crackdown has however been widely condemned for the use of extrajudicial killings its also left thousands of children without fathers and brothers who end up falling into the drug war themselves but. Made up of grieving all friends games to break the cycle of violence. The grieving more friends choir sing a song to lift their spirits there is an ensemble borne out of bereavement each one has lost a loved one to the countrys drug wars each one proof of a desire to turn the page on violence. And join the choir because i want people to know whats happening to us like the extrajudicial killings and how we feel about it. Joan and her siblings visit their fathers tomb he was killed after police drug squads stormed into their home and shot him dead. Before he was killed he came home to celebrate my birthday. The kids come from us a town hit hard by the crackdown on drugs. The program the brainchild of the local Community Bill itself he wants. To check. And the cycle of violence. In the mean there were very scared the moment they see the police they would shell. Any there with shit and they would childbirth and the rule. Shouting has given way to singing the group has moved audiences across the country with their signature piece song of the orphan a reminder that despite its power to uplift this is one choir its members would rather not be part of. That. I. Thats of the no i dont want a website it up with dot com forward slash isha to the show online and father stories from the region. Thats it for today we need to know with images of commemorations in japan on the 9th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which led to a bad start at the fukushima on the. Seventies this year with the 2 and going to the could one of us a brick impact model with 2 that. 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