Im sorry some has gone its good to have you with us the tokyo lympics in july will be delayed by about a year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of discussion and pressure from athletes across the globe. The Tokyo Olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. I suggested to the i. O. C. President thomas back that the games be perspire and for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that voice but its a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations. Canada had already announced it would not be sending competitors if the games took place. We have agreed with the i. O. C. That we will stay in close contact to make sure that the olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to take place eventually then we can send a message that humanity has overcome coronavirus for the future to feel that. This is the 1st time the Olympic Games have been postponed and its a mammoth logistical task contracts need to be renegotiated tickets for sold out venues transferred all returned and post game sales of apartments in the Olympic Village will have to be put on hold. No new date has been set for the Tokyo Olympics. All right we have press harrington from the new sports with us hi chris thanks for joining us i mean this decision really was expected it was just a matter of time wasnt it yes it was what was a decision that was supposed to take 4 weeks 48 hours later we get the news of the postponement and you know it makes sense because youre asset the athletes not appropriate training grounds a lot of teams were boycotting you know canada came out saying they would not send the australia is well even usa track and field sunday hinted that they would send a team and olympics without the United States you know the record gold Medal Winners of the olympics i dont think would be the same olympics and i think it makes sense the president thomas pretty much you know made it simple and clear after his phone conversation with the Prime Minister saying this is about saving lives you know sports that the most important thing right now preserving human life is and you know obviously could argue a little late but better late than never as it was obviously japan will be disappointed what about athletes how theyve been reacting and do you think these games can still be a success well you know it terms of the scheduling so next year there are a few other International Competitions that were scheduled to take place such as the swimming aquatic championship that will be postponed thats no longer going to be 2021 so it was another track and field event that was scheduled next summer you know so that opens up a window and opens up spectators to be attracted to this main event thats very important as far as the athletes a lot of them were heartbroken but they completely understand the decision ill just share this one from a british double double olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee just basically said evidently a hard decision very tough for the i. O. C. The stakeholders and others but in my opinion the right one and i think everyone is pretty much in full agreement one thing they did not discuss who will pay for the cost of the lane the olympics and thats going to be a huge question mark and you know we have time remains to be seen who will fit foot that bill but youre talking about billions its to risk here all right Chris Harrington from davies for thank you very much ok for. All right here are some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has announced a nationwide lockdown beginning at midnight some 1300000000 people will be barred from leaving their homes for 21 days here in germany 95 percent of people say they support the governments ban on gatherings of more than 2 people thats according to a new poll meanwhile some 6000000 protective masks that were destined for germany have gone missing at an airport in kenya a german firm have produced the masks and its unclear why they were in kenya to begin with and the World Health Organization is warning about a big acceleration a case numbers in the u. S. It says that the u. S. Could become the new epicenter of the Global Pandemic britains Prime Minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight the corona virus Boris Johnson told the british people that the government was shutting down nonessential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people his government has faced criticism for its perceived failure to act quickly to halt the spread of the virus. Just another day on the London Underground except the u. K. Is supposed to be in lockdown. Jam packed carriages on the chub despite the government telling all nonessential businesses to close. We will immediately clews all shops selling nonessential goods including Clothing Electronics stores and other premises including libraries playgrounds gyms and places of worship. All gatherings of more than 2 people in public. Above ground confusion about who the new rules apply to. Construction work continues at this site. The corona Virus Outbreak has overstretched Britains Health service the n. H. S. So the army has come to the battle front delivering personal protective equipment to hospitals after medical staff complained of a shortage. Health officials are warning of an imminent spike in the number of critically ill people Boris Johnsons critics say he missed a window to bring in a lock down earlier and keep the number of hospital admissions down for now the streets have mostly emptied out and just like in many other countries this will be the new normal. In spain the government is expected to extend the state of emergency by 2 weeks the number of new coronavirus cases jumped by some 6600 overnight with more than 500 reported to have dined pictures taken out a hospital in madrid show patients lying on attended in the hallway the spanish capital has been particularly affected with nearly 10000 cases an ice rink inside a Shopping Mall in madrid has been turned into a makeshift morgue and soldiers helping to fight the virus have made shocking discoveries at Nursing Homes where elderly residents have been found abandoned some dead in their beds prosecutors have launched an investigation. While official figures from italy offer a glimmer of hope that lockdown measures introduced 2 weeks ago have slowed the spread of the virus the registered death toll has dropped for a 2nd consecutive day as has the number of new confirmed infections the crisis has pushed northern italys Health System to the breaking point Critical Care units filled to capacity unions in the worst affected region lombardy are demanding even tougher shut down measures to protect Health Workers many factories are still operating in the region though the government says they are essential for the economy. And for more on the story we can speak to pierre paulo see larry in rome hes the Deputy Health minister in the Italian Government mr said larry thank you for joining us here on i want to ask you about this report that italy is now seeing a drop in daily deaths and infections for the 2nd day in a row do you think that the worst could be over. I dont know if they were use or were not that is it degrees of the number of infection and this is the due to decisional it were made between the 8 and in the eye of marsh and in the after with a lockdown of the then tired of these means that probably we would see a decrease over the next few days i believe that probably those 2 days yesterday he did it before yesterday and probably today we will see this drop and old flee would be ladies for the next few days but there when hes going to end this very difficult to predict right now probably we need that then 15 more days to you know to be sure that everything is ok so there is some progress but you have to wait and see how things develop at the same time on your skin about some news that we saw today coming out of barack im aware mayor told the press there that actually the death toll in that region could be Something Like 4 times higher than the original figure because there are a lot of people who have died outside of the hospital without being tested so is that true i mean what can you tell us about that. I believe that. It was in the very dim our air is due mainly to the fact that hes a very very active in loose your audio with a lot of mormons from the other eagles a long journey and its all part of their own but where it was the beginning go out and theyre probably does very high number of these reflects the i number of infection that really we didnt detect because swab we were not far from where everyone saw. The number of flame fed to the people that they dont know to get infection even because we know that 80 percent of the infection are without any any seam time so probably the number are even iraq was expected mr scenario weve been looking at some pictures of hospitals what is the situation like right now for Health Care Workers who say that they have been overwhelmed by this crisis. There right. You can i mean you can see that a lumber the seats in the was distressed but responded very well now you need to increase of the i. C. U. Bed by 60 percent so we pass from 5000 vets to more than 8 hours and we are giving their son now and technology to fight these these war games to go and i mean i guess this is a larry what is your advice to other countries also hearing in europe from your experience there in italy 2 things should be should be done the 1st these are the lockdown i mean you you need to avoid people to go around so you need to close would ever you get close basically because if you see at all there is not the scenery to pass the virus to somebody yes and the other thing sees increase. Obviously the number of bad for i. C. U. And this is ward and. Increase the number of doctors and increase the. I. C. U. Bed say i. B. S. The most important thing they either think is their idea that people who. Have seen dont they should be admitted they may also be lollies they are superior or less senior but even if they have. You know. They should be controlled in the territory you know doctors this is a very. Very bad disease because you you you are ok for a few days you have just fear and then some cough and then suddenly you yumi. You know and this is pneumonia you may die if you out whats your power of severity of the Deputy Health minister need government thank you so much for joining us here and have you thank you thank you. Lets get a quick check on the markets so wall street stocks have risen at the start of trading on the expectation that more help for for the u. S. Economy is on the way the dow jones began the day up 6 percent a skunk or severe is close to approving a package worth almost 2 trillion dollars now the rises on wall Street Follow significant gains on asian markets they were in part reacting to the federal reserves commitment to make on limited bond purchases to protect the u. S. Economy japans nikkei closed 7 percent higher and south koreas index was up 8 percent european stocks have also recovered some lost ground with germanys dax up around 7 percent. Right youre watching news dont forget we have extensive coverage of the Coronavirus Crisis on our website get a dot com and with so many people having to stay at home during the pandemic keeping active can be a problem social media has a remedy for that with the hash tag stay at home challenge trending around the world here are some reporter showing that keeping fit can just as easily be done at home. The m. M m. M m m m. M m. M m m m m m m m. M m m m m m. M m m m m m m m m m. M m. M m m m m m. M combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour daily corona updated. With 19 special next on d w. This is due to abuse covert 900 special from berlin the corona virus has forced millions of people into quarantine and isolation that means millions of people are working from home some for the 1st time we take a look at how people cope with working from home and we ask an expert how the crisis might change how we work for good. Im seeing you so much going to thank you for joining us people all over the world are working from home that includes many of my colleagues here at the w. Our reporter sent us a report from her apartment in berlin where she set up her temporary office and she has some tips on how to make it work. 6 now i. Ever got half the surprise in the office right now there are. Actually from her. Room and no it was easier to take a shall i put some actual close up. All of this. Great time. This may sound super off here but i havent gotten my Microsoft Teams to work in entire. Life from my mistakes make sure everything was cool you have to think. I know its super tempting but its a separate clean quiet workspace away from the distractions. Are now its easy for me to say because i dont have kids my only distraction is my favorite t. V. Isnt even good on the fridge and the laundry and the dishes and the books. You get my point. Yes that means you might have to look presentable but talking face to face isnt the best way to see only the long. And happy hours can be gradual to. Sleep while youre usually commuting cocoa self and yummy like. Miley blackout things really you think well we. Just hope that your top for those of us who are privileged enough to go on money and discipline the thinking of our her we should make them. Lets speak now to norbert to crow now hes a researcher from the university of potsdam studying how people work from home number thank you for joining us 1st of all what do you think of those tips you know dont work from bad stay in touch on Video Conference you have anything to add there. Yeah this is not only an advantage but it might also be acquired to use does a lot to see cause all travel times on all go on and immediately be replaced by another you know conference not to talk of rest and to not call this all the word density is thats why science on it is much higher and to do a good office work where you have to walk from one meeting room to a not knowing where you can walk to the contemporary art or have a brick. Wall to cool all the coffee machine thats all no longer possible all right so you also do for yourself you might have more time a clock then youre saying i mean looking at the fact that millions of people are now in their home offices essentially what if you found i mean how does this change the way we work are we more productive are we less productive at home. Well in some cases it depends in some cases we on was productive because now we cant exactly see what the other colleague was talking about because we have 0 on slights Crystal Clear all because you know its Crystal Clear on the screen not 8 metres away and got going through and thats an advantage on the other hand so what we are focusing on in our research is that creative and knowledge intensive process is in it isnt isness they need the new ness of people that cant work in the same man are online and in digital of meeting rooms and therefore we are missing something so we do it today we had with my research us virtual lunch break everybody said in front of his camera and eat something and try something i just love the same if you cannot achieve the Knowledge Transfer between video screens you need the near miss off persons and right in some all the noise intense processes we have 75 percent of most runs throughout i socialise ation by personal meeting between persons and not you know what all of this is all for how do you think this will fundamentally change the way that we work will more people stay with working from home permanently i dont think so i think some tasks can be done remotely and some other tasks will need a personal meeting and it will be resumed in full when we are able to travel again i think that wont change a lot all right nor have only pointed to this and are. Ok well have to leave it there in our back row now from the university of potsdam thank you so much for joining us. And we will be following this story closely at g. W. Our social Media Editors will be reporting weekly and we want to know how you are coping with working from home were all new to this mind boggling situation despite this is an old influenza we. Unchartered territory all life as we know it is changing. But were all in this together in this new series we want to find out 7 how to handle on new lives in times of the corona pandemic thankfully with the help of a leading expert it seems like its been a very popular study how do we stay mentally and physically healthy how do we have no family and all partner without driving into a completely insane. Just up how to deal with cabin fever. How are you dealing with being cooped up let me know leave a comment and i would love to profit from your experiences for our upcoming episode. Well we asked you to send us some of your questions on the kobe 1000 pandemic and many of you did get in touch our science correspondent Dirk Williams has some answers take a look. Why did you come from. The person of our knowledge the 1st cases of covert 19 appeared in the chinese city who hahn back in december of 2019 they were closely associated with a wildlife market they are now coronaviruses can jump from animals to humans and we think that thats what happened here at the sars virus that the same back in 2000 here in 2003 it was traced back to bats the civets sold in wildlife markets we dont yet know what animals might have acted as intermediaries here but we have seen very similar coronaviruses and bats and we think that they are the ultimate reservoir in the wild. How does it spread. That 19 is a pretty infectious respiratory disease that spread by droplets of saliva or discharge from the nurse someone when they cough or sneeze thats why its important to stay at least a metre away and preferably farther from anyone whos coughing or sneezing it doesnt stay airborne for very long we dont think but it can remain infectious after landing on surfaces which is why you also need to Pay Attention to how often you wash your hands and you should try not to touch your face as much as possible. How do i know if i neglected. We only way to know for sure if you have copd at 19 is to take a test because many of the symptoms are similar to those people experience when they have other respiratory ailments like the flu in covert 19 the primary symptoms that people have reported are fever dry cough and fatigue and then to a lesser extent things like congestion a sore throat or diarrhea some people who catch the disease dont have any symptoms at all there is. Symptomatic around 4 in 5 people who get it will recover from the disease without any special treatment or having to go to the hospital. What can i do if im in fact it. Because this virus is and novel one in humans no one has any immunity the 1st time they catch it even if someone doesnt show any symptoms they still grow in fact it and can in fact others we dont yet have any specific vaccines to prevent covert 19 and we dont have any medications to treat it so at this point if you are infected theres no way to interrupt the course of the disease the best thing to do if youre infected is a talk with your local medical authorities and follow their advice if you arent in a High Risk Group for the disease the chances are very good you will return to full health within a couple of weeks. If i thought it was can i touch it again in the future. Because this is a new virus where you still dont know much about how the immune system well reacts to subsequent infections with copd at 19. Doctors assume that catching it will give you some kind of immunity but a big question is exactly how long that immunity well last hour immunity levels to related coronaviruses like some that cause common colds are not permanent and we dont really know why the question of immunity is a question that really only time will answer. A news team that the austrian public broadcaster o. R. F. Will go into voluntary isolation to bring that to prevent any of them from becoming infected now theyll be isolated on site in vienna theyve all tested negative for the virus and no one will be allowed in the door will be guarded and food will be delivered these 180 employees will guarantee that new Services Continue to run an interrupted a war f. Is not the only Austrian Company to seal off key chains of staff last week around 50 healthy employees from the main Energy Company were isolated within certain power stations to make sure that the Electricity Supply would not be affected. 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