Wristbands ah. Ha ha ma be. Submissive. Love and respect. India has been one of the worlds economic Success Stories the country is home to some of the worlds richest people and millions have been lifted out of poverty. But the pandemic could change that covered 9000 hits everyone the poor. As well as the rich and famous. With the worlds 3rd highest number of confirmed covert 900 cases more than 2000000 experts are warning of rising poverty at the same time india cannot afford another lock down leaving the country between a rock and a hard place. Welcome to your cup in 1000 special here on the news i want to johnson good to have you with us so india is in focus today it of course is one of the most populated countries in the world and one of the hardest hit by the corona virus pandemic the countrys Strict Lockdown may have saved many lives but it also rocked many of their life a good spot and thats where 2 teenagers from delhi come in as early as march they set up a National Hotline to direct food and medicine to people in need helping some 70000 to date and demand for aid is not having a way how many. And all. Over. Our share count howry and her twin sister a series get a dozen calls per day the girls have set up a telephone helpline in delhi or use it to distribute food and medicine the coronavirus pandemic has plunged hundreds of thousands of indians into joblessness and poverty. When the lockdown started there was so many people out there who had lost their jobs and then even have enough money so we thought wed create this hope line. The twins mother helps finance the initiative 6 they say that good doing works is important to them. You know in my religion we always put aside money to spend for charity and one of the most rises over any of our generation the giving my parents ever seen. The twins mother also brings food medicine and masks to delhis outlying districts. Cans of thousands of Migrant Workers live in this settlement when her daughters got the 1st call for help people here had gone hungry for 5 days straight. Here from a bombed out there we work in the fields but no ones hiring us anymore my husband sold vegetables what are we supposed to live on what are we supposed to eat the schools are closed we cant send our children to class anymore and if you never heard of me its got to. Taking care of all these people here is too big a task for their initiative. Their mother wonders why the government doesnt help. I dont know why real everyone see the things that the government these people should have been rehabilitated long time ago but they have no business to be here. Suffering like this a new call has come in for the twins theyve already helped feed 50000 families in over 30 cities across the country now flour sugar and rice is heading to a family but the demand continues. So lets talk a little bit more about the pandemic in india and im joined now by Peter Himmelman hes resident representative to india at the connaught i dont know washed if dont normally in delhi but currently in germany and that is due to the pandemic just briefly what prompted you to come back to germany. This good afternoon 1st that prompted me it is as you mentioned caught on a writers situation in india its increasing daily we have like now 62000 was the latest figure of increase to day total of 2200000 but that is not the only reason it was recommended also by the German Embassy and most german institutions called their stuff back because the key point was that there is not enough medical supplies there is not treatment guaranteed in case and thats why nobody wanted to take the risk and said so please come back to the time being ok so so youre back in germany now but of course millions of millions of indians are in india and we do see rising cases numbers there never less the governments wants to open the economy again can india for that. Well i would say its stay try to find a balance between lives and livelihoods what they have done 1st they had the strongest lockdown ever in the world and that was there to protect the lives of the people that they did not get infected the consequence was that many lost their jobs Migrant Workers and had no income and their livelihood was taken away so they are opening yes on the one side on the other side theyre doing lockdowns in selected areas where you have lots of infected people you can call that smart lock down they have certain Containment Zones they put in inbred orange green like a traffic light and try to control it theyre very tough but the rest to be open and to look into the Safety Measures the typical ones keeping social distance there in mosques all of that if you go into any Shopping Center you are controlling your temperature is taken you should you have a mosque you have to sanitize your hands otherwise you cant get in so they take measures also on the religious but on the other side see that they have to come up with the economy they cant afford to now lock down in the longer we are going by those those measures that you just described which are very reminiscent of what we do in here in europe as well of course and you get the feeling that delhi has the pandemic under control. Well i think no country really with such large figures as the under make under control they try to control as far as they can i expect that maybe in august you have the peak in india and figures might go slightly down you also have the government influence in the countryside because the Migrant Workers that is the thing took to the intentions from the cities when they meant back to their villages but you have strong control mechanisms in the villages to better very much listen to the elders and the elders are wise to enforce those social measures and those those hygiene measures what i have mentioned and people coming from delhi coming debit also asked to go into home current in for some time so they try to control the government also tries to have Financial Measures for those who are affected of it that starts from food packages for those who were on their way but its also that like the Bankruptcy Law has been suspended tax payments have been suspended all other things so they try to ease the situation for those who have a financial burden of this. And president representative to india cannot add an hour shift dont currently here in germany but talking about the pandemic in india thank you so much for your time. And of course so a lot of measures are in place but do they reach everyone well not necessarily so often the crisis is proving hardest of those already living at the margins of society like the st kitts in delhi. 15 year old justin sometimes likes to watch t. V. In this dimly lit room because home which he shares with some 30 people this room is one of the many shelters that houses countless homeless families like his own who live on the streets. Many such families were given space in these shelters after the nationwide lockdown was announced to curb the spread of call that 19. Many people are still out on the street. With this father in poor health it has fallen on just im the oldest of all siblings to on for the whole family before the lockdown bluestone like other Street Children did all the jobs to support his family after going to india by local school no more like a ballet or a battery for the lockdown i used to go for backpacking at the Railway Station after that i saw a nearby park and also some toys some corn cobs later i started selling Water Bottles from cold drinks and aparna morning. The children may face many problems for example they can be forced into bonded labor situation they can be. Perfect but they can also be good and also they can be in the sex trade. The same age as just the fire used to thinking to a nearby river station to help on the whole family before the lockdown. For young girls of homeless families a rare shortage education also takes a backseat as domestic responsibilities take over. By a dropped out of school to help out her family after her brother positively. Though she got enjoyed in an open learning program she does not have regular access to books and stationery sometimes she has to step out and beg for money we can bring them to the open trade or to or to. Home what are they going to be a mess that isnt my little prediction of the families unless it is nutrition another medical treatment under the thumb form of passion behind the 3rd and by and large were going to see on this point for the 3 children the future which knows that until and the Current Situation in the country has made matters worse because. Now there are many more aspects to this pandemic and its time for your questions now is our science correspondent derek williams. Who vaccines work for Young Children or be tailored for adults. This question addresses one of the reasons why its a good thing to have so many different teams working on on so many different vaccines theres a widely acknowledged problem with testing not only vaccines but but new therapies in general which is that early trials in particular are usually conducted on groups of healthy adults under 65. 00 and of course they arent the people who need it most with covered 19 elderly men with comorbidities are the group thats most at risk but especially in early safety and efficiency trials nobody will be trying vaccine candidates out on backwards because not only could it be dangerous it could also skew the data and lead researchers to false conclusions the same holds true for testing new vaccines in children it can be risky because you cant just treat them. Like little adults they they can react differently to vaccines its certainly possible this is not likely that children and adults will be vaccinated differently when they become available. 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