Transcripts For DW DW News Corona Special 20240713

Overwhelmed just spittal struggle to cope with the surge in cases the worst may be yet to come. Im still go welcome to the program more than 800000 people now confirmed to have died of corona virus infections the figures were reported by Johns Hopkins university the number of infections stands at more than 1. 6 a 1000000 the news comes as christians around the world head into the easter weekend one of the most important celebrations in that calendar the pandemic means religious and other gatherings have been banned in many countries italy home to vatican city has been locked down for weeks so even the pope had to celebrate alone. Its the time of year he usually drools hugely. Conducts the Good Friday Service without the public due to the ongoing coronaviruses lockdown worshipers are at home watching the live stream online. Almighty and eternal god provided of shelter for the suffering look with compassion on the affliction of your children who suffer from this epidemic. The scale of the outbreak continues to cause a dark shadow on italian watch these firefighters in sicily are farewelling a colleague who died from the fires i feel isnt allowed. The streets look set to remain empty for a while longer italians were hoping lockdown measures would be relaxed after easter but it will be extended. More we have just prepared a new decree with which we are extending the restrictive measures until the 3rd of may a difficult decision but a necessary decision for which i am full of course assuming full political responsibility. And at a time like easter the lockdown hits hard. When easter alone will see our children and our grandchildren in Video Conference its very sad but it is what it is. The number of people in intensive care begins to fall officials are urging italians to not get complacent and you could hear strictly to the lock down. Straight to the italian capital correspondent sima go up to joins us from rome welcome. Center stage during the Christian Easter celebrations whats it going to be like this year. Well its going to be a very different easter for sure i mean generally its a time for Family Friends to get together theres feasting Easter Monday traditionally the idea is to get on go to the countryside go to the seaside enjoy the good weather we have here the sleeve of this year will be very different the authorities are calling on people to stay at home there are increased patrols and checkpoints that have been set up are particularly on the roads leading out of the city as well as the authorities are using draw to make sure that they can keep track of people to ensure that they dont go out that City Building peace creasing temperatures and Better Weather we are seeing more people on the streets as well despite this call of the authorities a say while the numbers appear to be improving cant let your guard down and how harsh has the italian lockdown bayne well were now into week 5 in the lockdown as a controlled every aspect of life you can only go out if you have work reasons or Health Reasons or for essential activities such as getting groceries or perhaps going to the pharmacy and you need a self declaration or filled out before you can do that so its very much content can contain and if you are going out just even to take a walk it has to be close to your fork and youre going with your child it has to be one parent at the time so a very strict controls what people can do but the authorities are saying its necessary in order to contain the spread of the virus and to look at the numbers now it appears as if the curve of infections is decreasing and thats because the Authorities Say the measures are working and talk to us about the differences in the way that people in the north and the south a handling this situation. Well in the north particularly in the hardest hit region of long tails course the people have had to deal with this infection in a very harsh week with a large number of the deaths unfortunately also in the region but down south the Authorities Say the number of infections are actually contained but if they decide to perhaps want to the 2nd phase where we live with the viruses and relax the measures by region that risk creating spikes in other gins where were now seeing a lower number of infections so we are going to face to the authorities are saying its going to happen nationally for now to do you know it has been extended not done just till the maybe there are some exceptions theyre allowing Clothing Stores for children as well as book shops and stationery shops perhaps to be open a little earlier and you finance ministers have agreed on thursday a big financial package what is the feeling bad about the way the e. U. Has handled this crisis. I think theres been a lot of frustration in the past of italians with regards to the European Union theres a feeling that it is really struggling right now with an immense death toll was close to 18000 and so because of this immense death toll in the south and that experience here the feeling is as if the European Union has abandoned italy at the time suffering the bones and they are still calling for the idea of a europe born mechanism for dealing with the financial situation the economic crisis that the country is facing on top of a Health Crisis even individuals that are pro European Union are feeling as if the viewer has turned its back on italy particularly the countries in the us its excuse me in Northern Europe in particular germany and that theyre the ones they feel that they need the support right now and not conceived good talking to you thanks for joining us seem a go to interrupt i want to say the eurozone finance ministers have a great plan to deal with the Economic Impact of the pandemic contentious issues including the idea of pulling debt into socalled corona bombs were rejected by germany and the netherlands but funds with few Strings Attached have now been made available to countries struggling to cope with the cost of the crisis. As europes Health Care Workers struggle to save lives elsewhere the talk has been of preventing economic come up with supermarkets now the outliers in a continent where Business Activity has a century grind to a halt eurozone finance ministers had been at loggerheads about how to fav companies and individuals from financial meltdown. After some stormy exchanges via video finally a breakthrough on thursday night. The package we approved today is. Of a size close to 4 percent of european c. D. P. Bliz the automatic stabilisers that are quite powerful to protect their ability economies in case of prizes. Darkly unprecedented we never have reacted so quickly rises has run the plan agreed totals over half a trillion euros it includes a 100000000000. 00 euro Unemployment Insurance scheme a further 200000000000. 00 will go towards shoring up companies 240000000000. 00 will go into a pos to enable member countries to pay for the costs of the pandemic the agreement comes after an initial proposal to pool debt by countries including italy france and spain was firmly shot down by richer nations like the netherlands and germany. But those who are left disappointed by the rejection of these socalled carone up on their way on another issue unlike the fun they were offered after the financial crisis a decade ago this time to cast from the common past comes with fewer Strings Attached. Now lets take a look at some other coronavirus related news from around the world the United Kingdom a say in iraq or the daily death toll from the corona virus surpassing italys worst 180 people lost their lives in 24 hours amid concerns of the countrys National Health service not sufficient ventilators stuff and protective clothing. In the kenyan capital nairobi several people were injured when crowds desperate for food aid tried to force their way through an office gate into the citys kibera slum police said to the unrest with tear gas kenya has banned people from entering or leaving the city and other areas and vast numbers of informal work is unsure about where their next meal comes from. Health organization has warned african states to urgently expand crowed about testing and says clusters of Community Transmission have emerged in at least 16 countries that the Un Health Body says some african countries are unlikely to face a huge peak in cases very soon the. Japanese government is asking the e. U. For help after a german n. G. O. Ship rescued 150 migrants near the libyan coast. Have warned that foreign flagged ships will not be allowed to die because of the pandemic meaning of people on board who have no way of leaving the us. In the United States 18000 people have died from corona virus infections putting the u. S. On track to overtake italy as a country with the highest death toll but half a 1000000 americans are confirmed infected new york state has borne the brunt of the countrys pandemic biggest. It now has more coronavirus cases than any country outside the us. Passengers have thinned out on new york subways but that snow is sure and to many people who need the ride its really frightening here anybody getting that one right now like i said theres a lot of home a lot of things so you can get away from the training getting tired so thats one thing. We know new york is we dont miss it thats. Keeping your distance from others experts agree that social distancing combined with aggressive testing of suspected cases is the fastest way to tackle code at 19 but there arent enough tests for the job in new york and elsewhere in the u. S. New yorks governor says companies now cannot provide the numbers needed we need. An un precedented mobilization where government can produce these tests in the millions President Trump pointed to progress in the numbers of new cases on the other side you have the numbers of beds being used were just saying are substantially reduced thats usually the sign that its heading in the downward curve but the death toll continues to mount hundreds in new york die every day hospitals or repurpose in refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues and in the citys reserved sight for on mark graves burials have spiked the weekly average is now being reached every day the rise is being attributed to coded 19. Well ecuador is facing a crisis that the number of cases is that the situations is particularly bad in the countrys biggest city came hospitals have been overwhelmed and bodies left in the streets as authorities struggle to collect the dead. And outside the emergency ward inquire kill ecuador this womans parents are dying. They said they could admit my father but they have no oxygen i was supposed to get the oxygen myself. Nurses are sounding the alarm hospital staff are falling ill with suspected cases of covert 19 People Killed have been living with disaster for a week every day people are dying on the streets or in their apartments the virus is spread here on a massive scale it takes authorities days to collect the bodies. And this man is awful i dont know what to do im worried that we are infected myself my brother and my mother. Would always economic capital was unprepared for this theres hardly any testing taking place authorities are overwhelmed and afraid they might get infected while the government is trying to play down the situation all the government hasnt grasped the dimensions of the catastrophe that were witnessing here epidemiologists say the next wave of illness is imminent that the worst thing. Relatives wait for days of the symmetries for they did to be buried some are searching for family members they dont know where their graves are. Hoping to find my father. More and more people are dying every day and many worry that the crisis in choir kill could spread throughout the region. This is d. W. News a lot from the birth then up next a coronavirus a special program with the jones of the back of the top of it out of the day. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona. Coded 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will. We just threw the topic from cover and a 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 g. W. Dot com slash science. The Global Economy is in a state of paralysis businesses are closed production has ground to a halt and many western countries governments are dishing out a generous aid packages to Business Owners freelancers and companies in need but in many developing and emerging economies the coronal crisis hits people with full force as a result un secretary general antonio good harris has urged rich countries to do more for those that are less prepared otherwise he wars we face the nightmare of the disease spreading like wildfire and developing nations with millions of deaths. Welcome to our 1000 special here in g. W. News i want to get johnson good to have you with us the pandemic affects us all yes but while the rich countries can cushion the economic fallout from the crisis others like mexico stare into an abyss. The virus has already claimed some 200 lives in mexico but so far there have been no lockdown measures like in other countries and so case numbers are rising as people continue to gather including to protest here hundreds of waiters air their grievances in front of the president ial palace their restaurants of closed and theyve lost their jobs. If i dont have that income i cant pay my rent a campaign my bills and i cant support my daughter. Or you. From today we can no longer survive day to day by being at home so exposing ourselves to come out in congregate we know there were exposing ourselves to virus or exposed to the contagion that youll. Mexicos president offered encouragement in a speech on sunday he also announced a rescue package focused soley on supporting the poor. We will defeat the coronavirus will revive the economy. Im mexico will continue to stand up and show the world its glory and its greatness. Could end this. But for now acapulco those famed beaches remain empty tourists wont offer much hope for the forseeable future and there are great concerns about another perhaps more important economic sector. Where prices have fallen sharply. And mexico isnt alone among emerging economies the collapse of tourism and oil prices has hit nations from russia to brazil india and south africa. Of a more im joined by the head of the United Nations Development Program in new york at him in arms then a good to have you with us now emerging or did colonies developing countries they are very much exposed to this crisis this virus crisis which region worries you the most in terms of the pandemic and the following economic decline. And as of this morning we know that 212 countries and territories are affected by cope with 19 so the concern of all of us but also the United Nations is for all countries but indeed as you point out in many parts of the well africa perhaps being one she region of the world but also parts of Asia Latin America Central America areas where the virus is beginning to impact both in terms of it tries in the Health System but then also the social Economic Impacts and the sure greatest concern for all of us must be that many of these poorer countries and economies dont have the Health System infrastructure to cope 1st with the suppression of the virus secondly it also provided the kind of social safety nets that i needed in order to deal with this extraordinary impact on a Sister Organization International Labor organization yesterday published new numbers in terms of expected drug losses 195000000 jobs lost intentionally this is a number that is without precedent and that is a shock to not only our economies but our societies to livelihoods especially when you bear in mind that over 60 percent of people employed in the world are employed in the Informal Sector no work means no livelihood means no safety social safety net these are the front lines of the battle indeed english pandemic which is both a Health Crisis it is becoming a social and economic and a developmental crises and it is one that requires us to Work Together in ways as we have never been challenged to do so before i mean that disinterest us an audio that youre describing he also tells us that this virus of course causes havent everywhere and even rich nations a struggling to deal with the economic fallout from the pandemic how then can poor countries hope to cope with it. Well i think the 1st priority must be what the w. H. O. Has told us all which is to suppress the virus this is the 1st line of defense and much of the work of the United Nations of the International Community right now must be focused on helping countries to 1st of all be able to stabilize their Health Systems and to have that Health Systems response in place secondly and these are the programs that are urgently needed is to provide fiscal means governments need money right now 1st of all to respond to the Health Crisis but 2nd youre also to an unfolding social and human and economic in Development Crises and this means having Resources Available with which to finance mitigation measures Cash Transfer programs being able to stabilize local parts of the economy and as you also said countries very often are confronted with even the consequences of the virus somewhere else in the world take small island developing states many of them rely on tourism tourism has imploded very often thats 304050 percent of the g. D. P. Of these nations this is economic collapse but i mean what youre describing here is really that we have to give a helping hand to each other even though were affected by this condemning ourselves and this at a time when multilateralist is he is weakened and people have become more in good estate theres more nationalism around do you think that this has weakened our ability to give a Global Response to this crisis. Well perhaps in the 1st reflex there is a tendency to look after oneself and this is understandable it is natural and i think every country is confronted with unprecedented challenges right now but this virus has taught us one thing and that is that it is a Global Pandemic we can only succeed in controlling and ultimately overcoming this or that by working together there is no go it alone solution and therefore the ability of richer nations also step up right now 1st of all through the kinds of measures that have been proposed through the International Monetary fund but also looking at issues of debt relief and debt cancellation in order to allow countries ah in need of help not to have to use the funds that they receive from the international need to pay off debt is right now there is a need for massive investment in developing countries it will rely on the richer part of the world but it is also in our common interest because even from our perspective economic recovery the markets into which industrialised nations will sell off this pandemic on the markets of also the developing world so there is a common interest and enliven selfinterest as much as the need for solidarity right now in order to massively round up this support because otherwise we will not only see the economic collapse there are social geo political consequences that i think none of us have either considered so far clearly enough and the need urgent attention right help others to help ourselves icici i think steiner the head of the United Nations Development Program in new york thank you so much for your time. Now time for your questions questions you sent us on you tube twitter and facebook email as always our resident corona expert Derek Williams stands ready to provide some. Parfait talented rates of couvade 19 related to blood types. Im not aware of any studies looking at faith talladega rates and blood groups for covert 19 but but this is a really interesting question because what other types of viruses blood types have been shown to affect susceptibility to infection as well as severity of outcomes though we still dont know exactly why a recent preliminary study carried out by chinese researchers did indeed discover what they think are some connections between blood type and susceptibility to the new coronavirus it says people with blood group a did indeed seem to be more likely to catch it than other groups while blood group oh appeared less likely to get it that data is still unconfirmed but if its correct it could have an impact later in clinical practice but the differences if there are unlikely to be really major. What risk could cope with 19 posed to pregnant women and their unborn children. If youre pregnant or have a newborn these days im sure youre probably frightened even more than the rest of us the w. H. O. Has a question and answers page dedicated to you some of the Key Takeaways though are that 1st there is currently no evidence that pregnant women are at higher risk of severe illness than anyone else so the precautions they should take are simply the same as those were all taking we still dont know if a pregnant woman can pass the virus along to her baby durant. Pregnancy or delivery but the w. H. O. Also recommends prioritizing pregnant women with sometimes for testing as they may need special care if they have the disease and finally it says women with kobe 1900 cant breastfeed if they wish to but they should wear a mask if one is available they should wash their hands before and after touching the baby and also regularly disinfect surfaces in the household. Can you protect your lungs from coated 19 by giving up smoking. In this pandemic smokers are in particular danger for a couple of Different Reasons 1st when it comes to possibly contract ing the disease a smokers lips regularly come into contact with their fingers which is one of those things that you really want to avoid and of course regular smoking also leads at some point to one disease and reduced lung capacity those are 2 comorbidities that can have a major impact on outcomes if you do catch code at 191 study of data from around 1100 patients in china indicated that severe disease and case they talladega were over 2 and a half times higher for current smokers than people who had never smoked which really shouldnt come as a surprise so jake up theres never been a better time to quit. And a quick look to india where millions are required to stay indoors for 3 weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus among other measures the state of punjab installed a socalled code ignited safety station while workers can wash their hands and half their temperature taken before being sprayed with disinfectant a Similar Initiative for people on motorbikes was started in chennai. And that was alec overnighting special on this good friday for me the team in berlin thanks for watching. Environmentally conscious living. With maximum comfort. Her north korea from tanzania is helping make it possible he started with sustainable ideas in his own home. Kitchen how hes inspiring others to innovate and his invention school eco for go. Next on p. W. In the art of climate change. Maybe ill see you so. Much. One day years today how far future. Do you go in dakar africanamerican city against the melting. Could. 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