The risk of infection is obvious and healing the droplets in aerosols from an adjacent passenger seems unavoidable scientists have long been aware of the dangers of infection on planes mostly because of studies of other coronaviruses air is not displaced an Aircraft Carrier in lets an l its hard to small for that cabin there can only be mixed. Over at the Hamburg University of applied Sciences Professor dr schultz says viruses may stay in the cabin air for up to 15 minutes exposing passengers to infection risk. I want us to want to know what the Aviation Industry makes 3 crimes firstly filters an aircraft to make the air as clean as an operating room and secondly the air is completely exchanged every 2 to 3 minutes thirdly the air only moves from top to bottom in the cabin all 3 are just not sure. It could be that current Safety Standards and filtration techniques are not as good as many may think meaning the possibility of catching coronavirus when flying could be more up to chance th
Melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us south korean boy band b t as has fans around the world and their stardom scenes unstoppable except it might come to a sudden halt because of south koreas mandatory military service where theyd spend 18 months out of the spotlight training for potential war on the Korean Peninsula fans say they should be exempt while others say they need to do their duty frank smith reports. So korean boy band b. T. S. Reigns supreme over billboard charts as their fans their army fallen over their good looks and slick moves but as they move through their twenties an ominous obligation approaches a minimum one and a half years mandatory military Service Required of every healthy south korean male between 18 and 28. The issue of mandatory military service for entertainers like b. T. S. Is complicated by the fact that high achieving south korean athletes have seen their army obligations reduced after winning a gold medal in the 2800 games soccer st
Before the whole case is decided lets talk a little bit more about that yes and you already referenced a potential break up what could this mean for big tech and consumers because it is a breakup now inevitable. Well it just by far not decided and if you look at the reaction on no wall street so that also tells you a little bit of the sentiment the stock off alphabet so the Mother Company of google is make julie even gaining a bit in todays session so wall street does not seem to be too afraid at least for now that anything will change anytime soon but on the other side google clearly is the guinea pig here because there is a lot of scrutiny on the other big tech giants who also have dominant in one of politic. Positions in the tech world if youre seeing Companies Like Facebook Like apple like amazon for instance so all of them they will very closely watch that case and if they google would lose that could make it easier for lawmakers to old also go after some of those other tech giant
Spill over the business feuded region our correspondent reports tonight from eyes are going. Off its good to have you with us the United States has filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against google it alleges that the tech giant has been abusing its dominance and Online Search engines to fend off rivals google controls about 90 percent of global web searches the company has long denied claims of unfair competition the wall street also alleges that google uses billions of dollars to pay phone manufacturers to ensure that it is the default Search Engine on browsers and this is the u. S. Governments most. Can act to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against microsoft that was more than 2 decades ago. Ari for more now were joined by our correspondent in washington d. C. Oliver sell it to you. Flesh this out for it what exactly is google being accused of here well the allegation brant is that google is on full unlawfully maintaining a monopoly and that its causing off its ri
Prevention and sustainable truckle 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 to news now. How dangerous is the air around us. Every time we speak every time we laugh or saying. We admit particles and once theyre there and they linger we know that this is a key way that corona virus can spread. Scientists are still sussing how dangerous these doses of airborne virus can be and what we can do to avoid them. Opening a window is one way to keep the air fresh but by keeping the air moving with systems like air conditioning or we decreasing the risk or merely spreading it. What do we need to do to breathe easily indoors. And this is the covert 19 special who are welcome to the show and. Open the window its the one piece of advice were all hearing now thats a bit more complicated in the winter doesnt work in all rooms and certainly doesnt work on airplanes theyve used in indu