President donald trump has arrived at middle Military Hospital after testing positive for coated 19 the marine one helicopter brought the president from the white house to the Walter Reed Medical Center in maryland Officials Say the transfer was a cautionary measure and trump was expected to remain at the hospital for several several days earlier his physician said he was receiving an experimental drug treatment white house has said trump is experiencing mild symptoms including a favor and fatigue but is continuing his president ial duties. Washington washington correspondent stephanie months has more for us stefan the president walked by himself to the helicopter and walked off in maryland has the white house shade any more information that supports what these images have shown us. The men of think they have a should be the twitter feeds of the president came back to life and the president himself tweeted and of course this was a retreated by many many of his administration a short video saying that let me quote i think im doing well very well but were going to make sure that things work out thats what he said in this little tiny video 15 seconds long after announcing that hes going to make his way to Walter Reed Medical Center. In a suit and without a mask as you have pointed out on his way to the helicopter to marine one on the south lawn he did wear a mask in a suit this is of course an important messaging effort by the white house and by the president to assure the American People that everything is ok that he is still in charge be not as sick as maybe the media is making him out to be and for that reason you have seen the president walking to marine one and then of course off marine one. To the walter d Reed Medical Center where he is now at the president ial suite or at the president ial office also called that way but again hes now in says the white house the best hands possible medically speaking for the night and for the next few days. In one effort and one effort only to make sure hes healthy and b. That there will be no transfer of power necessary to the Vice President by the president dont try to shift and what are you hearing about the form of treatment that mr trump is expecting to receive at that maryland hospital. I have no information about what kind of treatment he will receive there in detail or at least we dont have them yet we do expect at the latest on saturday then that a team of doctors will probably come out and hold a press conference or some kind of event to inform the public to inform the press of how they treat the president how hes doing how hes progressing. For the better all the worse so this is going to be expected however what we do know is though that the president had suffered from fertik he had a fever all day and that he was given an experimental drug regen not regular on an antibiotic which is not approved by the f. D. A. For any therapy however the president got it and this is the effort to boost the president s immune system as is 74 years old d and a. Heavy weight obese and with that a risk group stiffened simones in washington many thanks well President Trump has long been dismissive of the corona virus and the precautions his own experts have recommended he is how he has reacted to the greatest Public Health challenge indicates. From initial optimism in february looks like by april you know in theory when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away hope thats true to a number up to about face in march ringback. Today i am officially declaring a National Emergency u. S. President donald trump is going to extremes in his Public Attitude toward the coronavirus hes always saw a Silver Lining even as the death toll skyrocketed america will begin and shouldnt be open for business. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself were not going to let the cure be worse than the problem in the start seeing some related the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful. Very very painful 2 weeks that trump soon turned a medical problem into a political issue forcing the public to choose between him and the experts when government scientists recommended Wearing Masks he scoffed at the idea is over with one myself its a recommendation they recommended. But i dont see it for myself i just i just maybe ill change my mind he didnt change his mind but as the pandemic refused to go away miraculously he mused in public about rather unorthodox treatments supposing we hit somebody with a tremendous whether its ultraviolet or just very powerful light when i said supposing you brought the light inside the body you can which you can do either through the skin or. In some other way right and then i see the disinfectant it knocks it out in a minute. By june as testing ramped up along with case numbers he seemed exasperated if you dont test you dont have any cases that we stepped us that right now would have very few cases if any. And he started marking the virus making racist jokes and blaming the pandemic on chinas. Its a disease without question has more names that any disease and should i i can name. Comes lou i can do i 90 different versions of this he says with the election looming he doubled down on mocking masks even during the president ial debate i dont have i dont wear masks like him every time you see me go to misc he could be speaking 200 feet away from him he shows up with the biggest mask ive ever seen that attitude held up until the last minute at this rally in minnesota on wednesday trump threw souvenirs barehanded into a packed audience where few wore masks it remains to be seen how seriously trumps diehard supporters will now take the virus that has put their hero into quarantine and well. Lets get the scientific perspective on this associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the university of opening welcome what was your reaction when you heard about the president s diagnosis well. Ill admit i was shocked but i wasnt surprised as you just played a montage of the president has disregarded the advice of his own Public Health agencies and experts particular on mass wearing and so its not terribly surprised that you might become infected given how frequently how busy a schedule is or how much of the public interacts with eli were talking about a medically based 74 year old whos in a stressful job what does this disease do to people who fit this physical and situational profile. Well yes i mean this since the early days theres been mounting evidence that both weights and age. Particular being over 6570 are really both risk factors for developing severe outcomes severe kovan 1000 disease and ultimately you know requiring hospitalization or and we know that levels of mortality are higher as well for people in those groups so there are risk factors 1st or obviously we need to see what will happen in the coming days. Hes been on the Campaign Trial tracing the president s contacts over the last few days hes going to be a big job how far do they need to go back into that fall well thats a great question so i think you know for better or worse the president is one of the most watched people in the world and i think you know in order to attend his Events People have to go through security register and so forth so i think developing a lists and following up with people will be a possible task its going to be cement doable and i think we know there are there are lots of contacts racers and states and counties that can provide assistance to that so i think its a possible task but it will obviously i will go back some some days and requires contacting reaching out to quite a large number of people but i think its a doable task. What is the trouble diagnosis teach us and teach the American People if anything about how best to deal with coded nonteaching thats a great question i think theres theres several pieces here obviously its. It tells its a very telling and important example in less than in the value of it here into science based protocols for limiting transmission maintaining met distances Wearing Masks are important. Sorry yes. No you may also think its really a yes or they also think its an example really of the bigger problem facing United States right now President Trump and disregarding his experts like over 19. And trying to downplay of severity of the virus right is. A real implications of our country as a whole and so i hope an outcome of this episode that the president from will will learn from his personal experiences and use the time in office to take more aggressive endemic response in this country realize its not going away that we really need a coordinated national response. Thank you so much thank you ok lets turn now to some of the other stories making news media says it is ready to discuss a cease fire in the separatist region of new going to which has been the scene of heavy fighting between armenian and Azerbaijani Forces many a military official said that as a bush on carried out strikes on the regions capital step on kept on friday dozens of been killed in the recent flare up in fighting. A stray that is to allow new zealand as into the country without having to quarantine for the 1st time since both nice close the borders in monch of arrivals from new zealand will be allowed one tin free in free into 2 straight in states provided they havent come from a coded 19 hot spot. Storm alex has left over 100000 people without electricity in brittany france the storm has now made landfall in the u. K. To residents there are bracing for heavy rain this weekend they have already been a number of Power Outages along the english coast. In afghanistan in 1000 year old teenager has made it her mission to climb mountains its a sport not normally associated with women in the country who will break the face significant hurdles in they die the lives but that is of no consequence to fatima. Fasten muscle turning loose used to scaling new heights as a team shes already climbed no shack peak afghanistans highest mountain soltani says its one of the hardest climbs in the world shes the youngest woman ever to reach the mountain spectacular summit. That went on on its own with my main goal is to show the world that afghan women are strong and can do the most challenging work that men do. That are women from Foreign Countries come here to conquer the high peaks of the mountains of afghanistan i thought why cant the afghan women also conquer these peaks. The hindu kush Mountain Range was a popular climbing destination in the past but nowadays the ongoing war in afghanistan makes doing sport here dangerous as especially true for women with soltani well aware of the current Political Climate in the country. When i got into sports i knew that i would face some problems in the future. For example one of the issues is that the taliban may feel that sports for women of. The to raise the afghan flag im ready to face any challenges. Without them. Whats next for the afghan pioneer soltani is setting her sights even higher shes preparing for the worlds highest peak mount everest. Just on for a little bit of sports news for you now and in football when young berliners hosted minds to kick off that states 3 and Germanys Bundesliga and in front of 5000 fans the hum side didnt disappoint when you won custody for neil victory of a months when youngs Nucor Max Kruse open the scoring in the 1st half with this beautiful header this match was the 1st stop for the former Germany International this season and the 1st goal for the 32 year old was well after the break when young netted a 3 more. Jol pani and paulo scored the 4th from inside the box hoping giving you know that in their 1st victory this season. And a reminder of top story they sell us president dont trump has been flown to a Military Hospital after testing positive for coverage 19 white house officials said he is suffering mild symptoms and will spend several days at the Walter Reed Medical Center in maryland as a precautionary measure. Drop today and you can stay that way by visiting our web site t w dot com and downloading the app as well you can also follow us on instagram and twitter as well but at the news im Anthony Howard please stay tuned for data but the news africa. Im david and this is Climate Change. Happiness book. This is the book for you. To get smarter birth free. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and run with. Just 3 of the topics covered and. Sure its called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our talk out so you can get it wherever you go your pod cast can also finance and. Science. This is due to the news that that coming up on the program its back to school in zimbabwe but theres a variable missing from the equation some teachers havent reported for duty there on strike demanding pay or lost in education official how they plan to brady learn it was to write it sam teaches. The congolese man whos literally taking. Him into his own hands. To see wonder its have your company off to 6 months shut schools all slowly opening up again in some way but not without controversy leading teaching unions have called on their members to strike theyre angry that the government is refusing to raise salaries the standoff as if students worried about the impact on their exam results ill be talking to an official in the Education Ministry after this report. A fresh start after a 6 month School Closure at the Queen Elizabeth school for girls in harare Morning Assembly takes place like normal these times are anything but there is disinfectant on arrival and students have their temperatures taken before they can open a book the classrooms are missing one thing the teachers theyve gone on strike over wages and hygiene concerns teachers have lost. Their ranking in terms of fossil search its its actually an insult to be a teacher. With us and thing of government is one has to address the problems so that we dont have people who are coming under 2 percent every day to school yet their physical absence. Develops into these schools the strike has hampered their return to school this week is phasing in slowly starting with students who are about to graduate. Or like this class those who are busy studying for upcoming exams. Trying our best who are caught we need doing all the things we can do these and our only left with us to write and to murder is the hope of yet its oh too much although some students have had virtual classes most have had no true cheering for months the teachers strike is a threat to their futures it is something that is really hard to start school after 6 months go to school and this will mean i see it as a disadvantage because some of the teachers are now the incoming for lessons i dont know why just through come to decisions made sure that youre right some sheets in terms of region since the unions meanwhile insist that wages of around 40. 00 to 50. 00 per month are too low especially given the risks teachers taken returning to work for 2 years. In a city of government is the best lets engage in the sure that we are. Some educators are back in the classroom though not all well unions and governments do battle it is the young people who are left in the middle. Weve invited zimbabwes feminine secretary of the ministry of primary and secondary education secretary to nice and having to joins me from harare welcome to news africa secretariats have been at School Children in zimbabwe lost about half a year after learning why are you insisting on children taking crucial exams when they have not completed the syllabus. Yes currently they have not completed which is where we have to face to face lessons but during the time when they were not having face to face lets listen what is during the lockdown we had other strategies alternative strategist where we were helping our lynas to continue working on their work on the says. Lets read your lessons as well is fear of the cult more jewels that we give into this remote industry. Who also do a combination and instead but do the provisions that you are referring to cover all children do they have a for example children with disabilities children who are hard of hearing children who cannot see do they have of the poor who often dont have access to resources that they need for and im doing. It is not easy to cover everybody or little ones so what we will do is we get back to 1st of all do in our system and of we as we go back to school and there is weve discovered the gaps with plans tailor made for individual groups of children or even the individual to try and make sure that we can have with them so as we go back there will be a lot of mediation a lot of kids have a lot of strategies to compliment the face to face ok inside the groups you are talking about the most marginalised years we will look after you have another challenge secretary and that is teachers are not in the classrooms they say they simply cant afford to show up to work how are you going to complete the syllabus without the teachers. The issues around to survive being resolved whilst there is. A very quickly as soon as they come back we have no issue there. What indian children. Ive been speaking to a member of the union and i know youre confident teachers will be returning but thats not the impression that i caught because of where the negotiations are they express that its really difficult under salary they to be able to afford to carry out they were another condition they are theyre raising is the issue of whether enough provisions have been made in terms of the pandemic secretary has your government made the necessary provisions for teachers who are effectively become front line workers when they