A brain that. Im very welcome to the program its been called a breakthrough in the fight against the corona virus researchers in britain say theyve identified the 1st drug that significantly reduces the risk of death in some of the worst affected patients the low cost steroids son was found to cut deaths by up to with 3rd doctors are expected to stop treating people with the drug imminently. Struggling to help severely covered 9000 patients in the u. K. There are these images were recorded several weeks ago things like these are still being played that around the world and 3 day brings more deaths. But. Hope and want to country in europe major breakthrough scientists that are you know that they have identified the 1st drug that can save the lives of probably 1000 patients and that is that it is a widely used steroids a randomized trial showed it reduced death rate by a 3rd in patients on ventilators and by a 5th in patients receiving oxygen. It really quite a significant effect and its really important because the drug itself is very widely available every pharmacy open every hospital its a great level throughout the world and extremely cheap so we looked at the numbers and if we treat patients in intensive care with drug. We saw one life and the total cost of treating all 8. 00 patients is only about 40 pounds. 40 pounds is about 50 u. S. Dollars the drug works by reducing inflammation in the learning of the Study Results are still to be Peer Reviewed but the u. K. Lost no time in approving it in the Country Health service weve been stockpiling. So we now have 200000 courses that are ready to go and were working with the n. H. S. The treatment for the pope at 9 he will include. The new. As a network drug dexamethasone is readily available around the world its not a cure all for chronic 19 but with no vaccine yet available and infection rates rising in many parts of the world extra 10 chill is welcome news. So what exactly do we know about dexamethasone and how the steroid combats coated 19 well we put that question to jason kindred chuck is a professor in verona jihad canadas university of manitoba. So one of the things that we tend to look at with these different types of emerging viruses is the fact that they tend to basically increase the immune response so essentially get an overstimulation of the immune response which in most cases actually is protective for us but in many cases can actually increase disease to berti so the hope with Something Like dexamethasone is that rather than acting directly on the virus and trying to reduce the ability of the virus to create more copies of itself what the drugs are trying to do is essentially reduce all that damage that is part and parcel of a note or active immune system and were trying to learn about this in real time and we know that some the initial data that had come out at the very start of this pandemic had suggested that steroids actually made sasser bait disease in in those that are in the early stages so i think one of the concerns right now with with dex about the zone is that there are you know would there be the potential that if you treated patients too early they might actually end up increasing the potential severity of disease because it actually acts as an anti inflammatory so i think that we have to look at this as a potential game changer for those patients that are actually in severe disease distress but we are still lacking for some sort of a therapeutic that will ultimately help reduce infections in the very early stages of disease. The Chinese Capital beijing is reimposing coronavirus restrictions after a cluster of new cases the city has ordered all schools to close and banned people from high risk areas from leaving the new up break has been traced to a large wholesale food market have been over 100 cases over the course of 5 days this is stoking fears of a 2nd wave of coated 19. 30 doing resident thought theyd put this behind them that they are lining up in the hot sun coronavirus testing after nearly 2 months a new outbreak is causing a lot dozens of. Burning wholesale market its more than 20 times larger than the wrecked markets in ruhani where the pirates were suppressed identified. Pictures from state television for the response in the surrounding neighborhood residents here are not allowed to leave or say they are in wartime mode as they aim to contain the spread. The time gaiety has already made its way to other parts of. Im very worried for now i dont know what the situation will be in the future because we arent getting much information we dont spread again if it does we should worry. I meant it was supposed to be nearly over and then we suddenly get another wave of cases. Part of the containment venue only residents who have recently tested negative are allowed to leave and only if travel is essential. To their full lockdown but the World Health Organization says they dont is doing enough. And it needs to be. Doing but other provinces are concerned many have imposed quarantine my crime and hundreds from beijing and the country that had declared victory over the coronavirus is forced to confront the ever present risk of other pressure break. To some of the other stories making news this hour brazil reported a record of nearly 35000 new coronavirus cases on tuesday that was the same day that a top official leading the countrys Pandemic Response said the outbreak was under control brazil is the worlds number 2 covert 19 hotspot after the united states. North korea has confirmed is that it is blowing up an office that was set up to improve relations with south korea the explosion was captured in Surveillance Video kyung yang is furious that souls found to stop activists from sending propaganda over the border. The california utility p. G. And e. Has pleaded guilty to 84 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter for causing the deadliest wildfire in the States History the company admitted its neglected equipment triggered the 2018 blaze that destroyed the town of paradise and left schools did. And the trumpet ministration is suing to prevent former National Security adviser john bolton from releasing a book about his time as an advisor to the president the white house claims the book contains state secrets. With the army in india says at least 20 of its soldiers have been killed in the clash with Chinese Forces it happened along a disputed border in the himalayan mountains china has accused india of a provocation but hasnt disclosed if any of its troops died although tensions between the 2 sides have been building over the last month this is the 1st incident with fatalities in more than 40 years. High in the himalayas trouble has been brewing for weeks these satellite images show indian and chinese troops gathering in a disputed border region now for the 1st time in decades india says 20 soldiers were killed the 2 sides fault with fists and rocks no shots were fired beijing said it was defending its territorial integrity. Shockingly. Indian troops seriously violated the bilateral consensus and crossed the border line twice in gauging in illegal activities and provoking and attacking chinese personnel resulting in serious physical confrontation between Border Forces on the 2 sides. This yellow line marks the boundary between these 2 superpowers known as the line of actual control its not a hard border since china and india have never agreed on where it should lie in 2017 the 2 sides confronted each other for 73 days after indian troops blocked chinese construction of a road flare ups a vexed chinese and indian leaders for years with a lasting solution seemingly out of reach this latest escalation suggests a difficult path ahead for these 2 Nuclear Armed nations. Football news and by and munich have retained the bundesliga title after a win over bremen gave them an unbeatable lead at the top of the standings now its the 8th season in a row that by and have won the german championship. By an on coach handy flick it was time to wrap up the title the reigning champions were by the return of robert levin and Thomas Miller from suspension for the visit braman. Brian look to carve open their opponents from the. Who are in their attack like a finishing touch. And defending from brain. Straight the League Leaders it looks as though by and were in for a long night as the rain began lashing down. Until just before half time when he popped up so often does. The polar goal of the late season put the trying to within touching distance. Perfect allowing 11 p. To do what he does best. The 2nd half was uneventful and daley picked up a 2nd booking leaving pi and man down frame and then felt they should have had a penalty shot from just. About the referee white the way their program. With time running out manuel neuer came to the rescue to secure the win front by him and with it. For many of the players it was just the latest of many championships so. It was. And while the rest of the league may be tired of watching it by and are celebrating once again but so by in our champions again with me here in the studio. Moody only here we are again it sounds like the same old story in this league was a walk in the park for buying this season not at all in fact back in november by and munich were in crisis theyd had a poor start to the season culminating in a 51 hammering from frankfurt after which the coach at the time knew just had to go he was replaced by hand the flick a man who had no experience as a head coach in the bundesliga and at that point a lot of teams were smelling blood a lot of teams thought this is our year to wrestle the title off of bye and munich but after a shaky start to flex rein they put together an incredible run of form 17 wins in their last 18 games something just nobody can put up with a turn on the consider. Didnt see as well as the style and i think after the win over dortmund a few weeks back it was clear that the title was going to be staying in munich for another year at least so an incredible run after a shaky start as you say who were the key feature is in triumph for you absolutely have to look at robert love and the striker 31 goals hes now scored this season scoring at a right of over a goal again and another goal and another win against braman to secure the title i just dont think by and could have done it without him but we have to give a lot of praise as well to the flick because as i said he came in with no reputation or no experience as a head coach in germany and yet he got this group of players this one everything and what was some of the biggest names in football to trust him and trust his plan that is something that is not easy at this level and he fully deserved the contract extension that he signed. To crystal ball for us a year is just one champion can you see that changing next season or its difficult you know this is the question we get us there every year isnt it at the moment i think credit to dortmund this season they have looked good in stages and with alan holland being there for the full Campaign Next year theyve got a chance. To look good too if they can keep their Team Together they look promising but frankly if by and keep going with the kind of form that theyve shown since december i just dont think anybody will be able to keep pace with them and it will be another year of the title staying in munich all right. Thank you. Top story this hour researches in britain side identified the 1st drug proven to significantly reduce the risk of death in patients with severe cases of coke at 19 the law is still the low cost steroid it takes a method sign was found to cause deaths by a 3rd of enticements one venture like this and the 15 patients receiving oxygen. 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