American how it welcome we begin with another grim chapter in spains Coronavirus Crisis of a 10000 people have now died from complications linked to covet 19 thats off to a record 950 people passed away in the last 24 hours spine is now 2nd only to italy in the number of coronavirus fatalities the pandemic is also hitting the countrys economy hot nearly a 1000000 people have lost their job since mid much meanwhile the countrys Health Care Workers are overwhelmed and lacking critical protective. Stretched to breaking point the wards are philippas hospital the now the county so coronavirus patients lie in the corridors just north of barcelona medics have turned the Hospital Library into an intensive care unit spain is one of the worst hit countries the number of coronavirus day has no jumped to more than 10000 after a record 950 deaths in the space of a day. The Health Workers on the frontline say they are being put in an unthinkable position. Were lacking the staff at the moment and the few staff that we have available are in a dangerous situation themselves and at risk of becoming transmitters. Or as i got infected because of the lack of protective measures as we dont have enough resources there are fewer and fewer citable protective masks. And these are your thoughts and offers when somebody is doing things really badly and we need them to rectify this because if they dont do so to morrow we will double the number of infected Health Workers if we continue like this there would be enough professionals to take heed of our patients. But there are glimmers of hope the reach of new infections in spain appears to be slowing and people are recovering here at a hospital the northeast of the country doctors discharged a 93 year old man who is made to feel recovery after 5 days in isolation. Spain has been in a nationwide locked day and since the middle of march and the standstill is hitting the economy hard 100000 people have lost their jobs and spains recorded its highest ever monthly rise in unemployment the government says it will have to work on relaunching the economy once the epidemic is under control Health Officials say data shows the curve is stabilizing but despite the slowdown in the rate of infections the fight to contain the virus is far from over. Meanwhile russian president Vladimir Putin has extended the countrys coronavirus lockdown until april 30 all citizens with the exception of essential workers are to stay home with all salaries to be paid through this period in a televised address putin stressed the seriousness of the threat facing the country and that the peak of the virus still ahead. You know what you need in the non working week declared all over the country as well as isolation regime for residents of many regions allowed us to win some time for preventive action to mobilize all the authorities to increase Health Care Resources to fight the epidemic with maximum efficiency using our own experience and the best practice of other countries that. Were joined now by d. W. Correspondent emily show win in moscow and lee president putin calls this a nonworking period or even a nationwide coronavirus holiday what is behind this language. Well the language of course is is rather euphemistic last week put in already announced a week long holiday and the kremlin followed that announcement with an encouraging statement saying that people should actually be encouraged to keep working now of course this positive wording that putin is using essential a allows him to be the good guy he talked about the fact that different regions in russia as it have been affected to different extents and he called on Regional Governors and mayors of cities to kind of implement their own measures according to the seriousness of the situation in different regions and that of course means that the regional afterwards will have to essential to be the bad bad guys when they institute strict measures now weve already seen moscow put people in self isolation last week in many regions following moscow in within russia has been the hardest hit there have been around 3500 cases across the country in 2500 of them around that number are in moscow and this week the city off already have been discussing how theyre going to be implementing those self isolation measures next week using Smart Technologies like facial recognition and using the geo location data from people smuggle phones and moscow has been kind of a testing ground for measures so were likely to see strict measures in other regions as well and how are the people in russia reacting to these measures that you talk about. Well last week when putin announced this kind of weeklong coronavirus holiday as you called it people kind of took him by his word some people booked flights to the black sea city of sochi there were images on social media of people in moscow barbecuing and then in the off fortys took rather strict measures for example by closing hotels and such a by imposing this self isolation in the capital i think people now have understood the seriousness of this and the fact that these are essentially just euphemisms moscow certainly is rather empty there is hardly any traffic there are billboards around the city calling on people to stay home presenters on state t. V. Are presenting from their living rooms some of them are Wearing Masks to encourage people to kind of stay home as well and i think people are starting to understand that here as well and they are likely to understand it even better there better if strict measures come into force as well across the country. And really show one in moscow thank you always a look now at some of the other ways covered 19 is impacting the world. The European Union says its rolling out a huge Relief Program for Member States struggling amid the Coronavirus Crisis of the fund a line on failed the 100000000000 euros fund i mean to prevent widespread job losses to the pandemic. And then to subside of recession in germany the financial crisis of 2009 that was the grim assessment of economic minister. On thursday said europes largest economy could see annual g. D. P. Shrink by more than 5. 7 percent eclipsing the last downturn. British airways is reported to be negotiating with its union to suspend as many as 36000. 00 employees the move would be one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to folding passenger numbers and continuing travel restrictions British Airways has already halted flights out of London Gatwick airport the president of the philippines has ordered police to shoot did anyone who causes trouble in lockdown areas are very good detective televised speech kind just out was after a group of people were arrested in a manila slum for demanding the government do more to help feed the poll. In south America Brazil has the most cases of the coronavirus and the highest death toll almost 7000. 00 people have been infected that includes the 1st corona virus case among its indigenous population the countrys president has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic last month he referred to covert non thing as quote amazingly cold hes also the only major world leader continuing to criticize lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the virus. It was a deliberate provocation by president jaya bosun r. O. Visiting a supermarket surrounded by shoppers right in the middle of the Coronavirus Crisis both sonera himself may be infected with the virus this is why he chose to mingle all the same people who started the should i have the coronavirus as a former athlete i dont need to worry. I wouldnt notice anything at the most a touch of the flu or a cold or do you want a 3rd of our families must be able to feed themselves thats why we should now all be returning to normal people in Rio De Janeiros biggest chance the town took the president at his word after days of isolation residents went back to work shrugging off the dangers of the virus. The local mayor fears he may soon be dealing with an epidemic. It will be a disaster weve already been fighting a tuberculosis outbreak was because when he did you know residents dont realize that they would be safer staying at home. The crisis is escalating here unlike both scenario brazils provincial governors acted from the start shutting beaches schools and supermarkets scientists are warning that the crisis is just beginning. We estimate that the democrats youre being brazil will peak in 2. 00 to 3. 00 weeks the infection rate is constantly increasing. Across brazil coronavirus victims of being buried and young people are among the dead. These scenes have sparked protests residents have been banging pans in anger at the narrow he eventually backtracked all of this we have a mission to save lives think without threatening jobs we have to focus on both the virus and the economy. In an apparent also narrowed now wants to fight the virus but too late to prevent him losing many supporters who now see him as irresponsible. For more on this were joined now from Rio De Janeiro by the correspondent who filed that report material but this do we know where both has been getting his information from and why he brushed off warnings for so long as we see it there are 2 major wings inside his own government and in the last weeks the predominant wing why are the signs deniers the religious groups who advised him to talk in the way we saw in the report but on tuesday this changed the very wing of the militarys and the science friendly groups inside his government told him to lower his wards and to not anymore. Talk against isolation measures so now both now is much more moderate than before regional leaders have taken the initiative to warn people on their own in some cases is the countrys Health Care System also ready for an onslaught of infections. The public Health Care System of brazil is much better than other countries here in 1000 america. Governors of the different states and. In a row they are constructing special hospitals temporary hospitals with more beds for corona cases for example in the famous american a stadium and also in the some boardroom con about temple of Rio De Janeiros so there are measures taken but we have to see and wait for the numbers of death and infections here in brazil and this would be really. Not sure were not sure so far if it will be enough and if people will have access and quickly what about brazils Indigenous People materials and the threat to the. Yeah they are one are available and they went to the amazon forest many groups tribes went back to the amazon because they have no antti bodies and as they know from the memories that further form of generations suffered from diseases brought by white people so they went back to some groups and they want to hide deep inside the forest. Correspondent mathias reporting from rio thank you. To the world of sport now and club bruges said to be declared the champions of the Belgian Pro League after it was announced that the remainder of the current season will be cancelled burns had a 15 point lead at the top of the building table before play was interrupted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic the decision seems belgium become the 1st country to cancel the rest of the professional football season in germany the Blenders League is still suspended until at least the start of my with clubs discussing the feasibility of completing the Current Campaign behind closed doors. And despite that uncertainty surrounding the rest of the season some german clubs are slowly returning to training. Or out of isolation and back at the Training Ground although social distancing precautions are still being taken many individual exercises with drills in the order of the diaper shit dog man and the are also among the up on this latest sods to have returned to training on the similar conditions. This is data from berlin theres more news coming at the top of the hour. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona up to. 19 special next on d w. How the virus spread. Why do we have it and when well. Just 3 of the topics covered and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the program 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. Science. Orders silver now. Really silver is the weapon against coronavirus on others of the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours. Jim bakker the televangelist has now been sued for selling these fake coronavirus cures the fraudsters wasted no time to make money from your fear hoax likely originated from a widespread spread belief in silver Antibacterial Properties some tooth brush brands have the metal to in order to boost sales but scientists agree silva no effect against the corona virus in fact exposure to colonial silver can be toxic. Well other fake remedies against covert 19 and fake news about the outbreak are flooding the internet right now so lets have a look at whats right and whats wrong about this is your covert 19 special on the news. Berlin welcome times of crisis always great times for fake news and propaganda and the more ridiculous the claims it seems the more traction they gain on social media feeds tips like Drinking Alcohol to kill the virus and fight the disease as tempting as it may sound for some if is it all religious claims that corona was a punishment dished out by gold or Mother Nature now team fronted obvious science has put together a selection of some of the most outrageous fake news about covert 90. Whatever you do dont try this attack this case widely shared on whatsapp is just one example of the many coronavirus related stories circulating online. The problem as the disease continues to spread fake news is going viral. In india a picture purporting to show an italian boy taking his life after all his family members died from corona virus went viral but a fact check revealed that the footage actually shows the suicide of a woman before the outbreak. And this photo doesnt show dead bodies on the streets of italy its actually an art installation in germany. Also doing the rounds conspiracy theories among them the just south korean series forecasts the corona Virus Outbreak back in 21818 just one of many stories describing the pandemic as a premeditated invent. Platforms like facebook are rife breeding grounds for the spread of fake news the social networking giant is among several companies pledging to take stronger action to prevent the spread of misinformation others too are doing their bit to make sure people are getting the right information about corona a Service Called africa check recently to rebuff a South African men claim that a vaccine against corona virus could being developed. Much of asia seems just over the hill and most of europe is in mid battle against with 19 africa is bracing for impact fake news is not helping society is there to prepare for the onslaught lets bring in vincent. Deputy kenya africa chicken joins us from nairobi vincent how much of a problem is corona fake news in african countries right now. Thanks for having me kora virus misinformation is a big big problem and the reason is that the more people believe misinformation then they will not follow their instructions are going to wash their hands only practice social distancing and they will not stay at home so these things mean that if they dont Pay Attention virus spreads more and on top of that you have people throwing certification or is or medicines that have been proven not to where weve seen in one direction for example that people have been poisoned by chloroquine because they heard it could work for them and whats the weirdest piece of fake news youve come across so far. Or the weirdest i have come across is that if you take some orange peels and you boil and you inhale the steam youre going to cure corona bars and we know thats not sure because your body temperature internal body temperature never really changes all you end up doing is burning. Why on earth are people actually believing this kind of stuff well people believe misinformation particularly out health because its tied into the people are of the range of diseases that are difficult to cure and so this gives them hope when you give them a hope they will try and figure as to who i am a distance fake medicines if they have to. You should notice that really we dont see a lot of fake news about the disease lank malaria because we all know its curable and the medicine is clearly accessible. To people across africa generally trust the governments to take the right measures of false starts misinformation on fertile ground. People are are burra less trustful of their governments and the reason they are is because they know who the government really can do them most to protect what we have seen is a bit of dissatisfaction with the measures that are being taken so for example in kenya we knew that for example the number of tests have been rising but these are concerned that they are not enough and also the fact that a lot of people live in an informal Economy Kenya so they have to go out every day and earn money and its very difficult to tell people like that to stay at home and so why so late unless youre providing them with money so that they can stay inside. Who benefits from these fake news a lot of people benefit there are people who wants to improve their insurance online and those spreading anything but his fate whether its about coronavirus or politics it doesnt matter then there are people who want to actually make a business selling fake cures so that you can actually spend your money to buy a fake urine or treat do things that are not true for example or in shapiro water and then finally youve got people who want. To drive political agendas or theyre going to capitalize on peoples fears to spread stories and that way spread the agenda thats probably the system its wrong and therefore you should for me because i have a solution so there are people doing its digitally online or they have. To come logical results others have commercial reasons and some have all the degrees in cincinnati that deputy kenya is a tad african 2nd thank you very much for joining us from our off topic. Oh its time again for your questions keep them coming on you tube facebook and twitter all send us an email today science correspondent Gary Williams will do with some of the most viral and fake news stories unfold claims about the coronavirus. This virus genetically modified to be used as a biological weapon and this was one of those conspiracy theories that was bound to pop up in the midst of a Global Pandemic right i mean there have been too many books and movies with that as a plot line but a team of researchers that studied the genetic makeup of the virus recently published some compelling arguments for why it wasnt engineered but must have naturally evolved 1st they said source code to most closely resembles coronaviruses found in bats that dont cause disease in humans and of course and evil scientists trying to build a superbug would have started with one thats already been proven to make a sick 2nd in our computer models the changes to the stars code to genetic sequence that allowed it to start infecting us just dont look like they should work very well they arent mutations that any bio engineer would have chosen if they were trying to build a super bug because the models would have said they dont really work so no the coronavirus was not designed by humans. Can supplements like fish oil zinc over to mens health. Supplements or an area of nutrition where theres very little consensus in the Scientific Community under ordinary circumstances much less in the midst of a pandemic the idea that you can somehow boost your immune system i mean what does that mean anyway the answer to this question is a resounding no the only thing that we currently think will prevent you from catching the virus is if youve had it already and developed antibodies that will prevent you from getting it again im not saying you should stop taking your fish oil or your by. And just dont expect them to keep you from catching covert 19. There is a brain matter that most of smell is a sign of a severe case of caveat 19 can we hear more about that. Recent large scale study in britain that collected data from hundreds of thousands of people reporting on and out sure that from those who eventually tested positive for the disease around 60 percent had that symptom to a greater or lesser extent that certainly sounds pretty convincing the only problem is that losing the sense of smell or taste is also closely associated with other respiratory infections its a lot more common than you might think thats why as of this morning at least the w. H. O. Was still reviewing the issue and hadnt yet decided to add the loss of smell or taste to the official list of symptoms of corona virus infection but that could very well happen in the coming days if theres enough evidence to support it. Is there from Science Department answering your most pressing questions and that concludes our coverage 19 special for today for more on the pandemic do check out our social Media Channels and our website thats w dot com which has dedicated covered 19 pages in 30 languages now before i let you go lets go back to africa where musicians are fighting against a coronavirus together with local Health Authorities before most across the continent and getting vital messages across to the public in songs they sing about washing hands wearing face masks and avoiding the fake news traps. But you bring. Up a definite. No nobody knows i mean i did a little of that if i grew. Up i bought a legit colored red flag with. Fs. Markets. The momentum of the working world. News magazine made in germany. Next on. Why i subscribe to d w books to meet your favorite writer. But i want is to short to find beautiful. Books on you tube ringback. Whats the secret behind this classic. Is it the sound. 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