next on d, w. ah, what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360. getting out now ah! around the world people are taking off their masks as restrictions ease. many people are no longer scared of coven 19, and are enjoying more freedoms. but some doctors warned against not taking the corona virus seriously enough. the pandemic is far from over. also on the show, why have some countries apparently gotten through the pandemic? better and faster than others. we had to do by which advertised itself as

a safe tourist destination while borders were closing everywhere else. but 1st, let's take a look at nigeria. the african country is escaped relatively unscathed by coven 90 . with a population of 206000000, only 200000 cases were reported. and since february, infection rates have fallen shocked me on the busy streets of lake us, you might think there had never been a pandemic. god must sailing the again, like before, everybody down know by and not by any say. so does not need to be a face mass because obviously deadlock will be like, look around when of a business model youngblood as look of it. and because of dad did the want to where in those must again, even in thought of offices. now people read this when you insisted issue with nigeria only recorded about 200000 confirmed covered 19 cases and 3000 cov,

at 19 deaths compared to other countries. these are very low numbers. charles, it awesome. one is a data analyst. he's been documenting the impact of coven 19 in nigeria, and looking into the reasons why nigeria seems to have largely been spared. we have a lot of god dreams in danger and things i love. when you look at the percentage of the population that will be effected infected in nigeria, you would be allowed 0 point one percent of the entire population. so it means in every 100 percent, there's a probably 3 men will be able to find one person who's infected and in a 1000 prisoners, the probability you'll find one person who's infected grove is hospital, is fully licensed by the lake or state government to treat coven 19 patients, it recorded high rates of coven 19 cases in the past, including hospitalizations. but doctor grover annual says that has now changed.

it lost her 5 or 6 weeks. we have not even seen one critically sick. corporate patient who needs a hospital. i see you admission on a treatment inside the hospital. only 19000000 nigerians are vaccinated, which is 38 percent of the population. nigeria doesn't have enough vaccines to go around. many people don't want to be vaccinated anyway. i didn't know mom, i'm normal blood, i'm ok. my body is fine. so i don't need to take the vaccine between her covert vasa bukasa, where you're taking the basi. you know why you're taking boston? why you took his lesson brookeville. i'd say, is it coven? i see, i don't really cover that to be a couple of nutty douglas is the major. i'm ready to take it with wouldn't already confused me to have a good offer, but i couldn't get any more. last december,

millions of vaccines expired and were incinerated by the national agency for food and drug administration and control. nasdaq given widespread vaccination fatigue and a decline and disease incidence. should people in nigeria even care about getting covered 19 vaccines anymore? so from a scientific point of view, it mixed, ever since we're able to go vaccinated celebrities on the same page, it's not necessarily to be no longer, but the individual person who can say what i'm doing fine with the way. if you look at the long picture, the big picture is everybody to be on the same page. nigeria recently lifted other restrictions including the mandatory face mask requirement. but the federal government is still warning that nigerians should not let their guard down up to now no one is really been able to explain why cov 19 didn't hit nigeria heart, but life has moved on here. professor

yup. bomb, how study epidemics like tuberculosis, malaria, and ebola. the microbiologist from the university of yonder in pamela, also teaches in the us and conduct research for doctors without borders. d, w reporter, cost and vote talks to him about the different effects of coke, 19 in western industrialized countries and in africa. so professor yard groom, bridge over here. so some people say the cover pandemic seems to be over and africa . would you really agree on that? we see that actually we be seeing the weights now having the wave of korea around the same very general country. so we might be in between where the fall under and also most likely you might be going to walk to what having been in the country. so it's not over,

but what is true that there is a very case where right now there is only one vision that you cook a country showing that they need to read a bit of a number of a number of let's talk about next a nation. the highest explanation rates in africa around 30 percent, approximately. a lot of countries have much lower rates, weatherford are still being made to change this. maybe also the what the spread of new variance you're going to understand the needs of the nation and the vaccination from the law of the country. how can i also look in about the way also those because remember if you picked it up? no, no, no, no,

i figure last week i managed to push back one. and remember that we have that you think it actually will be here. so it's a fright, challenging now for me to go, especially now where it gave very rare which strategy do you think makes sense and all that to be better prepared for future. and that makes i think that the wasn't pointing, according to us. these 2 ha survey, and for this and to half a purpose, you billions, you need to come, you know what to be doing. maybe countries, though the number of guests are jeep will define it. that's where the device is from. so if we might borrow some l, y b as and they, they go to the battery, which is isolation remain,

i really appreciate or go walk every node and those were each, you know, 50 was more so if we in that you might want to turn one with korea, ha ha. if not, then we won't have one for the next monday meeting for the next barrier, but we really need to happen. i was to, we really need to push low on the traditional receipt on how was people can also be degraded. i filed the response, we've got the place where those people are great and how else i think we have shown that we should rely more and more on what we have in the wrong is see how we can compliment with what a professor. yep. whom thankful entity. ok, bye. lou. the importance of education in

gaining awareness about the pandemic is evident in gonna fewer and fewer people are getting vaccinated there. because they don't think that coven 19 is dangerous. and many consider restrictions unnecessary. especially in rural areas. we met a nurse in the gunny and capital across hobby play works as a nurse in this ward at garners cola boot teaching hospital in the capital of a cra at the peak of the cove at 19 pandemic, he spent most of his time telling people about the virus, encouraging them to get vaccinated and observing safety protocols. but lay is now worried that all the gains made over the past 2 years could soon be reversed. as people are no longer observing the safety measures. i mean, it's heart warming to find out that people have disbands themselves,

taking action dead energy drive on significantly. it also means that shouldn't the virus pop up anytime soon or any other thing? it's very likely that it may be difficult to handle all the way again. today he is visiting a vaccination center over 360 kilometers from the capital. the place is virtually empty, with many still yet to show up to get their jobs work full play is disappointed at the lack of enthusiasm. it's quite worrying that it means that all the gains that have been made might be ruled back, which would be unfortunate. i need to be safe. my family needs to receive my colleagues needs to be safe and loved. one needs to be safe. only $5700000.00 of

the total population of over $30000000.00 have gotten their coven 19 jobs. this is where johnson and johnson astrazeneca and pfizer vaccines are available. there was assistance, but more doses have yet to be secured to cover the rest of the population. training workshops like this one are to prepare health care workers for improved cove at 19 educational campaigns in rural communities. can a in health authorities want to remind the populace that cove at 19 isn't over just yet. we haven't gotten there yet. we still need to do the education. we're still new to lead to people, nor we are more toppled. we're still new to let people know. watson is available. they need 2 tickets. with my dori children, people will be protected and paintings like this. a helping

to emphasize that but citizens have mixed reactions on where the coven 19 is over, or not, as in and out as a non 0, no longer active educational programs about cov, it on the radio, or even at information centers. so i don't think cove it is still there are for, for one to not offering an announcement that may by chance harvey the media. i think there was an outbreak of cove it because there was a lot of information on it because it will say, but i never saw any one with symptoms. how many? so that was covert yet. it's no longer a big deal. i'm as they have lassie. you really see covetous till day, so door, the government. so we should in way mugs or it's more mandate. she does how he said is so people are thinking advantage of that scene call that is going in as far as the government said, it's not monday should bed scene. if you want your home,

your own health to be a see. but please, you have to do what's where your months and followed up with of course coffee play . hopes his efforts at reminding people about the presence of coven 19 makes the necessary impact sooner rather than later. in order to save lives, masks are being warned, less and less around europe, even indoors. people still wearing masks in spain are doing so voluntarily. but doctors warned that doing without the most basic protective measures is premature. infection rates and spain are rising significantly. some already predict the next wave fast approaching diego velasquez's maidens are no longer the only ones who are allowed to show themselves without a mask. in madrid's prato museum, the mask requirement in spain is over. even in doors,

masks are only recommended for many here. this is a new feeling that they are savouring carefully. i'm free. i think. i think i am. i think i feel the freedom. i believe freedom of not wearing them. oscar after this because this space is very air over in the year . it's very large, very, very large space. but we, are you this phaser? it would be not very if you're a thinkin local guy, but in savannah, i think it's a good thing that i did at the same time, we should make the system work a little that the spanish ministry of health assumes that the danger posed by curve at 19 has decreased significantly also because of the high vaccination rate of over 90 percent. for carlos chuck was cedar of the prouder museum. it's a good opportunity to relax indoors to that. i'm folks that i knew it was

a bit strange that you could be in the museum cafeteria without a mascot. yeah. and when you got up to see an object or 2 of the rooms, you had to put one on last. in any case, i think that the most important thing here is general precaution. dunden is too la, la monica, and i carry one in my pocket, y'all. and if there's a crowd, i'll put it on one finger, or if i get into an elevator, i'll put it on she while you're not there. so, but it's also wonderful to feel the freedom again to look at people's faces while you have to see their smiles. i like that. i like one of a lot of research. the feeling of relief after more than 2 years of pandemic prevails. but doctors are concerned about the new mask freedom. julio adams, castro works in the emergency room of a hospital, in elk, in southwest, in spain. the country has recently been implementing a new corona strategy. infections are only counted in certain groups over. i think we're moving masks in doors without taking into account that we're at an endemic point. may not be the best idea. well,

let's remember that only vulnerable patience to have covered or patients over 60 are being diagnosed, getting bullied. we're missing the real incidence. larry, yet since the mask requirement has gone away, the number of infected people in his hospital is rising again. many younger people are also being admitted with symptoms no matter what. one of the things i'm not worried about the incidence rate of only chron because we already know how micron works. i'm concerned about what comes after the on the chrome variant. the more info is sand aggressive, very, and my emerge that causes severe disease. and this could cause higher mortality because we still have high mortality from coven mom of any alcohol. i'm kidding of them. okay, i will go eat. the doctor says he would still go to the museum. if it's not too crowded, and only without a mask, when the incidence has dropped significantly,

a new ventilation system was installed in the prato because of the pandemic to reduce the risk of infection. he had to. it's clear to everyone that the situation could change again quickly. ah, in dubai, one could be forgiven for thinking the pandemic ended long ago as countries around the world closed their borders. the desert emirate boasted that it's a safe destination for tourists, but this perceived normality didn't just come by itself. strict restrictions and mask bandaids kept infection red slow. it's a pandemic success story that worked well. with the longest slide, measuring 450 meters and the steepest of them enabling speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour. the acquisition to park in dubai is quite the tourist attraction. usually it welcome 6000 visitors

a day from all over the world. but when the pandemic hit, the past theater was thrown into doubt. thus shall teemer, who is in charge of its $800.00 employees, was worried. but the united arab emirates, which do buy as a passive quickly came up with a plan, implement tight corona virus restrictions to get public life going again and tourism to it's one of the country's most important sources of income. people here had to wear masks both indoors and outdoors. you could get a p, c, r test on every corner and cove. it vaccines became available for everyone in early 2021 of the, like i, people really didn't talk about it. restrictions were simply imposed on we had to get vaccinated, but it was free of charge and i think to buy or the u. e had a relatively fast and high vaccination, right. over 90 percent. it was then of course it's also really good for tourism. and i think it helped bring tourism back to the region relatively quickly.

neighborhoods with companies of and in the video, the support div i model works. the u e was able to keep infection numbers low by mid 2021. when many countries had closed, their board is due by was once again a sought after destination. it was held by hotels like the atlantis meticulously following the regulations. with more than $1500.00 rooms, the atlantis is almost a small town. the water park is part of it. you're gonna is in charge of the hotels $23.00 restaurants and $500.00 cooks for months. here start had to monitor the guests and the restaurants and make sure they followed social distancing. mask wearing enters infection rooms. it was an additional burden for the employees inside, as well as out the requirements to wear masks or doors was dropped only a few weeks ago. we think it had the kellogg because i think it was worth it. it was the right strategy to approach this with strict rules,

and also to be very strict with distancing rules, like we're almost able to totally forget about it chocolate, so forgetful. oh, nevertheless, people here are anything but flippant about the pandemic. perhaps precisely because do by fed so much better than other places. ism cassim is in charge of tourism strategy for the u e. he says people remain cautious because they recognized how quickly the cov it strategy brought back a sense of normalcy. to if you're walking in a mall and you've forgotten you mask, which in the, the resident or the guess next you would look at you 2nd, this with the mask up. and i think that kind of brought the, or the pandemic to more of her, of, of the mainstream, of people to realize that in order for them to be able to go about their life in a normal way, they need to respect these regulations. the fact that we were able to push through and come out of the way that we did on the other side shows you that we are ready

for for some challenges to come up in the future attend. anyway, hartley, be noticeable for many vacation is at the atlantis. there's still a mask requirement indoors though. demons jak ana and sasha t must sometimes hear about protests against corona virus measures back home in the knees. and about people who are reluctant to get vaccinated. they thing things went better here because of transparent communication about restrictions, mandatory testing and vaccinations. and because many people's jobs are connected to tourism my can, you can understand that people, you can also understand their fears if he lloyd the ferocity the fears here are different. so they more about if guesses don't come at all, may like, so that's our fear. who gets the gun because that's what we live on, long was done. level libya. if you talk to people who work in hotels,

they often tell you the corona virus is taking a break, but the pandemic is far from over and people still have to be on their god. dw science correspondent derek williams keeps us up to date with the latest research and facts. today he answers the question instead of developing vaccines, couldn't we instead modify sars covey to to make a light version of the virus that doesn't kill any one? this is really interesting thought experiments. so let's start with what's scientifically possible. first. can we genetically modified irises and highly specific ways to get them to accomplish highly specific tasks? yes, we can. we've been doing it for decades and in a wide variety of, of applications. and the molecular tools for editing viral genomes are now both

powerful and, and very precise. um, next question, can we predict whether changing specific genetic sequences will bring specific results? for instance, could we alter specific stretches of our anais in sar, is covey too. and know that that'll only make the virus more harmless? well, that's shaky ground, but ok, some sophisticated modeling techniques can predict stuff like that. so let's go that a very guarded yes. to but there are of course, major problems. the biggest is that virus variance out in the real world also compete with one another and how infectious they are plays a central role in success. so to have a chance to spread widely,

our theoretical modified version of sars, covey 2 would have to be not just harmless, but also really infectious. um you see where this is going, right? i mean, every time viruses replicate, they can mutate. so big question, do you really want to introduce a highly infectious, supposedly harmless version of the corona virus? when you know that it won't necessarily stay that way? that's a really risky proposition. and how do you think that people would feel about being intentionally infected? although in a way that's already what we do with, with many of our vaccines and what are called live attenuated virus. vaccines for diseases like anthrax and rabies have been around for well over

a century and highly simplified. the concept is basically to selectively breed human pathogens and other animals. there. they become less and less virulent to humans until you reach a generation that's pretty much harmless for us, that can still leave a lasting protective memory on our immune systems. i'm by them though. the pathogens in live attenuated vaccines are, are so bad at replicating in yourselves that they don't really make you infectious to others. an infection with alive, attenuated vaccine, therefore has to be intentional through vaccination, not unintentionally by a genetically modified virus that we've altered to be highly infectious, but, but hopefully harmless. that's a really different thing. a

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