A coming Vaccination Programs possible treatments and rapid testing. Do you think do you feel that these solutions will be spread out to distribute it in an equitable way. Well i think that as you say these are encouraging news especially on the vaccines i think we still need to look at that they dont we need to rely on more than press releases we need to look at very good publications of the results but in the meantime our regulators here in europe and the United Kingdom and the United States are proceeding with emergency authorization process is and thats important and understandable in terms of i could have the access i think its reasonable to assume that wealthier nations those with those advanced deals with companies will be the 1st to get the vaccine and distribute to their populations followed by resource constrained countries professor how long a way is there still ahead of us i mean people are so encouraged by this use of vaccines now are being approved but realistically are we looking at still a year that we have to deal with this. Well theres a lot a lot is uncertain so i mean i have to speculate but i think in my mind at least as far as the Northern Hemisphere is concerned or the western hemisphere the Europe North America i think you know im hoping for a normal christmas this Time Next Year i think it will take several months for the vaccine to be shipped after the authorities ation processes are completed and then to be distributed in a good way as youve been describing high risk groups 1st and then. The population groups and then to establish. It is working as as you said. To doses may well be required so we might be looking most certainly be looking at. Those wrecks in ancient schedule so that will take time to and then make you need to make sure that obviously its safe it works how well it works and which populations so in by are loyal to this process will have to sustain the social distancing measures the known from a political intervention socalled and to make sure that we dont see research and think so that will take time and they sent me several months professor you 2 were director of Global Health policy at center for Global Development thank you for joining us thank you. Lets take a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the number of people hospitalized with kovac 19 in the United States has reached 100000 an all time high as the pandemic increases the strain on Health Care Systems there meanwhile greece has extended its nationwide log down for another week after a slower than expected decline in case numbers and in the that country will place strict limits on travel over the christmas and new years holidays of movement between the regions will be banned from december 21st russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered voluntary mass vaccinations to start next week moscow says it sputnik vaccine is 9095 rather percent effective and we say with russia that country 2nd wave of corona virus has hit some of its regional regions specifically hard in many cities there are hardly any hospital beds left official statistics say almost 40000 people in russia have died from corona virus but media reports say the excess mortality in the country is 4 times higher than last year our correspondent emily sure when went to the city. In the countrys southwest where its mainly undertakers who experience these grim figures 1st hand. With a steady stream of coronavirus dead speed is of the essence that the morgue. Every morning the team from the Funeral Agency comes here to collect new victims of the pandemic 29 year old. Has been working at the funeral home for 12 years but he says hes never had to bury this many bodies but one time there was a huge line of persons standing in line outside the morgue it was only then that people started to understand the death really. Call the relatives to identify the body. This morgue in the city of is only for those who died of the corona virus or had contact with an infected person the bodies have to be sealed in plastic the coffins closed. Many russians feel they are dead should be treated with more respect toward explains. Some of the relatives are often more tense than usual because their dead are handed over to them in plastic bags. To open the bags so i tell them about right away some people cry and demand that we open the bags then i have to explain that they could get infected themselves this virus is no joke. Its been your. Duty because love has been in the business for 7 years today hes in charge of the team of undertakers he says since the 2nd wave of corona virus there has been at least twice as many deaths in the city of funeral agencies have had a tough time keeping up. With we have more work a lot more work over a 1000000 people live in the capital of the republic of. Government statistics say that only around 80 people in the region have died of the corona virus since the pandemic began but official numbers also show that during that time over 4000. 00 more people died than in the same period last year corona virus infections are spiking across russia but authorities insist the situation is on. Control. The undertakers arent so sure today and his team are interring and 92 year old woman she didnt die of the coronavirus that means her relatives can say their final farewell with an open casket which is the tradition in russia usually funerals are big Family Affairs in russia but the pandemic has changed that people are often worried about getting infected and stay away. So far no one on your team has caught code that he can only hope it will stay that way. People say if its decided up there that youll get run over by a street car you wont drown fate is fate if the coronavirus is of my faith it will pass me by. Or with me. The next day the team prepares for 4 more funerals tour and his colleagues hardly have time to worry about their own health at the moment theyre just too busy. Of course one is only sure when theyre reporting there she joins us now from moscow truly heartbreaking stuff there and really whats driving the increase in cases and deaths and russias regions. Well during the 2nd wave of the corona virus that has really the disease has really hit across russia in the 1st wave it was kind of focused on moscow the capital actually the numbers of overall deaths across russia arent that high comparatively with other countries like the us here the official number is just 40000 but there have been a lot of questions raised about those numbers since the beginning of the pandemic and recently journalists have been pointing out that the official numbers of deaths across the country for the period of the pandemic this year are much much higher than the same period last year so those extra excess deaths are much higher than the official coronavirus statistics so that could mean that the deaths are actually much higher and despite questions over those death numbers its clear that the Health System at the moment is kind of overstretched even according to official information the Health Minister at the beginning of this month said that around 80 percent of hospital beds across russia or occupied at the moment in summaries region the number is as high as 95 percent and there have been reports of kind of medicines running out of doctors being overstretched and even of seats hospital seats instead of beds being offered in one siberian city our attitudes emilee towards the virus changing in russia. Well surveys show that during the 1st wave of the pandemic around 30 percent of people were concerned about co good now that number has risen to around 60 percent so it has doubled but my sense is that people kind of really start to believe that it is a real threat when someone that they know is actually affected or when they themselves are affected and the undertakers that i spoke to in that report that we just saw also said that they know a lot of people who just simply dont believe that corona virus is real and they dont necessarily believe the government on that. And also fatalism the sense that if i get sick then thats my fate thats very widespread of very kind of russian attitude. Announce it will be rolling out a Vaccination Program how will that work. Well yesterday russian president Vladimir Putin said around 2000000 doses of the one of the 2 russian vaccines is actually ready to go and he ordered the government to start rolling out the Vaccination Program next week the mayor of moscow the capital seemingly trying to get ahead of everyone else has today and now that people will be able to sign up to get vaccinated starting from tomorrow and that Vaccination Centers across the city 70 of them will be open from morning till night on saturday so people can start getting vaccinated here in the capital from this coming saturday its clear that that quick rollout is a bit of a political thing russia since the beginning of this pandemic has wanted to be at the forefront of the race for the vaccine weve seen that in the numbers that theyve been reporting on effectiveness when a western vaccine comes out and said we have 90 percent effectiveness russia kind of. One ups them every time. When reporting from moscow thank you. All right to you Washington News coming up next andy w. News asia the talabani and the Afghan Government finally drop the was on now to discuss the future of afghanistan during the dont talks plus pakistans 1st transgender warrior breaks stereotypes and dreams of being a good many others in the Community Still face significant odds to stay away this for those stories and a whole lot more coming up next interview with the british banner g r o l r rock n roll and on behalf of all of us here thank you so much for starting this part of get into the south see overtopping of. The. Month without any sign of life. The crew of 2 italian fishing boats. Disappeared after a caution with the libyan militia. They were off to sea to earn a living. And got dragged into a power struggle which is about a lot more than just filling the fishing nets. In 60 minutes on d w. How does a virus spread. Why the repairman and when will all this. Country just through the tap. And the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like and me being information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at d. F. W. Dot com forum slash science. Literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see some fine string. But. You know the books on youtube. Thank you jim if. Any time any place using names. You have i dont think. Im going to sing along to see this to come from super. Interactive exercises. Everything is online mel file and interacting. With the w. This is deja news issue coming up today and agreement on how to talk during talk to. The taliban and the Afghan Government decide on the rules and procedures for further talks about afghanistans future but it took them 3 months to agree what does that mean for the future of the talks themselves. Meets pakistans fastest france gender lawyer. Discrimination and disadvantage to practice what does success mean things have really. Transgender community. And a life changing exam during a life altering pandemic thousands of south korean students take the University Entrance exams under the shadow of the koran or by this crisis. Im british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us for the 1st time in 19 yeahs the taliban and the Afghan Government have come to a written agreement just 3 pages long it is a document that lays out the rules of procedures for negotiations between the 2 sides aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of war the Development Ends and impasse after nearly 3 months of talks in doha nato is one of a number of organizations to welcome the move saying theres no or ton of to such talks. Im not underestimating the difficulties on the risks for setbacks on disappointments onstream move forward but im absolutely certain that the only way is. Going into the afghan negotiations and therefore we support them and knowing that it will be difficult from john but that is the only option for all of those who want peace in afghanistan. Lets get more on this from journalist that the few who joins me now from. 3 months to agree 3 pages should you be looking at this as a breakthrough or a sign of things to come in doha i think its more a sign of things you know calling it a big breakthrough was thinking giving it a little bit too much credit because just because theyve agreed on say the framework and certain points really came down to diction you know how the 2 sides we were late we came down to the really minute sort of points and at the end of the day as the government said the Biggest Issue that needs to go forward in these peace talks is the idea of a comprehensive cease fire so i think until we actually get some kind of a cease fire this is just still more part of a bureaucratic process speaking of a cease fire where do we levels of violence. Reside in the country i mean is fighting continuing as these talks continue in doha. Not only is the fighting continuing were seeing the increase in the use of highly d. s in motorbike in targeted killings in you know deliberate targeting. Government buildings Security Forces and their apparatus and buildings and were also seeing attacks that are absolutely killing civilians and were seeing attacks in highly populated Major Urban Centers all of these things were were against the agreement that initially signed with washington so again this is why i say calling it a breakthrough is giving it way too much credit until we can actually see some progress in terms of something that would resemble peace of up on people so given the violence on the talks in a sense continuing. And want all the people in afghanistan feeling are they confident that these talks in doha. Amounts to something. That you will not want to slump theyre frustrated right they they want the talks in doha to actually lead to something but at this point nothing has panned out you know there are agreements and the agreements are basically with the United States you know there was someone someone made a really good comment recently they said that you know about a year ago when you saw us our Foreign Military convoy on the streets of kabul trying to avoid it at all costs because they would come under attack. And now its the opposite trying to chase after them because you know nothing will happen to them but there are civilians being targeted or oblong officials are up on Security Forces being targeted is very high so people are really really frustrated. I was on just a little if you joining me from kabul to pakistan next where despite laws recognizing transgender people as equal citizens societies treatment of them is anything but discrimination is right from access to a decent life with opportunities for career building virtually nonexistent but an exception to this general rule is lawyer michel row her journey to get where she is hasnt been easy to see have been used but you know has her sights set on an even higher goal. Of a common a lot of obstacles to get to where she is today having run away from home at 18 she begged on the streets of karachi for years to survive and a full with an education she saved up the income to pay for books and even in the lower classes eventually gaining her know what a great this year she joined the Karate Association and she already has her next goal in sight. My vision my dream is to become pakistans past transgender and jobs. In pakistan most transgender people are afraid to test out concerts other than begging dancing at weddings. All sex workers are often the only ways to survive if its a life on the edge of society that carries huge risks transgender people often become the targets of physical and Sexual Violence and rarely find recourse to justice. And 2018 Pakistans Parliament voted to recognize transgender people as equal citizens and to protect them from discrimination and violence but in reality not much has changed discriminating attitudes and prejudice remain a fact of daily life. But raul refuses to let such experiences stand in hell way instead she uses them and her work its the reason her many transgender clients have chosen to hire. Me my case pertains to harassment as a working lady i face many difficulties. And understand my case better than any other lawyer is it would be despite recent progress in pakistan there are many challenges that persist for the Transgender Community. Hoping to overcome them case by case as a lawyer and perhaps one day as a judge john not to lose a transgender activist in pakistan and joins me now on the line from. John murtha good to see you what drives the discrimination the Transgender Community in pakistan. Thank you so much for inviting me i sat in desire of a defense and it comes to it just ended i explained meant and its in. It have been trying to like and now we have jobs in production also i said you know all that was in 2018 but the problem is the implementation so we have the problem is its not in the main gate in the way that you wanted it to be and you meant so the discrimination and. Its fine that people arent getting since the days that its taken that i dont still hear it its like ohioans and discrimination you talk about the implementation of them all the post cost by the government how should it be implemented. It was actually this boston federal level after it didnt have a man now everybody is just sponsored flight its like that drives. Them and they want to visit and say it could be the same guy. You know a mutant diminished and so now they are moving ahead a bit provincial anticipation so were living in the harmony and going to present the billy. In coming so again its going to be a new building from the job so we are trying to govern the gaps theres government was not taking c. D. s i mean that was then and again enough not to enter night by the ministry of information so people are going to bed about guns and theyre not invited i am not given a bike. So the basic saturday and they dont do for you i think back in a bike and head and on and on then he had a dense fog so he need to check and balance on back or that you know it was the nick of bending them unleashing mechanism so these are the same problems do you think from the time you decided to come out as a transcendent fossum since then to know if things have improved for other people in the community. Yes of course you know harry but i read less educated i am the 1st time sender who was who started the writing is done i have to find out 1st transcribed its happened after busting the law i think i was there i can as a and share person of the 1st transgender by its not so good these are the new canes and people like me and my senior detective is good trying to make history is not maybe only the steps these legion steps out of it it is even if you arent. Taking it as an escape and it seems bent youre so giving our fingers crossed and all the best to you gentlemen thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Hundreds of thousands of south korean students today starts for the countrys National College entrance exams colder its results can make or break careers for students it is the day all that education up to that point has been for this year though there was the added stress of the coronavirus spend demick a fact not lost on their parents or the rest of the country. They navigated the cameras in attention like a pop stars wading through pop or. It was probably the biggest day of the year for the countrys top students for many the biggest day of their lives so far. I got the Korean Society makes you study your whole life up to liz point for this one exam im quite relieved its going to be over soon. Then there were the equally nervous parents offering last minute encouragement their offspring had endured a year of coronavirus restricted study. The exam itself was postponed once and many were relieved it had been postponed again. By they didnt get a good if the exam was further delayed than students would feel much more psychological burden and much more inconvenience. Than and they. Beyond the socially distanced lines to enter there was the Technology Used to check students in and check whether they had a fever for thermal detectors seemingly everywhere. Then there was the scenario for several dozen students taking the test after already testing positive for cope at 19 this practice run was done in a tightly restricted space in an ultra Clean Environment that might otherwise be a soothing quiet room for a patient not taking the most important exam of his or her life. In the more crowded hopefully coronavirus free test rooms only the teachers spoke. And students wrote trying to ignore the thermal cameras the plexiglas in their faces and the thought that a poor grid might prevent them realizing their dreams. And thats if theres more in our website. Were back to more of the same. Against the coronavirus tend to have much. Has the rate of infection been developing. The latest research. Information and contact the owner virus update. On t. W. Guy and im game did you know that 17 trillion land out of all killed worldwide so that we can include but its not just good old civil suffering its the environment we went on a journey to find ways out of the ignition if you want to know how old one click to the priest and the whole truth train stuff is listen to our podcast on the plane. Now more than average its important to stay as healthy as possible having a balanced diet is can help. The World Health Organization suggests using a variety of food from different nutritional groups including plenty of fruits and vegetables. The w. H. O. Also recommends eating a diet rich in whole grains snobs. Limiting your intake of sugar salt and fast. Practicing good food hygiene to avoid becoming sick of food borne disease. And limiting your consumption of alcohol. Research shows improving nutrition helps of course up. Tamil immune function. So if you cant cope with 19 your immune system may be better equipped to fight. This. 1000 special im Kate Ferguson thanks for joining me the past few months have been tough living in constant fear of getting fit or losing your job can make you feel like youre not in control one thing you do have some agency over though is your diet and as our next report shows Good Nutrition can have a major impact on health outcomes. Dont remember to thank you. If you really like hospital food but its more than just a question of taste you tradition is vital and most clinics and hospitals pay too little attention to a well balanced diet dr viola andreessen from hamburg has been dealing with the effects of poor hospital nutrition on patients for 20 years so i should mention these people simply are more at risk of being in the i. C. U. For longer of having to stay in hospital longer of increased complications and or read more risk of dying from their disease. Geriatric physician dr martin volcom has many week patients and he sees the dangers of poor nutrition every day. Eating and. Especially in the elderly causes them to lose weight quickly and lose substance the body can no longer humans as quickly people get dizzy they fall over problems flare up in days and weeks when the food on liquids are not balanced and above all not sufficient and. Also. The doctors experience is borne out by a major swiss study. 2000 participants with already poor nutrition took part in the study. 1000 were given regular hospital food the other half were given a healthier alternative within the group that received the superior diet outcomes were significantly better with 15 percent fewer complications and 27 percent fewer deaths a few days of hospital food wont harm most people but the very ill have often already lost weight and strength before hand here at the israelites hospital in hamburg a specialist Nutrition Team takes care of these high risk patients selecting them for special attention as soon as theyre admitted in a 3 day period 21 of 53 newly admitted patients were noticed by the experts. There are various methods for measuring malnutrition this device measures how much strength there is in the hands. Or how much muscle and fat tissue is on the back of the hand. Or even how is body tissue composed a special scale shows the proportion of muscle and. Out of course blood values is their lack of iron sodium potassium or protein. Patience or amount nourished are given extra care special nutrition filled shakes with cucumber or beetroot an extra protein or sweetened with a non and chocolate to improve strengthen charge the batteries for recovery. Protein helps to heal wounds for example zinc serves to ward off infection. The key to making a full recovery is freshly prepared food rich in nutrients it clinics pay proper attention to nutrition a lot can be achieved through normal diet. Sometimes it only takes a little extra effort with nutrition to achieve Great Results here. Lets talk now to professor anika wagner from the institute of Nutritional Sciences at the university of geese and professor reich that the study we saw in the report just now really reiterated what an incredibly crucial role in nutrition it plays in our General Health and as well our ability to heal do you think this issue is getting enough attention during the pandemic. I think the effect of nutrition on our house in the context of the current condemn it is under estimate its a high number of people suffer from different diets dependent diseases such as obesity diabetes type 2 and hypertension and we know that these patients have a significantly higher risk for severe courses of 19 that means sped through a sustainable change of unhealthy dietary habits towards a healthy well balanced diet will improve diet dependent diseases and simultaneously would decrease the risk for severe course of the kovac 99. 00 fact however as a change in our nutritional behavior is a long term goal long term concepts need to be established and strongly promoted which is currently not the case i really want to zone in now on obesity which you mentioned it is of course a major risk factor for becoming seriously ill of from coven 1000 why is that exactly. So obesity is the main respective for the development of several come up into t. So that predispose force of the course of a convert 1000. 00 infection that includes especially hypertension type 2 diabetes mellitus and. Reach out well known to be responsible that people get seriously ill but also in the absence of these comorbidities obese people are at a higher risk for a severe covered 90 course as most of peaceful persons are in a state of a prediabetes that also increases the risk of infection. But has also been some focus on the role that basement d. Could play in helping to protect against the virus what can you tell me about that. So for a well functioning immune system becoming de is of course essential besides the timmins and minerals and therefore in adequate supply with vitamin d. Is also essential to protect us against invading pathic genes and also the against infections like with sask up to there are currently some discussions about daily supplementation with vitamin d. To support our immune system in the fight against cope with 19 ever if we look into the currently available study says no evidence provided that a high dose by to me supplementation. Prevents from a soft cover to infection of would help to recovery from an infection indeed what we should definitely avoid is state a fight im in d. Deficiency in case of in a proof right immunity deficiency of course it would have me do you should be supplemented and in case people would like to supplement vitamin d. Although as i mentioned evidence is currently missing they should make sure that they not exceed the recommended daily upper limit of 4000 international units. Ok and that of course they all have different dietary needs but what general advice would you have for a boosting immunity best time. So that our immune system will work roy well i recommend to stick to a plant based diet containing high amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables that provide high amounts of essential vitamins and nutrients and i recommend also to consume whole grain foods when it comes to syria or bread and also include pulses in the day diet as they have fiber rates and furthermore suggest to stick to vegetable oils with high amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids and what we should do is to lower the consumption of for example sugar sweetened beverages and streets and also we should limit the consumption of meat ok and finally this is a question thats come up a few times is there any risk of being infected with the coronavirus through food. So the data that is currently available does not show any case where an infection occurred through quantum united truths however when we prepare food we should stick to the hygiene rules this means of course we should remember accurately wash our hands keep our fingers away from from the face and also if we prepare meat we should make sure that it is to prove all good tips for faster and ive now from the institute of nutritional science is at the university of faith in it thank you so much thank you. Time now to answer one of your questions about the coronavirus over till i find correspondence derek williams. What impact is the parent to make having on the hunger crisis. Predictably cove at 19 is making it a lot worse according to the United NationsWorld Food Program which is the organization that was awarded this years Nobel Peace Prize the number of people worldwide who suffer from crisis level hunger could almost double by the end of this year it also says that the region hit hardest so far is latin america thats followed by central and Southern Africa and and oxfam estimates that if we dont do more to limit the social and Economic Impact of the virus up to 12000 people a day could soon be dying from the effects of undernourishment just to compare even on the very worst days for mortality so far in the pandemic there have never been more than 10000 tatts attributed to the virus in 24 hours i think that the most this yes aspect of this crisis is that with the exception of a few countries food is actually available and many of the places that are suffering most famine isnt being only driven by a lack of food but also by the simple fact that people no longer have the means to buy it the hunger crisis isnt only expanding rapidly because of disruptions in supply chains although thats certainly contributing to the problem its also due to dropping income and many of the worlds most vulnerable the poor who simply cant afford to buy food for themselves and their families anymore and the crisis isnt just limited to regions that face problems before the pandemic began tobit 19 is now also impacting food. Security for people in the middle and high Income Countries from from india to brazil to the u. S. And if you have a question for derek you can email feedback dot english dot com using the word expert in the subject line for me and the team its goodbye and take care. Monk without a sign of life. The crew of 2 italian fishing boats. Disappeared after a caution to the libyan militia. They were off to sea to earn a living and got dragged into a power struggle which is about a lot more. Then just filling the fishing nets some good. 30 minutes on d w. Grappling hooks some tricks. Expressing feelings i am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist one day looking for new perspectives to do it and not the way to replace big previous canada doing things differently. Come to the place where we reflect on society constantly. Come on teetotal. 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