enjoy. moore's law. i was a tour. by choice in this card because even there were tribes patrols. men in the question and i. did. more than 360000 new infections within the last 24 hours india 19 crisis continues to create havoc and shock to business of around the country we catch up with our correspondent in mumbai to find out more about the situation there also coming up easy come easy go tesla c.e.o. iran must put the brakes on bitcoin after he says he won't accept the crypto

currency anymore because of environmental concerns. come to do business i want to get johnsonville and good to have you with us. the heart wrenching pictures from india just keep coming people who are desperate to get off cylinders for their family members thousands still die every day because of in adequate medical care and the corona crisis is also having a hard economic impact on the people there many business owners cannot open their stores and when they do barely enough to survive our ports need to ride to go look around one of the largest shopping streets in the suburbs of mumbai. a once bustling shopping precinct in a seaside suburb on the edge of mumbai now the crowds are gone the shops are closed the owners have returned to their homes mostly cities and other states such as ra just on madhya pradesh or bihar. ramish

kumar is lucky he sells groceries and everyday items so the city allows him to open his shop for 3 hours a day. he says that the 2nd coronavirus wave has hit him hard. the businessman complains that there is no financial support from the government. he doesn't even manage to cover his operating costs. it looks like this in thousands of shopping streets across the country at the moment some stores try to sell their things on the internet still it's not enough there are few people who want to buy blouses or jeans on line in times like these this affects almost everyone in the retail sector. how to cut down on. which were 8 years or more used to work in my shop so now we're like working for him i want to be able to. ask the people here what they want from their government and they say

vaccinate people in india should just get vaccinated as soon as possible they say because only then can the world's 5th largest economy get back to business as usual . well india won't be getting back to business as usual any time soon and that's bad news for many other countries the country's devastating 2nd wave has raised concerns about vaccine supplies for poorer nations despite its own need india is one of the biggest exporters through the world health organizations kovacs program and our program helps supply africa's vaccination drive but increased domestic demand has put deliveries on hold leaving african countries scrambling especially for much needed 2nd doses now here you can see just how sluggish progress has been this has prompted calls to suspend vaccine peyton's a proposal backed by u.s. president joe biden but it faces opposition from countries like germany and that's

drawn fierce criticism from south african presidents who are from a poster who said a situation in which the populations of advanced rich countries are safely in ocular lated while millions in poorer countries die in the queue would be tantamount to vaccine apartheid for more let's bring in business correspondent needy right in a moment by also she sent us this report earlier of course good to see you need to let's start with the kodaks program because a large part as we just heard of the vaccines for african countries comes from india but can india in this current crisis afford to supply vaccines to others. the short answer to that question is impossible because right now what has happened in india is that we have sent 68000000 vaccines out of india because we wanted to and that ended up being very very bad for us as you can see the situation is really

bad and get a if now in even if we want to send vaccines outside if we want to export if we want to help africa we cannot because we do not have enough vaccines to vaccinate our own people and right now the only solution to the current problem is vaccinating as many people as possible so that the short answer to that question is no right now in your report of course you focused on shop keepers shop owners how they are struggling right now how big indian companies holding up. the big indian companies have opened their forces and they're trying to has their employees as much as possible a lot of big companies have opened their own war chest where they're trying to get their employees and their family members as much help as possible when it comes to hospital beds on oxygen or any benefit shortens or they have also a lot of companies have in fact also announced that there will new full kinglets and and that people can take as many as possible obviously the big companies who

can afford to take steps like that have announced that are great now or walk away a lot of corruption in in full in part one company in order moviegoing conies in because the now the problem has a visa good route part of india which is the bigger part of the economy so now the companies are ready to be and he said that this quarter's boom would be included in the last quarter and how does this impact india's investment grade status because the economy is so hot it now. interesting you're going to be doing it in 08 in for the next quarter they have the they are some hole to mr goble the fact that india's economy and the people bonds back from misery is very quick so what we said that would be has a moderate their credit rating in which they have reduced the goulds drive their trio are no 13.7 percent to 9.3 percent it is

a big number so right now everybody you know read in what situation the people are expecting them to go on with will come up with some to do list packages but to go in has already done what they would it would have done they are thing right when they were prepared for the 2nd so the economic impact is yet to be seen ok need to write a report in from mumbai thank you. time now to take a look at some of the business stories making news retail sales in china increased by 34 percent in march compared to a year earlier and that beats analyst expectations and the country's industrial output grew by 14 percent of the same time period that's a slowdown from the surge in the 1st 2 months of the year. the colonial pipeline huss reopened after being attacked by hackers it carries gas from texas to the us east coast pipeline operators want however that it will take days before supplies normalize meanwhile panic buying at gas stations continues with the government

warning motorists not to buy gasoline in plastic backs. bitcoin dropped to 10 percent off the tesla c.e.o. even musk since the electric come a coup will no longer accept the cryptocurrency for competition is the reason environmental concerns as bitcoin mining uses vast amounts of electricity mostly generated with fossil fuels other crude dropped on them side to be to point. out something to chat about with chelsea delaney in front which is see how damaging is bitcoin mining really for the environment. is a very hotly debated issue right now what's clear is that bitcoin does use a lot of energy to be mined to require a vast network of computers and those used a lot of energy it's estimated that that it takes up about $148.00 terawatts of energy every year that's the same amount as a country like sweden or malaysia so it is

a lot the question is where is this energy coming from so proponents of big point say that actually a majority is coming from where a new a bull sources but others say that actually most of this is being mind and china and coal intensive areas so there definitely is concern that this is being fueled by buy on environmentally friendly energy and of course all of this is turning a trend around could must. be the beginning open to trend short on supply. i think musk is really the trend setter for for the cryptocurrency market so if he's being hit with these concerns over sustainability if he's having to change his business model i think it's likely that was the other companies who had really warmed up to bitcoin also have to start to consider the soon sustainability aspect of that in orange interesting josie delaney and from food thank you so much. going green sounds like

a good plan but there are strings attached to grease the country promotes alternative energy such as wind power plants more than 70 such plants to be built on a remote island in the aegean locals there fear this will not only keep tourists away but also destroy the island forever so who really benefits from going green our correspondent funny fresh reports from amman costs from above it looks like an untouched paradise this is the aegean island of holes an insider tip for visitors who prefer seclusion to tourism hotspots now a huge wind farm project this plant here and our other in g.n. islands. or goss right here behind me on these hills to plan is to erect more than 70 when turbans and the locals here are concerned of this will result in lasting environmental damage and irreversibly changed the face of the island. your course

is a good heard here for generations his family has tended to go to. the noise from the tube and will affect their habitat sats or the nixon i thought it would be. if there is a noise over your head to go to avoid the area all of this will be destroyed i don't think they care about the people and i'm not a horse what they care about is profit. or line we got to go out of those things and we are observing a meeting of the locals a civic movement discussing the controversial plan their call is clear but i'll stop how can we step on the brakes year and stop all of this make an estimate this may respond 1st of all we need to inform others about what's happening there what do you look back and i mean what is the investment in greece anyway if for example we put up 70 when tedham 5 percent of the profit goes to the investors to. buy

votes and we're going to theaters they keep a view with other socialistic of the group has created these illustrations to show others on the island how about of all us will likely change we reach all of both to the government and to various foreign investors for comment but no one wants to grant us an interview. when parks already exist on other islands in the g.n. like this one but it's inhibited the greek government has recently amended a law to grant permission to investors for wind projects without long administrative processes that is a good thing says ferber can do already where devices the government and green energy grease needs to achieve the climate goals but 2030 and going green is not a choice she says but we need to engage the stakeholders and make them call next of then your project for the project to succeed we need transpires city from the

government from the private investor and from the local community transparency that's exactly what's missing the people of i'm of course have filed a lawsuit to delay the project. and that's your business update here on d w at this hour there's more to come stay tuned in the meantime for me in the team thanks for watching. us. from. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update coming. on t w. true kids may love flush with extravagant

outfits and glitter glitter the glitter of. the fighting against prejudice i don't call cable life. form recognition. co-stars the big stage. tributes starts most of them to fall on w. players. be forced to choose it's the sense of smell most people believe they could live without. but losing it can be life altering scientists say covert attacks the cells that help 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. nice to have you along a study of 2 and a half 1000 patients who lost their sense of smell and taste should 40 percent of them had completely regained it half a year later 2 percent reported no improvement whatsoever for belch an ounce of fuel our camp less incense such as her favorite per fumes smell or fall after she got infected with corbett 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. show michelle 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 that they find to tell you stuff this element after his accident why 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 founded a necessary action and develops off actually training incorporation we scientists with concentrated sense rose lemon coughs. 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. 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 there are plenty 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 saying i keep asking myself if it will ever come back. even if things are getting better only slowly answer feeler car is hoping these smell bottles will her purport on her per fume again without upsetting her nose. let's look at the science surrounding this

pamela dalton is an old factory scientist so bad just how quickly can people recover this sense of smell because the research as i've spoken to say that jarvey of covered suffers a massively impaired. you're correct in that they can be massively impaired during the acute verb 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 they them the ones who are suffering from long. in some cases smell loss is the only symptom that they may have ever experienced from code it but yes some individuals with long coded also do experience this persistence no 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 do 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 confit. 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 loss of smell maybe more associated with ongoing viral replication and inflammation in the nasal passages in the normal epis 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 a normal human sense of smell yes the factory neurons regenerate throughout the lifespan unfortunately when there is just russian by a virus that can lead to inflammation and this can actually attack the system in

multiple ways it can produce inflammation as i said earlier and it can also attack the supporting cells that are involved in the regeneration process and some viruses also attack the olfactory neurons themselves and what's your take on smell training and its effectiveness and. 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 mindfully 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 definitely worth it 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 genes 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 recovered 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 the study looked at a range of factors associated with an ongoing immune response in people who'd

recovered from coke at 19 and then 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 had 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 copd it 19 and recovered still get vaccinated at least was because that seems provide a safe way to update and refresh immune memory and could patel. usually make you even more resistant to sars kopi too and for a longer period of time then natural infection alone.

and 2 of the show will leave you with the top scientists who've taught bees to sniff out coated 19 researchers 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 to no use cover 19 special.

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