i'm terribly upset i've been crying all day be crying all day he's the bad guy how could he do something like this is that right. now these are the man now in power they insist the n.l. d's landslide election victory was fraught with the regularities baseless claims according to the electoral commission the cuckoo has drawn strong international condemnation. it's nothing short of. deeply disturbing this is unacceptable the international community rejects what is after. their leaders of the world or united and they're all sure of. this illegal act. while crime military supporters free flags and celebration on the streets of myanmar the coup was a setback for many of those little more than a decade after the country began its transition to democracy the army is back in

charge. is it only now you know that you're going to i feel the army assaulted all the people when it states this deal when the civilian government and a government elected by our people. are not then you are countries just a burden learning to follow now the army programs. don't like you like. presidents have been queuing at cash machines and rushing to stock up on essential as myanmar is catapulted into an uncertain future. let's go straight to manaus biggest city where we find bad bad guy who's director of german center left think tank the feature about foundation welcome to day w about how are you seeing people reacting to today's events. well if you look at the overall situation and young on it's quite people if their normal lives and been

good to have marriage and there's no who happened there we're in the daytime queues in front of banks and supermarkets merely because the internet was stopped for a while but overall this integration is very quiet so. what really happens the main action probably took place and i think right so life as normal did you think that's because this is just another day in the life of man now where these things happen or people scan most cars a coup is always a major disruption especially in this very process of democratization and people put a lot of hope into the whole transformation of myanmar the economy and the livelihoods put a lot of strain on the people and their hope is that they have a future. to give them a future and of course something suchi still represents this kind of hope so for

many people this is a major. disappointment that has happened today. at the same time of course we have the political situation here which is far more complex than one would think the military has stated its reasons it has clear timing it is and it has been a long time coming that this iteration will come which is not to do with the power struggle between the military and the government and what is known of i was having some chains and condition and whereabouts at the moment. well there's absolutely no news year in myanmar either we are also trying to figure out through our channels what is actually happening with the international community but also our partners with constant contact to figure out the details as you can imagine with some party like in communication with is of communication it's not easy to

find out. and of course as i was just saying that the un secured the u.n. it's security council is meeting tomorrow to discuss this that there have been widespread condemnation internationally how bothered general is that likely to base by the state on sation from around the world well i would think they were. actually calling to their own understanding of how things evolved and for them there's a clear through reached during the process when the elections in november were set out which is no secret i mean even the media during the run up to the election complained about the lack of transparency especially when it came out just about sorting this all just lists. the question is really if there is was order fraud in the game to get really yes and i don't think it will be that because it

has altered at the moment so we have to wait what's coming out of this for the time being the generals will. go their way the procedure is transcribed in their election and the constitution of 2008 they've announced that there will step back down within a year from the time being the installed of almost a 1000000000 government if you look at the. personnel that was put into ministries . so we have to wait and see if we keep their word that down at that stage. thank you for joining us ben to baguio of the friedrich ebert foundation in young. the european union's vaccine rollout has faced criticism for its slow start but there have been some promising developments drugs manufacturer fires and its german patent of biotech have announced that they are planning to increase production by

75000000 doses and german leaders are meeting with vaccine producers to try to speed up the pace of vaccination. as get more from d.w. political correspondent tom aspira welcome thomas so what has gone wrong with germany's vaccination program. well the 1st thing that we have to say is that not everything has gone wrong the vaccination program is under way the government defends the vaccination program the government defends the way in which it has been managed so far obviously there have been issues but in general people still see this with hope as the way out of the pandemic but within this way out of the fund demick there have been very important issues very big problem when it has to do for example with the procurement of the vaccine something that is not entirely in the hands of the german governments i mean there has been done i didn't european level and we already saw some people they criticizing in part of the way in which that was done whether it happened foster whether some of the nation states should have

had more power at least more leeway so that's one big area failed the other big area that explains why germany has faced problems when it comes to the vaccination program has to do with the way in which it was organized in the countries where they has been confusion there has been organized organizational issues that have clearly slowed down the process and that have created tensions between the regional governments and the federal government and that explains in part why they are meeting today regional and federal leaders to try and precisely discuss this discuss and decide on the next few moves ahead very so regional national leaders meeting with representatives from. schools industry what's likely to come out of today's so-called vaccination summit. well you mentioned one key element it's not only about this meeting between regional and federal leaders we've had many of those before to talk about the pandemic but in this particular case the exclusive

focus is to talk about what has gone wrong and what will happen in the next few months some opposition politicians for example have been asking for a national plan in which the government explains how they will get the vaccine doses how many they will get in the next few weeks what they can expect until the summer because the government has said that everyone who wants to have a vaccine will be offered one until the end of the summer so health minister here in the country and spawn has lowered those expectations of it saying that we'll probably won't have every issue resolved after just one summit but in general the idea is to have better communication and better cooperation between federal and regional leaders but also with the pharmaceutical industry as well and with european commission officials that will also be in attendance bill on the issue of vaccines and how is germany's locked down working it is working on some of the trends very good so the 7 day incidence rates for example or the daily caseload

they are showing the right direction but at the same time there's a lot of concern about these new variants and more and more cases are being reported and that's why this is so important all these meetings are so important because they will also show the way forward whether germany will be able to leave its lockdown soon whether more restrictions will be necessary and whole how all this goes hand in hand with this very important but very controversial vaccination program and thank you for. to respond to tom's. now to russia where the kremlin has described many of those involved in protests against the jailing of opposition politician likes in the valley as hooligans and provocateurs kremlin spokesman dmitri pascoe often speaking a day after the 10s of thousands rallied in cities across the country to call for mr novell these release and more than 5000 were arrested critics accuse police of using excessive force. they were warned but they marched anyway

anti-government protesters all over russia demanding the release of opposition leader alex saying of omi they defied a ban by the kremlin the response was brutal and a show of force many were arrested some were beaten some hit with tears alike devices. were. in moscow alone thousands marched constantly changing their route in an attempt to evade the police some gathered outside the prison where alex in of ali is being held for many of them the protests are about more than just the opposition leader's arrest protesters also say they are marching against corruption and for more democratic freedoms in russia. i don't feel used to being told what to do being controlled but young people used to organizing themselves that's why i came here today because i wanted to take in what is happening in my country you are trying to go ready it's a disgrace. they've stolen everything from us. i live near

oil and gas fields and they're just standing is all that i mean i have a 2 year old son and they've proven stays in power for the next 16 years since he's climbing a tree then my son will grow up with him and i don't think anything of it will come of it for years the old. moscow was still asleep sunday when protests started in russia's far east in siberia as dawn spread across russia shone of on the rallies spanned across the country's 11 time zones but so did the forceful response by the authorities. russia's 2nd largest city st petersburg was no exception. some call this russia's most aggressive and fear inducing nationwide operation but others say the government's attempts to overwhelm the protests might actually fuel the flames of the russian

opposition and the voices calling for change. this time too much of our top story minerals military has seized control of the country declaring a year long state of emergency military leaders of also announced of purge of alzheimer's who choose government they're moving keep ministers if they think placements them since she was detained along with other political last leaders said you're an early morning breakfast. as if you're up to date well at the top of the hour i've covered 19 special news next i'm going to. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 special. on t w. every day counts.

and for all. the 1000 years is only its way to bring you more conservation. how do we reach city street. how can we protect our habitat so. we can meet your friends. who are going to be environmental series of little $3000.00 on the w. 12 months have passed since the 1st covert 900 cases emerged in germany meanwhile the virus has claimed more than 56000 lives here more than 2000000 have been infected and the number keeps climbing over the past year we've had to adjust our day to day lives to a new reality that we could hardly have imagined before. it's been

a whole year since the prospect of a family holiday has become a remote possibility even impossible. a year of keeping our distance from friends colleagues even our own families. and every day we witness the consequences of the pandemic restaurants shattered in a city's deserted public life has come to a standstill. welcome to a cove united special i want to johnsonville and good to have you with us 5608 that's how many new coronavirus cases were registered in germany over the past 24 hours no big deal we've had worse now imagine hearing a german saying that a year ago on thinkable but 12 months of this pandemic have changed us here's how it started. jerry 1st came across covert 1000 here at the

offices of this automotive supplier in bavaria it's where 33 year old employee caught the novel virus from a coworker who had traveled to germany from china he became patient number one. german officials were quick to assure the public the country was taking the virus seriously but that there was also no cause for alarm. health minister young bond told the public there's no need for exaggerated concern then. if this kind orange the world health organization echoed this with calls for simple measures like more hand washing self protection is still the best possible way we can go about this but infections spread to every region in germany contact tracing became impossible. germany's hold on the virus gave way to the free spread of covert 19. then just 6 weeks after the 1st case was discovered in

germany announced the closing of schools by the end of march a nationwide lockdown meant the workplace and the school day had to compete for attention in homes across the country. the bulk of people in germany seemed to take the restrictions in stride and agree with them with the budding spring germany slowly started opening up again. but by the start of me nearly 7000 people in germany had died. meanwhile elsewhere in europe the numbers range from more than 24000 to over 28000 deaths. in comparison with many european neighbors germany appeared to have weathered the height of the crisis fairly well. many people enjoyed the warm summer months. but then fall arrived and cases began to rise again. by

november a so-called lockdown light was in place despite both calls for stricter measures. as well as protests against them. but the many locked down didn't work cases rosetta larning rates with more and more patients needing intensive care. by the christmas holidays restrictions have been tightened again and after the new year schools and shops remain shut. the latest extension of germany's lockdown will continue through february 14th. michael moore i'm joined by a man who mushy is an infectious disease expert and a very in health and food safety authority and she's been involved in analyzing the new coronavirus right from the start when he 1st image here in germany good to have you with us please tell me when did you know what we were dealing with.

it was the very beginning of last year's january when a colleague of mine sent me the link to the w.-h. . report on. cases of unknown origin in china and he asked the man what do you think about these cases are we going to expect something really big here and use sas maybe and i said well no i don't think so definitely not wrong i was it took a while for the rest of the population and authorities to revise the view so when i remember that i was flying from munich airport in late march so much much later than those 1st cases emerged still before the lockdown though i did security team there was tested positive and we were all there without masks i mean a dealing with that situation a year ago it was a learning by doing right. well every outbreak in this kind

of learning by doing why is that so because it's because every outbreak is different you have to adapt your method you have to adapt the measure is you implement to stop the outbreak. yes it's always unique situation but of course last year was very special very unique and it was also very exhausting. and still it's still it's ongoing and even a year into the pandemic now when and the 2nd year already we still find it hard to say where a person got infected and that's significant why is it so difficult. well with as you sat with the ongoing virus transmission and we have observed

really intense virus transmission in circulation for several months now it's really hard to trace back infection chains. why is that say because on the one hand. it takes some time and efforts to reconstruct transmission genes. well the. public health authorities have been working at the limits for some time now and their priority is to. prevent forwards transmission meaning that it's to prevent further spread of cover it 19 and also in many cases do not know. where they got the virus from them there are also some cases we do not want to stay where it comes from yeah and all

of that makes it more difficult and on top of that of course now we have the variants that said to be even more infectious than the original virus so it still feels a little bit like learning by doing how has the pandemic changed your life. well. in many ways of course it was a very challenging year for me professionally and i have 2 kids it was those to do with regards to my private life very challenging with home schooling the cetera but also what i would say i have never been so thankful for all these brilliant work scientists do all of their wealth to develop a vaccine that's in fact is against a novel virus within 12 months or even less than 12 months it's just brilliant and

. what i want to see say the stats if you get the chance to hear it gets your coverage shots when it's your turn to get the vaccination would you do it for your own protection and. protection of the valet human beings right that's certainly a new chapter in the pandemic vaccination melbourne from the bavarian health and food safety authority thank you so much for your time thank you money. and it's time now for your questions over to our science correspondent derrick williams. when will we get back to normal life as we know it and lift it until the end of 2919. i decided to answer this on air because i've asked the question so often by pretty much everyone and you know what i can't give you an answer no one can i can only guess and you know what else

no one can see the future so what all the experts out there predict is just guessing too though some guesses are of course more informed than others so so that said. here's my best guess it's based on 2 factors that should be clear to all of us by now the 1st is that the only way to return to some kind of normal is through vaccination the 2nd is that means worldwide vaccination until we're all protected we all remain in danger the current flock of variance has revealed how quickly this pathogen can cross borders and the longer we leave it in wide circulation even if it's in other countries the higher the chance it'll mutate into a variant that can do an end run around vaccines so that x. anation programs have to be fast and they have to be global i see it as

a numbers game how much vaccine can we make how quickly to reach herd immunity everywhere which many experts say is around 70 percent of humanity that's around 5 and a half 1000000000 fully vaccinated people since many vaccines require 2 doses let's call it 10000000000 doses for this back of the envelope prediction i added up what makers of different back scenes currently in use are now claiming they can produce in 2021 which as far as i can tell is around 8000000000 doses so not enough to round the corner globally by the end of this year granted those numbers change constantly but there's still no question it will also take time to distribute those billions of doses so right now i just can't see

a return to something approaching global pretend demick norms for at least a year and and probably a lot longer though in individual nations with high vaccination rates things will likely grow more relaxed before that maybe as early as this summer. best guess. there is william is there and you'll be back to answer more of your questions tomorrow for now let's examine the team thanks for watching.

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