A power grab. And chewed up from onstott amsterdam to pull out of favor is pro or can hardly give them away rose growers in kenya are also suffering because of the corrupt r. s. Im totally yes welcome to the program we start in the United States where new yorks Governor Cuomo has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus the peak came as the death toll in the state climbed to past 1200 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered quote most call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hot. Littles. A welcome sight for new york as the battle against the corona virus ramps up. A u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point weve all been through a lot these last 2 weeks. And we needed this boost we needed this hope thats being created by our brothers and sisters the u. S. Navy marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a Field Hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words President Donald Trump says that medical equipment already in place should be enough for the city but the mayor and the state governors say they both need more help from the federal government to be ready for whats coming. It is a fundamental longer to only prepare for today thats why in some ways we are where we are weve been at behind this virus from day one you have this scientist in the data projections show you a curve the curve goes like this youre over here prepare for the high point of the curve and do we know when you can do it the night before. Medics have become the heroines and heroes of the day and monday was Even National doctors day but in new york theyve had no chance to celebrate theyre on the front lines in the city or the coronavirus death toll is rising rapidly. Well for more on this im joined by alexandra phenomena d. W. Chief washington correspondent toil xandra now President Trump is coming under increasing pressure with the number of deaths and infections spiraling and he gave his Daily Briefing at the white house ought to be have to say well today President Trump urge all americans to vigorously follow the fertile social distancing recommendations guidelines that he extended through april yesterday and he once again said that. First priority is to safe live life so hes not talking anymore about opening the country back for business soon and that was a very important during this press briefing and that very important thing was that when you rapid test was unveiled doing this briefing tested its supposed to give you the results within only a few minutes and that is also very important because the u. S. Is still struggling to get that testing ramp it up even though the president doesnt want to admit it well you mentioned testing there is an issue with testing because there does seem to be some level of discrepancy between what President Trump has been saying and what state officials have been saying. Yes probably you are right so the president today said the u. S. Is testing more people than any other country in the world that the more than a 1000000 americans have been tested so far but the local officials and governors say that the situation is different on the grounds that there are still needs more testing kits that there are not enough of them and the think is the u. S. Is legging other countries like south korea or italy when it comes to attest to the testing on the per capita basis and president drum was asked about that today and he was really angry and didnt really want to answer that question well d. F. E. Center of the corona Virus Outbreak is new york weve seen in the report but there are several other areas around the country that are warning of you know very large numbers of inspections alexander how are they coping well they are in trouble they are really struggling because as you said new york is the epicenter of the coronavirus and therefore there is a lot of equipment and medical support supplies going to new york right now but states like illinois like new jersey louisiana or michigan are reporting a spike in new cases and they say some of them really criticize the federal government government for not helping enough and the problem is that there really needs help and the president president is he really under pressure a lot of pressure to deliver. Chief washington correspondent and others on the phenomena thank you. Well lets take a look now at some other coronavirus developments it leave the country with the most confirmed deaths will extend its lockdown until easter italians have been under lockdown for 3 weeks already and france has reported its worst daily death toll more than 400. 00 france has become the 4th country to report over 3000. 00 fatalities in total and Brazils Health minister has defied president gyda both for not 0 and urged brazilians to practice maximum social distancing also nado denies the gravity of the pandemic and opposes lockdown measures brought in by city and state authorities and the price of oil has plunged to its lowest level since 2002 thats because of plummeting demand due to the Global Economic slowdown. Now gary and lawmakers have granted victor Prime Minister viktor orban sweeping im urgency powers amid the coronavirus pandemic the bail set no end date and having to rule by decree indefinitely critics are calling it a power grab Rights Watchdog Amnesty International said the legislation poses a threat to human rights in the country. While coronavirus was taken hold of europe the hungary in parliament here in budapest decided to put democracy itself under a lock down. The assembly has voted for the provisions in the proposals by a majority of 137 yes motes to 53 knows no abstentions. By a large majority lawmakers approved a bill handing sweeping powers to Prime Minister viktor orban a highly controversial move the model that has. Had all of these measures you are asking for an authorization without any time limits which is im precedented in here at on me to. Carry in Prime Minister says he needs these powers to fight her on a virus after declaring a state of emergency earlier in march the new law gives them the right to rule by decree for as long as he wants during this period elections cannot take place and parliamentary oversight is limited. To jail terms up to 5 years can be imposed for spreading false words about coronavirus the journalists and human rights defenders fear this could be used to muzzle them minister of speaking to w. Hungary and Justice Minister you did wagner defended her governments move. Nothing more than to provide for the government the necessary room for acting immediately for the sake of citizens house life and for the stability of the national economy. Prime minister. Ban has promised to hand power back to parliament as soon as the fight against coronavirus is won. But he made clear this wouldnt be anytime soon. In kenya people are getting used to stringent restrictions on daily life too to the corona Virus Outbreak the government has brought in an evening curfew but theres been criticism of the way the police have been enforcing it. Life in kenya has slowed down since the 1st confirmed corona cases 2 weeks ago the usual traffic jams are gone and many restaurants and offices have closed. Last friday the government introduced a 7 pm Curfew Police were ordered to arrest people who were not part of essential services such as Health Care Workers health food supply as the result was that people rushed in buses and other means of public transport to get home and beat the traffic. And ill before the actual curfew reports emerged of Police Traffic and. Local t. V. Showed chaotic scenes of police dispersing people with tear gas at a ferry port mombasa. Society of kenya has filed a complaint against the curfew and the police weve telling the car few because we think that god who is not off with the way it was done must be known as do not have been lucky or. Driving themselves home or a walking public transport system i dont know what people in nairobi have mixed feelings about the question. Because israel did think it is trying to assist many people and you know most of these people are going to have a no knowledge about the dodo bird in future in this day so i will not go there because the suffering and tragedy has doubled those corona and this Police Brutality is wrong if you dont but as journalists were still allowed to move around after the curfew but the rules on very clear and there have been reports over the weekend up to these Soldiers Left so were going home early but were not taking any chances that. Night to some of the other stories making news around the world. Poland which is in lockdown is considering perspiring its president ial election because of the coronavirus president has said the 1st round scheduled for may 10th could be delayed if health and safety conditions cant be guaranteed poland has almost 2000 confirmed cases a painting by dutch master Vincent Van Gogh off cold Spring Garden has been stolen from a museum in the netherlands thieves broke into the Singer Museum near amsterdam which is closed because of the coronavirus the 1884 painting is valued at over 6000000 euros. The crown of virus pandemic has been a disaster for the flower industry in europe it couldnt have hit at a worse time because its the peak growing season when fields burst into vibrant colors but only a fraction of the harvest will be sold and growers in the netherlands as well as other major Flower Centers such as ethiopia and kenya are suffering. Putting tulips on your window sill is certainly one of the nicest ways to Welcome Spring but this year in many households around the world windowsills could look different empty or less flowery. With corona virus spreading spring flowers are having a hard time finding their way into peoples homes due to border restrictions lock downs and shop closures millions of flowers in the netherlands are being dumped for a big bunch of 50 this dutch flour farmer can only get 5 euros far less than he would normally be stopping isnt an option then id have to let my business go bankrupt and lose all my savings stopping isnt an option but you have to look a long way for the motivation to start it all up again. The 2 it may be the netherlands most iconic export product in total dutch flour exports were worth more than 6000000000. 00 euros last year but now trading here in this auction facility near amsterdam is only a fraction of its usual volume i fire which is a disaster for the flour and just because our export. Has gone to the nearly 0 at the moment. Roses from kenya are also suffering because of the corona virus up to 250000. 00 flowers have been discarded at this flower farm north of nairobi each day almost the entire staff is staying home farm workers are worried theyll do their jobs. Where they have to have this in the morning and afternoon. And currently we have to one week which means a lot of going to waste because were not having any method to tip them for now. Flour farmers all around the world are hoping sales will recover around easter so flowers will again find their way onto window sills instead of being thrown out. There watching do dont use dont forget our web site is there for all the latest news and information around the clock thats veto if you dont. Yes thanks for watching take care and by. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona updated. Covert 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when well. Just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the krona larysa or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us and dot com. Science. In times of corona data might be one of the key weapons to curtail the pandemic the data on all smartphones for example it can show in the every step we take and every step people around us take scientists estimate that one infected person passes the virus on to iran 2 to 3 people on average so what if we used all the data that we already have on all smartphones to track people infected with the coronavirus and more on those who have contact with a carrier prevent more infections build Something Like a digital bassinets and south korea that seems to have been one of the keys to keep their infection curve flat surveyed candidates of truck help us find the Current Crisis. This is the news welcome to our special coverage of the global covert 19 outbreak today want to take a closer look at south korea country was hit hard by the coronavirus but now it has seen a steep decline in new covert 19 cases compare that with the numbers in germany they are currently nearly 10 times. The number for germany in recent weeks it appears south korea has largely reined in the disease and without closing down public life to a degree we are seeing in europe and elsewhere how. Nobody knows exactly but make use of Internet Technology to share come from patients occasions and travel information directly with the public seems to have helped quite a lot actually. So 3 a seems to be battling the coronavirus covert 19 effectively without implementing a complete lockdown in addition to rigorous and innovative testing for the virus online applications and social networking have been crucial to encourage ongoing Public Participation in the battle against the corona virus every day south Korean Health authorities send Text Messages to everyones smart phones the advisories remind people to avoid large groups practice to meter safe distancing and regularly disinfect their homes leaving the windows open. So Korean Health authorities emergency alerts share the locations of new coronavirus patients people can then follow the links to detailed patient tracking data Web Developers like right home have collected and aggregated that information to more user friendly websites up provide the travel history of each patient. Thats in the text so even if you. Read that placing you dont really know where exactly to locate it so i try to put that out on the map so that people can. Officially see where its exactly locate it so that they know if theyve been to that place the korean public has become a bit complacent as the pen demick drags on so websites like this may help remind people that the risk of infection is still out there and possibly nearby there are lots of people like thiel in korea. Because they think they didnt have any contact with the patient with this web site they have a better idea of that they cant really you know deal with situations since their creation in late january in early february independent coronavirus patient tracking web sites have received millions of page views offering users reassuring information on. When the coronavirus became a threat i downloaded the app still started using them to understand the situation you can see where infected people have been and avoid going there it helps to stop the virus from spreading. So 3 has managed to flatten the curve in reduced new pieces of the corona virus in recent weeks although Health Officials here are still worry about potential new clusters. Well from Seoul South Korea im now joined by Professor John wants son associate professor at the bob school of Planning UniversityCollege London professor after a peek at the beginning of march south korea has new infections very low you say besides a Testing Program thats due to surveillance how yes tracing through to Surveillance Technology played a pretty part in this fight against a corner. If the country has been to be complicity with testing if you dont know who to test the Testing Capacity has only limited the use so to find out who to test disobedience technology was really cool so the cool east to find though that it would be one in every single one patient to come from the patient contacted in the past so ted way you can find out who this patient could fighters from and who this patient could have been biased to what kind of data exactly has the government there gathered. Because the initial data is the interview of People Experts interview interview patients who too is king rarity but then they sent up with. This to police state. Resources at a time through police and thats a credit card transaction move. Look asians and this is cities so this movie a form every every move i point of use networks have information about where mobile phone has been through g. P. S. And intensive sieber connection and the 2nd a critic cars is again the banks can tell you. When detestation happened so combination of these 2 well it gives you a lot of cars so for example if a keshia was patient for example everest every single customers or potential patients they had to be tested and using credit cards or of course you can find out all day with a critical steamers and then see if the t. V. s can give you even more finite movement to data. To the patient to talk to in the past who the patient to pointing to poor example in answer one can i just interrupt you did on who think profess a this it is dangerous when a government can track every step of its citizens it is is certainly is so this is this is an emergency measure will only when the only when the president of troops it is then to put it is a control access to these authorities or with a tire through police so when this situation is over they dont have the data dont get also tell you longer professor dont want song joining us live from seoul in south korea thank you very much for this and what. If you think you. Know that answer questions about korea handled the fight against the virus but fresh questions around the globe arise every day. Your questions most important and you have sent us plenty Facebook Twitter and email and to answer them at least the problem every day here is our science correspondent williams. If we start Data Tracking are there any assurances in place the Technology Wont be used against us in the future that depends a lot on the country i think where you reside any assurances put in place will have to come from governments now theres no question that digital surveillance measures like cell phone tracking that are used to trace the contacts of someone who has been infected are one of the most effective ways that we have now to find out who else might have been exposed but the big fear of course is that once given the right to track their citizens in this way some governments might continue to do it once the Current Crisis is over and it needs to be address and the legislation expanding the rights of governments to track their own citizens striking the right balance between outbreak oversight and data privacy is not going to be easy. What data can be used to track the spread of the coronavirus. Well nowadays practically all of us leave a kind of trail of digital bread crumbs behind us as we move through our lives if you have g. P. S. Or bluetooth turned on on your phone for instance then that can provide pretty specific information as to your whereabouts or who you might have come close to other information that can be used as for example when or where you might have made purchases with a bank card or a credit card and then of course in places that are directly monitored by c. C. T. V. You can employ facial Recognition Technology to pretty precisely determine exactly when someone was where in south korea which has so far had some of the greatest success at containing the virus without resorting to draco nian measures like lock downs tracking the Previous Movement of people who tested positive has relied on the company. Of all those measures. Can big data help us avoid a 2nd corona Virus Outbreak. The short answer to that is no the only thing that will stock over 1000 for good is herd immunity which hopefully we will acquire through a vaccine in the not all too distant future however there are many ways that big data techniques can help us better control any future outbreaks they can help us recognize when ones beginning at an earlier stage to start with and dealt also tell us a lot more about what measure is being instigated all over the world at the moment actually work best so even if it doesnt solve the coronavirus problem for us big data it is providing valuable information all the time on how we can hopefully solve the problem ourselves. And that was covered 19 special coverage for today for more on the pandemic to check out all social Media Channels and our website thats com which has a dedicated cove of 19 pages in 30 languages. At the end of the show we leave you with pictures from a backhoe in long body into lees region hit hardest by the Novel Coronavirus streets that. Empty countries sacrificing almost all folds of Business Activity to fight them and. When that crowded again Data Tracking will be an issue to avoid the 2nd way of the pandemic and to stop governments and companies from tracking every move. Small acts of can inspire change the people making a small go africa sometimes to write. Join them as they set out to save the environment to learn from one another and Work Together for a Better Future place many hugs to you all for tuning in the cold comfort of. Next on d. W. Even if the coronavirus is sending football into a force trained. By us we will still be bringing you the stars and small panda stories eventually surrounding our favorite sport. Because we wont let the soccer fun stop just yet. Trickle. In 60 minutes on d w. The global corona traces you can find more Information Online at e. W. 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