the was, it was an incredible feeling, were liberated they had hoped for more security, more freedom, more dignity, have their hopes for 10 years after the arab spring. and rebellion starts june 7th on d, w, the ws a show coming up today. the question of time, what are the artisans of over 19 united states attempts to answer that with a new investigation for china golden politically motivated. will we ever get to the truth behind corporate teams, origins? and to taiwan has per month gift the current dividers and big,

but the islands 1st serious outbreak has led to a lockdown that many thought they would never see. the news. i'm british benji. welcome to the news asia. glad you could join us. china has accused the united states of ignoring science and pursuing political manipulation after president joe biden authorized an investigation into the origins of over 19 biden has given us intelligence agencies 90 days to determine if over 900 spread from animal to human contact or leaks accidentally from a chinese laboratory, this so called lab leak theory was categorized as extremely unlikely by the world health organization earlier in the chinese officials refer to this finding as they

took aim at the united states for the newly announced prob, may way here. there are some in the us who are turning a blind eye to fax and science as well as the questionable study of the origins of cobra, 19 companies and the botched response at home. but have kept clamoring for additional investigation in china to talk to me the shows that they don't care about facts or truth. sure. and have 0 interest in a serious science based study of origins. are there only aim is to use the pandemic to pursue stigmatization and political manipulation to shift the blame please. this is disrespect for science, kosher that was a responsibility for people's lives before the and the destruction of global solidarity and fighting the virus. now, at the center of this contrivance here, over the origins of over 19, is this la bought a tree in hon in central china. the hon. institute of biology,

which has for years been conducting research around corona viruses that originate in bets, the trump administration. last year and led to cobra, 1900 lead from this lab. and the u. s. intelligence report recently said 3 scientists from this institute fell ill and we had been hospitalized in november 2019 before the officially acknowledged outbreak in hon. and some on this i'm joined now by dr. eric cycles, ding and f, me all interest and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists in washington dc. dr. welcome, i'd like to begin with seeking some clarity 1st, the so called lab leak. terry is taken by some to mean a deliberate leak from the one lab. other say it could have been an accidental leak . and there's also suggestions that chinese scientists were carrying out lab experiments they shouldn't have been. which theory is the us investigating? later having the, the, the lively theory is obviously

a very controversial topic previously thought. be a conspiracy theory. but in turn away a lively theory. this is to ology, it could be a complete accident and the accidental leakage of a naturally occurring buyers. that's honestly the most plausible of the lab leak theory. but the last week in itself is not the most possible. the most plausible is just natural infection that to an animal from bad to another animal, to humans that occur naturally, nature is probably the most likely lab leak. it's possible there is not enough evidence. it's just circumstantial evidence. lab technician got sick. oh, hospital satellite images showed you know, high density of people around the hospital. those are not direct smoking guns in any way. and of course, none of them implied any intentional biology. and now the w right that live in the year after visiting this very same institute. the one is to divide. ology that the

lab 830 was extremely unlikely. do you think that was a premature statement? well, i would say that their statement, it was unlikely is it's really not based on much data in either direction. and i, you know, i meant that there's not much data that proves one way or the other right now, if these are all just circumstantial. and remember, we found, actually, sorry, go to virus in italy near in, near milan, back in october and november 2019. so whatever might happen must happen way before. in order for that virus, you picked up in italy back in october, 719. and at the bottom line is, what is likely is what can the data show and right now, biden says they're coming through more data. there is more data intelligence data.

they say that they need a couple more weeks and months to come through. and hopefully we'll find something until then everything population. speaking of this data can be data told to be to be any truth if china doesn't cooperate and provide data. yeah, you know, asking, trying to cooperate where it, by friday, did it obviously not the most reliable, past way. the data that i was referring to is intelligent data collected by us and other agencies. and this is why i think you're probably have some additional surveillance data, probably from by aware that we don't know about. and that will take more time. but in china to provide the data on, on the lab leak or bio engineering is probably not the most likely outcome. anything the most likely to prove one way or another is when we find an animal that

is the most intermediate between the background of virus and sars, coey to find that intermediate animal and the nature, then that would actually prove the natural theory way more than anything else, do you think scientifically, we can ever get to the truth behind the origins of covered by team? give him that has been more than a year and a half since the outbreak is difficult, but not impossible. if we find the animal reservoir that intermediate that before the han emergence and about growth by if we find the intermediate that the closest close it jump to the, sorry, go to solve it. in the future, you know, there could be a blood banks somewhere stored somewhere from blood donation. that's how we found the original october, november 2019 italy sample. it was from a blood samples and us also had some blood sample. if we find it in blood samples

somewhere that could also offer a clue. but right now that is not normal testing and we might have to just cross your fingers to find something like that. and hopefully something does come out through the dr. eric final thing. thank you so much for joining us. die one's health minister has revealed that the 2 words scuppered a dean for millions of go with 1900 vaccines with germany's by on tech. jen. she's june said the company requested taiwan to drop the word all country from a joint press release set for january the 8th. he said his government agreed to change the wording to just tie one the same day. but a week later, by on tech put the agreement on hold, due to a court re evaluation of global vaccine supply and adjusted time lines. of this explanation comes a day after president sign when directly accuse china of blocking taiwan deal with

biotech in response to her statement, biotech told, deducted, use a show. we do not provide information on any potential, a possible distribution of our vaccine. our goal of biotech is to make the vaccine available to as many people worldwide as possible. we invite only about one percent of taiwan population has received a vaccination and there's a growing sense of alarm. as the island faces its biggest over $900.00 outbreak, yet after month of keeping the pandemic well under control, the government has ordered a lockdown to cobb infections. it's something that many on the island thought they would never see. as the w joyce lee reports stuck at home for the 1st time that you have siblings, i still was that change your online learning, as schools in taiwan shut down for the 1st time since the start of the pandemic. i

can't take it because i've been stuck at home since last monday. it's been a week. i'm so bored. online learning is doing all the things i did it at home. i feel lazy because there's no one to push me. i do have that last dog and i missed my classmates. now i spend time with my family. the mother is also struggling, navigating what it means to be a parent, a teacher, and working from home. at the same time. she says it has never crossed her mind that this day would come to you. in the past year, we watched international news and saw people working from home because of a lockdown. i thought it was funny and unrelated to my life, but now it's happening to us. after more than a year of relative safety, taiwan is battling as fast. major domestic outbreak reporting hundreds of local cases daily its beliefs that airline pilots brought the u. k. ranch to the island,

not a month after quarantine was short and to just 3 days for crew members. the threat to us then accelerated threat network of tea houses in tie pace, red light district. the authorities have declared a nation wide level, 3 alert, meaning a soft lockdown. public defense, our code of many shops are close to and restaurants can only do a check out the shopping district. anti pay is spiritually a dose tone, while dozens of people, q. r. for covert test sites hosted with hosts in great high pe i running out of patients will now be sent to other parts of taiwan for treatment. so i've also taken up several hotels to accommodate those with light on no symptoms. so phones, one has only fascinated around one percent until it's 24000000 people. most taiwanese have been faxing hesitant before the local outbreak. and how about no,

ma'am pio for so i was afraid of the side effects, but now that there is a community outbreak, i want to get a shot. i want to get vaccinated because vaccines are the most fundamental solution to control a pen demik that we're having a vaccine shortage call. i don't want to get with the time being because the virus mutates too quickly may not be effective after tomorrow. require 10000000 doses or 5 themes were rushed by august. but until then, the island is likely to remain under self lockdown. the family has stopped steph fridge. they say they're ready for a long battle. a battle that was affordable. there any message in one had a whole year to prepare for this? seeing what happened in other countries. we should have been alert, but we didn't bother. so the government didn't take it seriously when all the countries were fighting to get vaccines. i want didn't do much, just sat there and waited for our own vaccines. and so now the vaccines are coming soon enough that we can only fight the battle in

a passive way by staying home. do not be complacent interface off a panoramic. it's a lesson learned for taiwanese that's bought by the respondent. joyce lee, that's it for today. and this week is of course most or is on our website, the w dot com, forward slash asia. and you can follow us on social media as well. we are back next week at the same time, have a good weekend. everyone will see you soon. the the site against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what does the latest research they information and contact the corona virus? because the 19 special next on dw,

you ready to get these places in europe are smashing all the records into a venture. just don't lose your grid. the treasure map for modern globetrotters, for some of us are wicker breaking and also in book form. the even as many parts of the world start to open up in frontline work as a struggling to cope with the silent, told the toford 19 pandemic bone out. and now all our recent studies on top workers and other from the worker suggest that for now is increasing anxiety is increasing . and so we expect with the rates are gonna kind of stay high for,

for public service. for a while, i see you know stuff. there are some intensive care unit staff saying they've reached a breaking point lesson from academic research centers to scientific journals, health workers, and scientists. fighting the pandemic say they are hitting a wall. me and some health care workers have thrown in the towel and taken up a completely different job. main thing, stay sane. doctors and nurses who can soldier on is still a lot of work. maybe light at the end of the tunnel, but the crisis isn't over. a taste of normality can be felt all over madrid. the city is vibrant nights have reasons, they've been approaching what they will be for the pandemic bars and restaurants are busy. since they lifted the state of alarm bars and restaurants have steadily extended the hours curfews have largely been canceled. non essential travel between

the regions is allowed again. the lifting of these restrictions was met with wild celebrations in the streets of spain. that outraged many spaniards infection rate, the cross spain are dropping, but here in madrid, this still higher than elsewhere, and hospitals especially feeling the pinch intensive kept off say that debit occupied after more than that breaking point. some even quitting that job at the cove at ward. this is why people we speak to are cautious. they want to enjoy their new freedoms, but also do so responsibly. one of it for this garcia hasn't seen his family in 9 months because of spain's travel bands. he is planning along over to visit yada. now that they're opening up, we really want to see each other. but we're also scared a particular case, especially because my father died last june from cove it, although his mother is already vaccinated for his garcia, will still take every precaution to make sure his visit home will be safe laterally

. that is like it is what it is. the virus is there, even if restrictions are ease. but it's true that the easing of measures takes a weight of your shoulders. so if i could get the freedom to a certain degree bar owners, like simone, i photo optimistic that such freedoms are here to stay steady. our business is in our sector that live from one day to the other, cannot afford to close. but i am confident that by the end of the some other situation will have improved, whether it's social and night life or everything else and myself. and all those bodies. until then, spain will try and enjoy this fragile life, hoping that 1000000 small people will get the vaccine. and that corona virus variance can be kept at say here's another interesting question for our science correspondent derek williams. if you've got one yourself, send it to our youtube channel. all right,

you can antibody explanation, negative shouldn't have come at positive no, not necessarily. the food and drug administration in the u. s. actually issued a communique on exactly this topic just a few days ago. it says that although cove at $900.00 vaccination might cause a positive result in some antibody tests, it doesn't necessarily do so for all or, or even for most of them. that sounds a little counter intuitive. i know, but, but it isn't really for some simple reasons. one in particular, which is that most antibody tests weren't designed to detect immunity after vaccination. they were designed to detect a past infection was always kept the 2. and although both vaccination and infection

lead to the same result, which is immunity for at least a while against the virus, it turns out that at the immune system level things are a little more complicated surprise, surprise, to explain what's going on. let's look at the structure of, sorry, covey. 2 for a 2nd. from the outside. it looks like a ball studded with weird, feathery structures. the ball is what's called the castle, which in cases the virus is genetic material together they form what's called the nucleus caps and the feather like structures that dart the surface are called spikes. now when you contract cobra 19, your body reacts with a range of antibodies that attached to a range of different targets. lots of them on the nucleus caps it. and those are the anti bodies that many tests are developed to detect. most vaccines, however,

work by getting your immune system to produce only antibodies that target spikes and plenty of tests weren't made to detect those. so if you've only been vaccinated but not infected, and you take one of those tests, then it'll come up negative because the test was made to detect nuclear caps. it anti bodies and not the spike antibodies that you're vaccinated system is producing . but they protect you effectively to me in europe and north america starting to reopen, but that has many employees. worried one survey shows that nearly half of the workers could leave their jobs in the coming months. 66 percent of responding. thank. they feared that workplace safety measures were being lifted too soon. and surprisingly, health care workers and researches for some of the most effective by coded stress, one in 5 saying they were considering leaving the field when the crisis is over. no,

i don't know. consider that children in india, a fast becoming the unseen victims of india's corona virus crisis, with millions of indians having lost their jobs. kids have been forced out of school and into work to support their families. and the deadly 2nd wave of the pandemic has also made an orphans of many children, especially those from poll communities. for 9 years now, the people that had worked with children from under the community on a daily basis. she deals with children who have experienced creek laws and forced to grow up before they're ready. but since the outbreak of who with 19 their numbers are growing, children are being made to quit education and pick up household responsibilities and are also being pushed into child labor as their families have lost income. the secondly, since they are spending a lot of time at their home now many cases of child abuse are also coming up. having already been disproportionately affected by over 19,

many children are facing another tragic fall out of the found on it. many have lots mothers or fathers are both leaving them extremely wonderful. since last year the angel of a pretty world has provided support to 13 children who have been often new to call the 1900. by helping them settling with their extended families. so no opposing the founder of the organization says that while children who have been often have much stuff and need immediate attention, a more holistic approach is needed to address every child in distress. there is a lot of conversation about it often, but honestly, on the ground it such cases are probably 5 to 6 percent. the other 95 percent cases that we're looking at is where the bed of the very bed of these children are pushing them into sexual, paid, transactional, sex. and i label. the real issue really is to look at the vulnerability mapping of which side is in massive distress and which i need more support that there is

a need for a more comprehensive approach is something that an iraq can do. probably the head of the daily commission for protection of child. right. also, i'm looking for something for 3 things need to happen. one, these schemes that provide the financial assistance to these families for that the basic subsistence is insured. the 2nd thing that needs to happen is the governments have to explore ways of keeping the children in school, the toward either ensuring a livelihood for the family. what ensuring that they are just starting different existing schemes of the government could be russian or whatever. but ensuring the, the family has adequate means as an immediate urgent step. the commission has started a health line for children in distress. back at the center pretty says that many children she meets with are in crisis right now. we got home because of all of it, years of hard work that we and the children had put in seemed to have gone reefed.

we're now trying to get them back to their studies and 2 different activities. we are trying to use them and had them come out of the difficult situations. they were still brief. he says that despite their best efforts, it will be a long while before the children are able to cope with the heart. and the trauma that the band to make has inflicted us president joe biden has ordered a new investigation into the origins of the corona. buyers, he's asked intelligence heads to deliver their findings within 3 months. i will hand institute of viral g houses the big as far as bank in asia. it's a maximum security buyer lab. 3 research is fill in november 2019, and we'll hospitalized with flu like symptoms, weeks before the 1st identified case of the coven 19 outbreak. the wall street journal is the 1st to publish these new details. quoting a us intelligence report. the hypothesis is that the virus spread to humans after

lab accident 2 weeks ago, 18 prominent scientists wrote a letter to the journal science calling for a new investigation into the origin of cove at 19 every laboratory in the world, including our very own c, d. c. and i, containment laboratories in the united states. they all have had laboratory accidents, laboratory acts and shop and everywhere there is humans, humans are fallible. so it's absolutely reasonable to think that some other laboratory also had an accident not least because the war had institutes study corona viruses and the transmission through bess, china has dismissed the leveling theory. it says reports of 3 sick researches are like you and maintains. there was 0 infection among the war shoots stuff. being unusual. after months of negotiations,

china allowed effect funding mission led by the world health organization to travel to hand. more than a year after the pandemic outbreak. the pedal concluded that the virus probably originated in bets and past the humans are an intermediate animal. the laboratory incidents and i put disease is extremely unlikely. thanks for watching. stay safe and see you again. sort of like the the news. the news, the news

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