19 special next on d w. And they will not succeed in dividing us sal not succeed in taking the people off the streets because were tired of this dictatorship. Taking the stand global news that matters. Made for mines. Some 200000 seafarers a stuck on ships because of the covert 9000 pandemic according to the International TransportWorkers Federation theyre not allowed to leave their vessels because of International Travel restrictions and its hard for replacement crews to come and relieve them. Thousands of sailors dont have access to health professional. Experts are warning the situation could become life threatening for many heart attacks and suicide have already been reported aboard some ships. Welcome to you covered nothing special and news i want to jones good to have you with us now the movement of goods around the world depends on them but now there are unable to move themselves on todays show were talking about what it means for seafarer us to be stranded aboard because of pandemic not knowing when they can return home our reporter visited a ship thats been allowed to dock in a northern port but its crew arent allowed any further. A few hours ago the golden empress morgue in the german port city of hamburg all up short a from the german Siemens Mission is coming on board today hes bringing a few things to the sailors who cant leave the ship the port of hamburg itself has been allowing shore leave again but the captain on this ship has decided against it and the crew is backing him up. Lol. But its ok for our Safety Research because. This pandemic will be maybe. Thats why we stay on board will not go d sure we work the way out so you know there were some places but because up. We cannot go outside. The ship will be docked there for 2 days unloading iron ore its a time when those on board have a better phone connection for calling home and Better Internet than on the high seas thats why the Siemens Mission is bringing the sailors german sim cards for their cell phones. Just sold a dozen of them and he has a sympathetic ear for the problems the sailors are facing. If the virus made its way on board then in the worst Case Scenario it would mean that the ship would have to stay in the harbor it wouldnt be allowed to leave and you couldnt even switch out crews because youd never find a new crew anyway. Before the coronavirus pandemic many sailors frequented the hamburg siemens club here they could make free phone calls or transfer money to their families but since the pandemic its mostly empty. Is the exception. His captain gave him permission to leave the ship for an hour so that he could wire his family some urgently needed money he wouldnt have left the ship for any other reason. We are. Now. Members of another crew have been given permission to leave their ship without any restrictions and come here for a few hours the rooms are well ventilated still they keep to themselves so that they can enjoy their free time without fear of catching the virus. After the money has been transferred to his family module voluntary quickly buys a few things at the Seamans Mission shop. They stop the items that sailors are always asking for souvenirs toothpaste and sweets and pork chunks which are pork flavored chips popular among the sailors. From the pope also called the ones that are allowed to come here rejoice like its christmas they come in with their beaming theyre so happy to come inside he enjoyed being here even if its only for an hour. If it werent for the Coronavirus Crisis or Siemens Mission in hamburg would be filled to capacity but these days sailors like mark shields and his colleagues just take the shuttle bus directly back to their ship. After this visit to hamburg they dont know where or when theyll be online and again. A few more im joined by my as she gets house and goods from the International TransportWorkers Federation good to have you with us our reporter to just show to the situation for seafarers here in germany is it the same elsewhere right even worse actually around the world because i mean most of the European Countries they have recognized the ferrous as key workers but thats why theyre exceptional if i look at the global perspective so for example if i look at the global seafaring market its around 400 c. 5 us what why that awaiting to leave the best of all why the join the vessel so its its quiet. Its quite a tight situation right and is there a difference in terms of working on a container ship. Line a few safe areas right now. Went away yeah thats thats the difference i mean so the duty. On the best they define away and its even different if i look at the perspective the seafarers have so far if im working on a cruise fest at the moment inclusiveness its made. From mostly laid up so its rather question of how can i get home but if im working on it contain a vested interest because its a question of when i can get home and when there was somebody and to substitute me because working on a container of us that i can only leave if there was somebody else that can join the vessel and thats we a problematic situation at the moment because s. And governments a closing the borders and flights close flights restrict it its rather complicated to be at the white spot at the white moment in order to facilitate the change right i mean keeping a sailor seafarers on board is also to protect them from eventually catching the virus when they go on land but what happens despite all the Safety Measures if. The virus actually gets on board. Well this depends very much on the Company Policy and the local requirements so for example ive been in contact with best stead of caught the virus in a german port and those vessels need to stay in port unless everybody got tested negative and then they could be other things that do you can i get to see photos of the vessel and substitute them by the sea famous but as i already mentioned and crew change is really a big issue at the moment its not easy to get to sea for us from the vessel so. Its a lot of problem its time to put the good. Yeah the good its really tough but the good thing is its the number. That have caught the virus a solo so its quite quite a good situation but there are there are other threats as weve also heard threats of getting heart attacks and so forth why is that. Well its its a tough situation at the moment i mean if you if you imagine being a seafarer working about the vessel i mean you live in kind of an 8 to 10 square metres cabin you see the same wall every day youre working on the same in the same environment seeing for example the engine room day in day out for 12 months in a row working every day 7 days a week so its really a tough situation that usually those seafarers i mean they they already joined a vessel and they know when there is already they have to return flight ticket and thats when they join the rest of so they know when they will see that family again but that is that is a real lockdown situation much worse than anything that weve experienced of course just briefly what could solve the dilemma for them we need governments to act we act not just holding speeches and pretending to do something so there are some countries that have changed their status that affected nazi fare as a ski wreckers and they are free and giving resists but its really a small number and we need more governments to act so to open the borders to and issue visas and not to close the borders all right well my actions if i was in the good from the International TransportWorkers Federation thank you so much for your time thank you. And now its time for more of your questions what to a science correspondent eric williams. For how many days are as symptomatic people contagious. This is one of the questions that medical professionals would love an answer to but its pretty complex and we havent even nailed down answers to to simpler related questions like like what percentage of people who get the disease can even be classified as as asymptomatic or or how infectious they are you might remember last month there was an uproar when a w. H. O. Official appeared to say that there were indications that asymptomatic people very rarely passed on the disease to others that was that was followed by a lot of backtracking but maybe it helps to look at what we do know one expert i read on this said that transmission from people with symptoms generally tails off completely within 8 days after the onset of those symptoms and and he thought it unlikely that an asymptomatic person would be infectious for longer than that that sounds plausible to me but it doesnt constitute proof. Of read many medical opinions on survival rates 99. 4 percent survival seems to be the most common Percentage Rate im seeing is that accurate. Leading this number with with real confidence is still impossible at the moment because there are still too many open they are bulls the statistic you mentioned probably originally comes from the w h os chief scientist who has said that the organization believes that whats called the infection fe tallit the rate or i f r is around point 6 percent. The i a 4 is the is the true proportion if you will of infected people who will die from catching a disease its not the proportion of people who tested positive and later died which is known as the as the case fatality rate thats of course much higher if the w. H. O. Is guess on the i. F. R. As an accurate though which is still a pretty big though less of one that it was a few months ago then it would mean that statistically around 6 out of every 1000 people who catch covert 19 will eventually die from that whether they tested positive before hand or not now that doesnt sound like much but but but point 6 percent of the worlds population is still close to 50000000. 00 people. And thats all for now for more just go to our website to d. W. Dot com and check out our coronavirus section now for me in the team thanks for watching. These assault rifles should not be using. German Arms Manufacturing Company cars sold them illegally to mexico. Bosses always seem to find ways to get around the german governments want to. Leave them less. Industry leaders in dog teams. Next d. W. Kickoff. Understand this season. But nobody ever dreamt to turn the way they did. Still so. Things never seem to change. Because one of our listeners a kickoff. Of 60 minutes on d w. 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