Researchers have been bracing to develop a vaccine for the virus but it may take longer than help. Also coming up some respite for civilians trapped in syrias it live province russia and turkey agree to a cease fire and tense calm has been reported in the region for almost a 1000000 people have been displaced as a result of fighting between government and rebel forces. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the chief of the World Health Organization has warned that many countries arent acting aggressively enough to contain the spread of the corona virus as global cases shoot up over 100000 doctor to prescribe a asis has warned that governments around the world need to bring all of their resources to bear in order to slow the spread of the pathogen now it comes as Health Officials around the globe are scrambling to build a Robust Public Health response and researchers are racing to develop a vaccine for the virus but how close are they to success heres more. The most effective way to prevent specific infections is to harness the bodys own immune system that scenes like those used to prevent flu are made from either a weakened version of a virus or pieces of its genetic code the vaccination puts the immune system on the alert it makes antibodies that help it respond quickly to the target virus if exposure occurs under ordinary circumstances it can take up to 5 years to develop a safe and effective vaccine but in a race against the Novel Coronavirus some labs have already begun testing candidates in animal models sounds promising does that mean well be seeing one in the next few months thats been implied. Were talking about a vaccine and theyre moving along very quickly all of the pharmaceutical companies are moving along very quickly but in Vaccine Development experts say quickly is relative if everything moves as quickly as possible the soonest that it could possibly be. A half to 2 years that still might be very optimistic in the meantime could antiviral drugs and at treating those who are already infected help the Development Curve for a new medicine is even steeper than for a vaccine that can easily take 10 years for a new pharmaceutical to gain Regulatory Approval and the industry claims it costs upwards of a 1000000000 euros around 9 out of 10 drug candidates never go into production they fail at some point during testing but theres also hope that some medicines that were originally developed to fight other diseases could be repurposed like a compound called rem disappear it was originally planned as a treatment for ebola and was tested when a major epidemic had west africa back in 2013 though it didnt prove very effective against that disease the company says it does affect corona viruses and hence could help covert 1000 patients disease experts say repurposed drugs originally developed to fight malaria or hiv also show promise Clinical Trials with all these compounds are ongoing. Lets talk about all those efforts with Derek Williams from get up the science issue with us here in studio hi derek we were already hearing about Vaccine Development when the outbreak 1st became really known in january and now were hearing that this could take at least another year before a vaccine is developed why the delay well i mean what originally the a lot of the groundwork was already done for looking into vaccines for coronaviruses due to the outbreak of sars and mers which are related coronaviruses so there was a fundamental sort of basis of knowledge there we werent starting from scratch were starting from 0 but the candidates could be could be put forward very quickly but a candidate is just that its a candidate it still has to drop to go through a lot of regulatory hoops before it can be declared both saved and at the keishas so the 1st the 1st hit that it has to go through is the animal testing and and you cant just test it in any animals because you need an animal thats going to react to the virus in the same way hopefully that a human would so to get results that are robust and so theyre searching right now for the right animals to test that thats in whats called the Preclinical Phase look later will come the phase where they begin to take a test in humans to see whether or not a vaccine could be is actually safe and then theyll Start Testing this if they can see this effectiveness but that you know that can it shows you a little bit and at the end of all of that process once you have something thats both safe and effective you still have to ramp up production on it so thats why its even talking about timelines of a year to 2 years its very ambitious what about other medicines existing medicines that are being called into question as a possible use here or possible treatment how can it be that a medicine that was developed to treat ebola could possibly be repurposed to treat cold in 1000 whats interesting here is the word were desperately seeking for treatments as quickly as possible and so one of the 1st stops that they that theyre going to take is theyre going to be looking at medications that have jumped through most of those. Regulatory hoops already or maybe all of them and theyre hoping to get to strike it lucky now now rim doesnt know which is this which is one of the leading candidates that theyre testing right now in china it didnt prove to be all that effective against ebola out in the field which was it was initially developed for but then they later discovered that it does show some activity against the both the stars and the mers virus now now the way that it does its effective in the sense that it seems to to hinder replication of the virus now but the replication of the virus is a very fundamental devolution ery information that tends to remain intact across species its kind of basic evolutionary information so they have high hopes that by affecting this activity in stores and mirrors that the quran the Novel Coronavirus that causes covered 1000 that it will do the same thing in that iris but the jurys still out ok so how are people who have been infected with of an idea how are they now being treated in the hospital when most of the people who are have have contracted serious cases of it they require hospitalization or they are elderly people who have what are called comorbidities they have conditions like diabetes or existing respiratory conditions already and and those are the people who are who are tending to end up in the hospital because there is no existing medication for treating them or none thats been approved yet theyre being treated in the same way that that they would be treated if they came down for example with a very serious case of the flu there its theyre focusing on fluid intake on pain relievers and theyre using you know in worst Case Scenarios than breathing apparatuses to help them to help them breathe but i think its really important to say we cant state often enough that 4 out of 5 of these cases to the best of our knowledge are mild enough that they dont require hospitalization and so people should be be not be worried as much about that and remember that that once theyve had it at least theoretically their immune system will have wiped it out and will also provide them with some kind of immunity at least theoretically for a while right Derek Williams from d. W. Science thank you so much. And lets take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world at least 27 people have been shot dead and Dozens Injured at a memorial gathering in the Afghan Capital kabul it is the 1st major attack in the capital since last weekend when the u. S. And the taliban signed an agreement aimed at ending the war in afghanistan the Group Calling itself the comics state has claimed responsibility for the attack. And disgraced hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been taken to new yorks Rikers Island jail his transfer to the new dettori as president comes 10 days after he was found guilty of rape and Sexual Assault once who complained of chest pains after the verdict and was 1st taken to the hospital. Human rights monitor says 15 people have been killed in clashes between Syrian Government forces and rebel fighters in southern italy this despite a tentative cease fire that went into effect at midnight now that cease fire is a result of talks between turkish president recha Tayyip Erdogan and his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin their meeting in moscow was aimed at diffusing the increasingly volatile situation in the region and avoiding a direct confrontation between turkey and russia. After 6 hours of talks and a one and putin stepped out in front of the cameras to announce a security corridor or joint patrols and the all important cease fire. The 2 leaders have looked 10 since the negotiations began the complex and long running conflict in syria has put turkey and russia on opposing sides but now they say they are committed to deescalation what. We hope this agreement will lay a foundation for the suspension of fighting in libya but. We hope to end the suffering of civilians there and to avoid a greater humanitarian crisis. Here in the windy city in. The northern syrian province of the last stronghold of antigovernment rebels. Its deadly airstrikes happening almost every day in recent months syrian troops have been fighting rebels with support from russia. But the rebels are backed by turkish soldiers the latest cease fire deal establishes a security corridor on each side of it live strategic east west m 4 highway join turkish and russian patrols will begin on march 15th. Speaking on Russian Television shortly after the deal was announced syrian president bashar assad played up his ties with moscow. Is by turkish aggression a common goal of russia remains to make turkey change its policy away from supporting terrorists and to bring our relations back to normal. A little more than. With thousands displaced by the fighting the International Community led by the e. U. Is focusing on alleviating whats already a humanitarian catastrophe an earlier cease fire deal for it live quickly fell apart as turkey and russia accused each other of not sticking to the agreement the world is now waiting to see whether its that pattern will repeat itself well you Foreign Ministers have been meeting in croatia to discuss the situation and it live and that agreement between russia and turkey and it obvious care is in zagreb following that ministers summit for us hikari good to see you what did the ministers have to say about this ceasefire agreement. Ministers here in zagreb welcomed the initiative they welcomed it in the sense that it is a Sustainable Initiative in this shift that will provide a ceasefire or a truce that will allow aid. Gets to the people who need it the Foreign Policy chief burrell today made clear here is what were looking at and that is 100. 00 trucks per day leaving from turkey into the mountainous region of syria delivering aid to over a 1000000 internally displaced people there and the e. U. s put a lot of money on the table but they do want to see that this money gets to the people who need it and so if the cease fire holds good news here in zagreb care what about the people who have been displaced now and are living in turkey i mean turkey wants the European Union to offer more political and Financial Support for hosting refugees what it ministers said about that what youre provide more support. Well the German Foreign minister eichel mahseer today made very clear that the e. U. And chirk have made a deal regarding refugees and that deal is currently violated by turkey whereas the e. U. Still intends to pay a full 1000000000 euros in Financial Aid to aid organizations in turkey to help the refugees and to help with the burden but it is turkey at the moment that has basically opened the border and it struck. A message here it took the Foreign Policy chief morale today to say to refugees type directly address refugees in turkey to tell them no the e. U. Border is not open so ministers who were very clear they do not want to be blackmailed and there will be no direct extra money on top of that 1000000000 euro that is already there to help aid organizations in turkey. All right. Reporting there for us from zagreb thank you very much for that update. Now the organizers of the tokyo 2020 a limp dicks have announced that all of the venues for this years games are ready 8 new venues were built for the summer olympics the Aquatics Center will host swimming and diving events and the National Stadium will host the Opening Ceremony on july 24th the coronavirus has raised questions about whether the games will be postponed or canceled but in recent days officials have insisted that the competition will take place as scheduled. All right coming up next to business africa with ben physical and hell be taking a look at how the corona Virus Outbreak has dealt a blow to south africas already struggling economy and dont forget you can always get the very latest on a website v. W. Dot com and also the latest headlines by following us on twitter our handle there at the w. News for all of us from berlin thank you for watching. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word the word from the. 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