Of being cooped up together. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us britains Prime Minister has announced a nationwide law down to fight the coronavirus Boris Johnson told the british people that the government was shutting down nonessential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people johnsons government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to haul the spread of the virus. Its images like these which make it clear how quickly action is needed in the u. K. Mobile phone footage of people crammed into the London Underground the monday after Train Services were cut to deter people from using them and experts warn policy must change. And we cant control how we really viruses we can control the rate in the population and thats what we should be doing whether thats by legislation or enforcement or otherwise because at the moment its not working. When its the speaker of the british Prime Minister has faced criticism that is wait and see policies were dangerous now hes decided to follow the lead set by European Countries and order a lockdown. We will immediately close all shops selling nonessential goods including Clothing Electronics stores and other premises including libraries playgrounds and outdoor gyms and places of worship will stop all gatherings of more than 2 people in public a major focus of the response to the outbreak britains overstretched National Health service the n. H. S. Here volunteers bring free food for nurses at the frontline of the pandemic johnson says the whole country should act in solidarity with the medical professionals. Each and every one of us is now obliged to join together to hope the spread of this disease to protect our n. H. S. And to save many many thousands of lives. The government is also moving to get supplies of protective gear to staff treating coronavirus patients. The army will be brought in to take gloves masks and overalls to where theyre needed. Its happening later in britain and elsewhere but the threat of the virus is emptying streets in the capital london the u. K. Like its neighbors is digging in for the fight over more lets cross over to. Standing by for us in London Bridge at the u. K. Was deliberately slow in implementing a nationwide lockdown what has prompted the government to act now. Well now the government after it had been quite slow initially now the measures have been fairly stringent actually and have followed in an inch in short order britain is several weeks behind other European Countries the estimate is that its 2 weeks away 2 weeks behind italy so now the Prime Minister and all the experts can see that if we continue on this trajectory if the virus continues to spread in the way that it has been spreading so far that the Health System simply couldnt cope there wouldnt be enough beds there wouldnt be enough ventilators or n. H. S. Dollhouse stuff so there was no other option for the trying and but to to shut down and even though bird johnson was initially his government was initially tallies to to react and to to cut down on people treated and now its been coming quite hard and fast actually now the World Health Organization that is also asking countries to step up testing and Contact Tracing is the u. K. Doing that. Well there has been a lot of criticism that there went enough kids and that there wasnt enough testing actually going on and even for n. H. S. Staff or the Health Service stuff that they couldnt rely on on being tested when for example a doctor had a cold and he didnt really know whether he should stay away or go to work because he was in jail where that might be the virus that has been backed into a conundrum for people and theres been quite a lot of reports that that is clearly insufficient and also as youve mentioned in your report that there wasnt enough as dealers not enough protective equipment where people needed where the doctors and the hadnt needed we have reports that people need to improvise doctors and nurses need to improvise when they see suspected coronavirus patients and they need to use plastic aprons and just simple surgical marsden that the protective suits are not available for them and that of course is a big problem in the Health Service. London of course is the epicenter of the u. K. Ill break your there whats the situation like in london at the moment that. Well even our own accord are worried that in london there might not be. Enough hospital beds for that many people if it is that many people do that effected however i think that all the people will be a bit relieved now with these measures because hopefully they will do something to contain the virus i have to say its quite eerie here at the moment. Because nobody loves so crowded and so many tourists are here so many people on the streets and until yesterday there were still people out and about in the center of london but its getting very very quiet and of course underlying for many people it is also the worry that they might suffer economically i mean for a lot of businesses this is a very very tricky time indeed so even though on the staff there with the sunny days sunny spring day in london and the pollution it may be quieted delete but on the nice people are definitely troubled. Thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was the w. s biggest in london. Now to some of the other coronavirus stories making news around the world today chinas hu bay province is to lift travel restrictions on wednesday except for the city of hong people there will still be subject to limits on movement for another 2 weeks would haunt of course was where the chill were chinas coronavirus epidemic began its been under law down for 2 months now. U. S. President says he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks rather than months trump was speaking at a daily Coronavirus Briefing is Washington State joint others imposing stay at home orders across the u. S. Which is happening. At least. Asian markets are rising higher in tuesday trading on the back of the u. S. Federal reserves commitment to buy an unlimited number of balls to lift the u. S. Economy japans nikkei had leapt by more than 5 percent by the middle of the trading day the south korean cost the index rose by 6 percent the feds move to not impress u. S. Investors though major markets there sol further losses as they awaited a 2 trillion dollars spending bill from congress. In the serbian capital belgrade the locked out against the credit virus has been extended so you used to be able to stay out until 8 oclock at night but now you have to be back indoors 5 public transport has stopped and most shops cafes and restaurants have been closed visit one family thats having to get used to plenty of togetherness helen upon those on her 2 daughters her father and her grandmother meet for coffee and cake her dog also joins in for generations under one roof its 5 oclock in the afternoon and the curfew has begun. Everyone must stay at home. What i meant when i spoke with the hardest thing is our lives have totally changed i miss my job but weve seen tough times before this will pass. Helena is a hairdresser since the state of emergency took effect last week customers have stayed away her appointment book is empty shes earning less and the bills are piling up. To be done with them and there will be hardship for me and everyone in my sector and on workers in general. If i can no longer do my job. But its justified because we have a very close contact with people and thats risky. Its especially hard for older people helenas father dragon is retired and now hes required to stay home to prevent the further spread of coronavirus the government has forbidden people older than 65. 00 from leaving their homes or pay a 1500 euro fine. And i wonder bob member for gold before the crisis i took the dog out for a walk twice a day. Before all is well for a couple now im mostly sit at my computer i look at what people are posting on facebook but i mostly like playing video games will you be through for me more you dont usually give it to the. Children must stay home until further notice schools are closed lessons are broadcast on Public Television but for the girls the t. V. Presenter is no teacher and their parents are not their classmates you know nobody plume i have a friend who is no longer allowed to come over and play because of the emergency and i cant go to her house either. Here now lula spends more time with her sister at least they can play hide and seek at home with. At nightfall the streets are nearly empty. The curfew goes from 5 oclock in the evening until 5 in the morning belgrade one of the biggest cities in Southeast Europe has gone silent because of covert 1000. Life under lockdown well to talk about the Mental Health specter of lockdown were joined now by psychiatrist and stress researcher mazda oddly from the flea the clinic here in berlin thanks for joining us this morning dr dudley forced social distancing is being experience on a massive scale as someone who has devoted some time to researching loneliness what sort of impact do you think this is having on our minds well we are social beings for sure and isolation can be a source of stress and burden for our Mental Wellbeing specially if you are already more anxious or if you have a preexisting Mental Health condition that could depression this can be a really challenging time plus our professional lives our private lives our social lives have radically changed almost overnight and. The strategies that we normally used to cope with stress no longer work we cannot meet our friends with tap talk each other so its tough and challenging time and were also seeing reports of increased Domestic Violence during the law down people arent just lonely some are becoming aggressive how much potential is there for violence. Well the risk for domestic conflicts silence with time share within the limited space of an apartment as a family for example the steps are important to really practice a willingness to compromise or within families dont fight it conflict when you feel angry learn to give in when quite a quite a conflict to cope with the situation. Difference dr in the way that teens and children react to this situation compared to say adults. Well should remain often react preferably flexible to this situation and they often show a lot of creativity if for example in the end in using the situation to create a new again the cetera but of course children can also. Get anxious and and under certain if you as parents notice that your as your chill child is having a harder time to cope with then its good to provide good information about the situation. To provide an optimistic perspective overall dr thank you very much for talking with us that was dr must live from the fleet a clinic here in berlin. Youre welcome. Youre watching d. W. News dont forget we have extensive coverage of the Coronavirus Crisis on our website thats at d w dot com well with so many people being told to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic keeping active can be a problem as usual social media has a remedy for that with the stay at home challenge trending worldwide heres a selection of d. W. Reporters showing that keeping fit can just as easily be done at home as well. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information in. Our daily corona. 19 special next on d. W. How does a virus spread. Through the town. And the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Science. This is deja vu news in Berlin Germany in isolation mode what to expect from the partial shutdown just ordered by the government and why critics in some countries are demanding the opposite theyre calling for controlled herd immunity but what does that mean and what are the implications. Plus a race against time how the German Biotech Company keoghan is preparing for a run on coronavirus test kits. Im sumi some is going to thank you for joining me on todays covert 19 special the corona virus is continuing to spread also in germany convincing chancellor Angela Merkel that stricter containment measures are necessary until now it had largely been left to the country states and municipalities to can tear curb the contagion an approach that has created a patchwork of rules and guidelines the new measures are to be rolled out nation wide lets hear what the german chancellor announced. Has discussed today how all Counter Measures are working we have no vaccine and we have no drug against the disease all we have a firstly the efforts we are making to prepare our Health Care System especially hospitals for the expected continued high rise than infections. And secondly our own behavior. That is currently most effective measure. The new measures medical and state leaders decided to implement ban gatherings of more than 2 individuals with the exception of families and people who live together in one household now restaurants bars and cafes and other Non Essential Service providers must also close businesses offering food delivery and collection will be allowed to remain open commuting to work helping others and exercising alone outside will still be permissible the measures will initially remain in place for 2 weeks the new measures are one step closer to total lockdown but not there yet and germanys a strategy appears to be to ramp up the strictest of measures in a controlled way as it seeks to limit the spread of the virus and keep the numbers of severe cases manageable for the countrys Health System. And when other European Countries there are also ongoing discussions about what measures to introduce and when some countries are focusing on the best ways to reach whats being called herd immunity a critical point in a pandemic when the number of people who have grown immune to the virus automatically limit its spread now for weeks the British Government for example voided implementing restrictions on Wider Society if the goal appeared to be to allow members of the community who are considered less vulnerable to be infected in orders to reach the Tipping Point of herd immunity sooner but after models show how badly u. K. Hospitals would be overwhelmed in such a scenario and the potentially hundreds of thousands of deaths it would cost priorities have shifted nonetheless british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson remains hesitant about curfews. A point that i think people. Understand about the timing of these measures youve got to impose it is these interventions in the spread of the epidemic the moment when they can have the maximum effect to go through with the activities is hope is pretty tall thats what weve been able to to impose. Could use some provisions on movement in soldiers if you wait until i ask until its the right moment to do it and thats always been how we being good its all right lets bring in our science correspondent Derek Williams for more on this hi derek so is now the right time for britain to be implementing these measures are they coming too late well i think that most experts would say Boris Johnson has gotten something very wrong here starting with the use of the word and to explain the thing as epidemics like when were seeing dont follow into question or hunches they follow certain statistical projections which is why were able to model that mathematically the big fallacy with this comment is that from a prevention point of view the time to impose curfews on lock downs is not when large numbers of people are getting the disease its before a large numbers of people began to get the disease thats the only way to slow it down because theres an incubation period new infections and deaths are going to continue to rise for at least 2. 00 to 3. 00 weeks even after strict social distancing measures have been imposed so well only see the consequences of what we do today in 2 to 3 weeks thats one of the lessons that weve learned from china and italy if you wait until numbers shoot up to react with measures then ultimately many more people are going to get the infection and its going to kill a lot more of their convention this concept of herd immunity can you tell us more about what exactly it means and what role that plays in slowing the spread of the virus. Well a herd immunity is when so many people in a population are immune to an infection that effectively stops the disease from spreading there are 2 different ways that a person acquires immunity that you catch the disease and you build up an immune response that prevents you from being infected by the same bug in the future where youre vaccinated which fools the body into responding like it caught the disease even though it didnt but to return immunity it doesnt matter which of those 2 ways people have developed an immune response whats important is that as the number of people who are immune to the bug rises in a population it begins to spread more slowly lets say that at the beginning of an outbreak when no one has an immune and infected person gives it to 2 other people but once 50 percent of the population has acquired immunity an infected person can only give it to one other person rather than 2 thats because the other one would have been they would have given it to is already protected because theyre immune so rising immunity and the herd in society as a whole puts the b