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impact that's had her father is missing her, grow up. and she's in a thing the care a daughter should get from her dad. the lack of a father's love had left its mark. ah, ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us. india, seeing a gradual optic in covert cases over the past month, around 20000 new cases have been registered on some days. and as cases have gone up, so have government efforts to provide booster shots to those eligible currently those above 18 years of age. but as dw chaudhry reports take up, remains sluggish. ah, this mahala, our community clinic is a primary health center which provides free basic health care. it's one of the

hundreds of centers in the capital city of delhi. mostly located in low income or left developed neighborhoods. during dell is called beefs, these clinics plead a crucial role in raising awareness and providing timely diagnosis. now some of the centers are set to provide cool with 19 vaccine shots. dr. got her as art works in this movie. luckily, globally polish january. people used to feel a little hassle when they had to line up at pick centers or hospitals to get the vaccine shock done. this move of getting shots at mcculloch lennox. well, will be beneficial and we will see more and more people come forward as now that will be much easier to access la. okay. the past few weeks have seen a steady uptick in the number of court cases in the country. while, according to the health ministry, a large majority of the population had received due jabs. it's the number of with

the short administered which has little concerned. according to government data, a shocking 92 percent of people who are eligible for coven 19 both to vaccine have not taken the shots yet. to increase this number, the government is taking different measures, including making the booster shots available for free to all age groups. for a limited period of time, doctor casey not ready says it's not just about the ease of getting a booster shot. it is also a perception that the only cron variant of the virus that will not result in a severe disease. and a sense of cynicism that the vaccine won't really prevent infection from happening in the 1st place when your boyfriend, but he adds, it's important to keep encouraging people to get the card jackson plus, as it can prevent a large number of infections from turning severe. if the severity of infection is low, then the amount of virus discharge is going to be much less. because the duration of her list is also going to be much less. so you boys had less of

a threat to others, especially elderly, while notable people in your household of your family. even though most of the cases happening now, i might to moderate the fact that people are getting infected despite being vaccinated or being infected in the past. is proof enough that they need all the protection they can have against this virus? india pandemic is nowhere near okay. and let's get more on this from dr. launcelot printer. he's a consultant, pulmonologist and epidemiologist at the p. d into the hospital in mom by doctor pint or some 92 percent of people eligible to good booster shots haven't taken them . are people in india no longer worried about covered 90 hi variation. thank you for having me on the show. i think one of the factors that has led to a little bit of complacency is that we had a, an only current surge in january. we had another one in, by

a couple of months ago. and despite that, the hospitalization rates did not go up. most of the illnesses were managed at home and seem to be mild. i think this is leading people into a sense of security that is behind us. and i think while it's reassuring that the hospitalization rate hasn't been high, i think it's still important to emphasize that individual, especially those who are immunocompromised, those who are elderly, must take the booster because it definitely protects you from severe infection or that having been served you have numbers of covered cases which are steadily rising, but generally remained around the 20000 to day mark. i know that mark has been hit . is this a cause of concern, or is this a manageable situation? i think even gauging the numbers is become difficult because a lot of individuals are testing at home and these don't get reflected in the real numbers are the only thing that's been reassuring over the past few months is that the hospitalization rate has been searched. so i think that's the reassuring part of the fact that infections continue to remain higher on b as a cause for concern,

especially in it. because those individuals who are, who have reasons to be vulnerable, are exposed to individuals who are infected. and that can potentially lead to a certain hospitalizations at any time. so i think it's important not to drop down our god, but at the same time, not to be bad night. and which radians are active in india now and as deadly as the delta variant, which cause the deadly 2nd wave of infections lost here. setting the indian now sar scooby to genomics consortium of the inside dog has been reporting that most of the agents are currently seen. i still are still sub the dns or mac runs of you're not seeing any new media period. the present one which led to a bit of concern was the be a $2.00. but fortunately, although it does seem to be more infectious, and more transmissible, there is nothing to believe yet that it causes more severe disease. and you know,

so we still need to watch out for transmissible indian increase in the number of infections. but hopefully again, you know, it wouldn't lead to moderate to severe infections message days in hospitalization or increasing a lot on the health care system. if there's the pattern that we're seeing, that the virus is mutating but as it mutates, it gets less deadly. so to speak, but more infectious i think it's also a reflection of both the video itself, possibly becoming less vigilant, but also the fact that a significant proportion of the population has either been infected over the past couple of years, some more than once, or has now received 2 doses of the vaccination which does seem to offer a reasonable amount of protection against moderate to severe disease. so fortunately, i think the combination of both is what's protecting us from severe disease and let's hope it stays that way and not winter. and i remember we spoke a lot last year in the deadly wave of her covered infections. when you and your staff are particularly under pressure doctors all across the country. i have to ask

you, have you since then seen any positive changes on the ground in terms of say, how india manages infections or healthcare set up people's attitudes. for instance, i think people are more sense a days do respiratory infections. now for example, we're seeing a surgeon influence right now in the city of mom by and that's typical of the monsoons and monson related illnesses. i think people do tend to interact with the health care system at an earlier stage as soon as they have symptoms. people are more open to vaccinations in general to protect themselves from possibly respiratory and other infections. and i think hopefully this will lead to a paradigm shift in the way individuals try to prevent disease rather than reactor disease, which is typically be in the baton and india. parking lot a lot printer from the hindu to hospital and mumbo was a pleasure talking to you. thank you so much for joining us today. thank you. a quick look now are the other developments in the covert pandemic across asia. south

korea's defense minister is holding crisis talks with top commanders over an outbreak of coven 19 in the military. more than $11000.00 personnel are currently under treatment. the spread of infections, good hamper joint exercises. the u. s. land for the end of august. a covered lockdown imposed over the weekend and join us coastal high non province has stranded around 80000 tourists authorities and the result city of santa reported more than 800 cases in the week before travel restrictions came into force to rest. so want to leave must show 5 negative bcr tests over 7 days. and hong kong will reduce its mandatory quarantine to 3 days for overseas arrivals . followed by 4 days of medical surveillance possible to be completed at home. the current quadrant in period for international travelers is one week at a designated hotel, hong kong. either john lee said,

analysis of scientific evidence prompted the james roy. what yet, holly? while it work? but this is of little comfort to hong kong families where some one works on the mainland. longer quarantine billiards on the mainland coupled with a di limit on the numbers of people who can enter hong kong. mean many families have been separated for more than 2 years. i thought either half a little nam, nam. it's been 2 and a half years since she saw her father face to face rather than on face time. the toddler lives with her mother in hong kong, while her father works just a few dozen kilometers away in sions in mainland china. the corona virus pandemic has made crossing that border, a major hurdle, an insurmountable one for nam them. and her parents will also have a the tangle, when my husband comes to hong kong, he has to go into quarantine by and when he comes back to mainland, china only has to do it again. but no employer is willing to grant that much leave

. they would demand that you quit your job when i am on the whole that site. last name names, parents can't risk that. they have no savings to rely on. they live in one rented room, the kitchen and bathroom, or in the hallway. they often spend their free time at the neighbourhood social center where they don't have to pay for books or internet access thing. oh, money is scarce in the household. they just can't afford the cost of quarantining. oh yeah. you have to pay to quarantine yourself and it costs more than a $1000.00 us dollars. plus there are p c r test. they are even higher for children . social work, olaja and z. estimates that about a $100000.00 families with children in hong kong have been permanently separated since the start of the pandemic. she organized a small demonstration to put pressure on hong kong politicians. they allow only

2000 people to cross the border into hong kong each day. only 2000 if will fail well for this a whole. and now many of them quite painful in the past 2 years because their parents passed and say, and receive a say, and they need it, then they can pick out. then this kind of thing. before the pandemic about 60000 people commuted between hong kong and the mainland every day. nam nam's parents could be together if they all settled on the mainland. but they don't want to do that. they say nam nam will get better schooling in hong kong. today she's graduating kindergarten. a big event for any family pop up in her father is missing her, grow up and she's in this thing the care a daughter should get from her dad. the lack of a father's love has left its mark nam numb's father has been trying to get to hong

kong residence permit for 4 years. so far his application has been in vain. and that's it before to down the program by there's more on the covert situation in the region on our website, d, w dot com, forward slash a show. and as i ran, there's plenty more stories on our facebook and twitter pages as well. we're back again tomorrow. at the same time, you then back. ah, jimmy from afghanistan, women from afghanistan, making movies, women from afghanistan, making movies in exile. ah, they will not shut out. they will not stop telling their stories.

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