A virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all this tremendous through the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the krona maurice or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast wherever you get your podcast you can also find us and. Slash science. For what if you missed it will. I knew going to school and playing play ground. Playing with. The most in them is a bug my school with windows. Did you guys have no money by being. Good on team your butcher civil war and quarantine i was able and my classmates the laughter going to and my friends and i miss the gossip in this car riddle and disturbing lessons smeared with giggling for example or orca city wolf or orca what i miss most is my math class because i go way beyond us that. They do not explain well and some of us we dont we dont understand they would be great fun and their white board. Their 100 teens are rough. This is the w. s covert 900. 00 special im Kate Ferguson 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 the hottest i dont know the 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 theres plenty of space between the tables in m. Bricks classroom but for the teacher elena haugen said one thing is much more important because. The teachers can finally hold the children in their arms again and comfort them when they fall and alan for example it 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 wanted all the sickness 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 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 runner up just at the university of copenhagen has changed his mind over time the lost money. There were many who would like me were worried about the schools reopening schools. Schools. All the data so far has shown us that these concerns are unfounded. 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 of the Gonski Institute at the university of New South Wales in fact me astray professor southpark welcome to the program youve just arrived 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 had about 1500000000 learning from home when the last these 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 recreate soup in the way of working as a classroom based. Into on any of these 22. 00 areas also its very. Interesting that. Hes read 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 type of students who play dodgeball themselves roots in a school based around the world really reduced over the last 20 years and there was a time when the human eye returning to school to the resource of us back to the friends. Of the several weeks of the being over there in the parents the other thing is simple a medical reason all the p. D. s reason some medical experts are saying that the. Lockdown of sorts with these incentives that its. Going to be staying with of schools and with that some of its going to be most and that it wont be for children and theres Nothing Better to do to help but its of things which. Have more to do with friends over the school. Theres also been a lot of talk about the Digital Divide children have experienced during lock time tell me about what i mean with. What you know the interesting thing is that already people are the only right its always well. Looked on some unscrupulous as we knew. Although most most i mean these was people were connected with 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 with me thats human for example with everybody from nixon to all the services and things that we need this fools in many places that sort of you havent had before but the next and to those platforms. Feeds into this weve provided the other thing is that theres for that the number of schools actually only 2 thirds of the schools is. Countries report that they have ceded these most interest or. Properly or by teaching the children so so these things together really create people and i think we understand must be appropriate and its just wonderful. Thats just i 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 mask 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 warned 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 in the virus still cause damage that can build up and harm you down the line. Will only find this alts in the coming months and years as as any possible creeping physical effects make themselves known but 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 covert 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 lives the same goes for patients whose kidneys are affected or those or 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 corona virus and asia to subscribe to our newsletter just log on to g. W. Dot com slash corona dash. 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 read over the phone to an audience 1500 kilometers away on the other end 7 year old. Listens 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 foraging fawns over literature in the process. Of time for thanks for watching for me good bye and take care. Africa. Measures during the corona crisis in rwanda is expensive d and this in virtually unattainable. What a young business woman has decided to improvise. In her distillery. She produces disinfected. Eco africa. Next d. W. Be in good shape. Tango and tight she can be good for people with parkinsons disease. The. Dancing can help improve balance and coordination. While tight she is great for staying flexible. And the physical exercise gets our grain matter buzzing. In good shape. In 60 minutes on d w. We know that this is a scary time for us the coronavirus is changing the world changing our lives so please take care of yourself keep your distance wash your hands if you can stay at how we are d. W. P. For here for you we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on all of our platforms were all in this together none too good to make it fair. To say to everybody Stacey Stacey stay safe the priest has to sit. Down. We should never underestimate the power of nature coverage a situation eased a humble reminder of that but nature can also help us in countless ways as long as we what we get rather than against it i am sondra to nobody here in kampala uganda and the africa with me today are stories michael presented in nigeria