The suspension until the end of april but could the season resume with empty stadium. Good to have you with us today across spain people pause for one minute to mourn and remember the wives that have been lost to the coronavirus the countrys death toll is the 2nd highest in europe behind italy the number of sick and needing care in spain is growing pushing the countrys Health Care System to its limits and yet the government today said that there is reason for cautious hope a minute of silence in madrid after the deadliest day yet in spains corona Virus Outbreak. The city and much of the country are on lockdown following other european nations. A Senior Health official who has been infected appeared fia video link to praise measures taken so far but with a warning. And his days to come the analysis from last week in certain regions shows that the measures are little by little having the desired effect now it wouldnt make any sense to try new measures very important measures were rolled out on the 15th of march. And in that if it does you know if you miss him im not going to look at it but we can institute more measures if the present ones are having an effect this isnt a race to the top. In the west. Meanwhile with many medical facilities strained to the breaking point in coming patients are being treated in makeshift hospitals like this one in madrids Convention Center which just opened up a new section on monday. As the death toll spikes the leader of spains Main Business association complained about the effect of stay at home orders. I can supply if industry cannot stop we have to try to not stop it and if it has to stop it should be for the minimum time possible this is because industry give strength to the spanish economy. In the element industry must be treated with special care because it generates employment and services it is a very important issue. That it clearly is soldiers in hazmat suits have been called up to help disinfect public spaces as the battle against the deadly virus grinds on. In the United States the death toll from the corona virus is nell surpassed 3500 that is more than chinas official tally new york is the nations deadliest hotspot with about 1550 deaths statewide most of them however in new york city the city is trying to ramp up its capacity before cases hit their peak and that includes a u. S. Navy hospital ship thats now docked in new york harbor and able to take up to 1000 patients. Well as corona virus cases continue to climb in the u. S. Pressure is growing on the socalled essential workers to continue to sell groceries and to make Home Delivery some workers however have gone on strike workers at the incomers giant amazon walked out of their warehouse in new york city over fears that they are not being protected from the coronavirus there were also nationwide stoppages at the amazon owned Supermarket Chain whole foods as well as Grocery Delivery Service insta card employees say the increased workload has put them at risk and that the companies are not doing enough to protect. My colleague reporter i mean as it is here hes been following this story for us so i mean why do these workers what are they feel unsafe well they are continuing to go to work while the rest of us present Company Excluded are staying at home quarantining ordering things on amazon and groceries from apps like insta cart so theyre still having to go out there and be in touch and contact with people or possibly have this virus amazon where house these workers went on strike on Staten Island new york city specifically because one of their colleagues came down with the virus with co the 19 was sent home but there was in transparency in how it was communicated their way that they were exposed this person and they demanded that amazon shut down the warehouse and let everybody go home then at whole foods and insta cart there are worries that theyre being exposed to this virus and that their pay is not reflecting that and that they if they want to go home and get away from the area theyll have to take a pay cut for that now lets take a look at one of the insta card workers what they had to say about the situation. I make an average of 200. 00 a week working. I need is to stay alive just saying im not. Ready and i cant find you love shopping. And actually sure your company i mean i mean we have to say these people they are working overtime now especially in this crisis what do these workers what do they want their companies to do well they are not saying that they dont want to work anymore is it necessarily but that they want hazard pay to reflect and so at whole foods which went on strike they were saying that its akin to being in a danger zone so they want double paid what theyre asking for to go to work during his crisis and then they want a higher tip base rate so that when somebody orders groceries instead of 5 percent tips that for the base rate they will get 10 percent so differences and pay they also want the ability to south korean teen if they feel like theyve been exposed to the virus which is not a privilege that a lot of these people get and at amazon like i said they want to shut down the warehouse and actually the person who organized that strike was fired immediately afterwards and this is caused a lot of commotion even mayor bill de blasio new york mayor bill de blasio has spoken out about this and you know people depend on especially amazon more than ever right now so you would think that the workers would have more leverage here i mean how effective have these strikes been so far well actually theres no evidence that they have been effective as strikes those that havent really been able to shut down production probably because of the low number of people who are actually participating in strikes but also because these companies are massively expanding right now amazon is hiring hundreds of thousands of workers to put up with the increase in demand so is insta cart and so it really hasnt had an effect in that way but it has been a good publicity campaign. So prominent politicians in the us have tweeted about this Bernie Sanders for example he said that these are some of the most important workers in america right now and that their pay should reflect that you also had alexandria kazuya cortez speak out joe biden who is the front runner in the democratic primaries right now Elizabeth Warren speak out about this so theres a lot of solidarity coming from people like that also bill de blasio speaking up in support of this amazon workers on that front i think people are looking at these workers who used to be considered low wage unskilled labor as essential workers people who are getting us food when were forcing our homes right they are the lifeline to the outside world for a lot of us i mean as it is always i mean thank you they spend our lives take a look now at the latest coronavirus numbers around the world more than 8 100000 people have been infected worldwide and almost 40000 have died the u. S. Death toll has climbed past 3500 thats more than china with cases rising rapidly germany has canceled its famous wagner opera festival in by reut this summer and the World Health Organization is warning that even though the focus is now on europe and the United States the coronavirus pandemic is still quote far from over in asia and in the Pacific Region in japan a surge in corona virus infections in the capital tokyo is putting the government under pressure to declare a nationwide lockdown 2000 cases have so far been confirmed throughout japan in a bid to contain the virus many employees are already working from home and thats quite a Novel Concept in the land of the socalled salaryman the worker drone chained to his desk. Casually dressed as his daughters play nearby yuki setos Work Environment is far removed from a typical japanese salarymen tokyos Decision Office workers are expected to spend long hours at their desks but the corona Virus Outbreak has forced employers and workers to adjust to more tell you working from home its getting a cautious thumbs up. Whats good about tele working is that i can have more free time i usually spend 2 hours in total commuting which i now use to take care of things at home. That i like very much that. The government wants to encourage more women in the workforce in japan and this requires men to pull their weight on childcare and housework but while one 5th of Companies Offer a tele work option just 8. 5 percent of employees have tried it out experts say it may lead to a more permanent change and its not just the Office Workers themselves who welcome the change to kids like it to. The German Football League has confirmed that the restart date for the bonus league it will be april 30th at the earliest germanys Top Tier League has been suspended since march 13th the clubs agreed on tuesday that the suspension should be extended because of the coronavirus however games may still be played behind closed doors when the season resumes there are 9 rounds of matches left in the current going to sleep and joining us now is look its fun inge deal with these sporting director of bonus league aside for tuna dusseldorf looks as good to have you on the program the German Football League the d. F. L. Wants to finish this season in full do you think that is a wise decision. Yeah i think its a important decision i also believe its a wise decision as long as we can guarantee dad the safety of the players that now its always must be the most important part and it steadies. Lets aid in good state and we can we can play the games behind closed doors and i think its a good thing for Football Club schools a full economical site to try and finish the season and what about for the country and the fans if the pandemic is still raging across germany across europe what will that look like then to have bonus League Football players playing matches while people are dying outside of a virus. Well i think you have to look at it in a in a bit of a different way i mean its very dark times no doubt about it but i think. If people are a home they dont have much to do or think its yeah i believe that it can be a special thing as well for them to have actually the bonus leah back to watch the players and as i mentioned before as long as we have a guarantee reese the taskforce. The d. F. L. Which is there are lots of doctors also from the labor koch institution i believe its a good thing because it owns reese good for the emotional people we heard the d. F. L. Chief executive say that some clubs could have their existence threatened by this suspension is that true for dusseldorf. Well i think our case is slightly different i mean you know we are a smaller club has a smaller budget our finances are healthy but obviously being on a rich club these huge budgets be smaller. But overall of course if you dont play football for a long time as long as there are the nongame time goes on as more as monday to kill get it for all the clubs in the 1st as well as in the 2nd division and for now i think i think we will be ok but every club has his own measurements by. Not getting the full salary and things like that you have different measurements to actually try and save some money like yeah of course its a its a difficult time for every club in the leak are you concerned if the season is finished behind closed doors on health how can clubs guarantee the safety of their players. Yeah that was one of the topics today i mean if there is a danger then im 100 percent convinced there will be no games so right now today when he spoke restrictions i thought it was clearly set that there would be a task force. Very well known specialists who really look into the dangers and look into the goods of it how it can be done so there is no danger for the players for also for the people who still work in the stadiums like broke crosses and stuff like that one of the measurements is to keep the numbers of people in and around the stadium as small as possible and we have a clear plan of measurements a clear plan of action and i think if all that will be done in a proper way we have a realistic chance to actually start a season early may and finish it by the end of q 4 arrives lets punish deals sporting director of fortune of us are joining us tonight i think from inside his car this is a dedicated man thank you thats unclear. Youre watching e. W. News ill be back at the top of the hour with more news followed by the day good to see you this. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. From the 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all this. Just 3 of the topics covered and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the chrono larysa or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcasts you can also find us at. Science. This fandom because this is overwhelming so many people that need the breathing machines that just simply havent been manufactured. Amounts in your doctor and have a 30 year old patient and an 80 year old both infected with the coronavirus both strong severe symptoms and both need an oxygen mask but you only have one who should use this kind of decision is called tria its french and it means deciding who has a higher chance of survival and is given a higher priority in medical treatment and who might be left to the. Doctors around the globe are taking these decisions right now what does that mean for those die. What are the ethics behind 3 are thats what were looking at today in all special coverage of the covert 19 crisis here in d w m god all things welcome it all comes down to how well the Health System is prepared for a pandemic in the end as the number of intensive care beds and ventilators that counts currently most Health System outside italy and france are holding the line but around the world hospitals are filling up trio might become a reality for doctors sooner or later. This is the worst Case Scenario when treating patients in front stopped as a force to make life or death decisions patients over the age of 80 who will not be put on mechanical ventilators this process is called tria. The time comes from the french t. A. A. It means the sourcing of an allocation of treatment to patients martin medical triology was invented during the napoleonic wars france spain and italy of the worst affected countries in europe more than 100000 people have been infected with the virus in italy unknown nearly 12000 have died and the longer the crisis continues the more often doctors are faced with making some very tough decisions and stalk about those decisions are now joined by dr to be escorting a physician and that the epidemiologist the director also the director of the institute for Public Health of berlin sorry to a hospital professor. Physician teaching medical ethics at Heidelberg University lets start with you dr corder we are not yet doing in germany are doctors well prepared for taking these decisions. Well workers are well prepared against other doctors in the world of training and the hospitals and physicians already stationed. Theoretical i think when its reactions necessary in germany it will be very challenging for a doctors and medical teams yes well. To put how does trash work in a hospital is it just one doctor who ends up being the only one responsible and carries this burden well there are certainly operating procedures in place going to imagine eventually you have a very short time to decide in which case it louis left by its leading position in the medical teams on the side will get a better legs or not so its going to be very challenging situation so therefore the support of the local law structures the hospital as well as the legal system is very important to support these medical teams to make these decisions when talking about these procedures the professor how can doctors and hospitals actually prepare for tria. But i think. From an ethical point if you were prepayment for these decisions this crucial for 2 reasons the question of uniform rules in order to ensure a cation of resources. Across teams across units and hospitals and because doctors in their everyday chemical dont and im not familiar not at ease this as such decisions because the traditional clinical ethics as patient centered and not at for allocating patients have Different Levels of contingency care so from an ethical shift here we need to korea are 2 areas i think 1st to try out for clients that provides for a step by step evaluation and criteria for testing patients and in germany several medical association pettish recommendations but we are protocol last week if there ketamine for ethics in medicine in the lead and 2nd each hospital then test if. This will it should be implemented and its there for 3 asked teams that include the expertise of intensive care physicians. Maybe even clinical ethics committees can support in setting up these processes think the most important think is s. And thing as doctors that there are only if they give it a place not to charge for the responsibility taken in these decisions thats one key issue of course but what about normal doctors say in the Community Village doctors who have covered patients do they also or might they also face these ethical dilemmas. I think not those that dissent is and the decision on. Who gets under mental a dose of is he not the primary care physician that they have at their tree ash decisions if there are many patients who are going to transfer to the hospital. If there are many patients in need so i think the same criteria of seriousness and and commodities that go into the trash or the courts in the hospital can also be applied in the periphery for nominal primary care physician or at least of importance for him. Not of course coming back to you how well can you predict actually whether a person will probably die even if treated isnt that also a bit of a lottery. But it certainly is a lot of mental and medical history medical experience of the trade in decisions that were are to support your decision but theres no certainty that the 2 minute decision is he is the right one also theres only. So you can spend it it seems made a difference decision so the canoe up situation will be a circle a learning curve who are there in conservative instability best to really use the absolute best of the Large Professor when coming back to you as an ethicist what can you tell a frontline doctor who is facing a decision like that could you give us an example. Well i think 1st it would be employer groups or to acknowledge that these are tough decisions that are kind of fed outspent by our conduct as ethics and summer test the tragedy of steps to lemons and then coming back to those schools and protocols that we have now is set up saying. There are different faces of the pen demick and if you have not enough ventilators for our patients who needs you and have to prioritize so its. Certain that you are and that they will survive and then others and there we have clearly laid out criteria so that this was a good set Current Situation up the patient come a bit tedious for a it isnt criteria but for example age just not a credit here that went into our recommendation so charitable and if i think the 3rd thing that i would recommend its make. A way out of. A timber supply its in secular absolute terms because you know that this is a serious stress and more and other west wrestling situation and this church has a bit up now in the hospital as parents will relieve the stress that happens in trio situations professor you have in there and started to be asked for thank you very much. And i was every day has a science correspondents there equal him for the couple of answers to questions that you have sent him keep them coming today its about how men and women can be differently affected by covered 19 its the covance gender gap. Money suggests men are more likely to catch covert 1000. 00 than women is that true it does indeed appear that men are more likely to test positive for the disease than women are in other words men make up more than the 50 percent of confirmed cases you would expect if the virus infected men and women with equal frequency. Are men more likely to die from coven 1000 as well. Here the data is this more conclusive and what its saying is that men are more likely to die after infection with cope at 19 then women are the numbers are very striking for example in italy where over 70 percent of the confirmed patients who succumbed to the disease were men also the coronavirus really does appear to be more lethal for men than it is for women. So why are men more vulnerable than women. Like so much else about this virus we just dont know enough at this point to really pin down why its killing more men than it is women but researchers have hazarded some guesses on average worldwide more than women do men pursue behaviors that are considered to be health risks like smoking tobacco or were Drinking Alcohol and everyone should know those risks those unhealthy behaviors can also lead to what are called comorbidities those are conditions like like hypertension or a cardiovascular disease or a chronic lung disease and many of the victims of cope at 19 were elderly men with comorbidities yet other researchers are trying to cast some light on the issue by focusing on the biological and genetic differences between men and women could estrogen be playing a protective role for example maybe there are also some well documented immune system differences between men and women and whats most probable is that all of those factors social behavioral biological that theyre all going to play a role in why covert 19 is hitting men harder than its hitting women theres not going to be a simple straightforward explanation. 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