new infections are on the rise in europe
despite the partial lockdowns imposed in
many countries
france's prime minister jean-claudex
says the number of coronavirus cases in
hospitals
is now higher than it was last spring
with a new
patient admitted every 30 seconds
hospitals are also under strain in italy
europe's ground
zero in the pandemic this time it's not
just the rich north
that's affected the second wave is also
stretching resources
in naples and the poorest south
coronavirus patients wait for hours
outside the emergency ward
at the cotunio clinic to get treatment
relatives have brought them here in
their own cars
we've looked all over naples for
ventilators and haven't found anything
at all
hospital staff treat them as outpatients
the area around the gulf of naples is
seeing a huge second surge in
coronavirus cases
after lombardi campagna is the second
hardest hit region in italy
antonio cardarelli hospital is the
biggest health center in the south of
the country
dr giuseppe vissoni works in the
emergency ward
a year ago things were already tense
here even before the onset of the
pandemic
after his shift the doctor emerges his
state reflects that of italy's health
system
he's exhausted
the system is right at its limit we're
using all possible resources
in order to treat patients but now it's
coming down to a question of pure math
on the weekend these images from naples
seafront promenade
outraged italians across the country but
the national government still designates
the campania region as level yellow
not red critics say the region's crisis
department
cooked the figures to avoid a lockdown
when they registered icu
occupancy last week at 27 percent
the president of the italian doctors
association is worried
he wants all of italy to be designated a
red zone
the government is trying to serve
various interests namely
economic as well as healthcare of course
the economy is important we understand
that
but if the curve continues to rise
italy's healthcare system will simply
not be able to handle it
doctors and nurses are honored in these
figures by craftsman genaro de virgilio
his store is on the popular shopping
street a via san gregorio armeno
now empty dinardo is worried about the
future
both for his health and his business in
the city of naples
at the foot of the famous volcano mount
vesuvius
and here in germany there have been a
record number of new cases with nearly
24 000 infections
registered in the last 24 hours half of
all hospitals are reported to be
stretched to capacity
germany was able to boost its number of
intensive care beds during the first
wave but as we report trained nurses are
increasingly
in short supply inna sheller is an
intensive care nurse
she finished her specialist training at
the end of october
now she's caring for a coronavirus
patient in intensive care
at dusseldorf's university hospital
we've moved him around so that he lies
in different positions and doesn't get
bed sores
my colleagues will take some blood for a
blood gas analysis
which will tell us how to adjust the
ventilator
things that the 30 year old nurse cannot
yet do alone
having passed the state exam and
completed three years of training
for two years she assisted on the ward
with supervision
then after two more training years she
became a specialist nurse for intensive
care and anesthesia
that's all about ventilation what to
consider when ventilating which settings
are there
and also types of surgery in more detail
you also get a deeper insight into
anesthesia the sequence of operations
the job is medically technically and
personally challenging
that's why nurses cannot simply start
working in icu
after their basic training louisa
janssen
is 25 and just completed her first year
of specialist training
eight months of it during the pandemic
together with a colleague she cares for
a seriously ill coronavirus patient
after one more year she will be able to
do this on her own
there are patients who should have
one-on-one care and of course we try to
provide it
but sometimes it doesn't work out
because we don't have enough staff
that even though the job pays well after
training
german nurses earn an average of 3 500
euros per month
before tax and those doing shift work in
icu receive additional bonuses
but high stress levels big
responsibilities
weekend shifts and a lack of recognition
are all deterrents
sure raising the wage could be an
incentive for staying in the job
and so the coronavirus pandemic may even
bring about
change
the issue wasn't addressed the last few
years many people don't know what nurses
have to deal with on a daily basis
especially intensive care nurses and why
not just anyone can
do it luisa janssen wants to finish her
specialist training despite and because
of covet 19.
these nurses know the coming weeks will
be tough but say
they will somehow manage
let's take a look now at some of the
other developments in the pandemic
delhi is reporting 104 coronavirus
deaths in the past
24 hours that's a record high for the
indian capital
many hospitals say they've run out of
intensive care beds
south korea has begun fining people for
not wearing masks in public places
israel has signed a deal with drug maker
pfizer and
bion tech to receive 8 million doses of
its coronavirus vaccine
next year and new zealand has reopened
downtown auckland
after tracing a new coronavirus case to
a known cluster
well here in germany not everyone agrees
with the measures being taken to curb
the spread of coronavirus
but a new poll suggests most germans
actually support the government's policy
it shows that although 26 of germans
think the measures go
too far 54 percent of people in the
country think
they're appropriate and 18 percent
even say their measures do not go far
enough earlier we spoke to reinhardt
schlinkert he's the managing director of
infra test dmap
which conducted that poll he told us
what impact coronavirus policy is having
on the german government's approval
ratings
the cdu the christian democratic party
america's party
goes up and up up she has an approval
rate now of
three-quarters of the population the
government has
a proven rate of two-thirds of the
population
something we never have seen in the last
30 years
and the approval rate for the measures
for the corona measures
are in principle quite high but the
allows
the lowest appreciation rates we have
that's for the closure of
restaurants only half of the population
agree to that and half of the
population only agree to the fact that
it's no longer allowed that if you're a
tourist that you can spend a night
or some nights in a hotel that's not so
positively received
but overall we have an acceptance rate
of
nearly 80 percent in germany