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india to keep a 3rd wave of the news i'm british manager. welcome to did up the news. a sure glad you could join us. china has sent 3 us off into space as the 1st step towards activating it's a space station. yeah. the, the astronaut. last off, off a long march rocket earlier on thursday. it will be the longest ever chinese man mission. and the 1st in the early 5 years, the proven spent 3 months in china, her module, which will be expanded in the coming years into a space station. the launch represents china growing ambitions in space that have only accelerated in the past few years. john

or how many of the heavens is supposed to consolidate china's power in space? it's the name given to the 17 me the long call module, which will supply the new space station with energy. keep it on cos and provide the 3 astronauts with room to live and carry out research. the crew will examine whether the solar cells billable electricity reliably that so try out, improve space suits which should allow them to stay in space twice as long the at you know, they're what they call module was transported into orbit, with china's heavy lift launch vehicle. the long march 5 at the end of april, the mission took place later than planned due to mechanical problem. it's john who is similar to the module that russia built for the international space station and

legacy of close cooperation and space. that china and russia now aim to strengthen further a cargo spacecraft, carrying important supplies, including feel clothing and provisions for the crew. dr. with the space station at the end of may it will take 11 more emissions before the space station is complete. to further research modules will duck with the station in 2022, when it will begin operations. it's an bishop schedule, but china is fast advancing to the top league of space travel. the country 1st sends an astronaut into space in 2003 well behind russia and the united states. in 2019 china celebrated a spectacular 1st by landing and the dark side of the moon in a scientifically interesting region and the satellites. south pole china also has month and its sides. since last may,

the home research spacecraft has been exploring the red planets and even sending selfie back to earth i. beijing is offering every nation the opportunity to conduct research on it space station. but getting there will remain firmly in chinese hands. europe has already accepted the offer. european space agency astronauts have already undertaken training in china. the i s . s. era is coming to an end. the united states is critical of the project. it says, cooperating in this way, would put international security at risk. and joining me enough, a lawyer dr. blessing bow and he's electra and international relations and a space policy expert at the university of leicester. dr. bohn welcomed. why does china want to space station?

so the chinese space station it is very much a marker or chinese technological i'm scientific and engineering capability. it's very much and aspects of soft power for the chinese government and both for domestic and international audiences. so it's a real marker of that, of china as em technological mission and actual capability now that it has achieved what it says to do about 30 years ago, which was to build a crude space they should. but those china space program added to the knowledge, knowledge about space for humanity, if i can put it that very so in some ways speak, we can expect that we have to break down china space program between it's more military and commercial and economic aspects. this is the scientific man, the exploration aspects of the space station is very much a scientific project. so m chinese university, that industries will be conducting all sorts of experiments and on,

on the space station and also inviting international participants as well. so so, and space scientists will be able to provide lots of ambitions and ideas in terms of what's experiments they'd like the chinese space station to rent for them. and i believe the repeal space agency. i'm from some signaled an interest in possibly pursuing some experiments on the chinese space station. but still as opposed to call question with trying to space program is what is driving it if it's altruism or other deeper strategic objectives. so like every state and that is space policy and space activities, there are concrete interests behind what they do in terms of space, exploration and science, which is what the space station is about. there are a range of interest when is the political science, so the prestige, the soft power demonstrates in china as a major technological power. i'm the 2nd only,

maybe to the united states in many aspects of space capability. but there's also the larger investments in science and technology in china as a whole on which this is part, training more stem graduates. so scientists and engineers and stimulate things certain parts of the high technology economy as well. so there are many different interest practical interests behind such a large project out of this. now the united states and other countries have various concerns on this essentially, how china space program is closely tied to its military. is this a cause of worry you think? so every, almost every major space power has a military dimension or elements or interest in water does in space. but there are many different activities that go on in space. and there are some activities in space that are more threatening than others. the chinese space station has very little military relevance in the same way that the international space station

poses no actual military threat to anyone. so, so neither there's a chinese space station. however, china does have a large military space program as well as separate to this. so there's a lot of activity to be concerned about to china in space in terms of a military standpoint. but this space station is not one of those activities been fairly benign projects and other chinese taken with the space station. dr. blending bowen from the university of lester. it was a pleasure talking to you. thank you so much. thank you for having me. the role in the 2nd wave of corona virus infections appears to be waning. the focus now is on facts, anything as many people as possible to prevent a 3rd. the government wants to vaccinate all adults by the end of the year. however, there may not be enough vaccines for some 900000000 people. and if that weren't challenging enough, vaccine hesitancy among parts of the population. i'm making matters difficult. d,

w. d. michelle just file reports from the northern state of hardy or not if they're trying to get back to the native and these young residents of roads are in the not indian state of hud yano have been eagerly waiting for it. after the month of lo, vaccine availability supply is finally catching up with the demand. you should see online slots in the small city booked quickly and allowing us flame that distributions in june has improved access to the jap. even further, doctors believe in the us massive 2nd we have good have it is to rock seem hesitancy. people are more of there. and they could also be driven by feel as they have to be seen the heart of the corona after the 2nd b, b plus scrambling to get vaccinated. this means that to meet us, we definitely want protection from that's why i believe vaccine hesitancy is

negligible in the village 20 kilometers from the hospital. these men being a very different picture. only 2 of them have been vaccinated because they wouldn't do it in the vaccine tires and even be don't feel confident about the benefits of the vaccine. in the last 2 months, more than 50 people have died in this village. these men see it wasn't a good one about us that gives them, but feel, got several suffered fevers, but recovered at home. much the believe only door to go to hospital die. and without your tread b. c, a vaccine that doesn't even guarantee protection. doesn't make sense out of the money that it's a new vaccine company needs to tell us why we should get into that. what are the benefits they are failing to give us information?

because those cable even don't have died after vaccinations. the vaccine, the record, i think the now they're saying plasma had to be, isn't useful. they just keep changing this down, which i had told her about the people that is clean here. the problem is in the cities because of the felling trees, it's a city problem. it isn't the village as it could go many the villages local health center. where's the deserted look? all your only 600 people have been vaccinated. supplies are limited, and there isn't a rush anywhere. and it's all the more reason that the few who do so up, stand out. so need hard, much traveled here from a nearby village to get his father the 2nd door. he himself, laptop, his post doors. as soon as it became available. he is now looking out to book a slot for his wife. he says there is no need to fear the jap, double so many people. what are you about? he was off to the vaccine, but my father had one to him and when i got it as well,

and i had no side effects at all. it's in the vaccine is very important to everyone must get it to it's 15 block, maybe a little while you're right now, but he's in patrick heat as everyone around him said the back seat can save lives. india is slowly solving its supply crisis. but to me, faith, an uphill battle against skepticism, to prevent the crisis of demand as well. and that's it for today, there's more updates on our website that did up a dot com forward slash issue. and you can follow us on our facebook and twitter pages as well. we leave you now with more spectacular pictures of china's rocket launch. rebecca, the same time tomorrow been to best buy, choose

the site against the corolla virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection in developing? what does the latest research say information and contact the corona virus. 19 special next on d w. how does

a virus spread? why do we panic? and when will all this? 3 of the topics that we covered and i weekly radio if you would like for information on the corona virus or any other science topics, you should really check out our podcast. you can get it wherever you get your podcast. you can also find us at w dot com, forward slash science. let me the. there are populations across the world cove. in 1900 vaccines are struggling to reach some of the world's poorest countries. and communities are also, some of the most jazz, wary, countering deeply held believes is a tall odor, especially when historic inequality and health care itself is partly to blame. but

one campaign and berlin paving away. how can skepticism in these groups be overcome? hello and welcome to your cove in 1900 special and chris kolber and bullet here in the german capital. all the vaccination campaign across the cities, refugee shelters was delayed large parts because of supply issues, but also by the spread of misinformation, mainly on social media. with the help of an education campaign, vaccination take up is now increasing the back to a little normality. in this ration shelter in berlin. suing classes resumed, today, the inhabitants are delighted for most of the pandemic, the home was very, very quiet. smoke i was caught on. okay, in touch with many people before corona and i used to go out to lunch, but now i cannot meet up. students. depends. it is very difficult for me to get to

the new i want the pandemic to and so we can have contact with other people, again, thought about the contact issue issue, but others, some residents know that getting vaccinated helps protect others. and my independent mach most wary of getting the job that's why this group of doctors, social workers and interpreters visit refugee homes to convince the most reluctant to sign up for an appointment. i feel like many people were very afraid they would become in fertile guess room bosis. this was much discussed in the media which also steer the fear amongst the residents. too much easier on that is what about to lose the spot in the one in the short due to the high risk of infection shelters, refugees where almost top priority in germany vaccination efforts. but various

delivery bottlenecks and approval issues have delayed the campaign. even though this is now sorted out, social worker says it takes a lot of convincing for people to take the job vision assessment. it is important that you make them feel acknowledged and so there's no wrong question. and i mean use interpreters, refugees can ask questions in their native language, articulate themselves better. a few more is in the conversation. english play. by the end of the afternoon, the doctors have met with around 20 people. face to face contact is key to success . in some refugee shelters, readiness to get vaccinated has jumped up to 80 percent as a result of the information campaigns. for more than spring in lina, samantha, she is a senior researcher on poverty and inequality as human rights watch. welcome to the w, alina in our report, we just learned about the reservations people in refugee camps have towards getting

vaccinated. the see a similar pattern with people living and other precarious conditions. thank you so much for having me. i absolutely do. so what we see is that the, the high end quality, especially economic and quantity that existed before the pandemic, as really translated into concerned in terms of access to the scenes. and also the interactions with governments. and many of the populations had been left behind by government for so many years and decades. so in, so it is really not unique to refugee population. in fact, in the united states, we see that black and brown people, austin, who had disproportionately higher infection rates initially, or they had more hesitancy, tawbard to vaccine and out of the fear of cost. so what, what are some of the quite implications, but also it due to

a long standing neglect of the government and mistrust and the government. not these vaccination guys, nevertheless, are part of the reason why the economy, at least in many countries in the west, is picking up again. but you say that low income households are a particular disadvantage in that recovery. why is that? it certainly depends on the, on a country context, i would say interesting even to, to take a step back. i think what we see is that the global inequality, meaning and equality between countries. here is a huge risk that low income countries will be falling further behind. as we see there's an equality and access to i've seen with higher income countries. having hoarded much of them and, and now haven't disproportion access to them. but at the country level, they have already been signs of, of the lack of transparency and access to the scene. corruption that often favors

certain groups in getting access to earlier. and here low income people have been a disadvantage. another reason why is that in low income communities and neighborhoods health care is often lacking and is not available to the same extent . so people have to travel far distances to reach a health care center and get access to the vaccine. we look at the economic impact of this pandemic meal. millions have lost their job during this time of crisis around the world, particularly in the service sector, and in low paying jobs. now, with economies reopening, won't these jobs? will these opportunities for people come back? not necessarily him and what is very concerning is that we saw that especially low income jobs have been lost at a much higher rate than by paying jobs. and one of the concerns is as countries

opened back up, those won't come back to the same extend. you've seen that in previous crises and recession after 2008 crisis. for example. besides many of the low paying jobs have not come back. and many people who were pushed into a poverty or unemployment did not necessarily root, can rehired one to country recovered. and so one peter really pushing for is for countries in a recovery phase to kind of consider the, the employment effects and a long standing effect, especially on low income. now, speaking of recovery to varying degrees, governments have been trying to support people that have been particularly hit by the ben demick. all you worried that this sort of support could be a one time effect very much so it's been an extraordinary year and we've seen countries respond to the crisis in bays. they never have before. so the amount of money that have been poured into relief programs and dissimilar

packages has been quite impressive. but we as human rights much, we've done analysis and about 2 dozen countries. and what about their relief programs and what we've seen it that many measures where highly temporary in terms of cash payment that we received populations at one time. but aside from that, we are also concerned as countries have taken on more and more debt to finance fees, recovery and relief programs. that as countries have to serve as these that they were introduced harsh saturday programs that are harmful to human rights. they may rely, increasing the on the private sector to deliver essentially public services such as his care education. and they may conduct further cut to social protection programs that are so essential, protecting people from poverty and equality. lean estimate,

seen our researcher at human rights watch. thank you for your thoughts. thank you. and the next is our science correspondent, derek williams, answering your questions about the pandemic. oh, how does it 191215 minute. there are 2 fences. this multi faceted question that i'd like to talk about. the 1st is of course, the straightforward issue of what the virus does physically to an average young adult as compared to someone who is older and they are the statistics. tell a pretty clear story. coded 1900 mortality, increases dramatically with age. let's look at recent data from the u. s. more than 4 and 5 deaths there have occurred in those over 65 and fewer

than one into 100 reported deaths had been and people under 30. but as vaccinations rise among the elderly and countries like the u. s, doctors say that the average age of patients who are being hospitalized with the disease is dropping dramatically and that many of those younger patients will end up with conditions like crippling damage to the lungs or the heart. so, although cobit 19 is a lot less likely to kill a young adult, there are still really pressing reasons to get back to native because getting it can have devastating long term health consequences. the 2nd important facet of this question is, is the pandemic, emotional, social, psychological, and economic impact. it's affecting everyone of every age, but is experts say in many ways hitting young adults especially hard and,

and that a key time in their lives. there are no warning that due to lock downs and other measures generation cove, it is facing shortfalls in opportunities for, for crucial self development. many young people are rising to the challenges, but, but psychologists and other therapist in many places like like here in germany are also currently being overwhelmed by this tidal wave of young adults in need of help . and, and a lot of those professionals now say that even the serious toll taken by infection in today's young adults could, in the long run, be overshadowed by the impact cobit 19 has on the groups mental health me. and before we go, taiwan has produced its 1st home grown covered 90 maxine managing vaccine biologics

has applied to the taiwanese government for emergency authorization of the job. taiwan is currently facing a surge of domestic infections made worse by shortage of vaccines. less than 5 percent of the population have so far been inoculate. that's our show for more you can always in our website at w dot com slash covered my team . because cobra berlin, thanks for watching. the news. the news, the news

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