How coronavirus is changing the world | DW Documentary

a new strain of virus has brought the

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to its knees the virus they are working hard on looks like it will miraculously disappear in April I hope it is true some countries are managing to protect the public others are failing we are at war this is a serious take In a race against this deadly disease, political systems compete to demonstrate their superiority, they will win, China will win, sometimes we need to act even when we are not 100% certain. Is it so difficult that the pandemic has put political responsibility and personal tragedy in trouble? covid19 patient relief on first day this 62 year old woman has fever and trouble breathing textbook pneumonia symptoms will spend the next 39 days fighting for her life we ​​don't film her every day some scenes are reconstructions based on her medical records How does this virus affect our bodies and where did it come from?

Wuhan, in central China, has a population of more than 11 million. This is where the virus was first identified, but did this word originate? China's critics will later claim that the czar's cov2 strain was created in a laboratory in wuhan according to another theory it jumped from wild animals to humans at a wet market in wuhan whatever the origin in december 2019 the city's hospitals were struggling to contain an outbreak of unknown ideology at the end of December we received a signal that there was a cluster of unexplained pneumonia in Huhan and China we had no diagnosis, it could have been flu, so we activated our networks to verify the event in the first days , we all thought this was a local thing, it was linked to a single source and like most, Source of Outbreaks and will come to an end, but yeah, that might not be the case.

One of the first doctors to sound the alarm was Li Wen Yang on December 30. He warned his colleagues at local hospitals through a private chat group. An hour later, a member wrote. Lee responded that Lee's worst fears were confirmed when Wuhan authorities moved to silence him. He was questioned by the police and forced to sign a letter of reprimand and promise that he would stop spreading rumors. time was running out. Liu Peyen and his family and Wuhan were unaware of the extent of him Realizing the danger posed by the new virus, in early January he took his father for her annual medical checkup;

At the time, news, online media and video sites were reporting that there was no human-to-human transmission and that the outbreak was under control and its spread could be prevented. Today he believes his father contracted the virus during that routine checkup. On January 15, he had a fever, but throughout China everything was business as usual, preparations for the Lunar New Year celebrations were underway. Millions of people traveled across the country to visit family while Liu Pei Yen's father fought for his life. life he was transferred to a hospital where covid19 patients were isolated coming here gives me hellish memories he is saying goodbye to my mother through a video chat he is convinced that his father's death could have been avoided if the Wuhan authorities had warned earlier about the virus while the spread of covid 19 accelerated in wuhan the rest of the

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including germany focused on other issues only a handful of scientists understood the seriousness of the situation at the biotechnology company kirvak In Tübingen researchers were anxiously awaiting the first genome sequence of the new

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the talks began after the Christmas holidays we agreed to start as soon as the sequence was available it wouldn't hurt even if we changed our mind later we decided to start the same day and not waste time the international race of high risk to develop a vaccine against the new virus was underway researchers in Berlin were also getting to work one of the first diagnostic tests for kovid 19 was developed at the berlin charity hospital within a short time it was evident that scientists The worst fears were becoming reality again Foreign province Some 60 million people faced a travel ban and were soon effectively under house arrest.

The Liu family was completely unprepared for the lockdown. At first they had no idea how to make purchases, but then the State stepped in and appointed administrators for each housing complex to help the residents. We had a WeChat group where people could post if they needed something. I was making a great effort. Neighborhood committees were created to monitor entry and exit points and ensure that residents had regular supplies of food and tableware. a surveillance state which we knew before because the state is able to use the existing surveillance infrastructure to efficiently impose strict local lockdowns and close the one-party state was effective but also ensured that any decline was nullified covid19 patient on day three , 62 years old The patient's condition is deteriorating rapidly.

Her breathing is so labored that she requires intubation and artificial respiration. Her lungs are severely inflamed, but on the fifth day her condition begins to improve. Reply. Things are improving and encouraging. By January 31, about 12,000 cases of the new

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. Almost all had been recorded in China, but the first cases outside the country were now also being recorded in mid-January. Governments were told to publish their pandemic plans and be prepared. A crisis was developing. Several countries took it seriously. Because they had previous experience, one of the first countries to launch a rapid response to the coronavirus was Taiwan.

Lin Maeshun was responsible for containing the spread in her neighborhood. Some of his new responsibilities include checking on people sheltering in their homes and giving them rides. He provides them with food and reading material. It is a social service provided by Taipei City, but it also implements social control. Did you check your temperature today? Mr. Mao has just returned from the United States. He has to be quarantined for two weeks. He receives financial assistance while he stays. At home I can't leave the disappointment because if I took out this cell phone then the CDC will win all the police now even when the garbage is taken care of a municipal garbage collector specifically comes to collect the garbage from the houses of people in quarantine it is separated from other waste and cremated shen shenzhen was health minister during the 2003 sars outbreak that claimed 73 lives in taiwan.

I think we have been preparing for the sukkot v19 pandemic for 17 years after the sus outbreak, we encountered this in the fruit h5n1 avm and then that is a pandemic flu h1n1, so all this health administration, as well as the Taiwan's CDC, they have practiced how to control the pandemic several times, which included stockpiling face masks, unlike many Western countries, Taiwan increased its production of surgical masks that each person could wear. buy two every seven days taiwan never imposed a strict lockdown like muhan's the small island showed the rest of the world that it was possible to contain the virus at the end of august only seven people had died from kovid 19 in taiwan years of Preparation and tracing extensive contacts had served the authorities well.

Meanwhile, the West remained oblivious to the imminent threat or were simply indifferent. In nine months we are going to take back the House of Representatives, we are going to occupy the Senate and we are going to keep the white house in Berlin the international film festival and the stars of wealth started France also had to prohibit mass gatherings the church open-door christian a french evangelical mega church a five-day demonstration held here became ground zero of the epidemic in france there There hasn't been a service here for weeks. Pastor Samuel Peter Schmidt is devastated. It breaks my heart to see the church so empty.

Yes, it's especially hard because I know how much fun it usually is. More than two thousand faithful attended the prayer meeting in mid-February. The annual meeting is a highlight on the church calendar for five days as the community sings, prays and dances together. Looking back, Lombiano would say that the environment was completely normal in the rest of the world, everything was still fine at that time, the problem was restricted to Asians. countries to china a false sense of security that proved disastrous for everyone on the second day of the meeting president emmanuel macron visited the city of merouse and gave a speech on islamic separatism just a few hundred meters from the church to which he passed a hour shaking hands members of the public no one was wearing masks no one was practicing social distancing it was mid-february large gatherings were still nothing unusual manhattan in ireland mass gatherings should have been banned everywhere much easier aspects of society that occur Of course they should have been questioned, but no one wanted to make a decision that would have made them politically unpopular.

The pastor's son Jonathan Peter is a member of the church and a doctor. He remembers that on February 21, the French Ministry of Health issued a statement about covid19. On the last day of our demonstration, the ministry wrote that there are 12 confirmed cases of Kovit 19 in French territory, there is no active transmission chain in France. Jean Attol had already started to feel bad during the event, but the ministry's statement calmed his greatest fears. I read the email and I thought okay everything is fine, I can't have the virus, but there was a big discrepancy between what we thought, in reality I had already contracted the virus, but at this point there was no way to be sure of anything when Jonathan learned of the first confirmed case of covid19. in the community was eager to get tested himself, to do so he had to drive 120 kilometers to a testing center in the city of Strasbourg.

France's coronavirus testing capabilities were completely unprepared for the attack, allowing the virus to spread undetected and therefore undetected. as soon as possible is the only way to break the chain of transmission because we now know that this virus is very transmissible at the beginning of the disease, not so much at the end but from the first day, this is where people are France, more contagious, it took in realizing how far the outbreak had progressed. The religious gathering in Munlus contributed to a country-wide infection. Thousands of attendees were believed to have transmitted the virus in February. China was flattening the curve.

In March, the number of new infections in Europe exceeded. those in china a ranking of countries by corona-related deaths per million made europe the new epicenter of the pandemic this was a regrettable example of how economic interest can take priority over public health concerns we assume that between 40 and 50 percent of infections in Germany may be If the Austrian authorities had intervened earlier, things could have been very different in Germany and in Austria, at the end of the winter holidays, in mid-March, it became clear that the virus had reached Germany, despite warning signs, the country was not fully recovered. prepared on 7 march marin johnsecourt traveled to switzerland with his family and some friends lockdown measures had not yet been introduced the country was considered low risk but all seven contracted a new virus they had no idea how they could have contracted it we had not attended no big party, we had never experienced anything like this before we all felt sick, we all had the same horrible symptoms and we all had an equally bad time, she had us very worried, her husband and daughter were the first to show symptoms.

On the trip home, once they arrived, Marin and her husband's conditions quickly deteriorated. She couldn't get any medicine. We were isolated. We were in bad shape. I felt so abandoned. I wondered what would happen if I died. I didn't know. how sick I was I hadn't even seen a doctor in the end I realized the only option was to call emergency services. I talked to my sister because my parents were very sick and together we decided to call the emergency number. That's right, they transferred Marun. to intensive care had pneumonia caused by the coronavirus health authorities and hospitals in Germany were preparing for the disaster suddenly there was growing public concern about the potential impact of a covid19 outbreak recommending countries stockpile personal protective equipment to be prepared for a pandemic, however, there were shortages in Germany, the authorities relied on international supply chains, it was assumed that if they suffered a shortage somewhere, they could order it from China and receive it in two days, but the supply chain was interrupted while politicians and scientists argued about the usefulness of masks loneliness in the earthquake and an atom abroad the use of masks in shops and on public transport became mandatory at the endApril, after the pandemic peaked in Germany, then more than 6,000 people had already died Covid19 patient, day nine after initial signs of recovery, his condition has deteriorated dramatically, he has severe difficulty breathing and the doctors have no experience in addressing this new disease, the candidate is a failure, we do not know his clinical progression, it is like a marathon and we are probably only about 22 kilometers from day 12 the doctors are surprised to detect a bacterial superbug the patient has administered a high dose of antibiotics okay, okay, the virus was attacking his organs when his liver starts to fail, it becomes clear how unpredictable this new virus is it may be that germany could afford to give a financial boost not only to the companies but also to the health system hospitals prepared for the epidemic by allocating thousands of beds in intensive care for patients with covid19 the fact that Germany invests a substantial amount of its resources in medical care seemed to be We do not need each other, we must not forget that before During the coronavirus crisis, Germany was often criticized for having too many hospitals, too many intensive care units.

Before the crisis, this was considered a flaw in the system, but it has now been proven to be a strength, an advantage that allowed us to take appropriate measures in a further effort to contain the spread of the virus. The government also increased testing capacity. Germany did not want to make the same mistakes as France or Italy, there is always an element of luck. Clearly, I think we were lucky that the crisis hit Italy. The first Italian served as a warning to the general public. We were also lucky with the group of steam distillers because it taught us a lot about the virus who has a PhD in quantum chemistry.

The German government followed the advice of experts when it set out to tackle the epidemic since the epicenter of the crisis had moved to the United States New York City began digging mass graves for its countless victims the White House too I consulted with experts, but unlike Germany, their advice was not always followed by President Trump, I support Trump and then I see the disinfectant which removes it in a minute and a minute and is there any way we can do something like that by injection inside? I feel about vaccines the same way I feel about testing, this is going to go away without a vaccine, it's going to go away and we won't see it again, anyone who needs a test gets a test, we, they, are there , they have the evidence. and the tests are beautiful, anyone who needs a test gets one donald trump didn't keep his promise new york city lacked testing kits when they needed them most the city's health commissioner was increasingly desperate we had been begging out loud getting tested our jurisdiction um and what happened was you know things happen and the unfortunate story is the test kits that we got in New York City didn't work.

Anthony Almohera is a paramedic with the New York City Fire Department. The team has been drastically reduced. As a result of cuts in public spending, hospitals were also feeling the pressure, there were nurses using garbage bags, we're supposed to be America, right, we love going around telling other people what to do, we like to say, Look at us, this is society, right? It's the pinnacle of civilization, we use garbage bags as personal protective equipment, that's shameful, that's a shame, those people who got sick in those hospitals, those nurses and doctors, that's a direct result of the management of that hospital. , the management of the city and the management of this government in general.

The United States, a world power, completely mismanaged its response to the pandemic until today, still failing to control the spread. Before long, angry Americans were taken to the streets to vent their fury and protests against the blockade. The United States does not have a short-term work plan like Unemployment in Germany and without a uniform healthcare system has skyrocketed during the coronavirus pandemic in the US. Economic conditions played a bigger role than in Europe, this it is mainly because the US is not a welfare state, it lacks a social security system that is in place more or less throughout europe using superior rapid peeling technology phoenix arizona early july coronavirus testing facilities they open in two hours testing is free funded not by the state but by donations neil mack has been waiting in line since one in the morning my last day of work was march 31st so i haven't worked since then and i don't have no insurance, so this is one of three places you can go without insurance.

Many people do not have health insurance. The unemployment rate nearly tripled in April. Most here have Covid19 symptoms and it is free. testing is the only way they can know if they have the virus mid july 25 percent of tests in arizona came back positive it's surprising how many people actually need to get tested you know i think we closed the last one and opened before, I think possibly and I think that was a big problem and I was seeing people on my next app complaining about wearing masks or wanting to go to bars and having their rights taken away and I thought that was beyond ridiculous, afraid of the cost Arizona's economy. was slow to respond to the pandemic and then lifted restrictions too soon as a result, case numbers have skyrocketed.

The United States may be one of the richest nations in the world, but few countries have been so severely affected by the covid19 pandemic as a patient on the 15th. You try to apply everything you know about medicine, but even then you are surprised by events. The patient has developed new symptoms. a life-threatening clot in the lung. a pulmonary embolism. anticoagulants do not help. Your circulation is collapsing. The doctors alert the family. By now, doctors have learned that this is a typical development: the virus attacks not only the lungs but also the blood vessels. On day 22, the patient undergoes a life-saving emergency tracheostomy.

Poorer countries have been defeated by the pandemic, such as Nigeria, at night during the lockdown. Lagos streets are dangerous residents have created a citizen militia attacks are becoming more common overwhelmed by the challenges of the pandemic the state cannot intervene we went from trying normal public health interventions to turning into strikes going very aggressive with the closures of the country and I quickly realized that this would be impossible to really apply in our context. Officially, Nigerians are supposed to stay home for 36 days. Mass gatherings are cancelled. Muruf Abdul Salam, 36, lost his job due to the lockdown.

He has no savings. He is a sound engineer and has his own little studio of his. The events provided most of his income now that they were cancelled. He has lost his livelihood. I know that staying at home with social distancing is the best solution to address the karana, but the government should give us something to eat. even if it is weekly or monthly so that we can all survive this pandemic he and his wife live with their four children in a small apartment we have been asking for food and help from our neighbors and close relatives, this is how we have been able to survive the public has received little support during lockdown the government has a limited food distribution plan which has caused stampedes as people rush to collect the scarce supplies offered in Nigeria lockdown measures have failed to contain the spread of the disaster I think it is very important to have take into account how people live and say: "okay", what would be the best measure to reduce transmission and then solve it that way and not just copy and paste what has been done in other countries.

The ideal solution, of course, is a vaccine that is widely available. patient with covid19 on day 27 after tracheostomy the patient's condition improved today the nurses managed to help her sit in a chair. She is awake and can respond to questions by nodding or shaking her head. In recent weeks, her condition had fluctuated dramatically, but she now appears to be stabilizing. doctors considered transferring her out of intensive care we have yet to fully understand this small new virus researchers are skeptical if it really only spread from wuhan to europe in january albert schweitzer hospital in kolma france michel schmidt head of radiology has examined hundreds of covid19 patients and I made an interesting discovery after what happened in March, in April it occurred to me to review our records from the summer of 2019 to see if there was anything unusual.

A long x-ray taken on November 16 showed typical signs of a covid19 infection. What is especially notable is this opaque area found another suspicious case on November 12 but in December we thought it was an unusual flu the patient had a high temperature pneumonia due to pulmonary embolism but it didn't add up then he gave the patients a blood test antibodies All were positive. The findings of the French radiologists are related to studies carried out in other countries. A number of indications suggest that the virus was already spreading around the world in late fall 2019. What we know is when the virus was initially detected and in and maybe this virus came from somewhere else or from China or from somewhere else and we don't really know if the first time this virus emerged was in this market in the world at this stage, it seems unlikely that many scientists believe in the virus.

It was transmitted from animals to humans in southern China or neighboring countries long before it was detected in Wuhan, but the outbreak in Wuhan marked the start of an international race to find a vaccine. only a vaccine can stop the pandemic. the curavac company in tubingen is struggling for work a vaccine is being produced here in this tank the research is top secret the company started production in april in the hope of getting an advantage it was a high risk move but mariola 14 blitzchek is confident that made the right decision when it approved the development of a vaccine in January is essential.

Everyone hopes that a large number of vaccines will soon be available. The company is pinning its hopes on this substance. Could it be the miracle solution the world is waiting for? About 30 vaccines are currently being tested in humans. Now Kyravac's vaccine will prove effective and safe in trials, which means it's loose. Any vaccine that ends up on the market will need to be widely available. Covet 19. When as many people as possible around the world are vaccinated, we will not achieve much with vaccination. programs that are merely local or national but inevitably most governments put the interests of their own people first countries that can afford it can order supplies of the vaccine the race to develop a vaccine has become a race for political power this is This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered.

We have repeatedly mentioned that China is leading the world in the development of vaccines for covid 19. The pandemic has become a political battlefield in which Leading nations compete for power, but when it comes to managing the pandemic Beijing is miles ahead of Washington China is no longer in crisis, but plays the role of savior by sending PPE and deploying doctors around the world. Let us make concerted efforts to protect the lives and health of people in all US countries where the virus rages. about embarrassing the white house administration while ravaging the public as trump continues to blame china for his domestic crisis his "america first" slogan has never rung so hollow china's coverup of the wuhan virus allowed the disease to spread spread throughout the world china has complete control over the world health organization, today we will end our relationship with the world health organization, the United States is losing its global superpower status and China is eager to take on the leadership role which he played for a long time in geopolitics.

The Chinese model will surely gain popularity. In the wake of this crisis, given the efficiency with which China was able to limit the number of deaths and minimize the economy after the patient's 35th day, today we are allowed to film, incredible, yesterday I thought she was improving, I thought we could transfer it. soon the 62 year old patient has acute kidney and liver failure the doctors do not understand they still do not know what to expect you think you are close to the goal when someone on day 38 the x-rays show that their abdominal vessels are inflamed the doctors have never seen anything like this their organs are failing and there is nothing they can do the patient appears to be losing the fight on day 39 at 10:02 the patient is declared dead organ failuremassive global pandemic has been causing turmoil around the world for just over eight months in Taiwan, the government continues to manage the situation well, there have only been five hundred infections in Germany so far, infections are rising once again, like many others .

Maran yonzekowat is still suffering from the long-term effects of covid19. She still has some difficulty breathing and hasn't fully recovered her sense of taste when I see how carefree young people are, I want to shake them and say, guys, you have no idea how much you could suffer if you get this disease in early August. Nigeria extended the deadline. second phase of national lockdown in four weeks country has avoided the worst experts wonder if this is because its population is relatively young in china after speaking to us liu pei yen was pressured by police and banned from giving more interviews according to beijing the economy saw modest growth in the second quarter of 2020 the US economy continues to falter in November the country goes to the polls Trump's response to the pandemic could affect the electoral coven 19 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives Worldwide more than 20 million are infected the virus is clearly not under control and the outlook is far from encouraging