Johnsons condition. For the latest. Pandemic is the biggest test that has ever faced but she promises to do all she can. From the crisis. Welcome to the program god knows george pell has walked free from prison after australias highest court overturned his convictions for child sex abuse the Senior Church figure was serving a 6 year but had maintained his innocence the now 70 of them felt was the highest ranked catholic cleric to have been convicted for sex abuse when he was jailed just over a year ago. Correspondent rather may not joins us from sydney for more on this rather good to see you what did the judges have to say in todays decision was certainly this was a list important and controversial judgment by the Australian High Court judge is found unanimously in code to expose favor they found that it was reasonable doubt reasonable doubt built and it was therefore a significant possibility that an innocent person had being convicted the evidence did not establish guilt rick was it standard of proof michael rule said the main the main thing. Were better of last that line were at their correspondent rather may not from sydney but of course the top story here on the dublin news at the moment is Cardinal George bell he has been acquitted and. His conviction has been overturned by australias highest court we will be of course on this story and bring you more details when midwinter stubbornness that line with sydney and auckland correspondent roger mayne out there were going now to some of the latest developments are native to the global accord on about a spend demick the global death toll now stands at almost 75000 or 1300000 people have been infected with the virus worldwide austria has become the 1st european country to provide concrete details on news think its going about as lock down small shops are to be allowed to reopen next week the Czech Republic and denmark ive also outlined plans to relax restrictions israel has announced a complete lockdown over the upcoming possible holiday china has reported no new deaths from the corona virus over the past 24 hours all of it so to 2 new cases were from people who turned from overseas. Britains Prime Minister but his johnson is an intensive he was was there yesterday after his condition worsened within a span of 24 hours of being admitted to hospital johnson best of positive for nearly 2 weeks back downing street has said foreign minister dominic rub will be deputizing for him when necessary. The british Prime Minister spent another night at this hospital in Central London in late march he was diagnosed with cold it 19 and spent 10 days in self isolation before he was admitted to hospital on sunday on monday afternoon he insisted there was no cause for concern and tweeted this last night on the advice of my doctor i went to the hospital for some routine tests as im still experiencing coronavirus symptoms im in good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we Work Together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe hours later downing street said his situation had worsened and he was moved to the intensive care unit hes reported to be conscious but in need of oxygen support in the meantime his Deputy Foreign minister dominic robb has taken over his duties with the governments business will continue in the Prime Minister is in safe hands with the brilliancy thomass hospital and the focus of the government will continue to be all making sure the Prime Ministers direction all the plans for making sure that we can defeat Creative Arts and pull the country through this challenge will be taken forward Boris Johnsons condition is a grim reminder of the serious situation the u. Case currently facing more than a 1000 people died in the last 2 days alone from cope with 19 making it one of the worst affected countries in the world. In there because one of biggest mass is following developments in london good morning to a bigot what is the latest on Boris Johnsons condition. Well as of this morning barish we havent had any updates to we know that he was taken into intensive care as a precaution but of course we also know that if somebody is taken into an intensive care unit at this moment of crisis it is definitely serious for a lot of people they will be very very anxious to hear the news of how the Prime MinisterPrime Minister exactly is doing to get it was only last week that Boris Johnsons aides were saying he had only mild symptoms and the Prime Minister himself said he was feeling a lot better on friday and now hes in intensive care its been quite a turn for the worse in a short time. Well yes indeed it happened really quite quickly so throughout the whole week last week straight and also Boris Johnson himself they maintained that he was in charge of a fast that he was briefing ministers that he was basically leading the fight against corona virus and then of course it came as a bit of a shock to the nation that he was then delivered into hospital and now into intensive care so really quite a Rapid Development the have been media reports that downing street might not have been quite so open as they could have been when it came to how Prime Minister bush johnson was really doing already at the end of last week that he was actually already getting. Around him getting worried but this is nothing that they have said publicly so this is just a media speculation the other of course the other alternative the other explanation could be that maybe the Prime Minister himself would have been in denial that he feels hes quite strong very resilient and that he wanted to work through as theres wanted to plough through wanted to lead a country in this real moment of crisis and simply maybe did not listen to his body and did not listen to the symptoms and that it took him as well by surprise so we will not know at this moment in time but those other 2 those would be the 2 explanations i think. Dominic robb is deputising for the Prime Minister but these are unchartered waters for the u. K. On the big. Well yes for sure i mean its the biggest crisis since the 2nd world war this much is clear to 2 after one whos observing how the coronaviruses coronavirus is shaking this country and then not have the Prime Minister to really lead the government and the government response is quite quite a shock to the british nation there have been no so beloved of british newspapers being fairly critical of the cabinet they say that they are not experienced enough we know that dominic robb the foreign secretary at the moment is standing in footballers johnson but the question is is he as the gentleman as the Prime Minister who actually won the election when it comes to making a big decision as they have to be made at the moment about the lockdown for example and you know all the measures that the government needs it needs to take to fight the virus to get a grip on the situation in the hospitals for example so its a very very difficult situation for they have british cabinet without their lead at the moment because most in london thank you very much for that you know some of the other headlines in relation to the coronavirus pandemic making news at this case just continue to rise in japan Prime Minister shinzo is set to declare a state of emergency for the capital tokyo and 6 other prefectures the measure is expected to last for a period of about one month and includes a stimulus package of about 900000000000. 00 euros of coronavirus debt stored in the United States has passed 10000. 00 experts warned this week could be the peak of hospitalizations and fatalities the United States has the 3rd highest debt storm after italy and spain. Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the germany is ready to help the European Union get back to Economic Growth once the coronavirus is over. In germanys interest that your strongly from what she called the e. U. s biggest test since its foundation but she said its too early to think about lifting locked. Back in the chancellery after 2 weeks in coron 1003 negative current virus tests german chancellor Angela Merkel made her return. Of my nose in my opinion europe the European Union is facing its biggest test since its foundation populations are also facing a huge health challenge. All of the e. U. Member states are being affected on varying levels were all affected. And so it must be in everyones interest and it is in germanys interest that europe should emerge strongly from this test these are the vehicles. As merkel voiced her concerns for europe on monday had governments crisis group agreed to institute a 2 week current for people returning to germany from a full 10th all german nationals e. U. Citizens and other longtime residents who return after several days abroad will have to quarantine themselves for 14 days there are however exceptions. Including Seasonal Workers in agriculture commuters travelling to work Truck Drivers delivering goods and of course medical professionals. Germany also announced on monday the latest extension to its 1. 00 trillion euros Coronavirus Crisis package a guarantee of 100 percent loans to small and medium sized businesses up to 800000. 00 euros. These middle stand companies are widely seen as the heart of the german economy. Did anyone who was economically active last year those who registered turnover those who recorded normal Economic Activity and made a profit they can get 3 months turnover as a loan from the bank which in this case will be 100 percent financially underwritten by us. That means the banks will not have to do normal financial risk assessments this 100 percent guarantee means the process will be completed very quickly. Now germanys european neighbors to a looking to berlin to see where the macas concerns but also turned into Financial Support for them. This is europe and a lockdown measures that are unprecedented in peacetime are now in place to come bad covered 98. 00 we have seen across europe governments and across the world indeed implementing measures that even a month ago would have been unimaginable to many of us south already fear that the measures could outlast the coronavirus traces. Of the bequests. War. With europe 750000000 residents have already seen their rights of freedom of movement heavily restrict it breaking the rules can mean find people diagnosed with coverage 19 initially for example could face prison time if they break karen telling other measures being taken around europe are less visible carriers are sharing data with Health Authorities in countries like italy germany and austria to help authorities monitor whether people are following rules the data is anonymised but data league and Austria Health ministry reps say it has already raised privacy concerns. Many european leaders are stressing that new measures are limited in time but one country is heading down a more radical path hungary the countrys parliament has endorsed the bill giving nationalist Prime Minister viktor orban the power to indefinitely extend a state of emergency and rule by decree its kind of a wide go they say ok guys you know 3 months after we get. Just. Report on the conditions of. How they could potentially affect our freedoms moving on it watching to dub in news more news on dot com im going to try to do it ill see you in 45 minutes. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and there is. Our corona update. Coded 19 special next on d w. Told it is for me. Is for. Me told it is for. Beethoven. And beethoven. Beethoven is for embryonic. Beethoven 2020. The 50th anniversary here on d w. Now is the time to listen to the experts scientists are our best hope to end the coronavirus Pandemic Research labs around the world are racing to create a new vaccine the idea is to simulate an infection while avoiding the possibly severe symptoms of covert 19 once vaccinated our immune system should destroy the virus if we are exposed to it according to the w. H. O. There are currently more than 60 teams of scientists working on a vaccine under normal circumstances it would take more than 10 years but thanks to Previous Research efforts there is a chance this process may be fast tracked with human trials already underway in some cases but scientists agree that it will still take months until a vaccine is approved. This is your covert 1000 special on d w news im Monica Johnson berlin good to have you with us when will a corona vaccine be ready a vaccine that enables us to resume our lives without restrictions while protecting us from the disease im afraid we need to be patient and to keep our distance for a while longer and let scientists do their job like here in berlin where a Biotech Company comes up with promising results. Berlin is empty. And those who can are staying at home. But these Lab Technicians cant work from home for them there is more work than ever the chemists at the j p t Peptide Company are regarded as systemically important. Since what theyre producing here could speed up the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine. Were creating peptide based tools that enable the Vaccine Developers to monitor the immune systems of patients in treatment and to track them over a certain period of time. And to miss insight from one to 2. Peptides are amino acid chains that make up proteins this Company Creates hundreds of thousands of them and assembles them so that they resemble the coronaviruses most important surface proteins. The scientists have been working on this project since january their work will contribute to research about the possible effectiveness of a vaccine. In the race for a Coronavirus Vaccine some scientists are focusing on the development of vaccines based on messenger r. N. A. Or r. N. A. This involves injecting a person with the instructions for part of the virus this would then spur the body to partially produce the virus this in turn encourages the immune system to develop antibodies. Then if the real corona virus strikes the person would be well equipped and able to defend himself or herself. Whether that will really work is whats being tested with the tools being developed here j p Ts Technology has already been used in the fight against the zeek of virus and ebola. The berlin based company is indirectly involved in the race for a vaccine since it belongs to bio and tech a German Company at the forefront of the vaccine race but for j p t its not about competition. Strobes fight its always good i think thats the wrong way of looking at it at the moment. Its really about getting a vaccine onto the market it doesnt matter who does this in the end its about making a contribution and maybe being among the 1st to do so but right now its truly about fulfilling the ethical duty to help. The technicians here seem to feel the same way. Yes absolutely one you think you can contribute to making people healthy or even healing them thats very motivating. Yes oh yes sure but i do have mixed feelings on the one hand im afraid on the other i know i have something important to contribute its exciting. It certainly is a new test could be ready soon and many are placing their hopes and the effectiveness of an m. R. N. A. Based vaccine. The whole world is waiting for a vaccine but even though at least 60 teams of researchers around the globe are working to develop one no one expects a rapid breakthrough because producing a vaccine goes through several stages and that takes time and the 1st step the virus and its effects on the human body and allies to this is necessary to determine the composition on the vaccine potential vaccines are 1st tested on animals and later wrong this procedure is followed by testing human volunteers. I fall those tests are successful vaccine has to go through a lengthy approval process and only after that mass production can begin this process usually takes up to 15 years but thanks to new Technologies Development can go a lot faster today. And for more im joined by klaus situ attack president of the Power Institute thats the German Federal institute of vaccines and biomet since good to have you with us so 1st of all i mean should a covert 1000 vaccine be fast tracked and if so what stage would be best to skip definitely we have 1st trick in the development and theres nothing to skip but rather to combine which means are we given. Poorly conceived to to the developments and to our regulatory authorities and in terms of lets say shortening the Development Time what were doing is. Focused number of Animal Studies that have to be done for example so not pharmacology toxicology or defining the dose in animals that will be applied to humans who 1st have and then of course we also have to combine clean contrivances so there is discussion with some of the developers will combine phase one phase 2 of this 2 and 3 and increase maybe the number of subjects that will be involved in these studies but we need to be very careful with the assessment of the development as usual but of course we can concentrate focus and shorten time for what time of course is off the essence of all those studies underway at the moment which one is the most promising you say. Well i think we need of a right of cough to a Vaccine Development program is currently and also the devote as a purpose hazing is our need fixins and also vector vaccines because they have the advantage that we know exactly which parts of the Genetic Information and said information of the perfect can be included in the vaccine we know this from peppers or research were also at the poorly conceived to burst room spec seeds and in that respect i think we say. Ok but what about the Production Capacity of developing a vaccine is one thing but then once we have it will that be enough for everyone it should everyone get it. I think 1st of all those who work risk should get it 1st and freeze for severe courses of covert 19 but also the risk for being infected may be morris and others and number 2 many fiction will be no issue specifically the army and d. N. A. Vaccines can be manufactured in a large amount of those is in quite a short time were talking about a 1000000 doses or so within a time period of 4 weeks thats the river vantage of these new legs in platforms as we say and by the time we have a vaccine the pandemic will quite probably have peaked out we actually working on a vaccine for a future pandemic. Yes we are i think we learn really from the bowler. Africa we take in these kind of learnings to the development here of course to face him but we will use that time in any case to develop these platforms so that we are ready and quicker ready than this time to have a vaccine if the next pandemic they arise and i professor to take there from the German Federal institute of vaccines and bio med since thank you so much for your time thank you. Now time to address more of your questions and please do keep them coming on you tube on facebook on twitter or via email because our resident corona experts g. W. S. Derek williams stands ready to provide some answers. Ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback the w. H. O. Says getting vaccinated against pathogens that cause respiratory ailments like pneumonia is always a good idea particularly for the elderly but unfortunately vaccines against the bacterial infection will not prevent you from getting the covert 19 pneumonia caused by the corona virus because its a viral pneumonia so a vaccine against a bacterial pneumonia wont stop that many Health Authorities are currently however also recommending getting vaccinated against the flu that will prevent you from getting covert 19 either but it will hopefully cut down on the number of severe flu cases that end up in the hospital occupying a bed that might be desperately needed by a covert 1000 patient ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback. One thing thats really crippling us in this pandemic is that we dont know exactly who has had to cope at 19 an unknown large number of people have gotten it but dont know they were never tested because they had mild symptoms or they have maybe no symptoms at all thats incredibly Important Information because it could tell us who is no probably immune to the coronavirus its information that Going Forward is going to be essential as we try to get our societies back up and running and thats where an Antibody Test comes in the works like this when its infected with the pathogen your body forms these proteins called antibodies theyre part of its immune response and the antibodies it makes are tailored to that specific bug those antibodies remain in your system after if youve gotten over the elders helping to protect you from reinfection an Antibody Test is diagnostic protecting them. So and then she bought a test for cope at 19 could tell us if you had it and maybe didnt even notice it if thats the case then you would theoretically no longer carry the bug or be able to infect anyone else and bukit get back to work. Sounds good that was our 1000 special for more on the pandemic to check out our social Media Channels and our website a studio dot com which has dedicated covered 900 pages in fact i just i want to johnsonville end thanks for joining and stay healthy. Capital increases the streets are empty. The majority of businesses are closed and families are confined to within their own 4 walls. Place in berlin during the corona crisis. Adora residents dealing with the restrictions. Next on t. W. In the art of climate change. Those who made the city. One day is today have a fuller future. D. W. Dot com for coming to save against the multimedia. Cuts are. Every day counts for us and for our planet. Global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. 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