Im eunice and i must and welcome britains Prime Minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight kovac 19 for strength and told the british people the government is shutting down the central shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people lets listen in. From this evening i was give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave the home for the following very limited purposes. The basic necessities as infrequently as possible one form of exercise a day for example. With members of your household any medical need to provide care or to help a Vulnerable Person and travelling to and from work but only where this is absolutely necessary and cant be done from home. For more on that lets talk to the w. C. A lot of pots and london nationwide knocked on also in the u. K. Now tell us more about the details well life is about to change Prime MinisterBoris Johnson asked all people told to stay home for and they can only leave their home for 4 reasons he set to go to work to help to get medical help if needed to go for exercise in the park once a day so those are the reasons that people are able to leave their home otherwise there will be fines and the police will be enforcing those rules another thing that is different in the u. K. From other European Countries is that people who are vulnerable and the elderly are told to stay home to self isolate for 12 weeks now starting from today theyve been called by their doctors and nurses to tell them to self isolate so theres this kind of for you turn for Boris Johnson now. Well critics have said that Boris Johnson acted tough heartedly and too late but he himself has always said that he would do the right measures at the right time and now the time has come for that nationwide lockdown he has gradually. Introduced stricter measures over time closing pubs and restaurants before the weekend but as weve seen this weekend also people were still hitting the beaches hundreds of people were gathering in the parks and the social distancing rules were not at all followed so now has come the time for that National Lockdown so a lot of parts in london thank you so much the head of the World Health Organization says the covert 19 virus continues to outpace efforts to contain it and that cases of the infection accelerating more than 16000 people around the world have died of the infection heres what the head of the w h l said just a few hours ago more of the city 100000 cases of corbett 19 have now been reported to double. From almost every country in the world thats heartbreaking the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases. And heres some of the more of the latest developments on the global covert 19 condemning for the 2nd straight day italy has posted figures suggesting the spread of covert 19 in the country is slowing down italy is europes haddest hit country u. N. Secretary general antonio tabish has called for an immediate global ceasefire thats to protect Vulnerable People in conflict zones from the ravages of the virus and Britains Supreme Court building is closing justices will switch to Video Conferencing to hear cases and hand down judgment. And he enjoyment of the countrys leading Public Health institution the robot Caucus Institute says new data suggests that the rise in corona virus cases might be leveling off here and for now concerns that chance im going to america may have caught the virus has been dispelled. Tourist magnets like the Brandenburg Gate should be buzzing with locals and visitors could lock down measures mean people are out of doors only for essential reasons like going to work shopping or walking the dog. But germanys rather institute says theres reason to be cautiously optimistic that the measures are working. The indian turned we are seeing signs that the exponential growth curve is flattening off slightly but i will only be able to confirm this trend definitively on wednesday. Kind of but i am optimistic that the measures are already having an effect which is very early because theyve only been in place for a week. To find. Scenes like these from just last week i think of the past for now anyway chancellor merkel is in quarantine at home shes been tested after contact with an infected doctor that test came back negative but shell be tested regularly in the coming days meanwhile shes telling working finance minister all our shoulders will be covering some of her duties of these devices the chancellor has asked me to speak for her in the pond as tag on wednesday and we will manage this. However i believe that this is a very important sign that this infection can hit every one of us we are very vulnerable as human beings and you know one is protected from this. After todays virtual Cabinet Meeting the government announced a further Financial Aid package worth 156000000000. 00 euros its a break with germanys rules on strict budgetary discipline protect. Mary times require extraordinary measures. To the u. S. Now and the pentagon says its preparing to deploy field hospitals to new york to new york and seattle to national hotspots of the covert 1000. 00 out break but defense secretary mike espy also set the Global Pandemic could impact u. S. Military readiness new york is americas worst affected city where possible knock down is in place of sorties there say some 1900 patients are hospitalized with the virus the number of cases nationwide has reached almost 42000 with more than 570 deaths. From on the topic lets not talk to our washington correspondent out of a salad about donald trump just gave a press briefing where he stressed again that he would not let the cure be worse than the problem what does that say about his way of dealing with this crisis. Well hes contradicting his experts forest of all hes also contradicting himself to a certain extent but 1st and foremost hes trying hes afraid to lose his reelection and he even implied that in the press conference when he was praising the Strong Economy saying that this was all his achievement and thats now all taken away due to the coronal pandemic thats how hes putting it the problem is the president comes facing here is that the job approval rates have always been quite low except one field and that is the economy now ironically the all the measures put in place to fight the coronavirus are bad for the economy so all those lockdowns and stay in place shelter in place all terrorists have essentially one result in that is the unemployment is going up in the stock markets are going down and that is all reducing his chances of getting reelected again so what we saw here today is President Trump getting slightly nervous. The u. S. Military will help out with medical equipment is that proof of how desperate the situation is in the u. S. Right now a little we are about that certainly has proved that the Health System is increasingly overwhelmed in some cities and in new york city 1 mayor de blasio said that the city could run out of supplies as early as next week so theres a shortage of ventilators of mass and certainly also of hospital beds in particular are in intensive care units and that is where the military could fill in at the same time as politicians are trying to appeal to the to the American Public to take this virus seriously. That in spite of lockdowns and many cities people were seen in parks and new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo use some very dramatic words to describe the situation and he said that the real crisis in the United States hasnt even started yet. But efforts to advance a trillion dollar rescue off the u. S. Economy failed in Congress Today for the 2nd time why cant democrats and republicans agree on such a basic measure in crisis times its an ideological divide and that shows again how strained the relationship between republicans and democrats is at this point essential of the democrats are trying to demand that the Financial Aid that this cost is used to protect workers and to avoid layoffs and the republicans allegedly are putting the corporations 1st and that is all very frustrating for the American Public because they look at 2 parties who cant cooperate even in such a dramatic situation like the one were experiencing right now. A lot of us ayelet in washington thank you so much. Its becoming increasingly likely that the Tokyo Olympics due to take place in july and august will be postponed because of the coronavirus several qualifying events so ready cancelled and pressure has been growing on authorities to consider did late today japans Prime Minister shinzo avi acknowledge that rescheduling the games may be the only feasible course a fact. For weeks and even japan nor the International Olympic committee was prepared to countenance it now Prime Minister shinzo abi has tabled the possibility of postponement but obviously that. If the circumstances make it impossible to hold the games as planned then we have no choice but to consider postponing the committee i. O. C. President thomas back had been playing for time saying on sunday that the decision would be made within the next 4 weeks but pressure from athletes and associations has grown massively canada became the 1st country to announce that they would not send any athletes to the games shortly followed by australia where the local m. P. Committee is demanding a delay it gives certainly to the athletes to get into our sports and thats the most important thing over the weekend in japan where public life is yet to be restricted as in other countries 50000 people gathered to catch a glimpse of the olympic flame the country is experiencing a growth in coronavirus case numbers and experts have been warning of the danger of a wave of infections similar to those seeds in europe plans are now being made to scale back the Olympic Torch Relay due to start on thursday for the games themselves postponement is looking increasingly inevitable. And here in europe singing from ones balcony has become a popular way to get through self isolation people in germany have been playing and singing beethovens iconic 9th symphony thats of unless. He. Was. Far. Too good ok still got all this tremendous are at home practicing without an audience so based on the italian role model where theyve been playing the ode to joy for several days we thought we do the same thing on sunday evening at 6 pm for us and for our neighbors for once a buffalo not. Results because i really should have been conducting beethoven this week. And i cant do that. You get very very sad. About it so to be a bit more positive just play some music and bring a little more happiness and life brings this in milligans floated. Youre watching news from berlin im nearly and i was stunned thanks so whats. The global corona crisis you can find more Information Online at g. W. Dot com and on t. W. Social media channels. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when well. Just through the text and i weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown of irish or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you can get your podcast you can also find us at. Science. This is deja vu news in Berlin Germany in isolation mode what to expect from the partial shutdown just ordered by the government and why critics in some countries are demanding the opposite theyre calling for controlled herd immunity but what does that mean and what are the implications. Plus our race against time how the German Biotech Company keoghan its repairing for a run on coronavirus test kits. Im serious i was going to thank you for joining me on todays covert 19 special the coronavirus is continuing to spread also in germany convincing chancellor Angela Merkel that stricter containment measures are necessary until now it had largely been left to the country states and municipalities to to curb the contagion an approach that has created a patchwork of rules and guidelines the new measures are to be rolled out nation wide lets hear what the german chancellor announced. We have discussed today how all Counter Measures are working we have no vaccine and we have no drug against the disease all we have firstly the efforts we are making to prepare our Health Care System especially hospitals for the expected continued high rise in infections. And secondly our own behavior. That is currently most effective measure. The new measures medical and state leaders decided to implement ban gatherings of more than 2 individuals with the exception of families and people who live together in one household now restaurants bars and cafes and other Non Essential Service providers must also close businesses offering food delivery and collection will be allowed to remain open commuting to work helping others and exercising alone outside will still be permissible the measures will initially remain in place for 2 weeks the new measures are one step closer to total lockdown but not there yet and germanys the strategy appears to be to ramp up the strictest of measures in a controlled way as it seeks to limit the spread of the virus and keep the numbers of severe cases manageable for the countrys Health System. Now in other European Countries there are also ongoing discussions about what measures to introduce and when some countries are focusing on the best ways to reach whats being called herd immunity a critical point in the pandemic when the number of people who have grown immune to the virus automatically limit its spread now for weeks the British Government for example avoided implementing restrictions on Wider Society if the goal appeared to be to allow members of the community who are considered less vulnerable to be infected in orders to reach the Tipping Point of herd immunity sooner but after models showed how badly u. K. Hospitals would be overwhelmed in such a scenario and the potentially hundreds of thousands of deaths it would cause priorities have shifted nonetheless british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson remains hesitant about curfews. Point that i think people in to to be understand about the timing of these measures youve got to impose these interventions in the spread of the epidemic the moment when they can have the maximum effect an awful when they have diabetes is hope hes pretty tall lets hope im open to to impose. Curfews and provisions on movements and so on so if you go to wait until i last until its the right moment to do it and thats always been probably being god its all right lets bring in our science correspondent Derrick Williams for more on this hi derek so is now the right time for britain to be implementing these measures are they coming too late. Well i think that most experts would say Boris Johnson has gotten something very wrong here starting with the use of the word and to explain the thing as epidemics like when were seeing dont follow into question or hunches they follow certain statistical projections which is why were able to model that mathematically the big fallacy with this comment is that from a prevention point of view the time to impose curfews on lockdowns is not when large numbers of people are getting the disease its before a large numbers of people begin to get the disease thats the only way to slow it down because theres an incubation period new infections and deaths are going to continue to rise for at least 2 to 3 weeks even after strict social distancing measures have been imposed so well only see the consequences of what we do today in 2 to 3 weeks thats one of the lessons that weve learned from china and italy if you wait until numbers shoot up to react with measures then ultimately many more people are going to get the infection and its going to kill a lot more of their convention this concept of herd immunity can you tell us more about what exactly it means and what role that plays in slowing the spread of the virus. Well herd immunity is when so many people in a population are immune to an infection that effectively stops the disease from spreading there are 2 different ways that a person acquires immunity that you catch the disease and you build up an immune response that prevent you from being infected by the same bug in the future where youre vaccinated which fools the body into responding like it caught the disease even though it didnt but to return immunity it doesnt matter which of those 2 ways people have developed an immune response whats important is that as the number of people who are immune to the bug rises in a population it begins to spread more slowly lets say that at the beginning of an outbreak when no one has an immune and infected person gives it to 2 other people but once 50 percent of the population has acquired immunity an infected person can only give it to one other person rather than 2 thats