i. think for more security more freedom more dignity have their hopes been fulfilled. where does the world stand today 10 years after the arab spring. a rebellion starts june 7th all in d w. you're watching news asia coming up today surpassing a market that no country wants to reach india logs 20000000 recorded covert cases as the crisis continues in the in vattel country and health officials faced and new variants of the cone of virus and neighboring bangladesh developments in india's nervously will find out how the country has been coping as it hopes to avoid its own covert crisis.

i'm melissa chana thank you for joining us india has crossed the 20000000 threshold when it comes to covert cases and that's only the officially recorded infections experts say the actual numbers could be 5 to 10 times higher the oxygen shortage at hospitals continues and the health care system remains overwhelmed with not enough beds or drugs for patients the infection rate is slowing down however and the government is aggressively vaccinating as many people as possible in the country of 1400000000 here and we to cima in delhi with more. the worst largest manufacturer of vaccines is based in the serum institute of india owned by this institution has been a key role in india's vaccination going along with another indigenous in good vaccine. people are asking themselves with a really do government underestimated its need for maxine's after the 1st wave of

the golden virus indeed india and the began next thursday vaccines some 66000000 doses of vaccine were sent in dozens of countries as applied to india's vaccination diplomacy the country's gender dispute also was appreciated but now in defines its job slot it's also started getting now that seems to overseas for example that russia's v. is not being used it is that solution. and india isn't just importing vaccines from abroad it has stopped exporting its own production of them as well and that threatens to have a serious knock on effect for other countries still waiting to immunize their own populations india is a powerhouse behind kovacs the international program coronating vaccines to the world's poorest nations about half of kovacs doses are on order from india sara institute through kovacs and bilateral deals many countries are depending on india

that includes nations in africa and asia places including afghanistan myanmar and bangladesh let's take a closer look now at bangladesh now dhaka is relying on india to pull through and deliver doses until then health officials have put the country on lockdown and while infections have started dropping the government has decided to extend the measures for now but that is turning out to be terribly tough for the poorest people in the country. there are many new mouths to feed in the bangladeshi capital dhaka. the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown are hitting people hard. especially those already straining to make ends meet. for many the food provided by this charity is all they have to eat at the end of their daily ramadan fast or if. i mean if i've lost my job

it is coronavirus pandemic i have no earnings so i come here for if tar good it's wrong to go buy all these are staying i pull my rickshaw under the sun on them but i make very little money and i'm too poor to buy if they are so i come here for free food. the government imposed districts nationwide locked down in a poll to try to contain a massive surge in infections. they're optimistic that the measures are working as cases appear to be falling. but the restrictions are taking a heavy toll. more than 2 thirds of people in bangladesh have been forced to stop work or close their businesses at least for a time because of the pandemic. downs are hitting our bread and butter would be my start date around medan because of the lock down i have to keep my shot closed the dates are rotting as i was unable to sell them this is difficult for us these lockdowns and the would be recovered in my purview is in skullcaps are still inside

my closed shop i was expecting to sell them all during the month of ramadan before he'd but i doubt that's going to happen it is very problematic for us. but the government is resisting pressure to open up more quickly saying this would lead to more casualties especially with the end of ramadan approaching in the middle of may. they're also concerned that what's happening in india could come to bangladesh . they say if the indian variant is allowed to circulate on the streets of bundlers desh the consequences would be devastating. the urging bangladeshis not to let their guard down despite their desire to get back to normal for many though the situation is already dire and will only get worse if the pandemic is not brought under control. joining us is chamonix hussein who leaves the public health association of bangladesh and has been working on public health matters for several

decades i'm curious because we've seen this play out across the world the poor are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic what is the government of bangladesh doing about that thank you very much. for. joining us. but it's still the big ocean waves there. saw during the log so one of those comment is. just so hold. your. religion is not i mean. that's one support is given but there are number of organizations and us.

are also coming up. living situations of these poor souls who are not working. we're working on a daily basis and some of them are all. so that's. where it might be going. and as a public health expert you know that the economic situation always goes hand in hand now you've been tracking the pandemic from the beginning and one thing i'm curious about is are you worried about a surge after ramadan ends later this month. second surge has. community rage. our. second week of march but fortunately.

just come down and what is not. now is $97.00. but. during the not month. i mean you know we have been. it's best to close there are a lot of mormon top. people from one. place there are a lot of mormons in the market that react. me yet. news arts. one when it is very much our situation so that's an ugly bill expires we are waiting. to leave and how this really is to get the set. heard. where we are all in the. where. there is this pastor was

who called in march. this was duty on. march. and then there was quite a reduction in. my year i. was only. so it's half it least i'm thinking so it's definitely something to watch i would want to quickly ask you how concerned you are about this cold with a very uncertain lading in india just next door. so her. missions. in bangladesh we will try julie i can get this. so far so far. this year is our institutions who are working. but of course. getting very very.

close the. last 2 weeks. and that will give. these. variants. to monitor the situation because you do have a long border chamonix who are saying thank you so much for joining us. thank you as we've been my mentioning a new double mutation of the corona virus has been partly blamed for the rapid increase in cases in india and something that makes neighboring states such as bangladesh particularly vulnerable experts say it is more infectious and deadly than earlier variants here's what we know the west indian state of maharashtra is weatherby 1617 very into the current

a virus was 1st recorded in december 2020 the strain has 2 mutations on a spike preteen that's the bit of the virus that gets into our body cells both genetic mutations of cooked up before around the world in other strains of the current a virus and when they did they willing to the virus passing between people more easily they were also linked to the virus being better able to get past the body's defenses. briefly the 1st metric increase it gave across india more or less the north of the theme i'm suggesting that what might be happening is that something that it was the sort of between people is very rapidly moving through the population of people who are yet to contract infection and therefore spreading faster. but how quickly does this new type spread to get a handle on mad researches need to be able to see when people have it. and when they die from it which means sequencing the viruses genes that research has been

extremely limited so far in india out of millions of cases in this new wave only around a 1000 sequences have been published meanwhile scientists across the world are working to find out how deadly b. 1617 is as the number of people dying continues to rise there anstice can't come quickly enough. that's it for today there's always more on our website d.w. dot com for its flash asia we leave you with pictures of people across asia getting their coded vaccinations or administering down thank you for watching each mile and good by.

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it helps connect people with mental health services like telephone hotlines and suicide prevention centers. she says no life should be lost or has reported more than 20000000 cases of covered 19 although the actual figure may be much higher than that as well as the immense physical toll of the pandemic it's also putting enormous strain on the mental health of indians lockdowns death illness and job insecurity all have an impact on how people feel. breakdowns feel anxiety these other words 29 year old uses when asked about how she's coping with the 2nd week of school with 90. water parents. and her father has been in the hospital for days brussels only been an emotional me him in the 2nd wave my dad became a victim and a very serious one and it just made me realise how crazy things are at the moment

runs an online mental health platform mind. which connects people to terrorists. and the statistics are enough to tell her that she is not alone. about from anxiety depression and grief that many are already experiencing she says a lot of young people may end up suffering with p.t.s.d. post-traumatic stress disorder last year there were about 50 to 60 pepys that were coming in in one day and right now from the last 3 to 4 weeks at least that has started to 50 or be the 2nd wave has been catastrophic images of people gasping for breath and collapsing in front of hospitals been no beds or oxygen are available have impacted the mental wellbeing of many some experts are convinced this we've had to good a mental health epidemic. and we can now speak to dr sami parikh joins us from

delhi he leads the department of mental health behavioral sciences at fortis thanks for joining us we've just been hearing from indians particularly young indians talking about their struggles with their mental health during this pandemic is the health care provision van for people to seek help. to ask mr. eakins mental health billions if you look worldwide depletions in the 1st 2000000 people globally something from it the leaders have more than 500 percent shortage of mental an expert in our country that is legal now what we need to understand is if yes what politicians will be happening how many have a lot more people people are talking about people held so many so this is all true visions are not merely about exploiting explanation when it comes to our part of

the word it will also involve the family support friends social media are communicating with your primary physicians and my deeper level is the guy not a good listener supported and guided that's what of it i welcome you take the dimension help coming i suppose from within communities rather than necessarily from health care professionals but one of the things about india is that it's enormously diverse does that make it challenging to him ensure that all groups are getting the sort of help that they need. but that's not theists i mean. even if you look at it again i need to use the word example because it gives the context to it that the largely have more explodes of a blunder the mental instability the india and as you move down to linear the percentage will expose would come down so what happens in excess

simplicity video says the lot it's this ability to do says naturally there is more stigma is most to change the there is more discrimination there most troubles because it is not available and it could be something as simple as lead to having a piece of the inside the and needing a certain form of expertise but in terms of guidance on many occasions so yes it does make it difficult but at the same time i must see this thread are right at the start of course and one still in medicine was allowed in our country what it has showed all of us is that digital interferes and dealing with this it is probably going to be in years to come along the solution for the bank plus diverse country like ours because you have somebody said in my easily not having an expert for a lot of minds right now and just fell off the bike to get exploited by these medications counseling sitting with the diplomats is where they are because of the

internet access and i think that the transition they call it is big and i truly believe that in the years to god that instantly interferes is going to bridge the media's gaps we have made less notices another change that you mentioned just earlier was that people are talking more about mental health now than before earlier in the program we mentioned a campaign by a deepika padukone who is an actor who's been talking about her own experiences of mental health is it possible that. a positive change in attitudes could come as a result of the pandemic the difficult one to answer is intent. and what level i feel. sad that would we need to bring them into 2 lovely mughal nations around midland mental coalitions have been increasing over the past decade or not the example if you go

you'll be in often even non-celebrity years ago musician which is a few years now so it's not do it go away has been talking about it much earlier and then more and more people start talking the old metal and the issues the fact that the if it can help it does have an impact we have good except the old models and influence has had an immense impact specially on the other population that that's an absolute fact and what's happening in europe call it is step and individual may not realize that they are talking about mental health but it is mental health has been addressed for example the fear of getting an illness and the fear of what if something happens to your family fear of getting treatment on demand all of these inside these angry heard stresses later examination sub results jobs it cannot me all of these psycho social factors do give stress so that people start talking about it you know and that's also primarily in the

engine of badly hurt because the other day when bottling it up you are talking about it because you realize it's only you mustn't. forget them because a pandemic because of this ban so now look at nets about distress is easier so i'm new to share anything about it has become lost pointed out and which i think is also you know me and into mention fall a country they guard because they couldn't see explication is not dissolution. the strength of india always had be it did and family system sushil system so the boy did it did he give aged. communication that happens it this this social baillieu it is the spirit it's all of all of these that was it is that we have that continues to be a strength the family system look at all of this international increases not only

have to do your 1st you know love the clintons happy show so india's fastener says in this case perhaps its strength dr sami apart from forces health has been fascinating and what you've had to say thanks for joining us. now is trying to answer another of the questions you've been sending interest stays is also about the effects of the coronavirus on the mind over to our science correspondent derek williams. what are the neurological symptoms associated with covert 19 and blong covert. coded 19 can affect different people in very different ways and a certain number of those who contract it develop neurological symptoms by some calculations actually a lot more people experience them than then people who don't in the active phase of

the illness those symptoms can include dizziness confusion tingling or numbing strategies a loss of smell and taste and in more serious cases delirium seizures and stroke doctors say the neurological symptoms could be caused by a number of factors in patients who have serious respiratory distress for instance oxygen deprivation in the brain can play a key role but but an out of control immune response could also contribute to symptoms and in some patients at least the virus appears to also directly infect the brain or nerves and some symptoms can persist or or even 1st appear after survivors have supposedly recovered from covert 19 as an aspect of this still undefined condition often generically called long code

a recent large scale study looking at a wide range of neurological and psychiatric outcomes in patients 6 months after infection found that around one in 3 had complaints in those areas most often anxiety or mood disorders so what are generally classified as mental health issues and although there was some correlation with disease severity with the. people who had bad cases of covert 19 more likely to suffer serious neurological complaints many long term symptoms were also far from uncommon in people who had moderate cases of the disease. eric williams that's not so from the studio you covered $900.00 special from all over to the current of our section of the t. to me website still to read about.

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this is the news live from 23 there's a metro bridge collapses in mexico city. from the road below to be elevated tracks gives way bringing the latest from the mexican capital also on the program as the european commission seeks a way to allow tourists back into the u.s greece pushes ahead with plans to open. in 10 days. india's coronavirus caseload tops 20000000 but it's fascination drive. the health system. and she's the hollywood to put. country. oscar winning film and is unlikely to get a general release in 1900 china could be impacted by using censorship of the u.s. film industry.

welcome to the program. a train accident in mexico city has left at least 23 people dead and dozens injured authorities say an elevated section of the metro rail system collapsed as a train passed through on monday night local residents have previously expressed concerns about cracks in the structure the country's president has promised a full investigation. to train carriages hang precariously above the road creating a daunting rescue operation for emergency workers relatives of those trapped and faced a nervous wait for any news. my daughter in law told us she was with my son and she told us the structure fell down over them. and.

12 is the newest of mexico city's metro system the train was traveling between stops when the overpass gave way sending rubble and carriages tumbling down onto a busy road. rescue workers initially used ladders to gain access to the survivors before authorities halted the rescue operation due to concerns the train could fall at any moment. the crane later arrives to secure the carriages. our main task is to attend to the people who are in the hospitals to attend to the relatives of the victims who unfortunately died in this incident the public prosecutor's office will carry out all the investigations and will make all the expert reports to find out what happened in this accident on line 12 of the subway . construction was plagued by

complaints and there are reports that damage was noticed on the overpass many years ago. we join journalist carry. international correspondent carry what's happening there now. the whole area is cordoned off and they're going to try remove the rubble and i believe they have gotten all the bodies out and transported to local hospitals what's being said about the course of this incident. well as your report showed you could see that it was on an elevated. highway an elevated platform there where the train passed over and there is giant concrete girders and it's believed that one of the girders had given out and then. it's too soon to tell but it's just after riddick site you see where that elevated part just collapsed and the 2 trains just be

shaved on to the you know onto each other and onto the roadway below luckily this is a part of the metro system that is above ground most of the system especially in the center of the city is underground all underground and this was above ground and it was also in the median so when those cars did come down they didn't crash onto the busy beltway below they crashed into the medium although there was one car that was reportedly crashed and somebody was brought out alive miraculously from the crashed car but the victim it was late at night. the metro system had been under utilized because of the pandemic and it has a big area of contagion and it was before the station so that limited a lot of the fatalities but it's just a horrific sight to see just mental cables in the car dangling there are still. there were reports of the previous reports of cracks in the structure. yes there

was a large earthquake that hit very close to mexico city and there was a lot of damage in 2017 and neighbors and users of that mine had said that they had seen cracks and there had been complaints about it this line is one of the newest that it's been built in mexico city it was it opened in 2012 and it has been plagued with problems from the get go there was the inquiries about some of the construction it was close for a year maybe a little bit more in 2014 for repairs and it's just it hasn't been one of the better lines and in mexico city mexico city is a huge metro system it is back up and running now but they're going to ask about you know our thorough investigation is being demanded on this the president spoke about it this morning in his daily news conference he said that he will ask for an external investigation and anybody who needs to be held responsible will be held responsible and that's quite curious because. his foreign minister right now his

current foreign minister wrestler bride was the mayor of mexico city when line 12 was opened in 2012 and he has himself said that he is willing to cooperate with any invest in any authorities necessary he's at their disposition and he was get to the bottom of why this horrible event happened to others to mexico city thank. you welcome. and we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world lebanon and israel have resumed in direct talks over the disputed sea border and the u.s. mediation goes ations between the long standing enemy stalled last year because of disagreements over demarcation lines the 2 sides are officially at war and there are recurring flare ups along the border. foreign ministers from the g 7 the group of industrialized countries are holding a 2nd day of talks head of

a leaders' summit in june many of the world's biggest geopolitical issues are on the agenda at the meeting in london including the military coup in myanmar on the war in syria. on calls chief executive says our government is working on new legislation to tackle what she called the spread of misinformation hatred and lies carrying bombs announcement came during a crackdown on the democracy and press freedom within the chinese territory. was isolation drives in many countries gather pace governments looking for ways to open tourist seasons safely and lift restrictions on cultural values culture and tourism ministers of g 20 countries are holding virtual talks today as the day after the european commission outlined recommend a sions on reopening the european union's external borders to nonessential travel the proposal would allow entry to foreign visitors who have been fully documented with a look vaccine or who are from countries where the pandemic is under control and

would also be common criteria for travel within the e.u. but nationally faction rates are still very quietly and potential travelers are likely to encounter different rules wherever they go. will d.w. spoke with greece's tourism minister harry thier harrison asked him if he thought it was possible for the e.u. to agree a common approach. yes we don't think it's just possible we think it's essential it's very very important we saw it last year we showed with the pandemic that how difficult it was to coordinate and how difficult it was to coordinate the opening of tourism last year but we are armed with more knowledge of the tourism opening programs of various countries 70 of greece's are much more mature we have more knowledge and we have more tools in our arsenal the vaccination programs and the fast as they are up it are so so it's essential that we we coordinate and we

welcome the if you like increased drive by various governments in europe including germany is to support 1st of all the green digital past the suggestion back in the 12th of january letter of prime minister goes with that i guess 2 or 3 or 4 lane for the situation of such a person and we need to take it one step further and coordinate the different measures to allow trust to be built again as the greek tourism minister. haris for now will take a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic the european medicines agency has started a fast track review of the curve of 19 vaccine produced by chinese manufacture sign of attack the 1st step towards it's possible approval for use within the e.u. for says it urgently needs at least 1600000 doses of astra zeneca is kind of a 1000 vaccine to administer 2nd shots in ounce when it comes as the country sees a record surge in new cases and denmark has announced plans to very open schools

and allowed a range of indoor activities this week and since to many will require either a recent negative test proof of vacillation or recovering from the virus. well the number of cases in india has officially topped 20000000 many experts believe the real figure of deaths of infections a much higher and the same time supply shortages are hampering the national vaccination drive and the health system is under the weight of new cases. there is no room for these patients at this hospital instead they are made to wait outside and let hoping that the oxygen supply will hold out as ambulances queue at hospitals other means of transport also taking on a crucial role trains are india's lifeblood its tracks holding freight and people across the country vast land mass today they also offer

a lifeline and this locomotive pulls a precious cargo oxygen headed to the worst hit areas. india's railroads have been drafted into the country's emergency response in other ways to. 11 train coaches have been converted into isolation wards there's a separate coach for the doctors that's 12 isolation coaches available here there are 2 oxygen cylinders in each coach and we've set up 9 air coolers as well sprinklers on the ceiling control the temperature 16 patients can be accommodated in each coach and sanitation waste disposal arrangements have also been made. ingenuity and improvise ation doing their bit to stem the rising tide of coronavirus deaths but it's not enough to shield the modi government from anger over its failure to prevent this deadly 2nd wave of the pandemic. it was

a contribution factor to an unexpected loss for the prime minister's b j b party losing an important state election in west bank go. much like the surgeon infections this is not what modi had in mind when he declared the end of the pandemic at political rallies all of it india after business calculation his political fortunes may be linked to the coronavirus more closely than ever. let's turn to detail because many of the challenger e in delhi welcome an era how far it is trying to reverse this surge of 20000000 cases a little it seems to have gotten into our pledging well now. actually it's now being taken at 1st if the government is trying to increase the pace of that initial process as well just receivers are trying to up it was looking less well queues and lockdowns this is going to do the stress of the why is the government is also

trying to ramp up the production of that seat and even today there are a lie of essential things like oxygen and life saving drugs but the situation is such that we are now weeks into the 2nd we and we're still struggling if we talk about days specifically there just that church is crumbling it is fire all of fresh beyond its capacity and now pressure mounting on the wall the go to an ounce and we should make love don't like it did last year because many including many experts believe that that is the only now to break the chain of transmission but we've seen lots of pictures over the last week of plane loads of overseas medical aid arriving how much difference is that making. well yes well let's see if bill coming in and it will definitely have a positive and bad because our little across the country are in a fuel shortage of medical necessity of medical equipment or medicine but

all that because our little across the country are in a fuel shortage of medical necessity of medical equipment or medicine but also coming in now these this evil has its reach is that a destination and we have seen reports coming in off really what nagel equipment and lifesaving drugs believe after the airport's full and even even beat that they had will have to step in and up the customs to clear up the concentrate or the last both bazzi i wanted to just start there and these equipment i really want for a lot of patients with the poor 90 so there are just evolutions that is just coming in but the execution seem to get clobbered all right and you mentioned the supplier of vaccines well we're learning now that india of course is one of the world's biggest suppliers of vaccines and yet the facing a severe shortage itself how does that happen. well i got multiple reasons for that astrid it's an explosives have been saying that the government underestimated the

domestic demand. because after all as a 2nd lease in we saw a huge increase in the demand of execution what's have been saying that the government underestimated the domestic demand throughout the nation because after all as a 2nd leave in we saw a huge increase in the demand a bad solution what a bad thing at the d.n.c. there we're just going to leave you with the tide coming up and these are the 2nd wave is extremely just now experts are saying that this is something that the government could not foresee just by what means as reports have come up be something that one needs made on for one side to whites as one big government there will be a 2nd we have any we will get us and to the left the government ignores what we are also been criticism of the government for its decision to export a lot of them back to the south without actually having a couple strategy placed to bassinet its own population which is a sizable one that innate actions of the country including the syrian listed.