Also coming up spain sees another sharp rise in corona virus deaths frontline doctors and nurses are at breaking point. And i think you go home with the images in your head of everything you see here its very difficult to disconnect is impossible because you also feel helpless and sad these days. We begin the day with the news that british Prime Minister bars johnson has the coronavirus hes the highest profile political leader confirmed to have contracted the infection so far and it comes as the u. K. Saw its biggest daily jump in covert 900 deaths 181 people have died in the last 24 hours johnson says his symptoms are mild and plans to coordinate the Pandemic Response from home quarantine critics say he didnt take the virus threat seriously enough when the outbreak began. Forest. Once and clapping in front of downing street on thursday night a symbolic thank you to Health Workers engaged in the fight against the coronavirus funding known at the time the british Prime Minister was already experiencing symptoms of that is he on friday he revealed he had tested positive for 19 i am working from home im so feist waiting and thats entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with technology to communicate with all my talk team to lead the national fight back against corona bars the Prime Minister was long criticised for playing down the threat of the virus this was his opinion of social distancing just 3 weeks ago im shaking hands can decide that i was the other night i think there are a few the rush if you credible as a patient so i shook hands with everybody youll be pleased to know that i continue to shake hands and. That is case numbers rose he pounded to pressure the streets of london have been virtually empty since monday when the British Government ordered no one to leave the house except for essential reasons the government set about procuring more ventilators and work got underway to turn an exhibition space into a temporary hospital which is expected to provide thousands of beds. Boris johnson also began taking more precautions the Prime Ministers Daily Press Briefing took place without journalists present their questions delivered via video. Johnsons weekly meeting with Queen Elizabeth took place via telephone the royal family is already affected on wednesday it was announced that Prince Charles the heir to the throne had contract to the coronavirus. But johnson continued to meet with senior figures. Wednesday he said questions in parliament sharing a bench with top cabinet Members Health secretary much has now also tested positive he too is self isolating and says his symptoms on my the question now is how many other members of the British Government may have been infected well lets go straight to d. W. Correspondent short out of pots in london charlotte the Prime Minister has given the news that he has tested positive for corona virus what does this actually mean Going Forward and especially for the ability her his ability to go over in the u. K. At this crucial time. Well Boris Johnson insists that nothing changes hes self isolating in downing street at this point and papers documents food whatever he needs is delivered to his doorstep and he says he will govern the country Via Video Conference and telephone calls and the good news is hes showing only mild symptoms so far hes 55 so relatively young and hes in good health as far as we know but of course in comparison to other World Leaders that are now in quarantine such as he actually has the virus and we know that corona virus often comes with fatigue and exhaustion so if his symptoms were to get worse then downing street has decided that the foreign secretary would step in and keep continuing the response to the coronavirus and so far we know that at least he has and good health ok of course bars johnson was seen in the house of commons as recently as wednesday are there any concerns that other members of staff and m. P. s might have also been exposed to the virus and this of course comes as we know that the u. K. Has Health Minister has also tested positive charlatan. Well frankly Boris Johnson hasnt been practicing what he preaches social distancing oh we know as you said the Health Secretary tested positive and weve now heard that the his medical chief officer so the person who advises the government on the corona response is showing symptoms and self isolating has at home as well as his finance minister and those 4 have been Holding Press Conferences together over the last day so that raises a lot of questions how many people are affected in downing street why hasnt he been practicing social distancing more and of course how effective can the government be Going Forward in the corona as a response and that all as london and all of the u. K. Becomes really the epicenter of this corona crisis and the death toll and the number of those infected are rising across the country well sure a lot of pots in london thank you. Spaniards are in a state of shock spiralling number of deaths because of the coronavirus is almost too much to take in at the moment around 5000 people have died and tens of thousands more have been infected the countrys Health Care System often lauded for its efficiency is struggling to cope anger among medical professionals is for now only tempered by their tireless efforts to deal with the growing number of patients filling the countrys hospitals. A burial in hazmat suits. One of thousands of victims of the corona Virus Outbreak in spain. Hospital staff in madrid dont need to see the statistics to know spain does not yet have a handle on the epidemic. It has been a deadly week for the country 2nd and daily fatalities only to italy. A shortage of equipment and medical staff has left doctors and nurses overwhelmed Amnesty International reports that over 9000 Spanish HealthService Workers have become infected with the virus more than any other country. Even healthy staff face isolation once they return home careful not to spread the disease to their families. Were having a hard time so you feel very lonely and then you go home and youre alone you remember everything you soon during the day and keep thinking and thinking and you cant rest. That you know that. You go home with the images in your head of everything you see here its very difficult to disconnect is impossible because you also feel helpless and sad. But their work is not in vain thousands have recovered because of their efforts. At this Field Hospital in the dritte 34 year old grass yellow alonso is going home. One of them locally. 19 and i was in this hospital for the last 4 days i have to say that in the beginning i had a really bad time because i had that feeling of not being able to breathe. But thanks to all the support that ive received here all the measures that they have taken it wasnt so hard. For a long so the ordeal is over but for spain the path to recovery is still uncertain. Lets bring in quickly shes a Global Health care expert based in spain london and singapore she joins us from spain eleanor what are you hearing about whats happening in spanish hospitals. Well absolutely yes half the situation in spain is right now because weve got more than 64000 people infected weve got nearly 5000 that im good got 32 spots in spain so we got my that 8 catalunya and the Basque Country which had been the worst hit by going to get it right out and house because they are greedy struggling to call so what weve had already from a Health Care Professional has is that theres not sufficient i. C. U. Beds theyre struggling with it even having protective equipment and if they are all a lot of stress and theyre having to make already very difficult decisions i mean you mentioned that theyre obviously the situation for medical staff is incredibly difficult for them at the moment and you know you said that their equipment is an issue is down one of the main reasons why so many of the percentage is so high of medical professionals becoming infected x x actually the number of Health Care Professionals infected right now is over 1500 which is 15 percent of the daughter of Health Care Professionals infected they dont have the right equipment some of them were aborted they dont even have the book bit masks and also and that this is not very important but theyre not getting tested which is also a real problem when i mean you know from what youre telling us is probably pretty shocking to people to hear this particularly considering spains Health Care System has been lauded you know prior to this crisis would you put it down to poor planning is it a structural issue. So as you know i mean i spent it has systems and it always concede that spanned one of the best has systems in the uk it has very low expenditure but basically outcomes but this 2 key issues here at the planet has been very slow but definitely we combat with Asian Countries and also this are stuck to the issues so ill step in to mention just that the way i meant it in 2008 so it would have us going to misquote it yes have it here but all the system which meant but didnt look at says that it and schumer do sources which means that now oh i see you mentioned below the average and has good professionals and that is that the number of doctors is also below that you average i think almost partly answered what i what i want to speak to about next which is you know that spain and italy have been hardest hit by this crisis in europe and in particular when we compare the numbers to here in germany could it be down to what youve just been mentioning about austerity or what exactly is it that you believe is. The difference between italy and spain and germany in this sense. Thats very good question the 7 every since assessed we believe that either he and spain are a bit behind again he doesnt give a damn it secondly it started to spread among all the populations so in spain they really invest in show host alcohol weve had 1500 people dying in this actual host and also if we compare with germany its believed that its going to been behind and also the infections started among the young couple pollution its also very important to measure the cultural issues in this pandemic we need to understand these issues also and its clear that in spain and you need to be the families also live much more together people with grandchildren and theyre with the parents wives in germany younger people if more separate older people now we spoke my germany we spoke we spoke about spain now if we look at the stage of the outbreak in spain and italy and we look at the United Kingdom what do you think is going to happen there i mean weve seen this news now that bars johnson at the Prime Minister now has covered 1000. Yes so if you compare their response in spain and the u. K. What we can see is that the lock down when it was introduced in the u. K. It was late that in state in terms of the number of deaths and the lock them down was introduced but also the measures were not as strict as in spain now were going to get the has a sense we also understand that the Health System in the u. K. This quite strained we also have reports that the Health Care Profession has and are being tested and also they dont have the right to that equipment so i am quite a bit worried about that about the effect that this is going to have had a system where theyre going to be able to prevent having said that i think something very positive that also spain and the u. K. Has that is building x. That we need to agree when it comes we need to learn from that they get them out shipped manship hospitals and also hospitals in big stadiums like the one that was that he made if emma and the one of the gang in london but very important i predict that theyre going to need to build many more hospitals and it would be good if they said anything it rather late now you have plenty of expertise particularly in asia you said and in places like singapore for example theyve been able to halt the spread of the corona virus what is about you know spain italy germany the u. K. Or just other countries around the world can learn from places that have been able to deal with it like singapore. Yes its basically end at singapore i would say that its one of the best examples that other countries in you know can learn from and with singapore the yes to give you an example we had in singapore they had the fest case on the 23rd of january and on the 22nd of january so one day before the 1st case they already had a basque force where all the ministers were working together to provide the funding and the right protocols they also have a special hospital bill for Infectious Diseases to treat those type of patients and then the other hospitals theyve got very clear plans on how to act and also they organise dreams every had to be a better sense for that and also very important theyve got stuck theyve managed to stop for 2 months of all the past under that to fit with meant that its needed and not only that they shed 4 months per family so people could be bad just in case some of some of the good they did they could protect themselves and one final point that i think all countries need to land is the fact that the information provided by the government was giving very clear messages so i think in this case. European countries would have to take a lot of lessons from past Asian Countries. Bill quigley a Global Health expert based in spain london and singapore thank you so much for joining us. Thank you good night. Well here in germany there are over 47000 cases of the infection but the death toll has remained far lower than europes 2 hardest hit countries italy and spain officials have credited widespread testing with helping to keep germanys mortality rate low but the countrys leaders are still urging caution like other nations germany has placed strict restrictions on public life to control the spread of covert 19 the chancellor Angela Merkel says those measures will stay in place for the foreseeable future. In germany to public life has come to a new standstill german chancellor Angela Merkel is asking for patience speaking on the phone from her precautionary quarantine. I would like to stress that right now is not the moment to talk about easing the measures weve put in place when you look at the figures we still have a fast rise of new infections and the aim ofter all is to prevent our Health Care System from being overstretched you know. Mark on. The side. That. Yet germany has so far been spared from spiking death rates these days politicians like to have the man who developed the corona test at their side he says thats down to a simple fact. The reason why we have so few fatalities in relation to the number of those infected is down to the extremely high level of Laboratory Testing were conducting here in germany extreme fuel aboard your last dollar tree and around 500000 tests per week and as clinics brace themselves for a sudden influx of patients a record 750000000000 rescue package to shield the economy was signed into law according to a leaked interior Ministry Paper the government is already exploring best and worst Case Scenarios on the effects of the corona crisis thats before us is even made of this paper deals with the question of how the situation which is currently focused on health could have an impact on the security situation which scenarios are possible and what measures would then be necessary to react to that of the votes. Germany is increasingly sending the signal its as ready as it can. But no government truly can be it seems berlin already sees itself accused of not showing enough solidarity despite taking in intensive care patients from its city and its an open question whether europe can emerge from this crisis as strong as it used to be or whether it will be more divided than ever. Hong kongs government has banned public gatherings of more than 4 people because of the corona virus meanwhile the chinese territories teenagers are having to study for their graduation exams with their schools closed the exams have now been postponed until the end of april so the students have a bit more time to get up to speed but most of them are having to attend Classes Online and there are doubts about whether that is good enough the 1st one that what do you see from this one pro a lot of how they all are. What i mean they are. Just walk up to see it as a resource its 11 am and students here is dancing their 1st lesson of the day. Is the rest of the world adjusts to Online Learning the students in hong kong this is the new normal. Schools were closed in february not long after the 1st group of virus cases here emerged in a student can set foot in this classroom for weeks in just a couple of months job to teach jason hahn has built up a database of interactive closes almost from scratch the challenges are already emerging some students he says are treating their time and some of the classroom as an extra holiday and teachers are finding they have little way to enforce control in particular worry for those in their final year its all about their motivation to learn to study for some very Good Students ok that would be a good chance for them to stay home law and do the stuff that they appeared before from watching those students i do afraid about their performance if you dont push them ok maybe i do worry about ok for the resolve that may not be that good but these High School Seniors say theyre trying their best to keep motivated even the most important exams in their lives. But even before the outbreak students here were already facing one of the most challenging lines in memory there huh. Hes been under the shadow of months of prodemocracy protests with many young people finding themselves on the front lines of a new commitment and that alone was already taking its toll i think this is because its because we keep this tape out of protests and somehow we have. A west there by the polies so its hard to concentrate so we do not have ropey parish which suffered but you know there comes a primary sense of hatred except again so many things are stuck in the us these students have learned from one crisis to another its putting not just their education but even then Mental Health care when coronavirus cases surged again here authorities delayed the final deal and into the end of april but even that may not make up for the challenges faced by the High School Class of 2020 and many award this is a year they may not come from. As countries work to slow the spread of the outbreak young people around the world have been dealing with some historic restrictions on social life with bars beaches pubs and clubs shut many of their favorite gatherings spaces are off limits schools are also closed forcing millions of children and teens to stay home our correspondents tell us just how young people are confronting life in the age of a pandemic and helping those in need like most people around the world so the koreans have reacted to this pandemic in different ways last week and many young people came here to source hong day and entertainment and shopping district popular with young people they were harshly criticized online for gathering at nightclubs and bars other young people i met though were volunteering to see that those less fortunate got some takeout meals and were better protected from the virus i mean. In various to contain the spread of corona of white. It is these young men and women who are leading from the front line these 100 stations i managed by young men and women who are also i do classes to the young and the old and also encouraging them to socially distance however that is one of the Biggest Challenges here here in france many young people at 1st didnt seem to take the locked on very seriously one group even had a bad day queue in northern france and had to pay a fine of 1600 euros but time seemed to have changed young people now organize online operatives and one Facebook Group with 640000 members even throws a 10 minute online party each day but its not just about having fun theres a website that brings together people working at hospitals like this one with those who want to help them with that child care Grocery Shopping more than half of the 67000 volunteers are in that teens and twentys here in the u. S. One of the Biggest Challenges for the government is to convince the American Public to take the coronavirus seriously but at least 15 stay at home orders are issued there are still many people in the parks and on the streets and on social media the hashtag boomer remover is dividing the generations particularly young people show little empathy for the elderly who are considered at higher risk. Despite appeals for people to avoid panic buying during the pandemic thats exactly what people have been doing so can be hard to find things like this in fact and plaster flour and especially toilet paper here in german supermarkets but even if you cant get the real stuff you can now get a toilet roll shaped cake the german baker started making the case as a joke now hes selling 200 a day and helping to keep his 40 staff. Of the day is almost done but the converse a. Ation continues online you will find us on twitter either the news or you can follow me. 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