A standstill for 3 minutes gesture to honor the more than 3000 people who died in chinas coded 19 outbreak. And although the number of infections and deaths is still low in south africa there are fears the virus could wreak havoc people there accuse police of heavy handed tactics and violence and its forcing a nationwide lockdown. By marion evans team its good to have you with us here in germany more than 80000 people have tested positive for the corona virus but the actual number of infections is thought to be much higher though hundreds of thousands of tests are being done each week scientists fear there is significant transmission by people without any symptoms while a new test by researchers. In the city of munich aims to find asymptomatic carriers and those who may have already had the infection and army and. This machine could bring relief from isolation for some here at the isa our clinic in munich doctors cannot only test for the corona virus they can also see if patients unknowingly contract to the virus in the past more than 100 samples can be processed in an hour this is how it works the sample vials are coated with Building Blocks from the virus or surface if antibodies are detected in the patients of blood they will attach to the blocks the virus can then be the texted with a different antibody that carries a dye and changes the sample color if positive in addition to patients the new machine will also allow Health Care Workers to be tested. One but that isnt test tests will of course be offered to personnel working in infected areas which will allow us to know who has already have the virus and has built up immunity to how to anyone fart its thought the antibodies could provide immunity for years to come for those with antibodies that could mean a return to normal life its hope that people who work in other sectors could soon be tested by their general practitioner. Well for more im now joined by a 5 year schmidt from science desk. Now hello i know how extensive is this new testing i mean how many people will actually be able to access these tests. And what people munich of the scientists in munich are doing right now is that the 1st running a. Trial was recent households that involves about 4500 people and theyre going to be selected totally by random these people are going to go from daughter dog but not every dog having a certain system which they also knock on and they will be also joined by the police so that theres some credibility to their claims so that people can get visited by these people dont know you know that its not a hoax but so this will be a trial for the purpose of what really finding out what the figure of known infections is in the overall population so that one could basically scale up to the entire population now this machine that weve seen in the report is able to process about 100. 00 tests per hour that of course is not enough to test the entire population of the country was 80000000. 00 but as more of these machines come into work this will be a big improvement well what we also heard in our report is that knowing whos already had the virus could potentially allow us to ease some of the lockdown measures. How exactly would this work. There are basically 2 questions of 1st one of course is when will there be a herd immunity where were very very far away from that because simply the number of people infected and the percentage of the total population is probably still far far too low to talk about herd immunity in which the basically the overall population is developing some kind of immunity but what it could do is that these tests could help us identify people in the Health System who have already had corona what over it who are now healthy and who have an immunity or people like bus Drivers Police people people who are in contact was a lot of. Basically brought up population was and could still go about their work was are being having to fear that they get infected a 2nd time and now finally and quickly if you can could these somehow help in the development of a cycle of 19. In the original development of the vaccine theyre not really that essential but what they are essential for is to find old was a vaccine is actually effective so in the phase 3 of the Vaccine Development when youre actually administering the vaccine to many people then you want to know whether the vaccine actually triggered a immune response and that should be possible to detect was machine so its good to have it all right. Thank you very much. The corona virus is paralyzing countries across the world but in china where the outbreak originated life is slowly starting to return to a normal pace this morning though the entire nation came to a standstill for 3 minutes as people there mourns the more than 3000 lives lost to the pandemic. Flags at half staff throughout the country cars ships and trains some of their horns as the air raid sirens wailed for 3 minutes their poor. To remember the people who have died all over china during the coronavirus pandemic according to official numbers more than 3300 lives were lost in mainland china. In one hand alone the capital of where province and the epicenter of the outbreak some 2500 people have died. Why russia during the moment of silence i felt so. You could hear everyone was choking with sobs. I mourn for the big crisis china has faced what happened to these people was very unfortunate we should mourn for them when liang was a hero he discovered it early now its too late but now our country is stronger than others. When liang was a young doctor who tried to warn others about the disease and was initially reprimanded by authorities he died from covert 19 in february now lee has been listed among the National Martyrs who died fighting the coronavirus and who were honored on this national day of mourning even though life came to a standstill on saturday china claims to have curbed the spread of the virus and after 2 months of lockdown and will han the government has decided to loosen restrictions. Businesses have slowly started to reopen and the lockdown will be officially lifted it on april 8th. Now lets look at some other covert 19 related stories the us state of new york has seen its deadliest day of the current virus pandemic 562 people died from cope with 19 within just 24 hours with nearly 3000. 00 deaths the state now accounts for nearly half of all virus related fatalities in the u. S. A new coronavirus testing facility has opened on the border of germany and the Czech Republic to test czech workers returning home previously workers needed to quarantine for a fit 14 days at home when they came back from germany. South africa has been in lockdown for a week now even though the country still has relatively few confirmed cases of corona virus but the enforcement of the lockdown has been particularly difficult in south africas townships police and military forces have been deployed and allegations of Excessive Force are on the rise our reporter out of increase has more from cape town. We have joined the Police Patrol in the townships wherever we go everyone runs away because they know they shouldnt be on the streets and they are freights the officers on duty seem anxious its mitt they can hardly keep these huge areas under control the enforcement of the looked on as anything but systematic dippy is threatened. This man couldnt get away fast enough. To push the resolve this little girl. You dont really need to be. All the world over to still do hes been fined for 1500 grams about 80 euros to have that kind of money in normal mode would you. My brother you know the man says that during that arrest he was kicked and beaten by the police behind the house we couldnt verify this from our position a few blocks away we meet a young woman who doesnt want to show her face shes afraid she will be recognized but she does want to show what the police did to her just for being on the streets she says several officers stormed into her house and detector with sticks and whips and all this in front of her daughter and thats actually on the top is a. Ive never. Heard anything on in. The night how people must mean can you trust the Police Defend their action in the townships if they dont listen unfortunately those things happen im not saying thats what i mean in some communities thats all the members of the public understand they need to see those things and fortunately before they do instructions yes they need to see that theres these c. D. s and the police are not just telling you to go in that is because you know its so action its difficult for many South Africans to observe the lockdown despite all the warnings. The call for physical distancing goes on he did in these long lines at the supermarket many day laborers simply cant afford to stay home for long periods. This is the reality for millions of South Africans and although the lock down rules of the 3 week locked on the extremely strict many people are simply not able to comply. Police fear the tension in the townships will was the longer the lockdown stays in effect. With the exception of belarus countries across europe has. Put their football season is on hold as a result of the coronavirus pandemic with many clubs and leaves uncertain about how and when theyll be able to return to competition the interruption is depriving many clubs a vital revenue but it could still be a long time before football gets back underway. All quiet on the football front Englands Premier League clubs have confirmed that the season will not resume at the beginning of may they do still intend to complete the competition but when remains unclear belgium became the 1st country to cancel the rest of their season with League Leaders club bruges set to be confirmed champions just hours after that decision was announced you a fully implored its members not to follow the belgian example president Alexander Schaeffer and hopes domestic seasons can be concluded even if games have to be played behind closed doors but football without spectators in the stadium is no longer the same as football with the public in the stadium. We must be a way that we are in a specific situation that the whole world is in a specific situation im not it still better to play much without a public not playing its whole. Socalled ghost games are still in option in germany where clubs are also determined to complete the season in whichever way possible the ongoing suspension of play is starving clubs of income for some clubs that loss of revenue is a threat to their very existence. Is leagues and through massive insolvencies that means not just players but of course thousands of other people who are going in and around professional football it is us or mysterys will lose their jobs but with further delays looking in evitable a return to football the normality seems a very distant prospect. Lets get a check now of some of the other stories making the news this hour. U. S. President donald trump has fired a senior official who played a pivotal role in his impeachment Michael Atkinson the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community was the 1st to inform congress about an anonymous whistleblower complaint alleging that trump pressured ukraine to investigate democratic joe biden and his son britains main Opposition Labor Party has named storm or as its new leader the shadow brags of secretary was one of 3 candidates for the labor leadership and one with more than 50 percent of the vote place Jeremy Corbin who resigned after decembers general election just. Youre up to date now on d w news ill be back at the top of the hour for another news update in the meantime dont forget you can always get along more information on our website just go to d. W. Dot com american evan steen for me and everyone for lin thanks for watching. And whatever makes. A running. Mate for mines