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till $510.00 people died but it is the smallest in $1000.00 days this takes the total number of fatalities to more than $16000.00 only 162000 people across spain are confirmed infected april apple part be a google have announced they're working together to develop technology that will alert people when they've been closed to anyone who's infected with the virus ideas to help governments roll out apps to roll around on both android devices and i phone. singapore is the latest in a growing list of countries and companies to ban the video conferencing platforms soon teachers there are banned from using the app for remote lessons because of what the government describes as a very serious incident local media say this includes men showing obscene images to teenage girls during a zoom lesson so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera more news to come risking it all is next. we understand the differences i'm similarities have cultures across the world. so no matter what you see
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i'm going. to go. for many in the west african country of guinea life can be quite a struggle. a quarter of the country is covered in forest and the government has neglected roads and basic services. constant delays paralyze the nation's economy. and yet guinea is a rich country rich in iran gold and diamonds. but most canadians never see the benefit. of. the monk in the dark but today pierre on his assistant bus transport medicines
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in record time from the capital conakry to kiss a do good on the other side of the country so we're going to know. guinea is still plagued by serious diseases like polio different theory of and rabies. the pharmacy's primary concern is delivering the vaccines to where they're needed before the climate spoils them. with no refrigerated truck or ice balls packs his vaccines in a box with just enough ice for the trip. come on people. focus on the bus and then. the next challenge is getting the vaccines to a porter at the bus step of a downpour has caused huge traffic jams. woman was so pleased to see. my little sister from.
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guinea's capital conakry is at a standstill. the taxis stuck in traffic for hours. vendors and beggars try to make the most of the situation. good. things are going to. your south your bus and hear them cannot come to simply be with you to make sure about them you can hear my voice. after 6 hours in traffic the taxi finally reaches the bus to. follow with careful instructions the pharmacist hands the vaccines to the owner of the bush taxi a bass. it was going to go for
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a family event and on monday they are contacted by the banks after about. $124.00 to just look at the person to determine what is next to the fragile vaccines are placed under the front seat. i was. under no comeuppance so if you need to do what you want to so then it is going to be less about limited. government. i. gainey has no railway on planes or prohibitively expensive taxis are the most common form of transport but drivers take advantage by overcharging clients. this passenger tries to travel on credit with her baby. you cannot get anything done more damage than it was then you're going to get
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yes i'm worried about me and now. the driver feels sorry for her and a deal is struck but another passenger is more of a problem he's hurt his hand and wants a window seat. where you can see the most in. most you must include. the man in the baseball cap has reserved the seat. in what. was this was a sensitive moment the link you alluded to this because nobody is the biggest kid knows it is not the lucy this year one certainty did early part a part of me is not going to hear the money that. will finally 9 passengers 2 babies and 2 drivers a crammed into the taxi. a bass takes pride in his car which is 22 years old. i was told it was an apollo never to.
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be to me if i'm going to get into something cause i think i'm to come at the double . at. the passengers with the vaccines finally leave the capitol. the ice meant to preserve the vaccines has now been melting for 8 hours if the driver doesn't make it to do go in 16 hours the vaccines will be useless and might as well be thrown away. the 680 kilometer road to kiss a dugu is strewn with potholes few drivers respect the rules of the road accidents are frequent. even before leaving the capital the drivers patience is tested.
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the 2 drivers constantly swap over. the boot is not exactly comfortable. 2 more hours a wasted in traffic. the deadline for the vaccine lou is. the drivers decide to drive through the night. since the start of the journey there's been a strong smell of petrol in the car still no one seems concerned. the good news you can see. but whose job it is a simple fact that uncle jimmy something. the petrol fumes might keep the evil spirits away but highway robbers a real threat. yet you seem a little bit sloppy defending your claim to be in france i think this up. your mum
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did military because you thank you so much me. do you feel you've got a police officer for you to go to. school think of if you do this but if. the stop is a welcome relief to the cramped passages their bodies age and their stomachs are empty. jet think. you. can give them mentality you will hear what we're going to but what is known. as a precaution they wait until daylight before setting off again. by
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the early morning the vaccines have been on the road for 22 pounds. even so sharif proceeds with caution. i think i'm going to be on your feet. but now. that you know. good judgment at these times is critical. the gamble seems to have paid off after 24 hours the taxi arrives in kiss a do good. but luck is against them. the pharmacy is closed the ice has melted and the vaccines urgently need to be refrigerated. but the money going to them to open up was up with you know i. don't know their man got
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no no i'm going to advise you get one foot out. the pharmacist is on his way but one passenger is tired of waiting. but the 1st think of the big will be more look at me now you couldn't make him out i like him and i got on well i mean there are good and we got better than another over and over again now but not by a little bit on account of. the pharmacist arrives an hour later he quickly refrigerate the vaccines relief all around ok. most villages and some towns in guinea lack the most basic services. kissa dugu and its $200000.00 inhabitants get only a few hours of electricity a week. the main hospital has an emergency unit that's reserved for pregnant women
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who can't. get it that miriam a nurse dashes off to the hospital's only ambulance the vehicle was donated by unicef 13 years ago without the means to maintain it it's a miracle it's still running i'm. due to the high price of petrol it can only be used once a day. can bring us up and other things that can help you process duchamp. the strength is that you know men don't profit so that's going to baffle their stepped up to the raffle. was the. number it that they want there the times that it out now the. nurses
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waste a lot of time tracking down patients in the bush there are no signs indicating the names of roads all villages. going to you know coma if you haven't got a way where martin one of. the come to you know what i mean i don't know i know a little known about. 2 hours later and they still haven't located the pregnant woman. only go back to the parking lot of her house it was not going. to make things worse the old ambulance breaks down. oh sun come up and go now. but do you think you did. have to shift out of court of course having a gun will not. be thought of. oh no madonna worry about how much money. i got for her and that's it no.
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no no no no no. i she waits for makeshift repairs mariyam bumps into the pregnant woman's father in law worried he'd set out on foot looking for help going to. the medicare. medicaid. services someday and. after 4 days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from the little bit of medical center. that has. not come. back but given. that. 3 hours after leaving the hospital mariam can finally attend to the patient.
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and the baby is poorly position and the 18 year old girl is in urgent need of a says area. and. in rural villages grandmother zite has midwives assisting women with childbirth. c from their. first. books help or get out of. the backup that she'll not get the fuck up but for the. but then my husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on the telephone of the obama no i don't think. the book we're going to talk about the got a lot of this is. that one of the you know my now. i'm
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. on my side. it's not anxious about you pick up the beat up the book what did. you think. the hospital has no running water on the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there is an unease to test a month is soon asleep. this is airy and goes well but the baby isn't breathing. without the aid of respiratory machines the nurses do their best to save the baby but what. now freddy said you. see if you birth the school. in 5 if you have
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a good one for the movie. for my 1st. i don't want my system in the month. for days of contractions have paralyzed the mother's legs the hospital has no suitable medicines. they are but the same as if i must stand there and. watch. the world do what it. would be i'm doing god knows. what we're doing. i. can't shop. without free public health care many families here are unable to cover basic medical needs the hospital pharmacy sells medicines for a 10th the price of the private sector but even these prices can be an affordable.
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concept i could answer was i i work in guinea 5 dollars can change a life. maybe it's the camera or genuine sympathy but in the end the pharmacist pays for the medicine himself. there's enough to treat his wife for a week. any longer and it'll be up to the husband to come up with more money. according to unicef $15300.00 babies and $3800.00 women die in childbirth each year in guinea. getting medicines to where they're needed is a real problem. these medicines are on their way to a dispensary in the middle of the jungle. this won't be the 1st risky journey has
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get to monday so who knows what it would be so we're going to get it. right it. could be. the meal track is actually a regional road it connects kissa dugu and 45 kilometers away. on your flight from apollo days to it on the order of a. going back up in a few days maybe even. at each ball the rhythm of the spades receives and it's always the same team. is encouraged.
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his truck stops its engine lacks power it will get a good wasn't about it but then somebody else people. see the minute bradish i get to see that i feel no bethel upon define the build up as i don't want brown to i'm into i could define a continent where i want to pull that off and i want it when i get it that's what i meant. and guinea everything
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has multiple uses. to put us all what i said duty on the bus. in the community that's and that's. something i would like. to make. by nightfall they've been driving for 10 hours. that it. might. the nurse at the dispensary collects the packages of meds and. he's been expecting them for 3 months on the books is
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a quite small. he hopes they'll be enough to replenish his stuff. if. you will say they believe in the democratic of yet you don't belong to the on another sample of live. among the medicine benjamin has received of vaccines against measles diptheria tetanus and polio he'll start vaccinating children 1st thing in the morning as he has no means of conserving the precious vaccines. by the electricity. if. free will so far hasn't it.
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