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Orban an open ended extension to Emergency Powers in the battle against the pandemic but critics are calling it a power grab. Im sorry kelly walk into the program around the world social distancing has become the montra of the day but in greece as overcrowded migrant camps like moria on the island of lesbos that is not possible conditions were already unsanitary and many migrants stuck there also have preexisting Health Problems aid organizations are now calling for the most vulnerable residents to be evacuated to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. In the maria refugee camp very few have been able to get a mask to protect against corona virus. There are more than 20000 People Living here in dire conditions lack of food washing areas and medicine are the norm at present there is a lot of disease here people are sick they have fevers and skin conditions like school b. S. And lice they cough and have breathing problems like asthma officially there are no coded 1000. 00 cases here but also no government plan to prevent them says Doctors Without Borders such a scenario would be a disaster for everyone lesbos refugees and residents alike. And. This is. The one of the months. Before the pandemic germany had agreed to accept unaccompanied minors thats off the table now an effort to avoid bringing in outsiders from at risk groups opposition parties have criticised a lack of political will to end the humanitarian crisis. Many politicians say we dont want a repeat of 2000 to 15 but were not talking about millions of people here just a few tens of thousands if youre really serious and want to do Everything Possible to prevent a further outbreak then we have to evacuate these camps. A camp intended for 3000 People Housing 20000 that makes social distancing here close to impossible. And earlier i spoke with apostolos faces a director of medical programs for Doctors Without Borders in athens he told me about the situations that his colleagues are experiencing on the ground at moria the. Situation. For you im sure once a woman a man or i live in a place for 6095 people these people are in overcrowding situation on the question of stay home theres no home these people or their lack of access to water lines theres one water point for 1300 people theres one target for 200 people and theres one shower for 200 people so theres no access to water and sanitation and 30 of these people are having an additional problem over us a single care seems united those 19 the government stops along the routes discover ok you know this isnt their last days theres a lot of down in the grass that leaves it from 7 oclock in the evening every sort of going to only these people are going to move out on the grounds that mean more difficult conditions and more exposure to these people to these and thats the assessment of Doctors Without Borders i also spoke with eric markert 1 whos a member of the European Parliament for the green party he spoke with me from lesbos about possible steps that might be taken to evacuate the camp. I also think that its not a matter of possibilities its just a matter of political will we have empty hotels all around you and we have to support the Hotel Industry in the summer and we will have to support them will be an economic crisis which also affects them and i think if we speak about hotels but we can also speak about cruise ships are empty at some moment there i have no guests and we just have the possibilities to deal with the situation there to evacuate if you can and we should do that actually not only because of humanitarian issues but also because the fight against color should be fought everywhere and i dont understand why everybody is talking about social distancing and you overcrowded refugee camps you cant stay overcrowded its often our interest in the fight against kona and that was green party m. E. P. And eric mark art well as more and more countries impose lockdowns because of the corona virus india faces a bigger challenge than most its 1300000000 people have been ordered to stay at home since last week but for the informal workers who form the backbone of the economy that means losing their income overnight leaving many without enough money for food and those hardest hit by the lockdown may also be most at risk of catching the virus. Social distancing is a privilege that these people cannot afford all across india daily bras rush to transportation hubs carrying whatever they could. To nationwide lockdown has put millions out of work and started a mass exodus from the cities. For these people who are leaving new delhi for their hometowns the fear of starving is currently greater than the fear of infection with the coronavirus. If we had food why would we have left were not enjoying this we know that a pandemic is spreading but we are forced to leave. Were taking precautions and keeping as much distance as we can know in other words i mean if the government did nothing otherwise we wouldnt have left. Indias efforts to contain the corona virus has plunged the country into chaos. After transportation was shut down some state governments arranged buses to bring Migrant Workers back to their home villages. But in other states people were left stranded and forced to walk hundreds of kilometers home. Daily viewers Street Vendors and other informal workers form the backbone of the indian economy. With Police Chasing them off the streets and no savings to fall back on block zone puts many of them at risk Prime Minister Narendra Modi uid ordered indias 1300000000 people to stay home has apologized for the hardships they are now facing. Especially when i look at my poor brothers and sisters i think they must be wondering what kind of Prime Minister i am put people in such a difficult situation when i especially ask for their forgiveness. So far roughly 1000 people of india have tested positive for corona virus but experts worry numbers could be much higher. Fears are that an outbreak in one of the worlds most densely populated countries could result in a catastrophe. Hungriest parliament has voted to give Prime Minister viktor orban broad new powers that he says are needed to fight the coronavirus there the new law allows orban to rule by decree for an unlimited amount of time the Prime Minister declared a state of emergency in hungary 3 weeks ago critics say that the anti coronavirus defense act as its known gives orban unnecessary and Unlimited Power allowing him to cement his leadership under the pretext of fighting the outbreak. And joining me now from budapest is the hungary and minister of justice unit to bar that thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. You know rectums my pleasure to be with you your country hungry you have passed this legislation you say to protect your citizens from the coronavirus but we have some opposition m. P. s and groups that think that this is a power grab by your party feet as what is your response and theres no point in thinking about. The slow on president thing you know more power in this emergency situation or in a situation of danger when the National Parliament has to count on the regular functioning the 100 percent in a sort of assembly and the low expository includes the the National Assembly may revoke at any time its authorization. Nothing more than to provide for the government the necessary room for acting immediately for the sake of citizens house life and for the stability of the National Economy every measure has to be proportionate. Into the constitutional framework of course when its necessary and can only target the measures which are there to fight to get 19 people were to be so easy to revoke the law why would there be such a Critical Mass of criticism out there i mean youve received criticism from the from the United Nations from the council of europe and the general message seems to be that there is no clear cut off date here theyre concerned about democracy in your country why would you insist on this measure. You know i would recommend that we want to read below the text of the low and that to read on in the press release is this this is this same pattern whats always been going on there on time dearie it is you know the same weisss are always reflected indifferent to Media Outlets i would be very happy to have as much space in the International Media with 100. 00 in governments position as much as the opposition has in the International Media so theres no floor in the room for any kind of for their concerns on the contrary this deal of the sect already provides much more constitutional guarantees than in general in a situation of danger any kind of constitution could on that. Very strong provision as routing the law which actually provide more flexibility for the Constitutional Court seats during the crisis and thats why every measure can be tested against constitutionally criteria and this is also in the hands of the National Assembly to the to mine when the crisis is over and also over to the sec so up in the. Terminations of the of the virus it should be slow we are not exist anymore so there is no need to have any kind of cost as a by the in the finish time because the time is by itself determined by the virus and the National Assembly you mentions the media and your response then id like to talk a little bit more about the media because your party has been highly critical of the independent media operating in your country your field as party and there is a measure in this law which says that jail time of up to 5 years may be imposed on those hindering measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus and those spreading false information related to the crisis Rights Groups think that this could be a measure that your party that your leader viktor orban might use to muzzle journalists what is your response. You know i respond is again that please read the text of the law and also please learn to be hungry and criminal the judicial system because fear mongering has a long standing percent and history already in our criminal system can code system this new provision applies equally to every hunger citizen and it is targeting those intentional i have to retrieve intentional false and on 2 statements which are in front of the larger problem of the great alec and it is probable it is appropriate to prevent the defensive measures during a crisis situation during the extra not in the legal order so it is a well defined case know what qualifies to be untrue statements of Course Opinion or criticism however harsh it may be it was a government may not be on their discussion of status and i retreat again if this epic able equally to each and every citizen not only shows. And any kind of profession or any kind of promise it is in europe so this is this is not about to targeting any kind of sectors in hungary you have florida hungarys minister of justice thank you thank you thank you very much assists take a closer look now at some other corona virus developments the number of infections worldwide has almost reached 730000 people according to a new tally total infections in spain have had more than 85000. 00 making it the worst hit country after the u. S. And italy israel the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone into quarantine after one of his Staff Members tested positive for the coronavirus and the price of oil has fallen to just over 22. 00 a barrel the lowest since 2002 because of plummeting demand due to the Global Economic slowdown. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will now officially kick off on july 23rd 2021 the International Olympic committee and japanese organizers settled on that date today a week after the games were postponed because of the coronavirus it was the 1st postponement in the 124 year history of modern olympics although several games including the 1940 games in tokyo were cancelled due to war. Youre watching t. V. News dont forget you can get all of the latest news on our website d w dot com you can also follow us on social media im sorry kelly and her lead ill be back again at the top of the hour with another news update in the meantime who is all. For. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona update. From the covert 19 special the next on d w. Corona traces you can find more Information Online d. W. Dot com and on t. W. Social Media Channels. In times of corona they might be one of the key weapons to curtail the pandemic the data on all smartphones for example can show nearly every step we take every step people around us take scientists estimate that one infected person passes the virus on to around 2 to 3 people on average so what if we used all the. Phones to track people infected with the coronavirus and warm those contacts with prevent infections build Something Like a digital image. One of the keys to keep their infection survivals can. Help us find the Current Crisis. This is the news welcome to our special coverage of the global covert 19 outbreak today want to take a closer look at south korea country was hit hard by the coronavirus but now it has seen a steep decline in new covert 19 cases compare that with the numbers in germany currently nearly 10 times as high. Here come the number for germany in recent weeks it appears south korea has largely reined in the disease and without closing down public life to a degree we are seeing in europe and elsewhere how. Nobody knows exactly but making use of Internet Technology to share confirmed patients occasions and travel information directly with the public seems to have helped quite a lot actually. So 3 a seems to be battling the coronavirus covert 900. 00 effectively without implementing a complete lockdown in addition to rigorous and innovative testing for the virus online applications and social networking have been crucial to encourage ongoing Public Participation in the battle against the corona virus every day south Korean Health authorities send Text Messages to everyones smartphones the advisories remind people to avoid large groups practice to meter safe distancing and regularly disinfect their homes leaving the windows open. So green Health Authorities emergency alerts share the locations of new coronavirus patients people can then follow the links to detailed patient tracking data Web Developers like ryan home have collected and aggregated that information to more user friendly websites up to provide the travel history of each patient but also it thats in the text so even if you. Read that place name you dont really know where exactly to locate it so i put that out on the map so that people can. Officially see where its exactly look at it so that they know if theyve been to that place the south korean public has become a bit complacent as the pandemic drags on so websites like this may help remind people that the risk of infection is still out there and possibly nearby there are a lot of people like theel in korea. Because they think they didnt have any contact with the cough and patients with this web site they have a better idea of that and they can really. Deal with the situation since their creation in late january in early february independent coronavirus patient tracking web sites have received millions of page views offering users reassuring information on. When the coronavirus became a threat i downloaded the app some started using them to understand the situation you can see where infected people have been and avoid going there so it helps to stop the virus from spreading. So 3 has managed to flatten the curve and reduce new cases of the coronavirus in recent weeks although Health Officials here still worry about potential new clusters. Well from Seoul South Korea im now joined by Professor John one son associate professor at the bob school of Planning University College London professor after a peek at the beginning of march south korea has kept new infections very low you say besides a Testing Program thats due to surveillance how yes tracing through to Surveillance Technology played a pretty part in this fight against a corner. If the country has pretty be complicity with testing if you dont know who to test the Testing Capacity has only limited the use so to find out who to test disobedience technology was really cool so theyre cool east to find though that it would be one in every single one patient to come from the patient contacted in the past so ted way you can find out who this patient could fighters from and who this patient could have been to what kind of data exactly has the government there gathered. Because the initial data is the interview of People Experts interview interview patients who too is king rarity but then this entity is quite sure to police state. Resources overtaken through police and thats a credit card transaction move. Look asians and this is the t. V. s so this movie a form every every move i point of use networks have information about where mobile phone has been through g. P. S. And intensive sieber connection and the 2nd a critic cars is again the banks can tell you. When detestation happened so combination of these 2 well it gives you a lot of cars so for example if a keshia was patient with example everest every single customers or potential patients they had to be tested and using credit cards or of course you can find out all they want to click on steamers and then see if the t. V. s can give you even more finite movement today. To the patient to talk to in the past who the patient to pointing to poor example and then someone can i just interrupt you did on who think professor it is dangerous when a government contract every step of its citizens it is is certainly is so this is this is an emergency measure all only when the only when the president of troops it is dental put it is a control it gets all excess to these authorities or with a car through police so when this situation is over they dont have the data dont get us to stay longer Professor John once on joining us live from seoul in south korea thank you very much for what. Thank you. Questions about. The fight against the virus but fresh questions around the globe. Every day. Your questions most important and you have sent us plenty Facebook Twitter and email and to answer them if this is the problem every day heres our science correspondent williams. If we start Data Tracking are there any assurances in place the Technology Wont be used against us in the future that depends a lot on the country i think where you reside any assurances put in place will have to come from governments now theres no question that digital surveillance measures like cell phone tracking that are used to trace the contacts of someone who has been infected are one of the most effective ways that we have now to find out who else might have been exposed but the big fear of course is there once given the right to track their citizens in this way some governments might continue to do it once the Current Crisis is over and it needs to be address and the legislation expanding the rights of governments to track their own citizens so striking the right balance between outbreak oversight and data privacy is not going to be easy thing to. Do what data can be used to track the spread of the coronavirus. Well nowadays practically all of us leave a kind of trail of digital bread crumbs behind us as we move through our lives if you have g. P. S. Or bluetooth turned on on your phone for instance than that can provide pretty specific information as to your whereabouts or who you might have come close to other information that can be used as for example when or where you might have made purchases with a bank card or a credit card and then of course in places that are directly monitored by c. C. T. V. You can employ facial Recognition Technology to pretty precisely determine exactly when someone was where in south korea which has so far had some of the greatest success at containing the virus without resorting to draco nian measures like lockdowns tracking the Previous Movement of people who tested positive has relied on the companys. Of all those measures. Can big data help us avoid a 2nd corona Virus Outbreak and. The short answer to that is no the only thing that will stock over 1000 for gerd is herd immunity which hopefully we will acquire through a vaccine in the not all too distant future however there are many ways that big data techniques can help us better control any future outbreaks they can help us recognize when one is beginning at an earlier stage to start with and dealt also tell us a lot more about what measure is being instigated all over the world at the moment actually work best so even if it doesnt solve the coronavirus problem for us big data it is providing valuable information all the time on how we can hopefully solve the problem ourselves. And that was covered 19 special coverage for today from all on the pandemic to check out all social Media Channels and our website thats the w dot com which has dedicated covert 19 pages in 30 languages. At the end of the show we leave you with pictures from a backhoe in long body italys region that hit hardest by the Novel Coronavirus streets that. Emptiness the country sacrificing almost all folds of Business Activity to fight them and death. And their crowded again Data Tracking will be an issue to avoid the 2nd wave of the pandemic and to stop governments and companies from tracking every move. Eco india. How can a countrys economy grow and harmony 6 people plant when there are do mergers look at the Bigger Picture india a country that faces many challenges and whose people are striving to create a Sustainable Future clever projects from europe and india. Next on the detail of. Im going crazy thing in all the time. How to handle lies in times of the corona and then make a reporter. Just like everyone else and shes looking for answers and thankfully with the help of being expelled. Thank you this is not life as we know it. Our. 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