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n so many portions of lunch are thrown out in the water right no climate treatment different hope to store. faces wife leslie way from just one week. how much work can really get. we still have time to. i'm doing. what. could subscribe and more news like this. $314000.00 new infections in a single day it's the worst corona virus outbreak for any country. india's hospitals are close to collapse they are running out of medication and all suggest. that. 2000 people. bone.

india had come off relatively lightly during the pandemic but the number of infections has rocketed in recent weeks. why is the big question some doctors blame more infectious variants others point to loose restrictions and people letting down their guard after hearing about the vaccine or following india's fairly unscathed brush with the 1st wave we'll talk to an expert in delhi in a moment 1st this report. many in india thought they had got the better of the pandemic but now the country is being overwhelmed by a devastating new way. no city is as badly hit as delhi. as cases explode hospitals that are at breaking point. some patients are forced to share at bat and there's an acute shortage of oxygen.

this is the chief minister says the system has reached its limits. the beds the covert 9000 patients often ling up rapidly patients are being admitted to the hospitals very quickly intensive care beds are in short supply and less than 100 i.c.u. beds are available in. all torches in delhi had already imposed a lockdown over the weekend ordering all but essential services to close local leaders hope the decision to step up the measures will help to mitigate the crisis some welcome the restrictions but others fear if they are not allowed to work the consequences could be drastic. it is essential that there's a lot down here because right now the virus is spreading

a lot. the problem with a lot down is as daily wage and as you get 100 to 300 rupees a day well we go how will we eat well we sleep is the government going to come and give us this daily wage. but now with one in 3 tests in delhi turning out positive the government say it must act to avert a greater disaster the fear is that the surge in cases is due to a new more infectious variant of the virus they're calling on people to be more disciplined about sticking to the rules. that critics are also asking why religious festivals and political rallies that's a fuelling cases as participants return to cities like delhi are still being allowed to go ahead. for tens of thousands of families such questions come too late. and if current trends desist then many more will find themselves in the same tragic situation.

is chair of the center of social medicine and community health a neighborhood university just how tragic is the situation what have you been experiencing well in short the situation is extremely distressing but to go live for those who require bad or oxygen some order intensive care support. it is also very troubling given that the number of cases are continuing to rise and as the report just said that there's positive dear it is nearly 30 percent that that goes on to show that this trend is going to continue for some foreseeable weeks. the numbers are absolutely awful let's just take a little look at them out of one and a half 1000000000 people living of 15000000 cases and more than 265000 infections a day what's your explanation. well the most common

explanation is one of negligence or complacency but that's not the entire explanation because even in the 1st phase it's not that the preventive behaviors of preventive practices are absolutely top order there won't as very limited surveys and the fact is that the service when they meet that has shown what is important is that the cases began to rise with coinciding with the import of the u.k. strain 1st. identified in the last week of december which significant lead to rise in the northern indian state of punjab as red as i did because you know local homegrown variants the b 1617 as we now know rich rich later went on to become militant as it's popularly known as the point is that these 2 have spread incredibly fast and have simply

outstripped the health services what about some of these political rallies and festivals turning into so-called super spread or events i mean what's to celebrate when so many people are dying. now the fact that the disaster management act the national disaster management act remains in force in the country belies explanations why even some of this came of actually happening a lot by the admins and by the local administrations in fact several of the medical associations doctors were these had written have already written to the election commission of india drawing attention to these rallies and it's only belatedly find me the election commission orders for down limiting it to 500 persons as are you part congregation so here's the link here is that the government or the people the people who decide to go along to these rallies in advance. both certainly because

the disaster management act is in force there's a very detailed standard operating procedure for various congregations whether you whether it's a reading that they whether it's cremation. how much how many seats for example can be occupied in a cinema hall on many seats can be filled up in a bus how many have to be emptied in a coffee and so on and so forth so there is not done to of these details of these procedures. what happened to lessons learned from the 1st wave and from so many other places that have had the 3rd or 4th waves this is only the 2nd wave and we're talking about the biggest rise in infections while wide. well the experience both from this pandemic in other countries as well as on the influenza pandemics is that the 2nd wave will most inevitably is very big and there's largely because young adults. get affected which is exactly the feature here. in the in the earlier

phase in february in some of the districts of maharashtra the rest an indian state including the financial capital mumbai in some of these states that test positive did rate has been as high as 50 percent in fact 50 percent plus that goes on to show. that it is the variant spreading very fast and not though not necessarily the fate of the not necessarily more fatal but because they're not transmissible led to a bust of cases which completely outstripped medical services and therefore leading to some excess mortality. just briefly and finally can you offer indians watching our show today some some sort of hold well the the state and the courts have often taken a contrarian position of lives versus livelihoods these supreme court today also took so much of cognizance of that. the government will consider it as

a national emergency and we hope that these emergency measures would be predicted put in pretty fast state and central governments and local bodies back to the drawing boards but it could still take a couple of weeks perhaps to offer some sucker i think desk to thank you very much for being on the show today joining us from delhi there thank you. time to head you go over to our very own derek williams he's got a viewer question on you guessed it maxi. the 1st dose of a vaccine different from the 2nd one. the most all of the dozen or so vaccines now coming into arms around the world are given in 2 doses with the recommended interval between then depending on the vaccine between 2 and 12 weeks the ways that different vaccines provoke an immune response very some are based on

messenger r.n.a. that causes your cells to make this ours kovi to spike protein others smuggle the same genetic information into the body panicked and harmless out no viruses that act like taxis into your cells while some of the chinese vaccines employ more traditional platform a full version of the corona virus that's been and activated in the early all of the 2 dose vaccines the 2 shots administered are identical though there is an exception to that rule the doses of the russian sputnik the vaccine are made with 2 different at no viruses that cause colds although 'd both have been genetically engineered to carry the same sars coby to spike protein genes the vaccine was

designed that way to ensure that the booster shot so the 2nd one would work even if recipients developed a strong immune response to the carrier virus in the 1st of those other trials base on the same principle which is called heter all the guests prime boozed and there are also now going on with other vaccines some of those trials are combining different vaccines in different ways to see whether that might make the immune response to sars coby to an even stronger or or more lasting. now here's something i would try to harm the french known for their protest culture and that hasn't stopped in the pandemic just take the longer a shops which have protested by sending the prime minister their panties in a t. independent underwear stores want their businesses classed as essential allowing

them to stay open during lockdowns owners say is most of the business then 60 bed way well fitting for routes are essential for the likes of pregnant women for example they need a bit of extra support of course they hope an avalanche of protest panties will change the p.m.'s mind. thanks for watching stay safe and see you again sir. to own. or not to own the world. what about assuring economy instead. the change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new.

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personal drama. people have to telstra feel remember. and they share private footage with us that has never been seen before. back to terminal starts of people 20 years on t w. i world such a beautiful place and yet this is what we're faced with on a daily basis not during the pandemic but maybe that's what it takes a pandemic to make us rethink about how we get about our cities could soon mean

taking off to work all literally zipping down the road to grab a bite or without food make its way to us in a completely new vision way. what about really thinking green well more of a switch to bicycles i did a long time ago it saved me time money a lot of stress and keeps me fit rethinking mobility pedal power gives you a sense of freedom and independence and in times like these it allows you to stay out in the fresh air rather than cramming on to public transport and to keep your distance from everyone else where the cars give cyclists. the distance they need is another story some are so overly polite that they drive all the way around you keeping up to 3 meters distance others zip by leaving just a whisker between you and death's door the rule in germany is at least one and a half meters but what would our cities look like if we got rid of the cops.

demonstrations in berlin take to their bikes they want more car free cycling rates in the city center more pedestrian zones and generally fewer cars in the capital a friend that is out of work i think there's enough infrastructure for motorised transport so. what we need is to make more provision for cyclists and we need to fight for a greener berlin why not just that i'm. meanwhile cars can't get through forced to make way for the cyclists. what do these motorists think about cyclists as it needs to be space for both not just the cyclists all the cars everyone's important and on. how about a quarter cycle or valid email cycling in all its forms has become a hit image and capital. worth of equipment is part average speed in the city is 25

kilometers an hour otherwise 30. today the protest is being allowed on to the city freeway the police once again holding back the cars but in state government has adopted new transport policies in recent years adding cycle lanes and converting some streets into cycling and pedestrian zones but some want to more radical approach as a working obvious and from fox we want a referendum on drastically reducing traffic in berlin normally the streets are stuffed full of cars and we think that's unfair especially in inner cities where so many people no longer use a car yet have to sacrifice so much space to them cars just aren't in keeping with the times anymore. in many parts of the world in the cities are being rapidly transformed we spoke to one architect who's one aware of the challenges. a pandemic is serving to speed up

a process that has long been under way. just take a walk through our protest rooms. and you'll see the problems. people are doing more shopping online department stores especially have suffered in recent years and the pandemic has made things worse. a lot of shop space and car parks now stand empty. this is former department store in the center of a west german city was converted into an apartment building with shops. no one here needs a car now. inside took the puzzles line it's important to cater to both living and working in the city. that's the only way to reduce the amount of commuter traffic. here. this building in berlin central mitta district was

also designed for people without a car there are shops artist studios apartments and offices to all designed for a living and working under one roof passers by can look inside this like the flower beds is an intentional feature they are just my duty to get lets you know what's going on out there who's passing by and i get to enjoy the plants that are growing here to my friends. there's no doubt that in a cities with fewer vehicles a more pleasant denmark's capital copenhagen has banned all cars from the city center. paris is planning to plant more trees on the shelves eliseo and around the arc de triomphe in an effort to cut traffic significantly. in new york parts of broadway near times square already caffrey dotted with street cafes designed by danish urban planners.

car makers have also understood that times are changing v.w. has developed. driving shuttles and. taxies of the future and help the cops in a city traffic. branches moving from being a pure auto maker to becoming a mobility provider so whether you buy a car from us lease or rented or just use it and whether you drive yourself or not our business model works either way ready. back to the bike rally in berlin or the demonstrators are making a bigger line for the city's been freeway. if they get that way the german capital will one day no longer need a freeway to calm least. i often cycle through berlin thinking how different the city of look if there weren't any cars sold streets. landscapes

totally governed by cars so much so that you take it for granted but imagine if we just had parkland gardens and trees it'd be pretty amazing and instead we've got endless kilometers of asphalt this sort of thing as well from time to time a memorial for a cyclist hit by a car or truck it's already been 2 such incidents this year in the german capital because a driver turned without looking over their shoulder. marcel schmidt has been driving a truck for 30 years the fun of hitting a cyclist while turning a corner has always been his worst nightmare and he knows it could happen any time . my dad said that my height even if it wasn't my fault and the cyclist had gone through a red light and didn't die but was seriously injured. i don't know how i deal with it. or if i ever get in a truck again. unfortunately it's never happened to him and in the past it was an

even bigger problem than now. the modest step of normal mirrors on each side between a missile going on. you had such a big blind spot if you wanted a round about ice but you want to go like this and want this so you could see. and then you get a situation where you think there's no one coming and then looks in a month you know. statistics show that around $28.00 cyclists die every year in germany because they're over the winter by truck drivers turning but how can it still be happening so often trucks do have their mirrors after all. but the problem is they're not enough. let's take a look at what drivers can actually see. with

a side view mirror the driver can see this area and this area. but not this one any cyclist in this blind spot won't be seen. and that's why a blind spot assist mechanism was developed to help at junctions. sensors scan the area that the driver can see if there's something there it sounds in alarm. good job you guys don't use the blindspot assistance great sometimes it peaks a lot even when there's no one there because it senses some kind of object and thinks it's a cyclist but that's ok. whenever it p.c. lean over and look and if there's really a danger you do an emergency stop among them if you're going to for the. muscle schmidt works for a transport and logistics company called eminence. it's been using blindspot assistance technology for many years and. so far 85 percent of its fleet has been

equipped with the sensors the company believes safety systems like this are important because every action can have dramatic consequences. we didn't introduce it because it's compulsory otherwise we would have waited for the law to change your mind we acted in our own interest on behalf of our employees for their safety safety of our vehicles and other road users. from july next year only trucks in the european union will have to be equipped with blind spot assistance systems. trucks that regularly supply goods to europe must also be fitted with the latest safety systems. a few years ago this all the company in ukraine 10 trucks with

modern driver system systems not an easy decision the costs involved are considerable. too for your former top sister get the blindspot assist costs around 1500 euros but truck but it all adds up to the starting price for a truck is 100000 euros. or stone you have to add enough to force. 2000 euros small for all the optional extras so everyone has to calculate whether they can really afford it. was more. here in ukraine the drivers are also very much in favor of the safety systems. for every truck should have a blindspot sensor system installed and even cars need to have a lane departure warning and emergency braking systems. where you see every is things have been made to stand there long ago it would have saved many lives more moved to be used.

just kidding that's the main departure warning. marcel schmidt just grateful for every safety feature and provide it but at the same time he knows in the end it's the driver who's responsible. country can rely on the technology completely it's great and definitely a help but you shouldn't rely on it. and what happens when you take the driver out of the equation when it's up to algorithms to decide on watch or who's worth slamming on the brakes full or if it comes down to swerving to miss a child but taking someone else's life instead. out official intelligence and self driving cars a still in development with lots of an answer to questions and it's going to take

a lot longer than the auto experts originally expected electric cars made while it finally started to catch on there are a big subsidies for german motorists and a heap more choice the race between v.w. and tesla for example is heating up it wasn't that long ago that declared it was going green hue the last quarter of last year it overtook tesla evy ical sales this was once modern and this will soon be. innovation drives the auto industry as to sales figures and market power pioneers are challenging the big names but who's in the driver's seat. he was long dismissed as crazy must began making electric cars in the early 2000 it's his test the brand is now a major player selling 500000 vehicles a year its market value higher than all the german car makers put together but the winds of change are coming the german automaker is switching to all electric.

truly early late fast slow when it comes to technical innovation that's always an impossible question i'd say folks falcon was right on time. electric cars are growing in popularity many governments now offer buyers financial incentives folks wagon is converting plants at a cost of 35000000000 euros over the next 3 years. it's also the best for you w. has many more models than tesla if they all can that 2 electric eye for the next few years will soon overtake tesla battery production is another focus the german car maker eventually once batteries made in europe using green electricity. we want to ensure that we're well supplied with high quality battery cells and ultimately bring our costs into line through economies of scale. so the

car of the future will be electric and what else the trend is towards driving cars that need the driver free to focus on more important things a living room or office on wheels. so the car becomes not just a mode of transport for the next tension of the home. and it's up to us to design the vehicle accordingly cause need to be ready. so the customer can work play all read at leisure all. connectivity is clearly going to be key but perhaps not just inside the car ellen angle says automakers need to see the bigger picture. hitting and after he gets caught in a corner i specially now in the pandemic i would like to have seen automakers investing in the development of new mobility concept concept. this could be apps that allow customers to decide how to get from a to b.

perhaps a single platform that offers various forms of transport here to automakers risk falling behind. us could. companies like amazon and others are already very strong in this area it would certainly not be sensible to wait until they have the perfect solution on the market but to take the initiative now. we've designed a digital customer interface using our we connect services and will continue to expand and develop. the carmakers are working on their digital strategy individually as rivals the prospect of one big mobility platform for all isn't on the cards. there have been ideas and discussions on not but no decisions yet. so there's plenty of room for innovators from other industries to play google and

apple are already on the job. even aircraft maker sense an opportunity. if there's any big breakthrough the german automaker could once again find itself playing catch up. and from 4 wheels to 2 you think it'll be a little harder to win over real redhead's when it comes to going electric and there are a lot of hurdles when it comes to the technology but motorbikes a racing up the popularity ladder we put 2 of them to the test drivers dhoni and kai static. we're going to find out who is queen or king of even the cycles. i don't have the feeling. i gave the 3rd. and therefore we prepared some seriously gruesome challenges for these 2 beauties.

the electric powered by eggs have similar steps so it promises to be a fight the 0 as far as has 110 horsepower and the premier model will set you back about 26000 euros in germany. is heavier and packs slightly less horse power at $105.00 it costs around $33000.00 the manufacturers want to show their modern side 0 major cycle says a startup from the u.s. and it's often called the test on 2 wheels. harley davidson has long stood for loud motors and the smell of gas but even it launched its 1st electric model in 2019 its clients are becoming more environmentally conscious and electric motorcycles are becoming more popular in 2020 in the e.u. sales grew by 50 percent to almost $19000.00 units already so it's taking which bike i would say there's 2 options we can either fight it out or do rock paper

scissors what do you prefer i would say we do rock paper scissors but the winner takes a harley. want to prove. so we hit the road very quietly the loudest thing is the sound of the other vehicles around us and the ride feels pretty solid in city traffic it's actually easier because you don't have to shift gears all the time. because it's our 1st time out on the motorbike. x. and we have a long day ahead of us we're worried about the range so we've both opted for the eco mode whenever we break or take our hand off the accelerator it generates power for the battery. we start our competition with a drag race on a go cart test track outside berlin. drag race means who's fastest off the mark.

on your mark get set. go. victoria for the. so it's 0. but biking is more than just going fast the real test of a bike can be at slow speeds and you can easily lose balance so it's time for a challenge number 2 getting slow without touching the ground. are come our colors there's. little or no.

i'm sure i can win the next challenge to breaking. wheel speed up to 60 kilometers an hour and brake as hard as we can. frank is not really convinced by the accuracy of this test. we have you can't really compare that because it depends how fast you're moving one or 2 kilometers an hour would make a difference when did you start to break it's time for you both to do it at the same time you know that's why it's hard to use that to compare which bike has the better brakes. not. the next test is probably more interesting for every day riders 1st we take the bikes through some lovely brand book countryside

to run the batteries down. time for the charge challenge. the harley says it's capable of super charging which could be a reason to buy it but apparently not at this station and says oh my god if this really takes 8 hours which i don't then we'll stay here until forever but luckily it wasn't 8 hours after an hour the harley was half charged turns out charging. busy or s.o.'s isn't any easier either. after another they were almost fully charged both bikes disappointed with the range we got which was less than promised are our final challenge because everyone has something very special and they know you will love it because because it's a risk yes if there aren't then the once you're used to. mom so far both bikes have 2 points each will win the crown our instructor frank lays down

the gauntlet on a conventional petrol bike it's not that fast. now it's julia's turn. that on. average. you think 1st of all a pretty good. i want to hit the gas. there she goes you do it in 0. 55

that's quite ok for holly right. now it's time to prove that my 0 is better. ready to go. under a vengeance. please. look.

or how do i do it as good as the coach. so all the pressures on the racetrack hold off a little bit but look at this new look for. we're back at where we started so i'm risking our queen of emotive cycles considering the challengers i won the bright braised and the go cart track and i won the slow driving and the braking. so that's technically a time but even billet is all about charging right well the charging with the harley like i was just insane this is definitely in a great going against a minus point this is a lovely bike but the charging was a just a pain in the book so with all this in our minds who do you think should get the crown well the be perfectly honest and think the 0 deserves to crown the charging process with the life i have just no fun so. i should do it yes i'm going to say

road get you maybe a crown. welded up when i. come up. and see car putting up much of a fight for that crowd after calling it technically a tie but he's a good sport both of them are that's it for this week thanks for watching.

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