to the best connections, sophia, road and rail, located in the heart of europe. you are connected to the old world experience outstanding shopping and dining offers. enjoy alice services all be our guest at frankfurt. airport city, managed by frappe, bought lou. ah, ah ah, this is d w news coming to live from berlin and on the kron tidal wave headed for europe. the world health organization predicts half of euros population could

become infected with a highly contagious can run a virus variance by the end of the winter. also coming up, indonesia kicks off. it's booster campaign that's hoping a homegrown vaccine will soon help get the job to everyone who needs it. d. w, meets the scientists working to make it happen. plus, british prime minister boris johnson faces renewed pressure over allegations of parties held it downing street during lockdown. what appeared to be email? invitations to an event have been leaked. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. corona, virus infections across europe are reaching record numbers. this is the world health organization warns that more than half of europeans could become infected with the army. kron very it in france. more than 300. 68000 covered 19 cases were

recorded on tuesday. the country's highest single day, talley, italy reported over 220000 cases and the increase of almost a 120000 on the previous day. and germany registered more than $80000.00 cases for the 1st time in a single day. the w h o says on, the kron is becoming the dominant variant in parts of europe. 50 of the 50 countries in europe and central asia have no reported cases of omicron. it is quickly becoming dominant virus invest in europe. at this no spreading into the balkans at this rate, the institute for health metrics and evaluation forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in region will be infected with mcclung in the next $6.00 to $8.00 weeks. well eric fielding as an epidemiologist from washington

d. c. we asked him how people should respond to that statement from the w h o. should we just sit back and accept the inevitable? why think, sitting back and doing nothing is actually really risky. what they need to go out is get the booster. what they need to do is where and 95 for f, a p 2 f, a p 3 mass. what they need to do is ventilate their building, their school, or office. what they need to do a disinfect, the air anywhere they gather with filters. what they need to do is test and prepared to test and in potentially, according teen, if others around them are positive, what they need to do is stop transmission. because even if it's slightly milder, which is not milder by that much the wellness experimental increase was taken and then more people were hostile. as we've seen in the you, k,

the u. s. and even south africa where south africa is already running 30 percent excess debt over their normal $3000.00 excess deaths per week in the last 4 we. so december got is what is the head of overwhelming hospitals? and therefore, if you have other conditions, you don't want to get sick. so the best way is the slow transmission as much as you can and stay safe. to eric, talk to eric, find, holding them well with covered 19 infection rates spiking in many places around the world. some countries are counting on vaccine booster campaigns to provide relief. one of those countries is indonesia, which launches its booster campaign. today, with some 4000000 infections and 150000 deaths, the world's 4th most populated nation has been hit hard by the pandemic. the health industry has pledged to vaccinate more than 208000000 of its 270000000 people. d,

w. 's get marcus visited one factory in bon dawn on the island of java, ramping up production for the booster. dr. indonesia vaccine production in full swing. what you see, these bottles is the chinese sinner vaccine. the number one immunization available here. then in raimie is in charge of the process in a factory and bundle. her team assembles crude components important from china, up at that, and them. if an in the pandemic access to coven 19 vaccines has been limited. of course, when buying, we have to rely on external funds. if we had our own jap to supply people, then it would be affordable. that way, there's more accessibility and a more even distribution of the vaccines and indonesia hadn't called before. since the pandemic broke out rainy has been walking around the clock,

stayed on pharmaceutical company is also hoping to develop its very own vaccine. an exciting process for a scientist. but reiney says it's also challenging for her as a mother of 2. especially if things don't go according to plan. the idea that that's where we have this tam caught the valley of death in the manufacturing process, some products here and up just as a prototype and never make it. you have to bear in mind, vaccines will be given to millions, billions of people, so they need to be affordable, t and the and the key objective is to be cost effective and efficient. for female scientists like known in rainy are still a minority in indonesia. despite the fact that at university women in this field are the majority, 8 out of 10 undergraduates of women among students at the medical faculty next door . analyzing, covet 19, swapped us as a much needed skill these days. but only one out of 3 of these female students will

move on to a doctorate degree and i am only thing, it must be been escalated. there are still a lot of stereotypes when it comes to professional science. many feel a professional, cher or a government employee will just make more money and has done it so many women are discouraged from continuing their studies as a scientist. how long? ah, by an american indian, i don't get my gun. elaine mamma, we need to act in ourselves if we really love science, but the government, she don't say, facilitate and support us in this endeavor. it could be more funding, more laboratories and landing opportunities. i to see. yeah, well, yeah. i city that level i but it never. indonesia has so far, fully vaccinated, more than 40 percent of its 270000000 people. but with the arrival of army run, even more vaccines are needed. the country now launched a booster program early in an effort to prevent the next wave. and joining us now from jakarta is our asian pacific bureau chief,

derek matters who filed that report. garrett tell us more about indonesia booster campaign thats just kicking off shorter a while he on the sir hospital in the heart of chicago. people started queuing early in the morning. everyone who received his 2nd vaccine shot more than 6 a month ago and now qualifies for a booster. and a elderly will be a privileged, or that was a very clear message from the government. and after some controversy, also, the president announced yesterday that the boosters will not only be free of charge for the elderly. but basically, for every one who's interested in the booster. now, one thing is interesting here in the booster campaign, and that is only half a dose will be administered, not a full dose. and that may have something to do with their site scientific reasons given for that. but it may also have something to do with the fact that the vaccine campaign for the rest of the country is still in full swing. so initially hoping to

head off the next wave, what's the current? cobit 19 situation in indonesia, gil was seeing that in an he had a huge peak last year in july. the numbers are still comparatively low. however, we have at the moment, 800 cases. it's a 4 month peek in indonesia, $500.00 of those are army grant cases. it's a number doubled basically from yesterday. so the country is preparing for an army . kron waive a what a officials here in indonesia hope is a recent, a survey has found that actually 85 percent of the population have what they call here, super immunity. so immunity either stemming from vaccinations or from a natural infection. and the hope is that this will at least reduce the number of hospitalizations because in the 2nd wave that the country faced last year, hospitals were simply overwhelmed. the indonesian government i understand,

has imposed widespread travel restrictions, gay arg, how effective have they been in protecting the population, particularly against the alma cranberry was so far, one as to say they, they have been to grow quite quite effective because the case numbers are still low and you have to see there's a number of countries that are now being put on the blacklist, including the u. k. france, a denmark, a number of african countries where you can't at all, it traveled to indonesia. in other cases where case summers are really high, you have a 2 weeks quarantine that you have to spend in the capital after kara. and hope really is that this will slow down at the arrival of army. gren, everyone here is well aware that sooner or later if you look at india, for instance, those only current cases will arrive here, yog, thank you so much, are age, pacific mere, a cheap yog matters there in jakarta. sketch up on some of the other

stories making headlines around the world today. novak joe coach has arrived as has admitted rather making errors as he baffles to stay in australia and play in the melbourne. open the 10, a star release to statement, explaining why he wasn't in isolation after testing positive for coven 19 in december. and saying his agent made a mistake in filling out his australian travel declaration. north korean state media, se leader kim jong and oversaw the successful test of a hypersonic missile. the report comes a day after authorities in south korea and japan detected the suspected launch, which drew condemnation around the world. a vigil has been held in new york city for the victims of a deadly high rise apartment building fire in the bronx. residence braves, the cold to remember the victims fire officials believe a malfunctioning electric space heater called sunday's blaze that killed 17 people . british prime minister boris johnson is facing growing public

outrage. he's under pressure over allegations that he of his staff, flouted locked down rules in 2020 to hold a garden party. this after the media obtained elite email invitation to the gathering that invitation was sent to more than a 100 people. it was particularly warm and sunny in britain in may. 2020 presenting a stark contrast to the troubled times. as the 1st corona virus wave brought death lock downs and social restrictions, the u. k. it depends all of us the entire country. to follow the advice, there will be penalties for those who break these mandatory measures. this public service announcement made clear that residents can only meet with people. they don't live with outside and individually. ah,

then there's what happened in downing street on may 20th martin reynolds born. johnson's private secretary invited with a 100 employees round for drinks in the garden. in order to enjoy the sunshine during these troubled times, as he wrote, attendees must provide their own beverages 30 cane, including the prime minister and his wife. that's according to witnesses. and this isn't the only pandemic party that's putting johnson under pressure several christmas parties. and this meeting for wine in cheese, for example, a raising eyebrows. and the open alcohol consumption is blowing holes and the claims that they were work meetings. i think you should go. i mean there's no, it's no excuses and it would come as no surprise that i don't think barsh johnson is up for the job. but more importantly, i think he's lost the confidence that the british public now with his lies is defi and his breaking of his all moles. ah, yes, we are. johnson is also losing support in his own party. after series of scandals,

mistakes, and course corrections. this idea that, you know, the people are telling us about all these restrictions our lives. what brought having, you know, gin and tonic in the back garden. it's, you know, it is beyond me that is indispensable. johnson is a prime minister who loves headlines with the last several weeks have only brought bad news. and it's getting uncomfortable for him now that many britons have started to turn their back on the jovial johnson. i quite like boris. though i'm very disappoint, modest me. i don't believe most of things is as now because again, i even snoo code still an any speed on the news. i just think it's live you and harry, when asked if he was at the party himself, johnson remained k g o o. that, as he knows the subject of a proper of investigation by chagrin, the lead investigator will publish her finding soon and will know if this was one

party too many forbores johnson. before go, a pink dolphin has been seen airborne over columbia. columbia's armed forces helped rescue team transport a pink river dolphin, trapped in a shallow river in the east of the country. in a 20 day operation, the army joined conservationists and veterinarians to capture the aquatic mammal and air lifted to a larger tributary of the orinoco river. good . you're watching dw news from berlin club next. the world bank issues a start morning about the global economy in 2022. that's in business. thanks for watching. my 1st vice, i was a sewing machine when i come from,

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