german and jewish just one jewish or so was what does that mean in daily life and at school. we shouldn't be given a special status but being completely normal. 11 teenagers 11 stories hey i'm jewish and so. young german and jewish starts feb 22nd on d w. this is the w.'s africa coming up on the program the struggle with 19 vaccines nigeria's genes in containing the 2nd wave of the colon of virus feces setback because the country has not yet secured any vaccines. and while many african countries vaccines for one brought the director of the africa c.d.c.

tells us that on this cruise the danes have you that. they're going to take your step back i'm believe rico amazed that we must develop one a fracture in both of these scenes. and you my junior welcome to the program the battle against kobe 19 continues across africa so it's particularly good news when the continent's most populous city lagos is slowly recovering from the 2nd wave but even though nigerian authorities say the number of norn infections is decreasing our correspondent there . tells us there's no guarantee this will continue because the country is still far from securing any called the 19 vaccine doses hello guys welcome back from i can now or you will is sharing have. 19 experience on you tube she contracted the

virus here in nigeria after returning from the u.k. ruggedness and the doctor made a call it didn't see her for this but every time a new would be. how will she do it i don't want proof or you was case became critical because of her underlying even less asthma she says she visited 4 hospitals in 22 before she started to get better we are given access to one of the government run isolation centers in lagos treatments in this hospital is subsidized by the government it's run by a team of volunteer doctors and nurses only people in critical condition admittedly here father is a saint whom to self isolates and treats themselves most of the beds that empty. official figures of confirmed crooner virus cases have been decreased since is the

2nd wave in january but the numbers may not truly represent the extant of the pandemic in nigeria we know there is this ill is the result of the boredom but almost. getting better. every hospital in order to be a good reflection of the burdens to govern the community and know that it is valid one the border because only to take is going to cover it better to better. as a result of misinformation and lack of trust in nigeria as government and health care system many people are not even willing to get tested the hospital. the government. even. serious.

health experts say that the only way to completely prevent a major outbreak in the country is through vaccines but getting a hold of the jokes has been proving difficult. the government makes up to 40 percent of the nigerian population by the end of this year but it's still unclear when the 1st. doctor. is the head of nigeria's center for disease control he says nigeria is walking to. the his country is also prepared for the law just challenges less user friendly vaccines. i think even more important with the human resource of the capacity. you know things like sustaining the power supply getting the vaccine from the cities to the villages and this is where we really have

a lot of experience on some of those vaccines i believe at the film health experts one that main chance must take coffee precautions more seriously you know that's prevent. something that none chance and the country's health care system cannot afford. joining me now is dr john in canada song he's the director of the africa center for disease control and prevention and. thanks for your time 1st tell us how can the c.d.c. make sure that africa gets its fast shall vaccines no thank you i think that is. maybe the most urgent question we're working on now and turns to the continent. when she caught you record it 3 weeks ago or 4 weeks ago presidency them up was announced that through the african vaccine acquisition testing the continent was

going to. have secured 270000000 doses of vaccines and since then for that to see 7 secure something else for next week distribution of those actions would be and across the member states of the african union so i think we are working very had. just escaped same time we have relying and remain optimistic that that facility will also contribute to cease have told us that about 27 percent of the doses we've made available to to the country and again slowly will begin to move towards a target of 60 percent of our population between this year and next year. so it seems while that selling this as deciding on which vaccines are good enough to use because we play the reports and how we had that nigeria is trying to acquire astra zeneca vaccines but south africa suspended the use of the same vaccine so what do

you recommend. so 1st of all let's celebrate the good news the good news is that we have vaccines out there now i mean it's a couple of us inside out there that have been proven to be but saved and if you can show us that is extremely good news i say that because. this situation could have been was i mean we've lived with hiv for more than 40 years without a vaccine so i think that let's pause and celebrate the good news no question of choice of vaccine it's important we've all heard and learned about the news the challenge in situation that a new very end in south africa poses to. keep less of their stress on a comeback since we have issued clear guidelines to the country and we see one if a country has an extensive spread of the varian then it is preferred not to start using yesterday as president come backs in to use other vaccines that 2nd

if we don't have evidence of the extensive spread of that variant to go ahead and use it i think nigeria should definitely be using that vaccine and again as i said many other countries in africa should be doing this and the events in is see if the vaccine if you keisha what we see don't know is what it is effective against the very end in south africa just because the study that was published in reviewed in south africa was based on a limited sump ok what do you say to the ordinary african who is hoping for the end of this pandemic. if 2 things are safe to. africa and one is that we have to 2 to fight despondent me ok we have been able to bend the curve twice in this since last year the peak africa experience that peak we have of the planet

meet around july august last year and we are able to bring down the curve very very nicely. then the 2nd peak around december after they will it is and we are now seeing that it's going to we have been into curve very very nicely using probably had measures i think that is one we. did and we were one year ago ok 22 to fight is fine and the 2nd thing is that vaccines come in bed i want to really. caution the country and that the measures they probably had measures that have enabled us to be where we are today that is when of must avoiding crowded species species but indoor and outdoor washing of hands and make sure the community is fully engaged is very important to me just work decided measures that have enabled us to be where we are today vaccines mean a zone of travel 60 percent of our population would take time but we are actively

engaged in that process of acquiring vaccines for the continent now while the continent is dealing with a covert 19th and i think there's another virus. as back again in the house and guinea with several that in both countries are already recorded how concerned should we be we should all be very concerned because of this various is that tend to spread very quickly decide various is that spread through contacts we dress and he street of what happened in 20142016 is to very fresh in our minds especially with respect to the west africa situation however let me just say this that we know how to fight it. out on it was 45 years ago because we have 2 vaccines out there we have treatment as monoclonal antibodies that can be used in it yet of respond and we have people are deployed i mean and we've learned lessons that you don't delay the reason that dependent alberich in west africa were so devastating

was that it's. so long to recover that there was something going on and mobilize and mount an effective response as we speak we already have people mobilized and moving towards that response already so i think we should be concerned but it's not in no absolutely no reason to to panic we are working closely with. us to address this situation ok no reason to panic that's good news now in talking about covert 19 and ebola but regarding solutions how far is africa in developing its own vaccines to tackle any such diseases now and then. that is a very good question and i think africa has to be very deliberate in developing a continental approach to fast lifted look up production of vaccines drugs and and

then our sticks. country of 1200000000 people cannot depend on next to no support order time to fight a pandemic flu outbreaks we want i want to be very clear that we live in and it off by many ok outbreaks and it will continue to occur i mean we are dealing with this clearly we are going to defeat this pandemic but there will be another pandemic city a country and has to take a step back and really recall amazed that we must develop manufacturing of these vaccines. and i know 6 depressed days richard in senegal it's already been a factor in vaccines against you the fever south africans have manufactured interest nicky's egypt so he started a continent doesn't have a bit we need to really be very deliberate and support those infrastructure in the continental manner that is bad ok resources appropriate sources to develop those important to us ok dr john. director of the africa centers for disease control

and prevention thank you very much for your insights. and africa should develop its own vaccines we end today's show we need you but peaches from the few african countries like our richest on egypt. and the state. we've got some tips for your bucket list. corner. for free. and some great cultural memorials to boot. travel.

innovation and occasion. but this is one game we can't afford to lose the world food program. helping people help themselves my goal is 0 anger. a pop star and a military coup singer make use of a boss speaks out from his home in me and more coming up on arts and culture and. young german and jewish actor onyx on the mind stands for a new generation of jews in germany who are tired of being seen as victims.

and more than meets the eye of the shape shifting paintings of british artist patrick hue. but 1st since me and mars military coup earlier this month hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting for democracy and the release of the country's elected leader aung san suu kyi among the crowds of young demonstrators a 28 year old german pop star musician and actor. has lived in myanmar since 2015 and has become somewhat of a celebrity there appearing in films and fashion hats as well as singing in english for means. really were i spoke to me at his home in the capital gang gone about how he as

a foreign a pop star in me and maher has been supporting protests against the military well i have to show my colors i support the people by going on street by posting certain think them facebook and but these of course sharing that you and getting interviewed international media. i have to take after what i would a little bit as i have quite a media presence that i want to get to and politically i won't make dangerous statements that could lead to my my arrest anything because of course i'm also in the spotlight of the media but. yeah i. don't like a part and i also let people know that well let's. how are artists in myanmar handling the current what does it mean for them. and that's. already going on for over a year people were already used to a preexisting condition that people couldn't do that should be done but now of

course i think. most of that would be i don't know on the street not only i could but also like big top tier celebrities to show their support and. because people. see that even those kind of people. and everybody. but you see i just on the street playing music doing. doing you know you have painted musician. everybody on the street and at a very unique protest because you don't see. it all fighting against each other every. basically every every person is. to get on the street and i think by the same reason you know i do understand that at night time the situation is good time served particularly when the military cuts off the internet what has night time been like for you in the area where you have.

frankly nighttime it's been very spooky since tonight night and the night before we had internet. we couldn't even. the night before we had alarm here in the neighborhood so we have a neighborhood watch you might know there were 20. in there to have been released and they have been doing i think that it was done by a poisoning water stabbing people so that people are going to be they're being contracted by military by police they say and not to know what's going on but you know that you need to imagine you are in a country and. everybody recording things like that you can you can watch online now people are. doing arrest and such or interrogating. from a prison i didn't touch and it was it was a way that we have to try to stay calm and pray that we don't hear any alarm sound

and we can. write and i know that the internet and particularly facebook play a really big role over there do you see yourself staying in myanmar now do you think that you can stay. i think i have to be prepared for all scenarios so i have to pack my back in any case and then i could be but i never could be that might be that would be approved but there could be a lot of quality you just have to leave whatever. if i leave. ok for me for me it's just so many people i love the country i love people i don't want them to wake up and. actually because everybody is combine and people are suffering it's just unfair and not. completely human rights restrictions. mention that people will wake up in a peaceful country again and what might happen. not relevant for me i can come back

at some point if i'm not likely. to say about thanks so much for talking to us and please stay safe. well here in germany celebrations are about to begin to mark 1700 years of jewish history dating back to the 1st recorded evidence of jewish life in germany in the year 321 and then author of the occasion we're meeting jewish artists and leaders in cities across germany today actor alexandre vamp mine his debut film mazeltov cocktail has struck a chord with young jewish viewers here it's a comedy about anti-semitism. and incentives that man is a good example of the new jewish generation his young cosmopolitan and confident we meet up with the son of russian immigrants in berlin where he's just finished his acting studies. the thing with me is i didn't even really know that i was jewish it was not a big deal in our family courses. nothing much to me at all and she was even

a swear word i even used to use it myself this way a lady in primary school at high school sure. but let's just really think about this is. investments acting debut takes a stand against anti semitism. that . it's. an end to a culture of remembrance that ignores the problems of today. so i just don't feel that i can accept the situation anymore or anti semitism is on the rise it's real and it's happening here as a jew in germany i just can't say everything's cool and i feel good at a situation that development. in this really is a teenage that have been really discovered his jewishness who is also joining this

time that he became a star member of the local youth theatre trip and i'd like to see people take a clear position it but for them to also take action. today being jewish is a big part of the actor's identity sometimes is more and sometimes less active than you synagogue in iranian bogus traffic lane really consecrated in 1998 it stands as a symbol for a lively jewish community. rabbi the bag she's one of and i 9 fame our rabbis germany wide her synagogue stands for diversity and tolerance as well as confronting the issues of the day. we would like to call ourselves l g b t i q stright inclusive which doesn't mean this is us and queer people are now welcome here but of course they are welcome here and have been so for a long time. to back study jewish theology and converted to judaism 30 years ago. she was fascinated by religion which allows room for maneuver in

terms of faith and lifestyle. to day is a must always been a religion that changed with the times and has asked the question how does what our ancestors handed down to is fit with today's times where do we need to attach and where is to important to keep things the same. a balancing act between looking to the future and preserving the past. and investment also wants to move forward. so he's leaving bell in for his 1st acting engagement at the renown season the show being house by whom. to choose leaving engine many veteran humps above all those i wish that people wouldn't see as strange will an alien treat us as though it was something special does not just one way of being jewish it's actually incredibly diverse if you take.

a. minute. and we'll have interviews with more jewish artists and leaders in germany coming up this week on arts and culture but now we're off to london to the studio of painter patrick hughes he's got his own unique perspective on the world or should i say perspective. i. hope the closure is on 3 dimensional surfaces. they play with trappers or its own perspectives to trick the viewer into seeing what's not really there. british artist patrick hughes calls this reverse specter for the 1st perspective the painter developed the technique itself. it's extraordinary because it uses

you to create the movement there are artists who make the move through the machines inside but my work makes it work by having you move on the painting seemed to move. he's got a team of 6 to support him in his london studio the act of creation is a very involved process. it can take up to 3 months to complete one image. the 1st step is to build a 3 dimensional base out of wood. and patrick you sketches out his ideas. music. to project his designs onto the canvas then he and his team paint the pictures and orioles trash excuse likes to reference the work of other artists we choose privacy paul they because people like him and i quite like you i'm not mad about him i quite like him. because they're wools though any

graffiti os would prefer to work in a concrete but we like to make out the group pools. patrick hughes created his 1st reverse effective picture in 1964 and called it sticking around. but not until the 1990 s. he set himself to perfect this painting technique. the work titled jazz from 26 teams made him famous. is physical it's a combination of the whole person is what you feed on your knees and your legs your body is still much closer as well as your own so all of those in an intellectual and soul is all in the mind is actually all in the mind on the ball the more perfect feel lucian for more complete the experience patrick hughes creates fascinating perspectives on our world.

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dependent on. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on. this is the day of the news live from burlington france and germany disagree on the best way to combat the mystery militants in the saw how well they invade jets paris is requests for more german troops to be sent to the region also on the program and retakes delivery of its 1st shipments of the chinese sign a farm coronavirus foxing it's the 1st to e.u. country to receive the drug after claiming the slow pace of the european union's

vaccine rollout is costing lives without some serious street to face these new charges as defined protesters continue their calls for have released a mass demonstrations fill the streets for a free. today the military repeats its promise of elections in a year but fears of a violent crackdown are growing. until gail welcome to the program front president emanuel macross held a virtual summit with 5 countries in africa region to address the threat of terrorism that the sa is struggling to contain a violent insurgency by islamist terror groups president ruled out an immediate reduction in the number of french troops stationed there to assist security efforts last year paris bolstered troop numbers to more than 5000 the french president

hopes that additional troops from other european allies would allow his country to produce its contingent in the future but germany is skeptical eye color mask the foreign minister has ruled out sending more putting more group boots on the ground rather favoring development projects. we must strengthen the government institutions so that they are able to ensure the security of their people which means strengthening the police and above all the dishes system but finding used seats of phone. it is also clear but only when governments are functioning against tangible way of their citizens that prospect of development and a better life will be able in the long term to eradicate terrorism. well thomas schiller is head of the conrad adenauer foundation's regional a program for the sad health joins us from the capital bamako welcome to day w. this is a conflict that has passed

a lot of us by so let's start with why france leading european efforts there. first of the francis of course the former colonial power in this region. france has already very often intervened in the region 111 things for example about the charge in the eighty's. in the 1st place it was in 2313 in 200-2000 generate when france intervention in the framework of the operations of all ri ri pushed so pushed away pushed back jihadist terrorists advancing to ok and we're talking about a vast region how so how are they deciding where troops should be based to fight this insurgency. so it's this is the most important point we are really talking about

a very very wasp region. is immense. this is also one of the reasons why it is so difficult for the states here to really be present in every region these are very poor states the state authority in. many areas of the countries are always 'd some somehow weak and this is of course creating vacuums for sorts of groups not only terrorist ones so it would be real all of us then to look at the contrasting views from france and germany as being one or the other we have france saying we need to deploy more troops to the region and on the other hand we have germany's high coma saying that the answer is to strengthen civil institutions that the answer is going to be a combination. yeah exactly and i would even favor. the approach to strengthen the strait states here in the side

a region because in the long term no foreign military intervention. can keep up the security situation stable this can only be done in the long term by the nation states here on the ground and therefore we need to strengthen the states this means not only the military side submitted by military assistance or something like this but also the state institutions like territorial administration justice for a system and all these kind of things but on the other hand we should not create an attack on this month between france and germany because also on the military side germany is a presence here in the side a region german armed forces. part of the mission and in training for example among troops and so long top and just finally just what's at stake here this is this is a vast job but what happens if this base job is not done well or is not completed.

if this job is not done well so if we don't have. a long term approach and some continuity in helping the states here. that will there's a message danger that terrorism all all sorts of conflict might spread to the coastal states of western africa so for example the ivory causal center got . this most destabilized the whole region of africa and so this is really a huge problem that's why it's right international community is here on the ground is investing a lot of not only money but also a lot of energy to help stabilize and. that's very clear thank you so much thomas schiller from the conrad foundation's regional program for the style thank

you. hungary is a step closer to becoming the 1st european union country to administer the chinese coronavirus vaccine under russia's sputnik we shot after the arrival of a special flight carrying around half a 1000000 doses of china sign a form taxing the government granted emergency approval for the drugs bypassing e.u. medical regulators after criticizing the slow pace he used vaccine brought. past his granted emergency approval to the chinese vaccine the hungary and government allows any vaccine which has been administered to at least 1000000 people worldwide to be used without being reviewed by hungary's medicines regulator. prime minister viktor orban said hungary is taking matters into its own hands because the e.u. has been too slow. walk to no new yorker numb to do we can't stop the virus without

vaccines because it will always come back in new ways. that's why our country's most important task is to get as many vaccines as possible. not later as promised by brussels but quickly. on endorse on. 5 different types of corona virus vaccine are now available in hungary hospitals in budapest began administering the russian sputnik the last week like the chinese vaccine it hasn't been approved by the e.u.'s medicines regulator i doubt the hungary an opposition says that all ban should not be operating as a vaccines expert and warns hungary ends about being vaccinated with a sign of farm vaccine but neighboring serbia which is not an e.u. member has been using the chinese jab for weeks the country has the 2nd fastest vaccine rollout in europe after the u.k. and the hungary and government wants to catch up prime minister orbán claims the

additional vaccines from russia and china will allow his country to vaccinate millions more people per capita by the end of may then other european countries as big of a boy with a w brussels correspondent bad reader to welcome a bad so we as we just heard the e.u. has this covered vaccination strategy is hungary breaking i mean you rules by going it alone like this. no it's perfectly legal and according to you your rule is one reason doing that although the member states have decided to do the approval process for vaccines through the european medical agency a all together for everybody a member single member said can decide to to do emergency approval for single vaccines and this is what hungary is doing the other member states could do that as well. but so far the u.s.

tries to stick together and to do it in what it's slower that's true and so it might be a way that also other countries might choose this is not clear right now right so i want to hungary's our european partners that make this decision but there certainly is some political side effects of this decision that some like poland and the baltic states that they don't want to them to have neither the chinese know the russian vaccine because we don't want to be dependent on these ideological adversaries and other countries that are not so strict and also that you commission is not saying that you cannot use it. but they say there is no application for the proven of the russian all the chinese vaccine in the hague at the seat of the message actually technically that you cannot approve them right now right so

other 8 unit a member states and other you're likely to to follow hungary's late. yes there are some countries in the same approach also for example and also the czech republic considering the use of the russian vaccine and maybe also if the chinese that scene and even the german chancellor angela merkel has said recently that she's open to the russian vaccine as soon as the ema the european agents the has approved the shot so the they say there's no you're logical beriah for vaccination every single shot counts every life collins in this question thank you for the time but bring us any brussels. let's take a look at some other world news now the european court of human rights has ruled in favor of germany in a case relating to a deadly ass strike in afghanistan dozens of afghans many of them civilians were killed when a german coming commander ordered the 2009 astrakhan coil tankers that have been

hijacked by the taliban the father of 2 of the victims accuses germany of human rights violations. thousands of people have taken to the streets in algeria to mark 2 years since the start of the protest movement that forced former president and then aziz beautifully cut from power the demonstrations restarted recently after holding because of the coronavirus pandemic protesters once again calling for regime change saying they still don't have genuine democracy. which is stalled and has a wood stove was brought rest no hold to texas and other southern u.s. states millions have been left without power and temperatures as low as minus 18 celsius 010 degrees fahrenheit texas is bracing for more icy storms like the. russian opposition leader alexei valley's back in court they started charged with defaming a world war 2 veteran percent of all his supporters say the case is politically

motivated he's already serving a 3 year sentence for violating the terms of his probation while he was being treated in germany following a life threatening poisoning. not to me i'm out where the deposed civilian leader songs richie is now facing a new criminal charge violating the country's code with 19 regulations has been added to the original allegation that she illegally imported walkie talkies this latest move could allow the military judge to to hold her indefinitely without trial military leaders have repeated their promise to hold new elections within a year amid ongoing national protests against the coup. keeping up the pressure despite the risks workers in the city of young gong block a railway line undeterred by the military's growing presence.

from students and civil servants to monks protesters in myanmar know that their strength lies in numbers. you know i want more people to join the protests we don't want to be seen as weak we students have our future we have to resist so we won't live under a military dictatorship even if there's no special reason to protest we don't want to be seen as weak i know but. neither do they armored tanks patrol the streets as demonstrators treat them with the 3 finger salute that has come to stand for democracy as soldiers bolster the police many civilians fear their assets will be seized with access to banks partially restricted. you know they'd be up by the notorious keeping our money in the bank by

force it's unjust isn't it they're limiting the withdrawal amount aren't they creating a riot. people here face the penalties for opposing the coup those who obstruct the military or police from carrying out their duties could be imprisoned for up to 20 years. and go off as more world news of the top of the allocate focus of. business update in just a minute i would. tell you. crime fighters are back now for those most successful radio drama series continues from the whole episode are available online and of course you can share and discuss song w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms crime fighter to me and now

. do you like it. or do you want to cut it out. ok then buckle up put the pedal to the metal and let's ride. long v.w. . cook. no one is safe until everyone is safe those are the words of the new world trade organization boston goes away she warned about the dangers of vaccine nationalism her comments come as poor countries call for rules on intellectual property to be waived in order to allow generic jobs to be produced. meanwhile as kenya

grapples with a surge in cases linked to new virus marian stigma for medical oxygen on soared. once upon a time it was upon demick poster child now after a post-holiday surge in infections portugal is struggling with the economic fallout of fresh restrictions. this is the business i'm kate ferguson welcome to the program unconscionable that's the word the new director general of the world trade organization used to describe the disparities in vaccine rates between rich and poor countries and goes you said a vaccine nationalism was slowing down efforts to end the pandemic both india and south africa have a right to be called for w t o members to be allowed to waive peyton's and intellectual property rights in order to produce generic vaccines pharmaceutical companies safe spaces are necessary in order to avoid inventions and to cover the high costs of research.

let's talk about this with new correspondent joy to rein in nairobi hi joy now african countries have been especially the effected by so-called vaccine nationalism if papers were to be eliminated tomorrow what impact but the constant. and you would allow african countries as well to get to buy a similar manufacturers will then be manufacturing the vaccine and more of what it will price and also the african countries by extension would be able to pass as these vaccines at a more affordable price because as it is we are looking at the vaccine nationals in affecting developing countries many of which are in africa by flash of the fact that most of the vaccines are being prioritized to the developing countries who have already ordered the vaccines in billions of doses to take care even of several

and they factions they're after and so making this a wave in the part and means that african countries will be able to access it cheaply. and i say that africa is one country that has made that specific call for an end to pay for what other african countries why they say well so far kenya has joined south africa in asking for a weaver on the pattens kenya has ordered about 24000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine but we have seen also some other african countries showing concern over it like egypt and ruble as well as seashells that have also ordered for the vaccine to be brought into the continent but we are seeing many other african countries as well as a little bit reluctant to order the vaccine and this is precisely because they do not know if the virus and is going to mutate into a stronger virus that the vaccine is not going to be able to take care of.

vaccine distribution depends of course a lot on the testicles well what are the biggest challenges there. right now the biggest challenge is infrastructure because as you know africa is the one of the continent's leave high temperatures and so ordering say the fire scene means that it would have to be stored at very low temperatures which many african countries do have a challenge with given the electricity challenges we have continent and storage is likely going to be a challenge we're also seeing the fact that. you know ordering or rather leave the vaccine itself is going to be a challenge because the reason they bargained that african countries are dealing with and so are constraints on the sands of finance to order the virus for the vaccine the media of the african countries. to iran and i thank you very much.

and staying with the pandemic in africa a new virus variants are being blamed for a rise in covert 19 infections across the continent in kenya the increase has led to a surge in demand for medical oxygen often at the companies that supply it rely on apartment from abroad right now though they're having trouble getting deliveries. workers at this one tell a factory near nairobi can barely keep up the are producing medical oxygen for which demand has exploded amid the coronavirus pandemic as mentally or is are used to supply oxygen to patients with breathing problems. the main challenge we face today is that the increase in production has not been enough to meet the increasing demand so that's why we still have a go the other telling us is that the time it takes between when you get the money to set up this production system and when you can actually get them is generally

around and therefore having money in itself is not enough to allow you to add to the problem immediately. kenya is among the top 10 countries in africa called 1000 cases the demand for oxygen has been growing alongside infections but this company needs the quitman to produce more oxygen and that's supposed to come from abroad and it can't import the equipment because of the pandemic there's also a major interruption in the international logistics systems most of this equipment you would need to get them for. places into the continent and those countries who were greatly affected and therefore factories were operating at sub optimal levels or even when you place an order it takes a much longer time to get to commodities into the continent than was previously possible. be africa's centers for disease control and prevention recently warned.

the inadequate supply of oxygen is a major problem across the entire continent. despite limited resources african oxygen companies are in a race against time called infections. now to some of the other global business stories making news south african airways has been given another 5000000000 rand bounce around 285000000 euros from the government to help pay workers who've been laid off the ailing airline entered bankruptcy protection before the coronavirus on time like the severance payments are part of a broader state rescue plan. the democratic republic of congo has avoided entering a pandemic and used recession after posting modest growth last year officials said the robust mining sector helped to drive the 0.8 percent expansion the government expects the economy to grow by more than 3 percent this year. growth in the 19

countries that make up the eurozone fell 0.6 percent in the 4th quarter of last year slightly less than analysts had expected bucked and measures and the beat up to christmas contributed to the decline annual growth for a 2020 and a single currency block shrank 6.8 percent all together our financial correspondent chelsea delaney broke down those numbers for us. it's no surprise that we saw the eurozone economy contract in the 4th quarter in october and november is when we started to see the 2nd wave of infections really take off here in europe so many countries reentered lockdown and that dealt a big blow especially to the service sector a but we didn't see economies grind to a whole in quite the same way as they had during the 1st run of lockdowns early in 20 twentieth's so this small contraction we saw in the 4th quarter compares to a much much larger 11 percent contraction in the 2nd quarter of last year when economies were very much shut down but there still is not a lot of hope on the horizon for many economies many countries. including germany

remain and walk down so the hope that we had seen for the 1st quarter rebound in cheapie is now being pushed further and further down the line. chelsea delayed there until recently was winning praise for handling the virus better than its european neighbors but 2 weeks ago the country's medical system almost collapsed after christmas and new year's festivities led to an explosion of covert cases the health crisis is also beginning to weigh on the economy. these trucks should be rolling down the highway from portugal to germany dora good solves manages 160 trucks and even more drivers their biggest customer is volkswagen. ism and put them . we've more or less lost half of our business we're only making 40 to 50 percent of the trips to germany that we used to make. the drop in demand for german cars

has meant fewer contracts for portuguese suppliers and it's been like that for months now at the moment the country's in lockdown restaurants and retail shops are all closed and people are only allowed on the streets to buy essential or to go to work at least there is work for example at elevator producer schmidt the german company has 500 employees located near porto the pandemic hasn't stopped production there. so it wasn't easy but we have been able to keep working everyone stayed active the whole time the construction industry kept going and that affected suppliers like us they're consuming you before i get so much to your bones schmidt is one of 300 german companies in borgia gold most of them have made it through the pandemic unscathed. from 4 months with varies from company to company but in general from what we're hearing it's going pretty well life. but for how

long strict travel restrictions are becoming. the problem truck driver hugo farrow used to make the trip between the v.w. factory near lisbon and verb's back 4 times a month but portugal's considered a high risk area now. the situation is more complicated because we need to have a negative test to enter that makes the trips to germany more difficult to other countries. it's a serious situation for the logistics company dark and solves is already looking for new contacts in other countries. business owner isn't a title many 14 year olds can claim but for tejada vote it's one she's been wearing since the age of 11 they have strained teenager started her company as an indigenous themed clothing line but it since morphed into a much more expansive venture take a look when 14 year old pax mail orders with her father she's the boss she

founded her own mail order company at the age of 11 really anything is achieved no matter who you are what i like what. you can do it her brand. started out as an indigenous fashion line now taylor also sells houseware and accessories from candles to wallets. to. be different. with the rest of us both black and white you know indigenous and non-indigenous and the pride fall and the coverage and the success that she's had from a young immensely perhaps. just that more and more success brought more and more responsibility with it can be pretty crazy sometimes because it's like sometimes i'll have to like do stuff to help out with the business or a car really just i hang out with my friends i feel like

a lot of people usually just overlook indigenous businesses so for me to be where i am is just crazy and i think it's really good because i'm also spreading a lot of valuable information about indigenous people. doing business is not just about making a profit it's also about expressing and representing indigenous culture. not fall from me thanks so much for watching you can check out our website if you don't need a college. team that's good by taking. a . frank straight in on the law and. also ways of things close scoring it's going to make. my games with my ticket last team in the league comes leverkusen to a shot by scoring to the last minute goal.

in 60 t.w. . the same people for information provided to. the fans they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date in touch. this is the w.'s africa coming up on the program the struggle with 19 vaccines by j. s. genes in containing the 2nd wave of the code of virus feces setback because the country has not yet secured any vaccines. and while many african countries. scenes from abroad the direct top be offered.