A virus spread. Why do we panic and when well. Just through the tactics and we couldnt read your show is called spectrum if you would like and new information on the clone a virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at dot com slash science. Earth wouldnt you move. I knew going to school and playing play around. Playing with. The most in them is above my school window. And he goes oh no minute by the. Time team yeah bushs war and quarantine i might sell and my classmates laughed are going to and my friends in pity and i miss the gusset i missed the car riddle and disturbing less dense me with giggling for example or orca city wolf or orca what i miss most is my map that i going. To explain well and some of us who dont we dont understand they would save a ton on their white boards. Their 100 teens are rough. This is the covert 900. 00 special im paid for thanks for joining me the coronavirus has up and at the lives of hundreds of millions of children around the world in many countries kids have been cooped up at home for weeks forcing parents to become educators while working their regular jobs now as restrictions begin to be lifted for some kids here in europe its back to school but what can they expect when they return this next report takes us to norway and denmark in norway just going to School Looks Like youre on vacation. Thats the way it was before the Coronavirus Crisis hit and the wave still is now. On has been bringing his 2 boys and brick in lawrence to the bus stop every morning for the past 4 weeks. The strictest hygiene rules apply inside the school bus but things will look different at school today for the time being theyre keeping separate areas for each class we honestly dont know their walk yeah we have a larger area over there and the other class can meet behind the playground that. Good hygiene practices have always been compulsory in norwegian schools whats new is that the minimum distance of one meter is no longer needed even though there is plenty of space between the tables in m. Bricks classroom but for the teach elena havent said one thing is much more important because. The teachers can finally hold the children in their arms again and comfort them like they fall in a down for example that hasnt been possible for a while its very unnatural if you have to put on a mask every time you will so far norway has had only positive experiences with at School Openings. Norwegian epidemiologists have discovered that children hardly infect each other. They feel that the School Opening confirms their findings. You know i guess our advice was not to close the schools at that time it was a political decision in a very confusing situation they want to place at the school. Now the norwegian government is unsure that the School Closings were even necessary a few 100 kilometers to the south is copenhagen denmark like the norwegians the danes also follow very strict coronavirus guidelines they were the 1st scandinavian country to close the borders of shops and schools but kindergartens and primary schools reopened in mid april. And in a funny way to the t. V. Amusement park in the middle of copenhagen like daycare groups into the empty park free of charge. Teachers go outside with their students as often as possible the infection rate remains low despite open schools one of the great critics of the School Openings run troop just at the university of copenhagen has changed his mind over time the last monk. There were many who would like me were worried about the schools reopening new schools. Schools. All the data so far has shown us that these concerns are unfounded. But crippling the experience weve had in denmark is the best argument for the schools reopening. The school back in norway kids are gearing up for the summer break in places it will look like this scene with m. Brick and his classmates the view that learning playing or even swimming children hardly play a role in the transmission of the coronavirus has become more and more accepted at least in scandinavia. For more on the reopening of schools im joined now by pasi sahlberg professor of education policy at the Gonski Institute of the university of New South Wales in fact me astray leah professor south park welcome to the program you just drive this time as the biggest educational experiment in history what did you mean by the us. Well never before in the hes. Almost all those rooms in the world most for several weeks. We have about 1500000000 in learning from home when the schools were closed so this is one part of the experience and then the other one almost was these rooms around the world have never experienced so its going to repeat suit in the way of working class race eating into on any of these 22 areas also its very. Interesting. Hes written that kids are trying to school may need more breaks more time to play than they had before why do you say about us. Well one thing is that the 5 or you can play 5 open routes in a new school based around the world has already reduced over the last 20 years and there was a time when the tsunami returning to school to the resource of us back to the friends. Of the several weeks or be over the parents the other thing is simple a medical reason all the previous reasons and medical experts are saying that the. Lockdown assaults at these instances its. Going to be staying away from schools and with that some of its going to be most of it not because you know theres Nothing Better to do to help but its one that we can thank you got more time to be with friends. At the school. Theres also been a lot of talk about the Digital Divide children have experienced during loctite and tell me about what i mean. But you know the interesting thing is that already people are the only rights and all these well. Look down some unscrupulous as we knew that although most most communities and people on the internet but we knew that there were some issues and some places where that was impossible now we do doing all these months at it what the hope is and then we really reveal around the world that we can really rely on the fact that the Internet Connection and access to the internet we thats human for example with everybody from xom to all the services that they need from their schools in many places that sort of happening over the next and through those platforms. Feeds into this website provided the other thing is. This for that the number of schools actually only 2 thirds of the schools in. Countries report that they have ceded these most interest or to properly. Teaching children so so these things together really create these people and i think we understand must be appropriate. To some people. Thank you so much for your time. Time now to answer your questions about covert 1000 over to our science correspondent. If you live in a country where there are no active cases of covert 19 and the borders are closed is it Still Necessary to wear a mask after 14 days. The debate on whether or not to wear a mans skin and when has been going on for months and im certainly not going to solve it definitively here when the w. H. O. Took so long to make up its mind that its a good idea but that no one denies that if they arent born properly and washed or disposed of regularly masks can potentially do more harm than good so so healthcare authorities all over the world will be taking that into account as they tighten or loosen restrictions on wearing them in this situation you describe no active cases in the country for 14 days and closed the borders i personally would hope and expect that i could leave my mask at home but then maybe im biased i mean i really hate wearing them. If you contract covert 19 but dont succumb to it and the virus still cause damage that can build up and harm you down the line. Will only find this out in the coming months and years as as any possible creeping physical effects make themselves known but the expectation is that most of those who have no symptoms or relatively mild symptoms of the disease will will recover as fully as they would from any other respiratory sickness however theres no question that people who have severe cases of cova 19 like like those who have to be in to. It is and ventilated that they can end up with serious damage to their long that will remain with them for the rest of their laws the same goes for patients whose kidneys are affected or those were those who have embolisms or strokes caused by blood clotting. And you can post your questions to derek on our you tube channel if youd like to keep up with the latest developments on the coronavirus and asia to subscribe to our newsletter just log on to if you dont mean dot com slash corona dash hes an actor. And before we let you go heres a story of 2 kids in russia who find a way of keeping themselves busy touring locked and once a week 10 year old tim a fake knock and reads over the phone to an audience 1500 kilometers away on the other end 7 year old kenya listen attentively she has been blind since birth and lives in a world of sound theyre both taking part in a project called reading aloud which brings books to visually impaired children forging fawns over literature and the process. Of time for thanks for watching for me its goodbye and take care. Of. Africa. Measures ready during the corona crisis in the one is expensive ready and disinfectant are virtually unattainable. d businesswoman has decided to improvise. In her distillery. She produces disinfected. Cooler for. W. Every day just for us and for our planet. Global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make cities screamer how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with the waste. We can make a difference by choosing reforestation over a g. Force station recycling over disposable Smart New Solutions oberstein said you know what worries the earth is truly unique and we know that uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive good why do you assume the environmental soon to global 3000 on g. W. And on. The global corona crisis you can find more Information Online at e. W. Dot com and on t. W. Social media channels. We should never underestimate the power of nature coverage situation is a humble reminder of that but nature can also help us in countless ways as long as we walk we would rather than against it i am sondra to know here in kampala uganda and the africa with me today on stories michael presented in nature