outlets in the world press freedom index the country is now at position $64.00 down $46.00 places in 6 years but the government says it's low ranking it's politically motivated. i think poland is an example of how things should be what for now but as you know by has got its war it. press freedom is certainly when it comes to democracy in poland. if this freedom vanishes there will be consequences. a problem well known in brussels the e.u. commission says they are concerned but cannot do much about it they don't have still sufficiently strong e.u. legislation which the thought that the media so it is not so easy to take decisive action journalists in poland wants to fight for their independence just like their call exe in hungary or slovenia but they also see they need to see more action from

brussels to defend media freedom in the european union. and thus today marks the world press freedom day what better day to reveal the winner of the freedom of speech award this year investigative journalist from nigeria from an age for women's rights and called out injustice it's an insight into some of her most challenging investigations. a few things excite to portray of or even more than finding a good story. i've seen is fiery 8 red to prove whites who really aren't. in a good trade in male sexuality and gun. of warre has been speaking out against injustice and she was a little girl encouraged by her father she decided to become an investigative journalist. i watched we met. through ted i watched your

drain banks retired unjustly. i was there in the same been poorly and although i love the loathing when i'm walking free. now they are about to make that comment from so that really laid the foundation for what i do now wanting to give voice to the voiceless with the power to rethink the world. of worries work sometimes involves changing her identity all her stories affect her personally but none of them impacted her life as much as her 2013 investigation into nigeria's human trafficking mafia the story unfolded on the street allan avenue a popular hot spot for prostitution for 7 months of war he was an undercover sex worker here it was the toughest most frightening and most challenging investigation one she wasn't prepared for she was raped abused and so to people beheaded in front of her. that i see that it's a depression. that was the trauma that post-traumatic stress

disorder. that's happening at some points it's quite brought it up look inside our. of warriors still recovering from that experience has story served as the inspiration for the netflix film or no 2 you're a child or not she's made several other award winning investigations and is adamant she's not stopping any time soon. most european countries have been relying on lockdowns masks and travel bans to suppress the numbers of coronavirus cases but sweden has taken a rather different path because its top epidemiologist doesn't agree with lockdowns but the country is now seeing a surge in infections health authorities are urging people to follow their advice but will they listen to w teri schultz reports. sweden seen as the land of sweet liberty for

those chief ing against coronavirus closures curfews and mandatory masks while most of europe has been in various stages of lockdown over the last year swedes have been skiing shopping dining and drinking restrictions in swedish restaurants mean giving customers space and closing at 8 pm i think we have taken away a round hole for the tables so we have one bank gun jimmy head waiter at the concern and restaurant in stockholm says sweden's done it right. in learn from czech republic they come or taking it we were. just free to freedom the architect of this model state epidemiologist anders tecno who did basically the same as many other countries produce it sounds like a different free for all trying to do. my bit more than not assist to pinpoint what

to do when you throw stones but tenuous different way has seen sweden record a far higher death toll than its closest neighbors finland and norway a comparison he rejects they all flyers sweden compare very much more true belgium australia even germany and sweden these among the 5 to 10 countries for the least excess mortada to sit in europe but sweden's care homes in particular were hit hard last year and still now hospitals warn intensive care units are nearly overwhelmed in december even the king said he thought the strategy had failed but techno stands by his recommendations he says the only problem with them is that people don't follow them take masks for example understand doesn't believe they're very effective so on public transportation riders are urged but not required to mask up during rush hours few appear to do. so some feel that's

a failure of the government's covert 1000 communications strategy at least journalism professor christian christianson says the lax approach to mask wearing exposes inequalities in swedish society in danger especially minorities you're seeing people who are probably in lower paying jobs service industry jobs must take public transportation there on park trains in the morning day in day out with hundreds of people in a small container i think it's reasonable to ask like you know might that not be a possible public health problem if they make it more tight that everyone should make it and should wear a mask that would be very important maybe we could have spare some life so a new emergency law gives the government temporary power to impose a lockdown but it hasn't been used polls show some swedes have lost faith in their country's approach to stuff our blood isn't one of them he still trusts in enders ted now here a person like this different kind of way and crisis in the world we did it in

a way where people still could have a lot of their freedom and for me freedom is really important our group blood support isn't likely to fade quickly last year he immortalized the epidemiologist on his epidermis. for me and now wants his country banned from taking part in this year's tokyo olympics he says a regime involved in genocide doesn't deserve to be part of the games when tesoro is a vocal critic of the country's military rulers and says that a little pig participation risks legitimizing the regime. we always one of the other months top swimmers based in australia he's met the standard to qualify for this year's tokyo olympics but despite all the training he's put into a cheating mat he says he won't now take part even if selected because of the military coup in his country. there should be an international boycott of the name

or let the committee and and there are teams being set to global sporting events because that those teams will be use as propaganda by the military regime to legitimize their rule and their life. when ted competed for me on mar of the 2019 southeast asian games with the unrest continuing in this country he's calling on the international olympic committee are you see to intervene. at the very least i expect the i.o.c. this and investigative team to myanmar if they can because i do have fears that many in their athletes are being intimidated or threatened to either participate in the olympic games or an international sporting events. winter olympic tree may not of course of the starting blocks. for him a restoration of democracy in myanmar would be

a much bigger victory. one of the world's top selling artists is beaming a message of hope that a post pandemic age is dawning david hockney has created a giant i mean waited so long to london's piccadilly circus throughout may the video will also be shown you go to los angeles tokyo and seoul 83 year old painter drew at his home in france on a tablet computer. about the tale of an 8 creature and her human companion a film about that bond won best documentary feature at this year's oscars my ox. supposed teacher was filmed in the waters off cape town and it's become a source of pride for the people at. dodger. training. it's a captivating tale of friendship south african filmmaker and naturalists craig

foster was intrigued by a young octopus he found in an underwater forest near cape town foster began to document their daily interactions and the mollusk wowed him and his fellow directors this curiosity turned a personal video project into a full length documentary. i think it's lots of ways and we incrementally built it to be something that could feel terribly cruel. and not really interested in this all natural history in this environment so of everything great is going to as a human being is all there relatable things he's dealing with guilt disappointment he's conflicted about things he's trying to sort of. security. and patience and assimilation always of human qualities that are being questioned serious stories just the context. and the effort is well come on

ground in cape town. market if you have a profound effect not just on a time when interest images make a finding something. significant but to falling off a building. you know how you how do you follow that. it's a lesson in how humans and nature can co-exist in mutual appreciation. coming up next in the w. news asia. why india scuppering party failed to win a king regional vote despite a huge campaign afros. i'd look at india's record on press freedom and how the government is trying to shape the narrative on the coronavirus i'm gonna. listen child will have those stories on it just

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the media control an initiative of the european union. you're watching news asia coming up today is it a setback for indian prime minister narendra modi's party in regional elections that finished this weekend as the pandemic spiked his ruling b.j. pete did not win in a key state of western golf despite an aggressive campaign. and on world press freedom day what india's track record when it comes to open media especially when the government in power has shown so much hostility towards journalists. i'm melissa chana thank you for joining us on news asia parts of india finished

holding regional elections this weekend and they were closely watched as possible indicators for how people feel the ruling national government of prime minister new rended modi is doing but it was the incumbent triple congress or a i t c that prevailed by a nearly 3 to one majority of the b j p a day to gain new seats western goal saw a lot of attention in part because modi's b j p spent so much time and energy campaigning there. the pandemic has played its part in the election as it has in so many elections around the world this past year with many citizens pinning the blame on modi when the cases started rising up. but turns out that it was in the 1st week or so that the government had no idea they're not prepared for anything if you don't have enough ventilators in one hospital forget about all the whatever you need for the entire

50 argument armies we have minnows joshi with us he's a distinguished fellow at the observer research foundation my notion that pandemic has played a role in the outcomes of these regional elections but do we know how much well actually i was just reading. the newspaper analysis in the don't even deal with the pandemic. significantly in reading you know all of the. 6 or 7 different. segments and they say that there was no change in the. 2 meaning congressman. right through. you know i'm not sure that the people in the oakum. i am still carious though is it really possible about the pen demick has not played a role in people's feelings in terms of how they feel about modi's government i mean he's just pivoted to focus on the fight against cove it to help shore up his

support what do you think about that and do you think moving forward this will have an impact on politics in india. well it could have an impact no you see the thing is that as the the elections were going on bingo was not immediately affected by the type of things that are happening now in delhi or now miami or in some of these other places you know where people are running around the administration has collapsed but in bangalore the elections are going on the people didn't quite focus on what is happening elsewhere meaning what was happening in maharashtra. or in delhi but no people are focusing on it and people are focusing on the absolutely. the state was within a week meeting the state is doing nothing next to nothing in being with this spending and that will have an impact i think in the coming days and so the chief minister is going to have a lot of pressure on for

a while but if depending on the course of the pandemic in respect of meaning just hope it shapes up dealing with it yes it's going to be you know more than a handful if it catches on like it caught on in maharashtra. almost catastrophe but no maharashtra is improving but indeed as i said it's the pandemic is going on unchecked and there is absolutely to go there is no government meaning people are running it on their own looking for oxygen cylinders hospital beds medicines so if that kind of a situation occurs let's see how the west bank or government deals with it but they said that for the future that i don't happen doesn't. function so much for your insights. it's world press freedom day and we're sticking to india and taking

a closer look at its record for democracy the country ranks poorly 142nd on the index compiled by reporters without borders which says it has become one of the world's most dangerous countries to report in and like in many other places the government has used the pandemic as a pretext for its policies infringing on civil liberties. a health system that's crumbling. as the outbreak in india rages many have turned to social media to voice their criticisms about the country's handling of the crisis. criticism that the government has decided to go after. in april it ordered social media platforms to take down dozens of posts including critiques from politicians that accused the government of underplaying the crisis on the same day a report in newspaper the australian titled modi leads india into apocalypse

prompted a shop rejoinder from indian representatives and camera the high commissioner asked the news outlet to refrain from publishing quote such baseless articles in the future. the covert crisis critics say is another blow to the already media and press freedom in the country. under to be g p party which has been leading the government since 2014 journalists say intimidation and attacks against them have increased. in jammu and kashmir for example when the region was put under lockdown in 2019 after being stripped of his political autonomy journalist struggled to keep objectivity in their reports. and why do we really.

in the latest global press freedom index india rank at this moment 100 and 42nd out of 180 countries and regions reporters without borders khost india one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists citing killings attacks prosecutions and coordinated hate campaigns against them. it also slams the government for taking advantage of the pen demick to step up control over news coverage like reports from supriya sharma the executive editor of a new sports over suresh to an accused of defamation and negligence that could cause a corona virus to spread. a delhi based think tank price and risk analysis group says dozens of journalists were booked by the police or even arrested for their reporting on covert 19. were prime minister narendra modi came to office

in 2014 he said quote our democracy will not sustain if we can't guarantee freedom of speech and expression a statement many find contrary to what's happening in the country right now. joining us as pamela phillipos journalist and man for india news site the wire pamela the wire has aggressively covered the government in power as it would presume for any other political party in power but there will be j.p. has taken this quite personally tell us more yes it's only just introduce you. to actually and sure i'm not a. that doesn't or t.t. platform says bell has. a new spot so basically

it is controlling the narrative that is the intention and. the government then has the right to ask us to censor settles all of they have the right to take down all content that they consider a sense kid that's a bit more detail about how cold it has given the authorities an excuse to curtail press freedom yes then cool it began when the pandemic began last year the 2 intention was that the government and the government was very interested in projecting itself that someone or some entity that this totally in control and then the talk of the government of course it is the son defied in the state the office the prime minister mr neville and there most of the so basically it was seen as

a way off trajectory in the netherlands or more of these governance than mortal and best choice was made important that the media the media as not it conforms to the government's narrative and what was attempted at that time that was about your local awas your job the more the government reached out to all ness of the media as well as senior journalists and i asked them for their cooperation in handling a very deceitful situation of course everyone understood that it wasn't the sequence and that we didn't want to spread by nick so that was james. this junk decision right now we have come to help us. oh sorry inishmaan i thought what shoulder was that they bent to court

and try to get a court injunction against the media's coverage right and so you have issues with covered also the legislation how can careless in india fight back. you know the moment gun journalists in india facing a triple whammy on the one hand they have who lived and many of them are falling ill and dying a slow bit they have quite a few 100 people who have been affected to run the other hand you have governments trying to control it and the media narrative and finally you have a direct stake your question arrests and so on so you have this triple whammy that journalists are chasing how they're like that yes it does it. does it's just for individual journalists to fight back although there are of

united nations and networks trying to you know bring the johns together and played hide their voice stress thank you so much pamela phillipos. that's it for this monday there's always more on our website d.w. dot com for slash asia we need you with pictures of celebrations over the results of those weekend's regional elections in india thank you for watching see you tomorrow and good bye. to.

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most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles law stops. herd immunity could be our best chance of getting back to enjoying ourselves together if enough people have the antibodies for covered 19 the entire population can be protected but is that an impossible dream can global herd immunity ever be achieved without it with a pandemic ever be truly over as vaccinations ramp up these are the questions being asked around the world. from robots in berlin welcome to the it always covered 19 special now we've been hearing the term herd immunity throughout the pandemic in the early days when some

were suggesting we should let infections run riot to achieve it as fast as possible and nowadays with vaccinations making it possible to boost the population's protection in a controlled and rather safer way but how does herd immunity actually work let's have a look. what is herd immunity. if many in a herd are immune to a disease the pathogen cannot spread further that's when herd immunity is achieved . why is herd immunity important. we can use it to protect the weak babies for example they're too young to be vaccinated against some disease it's for people with chronic diseases as well because they can't tolerate vaccinations those with a weak immune system such as after chemotherapy also benefit because herd immunity reduces the risk of getting infected. how many have to be immune and.

that varies depending on the disease the important factor is the reproduction rate of a pathogen it indicates the number of people on average that one infected person will pass on a virus to the higher the number the more infectious it is for measles the basic reproduction rate is 15 for covert $1000.00 that's about 3. hours herd immunity calculated. very simply with this formula where h. is equal to one minus one divided by r.'s 0 for the corona virus that means that the herd immunity h. is one minus one divided by 3 which is 2 thirds that means 2 thirds of the population must be immune to have heard immunity and germany that would be over 50000000 people. what conditions must be met. the prerequisite for herd immunity is that the antibodies we produce an infection need to protect us in the long term with covert 19 it's not yet clear how long

someone who has survived the disease will be immune what is certain is that people who have been infected are protected for at least several weeks. when i speak to edwin michael he's an epidemic ologist the university of south florida college of public health thanks for joining us on the call the 19 special you've been modeling timelines for immunity so i suppose the place to start is. is it possible to achieve it and if so when and if you look at the models which are. predictions of you know the fraction of people that we need to demonize to get herd immunity that is a function of you know the competition rate it is a function of the efficacy of the vaccines you know so those 2 will vary between places and if you look at how people are mixing if you look at you know the normal

models of e.u. which is the worst case scenario if you assume people are mixing randomly then you can work out what fraction of people might need to be immunized to get herd immunity and that works out far. between 80 to 95 percent. or 80 to 8090 percent of the people who need to be vaccinated to get herd immunity not answer your question we are now above 50 percent 50 just above 50 percent of people who are immune year in the u.s. you know it's a combination of acquired immunity as well as vaccine india's immunity so that means we have to go you know another 30 percent of the people need to get immunized in order to achieve herd immunity can be acute herd immunity well that's going to depend on people taking up the vaccines and that kick up is slowing and also there's a substantial people who are going to resist getting the vaccine now we were just

to have a night of status here ali we're just talking about the united states can you name it i am and you know ahead of me seems like a tangible concept there although that there a lot of people still need to be persuaded to get a vaccine to get that but what about for the entire world can i mean is it realistic to say that you can get there for the entire world. yeah i mean if you look at you know if you look at vaccination rates you know and i don't see huge difference. between countries the top countries would be israel as we know united arab emirates you know and among the major countries is the u.k. and the united states you know and they are reaching 50 percent of both already and if you look at europe and the european countries in general the other european the e.u. countries is between 20 to 30 percent you know and so there are a long way to go so you know it's so the countries that have started vaccinating

very early of reach very high levels of immunity already the rest of the country africa's going to be a concern not much is known and you've seen what is happening in india with just below 10 percent of the population being immunized you know and the danger with that is if you release ocean my here is you're going to get the kinds of spikes all the way to the hill seeing in india which is devastating you know that country so you're right there's a long long way to go before globally you're going to achieve herd immunity and so i think when one meets a little had a nice economy if. we're talking about herd immunity to specific strains of coronavirus only talking about in a 2 to 2 every possible incarnation of the snow coronavirus that's a really good question you know and that is going to depend on the kinds of immune

responses which are been in use by the vaccines right and if you look at a vaccine yes the m.r. and the rx in there are you know the immune response you know is induced a spike protein yes my view no that is a whole range of immune response of spike of good is not just one particular response to the spike protein. so if you got another strain on last that strain you know the mutation the strain is completely novel and completely you know else you have hundreds i could even you know that is going to reduce the i have to do c. of the vaccines you know it is the happy to see rates which is going to govern the passion of people there the need to immunize now evolutionarily you know getting to debt kind of in a brand new straight you know if it's a long shot you know for the wireless as well so we can just right now was similarly i think could be looking at needing multiple herd immunity is right it is

not actually they are aiming 10 this pandemic with her immunity is that we need her immunities to the various different variants yeah i mean yes because africa's is world very you know. between strains you know the vaccine or to disease and that's going to dig you know the amount of people that you're going to need to vaccinate but in general you know really even if i can present in a difference in the africans the rates you know of the vaccines against the different strains we're still looking at dad you know that window of you know 80 to 90 percent right of people need to be vaccinated at or most of the universe to have if you like you look at it you know globally if you want to see the end of this pandemic it's a global phenomenon but we're get there one day hopefully and when michael from the university of south florida's college of public health thanks for joining us thank

you for now you may be one of the lucky ones who's already been vaccinated against covered 19 if so you may have also asked yourself today's question for our science correspondent very quickly. how long with the vaccines of protection. we don't know yet and even when we do know more there won't be a single answer to this question since about a dozen different vaccines are currently in use around the world and since they're made by different manufacturers and are based on a range of different platforms they almost certainly won't all protect people for the same periods of time on average what we can say is that the makers of some of the 1st vaccines to enter use widely last december are now reporting back

that levels of antibodies have generally remained quite high in recipients which is an indicator that those people are still well protected 6 months after getting their shots those results have researchers hopeful that immune response at least that induced by those vaccines will last at least a year and possibly a lot longer but developers aren't leaving it to chance and most have already started modifying and testing the next generation of vaccines some of which specifically target variants of concern trials involving a 3rd booster shot with them are ongoing and don't forget though there's no sign yet that vaccine induced protection is is beginning to wane even if it does that won't happen overnight and even if immunity does start to drop faster than

predicted health care authorities would notice it early and a lot of the experts i have read seem to be pretty confident that we'll be able to respond quickly. williams. if you got a question for derek you can submit one through our you tube channel we're putting as many through them a many of them to him as we've also become and before we go things are starting to look a little bit more like normal in the spanish capital madrid where the 1st boat fight has been held since the pandemic began seating was restricted and spectators wore face masks as they watched master doors take on 7 both in a charity event to raise money for out of work both fighters just take another dog and another tradition was also back on a movie rights protesters outside raising their objections while remaining socially just. not so for me and this covered 19

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