you know. this is deja vu news of live from berlin taking stock in the world's fight against corona virus a year after the world health organization sounded the alarm about covert 19 we'll look at the progress made and the difficult road ahead. germany bans travel from countries hardest hit by new variants of the krona virus the government says it has no other choice to prevent a surge in new infections and farmers in india take to the streets in the capital delhi they're furious about new agriculture laws they say will benefit large

corporations. a michael welcome it's now been a year since the world health organization attempted to alert the world to an impending danger declaring the coronavirus a crisis a public health emergency just over a month later the global pandemic began on january 30th 2020 there'd been just over 10000 covert cases almost all of them in china thereafter in the late winter and early spring case numbers shot up around the world and they've been rising ever since on january 29th 2021 a year after that initial declaration at least 102000000 people have fallen sick with the virus. to talk about this grim anniversary i'm joined by stephen moore

sees a professor in epidemiology at the columbia university medical center in new york and an expert in health diplomacy an early warning signs welcome to you professor if you could take a view of this sir where are we in this pandemic are we still in the beginning or can you see a very clear way out well i think we're really still in the thick of the pandemic i think that if we had acted early enough it might have been possible to contain it and reduce the offense but at this point it's like most other pandemics in that we're waiting to be able to have exact scene which we have now and to give it to everyone to slow down the pace of the pandemic but it's still ongoing in many parts of the world including the united states. we've all been living in an alternate universe locking down at home wearing masks keeping distance even from

some of those closest to us will some version of that be the new norm simply because we can't eradicate this virus altogether any more than we can eliminate the regular flu. yes and theoretically it would have been possible and possible early on but i think it's going to be to some extent the new normal i think the optimistic view is that we have at least 4 known human coronavirus is that have been circulating for a while cause something like the common call your flu like illness during flu season and this might end up being a 5th one adventure only in till then i think we have to be very careful to prevent transmitted even after there are a lot of immunizations simply because these new parents will continue cropping up as long as the virus is being transmitted from person. professor herd immunity clearly appears to be the endgame here and the best way to get there is with

vaccinations how worried should we all be that many people not only still doubt the danger of this virus but also the effectiveness of vaccines i worry about that a lot of calls axion hesitance it's hard enough to get good at here and to even the standard vaccines and in this country only about 50 percent of the people take their annual flu vaccine i'm hoping that the motivation for this will be better but i do worry about that because we will not reach your immunity unless we can get at least 80 percent of the world's population is. just a quick yes no answers sure one year from now or we still going to be talking about this virus but the same sort of in the same sort of dire context i doubt less doubt or we will have gotten used to it in the more immunization. ok but we still will be saying yes stephen morse epidemiologist at columbia university medical

center thank you so much for your time thank you the world health organization is warning against what it calls vaccine nationalism this after the european union launched a scheme they could block exports of coronavirus vaccines produced in its territory it's the latest development in a row between the e.u. and astra zeneca brussel says the drug maker is breaking its contract and failing to supply vaccine doses in the quantities promised after production problems at a belgian plant astra zeneca is prioritizing delivery to the united kingdom 1st from production facilities in that country the head of the w.h.o. warned rich countries hoarding shots would harm the entire world. because expose and exploited the qualities of. the. buck scenes.

but it's. cited and. we will not. the european union says new measures to oversee vaccine exports are needed to tackle a lack of transparency from drug makers and to protect the billions of euros they have invested in vaccine development but even before the dispute with astra zeneca many e.u. countries were having trouble rolling out their own vaccine programs many vaccination centers like here in france have been standing empty because there are not enough jobs available and frustration is growing among a population weary of ongoing restrictions. we're joined now by jacob

kirkegaard a senior fellow at the german marshall fund welcome to the program the e.u. says its new measure is not an export ban is it. no it's not an export ban but it's obviously for 10 should be an export ban it and basically when you're asking private companies to to get certified or approval for any exports it's not quite there but it's certainly a 1st step and i think the fear is that companies are going to be has its and in having a free flow of vaccines and the components to make vaccines as a result of these e.u. measures and i think the problem with that is that as we go forward and recognizing that this isn't a matter of supplies of vaccines the next couple of weeks this is about vaccine supply in the next months if not years and therefore i think it's very important that we have as much access as free access to vaccines and the components for

making vaccines not just in the e.u. or the neighboring countries to the e.u. but the whole world so i think this step by the e.u. is on warranted and sends the wrong political signal at this moment in time. the w.h.o. is declining vaccine nationalism is a utopian union in fact guilty of that and for that matter the u.k. as well. well i mean we don't know what's in the 2nd tracks yet there was a lot of redactions in the astra zeneca e.u. one that was published yesterday but we do know that apparently in the or we have heard at least that in the u.k. contract there was a statement saying that you know vaccines produced in the u.k. should have priority to. the u.k. government so there is an element of that no doubt about it but again i want to emphasize that the particular issue regarding astra zeneca in my opinion concerns

a company that has promised to watch it has might maybe even promise too much to the u.k. but so it is through the e.u. but we should be clear that the 70000000 doses shortfall that the you know is happening you know the astra zeneca promised 100 they're going to deliver 30 in the month of coming months that's $70000000.00 hasn't been exported from you factories to the u.k. that just hasn't been made because of production problems so who is to blame for that is an issue but you know the question is what is clear is that the answer to this question is not baxi nationalism that's for sure. jacob kirkegaard senior fellow at the german marshall fund thanks so much my pleasure germany has imposed a travel ban on countries most affected by new quote a virus variants the measure among others britain portugal brazil and south africa

restrictions will remain in place until at least february 17th. as the ban is necessary to prevent a surge in new infections the german government has been widely criticized for the slow pace of its rollout a vaccination. meanwhile chancellor angela merkel has appealed to the public for patience during the weeks long lockdown in her weekly video podcast she noted some encouraging signs but urged people to stay vigilant. or the meds i'm on stone lungs to all of our efforts the infection rate is dropping. we are making progress but at the same time we must be mindful of the danger posed by the new highly contagious mutation of their fall in the coming weeks we must proceed with caution we're not yet in a position to reopen schools and daycare centers the more consistent we are now observing social distancing and following hygiene rules and wearing masks the

sooner that will be possible again but as we. farmers in india have begun a one day hunger strike to protest the government's planned agricultural loss they say the laws benefit large private buyers at the expense of producer the demonstrations come after a week of unrest that has seen hundreds injured in clashes with police. thousands of foreigners are in delhi venting their anger at indian prime minister in a ranger modi they say new agriculture laws who crush them financially while giving large corporations take advantage. we have decided that we won't go bad unless foreign laws are repealed if we don't have anything then it's better to die here than at home. this one day hunger strike is part of a movement that started 2 months ago against 3 pieces of legislation that passed parliament last september these protests have been the biggest challenge to prime

minister modi since he came to power in 2014 he says the new laws are necessary to modernize indian farming but farmers believe the changes will turn agriculture corporate and leave them behind so they say giving up isn't an option not to be able to tell the 3 laws or take him back we're not moving from here but. you know obviously oregon going they got the hunger strike coincides with the death of indian independence later mahatma gandhi protesters hope to rehab their image which has taken a hit and recent days because the support machines with the police. farmers here hope the rally on this day of remembrance will reaffirm the peaceful nature of the protests by 2 other news from around the world now russia is warning activists not to join protests in support of the jailed opposition leader. security forces have

sealed off parts of cities including st petersburg where demonstrations are planned nearly $4000.00 have been detained at rallies since. earlier this month. in paris clashes have erupted between police and protesters opposed to a proposed new security of all the legislation would criminalize so-called malicious publication of photographs of police officers civil rights campaigners and journalists want the measure to be scrapped. italy's president is trying to resolve disputes between party leaders following the collapse of the government earlier this month he's given the squabbling factions 4 days to form a new coalition prime ministers are separate contacts resigned this week. in the business leaders saturday's early games have finished and there was a big win for bahrain they beat bogey team hoffenheim 41 revenge for 41 loss earlier this season dortmund beat frankfurt one against her will and

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any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you can get your podcast you can also find us at. science. because it was still cold here i've also heard you're lucky to be alive so keep quiet. lest we forget a project by luigi toscano. we were brought to bear cannot get you to die and they're going to. luigi toscano travels around the world photographing contemporary witnesses of the holocaust. now he's on

his way to paris for his largest exhibition to date. the project is a race against time. you're seeing there won't be any survivors left. because it's all the picture that i take around or that much of on me as a typical job that they're going to soon his portrait of 95 year old jeannette will be joining them she survived the auschwitz be a canal concentration camp suit here. i am. she not calling go was lucky upon arrival at the camp her father brother and nephew

were all sent straight to the gas chamber jeanette was 19 at the time of the. concert hall so maybe the bright light remind some of the survivors of the interrogations by the guest apo jeanette calling is nervous it was a staff member of a jewish organization reassures her the woman knows the survivors she translates and helps the photographer establish a sense of trust. ok can you open guys please little bit more. only if you don't i say no no you didn't. get it built my eyes are burning ok so so. hard to shake up right very good. she stared at the picture i was frantic after the photo session calling because story is written down. like many jews in

france she kept it to herself for years not even telling her husband for a long time thanks anne should i get up made up richard know. i'm a little embarrassed about being famous for my story. yet they're not there going so many people dying in europe during that time on your book and me because of that period i'm considered a celebrity. when i think about it i feel ashamed seizure of a fish. in the name of sharks each of these encounters is difficult for luigi toscano he has to maintain an emotional distance as a means of self protection. i think ram it to me i'm pretty sure that if it were allowed we would embrace one another and of course there's

a sense of powerlessness knowing the people who've been through such horrible suffering. it really gets to. unesco headquarters in paris luigi toscano is exhibition will soon be on display in and around the building. the crash town this is just like the fence of the united nations in new york. research i wish i could set up straight away but unfortunately that's not possible the pictures on the net i'm feeling antsy. to do you have security here we must speak about what's going on when something happens you know what we were doing together and they start to mate. so you know we we must of course when there's. what we call sensible exhibitions is one thing but fortunately we check in every day. with little little security you

know tunisia was always the fear in the back of my mind that something might happen to me you know time might be made the target of an attack. we expected it to happen eventually. get. in 2900 it did while on display in vienna several portraits were vandalized the incident made headlines around the world the shops are gone the mottaki gone i just couldn't bear it. those pictures destroyed the swastikas out of that faces that was really tough it tony out by the embargo survivors cooled me and of course they were appalled by what happened about the 1st thing they said luigi what younger the don't give up we didn't he the boy. beyond us all an issue must be right.

back different we're about to meet another wonderful person i don't know much about anybody. in the right. i've already heard if you like it. could see it here. you're actually i was not reese cover. me still. my parents were picked up and sent to auschwitz. shipped out you just said i lost 17 family members in paris alone or in poland all of them ok and assess. them so i fled from a detention center with my sister because my mother wanted us to escape us. may have a verdict was shot she said and i didn't want to leave her i was scared oh so she

slapped match my mother slapped me. it was the 1st love of my life and i later realized the slap saved me because. i left through the fire exit. the policeman on duty that my sister and me leave they simply looked the other way . called although when you're 8 years old and they take your mother your father practically your whole family away and you grow up quickly you're no longer a child resemble full. mannheim germany a week before the opening. and this is one of the few places where i can really relax and unwind this for the coffee and taking the photographs is not all aspects hack you learn itself it's in

countering the people i'm more interested in their stories i can get them out of my head and. it's affected me so deeply there were times where i couldn't sleep for days on end and i suffered a sudden hearing loss it's something that i really needed time to get used to or i had to get used to because otherwise it's impossible to come to terms with all that's insanity. of the holocaust is something i've always grappled with. and that's why i developed this concept of displaying portraits in public spaces just to intentionally provoke to say hey there are still people around people who survived that madness.

and yet in some places in communities around the world we act as though the whole thing never happened. for she didn't tire of the. final preparations are made in a warehouse on the outskirts of paris. the latest photos have just come back from the printers. on one hand you look at the details to make sure everything's alright on the other when you're standing. face to face so to speak you have flashbacks of the true encounter. 4 days later installation begins portraits from the b.g. toscano lest we forget series have already been exhibited in new york berlin and washington d.c. so. it's pretty impressive i have to say this is the biggest exhibition i've had up

to now so it's a whole new dimension in itself. we're presenting over 200 photos here and people are starting to come and look at them and read the stories and that's just what i had hoped to achieve so i used this was a sheet of ice and rushed to. the exhibition inside the unesco building includes a portrait of 86 year old russian d.d. knock to date toscano has photographed some 400 people for his series he doesn't have a favorite what matters to him are the people they represent he knows all of them by name. was a lot of susan who was actually the 1st woman i was able to photograph and she made a last thing impression on me. she said something very profound for those who forget the past but to repeat it. and she entrusted me with this

saying and said take it and internalize it and keep this saying in mind when you needed most. when people start to relativize or even deny the holocaust. it's the day of the opening all the portraits are in place and the photographer is feeling a bit nervous. for survivors a coming of course a nervous because we're talking about survivors who allowed me to take their poor traits and now that we seeing the pictures for the 1st time. hope everything goes well schooled. he's worried about the reaction of one man in particular a lead his own father of on yes who's all former health minister of france. so. the circuits really exciting. as it

drove through i guess this is the reality because i can't stand to see such a sad old soul. food through. a little bit here but know that because. it's the exact. burger. this is she seems to like it a lot that's a nice feeling if i can stay past so momo it's not just my fortress because it represents so much more all those deaths to the entire show. it's important for this exhibition to exist and to travel around the world it can't shift back to.

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