headed to courses. this is the w. news one from berlin tonight a potential breakthrough treatment for coded 19 researchers in the u.k. it found that a low cost widely available steroid reduces deaths by up to $1.00 3rd of lung severely 19 patients also coming up could it be happening again china is scrambling to contain a new corona virus outbreak this time in beijing schools are closed residents being

told not to leave the city and in german soccer bleier in munich when their 8th consecutive win this league. the bavarians crossed the finish line with a slim win over very. often it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with what is being called a breakthrough in the fight against the corona virus researchers in the u.k. say they've identified the 1st drug that significantly reduces the risk of death in patients hospitalized with coded 19 in a major trial the low cost steroids decks and methods all was found to cut deaths by a 3rd in patients on ventilators and by assist in patients receiving oxygen doctors are expected to begin treating people with the steroids immediately and one of the

trials chief investigators is hailing the findings as a potential game changer in the fight to save the wives of people with advanced coded 19. it really sharing going to significant things and it's really important because the drug itself is very widely available it's on most every pharmacy shelf and if you hospital it's available throughout the world and it's extremely cheap so we've looked at the numbers and if we treat 8 patients in intensive care with a stroke. we'd save one life and the total cost of treating patients is only about $40.00 pounds so this is really really remarkable extremely pleased as positive news indeed my 1st guest tonight is jason kindreds with a professor in biology at the university of manitoba he joins us now from canada jason it's good to have you on the show so i want to be clear this steroids it helps people who have severe cases of good night seen what about patients whose

cases are not so use of the that's such a great question right so we're trying to learn about this and in real time do we know that something initial data that it came out at the very start of this pandemic it suggested that steroids actually made exacerbate disease in in those that are in the early stages so i think one of the concerns right now with with dex about the zone is that there are you know would there be the potential that if you treated patients too early they might actually end up increasing the potential severity of disease because it actually acts as an anti inflammatory so i think that we have to look at this as a potential game changer for those patients that are actually in severe disease distress but we are still lacking for some sort of a therapeutic that will ultimately help reduce infections in the very early stages of disease so once and it sounds like if i'm understanding you correctly then it really matters here the time in the course of the disease when you administered this drug because if you administer it too early you could actually exhilarate

covert 19 is that correct. there is that potential right and that's the the problem in the in the kind of the trickiness with these types of diseases is the unfortunate side is we don't necessarily see cure alls outside of vaccines so now we get into an issue of thinking about exactly that the timing of when the administration's are done and maybe if you can explain to his dreams you know we've been told that the corona virus attacks most of the mostly the lungs of the patients and now we're talking about a steroids being used to treat it what do we know about the steroids and how does the stairway to actually work against the corona virus. yet it's such a great question right so one of the things that we tend to look at with these different types of merging viruses is the fact that they tend to basically increase the immune response so he's actually getting over stimulation of of the immune response which in most cases actually is protective for us but in many cases can

actually increase disease verity so the hope with something like dexter methadone is that rather than acting directly on the virus and trying to reduce the ability of the virus to create more copies of itself what the drugs are trying to do is essentially reduce all that damage that is part and parcel of an open overactive immune system and an overactive immune system would that be the case in younger patients than older patients i mean is this drug or the steroids better for older patients. oh so such a good question right and i think i'll say what a friend i think feel that i'm interested in a lot of position at this point because i can i could simply say don't think we know yet we're getting a better picture of what the disease looks like cross patients of all age groups. so really what we're seeing is that you know when in many patients with severe disease there's actually an overstimulation of the immune system how that kind of factors out across different age groups and how dex about his own potentially offers some object of

a fact or decreased damage effect i don't think we quite know yet so we're still in the early stages of understanding that ok well excellent answers there jason can project professor of biology of the university of manitoba in canada jason we appreciate your insights and your time tonight thank you. but the chinese capital b.z. is reimposing coronavirus restrictions amid a new cluster of cases the city has ordered all schools to be closed and it has banned people from high risk areas from leaving the new outbreak has been traced to a large wholesale foods market there have been over a 100 cases in just the past 5 days stoking fears of a 2nd wave of covert 19. beijing residents thought they'd put this behind them but hey they are lining up in the hot sun for mass coronavirus testing after navy 2 month a new act break is causing a dozens of cases have been traced to this spawning wholesale food market it's more

than 20 times larger than the went to market in wu han whether the virus was 1st identified. pictures from state television show the response in the surrounding neighborhood residents here not to live to leave or say they are in wartime and as they aim to contain the spread. zaya t. has already made its way to other parts of the city. i'm very worried for now i don't know what the situation will be in the future because we are getting much information we don't know if the virus will spread again if it does we should worry . i meant shouting it was supposed to be nearly over and then we suddenly get another wave of cases in which they. have closed schools as by the sports and entertainment venues only residents who have recently tested negative are allowed to leave the city and only if travel is essential the measures fall short of a full looked at but the world health organization says beijing is doing enough.

the cluster like this is a concern and it needs to be investigated that controlled and that's exactly what the chinese authorities are doing but other provinces are concerned many have imposed quarantine requirements on visitors from beijing and a country that had declared victory over the coronavirus is forced to confront the ever present risk of a fresh outbreak. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world police have fired tear gas have a demonstration of health workers in paris the clashes broke out on the sidelines of a peaceful protest in the city demonstrators are demanding more investment in france's public healthcare system after years of budget cuts as the country's system struggles to cope with 19. north korea has confirmed that it has blown up an office that was set up to improve relations with south korea you see it right there the explosion was captured in surveillance video by south korea young is furious at

seoul's failure to stop activists from sending propaganda over the border. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order to encourage changes in policing it provides incentives for more training and it restricts the use of police choke hold but critics say the order does not address the charges of systemic racism in police departments. here in germany the trial has begun in frankfurt of a suspected neo nazi accused of murdering a german politician prosecutors say that vulture luka was gunned down at his home one year ago because he stood up for the rights of refugees here in germany another man is charged with aiding and abetting the crime. the main defendant stefan he left traces of his d.n.a. at the crime scene he confessed to the killing then later retracted his confession stefan he now accuses the 2nd defendant marcus age of having fired the shot that

killed. both are now on trial. the victim a. president of a district council in germany central state of hessen the classic local politician gunned down in front of his house it's believed to be the 1st murder of a politician by the far right and federal germany since the founding of the state after world war 2. it was an outspoken advocate of germany taking in and integrating refugees and asylum seekers at a town hall meeting in the autumn of 2015 lucas spoke his mind and was booed the soviet you have to stand up for the values you believe in and those who don't share those values can lead this country at any time. the question. also in attendance to lukas suspected killers both men had

long been active in far right circles and had criminal records but stephanie appeared to have broken with his militant past police had stopped tracking his activities marcus age is accused of brooke hearing the murder weapon a 38 caliber revolver it can be purchased online as long as the official regulations are fulfilled the authorities now admit to having made mistakes but. the killing wasn't only met with shock and dismay in far right circles and that with explicit approval like at this march by the anti islam organization peggy to in dresden last summer. delancey didn't talk to you regret lukas killing but the only regret. is that so it's actually a humane reaction what is the are you saying that murder is a humane reaction comes around goes around but he was a trainer to the german people and he told his own countrymen to leave if they disagreed with his refugee policies put it to this post the solutions like so that

the. authorities discovered google searches for the keywords you could dead and shot in the head shortly before and after the murder from several german states an indication of possible accomplices the role of the far right and su is also under investigation between 200-2007 the group for murdered a total of 10 people allegedly vowed to luca's name was on their hit list. many questions remain unanswered the trial is set to include 30 days of hearings which are scheduled to be completed by the end of october. sports now by in munich have retained the bundesliga title after a win over vitter breman gave them the saleable lead at the top of the table it's the 8th season in a row that by your own have won the german championship let's take a look at how they confirmed their latest creil. sobyanin coach hanzi flick it was time to wrap up the title the reigning champions were boosted by the return of

robert leaven and thomas miller from suspension for the visit to struggling braman . by an looked to cover up in their opponents from the stud but all too often their attacks lacked a finishing touch. and doggy defending from brain and started to frustrate the league leaders it looked as though by and we're in for a long night says the rain began lashing down that is until just before half time when leventhal ski popped up as he so often does. the poles 31st goal of the league season put the title within touching distance jerome boa tang's perfect pass allowing leventhal ski to do what he does best. the 2nd half was uneventful until alfonso davies picked up a 2nd booking leaving by a man down brain and then felt they should have had a penalty after a shot from josh sargent clattered into jerome bowe attains arm about the referee

wiped away their protests. with time running out money well neuer came to the rescue to secure the win for bion and with it the title. for many of the players it was just the latest of many championships to coach hands the flick it was the 1st and while the rest of the league may be tired of watching it by and are celebrating once again. responded bustin hard to watch the game with byron fans in munich he sent his impressions there are many fans out in the streets of munich celebrating bryant's 8th consecutive title the bar is where they usually gather to watch the game had to be more than half empty because of social distancing rules and also usually at the end of the season there's a huge celebration on munich's main public square where the players come out on the balcony of city hall show themselves to the fans and thousands gather to celebrate but due to the pandemic none of that will be happening this year. that was bustin

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