Heard about this detective his crime solving skills are legendary in his part of pakistan when it comes to stolen cows. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us pollution and gulf indias capital delhi all year but winner sees air quality dropped to its lowest levels its a toxic soup that stings the eyes burns the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe and delhi now appears to be heading towards another surging kovan 1000. 00 Infections Health experts worry the smog could worsen the viruses spread and make it even more deadly near a charger he reports its the onset of winter and it. Has engulfed the city. The air quality in delhi one of the most polluted cities in the wood this is believed to do the only during the winter as the core winds make it harder for luton students books. Baking their admission industrial activity and the public burning carried out by palm of the neighboring feed me to a significant spike in pollution levels in delhi every winter. Theres an additional challenge. Doctors and the doctor upon the knowledge it says that the dip in temperature and rise and pollution levels may lead to an increase in the spread of Coronavirus Infections many Health Experts are echoing this concern the board of appearing cold weather the went pollution levels right i miss the respiratory tract become strike which can make people more prone to Corporate Banking and other respiratory illnesses the protective Mechanisms Group we call them. Dr that there is also concerned that Health Care Facilities maybe all of the rise in calls in 1000 cases in addition to the usual spike in influenza and other respiratory disorders during winters. While medical Health Professionals brace themselves for the coming months the Delhi Government has started taking measures to curb air pollution one of them is the red light on engine of campy receival want to deal with dish and various Traffic Signals across the city are urging commuters to don the engines off while we wait for the green light. While the government believes that if followed the campaign can reduce they can look to you ssion in the capital by 15 to 20 per cent not everyone is going with. A daily beast and why mental activist argues that focusing on just one source of pollution is not enough i think the government needs to create a centralized body with sense and powered which has timelines and measurable goals and create a proactive policy which will address every Single Source of pollution and then enforce all those very strictly and serious me. As the only gasped for breath again the fear of a twin demick of worsening air quality and corona virus infection is growing. Joining us as a new media right charge of the center for science and environment and media india appears to have flattened the curve in the last few weeks but what is the latest on the pandemic. So when things are going to go that change in your quality was just dramatic and how quickly the levels of about 20 to 70 percent and all that and not only that good day the peak of pollution just flattened and into the blue sky in your lungs is what we all said is great but what is also good trysting the wild beast when that dramatic change in obviously because of the unit agent prices and that everything got shut down when the mortgage they started knocking it was again quite good and thats how levels began began to hate trees and again very substantially during the nazi used for the levels increased by almost like times thats his shows that the war actually started to york when theyve gone to me and he started to get back to a normal life that pollution was back and not to do at this moment when be honest we just season what is absolutely scary is that the very shabby crease in the pollution levels and the window as you already know in delhi is supposed to be very high pollution are still dying that we are almost yearly that stage now so therefore what we are going to see today that at least let do not let the crisis will reach that what we learnt from that and did made the lockdowns phrase the cleanup that happened less join less than smart wrong guy had to design a longer term action and to see what is the scale and speed of action that is needed to date so that we can actually to sustain the change in tree there so thats very hard to do what you talk about the long term need for changes but im interested in the short term this is obviously something that cant be fixed in one winter season but what are some of the short term fixes that the city can do for the time being. Students understand the job that theyre going to the reason why were still going to have bad dream job is simply because special game blood test happened in the city but there is also a lot of gap in action but if youre looking at the shot to nation spend day he already has like because the great interest was actually planned for in the gents years forms many levels who are very high right now in delhi for the entire me to season they had on some of the measures have already kicked in so they did have stopped completely the diesel generators sense and at a really strong enforcement fatties you know as we deducted that if we just didnt have a bad resort then the next level of action would require shutting down construction stopping trucks shutting the industry running im going to feel as if stopping the brick kilns of that is that range of action but then were going to bachus that to be taken so that when you have the salt in that it doesnt go up even to. And so that begs the question what are the long term fixes just a few of them. So you dont understand the long to me back also understand what the long term actions that have already happened in getting this set to changes so delhi is the only city in this country that has shared goals all these cool about the plants the dirty fuels including oil and abandon did it daily just introduce the your 6 emission standards band or in 20 goes it has increased use of natural gas in public transport and in the industrial so that is the scale of action that has already happened because of that we have seen about a quarter to a person shot in the all the local lucian level but blake for all that research did you have to deduce pollution by yet another 60 percent and that the key to being gaps still have to address right is the transportation massive scale of the times will Strategy Management job raise the better we dont burn risk and introduction of clean fuel and technology in the industry sector to these other deep 3 big 8 years we have to still have to do a lot and got it going to evolve anime to write chadri thank you. So much. The worst typhoon vietnam has seen in 20 years left behind death and destruction with the government still trying to assess the damage in difficult to reach areas the storm forced evacuation of at least 40000 people and knocks the power out in some regions experts attribute the increasingly powerful weather in Southeast Asia to the Global Climate emergency. Its one of the worst storms the country has ever seen. Tore through central but now with winds up to 145 Kilometers Per Hour and heavy rain president s must now deal with the havoc left behind. When you let. All of our roof sheets were blown away. Everything in my house was blown away and now only the house frame is left. Prone to natural disasters in the rainy season but storms have worsened in recent years the country is still recovering from heavy floods earlier this month which destroyed hundreds of houses like you. And now another catastrophe the village of trolling remains in assessable to 2 months lights hampering rescue efforts. We must reach the landslide site the fastest way 1st sending more soldiers before we can get the big machine there. We have to reach of there by all means including using helicopters. Rescues at sea are no less challenging estimate the scrambles to find those who are missing. Heavy rains are expected to continue until saturday meaning vigneault will have to brace for potential flash floods and landslides for a few more days. Checking footprints can still be an effective method to catch a thief if youre in pakistan and if youre looking for lost cattle livestock that is a common crime in many rule areas many farmers are repeat victims and cases often go unsolved but one season tracker knows how to piece together the clues often better than the police. He may be a bit unsteady on his feet but his mind is still razor sharp they call him the Sherlock Holmes of pakistan 70 year old is a master at tracking he goes after cattle rustlers in his home village of customer the success rate is over 80 percent. Tell you everything about a thief his size his weight how he walks you just have to be able to interpret them. Is highly respected in his village 20 years ago the former farm laborer taught himself how to do detective work cattle and have been getting out of hand and. Since then hes returned hundreds of stolen cattle to their owners even the police regularly call him in to help on their cases. Are often a great help to us after all hes been doing it for a long time and pretty well knows all the possible suspects in the area. And just like in a crime novel going after thieves and cuss or can sometimes be dangerous at his age knowledge and no longer takes part in chases nevertheless some of the bad guys still seek revenge. Before i helped catch attacked me at home and beat me up badly here. Still that hasnt deterred this sherlock he wants to keep catching crooks and reading footprints at least as long as his own feet can carry him. Thats it for today theres always more on dot com for slash asia and be sure to check us out on facebook and twitter we leave you with images from the runways of beijing fashion week thanks for watching well see you next time and goodbye. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona. From the covert 19 special next on d w. Was the 1st International Tribunal in. A number of trials. 75 years ago a high ranking officers of the nazi regime were enjoins it by the allied forces. They were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. Our 2 part series right in the talk starts nov 12th on. The covert 19 pandemic has put the spotlight on virologists well right now but their star status has also made them the target of public anger even death threats. And people because the lack of trust in authority would not want to take with. Them who want to show the country down anthony found she has gained a huge following but not everyone. Wants to listen dr. Watson is a doctor for. Germany to has its science superstars like. His podcast is one of the most popular in the country. Is a regular guest on german talk shows. He spoke with politicians over their response at the beginning of the crisis. As social media means the echo chamber are these new celebrities serving to further polarize scientific debate. Well different views are vital in the world of science asking questions is key at the end of the day people believe what they want to believe but should we trust science or the scientist theyre only human and this crisis has been full of uncertainties still science is not about certainties its about constraining what we dont know. Some of the best known for religious sin germany work here at the University Hospital in bonn some refer to it as the Street Institute after its Leader Research a hendrick strake hes 43 years old and well known in medical circles thanks to his work in the fight against hiv but now researches across europe know his name due to the corona virus or sars kind of 2 pandemic. Is here and we had a concentration of the plasma from a person who was infected been sars to them and we can show that plasma can inhibit the virus but the patient has developed antibodies which can neutralize the virus. Since drugs hardly work against the virus he is relying on the development of a vaccine when that will happen is unknown. Optimists. Optimism because they are currently doing so many vaccine trials and so Much Research is being put into it so that if things go very well we can have a vaccine in january or later next year but history has taught us that it sometimes takes decades or even years until a vaccine is found. If for once once found the mad rush will be on but will it be a case of rich countries getting their hands on it 1st leaving poorer nations to struggle with the virus. When a vaccine is available im sure that it will be available worldwide especially in less developed countries maybe even for free there or at least at a very low cost. In the meantime testing is the dank lab has been using molecular p. C. R. Tests that detect the genetic material from the virus and have results within hours. And tests detect specific proteins on the surface of the virus they arent as reliable but theyre faster. You harm our body in them and you can get the result within 15 minutes which can be given directly to the patient and a highly infectious person can be isolated and therefore unable to infect others. And Others Movement could see. How people get infected do something researches agree on via microscopic particles spread by breathing socalled aerosol particles at 1st it was unclear whether people could get infected from contaminated surfaces its coming up on our posts youngers to most the human car example someone could have just sneezed into their hand and then touch the door knob and then other people touch it and bring it straight up to the mucus membranes of them. Its rare that it could happen. Whether people can have multiple infections has long been debated can those who have recovered from corona virus become infected or are they protected against getting sick again. So far theyve been over 40000000 infections worldwide but only 5 cases of people whove been infected again with the virus this actually proves theres an immunity does that i mean we need to get artworks from africa are on display in streaks office for decades hes traveled the continent hes worked in hospitals in uganda and south africa. And africa the time i spent in africa showed me the importance of vaccines and how much more there is to research in this area of course and above all in his speciality a china and now though in covert 19 to with a view to the fight against the corona virus in africa. Theres Less Movement is a professor of science communication in linguistics at the Council Institute for technology in germany and its a Community Mosques and services the the opinions are wide ranging the advice has changed dramatically does science have a communication problem i wouldnt say that this a communication problem its a communication challenge why because science and Society Science and politics are very very distinct social systems science is highly specialized experts communicate in very very specialized ways and their methods and ways of working are highly highly specialized so if intrinsically a challenge to communicate about this and this is what we know every day that you need to connect with the public and there are many ways of being misunderstood or are making oneself not understand the bar in this communication why is it such a challenge just explain to us what scientific assessment actually is. Well scientific assessment means but sometimes in the public seems like changing opinion all the time which is actually in fact highly and especially in corona times where there is fed up. Involvement of ideas so we wouldnt want krone experts uncovered in 1000. 00 experts to tell us the same thing as half a year ago this would be very very old knowledge so its changing on very high speed and people collect data and assess data and can have different assessments of these data this is the normal thing that and scientists can have disputes and discussions on findings but bill if its changing all the time and how can we trust science is that a good question we need to inform trust blind trust would be Something Like believing everything what people say this is not such a good idea but inform trustworthy that we look at what kind of experts do i have in front of me that i have an expert on lets look at myself science communication so maybe i can trust this person more then someone from another area who is talking about communication and thats the same with by wrong i see for example that you might want to listen to someone whos actually studying this topic and not for example and engineer another criterion for informed trust. Benevolence so you look at is this person really interested in the wellbeing and the wealthy or our society or not but youre presuming that people are listening and there are a lot of people who dont seem to be listening to science or the scientists. You know this is a big problem of course because science communication is not that about conveying information its about reaching out to people and people are very much driven by their identities for example and their values so if your private employer very much trusting. Freedom and the if youre there and thats a free press and and just saying im not wanting anyone to tell me anything about what i should do or if i should put on a mask and its difficult to reach out to these people then you have to talk about value why is this all important for you so scientists sometimes also have to talk about freedom and identity and not about their research lets ask for them and its a lets move on from the Causeway Institute of technology thank you very much. Time to let you ask the questions all you have to do is send them to you on you tube channel a science correspondent Derrick Williams will do the rest. Can you tell us more about 4 months and how long the fire is remains in fiction on surfaces. Oh my its our objects that are contaminated by a sick person that can pass an infectious pathogen along to others are thinking about them in the current pandemic has evolved a lot since the beginning of the year and experts say the w. H. O. And and other Health Authorities now say that the mites play at most a secondary role in the in the spread of covert 19 and the general consensus is that that surface transmission might be possible but is likely pretty uncommon however a few weeks ago when new study came out of australia thats drawn attention back to the question of how much danger foam mites might potentially pose so lets take a look at this study so it to show what effects different temperatures have on viral viability on various surfaces over time and the result that raised eyebrows was that at 20 degrees celsius the researchers detected potentially infectious virus on some materials for up to 28 days wow thats a long time for a surface to remain potentially infectious right but the thing is those experiments were carried out under very virus friendly conditions for example the viral latent test droplets that the researchers used were a standardized solution they were mucous which is thought to be a much more hostile environment for pathogens and and samples were also kept in the dark the whole time because u. V. Light quickly deactivate source code to in other words the interesting result. Dont reflect what happens in the real world which is why experts havent changed recommendations and most for main convinced that the role that surfaces play in covert 19 transmission is small. Thanks for joining us for another covert special ill see you tomorrow. One continent. 700000000 people. With their own personal stories. We explore every day life for. What europeans fear and what they hope for. Some just on the euro. 90 minutes on detail. Well you. Youre going to unofficial estimates more than 1200000 venezuelans live in colombia neatly and illegally. Returned to. Visit friends i dont think ill ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i dont know so im not sure. Bearing witness global news that matters. Made for mines. 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