to come to germany. got my license to work as a swimming instructor to share knowledge to children not to dogs to swim fast just . watch your story take part share it on info migrants' dot. com. there's stairs d.w. news africa coming up on the program ask over 19 vaccine trials go into full swing get in south africa many are skeptical when we meet a volunteer who was welcomed with open arms. the brutal murder of 6 french aid workers on 2 local guides and exact as haven't repercussions of the west african country and. these young elephants in kenya need to be taking care but there's just not enough money to feed unprotected due to the

19th and. i eddie mike a junior you're welcome to the program as the current a virus pandemic rages on over 1000 about scenes being tested on people all around the world by dee's protest in johannesburg south africa i'm not having it they are concerned about the possible adverse effects to people. continue in the country however are committed to helping find a vaccine as possible. we are not guinea pigs save 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 political

and even if people are going to continue to be. it's a home over by lation over both of. bonding cozied samandar has volunteered for the study. doctors explained that the vaccine proved harmless in animal tests but there is always an element of risk. for total of 2000 people to 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 get why these. the risk of infection continues to rise here kovan 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 brain. but we know that. this is why the vaccine is being tested here in the johannesburg township of soweto as well as in other places sumanda lives in soweto but many of his neighbors are baffled by his participation in the trials. but simone 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. so joining me now is a professor. in south africa an epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist here

is also south africa's chief advisor to the cobra 19 a response team but was like are in fact for joining us before we delve into the issue of vaccines that 1st tell us we know that south africa is the way it's 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 paces 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 to 8 weeks so they have us an opportunity to be better prepared in a bully field hospitals and surely we have adequate stocks so you know the different drugs newts aren't like dexamethasone and so we haven't really seen the same kind of death rates 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 defense 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 on their 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 an ammonia on each of 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 it us in other places the smaller vocal minority but out there really has sort of proved that you know

we don't really takes it is the end they don't really impact on our ability to do a vaccine research and backs in trials what is the back on sandow. i think their 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 while also africans have

equal access to it. so at this stage there are several facts ians 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 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 price to ensure we have adequate supplies to vaccinate 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

a more vaccines become available that other groups can then be parents has ok professor salim of the caring south african epidemiologist on the officials this is a specialist thank you for your time. let's head to west africa now the government has extended its state of emergency after 6 spektor terrorists killed 8 people 6 friends she wanted to get a worker's along to guide and drive 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 tried 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 i thought so obviously with the families of the victims and our teams. this is an absolutely unprecedented tragedy this is a barbaric speakable act which is revolting. the aid 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 the share vowed to do everything in their power to apprehend the perpetrators and. the matter has also been referred to the courts so education 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. it will be if you don't remit or malicious just basically the. 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 over 19 disrupts tourism while 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 simmons from the sheldrick wildlife trust to look after them $400.00 humans in fact including 70 keepers as well as vets and anti preaching units but with no money from tourists coming to visit kenya it's becoming more difficult to cover the costs. good. because coming in so that is a big. corona crisis has also brought other dangers food shortages have resulted in an increase in the legal hunting sadly we are seeing an

increase. including bushmeat 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 are 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 carriers will remain uncertain . that's it for now remember to check out other stories on d.w. dot com slash africa or on facebook on twitter today we leave you with some more

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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 expert scott rock's 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 coronavirus means there is barely any filming anymore so great is the risk of onset infections bringing expensive productions to a halt.