Will take a look at self care on the Mental Health from the weeks and months ahead. The coronavirus stranded greeces overcrowded migrant camps tens of thousands of people are already living in squalor with little medical care now they are at risk of a potentially devastating outbreak our correspondent reports from memorial camp on the island of less posts. Im serious i was going to thank you for joining us travel into europe the current to epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic is being severely restricted European Union leaders have agreed on a 30 day ban on travelers entering the bloc that decision will affect most noncitizens and non residents of the European Union with some exceptions it will be up to each member state to implement the new regulations german chancellor Angela Merkel said the e. U. Would do whats necessary to protect the Publics Health and the economy. All across Europe Movement is grinding to a halt in berlin chancellor merkel announced that even travel into the e. U. Summit will now cease i mean the guy is enough. Traveling to europe from countries that are not part of the European Union under no Great Britain is prohibited with very few exceptions and. This ban has to be implemented by the member states. Im will apply for 30 days starting on this that film and also if it finds its target gave. Travel within the union has also become increasingly difficult germany in the center of europe has been hemmed in by border closures. And even within countries quarantines are keeping people at home on wednesday belgium will be the latest country to implement a complete lockdown Lisha Torrijos alternated millions are blige to say is home in order to avoid as much contact as possible outside their close family except to go to work except for essential journeys to go to the doctor to the Grocery Store to the post office to the bank to the pharmacy to get petrol. Or to help people in need so in dollars one in ireland streets were empty as st patricks Day Celebrations were called off and the Prime Minister delivered a somber address to the nation tonight on a National Holiday i want to send a message around the world we are in this together to the people of china spain and italy who suffered on untold heartbreak and loss we are with you. To everyone who has lost a loved one to this virus we are with you to all those living in the shadow of what is to come we are with you. Pubs in schools are closed and large gatherings forbid it in ireland and the rest of Europe Social distancing is the price to pay to slow the spread of the coronavirus lets get the view from belgium now our correspondent baron rickard is that brussels plus for us hi baron good to see you this lockdown in belgium has just gone into effect and we can see the square behind you does look pretty empty what have you been seeing there. Now the growing plus the iconic card of presence is pretty happy but as you can see behind me theres still some people on the square you have taking photos looking whats going on and also Television Crews are here because journalists are actually exempt from this lockdown all co if you and the police bus that says they will and force it very friendly very slowly because people can go to do their groceries they can go to pharmacies they can also exercise people are encouraged to walk and to jog together but not in large groups and only maybe for the Family Member and you can also walk a delicate dog and the costs for friend from french fries the iconic belgian food will also stay open and you can still have your take of a food brussels yeah that those french fries are definitely at a crucial part of the culture that bad i mean how people in general been coping with this a lockdown with this idea of having to be stuck inside. The aviation say that the streets in brussels are right empty people go to go but they refrain from from being on the street they are gathering in large crowds see the cultural institutions are closed but the government said this is not enough we have to do more and thats why the government decided. To tighten the routes but its not complete the shutdown now in europe the European Court has emptied out the commission pod and every situation is now shut down and people try to work from home as far as possible. See how this looked was no entail and what is the state of the outbreak right now in belgium. But belgium has so far recorded 1400 infections 14 people have died. So the numbers are not very high in a population out of 11000000 and the government says to be have to do. These measures to keep it this way flatten the curve is also. Now the rule in brussels and belgium and. No to leave people between 40 and 50 more interested in bows or not so for too much the people above 70 or 80 like in other countries. Are banned reporting there for us from brussels thank you now schools all over europe are gradually being ordered to close their doors to slow the spread of the virus but that doesnt mean that classes are hold for students other teachers we visit a school in rome to find out how theyre dealing with Virtual Learning the German School in rome deserted juta the Coronavirus Crisis well almost deserted the schools principal Thomas Health is still around at least good morning this is how we greet each other these days welcome. With some 830. 00 unrolled students and idea teaches on a regular day around a 1000 people come and go here now because of the danger of infection there are protective measures in place everywhere. You dont touch door handles anymore no of course we cant the virus can survive a couple of days on the surface or anxiety levels are high the speed with which the corona virus spread to surprised everyone here it sir. Now the principal has an enormous task ahead of him organizing an online syllabus for all students from kindergarten age to dogs in their final year in his Office Thomas hardys having an online conference with some of his teaches to help them get more familiar with the digital platform this soon going to have to use. For the students its difficult to structure their day thats why we have produced special instructions for the parents of Promise School children but also older students so they can plan what they have to do each day. Meeting with the student at home to discuss what their new school day looks like its almost impossible many families are afraid of being infected and are staying within their own 4 walls. We met with teacher an alum parent she teaches children of all ages. She says its a massive challenge to replace the traditional class lessons with virtual ones. From a herd of cows intentional you have to take all the technological aspects into consideration to that age to see which video for magic to use how can students open it i know sometimes you have to read instructions for that if the students didnt completely understand something from what i was going to show how shes put together her new syllabus using material she found online she also makes her own videos for learning latin so more good morning class 8 and a b. And c. Were going to continue on with the infinitive forms she also has talked time with individual students this isnt as it is to see how disciplined are you do you really work from morning to evening hours and much as an alum part is trying to improve their workflows because Online Learning is New Territory for all. When you have so much free time and youre expected to manage your own time effectively and its very easy to do very little or even nothing. If the School Structure of your day it would be a huge help. And everyone is struggling with the current Living Conditions down on the street because of the new rules at the supermarket the queue to get in looks quite different than normal. 15 years that i know you stand a metre apart because only 10 to 15 people are allowed in at once i was there yesterday and had to wait for an hour to go in. During the corona crisis many of feeling a little trapped perhaps the best distraction is a bit of hard work that applies to teachers as well as students and we can speak now to correspondents see about got there shes standing by in rome to see you italy has been on nationwide lockdown for over a week now what have you noticed what stands out in what has changed in daily life. Well just to give you an idea when theyre out of the street they make a conscious effort we keep that social distancing montra you know i think that distance from each other you look at that person coming down the street you frost a vote to go the other side of people and you dont want that number of people now boss on if they dont have a mosque they use a staff they do something to cover the bases out we saw in that package about 9 outside the supermarkets outside the song the seas thats very much a base everybody trying to keep their distance that said however the authorities and Rita Ministry has noted for example 8000 sanctions or by lesions of that measures that have been put in place in terms of movement of people in just one day the authorities are making it very clear to the public this crucial week thats coming up is very important that people stay at home and they are planning to increase the penalties of their looking into that if people dont listen even the south declaration form that one has to fill up in order to move around for essential activity or for work or for Health Issues has been changed you have to declare also if you are under warranty if you tested positive and if anybody but he violates that you can face a charge of causing that damage and so therefore authorities are taking this very seriously they want people to stay indoors simi said the week ahead is crucial and we heard the governor of the Northern Region on monday say that there are 1st signs of a possible slowdown in the rate of infection in that region which is you know one of the most with the worst affected really in this crisis how long do authorities think it will take until the peach is reached. Well thats what everyone is waiting to hear some have suggested maybe the peak will come in that around the 25th of march but honestly even this slight reduced rates of infection that we have seen everybody say lets take this cautiously some semblance of pull but we cannot afford to lower our guard and the situation up north is very dire particularly in the province of always hearing dramatic stories of funeral workers getting instict it because theyre having to deal with an overwhelming number of deaths and a ways to handle funerals people are not allowed to attend the funerals of the and loved ones in the area beneath the mall as well as to all still work as i said to have died and the postal workers unions there are upset about this if they want to close the offices altogether so definitely moments of tension particularly in the north while the rest of the country is trying to grease to sell additional sections all right see most of the reporting there from rome thank you for that update now the number of covered 1000 cases is rising rapidly Germany Center for Disease Control is now stressed that millions of people could be infected if they do not follow federal and State Government restrictions. Construct let me make this perfectly clear enviousness if we do not implement the program we have created the measures we recommend for you and which the German Government has also adopted for reading on if we do not manage to reduce contact between people for a few weeks then it is possible that in 2 to 3 months we will have up to 10000000 infected people in germany was put to me you want to introduce you to this will be a considerable burden on our Health System which will last im just going parties lets talk about the impact that the coronavirus is having on our lives so we can speak now to patricia del shes a psychologist and professor of neuroscience from the university of reading in england patricia thank you for joining us you know if you look at the news about the virus out there it is incredibly anxiety inducing i mean how can people take this seriously but also not panic well thats a good thinker question isnt it especially since its uncertainty about how long this will not i think one or 2 things we can do is to make sure that we feel as if we are choosing to. Stay safe and to help others absolutely reno is. Where you feel much more secure and we feel as if were doing something to be in control and i think this is a real opportunity for people to show acts of kindness and to feel that control by the fact that theyre doing something to help its one of those acts of kindness look like patricia. Oh it could be anything it could be contacting somebody that you know might be a number on it could be offering to get prescriptions of things for people that cant get out and in the u. K. Its a bit more you know its easier because youre not completely shut down but in other places i mean i think the examples of the intelligence in iraq are and the bulk of these is a great idea for an act of kindness what can you do to reach out people to connect to be there is if youre not alone in this imagine people alone patricia i mean this must be a pretty lonely time particularly for elderly for Vulnerable People and for people who just live by themselves. Absolutely and i think this is where we really need to look around our community to see whether we know when or that you or i might be aware of somebody who is in that situation and we still can use the telephone we can still use skype and other ways of connecting with people and i think we should be really trying to do as much as we can and again if youre able to drop your telephone number if that were to somebody who who is under way then say please contact me reach out if you feel like chatting and im here and thats a thats a great way to help somebody whos on their own ok so thats how we can reach out to others i mean what tips do you have for people who may be in quarantine at home for 2 weeks or might even just be working from home for an indefinite period of time. Well i think probably structure your day try and make sure that you feel as if youve achieved something by the end of the day so writing a list of the things that you might want to do and then think doing a whole variety of things and from have found this is a huge opportunity to catch up on a whole lot of things i did look to have done but ive been too busy so how can we actually treat ourselves to reading that book that we can once in 23 inches or 2 watching some of the Live Streaming of opera or theater or some of these extra oppositionists use that weve been given the moment and really try to enrich your life the more kind of. The more things that we can do the more we can make her are doing a difference and and feel special by the end of it the better we were cope with it its so it really is reaching out and seeing a group of Different Things including work of course. Those are some great tips for all of us right there patricia rebel a from the university of reading thank you for joining us. Now concerns are growing over a possible outbreak at greeces overcrowded migrant camps last week authorities confirmed the 1st case of coronavirus on the island of less posts prompting fear is that it could spread to the islands maria camp refugees there are already living in squalid conditions with little medical care now theyre more at risk than ever before. The maria camp was originally planned for 3000 people but now its housing some 20000 asylum seekers. They live in homemade tents outside the official camp in what they need them to the jungle. More than a 1000 people share a single water outlet which frequently malfunctions. We are right here obviously he has got water now we must go again to hold. Its life. Sadar an afghan doctor lives with his wife and 4 children in a small tent they fled the war in their country and now rely on an aid. This means waiting in long crowded lines for hours to get food avoiding close contact is almost impossible in morea Aid Organizations say the camp is an ideal breeding ground for the coronavirus. Off but. We are extremely concerned about these very cramped conditions theres no soap its impossible for people to take even the most basic hygiene precautions and thats whats worrying because it means they cannot do anything to stop the spread of the virus if it were to arrive in the camps the Aid OrganizationDoctors Without Borders runs a hospital here on the outskirts of the camp there are hardly any coronavirus testing kits and theres a shortage of doctors many patients already have respiratory illnesses and weakened immune ety which makes it much easier to contract the virus. We have a lot of people who are very vulnerable anyway we have a lot of very Sick Children also suffering from chronic diseases diabetes very c. V. A Mental Health issues and obviously we have adults too have been traumatized so its difficult to predict but in principle all these people i just really vulnerable to yet another health threat. The greek government says its prepared for this scenario that there ease a chronic crisis plan but the camp Aid Organization says they get to see it. Thats why theyre taking matters into their own hands. And Team Humanity is small n. G. O. S refugees so surgical masks they can make up to 300. 00 day. Volunteers are amazing. Sitting there from 7 oclock in the morning on till 9 evening and just want to do it we told them to break they dont want to take a break i just want to work they want to help they know how dangerous this is everybody knows. Because of this threat theres really only one solution which is that the European Union must do Everything Possible to evacuate these people as quickly as possible. Moriah camp is not a place where you can handle a potential coronas threat and the action needs to come now. But as European Countries continue to seal off their borders many refugees are afraid theyll be forgotten in the Coronavirus Crisis. Lets bring you an update on the latest that we know on the corona virus now the total number of confirmed cases has had 200000 worldwide and more than 8000 people have now died from the disease you know confirmed more than 850000000 students worldwide are not of school due to the virus and a new study has confirmed previous estimates that the median in cube ation period for the virus is about 5 days and lets bring in our cyrus science correspondent Derek Williams now for more on that hi derek a new study now out from australia is providing some new insights into covert 1000 and the progress of that in patients what does the study say. Well the study which was published and the highly respected science journal nature medicine it closely examined a patient to contract that code in 1008 and subsequently fell ill in australia and her case was described as mild to moderate and although she was hospitalized she didnt receive any drugs and she did not put on a ventilator so she had a less severe form of the disease despite the hospitalization and a group of scientists there who was able to study her immune response to the virus in detail for example through blood samples that closely tracked when she was when she began to develop antibodies and whether they continue to be present after the infection had gone its course had also told them at least in this otherwise healthy patient which kind of the new cells appear and when they were able to describe the womans entire immune response in a great great detail how does that information help us fight that disease. Wont knowing how immune responses work and when certain things activate and a healthy persons body during the infection is important for several Different Reasons 1st because having that information is going to allow us to potentially develop tests that will let us track the progress of the disease in patients more or less in real time or at least thats the hope that information can be violent terms of making decisions about when to do what in the course of infection it could also in the long term help with Vaccine Development but last and last but not least it could provide some clues as to how and why some people react to the virus more seriously than others i mean it could help us understand exactly why the immune response is is weaker in some patients its the kind of research that really lays the foundations for a wide range of other war involving treatments and therapies and its really the kind of research that in the long run is going to save lives and are just quickly what else have we learned about the virus as this outbreak has progressed. Well there there was another interesting study that was published recently here in Germany Press providing more precise date on exactly when patients are most contagious it showed track viral activity and said that in actually when theyre most contagious as is and the run up is when before they begin to show symptoms and in the 1st week after they begin to show symptoms another interesting point from that study was that it shows that there are the patients have huge loads of this virus many many up to a 1000 times more than they do with related viruses like sars so that might be one of the reasons why its so infectious and and finally. There are they found out that its not actually that although for and also in this in this study that although the virus is injected and stool for example that that its no longer that its no longer infectious at that point so that has a huge impact on on caregivers and and medical workers as we move forward with this disease and acquire a clearer picture of of what this pathogen does how and how it was. Found did have you science thank you. Now b. M. W. Is joining other Auto Companies in shutting down their factories juge the coronavirus the german luxury carmaker announced that all car production in europe and south africa has stopped until at least the end of april b. M. W. Representatives said the health of its employees was of utmost concern and stressed that they were using a wide range of tools to prevent the spread of the virus among staff the spread of the virus has caused chaos in germanys critical Auto Industry forcing giants like volkswagen to close their factories until further notice. In sports a plane has left japan bound for greece to pick up the olympic flame the head of the summers games in tokyo despite fears that they might be postponed due to the crisis now the plane had no one pick delegates on board to due to concerns about the virus spreading the traditional 1st leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in greece was scrapped because of Health Concerns and the relay in japan has been scaled back the International Olympic committee is set to make an announcement later today on whether they get games or to go ahead as planned with athletes concerns grow. 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