Working on a new Smartphone App that will warn people if theyve been close to someone who has tested positive for focus 19. And living in self isolation is one thing but life on lockdown with kids one of whom is a preschooler well thats Something Else altogether. Alex Forrest Whiting reports from the confines of our home here in berlin and. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has told americans to brace for a tough week ahead numbers of corona virus infections and deaths are spiraling all Public Health officials struggle to equip hospitals with what they need the president seems to have largely stopped downplaying the scale and the danger while u. S. Citizens are now adapting to the precautions needed to limit the spread of the virus. Reality bites refrigerated trucks outside to manhattan hospital to store bodies because the morgue is full under the gaze of the empire state building. On the street signs that people realize its serious new york now where mosques and gloves and public. Soldiers are deployed to help extraordinary times and even aid from unusual places. A look better expression you go to war with what you have not what you need right now were not at the apex so were still in the stage where we have the luxury if you will of gathering as much as we can so the 1000 ventilators and was from china and the 140 from oregon and were still shopping. The rest of the United States is watching new orleans has opened a medical support facility in a Convention Center to ease the strain on local hospitals itll take patients too sick to be a home who dont need intensive care. Right now as is being accurately reported in new orleans that we can always direction thats the biggest hot spot thats where were most likely to achieve our capacity to deliver health care soonest and so thats where were working. The pandemic is not only spreading fear its also awakening gratitude for those risking their health to others. Oh if its really nice. Give us hope. Lets get you an update now of some other coronavirus developments around the world. More than 1200000 people have been infected with the virus worldwide thats almost twice as many as just a week ago 65000 people have died the u. K. Reports a record death toll 708 people died from cove and 19 on saturday Queen Elizabeth is urging her citizens to exercise self discipline in this challenging time meanwhile singapore has seen a sharp rise in new infections in only 24 hours 120 new covert cases have been confirmed bets the city states biggest daily surge so far. Germany is the latest country to be developing a Smartphone App they can track peoples movements and warn them if theyve been close to someone whos tested positive for covert 19 but in a country with straight to Data Protection laws one big concern for developers is that the app does not infringe on users data privacy if germans embrace the new app authorities here hope it will help them contain the spread of the virus. Our mobile phones could become an important weapon in the fight against the corona virus and germany could see the benefits very soon so for developers are working on tracking ups which would enable a loosening of restrictions on Movement Without compromising data privacy the op registers of their smartphones with the op installed on contract people who are in the vicinity of the user for a particular amount of time if the up user tests positive for corona all the people they had contact with can be notified and warned the hope is that possible cases of infection can be isolated more quickly according to calculations however it only works if 60 percent of the population uses the up. Leg of that as long as its free and it doesnt come from above i think its completely ok but low everyone has a smartphone by now which they use to look up everything with an app that bed registers your location around the clock thats why it makes sense its what they did in china the Data Protection laws are far stricter in europe than they are in china however which is why using the past to be voluntary and anonymous its not programmed to log the users location only the distance between them journalist is monitoring the Ops Development im. In china and whats all is so crucial in this that the information is only saved on my telephone at 1st its not uploaded anywhere not stored at a Central Location somewhere this way if i were to test positive i could then decide to share the information voluntarily and the corona could be launched in germany this month just under half of all germans have signaled a willingness to install it one of them being angle americal herself. Well with the coronavirus keeping millions of people around the world indoors many are struggling to ward off boredom and also to keep a positive attitude well at young kids to the mix and youve got a situation thats challenging even for the most patient of parents alex Forrest Whiting is one of them and she gave us this inside look at her new normal from the confines of her berlin apartment. Welcome to our home which is now also the home of the home school and home kindergarten. This is my husband nick working it was supposed to be a bedroom. This is charlie whos almost 10 and he usually found slugging it out at the Kitchen Table with his mountain of homework and this is 3 year old cecilia known as c. C. Who is the one member of the family thriving in this new reality. We live in an apartment in berlin right next to a rather Beautiful Church but we dont have access to a garden even a so at times things can feel a little bit claustrophobic. Arts is so. True for the. Object ball this is. So easy to go over everyone has to help out around the flaps. Well i say help no. But there are also some fun things about having to stay home. Every morning c. C. Can meet kindergarten friends and teachers online because become go outside much we try to do some exercise inside each day. Weve even done a reenactment of the fairy tale little Red Ridinghood well it does help having a designer as a husband even if you did make me play the grandmother. Look im not going to pretend that this is what he is and what we are trying to do is to appreciate what we do have which is other. And that report was by our very own alex for as whiting and she joins me now from of course from home good to see you alex so it does seem like your family is dealing with homeschooling just about as well as can be expected but i know also from my own experience its not easy its hard enough to keep up with Online Learning but i also think about the kids who dont have help from their parents or even access to technology at home how is this all working. Yeah youre completely right and lets face it most kids around well now are getting some kind of Online Learning set in my son its like a he has some but chill lessons and you can look at countries like france which you set up a digital platform which allows kids to access their own personal learning similar in japan but of course there are many many children who dont have access to this type of technology and its wiring who can eyes ations for example be. The organization for Economic Cooperation and development and they are saying that this could end up widening the social and educational divides in the future which again then will be left up to schools and teachers to trying to fix it when they the kids eventually go back to school well is the reality then can we expect to see children set back if this lockdown continues for a longer period of time and by all accounts it might be something that all of us need to prepare for. Yeah and that there is a divide over that question because there are those who say absolutely kids are going to be set for example some countries like the United Kingdom have already canceled all the big examinations the kids and you were teenagers this coming summer so thats been very worrying for some of them but others are saying look no kids will be fine they will adapt to their environment and if not they were catch up with whats going on when that back at school that other life lessons as well that kids can be learning such as amount to help out around the house if they have a gun and theyre lucky enough to have a garden they can play outside maybe they can learn to get on with their own siblings that will be something nice here and if theres one positive that we can take more base that are some now love school he cannot wait to go back and that is something that we are all looking forward to all right alex Forrest Whiting so great to get a slice of your new normal it from your home thank you so much and hang in there. Lets get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour. Authorities in southeastern france have officially opened a terrorism inquiry following a knife attack the suspect is accused of killing 2 people and wounding 5 others on saturday he was arrested shortly after the attack evidence found in his home points towards a religious motives. An explosion in a coal mine near the colombian capital bogota has killed 11 miners and interest for more because of the blast is being investigated the accident comes just a day after another deadly incident at a mine in the countrys northeast. Professional footballers in countries such as germany italy and spain have all agreed to pay cuts to alleviate some of the financial hardships caused by the coronavirus well now Englands Premier League wants its athletes to play ball and agreed to a 30 percent reduction in pay but the Players Union is pushing back saying that would reduce tax revenue for the National Health service the stage is set for what could be a damaging public spat. The average income for footballers in the premier league is well over 3000000. 00 euros per year some clubs in englands top flight like new castle united have already cut wages of nonplaying staff liverpool have furloughed nonplaying staff with full pay but they have come under fire for requesting the governments cover 80 percent of the outlay while one premier League Manager has already taken a pay cut its a small part that we can do but i think the important. Things of move forward. The right decision to do what weve done meanwhile premier league clubs continue to pay full wages to their stars but Britains Health minister advised the league to make some changes earlier in the week the 1st thing that a premier League Football is can do is make a contribution take a pay cut and play that part now the league is asking players to take a 30 percent pay cut tottenhams danny rose agrees players should give up a portion of their wages but he didnt appreciate where the pressure came from saying it was not needed for people who are not involved in football to tell footballers what they should do with their money i found that so bizarre now the v. Areas clubs play representatives the f. A. A. And the premier league itself must meet to discuss the proposed Wage Reduction for players. In the United States the National Basketball association the n. B. A. Has announced its hall of fame class for 2020 and the list is headlined by the late kobe bryant the superstar player who retired from basketball in 2016 made the cut for the hall of fame in his 1st year of eligibility he won 5 n. B. A. Championships with the Los Angeles Lakers he died in a Helicopter Crash in late january of this year. And thats the latest from d. W. News this hour for me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for the company. Whats the secret behind this classic