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pandemic was behind them. now the only con variant and the return of travel restrictions threatens to send them back to square one. i'm shall spill any and berlin, welcome to the show. and we start with drug giant pfizer, whose coven 19 pill has become the 1st at home treatment to secure us regulatory approval visors till packs of it was shown to reduce the chance of hospitalization or death among high risk people by 89 percent. up until now, anti body treatments have mostly been administered at hospitals. it will begin shipping the pills in the coming days. pfizer ceo said pax, livid will quote, change the way we treat cov, at 19 as similar pill from merck is also expected to be approved in the coming days . now our course been our correspondent units korda in new york has more in this, jens, i remember how much excitement there was on markets when the 1st vaccines were

approved. do investors see this as a similarly groundbreaking moment? well, it, it seems to be a big step in the fight against the pandemic, especially as people can get treated at home was just taking those pills. i mean, clearly not everything changes overnight, even if finds pfizer announced that the 1st, the doses, so to speak of the 1st appealed some, it can be delivered within the next couple of days, but not the entire pandemic bill of venice. but at least people in the high risk area, if they take those pills them early on, they could avoid to, for example, to go to the hospital. so in that respect, that could be really a great step for the entire health care system here in the united states. i mean with the cases increasing tremendously in the past couple of days, some hospital really are getting close to their limits. so if that pill is working

and will be delivered soon, that would be a blessing in that respect. now again, stay with us. we're going to have some more questions for you and a couple of minutes. meanwhile, amazon workers have walked off the job for about 4 hours, wednesday morning at 2 delivery stations in chicago. the stoppage comes at a crucial time with christmas just days away. it was the 1st time ever that amazon workers organized a work stoppage, impacting multiple sites. the workers are asking for raises and other quote necessary improvements to our working conditions. amazon, now employees around a 1000000 people in the u. s. it has faced repeated criticism of its treatment of workers. they tried to be a little ha style. yesterday they did threaten. they said that whoever walks out might as well, just leave their badges and, you know, we're not going to be pushed around. now, yes,

it doesn't seem like this is just amazon. it seems to be really a big moment for the labor movement in the united states. why is that? yeah, definitely is, i mean, i live in this country for more than 20 years, and i have to say that in many areas working conditions have not really improved during that time spend. but now what we're experiencing in the united states is the shortage and the labor market. and that gives workers a much better bargaining tool. and then they probably had in a decade. so we just heard to him, yesterday the kellogg workers decided to end their strike that went on for 11 weeks . and as far as i've seen, of the workers got all their demands fulfilled them. we have people in hollywood threatening to go on strike. and we have people in google having their demand so. so yeah, definitely there is a big movement going on and was the labor shortage and workers definitely have

a historic chance to make and push for some changes. yes. quarter in new york. thank you so much. now ryan air expects its annual loss to more than double things to travel restrictions being put in place to contain the spread of the omer cranberries, in europe, largest airline by passenger numbers now expects to lose up to 450000000 euros. it also is forecasting only 6 to 7000000 passengers in january, instead of its previous forecasts of 10000000. the irish carrier blamed new travel restrictions being put in place and the new k france and germany, as well as restrictions on travel to morocco. and it's not just ryan era, the return of travel barriers could deal a major blow to the entire airline industry. most airlines have only in the past few months started to see trouble pick back up the industries fragile recovery and

their hopes for a better 20. 22 is increasingly up in the air for check in and most passengers are standing in front of the check in counter for the canary islands. can aretha they're looking forward to their christmas in the $22.00 degrees sunshine. but the number of corona virus cases is rising sharply on the island and the risk of an infection with the omicron variant is considered high for those who have been vaccinated only twice. and those who have recovered wednesday, if i knew how bad the situation is, i probably wouldn't have booked this trip or shyness most of a talk to them. but it's still nice and we really love the rest of the a horrible. because it know you're, you're still young and we've survived everything so far will be fine, then that's in october. so if we knew in october, we wouldn't have booked it at all. a book, a bitter pill for airlines to swallow. while recovering from the pandemic. lufthansa had to be rescued with billions in government aid after the lockdown began. now omicron is threatening the recovery with new quarantine rules looming,

aviation experts are warning that the virus has to be brought under control soon them on a mission. and if we don't get this under control quickly than the industry would, of course, face further losses in the billions on the airlines would have to massively reduce capacity and try to write it out and listen fullness lighter. it's also possible that government aid would have to be provided against for those who can't finance it on their own line of finance young couldn't and something else worries the travel industry. the corona virus has made travel, complicated, uncertain, and inconvenient, leaving many with little desire to plan, then next vacation. now, omar con infections are multiplying across europe in the world health organization warns that within weeks omicron could push already stretch european health care systems. to the brink,

that's why the german government has announced new measures which will take effect after christmas. those include restricting private gatherings for vaccinated people up to 10 people before new years as well. fireworks will be banned. this new year's spectators will also be banned from concerts, cultural shows and sporting events, including football matches. but does that go far enough? some experts insist on much tougher restrictions. the robert cock institute, which is responsible for div can disease control and prevention here in germany recommends maximum contact restrictions that should start immediately. they've also discussed a possible lockdown, including the closure of restaurants and central shops, non essential shops, excuse me. it also urge the reduction of travel to the absolute necessary. i mean, you know, a full cost. we, we see a very strong recovery after this winter. i mean,

all the elements for recovery are in place and as soon as the most recent way for the current wave of cubic will be controlled. we think that germany economy will be strongly covered because, well, it has been held back by, by a lack of semiconductors. in 2021, the manufacturing industries, they have full order books, so they are going to produce as soon as the semiconductor or just the germans have saved roughly 200000000000 years in excess to what they usually would have saved. and they're going to spend that as soon as infections come down in the spring. meanwhile, in south africa, the spread of the omar con variant has the government considering another hard locked down coven 19 infections? there have been rising at a rate of around $20000.00 per day that the rate of death remains low from the virus. many small businesses are tired of seeing virus app outbreaks. i've been their business and they see the african continents 1st vaccine mandate as the solution. this bottle printing factory in johannesburg is one of many businesses

struck down. after the discovery of all micron in africa's most developed economy. the rapid spread of the very end has led to a proliferation of infections and workplace absenteeism. a big deal quite because we got people. the symptoms are not as good as the previous way. but the people will take 3 days to pick initial travel bands and government warnings to respect social distancing after all microns emergence, so shocked to the tourism and hospitality sectors of the economy. but now other companies like this hairdressing salon, are also feeling the pinch as the possibility of another hard lockdown looms large . at the start of south africa,

main holiday period. corona dropped our business turn over by 60 percent. we are now gearing up for the festive season, buying extra stock, another lot done with dissolved in us closing down our business. the south african government is currently considering the idea of enforcing africa's 1st vaccine mandate. this would require all members of the population to get vaccinated or face refusal of entry to workplaces and public spaces. we know that vaccine mandates have been very up in the air globally. some countries have already implemented them and others are considering them. in the case of south africa, our government is looking to implement some sort of vaccine mandate. but by now we've already seen many big businesses as well as the labor unions coming out in support of this. this in our world will actually help to prevent business outages in the long run. and for enterprises like bottle printers, such a mandate cannot come soon enough often thought they'd do those

with becoming possible to deliver them. already all to come up with a mandate victim. we couldn't carry on with all and all mcclellan threatens and nice and economic recovery from previous cupboard waves. it's hoped a vaccine mandate may cushion the blow and you're up to date with d. w business. i'm chelsea delaney in berlin for me and the whole business team stay healthy and thanks for watching 2 o 3 or not to own what about a sharing economy instead?

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