Experimental vaccine. And with the virus in china that largely under control people are starting to go back to work we look at some of the and the usual techniques theyre using to make sure the disease does not fare up again. Thats good news for some streaming platform to fix add 16000000 new subscribers desperate for entertainment youre in the world wide topped out just to. Go. Hello im christine will welcome to the program the u. N. Will food program is sounding the alarm over Food Shortages caused by kovac 19 the head of the w a p David Beasley says more than 800000000 people already dont have enough to eat and the pandemic could push an additional 130000000 people to the brink of starvation by the end of the get he says the crisis could take on the vehicle proportions if the world fails to act. Ah families in south sudan trying to ward off their latest invasion no chris saw threatening to destroy what crops they have left in a country where hunger response to davey knife after years of civil war the majority of south sudanese are already in a state of food crisis now things look set to get even worse last year we had to feed 5000000 people due to fighting and flooding already in 2020 weve had locust invasions and now there is a code 19 pandemic which we predict could almost double the people in the queue hunger by the end of 2020 across the world and those numbers are shocking were also told the rate of hunger pandemic and it gets rule 130000000 people. Could be pushed to the breaking storage by the end of 2020 thats a total of 265000000. 00 people. Government lockdowns are taking their toll in brazil its estimated that up to 40000000 informal workers have been dragged into extreme poverty handouts here in Rio De Janeiro are keeping people fed. Others are doing whatever they can to survive. That might be defeated me honestly its very difficult with selling food in order to survive my daughter annoying me were out of work and were doing this selling food and then i can see. Organizations like the Uns World Food Program are pleading for more funds but with so many countries now battling for economic survival plus a lack of Global Leadership the fear is that a humanitarian catastrophe could be closer than ever. Im now joined by the World Food Programs the tina lucia she is the organizations chief spokeswoman here in germany hello to you. Countries across africa and the middle east are of particular concern which communities in these regions are you worried about most. I think fast we have to think about the men women and children who are really the most vulnerable in the world who are in refugee camps who have fled war whos for who have lost children on the way to the refugee camps who are sitting in refugee camps very crowded together how can you do social distancing in a war zone in a refugee camp where people are so close together so those are the ones that we are most concerned about those are 13000000 people and what the number one thing what we have to do is we have to make sure that we can reach those people you know what were having is we having the regular hunger problem which is already bigger than ever before and now on top of that weve got to corona virus crisis so its really brewing to become a perfect storm. With that many humanitarian issues are being that here today as the ball deals with this pandemic what would your message be to to governments one of the world and to donors to. Oh we cant neglect it we have to push forward we need to have support now our people our 18000. 00 staff are ready to go we need some 350000000. 00 now to fight to start this whole or just to go operation we will help of some 120 countries help them to get nurses Doctors Medical supplies and vast ventilators field field hospitals but this has to happen this week it has to happen now we cannot wait but on top of that we of course need to do our regular work we cannot leave some 137000000 people alone we have to help them there is no way that we can leave them behind because it would be a humanitarian and hunger pandemic. But it is it at all possible that some governments really are just cash strapped and cannot afford to to look after hungry people because of the current crop of a situation. Well i think you know we have big donors germanys are numbered to donor the United States they are all standing by as i think here their countries are realizing its not something that is far away corona has changed all of us that we are in this together that virus its the invisible it is going around the world you can no longer say like in some other humanitarian crisis all those folks over there we dont have to worry about them and we see the solidarity and we request to solve it there and see if we need people in africa or in the middle east alone to deal with this virus and do not help them to survive it cope with the same the virus is going to come back to hit us again in a 2nd wave so to avoid multiple famines the World Food Program needs the money so that we can continue to feed people who really are totally lost without. A teen a new ship from their will while World Food Program shes chief spokesperson here in berlin thank you thank you as world wide coven 1000 cases search past 2 and a half 1000000 the global race to develop a vaccine is gaining fresh urgency today the german drug firm by ontic one approval to begin the countrys 1st human Clinical Trials of a possible vaccine there are currently dozens of potential candidates in development in europe china and the u. S. But Health Officials say it will be months before a treatment is available. A country scrambling to deal with a coronavirus pandemic this Convention Center in Northern England has been turned into a makeshift hospital the transformation took less than 3 weeks the u. K. Is racing to increase Hospital Capacity to cope with an ever increasing caseload the British Government has been heavily criticized for failing to prepare for the outbreak its now hoping to beat the virus by investing heavily in vaccines being developed at universities in oxford and london trials on humans are set to begin on thursday in the long run the best way to defeat corona virus is through a vaccine after all this is a new disease. This is uncertain science but im certain that we will throw everything weve got at developing a vaccine the potential vaccine is based on research into previous viruses when this new virus emerged there was already working on here in oxford the most coronavirus and actually was being trialled humans and so what happened was the genetic code for the new corona virus was discovered in january of this year and it was possible to go back to that genetic code make these new vaccines very rapidly but even if the human trials prove successful they offer no quick fix similar tests are already being conducted in the United States researchers there say its likely to take more than a year before a vaccine is widely available. Jamies Health Minister a year spawn welcomed the news but he also said people would need to be patient as it would take a long time before any vaccine is ready to use and go into the market says michael just think its a good sign that here in germany weve reached a point in terms of Vaccine Development that we can actually start with the 1st tests but at the same time its important to note that it will still take months for a vaccine to pass old unnecessary tests and it can be made available on a big scale thinking so if youre going to stay in. And i am now joined by mohammed when he is a viral interest at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom welcome to our program when you know you are you there. They have dogs a good doctor been there at surf ermey in germany has been given approval to test a vaccine can you just guide our expectations a little bit chester how soon we would know if we can actually be administered it. Yes the whole manufacturing the vaccine. Development. Taking it to the human. Defense stops the last 3 steps are really the human trials these are the trials of the vaccine that has developed into the board 3 is the one that is administered into the human to see if it is a factor if it is having any side effect or is there any other complication at work brain game so in most of the words. Those are here at this stage that the 1st Clinical Trials are d being conducted or about to start the point. From here on board that has a minimum time of 8 to 12 months so in the best Case Scenario the vaccine that would become available it would be at the end of this year and this time duration is needed to ensure that the vaccine that is deployed is safe and efficacious and it were known to any harm into the public before it is were put into the market. It doesnt let us in on what challenges our Research Teams facing as they try to create a vaccine for coronavirus. Generally speaking for other viruses it is that matter of the years for example for ebola it took more than 89 years before a new vaccine became available with the corona virus the plus thing has been that it seems we have seen numerous and sourced from the virus as before we have gathered so much information that has really expedited the whole process of developing a vaccine for call the 19 so as it stands now there is no any challenge in terms of Vaccine Development but there are few things that are coming up well be interesting in deceptively 19 the hasnt been observed in previous call of viruses was the extent of the immunity in the people who are recovered as fully as we are seeing now people who are recovering have recovered they are being reinfected and if that is the case that were pose a challenge on to the efficacy of the vaccine in the data required all that we need to have a minister of the vaccines into the human to see if that can protect against so overall progress d is pretty good moving on to be fostered on a on president a level we havent seen such a loss meant in the Vaccine Development and im saving his free we have seen now what you say that there is small competition and then there is cooperation in the global race to develop a vaccine. Well certainly there is a completion on going between Different Countries to take the lead into the development of the vaccine and to deploy in the field but ive since iowa to work on to the vaccine our emphasis should not be on to the competition because our competition is not all that the disease but the virus so d an effort of global effort consolidated effort to certainly required to collate all those expertise from different corners of the world so that we can make the best candidate vaccine become available in the shortest possible dying and also to ensure that those vaccines are affective and can be deployed in the order they dont and it is diminishing right that struck some hammad when youre fairly just talking to us from lancaster in the United Kingdom thank you but now we have a look at other coronavirus news the number of coronavirus states in europe has now passed the 110000 mark the worst hit continent currently has more than 1200000 confirmed cases spain which has europe 2nd highest death toll off to italy has reported an uptick in fatalities for a 2nd day south africa plans to deploy more than 70000. 00 additional troops to enforce that Strict Lockdown thats in place until at least the end of the month and the u. S. State of missouri has filed a lawsuit against china saying beijing try to cover up the danger posed by the virus. And watching the news coming up. Roaming free columbias lockdown gives the countrys diverse wildlife a chance to brain closer to the Capital One Group is introducing people to their new neighbors. China is battling a new outbreak of the corona virus in its northeast local infections in the city off have been closed to the border with russia went up to 52 yesterday with most new cases coming from abroad but elsewhere the virus appears to be under control from beijing to the epicenter of han people going back to work but as we report life looks different to how it was before and fears of a 2nd wave remain. High up in a beijing office tower work at Robotics Firm cloud mines is resuming but employees 1st have to pass a series of checks their clothes and shoes are disinfected and their temperatures are measured facial recognition ensures that only current employees can enter these controls are the firms own in addition its abiding by regulations issued by beijing City Government so that its 300 employees can return to work as long as we can keep one meter so she distances and 2. 5 square metres of space for every stop this office is open for everyone so no contact less all eyes to 1st choice this is number one priority in the face to face this 2nd that this s. Change our way of life. For staff there are fewer meetings but for the robots theres plenty to do. This dancing robot has been sent to a clinic in lieu hunt to get patients moving again. Other types are used to transport food and medicine to wards treating active cases. Still others clean and disinfect. In the epicenter of the corona outbreak production is also starting again and workers at this honda factory are adjusting to a new normal after 11 weeks of closure. Apple supplier foxconn is putting its 800000 employees back to work across china. Its corporate t. V. Channel explains the new Safety Measures twice daily temperature readings everyone in masks and the cafeteria people behind dividers they scanned a q. R. Code so the Company Knows who ate here and at what time total surveillance is the new normal but some observers are skeptical about the long term prospects. See pretty close to normal Economic Activity and started to happen but we do anticipate a 2nd wave of virus attack in the 4th quarter and if that happens then its pretty much the 1st quarter all over again the Economic Activity will be halted back in beijing cloud mines is hoping for an end to the corn t. Rules so their sights in china and the u. S. Can resume normal cooperation we hope every day there will be a little progress on the free flow of people in the free flow of products or lodges sticks and this will definitely help the business to be back to normal we do hope the government will look into this issue and how all the business to be able to flow of course under safe environment but the business has to grow. Chinas recovery may have begun but it still has a long way to go. Now heres a look at other stories making headlines around the World International oil prices are falling to the lowest level since 1909 deepening fears of a Global Economic downturn brant crude dropped off the same stimulus 17. 00 a barrel islam followers to offer while to stay as an oil trading history as supply continues to outpace demand. Iran says it has successfully launched the countrys 1st ever military satellites the revolutionary guards say the satellite left at all from the central desert region and reached an all bit more than 400 kilometers above the earth the reported launch follows months of failed attempts and comes amid tensions with the United States. U. S. President donald trump says he will sign an executive order when state halting new immigration the ban will last for 60 days and will bar entry for those seeking green cards for permanent residents say the move would help protect u. S. Workers from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Now most businesses are in deep trouble cheering the ongoing going coronavirus pandemic but not all netflix has added 16000000 subscribers of the last few weeks that small and double expectations. Have there to a boom time for Online Streaming Services as people remain confined to their homes. Not every day the zookeeper prison for murder for our. Netflix or smash hit series target king has been watched in over 60000000. 00 households since it was released in march or since the start of the year more people have signed into netflix for the 1st time than it any other period in its streaming history coronavirus lockdowns have seen paid subscribers to its content climb to more than 190000000. Are certain. It is growing. As the order of peoples lives. And be able to escape. Just joyous. Whether streaming platforms are also sharing in the spoils brought by a housebound Entertainment Market disney plus has only been going for 6 months but its already passed the 50000000. 00 subscriber mark years ahead of schedule. But netflix has warned its shareholders not to get too carried away. Since. March. You know us and. The rest of. Our guests. To 3. 00 to 4. 00 prior years ready because. They use a numbers history ms will continue to soar as long as lockdown stay in place and movie theaters remain empty. Ok. Business desk is here with me now says steve this is not surprising is that you know in some ways that is sort of surprising given that the numbers that theres 116000000 subscribers in 3 months thats definitely surprising and given that there are more streaming services these days it can be seen as surprising that netflix still pulled out such a massive increase but no its ultimately not surprising and we both know why netflix has been very well positioned for this more than other streamers and also if you just look at the lock downs in the way theyre taking place across the globe there has been an increase in Media Consumption in pretty much every country thats been locked down so when theres no sporting events to also take a few hours away and then you have streaming services that are well built out you have the recipe for what were seeing happen here and whats interesting is enough like netflix also says is well positioned for the year ahead most of the shooting is done so they can wrap up a lot of those programs and continue to show them and then it doesnt have to worry about putting them in movie theaters ok so how have these into same Companies Generally adapting to people staying at home anything we can see this is having sped up the struggles of t. V. And movie theaters to the benefit of streaming services t. V. If you look at its advertising revenues are projected to fall as much as 30 percent this year if you look at movie theaters theyre close and we dont even know what thats going to look like in the future how is that model going to look like when we look at social distancing and the idea of people being inside one big room and watching the same theater the same movie rather thats going to be difficult so were seeing is more studios moving to. Boards producing their own concept putting their own content online either on existing schumers like netflix ok creating their own streamers ok or doing on demand things like that so there are looking for work arounds right but what about the actual production off films is this much of that still happening you know a lot of thats locked down whether you look at hollywood or whether you look at bollywood in both cases casts are not working and more important in the cast the production stuff are working were talking about in hollywood 2500000 people from caterers to set designers to stylists who are working right now and more studios are starting to lay off so theres a question of what thats going to look like if this continues to be a problem ok steve thank you if you. Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world it has an enormous variety of wild birds and reptiles confining people to their homes has not only stopped the rise of 19 cases but its also allowed the 4 now off the capital city to take a break take a project now this is animal fall and its helping introduce residents to the neighbors they never realized they had. The empty city is a testing ground for some of bogota its inhabitants many people seem to forget that the colombian capital is surrounded by mountains grasslands and wetlands using their cellphones several people have captured images of wild animals they never knew lived close by wildlife is closing in on the city a phenomenon explained by jorge molina an ecologist at last mondays university. Concert the presence of wild animals didnt used to be very noticeable in the city and they were close to the city in the eastern mountains. But as human activity slows down while the animals are sensing the chance to extend their range a bit. Documentary filmmakers carlos wrinkle and our 100 count or on launch the massive project phono and have collected the wildlife footage the message this habitat is for everyone you know in this case has a crucial function the main idea is to think of a future where people get used to observing and filming wildlife is now closer to their home in their backyards and on the balconies so they can learn about it. Just a few days after it was launched an email fallen to garner the support of 8 institutions and the active participation of influential locals who feel that the project helps people stop and think. We inhabit the same territory as a species we arrived much later than many of the wild animals that live for us were not the center of the universe you know its almost. Most of the people captured the images from their windows but some use drones to film the changes in the city without leaving their homes. Its one of the big its important for us to be aware that were not the only ones living in this area that there are many living beings theyre always there even if we cant see them they respect us so we should respect them at the newseum sprint keep. All the footage captured for has the same objective to use the lockdown as a tool for learning about our shared habitat. And a reminder of the top story were following for you ahead of the Uns World Food Program database the a sounding over Food Shortages caused by close at 19 he says the number of people without enough food is likely to sort by 135000000 by the end of the year because of the pandemic. Youre up to date this is state of the news in berlin a quick reminder that you can get news and features are on the top thats on our website dot com and with a d. W. I. 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