Putin wears a hazmat suit as he visits a moscow hospital treating coronavirus patients moscows mayor says the culprit in the russian capital could be much worse than official figures suggest. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us the Tokyo Olympics in july will be delayed by about a year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of discussion and pressure from athletes across the globe. The Tokyo Olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. I suggested to the i. O. C. President thomas back that the games be perspire and for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that but its a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations canada had already announced it would not be sending competitors if the games took place. We have agreed with the i. O. C. That we will stay in close contact to make sure that the olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to take place eventually then we can send a message that humanity has overcome coronavirus for the future for them. This is the 1st time the Olympic Games have been postponed and its a mammoth logistical task contracts need to be renegotiated tickets for sold out venues transferred or returned and postgame sales of apartments in the Olympic Village will have to be put on hold. No new date has been set for the tokyo and picks. All right we have press harrington from the good of you sports with us hi chris thanks for joining us i mean this decision really was expected it was just a matter of time wasnt it yes it was what was a decision that was supposed to take 4 weeks 48 hours later we get the news of the postponement and you know it makes sense because youre asset the athletes not appropriate training grounds a lot of teams were boycotting you know candidate came out saying they would not send Team Australia is well even usa track and field sunday hinted that they would send a team and olympics without the United States you know the record gold Medal Winners of the olympics i dont think would be the same olympics and i think it makes sense the president thomas pretty much you know made it simple and clear after his phone conversation with the Prime Minister saying this is about saving lives you know sports that the most important thing right now preserving human life is and you know obviously some could argue a little late but better late than never as it was obviously japan will be disappointed what about athletes how theyve been reacting and do you think these games can still be a success well you know it terms of this goes lean so next year there are a few other International Competitions that were scheduled to take place such as swimming aquatic ship his ship that will be postponed thats no longer going to be 2021 so is another track and field event that was scheduled next summer you know so that opens up a window and opens up spectators to be attracted to this main event thats very important as far as the athletes a lot of them were heartbroken but they completely understand the decision ill just share this one from a british double double olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee just basically said evidently a hard decision very tough for the i. O. C. The stakeholders and others but in my opinion the right one and i think everyone is pretty much in full agreement one thing they did not discuss who will pay for the cost of delaying the olympics and thats going to be a huge question mark and you know we have time remains to be seen who will fit foot that bill but youre talking about billions its to risk all right Chris Harrington from davies for thank you very much ok. Now in spain the government is expected to extend the state of emergency by 2 weeks the number of new corona virus cases jumped by some 6600 overnight with more than 500 reported to have died pictures taken at a hospital in madrid show patients lying on attended in a hallway the spanish capital has been particularly affected with nearly 10000 cases an ice rink inside a Shopping Mall in the dritte has been turned into a makeshift morgue and soldiers helping to fight the virus have made shocking discoveries that Nursing Homes were elderly residents have been found abandoned some dead in their beds prosecutors have launched an investigation. And lets go to a reporter john Philip Schultz hes standing by in seville and philip this is a grim discovery at these Nursing Homes what more can you tell us about the situation. The Spanish Defense minister. Disinfecting residencies when they witnessed those traumatizing scenes people suffocating people abandoned people isnt dads in their own beds and prosecutors have already started and they stick a should know but theyre also statements of nurses saying and the caissons are not very sad they have just done their job and thats actually followed protocol because they have to release the dead bodies in their beds and so the Funeral Services are right and this can take more than one day at the moment and they also say that that frontline of the outbreak and stand not even whether to take that themselves and exactly this problem that medical personnel is not ready to take that. In the newest numbers than 5000 tell us where it goes has been checked in stay in this is about 15 percent of the entire people that are in it i think we have to be careful with the percentage because it also could mean that. First no just gets tested and that actually more people are infected in the country but the numbers are disturbing well we do know that Health Services say they are being overwhelmed and spain is taking drastic measures is there any sign that these measures are helping the situation. At the moment its probably too early to say anything about that there is no no clear trend although. The one who is the head of the cordon dating center of the Health Ministry said that he has some hope that the peak might be reached in the coming days but i think most experts agree that its too early for trends and also a friend says the citizens. To come and in the coming days this is also. A very symbolic example and makeshift. Set up in the city center of madrid in an Ice Skating Center that has been limping mentions and i have heard that 1st. And yet filipino spanish authorities are now actually enforcing social distancing measures all trying to stop the spread of the virus are people cooperate and. Yes they are. Amazingly disciplined in this i was on the streets yesterday to produce some reports. That nobody on the streets except them. And we have to keep in mind that the measures here in spain much stricter than in many other countries you cant even go for a walk or you cant even go to the park with your partner or your child. Reporting here for us from seville thank you very much. Now russian president Vladimir Putin has visited a hospital treating coronavirus patients in moscow amid growing concerns over the rising number of infections in the country a foot and put on protective clothing before meeting with Health Care Workers at a hospital in the russian capital his visit came after the mayor of moscow raised concern that the outbreak in the city could be far worse than official figures actually show. Now russia has been ramping up its response as the virus spreads it already has strict quarantine policy in place for residents returning from coronavirus hotspots the city is also building a hospital especially to deal with the outbreak Emily Sherwin reports. What used to be just a field outside the russian capital will soon be the site of a special hospital built to fight the coronavirus construction started just over a week ago. More than 2000 people are working here around the clock its hoped the project will be completed in a month these piles of dirt are the beginnings of a medical facility that will host around 500 patients half of the beds for intensive care in the neighboring Village People are too worried about covert 19 being on their doorstep id be afraid its not a war everythings fine they have to build it somewhere so theyre building it here. Yeah you buy us im not afraid where old we dont get out too much anyway work a full and disinfect our hands. So far 2 hospitals within moscow have been treating coronavirus patients including this one in the south of the city. The capitol currently has the highest number of cases in russia the city of moscow has just told seniors and people at high risk to stay home for several weeks the whole country has been placed on high alert over the coronavirus schools are closed and to mass Public Events have been banned. To government line including from the president himself is that the situation is under control and the country is taking the right measures just in time. Luckily the virus has not spread on such a scale as it has in other countries. Like countries there are thousands of cases to avoid having a situation like there which is not very good but we need preventive measures. But with the number of cases consistently rising every day russians have been stocking up on food create a national favorite has been widely sold out that may be queue to media reports that all thirtys could soon introduce stricter measures like a lockdown the government has so far denied this. In china the province where the corona Virus Outbreak began will lift travel restrictions on wednesday the 50000000 people of who bay province have been under lockdown for 2 months and those in the capital will han will have to wait another 2 weeks before they are allowed to travel but the easing of restrictions seems to be a sign of progress in chinas battle to defeat the virus. Preparing to get people on the move again. Starting at midnight on wednesday the largest lockdown in Human History will end. To travel in and out of who bay youll need an electronic tracking code linked to your Health Status green means good to go. But people in the city of new hun or the outbreak began will have to wait 2 weeks longer to leave the province still for some restrictions are already lifting. My company got back to work a few days ago everybody has been issued a health code after having their physical condition checked and their temperature taken i got this passed and im on my way home after a night shift. Once at the center of chinas coded 1000 epidemic who bay has seen a dramatic plunge in new cases officials have reported just one locally transmitted infection in the past 5 days a tremendous u. Turn. This was at the height of the outbreak crowded hospitals exhausted medical workers who has since counted over 67000 confirmed infections and 3000 deaths. The w. H. O. Says the 2 month lockdown may have averted hundreds of thousands of cases. But it may also have caused a higher mortality rate in the province as other critical illnesses went untreated. Theres hope in who bay that the worst is over but with the corona virus on the loose in china and around the world risk from imported infection still looms large. All right youre watching the news and dont forget you can always get our news on the go download her out from google player from the app store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you are part of a news story you can use the d. W. App to send us photos and videos of what is happening where you are. Well have more news for you at the top of the hour before we go some sad news from the music world cameroonian jazz giant munty bangle has died in a paris hospital after contracting kovac 19 he was renowned for his unique blend of jazz funk and traditional west african styles well leave you now with some of his music. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour daily carona updates. From the 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when were. Just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like and the information on the coronavirus 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 20 w dot com for science. This is due to be as cold at 900 special from berlin the corona virus has forced millions of people into quarantine and isolation that means millions of people are working from home some for the 1st time we take a look at how people cope with working from home and we ask an expert how the crisis might change how we work for good. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us people all over the world are working from home that includes many of my colleagues here at the view our reporter sent us a report from her apartment in berlin where she set up her temporary office and she has some tips on how to make it work. Half should be doing this right now here are. On how to actually go from her. Room in no was easy today shall i put some actual close up. All of this so your break time to. This may sound super all here but i havent gotten my Microsoft Teams to work the entire day right from my mistakes missed sure if anything was the food i have to stay. I know its super tempting but its a separate clean quiet workspace away from the distractions. Are now its easy for me to say because i dont have kids my only distraction is my favorite t. V. Its even good on the fridge and the laundry and the dishes and the books. To get my point. Yes that means you might have to look presentable thats talking face to face islam the best way to feel that the love. And happy hour can be gradual to. Sleep while you usually go through to cook yourself a nanny like. My only class how to pay for the music while we. Just hope that your top of those of us who are privileged enough to go on money and do this on the thinking of our her we should make the. Lets speak now to norbert to crow now hes a researcher from the university of potsdam studying how people work from home number thank you for joining us 1st of all what do you think of those tips you know dont work from bad stay in touch on Video Conference you have anything to add there. Yeah this is not only an advantage but it might also be acquired to use does a box just because all travel times are no go on and immediately be replaced by another you know conference not to talk of rest and another call this all the word density is thats why science on it is much higher and typical of this work where you have to walk from one meeting room to or not knowing where you can walk to the contrary are or have a brick. Wall to cool all the coffee machine thats all no longer possible all right so you also do for yourself you might have more time a clock then youre saying i mean you look at the fact that millions of people are now in their home offices essentially what if you found i mean how does this change the way we work are we more productive are we less productive at home. Well in some cases independents in some cases we dont walk productive because now we cant exactly see what the other colleague was talking about because we have our Points AllianceCrystal Clear all the key you know its Crystal Clear on the screen not 8 meters away and docket room and thats an advantage but on the other hand what we are focusing on in our research is that creative and knowledge intensive process is in it isnt isness they need the new ness of people that cant work in the same manner are online and in digital meeting rooms and therefore we are missing something so we know that today we had with my research us virtual lunch break there everybody said in front of his camera and ate something and trying something and thats love the same if you cannot achieve the Knowledge Transfer between video screens you need the near miss off persons and right in some of the noise intense processes we have 75 percent of Knowledge Transfer out by socialization by personal meeting between persons and all but you know what all of this is all for how do you think this will fundamentally change the way that we work well more people a stay with working from home permanently i dont think so i think some tasks can be done remotely and some other task will need personal meeting and it will be resumed in full when we are able to travel again i think that wont change a lot all right not only pointed to this in her posts ok well have to leave it there in our back row now from the university of potsdam thank you so much for joining us. And we will be following this story closely at g. W. Our social Media Editors will be reporting weekly and we want to know how you are coping with working from home were all so new to this bring you mind boggling situation spiders hes an influenza we are unchartered territory all life as we know it is changing. But were all in this together in this new series we want to find out 7 how to handle on new lives in times of the crawling up and the mic thankfully with the help of leading experts it seems like its been a very popular study how do we stay mentally and physically healthy how do we have no family and a partner without driving into a completely insane. Just up how to deal with cabin fever. How are you dealing with being cooped up let me know leave a comment and id love to profit from your experiences for our upcoming episode. Well we asked you to send us some of your questions on the kobe 1000 pandemic and many of you did get in touch our science correspondent Dirk Williams has some answers take a look. Why did you come from. The person of our knowledge the 1st cases of covert 19 appeared in the chinese city of han back in december of 2019 they were closely associated with a wildlife market they are now coronaviruses can jump from animals to humans and we think that thats what happened here at the sars virus that the same back in 2000 here in 2003 it was traced back to bats the civets sold in wildlife markets we dont yet know what animals might have acted as intermediaries here but we have seen very similar coronaviruses and bats and we think that they are the ultimate reservoir in the wild. How does it spread and. Qubit 19 its a pretty infectious respiratory disease that spread by droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose someone when they cough or sneeze thats why its important to stay at least a metre away and preferably farther from anyone whos coughing or sneezing it doesnt stay airborne for very long we dont think but it can remain infectious after landing on surfaces which is why you also need to Pay Attention to how often you wash your hands and you should try not to touch your face as much as possible. How do i know if im in fact it. We only way to know for sure if you have coded 19 is to take a test because many of the symptoms are similar to those people experience when they have other respiratory ailments like the flu in coded 19 the primary symptoms that people have reported are fever dry cough and fatigue and then to a lesser extent things like a x. Congestion a sore throat or diarrhea some people who catch the disease dont have any symptoms at all their case. Symptomatic around 4 in 5 people who get it will recover from the disease without any special treatment or having to go to the hospital. What can i do if im in fact it. Because this virus is a novel one in humans no one has any immunity the 1st time they catch it even if someone doesnt show any symptoms they still grow in fact it and can in fact others we dont yet have any specific vaccines to prevent covert 19 and we dont have any medications to treat it so at this point if you are infected theres no way to interrupt the course of the disease the best thing to do if youre infected is to talk with your local medical authorities and follow their advice if you arent in a High Risk Group for the disease the chances are very good youll return to full health within a couple of weeks. If ive had it one can i touch it again in the future. Because this is a new virus we still dont know much about how the immune system well reacts to subsequent infections with copd at 19. Doctors assume that catching at will give you some kind of immunity but a big question is exactly how long that immunity well last hour immunity levels to related coronaviruses like some that cause common colds are not permanent and we dont really know why the question of immunity is a question that really only time will answer. A news team that the austrian public broadcaster o. R. F. Will go into voluntary isolation to bring that to prevent any of them from becoming infected now theyll be isolated on site in vienna theyve all tested negative for the virus and no one will be allowed in the door will be guarded and food will be delivered these 180. 00 employees will guarantee that new Services Continue to run an interrupted oh aref is not the only Austrian Company to seal off key chains of staff last week around 50 healthy employees from the main Energy Company were isolated within certain power stations to make sure that the Electricity Supply would not be affected. 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