by myself, i like to pass my day by ticking. all those jokes, finding out what people are talking about, what is moving them. my father told me how to ask and confront the questions about my country and about that is what i keep doing to the state. my name is maggie and i work at the daphne the me the china hope the diffuse a population time bomb aging is relaxing, relaxing rules and allowing 3 children per couple, a response to an aging society and falling birth rates. but it's up against the growing middle class, but increasingly has other priorities. will speak to an analyst. also on the show, more signs of recovery in germany and europe as jobless numbers fall and consumer

prices pick up. so is the continent finally turning the corner. we'll take a look and many workers, i've had a tough time during the pandemic, but especially new workers will look at the challenges facing to recent graduates in germany. and welcome to the show i'm seeing basically in berlin. the chinese government has announced that married couples may now have up to 3 children. the change in policy following decades of restrictions that have resulted in rapidly aging society, was at 979. the china fearing a population explosion. first implemented a one child policy. it included 4 sterilizations, led many parents to abort their baby girls and begin a steep decline and births that has continued for decades. and the government raised the limit to 2 children in 2016, but little effect. one reason is that there are fewer young women relative to men. meanwhile, women are pursuing careers and child care remains expensive in cities. and trying fertility rate is now just $1.00 children per woman of the number needed to for the

population to maintain its side. rather size is 2 point one. at the same time, people are living longer combination of a shrinking labor force on the one hand and the rising cost of early care on the other could also have a profound impact on the world's 2nd largest economy. china needs more children. delay to census shows a steep decline and birth rates for decades, couples who are allowed just one child in 2016. the limit was raised to 2 in the future couples can have up to 3 children. but many, especially in large cities like sang high, can't afford to raise several kids. so there's skepticism about the new policy. would tell you if the conditions were right, we'd have more kids nowadays young people have to buy a house. there's already a lot of pressure. and then you have to consider the costs of the child's education and other things. i think this sort of policy will face difficulties. last year, only 12000000 children were born in china. that's not enough to stop the

demographic trend and counter the aging population. even analysts believe paging policy shift is unlikely to achieve much success unless the government introduces really incentives. so providing a special alliances to couples who have 3 children, you know, reduction, fortunes, filtration, and other incentives. i don't think the chinese suppose i'm going to have more kids in the coming years. the chinese government has yet to announce any major incentives to bolster birthrates. lauren johnson as a research associate with the associate with the so as china institute in london, she's currently in berlin and that's where she joins us from lauren, going to have you on the show again. what is the risk for china with its current demographic course? i guess the risk is that the total fertility rate stays very,

very low into pet surety, which basically means at some point in future chinese people would become extinct. however, in terms of the contemporary economy, because china is load, her facility rate is partly a result of government policy. the one child policy was mentioned earlier. in fact, china has been planning for this period for decades and decades. so there are, there are certainly risks of not being able to manage the upside down population pyramid. but it's not necessarily a disaster. like there are also challenges to having a population that grows infinitely right now if we are looking at trying to boost the birth rate, this policy says, or you may have 3 children,

i would imagine it's not as simple as that. what are the biggest hurdles for families to increasing their family size? yeah, sure. i've also already mentioned where the cost just the cost of housing, the cost of schooling, the cost of you know, all the other essential is the middle class, the central, the go with raising a child. and of course this generation of parents also it's the kind of upside down pyramid generation. so they've got their full parents to take care of and then the children. so they've got kind of precious from, from both pins. so age and on top of which china is not really that different to many other countries which where the total fertility rate has fallen below the replacement level for a number of reasons. so is, is china special? maybe it's total fertility rate fell it earlier per capita,

income level with them happened in japan and so on. but in fact, you see this already in vietnam, thailand, turkey, brazil, really like the total facility is falling at lower and lower per capita income. so the, the challenge if countries don't want ultimate populations decline is indeed the very clearly work how, what, what those issues are and make life a lot easier for families. all right, of leave it there. lauren johnson, she's a research associate with the so as institute, so it's trying to rather in london, thank you. thank you. all right, let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines, insurance, startup. we fox, all record setting, financing, round investors, giving us $650000000.00. putting the value of the berlin based company at more than $3000000000.00 in us, making it one of the largest financial start ups in germany. we,

fox says it'll use the money to expand cross europe, world's largest meet producer j. b. s. has been hit by a hacker attack, paralyzing it system systems rather, and it's north american and australian plants. production lines are at a standstill and tens of thousands of employees are effect that the brazilian companies supplies me to north america, australia, new zealand, and europe. le jobless figure for germany drop more than expected in may. the latest sign of recovery in europe, the largest economy. jobless ranks falling by $84000.00 workers trimming the unemployment rate in the country. so 5.9 percent new figures also show that the number of employees on the countries reduced working hours scheme fell sharply. was job figures follow other reason indicators of recovery, hooting, rising prices in germany and the u. right as pen days or financial correspondent joins me from frankfurt. osh, could you start with those job figures out of germany?

jobless figures, i should say. what kind of picture today we're going to insight? do they give us into the current situation in germany? a theme for one day point towards broad improvement in the economy. the manufacturing sector really do read over the past few months. it's actually activity at record levels. tanks demand from china and other market markets, but now the retail sector, the services sector, of the restaurants, hospitality sector, they're all coming to the party and that's a good sign because the, the big employers of germans and that's possibly just shows that because of the easing of restrictions and now even the service sector is doing well. but having said that, it's still the job market is still not out of the woods. we still have millions of people on short term work. and also there are many who are under employed. and many of those jobs could actually be lost permanently if the recovery from fall to and

we also some figures today about price rises across the euro zone, seeing a short price, a 2 percent in may. is this reason for concern yet when we talk about inflation? if you are the c b not, i mean they are not going to be put up to because they've all, they've said that most of the factors that are fueling inflation right now are temporary nature. they're not going to be there one year from now. so for example, if you take the energy prices, which have been the major driver of inflation last month. and that's because if you consider it for a year back or the energy prices that really fall. and if you compare your on your that's, that's when the energy prices look really high. and the other factor is the job market. it's still not solid enough for the growth is not solid. and that's the reason why the e c would, would be very of actually typing it so many times. sure, touch brenda and frank for thank you. speaking of jobs,

they've generally been harder to find during the pandemic. while government programs focus on protecting workers, they've often overlooked new entrance to the workforce. that is young people getting their 1st jobs or beginning training programs. look at 2 recent graduates in germany struggling to start their chosen careers. julia nichols is 23. she graduated with a degree in tourism and event management last october and i always thought nothing could go wrong. as i went into event management, the opportunity seemed endless weddings concerts, conferences, no one could have imagined. they'd all just vanish, dusty stuff. i've been applying for jobs since i graduated in october 2020. i told the sponsors but i sent out 45 applications. i. 7 are pending and i've had 38 rejections. i'll stand up and write this up. and tony schultz is 18 and graduated from high school last year. she spent months applying for

a spot to apprentice as an administrative assistant. finally, she got lucky. i got a place, but because of the pandemic, they kept postponing my contract. then at the end of may last year, i got a written cancellation. they said, due to the pandemic, they had to attract their offer on the german trade union federation is alarmed by the lack of opportunities for young people dialogue, optimal situation on the job training market is serious. we've seen a drastic drop in the number of vocational training places on offer, and it's harder for young people to get in touch with businesses. because trade fairs and internships have been scrapped due to social distancing regulations. the bleak outlook weighs heavily on young people already suffering from the isolation of lock downs. julia nichols by nature, confident and optimistic, feels despondent over the string of rejections bathroom 38 rejections chip away at your competence, you have to keep telling yourself it's not me. it's the situation that's to blame and i can't give up. i have to keep trying. i don't give up. keep trying montrose

that antonio shult sound hard to follow. she wouldn't have managed without her parents help me because anything's gone to school. i wasn't coping well at all, so i knew i had to move on and apply elsewhere. the deadlines at all expires. and i knew that if i sent in my application 3 months later, my chances were next to nothing. so i had to look for alternatives, available to almost done the i thought you go through life, they need easy access to training and the job market. if they can't complete their training, it becomes harder to compete. they'll have to accept short term or poorly paid jobs . or face long periods of unemployment, that really is precarious. julian nichols hopes her job prospects will improve as germany's vaccine rollout picks up pace and she will no longer have to feel like her entire future is on ice. is reminder of our top story,

this our beijing is changing its long standing family policy allowing families to have as many as 3 children instead of 2. it helps to bolster its labor force in the future as it deals with a rapidly aging population. for me and the dw business team here, berlin, do find a lie, g, w dot com slash business. next, we're watching the news. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection in developing? what does the latest research information and contact the corona virus? the 19th special next on dw, i want to see what they are. they're open to the scene. our new global 3000

series about the threat we are facing as a heroes taking a stands until the global 3000 series starts june 21st on d, w o u r o. amount a for us to climb is, are aiming for the top of the world, but it's not just cold and extreme heights putting lives at risk. many a pushing for the peak despite a corona virus out on the mountain. southern teams were devastating. and what's the sharpest, when you lose your water base? camp nipples. little overrun with thousands of new daily cases.

mm. pretty cool oxygen. cylinders and vaccines are in short supply. as opposed covert storm continues to rage. the pole is in lockdown. battling it's west surgeon cove at 19. the health care sector is totally overwhelmed. we'll talk to the red cross in a moment. first, the government's desperate calls for help from abroad. even the help of international tourists, a record number of whom is registered to climb the world's most famous mountain. and the few, the seasons coming to an end by the climate could still do the people in the pool. a huge favor. gasping for precious breath in a race against time, these coven patients in the himalayas the fighting for their lives, thought there among the lucky few to have access to oxygen, vital, but increasingly scarce result. here. a recent surgeon cove at 19 cases has brought nepal fragile health care system to

a breaking point. and oxygen supplies are running out. now the government's urging not ever it's climate to help some margin someplace. in addition, it has install climbers at the base careless have an ample number of oxygen cylinders, high quality. but we have requested owners and operators to bring back those empty cylinders immediately after the completion of their expeditions, utilizing the benefits of the people family. so i got a new pool has issued some 700 climbing permit this season and been to get the mountaineering and tourism industries back on their feet. it's estimated climb as will abandon around 3 and a half 1000 oxygen bottles on the mountain this year alone. cylinder desperately needed in the fight. again. corona virus, our man and city in our public. there have a lot of bio sick news,

so they have a problem for oxygen. we have 7. some techs have that 1000 bottle. so we can, we can one day from year we can 4 cylinder to our main and government will they make for medical offices in. these bottles are being prepped for a mountain trek. have the government's plans work out. they could soon be saving lives on the ground. for process, tim fina joined us from the pole red cross. he's in cap man. do tell us about what's happening there because you described the situation in india as a horrifying preview of napoleon future. what is the situation like now or in the fall are increasing the by d. and then it takes on the about 40 to 50 percent in region 40 to

50 percent for the last week. and then you also go to the us and then in fact, it's not already increasing to cope with spreading right throughout the country. what about hospitals? what about oxygen? what, how well equipped in the country the r r over there is, you know, all the private investigators out of all that is a no, no, i see we have, i live in the north and i live before it's our dying without, without ventilator. and without that, we don't know, i see you and you pull out also dying without the thing to the street was invalid. you don't have a hospital and then many people out i know in the us. so in a poll seeing exactly what happened in neighboring india, but hasn't been able to equip itself in time. what about this?

what about help from abroad help from these climate climbing ever is bringing back their anti oxygen tanks. is there enough help coming? yes, yes. and then you go home and in the last 3 weeks there are many, many, then you manage it out. and i just and has provided oxygen, oxygen, blong, medical supplies, i mean with all the marks and roles. and then if he did on the many religions. so the embassies and then going in and then the government from the countries in that room and also provide it. 7 now and then our situation is not that much, but we like the $60000.00 octaves and fill in the us. what about vaccine has also been a call from government officials to help from abroad. as far as vaccine doses go, we don't have any backs in right now. and then then our all means our prime, the,

our prime ministers in our net. but she didn't. now the approach to the moment of us. yes. or they just put any fractions. and then india and china, and then also you get bought them and also, you know, i did is did. and then sign out for me, the 1000000, but from others notice ones. so now in the have given 1000000 the months before. and then all the 1000000 where there are 2. is it possible? but we don't have the 2nd or the money, but indoors we look on we don't, we are not. so they've actually need to see there's usually one back in and then box and either one vaccine is and is the one the sort of the optical beat. so tell us what does nepal need to do right now to get on top of this situation? we need, we need and we did, we need to be medically apartments and the medical yes. do you clean out a hospitals? and also we did fax and we need to to back and make it medically. we've been

including off season cylinder and actually going to blonde hey, we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us and being on the show today. pleasure speaking to metro past syncing. thank you. thank you. thank you. turning now to some other stories from the pandemic. india's corona virus infections to 28000000 on monday, with health authorities reporting over 2000000 active cases. there is some good news india's day, the new infection rates continue to decline indicating the current wave may have already paid. china has locked down one joe, for a flare up in new code cases. initial reports indicate the new infections that linked to the mutation 1st detected in india. health authorities are ramping up local testing and vaccination drives to prevent a widespread outbreak. the palestinian territories have approved a single dose version of russia's sputnik vaccine. tubbs but make light rushes

direct investment fund is reportedly and talks with india manufacturers to stop producing the job as early as next month for use in asian markets. and a record virus search has hit urgent tina forcing officials to suspend the copa american football tournament. there the chief cabin administers said his country tried to keep its commitment to hosting the event, but the epidemiological situation made it impossible. south african president 0 rema poses, says his country is re imposing a strict lockdown. i made a new surgeon cove at 19 cases where he says to hattiesburg in pretoria, and now in the 3rd wave surgeon cases also highlights south africa slow vaccine rollout. when the around one and a half percent of the country, 60000000 people have received the 1st dose. the w adrian increase in cape town, says another lockdown was inevitable. the new restrictions don't come as

a surprise to most south africans, because the numbers of new infections have been increasing in the past days and weeks and almost reached 5000 new cases the day at the moment. this is still far away from the peak. we have seen during the 2nd wave in january where we had more than 20000 new cases a day, but it is still a reason to worry, especially because the vaccination campaign here has been starting very slow. south africa has ordered vaccines for 75 percent of its population, but only a fraction of that arrived in the country. and the president has been complaining about that many times before saying it is not fair that wealthy nations have stronger access to vaccines than countries like south africa and also the neighboring countries on the continent. so far, only those above the age of 60 are allowed to get the jap. so this is less than 2 percent of the population at the moment. those who are younger than 60, even if they have co morbidities, don't even know if they'll be able to get

a vaccine by the end of this year. for derek williams and the question that could be on your mind if you're waiting for the jap. oh, i have a mild cold. can i get back to needed anyway? great question. you might have been waiting for months for an appointment to get vaccinated and then the day before your nose stops up. well, i can tell you from personal experience with, for example, my kids pediatricians, that in general, if you're feeling even a little under the weather on the day of a shot, and doctors really don't like to vaccinate you for anything in the panoramic. however, the cdc, in the u. s, at least has apparently loosened that rule of thumb somewhat. and germany's health authority conference, the to it agrees both say that if you basically only have the sniffles, then vaccinate hers can go ahead and give you october 19 vaccine. but if you're

feeling moderately or more severely el, they say, then you should wait until you recover from whatever you have to receive one. as far as i can tell, doctors and other medical experts appear to draw the line between mild and moderate illness, largely based on the presence or the absence of fever. so. so if you just have a runny nose or a scratchy throat, but your temperature is normal or close to it, then you're apparently good to go. if you have a more acute sickness, however, that involves higher fever for germany's health authority that that's anything over $38.00 and a half degrees celsius. then you should wait to be vaccinated, but, but one way or the other, you need to be tested beforehand to rule out the possibility that you might have picked up the source covey to and,

and if it turns out that what's actually causing your cold like symptoms is a mild case of over 19. then the recommendation is to wait until you've recovered fully. then at least another couple of weeks before rescheduling your appointment. derek williams there, i'm ben facility. thanks for watching. stay safe and see you again. so. ah, the me. the news

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