As the death toll from the coronavirus surpasses that of China White House predict up 2240000 u. S. Citizens could die. And german football clubs agree to extend the bonds league a suspension until the end of april could the season resume in maine with empty stadiums. Im probably going to have you with us across spain people have held a minutes silence to mourn and remember the lives that have been lost to the coronavirus the countrys death toll is the 2nd highest in europe behind italy it now stands at over 1100 the number of sick canadian care in spain is growing pushing the countrys Health Care System to its limits but the government says 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 via video link to praise measures taken so far but with a warning. This is 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 as many that is temple camp will go down in that if it does you know if you miss a minute going to look at the but we can institute more measures if the present ones are having an effect this isnt a race to the top. Meanwhile with many medical facilities strained to the breaking point incoming 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. In supply but it is getting into 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 gives strength to the spanish economy she apparently wasnt in the an 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. Now earlier we spoke to d. W. Correspondent John Philip Scholtz in seville and we asked him heist fine yours are dealing with this crisis the situation becoming increasingly intense its the 4th day in a row now with more than 800. 00 people dying every day so that people are worried when i go to a supermarket i see a lot of where each face is on the other and officials also try to be optimistic and say that the peak might be reached in the coming days but i think what makes it especially difficult for families is the economy uncertainty because they dont know whether they lose their jobs maybe in the next weeks and studies thats up to 50 percent of the people yes they know freights chickens that shops. Lets take a look now at the latest coronavirus numbers around the world more than 850000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 41000 have died tokyo has recorded a Record Number of new cases in a day a 12 Year Old Girl has died in belgium she saw to be europes youngest victim so far meanwhile in ethiopia there for us phone ing at the election theyre set for august juta the pandemic in the United StatesPresident Trump has warned of quote a very tough 2 weeks the death toll from the corona virus has now surpassed 3500 that is more than chinas official tahnee new york is americas deadliest hot spot over 1500 people have died from the corona virus across the state most of the deaths have been in new york city which is ramping up its capacity as case numbers rise dozens of volunteers are helping to build a Field Hospital in central park to ease the pressure on the nearby man sinai hospital. And what is daily News Conference in washington President Donald Trump warned americans of very difficult times ahead. Were a war with a deadly virus success in this fight will require the full absolute measure of our collective strength of love and devotion i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead were going to go through a very tough 2 weeks. And then hopefully as the experts are predicting as they go out of a separate data gave to having studied it so who are we going to start seeing some related the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful very very painful to excess. Now for more detail all over started is standing by for us in our washington studio hi oliver now we just heard President Trump there he gave his Daily Press Conference weve heard some of what he had to say pretty stark words there but break it down for us what did President Trump have to say today the public todays briefing will devolve warning the American Public essentially you just heard him speak he said there are some 2 rough weeks ahead for the americans why does also believe that a total of 102240000 casualties could result out of this pandemic president tom also said social distancing will be a question of life and death so really dramatic words here used by the president and his team here today whats important to point out here though is that he has been quite contradictory in recent days and weeks he 1st didnt take that virus too seriously now he does he wanted to go back to normal as soon as possible he then extended the lockdowns across the United States so it was really clear that he didnt have a strategy for a long time with the result that the United States now is the most effective country by the coronavirus worldwide well certainly some shocking statistics you just mentioned them there and you know and weve seen some awful images coming as well from the United States youve touched on it already but i really want to break down why is it that the United States has been so ill prepared to cope with this corona virus pandemic all over. Well part of the answer you could see in todays press briefing so was today 2 months after the 1st case of corona virus was diagnosed in the United States and today President Trump had his exports inform the public about flattening the curve a practice thats been in place around the world for quite some time so the u. S. Is lagging behind in responding to the virus they started very late with testing this is very crucial so we went from hardly any cases to up to 180000 which is the latest just within 2 weeks and now the u. S. Is simply struggling to keep up well over you know one of the with the worst affected areas is in new york you know weve seen images there i know there are other areas in the United States which are also seeing pretty you know terrible numbers but focusing on you your what exactly is gone wrong they are were looking at a situation in new york city where the Health Care System is increasingly overwhelmed so there are not enough supplies anymore in the hospitals or shortage of ventilators of mass of gollums the dead bodies are put into french trucks really terrible and dramatic scenes that are unfolding there today a Field Hospital was put up in central park a swimming hospital the u. S. And has come for the ride yesterday Convention Centers are turned into further hospitals so a lot is happening but if you believe the experts its not enough because the peak will be there in 2. 00 to 4. 00 weeks from now and then were going to witness a situation going from bad to worse if those predictions are right some worrying times ahead to all of our silence in washington d. C. Thanks for your update. Moving on brazil has a latin americas highest number of reported corona virus cases more than 4500 but that hasnt stopped the countrys president or not oh from downplaying the danger posed by the pandemic Brazils Health minister has openly contradicted the president saying people need to protect themselves from social distancing now social media giants are stepping into the fray there were moving posts showing the president disregarding Public Health advice. Brazils far right president jabil sonora likes to portray himself as a man of the people. But his closeness to the people in these images has proved too much for social media platforms Facebook Instagram and twitter. Theyve now removed this video accusing both the nara of putting lives at risk by ignoring official guidelines on social distancing but also narrow is unrepentant. This total isolation if it goes on like this in the future we will have a serious problem with the brutal amount of unemployment it will take years to resolve. With. The president alleges his aim is to protect the poor who are suffering the most those jobs are destroyed because of quarantine measures he says people need to get back to work but this stance has put him at all its not just with official advice from Health Professionals imploring people to stay at home but also with the majority of brazil state governors a many local politicians theyre busy repurchasing venues such as the samba drive in rio turning it into a shelter for the homeless and vulnerable for the duration of the pandemic bracing for the onslaught. I think that everyones appeal is stay at home the home is this one it will be the spaces that are being offered so the ideal is that they stay here and do not walk around the streets and be exposed to such a lethal virus. Borscht our views if you dont that. As the number of infections and deaths increase is another big concern is how to stop the virus spreading among the cities favelas here theres often no Running Water or electricity and people are increasingly dependent on food handouts now lets take a look at some ways covert 19 is impacting the business world. To Trump Administration has offered to be begin lifting sanctions against bet as well if president Nicolas Maduro socialist party and the opposition form an interim government without him u. S. Secretary of state my pompei all said the Transitional Government would serve until president ial and National Assembly elections could be held within a year Transitional Government. Says africa has the most confirmed coronavirus cases in africa but its struggling to make its citizens obey social distancing rules the government has announced mass door to door screening and testing for infections. Americas capital robot has been hard hit by a coronavirus quarantine that has seen the citys famous soup shut down almost completely only food stands bakeries and fruit stalls are allowed to operate. To soccer now on the German Football League has confirmed that the restart date for the bones league will be april 30th at the earliest the clubs agreed on choose day that the suspension should be extended because of the coronavirus however games might still be played behind closed doors when the season region. These are Uncertain Times for german football theres been no action inside this League Stadium since the middle of march now the 36. 00 clubs from germanys top 2 division say thats will remain the case until at least the end of april. So the bundesliga clubs have unanimously followed the recommendations of the committee thats all play should stop until at least the 30th of april would. Training should stop until the 5th of april to support the efforts of the government to interest its. From major league wants to look at playing games behind closed doors without fans if the season were to be cancelled clubs would lose a combined 750000000 euros in revenue mainly from t. V. Contracts and that could put some teams in financial peril. What was made clear today is that certain clubs. Have games this season can play. And if t. V. Licensing fees from certain media broadcasters arent paid form the fees and i need clips in my then certain clubs in may and others in june could find their existence threats instance but on is it whats on. The desire and need to play whats not clear is whether the possibility is to. This is t w news on public yes well be back soon so yes take care. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand and. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour corona update. With 19 special next on d w. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when well all miss him. Just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the crown of virus 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 at dot com slash science. This pandemic is is overwhelming so many people that need the breathing machines that just simply havent been manufactured. Amounts and youre a doctor and have a 30 year old patient and an 80 year old both infected with the coronavirus both showing severe symptoms and both need an oxygen mask but you only have one who should use this kind of decision is called tria which is 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 doctors and what are the ethics behind trio thats what we look at not today. Ill special coverage of the covert 19 crisis here on c. W. Im god all things welcome it all comes down to how well the Health System is prepared for a pandemic in the end its 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 is a false to make life or death decisions patients over the age of 80 will not be put on mechanical ventilator is this process is called tria. The time comes from the french team a it means the sourcing of an allocation of treatment to patients modern 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 escort is a physician and the epidemiologist the director also the director of the institute for Public Health at berlins Charity Hospital and professor. Physician teaching medical ethics at Heidelberg University lets start with you dr corder were not yet doing triology in germany are doctors well prepared for taking these decisions. Well world orders are well prepared as are the doctors in the world in 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 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 so its going to imagine eventually you have a very short time to decide in which case it louis left by a treating physician a medical teams on the side will get it going to legs or who not so its going to be a very challenging situation and 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 of humor and prepayment for these decisions is crucial for 2 reasons the question of uniform rules in order to ensure fair a patient of resources. Across teams across units and hospitals and because doctors in their everyday clinical dont and im not familiar not at ease this such decisions because the traditional clinical ethics is patient centered and not at for allocating patients to Different Levels of contingency care so from an ethical point of here we need to actually on 2 areas things 1st victory ask for courts that provides for a step by step evaluation and criteria for rare testing patients and in germany several medical association pettish recommendations but 3 out protocol last week with their ketamine for ethics in medicine in that heat and 2nd each hospital test if and test out these bullets should be implemented and therefore actually 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 its s. And thing as doctors that theyre only if they give it up is not to charge for the responsibility taken in these decisions thats where 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 at this end is and the decision on. Who gets under ventilator is obviously not the primary care physician that they have at their tree as 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 hospitals can also. In the periphery for nominal primary care physician. 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 there certainly is a lot of parameters medical history medical experience of the trade in decisions that will help to support your decision but there is no certainty that the 2 minute decision is he is the right one there also is not only because. Here in spain it it seems made a difference decisions the canoe up situation there will be a circle a learning curve who are there in the medical teams are going to rest to really reduce the odds of the rest of the Large Professor winkler 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 important to or to acknowledge that these are tough decisions that kind of head out spend our common doctors ethics and summer test the treacly of steps to lemons and then coming back to those schools and protocols that we have now is set up saying. There are different phases of the pen demick and if you have not enough. Tests for our patients who needs you 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 up to tease for a it isnt criteria but for example age is just not a credit here that went into our recommendation so channel and if i think the step thing that i would recommend is make. A way out of. A timber supply its in secular absolute terms because we know that this is a serious stress more and otherwise stressing situation and the structure as a bit now or in the hospital its will relieve the stress that happens in trio situations professor having the doctor to be asked for thank you very much. And hours every day heres a science correspondent stare equal him for a 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 covert 19 its the covance gender gap. He 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 covert 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 so 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 hypertension or a cardiovascular disease or 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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