always the same core to social inequality the freedom to press and. work on the 4th to stay silent when it comes to the fans superhumans and civil rights to fools who have decided to put their trust in us. meaning is. the coronavirus increasing inequality that's just one of the troubling messages from the world economic forum's global. environmental concerns also ranking high we'll find out more from one of the group's directors also. made it possible from home but numbers of telecommuters in germany have been falling even as

infections rise while the government. make. a right and british explorers take their complaints to parliament customs requirements with the slow their trains costing them money look at one of the fishing communities hit hard by. the covert 900. years of progress in reducing inequality and lead to weaker social cohesion and global cooperation that's the stark message from the authors of this year's global risks report published by the world economic forum now the report includes 2 rankings the 1st concerns the impact of various risks and as you can see this year infectious disease. and mental issues like climate action failure. laws

and natural resource crises also make the top 5 the other ranking concerns the likelihood of certain risks and here environmental issues really dominated just take a look at the top 5 here now while the report's authors did acknowledge that global emissions have fallen in the 1st half of 2020 due to the pandemic they say evidence from the 20082009 financial crisis warns that emissions could bounce back a shift towards greener economies cannot be delayed until the shock of the pendennis make subside now a short while ago i spoke to sabia say he'd be a managing director at the world economic forum and i asked her what sort of long term impact she believes the pen demick will have in the short term there's of course the health crisis but there is along with it a jobs crisis a crisis of youth disillusionment and growing digital divides and then you look at

a couple of years out so this sort of 3 to 5 year timeframe that's where you might see a lot of the economic fallout from what's happening today so debt crisis asset price bubbles and of course sort of going to run away to acknowledge me for which we haven't quite managed to find the right kind of governance and then 5 to 10 years out are those big existential threats climate being one but also concerns about state collapse and weapons of mass destruction. you warn of a cold doubly disrupted generation what do you mean by that and how can that be prevented. you know so the elder. part of the millennial zz that those that are now in their late thirty's they have essentially lived through 2 crisis they have seen when they 1st joined the workforce the financial crisis of 2008 in 2009 and now they're seeing the recession off today and

so for then their working lives have so far been bookended by these 2 major crisis but in addition to that even for the younger cohort of millennial else and gen z. there's the environmental crisis they have seen this economic catastrophe and the environmental catastrophe unfold before them and so they are also facing this double destruction and that's what we mean by and what we're free to ask and then hills and for then there will need to be additional support because this is a generation that will be scarred by this crisis and will go on to vote and shape our economies and societies for the next 30 to 40 years and so they need more support your report also states that a shift towards greener economies cannot be delayed until after the pandemic do you see any indicators that climate change and the fight against it remains on the

agenda of political leaders or has it completely fall in behind the fight against the bars. so we surveyed a large range of experts including political leaders including business leaders including academics and experts and it's very clear now as you showed in the beginning when it comes to the highest likelihood and highest impact risk everyone still believes that in the next decade and that is very much climate change what the concern is around is then we may risk doing more damage as we seek a faster change of growth in order to deal with all of the social economic issues in the short term and that's where political leaders have to strike a balance they have to head towards greener economy least they have to take the decisions that will potentially create some trade offs when it comes to a quick return to jobs and growth and they have to strike that balance in the next few months to come and in some parts of the world you're seeing that they've already put in place new green stimulus packages but there's really only 4

countries in the world that actually have led to a net positive benefit comes to the environment when you look at their recovery packages for most it's about preventing some of the harm but not necessarily moving towards a new premier and whose economy. saudi has a deal of the world economic forum thank you for your thoughts. german chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders are said to discuss tightening the country's coronavirus measures later today a draft resolution was floated prior to the meeting that includes a proposed extension of germany's lockdown until february 15th including keeping schools shot and increasing pressure on employers to allow staff to work from home when possible not despite initial reservations many companies have already shifted work from office buildings into their employees living rooms. this used to be

the open plan office of management consultancy hiring guns in the the fed right now all 14 employees are working from home their boss is happy with the arrangement. i believe in the good in people and i believe that people want to do a good job for their own personal satisfaction so i believe my staff are working as hard at home as they would here after all i don't stand over them here the whole time either flies or to. but not all companies are as open minded so far the government has relied on firms voluntarily implementing the measures but more is needed a law could be the answer. i don't want companies refusing when it's possible this is necessary now. if germany doesn't get a handle on its infection rate the whole economy could be sent into lockdown politicians a desperate to avoid that working from home removes not only the chance of infection in the office but also in buses and trains on the way in many businesses

reject being forced to make their staff work from home those who can are often already doing so and some tasks simply can't be performed from home plus even if staff are provided with the necessary technical equipment there's the issue of data security to. for sales of new cars across europe saw what's being called an unprecedented fall last year due to the coronavirus from demick the european automobile manufacturers association said the market for private cars declined by nearly 24 percent that's further bad news for europe's auto industry blighted by factory shutdowns curbs on consumer spending and travel bans because of covert moment. let's get the latest on that from our financial correspondent chelsea lanie in frankfurt chelsea call many factors only shut down during the 1st wave of infections in the spring now they've been producing ever since where all the

vehicles going that are coming out of these factories. well firstly know that production hasn't quite recovered to the pre shutdown levels so in 2020 germany produced about 25 percent fewer cars as well so we do still see production depressed but most of these cars right now are going to china the chinese auto market is really still booming as the chinese economy continues to grow while the rest of the world is still seeing quite stagnant growth so we've seen some european automakers like reporting you know 20 percent growth really really strong figures in china but we've seen some bright spots here in europe as well germany for example sales rise about 10 percent and december and we've also seen really strong electric vehicle sales at chelsea they have been reports about a shortage of essential parts for new cars house the out of the.

this is a major headache for really the entire auto industry right now there is a huge global shortage of semiconductors right now because there is so much demand for technology with laptops phones things like that so automakers are really struggling to find semiconductors and chips for their cars so we have seen germany's biggest automakers are already having to cut production further volkswagen expects about 100000 fewer cars and the 1st quarter and we've seen others like audi timeline are having to lay more workers off or put them on short time work scheme so really not the bright start to the year that they've been hoping for the delay in frankfurt thank you the experts from the london school of economics say that exports from britain to the european union could shrink significantly that's despite a new trade deal they say 10 years after brags that sales of deliveries from the u.k. to the e.u. countries are likely to be one 3rd lower register ford explorers are already

frustrated parking 20 of their trucks near parliament on monday in protest of new lengthy customs procedures for shipments from britain to the e.u. for businesses losing their catch now help cannot come soon enough. scottish fisherman ian mcqueen would much rather be out on the water right now but what would be the use the language he catches are no longer reaching his main customers in the e.u. since it became official he's only been out twice off the west coast of scotland. before the. catch never got any follow up. because the paperwork wasn't. shipped it was. never made it never made it to the life neil mclean's langoustines usually end up exclusively at fish markets in the e.u. like here in bologna assume air france but at the moment hardly any cargo comes

through from scotland since breck's it an array of additional paperwork is required including new health certificates for live cash no mistakes are allowed. travel. on the lot of the plane. and if the tests if the paperwork doesn't match up in the slightest way then it's rejected. many fishermen in scotland feel the same way as mcqueen in the scottish port town of there are a few trucks waiting for fish crabs or mussels destined for europe. but many fishermen like mcqueen want to wait and see if the problems can be solved before they send their precious cargo into the unknown. neil mcqueen is convinced there's no easy fix additional bureaucracy is the least of new problems that come with bracks it for many fishermen in scotland and elsewhere there's no

clear vision for what their future will look like. and before we go that you flight safety regulator says it's approving the boeing 737 next just to fly again next week this comes nearly after 2 years after the airliner was grounded on safety fears after 2 fatal crashes mr gaiters found they were caused by a faulty computer system brazil canada and the united states have all certified the plane. that's our show thanks for watching every selfish successful. the fight against the corona virus 10 damage. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t.w. . life on earth one of

a kind and. gigantic coincidence. where the improbable happen. is we're going to the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery because of. what he stood for unique starts feb 11th on t.w. . the race for a vaccine the rollout of mass inoculation programs the world's never seen so many funds flow into the prevention of a disease. but while everyone's focused on back scenes what about a cure or treatment for those infected all those of us who could still catch the corona virus especially as

a 2nd or 3rd wave crests in many countries. that is me and i need a 3 month lockdown if not 3 weeks there's no other treatment and we still have problems. meanwhile tens of millions of people around the world are still fighting for their lives. hospitals only have a small arsenal of treatments against covert 19 and health authorities have their reservations about some of them yeah the catch is that all of the treatments have to be given early in the course of the disease otherwise they can be counterproductive. seriously ill covert 1000 patients can expect to get much more effective treatment nowadays doctors are no longer fighting an unknown calling and to see as they were in the initial stages of the pandemic they know much more about the coronavirus its effect on the medication which can help in an emergency oh i don't mind listen this is off to go to the one we know the role depends on proactive treatment of symptoms consistently reducing fever pain relief

antibiotics if needed additional oxygen and if necessary prompt ventilation. and we also have 2 treatments strategies now which target the disease more accurately. india congress to. doctors treating serious cases of covert 9000 now rely primarily on those medications rem disappear is used to restrict viral record auction. but it needs to be administered in the early stages of treatment however a recent study by the world health organization calls the stir when it said rendel severe only has a minimal or even no influence on mortality or the length of hospital stays. over 1000 specialists that hound over his university hospital so they've had different results with us. who have high quality studies which show rendez severe has a measurable effect on the course of the disease for the often especially of administered promptly and the patient is not seriously ill that's the window of opportunity with

oddly ill patients like those in intensive care who've been symptomatic for longer than rem guess if you're probably won't work the studies also clear about what it does or should. doctors have also discovered that administering cortisone to severely yoke over 1000 patients can be quite effective we now know the coronavirus provokes life threatening immune system reactions involving drastic inflammation of organs and blood vessels cortisone reduces swelling and that can save lives especially of those. patients who need ventilating. the complexity of the disease makes finding a targeted therapy a serious challenge in later stages patients are at risk of developing issues such as trumbo sees in their lungs and organs some patients can suffer long term effects great progress has been made in finding a vaccine for covert 19 the wait for a cure continues. if the rx is biopharmaceutical company that develops treatments

see if they need a month joins us so scientists have found several vaccines all the time but where does that leave people like you doctors researchers who are looking for treatments . yes for some of thanks for having me on the show and much appreciated yet treatments are a different animal to the speak and i think there are clearly important with respect to covert 1000 you know the lot of people don't not really aware that this this disease has many different facets and many different faces yes there is a healthy population that needs to be protected vaccines are of at most importance and then there's those that get sick and get well soon and then there's those that get very sick and they need treatment and they may have problems and even diane it as we know that's that's why we are all afraid about this disease and i think treatments are important there are companies like ours that have studied and worked in the field of viral inflammation and viral sepsis for many many years trying to

prevent our immune response causing damage to tissues and organs and leading to more geography and death and saw i think if this works and if we if we you can make an impact of course that's great news for the people that are greatly affected and they're really severely critically ill but it also is i think it's a great great thing to have for a new pandemics or for you taking viruses because your response patterns there are similar between viruses and if we were to be successful with a treatment that could be of great protection also in the long run just have affectively can drugs and therapies help sufferers cope with covered 90. we do believe they can i mean this the bar is selectively hot and you need to show it in well controlled nickel studies so you can just have good early results and say i want to run for an authorization approval you have to really statistically plan

a trial treating not the sions and prove that you would rock and in our case try to prevent mortality prevent death or another case prevent a patient's gets more severely sick or get into a baby get dependent on life or an organ support so we believe that there are drops in the early stages of the disease that may prevent the virus causing the strong immune response and causing look through replication and then there are folks like ours when you have a strong immune response trying to model it that response and trying to prevent that union system causes damage to your organs so we have seen interesting early stage face to data that point to a potential mechanism we've published this in the lancet rheumatology and we believe we can help patients that's why we went to face 3 and we're eager to see data this year of mr tatum and you then need the funds don't you to to produce

these drugs and that funding gap seems to be quite big between what's going into vaccines and what's going to treatments like yours. yes thank you for bringing that up and as you know we have we found an initiative in germany called being cautious and i know a lot of my colleagues have the same topic we've seen phenomenal and great fast funding for axioms and in fact in europe and specifically in germany we have not seen targeted funding for the late stage projects that there would be equivalent to axioms so while there are very early programs for preclinical research which won't see the patient in in the years to come and now there's 1st programs for early stage clinical research that is of course size wise a multiple or with $4050000000.00 all together for multiple tasks we need a funding that is equivalent and that is that is a real funding for late stage projects meaning that you can produce material for the market for the patients fast that you can prepare for the market and if you can

run the expensive face to these studies this is largely completely lacking here and that's why we found it because we really want to make it create awareness that this may be a fabulous importance also in the mid term as we may have. therapeutics available already during this year and we want to get them to the patients very briefly tell me more about your drug and if it will actually get to the market. well i'm not i'm a c.e.o. of a public company i'm not supposed to make our forward looking statements predicting the future i talk a little bit about our conviction about the mechanism that we are after and there we are the founders of this company and one of them we have 20 years in this title research so we do believe there's a chance that we can make it to the market otherwise we would have not start of the street and you know it's a similar thing with vaccines there is always a risk that it doesn't work long term there's always

a risk that's not what we've taken the risk and we've seen phenomenal responses 1st once you're with a german company by on tech together with pfizer then what they're now in the u.s. so why not also invest in therapeutics i mean if we have progress there it will make a whole lot of difference for effective patients and potentially also for future pandemics that's why i'm really advocating to put more funds to help therapeutics new therapeutics tired of player your picks to also make it into the clinic in florida. thank you very much thank you very much for having. time for your questions on the coronavirus over to our science correspondent derrick williams. should the drug ivermectin been used to treat patients this medication has been widely used in some parts of the world especially south america as a treatment for coated 19 despite the fact that evidence that it works is still not

convincing the bolivian government actually authorized it as a therapy back in may after a very theoretical and controversial study in april indicated that ivermectin might help against sars cove to the compound which is made by microorganisms that break down organic matter in the soil is a powerful tool in our pharmacological tool box for getting rid of a wide range of nasty parasites among them head lice and intestinal pen more in fact the researchers who discovered the class of substances that belongs to one of the nobel prize for their work a few years ago there are dozens of ongoing trials looking at whether or not ivermectin could also be used to treat covert 19 but so far none of them have

provided the kind of clear cut evidence that national or international health authorities would require to recommend it published studies are at all odds with some showing no benefits or or even the coded 1000 patients who took the anti parasitic drug got worse while others reported improvements or or positive results like lower mortality rates in patients that took it the thing is for basically all of the studies published so far experts have complained about flaws in methodology so at the moment. at least i would continue to ignore any sensationalist online claims that ivermectin can cure or help cure a code 19 and wait for more data from larger scale trials to come in and pretty much all the through readies are still issuing warnings not to take the compound for anything except what it's meant for to treat and frustration with parasites and

and also to stick to the prescribed doses for that if their advice changes i'll let you know here. just briefly officials are deploying dogs to sniff out code infections in some schools in italy the company the trains them says it was able to get their canine companions up to speed in a few weeks hundreds of students and teachers at this high school headed over mosques for testing adults managed to signal 5 out of 260 texts. thanks for watching.

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