Stem the tide . Me . What im talking with not him special. I want to jones and berlin, thanks for joining us. Now, the good news 1st, the number of new infections is seemingly going down in pakistan though the accuracy of the data is in question. And how sustainable is this downward trend given that Neighboring India is grappling with an aggressive variant . It may all depend on Pakistans Ability to ramp vaccination across the country. And theres a lot of catching up to do this. Its a busy day at the rabo pin. The vaccination center, every resident over the age of 19 can now register to get their job with vaccines bought and donated from china and allocations from the u. N. Back to kovak scheme, pakistan has now secured more than 18000000 vaccine doses and it came to get them out into the population. Initially, there was quite a bit of Vaccination Hesitancy here. But many have seen what happened in india, and theyre worried. You can just any of the next wave, this coming could potentially be the worst yet. When we watch a video about whats happening in india, in the people scrambling for oxygen and ventilators, and we get scared that it could be like that here. So its important everyone gets vaccinated, familiar, go home. Okay. I would say that every pakistani should get the corona vaccine. Otherwise well have a similar situation as we see in our Neighboring Country of india. We need to avoid whats happening there in the formula. They need to wait till it says people were very good. They were unsure about the side effects and all. But now theres awareness and people are coming to get back to pakistan. Desperately needs to increase its Vaccination Rate so far, only about 2 percent of the population has had a shot. Infection rates have been declining over the last few weeks, but the country has only just come out of locked down. Since speed, theres been a loosening of restriction markets and mosque are once again busy but in some places miss about the Corona Virus persist mine when it cannot be on. While i believe that while the Corona Virus exists, it doesnt harm us inside the month when we come here to pray. 100 is, is john did put on wrong again. Come inside the mom. This is got home and i believe that Corona Cant come inside. It was to call you, when you were in many mosques, masks are worn and social distancing. Rules followed all if the goody highest people to take care and follow what the doctors say, so that we can avoid whats happening in india, in the ok. Yes, a lot of the home, which sick pakistan recently detected the variant responsible for the recent rapid spread of new infections in india. But even if infection rates go up again, doctors are confident that a crisis like the one in their Neighboring Country can be avoided. These have arranged almost 2 to 3 times of our routine services. In this hospital we have extended our ice used from 18 birds to 50 birds in recent days. And similarly, the number of Oxygen Port Number of what regions birds have been increased to 3 fault. Meanwhile, everyone here is hoping that these new Resources Wont be put to the test of a more. Im joined by a hash on actor hes associate professor. I do use right institute of pharmaceutical sciences and national infectious Disease Specialist at terminix, international in pakistan. So very good to have you with us, and we have a case numbers going down there. Hospitals also seem to be well prepared for new cases. Just all of that mean that pakistan has the Corona Virus pandemic under control. Will you still did the count of Go Call Week 19 get his it has been including all over the world including budget on and with every like 1st were taking leave internally. If you have learned a lot, hospitals are very big and yes, you can see that if there are no control now. But if you look toward the stacks of its still on the alarming site. Ok explore. A the alarming because certainly we hear from the World Health Organization that when it comes to the number of new cases, there seems to be a discrepancy between those that are confirmed and those that may not have been reported. How worrying is that . Well, thats a good question. I guess get it done. Many, many patients, they go to the local clinics, many are not counted. Many like did a huge difference between d and, and so the count and the number, they are not willing equity. It as good if you, if you talk about them, but still did issue of him domestic people. They said no medications is also high. So we assume that the spectacle is they are much higher than which are ordered. Ok. And especially a symptomatic infections of people with that dont, dont show any symptoms that obviously also keeps spreading virus which is dangerous. How big a role would you say just to cobra mutations play in pakistan right now this little impressively august on, has been devoting the full, you know, sequencing from the start of the damage and a tanks to the national institute of health august on which was led by Media Doctor on medic. Um, we reported the the you give it in, the reported, the brazilian variant reported the saw that the convenient and this, these millions do have role in, in the spread of covered in buckets. On last week we heard around then, you know, sequencing in august and 7 out of 10 word south convenient. One out of 10 was the indian 1000000000. And in last 36 hours, we have around for more any of the. And so it is, it is the dont fall off deterred them, but still the video and the question here. Ok, so vaccination is the key probably to keep all of those in check in the Vaccination Rate. However, its still very slow. Is the reason for that that people basically refused to get vaccinated all the other Problems Supply perhaps if you talk about it says theyre just around 3 Percent Debt bucks down is that it now but, but the population in august, the news huge. Its around over 200000000 people, and definition in pocket done now. Today is around more than 300000 per day. So we are doing this and it has also been commercially available now. So we hope that in the near future we will be able to go back now. Right. Commercially available means it costs money to get vaccinated. Yeah, mostly in a more than 90 percent is free. But still, if actually the government has divided it between the age groups and professional life. So the heads give workers and be at the other professionals, they were a candidate 1st. But who cannot be done . He can go and, but she has it right. Professor Actor Reporting here about the situation in pakistan right now. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Thank you so much. Now, one thing is certain vaccines. The key the pandemic has for science to react quickly and develop vaccines that can stop stars cove too. But can they do even more than that . Time for your questions though, over to our Science Correspondent derek williams. Oh, you could 19 axes and predict the types of Corona Viruses all depend demik has turbocharged research into Corona Viruses. Weve learned a huge amount about them in the last 15 frantic mines, including in an area called a Cross Reactivity, which involves how the immune system can react to similar structures on the surfaces of different types of viruses. In other words, how your body might not have to learn everything from scratch about a pathogen if that pathogen reminds it of a bug. It encountered in the past, say, because it has similar spite proteins. All Corona Viruses have spikes. Theoretically, at least, that means that teaching your immune system to recognise, sorry cubby to spy proteins, could maybe also help it recognise and prevent infection with other Corona Viruses if the spikes are similar enough. Among others, a study published last month by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the us shows that the idea isnt far fetched. The researchers look at the response of what are called t cells, which, which play an important defensive role in immune system response. And the study reported that after people were given the vaccine against over 19, their t cells also responded powerfully to a related Corona Virus that causes colds. And the assumption is that Cross Reactivity was providing some protection. Theres so much to learn, but a lot of Experts Thing to work being done in the fight against stars covey to will lead to a real revolution and how we address future corona, virus threats. Some even believe were not far from developing one shot vaccines that will work against a wide range of Corona Viruses. Lots of attempts to make one are already in animal testing me. Now who says bank holidays are a waste of time in the united kingdom. Any one of 18 could get a shot on monday, waiting in the some thousands spend this bond call a day to get vaccinated against co, with 19. Well, not much distance keeping a new trend, perhaps. Thats all for this edition of our covey. 900. 00 special thanks for watching the news. How does a Virus Spread . Why do we panic . And when will all this . 3 of the topics that we covered and i weekly radio. If you would like any more information on the Kronos Virus or any other and science products, you should really check out our podcast. You can get it wherever you get your podcast. You can also find us at w dot com, forward slash science. Let me, weve got some hot tips for your budget. 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The special concert paid tribute to under appreciated african american composers, part of a 3 concert many festival organized by renowned american baritone, Thomas Hampson and soprano scholar, Louise Top and now all 3 concerts are going online. This week, Thomas Hanson is going to tell us more about that in just a moment. But 1st, heres a quick look. I want you this works of black americans and hoses, Hamburg Film on Concert Hall names including William Grant, still in the 1950s was one of the most played composes in the us. Performers and music scholars, Thomas Hampson and Louise Toppin curated the program. Oh, there is no more experts in this field and in which grand feels offers than doctrine was topic please. Thank you. Tom and William Grant still wrote 8 offerings of which these are 2 types of homes, well known african american spirituals. The type of music originally, phone slavery, the me. C i the Worlds Renown Freeman chamber orchestra, also tons of the baton of conductor roderick cox. The concerts and 2 others in the series will be available this week for view as around the world online. Ah ah, i will tell you where you can catch those wonderful concerts online in just a moment. Im going to pull in Thomas Hampson now world renowned baritone, living between the us and europe and the motor behind this project. Thomas, how did you, as a white musician, come to co create the special program of black american composers . And why is it important to you . Good afternoon. Thank you so much. The invitation is incredibly important to me over the years, through my amps, on congregation and on a professional tours. Ive had a series that started in cooperation with the library of congress called song of america. And weve had different sort of centers of gravity to these tours and concerts, the beginning of american song and the birth of liberty and all various subject matters. And through the years recent years, especially, ive been very supportive of the african american song alliance, as well as the top and website of african american d. S. For our Music Project and with the enormous outpouring of Sympathy And Concern in europe, especially in german speaking countries last summer for the black lives matter movement. It just seemed to me the time to try and bring this literature, this sound of diversity to europe. And so my good friend, christopher, even i propose that to him, he said it was a wonderful idea. And so we put it together on the 1st Phone Call i made was we stop and i said, i think weve got something to do here. And she was very excited, everybody on the part of the project i wanna, i wanna pull in a clip now an excerpt of the Opera Highway one usa. And heres you and Louise Top and playing a loving couple who in a gas station, as well as Lawrence Brown singing the role of your spiteful brother who basically tries to ruin your wives. The me tom is just prefer you also focus in the series on spirituals, a type of song that originated during slavery in the us, including the well known song. This little light of mine, the arrangements may seem a little unusually classical. The people who know the songs tell us a little bit about those. Well, we have a very wide ranging repertoire in these 3 concerts. And, and the spirituals dont just just come from the tradition of slavery the time the slavery bond. And one actually can look at a lot of the spirituals like folk songs of the african american culture, all the roots thereof. And quite frankly, that the denial of those cultural roots was a big problem at the beginning of the 20th century. And my, my, my biggest passion about all of this is that this is not some other culture within american culture. This is american culture, langston hughes is paula. As an american, he is also african american. And the passion behind this project is democracy with the capital, the diversity with a Capital D. And this is what it sounds like, and it is the american culture. It is not a subculture are very exciting. This so its hanson, and i know langston as the focus of one of those amazing concert which are online this week on the still harmonious website at home when he died. The Thomas Hans and thanks for joining me. Its a great pleasure. Thank you so much. Now for decades, artists and bella roost have faced censorship, and many fear the situation is getting worse with the resumes. Latest cracked down on dissidence leader. Alexander lucas shank is also tightening bella. Roo says, orders making it impossible for most citizens to leave. Now those who dare to speak out or saying theyre scared. Ryan flight 4978 already has its own wikipedia page. On may the 23rd, the flight escorted by bell russian fighter jets was forcibly diverted to minsk national airport. On the odors of bella, russian president , Alexander Lucas shank at to stop journalist roman cortez a which was arrested that has been widespread outraged across europe, which is which confounded the news channel nash. Tough on the messenger telegram. The channel follows the actions of the opposition in bella, rose from exile in war, saw more than 4000000 bella. Russians have subscribed to the channel that allows them to observe the increasing the arbitrary behavior of the russian states since election fraud protest. Summer have been 35000 arrests, so immense rights. Victor martinez, which an unimaginable development is why it is better for costing them political scientists because they books and not just the news and have a broader perspective. But what Fellow Ruth has experienced in the last 6 months is written question on a scale. The eastern europe has much no capital calling and all of which naval this is now happening in this country is a real tragedy. Very happy ava, bella, russian writes, and poets has lived in exile for many years. We met her at the lights, a book for in eastern germany half a year was latest Book Camel Travel is about growing up in an era of conflicting transformations. The bed up was the tape was a very interesting time, so the better route the, the, the children saw and experience were 3 different heroes or times to need and or the to the that the soviet union on. So years or 5 years of independence chosen fella, russian Renee Song and then the latest era with the president and the regime. We see ruling today, side residential. So 17 in the book is not enough to look back on a soviet childhood. Rather, it tells with irony about a Country Code between times one way that it can be found in school books where patients are taken in distant soviet republics, where a little go having her photo taken with a camel has just sucking her tummy and what you learn to play the piano without a piano, a child in poverty, and was therapy in a post soviet culture that helped shape the country to this day. Me up when, why didnt come about by accident. Rather, hes a product of the soviet system. And thats where he gets his and how i just power the feeling. Its a very interesting the which will book instinct. The transformation of power in the former soviet union from the communist party to a Matthew Site or the coffee is the subject of victor. Much of which novel revolution, its the comical and turbulent story of a naive and out of touch architecture lecturer, who gets blackmailed by the messier. As he climbs the korea letter, hes forced to complete assignments. So once critical spirit becomes a cynical and brutal servant of a secret order, the book is set in a symbolic moscow. But during the recent protest, it became a manifesto of resistance. For many bella, russians. Sure, a huge portion, bella, Lucy And Russia are very similar. We have both decided to make a soviet legacy, the new ideology in these countries, everything is built on the ideals darling, invented for which there are many similarities. And when i talk about moscow at the turn of the century, i am of course, also talking about minsk, many people have come to realize, especially during this repressive chime, why Mount Mussel so low on us . Partly. Meanwhile, just about everything is seen as anti states, even when a member of the opposition shouts, long live pedo, ross, se acting secret in backyards streets where people can easily hide today. 9 months after the start of the protests, the climate of fear hangs over the country. All over the last 6 months, ive had the feeling that our society has been cut off. And theres just when it was breathing, a sigh of relief, we are talking to and what not hearing one another like we are in the most important voices of famous artists and writers have fallen silence because everyone is afraid to speak. But we cant get into this fear human rights is to keep talking, to call a spade a spade, to remember everything. Because sooner or later we will have to remember what happened here. Whats your needs but almost or may not be useless for me unless and, and this arts and culture on a lighter note, because charlie watts of the rolling stones is turning 80. Ill leave you now with a little look back. Bye. For now. The the forgotten about for a long time at last, fabio grew and his colleague as a rest in traffic again and the Piazza Need transforms into a real painting once more. In 30 years into the conflict with sebastian Faith Drive between israel and the militant palestinian group. How much remains fragile my guess is we from gaza . Is that the name . A spokesman when he finally accepts the Targeting Israeli civilians violates international law. But is there anyone left in his group . You still want to talk to conflict on 90 minutes on dw. Ah, what people have to say to me thats why we listen to their stories. Reporter every weekend on d. W. Green. You feel worry to ask me to kneel. Postal on the Grievance Post and to me is clear me to change the solutions or alpha, join me for a deep green transformation to me for the frankfurt a hot international gateway to the best connections alpha, road and radio. Located in the heart of europe, you are connected to the World Experience and standing Shopping And Dining offers, enjoying our services, be our guest at frankfurt, airport city, managed by from board. Ah ah. 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