and that astra zeneca vaccines are the cause of reported blood clots so is this the final word yes and no i think must be beyond no because they are launching an investigation they're looking seriously into the matter and that was one of the main messages she wanted to get across yes it is somewhat final word as well and in an effort to it to calm the tense mood in the european union to stop maybe even member states from further member states one must say after several of them suspended the use of that vaccine to stop them from doing that by making clear that there is no established link between the blood clots that have been found and that particular vaccine at astra zeneca that is the message so for the moment it's safe to use and on top of that the message is it's certainly safer than contracting the virus itself how much has this latest controversy garrick thrown into disarray the eams

plans to combat the pandemic. well look the european medical agency is an agency that is responsible for a for all member states and the national authorities do not necessarily have to have to follow that the advice they are giving from that particular institution but of course when you look at particularly at vaccine has it and see that the fact that the number of member states decided in this inconclusive situation to suspend the use of the vaccine hasn't helped one can be sure of that now all this as you are a reference to is affecting also people's personal stance towards well vaccination here's how some citizens in germany reacted to the astra zeneca controversy. that's been done i would say that the vaccine definitely helps to contain the

pandemic. that's why i would like it to be available. that's so that people can decide for themselves if they want to take it on not just. the run time. bomb or not i mean i think no one would think. that i believe the government itself would at mit's that mistakes were made on you know i don't know if the decision on the astra zeneca vaccine was a good one. i think it wasn't political or manifest that you must be right but i con say well the situation would be like in a week or month from now we can do more to come up in person and there's many ways to look at this in this way i think it's right that they stopped or investigate. and none of us quite if it turns out the vaccine is safe to use after all of in this kind it won't be easy to convince a population of this you know before going. home to so not everybody is supporting the decision that this country has made to

a pause vaccinations with the astra zeneca products there is in general across the e.u. a public trust issue again this abundance of caution by member states like germany backfire. that's of course a potential risk although astra zeneca is not the main vaccine that is being used here and you know there's a number of other key questions that need to be answered by the european method since agency today that he had indicated that a decision will come on the question what temperatures the biotech pfizer and the madonna vaccines need to be kept because you see in the united states these vaccines are kept it at a much lower refrigerator temperatures which allows the united states to vaccinate people in supermarkets pharmacies at local doctors and here in europe these these vaccinations are only done in huge centers and not handed out at your general practitioners and that could of course make

a huge change to the vaccination rollout that is rather slow in europe right gary marcus reporting from brussels thank you. let's catch up now on some of the other stories making news this hour. the u.s. and japan have been discussing security in the asia pacific region a statement warns against destabilizing behavior by china u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken also condemned what he called brutal repression by marrs military to the united states and. hundreds of demonstrators have closed streets in protest against lebanon's economic crisis the lebanese pound is trading at around $15000.00 to the dollar a record low and a 90 percent drop since the crisis began 2 years ago levanon relies on foreign loans for basic goods. russia's media regulator plans to block twitter

within a month if it fails to delete band content on the action is thought to be related to demonstrations supporting the jailed opposition leader alexina vali the kremlin says twitter posts are inciting violence. and on the subject of russian opposition leader alex in a volley he claims he's being held in the equivalent of a concentration camp a kremlin critic spoke out in an instagram post mr volley says he is under constant surveillance with a prison guard waking him throughout the night question of ali is serving several years in a labor camp he was going to dictate of violating parole terms by traveling to germany after a poisoning attack. let's get the latest now from journalist at the merits theo 1st of all how was mr valma able to send an instagram message from behind the prison walls. well as far as we understand he's policy these

messages on to his lawyer is he then pays them to social media and only himself doesn't have access to a failure when he's not able to speak to journalists now he's in jail but all his accounts on all platforms are still active being run by his team and that's very important for him and for his supporters because that street ition li how they get their message out because they're completely sidelined by official russian state media so how did his supporters and family react to this message. and not even about what we don't have any official statement from his family yet his supporters have been sharing this message very widely on social media there's a big sense of relief that he has been communicating a tall because for the last few days he's been out of contact we didn't know you

which prison which institution he was being held in and that has happened before since his jailing he has a house gone out of contact while he's being transferred from one institution to another and when that happens among his supporters there's naturally a great deal of anxiety because they believe that he is in the hands of the people who try it's to poison him who tried to kill him only a few months ago what do we know theo about the penal colony where mr valma is currently being held. well we know from former inmates he spake before mist in the valley he was transferred there that this is a very tough institution there being reports of violence there have been reports of psychological pressure isolation for inmates obviously we know a bit more about it from these points of view from that instagram post but some

people who have been there before have said that this is where this state sends prisoners that they really want to break say this is a tough place for anyone to be and what were you able to infer about his condition current condition there. well from the instagram post he describes these very bleak conditions some very tough regime colony but as he says if you deal with it with humor you can get through anything and that is what he seems to be doing that with some rather funny moments even in instagram message and he concludes by by saying he's doing well and that's one of the unique things about in a valley on the russian political scene that he is able to withstand this kind of pressure on keep his sense of humor intact say certainly his supporters will be

relieved to see that. ability hasn't abandoned him just yet the emirates reporting from moscow thank you. next icelanders are hoping this volcano will erupt soon and and weeks of sleepless nights cost by tremors tens of thousands of minor earthquakes have rattled homes and experts are calling it an unprecedented seismic event or the quakes are caused by molten rock trying to force its way to the surface. experts say it could happen at any minute. here on the wreck in this peninsula icelanders wait for an imminent eruption in the area surrounding night. but among the few residents in this small fishing town the mood is not so much one of concern as it is exhaustion so the situation in the grip of it is quite uncomfortable right now everyone is sleep

deprived because the earth is constantly moving all day on lights some with quakes up bigger than others randy. is a school teacher and lifelong resident here. experts say that an eruption from the brewing volcano will likely occur in an uninhabited zone and not pose a threat to the 10s residence what can be expected is a spectacular lava show with fine tunes which could extend up to 20 or even 100 meters in the air. i think everyone who lives and get into it is just waiting for an eruption it will be a slow and steady iraq show they tell us just so we can get more peace and quiet and i know there will be a birth quicks but maybe not as big as we have power. many are escaping to the capital of reykjavik merely to get

a break and escape the night tremors but guttman is daughter is staying behind she's confident there will be enough advance warning if the threat to residents increases as for now she only. year ends for a good night's sleep. some sports news now for you and the ever modest slot on abraham of each is calling his return to international football for the 1st time in 5 years the return of the cot while the 39 year old striker place club football for ac milan and has been included in sweden squad for 2 upcoming world cup qualifiers it will mean it but i hear of it scored a record 62 goals and 116 games for sweden if you plays he'll become the oldest player ever for sweden's national team. right now the top story that we're tracking for you this hour the european medicines agency has said there is no indication that astra zeneca is

a corona virus vaccine causes blood clots several european countries have suspended vaccinations with the shot dangers he says back seems benefits outweighed the risks . that's all for me for now next up is bent and with our poop at 19th special show us even at the top of. the fight against the corona virus tend to have a. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19 special. on t w. d b r fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of them has a problem of didn't who are you to. clean the thing is kiss on the children who have

always been the way and that's you and those that will follow are part of a new kind of. they could be the future of. granting opportunities for global news that matters d.w. made for mines. the measures meant to protect us from the coronavirus aren't always inclusive. take social distancing not at all easy and sometimes impossible to adhere to for people with disabilities. roughly one in 6 people have experience a form of disability. must make communication hard for the hearing impaired like this young man in uganda who otherwise relies on lip reading.

at coffee houses just or is the 1st sign language on the cafe uganda's capital kampala indira coffee says it wants to create employment for the deaf community with the ultimate goal of raising awareness for this marginalized group of people especially during these even tougher times of the pandemic. is dave so he uses sign language to communicate he's worked as a barista at this. income. when i make good coffee. or not perfectly and i get a positive feedback that makes me really happy especially if it comes from different customers. graduated from university 3 years ago but since then he's had difficulty finding a job uganda has one of the world's highest youth unemployment rates.

resources that being dave makes it even worse. i would apply for jobs write letters sent even and all that but whenever i mention that i was deaf they became afraid of working with me either and they wouldn't give a chance they wouldn't hire me. as workmates had beef too but that doesn't stop them from offering great service to their customers and brain blowing them the owner of the company wants to help break down stereotypes i guess they did if. we wanted to inspire the ever companies and employers out there to employ give people because we are capable and want to use these people here as role model. according to official figures uganda has

1800000 different people that is about 3 percent of the total relation of the activists see that this number could be higher. sees that different people are often not taken into account by the government decides to recentre distribution of 3 fifths musts which is cities did not put into their needs into derek consideration. on advisors the international disability alliance and joins us from new york when it comes to covert 19 aap people with disabilities more vulnerable. definitely yes 1st of all 80 percent of persons the disabilities of all over the world live in poverty and poverty means they have difficulty is access saying the very basic things required to protect themselves against cover at 19 for many of them. social distancing is really not feasible thank you madge and i am

a blind woman myself and how can i make sure that i am 6 feet away from people in a supermarket if i go shopping or how can i get help from people to cross the very busy in fact this little strait in new york. so that's it like so because of that studies have shown that persons that disabilities are much more wall of all especially for example persons down syndrome are up to 60 time more likely to die because of that 90000 that in that case why is that. the reason is that they have all of the underlying health condition and because of their all like their condition of tick down syndrome and because of the lack of access to information because old information really relevant to how to protect yourself against coverage 19 is not really provide it in a format that they can access it should be plain language for persons that doll

syndrome should be in sign language for those who are death captioning should be out a little but none of these are really provide it so they don't learn how to protect themselves and if cash uncovered nineteen's purses the disabilities are more likely to experience more serious symptoms and lose their lives well it's like so much in this crisis things have been thought through to the end have they had how inclusive would you say coronavirus restrictions have been for people with disabilities. well not really we had cases where example in the uganda that a deaf person but shot by the police just because he didn't hear that there was a curfew. we have cases that essential services have been decided without the being you know considering situation of persons the disability is that for example fixing your wheelchair or your hearing aid is considered an essential service so

these measures have been taken proper consideration of persons the disability and if you ask me why i would tell you because they didn't invite persons a disability and there are presented to it organizations are on the table when they were talking about. coverage $1000.00 restrictions if they had some of us are on the table the would have told them what to do and what not to do to include us sure what what about the when the rollout of vaccines were those groups invited to the table to advise on making. that at least more inclusive. well not in many countries in some countries the do have inclusion and here we are asking for prioritizing persons that disability and accessing that situation because we are in higher risk groups as i explained so if rolling out of the vaccine should happen on the basis of at risk we are experiencing more risk should we prioritize

and sometime trees pierces the disability have done successful advocacy not 100 percent successful but at least they have achieved some priority but in many countries they have been left out from vaccination what about women with disabilities how they've been treated during this pandemic well i don't thing this is the difficulty imagine because imagine you're living as a woman you're living as a woman the disability in poverty you're already experiencing a lot of barriers and then such a situation like a pandemic happens your defers to be less alt so you have to have cases that women with disabilities could not access. their sexual and reproductive rights. to alliance and have you is and couldn't complain because they were relying on family members to give support and of course then you are relying on someone for support

the dollar any monitoring it puts you in a situation of being dollar for the games. and fortune. you oversee many countries and receive reports from various regions any good examples of inclusion joining the pandemic. yes there have been examples for example in some countries they have started broadcasting at public briefings at all cobbett 19 in sign language which means that if persons can also access it and sometimes trees social protection schemes have been introduced to provide additional support for persons with disabilities and their family members. and together we are allies the national disability and development costs early on and we as the alliance of organizations all persons that disability have introduced a few campaigns since the pandemic hit and we have managed to gain some success in

making the global. fight against coverage 19 more disability inclusive for example health organization has started to provide captioning in their public briefings which means that those who cannot follow the audio can rate what is being set but still i mean a long way to go good to hear at least that there are some inroads being made to see if he and she advises the international disability alliance thank you very much for being on the show today european medicines agency says there's no indication that astra zeneca is corona virus vaccine is the cause of reported blood clots it says the benefits of the vaccine continue to outweigh the risks the regulator adds that the blood clot events very rare but need to be evaluated several countries have suspended the rollout of the astra zeneca vaccine following reports the people who received the job in denmark and norway developed blood clots. let's get you over to our science correspondent now derek williams he's been looking at the

questions you've been sending us on how you tube channel. how long can vaccine side effects last conforte indicate it's working. i want to leave all the speculation about blood clotting and the astra zeneca vaccine behind for a minute and focus on what we know for certain about common minor side of facts reported in connection with covert vaccines pretty much all of the ones approved so far in various parts of the world appear to be pretty react to janet which means they regularly cause mild side effects like like pain and swelling at the injection site as well as things like like fatigue headache fever chills or aching joints the single shot johnson and johnson back seen appears to cause

those effects somewhat less often in 2 dose m.r.i. they vaccines they seem to occur more commonly after the 2nd dose while the opposite seems to hold true for the astra zeneca vaccine. another point worth mentioning is that younger people seem to react more often and more powerfully than the elderly and it's thought that's because they have more responsive immune systems authorities say the symptoms can last a few days but but in most of the firsthand reports that i read they subsided within 36 hours the good news is that side effects while unpleasant are actually a sign that the vaccine is the doing what it's supposed to do which is laying the groundwork for an immune response so the. if you are infected with the by wrists

your body can get to work straight away wiping it out personally i'm more than happy to experience a day or 2 of discomfort if i know that i'll be protected afterwards from a potentially life threatening case of tobit 19 that sounds like a really great deal to me and with terry thanks for watching.

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