this is deja vu news live from berlin more deaths more cases as the world prepares to mark a new milestone of nearly 2000000 lives lost from close it's 19 d w speaks with frontline medical workers about trauma and hopelessness in the face of the disease. also coming up rescuers are scrambling to save people in indonesia after a powerful earthquake hits the country sue the racing island at least 35 are dead many more are injured plops this might look like

a military face but we're actually in the heart of the capital building the soldiers are resting here they're having lunch and they're getting prepared for generally trying to inauguration to. the u.s. capitol now guarded by thousands of troops because of fears that pro trump extrude miss flamm to disrupt a joe biden's inauguration will have an in-depth report on the tense mood in washington. i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program another somber milestone in the coronavirus pandemic today global deaths are expected to hit 2000000 now even as countries race to vaccinate their populations the coded 1000 death toll continues to rise at an alarming rate new variants of the corona virus which scientists believe are more transmissible have been blamed for a surge in infections across the world's countries are facing

a 2nd or 3rd wave with many governments tightening lockdowns already in place. one country that has been plunged into crisis by a new variant of the corona virus is the united kingdom there are a number of cases and deaths have been style rocketing since december many hospitals are overwhelmed with covert patients and as a result are no longer able to carry out other operations as of sarla telson pill reports this is taking a huge toll mentally physically both on the population and on the medical workers trying to save lives i never see the same many hundreds disappearing and i've never spent such extended periods of time with people waiting for a space though. we were all sweet for which there were corporations whole now rotavirus tonight people every region and that has more people in hospital now than they did in the 1st wave in the spring. you know precisely for an hour or 2 the

number of patients with them in london admitting the criminal and a really big hospital every single day whilst having higher numbers of staff from livestock you are off sick oh isolating or tested positive themselves i've just finished 10 days of isolation because my wife tested positive say she's a paramedic the person potentially cleared that we were wearing was full out perspective not quite enough and a number of our friends and colleagues were the same situation and the neighbors they tested positive over the last few weeks. i think the impact of the. moods it is just. more factious 150 percent more factious where we were at the beginning of the service thinking we had with the stored suddenly we had the surge and of those so huge with the proof of the largely been spared and that's the most experienced spiritualise expose i quote for this quarter sought by surprise the new

variant just made it absolutely explode and again you know we waited too long to stand down in it but there's still more to come from this wave of the pandemic expect if you try to. receive follow people being admitted syrian tends to k.b.'s that are now becoming overwhelmed synopses in the southeast and now canceling a cold 28 day cancer staging and the people he had the surgeries cancel and now having to add knowing that he was crying and for some of them by the time safe again they might not be operable anymore and that they have lost that wind you know so i mean that to me is a kind of her kind of mental torture at. the poles will. be a lot of people that find it very tough one of my friends said he was just helping someone having a panic attack the other day that people are having nightmares about the really hard thing about big stuff the hospital for 5 hours is that over time you think

you're there you're here with your colleagues in the control room hosking for ambulances to be available to get there to other imagine seasons of people that need your help and you can't get that constantly in a situation where they know that not doing the best for the patients or that trying to pass but i just know i don't position to be able to do that and that's something that people are wrestling with quite a loss of is knowing that you know good they did they might have been able to do some more if they had a rifle the other day they might have been able to. change the outcome for a particular patient bunch shorts having a toe walking down the country i don't think we have a choice we just throughout this. grewal that's really true and we're trying to do that in the. crucial work is people who feel that way is hard and it has taken its toll but we know that when we do the best we can it is a response and. if we didn't go out there more people would die it would suffer as a result of not having. people working on the front line.

and meanwhile germany has passed the 2000000 mark in record coronavirus cases it comes as chancellor angela merkel pushes for an even stricter lockdown merkel has told top officials from her party that she wants quick action to stop the spread of the new coronavirus variance according to reports she wants to bring forward a crisis meeting to next week of germany was initially less badly affected than its neighbors a sharp rise in deaths has seen its daily per capita mortality since mid december off to be exceeding that of the worst hit country the united states. from war let's bring in chief political correspondent melinda crane belinda you know germany is already under a hard lockdown right now why are the cases still going up. we heard one of the speakers in that very sobering report from the u.k. saying that the country had acted too late and there are many people here who fear

that the same thing could be said of germany the fact is yes fairly tough lockdown measures are in place now but they were put into place on a piecemeal basis and basically with the chancellor pushing since mid october for tougher measures and many of the state premiers of the federal states essentially just trying to hold off tougher restrictions for as long as possible so it was only in the middle of december that germany finally decided to close all non-essential shops bars and restaurants to lengthen the normal school vacation for for pupils that would occur anyway at christmas those schools still have not gone back into session but a recently published study by a german university shows that in comparison to the 1st lock down in march and april mobility that is to say the number of people who are going to their

workplaces who are taking inner city transport or regional trains still is significantly higher than it was back then back then germany did pretty well in keeping the inflation infection rates down at the moment it is not succeeding with that task so then what's the plan going forward because again as you mentioned it's only essential services that are that are open right now what more can really be done. well essential services and workplaces and many people are continuing to go to their workplaces so one of the things that's being talked about by experts is whether germany needs to look at shutting down local inner city and regional transport for example whether it needs to look into requiring more people to go into home office what we have just heard is that the federal spokesman for the government has said that that crisis meeting that you mentioned earlier between the chancellor and the premiers of the federal states that will be moved up to next

tuesday and they will be looking at what kind of tougher measures can be put into effect because the chancellor has said chancellor is said to have told her party colleagues it is a race against time to stop this new mutation from getting germany and sending that some of those the infection rates iraq getting there by of course putting enormous pressure on the health system melinda what does the public make of this what is the appetite for further measures does the public feel it's justified. well in fact we are now seeing a petition circulating here in germany 40 kovac this essentially is modeled on a proposal by 3 scientists that was published this week that would essentially call on germany and also on europe as a whole to emulate the hard lock downs that were put into place in australia and new zealand they're talking for example about absolutely shutting down workplaces

not only requiring people to go into a home office as for instance some german politicians would like to see happen but in fact shutting down industry as well if this petition would also call for a restructuring of the health care sector to increase accessibility now we haven't heard any official government reaction so far to that petition but within 24 hours it did give get $17000.00 signature it's here in germany and what we can see from polls is that many many germans support stricter restrictions and say they absolutely are complying with what's in place and they'd be willing to comply with still tighter restrictions chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you. in other developments in the pandemic francis to impose a nationwide 6 pm curfew starting on saturday from next week everyone travelling to france from outside of the european union will have to show

a negative test and then isolate for 7 days the u.k. has banned travellers from south america and portugal over concerns about a virus variant that has emerged in brazil and finds or says that it will temporarily reduce deliveries to europe of its vaccine from late january while it ramps up its production capacity. elsewhere in the world us have a look at what has been happening because ugandan opposition leader bobby wine has claimed victory in the presidential election there saying that his film is proof of fraud during voting early results put president yoweri most 70 on 63 percent while wine trails with 28 percent final results are expected on saturday a government imposed internet blackout remains in place until further notice. north korea has held a military parade to celebrate the end of the country's party congress it was the 2nd such parade in just a few months and showcased soldiers marching and artillery pieces up the port say

that it included ballistic missiles that can be fired from a submarine. the siberian region of iraq to us has experienced its longest cold spell in 14 years temperatures have stayed below minus 40 degrees for more than a month and forecasters say it is due to get even colder many residents were caught off guard due to an unusually mild autumn. well a powerful earthquake in indonesia has killed at least 35 people and injured hundreds more the quake struck at night on the island of sumatra izzy claiming lives and damaging many buildings in and around the capital district now authorities fear more people could be buried in the rubble and they're warning that strong aftershocks could also trigger a tsunami. you know what i'm about it. is about trapped under the rubble

this person tells rescue workers she can barely hear the woman next to her breathing was a. powerful quake struck just stuck to midnight causing many to philly in the darkness. in the morning those left in the hardest hit city of my mood you woke up to scenes like these this is what was left of the local hospital where rescue operation is now underway. as you can see behind me from this hospital we have retrieved 2 dead victims we are still trying to find more victims in the rubble but we don't know yet if they are still alive or not. some people have been recovered from the depor but it's a vast operation as many as half the buildings in my mood to city have either collapsed or are partially damaged and there are fears that strong aftershocks are

still to come. on them by the. minute the aftershocks a still happening on the coding to our analysis from local data that we've recorded as well as historical data we believe this is still potential for more strong aftershocks. just like what happened at midnight. local so they didn't have you got. to now many fearing the aftershocks are choosing to stay on high ground wondering if they'll have homes to go back to from jakarta i'm joined now by have you correspondent priyadarshini to approve. thank you so much for joining us what is the latest right now. yes it is certainly one of the most challenging time here we need a new show because we're still in the middle of

a planned crafts fest again and now we are freezing a massive earthquake in the eastern part of indonesia so what can i say to you right now is the rescue team is still carry out the rest of are going to find. survivors and who are trapped under the rubble and there are 2 worst affected locations in that area which is my general district and my mood your district and in this 2 location at least 34 people died because of this earthquake so the rescue team has also faced a little bit of obstacles because there was also rain in there and electricity is still out and the communication cellar is still also unstable so the rescue team is to. do their job to really find the survivors as soon as possible. and we're looking at those images right now and late as you've mentioned is that

that you know the rain that has been an issue a challenge for for for authorities as they try and move in there for rescue workers there's also the fear of aftershocks as well given all of those factors how are the rescue operations taking place. yes the head of the mature all jekyll and gil physics agence see here in indonesia in a news conference has told us that after starts is still potentially happening and it could lead to a tsunami so c. urged people to really stay away from areas that has a lot of buildings and structures that are easily collapsed and also to stay away from the coastal areas to go to the higher ground but still up until now. of aeration is still doing their job to really find victims and also survivors which

are trapped under. rubble see because as me reported. dozens of houses are destroyed so even the office of the governor who selves is also destroyed at this massive earthquake sara thank you so much the timing is pretty hard on me to a poor reporting from jakarta on this earthquake in indonesia appreciate it. u.s. president elect joe biden has outlined the $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus and economic recovery plan if passed by congress it will include one trillion dollars for households and over $400000000000.00 to combat the pent up it directly including accelerating current vaccine programs and support for businesses now he's previously promised 100000000 vaccines in the 1st 100 days of his presidency by an acknowledged his plans high price tag but said that the country could not afford to do anything less and it's not hard to see there were the local ones in several

generations economic crisis with a once in several generations public health crisis and spring indeed. who has been following all of the developments in the united states for us to peter tell us a little bit more about the plan and some of the challenges in getting it through. right i mean this is by bringing the big bazooka to fight the pandemic and to put this in perspective really we're looking at 2 trillion dollars that's more than double the stimulus that the obama biden stray she passed in 2009 during the great recession one of the big criticisms back then was that they simply did not do enough to help average americans and it seems that joe biden has learned his lesson from that financial crisis which is go big or go home this coded stimulus package is a sweeping very ambitious plan that's a double squarely abstracting americans were looking at things like a $2000.00 check provides a medium relief for families and also wants increase jobless benefits prevent

landlords from kicking out americans who can't pay their rent and also raise the minimum wage to $15.00 a lot more so in the package one plane really wants to put these measures in place through september so a clear message that the incoming president does not expect this pandemic to end anytime soon exactly and given that you know this economic crisis has been triggered by the coronavirus pandemic indeed peter he is also promising to deliver americans through the pentameter the very ambitious coven $1000.00 vaccinations roll out just walk us through what he plans and whether that is also feasible. right i mean by now said that he hopes to lower 100000000 back scenes shot in the 1st 100 days that's almost 10 times what america the government has administered change the rollout began a month ago as you know that's a very very ambitious plan that's all destined to be hampered by the up in trouble ministration which according to reports really has been stonewalling divine and

straighten it also requires a level of national guard in asia and that is from the administration as actively discouraged as you hinted out there the big question is whether biden will be able to even get you know congressional support for this democrats will control the senate but biden would like to pass his 1st big bill with bipartisan support and that's a big if because at the same time biden's trying to pass this the senate will also be busy with you know impeachment trial a good stroke and that's all the guarantee to even the partisan divide in washington peter stay with us we want to bring our viewers up to date on another aspect of the story because ahead of joe biden's inauguration next week security in the u.s. capital has been stepped up to unprecedented levels more than 20000 soldiers are being too deployed to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence seen last week in the capitol building karolina chinoy reports from washington now where the measures are being met with mixed

reaction from residents. you shall not pass that seems to be the message all around the capital seoul 2 years from the national guard have to look at it this. first came the fence then the barricades were expecting our own 20000 soldiers from the national guard in washington d.c. on an operation day sam have a raid lined up behind me the city has never seen something like that and people they are scared of the city is a completely. on inauguration day one danger is doing. it's scary you're supposed to be here at all you know civilization the markers. would come through. good thoughts right up to secrete they that they've done since wednesday is definitely needed and i do feel better about it but i think that the brightest still there at the current is shaky i just want to make sure that this time that

they're actually doing their job to protect the city as opposed to you know they have a pair like lester. behind the fence it's all hands on deck. and soldiers from 11 states have arrived in washington d.c. they are organizing their equipment checking their weapons and getting ready in case violence returns to the city. they still don't know for how long they will stay deployed here but the ones who spoke to us say they are proud to be here and to defend their democracy. but it's also a logistical challenge. for now they're waiting this might look like a military base but we're actually in the heart of the capitol building the soldiers are resting here they're having lunch and they're getting prepared for generally trying to inauguration day. nobody knows what awaits them.

the holts still bears signs of last week's riots. were not were. or. were proper through. her body. and now they are here to fix it. peter is back with us peter just briefly what's the latest on the prospect of further unrest. so you know social media that there has been a lot of planning among the most ardent trump supporters to have war protest ahead of the you know the creation this comes amid reports that a lot of the people doubt took part in the protest on jenner's sticks were actually on the f.b.i.'s chairs wash list and a lot of them white supremacist this as

a country is just days away from the not ration of its 1st black vice presidents who are reminder if any was needed of the deep divisions resentment means that the incoming administration is going to be up against acetate office next week. peter volatile thank you accord in munich has sentenced german doctor mark s. to 4 years and 10 months in prison for his role in years of illegal doping in sport the landmark verdict which was read on friday morning concludes the 1st major prosecution under german anti-doping legislation which was brought in 2015 now mark ass had admitted to administering illegal treatments to numerous athletes including competitors at the 201420162018 olympic games he has also been sentenced. to a fine of 150000 euros and forbidden from practicing medicine for 3 years.

while the behavior of professional footballers is under close scrutiny during the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic in europe with many stars widely criticized for the physicality of their goal celebrations others think that the accusations are unfair given that players cannot be expected to socially distance during the rough and tumble of a game. when elite european football resumed after its coronavirus hiatus back in may players were careful not to over celebrate they had been told not to hold or shake hands. fast forward several months and coronavirus is as big a threat as ever it football seems to have forgotten the guidelines social media in germany and elsewhere is abuzz with criticism. in england a host of premier league players have tested positive and several games have been postponed the league and even the government of us players to tone down their celebrations but many football coaches believe it is unrealistic to expect players to rein in their emotions. it is an interesting reaction so it's difficult so i

don't know how we would be able to do it. some football fans also feel sorry for the players there can be no social distancing when going in for a tackle. all when most players are in the books for a call no so what makes goal celebrations any different. but amid the empty stands critics say professional footballers in europe should recognise how privileged they are the top leagues are able to keep playing during the pandemic when grassroots and other forms of entertainment. governing bodies are now considering sanctioning clubs if players do not set a better example. football has been warned. about a quick reminder of the top stories that we're following the number of deaths from covert 19 around the world is expected to surpass 2000000 as countries struggle to

cope with a perceptions of the pandemic and hospitals in many places stretched to their limits. and up next on news in good shape takes a look at the relationship between climate and thank you so much for joining us here in new i'm sara kelly and take care and sissies.

in. good shape. what effect does climate change have on our health for me is if you can it's a very important real there's a. lot to do in the future and want to modernize and. move the how our bodies in good shape. next on.

the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus of data the cause of special monday to friday on w. n u you know years and years we can hear you and how last year's german chancellor will bring you an angle a man called as you've never heard have before surprised yourself with what is possible who is medical really what the new sat and also we talked to people who followed her along the way admirers and critics alike. how is the world's most

powerful woman shaping how they're going to join us from eccles last i'm. sure that people of the world over t.w. on facebook and twitter to date and in touch. welcome to the health show on t.w. . here's your host to cast in liquid taps. hello and welcome to in good shape did she know that more people die from air pollution than from smoking. and that's just one problem because this is killing all planet to all those exhaust you changing all the time even for me as a g.p.

it's a very important topic will there be new pathogens what will we eat in the future and what about the rising temperatures will the how our bodies in the year 2018 in germany leave no more than 1000 people killed in. extremely hot days and lingering he took night for days in a row that's becoming more common in many parts as climate change advances. it's not good for our health in fact heat can kill it's a country and her cheek can become a health risk factor especially if it goes on for a long time but even doctors had to be subject to the body to enormous stress at some point the body gets exhausted after a year. during a lengthy heatwaves hospital emergency rooms are overrun.

there's good family a t.v. . but there are more viruses and bacteria and we have to take that into account we also see cases of flu like that on usual times of the year so significant changes are indeed underway. extended periods of great heat can trigger cardiac arrhythmia that has to do with sweating a mechanism whereby the body tries to cool itself sweater that operates it draws heat out of the body the body cools. but sweat depletes the body of water amino acids you react and salts otherwise known as electrolytes. we need electrolytes so that we don't get cardiac arrhythmia or feel extremely weak that patients notice when say their potassium level is low because they have occasional extra heartbeats while the heart misses a beat have all said that when it gets very hot our blood pressure comply mut that

too is a result of the body working to cool itself down. if our body temperature rises above $37.00 degrees celsius our blood vessels become dilated which expands their surface area. with veins stand out helping to cool the blood but dilation means the pressure in the vessels declines that can be risky for patients who already take drugs to lower their blood pressure it can drop so low they faint . that's what happened to him on an exceptionally hot day after i felt strange all of a sudden i felt really awful so i went inside and at that moment everything went black in front of my eyes and fear. for her doctor the case was clear. often medication needs to be adjusted to cope with

long hot spells. on can reduce the dosage or stop taking a certain drugs and varies and depends on the underlying disease some patients don't just have high blood pressure but also have heart disease or kidney disease. charity a university hospital in berlin climate change has become a topic of research one hypothesis is that a warming environment jeopardizes the healing of wounds for example after an operation. are lots of bacteria on our skin and in our gut we're seeing more and more wounds that get infected one possible explanation for that is as these bacteria change during the hot spell. good. pathogens lacking in hospitals also burgeoning when it's warm.

enough i wish your follow up studies confirm that there is a link between warmer weather especially for lengthy periods and the incidence of infected wounds that could constitute a risk to patients. that conditioning could help according to dr hunter. he studies public health and the environment and says health care facilities across germany need to adapt to rising temperatures and lengthy heat waves. to some hospitals in france for example have wanted a conditioned room for patients on every floor says that's certainly something worth considering. climate change is set to become a major challenge for all of us and for our health care providers. to see yes when it's hot outside bringing southern lifestyle to the north this could be one way in dealing with. i'm a change but honestly this is not the solution what the solution could be this is

what i'm going to talk about in some of your hartman today she's from look this is the german alliance for climate change and to help. the climate crisis as a whole so the health crisis but with a healthy lifestyle we can protect our wellbeing and at the same time. we here at the labyrinth through the museum in berlin currently an exhibition about climate change and this is our topic we'll talk about because you're a co-founder of cold look which means smart so what's about so rigid german climate change and health warnings and we found it. to go and we're in interdisciplinary. health professionals doctors nurses and so our main

goal is to put health into the center of climate change discussions so weiss is so important because everybody's talking about the health of our planet why do we have to focus on health 2 because as humans we are connected parts to our direct environment people can only exist on a healthy planet earth and climate change will influence of course the nature around us but also human health and what are the effect of climate change has an odd body direct effect effort so if you have heat waves or extreme weather when thawed a direct effect of these on our human health and indirect affleck's on will if we have. warmer temperatures and higher concentrations of c o 2 trees producing more paul for example so people who have elegies will suffer more from these conditions and even some different diseases coming out of this

climate change so they're not new diseases coming up but diseases we normally know for a deceleration reaches of our world will come to us as well till for example talking about. insects who transmitted diseases day will come to our regions as well what about different parts of the world where it's already hot and warm if you have a look at the areas around equator in 2050 there will be areas where humans won't be able to live anymore and just because the heat is so extreme that we conduct trade physical these people living around these areas they will have to look for new areas to live so people will migrate and they will also come to your obviously so you are fighting against climate change in your lines so what did you achieve so far. for example this year the german doctor said we will talk about climate change and health as a main topic so it's a really big achievement because the years before they never really talked about it

and also our health minister he just claimed saving to climate means saving our health so he's starting to talk about it morris world and we also have local groups who act on a local level they're talking with directors from cornice but also from universities to bring up this topic more and more so there's some political pressure building up actually but what can i do what can we all do so of course we can change our way of living and it's definitely one thing we need to do but there are 2 other things i think that are even more important to 1st thing is that we have to talk with our friends and family about a topic because only by talking about it we will find solutions that have a broad acceptance and i was society and as well we have to be get politically engaged so that we can demand for the politicians for the change really to reduce emissions so that for example cities built cycling pathways that the cost we have

to pay for products really represents a cost that is put onto nature also and of course there's some of that contains $4.00 more the cherry and meals and then of course we have to change our way of living also eating less meat taking the bike more often so our lives will change actually in everybody's just talking about traffic about electric cars about taking the bikes but you said a vegetarian diet might be important as well because we have to talk about livestock and the industrialised meat production we think that more than 50 percent of all the pollution gases are coming from life stock so maybe it's time to turn to terry indicts. pig in cattle farms and industrial scale meat production consume a lot. of energy and have a major impact on our environment and climate so what effect does our diets have on our planet and our health. these questions were the focus of

a recent study by climate scientists. and an international team of research is. the 1st time ever we do a scientific assessment linking sustainability of food. which is. actually cut. by half the food system. climate change for example significant. study shows very clearly the repercussions of diet the production of food takes up 40 percent of the surface and 70 percent of the world's fresh water and it's responsible for 30 percent of greenhouse gases soil depleted of nutrients requires more fertilizer and the global appetite for meat means that more and more rain forest is being cleared to make way for cattle grazing land.

dietary recommendations. advice 40 grams of meat per day around 500 grams of fruit and vegetables. 250 grams of dairy products. much of the world this would entail a substantial change in how we eat. but this diet would be a major benefit to our health. and the health of the planet. my call here is to get the food agenda right into the climate negotiations and right into all the climate action to understand that it's not enough to just decarbonize the world's energy system we need to decarbonize to get sustainable food systems as well you know as a change of mindset is what's needed after all it's consumer habits that shape demand. each one of us has to decide what we do for our health and the future of our planet. so how much meat do you eat i actually have been eating meat

for 9 years already so you return yeah ok so is the vegetarian diet a diode you would recommend for say everybody there definitely are the least i would recommend to reduce the consumption of meat because it's very healthy as well for of course for our planet and as well for human health but it's very very difficult to change habits especially the eating habits so you've got any tips how to change and it's not about everything or nothing i think reducing the meat consumption step by step with the key to how to do with this problem so of course they're meat imitation products and you can use them and also there's a problem terry hell-fire to it is the recommended by the lancet the center for joe we've been talking about and they're. recommending a died which includes fish but only in their amount so if somebody

wants to go play based on his or her diet would you recommend using. meat or turn it it's like a weed in the beginning i think it can make things easier but still often very processed and contain a lot of salt so in the end you should aim for eating more lentils. for example. and also not. or if you want to top off your protein levels you can even eat insects i mean many people around the world eating insects on a regular basis they are very nutritious they're tasty they're high in protein and they harm our environment much less then for instance carlos. is this the food of the future it could be since 2018 the european union allows insects to be processed into food and supermarket chains are already offering

products made of insect flour or even entire larvae like buffalo and meal worms in many parts of the world insects have been consumed for millennia certain insects and even considered delicacies. but in europe they're a relatively new colony or a concept the e.u. has strict hygiene regulations for insect farming species raised for food include grasshoppers and crickets. and buffalo worms the worms are fed a special powder after just 2 weeks these luvvie are ready to be harvested. put on a diet to empty their bowels that's where most bacteria would be found. then they're washed and frozen.