Hiv. Last year alone, 1700000 new infections were recorded, and 690000 people lost their lives to the disease. People living with hiv are especially vulnerable during this pandemic. For one, theyre more at risk of falling severely ill with covert 19, but perhaps even more crucially of the coronavirus economy is down. Many sufferers have not been able to access medication. Its a very welcome arrival. Employees of the north Star Alliance deliver a choice drugs to the goldwater settlement west of johannesburg. The risk of becoming seriously or even faintly ill with covert 19, is twice as high for hiv, positive people. Many are avoiding overcrowded hospitals for fear of infection. And however, interrupting treatment can have serious consequences. Un aids expects up 2148000 additional hiv deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic by 2022. Especially in poor regions of the greatest number of people with hiv live in africa. More than 25000000 in subsaharan africa. Twice the rest of the world
Im british by the day. Welcome to news asia. Glad you could join us. He highways leading to the indian capital of delhi, blocked as thousands of farmers protest against new agricultural laws passed by. The government. Farmers are demanding a rollback of the laws. Claim me, they removed a government assured grain purchase scheme that acted as a safety net for them. The government has assured the scheme will continue, but farmers convinced these 20000. 00 farmers arent going anywhere. Their trucks and tractors are blocking the major highways near indias capital. Each one of our tractors is loaded with rations up to 4 months. Until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the farmers field. Their livelihoods are threatened. They fear that the government will stop buying grain at guarantee prices. The worry is that this could leave them at the mercy of corporations who wont pay enough for their crops. Prime minister, Narendra Modi is trying t
A story in career where a driver crashed in to pedestrians. Thank you so much on kovan 18 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills millions of people around the world. The United Nations figures show that 38000000 people were living with hiv last year, nearly 700000 look at that died as well, and as a result of their hiv infection. But prevention and treatment measures are showing promise. In the last decade, the number of new infections has decreased and so has the number of people whose death was caused directly by aids on or factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. Yet experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert 1000 pandemic, and lockdowns causing a shortage of hiv medication. Its estimated there could be an additional 1400000. 00 deaths caused by hiv as a result. And drugs are essential to manage hiv and they have helped many people live life to the full, but stigma still prevails. Our next
Im burnt off is good to have you with us at least 4 people have been killed in the western german city of tree or after a car plowed into a pedestrian zone, a baby was among the 1st fatality, several people have also been reported injured. Some serious investigators are continuing to work at the scene of the incident which took place early this afternoon. The suspect was alone in the car and is now in Police Custody the best to gauge of stress. There are no apparent signs that the rampage was politically motivated, but prosecutors say the driver appeared to be suffering from psychiatric problems and had been drinking the states interior minister. Roger never had this to say at a press conference a short while ago. Honestly im under an old and i can see in looking back its a days events at the deliberate zigzagging was to target humans and to harm them. One does and im comforted and that is happened in a very severe manner. We have 4 dead, we have 4 critically injured, another 5 severel
Sunday, 15 countries agreed to forge the worlds biggest Free Trade Agreement, including 30 percent of the global population, almost a 3rd of worldwide g. D. P. The pact is set to deliver huge tariff cuts to its and specific rim signatories, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership r c. E. P involves the temp Member States of the association of Southeast Asian nations block, or ozzy on which are written i, cambodia, indonesia, laos, malaysia, myanmar, the philippines, singapore, thailand and vietnam and 5 of their partners, australia, china, japan, you zealand and south korea. The trade volume of all of these members is around 11 trillion u. S. Dollars. Almost one 3rd of all trade. Nearly a decade in the making. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership for c. B. P. Is historic. Many in asia hope it will help speed up recovery from the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic. By lowering tariffs, exports of member countries are expected to grow by more than 10 percent by 2025. A