ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to the w documentary on youtube. 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 shortly on the busy streets of lake us, you might think there had never been a pandemic yet. must aly niguel, like for everybody down know by and not by any say so there is no need to be a face mask because well that's a deadlock. will be like, look around when of a business model youngblood as look of it. and because of dad didn't want to wearing those must again, even in stalls of offices. now people read this when you insist the dish with no area and he recorded about 200000 confirmed covered 19 cases and 3000 covered 19

deaths compared to other countries. these are very low numbers, toss 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 spad. we have a lot of god dreams in danger and things. i love what if 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 possibility you might 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. covered 19 patience. it recorded high rates of code 19 cases in the past including hospitalizations. but dr. grover arnold says that is 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 blood, i'm ok. my body is fine. i don't need to take the vaccine picking her cove, it wasn't because we are taking that vasa, you know why? your ticket wasn't? why you took his lesson overnight? see, is equal bill. i see. i don't blick over that to the group of nutty. those is the major. yes. i'm ready to take it with what a holiday called did i begin to offered. 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 every sense slow but to get 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 has really been able to explain why cov 19 didn't hit nigeria heart. but life has moved on here

professor yup, omaha study epidemics like tuberculosis, malaria, and ebola. the microbiologist from the university of ya, 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, $19.00 in western industrialized countries and in africa. so professor, i got better be here. so some people say the cover pandemic seems to be over and africa, would you really agree on that? we actually we be seeing effect weights now having the both wave of korea around the same general country. so we might be in between where the fall under and also most likely you might be going to walk to what have you been in the country. so it's not over,

but what is true that there is very k optimal where right now there is only one vision that or because the entire country showing that they need to read a bit of a number or a number of let's talk about explanation. the highest vaccination rates in africa, around 30 percent, approximately a lot of countries have much lower rates. what efforts are still being made to change this? maybe also what the spread of new variance. you're going to understand the needs of the nation in the nation from the law. so the country has also looking above the way also goes because of the number you should pick it up. no, no, no,

no. 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 price changing. now we're going to go what goes especially now where it gave very rare which strategy do you think makes sense? in order to be better prepared for future and that makes wasn't barking according to me. so we'll have to wait for the base and to have a proper shipping. and you need to come just what we do, even though they are just cheap. you get to find them where the shuttle divided. so if we manage cash buyers from one,

you'd be able to pick it up to the fraction which is actually should remain reading or go why we know what it you know, what more be? so if we invested by those 2 wanted the company can gauge for korea. if not, then we want for the next meeting for the next by then. but we need to have them back. so we really need to push on the traditional or how will also be great. once we go the place where, what i mean to great and how else will be shown that we should rely on more and more on what we having the wrong. see how we can compliment thanks. oh gosh

li, 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 covered 19 as dangerous. and many consider restrictions unnecessary. especially in rural areas. we met a nurse in the gunny and capital across copied lay works as a nurse in this ward at garners caliber teaching hospital in the capital of a cra at the peak of the curve 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 matters. i mean,

it's heart warming to find out that people have dispense themselves, taking action dead and legitimate trial gone down significantly. it also means that the virus papa, anytime soon or any anything soon, it's very likely that it may be difficult to handle all over 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. who 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 a road back, which would be unfortunate. i'd need to be safe. my family needs to be safe for 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 a coven 19 jobs. this is when johnson and johnson astrazeneca and pfizer vaccines are available to us. 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. janay and health authorities, one 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 are not out of doing. we're still new to let people know. watson is how bailable they need to tickets or down majority. older people will be protected and paintings like this. a helping to emphasize that

but citizens have mixed reactions on where the cobit 19 is over or not. as an am out as a non 0, no longer active educational programs about covered on the radio or even at information centers. so i don't think covered is still there for full internet offering. anyone else rented may by chance harvey didn't india. i think there was an outbreak of cove it because there was a lot of information on it and 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. massey of lassie. you really see club, it is still there. so door, the government there were she knew where mugs or it's more mandate. she knows how he said is. so people are thinking advantage of that scene call that is gone 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 cba, 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 cove 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 prado museum. the mask requirement in spain is over. even in

doors, masks are only recommended for many here. this is a new feeling that there savoring carefully i'm free. i think. i think i am. i think i feel the freedom. yeah. i've been free dongle off. not wearing them. oscar about her this because this is very air over in the year. it's very large, very large me, but it was the, are you this please? it would be not very if you're a thing guy, but he's in. i think it's a good thing that ideas. 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 unbox 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. london is 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 have to see their smiles. i like that i like one of a lot of reasons. 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 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. moment. let's remember that only vulnerable patients to have covered or patients over 60 are being diagnosed, getting bullied. we're missing the real incidence laddie. yes. yeah. 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 page i'm not worried about the incidence rate of only chron because we already know how a micron works. i'm concerned about what comes after the on the chrome variant, the more info, just and aggressive very and my emerge that causes severe disease. and this could cause higher mortality because we still have high mortality from coven mcneil alcohol. i'm kidding of them. okay, i will go eat it. 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. here too, 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 close 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 low. 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 aqua ventu 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 bias 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 or the u. e had a relatively fast and high vaccination right. over 90 percent. it was then of course, also really good for tourism and i think it helped bring tourism back to the region

relatively quickly. neighborhoods with a cognitive indian and, and is a big the sorry for 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 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. 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. let's 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. to if you're walking in a mall and you've forgotten you, mask by your chin, the, the resident or the guess next you would look at you taken this with the mask up. and i think that kind of brought the, or the pandemic to more of the 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 to the way that we did on the other side shows you that we are ready for such challenges to come up in the future. but then damage may 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. a 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 are different mythical. so the 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, india, if you tell 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 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, 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 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. 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. 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 on 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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