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even as india continues to cope with the world's worst coronavirus outbreak the situation across southeast asia is also worsening thailand cambodia and laos are among countries reporting a major surge in infections the rising cases and the prospects of celebrations over either have prompted some nations to impose lockdowns and ramp up testing and vaccinations. killing for a test in bangkok latest hot spot and. has been set up next to. the site of a new plaster of infections in the city. many of the recent cases involve the b 117 variant 1st found in britain. this strain of coke at 19 is very infectious and spreads much faster in 3 to 5 days the patient status can change

from green to yellow to orange to read and no time during the past 4 days we've had 100 deaths. just over 2 percent of the population have received a covert job in thailand and a mass vaccination campaign is not due to start until next month a lockdown that was due to end last weekend has now been extended. in indonesia to tougher restrictions have been reimposed ahead of aid roads were jammed and bus stations packed with travellers leaving jakarta for their hometowns before a domestic travel ban came into force. in the nations will also have to forgo family gatherings this eed as a new nationwide lockdown has been put in place social gatherings and travel have been banned and shops remain closed seeing that there's a big spike in new variance i also understand. that you know if we toned

down our celebrations this year then you know if it helps keep the various happy that's ok with me. but no you regarding aid it's been almost 2 years since i've come back to my hometown to visit my mom and dad and that's really affecting me that. that's a sentiment shared by many across the region that's having to choose between celebrations and safety. correspondent dave joins us now from kuala lumpur with more dave just last week the government said it was planning to stick but for structures in targeted areas and to be a nation wide lockdown has begun why the change. well just skyrocketing numbers of covert 19 cases you know positivity rate of about 5 percent last week and intensive care unit beds and hospitals across the country are filling up we've got new variants and higher infection rates and there's just been

a real concern that so much of the public you know have gotten lackadaisical about basic safety precautions such as wearing masks that's why they went forward with this decision and now you know schools are closed no social gatherings interstate and in their district travel has been banned limits of 3 people to a car including the driver no dining at restaurants and at mosques mosque that can accommodate a 1000 or more people are now limited to no more than 15 at a mosque and accommodate less than a valve and people it can have more than 20 people so tiger standards restrictions starting today across the country appears to be that of across so many of the nations in southeast asia but experts also suggesting that increase rates of vaccinations potentially a way out of these new surges of money seeing in these nations where it is when they show when it comes to vaccinations and testing it so as of may 8th malaysia had vaccinated just a fraction over 2 percent of its population of more than 32000002 percent and when

you talk to help experts about this they say the real choke point for this has really been the supply that's the problem now in the laser is slowly making ground on that number but very slowly and that's obviously going to be said to stopping the spread of infections among his his neighbors indonesia and thailand also seeing a surge in coronavirus cases dave is that concern that you variants could potentially slip into when they see. there's certainly concern now you need to break this up into 2 categories here people who are coming into the country legally and people are coming to the country illegally people are coming in legally you know obvious the most common way would be at the airport well they believe they can really catch those people here you have to take tests negative for covert $1000.00 within 72 hours of travel and then when you get here it's a mandatory 14 day quarantine and it's not a home quarantine it's a quarantine and

a government approved hotel there are several tells most hotels set aside for this you got to stay in one of those and you'll get tested why are they are so they feel confident they can catch anyone who's coming in with kobe 1000 not way but then the other question that comes up of course is what about people who slip in illegally you don't come through the proper immigration channels you know we've got lamb borders this country with thailand and indonesia they've certainly scaled up patrols to try and cut down for that but as the old cliche goes there's a will there's a way so people who are determined to get in from those countries could find a way to slip in they're going to be in kuala lumpur thank you very much for that update. of gone officials have confirmed that the taliban have seized new territory close to the couple of kabul the capital needed district comes ahead of a cease fire between the taliban and afghan forces the begins on thursday the

taliban now controlled more of than at any time in the past 20 yeahs and b. what are you going to get a 1st time view of life on the taliban. a rare glimpse of another world a home visit with the taliban. welcome come on in. this father and his son don't want to tell us the names but they are willing to tell us why the son recently decided to join the taliban. i did this for 2 reasons one i had no job and 2 i wanted to do something about our unjust and corrupt government they're oppressing the people of this country. owes father welcomes his decision he's proud his son is now on the taliban side. this makes me happy because we are muslims and we should defend the islamic state

islamic state allows us to fight infidels we dedicate our laws to it we also want islamic sharia and taliban law to be implemented. but. many afghans are scared of the taliban's increasing power. ali khan is a truck driver he drives all across afghanistan and has to pay passage fees to the taliban on a regular basis just recently he paid the equivalent of $75.00 euros about a quarter of his monthly salary. yet. the taliban are increasing in number and their power is growing. they set up checkpoints and force drivers to pay for safe passage to government. checkpoints on from far away. jannot a farmer has had a similar experience he makes his living growing and selling grain from his maker

earnings he has to pay the taliban over $100.00 euros on a regular basis the taliban threatened to imprison or even kill him if he didn't pay up. he's afraid of what will happen when foreign troops finally leave the country. i would prefer that the soldiers stayed international troops have kept peace here for the past 2 decades if they leave afghanistan the country will go to pieces. the taliban are already taking control of more and more places around the country and they make no secret of their ultimate goal. we want an islamic state and an islamic government that provides law and order. to foreign troops and all infidels must leave our country. mido troops have announced they will withdraw from afghanistan by september at the latest after they're gone the taliban hopes to turn back the clock and return the country to

where it was 20 years ago and joining me now for more is correspondent t.v. in all you travel around the country quite a bit interacting with people do you find that many of them actually support the taliban and its aims of establishing an islamic emirate. even if there is support it's more out of necessity you know it has to do with how much has actually reached the people and how much ryan lands there subject to you so if you have people who don't have access to health care without access to jobs who don't have access to roads and schools and think never got a chance to hollow because of where they live because of the conditions there and then at the same time you would drop strikes and at night raids and you know these other very violent. forms of quote unquote counter terrorism then that will lead people especially out of necessity towards the other side has also been criticised

spoken about in the past of being cut off and i'm somebody who spoke of our necessity of people having no other choice i'm wondering if this corruption plays directly into the hands of the taleban. what ends up happening. once again i'm going to my speech you know i'm so hans talking about even say or our driver's license or aren't to go to see a doctor in a government hospital you have to pay a bribe along you have to know somebody. and that really affect you know again that that that drives a wedge between the people. right and farmers that divide and that's feeling that you know you can only get something simple something basic high paying a bribe by knowing somebody somewhere and hearing all these reports of millions going getting rot and then you call places where there aren't proper roads where there are proper schools where there are proper clinics and hospitals where you

know for someone to go to a hospital in some provinces can take them up to 14 hours for you know just to get from a district to a city so then all of the you know again it comes back to it's not even necessarily support for the 2. all of on it's just the necessity of you know if someone isn't providing something for you then you go likely to the people who say they can take arms against the people who are abusing you and who at the very least claim that they can protect you and seek retribution if for instance say there's a night raid or a drone strike or an air strike your son or your daughter or your wife you know gets killed or goes disappearing. that's really how this car this recruitment works and how it increases over time i look if you're relieved of that for the time being thank you so much for joining us thank you. i mean if you're there joining us from one of the most dangerous places in the world is to be

a journalist is of course more stories from a show on our website. we leave you today with the images of the eve celebrations from across the region thanks for watching we'll see you tomorrow for. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing . the latest research. information and contacts the coronavirus update. on t.w. . every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word and looking into the coaxing germany.

why not go with him or her. to suss it simple mind on your mobile and free. music the learning course. german made easy. if forced to choose it's the sense of smell most people believe they could live without. but losing it can be life altering covert 19 attacks the cells or neurons that communicate what we're smelling we can lose our appetite or worse still the will to live sense of smell helps define who we are . have been for zola nice to have you along a study of 2 and

a half 1000 patients who lost their sense of smell and taste 40 percent of them had completely regained it half a year later 2 percent reported no improvement whatsoever for belch an answer for your camp less incense such as her favorite per fumes smell or fall after she got infected with kobe at 19 a few months ago at 1st she could no longer smell anything then many smells were distorted one of the most common side effects of the virus she can only see the spring on her balcony. there is a tiny bit of something but i don't know the smell. that's frustrating and makes me a bit sad. sure michelle in my yard can understand very well feeling the frenchman lost his sense of smell due to an accident 5 years ago it's the smell

of his children he misses most but mayor does not want to give up his passion for cooking. a bit of color is good we eat with our eyes after all a bit like the great chefs in france are doing it but it is the nose with its millions of factory cells did they find the taste of this silent after his accident my i was angry because no one could help him even if an estimated 5 percent of the french population suffers from a distorted sense of smell but with time his anger gave way to an idea he found it a necessary action and develops off actually training incorporation we scientists with concentrated sense roads lemon laughs. the sense of smell is a sense that is as important as other senses. many forget about it. most

people only discover it once they've lost it or gone since the beginning of the pandemic thousands of affected people all over europe have been using his sense of smell training techniques belgian answer feel our count is also exercising her nose her doctor has seen for herself their penny patients are recovering thanks to the training for example because the a factory sells damaged by the virus renew themselves. this gives me hope but my motivation very soon and so does my hope because sometimes i'm just scared i keep asking myself if it will ever come back. even if things are getting better only slowly unser feel. is hoping these smell bottles will help her put on her perfume again without upsetting her no. let's look at the science surrounding this panel adult is an old factory scientist so badly just how quickly can people recover

their sense of smell because the researchers i've spoken to say the shortie of covered suffers a massively in bad. you're correct in that they can be massively impaired during the acute form of the virus however fortunately most people do recover their ability just smell sometimes within days or weeks after the virus passes unfortunately a small portion of individuals seem to have a persistent loss of a the the ones who are suffering from long. in some cases smell loss is the only symptom that they may have ever experienced from co that but yes some individuals with long cove it also do experience this persistent smell loss can go on beyond 6 months well and one of the consequences of that i mean i guess you just don't want to eat too you if it doesn't taste good and there are

lots of other things involved like relationships and depression it can really impact on your life counted. it can be very distressing particularly for people who never thought that losing their sense of smell would have such a dramatic impact on their life eating is certainly the 1st thing that is affected and some people actually go into different ways some people stop eating because of the lack of enjoyment of food and some people overeat because they're looking for that satisfaction that they can no longer get from food flavor aside the loss of smell can also so sorry what are you going to say. loss of smell can also change your relationships with your environment and the people around you familiar places and familiar people no longer seem quite the same when you cannot smell them so as scientists any closer to agreeing on why this happens. and

there are intriguing studies being published almost every week we know for example that the virus does attack certain types of cells that express the ace 2 receptors are but it looks like the persistent loss of smell may be more associated with ongoing viral replication and inflammation in the nasal passages in the normal empathy ileum where all of the cells that support our sense of smell are located. what does the virus do this because it's basically giving itself away it's a clear sign you're about to become infectious and most people would quarantine themselves of course and prevent the virus from spreading. well actually that's really interesting question because until it was made clear that sudden loss of smell was a cardinal symptom of sars tovey to infection most people really didn't understand

what was going on with them if they experienced a fever for example or severe muscle aches or extreme coughing they might have isolated but many people who suddenly lost their sense of smell were not actually quarantining themselves until the message got out that this was indeed one of the best ways to know whether someone had been infected with the virus we also mentioned earlier in the show that the old factory cells are able to renew themselves and regulate is that the same for everyone though. well in the normal human sense of smell yes the old factory neurons regenerate throughout the lifespan unfortunately when there is destruction by a virus that can lead to inflammation this can actually attack the system in multiple ways it can produce inflammation as i said earlier it can also attack the

supporting cells that are involved in the region or a sion process and some viruses also attack the olfactory neurons themselves and what's your take on smell training and its effectiveness. at the present time it's not training seems to be the best recommendation for people who have persistent smell loss following kovan infection it requires some persistence and compliance it doesn't work if you only do it casually but the evidence is that if you stick with the program which generally involves about 12 weeks of smelling for odorants twice a day and doing it very mindful way that approximately half of the people that have been in studies actually do regain their sense of smell and do so faster than people who don't undertake small training so it's a lot of work but there are only more that in the long run you say. if you're

depressed if your lifestyle has changed because you can no longer smell the people the places the food you enjoy eating then it certainly is a worthwhile effort it has very little risk except for perhaps boredom and overall frustration in the early days but it has been shown to have efficacy in post-viral smell loss and so therefore it is one of the recommended treatments for to hear about adult and thanks for joining us today on this our pleasure my pleasure thank you. derek williams now he's got an interesting question about natural immunity. how long does not true immunity acquired from having the disease last. this is another question where a little background comes in handy when you're infected by a pathogen for the 1st time your body forms what's called an immunological memory

of it now experts say these kinds of memories are in some ways like neurological memories a few will stay with use throughout your life while others will disappear after just a few months when it comes to cope at 19 we still don't know exactly how long immunity and those who recover will on average last but several studies including one from early february that's been cited a lot they indicate that in most people who caught the disease naturally acquired immunity seems to remain pretty robust for quite a while this study looked at a range of factors associated with an ongoing immune response in people who'd recovered from coke at 19 and it found that in the overwhelming majority of them immune memory remained apparently strong at least 6 months after recovery many

experts are now hopeful that most people who have the disease could prove resistant to reinfection for at least a year and hopefully longer. that's good news though it's likely not the whole story with other coronaviruses immune memory tends to lapse over time which is why authorities also recommend that people who had covert 19 and recovered still get vaccinated at least once because vaccines provide a safe way to update and refresh immune memory and could pretend. usually make you even more resistant to sars kovi to and for a longer period of time then natural infection alone board. and 2 in the show would leave you with a dutch scientists who've taught bees to sniff out coated 19 researches gave them

sugary water as a reward for identifying positive samples only once they got used to the system they'd stick out their tongues automatically the results can be provided in just seconds. of course bees have a keen sense of smell let's hope they don't lose it from carpet thanks for joining us on dino use cover 19 special.

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