Life in syrias refugee camps its hard enough but what will happen to the thousands stuck there when the pandemic. Im brick off its good to have you with us 50000 dead and nearly 1000000 infected the numbers are bringing the global scale of the Coronavirus Crisis into plain view 1000 is exacting a heavy toll around the world but spain has been hit especially hard the country has passed a grim milestone in total fatalities and its seen a record surge in daily virus related deaths the Coronavirus Crisis is creating an economic crisis as well nearly a 1000000 people have lost their jobs since mid march meanwhile the countrys Health Care Workers they are overwhelmed and lacking critical protective gear. 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 death 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 sociable protective masks. And these ideas of the knockers on somebody is doing things really badly and we need them to rectify this because if they dont do so tomorrow we will double the number of infected Health Workers if we continue like this there would be enough professionals to take 8 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. Its far from over. Bring in our correspondent. In spain this evening this week spain has tightened the nationwide lock down even further how are people in the country how are they dealing with these new restrictions. The people they are. Dealing with. Incredibly disciplined incredibly well when i go to one of the switch markets here in the city one of the few nice places that you can go to i see. Distancing measures taken seriously i see things very well organized and i see more and more people also with us of course staying all day and also the mounting. Financial future for many people also creates new conflict it creates new stress for some people and unfortunately the numbers of cases of Domestic Violence has increased significantly the number. Before and you say that the people are respecting and following the. Guidelines and yet. The record high death toll for the day in the country are further measures under discussion maybe to help save lives. Well locked on measure c. In spain ready among the strictest in the world and officials are trying hard to increase the capacity of hospitals trying hard to increase the number of emergency units and also buy to buy more protective gear for medical personnel and today the government also announced that it wants to use mobile phone data to track peoples movements government trauma since that its completely anonymous that its only to analyze measures that are already in place and snorts for Law Enforcement purposes but some people here in spain last a skeptic about this new step we learned today to that 900000 people in spain have lost their jobs and connected to this crisis what kind of help can they expect. Indeed its a very very bad economic crisis the months the month of march was the worst months for the labor market in the modern history of spain and the government has been rolling out new measures almost on a daily basis in the last 2 weeks has some immediate measures in place now for people directly affected by the shutdown among these measures are to stop. Direct financial aids and also new new loans for people but experts agree its not enough and that the next in the coming months will be very difficult for spain april definitely a tough month in spain young Philip Schultz 3 putting tonight from spain philip thank you. Well heres a look now at some more ways than 1000 is impacting the world a Record Number of people have filed for Unemployment Benefits in the United States initial jobless claims last week rose to nearly 6700000 that exceeded even the highest estimates of economists and it puts the total for the past 2 weeks at more than 10000000 people out of work the European Union is rolling out a huge Relief Program for Member States struggling economically e. U. Chief ursula found a lie in today unveiled the 100000000000 euro fund its aimed at preventing mass unemployment in the e. U. British airways has reached a deal with its unions to temporarily suspend more than 30000. 00 employees its one of the most dramatic steps taken by an airline in response to falling passenger numbers and continuing travel restrictions British Airways has already halted flights out of Londons Gatwick airport russian president Vladimir Putin has extended the countrys nonworking period until april 30th in a bid to slow the spread of the virus in a televised address he said the country faces serious threats and that the peak of the virus still lay ahead. In south america the coronavirus pandemic has hit brazil the hardest almost 7000. 00 people have been infected there that includes the 1st coronavirus case among its indigenous population of the countrys president ial youre both so narrow he has come under fire for his handling of the pandemic last month he referred to covert 19 as quote a measly cold hes also the only major world leader who continues to criticize the walk down measures designed to slow the spread of the by. 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 himself may be infected with the virus this is why he chose to mingle all the same. People who started it 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 both where do you who are full 3rd of all our families must be able to feed themselves thats why we should now all be returning to normal people in rio de janeiros biggest shantytown 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 well scenario brazils provincial governor has acted from the start shutting beaches schools and supermarkets scientists are warning that the crisis is just beginning noise. We estimate that the demi in 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 president s have been banging pans in anger at both scenarios he eventually backtracked on is we have a mission to save lives think this 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 a responsible. Well. Any crisis hits the most defenseless hardest in the corona virus pandemic its no exception the situation in war torn regions such as syria is in the province is already dire and the medical infrastructure is almost nonexistent a coronaVirus Outbreak there would be devastating. Disinfecting tents at a refugee camp in adelaide province a prevention effort being carried out by the volunteer rescue group white helmets. Almost a half a 1000000 people are packed in here at times up to 10 people share a tent under catastrophic hygenic conditions many of them have fled civil war only to be threatened by the corona virus pandemic children are taught the most essential prevention methods their parents often desperate. Yes ive heard about the coronavirus im scared for my children theres no prevention happening hardly any disinfectant nobody takes care of it. Syria is ill prepared to deal with the corona Virus Outbreak so far authorities claim to have only 10 cases but the actual number is likely much higher. Now which the hammonds a doctor at one of the few hospitals in england he alone tells us about 50 suspected cases oh this old man has trouble breathing. For them or another. Has a high fever and is feeling sick. The entire province of it live has roughly 100 intensive care beds and 47 ventilators for a population of over 3000000. Moment or not were doing the best we can to prepare for the corona virus and we have installed a quarantine ward on top of places but we would be out of our league to confront a virus like this should it break out here may god prevent this in the shuttle. Here in the capital damascus a curfew is in place from 6 in the evening till 6 in the morning just like the rest of syria but during the day life still moves at its normal pace and even in it live the shops are still open nobody is under quarantine abu ahmed owns a small street shop like i do and a virus is dangerous for all of us but we need to work in order to survive how can we stay at home i do what the World Health Organization has so far sent only 300 corona test kits to add limp according to local Health Officials who have a stern warning we repair or actually. Receive fees if you want to hear. If the corona virus spreads and it live it will hit those who are defenseless and have nothing to counter it. Club brews are said to be declared champions of the Belgian Program the after it was announced that the remainder of the current season will be cancelled had a 15 point lead at the top of the belgian table before play was interrupted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic the decision. Become the 1st country to cancel the rest of the professional football season here in germany the bundesliga is still suspended until at least the start of may with clubs discussing the feasibility of completing the Current Campaign behind closed doors. This is g w news to watch from berlin our special look at goodness thats coming up next ill be back at the top of the hour theres more world news followed by the day good to see you this. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news of. Our corona update. From the 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all this. True just 3 of the topics that weve covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown 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 at dot com slash science fiction. Or silver now. Really silver is the weapon against coronavirus other strange out of the corona virus anna has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours. Jim bakker this televangelist has now been sued for selling these fake coronavirus cures for all to. Wasted no time to make money from your fear hoax likely originated from a widespread spread belief in silvers Antibacterial Properties some tooth brush brands have the mantle to in order to boost sales but scientists agree silver has 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 i was right and whats wrong about this is your covert 19 special on the news im go ahead of us in 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 these tips like Drinking Alcohol to kill the virus and fight the disease as tempting as it may sound for some it is it or religious claims that about covert 90. Whatever you do dont try this at home this cape 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 is 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 Office Installation in germany. Also doing the rounds conspiracy theories among them the just south korean series full cost the corona Virus Outbreak back in 21818 just one of many stories describing the pandemic as. Meditated to invent. Platforms like facebook are rife breeding grounds for the spread of fake nice 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 had to rebuff a South African man as claim that a vaccine against corona virus had being developed. Now much of asia seems just over the hill and most of europe is in mid battle against covert 19 africa is bracing for impact and fake news is not helping societies that have prepare for the onslaught thats prevent certain getty hes deputy kenya africa check and joins us from nairobi vincent how much of a problem is corona fake news in african countries right now. Things were having. Virus misinformation is a big big problem and the reason is that the more people believe in this information then they will not follow their instructions are going to wash their hands only practice social distancing. And they will not stay at all so these things mean that if they dont Pay Attention why restraints more and on top of that you have people trying certain fixed cures or medicines that have been proven not to work weve seen in nigeria for example that people have been poisoned by chloroquine because they heard. Whats the weirdest piece of fake news youve come across so far. Well 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 coronavirus and we know thats not sure because your body temperature internal body temperature never really changes all you end up doing is burning. Why. Are people actually believing this kind of stuff well people believe misinformation particularly out health because its tied into the fear people are of great diseases that are difficult to cure and so this gives them hope when you give them a hope they will try and see if we cure is there will i make decisions fake medicines if we 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 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 more or less trustful of the government 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 the topping taken so for example in kenya we knew that for example the number of tests have been rising but there is a concern that theyre not enough and also the fact that a lot of people live in an informal economy in 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 grew their insurance online and theyll spread anything about 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 to buy a free cure or to do things that are not true for example or into water and then finally youve got people who want. To drive political agendas 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 they have. To come logical results others have commercial reasons and some have all the to greece. Incensing is he the deputy kenya at the time and africa chick thank you very much for joining us from nairobi talking. 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. Is this famous 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 the 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 ovitz in the nets how. Supplements are 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 thing. It 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 vitamins just dont expect them to keep you from catching covert 19. There is agreement that not subside now is a sign of a severe case of paid 19 can we hear more about that. Recent large scale study in britain that collected data from hundreds of thousands of people reporting on it and not 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 have been in the coming days if theres enough evidence to support it. From a Science Department answering your most pressing questions and that concludes code with 19 special forces day for more on the pandemic social Media Channels and a website thats w. 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