ah, and some i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. shove my got my license to work as a swimming instructor here. dish and now i teach children to dos, to swim desktop discussion. what's your story? take part, share it on info, migrant dot net ah ah, around the world, people are taking off their masks as restrictions ease. many people are no longer scared of cobra 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, sharpening on the busy streets of lake us, you might think there had never been a pandemic. yet, most salient, begin like before. everybody down know by and not by any c k, so there is no need to be re face mass because well that's the dead look will be like, look around. when no babies, my mother youngblood does look of it. and because of dad didn't want to wear in those months again, even in stall office is now people read this. when you instead to dish with night area only recorded about 200000 confirmed cove. at 19 cases and 3000 coven 19

deaths compared to other countries. these are very low numbers. charles, it awesome. one is the 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 spad . we have a lot of god dreams in danger and things like that. 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 visible router, you may not be able to find one person who's infected in a 1000 person. know 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 dr. grover arnold says that has now changed

a 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 don't know, mom, i'm normal lots, i'm ok. my body is fine. i don't need to take the vaccine picking her cove, it was because we are taking the bus so you know why you're taking buses. why you took his lesson overnight. see if they could be lazy. i don't believe that to be cook nutty. douglas is the major. yes. i'm ready to take it with one holiday. 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 makes ever sense slow but to go vaccinated. so there, but it's 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 that. but 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 cove 19 didn't hit nigeria heart, but life has moved on here,

professor yup. omar study epidemics like tuberculosis, malaria, and ebola. the microbiologist from the university of ja, one day in cameron, also teachers in the u. s. and conduct research for doctors without borders, dw reporter cost and talked to him about the different effects of coke. 19 in western industrialized countries and in africa. so professor young boom, better be here. so some people say the covered pandemic seems to be over and africa . would you really agree on that? we see that could be over in africa. we'd be seeing the weights now having the wave of korea around the same band generating more country. so we might be in between where the fall under and also most likely you might be going to walk to what having to be in the country. so it's not over what is true,

that is very well right now. there is only one patient because the entire country showing that they need to read a number or a number. so let's talk about vaccination. the highest vaccination 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 me actually in the nation from the law of the country that has also looking at the way also goes i think because of the number you should take that off. no, no, no, no,

i figure. so that's it got to be managed to push back to one. and remember that the question that we have that you think is actually reduced. so it's a bright, challenging, now being able to go what goes, especially now where it gave very rare which strategy do you think makes sense and all that to be better prepared for the future. and that makes i think the most important thing, according to the stress, to ha, a survey. and for this and to half a proper civilians, you need to come, you know, what to be doing, made a car. so the number of guests are getting is too cheap. you get to find it because that is where the device is from it so easily. my cash buyers from l y b

as in they go to the vacuum, which is as mission remain. i really appreciate all why every note and those law each, you know, 50 was more. so if we in that you might want to turn one of the company engagement recovery, if you ha, ha, okay, response. if not, then we won't have a next monday meeting for the next barrier, but we really need to happen on the stage to we really need to push well on the traditional easy or how will people can also be degraded. i filed the response, we go the place where most people are eating rates, and how else i think will be shown that we should rely war and more on what we having the wrong is see how we can compliment with what a professor. yep. boom. thanks plenty. oh,

good bye. lou. the importance of education and gaining awareness about the pandemic is evident in gonna fewer and fewer people are getting vaccinated there because they don't think that corporate 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 chron . 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 an agenda on significantly. it also means that should the virus pop up anytime soon or any, anything soon? 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. boy 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 rude 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 is where johnson and johnson astrazeneca and pfizer vaccines are available. 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 let the people know we had more thought of doing. we still need to let people know watson is available. they need 2 tickets or done more dory children, people will be protected and paintings like this. a hoping

to emphasize that but citizens have mixed reactions on where the code at 19 is over or not. as an or not as an 0, no longer active educational programs about cov it on the radio or even at information centers. and so i don't think covered is still there are for for one to not offering an announcement of life. i shall harvey the media. i think there was an outbreak i covered because there was a lot of information on it to mckesson you say, but i never saw any one with symptoms. how me so that was cobalt yet it's no longer a big deal. i'm as they have lassie. you really see covetous, so they're so door, the government, they wish you knew where mugs or it's more mandate she that's how he said is. so people are taking advantage of that scene call that is gone in as far as the

government said, it's not monday. she bed scene. if you want your home, your own health, to be a see, but please you have to do what's where your mouths 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 in 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 indoors. masks are only recommended for many here. this is a new feeling that they're savouring carefully. i'm free. i think i think i'm i think i feel the freedom. yeah. i think they're freedom of not duane m. oscar about this because this space is very air over in the year. it's very lively made on me. but i didn't say it would be not very a security guy, but as of yet, i think it's a good thing that i think at the same time we should make the immune system work a little bit. the spanish ministry of health assumes that the danger posed by covered 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 unbox that i knew it was

a bit strange that you could be in the museum cafeteria without a mascot either. 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. underneath those, la la monica and i carry one in my pocket y'all, and if there's a crowd, i'll put it on that 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 are to see their smile. so shall i got. i like one of the lateral grizzers. 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 southwestern spain. the country has recently been implementing a new corona strategy. infections are only counted in certain groups that i think removing masks in doors without taking into a don't that were at an endemic point. it might not be the best idea them hold on

one moment. let's remember that only vulnerable patients to have covered or patients over 60 are being diagnosed, getting rid of them. we're missing the real incidence. larry, yes, yeah. since the mosque 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 right of omicron because we already know how a micron works. i'm concerned about what comes after the on the chrome variant, a more infectious and aggressive variant. my emerge that causes severe disease, and this could cause higher mortality because we still have high mortality from covenant mckinney alcohol. i'm kidding of them are probably, 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. and you 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 rates 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

a tourist attraction. usually it welcome 6000 visitors a day from all over the world. but when the pandemic hit, the pulse future was thrown into doubts. sasha teemer, who is in charge of its $800.00 employees, was worried. but the united arab emirates, which do by is a part of 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 lighter. i'm sorry, 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 of the u. e had a relatively fast and high vaccination right. over 90 percent. it was then of course is also really good for tourism. and i think it helped bring tourism back to

the region relatively quickly. maybe it's cognitive and, and, and is a big on 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 borders div, i was once again as sought after destination. it was held by hotels like the atlantis meticulously following the regulations. with more than $1500.00 rooms we 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. staff had to monitor the guests and the restaurants and make sure they followed social distancing, mask wearing and disinfection 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 is articulate 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 distance rules. it's like, we're almost able to totally forget about it to let so forget. oh, nevertheless, people here are anything but flippant about the pandemic. perhaps precisely because dubai said 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. so if you're walking in a mall and you've forgotten you masked by your chin, the, the resident or the guest next, you would look at you, they're confused with the mask up. and i think that kind of brought the, or the pandemic to more of her or 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 such allergies to come up in the future. attend emigre hardly be noticeable for many vacation is at the atlantis. there's still a mask requirement indoors though. simmons yet. uh huh. and such a team. us 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 god, you can understand the people. you can also understand the fears if the lloyd the ferocity the fears here, a different vehicle. so they more about if guesses don't come at all to me like so that's our fear. we get the gun because that's what we live on. on one 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, coby to, to make a light version of the virus that doesn't kill any one? this is really interesting thought experiment. 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 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 sars covey too. and know that that'll only make the virus more harmless. well, that's shakia 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 to 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 life attenuated virus. vaccines for diseases like anthrax and rabies have been around for well over

a century. i'm 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 ross spec can still leave a lasting protective memory on our immune systems. i'm by then 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. i'm through vaccination, not unintentionally by a genetically modified virus that we've altered to be highly infectious but, but hopefully harmless um, as a really different thing. ah,

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