the little guys that it's 77 percent, the platform for you to be beat issues and share ideas. you know, we are not afraid to patch and young people clearly have the solution, the future. 77 percent. now, every weekend on the w, the me, you're watching the w news, asia 1st covert 19. now a deadly infection targeting vulnerable patients in india. why the black fungus has been declared in academic and a growing number of indian states will speak to a doctor who says he's office coming. and a veteran, tv, journalist, and pockets on taken off the air after speaking out against the country's military . well here why critical journalism is becoming increasingly dangerous for

pakistani reporters. the news i'm see me so much going to thank you for joining us. we start with another growing health crisis in india, amid the cobit 19 pandemic. india is now battling merkel my coast this often called black fungus. it's usually a rare disease that attacks the skin, eyes and brain, of people with an impaired immune system or diabetes, or especially at risk comb with 1900 treatments with steroids could be making the problem worse. and leading to a spike in black, fungus cases. it's now been declared an epidemic and several indian states, d. w. numerous such as well, reports from delhi such at the time has been the last 2 months in and out of hospitals. when her parents what the good, you know,

why it was during the worst of india 2nd leave. she's seen it up nice desperately looking for oxygen, cylinders and hospital, but she had to travel some 300 kilometer to ship just to find her model. and i see you bit where she spent a few days after returning home. her mother was hospitalized again. this time because of the new core, my courses, commonly known as the black fung, i'm described was over on the patients when i fallen shot faces disfigured by light . steven thirties made necessary to stop the head of the black fungus patient in the same room as her mother bled to death before her eyes. i'm says she cannot allow was fast, but time to stop and process the struggle. i can't afford to even have the luxury to do them and because i have to keep going, have to do whatever it takes to keep going. like on your phone, just gone up. i just put that i go to for to behave. i go with them like, you know,

because after the black fungus has been declared and epidemic in delhi and several other states in india, it is not a new disease. but it occurred to me that pharmacies did not stop much of the drugs to treat it. used to receive around 2 or 3 requests for the injection of this and what that is and be a week. but right now, the demand went so high that they got more than 30 patients id. and they were many looking for it. unless patients receive an injection regularly, perception of the fungus can spread rapidly. each vial costs $80.00 your as the demand has surged, the black market price has quadrupled as prices for the anti fungal job title. the government backed off the pharmacy and be now manufacturers on imports for supposed to be for directly. but these supplies will be crucial as even

a thing the miss dawn can be devastating. the more the causes the blacks longest assignment in the environment, but can also be found in ventilators or oxygen cylinders. these will use heavily during india, 2nd. dr. romantic cause these opportunistic infections, these, when venue immunity is compromised, in this case, by the good one iris, and the over use of steroids used in its treatment. any misstep in treating the black fungus can be fatal. my causes a little high mortality, especially when patients who don't get diagnosed early enough. so it has more than 50 percent mortality most of the time. and all surgery which can be disfiguring, especially when to comment about i do that. we see, i know sort of a nuclear, where you have to remove the dead tissue from the face. now, in other fungal infection, that pre owned beacon immune system is also being reported in the us could one of

the pieces may be falling, but the dead be 2nd being has left housing vulnerable to many more than for more in the story we can speak now to dr. jackie chandler, he's a microbiologist. he previously served as the head of the micro biology department at the government, medical college and hospital turn. the doctor trying to thank you for joining us. you have been working on rico my coast of blacks on this as it's being cold for more than 20 years. and you've been warning about how dangerous it is. why are we seeing this big outbreak of cases linked to cove at 19 yes, we have many cases know where it is, is hang about. probably didn't get to at this moment and it is unprecedented and it is a sort of so i mean type of thing as put it in be a constant. it was having otherwise also more cases every year as compared

to other countries. but during this course, 19, the main important point is number one, diabetes is already this. second is indiscriminate use of standards. people like taking steroids or the counter. they are taking put a long duration for higher doses. so this type of thing is inducing a temporary situation in the already and that particular thing, because this is a fungus, we have affinity to or to the sugar level. that is the higher the nuclear mike was just case you will be there. it may be pure and i think it may be induced. so whatever it is, the reason the if the school level is higher than this nuclear, michael's dad, which is called a black from the it is but it is not black from within that range. so if you control the sugar level, then there is no problem. but if i could jump in there, i mean there are people in other countries with higher sugar level. so why are we

seeing this? su nami, as you've called it in india, of new cases and not in other countries. other countries that mean it is not absolute, 0 in those countries, but the point is unprecedented. table number increment is not there in those countries in the surroundings mediocre. so we have the same table, but it did in india, the major a bunch on is adaptive. number 2, number g, other things. mazda, not changing every time. this may be sport, the oxygen, that job, et cetera. it may not be clean or straight. that may be ruined, it has to be a one, but the point is that other additional points are there. as far as the implement of the case, you are concerned what needs to be done to ensure that this disease can be tackled effectively. first thing is that in mexico,

so sufficient to move very high. the clinicians are suspected mucous, michael says at the very earliest date of the patient, when it arrives, the patient arrives in the open or the war. second, direct demonstration of the congress by which or chemical road whitestone, which is very simple. it is everywhere in the hospital, microscope is everywhere, and it does not cost anything to the hospital or patient. it has to be demonstrated within a very short span of pain within half an hour. so we can do most of the on the 3rd thing, we can do the surgical intervention b as the move or the braided or cut down that necrotic area. because this is the fungus which is found in the blood vessels. it is not roaming in the blood. it is in reading the bird restaurants, but this is very unique. it creatures, this fungus is concerned. so ok if you do, but i did. and then you go for the end dupont realty, that is the last part. if you do this as a protocol in your hospital,

we have been following this for a while and we didn't do of it is we do the surgery and the shift on the end of a liberal like and what has to be right. and it's going to, we'll have to leave it there. dr. jack, the standard microbiologist. thank you so much. the free speech advocates in pakistan are raising the alarm master. one of the country's most popular tv journalists was taken off the air in connection with a speech he gave criticising the country's powerful military talk. so host tommy mirror was suspended from his regular program. after speaking out against growing attacks on journalists in the country, he demanded accountability from authorities. in particular, the military, it is not the 1st time near has faced trouble. he was seriously wounded in 2014. when gunman opened fire on his car, shooting him 3 times and d, w,

or porter, be in his job. it is covering this story for us to be in a good to see you. can you tell us more about what exactly happened in this case? ok, i would just start with the context. i think focus on the state has become increasingly intolerant of critical voices. and there's a growing perception amongst loc as any journalist that buckets, any prime minister in ron hahn and the bar full military are going to silence any dissenting voices. a buck as any journalist was a duck in islamabad. inside his home. he was severely beaten, and this sort of list said the doctor, because i think the fight themselves as members of because i'm my agency i as i and in one of the protest in support of this journalist, one of pockets and most popular talk show host how may i mean without naming any names worn? buck is any generals that attacks on journalists might stop and does just days

after the speech. he was taken off from his program, which is watched by millions of focused on these. so these developments have definitely sent a chilling effect, have had a thrilling effect on the journalist in buckets done. and we seen journalists expressing outrage in support of freedom of press. but these assaults on journalists that you mentioned be this, have been going on for some time. so why are we seeing this outcry from journalists now? so the censorship has increased in last 3 years of iran government, buckets and media is facing financial meltdown. news organizations that have been critical of market on state institutions. they have been financially hit. there were instances where news channels were blocked on give networks and the distribution of critical newspapers were manipulated. there is also and hum if news case is not an isolated gifts that are leading well established during different

bucket on. they are not allowed any time on buckets, any channels. they are not allowed to publish their opinion pieces on national newspapers. and there is also a culture of infinity. so news organized human rights organizations and organizations that support media wright's dad expressing their concern. so in many of the cases we're back if any journeys were attacked recently. for instance, a journalist was shot in his tom bud last year during this was abducted in the in slam, but none in none of the gifts there's, the attackers have been arrested. i think now journalists, i think that this is too much, and they really need to speak up for what is happening in the country. so been in this atmosphere just quickly, if you can, how can critical journals continue to do their work? so there is censorship on the extreme media and journalist are now using social media to express themselves, but pockets in the government is coming up with

a new law that would for the hamburg, freedom of best in buckets on not only on mainstream media, but also what's published on bitter platform spark, if any journalists have expressed anger and they have rejected this new law. almost all newspapers in focus on published an article, a proposition against the law. but i would just say that that if defiance among journalists state is a drawing unity among journalists and it seems and in this atmosphere, they're coming up for themselves and are ready to face any pressure d, w report or finish job it. thank you very much for your reporting and thank you for watching. goodbye. the the site against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infections in developing? what's the latest research information and contact the corona virus co. 19 special next on dw,

many pushed out in the world right now to climate change. very cost a story. this is much less the way from just one week. how much we're going to really get we still have time to go. i'm doing all this on friday morning. it's like it's the biggest vaccination campaign in history. almost $2000000000.00 of koby. 19 vaccine have been administered worldwide to date. but is it enough to wipe out the code to the virus keeps mutating. and each change makes it harder to control.

4 major new very and several really been identified. alpha beta gamma delta. but there are more letters in the greek alphabet. and research is worried. they'll soon have to use them for new covariance. the many areas of the world are still waiting for their share of the vaccine supplies, giving the virus a fertile breeding ground for fresh mutations. new outbreaks in the corona, virus pandemic. the welcome to occur with not in special, i'm wanting to jones good to have you with us. now, let's just say that again, almost 2000000000 shops worldwide funds. quite an achievement. but of course, those shots are not even the spread across all continents. in terms of sheer numbers. north america and europe managed about 370000000 shots each south america with koby stricken countries like brazil, as

a lot of catching up to do africa. and it's more than 1300000000 people only received 34000000 doses so far. while asia is storming ahead with more than 1000000000 shots. but that doesn't mean asia is fully vaccinated far from it. there are huge gaps like in vietnam, a country that has long been praised for his response to the pandemic. now it is faced with new outbreaks and a new variant. the discomfort said the pandemic, known to many around the world, and now common in vietnam to ortiz, in hotel min city, a ramping up cobra, $900.00 testing 1st. focusing on high risk groups, residents are on alert, made fast, rising case numbers. i'm more worried about the new virus variance. i have to wear a mask more often than before, outside, and also limit meeting others. po,

cima in city has been partially shuttered, with many businesses closed and public gatherings. restricted. some resident find themselves behind quarantine cordons and made local outbreaks. so vacating their dormitories to make way for a new hospital in preparation for the worst the last flight sent to her noir atlantic. the busy international airport is closing for a week. the government to see at the country's outbreak was fueled by a new cosy, nice hand. but w h o research has have confirmed that most cases here were caused by the delta variance, a previously documented strain of the virus. vietnam is in a race to vaccinate. so far, only about one percent of its population has been inoculated. only weeks ago, vietnam had achieved a month of 0 community transmissions. it's strict arrival, quarantine meshes and fast lockdown proved effective that covey 19 is finding

cracks in even the most cautious countries. for more let's bring in professor, shout me how from the be will center on the center for molecular life science of the university of basil in switzerland. let's clarify the situation in vietnam. first of all, is there a new variant? and if so, how worrying is it? yeah. so what we know from vietnam at the moment is that they, they are observing the very end of the area that caused the big outbreak in india. and some of the genome say they described over the last few days, they have an edition, a deletion that position $144.00 the spike protein. and that is what if, occasionally mutation that you've seen previously, for example, in the very and alpha, the one that originated in the u. k. but that in itself is not really to worry concerning the house in the police, in that position. $144.00 before, all right,

and mutations per se, under worrying either as far as i know, they're normal because that is what viruses do in order to survive. so why all the fuss about new variance right now? yes, the wires, this particular aren't a virus. if you take all the time, they have a fairly sloppy replication machinery. that means that they don't change sort of step by step. but you know, some of these, that actually a small fraction of these mutations, they allows viruses to either evade existing immunity or sort of become more transmissible, more adapted to the, to the human host. and they base it, of course, new outbreaks and, and in our secondary ways, 3rd way for waste and bases that i've already seen, such sort of larger ways of course 90. and that's what if occasions, adaptations of the virus to the new environment are with concerning because it allows for resurgence of of the pandemic. right?

and that's why this is why it is so important for us to do sequencing sequence in order to, to keep track of what kind of very into dealing with so that we can hopefully respond. do we actually have a chance to ever be ahead of the virus or we will always like behind while sequencing, as he just said, allows us to spot new variance early use of allows us to see how, how different areas that are circulating different from each other. and the mutations that we observe in the genome with the virus and sequencing, they give him very early on, on how these viruses might behave. so for example, is that how potations and specific spots of last a virus that the interest in the 2nd? i think that would be a cause for concern. because that might mean that the immune system is that, you know, protecting left well from this particular period, visit these very,

very sort of intense sequencing interface efforts that we have in place. now we do have a chance to, to get on top of that early and so at least, you know, see any changes in the bio population before they become common. and i think that is sort of a big get badges that we have now, but what to do is to be if you know, if you want to go ok. and of course the other weapon is that we have, if you like, is a vaccine this week. we're closing in on 2000000000 shots of cobit 19 like sean's will wife. but we'll live years away from global herd immunity with a huge discrepancy between industrial and developing nations. how big is the danger that this discrepancy will create a strain that could eventually escape immunity? well, the important part is that we have to bring kids number down because, you know, you can, you can emerge both by infecting the vaccinated people, all the people that have had a previous infection. and there are reasons to believe that a previous infection is not as protective as a theme that is sort of more conducive to generate,

generate new area instead of burying. so brain case number found is pretty to think that matters. and to do that, we need to bring back the nation to, to the entire globe. and of course, there are different vaccines and some vaccines. i said to work better against certain variance than others. but vaccination is still key because some people don't seem to trust vaccines anymore. what do you say? while it is sorry, next to you have been our most most powerful tools against infectious disease. and, you know, i have every reason to expect that the same is going to be true. here. it is important to remember that machination listed multiple layers of being in protection. and most of what we're talking about here with, with very positive antibody, is cake mutations, meaning a specific, specific aspect of the response might be less effective after that. but there's every reason to believe that particular protections, again, the view disease remains robust and does not. so that the ball to change it by

variance, my professor had to have it from the center for molecular life science at the university of buffer in switzerland. thank you so much for your time. you're welcome. thank you one year into the pandemic. there is already a variety of scenes on the market with more on the way the questions still remain about the safety of vaccines for young and old alike. science correspond, derek williams takes a look at the astrazeneca jap. oh, nice. the answer is interconnecting. apparently. see from 8 people. oh, 1st of all, i want to emphasize that the data shows that for the vast majority of people, the astrazeneca coven vaccine is both safe and reliable. but in extremely rare cases, it has also been linked to the development of potentially dangerous blood clots.

there's been a scientific scramble to, to try to figure out exactly what's going on. and experts now thing that in those rare individuals substances produced by the immune system in response to the vaccine can also activate platelets in the blood which, which leads to the clotting because it happens so rarely the statistics are conclusive. but women under the age of 50 seem to be affected. most often. that's led national health authorities in some countries with a range of vaccine options to begin recommending the astrazeneca vaccine, primarily to those over the age of 60, where we're links to clotting. we're not completely absent but. busy much, much more tenuous. it's pretty amazing actually that we discovered these needles in a haystack so quickly and also that we already have a pretty good explanation for,

for what might be causing them. i couldn't find any study explaining in, in metabolic terms exactly why this particular side effect seems to impact older people less often than it does younger ones. but, but many experts think that the idea that the clotting is basically caused by an immune response that that could explain it. we know that as people age, their immune responses tend to damp and down. and, and in this particular case, that could be a good thing. and with all the other data we have about the asters anika vaccine showing it to be safe and effective. it remains a very powerful tool in our arsenal for protecting the elderly in particular, who are most at risk. if they catch cobit 19, hence the recommendation that they continue to receive it.

mm. well, vaccination in some regions is advanced enough for them to open up again in riyadh hundreds gathered last night for the 1st concert in the saudi capital. since the start to look over 900 con damage, the performance is a live audience. something to look forward to that's all for today. thanks for watching. the news. news . news. news, news,

news. news, news. the news. news. news. india. how can a country's economy broke in harmony with his people and the environment when there are doers? look at the bigger picture, india, a country that faces many challenges and whose people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and india. eco,

india. minutes on d. w. in the name of climate change, the africa what's the people who hear? what ideas do they have for their future? d, w dot com, african megacity. movie media. click enter me people in trucks injured one, trying to flee the city center and more refugees are being turned away. the board families playing on the tank in syria to be crated against and trade people fleeing and exclaimed, rough can $200.00 people have sunk in the gmc around the world. more than

300000000 people are seeking refuge. why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own lines. d, w, phone lines. oh, where i come from, we have to fly for wordpress. i was born and raised me how is dictatorship with just one tv channel and a few papers with official information as a journey, i had work on the trip of many countries, and their problems are always the same for to ecology and that kind of freedom of the press garage on the floor to say side, and when it comes to defend the humans and see the white board inside of their trust enough. my name is candy perez and i work at

b w ah ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, the police arrest prominent hong kong activists on the anniversary of the shannon square massacre. chow hung turn is known for guessing thousands onto the street to remember the 190809 violence in beijing. we caught up with shortly before her arrest. also on the show, one of germany's leading catholic figures office his resignation to the pope by hot

marks the archbishop of munich says he has to share responsibility.