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country and. these young telephones in kenya need to be taken care of but there's just not enough money to feed and protect them due to the covert 19 and. i am eddie mica jr you're welcome to the program as the current of virus pandemic rages on over 1000 about scenes being tested on people all around the world by d.c. protest in johannesburg south africa i'm not having it they are concerned about the possible obvious effects to people. continue in the country however are committed to helping find a vaccine as possible. we are not guinea pigs say these demonstrators in johannesburg they're protesting covert 19 vaccine tests

. around the world the search for a vaccine is on but here many people are skeptical it goes against all protocols and even if people are going to continue to be in. it's a form of a violation of a both of. bonding co seeds amanda has volunteered for the study. doctors explained that the vaccine proved harmless in animal tests but there is always an element of risk. total of 2000 people will be testing the vaccine which was developed in england so monday is getting a 15 year old expense allowance but the money is not why he's here. when so many people all over the world have died that's why i'm taking part also because i hope to protect myself with a vaccine. so we don't use why this. the

risk of infection continues to rise here 1000 patients are treated in tents this is the only way some south african hospitals can cope with the dramatically increasing number of infections we know in parts of the great. lakes are relatively. remote they're. working. this is why the vaccine is being tested here in the johannesburg township of soweto as well as in other places to man day lives in soweto but many of his neighbors are baffled by his participation in the trials. they can't understand all the excitement after all he says the vaccine is also being tested in brazil and anglo and he wants his family to also take part in the study.

joining me now is a professor abdul karim south africa an epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist here is also south africa's chief advisor to the cobra 19 a response team that has like irene fags for joining us before we delve into the issue of vaccines that 1st tell us we know that south africa is the way as his country on the continent how is it coping with the pandemic. i think we're if you know saw 1st case back in march we were anticipating it our rapid increase in cases but we didn't see that because of some of the early actions that were taken so we haven't delayed it epidemic and the delay was about $6.00 to $8.00 weeks so they have us an opportunity to be better prepared you know believe field hospitals and surely we have adequate stocks so you know the different drivers newts aren't like dexamethasone and so we haven't really seen the same kind of death

rate that we're seeing in europe and i think partially it's we have a younger population but also because we didn't have the same overwhelming response from the epidemic and so i think overall the cases are higher than we expected but the did so are lower than we expected. talking about response now let's talk about the vaccine trials countries around the world are testing cover 19 vaccines and our own people who volunteer so why are many skeptical and south africa when we look at vaccines you know we as a country have been involved in testing many different vaccines against you know various bacterial infections of course more on the on the and so on so we have a very rich history n. a substantial interest structure to test vaccines but we also have an anti vaccine

movement and that's not an offshoot of what you see in the u.s. and other places the smaller vocal minority but aren't there really as sort of in this group that you know we don't really takes it a stand it don't really impact on our ability to do a vaccine research and backs in trials what is the back on sandow. i think the main concern is that vaccines are harmful and shouldn't be tested in in our country and there we should not be involved in doing any of these tests which you know makes no sense if we want to be subpoenaed of vaccines we have to know that they work in our country and so it's very important that south africa participate in vaccine trials and that south africa be part and parcel of the global effort to realize safe and effective coronavirus x.e.

. now professor evers vaccine as successful one also africans have equal access to it. so at this stage there are several vaccines being studied in in africa the rest of the world with regard to access once of the assay english shown to work the issue of access will become quite important we'll not think that it's going to be feasible to make many billions of those is in of a short space of time so the supply we expect will take a long time perhaps a year or 2 years 3 years for us to ensure we get adequate supplies to bassinet everybody so that means we're going to have to prioritize and in a place like south africa the highest priorities will be the elderly health care

workers and those who co-morbidities because they suffer the most serious consequences of this kind of a virus infection and so should be prioritized and then as more vaccines become available that other groups can then be parents has ok professor salim of the caring south african epidemiologist on the officials diseases specialist thank you for your time. let's head to west africa now the government has extended its state of emergency after 6 spector terrorists killed 8 people 6 friends she wanted to go to workers along with a guide and driver were shot dead on sunday while on a visit to a nastar reserve in the area in the syrian troops backed by french have launched the search for the killers. set on fire and riddled with bullets. this is the vehicle that the aid workers and their guards were traveling

in when they were set upon. investigations at the scene said the attackers shot dead 7 of the victims one woman apparently trying to escape to court and then also killed. the head of one ngo says she was appalled and shocked by what had happened. i would like to tell you that's all off thoughts obviously with the families of the victims and our teams. this is an absolutely unprecedented tragedy this is a barbaric unspeakable act which is revolting. more. the aide workers have been planning to visit a giraffe reserve about one i was drive from the capital. of what has taken many aback is that this is an area that up to now had been considered relatively safe in a region plagued by jihadist violence. france

a former colonial power has deployed more than $5000.00 troops in there's a hill to try to combat the terrorist threat. it's still unclear who carried out this attack. analysts say it bears the hallmarks of islamic state the authorities in new found to do everything in their power to apprehend the perpetrators. has also been referred to the courts so edge additional inquiry has been opened and we're doing everything we can at any rate to mobilize all the defense and security forces in order to find these criminals and of course bring them to justice. to be if you don't remit the militias just basically their. forces in the genre now have their work cut out trying to track down the perpetrators of this horrific crime so what happens when there's not

enough money to fund conservation projects when given 19 disrupts tourism. one wildlife trust in kenya struggling to feed and protect a growing number of orphaned elephants it's looking after. feeding time for these baby elephants but as they're orphaned there's no mother's milk. instead they rely on few men from the sheldrick wildlife trust to look after them $400.00 humans in fact including 70 keypress as well as vets and auntie poaching units but with no money from tourists coming to visit kenya it's becoming more difficult to cover the costs. we are lucky we have a. good. coming in so that is

a big worry. the corona crisis has also brought on the dangerous food shortages have resulted in an increase in the legal hunting sadly we are seeing an increase in their legal activities including bush meat and methods such as using. discriminate amongst the species they target so endangered animals such as elephants the babies behind me and giraffes can get caught in the fray and this is due to covert 19 and the economic hardships that communities living alongside protected areas of facing. it's not all bad news for these creatures. a ban on trade in ivory projects in countries like china has meant the demand for elephant tusks is falling. but until tourists return to kenya the future for these baby elephants and their human cameras will remain uncertain.

that's it for now remember to check out other stories on. africa or on facebook on twitter today we leave you with some more pictures of these beautiful creatures in kenya. are the spectacular nor migration of. these and other animals a few days ago. what keeps us in shape what makes us sick and how to help. i talk to many places to. watch them at work. and i discuss what you can do to improve your health. stay tuned and let's all try to stay.

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hollywood has never known anything like it but auction has been shut down for months there are no signs of major studios opening up again at least not around los angeles we all await the release of movies already finished like the latest james bond one and that's just a matter of time but with very little in production the industry is in the biggest crisis it has ever faced on film scott rocks from joins me after this. this is the closest deal gets in has been to action in a while attending the cattle on his ranch north of los angeles gibson has been a stunt man in hollywood for 35 years but come on a virus means there is barely any filming anymore so great is the risk of onset infections bringing expensive productions to a halt. i haven't been on a movie. i don't know 56 months now it's been terrible all my friends are no one is

working so we're very lucky to have this ranch and have a little nicer.