what's. the worst. we can make a difference to our choosing reforestation reduce forced recycling or disposable smarm solutions are still sitting out. there is truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is one a while so i still live and survive. why do i was born into soon to global 3000 on g.w. i'm going. this is deja news africa on the program today hoping for the best but for pairing for the worst south africa is battling an aggressive 2nd wave of covert 19 that's being fueled by a more infectious variant of the virus the country's top scientific advisor ses the 3rd wave could spell even more trouble. if we see a new variant it's likely to be much with us we are on the basis of the worst piece

of knowledge to. add will get reaction from kenya where doctors had been forced to drop some of their reproductive services because of a lack of don't aid from the u.s. now the new us president has just reversed that policy. plus we've got the story on what is behind the turtle hatchlings in kenya 7 beaches. hello i'm kristie wonder it's good to have your company south africa's chief pandemic advise us say a 3rd wave of covert 19 which is expected in the 2nd half of the year could be even worse than the current to 2nd way south africa is the worst hit country. a

continent with 43000 deaths and 1400000 cases now the number of infections has soared because of the new variant of the virus that is say to be 50 percent more transmissible now the country is expecting its 1st delivery of 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine that's made to arrive on monday i'll be talking to professor sally in a deal karim after this report. health care workers at the frontline of south africa's coronavirus crisis they'll be the 1st to be inoculated when the country starts its vaccination program but the initial delivery of $1000000.00 doses going to even be enough to vaccinate half of south africa's health professionals it's still not clear when more vaccines will arrive. and how many south africans who get the jab only 2 thirds want to be inoculated a recent survey found that is far below the global average when one of the.

people in. something like it was expressed in egypt's and he becomes ok i'll be sure and i'll be good he did it i would always 'd of yes. i'm afraid we. are is your word the person good teacher dave should be just. good. i want to get that but sure but that is if the inject out of people's how. did you get what. south africa's vaccination campaign comes as the country appears to have passed the peak of the 2nd wave this all confirmed cases and hospitalizations spike in january. deaths from the corona virus also soared to triple the level seen during the 1st wave last year. could be just put cherishing the whole country

covered just put pressure on that you never get us we're not immune from that. the decline in confirmed cases says the health minister is partly due to the street to lockdown brought in at the end of december but the country is still on high alert with a new more infectious variant of the virus circulating in south africa making it more pressing than ever for the country to finally kick off its vaccination campaign. i'm now joined by professor salim abdul kareem he is an epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist he is the south african government's top scientific advisor on the pandemic welcome back to the program professor so south africa is expecting its 1st in every are called the united vaccines on monday when will you actually start vaccinating people and how many people are 1st in line is

a good day to just be in the data that you is we are expecting delivery to take place on monday there are some procedures that need to be followed to looting the release of the individual lots following larry basses so i think it will probably take another 7 to 10 days for those procedures to be done so you can expect that the 1st vaccinations will be sometime close to the middle of february professor is this the right time to be talking about and perhaps preparing for a 3rd wave of the virus and perhaps even more mutations or variants. so what we have seen so far of this violence it's been quite surprising we had thought that this is a very stable virus there are very few mutations and every month i look at the sequences i'm i see again only one of 2 mutations or that changed in november when

suddenly we have a new theory into 23 mutations and that is quite a concerning observation when we look at that we did not anticipate that that variant would be able to spread so much faster it's estimated that it's about 50 percent more transmissible and that's what drove our 2nd when we had dissipated a 2nd wave would only be generally but instead we ended up with it being about 5 to 6 weeks earlier based on what we know now we can anticipate that we will see a 3rd and 4th wave in the course of this year probably the 2nd with the 3rd wave occurring when we get into our winter months that's usually when people spend more times more time indoors with the windows closed and we can anticipate that that's the likely time if we see a new v.m.

and that would be even more concerning if it had to immunise kate because it would mean that there would be a higher proportion of our population that could be susceptible as things stand we are in the midst already of planning for the 3rd wave of doing some estimates of what that 3rd wave might look like when it might occur and we use that for planning a number of beds in the amount of oxygen supply is it going to be of last then the 2nd wave do you think do you think it will be worse that that way then the 2nd one . experiencing. so based on what we've kind of models it could go in either direction if we see a new variant it's likely to be much worse if we see the current theory and it's likely to be similar if not less severe then i'll come 2nd with it we are preparing

on the basis of a worst case scenario all right that's professor salim abdelkarim talking to us from durban south africa thank you so much professor absolute pleasure thank you bye. u.s. president joe biden has reversed a ban on u.s. foreign aid going to organizations that perform or promote abortion policy prohibited organizations from counseling women about abortion or referring them to . provide is if the organization wanted to receive u.s. aid now the policy comedy known as the global gag rule in directly catch african women sex is to health services and affordable contraception according to studies. now kenya is one of the african countries whose women's health services were hard hit by the you expand it of kamandi has reaction now from nairobi.

sexual and reproductive health organizations have welcomed b.n. to the ban so here in kenya it's not unusual to go to a public hospital for contraception only to be turned away because just simply isn't any so these organizations critically close the gaps found in the public health sector but they also provide counseling services for abortion and this they want able to receive in the us a doing that from presidency and speaking to a woman who works in one of these organizations earlier she said to me that services had to be killed back including that you should also free and affordable contraceptives which as you can imagine saw an increase in unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions were still small the budgets meant scaling back on distribution of hiv medication as well as council screenings because these services also depend on us. so we stay in kenya which is seeing more green turtles hatch on its southern shores

it's welcome news because the green turtle is listed as endangered on the list all 3 species now a local conservation group is one of many trying to protect the turtles and their head from a wave off the. making a break for the ocean in newly hatched green turtle leaves its nest on t.v. beach on kenya's south coast its journey monitored by fishermen from a local organization the t.v. turtle police they're happy that the green turtle numbers are bouncing back what. humans were the biggest threat the turtles faced because people used to eat them. but we mobilised ourselves here in t. we and turtles and turtle eggs are no longer being eaten. before. they t. we turtle police monitor and protect eggs that are laid here now more eggs are

hatching them before the fishermen also receive training on turtle ecology and they pass this knowledge on to their communities. so many push. ups right now in the world right now climate change me to fend off the story. faces my friends the way for just one week. how much work can really get. we still have time to our. success. that subscribe for more views like this. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree.

and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 getting up now. apps like to talk on instagram revolutionizing the pop music industry is it all about 15 seconds old social media we'll be discussing not a mole in a minute welcome to our culture also coming up today. they must yourself in the natural paradise is created by american artist class celeste who illustrates the fragility of our planet with installations. tik tok a mobile phone app which boasts over $800000000.00 active users and is said to be worth $75000000000.00 and it's not even 5 years old and it is immensely powerful

for instance seems to be able to create global pop hits in a flash is this a good thing and how does it all work i'll be discussing this with our social media expert to this. those clips uploaded to tech tucker 15 seconds or less making the app the perfect platform for today's short attention spans but i still anyone with a user profile can upload video content viral dances and music videos are among the most popular content on the platform it's. called. made me. 17 year old olivia regal made headlines this month when her debut single driver's license hits 100000000 listens faster than any other song in the history of music streaming

then tech talk was a big factor in the song success since within the 1st 24 hours of its release many popular tech talk creators had uploaded reaction videos or used to just background music for their dances. the song gained even more momentum when used by fans to showcase their acting and look sync skills as part of a so-called tech talk challenge creators showed themselves heartbroken during the 1st part of the video before transitioning into a glamorous version of themselves evidently the magic recipe for a viral hit. i'm not a social media expert but my colleague or how to ruediger is a driver's license went from 0 to the top of the charts in a matter of days all because of tick talk. well you know if they did try to

see if a bit famous but that doesn't explain the shoots instant success so what happened on the day the sun came out golden tech talk just so random tech took you that you thought that song and have video and created a challenge and lots and lots of people participated in it talent so now we have all what a 1000000 videos you thing that song on take talk and i mean even i use that song i want my kicked out on my account to fill it with everywhere and then you know taylor swift commented on the instagram polwarth and so it became this huge pop cultural moment really yeah ok so this is not the 1st time the there's been a tick tock challenge has pushed a song to the top of the jobs i'm thinking of fleetwood mac. how have the likes of to talk on instagram changed how the charts in the last year what picked up and instagram really of which if the new video feature instagram you that that's kind of it picked up clone really but they encourage the user who

upload their own content but you someone else that's moving some of these people become really multiply if and that's new for social media because you know if you remember facebook was very much about copyright violations even taking you with a video down if they used popular music so i mean it's a bit ironic that now the feud to take took off get paid to to use the song and for instance charlie the meal you know she is one of the biggest to talk us and reportedly she gets paid $40000.00 just to use the song in the video and dance to it so off of course all in the hope that this goes viral on the app and then goes viral in the charts and you have a number one hit so basically your song needs to have the potential for a good social media challenge then you go viral drugs to the top of the charts doesn't matter but the music sounds easy so why doesn't every pop singer do it well . actually not that easy because when you can plan

a viral moment it has to be offended because social media you know if they can spot a fake a mile away and that's actually what happened this week to jennifer lopez she uploaded a video on her instagram and had to talk and twitter channel because she wanted to recreate the it almost iconic beach scene don't cough the thing the music video and so we see her strolling down the beach and she's throwing up an expensive watch and have fun glasses and you know eventually this posting and saying can't wait for your recreate it's new challenge but social media you thought they didn't like it they even criticized her for it why because they called her tone deaf it's went out where in the middle of a pandemic i mean how are we going to recreate this huge scene when we don't have our own private jet to fly to the beach and we're not supposed to travel so they criticize time and made quite a few funny means around that making fun of the talents so it's not that easy it's

not even put jennifer lopez oh what a shame i was going to do a swing number which i remember why are. you very much for a visit with the thanks for help because explaining all that now look at some other cultural stories from around the world as we begin in new york where a must a piece of the italian renaissance painter bought it surely is just stretched a record price for a work by that artist at auction. the painting sold for $80000000.92 with commissions and fees young man with up around is thought to depict a young nobleman showing off his own prized possession a decorative medallion bearing the image of a saint it is considered one of his finest portraits probably dates from the 1470s or 1418. to paris where british designer kim jones's debut collection for fendi brought some bookish glamour to his 1st show the collection

was inspired by virginia woolf's novel orlando and jones recruited as many superstars and superstar models as possible with no live audience the models runway was actually a cool glass maze and another debut this time in the united arab emirates the 1st of a fashion week for men there a macho couture set the show in the desert with all the models wearing white and sporting various interpretations of the traditional dish. and in the united states where the annual sundance film festival in park city utah was for the 1st time a virtual festival and got on the way with a very topical film. in the same breath as a documentary by chinese american director none through wang which charts the misinformation and propaganda that accompanied the spread of the corona virus in both. washington. now the

american artist claire celeste started her professional life as an arts ministry to dealing with other artists but see she soon changed sides as it were a meanwhile now based in berlin she exhibits her work around the world raw material is simply paper but she creates extraordinary immersive collages that bring the viewer into a natural paradise and there's an environmental message in all her work to. this nature collages assembled from hundreds of paper images the installation biodiversity celebrates the wide variety of species welcome to clear celeste's blooming world. actually and then i would use collage to plan my paintings and then one day i realize that the collage that i made to play a painting was actually much better than the painting itself celeste is inspired by

natural history images of flora and fauna from around the world the american born artist is based in berlin from where she creates works like biodiversity a tribute to nature but also a warning. it was originally only about nature but then when i realized just how many spaces in my artwork are vanishing or have are to be honest it became impossible to ignore it herself because i think the most important part of why our work. so must doesn't want her creations to be seen as merely decorative but she does try to make them beautiful her works are shown in international galleries such as these canvas collages and sweeping. this mural adorns a department store in munich illustrations installations and glass sculptures are all part of her portfolio the artist draws inspiration from places with lush

vegetation like berlin's botanical garden as a diplomat's child she lived in many countries such as thailand brazil italy and the united states exposing her to the joy of nature's great diversity the threat to the environment is a source of worry for. during quarantine the 1st short 3 weeks i remember looking at my artwork and thinking that the planet doesn't need birth at all though i think it sometimes my gurus and nks are perhaps not. very environmentally friendly and this is a question that i have but i've recently decided that i'm going to continue making my art because i think it's really important as a vehicle for change and that i'm giving people a method of ecological origin fear and ecological hope or i'm trying to. her art is based on vintage naturalistic drawings of the animals and plants mixed with present day photos. like the idea of birds

from 20300 years ago co-existing with contemporary ones i like that there's sort of this seamless timeline that's connecting the older drawings to the contemporary photography. she began by cutting out suitable images for her collages and in the process realize that quite a few of the depicted species are now extinct. nowadays celeste uses online archives she starts by composing her nature collages on the computer then she prints them on recycled paper and cuts them out her latest work using that approach as a kind of chandelier. clear celeste is still working on this hanging installation which she plans to illuminate with a lamp. her original plan was to burn the work after its completion as a protest against the extinction of species. i think it's important to have a message of hope as well we have the tools to make the changes that we need to to

save ourselves and i i want that to be part of the message as well so perhaps i won't set this on fire. instead the flames are made of paper and can be attached or removed depending on the message claire celeste hopes that her beautiful artworks will raise awareness of how endangered that beauty is. finally tributes have been pouring in for the pioneering american. chris cicely tyson who has died at age 96 she turned down stereotypical roles for black women agreeing only to play characters that was strong positive and realistic long before it was popular to do so if she is in the autobiography of miss jane pittman. you think i'm crazy. now. oh i just did it change oh

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global 3000 on g.w. . from the european union approves the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine the e.u.'s health agency recommends the vaccine for all adults over the age of 18 the e.u. is locked in their legal dispute with the drug maker over vaccine delivery delays. and taking on big oil for farmers from nigeria when a compensation case against shell for damage caused by oil leaks after

a 13 year legal battle. i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us regulators have approved astra zeneca has grown a virus vaccine for use in the european union the european medicines agency gave the go ahead to begin inoculations in people aged 18 and over the e.u. is facing a storm of criticism for its sluggish vaccine role and the european commission is expected to grant final approval for the vaccine shortly this is the 3rd vaccine to get approval from the e.u. following shots from biotech pfizer and the maize executive director explain why the body gave astra zeneca the green light the recommendation to approve the austin

seneca vaccine is based on that they chose that the vaccine offer its protection against covert 19 with a reassuring safety profile while the 1st to approve both were for messenger r.n.a. foxy and the astra zeneca vaccine is based on another technology it's an at the no virus face vaccine this this means that the vaccine uses a common virus from the you know virus that has been modified to carry a portion of the covert 19 corona virus called the 5 protein. i think of our respective vaccines are easier to handle than m.r. in a box in terms of transport and storage and this should simplify the logistics of running the vaccine out across the you and hopefully it can provide a boost to vaccinations in the member state. correspondent. in brussels why has it taken the e.u. so long to approve this vaccine. michael i would say overall the e.u.

is taking a better safe than sorry approach of mobile more cautious approach if you want to compare it to countries like the u.k. when it comes to vaccine approval so what the e.u. did not want to do including all the 27 member states is emergency approval because that does not hold companies like astra zeneca liable for potential side effects and that is something that has slowed down this process other aspect and maybe an aspect of cusco related to this is that astra zeneca only formally handed in authorization on general re 12 for its vaccine so that is that much later than in the u.k. where it's been received emergency approval already in december so these may be correlated but these are 2 aspects of why the approval has taken so long yesterday german health officials recommended that the astra zeneca vaccine not be given to people over the age of $65.00 has he e.-m.

a said anything about this issue of the regulator today made clear that it's been a so-called rolling refuel and that data is still coming in and that more data will be coming in on that particular age group but so far they said they were happy with the results they have seen they have some good data on the immunization numbers that the vaccine apparently creates in people yes in the face of 3 trials they don't have the the numbers required to make a specific recommendation for that age group but from the numbers they have they see this as a vaccine fit for all adults over 18. this comes as you well know georg as the e.u. releases a highly redacted version of its contract with astra zeneca placing the blame for delivery delays clearly on the vaccine producer tell us more about that. now that's really interesting and that is why the e.u.

pressed hard for this contract to be released so that there is more transparency unfortunately big parts of the contract are blacked out but i think we can focus on some aspects that are not in the contract and that is for instance mentioning that other contracts out there for instance one with the u.k. where other countries are privileged and that is something the use says that should have been in the contract if it were to be the case that other other countries receive vaccines 1st another thing that is in the contract is a specific mentioning of u.k. sites for production and that is why the e.u. says so the u.k. factories are not just i'll turn it to places to turn to and that means from their perspective a supply problem in the supply chain in europe should affect all customers around the world including the u.k. . not just in brussels much thanks as always. the answer seneca

vaccine is one of 3 being used in britain's vaccination drive the u.k. has one of the highest death tolls in the world but britain is also making more progress inoculating its citizens in many other countries. this is the most advanced spent seen program in europe just like that this lady joins a to 7000000 people in the u.k. it received the 1st days typically the vaccine the u.k. is on track to vaccinate some 15000000 people by the middle of february that's every one of the 70 kathy residents and the clinically vulnerable as well as health and social can stuff than. love a clappy to get it actually it was very nice the people were so friendly so polite . when i was happy it was dead easy to book on line lots of appointments very efficient it's a great program the government has undertaken and it's extremely rare

organize the u.k. started it funk scene rolled out in early december it was the 1st to approve the fires of biotech and offered astra zeneca vaccines it since set up over $1400.00 sites with everything from cathedrals mosques and cinemas converted to rollout the scheme there's no doubt that the u.k.'s vaccination program is impressive just a cool feat but this is just one side of the u.k.'s 19 story well it might be leading the rest of europe in terms of the number of people being vaccinated it also has one of the highest death tolls in the world and that's a fact not lost on anybody here. over $100000.00 people have died in the u.k. within $28.00 days of a positive test that's more than the entire capacity of london's wembley football stadium. the emergence of a new more transmissible variant of the virus has further deepen the crisis it spread like wildfire across the country and left hospital struggling to cope

numbers now harder than any other time we got ahead ernest m demick so the system is under massive stress we have asked operations cancer treatments were running in blood she crosses my look after it was corona virus and also is associated with such is this desperate race between the new variant and the vaccine that shaping the u.k.'s rollout strategy it's opting to leave up to 12 weeks between doses deviating from this 3 week camp trial by pfizer by giving some immunity to the maximum number of people authorities hope to cut fatalities and reduce pressure on the health service. professor rob it reads a member of the independent committee which approved the strategy under normal circumstances you must adhere to the regulated because all the g.'s however these are not normal circumstances we have to birds in age as many people as we can as

quickly as we can and it's our judgment that by doing this moho. the horror of that is that if we don't do this there will be considerable home through lost opportunity. but this strategy has its critics with some warning there isn't enough child it is a port it all the u.k. rollouts off to a strong start this is a marathon not a sprint and potential hurdles still lay ahead but in a world where vaccine supply is becoming increasingly challenging those driving away today know that the lucky ones. let's have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this hour a bomb has exploded outside the israeli embassy in delhi as it marked the anniversary of setting up diplomatic ties with india no injuries were reported but an israeli official says the incident is being viewed as terrorism. china will no

longer recognize the british national. past court many hong kong residents hold the u.k. government announced it would open its doors to hong kong citizens after beijing impose a controversial security wall. u.s. president joe biden has reversed a ban on u.s. foreign aid to organizations that perform or promote abortions the policies slashed funding to health services across africa studies say it restricted women's access to contraceptives leading to more unwanted pregnancies. a court in the netherlands has ordered the energy multinational shell to pay compensation for oil spills in the niger delta after a 13 year legal battle the case was brought by 4 nigerian farmers who claim their land was polluted the amount of compensation is not yet fixed. it

looks like justice has finally been done. after 13 years of legal wrangling the dutch appeals court is holding the oil multinational shell responsible for spills from its pipelines in nigeria. in all they can afford of the court finds that shell nigeria is responsible for damages caused by the leaks shall nigeria's here by order to pay compensation to the farmers. so. now these farmers could finally see summer dress for the land and ponds that they lost. yes with the 5th bar that we had with the i like what i would do it with these fields were so tainted by oil that nothing much has grown here since. what made me angry was that last night. is that just right

my fish behind the verdict is good news for the farmers who took the oil giant to court but it could also help other nigerians who have suffered the un discovered chemicals that can cause cancer in some drinking water in the region and babies born within a 10 kilometer radius are most twice as likely to die before they are month old many more victims could now claim compensation from the world's 2nd largest oil company. up until an hour ago people in developing countries were without any rights when confronted by multinationals such as sell and from today on they know they can get their rights but the amount of compensation for the farmers has yet to be determined i do hope that they will actually get some compensation soon because it was a stake and. for some it will be too late in any case. 2

of the claimants have already died. but the verdict helps to empower poor farmers who take on powerful global corporations. now to an ambitious project in. their natural habitat now adult female and her 2 cubs have been released. national park conservation work to re wild the wetlands in the country's northeast. a cool relaxing deal 70 years in the making that's how long it's been since jackie was were last seen here in northeast. hunting and habitat loss drove them to extinction after painstaking work by conservationists this adult female and her cubs were the 1st to be cats reintroduced to their natural habitat and they're

settling in just fine. the 1st 20 days of going very well because the mother has established herself very quickly she's getting to know the territory bit by bit we've already recorded that she has killed and fed on several cat. in just. across the americas but particularly so in argentina just 300 remain in the wild they're important to the ecosystem because they control price species and balance out the effect of other predators conservationists have spent years building up a huge poc within these wetlands to do what's called rewilding. for the 1st time an attempt has been made to reintroduce the jaguar to a place where it had become extinct this is never been done before. over the next year more of these majestic felines will be released and it's hoped this project

will lead to similar conservation. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the e.u. is in dispute. vaccine deliveries with european nations struggling to ramp up vaccination. coming up next you know the melon on business news more news at the top of the hour as always thanks for watching. i'm secure in the volume or that's hard and in the end this is a me you're not a locust a year and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers one liners of. what's your story. 'd 'd

on what numbers of women especially of victims of violence to take part and send us your story we are trying. to understand this new culture. another visitor nothing yet you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. it's not quite game over yet for game stop small investor apps have reversed their battle on buying up the stock at the end of a wild week on wall street. also on the show africa could get caught in the middle of a back seeing tug of war as they. try to cement their influence on the continent.

and normally the world economic forum meeting is a gathering of the elite at the space ski resort this year it was entirely digital we look back at the top stories on the meeting. this is d.w. business i'm joined now the un in berlin glad you can join us. game stop stock is a rise again after it dipped following a ban on buying the shares on some trading platforms now at least some of those curbs have been lifted it's just the latest twist in the thriller that's captivated the finance world shares in game stop have rocketed over just a few days gaining over 2000 percent thanks to small traders. this is game stop a brick and mortar retailer specializing in video games it's pretty popular with gamers even though much of the market has moved to streaming a trend that will likely continue threatening to put game stop out of business just

like record stores and video rental chains some big time investors on wall street have foreseen this and try to make a buck on the obvious trend hedge funds have been short selling the stock which means they have borrowed shares and sold them hoping to later buy them back i don't know what price and that's where things got out of hand and gamers and hobby investors came together to go after wall street. yemen ends column mclellan i'm here in houston texas i'm 31 years old and i have been in the stock market for the better part of the last 10 years and i bought game stop earlier this week on tuesday when i saw some traction around the wall street. read. wall street bets is an online forum way users discuss their big plan to buy up as many game stop she has a possible driving up the price and hurting those hedge funds who had bet against

it their plan worked and looking at an insane rally in the stock price multibillion dollar hits funds found themselves in the squeeze quickly buying back shares to cut their losses among them high profile names like melvin capital citroen capital and point $72.00 asset management the total damage to the hedge funds over $5000000000.00 wall street cried foul and warned the new investors about the danger of losing in the long run it turns out they already knew. that's what it is is their regular joes versus wall street and when i put money into it i said even if this goes to 0 and i lose. everything i like being a part of it and that sentiment is shared amongst a lot a lot of people. so it's not only about money it's a david versus goliath fight that might win after all under pressure trading

platform robinhood which most game stop bias used has now limit to trading with the embattled shares sparking protests in the community and even on capitol hill. they were only given the option to sell and not given the option to purchase which would necessarily and or rather you know quite expectantly drive down the stock price you know i think these are things that are just calling a lot of attention and and as i mentioned earlier the financial services committee is probably to look at it we're in it so it's off to another round as the future of game stop shares is unclear as is the future of the company itself as western countries visitor of huge contingents of the global vaccine supply africa is scrambling to secure doses the continent needs about 1500000000 jobs immunize 60 percent of its inhabitants the threshold for herd immunity and especially in south africa time is of the essence. barrier teams and crematoriums can hardly keep

up no other african country has registered as many called it 1000 deaths a south africa it has recorded the highest number of infections at 1300000 and now the 1st vaccine doses are finally jew to arrive some south africans can hardly wait. yet. because i don't want to. over 5 or. 6. i want to get a good suit but the one sure we see. africa has a high coronavirus death rate there are also many vaccine skeptics here authorities are hoping their numbers twin don't once the vaccination campaign gets going the 1st one and a half 1000000 doses have been ordered from india. 5 other african countries have already rolled out the vaccine the seychelles about 2 weeks ago for instance the

vaccine used here comes from china and was donated by the united arab emirates the president of the seychelles received the 1st inoculation you're not saying save your buck saying the vaccine is safe and that will give us another tool in our arsenal for victory you know there were no board loving dog most african countries a trailing far behind in the global race for vaccines western nations have already secured about half of all doses africa is relying on international initiatives such as the world health organization effort it's financed by the e.u. china and more recently the united states among others we are really hoping that the 1st those we rolled out are probably made next month and by march. most of the countries. in the cold packs initiative intends to supply 600000000 doses to africa by the end

of the year provided they are no delivery delays. robert coupled joins us now he's an economist at the university of life sigs institute of african studies welcome to the program sir could africa be left for all or part 2 doses despite initiatives like kovacs so i didn't get the question. about whether africa could be left with far too few doses despite initiatives we have like over. that's right. africa is. at the end of the row because europe is focusing on own activities as the united states do and so they are left behind somehow but some somehow china went in and. what seems now

speaking of china if said before that africa could get caught between the e.u. and china on vaccines why is that. that's a special case because china was quicker than all the others like the you all the united states. because they had a lot of problems getting their own populations west and they didn't protect it with mark so china came in and was simply various very simply fast as the others and space spent a lot of money to get into this market of of maximization in on the african continent so they had to the larger in the last years and they deliver vaccines. so some countries like this they say this is tells and other countries but nevertheless they are also a little bit late oh even if africa does get enough facts eans doesn't have the

infrastructure in place to distribute the doses effectively. the african countries have done a lot in order to so so so too caught up with the wave all of the grown up cases so but very quickly they did a lot to control the borders girl she was just a buddhist and so on and so forth but nevertheless they were on how absolutely so by accidents because the european union was late august but also made obo based around a lot of funding for a form of you age or in order to secure something or for the african countries i'm so sharma was ready for but read this. also started. roxanne's in egypt for instance. delays compounding delays i thank you very much robert kapil an economist at the university of life 6 institute for african studies

thank you for your insights. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news a dutch court has ordered oil giant shell to pay compensation in a case brought by 4 nigerian farmers bailouts that the dutch firm was responsible for widespread pollution on their land the farmers 1st sued shell in 2008. you. chinese airline operator h. and a has declared bankruptcy following a risky expansion the conglomerate was involved in numerous other industries including stakes in health and hotels thought to bank and in several air carriers the pandemic travel slump was the death knell for the company. the boss of germany's financial regulator is set to be replaced felix who felt was head of boston during the recent wire card scandal and was accused of failing to investigate the fraudulent vantec firm the german finance ministry said it was

looking for a fresh start at the top of the regulator. the world economic forum is 50 years old this year but its golden anniversary event wasn't bigger and better than ever before where the coronavirus pandemic making in person gatherings a no go world leaders came together over the internet as well as driving the form online the virus also dominated its agenda davos hasn't been this quiet in decades no signs of the usual hustle and bustle instead a thick blanket of snow the locals like it that way reclusive i enjoy it there are no great things there is little traffic it is quiet there's fewer guests i would be happy to not have the w e f here anymore. i mean. what the locals enjoy however is a painful sign of what has happened to the world over the course of the past year

online world leaders offered their plans and solutions with regards to the ongoing pandemic and stressed that international cooperation is key to overcoming the crisis. does the end point though isn't it we need to choose a multilateral approach a self isolating approach won't solve our problems we see that 1st of all on the question of vaccination since it's the root out of the pandemic and that's feared most in the us and. the british people being to lose but poor countries say wealthier nations are not looking for global solutions to the crisis and only thinking of themselves. we are all not safe if some countries are vaccinating their people and other countries are not vaccinating we all must act together in combating coronavirus because it affects all of us equally well

global leaders can meet virtually to speak to each other the coronavirus pandemic reveals that international cooperation has many challenges. and that's all from me and the business team here in berlin if you want more from us check out our web site d w dot com slash business we're also on facebook and on twitter thanks for joining us. to go africa. back to the future when century promise become wondering herdsman it's because of the ecological revolution in southern africa abolishing fenced in grazing that keeps oil from becoming depleted i'm protects the habitats of wild animals shipped in a day and ancient skill that's a contribution to

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