State Authorities Say there is sign the virus is viruses spread is slowing. And if people cant come to jerusalem the day will bring jerusalem to the people Easter Services their fight in virtual audience this year under lockdown. Im sara kelly walking to the program corona virus infections confirmed worldwide have now passed 1500000 with the death toll approaching 90000 some countries hope the worst may soon be over after seeing sustained drops in news new cases but others are seeing fresh outbreaks in india officials are sealing off coronavirus hotspots in the capital new delhi and a neighboring state the number of cases rose to over 5000 spains Prime Minister says that the. Entry may be nearing the peak of its epidemic lawmakers are set to vote on extending lockdown measures by another 2 weeks and the death toll in germany climbed today past 2100 while the number of confirmed infections has risen to more than 108000. 00 those figures from they equate to a death rate of 1. 9 percent which is remarkably low in comparison with other western nations the german anomaly has puzzled scientists among the answers to the countrys abundance of intensive care beds but the medical system and its workers are still under enormous stress well now we head to a hospital serving the people of moved off in the worst hit state of the varia it has granted rare access to the daily war it is fighting against covert 19. They fight for every life doctors and nurses in this clinic in the small between city of moved off where makeshift space has become an intensive care unit for some coronavirus patients. Women isnt and weve now been handling a state of emergency this massive way for 3 weeks we were prepared but its really pushed us to our Maximum Capacity weve managed to send some patients home 5 so far lucky. For. Some group its fortunate too that this clinic has 18 ventilators its only had to use 12 so far all of the patients here are in a critical condition. Of our 12 patients have now improved but the other 10 are still in ventilators and theyre doing quite badly or and. The clinic has been hit so hard by the virus that theyd have to decide who receives ventilator treatment and who doesnt but there is concern that this is merely the cam before the storm. Its so stressful and difficult to leave it behind when we go home but we do our best in the struggle. Its a struggle that can escalate with shortages of the required equipment at this facility nearly everything is in short supply some reserves only last 10 days you can talk. Every day we can see shortages of any given item if we started running low on personal protective equipment it would mean that infection rates among our staff would rise but also for other medical devices like syringes if we dont get enough we run the risk of needing to use syringes more than once and we wouldnt need hygiene standards. This clinic is treating more than 140 patients 95 of them suffering from cove at 19 doctors and nurses are still sometimes perilous before the disease. The worst moment was when one young patient died and another one there was personally stressful for me was when a number of our own Health Workers became infected at. The clinic in fact so 20 doctors and nurses infected with covert 19 all have been quarantined. One or 2 to 3 they all got it at the same time but their colleagues carried on with great composure we check how theyre doing constantly and stay in and get the intensive care unit is quickly closed off with new patients are moved in a locked away to prevent the spread of the virus patients dying is any clinics Worst Nightmare at this facility 18 people have died of corona virus to date and they would be the last. Lets bring in Political Correspondent hans brandt from our parliamentary studios here in berlin and hands as we saw there clinics are barely coping yet the death of ari is relatively low compared to other countries why is that. Well one has to say while the clinics are so under strain there havent yet reached the peak they havent yet reached exhausted their capacity in fact germany has the largest number of intensive care places per capita in europe and that capacity has not been exhausted yet so even though there are a lot more patients that need ventilation for instance at the moment the capacity for ventilation has not been exhausted so every patient that needs such that intensive care is able still to get it that means that the number of people that actually die as a result is not as large and the 2nd factor is the huge amount of tests that germany has done which means that the number of cases the number of confirmed cases in germany is very high compared to the number of deaths for instance in the United Kingdom as a total number of somewhere over 200000 tests have been done since the end of january here in germany 300000 tests are being done every week so that means that a lot more people are being discovered who are positive and the number of states compared to that is a lot lower case of the higher the amount of people diagnosed a lowered the death rate tell us because i mean you know the general consensus seems to be that germany has relatively successfully been able to contain the spread of the corona virus so far at least they have had some success with that does that mean that we could see some relaxation for the lock downs that are in place. Theres a lot of pressure on the German Government for some relaxation to be announced as soon as possible especially from the business circles but. A survey of german voters recently came to the conclusion that more than half of germans would agree to an extension of the locked on measures that are in place at the moment whats happening is that government ministers including the Health Minister starting to talk about the possibility of careful steps of relaxation being taken at the moment the lockdown measures are still in place for another 10 days and the intensive discussions in government will commence sometime next week i expect that within the next 10 to 20 days we will see some relaxation in germany in berlin thank you. Well lets take a look now at some other coronavirus related news from around the world saudi arabia has announced a 2 week cease fire in the war in yemen coming into effect today the move is believed to have been motivated by the global coronaVirus Outbreak hoofy forces aligned with iran have not said if they will observe the cease fire. Australia police have seized the black box from a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with corona virus in sydney the ruby princess has been linked to hundreds of covert 1000 cases and more than a dozen deaths investigators want to know why the passengers were allowed to leave the ship in march. Oxfam is warning of the fallout of the coronaVirus Outbreak that it could plunge half a 1000000000 people into poverty a report by the charity for clues that the economic crisis to come will be the worst. Or rather will be worse than the 2008 Global Financial crash that expects poverty worldwide to increase for the 1st time in 30 years. The Video Conferencing abzug has become popular with people isolated at home but is coming under pressure over security concerns the u. S. Senate has now barred members from using the Service Following a similar ban by parts of the German Government google has also told its employees to avoid. The epicenter of americas corona Virus Outbreak new york state has reported its highest death toll in a single day or the 800. 00 in the last 24 hours new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that there are signs that the spread is slowing down but the pandemic is still pounding new york city where even a cathedral has been drafted into service to treat the sick. New york citys Biggest Church readying to receive a different crowd this easter weekend. Were setting up a hospital 400 beds have been delivered to the cathedral of st john the divine to take in coronavirus patients in case existing medical facilities cannot cope but volunteers are trying to stay upbeat hopefully we can cross our fingers that this was all for not and that no patients come in here despite wednesdays record death toll new coke at 19 hospital admissions in new york state have been dropping in recent days a possible side of the outbreak finally leveling off were flattening the curve thank god thank god thank god thank you art. And think a lot of good people who have 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 cabin. Were still in the midst of it but President Trump says theres light at the end of the tunnel would have many easterners together in churches in the future. Getting closer you see the numbers were getting much closer to getting our country back to the way it was. Getting there will certainly take longer than the upcoming holidays and it will require the solidarity that new yorkers have been proudly showing. All we have to israel now where a nationwide curfew has come into force as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus with the passover holiday underway normally the roads would be packed as people make their way to large family gatherings well not this Year Celebrations will be confined to individual households as the government has and intercity travel until friday morning to stop kovan 1000 from spreading further. And the. Easter weekend will be one like no other at least not in jerusalem with the nationwide curfew in effect across the country as weve heard large gatherings cannot take place one Christian Group is helping worshipers make a digital pilgrimage to the holy city this easter. 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 then virtually do you do you through. Yet still may now that the people cant combine the more to jerusalem we bring jerusalem to the people into their farms on their screens and t. V. And want to keep doing that during the holy week and easter. Sunday mass on a rooftop but without a congregation because of the pandemic gatherings are no longer allow the Services Live streamed using a mobile phone 2 floors down in the now closed coffee shop a Young Volunteer follows the broadcast public in ferguson 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 since the toilet. In jerusalem is very different this year the normally busy via dolorosa the way of the cross is empty the church of the holy sepulture 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. Smart we. Got used to think so many. In the last 2 millenia at least but this year it will be a culture we want to see. Wherever people celebrate this easter jerusalems residents say its important to show solidarity and not to lose faith that better times will come. So for that well an inventor in the southern indian city of hydrabad is injecting a bit of humor into his countrys National Lockdown his latest work is a coronavirus shaped video call it is out on the road to remind locals of the need to well stay off the streets as the pandemic sweeps the world the car isnt quite perfect yet and it doesnt always fire on all his stands but when its moving this car maker a yacht he figures it will remind people to main social systems. You have to get now and the unions dont forget you can get more on our website you dot com you can also follow us on social media im sorry kelly and for lent thank you so much for watching stacy. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour corona update. From the 19th special next on d w. The global corona crisis you can find more Information Online at d w dot com and on t. W. Social Media Channels. As the death toll of coburg 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 pangolins and babs it was sold at the web market in rouhani in 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 public 19 of developing a dry cough a couple of lions also show signs of infection. And there are reports in hong kong that dogs have tested positive without having any of the usual symptoms Scientists Say that cats are very susceptible to the virus and the people around the world are now worried about what that means for them and their pets and farmers also want to know how dangerous the virus could be to their life story picks chicken and dogs 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 coronavirus pandemic which species can get infected which is immune and whats this mean for our interaction with pets and farm animals lets ask professor thomas metal lighter hes a bar ologist and the president of the Leffler Institute which studies Animal Health and infections which can be transmitted from animals to humans good to have you with us 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 serenes what we actually do now is that cats can get infected experimentally and by. Exposure we know very little of transmission because all the instances that we seen so far they clearly hint to infection of the pats by their owners this is biased or not 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 have 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 this is particularly true if im sick with 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 over knows this 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 life stock i mean we already heard that picks up probably not so says susceptible to the virus but what about coulson 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 our colleagues all over the goal its really 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 consumers is there any advice you have for consumers for example when it comes to milk. At the moment we have no indication that any food really presents a risk for contamination or for transmission of the infection as i said before i mean picks are not susceptible chicken and ducks are not susceptible and from what we can did you was from the previous sars score all of our was from 2002 and was often 3 i would be very surprised to see that cattle are indeed in 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 working 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 the Global Wildlife trade plays a major role to take bats in some parts of africa and 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 kovi 2. But this particular bat 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 the 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 Faith Institute on 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 probably bets are a good reservoir for different kinds of viruses not only coronaviruses we actually dont know why this is the case that they can control the virus better than other species to 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 i but we can state is that there are frequent events that viruses actually jump to worse humans from the bad reservoir of course were all trying to find a solution to this crisis and to your infection studies actually found that ferrets are a good model for humans whys that. I mean ferrets are animals 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 article of iris to. The good effect that they are a propagate the virus they excrete the virus and they also are able to transmit to other in context 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 sars 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 ms animals there and the human population is increasing we are entering habitats that 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 a professor met in light of their from the Free Trade Institute thank you so much for your time your ira. 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 answers. Is it safe to dry your hands with a hot air handwrite or after washing them. Like me initially you probably think off the bat that a hot air hand dryer would be a good way to dry 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 produce that body temperature it sounds like it makes sense but think again a study i found that was published a couple of years ago by us 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 heroes who wised 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 malaria that 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 of thick to see again stores to to themselves in the lab but just because it has an effect in the lab doesnt mean that it 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 for us. And in particular is betting big on it 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 scope of 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. W. S Derrick Williams there answering your questions until be back to do the same tomorrow and that was our coverage 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 and soon finding new. Markets. Of the working world. As man made in germany. Next. Was a mug or just some of my. Food for the russian soul. You. So many different walks of life some are. Ugly and strong but all of that comes straight from the heart for a sea of people or do no more killing the marsh the. Lives of the world to their final resting place in russia g. W. Documentary. Im doing crazy thing in all the time. 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