People have lost their lives and Spains Health care system is our breaking point plus. Social distancing at the cinema the pandemic has boosted demand that aid the starry drive into Movie Theater in germany. On public foley yes good to have you with us in the United StatesPresident Trump has warned of quote a very painful 2 weeks ahead the death toll from the corona virus has now surpassed 3500 thats more than chinas official tally. Bringing out the day that new york is americas coronavirus hot spot. 19 has killed more than 1500 people across the state most of the deaths have been in new york city with ortiz there are ramping up Hospital Capacity across the u. S. Numbers are rising sharply. I want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead were going to go through a very tough 2 weeks. And then hopefully as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard to start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful. Very very painful 2 weeks new yorks world renowned central park is normally a haven for workers in the jungle is now dozens of volunteers helped to build a Field Hospital in the park to cope with an expected surgeon coronavirus cases there is hope that people really care i think weve seen so many new yorkers come out here and helping just that ultimately theres a theres hope out there i think it shows the capacity for our Health Care System to reach out and do whatever it takes to take care of the citizens of the United States the Field Hospital in central park will be able to take nearly 70 corona patients the u. S. Open Tennis Complex will be home to another makeshift emergency clinic the white house is projecting as many as 240000 u. S. Deaths Officials Say that without social distancing measures now in place that could have been more than 2000000. Well to washington correspondent oliver solid towards following trumps latest briefing on the fight against the coronavirus i asked him why the country was so ill prepared despite seeing the pond demick catastrophic impact on asia and europe heres his assessment well part of the answer you could see in todays press briefing so was today 2 months after the 1st case coronavirus was diagnosed in the United States and today president trial had his exports inform the public about flattening the curve a practice thats been in place or all the world for quite some time so the u. S. Is legging behind in responding to the virus they started very late with testing this is very crucial so we went from hardly any cases to up to 180000 which is the latest just within 2 weeks and now the u. S. Is simply struggling to keep up. Well lets take a look now at some other coronavirus news from around the world more than 850000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 42000 have died United Nations secretary general antonio said that pandemic is the worst Global Crisis since world war 2 and called for a stronger coordinated response ethiopia is 1st phone in parliamentary elections set for oldest jutes of the pandemic and a 12 Year Old Girl has died in belgium shes thought to be europes youngest victim so far across spain and italy have people held a minutes silence on choose day to mourn and remember the lives that have been lost to the corona virus in the 2 hardest hit countries spain recorded its highest number of deaths on tuesday bringing the total to more than 8400 the crisis is pushing Spains Health care system to its limits but the government says there is reason for cautious hope. A minute of silence in madrid after the deadliest day yet in spades corona Virus Outbreak. The city and much of the country are on lockdown following other european nations. A Senior Health official who has been infected appeared via video link to praise measures taken so far but with a warning. And history. And now this is from last week in certain regions shows that the measures are little by little having the desired effect now it wouldnt make any sense to try new measures very important measures were rolled out on the 15th of march. And in the effect of this yeah if you miss a minute but we can institute more measures if the present ones are having an effect this isnt a race to the top. Of the west. Meanwhile with many medical facilities strained to the breaking point in coming patients are being treated in makeshift hospitals like this one in madrids Convention Center which just opened up a new section on monday. As the death toll spikes the leader of spains Main Business association complained about the effect of stay at home orders. If industry cannot stop we have to try to not stop it and if it has to stop it should be for the minimum time possible this is because industry gives strength to the spanish economy. In the industry must be treated with special care because it generates employment and services it is a very important issue. That it clearly is soldiers in hazmat suits have been called up to help disinfect public spaces as the battle against the deadly virus grinds on. Now lets take a look at some other headlines from around the globe to Trump Administration has offered to be begin lifting sanctions against venezuela if president s make or last month otos socialist party and the opposition form an interim government with u. S. Secretary of state mike on peo said the Transitional Government would serve on 2. President ial and National Assembly elections could be held within a year for. Canadians demanding Financial Aid have demonstrated in front of social welfare offices in the capital tunis the lock down in the country has disproportionately affected the poor the e. U. Has said it will grant 250000000 euros to to musea to help fight the impact of the pandemic. South africa has the most confirmed coronavirus cases in africa but its struggling to make its citizens obey social distancing rules the government has announced mass door to door screening and testing for infections. Now the pandemic has triggered a massive surge in demand for protective facemasks in europe shortages hit french president Emanuel Mccall once french factories to start producing 10000000 a week the masks are key for frontline medical staff coming into contact with infected patients but there is debate around their effectiveness in stopping the spread of the corona virus among the general population. Face masks for years theyve been part of daily life for many in asia and now for parts of europe theyre about to become say to us troops decision to make it compulsory to wear the mosques in supermarkets and sparked a debate in neighboring germany. The town of year has now become germanys 1st to announce similar measures though given the shortage of face masks the city has encouraged people to sow their own its a move large be welcomed by the residents. I think in spirit the more that stunned the better and the more everyone does it the sooner it will be free of the virus i have 6 simple masks at home and then push comes to shove also my suit and. I think its a good idea in principle of the problem is that there simply arent any masks mix. The World Health Organization is among those saying theres little Scientific Evidence showing that basic masks once not intended for medical use affectively prevent Healthy People from catching the corona virus but some experts advise that they could be useful as a barrier to stop those infected from contaminating others. Nontruths masks for nose and mouth are relevant for the protection of others if someone is infected and masks keep the virus droplets from flying out when someone sneezes or coughs if you need to avoid flying couldnt be. Up to now the insistence by many western countries that the widespread use of mosques is not necessary has surprised many in asia that people have worn face masks the years the cause of air pollution but in this pandemic there practically a civic duty in europe that attitude is now increasingly gaining ground. To soccer now and the German Football League has confirmed that the restart date for the bundesliga will be april 30th at the earliest the clubs agreed on choose day that the suspension should be extended because of the coronavirus however games might still be played behind closed doors when the season resumes. These are Uncertain Times for german football theres been no action inside been disney get a stadium since the middle of march now the 36. 00 clubs from germanys top 2 division say thats will remain the case until at least the end of april. So if the ball does leave your clubs have unanimously followed the recommendations of the committee as thats all play should stop until at least the 30th of april would be so end game training should stop until the 5th of april to support the efforts of the government to interest its. From major league wants to look at playing games behind closed doors without fans if the season were to be cancelled clubs would lose a combined 750000000 euros in revenue mainly from t. V. Contracts and that could put some teams in financial peril. Clause. What was made clear today is that certain clubs. Games this season can play. And if t. V. Licensing fees from certain media broadcasters arent paid form the fees and i needed coops in my then certain clubs in may and others in june could find their existence threats instance but one does it whats on gotten couldnt the desire and need to play at that whats not clear is whether the possibility is to well football isnt the only thing germans are missing at the moment the pandemic has had a profound impact on peoples social lives but the temporary closure of bars restaurants and cinemas well almost all of them in the city of s. And theres one notable exception but youll need a car with a few blankets for the cold evening nicole and her daughter get ready to watch a film at the drive in cinema theyre also taking some ice cream and candy along tonight a german comedy is playing. You can you understand not go to a normal cinema and theres nothing else to do in the car we dont have to worry about jens life so to go said lets go to the cinema ok they didnt like nicole many people were making their 1st trip to the drive in. Its been easy weve never be here we would have gone to a normal cinema but this was suitable sandstad of sitting at home on the couch we decided to come here and well most of germanys drive in cinemas are closed the city of essen has issued a special permit allowing this one to remain open amid tight restrictions each car is women said to 2 people and their children and tickets are only available on line type easy to wind up and hold up the ticket for the tickets are only checked when the window is off the stack bar and he toronto remain closed the drive in is open during all kinds of weather regardless of how cold it is. And 20 quins of the customers have to keep themselves warm they bring their blankets and cuddle bits more than usual in the never things time. Covering has always been part of the experience 60 years ago germanys 1st drive in open air frankfurt. It accommodated over a 1000 cars and quickly became the perfect refuge for young people in love even if they told their parents they were going to see a film. Theyre not here to flesh petula neck undisturbed whatever people cool it. In their heyday germany was home to as many as 40 drive in cinemas now the number has dropped to less than half of that the s. And drive has benefited from a steady rise in demand for more than 5 years now the corona Virus Outbreak has boosted cells even more even though all premiers have been postponed. Trying to put everything was sold out but i was also in the midst of the pandemic movie fans are looking for a bit of normality as long as they can get a ticket. Well youre watching new news dont forget our website is fair for all the latest news on the information around the clock. Dot com im up a phony as in berlin thanks for joining us take care and bye bye. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour corona update. 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when were. Trying to just through the topics covered and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crawl of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us. On slash science. News. Because pandemic is is is overwhelming so many people that need the breathing machines that just simply havent been manufactured yet. Imagine youre a doctor and have a 30 year old patient than an 80 year old both infected with the coronavirus both strong severe symptoms and both need and oxygen but you only have one who should use this kind of decision is called tria which is french and the means deciding who has a higher chance of survival and is given a higher priority in medical treatment and who might be left. 2. Doctors around the globe are taking these decisions right now what does that mean for those doctors and what are the ethics behind trio thats what were looking at today in all special coverage of the covert 19 crisis here in d w as welcome it all comes down to how well the Health System is prepared for a pandemic in the end as the number of intensive care beds and ventilators that counts most Health System outside italy and france are holding the line but around the world hospitals are filling up trio might become a reality for doctors sooner or later. This is the worst Case Scenario when treating patients in front stopped as a force to make life or death decisions patients over the age of 80 will not be put on mechanical ventilators this process is called tria. The time comes from the french team a it means the sourcing of an allocation of treatment to patients modern medical triano was invented during the napoleonic wars france spain and italy of the worst affected countries in europe more than 100000 people have been infected with the virus in italy and i dont nearly 12000 have died and the longer the crisis continues the more often doctors are faced with making some very tough decisions and stuart about those decisions im now joined by dr to be escort is a physician and the epidemiologist the director also the director of the institute for Public Health at berlins Charity Hospital and professor. Physician teaching medical ethics at Heidelberg University lets start with you dr corder were not yet doing in germany are doctors well prepared for taking these decisions. Well murders are well prepared against other doctors in the world in training and the hospitals and physicians already stationed. Theoretical i think when its reactions necessary in germany it will be very challenging for a doctors and medical teams here as well. How does trash work in a hospital is it just one doctor who ends up being the only one responsible and carries this burden well there are certainly operating procedures in place and so its going to imagine eventually you have a very short time to decide in which case it louis left by the treating physician in a medical teams on the side will get going to legs or not so its going to be a very challenging situation so therefore the support of the local law structures the hospital as well as the legal system its very important to support this medical teams to make these decisions but talking about these procedures a professor how can doctors and hospitals actually prepare for tria. But i think. From an ethical point of humor and prepayment for these decisions this crucial for 2 reasons the question of uniform rules in order to ensure fair and educational resources. Across teams across units and hospitals and because doctors in their everyday chemical dont and im not familiar not at ease this as such decisions because the traditional clinical ethics is patient centered and not at for allocating patients to Different Levels of contingency care so from an ethical. Need to korea are 2 areas i think 1st of forecourts that provides for a step by step evaluation and criteria for testing patients and in germany several medical association pettish recommendations but we are protocol last week if there ketamine for ethics in medicine in the elite and 2nd each hospital then test if and test out these bullets should be implemented and therefore actually asked teams that include the expertise of intensive care physicians. Maybe even clinical ethics committees can support in setting up these processes think the most important think is s. And thing as doctors that there are only if they give it up its not in charge for the responsibility taken in these decisions thats where one key issue of course but what about normal doctors say that in the Community Village doctors who have covered patients do they also or might they also face these ethical dilemmas. I think not those that this end is and the decision on. Who gets under mental a dose of is he not the primary care physician that they have at their tree ash decisions if there are many patients who are going to transfer to the hospital. If there are many patients in need so i think this same criteria of seriousness and and comorbidities that go into the trash or tickets in the hospital can also be at night in the periphery for nominal primary care physician or at least of importance for him. Because coming back to you how well can you predict actually whether a person will probably die even if treated isnt that also a bit of a lottery. But it certainly is a lot of parameters and medical history medical experience of the trade in physicians are to support your decision but theres no certainty that the 2 minute decision is he is the right one and also theres only. 2 years senior team made a different decision so the canoe up situation will be a circle a learning curve. And there in the matter if teams are going to rest to really use the hour for the rest of the march professor winkler coming back to you as an ethicist what can you tell a frontline doctor who is facing a decision like that could you give us an example. Well i think 1st it would be important to or to acknowledge that these are tough decisions that kind of head out spend our common doctors ethics and summer test the church if you have such dilemma and then coming back to those rules and protocols that we have now is set up saying. There are different faces of the pen demick and if you have not enough. For our patients who needs you and have to prioritize so its. Certain that you are and that they will survive and then others and there we have clearly laid out criteria so that this was a good set Current Situation of the patient come a bit piece frae it isnt criteria but for example age just not a credit here that went into our recommendation said charity and if i think the 3rd thing that i would recommend is make. A way out of. A timber supply routes in secular absolute terms because you know that this is a serious stress and more and other west wrestling situation and this church as a bit up now in the hospital floor relieve the stress that happens in 2 situations professor you have in there and started to be a support thank you very much. And i was every day heres a science correspondent staring up with him for a couple of answers to questions that you have sent him keep them coming today its about how men and women can be differently affected by cope at 19 its the covance gender gap. Study suggests men are more likely to catch covert 1000. 00 than women is that true it does indeed appear that men are more likely to test positive for the disease than women are in other words men make up more than the 50 percent of confirmed cases you would expect if the virus infected men and women with equal frequency. Are men more likely to die from coven 1000 as well. Here the data is this more conclusive and what its saying is that men are more likely to die after infection with covert 19 then women are the numbers are very striking for example in italy where over 70 percent of the confirmed patients who succumbed to the disease were men also the coronavirus really does appear to be more lethal for men than it is for women. So why are men more vulnerable than women. Like so much else about this virus for just dont know enough at this point to really penned down why its killing more men than it is women but researchers have hazarded some guesses on average worldwide more than women do men pursue behaviors that are considered to be health risks like smoking tobacco or were Drinking Alcohol and everyone should know those risks those unhealthy behaviors can also lead to what are called comorbidities those are conditions like like hypertension or a cardiovascular disease or chronic lung disease and many of the victims of covert 19 were elderly men with comorbidities yet other researchers are trying to cast some light on the issue by focusing on the biological and genetic differences between men and women could estrogen be playing a protective role for example maybe there are also some well documented immune system differences between men and women that whats most probable is that all of those factors social behavioral biological that theyre all going to play a role in why covert 19 is hitting men harder than its hitting women theres not going to be a simple straightforward explanation. 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