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i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us the government of thailand has announced it will cancel the country's state of emergency and in an attempt to call the ongoing student led protests since last week democracy protesters have assembled daily in bangkok demanding the prime minister's resignation the redrafting of the constitution and a reform of thailand's monarchy prime minister prime said on wednesday it was time for people to stop taking to the streets their upward toward the protesters have made their voices and views heard why it is now time for them to reconcile their views with those of other segments of thais society or through their representatives in parliament. but demonstrators have pledged to continue gag. the ring they want the prime minister to step down in the next 3 days they say

the protests have been steadily gaining momentum since mid july echoing last summer's protests in hong kong and that parallel has not been lost on activists from both places he. has more. time and 2020 a salute borrowed from movie hunger games and symbolizes protesters 3 demands. hong kong 2019 protesters asking for the government's response to their 5 demands. from the use of helmets umbrellas secret chat groups to the way activists distribute resources to prove democracy protests share striking similarities. and activists from the 2 places do few connected in some ways. as tens of thousands in thailand defied a ban on gatherings and turned out to protest activists in hong kong voiced their

support. was the phone call that with thailand just like how it went highlights them appalling call it what it like to hide the broken heart it's also a place that really inspired home was a lot to the point in your i will fight for freedom more freedom and democracy a goal that both protest movements shared both also contending with political repression. in hong kong it's the chinese communist party tightening its grip on the semi autonomous city. in thailand it's combined power of the military and a more neki. one of the bond between protesters is further strengthened by the so-called milk tea alliance which also includes taiwan the online coalition got its name because the drink is popular in all 3 places. we have the

milky alliance between hong kong taiwan and thailand in which we all long for democracy so we want everybody here to support hong kong this well because hong kong as are facing violence not much different than ours. rallying in solidarity protesters in thailand are lighting up hope for themselves as well as their counterparts more than a 1000 kilometers away. or joining us as her family who files this story hunch and tell us more about the milk tea alliance sure it refers to a lose largely online coalition of activists from thailand hong kong and taiwan and it's got the name milk because it's a drink very popular in asia and all 3 places have got their own variation of that drink all of them very tasty of course but it's not just a t. so often. places have very similar political struggles and activists in the places

for in the case of tiree and hong kong they have been. there have been some protests and the persons have been authoritarian and the activists share the same goal they want to have more democracy i love milk tea too but it is a very strange name how did this start it all started earlier this year when a thai actor retreated opposed that referred to hong kong as a country and then his girlfriend the taiwanese go friend also tweet at something about the coronavirus that angered chinese netizens so online users from china or boats started to troll and flood it social media platforms with probation posts so to fight back some time i need to since started to use some means very quick witted names with hash tags and one of them was mukti alliance and that quickly got a lot of eccles and instantly people from hong kong and taiwan had been joining

this reform and and posting created even more moves and so it all started as a joke the vent became a real boy and among the activists me how tangible is this alliance so things are happening on social media but to what extent are protesters in hong kong and thailand supporting each other as we've seen in the reports thai protesters have been demonstrating for at their very own protests and in the meanwhile hong kong activists have also tried to help their counterparts. over the weekend there had been an online petition changed argy that was initiated by thai protest hiss and the website has been instantly blocked by the thai government because it's sensitive and so after reading the news the activists have complained online and asked fellow hong kong. to help signed a petition for thailand and also signs like stand with thailand refugees can be

seen in hong kong as well that's very interesting to what extent is there going to be an impact when we look at these transnational protest movements i think it already has an impact through the milk to alliance and there's been quite a lot of exchanges among the time i and hong kong activists and tile protests in fact time purchase to have adopted a lot of strategies from hong kong from the hong kong protests last year that's why when we compared to pictures of the true protests we have seen that the pictures are so similar that's the reason behind that and also i think the new tactic of protest swapping has emerged and it's unprecedented because it's completely different places. trying to promote each other's course and that's possible because it's all online now and i think this kind of borderless resistance can

really change the protest culture in the coming years that's very interesting and of course you also see oregon protesters looking online to see how hong kong protesters have been fighting back against police very interesting the globalization of the protest actually thank you. people are asking questions after a deadly stampede in the afghan city of jalalabad that killed at least 15 people the crush happened at a stadium in the city where thousands have gathered to apply for visas to neighboring pakistan officials said most of the victims were women pakistan had previously restricted travel because of the coronavirus pandemic but announced it would resume issuing visas. joining us is journalist elie led t.v. in kabul ali my 1st question is what is going on and why are people so desperate to go to pakistan. a lot of people going to talks are actually going for

medical care because if you look at the conditions of medical treatment access to facilities the cost of facilities the supplies that doctors have the training the doctors have people are still highly dependent on to pox on to eat on to india to turkey for medical care so a lot of these people that's why they're going basically to to for health services and any reason why it was mostly women who died from the stampede. so usually in these event in these types of places women are separated so that they can feel more safe so that they don't have to feel subject to harassment they don't have to be around large groups of men for such a long time. and so they were probably the most helpless in this situation you know there were hundreds if not thousands of people running in their direction and they were basically caught in this crowd of people who were desperate to go to

pakistan for one reason or another you know crowd control is such a major issue in this country and the consul in jalalabad is a constant example of that. i'm assuming the government has said something about putting in place some safety measures so this won't happen again. there's. the thing is the government has talked about safety measures but truth is you know there are so many questions why why were they in a stadium. and also why why does this keep happening you know isn't the responsibility of the pakistani consulate is the responsibility of the avalon police whose responsibility is it and who really should be taking the measures because as i said these issues with embassies and consulates are nothing new in terms of massive crowds of people being forced to wait outside. thank you

thank you. if you've ever played pool you probably appreciate snooker it's popular in commonwealth countries those associated with the former british empire and the game is played on a much longer table and getting the cord nation between the cue stick and the take years to master in pakistan mohammad crime has managed to do so with one important difference. snooker a game derived from billiards made popular in south asia by british officers during the colonial era. it's usually played with a stick. but not for pakistani mohammed he was born without arms. in the mud i was walking down the street and saw a sign for the snooker club. i used to sit inside the club and wonder if i had arms what i also play. so i started pushing around snooker balls on an

empty pool table. gradually i improved my game and now i've played with some of the finest players. when it comes parents found out they were worried he might get hurt and initially tried to stop him from playing. but after years of honing his skills he's now among the best at his local club and someone in eastern pakistan. the snooker owner says some players even pay for the chance to face off against. it is going to be. more competition in cricket and football what are our players with disabilities those sports but when it comes just no he's one of a kind and he doesn't have competition from anyone people are impressed by his game he's the only snooker player in the world playing with his chin. says that when he

was growing up he often felt isolated now after mastering snooker in his own way he's become a local celebrity. and that's it for now sure to check out our other stories on dot com for splash on facebook and twitter. combating the pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. 19 special next on d w the 2020 u.s. election on g.w. the break in minneapolis minnesota right here at the memorial site where george was killed just last month ago $900.00 minneapolis fear induced time what happened to

racial bias to police for. police reform go to talk to the police from structure city council and to let grossman activists see this story on d w n n. we're being told to keep things clean ready. 'd 'd through direct contact or through the air traces of grown a virus can be transferred to the objects we touch and in turn transfer to us. to keep that from happening we've come up with innovative ways to avoid having to touch things. to keep surfaces we. living our lives means it's impossible to avoid all types of contact so we need to understand the real risks in our environments. how long does the virus remain

viable on surfaces and is it ever there in dangerous amounts to surfaces pose the threat we once thought they did. and this is the covert 900 special hello and welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley in for well it's good to have you with us money shopping cards door handles just about everything we touch is getting a 2nd look these days or even a clever work around like that elevator we just saw but our anxieties over surface contacts backed up by the research of the virus and its viability let's take a look. weaving in and out among the commuters the london st pancras is this futuristic pair. they've been brought in by one of the british capitals busiest railway stations to help with the fight against corona virus. one sweeps and mops the other uses powerful ultraviolet light to kill microorganisms including

the cools company 19. keeping coronavirus off the station surfaces is a constant battle. the new technology we're hours to have our stuff focusing on the hard touch points. matic machines can then go and train them on time areas and that allows us to ensure that we're doing exactly what we need to start. scientists have been trying to work out how long the virus. remains active on surfaces for searches in australia recently tested its survival when left in ideal conditions viruses suspended in another. matrix that resembles. humans accretions. will place a truckload of forests on to the surface to dry no need or up to. 20 years. and then resume the regular wants to see if we can recover.

the scientists concluded that corona virus can remain infectious on surfaces such as glass steel and polymer banknotes when kept at 20 degrees celsius for at least 4 weeks that's more or less room temperature however move up to 30 degrees and the virus survives for just 7 days at an even higher temperature 40 degrees celsius it remains infectious for just 24 hours. the researchers are however keen to point out that outside of their strictly controlled lab conditions coronavirus may find it a lot harder to survive. real. encounter . the real. results like. the amounts of virus used in this 30 year also are

likely to be much greater than would be encountered in the real world nevertheless global health officials have taken note of the findings we use this information to look at our disinfectants the good news is that this virus can be disinfected with with disinfectant with chlorine with different types of very very quickly. and that swear the same pancreas robots come in through their work and that of their human colleagues station stands a better chance of stopping the virus in its tracks. i'm joined now by a man your goldman is professor of microbiology of rockers university in the u.s. emmanuel good to have you with us this australian story that we just mentioned in that piece does it tell us anything relevant for normal people about how they should interact with their environments. no i do not believe so the

conditions that they used for these experiments were just completely out of touch with reality this is if. the people the scientists set down and said what what can they actually devise a way to protect this virus as long as possible what can we do to extend this life time let's what they were doing for example they did their study in the dark viruses kept in the dark viruses killed by light ultraviolet light you're already mentioned that in your broadcasts. all light has some some component of ultraviolet . they used. a material in the virus preparation. that they were aiming to imitate human secretions but they use something called bovine serum albumin bovine stands for cattle. this is a protein from cow cows and it's already been published bovine serum albumin protects

the virus and the best from decaying. the virus is killed by being dried out they took their experiment in 50 percent humidity now that's relatively normal humidity and indoors but humidity is a variable it doesn't always stay at that percent and it's turns out that 50 percent humidity is the maximum committee for the virus survival. stories dries out the dogs. in a study and looks like the got a lot of attention obviously because of this this figure of over 28 days survivability what do we know about the actual survivability of the virus under normal conditions. everybody else's looked at it and including including many papers that i have criticised find much much less survival of the

virus and surfaces. the journal of medicine paper. found a couple of days. other papers of found comparable in actual human ucas the virus half life of 3 hours what we mean by a half life is that extra set amount of time half the virus is dead and half remains and then same amount of time again half of what was left at that point the scar and half or mains were quarters left so you do the math and you go through 456 half lives and you're down much much lower levels of virus. and the half life that most people have measured in on paper. order of an hour or 2 maybe 3 hours new england journal of medicine paper and plastic and still the papers had about

a 6 hour halflife i think people are overly concerned about surface transmission that they're more worried than they should be. yes yes i do believe that they are. definitely more more concerned than they should be the main concern should be in what you breathe. this virus is contracted by breathing it's not contracted by surfaces and in theoretical you can get it from a surface there is no case confirmed in the scientific literature with this wire's has been transmitted by a surface there are 2 possible papers that suggest it but even there it could just as well have been transmitted by aerosols but the air that you breathe 1st says this is a study in south korea. a case in south korea where there was a misuse building of offices and residences of that loving 100 people in the

building one of the this is in that building. people got sick with the corona virus and everybody in that office got sick the rest of the building almost nobody got sick. and if there had been surface transmission we would have seen a lot more in that case briefly if i may ask you just on the piece there about cleaning solutions like these robots to go around the station doesn't fact do you think that's helpful or is that just for peace of mind as a gesture briefly if you can. i think it's peace of mind it's just a gesture again of the look the problem with focusing on surfaces so the takes your focus away from it really is important which is what you breathe all right and then you will have to leave it there professor emanuel goldman at rutgers university thank you so much thank you and now it's time for your questions it's the part of

the show where our science correspondent derrick williams and the questions you posted for you to channel over there. how long does an asymptomatic person or one who has overcome cope at 19 i mean a possible source of infection. regardless of whether you have symptoms or if you're asymptomatic if you've been diagnosed with cope at 19 it's important not to leave isolation until your local health authority says you no longer pose a danger to others and it's recommended guidelines the w.h.o. says that on average positive patients who show symptoms could be infectious for up to 10 days after symptoms 1st appear it also says patients should wait at least that long plus 3 days after they're symptom free without a medication so

a person with an average case of coke at 19 if there is such a thing should isolate a minimum of 13 days for asymptomatic people the w.h.o. recommendation is to isolate for at least 10 days since your last positive test various national health authorities have interpreted those recommendations in different ways there is no 0 risk scenario but as a rule of thumb people who test positive whether they're their symptomatic or asymptomatic are now viewed as being no longer infectious after 2 weeks. or so and corresponded their claims there and before we let you go we're also learning how to incorporate social distancing into our routines well here's a school in italy that's found a novel way to bring children to class while staying safe with a so-called petty bus or foot bus that's basically

a rope with distance handles the children wear face masks and pull their book bags alongside a system was originally designed to limit air pollution from cars but has been updated for the. corona virus era. and that's it for today's copa 19 special as always fun to watch i. mean.

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