Frustrated bravers i did find the authorities and im moving on the ground or rather outside. Us the growth of our isp puts a damper on festivities as muslims around the world mark the start of the pandemic the cautions changing centuries old traditions for. Us welcome to the program hong kong has announced that Septembers Legislative Council elections are to be postponed by one year the vote would have been hong kongs 1st since a controversial security law came into effect at a News Conference chief executive kerry lamb said a spike in corona virus faces was the reason for the delay but a position lawmakers accuse the government of using the outbreak to hinder the prodemocracy movement. To say that you stuff its. Going to invoke emergency regulations oh dear nearness in. Off screen elections and uncertainty of course the main content enough to. Do. Justice to some to a greater unknowns for our newly we have the support of the central government. Correspondents Congress Following events for us in hong kong earlier she told me about the reactions to the postponement of the elections well for the opposition can they come the governments decision to postpone the election for the 1st time he hung calls history they criticized as like creating a constitutional crisis so from that perspective they think the government is making use of the epidemic stop them from going to historic majority in the parliament which is what they have been aiming for coming election ovation only so they want to gain power over so the heart of the city in the parliament but that would be postponed right now also and also given the fact that many of them have been disqualified from the election so i think this is an on a clamp down on the Opposition Movement but on the other hand their rivals the of probation and progovernment politicians saying can this well be government as sessions where they have been lobbying for the late late because by citing coronavirus. Reasons and this is like 5 kind of a disadvantage for them because many off their voters are elderly and the elder people who may not be able to come out of photos so this is what they actually yearn for. This uptick in corona virus infections really enough to justify a move going to election back one year. Well this time caroline is info came to colonial emotions the lawyer to postpone the elections so hes saying shes saying that this is out of. Consideration of the safeguarding the Public Health and to deal with their Public Safety crisis i know the emergency laws so this is controversial because this is like the law itself is a piece of controversial legislation when it has been used by back to protest last year but now the government is using it again to postpone the election and also the whole government is now seeking a directive from the beijing was published just say that they were asked the beijing cop legislature to step in to define how the of how the meant to be running in the coming year before the election they saw the guys in 2021 so this will spark and the other political and legal controversy of. Troll protests as a possible criticism of life and other beijing state intervention into hong kongs local affairs it has gone from hong kong thank you its a look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic vietnam record its 1st coronavirus death on friday as the pandemic rebounds that the country had previously been praised for starting out the contagion but just from a supposed johnson says hes putting the brakes on the easing along measures and will instead be imposing new restrictions after a new spike in corona virus infections in the u. K. And germany has added 3 northern spanish regions to its list of high risk just to nations and they want to arrive in from those areas will have to produce a negative virus test or go into quarantine for 2 weeks. Oh here in berlin coronavirus restrictions have shut down the citys notoriously wild nightlife clubs have been closed for months and thirds no sign that might reopen anytime soon and thats got some rave as well raving mad some are now defying authorities and how taking the party to the citys parks this report contains flashing images from the stalls. Merlins club scene is world famous but corona is threatening its existence. Clubs like this one have been empty for months. A vaccine is the only hope for many owners. Busy in it weve already seen examples of brawn showing that it really doesnt work in south korea they thought they had the pandemic under control because they had hardly any new cases then they opened the clubs and they had their 1st case in a club within the week which meant that the clubs had to be closed down again and. People are itching to dance again. Illegal raves have been taking place weekly in berlins has in hyde park. Up to 5000 are thought to have attended one last saturday. Laura was one of them she wanted to remain anonymous. Just look around you at every football match there are at least 22 people on the field with substitutes youve got up to 30 or 40 people and they were very quick to allow that again. With restrictions but this categorical band ignores the needs of the party community. But rivers seem to be ignoring the threat of the coronavirus. I think the problem with a lot of people is that they cant understand why open air options are not being made available. They dont see an infection risk because there have been numerous large events such as demonstrations with no infections because if you look it would appear that there is little danger of infection. So i guess people say why not make it legal and if its not made legal they do it illegally. Legal. On these and for so. Many club owners have asked district authorities to allow open air events theyve been waiting months for a decision. For they cant be that hard to just make green Spaces Available where its possible to set up a security cordon and some portable toilets people are doing it anyway he meant of an empty font fought on. Soon fall. I think most of us would cooperate if there were an official location thats cordoned off with a limit of say 50 or 100 people and youd have to wear a mask. Not with fall and cooler weather fast approaching the window of opportunity for open air events is closing and with it possibly many of the citys beloved clubs. In the Northern Hemisphere this time of year holiday makers are normally seeking some adventure at the crown of ours made this summer like no other correspondents around the world so us are the pandemic has changed the way people are spending that time off. In times of uncertainty because of covert 19 more than 70 percent of the french have decided to go on vacation in france some of them will stay here in paris where the town hall has allowed restaurants to extend their terraces the city will also be organizing a number of cultural events outside where the risk of contamination is limited due to flight restrictions the city is not as packed with International Tourists as in previous years and parisians are making the most of that one friend of mine told me that she would seize the opportunity and having lived here for more than 15 years would finally go and visit whats probably the capitals most famous landmark the eiffel tower for the 1st time. Londons Trafalgar Square is normally teeming with tourists but not this summer londons attractions like the National Gallery have behind the are slowly opening up again and yet londons for the moment has a tan as the ram brands and the golf is mostly to themselves. An almost empty promise a typical picture on the beach resort of my bay on this from a lot of people left and for that trip after infection rates started to rise again a tragedy for the spanish economy almost 3000000 people live on tourism theres also a general obligation to wear a mask almost everywhere all right now also not a very pleasant thing a temperature of about 30 degrees. These guys seem to enjoy the Global Crisis the huge Kruger National park all for themselves with hardly any tourists in sight since the end of march south africas borders are closed International Flights are not permitted even Domestic Travel is not allowed only a few davis from the province are allowed to enter the park at the moment this has a huge negative impact on hundreds of thousands of South Africans working in the industry travelling with them or country is possible again you conclude your staff you know allowed to operate a camp behind me is a checkpoint that people have to ask if they want to visit a particular inner city lake in beijing so there are still a lot of inconveniences for tourists and the numbers are considerably lower many People Choose to wait. That update from r. T. W. Correspondents following the impact and i make on tourism around the world and are some of the other stories making news around the world right now european economies have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic data from across the eurozone shows regional g. D. P. Plunged more than 12 percent during the 2nd quarter spain was the hardest hit by a coronavirus lockdowns its economy can try. A more than 80 percent. European commission has allowed french engineering giant to buy canadian train make a bombarded 6000000000. 00 deal will make the 2nd largest manufacturer after china c r c corp approval came on condition that sells some of its other assets. Says of some pain have lost their fizz produces say the corona virus has cost them 2000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in sales this year struction surprise the world laid waste to celebrations weddings dining out of course vital to sales of the luxury wine. And muslims around the world are celebrating the start of either or the feast of sacrifice but for many the cities have been massively scaled back over coronavirus can sons suffered riots marking the end of the hans filaments in saudi arabia solar city of mecca also muted only a select few have taken possibly the millions who usually flock there if we give of. This is what mecca looks like now no sea of pilgrims instead only up to 10000. 00 people already residing in the kingdom were allowed to participate in this years hodge an annual pilgrimage for muslims that last year saw about 2 and a half 1000000 people gather here from around the world. The coronavirus pandemic has also curtailed this years eve the hottest celebrations on the 1st day of the 3 day festival worshippers in the worlds most populated Muslim Country indonesia were advised to wear masks and maintain social distancing the countrys religious ministry also advised mosques to shorten prayer ceremonies now by their media that have are even this years eve is very different from the previous years because we need to follow Health Protocols when we perform prayers like maintaining social distancing and we can stand close to each other or greet people another measure which i think is good is that we have to bring our own prayer materials so this is definitely different and there are fewer worshippers but im not up there in a hole in the turkish capital istanbul the celebration also took place in the haga sophia for the 1st time in decades. That after the turkish government recently reconverted the former historical cathedral and museum back into a mosque. And in afghanistan a 3 day truce has been called between the government and the taliban just before the truce went into effect a car bomb killed at least 17 people the taliban denies any responsibility the truce is only the 3rd to take place in the last 1000 years and will last until the end of the muslim holiday. This is the news heres a reminder of the top story were following for you right now on constitute executive kerry has delayed elections planned force of 10 but by a year time said they reason was a spike in coronavirus cases season comes as a blow to the citys pro democracy. And thats it from me and the news team here at the. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. Covert 19 special next on d w. Bosn says if the you do need to see a lot of the people for over thats in home the force and. The minute we can unlock. The bottom of the valley that the nasa dragons as well as called to her through. The debris books on. Goodbye to carefree long summer days 1000 cases are climbing in germany and beyond the attempt to return to normalcy has thwarted social distancing measures and now Germany Center for Disease Control has a warning. Noise to the latest developments in view of the number of colvin 1000 cases is worrying for me and everyone at the robert koch institute. For holidaymakers will bring the virus with them so there are now tested in airports to help curb that risk no one wants a 2nd wave of the corona virus or another wave of lockdowns but no one can rule them out if the number of cases continues to rise. Welcome to your special here on news i want to get jones in berlin as always good to have you with us and normally a virus infections like the flu thrive in the cold of winter a source close to is different this virus seems to actually enjoy the Summer Season is the 2nd wave perhaps closer than we think. The next chair every 2 meters sunbathing and social distancing the beaches in Southern Spain are giving curb it 19 infection earlier this slimmest of joseph. Catalonia is Something Else young spaniards party on the beach now theyre faced with fines of up to 15000 euros. Today of what they just are a party is not a party its an act of in solidarity its an act of the. Those who get infected out partying will carry the virus home to their families its Common Knowledge spain has been one of europes hardest hit countries in the corona pandemic it took months for the country to bring the virus under control and now its on the rise again i dont mean much but at the most right now in spain we have a higher incidence than 3 or 4 weeks ago thats clear it cannot be hidden because all the data is given with all possible transparency. Now many European Countries are warning against taking holidays in Northern Spain in the u. K. People returning from spain are forced to go into 2 weeks quarantine we can see that theres a 2nd wave thats coming across europe and the parts of europe where we can see the number of cases rising sharply we want to prevent that from happening here and so were prepared to take action sometimes quite quickly as we had to sadly with people who are in spain in terms of quarantine in france to anxiety over a 2nd wave is rising infection numbers are on the way up here too though not as sharply as in spain the government is concerned nonetheless. Around us in catalonia 10 days ago you would have said that there was not going to be a 2nd wave but now cuts alone years in difficulty and this is also the case for certain english towns its the case in belgium and in germany in certain german territories so we see that theres a virus emergency that must be avoided at all costs so we dont end up with a new pandemic in one of europes new virus hotspots the belgian city of and in the last few days more than 500 new infections have been detected authorities have now introduced a curfew between 1130 at night and 6 oclock in the morning if numbers continue to rise the city will go into lockdown and free up is doing everything it can to stop the 2nd wave. And for more im joined by to b. S. Quote he is professor of Public Health and epidemiology and is the director of the institute of Public Health at the sheraton hospital here in berlin good to have you with us as a clearly case numbers are rising again is this already the much talked about 2nd wave. Thats correct of the numbers are rising over the last couple of days whether this is the start of the socalled 2nd wave is unclear could be but we can also hope that the numbers are declining over the next those so its a little bit too early to talk about a 2nd wave or its good to hear an epidemiologist mentioning the word hope we all of the really hope that things are Getting Better but when we talk about this 2nd wave what exactly is it how do you define a 2nd wave. Well i think theres no clear definition of always so pretty much hughson you wave when you plot the rates of infection over time so clearly there was a 1st away from the numbers were declining as are now the numbers are rising again whether this is done in the end a wave can only be seen retrospectively so when we look back we see that there was a 2nd wave and its always difficult in the beginning to to say whether this is the start of a 2nd wave war if the numbers are actually going down again in the next days of course i mean weve had pandemics before there are studies and there were studies made also about like the spanish flu there is a fairly recent study the socalled sea drop report and that has hypothesized 3 possible scenarios for 2nd wave we see here the 1st one peaks and valleys after the 1st spike theres a series of smaller recurring waves every few months for the next couple of years the 2nd scenario is called fall peak so theres a fall during the Summer Season but 1000. 00 would then come back with a vengeance in autumn and winter with smaller spikes continuing well into 2021 and finally the 3rd scenario is called slow burn so there will be no 2nd wave and even though the virus is still here it could be kept under control i think i like the 3rd scenario best but obviously i can choose from what we know and from what we observe which one of these is the most likely scenario to cope with 19. What one has to understand is this are all hypothetical scenarios and if you go back in february and march when these projection models have been proposed 1st many of those were incorrect so now we have several scenarios that are plausible but which one is the most likely is difficult to say i also hope for the 3rd one obviously there too we all to control the spread of the virus and the rate of infection but its very difficult to say and also if we do have medication or vaccination available that will certainly also change the development of these curves important is that we are prepared for each of these scenarios so that we have a plan what if one of these scenarios appears to be. The most likely one and thats something we have to judge daily. With 19 pandemic is a very dynamic situation so its very difficult to say which one of these is right and we all can help to achieve that the 3rd one is the most likely scenario it could be a 4th or 5th scenario exhaust close to has been surprising in many ways before so could there be something completely different happening yes that could be something completely different happening and that we dont expect and several things have been completely new so while youre right that we have pandemics before about each pandemic has their speciality so to say and so yes they could be something completely different all right but lets hope that well be prepared for for whatever comes along professor to be escorted from a bilin sherry take thank you so much for your time and your expertise and to stay healthy thank you for having me. Well time for more of your questions now and its over to our science correspondent williams. Could immunosuppressive measures help prevent serious cases from becoming critical. Many of the deaths caused by code 19 are due directly to the infection but instead to to an immune response that goes berserk and starts also attacking the bodys healthy tissues since the start of this pandemic doctors have gotten a lot better at treating that aspect of the disease but physicians have to walk a tight rope when it comes to suppressing the immune system if they do it too early the virus has the opportunity to retrench if they do it too late it could be too late to save the patients life thats why for example the immunosuppressant dexa meant as own it is helping people survive in late stage critical disease but is not recommended for less severe cases because in them it can do more harm than good a new study has indicated that a yardstick for measuring when to administer dex im at the zone or other immunosuppressant drugs might be levels of a certain protein thats produced in the liver in response to inflammation but those findings still have yet to be confirmed. What about cambodias research on mosquito saliva could it help against kobe 1000. I have to admit that i decided answer this question just because it caught my eye i thought could researchers really be looking into miskito spit in connection with covert 19 well not directly but we live in an age of pandemics so. Its its really still pertinent to talk about it if we want to look down the road to the next potentially dangerous pathogen which which im like sars co 2 might easily be transmitted by mosquitoes like like the zico virus was for example it turns out the saliva that a mosquito injects when it bites you doesnt just have a numbing effect and it doesnt just contain an anti clotting agent that keeps the blood flowing and and transmitting pathogen straight to your bloodstream that saliva also seems to give those pathogens a helping hand in sneaking past your immune system in an early critical phase of the infection so so what the work in cambodia is looking at is using proteins found in the insects alive to create a kind of universal vaccine against all of the diseases carried by mosquitoes because your immune system would react fast when it detects mosquito spat its super super Interesting Research and the early results look promising but though it might help one day against a disease thats transmitted this way a lot like this week about us i dont see it having any direct benefit in tobit 19 research. 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