strong thoughts of particulate matter i ships especially in times of covert 90. they might be docked but that engines are still running cruise ships here in hamburg and another courts around the world. they're likely to remain in place until the pandemic is over. the menu and cause of the number of cruise ships here means a lot of pollution in the cities and that's affecting people's health and one of them out of. air pollution is also a major focus for corona virus researchers they want to find out why mortality rates vary widely across different regions. they suspect the dirty air leads to more people dying of crayford 19. research as compared data from the european space agency satellite sentinel 5 about

nitrogen oxide levels in the atmosphere with co fit 19 mortality figures. they found that in areas where the nitrogen oxide level was very high the covert 19 death rate was this well. nitrogen oxide emissions tend to occur in the same contexts where particular matter and other pollutants are released farming industry and transportation cardiologist studies the health impact of particular matter. we know that particularly matters ranges in size between 0 point one micro meters so about the size of a virus particle it seems that a small or a particle is the more dangerous it is because he only goes on. such particles and to the body every time we prefer. the larger ones are intercepted by minuscule has and mucus in the respect tracks and expelled.

smaller particles make it into the lungs and can cause inflammation. from the lungs they can also go into the bloodstream. so in that it causes inflammation in the long term particulate matter can lead to vessel killer calcification high blood pressure marrow going of the corona re arteries of the heart attacks and stroke so i was going to have. specifically it can cause inflammation of the end of the layer of cells that line the interior of blood vessels. studies have shown that the sauce kovi to virus also attacks the end athenæum. in severe cases of 19 acute inflammation can lead to heart failure and other organ damage. that's up to right now we have patients who have been exposed to high levels of air pollution for decades and have

a severely altered vascular system in coronary heart disease and heart failure in the virus comes along and causes further damage to the blood vessels so we have to reckon with significant excess mortality in such patients over the age of 60 people safety. professor says the intense pollution of the past decades is taking its tone it's made many people sick and they're now more susceptible to severe forms of covert 19. data from the sars outbreak in 2003 reveal a similar pattern regions with high levels of pollution so high in mortality rates . shot fall in industrial production and transportation jaring kovac 19 lockdowns declined an appellation last year at least for a while but diesel engines on board $400.00 cruise ships around the world a still running even while in harbor. they have to. power the electronics so they

keep spewing particular. less than when the ships amusing but certainly enough to harm the environment. because of a even while that dog cruise ships need a lot of electricity it and they generated by burning fossil fuel much dirty a kind then cars and trucks use lots more most ships have no catalytic converters have particle footless so they causing far worse a pollution than vehicles on the road so much for. the world health organization recommends reducing levels of particular matter in the air $210.00 micrograms per cubic meter. sloshing appellation is key to public health while white. not only particulate matter is transmitted by but also aerosols small liquid droplets one of the pathways they never corona virus is transmitted through the

community and as old appeared used by humans when their cuffe they laugh they talk and when they sing. i. was. singing for science a soprano from the berlin cathedral choir and an engineer from the technical university of berlin are on the search for air assaults. 'd this device captures the invisible aerosols the flying out of the singers mouth the microscopic particles are then counted if she were infected with corona these aerosols could spend the virus. to bits and i don't this is the main thing we're trying to do is determine how many aerosols people emit in different situations whether they're singing speaking or just breathing. without information we can estimate how much one person can impact an entire room and how high the infection risk is for others

in the same space. as. theatrical fog is being used by the engineers at the technical university of berlin to imitate the behavior of aerosols the experiment reveals potential dangers caught in distrust in the most spaces with no way circulation it's possible for a person who comes into a room minutes after another person has already left to be infected by the cloud of aerosols the 1st person left behind it's proven that these airborne aerosols contain enough of the virus to infect others. even in an office with standard ventilation like the one in this experiment the virus laden aerosols quickly spread throughout the room and i think it was one and if there is one person in a large well ventilated room then the risk of infection is minimal and if i have a small office with 2 people and i'm one of them is infected then the risk to the other person is very high in most cases. devices like this measure the c

o 2 level in a room if it goes up indicating that many people have been exhaling there could be virus containing particles in the air. you can only try to lower the risk by reducing the concentration of aerosols in the air as much as possible and by having a high proportion of fresh air via proper ventilation the 2nd factor is duration how long should i stay in a given room the answer is as briefly as possible. after a rehearsal last march almost every member of the berlin cathedral choir contract a covert 19. now they're singing is helping researchers find answers to the many open questions about the coronavirus. in good shape your weekly health show on d w covers many aspects of health care. we look at what's new in medical treatment nutrition fitness and beauty. we talk about these topics

in depth with experts and give you the chance to pose your own questions so do get in touch with. what else is the india the weather but whether it's cold or hot a rainy or dry it can make us sick. will it be sunny right any snowy cold windy the ever changing weather that can literally be a headache for some people. others report fatigue dizziness. how can the weather have such an impact on us. that the frigid weather sensitivity is not so much in the race it's proven to exist in this angle a shoot knows all about al bodies and minds reaction to the weather. since the end of a tougher than the one and it's awful the changes in the weather that have this discomforting effect by a certain symptoms. this is mainly due to the thermal

factors heat cold and humidity the feeling of them and the impact on the skin vessels. or the how to give and this gets the circulation activated. activated. while many weather sensitive individuals feel mild symptoms others feel the changes much more severely. they're taking finn to fit so i think whether sensitive refers to those people who have a particular illness and then see their symptoms westerling under certain weather conditions for example people with remote or disorders. people who suffer from rheumatism often find it hard to explain the fluctuations in the pains they're experiencing at some point some notice that it's the weather. it's an issue that meteorologists have now also started looking at. and real smart so doctors from the

german weather service can forecast potential health issues on the basis of the weather. we are going after live in a civil war to warn the incoming weather situation will be cooler with a cold front moving very slowly. so some so that means in the very or tomorrow we can expect an increase in asthma related problems as well as cardiovascular and rheumatic symptoms. fluctuating weather and low pressure fronts a bad news for weather sensitive people for those experiencing acute pain heat and relaxation can provide relief. but as always it depends on the individual a trip to the sour or a hot new cold water treatment could also help although experts do say braved the elements to steal their resistance while also adapting our bodies to future.

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this is news live from berlin scores are feared dead as a glacier breaks unleashing flooding in northern india a torrent of water broke through a dam carrying mud and debris into areas below the search for survivors continues also coming up. tens of thousands of demonstrators again marched through me in mars' largest city young go on to denounce the coup that threatens to roll back democratic gains protestors are keeping up the pressure despite the military's efforts to block the internet. plus an american football super bowl $55.00 is

underway featuring 43 year old quarterback tom brady. brady is chasing a record 7 super bowl ring as the tampa bay buccaneers face the kansas city chiefs . i'm aaron tilton welcome to the program at least $150.00 people are feared dead in northern india after part of a glacier broke unleashing a torrent of water that crashed into a dam and with a constant local authorities say rescue workers have begun recovering the bodies of the dead the flood happened so fast that people had almost no time to react search efforts for survivors are under way. a short moment of hope.

and then relief as rescuers pull this man out from the debris alive. he's one of the lucky ones. several people have been reported dead and dozens mainly employees of the regime guarding a power plant are still missing. this amateur video shows the moment the small dam was swept away after part of a mountain glacier broke unleashing an avalanche of water and debris. it then cut further through the area hitting the hydroelectric power plant in the valley below. what is it to get them when i looked up and down but couldn't see anything but then after 5 minutes i saw something that looked like a scene from a bollywood film. 50 to 100 people running for their lives but couldn't be saved as the river engulfed them with some arguing optimism of it. the tragedy happened in the top of an area of the state of utter account in northern india. this region in

the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides. small good reports the situation here is still dangerous people are leaving your homes and are fleeing to the forest they're taking their belongings including their quilts and mattresses locals from neighboring villages are worried the dam near them could also collapse partly because like i did i got. rescue operations are ongoing the government has told the local says shelter near the forest as they fear the disaster could strike again. earlier we asked you w correspondent machine mage ice wall in delhi whether there have been any warnings that something like this could happen. there are local activists and environmentalist school drawing dollars that there needs to be addictions beat the construction happening. these watchable he said on d.c. it was all white and there was no one me well despotic leadership list and the

decent behind it had to be behind it would be studied apologies are said they were instituted in could each but that had been longstanding wanting to get out because they might get an advance and then apply on busts as well as create and whitening of the lives to encourage tourism industries in as well as. pots and hiding objects along to have been criticised for making this well over the sensitive war but it wasn't a gene that wasn't massive johnson decent which caused a loss in the range of. close to 6000 b. but and off didn't create one it's not given to discontinue response however that got him government has been criticised for not coming down hard and even drawing back some of the descriptions that these populations happiest. opponents of the military coup in the end maher are calling for more protests and work stoppages on

monday one of the process movements leaders posted that the time and location of protests would be announced later the appeal to keep the pressure on the military comes after tens of thousands took to the streets of yangon or the weekend to protest against the democratic rollback. just as a back on the streets of young gone for a 2nd day thousands marching against the military coup. they used the 3 think a salute to signify their rebellion and carried banners demanding the release of elected leader unsung suchi they say they had no choice but to take to the streets in support of democracy and against what they see as injustice. this is really unfair despite their landslide win in the election the military staged a coup unilaterally and with accusations. that the military staged an unfair could by a rest of the leaders elected by the people now students under the red fighting

peacock flag have led revolutions in the past so we join today the protest as well . the red flag is that of unsung suit cheese national league for democracy faulty and l.d. . the chief men on lighting seized power on monday alleging fraud in the election held on the 8th of november that vote resulted in a landslide victory for the n l d the country's electoral commission dismisses the army's accusations. footage of sunday's protests surged on social media despite the country battling internet blackouts the images show demonstrators out in large numbers some even facing off against secret police and military there to observe them many protesters say they are determined to show they will not be intimidated. citizens have already made their demands by voting we are on the streets now to show that we are against

a military dictatorship without fear. so far protests across the country have been largely peaceful now with the gunshots were heard in the southeastern town of what the where uniformed police with guns charged a group of protesters there were no immediate reports of casualties concerns are high that the unprecedented level of civil disobedience and me and could cause a stronger military response. for more i'm joined by he's a filmmaker in economic capital yangon thanks for joining us this evening. so 1st off how long can protesters keep up this pressure campaign. that's going to depend on a lot of reasons a lot of factors at this point everything is kind of unpredictable and we cannot

rule out any possibility but right now people cannot do anything with the negro framework and people have learned from the us that we cannot be violent so they're peacefully protesting and this is the 3rd day i'm speaking to you from the 3rd day of our civil disobedience movement and more people are expected to join today it's already starting $930.00 and then the protests already started at $830.00 or 8 am. and yesterday there were about a 100 thousands of people and today we are expecting there will be more and there are more security forces being deployed as well and i want to add that this is not just about big cities like the anglo and the late because today. their people are joined by protests from everywhere around the around the country that god sent state so we're hoping we're going to see

a big crowd today. so far doesn't seem like there's any sign that the protests are willing to back down the protesters rather willing to back down but is there hope that they can bring about real meaningful change in the country. yeah. i think that definitely people are not going to back down at this point anymore because we have the military regime for more than 6070 years and then they were. up to 2015 there was a time. for a while and then this was taken away from the people so people are not going to back down for sure and this is what they are going to fight for they want to sell the mechanics and they don't want to be violent they want to protest peacefully and then all of this is not justify one party i don't this is about the whole population physically they want to take down. the military coup

and then whoever that constantly power people are tired of having all the resent type of government so i don't see that they're going to back down and just briefly now how do protesters here but i'm jealous if she does he shall enjoy their support . yes largely majority of the population still supports her but again. this is not about an o.b.e. or their military it is about people coming together and our generation going against the military dictatorship and right now we have some problems with communication because they are trying to block communicate as much as possible and in the bigger cities it's still relatively fine but. we didn't know what was happening in other parts of the city. right very tense times in myanmar learning

thank you thank you for bringing. your perspective thank you very much. in ecuador left leaning candidate andres are always has taken the largest share of votes in the presidential election although a runoff election in april is likely according to an official quick count of results are always who is backed by a can convicted but still popular former president says he'll wait for the final results before celebrating on sunday cope with 1000 restrictions but the long lines as people waited to cast their votes ecuador has been crippled economically by the pandemic with thousands losing their jobs in the past year earlier we spoke to our correspondent your 100 meters in quito and asked him about the movement behind our house and what voters say they have most on their minds in this election. this is a very interesting election because honestly during the presidential debates on

industries when you talk to the people that the proposed project the candidates had to for the country were not in the stake i mean people were talking about a main figure here in ecuador rafael correa and rest are i was one of the main candidates he was supported by former president rafael correa and he's like kind of an ecuadorian google shot is a very charismatic and populist either who got a great connection with the people during his administration and he supports the rest so this election was about voting for or against the movement. founded some years ago so that's why and today this result shows that people actually maybe they want still to have korea back. america's biggest sporting event of the year the super bowl is underway this year's american football champion

again features veteran quarterback tom brady the 43 year old has won the super bowl an astounding 6 times and many consider him the greatest quarterback to grace the gridiron. the could be considered the michael jordan of the n.f.l. with 6 super bowl rings the old brady was drafted by the new england patriots in 2000 in the 6th round he was the 199th overall pick not one with expectations attached to it although history proved brady to be a steal back in that draft the was the with brady at quarterback the patriots won an n.f.l. record 6 super bowls over the span of 2 decades the most recent was in 2019 many regard brady the best quarterback to ever play he holds several significant

n.f.l. quarterback records. and his private life became a hot topic when he married supermodel just bench in in 2009 but there has been a blemish to his story book life in 2014 brady was caught up in deflate an accusation he manipulated footballs to gain an advantage the controversy resulted in brady being suspended for 4 games in 2016. that same season brady engineer a record breaking comeback in the super bowl the grady's n.f.l. record setting success all came with a new england patriots many believed the team's leadership and not brady deserved credit for the multiple accolades and now the 43 year old has silenced his critics not only by reaching the super bowl at his age but by doing it with an entirely

different team the tampa bay buccaneers. was. you're watching the news live from berlin next world stories the war with the weak rather and reports of more news for you at the top of the hour until then you can get all the latest news on our web site that's. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating insights. d.w. world heritage 360. the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing.