there's been many phases of this pandemic but what do you think the u.s. has gotten wrong in tackling the code 1900. while so many i think there was several things the 1st was that there was no national strategy for most of the year and secondly there was no alignment of science and politics for much of the year we acted like 50 different countries instead of 50 different states of one country because of viruses and no. you know any borders it was very easy to exploit this this synchrony in the way that states handle this virus at the same time if you look at the situation right now the u.s. is one of the leading countries when it comes to vaccinations around 13 percent of people have already received their 1st shot so how is that changing things at the moment on the ground. so there are 2 ease in which this is changing things one concretely it's already affecting the incidence of cases and deaths in

nursing homes where you know more than 80 percent of individuals have already been vaccinated. they have been multiple reports of. this decline in deaths and this sort of immunity bubble the 2nd way in which is affecting things i think it's metaphorically so that people have hung on to vaccines as a way of a hope in this time of darkness and i think that is really something that really affected everyone on the ground but at the same time people have been frustrated because you know those expectations of waiting for the vaccine have really been matts of people of all been wanting the vaccine as soon as possible because you know of the way that politicians have handled the rollout yet really has been different from state to state hasn't it i mean you talked about the fact that new virus cases and deaths have also slowed do you think we could say that the country

is rounding a corner or are you worried about a possible 3rd wave with virus mutations for example taking hold well sumi i think if we don't have replication you're not going to have mutations so i think that strategy has been to hit hard and have as many people immunized as possible that because with such a large and diverse country it's going it's has been very difficult to immunize that quickly in such a efficient manner so i think that you know time is really what we're battlement with right now in terms of the variance we'll leave it there peter chen hong professor of medicine and texas disease specialist at the university of california san francisco good to have you want to have you. now israel's vaccine rollout has been one of the most successful in the world more than 80 percent of those eligible have now received at least one shot that has allowed israel to start reopening its

economy many shops and services are back in business again but they're not open to everyone some only allow customers who are fully vaccinated with a so-called green pass did obvious tanya kramer reports since september classes at this television studio have been held online because of the pandemic now people can attend again and christian but only those who hold a green pass the paris issued by israel's history of hers is given only to vaccinated people of those recovered from the curve at 90 so it's an amazing feeling and everyone these are vaccinated so there's no fear and it feels slight and parelli are broadcasting the classes that are taking place here we are broadcasting them home for people who still did not vaccinate on sunday is rare for the east restrictions

after prolonged lockdown malls museums and stores have been opened for all but gyms shows cultural and sports events would be made accessible to create pass holders of over 4000000 people have received at least the 1st try and take pfizer's israel is one of the 1st countries trying to get life back to normal opening up has also opened a debate over a variety of legal and moral questions of limiting personal liberties as they are someone not rushing to get the vaccine we are limiting few people and i believe this is balance we are not doing that for good you can really enjoy a cultural life you will enjoy both you will enjoy you know going to the gym but this time. only temporary base on the show we will let only people being vaccinated all the coverage for corona to have the green beans it remains

unclear whether international travelers could also billing to the green pass for now is spend go beyond app poetry remain closed for another 2 weeks to keep virus variants at bay traveling is not yet on the mind of this group or for long term friends and 2 recent every age between 84 and $95.00 they had to play their favorite chinese board game on zone online for the palestinian after their vaccinations they feel safe again to meet i feel like at this point i am free i mean just to be able to talk to people you know it's wonderful very nice to see everybody's ok and remain pretty healthy throughout the year but very lonely and. it really is a wonderful feeling it's a 1st but cautious step back to some kind of normality. that

report from our correspondent tanya kramer and she joins us from jerusalem with more on the story. tell us more about this green pass what else can people who have that to do and what is still off limits. it was i mean this is part of a new system of a plan by the government to slowly come out of the lockdown we have seen that as of sunday. there have been major restrictions here since for many many weeks and as of sunday shops opened museums opened malls opened they are open for all but then they are such activities as going to the gym going to swimming pools taking part in cultural events or sporting events. limited to green pass holders only now has officials are looking here for. the infection rates of course in the

coming weeks the infection rate only started to drop slowly last week there's also a lot of concerns of about very unsteady still many seriously ill people in hospitalized many young people also who have not been vaccinated and according to this they will go ahead with a plan to open for example also coffee shops and restaurants but we also expect what's being debated here at the moment is that for for example for the jewish holiday of poor in which will start next week there might be some restrictions have will be put back in place because that's people tend to gather and come together and it's to avoid a new outbreak there or ethical questions being asked about allowing some people to resume daily life in other people not so what do israeli people think about this screen pass. well there certainly also

a debate over here but i talked to a lot of people who have been vaccinated and they're all in favor of it as long as it's temporary that is at least the plan a phenomena if you look at the figures it is a majority of people who go and get the vaccine we have 1400000 people who are getting their 1st shot already and we have over 3000000 people now will have gotten their 2nd shot so one week after you get your 2nd shot you can download this app the screen pass and it's valid for 6 months but of course also people who don't want to get back to you know say. i don't want to do that there are some groups are really on t.v. backs the nation on social media they're very strong but they're also all kind of other reasons religious reasons has reasons and i talked yesterday to someone who just said i just didn't find the time yet to get vaccinated now who's eligible for

vaccinations all people over 16 so children are not to vaccinate in israel and they make up about 30 percent of the population so via talking here about a minority but still it is very important to get those people vaccinated that's what has provided the government looking at trying to get people then of course there is a debate over that how to strike the balance between limiting the freedom of some and having this for the better for the rest of the society. kramer reporting from jerusalem good to talk to you. let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic now mexico has received its 1st shipment of russia sputnik the vaccine seniors in mexico city's marginalized communities will be the 1st to get the shots the world's biggest vaccine maker india serum institute says it has been told to prioritize its production of the astra zeneca vaccine for the indian market and a study from the university of edinburgh has found that vaccinations from biotech

pfizer and oxford astra zeneca have led to a substantial reduction in hospital admissions in scotland. now let's get a roundup of some other headlines at this hour canada's parliament has passed a non-binding motion saying that china's treatment of we go muslims and shin jang amounts to genocide prime minister justin trudeau at this cabinet abstained from the vote china has condemned and rejected the motion of the leader of georgia's main opposition party has been arrested nicam aliased attention comes days after the prime minister resigned amid a debate over whether to take the opposition politician into custody faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 2019 he dismisses the charges as politically motivated. and authorities in the democratic republic of congo have blamed rwandan hutu rebels for the killing of italy's ambassador he was one of 3 people killed when a convoy from the world food program came under fire the president of the d

r c has called the ambush a terrorist attack. me and mars military regime is facing growing pressure both at home and abroad 3 weeks after it seized power the european union has warned that it is considering sanctions and the u.s. has penalized 2 more generals protests continue to swell and me and mark despite authorities right to use force against the crowds at least the protesters have been killed even though the regime insists that police are using minimal force. and let's bring in journalist dave groom bomb for more on this story hi dave good to see you so the military warning that protesters could suffer a loss of life if they continue to go out in the streets that seems to only have encouraged protests more hasn't. it brought out tremendous numbers of protesters yesterday i mean you saw the mass crowds it was the biggest number of demonstrators we had seen so far as there are some estimates that across the country there may have been a total of a 1000000 people demonstrating and i would not be surprised at all that number was

accurate the same time though a lot of these demonstrators they take that threat very seriously some of the protesters yesterday and today they've got on their arms their blood type and the contact information for their next of kin because they know this is a military that in the past has gone down protesters on the streets 20071988 other times so now the question is where is the military's line this time where they would potentially use deadly force again let's talk about the sanctions here dave we know that the u.s.p.s. has penalized 2 more generals right now is considering sanctions as well is that going to force the military generals to change their attitude. you know sanctions from the west that's not going to get the generals to give up on the coup and just go back to the bunker they they knew these were eventually caught when they went forward the coup on february 1st that made us calculations before february 1st look the west needs to do is to get some asian countries on board with pressure to

pressure the generals to reverse course asian countries that would have influence on the military generals such as china and some southeast asian countries but here's the thing these countries while they said don't go on down protesters release aung san suu kyi none of them have shown any stomach to say hey reverse the coup that hasn't happened and until that happens international sanctions are going to have a huge impact on the generals calculations what by targeting business interests the european union says it will not cancel special trade privileges that allowed me in mar tariff free access to the e.u. is market what do you make of that. well this is an important thing because these trade preferences that mean markets now it allows industries such as textiles and myanmar to get true excuse me terror free access to the emus 450000000 consumers i mean it creates tens of thousands of jobs i've met some

people who fill them and a lot of them they come from these remote villages in the countryside and they come to the cities to work in these plants and they send most of their page pay back home to their families it's a big deal you take away that tariff free access to the e.u. and those jobs are gone and this is a lesson learned from sanctions of the past when the west had really harsh widespread economic sanctions on myanmar during its 50 years of military rule and the people who paid the price during that were not the generals they still found ways to make millions of dollars but it was the common people who didn't have jobs and were living in poverty in part because of that so that's why now you see the west aiming for targeted sanctions at the generals and military aligned businesses as opposed to watch for sanctions like they have in the past journalist dave thank you for that analysis. now housing is a pressing issue in most big cities around the world germany's capital berlin is

not one of the most expensive places to rent an apartment average rental prices are much lower than cities like new york or paris but finding affordable housing here is becoming ever more challenging one issue is the lack of social housing now the stock of the cheap rental homes for people in need it is highest in the u.k. followed here by france it is relatively small in germany it just 3 percent of a total housing a coupled with other factors like gentrification and an overall lack of residential buildings this makes it hard especially for families students and single parents to find a home that they can afford and. how do i spin her i'm hiker i'm a teacher and i'm looking for an apartment in berlin but i can't find one finnish kiner. pike it doesn't want to give her full name she has lived in her berlin apartment for 17 years her landlord has recently given her notice he wants to use the apartment himself has spent countless hours looking for an apartment online

ever since that's built on this one here would be affordable. income. hiker is a freelancer and can only pay between $3.40 euro's a month but there is stiff competition for such affordable housing. i applied to view around $200.00 apartments i was invited to 2 viewings and i would have loved to have rented either of the apartments unfortunately they didn't work out. but i wasn't lucky enough to win the lottery or cut him loose for fun to give in. and it is a lottery around $300.00 people apply for each for a can to apartment. this gives you and it gets so that i can't sleep. and when i ask myself where i'll be in 5 years i don't have an answer and i don't know what will happen. right i get. a new housing is being

built just around the corner from hikers current but they're clearly not building affordable apartments. melanesians well i don't think i could afford these sort of least condos unfortunately this segment is more expensive than what i'm actually looking for. new and older buildings charge twice as much renters hiker can afford property experts say this an affordable housing trend is not likely to change anytime soon we need to hear our tenants who don't care how much they pay because that company is paying them or because they've come from abroad and they used to a completely different rental structure or even from a different part of germany where the rent is higher anyway than they almost don't care how much they have to pay in berlin in fast time. there are urban housing providers to counter this but they cannot keep pace with developers

red tape is causing years of delay to government construction projects i can only hope things will improve. instead of fordable housing has to be created in city centers otherwise people with average incomes will no longer be able to live there . who has to go and who can stay for more and more berlin rent has this is become an urgent issue. facebook says it will reinstate access to australian news pages in the coming days after reaching a compromise with the government facebook block the pages after the government unveiled new legislation requiring tech giants to pay news outlets for content social media companies have been a fiercely opposed to the law they say it would create an international precedent similar legislation has been considered in other countries in the compromise australia will not penalize facebook if the company reaches some deals with local

media and this is what the australian government had to say or facebook has read for ended a strike. and destroying news will be restored to the facebook platform and facebook has committed to entering into good faith negotiations with a stray news media businesses in seeking to reach agreements to pay for content let's get some perspective on this tom a leader is a professor of internet studies at kryten university in perth welcome to d.w. so 1st off what do you make of this agreement between the australian government and facebook who if anyone won out here. well i think both sides can claim to have won i think the strange government looks like it's managed to get facebook to pay for news which is a priest entity and i think facebook has held out long enough from play hard enough that while they will pay something it's probably a lot less and may not set a priested in the same way that people fear ok i'll come back to the question of

president quite in a moment but 1st of all if you look at facebook here there's been a lot of talk about the damage done to its reputation not only in australia but do you think this actually will harm facebook. i think in my how facebook in the short term in astray i think it strengthens we're surprised at how willing facebook was to use them as a political football especially the callous way that it wasn't just news websites but emergency services health departments and other things that got passed on intentionally or blocked all the same so i think it was a stark reminder to australians that facebook really doesn't care that much about them and i think that's something that they will not forget readily but at the same time if it's business as usual within a wage it may not be as much of an impact as they say they would have been if it went for longer ok so given that how do you think this might be a precedent for the way that facebook and other big tech giants and social media giants operate globally. so i think it's the president in so much as facebook

and google last week have both committed that news is worth something to them it's worth paying for it with paying to keep that on their platform so i think if there is that admission is made then obviously the country's going to be looking at that admission going well you've got canadian you should got news from other countries as well you're going to pay for that and i think that bad j.d. is burnt out of the bottle on that front but at the same time i don't think the bargaining hurt it's quite the template everyone has high people because one of the main things that's happened here is the trigger has a great not to use the bargaining card if facebook strikes deals before the code becomes law if you could look ahead for us how do you see this relationship between social media companies and news outlets playing out. a look at the one of the real challenges here in interest to some extent news producers will become more dependent on the social media giants now because they will become part of their revenue stream i do think that the news a college he needs to exist outside of the social media platforms but at the same

time it's hard to see what that future is going to look like when advertising will remain predominantly flowing through google and facebook which hold 85 percent of the advertising market you know destroy via what role do media companies play a lot has to play here if at all in terms of not having a gate with users perhaps on some of these social media platforms a little bit earlier before facebook and google started using that content so heavily. so i think that there are new avenues for news producers i think they have done quite well in this last week of of drawing the audience back to the mind but certainly one of the main news service is in a straight in the at was the chop out for the android and iowa stores last week so it was nice to say that the people around here around the facebook as sort of the social media giants in the georgia whether they continue to do that when it becomes easier to get us back through facebook or not remains the same professor thomas

lever joining us from per se q very much. all right we've got some new images of last week's mars landing to show you what take a look we have the view here as nasa says mars rover perseverence touchdown on the red planet after traveling nearly 500000000 kilometers the robot will look for signs of life on mars let's listen in and take in that spectacular landing. we're getting signals from the moral. thing go daughter at that kind of. ready to begin picking up and. all right coming up next on do have you news asia china invites the un human rights chief jan to learn what it's called the troops on the ground but only for activists tells t w that is an empty promise of. international pressure grows on me and markku leaders for a return to democracy protests turned deadly. and the pakistani village dealt

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