Region into an open a a coronavirus led to try to find out just tell the virus spreads and how it can best be content. And the German Government moves to launch a Smartphone App to trace infection context pricing has proven effective in slowing the spread of the virus that jim is ready to potentially trade privacy for protection. Im anthony held welcome governments around the world a scrambling to find ways to limit the spread of the corona virus many have imposed restrictions on peoples movements italy is in its 4th week of a strict nationwide lockdown while this might be helping in the fight against the corona virus it is also bringing the countrys economy to its knees with people losing their jobs and fears of mounting that in italy. Dissatisfaction could quickly turn into unrest. Italys streets empty like they have been for the past 3 weeks. Police are on patrol to ensure citizens only leave their homes when strictly necessary. The lockdown has altered daily life in italy and brought the countrys economy to a halt all nonessential businesses have had to shut down many people have lost their jobs or have seen their salaries cut some are now unable to afford even the basics of thirtys and individual citizens have stepped in handing out meals to those in need but these initiatives are hardly enough and the risk of social unrest in italy is growing the mayor of naples has warned that the lockdown cant continue indefinitely. But we will soon need something close to normal Economic Activity. Otherwise not only will we have thousands of coronaviruses deaths but we will also have millions of Unemployed People be youll need. Organized crime will stop it can spend money and they can spend it faster than the government. Will stop in sicily police are patrolling supermarkets after reports of shoppers refusing to pay italy isnt the only nation with a lockdown is hitting the poor hardest it might again prove to be an example of whats to come in other countries paralyzed by the Coronavirus Crisis. For more were joined from brown by correspondent zuma gupta how serious i feel is that the longer the lockdown goes on the more this time could foster crime and go on wrist. Yes i mean the concern really is as that package pointed out when you look at the country the concern is more in the south and thats because the south is traditionally the poorer part of the country it has high incidence of unemployment and its also where you have the presence of those organized crime gangs or groups that are ready to take advantage of very desperate people so we understand that shes a close these this is a failing in suffrage even those who are involved in clan steve legal work thats dried up and they dont actually have access to any of those benefits is not as easy for them and so you have these reports of supermarkets where people are just going in and taking the food and so the police have to stand out there to make sure that doesnt happen youve gotten points of people begging at banks for loans because they need money to support 5 so this can be to other issues of social tension in unrest and its precisely such a situation that you have these organized crime gangs definitely in the mafia where the experts who study these groups say that you know theyve got the liquidity theyve got the money now to offer very unreasonable loans off of these loans in exchange for recruitment into the criminal activity on top of that they could be tapping into that that people have full protective gear in setting that he quit then for more money the same in italy as a shop north south divide how is the crisis playing out differently across these different areas of the country. Well you look at the Health Response to me up north where the biggest cost is where was seeing the biggest emergency but that traditionally is where you have a well Cost Health System down south its not as well equipped and there is concern that needs the clusters were to explode there potentially dangerous now were already seeing increasing cases in regions like campania with needles located as well as it cornea and its the city and the hospitals there are not as well equipped and the authorities there are seeing big need more protective gear they need those mosques they need the goggles and all the putting that come to protect those akara working to help those affected the key concern is also the presence of the virus in care homes for the aged whether vulnerable 7 and those working their old sort of protective gear the authorities are asking the Central Government for that synagogue in iran thank you so much time now to take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic and spine is recorded a new daily death toll of 864 and a total of more than 9000 covered 19 related deaths a serbian deputy environment minister died from the corona virus thats the 2nd death of a public figure from the disease in that country and china has reported on numbers of asymptomatic cases for the 1st time it says 1300 people who showed no signs of symptoms have tested positive or germany says its extending social distancing rules and that slowing the spread of the virus beyond insta citizens are urged to keep contact with others to an absolute minimum even during the holiday meanwhile a group of german scientists have announced a new study into the corona virus theyre hoping i hard hit region on the border with france can help shed new light on just how the infection spreads. This is germanys. Heinsberg is the german epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak now its about to be turned into an open air the dollar tree. As one of the countrys worst affected regions heinsberg has reached the point where we can now see new infections declining so here for the 1st time we can ask the question how high the ratio of those really is who were sick without ever being diagnosed its happening doctors are teaming up with pollsters to analyze a group of 1000 people in this Small Community of going ahead following carnival celebrations in february the town saw a sudden surge of corona virus infections those responsible hope the mistakes made back then may now produce some good for others in the end we might end up not just being those who were in the spotlight for being the region where things were particularly bad maybe we will also be seen as those who handled the situation well. Its hope taking samples from all aspects of daily life will shed some light on how fast and in which ways the virus spread it was probably the problem is that we are currently relying too much on mathematical models and if only one factor turns out to be wrong the whole calculation collapses of. The team of scientists hopes to be able to present the 1st concrete results on actual infection ratios by the beginning of next week. And here are some of the other stories making news around the world. The German Government is funding startups with a rescue package with 2000000000 euros finance minister of the shots said that many innovative Young Companies already struggle with liquidity and find it difficult to secure loans and need support so as not to endanger their existence he says and years of research and development. Lawmakers in ukraine passed a historic land reform bill clearing hurdles to unlock and 1000000000. 00 i. M. F. Loan package Wearing Masks and gloves against the coronavirus they lifted a longstanding ban on the sale of land. And in the us las vegas or thirtys had converted an outdoor parking boss into a temporary homeless shelter amid the pandemic the measure has sparked outrage with with critics pointing out that thousands of empty hotel rooms exist in the city there are an estimated 6500 people without permanent housing in las vegas. The German Government is hoping to launch a Smartphone App within weeks that could alert people if theyve come into contact with someone who had tested positive for covert 19 study showed this Contact Tracing method is highly effective against pandemics the germans are famously protective of their privacy and the project had stalled until were simply. Using mobile phones to tackle the corona virus without a massive increase in states of eylandt for weeks over 100 experts from 8 countries have been working to achieve this goal now theyve come up with an app that uses Bluetooth Technology to anonymously monitor whether other users are nearby for a certain period of time. If a user has tested positive for the corona virus other app uses who were in contact received a warning. Works on a voluntary basis privacy will be strictly respected because we will on no account use personal data or location data neither will data be saved over a long period but rather just for 21 days. Germanys business Friendly FoodDemocratic Party is among those to back the idea. The the plot from here this platform is the european city sion it conforms to Data Protection regulations and respects society of values and can contribute to Health Protection on the finished app isnt ready yet and the German Government says the newly announced project is just one of many options hes considering you can you know you dont have to win this can cite can tell you now that the head of the Chancellors Office thinks the app is promising and welcomes the fact that a cross border solution is being worked on the ends you push buttons from sin yet. The projects developer say an app may be ready to easter. So another possible try to off the trains Civil Liberties and Public Health they have a report i mean if its head to toe why does the German Government think a Smartphone App can do what saying rules have no well essentially the problem is that quarantine only works if you know who came in contact with people before that because when people start to feel sick they go into court but they were contagious up to 3 days before that so the challenge of the government is to find out who they came in contact with thats now become possible through digital surveillance technologies which we carry in our pocket every day and the government is hoping to harness that in order to clamp down on the edge and how the geminis efforts compare with other countries germany is a bit behind the curve on this one. And south korea is a good example of a country that rolled this out really quickly theyve been using Contact Tracing since the very beginning and it seems that theyve kind of slowed down the epidemic at about 10000 cases while germany 70000 i think recently and still climbing south korea however the government there gave their center for Disease Control basically Carte Blanche to look at all the private data of people who came down with covert 19 so that means. Credit Card Transactions that mean. Telecommunications even means Surveillance Footage from cameras in Public Places which would not fly in germany as youre probably aware yourself very skeptical of that theyre not sometimes have been through the surveillance of east germany so they want to create an app thats more based on the singapore model singapore released an app a week ago that is an opt in method uses Bluetooth Technology you download it or you dont and the app will know if youve come in contact in the past few days with somebody whos tested positive for the virus so it ends up being a really personal question to you then. If and when it comes out well you know ive hesitated about this i didnt even have a smartphone until about 2 years ago im very reluctant to give up my private data i think that if the government does this right it could work Bluetooth Technology can be encrypted the question now is whether or not the government access to that encrypted data. So if the government decides that they are not going to have access to this and i would do it i think out of solidarity we should all down know that if they do it right i mean thanks very much thank you. Well the wimbledon tennis championships have been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic close to half a 1000000 people usually attend the tournament at the club but this year for the 1st time since world war 2 the championships will not take place the event had been judah stuff on the 29th of june. European footballs governing body your wife says the Champions League and will remain suspended until further notice hosted a Video Conference with its 55 Member Associations today to discuss the Coronavirus Crisis all the International Match matches that would be played in june and also being put on hold that includes playoff matches for the now has postponed euro 2022 and qualifying matches for the womens euros 2021. 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Goats are conquering empty streets in a british village what a strange picture to us humans were used to only seeing ourselves governing the world as soon as we withdraw nature quickly takes over these monkeys in thailand as well at the corona crisis eventually being good for the environment satellite images seem to prove just in italy where people have been living in lockdown for weeks traffic has nearly stops and nitrogen dioxide levels have clearly dropped and other studies suggest that germany might even reach its climate goals as the corona lock down causes the economy to produce much less c o 2. So is the coronavirus good for the planet this is the news with special coverage of the covert 19 pandemic in berlin welcome. Factories devoid of workers thousands of Flights Canceled empty streets because people are working from home instead of driving to the Office GlobalEconomic Activity has been put into an induced coma bad for the World Economy bought from a climate perspective the coronavirus pandemic is not entirely negative environmental activists might actually rejoice measures have been implemented immediately that drastically cut emission emissions measures that otherwise would have taken years to come into effect. Images from space chinas pollution shown in red shrunk dramatically between december and march. 6 smoke has given way to building skies thanks to closed factories reduced capacity power plants and fewer cars on the roads beijings residents have been enjoying some unusually fresh spring air and theyre not alone the air in europe is better too depending on how long the crisis goes on for the a guru think tank estimates that germanys Greenhouse Gas emissions could be 40 percent lower this year than last. Tourist hot spots are also enjoying some restaurant then its normally bustling with over 20000000. 00 tourists each year is virtually empty. The water in its many can hours usually dull and murky as a result of the many boats is suddenly clear. Crafter responsible for around 7 percent of global Greenhouse Gas emissions but the booming business is currently very International Flights have been reduced to a minimum german carrier love tanser for example has cut 90 percent of its Long Distance flights in many countries lockdowns are set to continue for some time others are on the threshold of their china however its beginning to wind its economy back up again and that raises the question when the lockdowns end will it be business as usual. Will it strong i mean. This from our environment. We just saw some of the positive effects in inverted commas of this pandemic on the environment so will we or should we go back to business as usual. We need to go back to what were doing before but in a different way its really difficult to talk about Silver Linings or to kind of celebrate these lockdowns because of course were in the middle of a pandemic and this is a much more urgent crisis than the Climate Crisis that were also living and you can understand people celebrating this partially particularly when we talk about air pollution now air pollution is one of the worlds most deadly killers it claims more than 7000000. 00 lives each year and it shaves off on average about 3 years of our lives in particular People Living in the global south then africa and asia now what this means when weve got locked down which have reduced pollution as we can see partially in china or in italy is that in the short term at least people are able to breathe better the question is how long can this be held on for and one to lift you know how will the economy would be reshaped in a way that doesnt lead to just more smoke more smog being produced rather puts things into perspective out in the shutdown also causes a drastic cut in c o 2 emissions to a degree that germany might even lead its climate goals for this year prematurely is that shutdown or a shutdown of that magnitude what it takes to reach climate targets. Its one way of reaching them but i think most climate experts would say its not a particularly good way of doing so there are Clear Solutions that would enable us to reduce Greenhouse Gas guzzler missions and meet the climate targets countries have agreed on in a way that doesnt require people to stay locked in their houses or to a halt Economic Activity the most obvious of the flu shot and the to transition from fossil fuels to Renewable Energy sources like wind and solar power and on top of that change how we consume food how we to reduce the amount of for instance beef thats being eaten that required raising rain forests and raising large numbers of cattle that belch meat thayne and other Greenhouse Gases. So the key point of read it from what the climate experts are saying is to find ways to reduce the emissions without causing the harm to to the economy to humans that theyve locked down the currently doing but as it does do you think that what once the Recovery Period after covert has started do you think that fighting Climate Change will go on the back burner for a while i think were already seeing that happen and its hard to predict how that whole played out once the pandemic kids only vote which will hopefully be as soon as possible. What were going to see this year for sure is Climate Summit being canceled or postponed or i mean potentially held over skype and video. But a lot less effective as a clear answer we can see governments have much bigger priorities to deal with mainly reducing the spread of the virus and on top of that we also have the issue of the kind of momentum behind change being lost so even climate activists these School Strikers protesting like grit having to do that over skype its a lot less in the Public Domain its a lot less on peoples minds because rightly there are other more pressing issues to deal with. Now the corona Virus Outbreak is actually changing the way we think about a whole range of things including how we treat nature intensifying has come in for particular criticism many of many new viruses have spread from animals to humans some say that in that in growing vast quantities of a single crop in monocultures all stripping the rain forest off its what humanity is laying the groundwork for operates like this one is that true edgy are people just using the Current Crisis to further their agenda as well as the indeed a direct connection between say the rain forest and the corner virus theres a direct her connection between human activity encroaching on ecosystems and the effects on pandemics whether that was the case with this particular current virus it is too early to tell theres some suggestion that the virus spread initially from bats through penguins and then to humans we know that the center of the outbreak in china was in a wet locket where youve got lots of animals being traded sold illegally for meat on top of each other its very easy to spread from animal to animal now that can all accelerate and what were seeing clearly from course from a college of course from scientists. To protect the rain forest to protect nature and even if we can or 30 link it to the Current Crisis to be aware that this will help prevent future pandemics as it narrowed down from our environment desk thank you very much thank you. Ok time now for your questions answered by our science correspondents Derek Williams locked away in his office at home keep your questions for him coming via social media comments on our you tube channel and if youre more the or very Old Fashioned type via email today we start with the weather. Does hot weather help stop will say the virus. Most of the most severe or corona Virus Outbreak so far have been in places that were still in the midst of winter but where spring is now on the way we dont really know yet whether when things heat up in the Northern Hemisphere it will slow the spread of covert 19 but there is reason for cautious hope that it might related coronaviruses have been shown to have seasonality but the w. H. O. Has more in that at this point we very much just have to wait and see. The lifespan of the corona virus. A Study Released a few weeks ago in the new england journal of medicine looked at exactly that question and came up with some ballpark figures that 1st looked at how long the coronavirus remained in the air and found there were still viable levels of it after 3 hours the researchers also looked at materials like stainless steel and plastic and found that the virus survives on those surfaces for up to 3 days on cardboard it only remains viable for around 24 hours its important to say that those tests they took place under strict Laboratory Conditions so you cant really transfer those results one to one in the real world but they do provide a kind of rule of thumb. Can a virus spread when money changes hands. Paper banknotes and bills are not all that different than Services Like cardboard so yes you can expect the virus to survive for a while on their surfaces so in theory yes money is a possible vector for infection but but dont forget that you can. Cant catch the disease through your skin and the virus has to get into your respiratory tract and it does that by your hands when you touch your face so if you avoid doing that and wash your hands thoroughly after conducting any monetary transactions it should be an effective way to limit any risk. That science correspondent and that concludes our covert 900. 00 special for today for more on the pandemic do check out our social Media Channels and our website thats t w dot com of course which is dedicated covert 900 pages in 30 languages now before we go lets spare a thought for animal friends in zoos around the world with lockdowns in full force it seems the animals are missing a visitor. Anyone who doesnt appear. Camera crews for example is greeted with delight and hes in the images are from germany zookeepers in belgium the u. K. And the usa that animals are feeling lets say. Lets hope well be back soon. After. Equal india. How can a countrys economy grow and harmony 6 people and the environment when there are doers 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 equal to the. Next digital. Im going crazy thing in all the time. How to handle on new lives in times of the koran or pandemic d. W. Reporter do your job. Yes just like everyone else and shes looking for answers and thankfully with the help of cleaning expects a few of them. Thank you is not life as we know it. 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