Get reaction from kenya where doctors had been forced to drop some of their Reproductive Services because of a lack of age from the us now the new us president has just reversed that policy. Plus weve got the story on what is behind the church hall had. Been kenyas 7 beaches. Hello im christine wonder why its good to have your Company South africas chief pandemic advisors say a 3rd wave of covert 19 which is expected in the 2nd half of the year could be even worse than the current a 2nd wave south africa is the worst hit country on the continent with. 43000 deaths and 1400000 cases now the number of infections has soared because of the new variant of the virus that is say to be 50 percent more transmissible now the country is expecting its 1st delivery off 1000000. 00 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine thats made to arrive on monday ill be talking to professor salim adult karim after this report Health Care Workers at the frontline of south africas coronavirus crisis. Be the 1st to be inoculated when the country starts its Vaccination Program but the initial delivery of 1000000 doses point even be enough to vaccinate half of south africas Health Professionals its still not clear when more vaccines will arrive and how many South Africans who get the jab only 2 thirds want to be inoculated a recent survey found that is far below the global average when one of the. People here Something Like that or sick person injects any becomes ok ill be sure and ill be good we did it i would. Im afraid we course are your word the person good teacher dave should be just. Good. I want to get that fixed. But if the. How. Did you get what. South africas Vaccination Campaign comes as the country appears to have passed the peak of the 2nd wave. This all confirmed cases and hospitalizations spike in january. This from the corona virus also soared to triple the level seen during the 1st wave. Could be just put fishing in the whole country to just put pressure on the never in the us were not immune from. The decline in confirmed cases says the Health Minister is partly due to the strict a lockdown brought in at the end of december but the country is still on high alert with a new more infectious variant of the virus circulating in south africa making it more pressing than ever for the country to finally kick off its Vaccination Campaign. Im now joined by professor saleem abdul karim he is an epidemiologist an Infectious Disease specialist he is the south african governments top scientific advisor on the pandemic welcome back to the Program Professor so south africa is expecting its 1st in every on. Vaccines on monday when we actually start vaccinating people and how many people are 1st in line is going to be in the data that you is we are expecting delivery to take place on monday there are some procedures that need to be followed to looting the release of the individual lot following lab assays so i think it will probably take another 7. 00 to 10. 00 days for those procedures to be done so you can expect that the 1st vaccinations will be sometime close to the middle of february professor is this the right time to be talking about and perhaps preparing for a 3rd wave. Of the virus and perhaps even more mutations or variants. So what we have seen so far of this virus its been quite surprising we had thought that this is a very stable virus there are very few mutations and every month i look at the sequences im i see a cage really one of 2 mutations or that changed in november when suddenly we have a new thread into 23 mutations and that is quite a concerning observation when we look at that we did not anticipate that that variant would be able to spread so much faster its estimated that its about 50 percent more transmissible and thats what drove our 2nd when we had dissipated a 2nd wave would only be generally but instead we ended up with it being about 5 to 6 weeks earlier based on what we know now we can anticipate that we will see a 3rd and 4th wave in the course of this year probably the 2nd with the 3rd wave occurring when we get into our winter months thats usually when people spend more times more time indoors with the windows closed and we can anticipate that thats the likely time if we see a new v. M. And that would be even more concerning if it had to immunise kate because it would mean that they would be a higher proportion of our population that could be susceptible as things stand we are in the midst of the id of planning for the 3rd wave of doing some estimates of what that wave might look like when it might occur and we use that for planning a number of beds in the amount of oxygen supply isnt going to be of last then the 2nd wave do you think they think it will be worse that that way then the 2nd one. Experiencing. So based on what weve kind of models it could go in either direction if we see a new variant its likely to be much worse if we see the current theory and its likely to be similar if not less severe than our current 2nd wave we are preparing on the basis of a worst Case Scenario all right thats professor saleem abdelkarim at talking to us from durban south africa thank you so much professor absolute pleasure thank you bye. U. S. President joe biden has reversed a ban on u. S. Foreign aid going to organizations that perform or promote abortion policy prohibited organizations from counseling women about abortion or referring them to. Provide the organization wanted to receive u. S. Aid and all the policy commonly known as the global gag rule in directly cash african womens access to Health Services and affordable contraception according to studies. Now kenya is one of the african country whose womens Health Services were hard hit by the you expand it of command has reaction now from nairobi. Sexual and Reproductive Health organizations have welcomed b. N. To the ban so here in kenya its not unusual to go to a Public Hospital for contraception only to be turned away because there simply isnt any so these organizations critically close the gaps found in the Public Health sector but they also provide Counseling Services for abortion and this they want able to receive in the u. S. Be doing that some presidency and speaking to a woman who works in one of these organizations earlier she said to me that services had to be killed back including the issue was the free and affordable contraceptives which as you can imagine saw an increase in unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions were still smaller budgets men standing back when distribution of hiv medication as well as counsel screenings because these Services Also depend on us. So were staying in kenya which is seeing more green turtles hatch on its Southern Shores its welcome news because the green turtle is listed as endangered on the red list all 3000 species now a local Conservation Group is one of many trying to protect the turtles and their heads from a wave of. Making a break for the ocean in newly hatched green turtle leaves its nest on t. V. Beach on kenyas south coast its journey monitored by fishermen from a local organization the t. V. Turtle police theyre happy that the green turtle numbers are bouncing back what. With humans were the biggest threat the turtles faced because people used to eat them. Up to what we mobilised ourselves here in t. We and turtles and turtle eggs are no longer being eaten. I was a long before. The t. V. Turtle Police Monitor and protect the eggs that are laid here now more eggs are hatching them before the fishermen also receive training on turtle ecology and they pass this knowledge on to their communities and. Ive seen a lot of benefits for the turtles because since 2900 we havent heard any reports of anyone eating turtles or killing them or injuring them so the number of totals that are dying has gone. And people have begun to learn about them. Outside. The fisherman also benefit from the conservation project. And therefore the total program is helping us. And were getting some income. Even if we go out to sea for 2 days before we know well receive some income later if we can then at least use that to take care of our children. The baby turtles still face multiple dangers when they make it from the beach. Into the ocean. Threats range from plastic rubbish to industrial fishing but with green turtle numbers on the rise the fishermen hope to see some of the hatchlings return to this stretch of the coastline to lay their own eggs when they reach maturity. And that is it for now there is of course more on d. W. Dot com forward slash africa you can also check out our facebook and twitter pages today let me leave you with footage off a giant fresco spray painted on the ground in cape town done by the french artist its part of a Global Project that he hopes will foster unity has painted so many images in other parts of the world including in and of ivory coast and expand about. Every journey begins with the. First step and every language the 1st word im looking for. In germany. Why not learn with him. Its simple mind on your mobile and free. W z learning course. German made easy. For you there im david and this is climate change. Happiness increase books. For you. To get smarter birth free books. Apps like tic talk on instagram revolutionizing the pop Music Industry is it all about 15 seconds old social media well be discussing not a mole in a minute welcome to our culture also coming up today. They must yourself in the natural paradise is created by american artist class celeste who illustrates the fragility of our planet with installation. Ticktock a mobile phone app which boasts over 800000000. 00 active users and is said to be worth 75000000000. 00 and its not even 5 years old and it is immensely powerful for instance seems to be able to create global pop hits in a flash is this a good thing and how does it all work ill be discussing this with our social media expert after this. Months clips uploaded to tech tucker 15 seconds or less making the app the perfect platform for todays short Attention Spans but i still anyone with a user profile can upload video content viral dances and music videos are among the most popular content on the platform its. Called. Is made me. 17 year old olivia over at regal made headlines this month when her debut single drivers license hit 100000000 listens faster than any other song in the history of music streaming then to talk was a big factor in the song success since within the 1st 24 hours of its release many popular tech talk creators had uploaded reaction videos are used to this background music for their dancers. The song gained even more momentum when used by fans to showcase their acting and look sing skills as part of a so called tech talk to challenge creators showed themselves heartbroken during the 1st part of the video before transitioning into a glamorous version of themselves evidently the match. Recipe for a viral hit. Im not a social media expert but by college you know how to route to get. A drivers license went from 0 to the top of the charts in a matter of days all because of to talk well you know if they did an actress she is a bit famous but that doesnt explain the she would instant success so what happened on the day the song came out going to talk just so random picked up you that you thought that song and have video and created a challenge and lots and lots of people participated in that talent so now we have all my 1000000 videos you think that song one takes talk and i mean even i used that song on one of my pick up on my account to fill it with everywhere and then you know tell us with commented on the Instagram Post and so it became the. Pop cultural moment really yeah ok so this is not the 1st time to be in a tick tock challenge has pushed to the top of the jobs i think you fleetwood mark how the likes of to talk on instagram changed how the charts in the last year what picked up and instagram rio which is the new video feature instagram you this thats kind of it picked up clone really but they encourage you to upload their own content but you someone else thats music full of these people who really multiply it and thats new for social media because you know if you remember facebook was very much about copyright violations even taking you with a video camera if they used popular music so i mean its a bit ironic that now the suits take took off get paid to to use the song and for instance charlie de mille you know she is one of the biggest to talk us and reportedly she gets paid 40000. 00 just to use the song in the video and dance to it so off of course all in the hope that this goes viral on the app and then. Viral in the charts and you have a number one hit so basically your song needs to have the potential for a good social media challenge then you go viral right to the top of the charts doesnt matter about the music sounds easy so why doesnt every pop singer do it well its actually not that easy because you can plan a viral moment and have to be offended because a social media you know if they can spot the fake a mile away and thats actually what happened this week to Jennifer Lopez she uploaded a video on her instagram and had to talk and channel it because she wanted to recreate that and it almost iconic beach thing dont cost a thing then you think video and so we see how its going down the beach and shes throwing out expensive watches and have fun with laughter and you know eventually this poor thing and saying cant wait for you know recreate its new challenge but social media you thought they didnt like it they even could have 5 tough why because they called her tone deaf it went that way in the middle of a pandemic i mean how are we going to recreate this huge scene and we dont have our own private jet to fly to the beach and were not supposed to travel so they criticized her and made quite a few funny means around that making fun of the talent so its not that easy its not even put Jennifer Lopez oh what a shame i was going to do a swing number which i dont know why are. You very much of it with the thanks for help because explaining all that now look at some other cultural stories from around the world that we could get in new york where a must a piece of the italian renaissance painted charlie has just finished a record price for a work by that artist at auction. The painting sold for 18000000. 00 in 92000000. 00 with commissions and fees young man with up around all is thought to depict a young nobleman showing off his own prized possession a decorative medallion bearing the image of a saint it is considered one of his finest portraits probably dates from the 14th seventys or 14 eightys. To paris where british designer kim jones is debut collection for fendi brought some bookish glamour to his 1st show the collection was inspired by Virginia Woolf novel orlando and jones recruited as many superstars and superstar models as possible with no Live Audience the models runway was actually a cool glass maze and another debut this time in the United Arab Emirates the 1st ever fashion week for men a month so couture set their show in the desert with all the models wearing white and sporting various interpretations of the traditional dish dasha row. And in the United States where the annual Sundance Film Festival in park city utah was for the 1st time a virtual festival and got on the way with a very topical film. In the same breath as a documentary by chinese american director none through wang which charts the misinformation and propaganda that accompanied the spread of the coronavirus in both. Washington. The american artist Claire Celeste started her professional life as an Arts Ministry to dealing with other artists but see she soon changed sides as it were a memoir now based in berlin she exhibits her work around the world raw material is simply paper but she creates extraordinary immersive collages that bring the viewer into a natural paradise and theres an environmental message in all her work to. This nature collages assembled from hundreds of people or images the installation biodiversity celebrates the wide variety of species welcome to Claire Celestes blooming world. I use actually and then i would use collage to plan my paintings and then one day i realize that the collage that i made to plant the painting was actually much better than the painting itself celeste is inspired by Natural History images of flora and fauna from around the world the american born artist is based in berlin from where she creates works like biodiversity a tribute to nature but also a warning. It was originally only about nature but then when i realized just how many spaces in my artwork are vanishing or have are to be honest it became impossible to ignore it herself because i think the most important part of my artwork. So must doesnt want her creations to be seen as merely decorative but she does try to make them beautiful or works or shown in International Galleries such as these canvas collages in sweden. This mural adorns a Department Store in munich illustrations installations and glass sculptures are all part of her portfolio the artist draws inspiration from places with lush vegetation like berlins patel nickel garden as a diplomats child she lived in many countries such as thailand brazil italy and the United States exposing her to the joy of natures great diversity the threat to the environment is a source of worry for. During quarantine the 1st sure 3 weeks i remember looking at my artwork and thinking that the planet doesnt need both at all though i think its sometimes my glutes and perhaps not. Very environmentally friendly in this is a question that i have but ive recently decided that im going to continue making my art because i think its really important as a vehicle for change and that im giving people a method of ecological urgency and ecological hope or im trying to. Her art is based on vintage naturalistic drawings of animals and plants mixed with present day photos. Like the idea of birds from 20300 years ago coexisting with contemporary ones i like that theres sort of this seamless timeline thats connecting the older drawings to the contemporary photography. She began by cutting out suitable images for her collages and in the process realise that quite a few of the depicted species are now extinct. Nowadays celeste uses online archives she starts by composing her nature collages on the computer then she prints them on recycled paper and cuts them out her latest work using that approach is a kind of chandelier. Claire celeste is still working on this hanging installation which she plans to illuminate with the lamp. Her original plan was to burn the work after its completion as a protest against the extinction of species. I think its important to have a message of hope as well we have the tools to make the changes that we need to to save ourselves and i i want that to be part of the message as well so perhaps i wont start this on fire. Instead the flames are made of paper and can be attached to a removed depending on the message clear celeste hopes that her beautiful artworks will raise awareness of how endangered that beauty is. Finally tributes have been pouring in for the pioneering american. Trans cicely tyson who has died at age 96 she turned down stereotypical roles for black women agreeing only to play characters that was strong positive and realistic long before it was popular to do so if she is in the autobiography of miss jane pittman. You think im crazy she. Just did this change oh oh oh oh ok. Oh no you cant go. Yeah i think i learned all i can make oh. Pico africa. Back to the future when century com has become wandering headsman its because of the ecological revolution in Southern Africa abolishing a fenced in grains a plan to keep soil from becoming depleted and protects the habitats of wild animals submitting a mission a skill thats a contribution to a Sustainable Future eco africa. 30 minutes long w. What keeps us in shape what makes a city and how. My name is dr costa rica i talk to medical experts. Watch them at work. And i discuss what you can do to improve your health. Stay tuned and lets all try to stay good shit. On the job. Its about billions. Its about how work. Is about the foundation of a new world order. The silk road. China wants to expand its influence with this trade network. Budding group theres a morning when for exception money from the new superpower will become dependent on the guinness book of. The Chinese State has a lot of money at its disposal. And thats how the expanding asserting its status and position in the world. Chinas gateway to europe. Starts feb 19th w. This is the news live from the European Union approves the astra zeneca coronavirus fact same box madson recommends a drug for all adults over the age of 18 as the e. U. Intensifies its dispute with astra zeneca over the vaccine delivery delays also on the program thomas a nigeria win compensation from oil giant shout over environmental damage caused by foil leaks after a 13 year legal battle