this is day deputy news live from durban taking stock in the world's fight against coronavirus a year after the world health organization sound of the alarm about code did not look at the progress made and the difficult road ahead also coming up. russian authorities warn the public not to join protests in support of the country's jailed on position leader tensions are high on the need for the planned mass rallies to

demand alexei not only be free. and in the bundesliga by the team but have trashed the 41 earlier in the season we have the highlights of they were having. a math anyhow and working of the show it's now a year since the world health organization of earth at the world to an impending danger clearing the coronavirus crisis a public health emergency just every month was declared a global pandemic on january 30th of 2020 there were just over 10000 cases almost all of them in china later in february and early spring case numbers shot up around the world and they've been rising ever since on generally 20 not

2021 a year after that initial declaration more than 102000000 people have fallen sick with the virus. well to talk more about this milestone on joined by stephen morse he's a professor in epidemiology at columbia university medical center in new york and an expert in health diplomacy and early warning systems welcome to profess a pricing for these and says i want to ask ag in a way closer to the end of this than we are to the beginning well in some ways i think we're really still in the thick of it but with vaccines now being rolled out and more on the horizon i think that will help to control it at the same time some of the other measures many of the things that germany did through example have been successful in controlling it so i'm hopeful that even though we're not out of the woods yet we are going to be seeing some improvements in the next 6 months or

less the emotional peaks and troughs recently built on the exciting news of vaccinations coming online and then the counter revelations of more infectious variants that seem to be a step ahead of the science we've brought to be wary of these new variants and their ability to complicate our why out of this mess. oh absolutely and i think it's essential that we really keep doing surveillance that is being watchful through these new variants as in the u.k. where they sample and characterize quite a few of them and that's how they find them but the more the virus continues to transmit the more variants will city that's what viruses do they just mutate and we can expect this so we really have to slow down and stop the transmission as much as possible whether through the masks and distancing in other measures or eventually

also with vaccines. professor you've made everybody we've all been living in and somewhat of an alternate universe locking down upon wearing masks as you say keeping distance will some of these pandemic behavior is remaining in their lives simply because we can't eradicate this farce any more than we can eliminate the regular flu you know i think the flu analogy is a very good one we probably will be taking that seems on a regular basis as new variants come out but we've had other coronavirus 4 of them that we know about that have circulated in the human population and they came in and probably in similar ways within the last few 100 years so i'm hopeful that eventually any you know there will be familiar again and like another 50 human coronavirus in till then we really do have to be careful because we don't know how long the immunity last with the vaccine and we don't know whether it's going to

prevent transmission so i think we'll be wearing masks for a while tiresome as that is what is the more difficult component in a pandemic is it getting to grips with the science or getting to grips with people and getting them to follow the science. oh that's an excellent question. when i started working on this some years ago i thought it was the science but i think we understand enough about the science that i now realize it's human behavior getting people to do the things that are going to protect them and taking it seriously and we had i think a lot of mixed messages from political leadership in some countries and the countries that did best had the best message is scientific messages from political leadership so i think it's human behavior that's really the key here and political will helping us not one year of the pandemic stephen morse epidemiologist at

columbia university medical center thanks so much faith on thank you or here in germany chancellor angela merkel has appealed to the public for patience during her country's coronavirus lockdown schools shops restaurants and the leisure facilities have been closed since december in a way clean video podcast michael noted some encouraging signs but urged people to stay vigilant. thanks 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 meeting the full in the coming weeks we must proceed with caution we're not yet in a position to reopen schools and take hasn't as the more consistent we are now observing social distancing and falling hygiene rules and wearing masks the sooner that will be possible again. well germany has tightened border controls

following a new travel ban on hotspots of new coronavirus variants the variant from south africa was discovered 6 weeks ago and has already spread to more than 30 countries now causes more the 90 percent of new cases in south africa itself a country old already struggling to keep pace with the spread of the disease so many a dead there's hardly room to bury them. in numbers speak quite loudly in itself and that is that clearly indicate that there's something more serious happening in terms of the mortality rate we are pinning all our hopes on the vaccine official figures show around 40000 have died from current virus in the rainbow nation but the real number is likely to be much higher. than the south african variant of the virus accounts for the huge death toll scientists say it's not

deadly but it is extraordinary infectious many hospitals are completely overloaded patients are being treated in tents and only after a long white bed stuff and ventilate is all in short supply oh and the food if they voted before is that we use them because this isn't in the good. for you to get someone must die adequate personal protection equipment is also lacking among the dead hundreds of doctors and nurses who themselves became infected. russian police have warned the activists there not to join protests in support of the jail office ition leader alexei developing security forces have sealed off parts of cities including some pages per where demonstrations are planned nearly 4000 have been detained at rallies since novell these arrests earlier this month. russian or thirty's are determined to prevent any repeat of the mass protests which

followed the arrest of my legs in a valley me much of sin petersburg has been barricaded against demonstrations planned for sunday fisher was warned they will crack down hard on troublemakers but that is the only yes the living interior ministry and other lauren foresman units will use all necessary means to ensure public order any violent action against offices or refusal to or pay their lawful orders will be prevented individuals who commit illegal acts will be detained and held accountable but he cut. a must go to court has ordered novell his brother own leg and several other supporters not to leave their homes they are alleged to have breached coronavirus rules during recent rallies nonsense say their lawyers. the only motivation behind this criminal case is to put all political activists under house arrest and

forbid them from using the internet. in another twist russian t.v. has been to a building which the opposition claim is a multi-million dollar palace belonging to president vladimir putin state television says nothing more than a hotel is being built here and a leading business figure insists he is the owner. meanwhile security forces remain on high alert to deal with sunday's planned protests in st petersburg and elsewhere. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world. starting today hong kong residents can apply for a new visa offering them a pathway to british citizenship the scheme came in response to china's national security law in the territory as part of a crackdown on dissent on friday china said it would no longer recognize u.k. issued passports for hong kong those. afghan security personnel have been

killed in an attack claimed by the taliban a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a military base in the country's east washington has recently criticised the taliban for not living up to peace if it's promised in a deal signed last year. 'd will tens of thousands of taken to the streets of france to protest against a proposed security law in paris clashes erupted between police and protesters the legislation would criminalize so-called malicious publication of photographs of police offices civil rights campaigners and journalists want to want the measure to be scrapped many demonstrators also expressed their opposition to restrictions and curbing corona virus infections. police and protesters face off in the heart of paris. scuffles broke out during fresh

demonstrations against a draft security law that aims to increase police surveillance tools and limit the public's right to circulate images of police activities the government insists it's needed to protect officers but activists say it would prevent the exposure of police brutality. monitors to be allowed to film police because we have a lot of problems with violence and then there is the use of drones and facial recognition during demonstrations it's not worthy of a lawful state like france. france has seen a serious of massive protests against its proposed the 6. legislation the government said it would review the text which is due to be examined by the french senate in march but this weekend's protests were not all about the security bill many also used the chance to vent their frustration at the restrictions imposed to do to cope with 19 demonstrators included members of the anti-government yellow

vests movement and activists calling for increased support for the cultural sector . in the western city of nonce scores of young people turned out to protest for their rights to party. another rally in. turned into an open air rave. as the evening approached riots police intervened to enforce a 6 pm nationwide current virus curfew. sport out in saturday's early bundesliga action by the host of the buggy team in hoffenheim the visitors but the running champions 4 won the earlier this season but this time around they weren't so lucky. by and munich with a case of the pre-game goes little did they know they'd have plenty more to smile about at the end of the match even though they needed

a corner to finally break down often times defense not to mention the jumping skills of jerome boyd tank his header from the back of the net to hand by in the lead in the 38th minute a taste of what was to come thomas marino doubled by n.z. 10 minutes later for his 10th goal of the season but not without the help of robert evened off ski's nifty footwork. by an had barely finished celebrating when hoffenheim put one that just before half time thanks to andre crumb are a choice 13th goal of the season but that's as close as hoffenheim would get laver nasi made it 31 after just 57 minutes. king c c'mon with some slick play and the poland international finding himself in the right place at the right time. the floodgates had opened a church cannot be added in another to see the $41.00 victory for by on

a scoreline that might sound familiar as by an event therefore one loss against hoffenheim earlier in the season. 7 days of a guy i'm still 2nd place laci get a one there win against live accusing 6 christopher cruz or the only goal of the match early in the 2nd half to secure his side the victory is still 7 points behind by give but i would leave the table meanwhile the queues and slip down to 4th after a 2nd consecutive laps. that's it for now more news coming in $45.00 it's. it's about billions. it's about our work. it's about the foundation of the. new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but in europe there's

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they don't mess around in that merica when it comes to football and fists fly easy . least so the cliche. but football games they're too often do descend into violent caves the result cards yellow red a lot of them. this mass brawl in paraguayan that the ref to brandish the 36 red cards ok it was a youth game and this happens all over the place amateur football here in germany is also no stranger to karate kid like scenes. but the numbers show south and central american leagues see the most cards worldwide. and it doesn't stop there. the football or a sense of the most times on the planet get out of the way though yeah colombia and the 3 countries with the most red cards at man's world cups are brazil argentina and uruguay. and the 2920 champions league there are 20 red cards with

55 in the 29000 couples even to the us followed in 2020 by 8 red cards in one match the part to a legacy darby between graeme you and thomas you know why you see red so. there is an ugly stereotype that hot blooded let an american simply can't keep their temper. but isn't that racist. now a study says cars have more to. do with social economic factors such as g.d.p. or homicide rate poor as a. good hot young mom told our c.n.n. . all morning that the but if. it's a sensitive and controversial topic is it cultural and social possibly even religious or just none of the above is a reflection of life and if so how. let's start with statistics

switzerland based football observatory took a closer look at it compared 87 leagues around the world between 20152020. 3 that the most cards are in fact letting americans. bolivia and europe one. and when it comes to records only it's europe wanted to lead libya 2nd el salvador 3rd. we did our bridges according to you are there and do we. correlate strong. correlations are many. concretely bolivia and going to mom have the highest number of cards while also having among the lowest g p s per capita in latin america as of 2019 what that implies is. trees. but here we find the 1st twist the country with the highest number of red cards per match in

the world is euro why. but it has the highest g.d.p. per capita in all of south america. when we measure. it's only. 2 percent. the rest. and. time to ask you one man who showed plenty of cards in his career. or was a referee in his country's top flight which statistically produces 051 cars per match that's one every 2nd. compared to point 27 in italy point 23 spain point 15 in germany and just point 12 in england.

after the euro why in case let's give the g.d.p. cards correlation another chance in a country whose g.d.p. is below the regional average and that memory comes. when charles was issued for in the observatory. plus colombia has seen decades of conflict which let us face national bureau of economic research to conclude back in 2008. we find a strong relationship between the history of civil conflict and the propane city to behave violently on the soccer field. to use less economic language colombia has experienced years of civil war and violence that must find its way onto the pitch right side of castro a political scientist and football journalist from says that's an oversimplification. but i'm. going to say 41 days before.

i mean. you know i know you. should be doing. according to. columbia's point $34.00 red cars per match one every 3 games are also explained by the tough upbringing many people go through . the good. feeling if. someone says the statistics are interesting but cannot really explain football culture but the football observatory insists violence in society does play a role.

and this was the strongest. small wonder then that el salvador's league is number 3 in the world when it comes to red cards. canceled the door had one of the highest homicide rates in the world for years although recently it has declined. does the violence of salvadoran gangs affect the national league to. local journalist when nobody out there wrote about the football observatory study that there are lots of cars in salvador in football it was no surprise to the public. they must see a lot of money. things are saying see and they all talk us in florida you know that's for the. trend is that link to murder rates not for him when he says the structure of the national league is a much bigger factor only a few teams dominate and can afford decent players the majority who lack proper

training. and like in columbia pictures are bad the result. i don't know what. the little bundle all believe but. also and then there is another factor which has to do with the whistle. while they have any. sort of. most notable stability and. you know it's for the laws that will sort out this. while some rest of latin america are indeed i mean for the oscars. she sort of won a. former brazilian referee for the number column who is a good entertainer both on the pitch and on tick talk but she's also an expert on refereeing in south america she says both referees and players are hard to handle. a lot of people are looking at is how i'm going to see who will only cause who had

a lot. early on in the midst of doing this yeah it's a little bit but you know seen. it go well yeah. i caught a. which in most if anything like the new. set of numbers has been some of the ricci has refereed at the highest level like at the 2080 world cup. he says the problem of misbehaving players in latin america starts early. but. it was. years. in order to. get it was. sure. there was need was the rules of the laws in this case all those norms in the law.

so a bad footballing education clearly has its part in brawls like this too and in the red cards that follow as well. hang on a minute we spoke a lot about rough male players on the pitch but what about 'd women. actually when it comes to cards there is a big difference between men's and women's football in latin america one example the colombian league. she does get sick guy instead was there and said you know i'm going to go with that. company and. that critical of them head is his big. let's not all of us a glass essential which will mask any. live as it only give us it all in me most was the cause.

of it so it's latin american man's football that fuels studies such as the one done by the football observatory don't blame it on the ladies the swiss researchers have one last reason for the high number of cars on the football pitch. the higher the perceived level of corruption the greater number of cards and. this to to stick does have a more practical implication also according to latin american experts. he . says. going on then animals are going to. improve. their level of process. and from this perspective once again. the society so if you are sanctions are to be expected a climate of impunity leads to more unfair behavior breaking the rules is seen as

a virtue rather than a problem of. what actually foster is impunity in latin american football you know why in the games yeah there must be was i done up a strong. i mean this. or you know. you know i'm not the. only automate. this and need to wait to. get on top of the what is. conclusion the social factors do play a mass overall. but they more describe the context in which football takes place in many parts of latin america for explanations are found by looking at the countries football culture. if you. even after sufficient.

antibiotics are outsmarting. the causes of multi resistance are well known. factory farming. poor hospital hygiene. premature use of antibiotics. yes deadly bacteria keep struggling. in a world filled with beautiful images talk of yours have to work hard to stand out. to find the special place. in compromising. the perfect moment. or just have some pretty crazy ideas by the way this camera is made of cheese.

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new treatments have to be found or own up to be rediscovered when drugs stop working patients feel helpless the most we need to get rid of all the big germs that i have at the moment there are quite enough. to get the pathogens under control signed. in workshops and research laboratories are feverish looking for new solutions. can humans win the battle against germs. your hunnish viger and his 15 year old daughter paulina have traveled from a starting in in germany to antwerp in belgium to try to get help dangerous germs keep cropping up in palin as long as she wore a face mask long before the pandemic. i need the mask so that i don't infect other

people and so that i don't infect myself with any germs. in belgium power leaners lungs will be treated using a special therapy the clinic uses viruses known as bacteria phages or phages for short which literally means bacteria eaters. do this and i forgive because often with for the past 3 years we've tried in vain to remove the germs from pollen as long as with antibiotics and so far we've not been able to get them out completely given at the hotel in the spring friends told us about phage therapy and after a long wait we're finally here today. and i hope the phages will bring us success in the next few weeks here for the far. these farces destroy bacteria lino suffers from cystic fibrosis a metabolic disease that makes her lungs secretions they can this is why germs are

always returning to her lungs among them are antibiotic resistant bacteria the doctors in belgium hope to be able to destroy these germs using phages they tell pollyanna to breathe them and this therapy has not yet been approved in germany bacteria phages are organisms that can make. all to apply on their own they are found everywhere in our environment they feel most at home wherever there are also many bacteria like in sewage it's hoped the phages that power is inhaling will reach the dangerous bacteria in her lungs each type of phage only ever attacks one specific type of bacteria and reproduces within it if enough ages grow they destroy the bacterium and look for a new one if none of the host bacteria are left in the body the phages die or to of course we'd like this to happen in germany to act on that and when this is approved there it'll be a very big step for all patients who have an infection with bacteria that can no

longer be treated with antibiotics. yet this is doctors used viruses to treat bacterial infections over 100 years ago but with the discovery of antibiotics pages were forgotten in the western wild in parts of eastern europe they are still used successfully today and they are currently experiencing a renaissance in belgium the benefits we are hoping is that they will be able to help us combat those infections when to get excited nothing will phage therapy be able to help paulina. be detected m.r.s.a. once before and now it's back to being on. m.r.i. as say stands for methicillin resistant staphylococcus for years something many patients fear because it's a constant threat for hospital treatment surgeon band and medical hygienist run hendricks have a patient with dangerous germs in his sinuses but their hospital in the german

dutch border region has a very special prescription for dealing with it the patient used to be a farmer and belongs to a high risk group because the germs are widespread in cattle stalls. you still live on the farm do you have pigs or horses or what is on the our farm hasn't had any pigs for a year. unfortunately that doesn't help much it takes a lot of time before the germs are gone to business for you know that in 27 team you had a positive nasal m.r.s.a. test result when you went in for another operation and we've now detected m.r.s.a. again dom's and that's why we're very much in favor of trying to remove this germ from your nose and skin and so that you can get through the operation with as little risk of infection as possible. johana shields a boeing has the mounting resistant germ in his sinuses and on his skin it's completely harmless in these locations but if it gets into a wound it can lead to a life threatening infection an operation therefore presents

a risk for the retired farmer but he needs a new knee joint the hospital is performing most want tasks than most other clinics it tasks about half the patients if there are multi resistant germs present doctors combat them before the operation because this can i am a bit scared but i've been in a phase like this for 5 years now where i've noticed that when i run things are getting worse for one day to the next and now something has to be done on that most of us a lot of. the doctors have significantly compaq on the use of antibiotics as the michelob you know gimmick of the furtherance what the microbiologists and high genesis fear is that we will keep going with antibiotics always trying to support or treat every disease with them without restraint and that makes the germ stronger and stronger even in image that the fear is that ultimately the germs will make all our antibiotics and in fact that during summer hendricks wants to further improve

the use of antibiotics only to antibiotics should be used for pathogens that are not resistant to them while new ones should be saved for problem germs and then for no longer than necessary. to do this hendrix is also expanded the capacity of the hospital laboratory. all of war without a laboratory it's almost impossible to practice good hygiene and good antibiotic stewardship every german hospital with over 400 beds needs its own laboratory to gain better control over the processes and in-house of our tree means more germ tests faster diagnosis and more targeted use of antibiotics in many german hospitals the laboratories was shut down dead. cade's ago for reasons of cost but today if more tests have to be performed the costs for the clinics increase it's money many hospitals lack but that needs to be spent. actually if you don't test

anyone you don't see any germs if you don't see any germs you don't take any extra hygenic measures and then the patient is not always treated in good time or with the right antibiotics or no hygiene means the germs will spread further. that's just a few years ago it was thought that the medical profession had infectious disease is under control thanks to antibiotics in 128 alexander fleming from scotland discovered a mold that killed pathogens he called it penicillin it came into its own during world war 2 due to the large number of wounded the us put it into mass production fleming recognized early on that bacteria could become resistant to penicillin. when he received the nobel prize in 1905 he urged caution bought in vain and go to this isn't the multi resistant germs are not hospital term policy in our hospital and others we found that over 95 percent of the people who are in fact that with

these germs bring them from outside that you can catch them in our hospital that's the dart it's doesn't that means that there is much to be done and if we don't do anything the problems will get worse and worse than that and so for hospitals it is an important problem important at this point when. antibiotic resistant germs thrive where ever a lot of antibiotics are administered such as in agriculture the drugs can only kill the bacteria that are not resistant the others multiply. due to the widespread use of antibiotics in meat production but also spread in animal stalls and manure the retired farmers germs also came from agriculture disinfectant so you . to help reduce the dangerous bacteria on his skin and nose before his operation. but i was amazed because we hadn't had any pigs for a year that the germs were still there i would have preferred if they hadn't

noticed and if you're sick you should go. will he be able to reduce the number of germs enough that he's nice surgery can go well work focuses on ensuring that the dangerous germs patients bring in do not spread further in hospitals. or. researchers in the danish city of ordinates are aiming to revolutionize the killing of pathogens in hospital rooms with modern technology. for thomas cleaning robots. the robot brings together 2 technologies mobile navigation and you can see like a big a been both are important because the ultraviolet light that is installed here kills the bacteria and the room that is being disinfected dormant is the important thing

about you easy like is that it can go where it is needed. what a good. company reason to push the developments of the robot forward friends of his had lost family members to resistant germs in the future he hopes robots like these can help to better disinfect hospital rooms the model in the company cardo is a dummy without u.v. radiation. now adays around 8 to 10 percent of all people treated in hospital pick up an infection. by assisting the cleaning staff with the robot infection rates are reduced so it saves lives and saves treatment. in a testing room engineer paljor nielsen applies test strips that react to u.b.c. radiation the higher the exposure the darker they become. the parts taken by the robot can be programmed precisely room by room accounting for the furniture and

floorplan. radiation would be fatal for humans so the robot has to work alone in the room most importantly it must disinfect the places where the germs build up known as high touch surfaces. here we can clearly demonstrate that the maximum radiation output reached the high touch surfaces when we disinfected them if we see and the u.v. radiation here and on all the services in the room was high enough to kill 99.99 percent of all the bacteria for this official. palin and her father your highness are waiting for the next round of phage therapy at the university hospital. boy uses bacteria phages to kill the germs in germany and many other european countries these viruses have not

yet been approved as a medical treatment. ductile says that it would make the most sense to approve the entire bacterial flayed manufacturing process the focus of what to do this you would have to relax some of the existing approval procedures in many countries there is no legal framework to make exceptions but here in belgium we have now done jesse acquittal to 4 years we were looking for a way to allow phage treatments while ensuring patient safety i believe that is why this has failed in other countries and it is that these individuals to. doreen toyman's prepares the phages for power in the hospital pharmacy where every pathogen medical professionals have to find and breed suitable bacteria phages the dosing takes place here in the clinic. this is the bacteria phages solution it comes from a military hospital in brussels we only is it for infections with very specific

multi resistant germs that we prepared here in our pharmacy we only do this every few months we've had another patient before but it's all pretty new to us. the high security at the laboratory is purely a precautionary measure because the side effects of the failures are not yet known . the doctors determine the dose individually for each patient. so far power you know has tolerated the phages while she's supposed to inhale the viruses one past time in the clinic then she can continue the therapy. for just a few i feel like my lungs have already become a bit clearer apart from a cough and my voice go sounds a bit strange now but they're letting me go home today. longer. how leno is supposed to inhale 5 pages several times

a day for 3 weeks if the virus therapy does not bring the desired results she faces a 2nd round this time intravenously with a needle and she would have to go to antwerp for 4 weeks not something her father and the doctors would like to avoid so let's hope that the errors of the loan will be enough and that you don't have to come back for the 2nd crack of the treatment that will follow it up in the next 2 weeks we will be checking her sputum sample every week and we'll have to see whether or not and at what point we won't be able to culture. right now so i can't predict it if it's in the 1st week and will throw a party i think it'll be very soon but it's also possible it's in the 2nd or 3rd week or or not at all we don't know to find all the germs and to dissolve the secretion in her lungs lena has to inhale several times a day both with fay juice and antibiotics as i think it's

a good combination. just under they had typed out it doesn't harm the phages because they're viruses and of ages don't harm the antibiotic. there aren't a lot of studies on this and intensive research is needed because it's obvious multi resistant germs will cause more and more problems for us in. the schneiders we'll only know in 3 weeks whether the therapy has worked. not only phage is and fed to hygiene promise solutions new drugs are also being developed. in huygens book molecular biologist martin clissold is looking for ways out of the antibiotic crisis for the biotech company to sando he has developed a process with which he can specifically find any type of bacteria using artificially produced protein and symes. is

a. basic building blocks come from nature. if we optimize enzymes that are used by phages primarily to emerge from the bacterial cell at the end of their reproduction cycle. the basic idea is to make the bacteria burst from the outside like a balloon. but. once the phage is have found a suitable bacterium they multiply within it june this phase they produce and signs if enough and signs that present they cause the host bacterium to burst and so gleason produces these and slimes artificially optimizing them to attack bacteria in the human body ecosystem vention are to licensed. but 1st volunteers like elka have already been tested with the geriatric now suffers from neuro dermatitis again and again stuffy course inflation on her skin it's getting so bad

that she might have to give up work mine are such that he's been asked her up yet my doctor said he tried everything hits there was nothing left to us and so he didn't know what to do with me anymore but then you bet about this and said we could ask for a sample or a on my end point and then within 2 or 3 days of trying it out you could see how everything went away just looking at it healed the skin stopped it ching ka in particular it was a miracle. martina gristle did a lot of tests and no resistance ever developed a r.t. license so does that they can perk biotech company have a solution to the fight against germs. of dust murder in its neon seed i believe that in recent years we have seen that the problem of multi resistant germs has come more and more into focus and our technology in particular offers many advantages over classic antibiotics the kind of assistance resistance does not

develop and we can kill a large number of germs in a very specific way to increase. the effects of cases r.t. license is visible under the microscope they destroy the target bacteria in a fraction of a 2nd but there is a long way to go before the enzymes can be turned into medicine the small company needs support from the pharmaceutical industry. and that's what martine kriesel found in the western german city of. holga zimmerman wants to bring a license to market. his pharmaceutical company by couriers he's one of the few worldwide that are researching new antibiotics and that presented with a great opportunity for us to seriously for us it's very important because it's the 1st step toward use in human pharmaceuticals that's a big milestone for

a biotechnology company shine the potential of the new development is impressive even a small dose is enough to read a highly concentrated germ solution of pathogens within minutes streptococcus are responsible for the milky count in us if you have just made this streptococcus germ solution i'm about to add a controlled substance at r.t. license to compare them you will see that within 5 to 6 minutes the cloudiness will be different so the germs burst and are destroyed and as a result the solution. and looses as cloudy this. time lapse shows how the anti license destroy the county jumps. vision is very human medicine this would be a huge step because you have a completely different class of ingredients a completely different mechanism and model of action where you can work against existing resistances this is a new weapon against resistant germs is the department for many pharmaceutical

companies the search for new antibiotics is not worthwhile because new drugs have to be kept back as reserve antibiotics and only used to imagine says use levels would probably be low and development costs would be high. when we talk about resistance it's like an arms race because the bacteria will always mutate and build resistance you constantly have to keep up with them because they never stop trying to defend themselves against the drugs were developing it's in and durrance raise a lot of. the employees regularly analyze the global resistance situation dangerous in testimony germs are gaining ground that antibiotics can do little to stop 5 percent of hospital germs are resistant even in the netherlands a country with exemplary public hygiene. in germany that's now 12.2 percent and you can see it increasing and it's

a similar story in poland austria and spain. there's no country under 5 percent anymore i think that's pretty dramatic with the germs. a new approach trying provided by artificial enzymes is not without challenges. if i come up with innovative approaches that have never been tested in humans there's of course a certain risk because they 1st have to prove their effectiveness in humans and it takes time to develop them from scratch. we have to say and believe there will be a solution must be a solution. because the problem is so serious on the news and given this problem is that it may take another 5 to 10 years before r.t. licens are ready for the market as drunks paulina's phage therapy in belgium has now ended at home jean hailes a harmless say line solution. work up move your upper body so the bakers can get deep into your lungs and caused.

the phage is worked. out enough finds it much easier to breathe she finally feels like working out again and exercise is good for her lungs. i wonder if after shock and how much 122 was not bad better than last time. if i do the poem unary function test elizabeths are good it also influences my mood was as if i usually feel better immediately i have more motivation and i'm somehow happier if you know better because i feel like i could do more. because of her illness our alina has to catch up with a lot of school work at home it's much easier for her to study 100 longside clear she's doing much better but doctors can still detect dangerous germs in her lungs

so she is considering going to antwerp again with her father for another round of faith therapy. doctors here at present agnes hospital in bulk hold have already made great strides in the fight against the germans and by applying hygiene concepts from the netherlands standards have increased and antibiotic consumption has decreased regular training and south monitoring are important factors for ron hendricks this is it is incredibly interesting that in the last 20 to 25 years in microbiology the approach to hygiene has changed 100 times more than in almost any other disciplines as much as that makes it very interesting and also means that we always need to be on the ball and be able to explain to people what is going on to see it. some 113 hospitals are taking part in a cross border network more and more german clinics are adopting dutch standards in

buchalter before doctors operated on your highness' sobering the treatment significantly reduced the number of dangerous germs while the wound was open during the operation he was given a one time reserve antibiotic that was all that was needed and i'm so really. it's such a weight off me. i'm about to try to take some steps with crutches that's really good. in the munster land clinic the doctors have the germs under control but for ron hendrix that's no reason for complacency as for how we proceed now will help us to keep these germs under control in the long term we need to restrict prescription of antibiotics preferably using the oldest drugs we need good hygiene taking swabs so we know who is infected with which germs so we can act accordingly and no matter what we can think of the germs already have an answer of. the fight

against the killer can never be entirely won but we might be able to keep them under control with better hygiene new drugs and only using antibiotics as a last resort.

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