That they will impose a ban on people within the country arriving from places that have been designated hot spots using hotels so thats quite an extreme step to morrow freud a chancellor merkel will meet the 11 large cities to discuss what further measures can be taken i think laws cities are increasingly being seen as a key focus of the fight against corona as you probably know angle merkel has said today that she doesnt want a repeat of the situation we had in the spring what lessons have been learned since the beginning of the outbreak. Yes and the chancellor also said the best package for the economy would be an effective fight against coronas i think a lot of lessons have been learned the horse medical authority is a much better able now to deal with the virus for instance separating patients in hospital there have been a lot of talk about ventilation airing out rooms make sure the virus doesnt spread in that way so i think theres a lot of things that the authorities are doing and will continue to do now simon earlier we talked to an epidemiologist at Berlin Charity hospital who said the warning of an uncontrollable outbreak in germany was unjustified not even in spring time. Hospital past 2 tiers of intensive Care Capacity it was even remotely used in germany we obviously are well aware that in some cities in italy and spain and also france and probably also u. K. The. Of there was a shortage in germany there has never been a shortage to it to give you a clear idea curve the about 3 percent of intensive care unit capacity is used for 19 patients in berlin. So some in the main thread their hospitals are unlikely to become overwhelmed why. Well i think its as that experts say its largely to do with hospital ok passes he just to underline it in another way germany has already 30000 beds theres a suitable for intensive care for cove aids patients in another 12000 that could easily be converted for their use theres a number of intensive care units that were set up around the country many of the beds there were never used so i think thats a key point i also think were seeing an increase in infections among younger people they of course dont tend to get so severely ill so that could also help to keep down the number of hospitalizations d. W. Simon young simon much appreciated the pandemic is a challenge for women around the world theyve been more likely to face layoffs or stop working to take care of children or the elderly thats also true in kenya where a business run by women for women is struggling to get through the pandemic once upon a time because zari was phenomenal with hope the Jewelry Company was set up in 1975 the idea to give vulnerable fingal mothers a job and free medical care it was a successful model the shop especially popular with tourists who once flock to purchase the handmade creations. But kovac 19 have ended it all. Lack a foot fall and a drop in order as have forced bosses to layoff the vast majority of cars the restock usually we have 200. 00 that 5 single mothers working in the factory but right now we have only thought to place them in walking so we must and we depend on to what its but sites now we are struggling to get or does the mint in the that place single mothers. For the women who remain times are tough. Beth what sharon has 4 children to take care of shes also got knowns that are rapidly accumulating interest what are toilet. At the its become difficult to feed and clothe our children. And. All. The t. V. Stories like this are playing as across kenya unemployment in the country has doubled to tamper sand for a pandemic struck in march the spread of the virus an unhappy reminder that even fairy tale like projects such as conserving arent guaranteed a happy ending lets turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world clashes have broken out in indonesias capital jakarta during a 3rd day of protests and strikes against new legislation the socalled Jobs Creation law was approved by parliament on monday demonstrators say the law undermines workers rights and weakens environmental protections. Fresh clashes have erupted between as a by john and armenia in and around the disputed region of new going to occur the fighting comes ahead of talks between the u. S. France and russia aimed at securing a ceasefire between the 2 former soviet republics. American writer and poet louise glick has won this years nobel prize in literature clicks debut collection of poetry 1st born was published in 1960 age shes a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor of English Literature at yale university. Next weeks u. S. President ial debate looks likely to be perspiring and thats after President Donald Trump refused to take part in a proposed virtual debate calling it a waste of time and said hes planning to hold a rally instead for his part rival joe biden says hes willing to change the date of the next clash between the 2 leaders if the president will show up used by don earlier than me to comment on that now would be irresponsible i think there are going to fall over for mr recommendation he goes off. I dont want to. Say. Never know whats going to come out of my. Back. From washington im joined now by correspondent marsh waiter my where does this leave the debates. That is an excellent question michael theres been so much back and forth even just today you know look and feel like every hour theres another contradictory announcement and things are up in the air for the moment lets be honest and honestly after the 1st debate last week which was really an abysmal experience for everyone theres been a lot of calls for just not have the 2nd 2 debates lets remember that president ial debates are not enshrined in law they are tradition theyre supposed to be a courtesy to let the voters know more about their candidates get to know them a little bit more see their personalities see them in actions but they dont have to happen now it would be unprecedented at least in modern history to cancel those next 2 debates but this is bad lets be honest for 8 years of some unprecedented events happening so it would not necessarily be that much of a surprise if it were to be canceled so lets take a step back for a moment and look at where the race stands after last nights Vice President ial debate how much ground to the Trump Campaign has to make up. Well trump tested positive for corona virus and he was in the hospital on several days when he had big rallies planned in several key swing states and these rallies are really the centerpiece of his movement of his campaign his supporters love them he loves them he gets energy from them and he lost a lot of time because he was sick as we heard he is potentially planning to have a rally and stead of going to this debate now in terms of the Vice President ial debate pence did his job his job was to show up and be the smoother more mainstream face on the Trump Administration to round out some of trumps more rougher edges and be the more palatable version of trump and he did that he stuck to the message he is a career politician and he did do the campaign a service but of course this is a campaign where 4000000. 00 americans have already voted 90 percent of people carnivals have already made up their minds so you saw what you wanted to see in the debate some i mean well theres growing controversy online over an image apparently snapped of the Vice President celebrating after the debate earlier today can you tell us a little bit more about that we had just seen pens defending the administrations record and his stance and actions during the coronavirus pandemic and then we see this picture of his arm slung around the shoulder of several other high powered d. C. Politicos none of them social distancing none of them Wearing Masks that really serves to undercut the message but also at the same time reinforces this idea that the administration really isnt taking the pandemic seriously its not following any of their own medical experts regulations we know that there are many high powered people in d. C. Who are positive for a coronavirus right now now we should say that pens pencils team did come out today and say that he has tested negative but the whole thing just goes to show that theyre not taking their own medical experts advice seriously. Marsh where the as always much appreciated. A reminder of the top stories were following for you germanys capital has now been designated in corona virus hotspot in the last 7 days or lin has recorded more than 50 cases of the cone of virus for every 100000 people tougher restrictions are already being introduced. 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Deaths from the coronavirus have devastated millions across the world. Many couldnt say goodbye to their loved ones. Funerals were restricted making grieving difficult. But even in normal circumstances one in 10 affected typically develop prolonged grief disorder. Kovar deaths have been even more traumatic for the bereaved especially at a time when getting the support they need isnt always possible. And nice to have you along dealing with grief is hard enough but in the middle of a lockdown during the panic of a pandemic or surrounded by bulldozers filling mass graves thats not easy but its important to deal with there are major Health Problems to think about and consequences for life. Teri schultz reports on one belgian familys loss. The world has lost a 1000000 lives. One of them meant the world to 10 year old lorenzo my grandpa was the best his grampa luke picked him up from school each day and what. We need on work and after that. We just played and couching just didnt really want to deal. Mostly i got snacks easy but their hometown st truth was hit early and hard by the coronavirus we had 53 people. Who had to enter the hospital and we only had bets for 20 people but luke was already hospitalized failing fast he said if i dont make it police they could go. Home he didnt make it on march 23rd luke became seen truants 1st corona death jeanine and their daughters nell and lane and lorenzo didnt even get to see goodbye now that really hot. But struck was really all. Mayor very hit and felt it personally her husband became critically ill but survived it was a terrible time for the families but also for us as a mayor and also all the people of my policemen and you know the people in the town working for 24 hours a day 6 months later same treatment has the infection rate under control with strict measures father room 10 and says now inhabitants need to heal its important to share. With each other what we feel what we want or are and she thinks are the 2 but also or the. Mayor here and decided to create a space for that a corner of a city park is now a memorial the theme forget me not plenty of those flower. As had been planted by city landscaper d. D. S. Summers with the tree of life and a plaque bearing a poem an argument that. The flowers will come so yeah even when its sat. It will be a little bit. Beautiful. For the memorials dedication september 13th lorenzo was asked to commemorate his beloved grandfather he told his mom he was too afraid to look at life they were again to laugh at me. But lorenzo changed his mind and wrote a letter even. Your grandpa i miss you very much i am mad about corona mad about what happened you were best and always are going to be the best because you think these are things. That i was brave and i was happy did i did it that i. Throw it all out. Please happy. Everyone wise. To me grandpa. No one here will forget some. Really powerful stuff there and a great message about dealing with grief well martin i suppose and assistant professor for the department of psychology at the university of corning in the netherlands how do you deal with not being able to say goodbye. So this is this is obviously a very very difficult situation. Because you thought about. Able to be physically present or juror when the person dies and also the funerals can be quite limited in how they are arranged not so many people can be there the example we just saw and where theres a collective ritual to deal with these losses i think thats great i think you can also a creates a more private rituals with friends repeat close to the deceased. Too to say goodbye to cease again when it wasnt what you were able to do that well for what is it about the pandemic what else is there thats making it so hard for people to cope with losses like they. Yes well theres a theres a couple of things that if you consider. Not being able to say goodbye or not being able to say goodbye the way you want to is definitely one of these factors. But there are also a little. Many additional stressors that people are now experiencing for instance that mine. Feels more difficult to get social support socially isolated d only that could also be that theyre. Theyre free to become ill themselves restricted to house or work that they have certain other losses that they have to deal with such as financial moss with loss of jobs and likely to be just an older look sorry mum what are you going to say that was it was going to say that if you look at cope with 19 thats the civically its a different story still because people are also dealing with the sudden loss. And loss that occurs after some time in intensive care during which its really uncertain what happened and i and we know from the from side to literature these are risk factors for more severe repercussions what will happen because 10 percent of bereaved individuals sits historically typically develop problems grief disorder house cova going to change that. Yeah that is indeed the case stocks are after not lost due to Natural Causes we recently conduct that the 1st quantitative study into this topic were whites that go with a load of lots and what we found in a very large survey about 1500 people is that people who experience loss to cope at 19 actually have stronger suit creaks those then people who experience natural losses such as losses due to too long term unless. Their acute reveals are more or less similar to. That experienced by people who ready ready have experienced a natural loss that were talking about accidents murder or suicide ready. So so these are very strong responses and be can expect that in the long run the prevalence of long priests if he spits in this specific group will open will go up and i believe you also have new findings on people grieving those whove died from other causes than corona during this pandemic yes thanks for asking yes we are we just had a paper except that on. This topic and what was really striking is that we found that people who experience loss not due to too corona to the ground of fire is actually also have elevated the grief levels if the loss occurs during the pandemic but off the floor it so so that really shows us that also within this group. There is a people are experiencing more difficulties initially dealing with the loss just in general is the internet making it any easier for people to grieve. Well what you do see is that more people are meeting online and this is not really a substitute but i think i think that can be a way to stay in touch if you kind of meet face to face but i think youre you might be referred to d is that these treatments. And in that case i can say that internet based treatments are. Available and in the netherlands theres also groups working on that. So theres people from university of corning and people focus at university developing all i gotta do behavioral treatment for long creatures were specifically for people who experienced a lot to cope with 19 cases a very promising. Modernised i thank you very much for coming on the show today. Lets check in now with Eric Williams our science correspondent hes been looking into your questions on the coronavirus. Will the developments in the creation of a vaccine for this corona virus help towards a vaccine against the corona viruses that cause the common cold. Wouldnt it be great if something positive came out of this pandemic like other vaccines for other coronaviruses for example or even a universal Coronavirus Vaccine of some kind while that isnt impossible but its pretty unlikely any time soon with all the resources that were throwing at a covert 19 vaccine were learning more every day about sars of 2 but we still have a long way to go in understanding the way that karuna viruses in general evolve and the ways that theyre transmitted and we still dont know nearly enough about whats called cross reactivity which is when the weapons your immune system produces to fight one infectious pathogen also work for others that have similar characteristics theres some evidence that cross reactivity in some people might be playing a role in helping badly they get coded 19 or how easily they fight it off but its all still very speculative one promising avenue of research for example that could help in the development of future of the Rotavirus Vaccine involves whats called the 2 domains on corona virus spikes those proteins that stick out that the viruses use to latch on to cells that theyre trying to infect researchers have discovered that these s 2 domains seem to be pretty well preserved across the range of corroded viruses that in fact humans there are quite similar regardless of which one you look at thats a Great Potential starting point for working on a broader Coronavirus Vaccine but but its only that who knows though. 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