special with next on t w. these places in europe are smashing all the records. stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you are record breaking sites on google maps, youtube and now also in book form. 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 19 . 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 yet. no sailing again. like for everybody down. no by not by any say. so does not need to be a face mask because obviously deadlock will be like, look around when nobody is last month. i believe this look of it. and because of dad did the want to where in those must again, even in thought of office is now people read this when you insist the dish with night area only recorded about 200000 confirmed cove at 19 cases and 3000 cove 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 lander 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 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 doctor grover annual says that has now changed

in lustre 5 or 6 weeks. we are not even seen one critically sick, corporate patient who needs a hospital. i see you admission on 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 bukasa where you're 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 really cover that to be cook of mattie. those is the my g, a moody, 2 tickets with one holiday called did i begin to offer the 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 in 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 that what it's on the same page is not necessarily to be no longer, but the individual person who can say what i'm doing fine with the. 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 hard, but life has moved on here professor

yup. omar studied epidemics like tuberculosis, malaria, and ebola. the microbiologist from the university of ya, one day in cameroon, also teaches in the us and conduct research for doctors without borders, dw reporter cost and talked to him about the different effects of cobra. 19 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've already seen the weights now having the balls wave of around the same general country. so we might be in between where the fall under and also most likely you might be going to what have

you been in the country? so it's not over, but what is true that it's very k optimal. where right now there is only one vision that are the most because the entire country showing that there is a real number or a number of let's talk about vaccination. 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 do what the spread of new variance. you're going to understand me of the recognition and the vaccination from the law of the country that has also spoken about the way also goes because of the number you should pick. there's no, no, no,

no i figure that's gotta be managed by one. and remember that, that we have the effect is actually with us here. so it's a price changing now can be $1.00 of those, 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, and that's i think that the most important thing according to the stress, to ha ha, and poor thing, surveys. and to have a promise you for you and you need to come your what, what we do. he made a car. so the number of kids are just to keep that to find it because that is where the device is from. so if we manage cash buyers from l y b

as laid off to the vaccination vacillation remain. i really appreciate all why every note and those were each, you know, 50 was more. so if we in that you might want to turn one of the company to engagement with community. ha, ha. okay. if not, then we won't have a next monday meeting on 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 great. i filed the response, we go 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 professor. yep. boom. thanks valente. oh,

good bye. lee. 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 capitol of a 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 dispense themselves, taking action dead. an agenda are gone down significantly. it also means that the virus pop up any time 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. 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 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 a coven 19 jobs. this is wendy 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 ought to prepare health care workers for improved cove. at 19 educational campaigns in rural communities can a 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 application. we still need to let the people know we are more startled. we still need to let people know . watson is available. they need to tickets or damage or children. people will be protected and paintings like this. a helping to emphasize

that but citizens have mixed reactions on where the cove at 19 is over or not as an em out as a non 0, no longer active educational programs about cove it on the radio or even at information centers. so i don't think cove it is still there are corporal internet offering anyone else rented may by chance harvey in 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. i mean, 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 was she knew where mugs or it's more mandate she that's how he said he saw people at thinking advantage of that scene call that is gone. then as far as the government said,

it's not monday should bed scene. if you want your home, your own health, to be a steve up 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 coded 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 dr . is worn 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. sh, 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 there savoring carefully i'm free. i think i think i am. i think i feel the freedom. yeah. i've been free. don't look else. not wearing them oscar about this because this is very air over in the year. it's very lives right now to speak, but recall was the, are you this place or it would be not very if you're a thing local guy, but as of yet, i think it's a good thing that i did at the same time, we should make the system work a little bit 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 masquerade. 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 or 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 on a flash on 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 southwestern spain. the country has recently been implementing a new corona strategy. infections are only countered 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 where moment, let's remember that only vulnerable patience to have covered or patients over 60 are being diagnosed getting but we're missing the real incidence ladder. 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 crum variant, the more info, yes and aggressive variant. my emerge that causes severe disease and this could cause higher mortality because we still have high mortality from covenant mcdaniel 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, been 2 by 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 mandates kept infection rates low. it's a pandemic success story that worked well. with the longest slide, measuring full 150 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. such a teamer, who is in charge of its $800.00 employees, was worried. but the united arab emirates, which do via 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 at 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, 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 the so full 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 a source after destination. it was held by hotels like the atlantis meticulously following the regulations with more than 1500 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 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 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 distancing rules, like we're almost able to totally forget about it. chocolate. so forget, ah, nevertheless, people here are anything but flippant about the pandemic, perhaps precisely because dubai said so much better than other places. is them 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 forgotten you masked by your chin, the, the resident or the guess next you would look at you taken please with the mask up . and i think that kind of brought the, or the pandemic 2 more above 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 for such and just to come up there in the future. attend emigre hardly be noticeable for many vacation is at the atlantis. there's still a mask requirement indoors though. simmons yacoma and such a 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 god, you can understand the people. you can also understand the fear, safety, lloyd, the ferocity the fears here are different. so they more about if guesses don't come at all to me like so that's our fear. he 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 as 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 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 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 to would have to be not just harmless, but also really infectious. 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, but 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 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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