Thats what were highlighting in this weeks edition of the coven 19 special report. Welcome. But 1st, we take a look at india, where Health Department employees are getting ready to roll out and nasal vaccine. The amos to make vaccine injections. A thing of the past is vaccinations center in new delhi dent, immunize up to 300 people at b. But doctors say, lately, only a few people show up daily to day dr. Which are good them. Who has the center . Says that they expect that to change soon, only she thinks the newly developed nasal vaccine will increase the number of vaccinations at the center. Since the vaccine is to we administer to the spray or else and farm. This will nautica have any injection technique, which is invasive in the law, just to fight off, or we dont need to maintain all the biomedical waste accounts or late. Because im the syringes i need is latrevia that down better introduction on this vaccine. Like this center, many other vaccination facilities in india are also awaiting your 1st batch of nasal vaccines. A few kilometers away. This hospital in delhi regularly carries out vaccination trials. Dr. On upon such they were, a vaccine expert says, the newly developed nasal vaccine could be a game changer in coping co it cockburn in from easel vaccine. Then nate showed that there are Border Guards in the nose, so your infiltration bags fall squawk 19 will be neutralized at the border itself. It will not be allowed to enter the body. India is known as the Worlds Largest vaccine manufacturer, with the recent development of uneasily, vaccine by the home grown company, bartered biotech. The country hopes that the new Delivery System will become a long Term Solution to respiratory infection. Concerned with the dip in vaccination numbers, dr. Sweeney la gerberg, who had the government appointed go with task force, is confident that the nasal vaccine can help in mass immunization campaigns and fight vaccine hesitancy. We had privileged that india is the 1st country to have the knees and vaccine. And it says type moment. We still have the no, no sugar population across different continents, which is yet to be immune. Ace, that said, it can play a very, very critical dorian, faster immunization, as the world continues to witness sporadic surges of the gorge. 19 wireless. Several other countries are developing nasal vaccines with some of them in the final trial phases. But india is one of the few countries which has already approved its emergency used to go up gorge 19 o. At the outset of the k, the 19 pandemic. Many countries struggle to carry out enough p c r tests in such a short time. They couldnt tell who has the virus and my pass it on. But scientists in the west african country of gonna use the strategy of pull testing. Its course on worldwide. The team for ologist at work at this Biomedical Lab in gone as capital across their ologist. William m popo head city that spaced at the university of gone is no good. She Memorial Institute for medical research. Here he and his colleagues spend hours testing samples at the start of the pandemic. So fork of lighting, we take respiratory samples, we go to the other labs. We extract the irony that we are the agents to be able to amplify the, are in the, off this ask of to. And then we come and put it in. These them are cyclists. And in iran for about an hour and a half, 2 hours. And then were able to have a clear indication by looking at a graphs that are produced because the metro is amplified during the process. We call this real time a p c r. Polymer soon react when cove it 1st came to garner the country, struggle to produce test results quickly. It lacked adequate infrastructure in stock and that only heightens peoples anxiety. So m popo in his team, procured logistics and re agents to set up their lab and star testing they use the pooling system, which enabled them to test some, 10000 samples a day. So the testing principle is very simple. If you have 10 samples, ok, and then you take a little bit of each of example and they put it to want to. So you test this want you weight as this. Dupont is negative, they need all the 10 samples are negative. Ok. But if you test this, my sample, this one that has all the 10 food in it. If you test this one and it is positive, then that means that one of the 10 is positive. So you have to find out which one. So you have to, on this approach, may garner one of the african countries that carried out the most tests per 100000 people. It help garners cove 19 response t to better understand the spread of the disease and adapt their strategies accordingly. Saving many lives and that attracted the attention of other scientists. As interested at the end of the day when our colleagues from europe in the countries status, ah, ah, implementing the pulling system. And so for me, we can fill in if impact to feel good, because we showed leadership, we should direction. I think that it wasnt a gucci. Its about young scientists here are inspired by the opportunity to work with m popo and learn how to combat cove. It lets find a nic husband, so, so see yeah, thinking like a lot of lives. Knowing that jap, packing in like a very vital role in producing results, has failed to save lives. And i see that sadly, my son responds to this pandemic lessons drawn from fighting coven 19 are also helping m popo in his teen deal with other deadly viruses. Were very happy that we roast to the challenge. We are very happy that weve continued to provide, ah, support to the god of Health Savings of many so health, not just for overnighting, but when we had cases of monkey pox, we had marble. Virus detected william m po and his colleagues determined to play their part in helping gonna win the fight against coven 19. Ah even as the coven 19 Delta Variant was killing tens of thousands in her home country, south africa, sunny laguna, and never thought shed be affected. But off to catching cove and she ended up in hospital. Luckily her husband stayed healthy and took care of her while working during the entire pandemic. Thats how they escaped economic consequences that drive many of their compatriots to ruin. A new episode in al my cove, its series. We didnt know what was going to happen. We didnt know how many people were going to pass away. We didnt know who was going to pass away. We didnt know if we were going to be alive. My name is anela cooley. I live in johannesburg. And i had coven 19. Wasnt figure the coven 19 in june 2021. Wasnt jones with the normal flu symptoms . Ah, but a rapidly deteriorated. I started to feel breathless. I tried to get a hospital. I couldnt get into a hospital in johannesburg. The child the hospitals were fully booked. I had to be taken by ambulance to a neighboring a hospital in pretoria and i was admitted for a week. I didnt talk too much to my doctor because i was very nervous and the clinic itself was very busy. My actual covered symptoms lasted for 6 months. However, i still experienced some symptoms like tiredness, m, memory loss. We lost people, we watched television and lost so many friends and family. So it was a very bitter and difficult time. But for me, it was also nice that i could be at home with my husband and, and just reconnect in order to protect myself against cover to day. I make sure that id eat her very well. I have a balanced diet. I have my breakfast and lunch, my supper inc, and another greens in my diet. I also an exercise by walking when i got cove it i was not vaccinated. And the reason for that as because of the negative publicity above the vix nations. But my experience of been hospitalized was an eye opener i decided to get vaccinated just to avoid having, you know, another experience. Mm hm. M and staying in south africa, just like in the rest of the world. Many people there complain of ongoing symptoms known as long cove. It in addition to the physical effects, the psychological consequences also becoming clear. It can even lead to a permanent inability to work simple tasks like getting out of bed in the morning have become a challenge for yvonne chang. Not long after my cold at 9 din infection, her which was lust. Dear june, i developed her excruciating pain under my feet, which made it difficult for me to walk and to stand for long periods of time. Immediately after that, i started developing some anxiety and her depression. A single mother and Business Owner chainway was forced to shut down her shop during south africas covered block down one of the strictest in the world. As a massage therapist, her profession requires her to be on her feet all day long. But her lingering symptoms have made it impossible for her to return to work. After losing my business and my income, it was very hard. I had to give up my rental apartment to move in with my partner, in order to save some money. And, and it says theres this uncertainty of not knowing when ill be able to resume my practice. I decided to enroll for a course teaching english as a 2nd language online. Yvonne chainway is not alone. More than 4000000. 00 South Africans have so far tested positive for coven 19, and at least 10 percent of them will develop longer term symptoms. According to the countrys National Institute for communicable diseases. That means at least 400000. 00 people still battling with covered related symptoms, 6 months or more after their initial diagnosis. And then samantha, encore is one of them i its t t i was in hospital for a total of 10 weeks. 6 of those in i c u, i struggled with sort of breath of shoes or so cognition and memory issues. Her symptoms continued for 11 months. During this time, she was unable to work, so she registered for temporary disability assistance. Luckily, she has Health Insurance and was referred to a private Rehabilitation Center in johannesburg. Thats fine. We offer a holistic client centered approach for long clothing patients. We of occupational therapy, physiotherapy and Speech Therapy folders. Patients. Weve seen an increase in referrals of people whove had long covered and who are struggling months down the line. Samantha are on core, has gone from being on oxygen 247 to being able to return to work full time. Its changed my life, my memories, better. My cognition issues are gone and im just a different personnel. Rehab matters is one of a handful of facilities in south africa treating long cove it. Its a private practice and caters to people who either have Health Insurance or can afford to pay out of pocket altogether. Just 27 percent of the population. For the other 40000000. 00 plus South Africans who rely on Public Health care. Like even chainway Treatment Options are limited in south africa, these no way of knowing just how many people are suffering from long cold. The reason for this is theres a wide variety of symptoms that can include pain or the physical weakness and even memory for people who do not have access to private rehab facilities. These only one government funded facility. However, that is in cape town. So most of the cases are going on cheated, but keep town is a long way from johannesburg where he bon chainway lives. She eventually found relief through acupuncture, a form of alternative therapy. There is practice in chinese medicine regarded by some as a pseudo science. Its medical credibility is disputed, but for yvonne its making a difference without breaking the bank. Its my 2nd term here. And i, i opted for this of the been told by worse than doctors that they could not do anything for the pain in my fit. That i developed after my covert and the there is in was that theres lots of people who are presenting with different co problems of the cove. It and so they just that i did dont to long cove it and theres nothing really they can do at the moment and i came here and the pain in my feet has is a lot and i feel there is hope. Yeah. How you feel so much just to thank you again. So the doctor right now give you to type off the medication to use this one is to drink it to help you to release the pair and the for the situations while she is still on the road to recovery, shes optimistic that youll soon be able to reopen her business and return to normal life. Why did some people get really sick from the corona virus, even though theyre young, fit and healthy . Thats not really clear yet. But one answer might lie in a persons genes. Researches from the Burden Institute of health at berlins shelley t hospital had presented a new study. Our colleague casino christner, talked to dr. Mike pizza about it. What exactly predisposes paper to severe infection . So, clinicians noted early on the severe coven, 19 or 2 years more often and older people in the mail people, and particularly those who are over lunch, but also those who come with multiple pre existing conditions, not touching diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Its, however, we to see these 2 beer coordinates in case its also among apparently healthy subjects on patients. Which means there must be Something Else to it. And early studies show that patients are rare notations and james are responsible for the new system. They will often access also distribute over 19 how much influence do genes actually half and supposed to be modest person to need to understand if the genes on active elements genes are blueprints for what is called proteins. And proteins are the ones who actually do the action, who facilitate an, a record of ira infection. And what are the studies have identified . Are regions in the genome that called for those proteins related to the immune system or too long function. And if this battery for the print battery, it doesnt need to be a major variation that we retired. A very common once puts you at a higher risk for cobra 19 or to be covered in particular, calibrated with other research as your group just published. And you study on this issue, what is it about . So what we saw about a proteins that seem to have a role in predisposing the, to more so recombination ultimate, but also to seem to have a protective rule. So we have for instance, identified a process called in a 5 which is expressed in specific lungs, but also the target of the virus. And if you have more of this protein in your south, youre more likely to develop scipio callback munching. And then on the other hand, we identify proteins like gc ss which have a role and immune response. And patients who have higher levels of just talking seem to be a bit more protected again to be covered 19. So given the knowledge of whale, can you translate it into better treatment strategies . Something i was study contributes a small keys to a launch a puzzle. So, so what we identified is some, some basic knowledge like 5 and how this might relate to the wound, to repair upon inspection and the lung which isnt quite clear yet im and i found that quite exciting to at least name some potential truck targets because its really difficult to develop to extend you weights, it usually takes dick. And now we need to do this with and like months or on the a couple of years. And i think by bringing together all this difference on data where you might highlight some with some new ah canada truck instead. Mccuber fly. Following up took that pizza. Thank you for talking to us. Thank you. Bye. In the ivory coast, keeping track of medical records is a real problem. Files often get lost and have to be recreated. Making monitoring developments overtime, nearly impossible. A clinic in the city of duck who has decided to try out an innovative patient centered approach. The large dooku clinic has decided to test a new solution. Theyre using a new Electronic Health booklet with this is the move, so health pass. Its a small bracelet containing a Persons Health history. The clinic adopted this device in 2020 during the cove. 19 pandemic to deal with any emergencies. Jennifer, so busy newton, there are patients who come, who are unconscious, oscillate. If they have the electronic bracelet, we have all their information in one click on issue. There are also patients who come and who cant speak french. He soft verbally le logo forces. This type of patient can give us the information via the muso path. The bracelet was invented here in 2014 entrepreneur, co vin watch era is decided to launch her idea using the profits from her textile workshop. Since then, are team of developers has been stationed right next to the sewing machine. So due to the coven, 19 pandemic, and the need for new e health solutions, theres been renewed interest in the muso pass medical center. During the health crisis, people understood the barriers have to be broken down. Which means that distances in care should no longer exist. We need to use a health tally consultation tele expertise. Luckily and home care in these holland machine to ensure that the Health Records are secure, the team was put several levels of security in place. They also receive a message as soon as their personal information is accessed me. What i did, it wasnt difficult as an excellent, as soon as someone logs on to the interface to see your information, you get a message like this one. Then access to the platform to the server and the team gets renewed. Were 100 percent dedicated to working on all aspects of the platforms, data security. On it. Today, korean war tara would like her solution to be deployed throughout the ivory coast. Thanks to a partnership with the ivory coast post office. Shes travelling across the country to raise awareness about the past. So the 1st stop is cig waylon, a town in the north west of the country, the amos to campaign there, and convinced 200. 00 women to adopt the mu. So pass. Why . As casually, you see what i have in my hand here is a bracelet that i where is a band leslie, but its not a normal bracelet and its my health book. I think it took, it means that all my information is in it. So why is that . Because if i leave here, i could have an accident. And if the doctors want to help me, they need to know that im asthmatic local. I have sinusitis and a history of epilepsy. They said they politic will happen at for euros 50 for the bracelet and 3 euros for the card. The prices are simply too expensive for many who live here. But today is the only opportunity to get this nationally accepted health id as a because, you know, if youre in a small village and have a problem, the doctors that can save you quickly. That means your life is always safe. But when you dont have a health id, its really not get my i korean speec