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Harvest the farm hands from Eastern Europe face strict medical checks before they can start work. And way include cruft welcome to the program more than 100000 people are now confirmed to have died of corona virus infections the figures were reported by Johns Hopkins university the number of infections stands at more than 1600000 now the news comes as christians around the world head into easter weekend one of the most important celebrations in their calendar the pen demick means religious and other gatherings have been banned in many countries italy has been locked down for weeks that includes that it can city so even the pope will have to celebrate alone. Its the time of year he usually draws huge and. Conducts the Good Friday Service without the public due to the ongoing coronaviruses lockdown worshipers are at home watching the live stream online. Almighty and eternal god provided of shelter for the suffering look with compassion on the affliction of your children we suffer from this epidemic. The scale of the outbreak continues to cause a dark shadow on italian life these firefighters in sicily are farewelling a colleague who died from the virus i feel isnt allowed. The streets look set to remain empty for a while longer italians were hiding lock down measures would be relaxed after but it will be extended. More we have just prepared a new decree with which we are extending the restrictive measures until the 3rd of may a difficult decision but a necessary decision for which i am full of course assuming full political responsibility. And at a time like easter the lockdown hits hard. When easter alone with you will see our children and our grandchildren in Video Conference its very sad but it is what it is. Thats the number of people in intensive care begins to fall officials are urging italians to not get complacent and you could hear strictly to the lockdown. Earlier we spoke with synagogues our correspondent in rome and i asked her what easter will be like for a talionis this year well its going to be a very different easter fish generally its a time for Family Friends to get together theres feasting Easter Monday traditionally the idea is to get out of the city go to the countryside go to the seaside enjoy the good weather we have here in the city but this year will be very different the authorities are calling on people to stay at home there are increased patrols and checkpoints that have been set up particularly on the roads leading out of the city as well as the authorities are using drones to make sure that they can keep track of people to ensure that they dont go out that City Building peace creasing temperatures and Better Weather we are seeing more people on the streets as well despite this call of the authorities are saying while the numbers appear to be improving you cant let your guard down. In the United States more than 18000 people have died from corona virus infections that puts the us close to overtaking entally as the country with the worlds highest death toll and all their nearly 500000 confirmed cases in the u. S. New york state alone has more cases than any other country. Passengers have thinned out on new york subways but that snow is surance to many people who need the ride its a very frightening experience i mean if i got it right that one right now like you know if theres a lot of Homeless People trying Different Things so you can get away training getting fired thats not me. You know new yorkers we dont miss it thats the problem keeping your distance from others experts agree that social distancing combined with aggressive testing of suspected cases is the fastest way to tackle covert 19 but there arent enough tests for the job in new york and elsewhere in the u. S. New yorks governor says companies now cannot provide the numbers needed we need. An un precedented mobilization where government can produce these tests in the millions President Trump pointed to progress in the numbers of new cases the other side you have the numbers of beds being used were just saying substantially reduce thats usually the sign theres heading in the downward curve but the death toll continues to mount hundreds in new york die every day hospitals or repurpose in refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues and in the cities reserved for on mark graves burials have spiked the weekly average is now being reached every day the rise is being attributed to coded 19. And joining me in new york is journalist addict abby whats the latest there. Well you know im as you know the now the numbers are staggering thousands of deaths here in new york 777 people died between thursday and friday alone and the daily briefings Governor Cuomo has to present these numbers to the people of his state and he says its extremely painful to do this these are families that have lost loved ones but he is saying that there are signs of hope right now and thats what we have to look at as we move forward in terms of the hospitalization if you think the number of hospitalizations are down slightly and also the number of people entering intensive care units are also slightly down there is about that differential was about 17 people it seems like a very small number when you look at the previous week where over 300 people entered the i. C. U. Wanted daily basis this is sign a hope of optimism for him there so he has been highlighting those facts but of course this means to keep those numbers down that new yorkers need to do what theyve been asked to do and thats to stay at home unless they absolutely have to go outside their own essential work or if theyre making that Grocery Store run and if they do go outside to socially distance themselves from others we just saw those aerial images of unmarked burials at heart island really harrowing things to see what more can you tell us about that. Yeah i mean those images have certainly been making the rounds but i do want to point out the fact that hart island has been Holding People there as their final resting place for over 100 years this location in the bronx has been taking people who passed away who dont have families or whose families cant afford private burial but of course as you know given what the hospitals in the morgues are experiencing right now theyre running out of space in capacity that theyre having to send people there so generally in the path which happened is theres been one day of burials where they see about 24 bodies on average or right now theyre seeing that number every day and its 5 days a week so certainly a spike there and this again is happening because the morgues are running out of capacity the medical Examiners Office has now said that anyone that has a way to hold the bodies were 14 days before sending them to heart island and there are reports that if family members come forward at some point they will be able to move their loved ones to another location and i do want to say before i end this topic is that marriage model de blasio has tweeted about this and said that there are no such thing as mass burials happening there hes saying that every person is being treated with respect will zoom out quickly as you can and what is the rest of the United States looking like right now. I think one of the biggest concerns right now when we look across the country is that the u. S. Had its 1st confirmed case of coded 19 on january 21st were now into april and theres still no nationally coordinated response President Trump has resisted issuing a nationwide lockdown california issue there is on march 19th florida did it after spring break on april 2nd and this to Infectious Disease experts is not the ideal situation they want a nationwide response president is not willing to do that right now and there are concerns about that all right journalist at the cost center in new york thank you very much. And lets take a look at some of the other coronavirus related news from around the world apple and google have announced plans to Work Together to create Contact Tracing technology to slow the spread of the coronavirus the 2 companies mobile operating systems powered 99 percent of the worlds smartphones and while a tracing app could be a powerful tool in compact combating the virus there remain serious privacy concerns. The United Kingdom has seen a record daily death toll from the corona virus surpassing italys worst 980. 00 people died in 24 hours and thats raising concerns that the countrys National Health service lacks sufficient ventilators staff and protective clothing. For. The German Government has started flying in thousands of seasonal farm workers Officials Say they hope to recruit about 80000 vegetable and fruit pickers despite 10 demick related travel restrictions workers are mostly from Eastern Europe and are entering germany in control groups to prevent spreading the virus. Markovian. Rimini and Seasonal Workers cheek by joel before roll call at clues your port. Somewhere masks others dont. Transport to germany to help with the harvest after an exception was made to the countrys travel. Before. And before they probably enter the country there will be a health check and this will be sent to the responsible Health Office because im tired they will not be allowed to make individual trips when they get here due to company must make sure the workers keep a certain distance during transport and the people Work Together in groups. On and the 1st 14 days is a near quarantine tag i know the one during which they can work. But there are questions as to how effective a near quarantine can be given these preflight conditions and if its enough to perform a health check rather than a specific test for covert 19 a disease that can be symptomless the desperation to admit these workers is understandable germanys travel ban has caused a huge personnel shortage on farms and fields which employ their own 300000 such workers last year those coming in this year some 40000 in april and again in me will pick crops like quite asparagus considered a seasonal delicacy in germany others will head south to the very or to harvest crops for one of the countrys best known products beer despite the lack of Eastern European workers so far this year brewers have a reassuring message. We wont run out of their old stocks and contract. But as the country tries to strike a balance between staying safe and kick starting the economy many germans will hope they dont reap more than they bargained for. People around the world have been marking good friday in ways that seemed unimaginable just a month ago one group of worshippers in western germany have put a drive in cinema to good use. Songs of worship for drivers and passengers alike this is normally a drive in cinema but on friday 900. 00 christians from various denominations and dusseldorf celebrated whats known as an ecumenical service. And we do not want to be abandoned by you. Yet. This is the only way for us to come together even if it is with distance the churches are empty so many people are watching online but in this way we can create a feeling of Community Even if it is a bit strange. At 1st i think this. Incident materials church in munich the Good Friday Service took place without war shippers. Instead many took part at a distance from home. To mention a few today people also feel abandoned by god like jesus on the cross people are going through difficult times theyre afraid like jesus was and his story has now become ours and thats why it is good that we celebrate this Service Together this time in an empty church but connected to many people through other channels it. Is 84 years old shes lucky chaplain francis was found bruiser laga visits her once a month to hold communion. Its about just being there for them. Just giving some support and showing that we are there for you that we will not abandon you that god would abandon you either. To have for me that he comes to my home. At the drive in cinema remembering the suffering in the death of jesus christ offers hope and strength. Just being supported to be received unsupported by community especially now during this time in Unusual Service for unusual times on good friday 2020. Youre watching news from berlin stay with us far cry on a virus thats what monica jones ill be back at the top of the hour thanks for watching. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona update. 19 special next on d w. Im doing great thing in time. Time is of the koran a pandemic d. W. Reporter. Just like everyone else and shes low. For answers and thankfully with the help of leading experts few of them talk to anybody about this thank you is not life as we know it but were in this together our new web series of. The Global Economy is in a state of paralysis businesses are closed production has ground to a halt and many western countries governments are dishing out a generous aid packages to Business Owners freelancers and companies in need but in many developing and emerging economies the corona crisis hits people with full force as a result un secretary general antonio good harris has urged rich countries to do more for those that are less prepared otherwise he warns we face the nightmare of the disease spreading like wildfire and developing nations with millions of deaths. Welcome to our 1000 special here in g. W. News i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us the pandemic affects us all yes but while the rich countries can cushion the economic fallout from the crisis others like mexico stare into an abyss. The virus has already claimed some 200 lives in mexico but so far there have been no lockdown measures like in other countries and so case numbers are rising as people continue to gather including to protest. Here hundreds of waiters air their grievances in front of the president ial palace their restaurants of closed and theyve lost their jobs. Or pm and that if i dont have that income i can pay my rent a comp a my bills and i can support my daughter. Or years. From today we can no longer survive day to day by being at home so exposing ourselves to come out in congregate we know there were exposing ourselves to a pirate or exposed to the contagion that you. Mexicos president offered encouragement in a speech on sunday he also announced a rescue package focused soley on supporting the poor. We will defeat the coronavirus will revive the economy in a mexican will continue to stand up and show the world glory and its greatness. But for now acapulco as famed beaches remain empty tourists wont offer much hope for the forseeable future and there are great concerns about another perhaps more important economic sector. Where prices have fallen sharply. In mexico isnt alone among emerging economies the collapse of tourism and oil prices has hit nations from russia to brazil india and south africa. For more im joined by the head of the United Nations Development Program in new york at him steiner stand a good to have you with us now emerging on deck colonies developing countries they are very much exposed to this crisis this virus crisis which region worries you the most in terms of the pandemic and the following economic decline. And as of this morning we know that 212 countries and territories are affected by covert 19 so the concern of all of us but also the United Nations is for all countries but indeed as you point out in many parts of the world africa perhaps being one she region of the world but also parts of Asia Latin America Central America areas where the virus is beginning to impact both in terms of it tries in the Health System but then also the social Economic Impacts and the issue of greatest concern for all of us must be that many of these poorer countries and economies dont have the Health System infrastructure to cope 1st of all with the suppression of the virus secondly with also providing the kind of social safety nets that i needed in order to deal with this extraordinary impact Sister Organization International Labor organization yesterday publish new numbers in terms of expected job losses 195000000 jobs lost intentionally this is a number that is without precedent and that is a shock to not only our economies but our societies to livelihoods especially when you bear in mind that over 60 percent of people employed in the world im torn in the Informal Sector no work means no livelihood means no safe social safety net these are the frontlines of the battle indeed english pandemic which is both a Health Crisis it is becoming a social and economic and developmental crises and it is one that requires us to Work Together in ways as we have never been challenged to do so before i mean that the sinister sonata that youre describing here also tells us that this virus of course causes havent everywhere and even rich nations a struggling to deal with the economic fallout from the penn demick how then can poor countries hope to cope with it. Well i think the 1st priority must be what the w. H. O. Has told us all which is to suppress the virus this is the 1st line of defense and much of the work of the United Nations of the International Community right now must be focused on helping countries to 1st of all be able to stabilize their Health Systems and to have that Health Systems response in place secondly and these are the programs that are urgently needed is to provide fiscal means governments need money right now 1st of all to respond to the Health Crisis but secondly are also to an unfolding social and human and economic in Development Crises and this means having Resources Available which to finance mitigation measures Cash Transfer programs being able to stabilize local parts of the economy and as you also said countries very often are confronted with even the consequences of the virus somewhere else in the world take small island developing states many of them rely on tourism tourism has imploded very often thats 304050 percent of the g. D. P. Of these nations this is economic collapse but i mean what youre describing here is really that we have to give a helping hand to each other even though were affected by this pandemic ourselves and this at a time when multilateralist is he is weakened and people have become more in good instinct theres more nationalism around do you think that this has weakened our ability to give a Global Response to this crisis. Well perhaps in the 1st reflex there is a tendency to look after oneself and this is understandable it is natural and i think every country is confronted with unprecedented challenges right now but this virus has taught us one thing and that is that it is a Global Pandemic they can only succeed in controlling and ultimately overcoming this or that by working together there is no go it alone solution and therefore the ability of richer nations also step up right now 1st of all through the kinds of measures that have been proposed through the International Monetary fund but also looking at issues of debt relief and debt cancellation order to allow countries ah in need of help not to have to use the funds that they receive from the international need to pay off debt is right now there is a need for massive investment in developing countries it will rely on the rich are part of the world but it is also in our common interest because even from our perspective economic recovery the markets into which industrialised nations will sell off this pandemic on the markets of also the developing world so there is a common interest and enlightened selfinterest as much as the need for solidarity right now in order to massively round up this support because otherwise we will not only see the economic collapse there are social geo political consequences that i think none of us have either considered so far clearly enough and they need urgent attention right help others to help ourselves icici i think china the head of the United Nations Development Program in new york thank you so much for your time. Now time for your questions questions you sent us on you tube twitter and facebook email as always our resident corona expert Derek Williams stands ready to provide some. Of our faith talented rates of couvade 19 related to blood types. Im not aware of any studies looking at faith tally rates and blood groups for covert 19 but but this is a really interesting question because what other types of viruses blood types have been shown to affect susceptibility to infection as well as severity of outcomes though we still dont know exactly why a recent preliminary study carried out by chinese researchers did indeed discover what they think are some connections between blood type and susceptibility to the new coronavirus it says people with blood group a did indeed seem to be more likely to catch it than other groups while blood group oh who appeared less likely to get it that data is still unconfirmed but if its correct it could have an impact later in clinical practice but the differences if there they are are unlikely to be really major. What risk could cope with 19 posed to pregnant women and their unborn children. If youre pregnant or have a newborn these days im sure youre probably frightened even more than the rest of us the w. H. O. Has a question and answers page dedicated to you some of the Key Takeaways though are that 1st there is currently no evidence that pregnant women are at higher risk of severe illness than anyone else so the precautions they should take are simply the same as those were all taking we still dont know if a pregnant woman can pass the virus along to her baby durant. Pregnancy or delivery but the w. H. O. Also recommends prioritizing pregnant women with sometimes for testing as they may need special care if they have the disease and finally it says women with copd 19 can breast feed if they wish to but they should wear a mask if one is available they should wash their hands before and after touching the baby and also regularly disinfect surfaces in the household. Can you protect your lungs from coburg 19 by giving up smoking. In this pandemic smokers are in particular danger for a couple of Different Reasons 1st when it comes to possibly contract ing the disease a smokers lips regularly come into contact with their fingers which is one of those things that you really want to avoid and of course regular smoking also leads at some point to one disease and reduced lung capacity those are 2 comorbidities that can have a major impact on outcomes if you do catch code at 191 study of data from around 1100 patients in china indicated that severe disease and case fatality were over 2 and a half times higher for current smokers than people who had never smoked which really shouldnt come as a surprise so jake up theres never been a better time to quit. And a quick look to india where millions are required to stay indoors for 3 weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus among other measures the state of punjab installed a socalled code 960 station workers can wash their hands and half their temperature taken before being sprayed with disinfectant a Similar Initiative for people on motorbikes was started in chennai. And that was alec overnight in special on this good friday for me the team in berlin thanks for watching. Its like a creature from another planet its revolutionary not only by appearance its also a technological. The citoyenne d. S. And coming out is it still revered by killers fansub all over the world to her and slow to wearing a. Red. 16 across a long tail to. Grappling with some tricks. To express her feelings i am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist mandate looking for new perspectives on the door and no 2 weve been replaced by a previous camera doing things differently. 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