and there are many storms. to. make up your. job made for minds. as. this is deja news africa on the program today hoping for the best back preparing for the worst south africa is battling an aggressive 2nd wave of calls at 19 that's being field by a more infectious variant of the virus the country's top scientific adviser saying the 3rd wave could spell even more trouble. if we see a new beginning it's likely to be much worst we're preparing on the basis of the

worst case about it. and we'll get reaction from kenya where doctors had been forced to drop some of the reproductive services because of a lack of don't aid from the u.s. now the new u.s. president has just reversed that policy. plus we've got the story on what is behind the church hall had moved in kenya's 7 beecher's. hello i'm christine wonder it's good to have your company south africa's chief pandemic advise a say a 3rd wave of covert 19 which is expected in the 2nd half of the year could be even worse than the current a 2nd wave south africa. is the worst hit country on the 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 $1000000.00 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 hope 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 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 here something they get. ejects and he becomes ok i'll be sure and i'll be good he did it i would. i'm afraid we. are it's your word that person good teacher dave should be just. good. i want to get that it's what you see but if we inject other people's how can you. just 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 wife last. quarter just put fishing in the whole country.

just put pressure on the never just 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 off of 90 vaccines on monday when will you actually start vaccinating people and how many

people are 1st in line is. this the in the data that you is we are expecting delivery to take place on monday there are some procedures that need to be followed including the release of the individual lots following lare passes so i think it will probably take another $7.00 to $10.00 days for those procedures to be done so you can expect that the 1st vaccinations will be sometime close to the middle last 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 were very few mutations and every month i look at the

sequences and my seriously one of 2 mutations or that changed in november when suddenly we have a new thread 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 vet and that would be even more concerning if it had to immunise kate because it would mean that they 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 wave might look like when it might occur and we use that for planning a number of beds in the amount of oxygen supply isn't going to be a blast 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 our current models it could go in either direction if we see a new variant it's likely to be much worse if we see the country and it's likely to be similar if not less severe than our current 2nd wave we are preparing on the

basis of a worst case scenario all right that's professor salim abdelkarim at 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 a policy commonly known as the global gag rule in directly cash african women's access 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 command has to be action now from nairobi.

sexual and reproductive health organizations have welcomed the end 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 there 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 for this they want to be able to receive a doing that some 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 smaller 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 of threatened species now a local conservation group is one of many trying to protect the turtles and their head from a wave of. 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. with humans were the biggest threat the turtles faced because people used to eat them. up to what we mobilised ourselves here in t. we and turtles and total eggs are no longer being eaten. long before. the t.v. turned up 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 and. you know a lot of benefits for the turtles because since 21000 we haven't heard any reports of anyone eating turtles or killing them or injuring them so the number of titles that are dying has gone in. and people have begun to learn about them. outside. the fisherman also benefit from the conservation project. and therefore the total program is helping us. and we're getting some income. even if we go out to sea for 2 days before we know we'll receive some income later because we can then at least use that to take care of our children. the baby

turtles still face multiple dangers when they make it from the beach. into the ocean. threats range from plastic rubbish to industrial fishing but with green turtle numbers on the rise the fishermen hope to see some of the hatchlings return to this stretch of the coastline to lay their own eggs when they reach maturity. and that is it for now there is of course more on b.w. dot com forward slash africa you can also check out our facebook and twitter pages today many of you with footage off a giant fresco spray painted on the ground in cape town done by the french artist it's part of a global project that he hopes will foster unity has painted similar images in other parts of the world including in and in the ivory coast expand about.

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to subscribe for more views like this. one the secrets of life behind things one. 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. clips uploaded to tick tock our 15 seconds or less making the app the perfect platform for today's short attention span. 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. probably. always made me. 17 year

old olivia rico made headlines this month when her debut single driver's license hit 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 are used to this background music for their dances. the song games even more momentum when used by fans to showcase their acting and look sing skills as part of a so-called tick tock 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 by 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 an actress so she is a bit famous but that doesn't explain the she would instant success so what happened on the day the sun came out going to talk just so random picked up you that you thought that song and have video and created a challenge and lots and lots of people participated in that talent so now we have all my a 1000000 videos using that song want to talk and i mean even i use that song i want my kicked off on my account to fill it with everywhere and then you know tell us with commented on the instagram polwarth and so it became the huge pop cultural moment really yeah ok so this is not the 1st time the there's been a tick tock challenge has pushed some to the top of the jobs i'm thinking of fleetwood mac.

how the likes of to talk on instagram changed to have the charts in the last year what picked up and in 2nd re of which is the new video feature instagram you this that's kind of it picked up clone really but they encourage you to and upload their own content but you someone else that's music full of these people become really multiply it and that's new for social media because you know that's where you remember facebook was very much about copyright violations even taking you with a video camera if they used popular music so i mean it's a bit ironic that now the suits take took off get paid to to use the song and for instance charlie de mille 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 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 right so the top of the charts doesn't matter about the music serves easy so why doesn't every pop singer do it well. actually not that easy because it was you can't 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 channel because she wanted to recreate it almost iconic beach scene you 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 with laughter and you know eventually this poor thing and saying can't wait for your recreate 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 when we are

in the middle of a pandemic i mean how are we going to recreate this huge scene and we don't have our own private jet to fly to the beach and we're not supposed to travel so they criticized her and made quite a few funny means around that making fun of the talent's 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. explaining all that now a look at some other cultural stories from around the world and we begin in new york where a must a piece of the italian renaissance painter bottle charlie has 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 around all 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 14th

seventies or 14 eighties. 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 cool last may's and another debut this time in the united arab emirates the 1st of a fashion week for men a macho couture set the show in the desert with all the models wearing white and sporting various interpretations of the traditional dish dasher row. 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 is

a documentary by chinese american director none through wearing which charts the misinformation and propaganda that accompanied the spread of the corona virus in both washington. 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 memoir 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 why variety of species welcome to claire celeste's

blooming world. i use actually and then i would use collage to plan my paintings and then one day i realise of a collage that i made a play or 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 arctic vanished it became impossible to ignore it herself because i think the most important part of my artwork. so i just doesn't want her creations to be seen as merely decorative but she does try to make them beautiful or works or

shown in international galleries such as these canvas collages in sweden. and 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's sometimes my guru or perhaps not. very environmentally friendly in 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 urgency and ecological hope or i'm trying to. her art is based on vintage naturalistic drawings of 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 realised 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. claire celeste is still working on this hanging installation

which she plans to eliminate with the 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 to removed depending on the message clear 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.

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but in europe there's a sharp warning whoever accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on it the commitment of the shaking the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status in position in the world to be physical but fortunately. china's gateway to europe starts feb 19th on d w. this is news and these are our top stories germany is imposing a travel ban on countries most affected by new coronavirus fare hits to measure comes into effect on saturday and will remain until at least mid february bill then says the restrictions on necessary to prevent infections starting sunday france will close its borders to non essential of arrivals from outside.