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Corona-Virus: Out of Control?

March 12, 2020

COVID-19 is causing fear around the world. Thousands have already died. Entire countries are under lockdown. The outbreak could trigger a global recession. What can be done to combat the virus? Our guests: Wiebke Hollersen (Die Welt), Malte Lehming (Tagesspiegel), Ariane Reimers (ARD)

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DW Sendung To The Point TTPE Wiebke Hollersen
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Wiebke Hollersen, who’s written extensively on the Corona virus for the Berlin-based daily Die Welt. She says: “We don’t have to worry about controlling our fear right now - we have to worry about controlling the spread of this virus.”

 

DW Sendung To The Point TTPE Ariane Reimers
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Ariane Reimers, a correspondent for Germany‘s ARD network, where she’s a specialist on German domestic politics and China, a country she knows very well. And Ariane believes that: “First China needed help, now China is helping others.”

 

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Malte Lehming works for the daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel and he says: "After the 9/11 terror attacks and the 2008 financial crisis, this is the third major upheaval of this century."