kind of numbers right on hand here in germany certainly hasn't been the slowest as i just mentioned the then a dutch government is just starting today the french government also has come under a lot of criticism for is a very slow program but you know those governments have to answer for that the questions that can be fairly directed to brussels are why does the european medicines agency takes so much longer than those in the united states in britain in israel in canada to make decisions on these vaccines when when and initial tests have certainly proven them to be largely safe and effective so those are the questions that are taken on a european level the e.u. has made joint procurement joint purchases and certainly believes that it has ordered enough vaccinations for everybody it's just a matter of getting them here and again as i mentioned that's a lot of that problem is on the ground another thing we should mention about them and there in a vaccine that is very promising and was mentioned in that piece is that it does not have to be stored in these ultra cold or transported as well in these ultra

cold conditions so that's going to make it a lot easier for countries to store it a lot of the initial slowdown was because countries simply didn't have a system in place to store the pfizer biotech vaccine. in brussels thank you well termes extending its national coronavirus lock down by 3 weeks and in an effort to reduce stubbornly high infection and death rates chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders also agreed to tighten some restrictions including curbs on social contacts and limits on people's movements in the worst affected to trees regions juman have been feeling the effect of tougher corona restrictions since last year but the law is about to get time to still. we're going to extend the measures which we agreed in december until the 31st of january and in some areas we will have to introduce even tougher measures. shelf than.

infection numbers have not dropped as sharply as hoped and there is a new fear of the faster spreading variant of the virus which could put massive strain on the health care system if it takes hold in germany. in some context there is really major concern about the virus mutation if it's true that mutated viruses tend to displace the existing strains of the more aggressive we could be facing difficult times ahead what's happened in great britain shows we must not underestimate this kind frontal shits and so the chancellor and state premiers have agreed an extended lockdown private meetings will be limited to the members of a household and only one other person where infections are high people will be told to stay within 15 kilometers of their home schools and many shops will remain closed and people arriving from outside germany will need a corona test and have to spend at least 5 days in quarantine restricting movement

infection hotspots could prevent a repeat of scenes like these at the weekend when hundreds of people ignored police warnings and headed for ski slopes but so far it's not clear how all the new rules will be enforced. hopes for progress in rolling back the pandemic now rests on vaccination new vaccines are set to be approved but it's expected to be many months before enough people are immunized for now germans face a longer lock down and no clarity about when it might be lifted. well for more on this we're now joined by martin sees a member of the german parliament for the opposition a business friendly free democratic party he's their spokesman on judicial matters mr man's you're a lawyer you're a classical liberal are you quite happy with the government's decision to restrict basic civil rights even further you know. it's the 1st.

steps to introduce restructure restrictions and now we have a government that the number of. inspections hasn't drawl. that mallaby vote but now the critics are on the on certain restrictions and for instance the city kilometer radius you're allowed to move in around your own seems to be obvious. and. with the restriction to to have only one cruise choose to get only with you in your local. deja off of the result of 2 persons for instance grandma and grandpa.

is big. kelly what are you going to do about it then so i'm not hearing anything from your party about this what are you do you are an opposition party in the bundestag so what are you going to do about if you're against these extended measures what are you going to do. but let's not want. we never thought the last 6 months we asked for more competence is full of problems too to decide on restrictions which ought to be used by the government by the federal government and the state authorities and we think we believe and we insist on the competence of the parliament to decide on these very important restrictions. do you think that is enough or should suit you maybe have this check by the courts. yes. i'm going with this

letter we will see a lot of call up decisions around the country even with these restrictions and i'm not sure that every restriction will stand in court as an opposition party but will you do anything in the courts. we are not. not going to court as opposition but i think i believe someone of all members and fellows will. go to intercourse to examine the restriction as a business friendly party. there's also a movement now of businesses small businesses to actually counteract the ban. had dresses and retailers who just want to or will want to open that shops and they're organizing at the moment what do you say to them that be your

your your voters. is the 1st we have to respect the restrictions. a moment devil as we examine them in court. folklore geishas of the streets. we always urge the government to give the sound explanation justification whinings frustration it's a mess. with a huge martens from germany's liberal party thank you very much figure. let's have a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic the u.s. has recorded its highest number of covert fatalities in a single 24 hour period so far with more than 3900 deaths reported by johns hopkins university on tuesday medical facilities in los angeles are struggling to cope with a surge of cases and ambulance workers have been told they should not transport

patients to hospitals if their chances of survival are very low here in europe the netherlands has become the last e.u. country to start vaccinating against the virus and china has denied entry to a team from the world health organization trying to investigate the origins of the pandemic in. opposition is growing to stop below roosts co-hosting a vis years ice hockey world championship with security forces brutally cracking down a protest against longtime president alexander lukashenko opponents including cause latvia say belarus shouldn't be rewarded with the tournament now european politicians have joined in the criticism calling for the country to be stripped of its hosting duties. alexander lukashenko is a big ice hockey fan he's often seen showing off his skills on the rink but look the cutest of using the sport to critiques a world championship and better routes would be used his image it's

a process what we can. all understand and. delegations from other countries will call on countries from canada where you say money from your countries will come to. its means it's a. question. is the government's own government and its all the question from critics how can a country be allowed to host an international competition when peaceful protesters are being beaten up and thrown in jail members of the european parliament have now taken up the issue writing to the international ice hockey federation and calling for better reefs to be stripped of the tournament there is a federation should not. play a common gain with the regimes which are using so much violence also against women children and peaceful demonstrations. the federation the i

h f and its president switzerland's renny faso have so far resisted taking the tournament away from bad to roost they did the same when the country lost hosted in 2014 even though they'd also been a crackdown on protests against. this is nice but this it's not the job of sport to somehow exert political pressure on something that politician isn't normally supposed to so the political issues behind the scenes officials are looking into replacement hosts france ryan though president of the german ice hockey federation told t w the i.i.h.f. was having quote intensive and important technical discussions he added we hope that sport can make a difference here in the role of mediator. switzerland could step in to host matches the country was supposed to hold this year's world championship until it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and battering then might get

a chance again in 2 or 3 years time in a classic compromise in the murky world west sports meets politics. this is d.w. news is a reminder of the top story we're following for you georgia democrats raphael warnock has won his u.s. senate race defeating the republican incumbent in a 2nd runoff election democrats also has claimed victory after securing a narrow lead over his republican rival if i'll help the results will give president elect joe biden spotty control officer. that's it from the other news team coming up makes indeed news asia more on the crackdown in hong kong we'll hear from pro-democracy activists calling for the international community to step up after a massive arrests in the terror. underlines shouted rest in

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i'm melissa chan welcome to g.w. news asia we're glad you could join us mass arrests have swept up more than 50 hong kong politicians and activists many say it's an attempt to crush the pro-democratic movement once and for all these are their names police took people into custody citing suspected subversion under the new national security law that beijing forced on the territory 6 months ago this is an ongoing story and this list may grow here's how one of the many arrests across the city went. the shocking is perhaps un surprising moment lum took 10 was paid a visit by the hong kong police the former lawmaker is among more than 50 pro-democracy figures arrested on wednesday. it's

the latest crackdown under a controversial new national security law an attempt to thwart months of pro-democracy protests in the territory or florida has claimed the law would only target a few critics say it's being used as a political weapon was silence dissent kind of. was all that. these latest arrests are said to be linked to an independently organized primary vote held last year. one. of charged lamb and the others could face life in prison also. police have already charged and jailed several from the movement in recent months wednesday's crackdown is the biggest to date and more than doubles the number of people arrested since june. with many now calling it the end of

a free hong kong. joining us from hong kong as every ng secretary general of the league of social democrats one of the territory's political parties every we have more than 50 arrests of pro democrats like yourself in a single day is this the end of a free hong kong. the sistan up to free hong kong. i think the end of free hong kong has sort of started 2 years ago and this is just the latest wave of crackdown. unfortunately. i was expecting now 2 members of your party were arrested you've been arrested before many times what is the mood right now are people scared. well in hong kong. we. are living in fear of fear at the same time

a touch of absurdity every single day we will find some. new crackdown from. different corners with different excuses but this time and today in particular. the arrests we are talking about a coordinated arrest of more than 50 individuals who were involved in the pan democratic palmer election made largely. to police actually mobilize more than 8000. police forces early this morning. and. the charges that the government is using. relating to the national 60 law in terms of subversion and the actual act itself is that the 50 plus individuals or the

candidates of the primaries were participating in an election. the their goal is to win over a majority in the legislative council seats and by virtue of wanting to win jordi that equation to somehow equates to disappear usually of the state so absurdity spells out that the government now to spare no expense and just fine whatever reason that they could get to arrest keep hold that you know that represent hong kong basically. now the next u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken of the by administration has said the white house will stand with the people of hong kong ideally for you what does that mean what deliverables do you want to see from the united states and other countries. i

think 1st of 1st and foremost. the international community needs to be aware that this. has stopped listen to the people of hong kong a long time ago and basically sort of like a sitting duck so i thing the next thing is for the. people of the world as well as the international community. to work together to find solutions diplomatic ways to encourage the c.c.p. to. please let me just make good on their promise to introduce genuine democracy and universal so preaching in hong kong every evening thank you so much for joining us.

in pakistan islamic state militants have kidnapped and murdered 11 coal miners in blotches down province in the country's southwest all of the victims belong to the shia has are a minority their families have been staging a sit in for several days demanding strong decisive action the military has pledged to track down the attackers but the huzzaing community say their pleas for protection have long gone and answered hundreds of hazaras have been killed in attacks over the last decade. joining us in shots of july me in as. i understand the has our protesters have delayed bearing demential how big a deal is that. well you know in the muslim tradition this is the ultimate form all but rich enough. people have fans that they've been dogged for many years hundreds of community members have been killed in the shooting and in baluchistan and they're now saying that he's on the prime

minister to come here to assure us that the culprits will be caught and then there will be an end to the getting off. of muslims in baluchistan so deskilled that i just pull through. and he's saying they're very angry scenes that are very emotional scenes because just i mean if you thieves persecuted in pakistan now the has are is aren't the only group who feel like they are being pot persecuted. tell us more about the political unrest in the region. just don't have been witnessing a militant separatist insurgency for regular 15 years now the x. in the village feel that they are being exploited being subjugated by the federal government in particular the pakistani army which mainly comes from the biggest populist province of punjab. and there's been no you know long running towards the

federal government so if you want more rights they want to be equal partners in the box. and some of them have taken to the mountains the pakistani army issued a statement yesterday saying that that is will be caught and it will be punished the army says that india is involved in baluchistan and involved in encouraging this kind of insurgency. well you can stay with us chaps that we have more to talk about but 1st here's a report on one of the many thousands of people activists say have gone missing in the region. honey balochi says they came for her just weeks before her wedding arm to men from pakistan's security services she claims she says she and her fiance were accused of being part of a terrorist organization and taken to a secret jail. yet they tortured us

they gave us a lecture we sat down on chairs they hit my right foot with a rifle i'm in pain when i walk they hit my head with a rifle i had 6 stitches on my heard. the 27 year old denies any links to anti-government groups she was released after 3 months but has heard nothing from her fiance. activists claim thousands of people like naseem have been disappeared over the years resentment simmers in the region poverty has sparked an insurgency movement residents say they don't get their fair share of the region's gas and mineral wealth a landmark 2015 investment deal between pakistan and china has further escalated tensions. this deal has ignited it because below just on is not receiving any share or. even labor is being brought from point jobs or china. there

is no trust and below 2 workers. they are not being given work over there so it's creating more he trip. disappearances have increased in recent years but activists say not all of those missing are insurgents. abdel-hamid by large says his brother was taken away in july last year his family are left asking why. we are that if they know that i'm talking about what's happening and below to stand maybe they will pick me up and dump me after killing me. if someone committed a crime they should be punished but what is my mother's crime why is she being punished she has been weeping for her son day and night now she has stopped speaking honey doesn't understand the reasons for the kidnappings either she just

waits hoping to one day be able to be now seems wife that's quite an intense story of their shots the report mentions chinese investment in the region can you go into about a bit more and why that's an issue in all this. well you know we were talking earlier about the baluch separatist insurgency now china is investing heavily in focused on that is building roads it is building a deep sea for the water on the envelope just on and the nationalist feel that this is a ploy by the folks on the federal government by the army to take away further resources from baluchistan because they're seeing via not benefiting from it whatever you are doing too to provide. one belt one road project in pakistan but that you are not really benefiting from it so there's a lot of suspicion there's a lot of animosity towards this project because china focused on economic or door

and that's why a lot of chinese have been attacked by militants in the cause there was an attack on chinese consulate. and i think people talk of. these infrastructure projects being built by china shaka to loni thank you for joining us. that's it for now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com for asia or on facebook and twitter thanks for watching see you next time and good bye. to. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 special. on t.w. . and you hear me now yes yes we're going to see you in her last years

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severe illness from coburg 19. are overweight and our i think our need to do is a bit overweight so the drug in cars are getting further from not in the dangerous or. excess weight has always been a health risk in times of a coronavirus pandemic it could be lethal. welcome to a special on the news some want to johnsonville in good to have you with us now then when it rains it pours it's the perfect idiom for overweight and obese people these days they already have enough health worries as it is and now a tiny virus is added to their plight putting them into the same risk category as the elderly and especially vulnerable. dr marcus riser heads the covert 19 unit here in clinical test

a hospital in western germany most of the serious cases they've seen here during the pandemic are elderly patients as well as another high risk group. you know in our covert unit is that patients who are overweight especially those who are morbidly obese have worse outcomes in this infection they're more likely to meet intensive care. studies in several countries have shown a link between excess weight. is overweight and she survived the call that 19 infection in early march 1st she developed a sudden fever and a dry cough a few days later she tested positive. i was in the hospital and they told me i was a risk patient and that it couldn't fatally. 2 years earlier she had been diagnosed with diabetes to get the disease under control she changed her diet and lost a lot of weight she's convinced that helped her to get through the covert 19 infection relatively easily. if coded 19 had appeared

a year earlier than it did i don't think it would have ended that well for me. with poorly managed diabetes and high blood pressure and much more excess weight than now 35 kilograms. i think that would have finished me off. that's going to. become a global phenomenon usually expressed using the body mass index. which is the ratio of a person's body weight in kilograms to the square of their height and meters. a b.m.i. of 20 to 25 is considered a healthy weight 25 to 30 overweight 30 to 40 is classified as obese with over 40. we don't just have a covert pandemic we have an obesity pandemic all around the world and into. germany was the target. at clinical infests specialized obesity center

martin boozing is a berry actrix surgeon he can hardly keep up with the many obese people seeking gastric bypass surgery and other weight loss procedures in germany their numbers are climbing at the moment more than 2000000 people in the country would qualify for this kind of surgery with a b.m.i. of over 4140 months and it's moving from. severe obesity goes hand in hand with a number of other conditions including diabetes respiratory problems cardiovascular diseases doctor abusing puts this development only down to poor dietary habits and over consumption of sugary drinks. what i see again and again in overweight patients is that they simply can't drink plain unflavored water soda water or tap water they always need some kind of sweetener in it it's developed into a kind of addiction. better prevention can help but when it comes to that health

systems often fail and the food industry has a powerful interest in the nutritional agenda both these problems explain why the doctors here continue to battle to pandemics over 19 and obesity. now for more i'm joined by susan jep nutrition scientist and professor of diet and population health at the university of oxford scared to have you with us. let me start straight away with the way our report ended it mentions there that we're battling to punt to makes obesity and 19 would you agree. i absolutely words i mean in the u.k. we're bracing for adorably sad situation the 2nd 2000 deaths from it that's all for it attracts headlines every single day the fact is there's around 60000 people's deaths are attributable to obesity every single year this is

obesity is a problem which has been with us the decades and shows no sign of going away there is no vaccine for obesity right so it has been a big problem even before the pandemic however now with the pandemic it seems to be excess a bait and you've conducted a study involving 7000000 people looking at the connection between obesity and coding 1000 what are your findings. well some colleagues have a contrasting data set to reach drools on data from primary cat health records electronic health records social anonymized we have assumed people who do have data about their weight and about whether they have heart or positive test where they've been damaged well spoken i'm sorry paul what we were able to look at was the relationship between peoples be an i reporter mass index and measure their weight status and the likelihood of going into hospital or being admitted to

intensive care or dying from catered to and what we saw was that there was a striking association with the if you like severe outcomes from case in particular admissions to intensive care so for people with the body mass index of the level that we say people have clinical obesity actually your chances of going into intensive care are about to retire. than somebody with a healthy weight by the time you are 40 it's a the 6 times higher now is the problem the problem is to a large extent a lot of people on the away. suddenly not aware of their b.m.i. or that they are viewed as at obese and at such a risk. well many people might not consider themselves to be living with obesity but i think many many people are aware that they're a bit heavy at impacts is good for their health the problem is that we've struggled

to convert that sort of you know general understanding that weight supports the problem into a real sense of the need to act on what task to start to stave is makers really recognized that obesity isn't just about how reading are actually the really important issue is the effect it has on our health and obesity is that every single organ system of the body says we know it leads to more diabetes my heart to see these many different cancers are increased people have problems with the joints there's a whole raft of ill health that goes with obesity so it's perhaps not a very surprising that this extra strain that being overweight works on your body also increases your risk from casement and of course we hear all the time that we have to protect the elderly and the vulnerable but nobody ever talks about protecting the. overweight the obese what can we do about that or we need to

recognize that being severely overweight creates real vulnerability and so i think we need to kind of at least one list of people who need extra take extra care during the term. rises and yet the nutrition scientist and professor of died in population health at the university of oxford thank you so much frankie. before you step on your scale at home now to check if you've gained a few pounds too many let's bring in another aspect of this pandemic fi and sent its ability to solve problems time for your questions and a science correspondent derrick williams. covered vaccines work could the research help developers create that seems for the common cold could cover 19 lead to a huge step forward in this area i love questions like this because they don't involve where we are now which in europe at least often feels like

a pretty dire place but instead they look forward to the end of the pandemic and they ask whether all the misery might lead to anything positive but while it's possible that the vast numbers of research projects being driven by covert 19 could lead to breakthroughs in fighting coronaviruses as a whole there's still a lot we don't understand about how they in general evolve and how they're transmitted what's called cross reactivity would certainly play a central role in research into any future offshoot of vaccines and that's when the weapons that your immune system produces to fight one virus might also work at least to some extent against other viruses that share similar characteristics some experts believe that cross reactivity from earlier infections with cold causing

perona viruses in some people is influencing how badly they get coded 19 or or how easily they fight off the disease but we still don't know nearly enough about it one promising avenue for example that could help in the development of future coronavirus vaccines involves. subhuman it's in despite those those proteins that stick out of their services. that allowed these viruses to tell latch on to cells and in fact them researchers have discovered that some of those areas look. conserved in all of the coronaviruses that infect humans and they're so they're quite similar across the group that's a great starting point for future work but but it's still just a starting point so so when you ask whether covert 19 could contribute in a big way to coronavirus research in general i'd say it already have those but

i also don't think that will necessarily be enough to spawn vaccines in the near term for the corona viruses that cause colds though i'd be happy if that prediction proved wrong. and eric williams has so many more answers so do keep sending your questions just send an e-mail to feedback adult. dot com type expert in the subject line or have a comment on our you tube channel that's all thanks for watching.

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