the bombs keep falling the international community is becoming increasingly alarmed and more for less the u.s. says it's working to diffuse the situation. united states remains greatly concerned by. by the violence by the escalating violence hundreds of people killed or injured including children being told from the rubble we'll continue to conduct intensive diplomacy to bring this current cycle of violence to an end. because the killing continues violence fear and loss remain an every day experience for these children in gaza and have actually turned out to w.'s tanya kramer she joins us now from jerusalem tania we know that gaza has come under some of the heaviest bombardments again what's the latest information you have for us from the enclave. while it is an extremely difficult situation for people there as strikes have continued i

talked to some people there on the phone as journalists we cannot go into gaza at the moment and they have told me no also overnight there was a very heavy bombardment and the situation is 16 it difficult because people. have no we have a safe place to go so it's just constant pressure not knowing where to find safety at the same time there's a lot of concern also for people with become homeless because some residents of buildings have been targeted and destroyed and also a lot of people that are seeking shelter more in inside you and schools so the situation there for people is really very difficult now after a week of fighting between hamas and gaza bring us up to date please if you can about the situation on the israeli side. well as we speak retested received. more alerts for incoming rockets they usually come in waves now they are targeting at the moment again mostly the south of israel cities around. and the

envelope around gaza so as long as rockets israel would say they will defend themselves of course and we heard in public statements prime minister binyamin netanyahu saying that they want to continue this campaign there is of course international pressure to come at some point to a cease fire but i think there are also domestic considerations here there's the sense that this time there needs to be really a decisive achievement against hamas they are continuing also finding rockets so it's unclear when israel will actually go for a cease fire disappoint and what can you tell us about any diplomatic efforts that are currently underway. well there are so many conflicting reports coming out and you have to read between the lines of it but we know there are mediation efforts going on behind the scenes you know the united nations here the u.n.

special envoy here in jerusalem is involved in of course also egypt egypt has established channels they've done this before in previous rounds of hostilities also during the previous 3 wars between hamas and is well so they have a leverage their response have an interest as well and we also understand jordan's king abdullah has said there intensive diplomatic efforts going on and we also know that the u.s. and roy here is still on the ground but at the moment it's very difficult to say when there would be a breakthrough and when both parties hamas and israel will agree to such a ceasefire tanya kramer interest some thank you for your tireless reporting. and earlier today when you spoke to jeremy a soccer off israel's ambassador to germany and we asked him about the israeli military bombing a tower housing international media organizations in gaza over the weekend where

they intentionally targeting the building was meant to silence those who report on the situation on the ground. too much to the best of my knowledge no and everything i can see on television whether it's on c.n.n. algis they are all the other stations on those chevelle and i don't think there's any lack of coverage and we wouldn't do that in order to stop coverage we had very clear information about the facilities that would of being serving hamas in terms of their intelligence capabilities the cyber capabilities and also a very particular quitman and i'm pretty sure that not everyone realizes the extent to which hamas again embeds itself in the civilian population in order to try and have a human shield so if anyone should come to any. complaints here it should be to hamas what they did was no less of a war crime than fighting and cheating against israeli civilians in israel. are

going to step back from the mid east conflict to pivot our attention to the u.k. because parts of the country are now easing lockdown rules today despite concerns over the spread of a coronavirus variant 1st detected in a pubs and restaurants are open for indoor drinking dining after being closed for months people are also allowed to get together with others at home for the 1st time since last fall and british holiday makers they're arriving in droves in portugal one of the few countries u.k. has designated a c. . but in the town of bolton near manchester it's one of the places where case numbers are spiking to correspond bill is standing by charlotte what role does the indian strain play in bolton's surge in infection numbers. well the strain they are in the moment is costing something of a dark cloud and a lot of there is a lot down measures which are all being eased here today in england we've heard

today from the health minister that this is now the dominant strain here in bolton and other parts of the northwest of england we know as well that this strain has been identified in numerous areas across the country so it is something that all thirty's a watching very closely here in bolton the health secretary said that in the last week the number of cases has doubled there's been another surge that he announced again today so it is certainly a cool for concern one of the issues here is that there is a lot that still isn't yet known and one thing that authorities are keeping an eye on on the trying to gather data on is just how transmissible this new variant is now we've heard that it is more transmissible than the previously dominant strain in the u.k. the kents variant which has to face spreads to the rest of her which is spread outside the u.k. you know it's more transmissible not the question is how much more transmissible

some months is the warning that if it's 40 to 50 percent more transmissible that could cause real problems here in the u.k. and does put the on looking for strict sions at risk the other question is what effect this strain has on vaccines that the answer to that is that the health secretary said he's relatively he's pointed and spits of vaccines will be unaffected but the warning is of course that not everyone in the u.k. is how the vaccine the vaccine come payne's been very successful from 70 percent of adults of how to 1st dose but that does still leave a large number of people who are on protected in the health secretary has warned that among that group of people the strain risks spreading like wildfire so there's that mean that the easing of restrictions still will apply to the city of baltimore you are. it does in fact yes restrictions have been eased today there have been. hospitality restaurants pubs opening up about 4 different to scotland which is following

a similar looking roadmap to england's they've decided to keep areas that have seen case numbers rise glasgow for example under the same measures that they were before here in bolton no it's been decided that the unlocking can go ahead as previously there are also some questions though whether this area will face local look down going forward as it stands though it is exactly in line with the rest of england if you go here charlotte chel some pill reporting from both near manchester thank you . south africa is vaccinating citizens over the age of 60 that's the 2nd group to be prioritized after health care workers south africa has the continent's highest number of corona virus cases but so far it has only vaccinated one percent of its population while more than a 1000000 south africans over 60 have now registered for the shot there are only $87.00 vaccination centers across the entire nation. it's the day yes i mean meter

has been waiting for for a long time as a diabetic the pandemic changed her life and forced the 65 year olds to avoid contact with friends and family. i need to get a big scene because i can only condition and i can do it to get it i'm a little anxious for the put it but i'm glad i'm here it has been very difficult because i have lost my brother through it and it is just been a difficult time for. the government aims to inoculate more than 5000000 senior citizens by late june if enough vaccine doses are supplied. although south africa ordered to vaccines for 75 percent of its population only a fraction of it has arrived in the country while some nations are debating about vaccinating children in south africa people with co-morbidity is who are younger than 60 don't even know when they will be able to get there we should have been way

ahead of where we are right now i think the procurement of vaccines has been a way to slow in south africa i mean that's all we were pushing to try and prepare ourselves as a province which is very very difficult to you know i mean a lot of countries trying to prepare so it's been part of what my letters to international markets have been to say you know we notice you've prepared more than a vaccine for you for each citizen you know some some countries up to 3 vaccines for each citizen come on you need to you need to help us out politicians have been calling for local vaccine production but so far no single. seen in south africa is produced from scratch only a few fill and finish last distribution agreements were made for covert 916 and despite worldwide calls for a waiver of intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vixens leading pharmaceutical companies say this won't have an impact on the show. so all this time to do that all. you know just what you need was a superintendent off you know he's here to be. in my office.

and she just. pushes some. you know does the same i was in the midst. of the ones that one finally. received and we've this fused with the ships that prove that was in the fossil when the issues are. all you know on the. procedure. in the meantime yes i mean meta is finally getting her 1st shots of the biotech phase of vic scene and with its hope for the future. it's been difficult then this basically for us we don't feel good and feel the you don't need to since you don't need. so you tend to be. a ducal with the chain you and i look forward to being together again with a view body living again but as me time and others here know it will be

a long time before life can return to normal after 4 months of low infection rates the numbers of new cases have been increasing in the past few days a 3rd wave of infections seems inevitable it's. up next as a covert $1000.00 special show with bin facility. at the top of the hour. the fight against the qur'an. forest pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update. on t w. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language of the 1st word. nico using germany to learn sure.

why not born with him. it's simple mind on your mobile and free. the learning course. german made easy. in india some covert 900 patients are developing a rare but dangerous infection dubbed black fungus my cosas. typically starting in the airways it spreads through the body affecting the sinuses or lungs then bones and body tissue the fungus can also attack the eyes and brain. if left untreated it can be fatal. and been physical and nice to have you along it's important to note that black fungus is extremely rare in india it normally affects

around $100000.00 people a year according to one study that's less than one percent of the population but now because littles are reported they diagnosing it in patients every 2nd day in this ongoing 2nd wave of patients are especially at risk because their immune system is weekends and that may be contributing to the rise in cases of black fungus in india. all of a quarterly is from the european excellence center for invasive fungal infections in cologne 1st of all what are the symptoms of a black fungus infection. well the symptoms of you moron cosas that infection is unspecific runny nose fever but then it might turn into a specific sign and it is that. gets necrotic an acrostic skin will look blech that is why it's actually cold of fungal disease it's not real honest it's a different class of fungi but it looks black on the skin to explain what actually

happens to a patient what they go through what they experience well beth on those all those who really are destroying tissue so imagine that there is a science itis caused by the fungus that doesn't stop there but it actually moves into the bone and it might destroy bone and then move into the next neighboring organ and tissue and it could be the high for patients report to me and sat well i woke up in the morning and couldn't see anything on this one i was actually not painful because it destroys nerves is. ok it's not painful but the consequences a severe i mean can you can you treat it and can you treat it soon enough to prevent something like that happening. well if you feel it you can treat it

but it's difficult to get the right point to exactly understand what's happening because the symptoms are specific you could treat it with either surgery or with follicles that's the end of all tics directive is directed against fungi or you combine both but you need to be really really fast at all of it tell me why it's such a problem in india right now. i guess there are several reasons why this is one respect to for you the marcos' which is a well known respect or is the aegis and specifically diabetes means that very high levels of blood sure lucozade your blood. that triggers the invasion of the tissues of the of the phones. in india and the region of message number of patients with diabetes who are at risk or mentally even

without corona another reason i say is the exposure to the fungus the fun of those lives its soil decay material. you'll will be more exposed to soil in the rule area of india then you are for example in the area and journey with climate is completely different. another reason. that i envision. police in india and other countries is that they use steroids the methods of for example to get cool with 19 under control and nation of steroids increase the lot of sugar they mimic a diabetic situation. that the pounds will take advantage of

so all of us should people be wired in other parts of the world where coronavirus case numbers are also high. in other parts of the world the real problem is not that large as we see in southeast asia india. the reason might be that fungal infections are not that frequent in other regions north america europe for example south america has a different pattern of fungi and you can like who says has so far only been diagnosed in a tiny minority of patients we don't know what africa actually lost radio is very similar to of the old with a lower number of new or still is it different regions of the planet have different final infections and all of it just lastly this was something i'd never even heard

of before the show is that something that makes your work difficult i mean getting the funding to research is something that's quite fascinating it's something that's not frequent but. something other like a. yeah that's true it's infrequent and for these in redmond infections there's only there's almost no way to get funding so it's heavily underfunded that's one reason why we only have basically 3 drugs that we can use against these fungi which is wait a while a number that's too little and it's toxic drugs quite some of them ok we'll have to leave it there thanks for your time today oliver can easily and the european excellence and for invasive fungal infections thank you very much. time to as a more of your questions now over to our science correspondent eric williams.

why aren't injected vaccines manufactured as a single unit instead of having the vaccine in the syringe separate this is a great question one that i've never really actually considered before right now most vaccine manufacturers are are filling and shipping multi-dose vials of vaccine that contain between $5.15 doses on site at the vaccination center or at the doctor's office staff then have to painstakingly draw them into syringes in a complex time consuming series of steps where we're a lot could actually go wrong due to human error and and there are a lot of other issues with the vial system not least that once the seal on one has been broken all of the doses in the bio have to be used quickly leftovers can't just be stuck back in the fridge for use later so so since everyone is getting

their own syringe anyway why aren't machines just pretty filling them directly as a single unit instead of putting large batches of doses in vials 1st prefilled single shot syringes are already the norm in some parts of the world for vaccinations against other pathogens but that there appear to be 2 primary reasons why the older vial system has been the method of choice so far for the mass 19 vaccine rollout the 1st is speed with manufacturers churning out hundreds of millions of doses it's simply faster for them to squirt 10 a time into a single vial that it is to fill 10. separate syringes with the pandemic in full swing getting as much vaccine as possible out there has been vital and

a 2nd factor is cost until now single dose prefilled syringes have been more expensive to produce but but many manufacturers say that's changing and that that pre-filing syringe is is actually more efficient because then you don't need millions of medical grade class vials so so when demand for 1000 vaccines begins to slow i think that you can expect prefilled syringes to grow in popularity because they have so many advantages. the u.s. centers for disease control is no longer recommending face masks for fully vaccinated people but the c.d.c. says mosques are still recommended in crowded settings like buses planes and hospitals and anyone who isn't fully vaccinated will still have to wear one over half the u.s. population has received at least one dose against the current buyers. dancing is

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