Off from time honored traditions and taiwan sames of the ancestors im not offended. Im phil gal welcome to the program u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders says and in his bed for the Democratic Partys nomination and novembers president ial election its announcement clears the way for joe biden to challenge President Trump some j joe performed well in the early primaries but then fell behind biden has built a substantial lead in the race for delegates to the Party Convention is what senator sanders said. I wish i could give you better news but i think you know the truth and that is that we are now some 300 delegates behind Vice President biden and the pain of victory is virtually impossible so while we are winning the ideological bow and while we are winning the support of so many young people and working people throughout the country i have concluded that this is for the democratic nomination will not be successful and so today i am announcing this is my campaign straight to washington correspondent stephan seamans welcome steffen how surprising was this decision. Not really surprising to many many many had hoped for that to happen a little bit earlier than now but Bernie Sanders took this very time went to his most senior staff and prominent supporters financiers of his campaign and they had a long think and a long talk and now they havent the math just didnt add up impossible for him to get the delegates in the remaining primary votes which will or will not happen in one way or another due to the Current Crisis yes. I think there are great party is more or less very very relieved that its came to this now because now the full weight of the entire party in every wing in every section of the party can go behind the Biden Campaign to give him the best chance in their view of course to stand out against donald trump in november he seemed to start really well but then ran out of steam one. Bernie sanders had always a way with very young with very enthusiastic voters with young voters who came new to politics so sander stands for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party the problem was a the young people he was so proud of having gathered in his campaign and supporting him didnt really show up in big numbers at the at the. Primaries number one number 2 biden really capitalized on the moderate democrats and on the africanamerican vote they went in droves to joe biden because they thought joe biden and do think joe biden is more electable than Bernie Sanders in a fight out with donald trump and they have it Bernie Sanders didnt get the numbers biden has the broader support biden is the candidate so joe biden clearly pleased about this but will sound to supporters necessarily flock to him. Yeah thats a little bit thats a very good question and theres a big question mark about this i think they will maybe well largely hopefully at least hopefully in the sense of that by the needs to reach out and needs to have all all wings and all different sections of their great party under his wing so to speak of the progress its have to kind of if biden wants to have a solid chance against donald trump in november i have to go in his direction and have to support his agenda by nobody reacted to Bernie Sanders announcement is that you are important your followers are important and you can see in the last few weeks that joe Biden Campaign made a lorries and a ferrets to. What Bernie Sanders stands for the more progressive ideas that the will and and strays from significant change in the society so this is going to be very very interesting in how much and how well joe biden can capitalize on the senders campaign and the scent is left over so to speak thanks for that stuff in siemens in washington. A 2nd look at some of the latest developments in the corona virus a pandemic the global death toll is now more than 83000 in the hof with nearly a 1000000 and a half confirmed infections since it began Financial Institutions agreed to provide 1800000000 euros in emergency funding to the german but used to operate the tuohy to help the company through the crisis South African president s around the poza has put his Communications Minister on special leave for 2 months breaking the rules the countrys locked down by having lunch with a former official on the number of confirmed cases in africa has passed 10000 who are into the world health organization. Well the european commissions urging the e. U. Member states to extend the current ban on nonessential travel into its passport free zone until it these are 15th of may by having a lunch with a former official on the number of confirmed cases in africa has passed 10000 according to the world health organization. Well the european commissions urging the e. U. Member states to extend the current ban on nonessential travel into its passport free zone to that these are 15th of may the band had been agreed for an initial 30 days in an effort to contain the pandemic its up to Member States to decide whether to go along with the proposed extension some European Countries are starting to relax lock down restrictions while others are tightening them. Silence reigns in europe paris is like a city deserted france is 3 weeks into its coronavirus lockdown and there are signs its finally beginning to work. Like italy and spain france has seen a slight decline in the rate of new infections but the fight against coded 19 is far from over and attempts to ease restrictions on public life could be disastrous warns the world health organization. Is not. Measures it is the. Efforts. With the whole support. Several European Countries are not planning to heed that warning austria is set to become the 1st e. U. Country to scale back its lockdown rules the conservative led government has announced that some nonessential businesses will reopen next week. Optimism is not the prevailing mood in the u. K. Where the daily death toll from the virus is on the rise Prime Minister blair as johnson spent a 2nd night in intensive care fighting the virus and handing the reins over to foreign secretary tommy robb pressure is building on London Hospitals as they take on more and more crowded 19 patients patients like iran have made. It is until it actually hits you and. I would absolutely. Everybody to listen to the government. And stay away from people. The British Government is due to review lockdown restrictions next week. Well as countries react of a pandemic with travel bans lockdowns and industrial shutdowns effect on National Economies his grave so grim that the World Trade Organization has issued a dire warning about the Global Economy. The deepest downturn of our lifetimes that is how the World Trade Organization assesses the economic damage caused by covert 19 this year spring outlook delivered via video by the w t os director general. Project the proven false simply never a region of the world and across all sectors of the economy you know not to miss that scenario or over economists 35 years of Global TradingGood Standing by 13 percent 2020 now if theyd been then it is not robert that all the governments food to coordinate policy responses that decline could be 32 percent or more and you can see why with half the world now being asked to stay at Home Business of all kinds has shut down images of granted planes like these symbolic of a Global Economy whose engine has simply fizzled out. And as disruption to supply chains even solid sectors like the Automobile Industry fearing for their survival governments around the world have been scrambling to limit the damage injecting billions sometimes trillions into rescue plan. Comparisons have already been made with the Great Depression and the financial meltdown of 2008. But in this crisis where human lives are not just capital are under threat the stakes could hardly be higher. Right now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world Palestinian HealthOfficials Say the gaza strip has run out of coronavirus test kits so essential the bardsley has stopped testing in gaza strip forcing 13 infections but there are concerns of the virus could spread quickly in the densely populated coastal plain. The u. S. State of new york has reported a new single day high of corona virus deaths in the 800 in the last 24 hours of brings the states overall death toll to more than 6000 despite this Governor Andrew Cuomo says the epidemic appears to be stabilizing. The German Government wants to make it harder for Foreign Companies to buy german firms its looking to change existing rules and to give it power a veto over buyouts of what he considers strategically Important Companies the plans predate the Current Crisis becomes berlin 6 to protect its industry from foreign takeovers. And china has added its 2 and a half months of lockdown in the city of where the corona Virus Outbreak was 1st reported tens of thousands of people immediately took trains buses and planes out of the city forces allowed more freedom of movement. Or locked arms around the world or forced changes to rituals and customs that bring people together but many of 5 big ways to preserve their traditions even as they keep their distance as de w. s phoebe call discovered in taiwan. Temperature checks and hygiene come 1st when people are meeting their ancestors spirits. And his relatives gather in the Early Morning up to him sweeping day one of the most important that stumbles in hung Chinese Culture it is the day of memorial when families for certain terms together. For big families like the yes this is how it looked like before the coronavirus the largest reunion on the island where tens of thousands returned from overseas but this year it was downsized to only 30 members. Im forgettable this is unprecedented in our familys history and more than a century all attendees cant have traveled overseas recently and the list of attendees is given to the government we want to avoid infections and make sure any traceable. Though the crowns are not here to steer the ceremony must go on. And they are carried out in lie with the official and social distancing. Offerings that even covered by a plastic wrap this is only one of many traditions that this structure by growing our virus in places like taiwan and other chinese communities where rituals can be easily compromised finding out turns out its also something that governments have to do. Online to sweeping platforms happen set up by the authorities so that people can post their ancestors profile and pay their respects to them from home virtual offerings including flowers and instance takes just a click away you can even shared it all live to on social media. But those some other men morial gatherings do took place in person the year family didnt find a change just this respectful did the do the 300 feel along here. But a greater sense of solidarity as were doing this for the public good. After a thorough going to finish an plots they probably felt best things and asked for their fortunes also we told our ancestors that few are descendants of present journey to the coronavirus but we will resume next year they gave us the green light. Though to pentameter is still very much a threat its family helps to us what their ancestors blessings what was soon be over. This is did i mean your news live from brother will have more world news the top of it ill leave you now though with one last item of news american folk and Country Singer john primus died at the age of 73 due to complications from coverage 19 it was a very lyrical songwriting which earned him the price down and johnny cash from one him a grammy to crown it passed away in nashville tennessee but his music as i say lives up. In the mother. During our last. Words. Down. The drain. From. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona updates. From the 19 special next on d w. W. Crime fighters are back africas most successful in radio drama series continues. This season the stories focus on haight street prevention and sustainable local production. All of the surge are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Hard fighters to nino. Here. As the death toll of coburg 19 keeps rising scientists are still uncertain about where this deadly virus came from in the 1st place its believed that it jumped from animals to humans so far and babs it was sold at the web market in rwanda china are the most likely candidates for the virus doesnt stay with humans there are signs that its also spreading to other animals a tiger at the bronx zoo in new york city has tested positive for cope with 19 developing a dry cough a couple of lions also show signs of the infection. And there are reports in hong kong that dogs have tested positive without having any of the usual symptoms Scientists Say that cats are very susceptible to the virus and the people around the world are now worried about what that means for them and their pets and farmers also wants to know how dangerous the virus could be to their livestock pics chicken and dogs at least im not likely to get infected but what about the rest. Welcome to our 900. 00 special here on news and want to get johnson bulletin good to have you with us what droll do animals play in the corona virus pandemic which species can get infected which is immune and whats this mean for our interaction with pets and farm. Animals lets ask professor thomas metalized to hes about rather just the president of the institute which studies Animal Health and infections which can be transmitted from animals to humans good to have you with as on the program let us start with pets a lot of people now are wondering whether their pets could transmit the virus what do we know about that so far. Hello phone in serenes what we actually do now is that cats can get infected experimentally and by. Exposure we know very little about transmission because all the instances that weve seen so far they clearly hint to infection of the pads by their owners this is bias ask one of ours to infect the owners so the the owner is more dangerous for the pet than vice versa what does this mean for the interaction with with our pets i mean we hear terrible stories about some owners already putting their pets down because of this no theres no reason for doing that at all i mean of course i would stay away from my pet if i am sick myself and as is particularly true if im sick was a coronavirus too so i should really take caution in that aspect on the other hand its still very clear that this is a socalled anthropos over knows this which means that humans are the ones that infect the animals and not in this particular case the other way around so what does this mean for lifestyle i mean we already heard that picks up probably not as a susceptible to the virus but what about coulson how would a pharma know that his cow for example is infected. We have Experimental Evidence that picks chicken and ducks are indeed not susceptible to infection we have no Experimental Evidence of any other of the of livestock and for producing animals that our colleagues all over the goal actually testing these animals as we speed and we hope that we have more information on that in a couple of days actual so its not knowing everything yet also worries people of course certainly consumers is there any advice you have for consumers for example when it comes to milk. At the moment we have no indication that any foods really presents a risk for contacting nation or for transmission of the infection and as i said before i mean pigs are not susceptible chicken and ducks are not susceptible and from what we can deduce from the previous. Was from 2002 into his office where i would be very surprised to see that cattle are indeed and in fact that this is under experimental. Examination at the time as we speak of course were still trying to learn more about this new coronavirus professor mitten like to thank you for now we have more questions for you so dont go away because 1st we want to look at how scientists a wetting to find out how the virus was transmitted to humans in the 1st place. When it comes to the transmission of infections from animals to humans to Global Wildlife trade plays a major role. Take bats in some parts of africa in asia theyre considered a delicacy. But theyre also a source of viruses among them the corona virus. One study found that a corona virus found in bats shared 96 percent of its genetic material with the virus behind the current pandemic known as sars kovi 2. But this particular bat virus is unlikely to have infected human cells directly and what is more likely is that the virus jump to humans via another animal one prime candidate is a pangolin the corona virus found in pangolin says similar surface proteins which dr receptors to the virus currently infecting humans but other animals are also potential transmitters to search for the source of this pandemic is still in full swing. Back to profess them in light of on the free trade left the institute on Animal Studies what is the significance of bats carrying so many viruses and how does this knowledge help us deal with a current outbreak. So probably bets are a good reservoir for different kinds of viruses not only coral are viruses we actually dont know why this is the case that they can control the virus better than other species do might have a special in human system which is able to control the viruses but so far its unclear what the basis of this reservoir function really years by but we can state is that there are frequent events that viruses actually jump to worse humans from the better as a war of course were all trying to find a solution to this crisis and your infection studies actually found that ferrets are a good model prehumans wise that i mean ferrets are animal that are being used as a model for human respiratory infections for quite some time and probably they are also susceptible to infection by this article of virus to. The good effect that they are a propagate the virus they excrete the viruses and they also are able to transmit to other in contact ferrets so we can actually use them for is to see the influence of for example makes a nation or education 2 words reduction of virus replication or virus excretion or transmission. Of identify sars virus to is not the 1st virus to jump from animal to humans how can we prevent this from happening in the future. I dont think we can ever completely prevent this jump from the animal to humans i mean we have increasing contact with animals and the human population is increasing we are entering habitats usually were prohibited before and then we have organization and we have globalization i mean what we could do is to put more emphasis on discovering these. Spillover events as they call them early and then try to control and contain them as early as possible toward that they actually then continue to expand in something as we see now you know a professor met in light of their from the Free Trade Institute thank you so much for your time your oh. Its time now to turn you to your questions questions you sent us on you tube facebook and twitter or via email our resident corona expert Eric Williams stands ready to provide some outs us. Is it safe to dry your hands with a hot air hand dryers after washing them. Like me initially you probably think off the bat that a hot air hand dryer would be a good way to dry your hands during a pandemic after all you are touching anything that could be bearing germs in the air coming out is heated up so maybe that will damage viruses that produce that body temperature it sounds like it makes sense but think again a study i found that was published a couple of years ago by u. S. Researchers showed that the air flowing out of the hand dryer in a public restroom increased the circulation of microbes dramatically compared to ambient uncirculated air in the same room and if you stop and think about that it makes sense after all where did the air blasting out of the hand dryer come from it was sucked out of ambient surrounding air filled with arrows who lies to droplets and its a public bathroom so where are those droplets coming from. There is still a lot of debate about this and i really cant claim to be an expert on the topic but i certainly dont want to go anywhere near a public restroom equipped with hot air hand dryers at the moment. What do we know about hydroxide clora queen encoded 19. Hydroxycut or a one as a drug used to prevent and treat malaria is currently also in testing for effectiveness against covert 19 you know there are anecdotal accounts of patients who took it and showed improvement and it has so far shown some a thick assume against source code to do and so in the lab but just because it has an effect in the lab doesnt mean that will help in the real clinical practice a big reason and theres a lot of hope surrounding the medication is that its been proven safe to use for a very long time for us. Meant in particular as betting began as theyve given in whats called emergency its units authorization which means it can be given to patients that have run out of other therapeutic crops and drug makers are already ramping up production but put real evidence that it can help either cure or prevent colds as 19 is still very still on the ground we dont know things like for example whether if its taken in combination with other medications it could potentially do more harm than good so there are still a lot of question marks. W. S Derrick Williams there answering your questions until be back to do the same tomorrow and that was good 900 special for more on the pandemic do check out our social Media Channels and our websites thats d. W. Dot com which has dedicated to cope with 900 pages in 30 languages i want to get jones and berlin thanks for joining us and before we go heres a reminder there is no need to have your pet put down because of the pandemic also dont abandon your pet as has happened in many parts of the world already Animal Rescue teams from lebanon to bolivia up picking up cats and dogs apparently abandoned by their owners who fear their furry family members could get infected and pass on the virus a big thank you to the rescue teams and hopefully those pets and soon finding new. Markets. Of the working world. Made in germany. Next. Week you know that 77 percent. Are younger than. Me and me and you. Know what time of voices 100. 77 percent talk about the. For all the parties to classes from calzaghe to feel good time this is where it was. Welcome to 77 percent. This weekend on the d w. Bike. Oh its a mug or just love. Food for the russian soul. And still. So many different walks of life some are. 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