And his campaign to challenge President Trump plus it will be a different sort of easter this year in jerusalem the coronavirus outbreak means congregations would be able to get together but one organization is hoping to bring the services to them virtually. I am told me a lot of well welcome to the program we begin in the United States where new york state has reported its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day nearly 800 in the last 24 hours President Trump has tried to reassure americans that the situation in the country is improving and that the u. S. Is heading towards the final stretch in battling the virus in new york city one of the Worlds Largest gothic cathedrals is the latest venue to become 1st head into a makeshift hospital. Beneath the stained glass windows this church is getting ready for a different east to crowd a significant weekend in the christian calendar President Donald Trump assured americans there is light at the end of the tunnel. Would have many easters together in churches in the future. Were getting closer you see the numbers were getting much closer to getting our country back to the way it was. As new yorks death toll climbed pos 6000 the states governor moved to reassure residents we are flattening the curve thank god thank god thank god printer. And think a lot of good people who are been working very hard that is a moment in time dont get complacent its what were doing thats working keep doing it. Thats the good news and that good news has a big cabbie i was still in the midst of it Governor Cuomo has directed all flags be flown at half mast in on our of the lives lost as the sun sets on the states deadliest day yet a sense of solidarity reverberates around the city. Journalist james ronald joins us now from new york city james as bad as the numbers are new york a 5th authorities saying that the official death toll might actually be lower than the real numbers why is that. Well one of the big mysteries in the Coronavirus Crisis all over the world war the real number how many people are really infected what is the full scale of the number of people who are dying and thats been true elsewhere and its all 32 in new york and something got added to the confusion today and that is the number of people who are dying Something Like 200 people have been dying in the day in this day those numbers have not been added to the overall death toll and thats because these people are posturing away in their bedrooms and not being certified to not having tests done on their blood and so devoted to being taken to the morgue and then the temperature is but out into the hospitals where their numbers will be at the full death toll and so if you add those 200. 00 per day on to the number of people who are dying then you are going to have a larger number larger than the 779 deaths in the past 24 hours thats the highest that weve seen in the thirtys so far. As mr cuomo said there is signs that were stacking the curve and thats because the number of people who are going into hospital for the time that started to come down even while the death toll is going up how is new yorks Health Care System and its holding up under the strain. I think id probably venture to say they are being tested to their limits stretched about as far as they can go but also Still Holding of course ive got to say that with the caveat that some of the stories were hearing coming out the hospitals from the doctors and the medical staff not having an authenticated not having enough protective equipment not having enough gloves and gowns and one of the scariest thing is that youre hearing stories from doctors saying that theyre starting to show some of the coronavirus theyre having this nickel theyre getting the cough and yet theyve got to carry on working and theyre on and off that weve been both people on able to be tested so enormous problems of both equally were hearing other bits of information we have a fight coming out of the white house for example at the its enough is enough equipment to go around and even from some people on the scene here that theyre on a ventilator in the hospital and of course places like the ship thats more than the west side of manhattan they go up and out the day providing extra beds the people who need it james very briefly how the people in new york paying this is one of the worlds busiest cities. Yeah its a city that never sleeps definitely going to sleep right now i mean of course some people have had their life completely turned upside down by this because theyve been directly affected by it i think themselves or a Family Member but of course that leads loads and loads of other people in that 10000000 people who are facing all kinds of other difficulties and. Difficult to go shopping hard to get to the place they need and the worry about where the. Rent check is going to come from. James ryan in new york city thank you. Staying in the in the u. S. Senate Bernie Sanders has ended his president ial campaign that clears the way for joe biden to become the democratic partys nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in novembers election the 78 year old sanders performed well in the early primaries but then thought behind biden who has built a substantial lead in the race for delegates to the Party Convention heres what sanders said i wish i could give you better news but i think you know the truth and that is that we are now with the 300 delegates behind Vice President biden and the pain of victory is virtually impossible so while we are winning the ideological battle and while we are winning with so many young people and working people throughout the country i have concluded this for the democratic nomination will not be successful and so today i am announcing with the strength of my campaign w. s washington correspondents jeff and simmons is following the story for us stephanie how surprising is this decision by bennett sound as depends on who you ask there are many many people out there was surprising that he doesnt know there are more out there was like we were actually surprised that he didnt do it earlier the math didnt add up for Bernie Sanders and he finally. Got to grips about around this and got his head around he would have no chance of winning enough delegates to beat joe biden and that triggered the decision today he also mentioned that he has another job to do which really needs attention and that is being a senator in the face of this Coronavirus Crisis we have here in the u. S. If you look back he started well but then seem to have run out of steam whys that. Yeah you never could mark 2 allies the moderate democratic crowd and the africanamerican vote he sent us were strong with progressives but not with moderates he was strong with young people and the 2nd problem is he then failed to really mobilize the young people who were at his rallies by the thousands to come actually to the poll stations at the primaries and that sealed it for him ok so Bernie Sanders committed supporters now likely to fully back joe biden now thats fantastic question i wish i would have would know the answer but no no oracle here the judgment on this is out of course you would expect that most of Bernie Sanders followers would now put the Bigger Picture of the democratic win possible win over ember at the president ial election in the forefront of their decision and swap to biden and support the biden Biden Campaign but thats not for sure and not really sure because why because there is really this progress is clear and tell in the same this campaign which is now actually disappointed and probably will have a hard time to put their vote behind joe biden they may decide to stay home and not vote at all which wouldnt be helping the democrats ok Stephanie Simmons in Washington Well leave it there for now thank you to israel now where nationwide few has come into force as part of efforts to contain the corona virus is the beginning of the path of a holiday and normally the roads would be packed as people make their way to large family gatherings but not this Year Celebrations will be confined to individual households because the government has banned into city travel until friday morning in a bid to stop covert 19 from spreading. Meanwhile for christians it will be an easter in jerusalem unlike any other pilgrims have flocked to the city for thousands of years but due to the restrictions congregations will be unable to come together in the traditional way we caught up with one organization that is hoping people can still celebrate with some sense of community the time in the digital world. A new sunday tradition an improvised altar is assembled on this rooftop overlooking jerusalems old city since visitors are no longer able to come to the churches here the austrian hospice a catholic guesthouse is bringing the service to them virtually did do for all. Yet so many other people cant come any more to jerusalem we bring jerusalem to the people into their farms on their screens and t. V. And we want to keep doing that during the holy week and easter. Sunday mass on a rooftop but without a congregation because the pandemic gatherings are no longer allow this service is live streamed using a mobile phone 2 floors down in the now closed coffee shop a Young Volunteer follows the broadcast were going for this is an a i think it provides a kind of support you know that even though you cant be here every sunday you can still be a part of it lets get to ellis. Easter in jerusalem is very different this year the normally busy via dolorosa the way of the cross is empty the church of the holy sepulcher has closed its doors most Easter Services will be live streamed instead its a highly unusual situation also for the local Palestinian Christians residents are under tight restrictions. Probably talk to family or friends or the internet through the smartphone read through some lights. That used to think so. In the last 2 millenia at least but this year will be a culture we want to reserve. Where other people celebrate this easter jerusalem its residents say its important to show solidarity and not to lose faith that better times will come. Now they have got sun and sand and the risk of coronavirus thats the rationale behind the recent closure of rio de janeiros famous beaches but its stead of debate in brazil about how far laws should go in limiting Outdoor Sports and some surfers are finding it hard to resist the lure of the waves. Rios copacabana beach is almost empty giving him a funny concert to surf despite the states stay at home or to us but his defiance of recently got him in trouble with the police. Beat me to it unfortunately i was caught surfing surfing is a crime now you dont end up with a criminal record or something as silly as that. Patio wasnt kind but he now has to go to court to fight the charge that didnt stop the 22 year old from going back into the water just hours later rios president s 2nd most infected state the governor recently closed our beaches in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Right now is the time to think about the collective. I suppress my desire and i catch that wave metaphorically speaking to serve in the near future when food to process move but the surface to find the band i dont see surfing causing any more harm than not the solar supports. My suit to wash i think that in the same way that people run they hike they ride bikes somebody can grab a board house go to regularly to the water. You wanna walk so you put up records its a strong argument but surfing does run the risk of overcrowding if everyone were to come to the beach us to sarah. Youre watching. Us keep up with the latest headlines download the d. W. I. Visit our website d. W. Dot com also follow us on twitter and instagram at the news im told me a logical experience. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news in. Our corona. Covered 19 special next on d w. Ws crime fighters are back africas most successful radio drama series continues. This season the stories focus on hate speech cholera prevention and sustainable charcoal production. All of a sows are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms. Crime fighters tune in now. Here. As the death toll of 19 keeps rising scientists are still uncertain about where this deadly virus came from in the 1st place its believed that it jumped from animals to humans so far and babs it was sold at the web market in rwanda china the most likely candidates for the virus doesnt stay with humans there are signs that its also spreading to other animals. A tiger at the bronx zoo in new york city has tested positive for 19 developing a dry cough a couple of lions also show signs of being fiction. And there are reports in hong kong that dogs have tested positive without having any of the usual symptoms Scientists Say those cats are very susceptible to the virus and the people around the world and i worried about what that means for them and their pets and farmers also want to know how dangerous the virus could be to their livestock pics chicken and ducks at least im not likely to get infected what about the rest. Welcome to our covert 900. 00 special here on news and want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us what droll do animals play in the corona virus pandemic which species can get infected which is immune and whats this mean for our interaction with pets and farm animals lets ask professor tomas mitten lighter hes a bar ologist and the president of the frederick Leffler Institute which studies Animal Health and infections which can be transmitted from animals to humans good to have you with him as on the program let us start with pets a lot of people now are wondering whether their pets could transmit the virus what do we know about that so far. Hello phone in stories what we actually do know is that cats can get infected experimentally and by. Exposure we know very little or transmission because all the instances that we seen so far they clearly hint to infection of the pads by their owners this is biased ask one of ours to infect the owners so the the owner is more dangerous for the pet than vice versa what does this mean for the interaction with with our pets i mean we hear terrible stories about some owners already putting their pets down because of this. No there is no reason for doing that at all i mean of course i would stay away from my pet if i am sick myself and as is particularly true if im sick was a coronavirus too so i should really take caution in that aspect on the other hand its still very clear that this is a socalled anthropos of the noses which means that humans are the ones that infect the animals and not in this particular case the other way around so what does this mean for lifestyle i mean we already heard that picks up probably not success subset the bill to the virus but what about cows and how would a pharma know that his cow for example is infected. We have Experimental Evidence that picks chicken and ducks are indeed not susceptible to infection we have no Experimental Evidence of any other of the of livestock and for producing animals that colleagues all over the goal actually testing these animals as we speak and we hope that we have more information on that in a couple of days actual so its not knowing everything yet also worries people of course certainly consume us is there any advice you have for consumers for example when it comes to milk. At the moment we have no indication that any foods really presents the risk for a condemnation or for transmission of the infection as a forum in pigs are not susceptible chicken and ducks are not susceptible and from what we can deduce from that previous. Was from 2002 and was off i would be very surprised to see that cattle are indeed an infected this is under experimental. Examination at the time as we speak of course were still trying to learn more about this new coronavirus professor mitten like to thank you for now we have more questions for you so dont go away because 1st we want to look at how scientists a wetting to find out how the virus was transmitted to humans in the 1st place. When it comes to the transmission of infections from animals to humans to Global Wildlife trade plays a major role take bats in some parts of africa in asia theyre considered a delicacy. But theyre also a source of viruses among them the corona virus. One study found that a corona virus found in bats shared 96 percent of its genetic material with the virus behind the current pandemic known as sars cold the 2. But this particular bad virus is unlikely to have infected human cells directly what is more likely is that the virus jump to humans via another animal one prime candidate is a pangolin the corona virus found in pangolins has similar surface proteins which dr receptors to the virus currently infecting humans but other animals are also potential transmitters to search for the source of this pandemic is still in full swing. Back to profess them in light of on the Free Trade Institute an Animal Studies what is the significance of bats carrying so many viruses and how does this knowledge help us deal with a current outbreak. So apparently bets are a good reservoir for different kinds of viruses not only coral are viruses we actually dont know why this is the case that they can control the virus better than other species do might have a special in human system which is able to control the viruses but so far its unclear what the basis of this reservoir function really is my body can state is that there are frequent events that viruses actually jump to worse humans from the bed rest of war of course were all trying to find a solution to this crisis and your infection studies actually found that ferrets are a good model prehumans wise that i mean ferrets are animal that are being used as a model for human respiratory infections for quite some time and probably they are also susceptible to infection by this asteroid or virus to. The good effect that they are a propagate the virus they excrete the viruses and they also are able to transmit to other in contact ferrets so we can actually use them for is to see the influence of for example makes a nation or education 2 words reduction of virus replication or virus excretion or transmission of identify corona virus to is not the 1st virus to jump from animal to humans how can we prevent this from happening in the future. I dont think we can ever completely prevent this jump from the animal to humans i mean we have increasing contact was animals there and the human population is increasing we are entering habitats usually were prohibited before and then we have organization and we have globalization i mean what we could do is to put more emphasis on discovering these. Spillover events as they call them early and then try to control and contain them as early as possible toward that they actually then continue to expand in something as we see now you know as professor met in light of their from the Free Trade Institute thank you so much for your time your oh. Its time now to turn you to your questions questions you sent us on you tube facebook and twitter or via email our resident corona expert Eric Williams stands ready to provide some outs us. Is it safe to dry your hands with a hot air hand try your after washing them. Like me initially you probably think off the bat that a hot air hand dryer would be a good way to draw your hands during a pandemic after all you are touching anything that could be bearing germs in the air coming out is heated so maybe that will damage viruses that produces body temperature it sounds like it makes sense but think again a study i found that was published a couple of years ago by u. S. Researchers showed that the air flowing out of the hand dryer in a public restroom increased the circulation of microbes dramatically compared to ambient uncirculated air in the same room and if you stop and think about that it makes sense after all where did the air blasting out of the hand dryer come from it was sucked out of ambient surrounding air filled with arrows who lies droplets and its a public bathroom so where are those droplets coming from. Theres still a lot of debate about this and i really cant claim to be an expert on the topic but i certainly dont want to go anywhere near a public restroom equipped with hot air hand dryers at the moment. What do we know about hydroxy clora queen encoded 19. Hydroxy chloroquine is a drug used to prevent and treat most larry is currently also in testing for effectiveness against covert 19 you know there are anecdotal accounts of patients who took it and showed improvement and it has so far shown some effect to see against stores hope to do that and so in the lab but just because it has an effect in the lab doesnt mean that will help in the real clinical practice a big reason and theres a lot of hope surrounding the medication is that its been proven safe to use for a very long time the u. S. Mint in particular is betting theyre going to theyve given up whats called emergency use authorization which means it can be given to patients that have run out of other Therapeutic Options drug makers are already ramping up production but real evidence that it can help either cure or prevent cohabit 19 is still very thin on the ground and we dont know things like for example whether if its taken in combination with other medications it could potentially do more harm than good so there are still a lot of question marks. Derek williams theyre answering your questions until be back to do the same tomorrow about 900 special for more on the pandemic to check out our social Media Channels and our websites thats d. W. Dot com which has dedicated to cope with 900 pages in 30 languages i want to get jones and berlin thanks for joining us and before we go heres a reminder there is no need to have your pet put down because of the pandemic also dont abandon your pet as has happened in many parts of the world already Animal Rescue teams from lebanon to bolivia up picking up cats and dogs apparently abandoned by their owners who fear their furry Family Members could get infected and pass on the virus a big thank you to the rescue teams and hopefully those pets can soon find a new. Way to. Enter the conflict zone with Tim Sebastian 16 months of gone by since a saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by agents of his own street my dears his idol algebra the saudi minister of state for Foreign Affairs why are there still so many are no innocent questions about the murder and why the massive crackdown on human rights activists inside saudi arabia conflict into the will of the next 70 also d. W. The. Jura. 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This was a whole lot different from that it was not authorized we still dont know what happened to the remains of missed shot the how is that possible we dont have a history of good friends of cities for 16 months of gone by since the saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by agents of his own state is that involved but the issue doesnt go away my guess this week here at the Munich Security Conference is idle algebra the saudi minister of state for Foreign Affairs why are there still so many Unanswered Questions about the murder and why the massive crackdown