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me the news . this is the w there is coming to live from berlin, south africa, titans restrictions as the delta vary and fuels. the 3rd wave of corona virus infections will take you to a small town that fought it. whether the pandemic was no cases. and then went into a voluntary lockdown. also coming out, war day, send the black sea, nato and ukraine stage a series of naval exercises. russia calls it a provocation. ah
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hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. south africa is reintroducing tough. pandemic restrictions doctors have been babbling a 3rd wave of infection is driven by the highly infectious delta variant. presidents. serial ram, oppose is warning that the health care system is at its limit for at least 2 weeks . all gatherings and alcohol sales will be banned. there's a curfew curves on travel, and schools have been closed. now that includes one town in west, in western cape, were residents were hoping they'd be lucky enough to get through the pandemic unscathed. christina manuel reports no one in the small remote town was known to have been infected with the corona virus since the start of the pandemic. but that changed in the middle of june when 3 people suddenly died from colbert 19 related complications,
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just hours apart. one of them lived in this house, hendrick or case was a retired minor. he was 75 years old and diabetic. and then my sister silicon on sunday morning that and something is wrong with the chase, including brief properly. and i said maybe you guys was from the ambulance and then i thought i said no, he went to east doing fine. my mother was just been putting on some point on his chase to having to breathe properly. and, and i told him and oxen party you has to do for you. and he says to be you guys to spray for me. and i said to my sister, just keep me updated obviously doing what's going on with him. and then we can take it from the raise, the alarm prompting local helpful floors. he's to prob, displayed up infections in the community. testing revealed that almost a quarter of clip brands,
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$250.00 residence. we're in fix it. recruiter is the community spokesperson. he told us people here were caught off guard does go what he does with a band. we weren't prepared for it since the last 15 months. we were totally free since march last year. when we start the in south africa in suddenly it would have been and as i already mentioned, what we weren't prepared isn't any place in the heart of the community. but it has no capacity to provide cable people who are seriously ill. because this hospital is about 200 kilometers away, while most people who tested positive, hardly experienced any symptoms, no one wanted to take any chances. i as negative back my, my gosh, i was. so i decide i want to do it for you. course if i was positive then
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you will do it for me all. so that's why i stay in my house. i my room in florida and also of course i don't wanna infect some out of peoples of i don't wanna have to be infected. that's why i want a my residence, agreed to impose a quarantine on all of plans. 65 households to move the spade off and fiction among the people of this type in that community. everyone isolated from each other and the outside world. however, 100 might have been the exercise proved rewarding. most people are now free of the virus and there is the general feeling that the worst is over for the brand. but just as people felt safe to come out again with youngsters resuming part time, pleasure like this game of rugby, fresh nationwide restrictions mean the newly found freedom will be short lived
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and dw christine war, who filed that report, joins us now from cape town. christine, that small town, a new report has been hit hard by the pandemic. are they likely to be many more towns like that in south africa? 5 perry, that is certainly the lightly reality. the problem here is that testing capacity is still very much limited in the last 24 hours. so that's the only manage to test just over 50000 people now in the country or nearly 50000000 people that just give you a sense of how much is, is really limited at the center. they certainly replace that. people similar to those include primary tends to be very isolated communities to 500 promises outside of people who are far away from the reach of public services. that there are probably many more such cases. not just in those communities rainy,
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but throughout the country theory. what kind of support is available, christine, for smaller towns and remote villages in south africa that are hit by cobra. the 19 well, this is the reality. there isn't very much because i mean the people of the brands, nobody had really been tested. and so these 3 did suddenly occurred, as i said, the report was upon and that's what the authorities to do, which revealed that these people have to come to 19. and that then led to the math in that particular community. but it is the case that so many people have nothing in the time to make. and again, it has to do with the fact that many people on to credit the reach of public services like how can you call that clinic in the community. if one of the satellite, people of the health department does it once in a while and just have to visit something before me a little for people into brand is 170 kilometers away. so there is very limited
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soap and people have just had to weather it on their own. and as you can see, they took that machine that they died that down. yeah, we could be in serious trouble wherever you are, whether you're in a small village or a big city, access to health care is crucial, especially in a panoramic. how is south africa doing in providing access across the board? well, there is difficulty right now. so how saying this is a problem that's been the hardest hit theory. i listen to the head of the i c unit, one of the biggest muscles in the country and she said people are having played 3 full days people they can get an i see you there. the past he is brand new brand new limits said this is a healthy for that has been you investments that just hasn't come in. there's a shortage of nursing staff. a just says so in general, there is frustration at the sub mentor service service. health service has always been an issue, but the pandemic has really revealed the gaps in the system with so many people
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have died not being able to access a health care series. so the reality is that a lot of people just, it's a luxury to be able to go to a hospital and get the kids that you need, especially now in the christine. good to see you. thanks for your reporting. that was the that was christine manuel. the intake town say look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today. if you government has declared it unilateral cease fire and the war torn to grow region, the announcement came as rebel forces said they had taken control of the regional capital mckelly. thousands of people have been killed in fighting in the past 8 months and many more displaced. parts of western canada recorded their horses stay ever on monday, with temperatures and much of british columbia. soaring past 46 degrees celsius. further south on the us, west coast. seattle registered its 2nd consecutive day of record temperatures. experts warn such extreme weather is likely to become more common due to climate
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change. rescue workers have recovered another body from the sides of the collapse apartment building near miami, bringing the confirmed, told 211, some 150 people are still missing. inspections have been ordered for all nearby high rise buildings. more than 40 years old, nato and ukraine had begun, major naval exercises in the black sea. the u. s. and kia are leading the 2 week drills involving more than 30 countries. the alliances are intended to showcase its commitment to diff, to collective defense, russia annex the crimean peninsula in 2014, and sees the exercise as a provocation. seabreeze is a major exercise involving thousands of soldiers and thousands of ships and war plains. its opening ceremony was held in the ukrainian port city of odessa tensions
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between kiev in moscow. right now the u. s. and such the other countries want to show support for the ukranian allies. we are here as well to work with our partners and to ensure the stability and the security and last week and they will incident illustrated just how tense the situation is. a british worship h m. s. defend the ventured into waters, claimed by russia. there off the crimean peninsula, which must go next and 2014. russia says it fight warning shot force in the purchase war ship to change course person says that account is false. there have been other dangerous incidents involving russia and ukraine in ships in the black sea embassy as of north of it. russia has condemned the latest nature military exercise, calling its aggressive notice if the russian defense ministry will closely monitor nato's seabreeze exercise,
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including the preparation and if necessary, and we will respond to protect rushes. military security for junior or unit is about 30. the nature maneuvers will end on july 10th. the 9th of drama. the european football championship, switzerland pulled off a shock as they beat world champions, france on penalties in bucharest, france star kelly and bob have missed the decisive penalty to send switzerland through. france had been 31 mill with 15 minutes left of normal time to play. swiss equalized with too late goals to force extra time and reach the quarter finals. that means that in the last 8, the swiss will face spain, who be croatia,
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$53.00 after extra time. in another thriller this one in copenhagen with the score $33.00 after and 90 minutes out of rome or rochester finally broke probation resolve. busy and extra time with spain's 4th goal. mikhail or obs above then made the game safe with a 5th. and later on tuesday, one of the great rivalries and soccer enters its next chapter when england host germany at wembley. germany have mostly come out on top of these tournament. clashes with one exception, that goes way back. the historical game with a goal that remains controversial. today. i thought england's only major trophy came in 1966 when they beat west germany on home soil to claim the world cup courtesy of what's known in germany as the wembley goal. the rivalry has since made its mark on pop culture. germany both for world cup titles and 3 european
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championships there last year as when came in 1996 when they beat england and penalties shoot out in their own backyard on route to the final current. england coach garris southgate missed the decisive spot. kick in the semifinal clash. there is of course, great excitement with, with friends and people tuning into the game. but it's a game of football and end up at unity to get to a course a final. and that's what we're focused on. england have traditionally made more of the rivalry than that german counterparts with the media often stoking the flames of this rather one sided affair. but now that has been a role reversal of thoughts. germany, as usual, clinical efficiency has disappeared and 3, wildly inconsistent performances saw them not a loss when under drawer to scrape through the group stage threats as long as it's difficult to say before the game, what the english think about as well. i think there's mutual respect, respect,
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this is that we're self confident. we're convinced that we can beat england into but of course we know what a strong team they are. not truly to see. another struck us in the. meanwhile, the 3 lions have played less exciting but most solid football unbeaten in 3 games. and yet to concede england fans will be hoping garris southgate could make up for his penalty miss. but against germany, it's never easy. the well, if you're struggling to place your bets on a germany, england game, maybe you need help from someone with a nose for the right results at hamburg zoo. yes. show dot is shown, is known as the elephant oracle. she has predicted that germany will win the match at wembley stadium. and if you doubt the elephants credentials, you should bear in mind that she's correctly predicted the outcome of all 3 of germany's games at the euro's so far. why?
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pretty good soccer herself coming up next business news with my colleague, janelle do belong big news about facebook. she'll tell you all about it. i'll be back to the top of the next hour. thanks for watching the news . the in many countries education is still a privilege hungry is one of the main causes some young children work in my job. he's dead of going to class can attend classes only after they finish working the millions of children all over the world.
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