A virus spread. Why do we have it and when will. Just 3 of the topics from cover and the weekly radio show its called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you go your podcast can also find us at. Ford slash science. As the wont focuses on fighting off a virus and you deadly threat is emerging. From. Downs around the world have led to labor shortages supply chain just as a reduction in international trade. The result less of a little food. And less money to pay for it. Its a deadly combination and weve got to. Weve got to. Smart and weve got to thread the needle you cant you cant just deal with code by itself or hunger by itself they must be dealt with together if we do it right we can save lives if we dont do it right people with. The coronavirus and world hunger that one crisis is fueling and now that. There are warnings the world is on the brink of a hunger pandemic have a 1000 is threatening to push millions into starvation oxfam says combined with conflicts inequality and a Climate Crisis the pandemic has shaken a strained food system the ngo says if we dont act now up to 12000. 00 people could die per day from hunger linked to the crisis before the end of the year the message from poor communities around the world hunger may kill us before corona well lets start by bringing in rob voss from the International Food policy Research Institute in washington d. C. Whats the world got to do to save these people from salvation. Good morning 1st to find you for having me on the show. To friends i was 1st to keep functioning mr coverts my chain a maverick now the world has managed relatively well to keep managed by a change function provision many disruptions particularly your parishioners spiritual truths goals here products and in fact the most here is not your countrys 2nd just to get it will where money in the pockets but surely cant buy enough fruits project theres about 150000000 more people could fall into poverty and who will not have enough money to buy any so what are those contrails that. Facing these problems the most doing to support those in need if it comes down to. A full incomes and people falling into poverty. But the most effective area said those that already you fork over to 19 suffering from hunger hands over t. V. So were talking about many countries in africa the horn of africa those west africa and some parts middle east thank you thats so ses you know. Thats what a place is for the strange will be the biggest then also its the areas for their strengths moderately small among the locust plague is the tips that. They plea in africa to middle east and so parts per go flakes or effects of Climate Change in food systems the most others governments they doing enough. So much trying but they have to make very hard choices between. The pandemic protecting hells well keeping food systems going so in some cases like in nigeria its close so the local markets. They can get the people to buy their foods. Fresh proteges it has been good if its a because of curfews thats creating problems. Because of the food normally transported during the night is very perishable transport you and you can get some food lessons which i think is something tempting to help with International Organizations to expand their action programs particularly Cash Transfer programs that at least helping attenuates something worsening buxom these crimes what about the long term impact of Something Like an adequate nutrition especially for Young Children something thats also a die a situation right now. Well that all comes together so we dont get under attrition have your range will haunt you in the rest of your life it makes you less able to learn in school how youre more prone to. Become sick. Also later in life and also new research has shown that say younger people now who are undernourished that your age are more likely to become obese but if you grow metals the risk with other types of diseases so we dont address their situation and. Their covert 19 but also undernourishment one general to hold them to rest of them are just in general it addressing this situation for governments and in providing a prop a social safety net would obviously avoid enormous humanitarian costs if this does turn into a global food crisis but is sure to mash it certainly will help while we were doing in your time zones on the other countries but you have a country might have to pay so social safety nets can expand will break you need you to leave but if you dont keep food systems functioning at the same time hes expects root pressure to go out and then he social benefits will be worth less to buy enough food for people who are most in need rivas from the International Food policy Research Institute in washington thank you very much for being on the show today thank you for having me. Well its plain hunger thats opened up a new front in the battle against poaches in south africa towns broken economy and the need for food has seen a surge in poaching and to lock down. On the hunt for poachers corona may have shut the borders in march but the danger is still here. Fricke russo had hoped the lockdown would drive down demand for illegal hunting and it did but only briefly today he finds a decayed rhino carcass they were you used to work on it. You always feel bad when you when you see this especially now with the door numbers has decreased over the last couple of years and you know but this is just a one off not many left. Like you said. The carcass is already about 8 days old traces of the poachers will be hard to find. Hotels and bush camps have been sitting empty since march there are no tourists and hardly any traffic that makes it easier for rangers to spot poachers and that did keep them away at 1st but the danger is back. Unemployment and poverty are on the rise with the lockdown and desperation is setting in. The team is busier than ever they search high and low for the poachers. This ranger asked to remain anonymous well call him trevor animals arent the only ones at risk in his line of work. And recently had a run in with poachers they were carrying a k 47 rifles. Smaller animals like antelope are now also being targeted by poachers for their meat. They use crude methods including barbed wire to trap the animals hundreds have been found its a cat and mouse game in south africa where livelihoods have been ravaged by the virus. In the villages around the National Park surviving the pandemic financially is proving difficult trevor has experienced poverty firsthand growing up his neighbor worked in a restaurant before the lockdown was imposed its closed now and shes unemployed. Most people are sitting at home wondering if theyll ever be able to return to work. Back to rangers so finds a bullet a tiny piece of evidence left by the poachers he worries about the parks future. Tourism is essential he says not only to fund the Parks Conservation but also to give people back their livelihoods. Is that part of the show when you can ask a science correspondent whatever is on your mind when it comes to the coronavirus just send your questions to derek on our you tube channel. Assuming different couvade 19 vaccines are successful on different timelines what is the possibility there will be multiple Vaccines Available within a certain country. The chances are are quite high actually there are over 150 different vaccine trials going on around the world and over 30 of them are already in human trials a few of them quite far advanced down the road to approval theyre also based on a number of different platform technologies which will play a role in the crucial step of production when and if theyre shown to be effective on a wide scale what are known as messenger r. N. A. Vaccines would be quite fast to produce but the technology is still pretty cutting edge it so new that that if an m r n a vaccine is approved for covert 19 it would be the 1st m. R. In a vaccine to be approved ever for a disease more tried and tested technologies that rely on small or inactivated doses of a pathogen or more proteins that it carries they take longer to produce that scale but also known we have more experience with them making them in some ways more likely candidates for fast approval i think down the road theres almost certain to be overlap from from different vaccines in different places. And finally hows this for making the best out of a crappy situation a circus in munich has come up with an innovative way of making up for lost revenue joining a pandemic of 4 inches called off because of the coronavirus the owners of corn a circus of taken to selling lion dung to make ends meet and marketing it as a household remedy to keep other wild animals away from peoples god people as well maybe. Of the brown stuff a selling for 5 euros with some of the funds going to a charity to help improve conditions a captive that is. About to stop capture them in the 1st place ive been fizzling see you again very soon here on the w 5. Up to date dont miss our highlights. Program on line w. Dot com hard. Every day counts for us and for our planet. Bloodlines business were going to bring you the conservation. How do we make see the stream on how can we protect habitats what to do with all our waste. We can make a difference by choosing Smaller Solutions overstrained said you know the ways of. The Ideas Limited series of games loosely souls are going to double my. Touch. This is the news africa coming up on the program today the tobacco bag and thats gone up in smoke for the 1st time in nearly 6 months cigarette sales are 6 allowed again in south africa but what was the objective off the bat and did it do any more than light up sales in the black markets. At how the pandemic has