Koran a pandemic d. W. Reporter keep your job just like everyone else and shes looking for answers and thankfully with the help of training expect a few of them. Thank you is not life as we know it were all in this together our web series. This week on the world stories. Great Britain Health care system in crisis usa help for the homeless. But we begin in colombia market calls are the Perfect Place for the coronavirus to spread but that hasnt deterred sellers and buyers of accountable bogota. Looks like a scene from a different era a bustling market in the heart of bogota the capital like the rest of colombia is under strict quarantine. But here it almost seems like business as usual. Keeping the market running throughout the lockdown is a big job says manager Freddie Rojas we must implement though. Weve installed 40 sinks and 55. 00 gel dispensers these are strategically located throughout the market and were also enforcing a minimum distance of one meter between people in order to avoid gatherings. Every day we sanitize the entire perimeter of the market we also disinfect the parking lot and all the vehicles more than on their own in our part of the group each of the 1500. 00 people who enter bogota biggest grocery retailer every day have their temperature taken and must wear a face mask at all times in reality not many people seem to care about the social distancing guidelines they wear their masks incorrectly or take them off to chat or have a snack. And while colombians are told to leave their homes only when absolutely necessary some shopkeepers are actually seeing more people now than before the restrictions came in. Is a real see only the flow of people has definitely increased everybodys stuck at home trying to combine. Time seeing 12 and sometimes even 3 people from the same household. I asked my customers whether theyd like me to deliver their groceries to them at home most of them tell me no this is the only way i can get out for a while. Not a moment of. Has worked at the market for nearly 50 years he has never known anything like this. With his fruit stall suddenly turned into a high risk Work Environment camillo cant help but feel a little fatalistic it was him of course i do feel very exposed but heres how i see it if i catch it its meant to happen ive lived my life. Every day hes putting his physical wellbeing on the line to keep his business a life. With takings haft since columbia went into lockdown camillo says he can only keep going for another month. The survival of his fruit shop depends on how the government manages the crisis camillas Health Depends on whether his fellow shopkeepers and customers can stick to the rules and adapt to the new normal. The british Health Care System was already close to its limits before the coronavirus and since the outbreak of the pandemic the situation has worsened there written off ventilators for doctors and nurses and theres nobody to their not protective equipment for them. And nor sleep gown that protects them from coronavirus dr assays munaf almost feels guilty every time one on. Hes an emergency doctor so he does have access to past not protective equipment or people. That supplies across the u. K. Are very limited they simply arent enough gowns for every doctor i want to go to get treated to. A conscious user to use the Cardboard Box of supplies getting less and less and thats every stop because they are enough to merit you know we are in a high risk. 3 quarters of all u. K. Doctors say they dont have access to protective clothing visors and masks are also in short supply some doctors are having to buy their own f f p 3 masks from the i y stores and from building that fence. And also having to do things like make their own aprons out of rubbish bin bags to track protect their closing whilst theyre doing these high risk procedures over 100 medical staff doctors as well as nurses have already died from the virus on social media videos like this abby Homestead Hospital workers paying their last respects to a continent even before the crisis the u. K. Was short of over 40000 nurses staff are now under enormous pressure even very experienced nurses and pushed to the edge and we have a lot of newly qualified staff who only been in the job 6 months or one year and theyve really been pushed pushed to 2 to breaking point we are and already underfunded we need more doctors and nurses to work in the n. H. S. Even in normal times so at the moment we are above and beyond what we ever thought that we could be intensive and working and were trying our best but we do need more starker we need more quick meant and that is a result of underfunding of the last decade and patients are suffering too. Hospitals are having to rush in supplies make oxygen on dialysis for patients with kidney failure. Dimona describe situations where older patients that mightnt benefited from intensive care have been denied treatment whereas a few months ago people over 65 we would have said that if you base your mentality but now its scratchy youre so strange it so the trust other people looked at to educate people about their 55 i think you should which i deemed. A test of care you did but the i. C. U. People checked a lot. It wiped off rushed me. Britains National Health service is facing its biggest emergency since its founding. The usa has been most severely hit by the pandemic its homeless are especially vulnerable to catching the virus not only are they without a home they also very rarely have access to health care facilities. Breakfast on wheels since the food bank closed its doors for the homeless rob farley decided to bring the food bank to the very rich. I was coming up to say you are the brunt of the lunch bag brunch coffee and some warm words for the most Vulnerable Group of the pun demick. You know but i try to do what i can know what to keep my hands theyre clean oh david farley is a volunteer for a local church in washington d. C. Besides breakfast he brings the latest news about what has turned into a serious threat for the homeless you know number one in the world that i could sure doesnt work. As the virus continues to spread in the Capital Region rob farley tries to convince them to wear face masks but thats one of the lesser problems. Were supposed to say 6 feet apart. You know. For those who go into the shelter i think social distancing is pretty tough to do in there and for many folks that stay out on the street sanitation you know where where to use the bathrooms where to wash your hands with estimates of around 10000 living on the streets washington d. C. Has one of the biggest homeless communities in the united states. To offer some protection authorities have set up hand washing stations but not everyone has such easy access as this man who lives in a tent across the street. Nevertheless no other group is hit as hard as the homeless and thats especially true in some emergency accommodations that have been in the news. While filming inside is not allowed media reports say a lack of social distancing made it easy for the virus to spread. Pro bono lawyer Amber Harding says the homeless have to be taken off the streets you have 30000. 00 vacant hotel rooms in d. C. That we could use to place people in and tell you now things settle down and we also have vacant Housing Units and we should be really focusing on putting people into long term housing so they are able to protect themselves so if we could volunteer rob farley says keeping the homeless safe is the key for the whole community to recover from the pandemic. Since the outbreak of the corona virus in china many people with asian roots living in germany have faced prejudice and racism so one such person set up a support group on facebook. It all started in early march victoria noticed something that shifted when she rode Public Transportation skeptical glances from passengers others who had moved to different parts of the train. At 1st i thought i was imagining things then i noticed people would look at my face and then sit somewhere else i followed 3 of them just to make sure they didnt simply get off the train and went to other compartments or sat in the bicycle section of. Victoria corriveau who is german her parents moved here long before she was born shes used to experiencing discrimination for being a visible minority but once the 1st cases of corona virus appeared here such incidents became more frequent of oberlin is widely seen as a tolerant diversity theres an undercurrent of hatred one man even told her she should spray herself with disinfectant. But. Ive been keeping a low profile because im afraid of more attacks like that one victoria tried to talk to her friends about it but they shied away from the subject she doesnt think theyre taking the problem seriously. Then through facebook she made contact with people across the country who were having the same kind of experience since the pandemic began they have reported almost daily occurrences of hostility just because they look asian high rises the new pope of fun whos from china also lives in berlin hes filmed incidents of racial abuse hes experienced on this. A friend told me you should you should totally report it even though i dont have that much hope on the. Police but because i want to at least to show people that i have this evidence and not going to being silenced but i want to talk a little. Bit of time. Victoria court of who says its been helpful to compare notes with others in the same boat that prompted her to create a website that helps bring people together and offer support. Its important for people to be connected this way in times of social distancing to share their experience so others know whats going on. Racism is nothing new in germany and Victoria Court of new fears it will be around a long time after the pandemic is over but shes determined to make a difference so people like her feel less alone. Whats the secret to a perfectly fried to take. Care of some National Dishes their distinctive character. Their. Europes favorite dishes with their small and big secret you know serious heat secrets. Your. Next. Loneliness is more than just being alone. Loneliness makes you sick and its affecting more and more people. Researchers are investigating the causes and develop. Think strategy they can combat this problem. Against the only epidemic. In 45 minutes on d w. Its a global corona trisomy so you can find more Information Online d. W. Dot com and on t. W. Social media channels. Leave. Hello and welcome to another fun filled edition of your max coming to you from the streets of berlin and im your host meghan lee today we kick off the show on a musical note with one of the worlds best organist the american musician Cameron Carpenter would normally play here but since concerts and large gatherings are still restricted