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nico, it is in germany to learn german louis pinnacle. why not learn with him? d w's, e learning course, eco's fake. the battle against cove it the oma coon variant is putting healthcare systems around the world to the test. vaccination campaigns are accelerating while restrictions are intensifying once again. but are these measures enough to stop the spread of omicron, fax, the data and reports release, you know, weekly coping 19 special. every thursday on d, w ah, has all micron takes hold driving record coded 19 cases,

guns is scrambling to keep critical infrastructure up and running. we'll look into what the full impact could be. have a ground continues to crumble. the debt ridden property developer is asking to delay bond payments after a rough starts to 2022. and the world's biggest consumer electronic show is in full flow. we'll get the latest c as in las vegas. this is due to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. it's spread seems unstoppable. the only con variant of corona buyers has driven france to report europe's highest, ever daily number of caves, 19 cases over 330001 wednesday. in the countries where it is the most prevalent, never before seen numbers of workers are either off sick or in self isolation or micron is testing public services to their limits. britton's recent spike in oma calling cases is making it harder for ambulance teams to find

available hospital beds for coven. 19 patients. the health care system is reaching its limits. previous waves of the pandemic didn't have a single day with more than 100000 new cases reported. one day last week, we had 200000 people test positive and the make. his figure today is not a 218000 though with that include some delayed reports. so anyone who thinks are battled with coby is oba, i'm afraid he's profoundly wrong. forrest johnson wants to keep schools open with testing and other preventative measures. the aim is to avoid another lockdown, but there's still a threat of critical infrastructure collapsing, such as police fire departments, waterworks and transportation. some schools in the us have already shut their doors this week. daily corona virus cases search the above the 1000000 mark for the 1st

time. president joe biden has repeatedly urged americans to reduce their contacts, to slow the spread of the virus. different than anything that we're seeing co 19 cases among vaccine in the workplace across america, including here at the white house. but if you're vaccinated and boosted, you are highly protect it. you know, be concerned about, i'm a crime, but don't be alarmed. but if you're unvaccinated, you have some reason us be alarm. many of you will, you know, you'll experience severe illness. there are also fears that if too many people become ill on the u. s. staff shortages could affect power stations, police and rescue services. supplies of medicine and food could also be severely disrupted by a lack of healthy workers. well, we can now speak to tom brooks, who is a professor of law and government at the university of durham in the u. k. thanks

for joining us on d. w. business. we're seeing extremely high numbers of people in the air law isolating a because of all the crown in the u. k. and friends me was sort of knock on effect . is that having 1st of businesses in fair critical services, it'll have quite a lot. i mean, one issue will be the workforce. many people will be, as you noted, a, b, b, l or the isolating. it causes other problems as well. terms of the unpredictability of the future. you know, will government be making different restrictions or not very often in the u. k. it's been on very short notice next day. next 48 hours. so that on predictability is very helpful for business as well. and then finally, kind of bringing those 2 things together. getting labor from from abroad has been more difficult with different restrictions between countries. and of course with britain brackets it has kind of made this kind of very difficult cocktail at

a very worrying time. and you mentioned that the problem of the unpredictability things for business. is there anything that governments could be doing to be better prepared for this sort of situation? well, i think, you know, predicting the particular variant that all will come along in future if any. and what it will do that that's obviously something they, they probably can't predict with, with, with much accuracy. but one thing they might be able to do is kind of have maybe more, more clear tests or more clear guidance as to when they might make certain moves. rather than leaving businesses to kind of guess whether very high rates, one day is going to lead to restrictions next week you have a variety of kind of mixed messages from the government telling people to, to work from home. but please visit your restaurants and bars and elsewhere. and, and i think you know, this, this,

this unpredictability confusion mixed messages isn't, isn't helping the disease of virus. and it's certainly not helping the economy. yeah, we've seen in the u. k. and it's also being considered here in germany, the cussing of isolation times, for example, so that people can get back to work soon. i mean, how would you rate how countries are reacting to this if just briefly, if you can yes, i think that some of these sets have been, you know, understandable as the, as more of the population as there's been been vaccinated in booster. i think the one issue is, is how it's being done, terms of communicating the public, you know, a few months ago, a year ago being told him, there was at 710 days someone needs to isolate certain test to be the p. c. r test in the u. k. but now we're told we don't need your test. now we're told that some a short period of time is better for everyone vaccinated or not. and i think the again a bit more clarity on the communication. we go

a long way of the messaging. very important. okay, tang brooks, thank you very much for joining us. a pleasure. thank you. now it's already missed multiple payments to foreign creditors. now trouble, chinese real estate developers have a grant, is asking investors to delay the repayment of bonds with hundreds of millions of dollars. it's become clear, the new year has not brought better fortunes for the world's most indebted property for it's turning into yet another bruising week for ever grand. once china's top selling developer, but now reeling under more than $300000000000.00 in liabilities ever ground. we'll have a 3 day online meeting with domestic bond holders this weekend where it will ask them to accept a de late payment on a 700000000 dollar bombed. earlier this week, local authorities ordered every ground to demolish dozens of completed buildings in the ocean. flower island development on the holiday island of hina, forfeiting potential income of more than a $1000000000.00. i frankly,

i don't know how i'm ever grave will be able to survive is that crunch. has ever grounds, debt crisis deepens, small business owners and people waiting for homes to be completed are starting to despair. protesters gathered outside ever ground offices in guam, joe, to demand the developer to give them their money back. the protests made authorities nervous. now why? so we came here to ever granted, and the police stopped us, you on a travel ever grant says it has more assets than debt, but it's struggling to sell off those assets fast enough to keep up with payments. the company owes nearly $20000000000.00 overseas, with creditors, including big players like allianz, black rock, and u. b. s. put the bulk of the company's debt as to local lenders ever ground is also facing pressure from local governments. real estate farms generally buy or lease land from local authorities. they are frantically seizing ever grants property and

land holdings ahead of the company's debt restructuring plan. there are no details of how that will unfold, but unraveling ever grounds. debt mess is sure to be a long and painful process. now some of the other global business stories making news, the opec plus grip of oil producing countries has decided to increase total production by $400000.00 barrels per day. from february global bench brent crude fell one and quarter percent to just under $80000.00 about after the announcement in china's market regulators find a number of tech companies including 10 cent alibaba and video sharing platform. billy billy for violating anti monopoly laws. the states administration for market regulation delivered fines of 500001. in 13 cases of violation, 9 of the cases in vote 10 cent or the world's largest consumer electronic show has returned to las vegas despite record numbers of terrain of ours cases in the u. s 2

years after the last in person, c. s. tech companies have had plenty of time to come up with new ideas. ah, las vegas, the strip, the casinos, the flare sin city wants you to know it's back in business. despite an ongoing corona virus varian pandemic. the city is well coming back a former staple and cash cow, the consumer electronic show, or c, e s. one of the largest and most anticipated trade fairs of its kind. it's been 2 years since we've had a live event. and there's been so much an innovation that has happened, but it was also very important for us to do the right protocols. and so we made the decision in earlier the summer that everybody was going to have to be vaccinated to come to see us. we layered additional protocols like testing, making sure people are wearing masks and doors, but many critics warren, the c s could become a supers credit event. despite those measures, some big names in the industry, bailed and are no shows at this year's show. he relatively unfazed by all of that

around 2000 smaller and midsize companies who worked through the night and until the last minute to make sure that they were ready for the 1st in person. c. s. in 2 years. we knew that c s 2022 was going to be a little bit different because we knew that not everybody was going to be able to travel las vegas. but what was important for us was to continue to have an events where we could bring smaller and midsize companies together. t last minutes, competing, moving, preparing and improvising cs camps. in the end it all pays off. say exhibitors and visitors are like i a lot to say a lot to say overwhelming little bit a little bit. yes. ah it's, it's definitely different. normally you'd be able to stand here and have a conversation, right. if you've been here a number of years, this is significantly lighter traffic. ah, but for someone who like me,

who likes to actually come and see things. this is probably the best way to prevent . ah, never going to happen are bedrooms. you're going to write a roller poster, you're going to go shopping. you're going to go to a concert. always a headset. yeah, and you know, what's nice about that? i won't have to put on mascara. so what are the top themes and innovations at this year? see if it's all about the new old or improved or virtual reality, the are and augmented reality, a are on another level. we are at a hungarian company here, y'all, and i'm going to try this a motion simulator, brand new and fancy. so let's see how this will work. ah, so this is really immersed is really cool. i bet every gamer will love that and was

into flying will of that, do i crush that thing in about 30 seconds so i shouldn't be seeking a career as a pilot. that's for sure. what that is. a cool thing. the other hot topic this year, health tech, as in the ultimate massage chair, that now monitor this all vital signs, but that could cost you as much as a small cost. apropos cars, the r a r wearable device. this modern app technology for computing power and technology, full immersion experiences. and yes, electrical vehicles and ease scooters eat everything. it all will be warm sometime in the future. and that's so from us, by, ah, ego india, eliles going shrum is becoming

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