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reported nearly half a 1000000 karone of ours infections, say twice the amount seen during the last page. but hospitalizations and deaths aren't relatively known. you k is setting up temporary field hospitals to deal with the growth of our research. the government is concerned, the system could still be overwhelmed despite the madness of the new variant for protests as have been killed and saddam, they were shot by security forces. and i'm foreman 1000 to be running across the country against the recent military takeover that's returned to our top story. the surge of crone of ours cases is being driven by both on the chrome and delta variance come off. and maria has more you may have heard dr. ted ross the head of the world health organization, talking about the twin threats of delta and omicron. but whether it's a twin threat to you and your particular part of the world. well, that depends. going to show you some maps festival from now world in days or the read map is showing army kron infections or at least way or micron is more

prevalent, pretty easy to see. and no surprise that down in south africa. that's where we 1st saw our micron, also, australia, india, and russia. but i would draw your attention to europe, have a look the u. k. yes, we know there is a prevalence of our micron in the u. k, but the rest of europe is not as badly affected. it is dealing with delta change to the blue map. actually i'll change back and forth. have a look at the change across europe between the army kron and the delta maps. you can say there is a lot more delta to deal with in europe as there is a in south america and parts of southeast asia. now just to give us a slightly different take of chosen 9 different countries here and we're looking at their share of different infections. the red is omicron, the blue a delta infection. so starting at the top, south africa has got a rate of 96 percent on the crowd. now maybe that's a good thing. having more cases of the milder variance further down the list. let's

look at the united states, for example here, which is sort of got a $6040.00 splits between the 2. but i think what's interesting and i'm gonna try to draw a box around all of them. here are these european countries, italy, france, and germany with rights of 80 to 90 percent of delta. the more concerning variance, if i can put it that way of coping 19 and maybe that's why they're restrictions, are a little bit tighter in those sorts of countries. the question now is, is all micron perhaps the lesser of 2 evils? bruce lee is professor of health policy and management at city university new york . he explains what will change if coven 19 becomes an endemic one of the things that's, that's most likely gonna happen is at some point the virus is going to shift from being a pandemic situation to more a seasonal virus situation where more like the flow. so again,

this is not the same thing as the flu, but we really want to shift a situation where everyone's immune systems is used to deal or used to dealing with this virus. you know, the big problem early on during the panoramic is no one's immune system has seen this virus. so therefore the, the reactions and the, the outcomes to the virus are more severe. but as more and more people get vaccinated and more and more people are used to the virus, then we most likely will start seeing outcomes become less severe. you might have a situation where, where a significant percentage of people may no longer be infectious after that length of time. but, you know, studies have shown that people can remain infectious, you know, up to 10 days or even potentially beyond. so the concern is shortening, that you might have some cases that escape isolation where people continue to be infectious. so that's raise concern that this might not be the time to really

shorten those isolation in quarantine guidelines because we're in the middle of a winter search right now. and one of the goals right now is to be a little more conservative and try to prevent the spread as much as possible. protesters in southern germany have defied a government ban on mass gatherings to demonstrate against corona virus restrictions. police and munich disbursed the crowd there being protests and dozens of cities in the past few days. new yes, had abrasions, have been cancelled as part of a government to clamp down. and saudi arabia has brought back social distancing rules at the grand mosque and mecca after recording the highest number of infections in months. workers have returned floor markings that were removed in october to guide people in and around the whole, the site. saudi arabia has more than half a 1000000 confirmed cases and nearly 9000 deaths from coven 19. and the 1st cases of the micron variance have been confirmed in libya. the national center for

disease control is urging everyone to get vaccinated close to 400000 evictions have been reported so far, and 5 and a half 1000 deaths. a bird flew outbreak and israel is killing thousands of wild cranes, but epidemiologists swarmed. the disease could infect humans, israel's agriculture ministry says the avian flu, h 5 n one was detected in chickens from northern parts of the country and suspended the sale of meat and eggs from effected farms. a country says this is the deadliest wildfire wild life for all the disaster in its history. but israel isn't the only country experiencing this other parts of the world are also seeing the bird through outbreak, stretching from africa to east asia and even to europe. the w a jo says more than 450 people have been killed by the h 5 and one virus since 2003 german government says europe is currently experiencing it's worst avian flu. i'll break and israel's cranes account for

a 10th of the global crane population. an estimated 40000 crane spend their winter in the countries that nature reserve. and the ongoing epidemic threatens to kill a quarter of them. and spring and colon butter, he is associate professor in bio veterinary science at the university of lincoln. he joins us from lincoln in the united kingdom. thank you for your time. i mean, it sounds really grim. we obviously want to avoid panic. do we humans need to be worried about these bird flew cases, flu, so cursing of birds is always all concern. so humans the lesson from the h 5 viruses so far has been that the only people that have been infected have been infected directly from births. so those people working, for example, in the poultry industry, should take particular care. and for example,

where proper masks, there is always a possibility with any influenza in animals. that it can re, a source of the secular kind of genetic change that soon as kate log korea source into a form that will then go transmit from person to person. that is where it becomes extremely dangerous. the 3 flu pandemic in people of the last century. oh, all came from birds from former molecular insulin. so that can be a concern that it shouldn't be a direct concern here. and the thing here is that people working with poultry should take, you know, proper measures. but apart from that, i don't think there's a direct worse. okay, well, that's good news because i feel like we've had enough of viruses for the time being . and obviously with all we've all had our focus on crime of arson. 5 for quite

a long time now i'm if somebody is to get bird flu, say from working with birds of whatever kind can it then be passed from human to human, on its own usually not. and so, in all the times, we've had infections of age 5 than one that has not happened. all of those infections have been directly from a bird to a person. but there is a danger virus may change and then it would be able to go from person to person. there's no suggestion at the moment that that's happening. but that's something that we always keep a very sharp on for whether our direct infections we understand and we understand what's going on. okay, well that's good news, at least for now. what is driving the certain cases then in flu among, as we say, as we said, the same bird flew out by stretching from africa to east asia and even to europe. why is that? well,

the initial seat of it every year is migrating birds. so migrating usually, waterfowl migrate very long distances for from those in europe down it's africa and they bring with it with themselves. even influenza and influenza are, is what we call a sequel or transmission. so the death a case, and if that finds its way into, for example, domestic, poultry, they can get infected. and so that's the initial c, m. but the, the huge expansion in poultry, in some areas, is very often due to bar security practices of the human born transmission transmission on, for example, trans, the wheels are on boots. but you know, on people essentially like contamination. that's people born. and that needs to be taken into consideration as well. so really strong bar security practices are important. but another thing with

a that influenza in poultry is the density of poultry establishment. so some areas of the world is thoughtless. rayleigh, are among them, where you have a very high density of poachers sanctions, poultry farms. and that, of course, lends itself to transmission between the psalms, either directly or more likely with human contamination. so, less dense poultry areas would be very good, but there are some areas of the world to do very high density. poultry pharmacy, that's not great for this. i will not grant for this in. and then one would assume not great for the, for the palm tree either i will leave at 10, we have labor day for time. thank you for your time calling brother, we very much appreciate it. very well. morn is in south africa paying their final respects to anti apartheid icon. desmond to shoot the archbishop's body has been lying and stays in cape town ahead of his funeral on saturday. gillian wolf reports

from cape town. oh, honoring desmond tutu with song and praise. oh, hundreds flocked to saint george's cathedral where the archbishop once preached his message of peace and reconciliation. inside the revered anti apartheid hero lies in state. people of all ages, cloth and creed, sharing the hope of passing on the icons, torch to future generations to come. it was a big person, it changed a lot of lives and even affected a lot of lives. and i feel it's important that you have your opportunity to come through per your respects and you carry that message forward in to future generations will always remember, you know how to treat each other better. the archbishop's family 1st shared a prayer. other mourners soon followed. the cathedral is engraved in south

africa's history books as the people's church for keeping its doors open to all races during the apartheid era. the pulpit became a platform of power from where the freedom fighters spoke out against all injustices and oppression. eventually helping topple the brutal regime and bringing democracy to a nation. desperate for the end of white rule. the nobel peace prize winner will lie in state allowing mourners to pay tribute and reflect upon his legacy until his funeral on new year's day. oh, he was everything to us. people reign, exile differently, and robin island if the country was bending. he was a hope at the time. and he seemed to hope to day the simplicity of the services mirroring his selfless nature. crowds are expected to flow into cape town, saint george's cathedral until the archbishop is finally laid to rest. and with just the simple glance, you can see that they represent the very valuable nation that desmond tutu forth so

hard to serve. i'm also not that young no more. my dad just hope that the younger folk, the children will take heed from what he's done and try and stand fool, fool, fool, fool. for the truth. 10 for it is right and, and that it will turn out better for them. o, a fee for the nation's youth, the desmond tutu so deeply shared gillian wolf, al jazeera, kit county, environmental defenders calling on the columbia government to protect them. human rights was says more than 150 were killed last year as criminal groups trying to get the hands on lucrative natural resources. president, steve on duke and he says he's doing all he can't insure their safety. the critic

strongly disagree. that's alessandra b, it's impulse to does in community leaders of the magdalena, media region in central columbia have secretly gathered in this hotel conference room, their meeting with government officials to ask for protection. some leaders have been killed for speaking out against criminal elements in their communities. others have received death threats? no most because we've seen a further increase in violence for at 2021 from residual rebel groups in near paramilitary groups that we politicians, business men, public officials, 3 faith clashes and targeting of lead isn't with killing of especially my, my area is where fracking project underway in oscar told us that he's been threatened by criminals. he claims are responsible for dumping toxic waste in every cultural or protected areas near the city of butler computer. me. the government has provided him with the daytime body guard of flat jackets in

a panic button. but he says the security measures, there are no match for the armed groups who operate with impunity, which has a florida, we escape the government institution, they should be recourse like the regional attorney, general inspector general number many often you have a way because they have been co opted by the criminal regency human rights organizations say a 160 so called social environmental leaders have been killed in columbia in 2021. hold. oh, the government and duke says it's doing all it can to protect him. well, if, what is up all liquor, but despite what the government's claims critic say, it simply hasn't done enough. that corruption and violence in the countryside is directly related to the 5 decades old civil war that officially ended in 2016, but still reverberates throughout the country. has to do more if there's a protecting community more of this month than the rules that are responsible for

these these 2 point b, r o b has been ignored. it has been forgot then by the columbia national ombudsman. recognize that there are difficulties in the implementation of a toro protection system. i think that we can't hide, that there have been issues with the implementation of the 2016 pace deal with font that offered more protection. and append to me because my things work for the protection of leaders, especially in remote areas. but this is the 1st government to introduce a public policy or design exclusively for social leaders. so we hope things will get better. but experts believe only a profound transformation of the institutions task with protecting these communities could really make a change in the life of these leaders who are the last line of defense for their people and the environment. i listen that i'm pretty al jazeera baron kabir me

it's a dance borne deep in the heart of africa, which is spread worldwide. now the calmly rhumba has been recognized by unesco. the united nations cultural agency has added the downs, moves to a list of what's called the intangible heritage. iran calm has more don't blow in full flight as the rhythm of the room, but brings joy to the don't. but this is just the distraction of a hard day's work. the song, the band plays is called the peace and unity which came about after the congos independence from belgium. ah, for the last 50 years. so it's become an anti colonial anthem across the african culture. and this month, unesco recognizes the style of music as a living cultural tradition. and there were intangible cultural heritage for the ban. lita, it's a recognition of a life playing music me of

a normal but got a bit ability has many characteristics. it's existed for more than 50 years. i've lived my whole life with rumba. if you look at the rubber now, we elevated and developed it. although we've kept our references to the icons, likely grand cali, pump wemby, semarino, marcia, tabulate modem. ah, the style of music in some way chose the story of one of the biggest crimes inflicted upon africa, slavery. the music's origins can be traced back to central africa, but it was voted to give mantic ocean between the 6900 century and was particularly popular among the slaves of brazil and cuba. cuban zuba in particular became big in african countries on approved by the time recorded music or writing congo congolese artists began to recognize their own rhythms and history in cubans. and took that i'm the music came a full circle, becoming a robot. laws all said,

you did depot. our ancestors were deported to the americas in the 15th 16th century and went to either north america, central america or south america. but the focal point was cuba and central america . well, so in cuba there was a surprising mixture from dos who came from africa, but also from home to slaves have encountered one stair, the city so renew. oh, recognition is also important to foster an industry to not just only recognize talent, but to develop a nurture. ah, this is in what law it is. our creation rumba, is us, rumba is our life. rumba is our vision. so, rumba is us. that's why we want room, but to be recognized as our own. it is our identity. rhumba is congolese. ah, one of the things you and recognition does is highlight the rumba. sound is as congolese just as reggae is jamaican. another awful recognized by the you and cultural agency

. the music plays on louder and more crowded around, cock out 0 still had on al jazeera in for to fact a session of huge significance for one of basketballs biggest stars andes. here with that story. ah ah.

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damage the women's game. and many of the sports jeffrey is adults with the man in charge of world football feature president johnny and francine are strongly in favor of the idea of the european and south american confederations have formerly opposed the plan. the tournament is currently held every 4 years and chevron says you a to research shows the majority of fans want to keep it that way. the problem is that the, the work has to be every 4 years to be interesting. second, if it would be every 2 years who cannibalize women's football, because it would be the same year as women's football either sports olympic games or mandy mistake, it's simply a bad idea. and it will not happen because it's a bad idea, not because we are opposing or manchester city or 8 point clean out the top of the english premier league equity oversight beating breakfast. john mail to y and wednesday, in the international far deny getting the only goal of the game. it was city center league when in iraq. chelsea and in liverpool are more than exceptional. one is

a champion for new robin. the liverpool had been our big arrival in dallas through 4 years and, and yet the distance because not because the drop point is because we wanna take him to neural regardless of what pap says, it was a bad night for cities title arrivals. chelsea that he took the lead against brighton at stamford bridge from luda khaki with that goal. but sir danny wellburn scored an injury time equalize the game. finishing won won despite dropping points . chelsea did move up the 2nd in the table just ahead of liverpool. now brooklyn that's play carry irving has been back in training with his team for the 1st time. at this season, the nets had sidelined irving after he refused to get a cove at 19 vaccination. the same have now decided to give the 7th time all star a 2nd chance he'll have to be tested on a daily basis and will be unavailable for home games due to new york's corona, virus rules. irving could well return,

so action on january the 5th against the indiana paces, i knew the consequences. i wasn't prepared for them, but who should of imagination? you know, coming into the season, i had my thought process on, on being able to be a full teammate. you know, i really had to sit back in and think and try not to become too emotionally attached. to to what, to what they were decided to do. it just i had to sit down and really evaluate things and, and see it from their perspective. meaning the organization and my teammates, you know, just really empathize and, and understood their, their choice to, to say if you're not going to vaccinate fully vaccinated, then you know, you can't be a full participant. i know this is hard not to pay attention was being said, you know, about the, you know, the circumstances that were under and, and everybody's opinion on it. and you know, i was just kinda just trying to stay grounded, stay connected with the team engaged in his way for the time or to chance when

things kind of settled down. another joke of it, she's serbian, he may say, well number one is still waiting to hear if you'll be allowed to compete. that next one foster alien open joke which is pulled out of the a t p cup and sydney gets to confirm if he's being vaccinated against covey. 19 only players who are vaccinated or have a medical exemption will be allowed to play. at the 1st grand slam. he said that he was trying to get to the dr. i mean, the decision said, i'm not coming guys to be a to be cup. we'll see about the israel open. i mean, he, he didn't specify his coming or not, but that he's waiting for the master font fitzpatrick, the semi that the last australian open, which was one by john rich, he's part of the green thing. so the a t p kept which gets annoyed on saturday, the welding before st jock of issues absence is a big blow for any tournaments. the rules are rules and the rules are established for

a certain purpose and the reason. so there are certain parameters that have to be followed in order to make certain things happen. so if, if some players decide not to pull them, it's their choice. i wouldn't say there's right or wrong here and tributes continue to pull in for nfl icon. john madden, he left his mark as a super bowl winning coach and award winning broadcast, also the face of the famed video game franchise. he got on tuesday. i stacy 5. i think you realize how much he touch the football world. and all of us made our job, you know what it is today as a coach, made an honorable position to be and and it's hard to be all favorite very little on be all a famer and 2 different areas that's, that's phenomenal. ok. but if high school is looking for now. okay, thank you for andy. well, that's it for me for this new zone. lauren taylor will be with you in just

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