courses as you roll out a vaccine across millions of people you're going to see effects because that's what happens in the general population anyway in the u.k. more than 11000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine have been administered and there's not been any reports of excess blood clots amongst those receiving the vaccine compared with the expected rate of blood clots in the normal general population right the answer is that intervention has been dogged by rumors about its safety and efficacy why is that. i honestly don't know because if you look at the data that has been published all the way through the development of the vaccine and i have to say the group of being very transparent all the data is looked fine early on there was data demonstrating that the immune response was just as effective in those individuals over 70 as below 70 so aside from a political a political issue i've got no idea but it's

a very very good vaccine i mean while the johnson and johnson vaccine has just received approval from the a.m.a. this sounds like good news how do you think this american company can now avoid the sort of production problems that have so beset astra zeneca in europe. this is the biggest single problem in a way we've raced in to the development and testing of these vaccines but if we knew that because these are biological vaccines manufacture was always going to be a bottleneck so the hope is that johnson and johnson can scale up their manufacturing capacity as quickly as possible but they also have a vaccine that only requires one jab and can be stored for up to 3 months in a refrigerator so it's going to make life a lot more easier in terms of the rollout of vaccination and the fact that you don't have to give too jabs and other still more to come i think that's that's that's the 3 or 4 that europe has now. has now given the green light to other still

more in the pipeline there certainly are i mean there are different platforms of course the novak's vaccine has been very successful which is a subunit protein vaccine and of course they're all the are in a vaccine which we know of also been very successful including the the pfizer bio and tech as well as madonna and in fact those are in a vaccines are now being modified to account for some of the more difficult infections variants that we've seen arising in south africa or in the in in in brazil so i think there are a lot more of these they're all more or less effective to the same degree i think the unique thing with the johnson and johnson vaccine is that you just need a single jab or so sounds like good great news thanks very much for joining us professor professor lawrence young from the university of warwick. today marks a year since the world health organization declared a cove in $1000.00 pandemic the 1st corona virus cases appeared in the chinese city

of move on officials there identified a seafood market as the source of the outbreak the virus quickly spread across the world with europe becoming the new epicenter lockdowns and border closures didn't stop it moving and before long almost every part of the world had become affected by the pandemic. well brazil is suffering what one doctor has called its worst moment yet hospitals across the country including in the richer states outpower though have no beds left to treat covered 19 patients the number of daily deaths pushed past 2000 for the 1st time on wednesday bringing to more than 270000 the total number of people killed by the virus the surge in infections and death is being fueled by a more contagious variant that emerged in the amazonian city of man hours in january but the situation remains dire but as the w.c. your 100 meters reports many have become complacent. lucy leonard thus it is back

to live in a normal life in meet john why reach an early date when the health system human hours collapsed she had been infected with the newest strain of the coronavirus and needed oxygen by the city run out of feet by the sea was now will. its aim to apocalyptic. was my hate the more religious people said it was a sign of the end of the world redolent probably this really was a night and there are no i never thought i would experience such a dramatic moment the moment the film that i'm much less seen it's a moment to see descends to hop forgotten this is the main market in manassas even those tours and businesses are only allowed it to operate at 50 percent of their normal at the pass it on this by the scientists to the margins of more and more dangerous variants the market is always overcrowded. about 13 new strains of think we're on a virus have been that that that in my not was one off then the one is responsible

for 60 percent of current infections in the region suggesting that it is more transmissible and that number is on the rise raising fears of it there are 2 ways it could lead it today emergence of even more dangerous bargains according to devide although just we discovered that in one strains. a squad of people to behave your scares me because they are seen the situation the worse and yet they continue to live as if things are normal so that could mean that we will soon have a much more serious situation. according to the studies by the fear of worse research foundation the government of vaccines are still effective against the p one strain is but a nation center can add mr thousands of those disparate days but even here the oath already is are on the table implement his. well distance in. a moment when

vaccination starts there are always a lot of people but then the crowding goes down when older people come for vaccination because they bring one or 2 relatives and that's what causes the crowd . with more than 7 percent of it's the hobby that spikes united the state of a muscle mass where my mouse is located because administers their most adults is today to brazil however it is still a far from containing the virus without social distancing people will continue to die from the virus. the city has made space for 22000 new graves in the cemetery it's an a horrific forecast of what the new variants would bring to my nouns in the near future. take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that destroyed towns and triggered the fukushima nuclear disaster

a minute's silence was observed across the country in tokyo naruhito led a ceremony to pay tribute to the more than 18000 people who lost their lives. u.n. secretary general on turn your good terraces describe syria as a living nightmare after 10 years of civil war he said that syrians had endured shocking atrocities economic collapse and soaring poverty fueled by corruption sanctions covert 1000 pandemic hold taken their toll. at least 20 people have been killed in a massive fire in a garment factory north of the egyptian capital cairo 24 others were injured in the blaze of the planting of bore the cause has not been identified. britain's prince philip prince william has denied allegations of royal bigotry stating that we are very much not a racist family he made the comment during a visit to the london school it follows the explosive television interview in which his younger brother harry and his wife meggan said an unnamed royal had expressed

concern at how dark their son i choose skin might be. and to the ongoing crisis in me and my following last month's military coup the un's top expert on the country says the new regime is likely committing war crimes or excuse me committing crimes against humanity with its violent crackdown against protesters the u.n. estimates at least 70 people have been killed so far at least 6 were shot dead during demonstrations in the town of neon on thursday after security forces opened fire there are also reports that at least one more person was killed in the country's largest city young gun the u.n. is calling on the military to restore democratic rule. it is absolutely essential to respect the result of the elections and to a law for. a situation in reach we move back to a democratic transition let's get more from journalist to andrew now comes in who joins us from young gun welcome 100. let's start with those deaths in me in my own

in me and i'm the young dog that followed just hours after answer and i'm turn your good terrorist made that speech. yeah we'll so we've heard that there have been protests in. plenty of time since the coup this is the 1st time that we know that they've opened fire with deadly force there's obviously been other deaths in yangon before but it all feels kind of random like he just on some days tells curity forces that they can go out and kill people and i guess the intention is to give all protesters the impression that any day they go out they could be killed and the ministry says only use these force when necessary and as far as we can see watching the day t.v. clips the protest was all peaceful so what's your assessment

yeah i think that's just flatly not true like you said the overwhelming majority of the protesters have been totally peaceful and are and we have seen you know teenagers young women shot in the head it really doesn't reflect what the tatmadaw is saying about only using force when necessary they seem to use force totally indiscriminately i was i'm searching the country's foremost civilian leader she's facing new allegations that seem much more significant than the 2 shot you see face before yeah these are the big charges she had been charged for some kind of kind of silly things before violent cove and i can see her stripped gins illegally importing walkie talkies i think these were kind of placeholder charges while they tried to dig up something a little more serious corruption charges of seeing people sentenced to prison for

as long as 30 years so i think these are the charges that they're really hoping are going to permanently sidelined on some say cheaper politics right i'm one of a saying that she has done. well like you said they haven't offered as a ton of details they said she accepted illegal payments $600000.00 in cash and gold they said the information came from the. chief minister and yang. but all we heard so far is the military's word thanks for joining us under nak m c n n young girl. international olympic committee has confirmed that it will buy coronavirus vaccines from china for competitors at this year's tokyo games china's limpid committee offered to make additional doses available to participants however most of the i picked teams have already been vaccinated according to the committee the games will be held from july 23rd to the 8th of august overseas spectators are likely to be camped out for safety reasons. this is the w.

news live from a ballot more world news of the top of the hour coming up next more on the pandemic and the covert 19 special of the day. 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. y 2050 more than half the world will be living with limited water resources we haven't had to think about or worry about. i think that era

is over this is the crisis of our time it's a financial product like any other financial. the world is changing the most important commodity jumpers can be freezing. mississippi or commodity stores march 22nd on d w. 19 is causing a spike in relationship breakdowns divorce rates are soaring they would double the normal rate in to hunt during the 1st lock down. in the u.s. they've surged by a 3rd. the pandemic has shrunk our world into our hearts. juggling childcare alongside work. being on top of each other $24.00 seventh's it's all proven too much for many couples. but some say it's actually made their bones

stronger. how can we make pressure cooker relationships work in these tough times. i'll be talking to his psychology researcher about that in a few minutes 1st crisis aside every 3rd married couple in germany gets divorced separation to be prevented by asking professionals for advice. to be open to it. i mean this would discontinue. a cast. podcast hosts with a difference. and they've been married for 10 years and have 3 children together jamila and tino's show is all about their relationship during the pandemic the highs and lows. and it's really tight for everyone right now for the couples in the home life now

more than ever we're dependent on the communication as a couple in especially as parents to organize everything so we can work and get through this in good shape. and not. come. coronavirus lockdowns have good pressure on couples working from home and home schooling have left partners with very little free time constantly living on top of each other can create conflict and even worse than existing relationship problems when couples are at their wit's end professionals can help. they can commission. a strangely we tend to assume relationships are something we're simply able to do and if we can't then we say the other person is to blame and we separate or we're not a good fit i don't believe that relationships always have to be easy i believe that it's possible to get to the stage where you can have a clear relationship with each other and it's no longer difficult to talk about

problematic topics. for some couples going to a therapist is a big step a 1st aid kit for home life this box contains cards of questions for couples to ask each other developed by a professional therapist. many relationships suffer from a breakdown in communication this method offers a playful way for partners to get back into conversation with each other. pardon part of couples come to therapy feeling under appreciated or a lack of recognition often they're fighting more and more getting stuck in repeated thought patterns so they come to discuss their everyday lives how they're bearing the burdens of life and equally and now during the coronavirus you also get boredom lack of sexuality or simply that they are just getting on each other's nerves pigskins on demand for their b. has grown but it's not exactly cheap a session can cost between $80.15 euros. there's no guarantee of

success. galavis movements and i think we choose our partners ourselves and this offers great growth potential with each other we grow when we overcome conflicts not when everything is easy. and the flight of. couples therapy can give both partners the support they need to get through the pandemic. psychology research a rico pill joins us from australia now the reporter raquel said that we grow when we overcome conflicts not when everything's easy but for a lot of us the question is what to do in the 1st place when the challenge facing us is just too overwhelming you know that's right been for couples it can be a really difficult time spending a lot more time together and having to face issues that you have already in your relationship and now they face something that you have to confront

what happens there when those issues have become so big when there has been a communication breakdown obviously all the relationships gone toxic how can couples normalize the situation or reestablish some sort of link. absolutely did she manage the basics we have to remember why we are together in the 1st place so it could be little things like learning how to communicate learning that at times when there is conflict and you should be of to express yourself it's about how you are feeling as opposed to using your language which can put the other person at defense of marriage what about something like sex how to reestablish something is intimate is that when you're both fighting and basically hate each other at the end of the day. yes i know you're absolutely right sex is really important and we are intrinsically motivated to seek intimacy and sex is how we are intimate but what i would say is if you're at a conflict with your pal and you're not going to be able to go straight to sex is

special if that is it might be the reason why one conflicts in the 1st place so you might have to start with more just as suggested in together on the couch holding hands sitting closer turchin each other so you might have to again go back to basics ringback and start with gentle touches to then be able to go all the way to sex again so it's the little things that counts and i guess a lot of patience. a lot of patients and learning to walk again in your relationship i've also just like to add sexual health has a direct impact on our general health doesn't absolutely again because we are seeking to be intimate sex is how we do it so it does have a huge impact in how we understand ourselves and how we pray tell selves were any of our patmos so feeling sexy or feeling wanted is a huge part of our relationships and it is something that we actually have to talk

to our patents about so if for some reason you're not having sex in a relationship and it's making you feel down about you so it is something you have to bring out because it is part of who we are it is terrible so staying. why is sex and private time with a partner or loved one so important in a pandemic but again in a pin demi becomes more obvious because he's spending a lot more time together so old his claim flicks all does little kinks in our relationships become part of us in we have to address it so if that is conflict and you're not able to have sex then it becomes obvious that you have to talk about it in a lot of us actually find it difficult to address the issues it's i want to talk about raquel tell me though how can we avoid getting into this situation in the 1st place within a relationship look it just goes back to communication and finking that even though we think we know you are passionate about think we know how it is to be in

a relationship it doesn't hurt to stop and i don't know how we could do it better to communicate in take it step by step sometimes going back to the drawer important say how can i do things differently and listen if you are going to your partner with a question how can i be better how can i do things differently what are you expecting to change is actually being able to listen as well very interesting stuff or telling a lot for me to definitely listen to and take on board thank you very much for joining us we'll tell people there from switch in australia thank you for having me and then it's great solutions there from rico now it's your chance to ask the questions keep sending them into our you tube channel and our science correspondent there williams will do his best to answer them. how likely you to catch david 1000 outside for example from someone running by. for me one of the most striking aspects of this pandemic is the amount of research that's gone into trying to

answer seemingly simple questions like this which turn out to actually be pretty incredibly complex i mean who would have guessed even a year ago that we have gotten so obsessed with the highly abstract world of aerosol distribution physics both in closed rooms and outside back to the question though we we now know that while it certainly might be possible to catch covert 19 outdoors it's much much less likely than it is indoors in poorly ventilated spaces where people spend extended periods of time that's because unlike outdoors the air missiles accumulate in enclosed spaces and increase the chance that you might inhale enough of what an infected person has exhaled to catch the disease though so that's an amount i'd like to know by the way that we we still

don't know with any certainty in general the consensus seems to be that in addition to the indoors outdoors aspect of the equation the other factors that play major roles in infection are how long exposure lasts how close an infected person comes to you and the amount of time that you're around them the w.h.o. only recommends 6 and outdoor settings where physical distancing can be made tame by crowds and not for people doing intense physical activity that's because pretty much all the indicator. point to the conclusion that the jogger panting by you in the park just doesn't really present that big of a wrist. good

advice as well that would my going for job after work briefly in other corona related you so most countries this is spending their rollout of the astra zeneca vaccine following the example of norway and denmark on thursday denmark made the cole after reports of severe blood clot some of the patients received the shot no definitive link between the japanese and the cloths have yet been proven the danish health and medicines authority says its issuing a 2 week halt of precaution as it investigates. the european medicines agency has approved johnson and johnson's vaccine for use in the european union the single shot is the 4th to be licensed across the 27 e.u. nations authorities hope that one dose vaccine will help speed up the stalled rollout of covert jabs here in europe. and fancy a texas t.v. after knocking off work that it's on must texas has lifted its mass mandate and

capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses that's despite experts warning the 100 percent relaxation of carbs will exacerbate the spread of wiring variants the pandemic has hit the united states the hardest the infection rate has fallen dramatically since january remains high in absolute terms. thank you for watching stay safe and see you again sir.

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moving toxic. and young people clearly have the solution the good job comes. from the 70 percent. on d w o. this is the dublin years africa coming up on the program the troubling aftermath equitorial guinea struggles to come to grips with the recent tragedy the nation mourns victims of the weekend's devastating glasses. and wares tanzania's president john michael felice nearly 2 week public absence raises questions about his help.