has often been in short supply. how it is flowing from town. 60 minutes. from. whenever a shipment of biotech pfizer coronavirus vaccine arrives in south africa it makes the headlines. because the country's vaccination program has been struggling because off to a late start 1st using astra zeneca has job but that was stopped over its ineffectiveness against the variant spreading rapidly in the country. then south africa turned to johnson and johnson's vaccine. that roll out due to concerns about

side effects. with a 2nd wave of infection now behind life is starting to appear normal in south africa and it may not stay down for. welcome to this covered 19 special hour of what's in berlin the coronavirus situation in south africa has relaxed in recent weeks the country has now put one of the world's hottest lock downs and 2 worrying waves of new cases behind it the number of new daily infections around 2000 a day just a 10th of what it was in late january the 2nd peak you can see that but the improvement it's a spight a slow start in south africa's vaccination campaign and its battle with a new taters fires variant creech reports. camps bay in cape town a concern about the pandemics. as far away here in the last days of summer many people

are still socially distancing but the mask mandate is rarely followed to be honest i'm just enjoying the vix today and the law it's. the law of the like the weekends are just 2 minutes those days. i miss the guy. i am happy that i'm free i'm able to come to the beach and have fun with friends. even dog. like all of a sudden. people couldn't come to the beach. enjoying the sea you know. but this is life. life is coming back to normal the economy has been open like you know we have many of. the. humans are going to. the opposite. direction and then me anymore and maybe we

won't. destruction and more. and you know that it's all the. antibodies studies show that almost half of the population of cape town has already been infected in densely populated townships the rate is even higher the excess death rate suggests that more than $150000.00 people have died of corona virus during the pandemic. virus just involve gun pizer worries that a mutation could be more resistant against vaccines as well as the antibodies people develop after early infections similar to the brazilian mutation time but this hasn't been verified by studies there's still no proof of a higher death rate among the new mutations and there are glimmers of hope that district within cape town that they were badly affected to the 1st wave seem to be less badly affected during the 2nd wave and that makes one think of 1st somehow

protective effect some some likely evidence of some protective effect even after picture with the previous type of virus no it came to the very end but what we think is that if you had in fiction with the new variant of virus you would be immune to it against any preceding wards and that is the good news. highs and his team are already preparing for the 3rd wave and they're increasing testing capacities since so many rules aren't being adhered to the number of new infections could start rising again. so we can now speak to cheryl color. and here is the head of the center for responsive tree disease at south africa's national institute for communicable diseases thank you very much for joining us on the covered 19 special how would you characterize the coronavirus situation in south africa is there a feeling that it's over the worst. so thanks for having me i think you know right

now in south africa case numbers are i had a relatively low level and they have been reducing since the peak of stick and wave around the new year benefit me you know wouldn't characterize it as the. risk is over and we know from from previous waves that you know case numbers reach very high levels and then they came down but they certainly remains a risk to case numbers may increase again so right now you know except in a small number of provinces his numbers are generally at a low level that doesn't mean at all that they'd be complacent all think that the society will remain at this level you know you're working on the assumption that there will be a wave or a you i suppose hoping that it can just be avoided. well so i think. you know if we look at or think about the possibility of a 3rd wave we know that we have no experience to large waves in south africa but

there have been a number of studies looking at population immunity a proportion of people that have been infected in the country and while here in some areas of the country immunity levels appear to be fairly high even as high as 60 the scenes i mean in the areas of the western cape we we we know there's been intense transmission other areas have much lower levels of people that have been affected just sitting around 3030 percent so so so based on that i mean it would appear to be lacky that there will be a 3rd wave. and you know that also taking into account affected restrictions have relaxed substantially since the peak of the wave mostly around trying to get the economy growing and generate economic activity so i think most experts would agree that it is lacking that it will be another wave inside africa as opposed to difficulties perhaps 2 to predict the timing and the magnitude of that where one of the things i suppose you're hoping is have that wave off with

facts and nations but the vaccination program isn't going as well as might have hoped. so i think pixelation got off to a slow start there was hope largely related to concerns about about the new variant which which did emerge in south africa really around the time of their running out of the vaccination program so so i went on now at about 350000 health care workers have been vaccinated through a program. really focusing on health care workers out of about 21500000 potentially eligible health care workers but i think south africa is planning over the next few weeks in fact to move into a match more actually scaled intensive vaccination program the plan and number of several 1000000 doses are expected to arrive in the country over the next few manned. their target group is expanding within the next 3 weeks to include individuals over the age of 60 with

a plan to to really decrease that age been quite rapidly over the subsequent months i'm certain there is a plan to need to apps girl vaccination repine any eventual target is really to get to about 2 thirds of the population vaccinated towards the end of this year in 2 into next year. you know he had restrictions song for example of the use of the astra zeneca vaccine and also there was a pause at the johnson and johnson baxi as south africa tied its own hands by making these restrictions. well i think every i think the 2 issues are different i think that johnson and johnson was a pause with regard to safety concerns and i think that you know that's quite a normal thing in media other countries in europe and other parts of the world also instituted a pause in response to the safety concerns until we got information they confirmed that the vaccine was safe yes that may have had

a negative impact on the existence of the vaccine but you know i think that again may have been experiencing in other parts of the world with regard to to the astra zeneca i think it was it is a complex decision and you know i think it is but i wouldn't say we've tied our hands i think now the government is really secured. you know supply of a number of other vaccine products which are supposed coming into the country over the next few weeks. thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us cheryl cohen from south africa's national institute for communicable diseases. now it's time to answer more of your questions about science correspondent rick williams. is there any conclusive evidence for avoiding alcohol before or after receiving a covert going team vaccine. asking for conclusive evidence for anything in this pandemic is setting the bar pretty high which is why most of the commentary that i

read on this topic has has been pretty head and and i couldn't find any really clear directives issued by trustworthy healthcare bodies like the c.d.c. your the w.h.o. saying you should stop drinking completely before or between vaccine shots maybe it's best therefore to start by looking at the conclusive evidence that we do have we know alcohol abuse is bad for your house pretty much everyone agrees on that and there are convincing studies out there showing that one of the things regular heavy alcohol consumption impacts negatively is immune system response there are other studies however showing that light or moderate drinking doesn't have the same impact and even some indicating it might actually bolster your immune response

so so most medical professionals appear to be adopting a kind of middle of the road approach to this question and saying hey it's fine to have a celebratory beer or a glass of champagne after you've been vaccinated but adding that it's never a good idea to overindulge particularly after receiving a vaccination after all aside from the potential direct health considerations of that having a hangover would almost certainly make any potential vaccine side effects even less pleasant to deal with. eric williams that and before we go a reminder that nowhere is safe from covered 19 not even the highest place on earth more than 30 climbers have just been evacuated from the foot of mount everest after taking over from coronavirus. suffers a 2nd wave of infections the country's tourism sector depends on the thousands of

people who come every year to climb the world's tallest mountain it's now trying to recover from a total shutdown of the himalayan summits last year. that's all from this data you covered $9000.00 special for more checkouts data we don't call it 90 taken.

it. an ongoing quest for a bit of. the arab spring began in 2011. people stood up against corrupt travellers and dictatorship. all these moments. had left deep box in my memory.

they have hoped for more security more freedom more dignity. and have their hopes fulfilled. in years after the arab spring the rebellion starts june 7th d.w. . on this edition of arts and culture a look at how well war 2 anti nazi activist sophie show might have used instagram had she been a young woman today also coming up. the legacy of another revolutionary 100 years since his birth we'll find out why groundbreaking conceptual artist joseph boyce is still making waves. and the work of a serbian sculptor who transforms weapons of war into instruments of communication

and harmony. welcome to the show 100 years after her birth and almost 80 since her death sophie show remains a powerful symbol of peaceful resistance against tyranny in 1943 the student who was executed for her brave attempts to resist the nazi dictatorship she was just 21 shoulder argumentative a short life using diaries and letters imagine what she could have done today with instagram that was the idea that inspired a new project in germany launched to mark her 17 away. the mines in atlanta. started and. the film shoot at the end of march depicting sophie

shows a rival in munich her brother hance is there to pick her up actress luna vader is $21.00 the same age as sophie short in the last year of her life. this is the sort of the it's a great honor to play sophie shaw of course there's a certain amount of pressure because you want to do justice to this person what's great was so sure is that there are quite a few biographies her own diaries and especially the correspondence between her and fritz it's such a gift because it lets you get right inside her head. same has also based the instagram story on sophie shaw's letters to her fiance and other historical sources everything is as authentic as possible the narrative is packaged as a multimedia chorus with new installments on instagram every day illustrations photos reenacted scenes video clips but only what sophie herself might have seen.

is a pharmacy form gives us the opportunity to get snow sophie shell on a much more personal level to relate what made up her everyday life with not just telling the classic sophie short story that everybody knows and then. make it illustrations show scenes from the war but also more magical moments and the dreams of sophie shaw. may 9th 942 sophie's birthday filming yourself at the same time is a challenge. to have health care yourself you have the monologues but it's also excite. because you have to capture scenes in a completely different way you have the vertical format and you have to work it out with several people so every scene is like a little package that you open up and you see what comes out of the sky and. the birthday party and other scenes depict emotional every day moments feelings

that young instagram users may be able to identify with. your sophie was is our heroine our resistance fighter but she's also a very normal multi-faceted woman with insecurities the whole journey up to this point was a huge struggle also with herself. for 10 months the team will post only moments from sophie's life and from everyday life in 942 on instagram. maybe with the things we generate here we can also inspire people to take a look at what's happening in our world today because the topics that were relevant then are still relevant more than ever the sad thing is we still have to talk about the role of women racism nazis. been so she sure is the name of the channel aimed at today's instagram users. i think it's time. for them to the

student becomes an activist and is arrested at the university while handing out leaflets she holds on to her convictions until her execution. is good and has a wonderful quote from sophie schol have i been training so far sometimes maybe but now i've woken up so this waking up that something we all maybe need to do. another famous german he would have celebrated his 100th birthday this may. artist joseph boyce he's apple cart sculpture and particularly his performance art was seen as whether it's time as was the man himself both continue to inspire artists today in boise 70 new year his legacy has inspired literally dozens of exhibitions across germany. just of course continues to fascinate polarizer

35 years after his death the artist and teacher was fine aimed for his performances . once he covered his head in honey and unguarded to date her through his exhibition with us looking on from the outside a frame prophetic or simply provocative. this is an artwork that gets the heart of many things such as the question how does conventional communication function and what happens when that communication is declined. in. the upcoming starting from language exhibition at berlin's hamburger bahnhof explores the ways that is still relevant in the 21st century. is

a huge work of fact both animal and synthetic the work is about unfinished raising questions about spatial change parents formation was an important theme for boys. $4921.00 joseph boyce was in the hitler youth and during world war 2 he was part of a bomber squadron does he have something to hide was he really progressive or perhaps backward looking his experience in the war that him to believe that people and society had to change and that this was a process he often chose materials that change like fact or felt. the space curator a current exhibition at stuttgart dark scary makes this clear. on the 100th anniversary of his birth boyce's unrestrained creative urge is taking

center stage again boyce was anti or farsi and resonated with the younger generation is objection to admission requirements famously lost in his teaching post at the. academy. but on television. voice was a champion of social change but he was also interested in religion and spirituality and in creating his own mythical persona he wasn't always consistent. you have the boys he said women should have encountered the work that they do at home so that's pretty progressive. and at the same time. this kind of patriarchy. in the center of his discourse always i think it's as ambivalent on this question as it is on every question with boys and that's probably why i remain interesting as an artist i think polarizes on pretty much

every issue you look at. even in 2021 voice comes across as a larger than life the cost forensic collection of juxtaposes his works with contemporary art works that question capitalism and the financial system demanding alternatives. and radical change. the environment plays an important role to. films of several voices performances in 1904 he wrapped himself in belts and locked himself up in a new york gallery with a life. and copies of the wall street journal. the man in the hat was a pioneer of the ecological movement in 1902 he proposed a plan to plant 7000 trees in castle for document to 7 he was rooting for a better future history planting project has become

a model for artists and activists all over the world. and there's more about joseph boyce and the artists he inspired on this earth today's edition of culture program us $21.00. another sculptor whose work blurs the lines between art and life is nicholas sirrah his rule materials were once instruments of division and hate but much sirrah gives them a new life as musical instruments he thought is the discarded army kit from junkyards across his native serbia some of the weapons he transforms date back to the ethnic conflicts that ravaged the region during his lifetime. dystopian military junkyard serves as a stark reminder of the plot people can watch the preach some 20 years ago. today some of this army equipment is being repaired to.

transform into musical instruments by sculptor nick along a single part of his from noise to sound project. gets to work on salvation army quickly and in his studio novis out of the 2nd largest city usually combines 2 objects to create one musical instruments an elaborate process that takes months he takes inspiration from traditional balcony instruments to build this kind of instruments playing go slow i o's hell that 1st softball i cleaned the helmet and i put it together like this they can see things from this gun and put the string there after that i call the musicians. try to play on this instrument and we talk about what we should do to get a better sound of course i want to send

a message or make music not door but it's not so simple i actually want to show people that you can think about stuff differently you know about war about everything about love. and now nuclear is transforming military kids into musical instruments. is cello for instance it's made from a canister in a portable rocket launcher this guitar from an automatic rifle and found it this wind instrument for mind parts and just because an instrument from a canister and yet another rocket launcher. i think it's a very interesting project and for me as a professional player it's very matter of tools take objects through. your surroundings economics era would like a small orchestra like this to tell all the countries that were once caught up in

the deadly yugoslav was to encourage everyone to make music not school. what a great idea there's more on all our stories on our web site d w dot com sas culture and please join us again next time. you.

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