go beyond as we take on the world. 8 hours. i do all the we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever you take by policemen. a deal we are, your is actually on fire made for mines. ah ah, africa was hit, especially hot by the cove at 19 pandemic. across most of the continent, health measures were insufficient. many african countries received vaccines late and didn't meet

a quantities. how did people there cope and what solutions did they find? that's what we highlighting in this week's edition of the curve at 19 special report. welcome. but 1st we take a look at india where health department employees are getting ready to roll out and liaison vaccine. the aim is to make vaccine injections. a thing of the past is vaccinations center in new delhi dent, immunize up to 300 people at b. but doctors say, lately, only a few people show up daily to day. doctor joe thump, who has the center says that they expect that to change soon. only she thinks the newly developed nasal vaccine will increase the number of vaccinations at the center. since the vaccine is to be administered in that spray

r l cell form, this will not acquire any injection technique, which is invasive in the largest the fight. also, we don't need to maintain all the biomedical waste accounts or late because i'm the syringes. i mean, it's literally cut down better introduction on dyslexia. like this center. many other vaccination facilities in india are also awaiting your 1st batch up middle vaccines. a few kilometers away. this hospital in delhi regularly carries out vaccination trials. dr. on upon such day, we're a vaccine expert says, the newly developed nasal vaccine could be a game changer in coping co with cobra information vaccine. then nate showed that there are border guards in the nose. so your infiltration bags fars quote 19 will be neutralized at the border itself.

it will not be allowed to enter the body. india is known as the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, with the recent development of uneasily vaccine, by the home grown company bothered biotech. the country hopes that the new delivery system will become a long term solution to respiratory infection. concerned with the dip in vaccination numbers, dr. sweeney. la garrick, who had the government appointed, go with task force, is confident that the nasal vaccine can help in mass immunization campaigns and fight vaccine hesitancy. we are privileged that india is the 1st country to have the news in vaccine. and it says type moment. we still have, you know, no sugar population across different continents, which is yet to be immunized,

that it can play a very, very critical, dorian foster immunization as the world continues to witness sporadic surges of the cord, 9 in wireless. several other countries are developing nasal vaccines with some of them in the final trial phases. but india is one of the few countries which has already approved its emergency used to go up gorge 19. at the outset of the k, the 19 pandemic. many countries struggle to carry out enough p c r tests in such a short time. they couldn't tell who has the virus and my pass it on that scientists in the west african country of gonna use the strategy of pull testing. it's course on worldwide. the team for ologist at work this biomedical lab in gone has capital across their

ologist, william and po, heads. the team that spaced at the university of gone is no good. she memorial institute for medical research. here he and his colleagues spend hours testing samples at the start of the pandemic. so far over 19 retake respiratory samples. we go to the other labs. we extract the irony that we had re, agents to be able to amplify the, or in the us this ask of to. and then we come and put it in. these them are cyclists and iran for about an hour and a half, 2 hours. and then we're able to have a clear indication by looking at the graphs that are produced because the material is amplified during the process. or we call this real time a t c are polymers, chain react when cove, it 1st came to garner the country, struggle to produce test results quickly. it lacked adequate infrastructure and staff. and that only heightened people's anxiety. so m popo in his

team, procured logistics and re agents to set up their lab and star testing they use the pooling system, which enabled them to test some, 10000 samples a day. so the poor testing principle is very simple. if you have 10 samples, ok, and then you take a little bit of each of example and they put in to watch you. so you test this want to wait test. this dupont is negative. they means all the 10 samples are negative. ok. but if you test this, my sample, this one that has all, all the 10 pulled in it. if you test this one and it is positive, then that means that one of the 10 is positive. so you have to find out which one. so the up on pool this approach may gone, or one of the african countries that carried out the most tests per $100000.00

people. it help garners cove in 19 response team to better understand the spread of the disease and adapt their strategies accordingly. saving many lives and that's attracted the attention of other scientists as interest and at the end of the day it when our colleagues from europe in the countries status, ah, ah, implementing the pulling system. and so for me, we can fill in with impact to feel good because we showed leadership, we should direction. i think that it wasn't a gucci. it's about young scientists here are inspired by the opportunity to work with m popo and learn how to combat cove. it is monday. my husband so, so see i thinking like a lot of lives knowing that yeah. particularly like a very vital role in policing results,

testing to save lives. and i see that sadly, my son responds to this pandemic lessons drawn from fighting coven 19 are also helping on popo, in his team deal with other deadly viruses. we're very happy that we roast to the challenge. we are very happy that we've continued to provide support to the kind of health services of many. so health, not just for overnighting, but when we had cases of monkey box we had marble. virus detected william and po and his colleagues determined to play their part in helping gonna win the fight against coven 19. ah! even as the coven 19 delta variant was killing tens of thousands in her home country, south africa, sunny laguna, never thought she'd be affected. but off to catching covent,

she ended up in hospital. luckily, her husband stayed healthy and took care of her while working during the entire pandemic. that's how they escaped economic consequences that drive many of their compatriots to ruin. and new episode in our my coven series. we didn't know what was going to happen. we didn't know how many people were going to pass away. we didn't know who was going to pass away, but even if we were going to be alive. my name is anela cooley. i live in johannesburg. and i had coven 19. was infected with coven 19 in june 2021. my son jones with the normal flu symptoms. ah, but i rapidly did to the rated. i studied to feel breathless. i tried to get a hospital. i couldn't get into a hospital in johannesburg, the child, the hospitals were fully booked. i had to be taken by ambulance to a neighboring a hospital in pretoria and i was admitted for

a week. i didn't talk too much to my doctor because i was very nervous and the clinic itself was very busy. my actual covered symptoms lasted for 6 months. however, i still experienced some symptoms like tiredness. i am memory loss. we lost people, we watch television and lost so many friends and family. so it was a very bitter and difficult time. but for me, it was also nice that i could be at home with my husband and, and just reconnect in order to protect myself against cover to day i make sure that i eat are very well. i have a balanced diet. i have my breakfast, my lunch, my supper ink, and in of greens in my diet. i also am exercised by walking when i got cove it i was not vaccinated and the reason for that is because of the negative

publicity above the vaccinations. but my experience of been hospitalized was an eye opener i decided to get vaccinated just to avoid having, you know, another experience as m and staying in south africa just like in the rest of the world. many people there complain of ongoing symptoms known as long cove. it in addition to the physical effects, the psychological consequences also becoming clear. it can even lead to a permanent inability to work simple tasks like getting out of bed in the morning have become a challenge for yvonne chang. not long after my cold at night and didn't infection or which was lust. dear june, i developed her excruciating pain under my feet,

which made it difficult for me to walk and to stand for long periods of time. immediately after that, i started developing some anxiety and her depression. a single mother and business owner chainway was forced to shut down her shop during south africa's covered block down one of the strictest in the world. as a massage therapist, her profession requires her to be on her feet all day long. but her lingering symptoms have made it impossible for her to return to work. after losing my business and my income, it was very hard. i had to give up my rental apartment to move in with my partner, in order to save some money. and it says there's this uncertainty of not knowing when i'll be able to resume my practice. i decided to enroll for

a course teaching english as a 2nd language online. c yvonne chainway is not alone. more than 4000000 south africans have so far tested positive for coven 19. and at least 10 percent of them will develop longer term symptoms. according to the country's national institute for communicable diseases. that means at least $400000.00 people still battling with covered related symptoms, 6 months or more after their initial diagnosis. and then samantha, encore is one of them i it's t t i was in hospital for a total of 10 weeks. 6 of those in i see you, i struggled with sort of breath shoes or so cognition and memory issues. her symptoms continued for 11 months. during this time, she was unable to work, so she registered for temporary disability assistance. luckily,

she has health insurance and was referred to a private rehabilitation center in johannesburg. that's we offer a holistic client centered approach for long clothing patients. we of occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy folders. patients. we've seen an increase in referrals of people who've had long covered and who are struggling months down the line. samantha encore has gone from being on oxygen 247 to being able to return to work full time. it's changed my life, my memories better. my cognition issues are gone and i'm just a different personnel. rehab matters is one of a handful of facilities in south africa treating long cove it. it's a private practice and caters to people who either have health insurance or can afford to pay out of pocket altogether. just 27 percent of the population.

for the other $40000000.00 plus south africans who rely on public health care, like even janeway treatment options are limited in south africa. these no way of knowing just how many people are suffering from lung colin. the reason for this is there's a wide variety of symptoms that can include pain or the physical weakness and even memory for people who do not have access to private rehab facilities. these only one government funded facility. however, that is in cape time. so most of the cases are going on cheated, but keep town is a long way from johannesburg where he bon chainway lives. she eventually found relief through acupuncture, a form of alternative therapy that is practiced in chinese medicine, regarded by some as a pseudo science. it's medical credibility is disputed,

but for yvonne it's making a difference without breaking the bank. it's my 2nd term here. and i, i opted for this of been told by worse than doctors that they could not do anything for the pain in my feet. that i developed after my covert and the there is in was that this lot of people who are presenting with different co problems of it. and so they just that i did don't to long cove it and there's nothing really they can do at the moment. and i came here and the pain in my feet has is a lot. and i feel that is hope. yeah. how you feel so much just to thank you again. so the doctor, right. and i'll give you to type off the medication to use this one is to drink it to help you to release the pair and the for the situations while she is still on

the road to recovery, she's optimistic that you'll soon be able to reopen her business and return to normal life. why did some people get really sick from the corona virus, even though they're young, fit and healthy? that's not really clear yet. but one answer might lie in a person's genes. research says from the burden institute of health at berlin's charity hospital. i presented a new study. our colleague casino christner, talked to dr. mike pizza about it. what exactly predisposes people just to be an infection? so clinician noted early on a severe coven, 19 or 2 years more often and older people in the mail people, and particularly those over right. but also those who come with parts about pre existing conditions, like touch and diabetes or cardiovascular disease. it's,

however, we to see these 2 beer coordinates in case it's also among apparently healthy subjects on patient, which means there must be something else to it. and the studies show that in patients are rare. your taishan are responsible for the new system. they may more often access, also distribute over 19, how much influence do genes actually half in brief, supposed to be modest, is the person trying to spend if the genes on axis adamant genes are blueprints for what is called proteins and proteins. audubon is actually due to action, who precipitate an able to, to a viral infection. and what are the studies have identified? are regions in the genome that called for those proteins related to the immune system or to lung function. and if this battery pro print battery,

it doesn't, it need to be a major variation. retired in every column, once put you at a higher risk for cobra. 19 or severe cheenam particular integration with other research as your group just published a new study on this issue. what is it about? so what we saw is about a proteins that seem to have a row either in predisposing the gym or so recombination ultimate, but also to seem to have a protective rule. so we have for instance, identified a process called either 5, which is expressed in specific lungs that also the target of the virus. and if you have more of this protein in your south, you're more likely to develop should be covered munching. and then on the other hand, we identify proteins like gc ss which have a role and immune response. and patients who have higher levels of just talking

seem to be a bit more protected again to be 19. so given below, next available, can you translate it into better treatment strategies? so think i will study contributes a small keys to a launch a puzzle. so, so what we identified is some, some basic knowledge like in a fire and how this may relate to the wound to repair upon infection and the lung which isn't quite clear yet. um and i found it quite exciting to at least name some potential truck targets because it's really difficult to develop to ext anyway . so it usually takes dick and now we need to do this. but in like months or on the a couple of years. and i think by bringing together all this difference on data where you might highlight some with some new ah canada trophies that might be worthwhile following up dr. pizza. thank you for talking to us. thank you. bye.

in the ivory coast, keeping track of medical records is a real problem. files often get lost and have to be recreated, making monitoring developments over time, nearly impossible. a clinic in the city of duck who has decided to try out an innovative patient centered approach. the large dooku clinic has decided to test a new solution. they're using a new electronic health booklet was it? this is the move. so health pass. it's a small bracelet containing a person's health history. the clinic adopted this device in 2020, during the covert. 19 pandemic to deal with any emergencies. jennifer, so busy newton, there are patients who come, who are unconscious,

oscillate. if they have the electronic bracelet, we have all their information in one click on issue. there are also patients who come in who can't speak french. he stuffed up on the logo forces. this type of patient can give us the information via the muso path. the bracelet was invented here. in 2014 entrepreneur, co vin watch era is decided to launch her idea using the profits from her textile workshop it. since then, are team of developers has been stationed right next to the sewing machine that was due to the coven, 19 pandemic. and the need for new e health solutions theres been renewed interest in the muso pass vehicles. and during the health crisis, people understood the barriers have to be broken down, which means that distances in cash should no longer exist. we need to use

a health tele consultation tele expertise. luckily and home care. in these holland we seem to ensure that the health records are secure. the team has put several levels of security in place. they also receive a message as soon as their personal information is accessed me. what i did, it wasn't difficult as a connection and as soon as someone logs on to the interface to see your information, you get a message like this one. then access to the platform to the server and the team gets renewed. we're 100 percent dedicated to working on all aspects of the platforms, data security. today, korean war tara would like her solution to be deployed throughout the ivory coast. thanks to a partnership with the ivory coast post office. she's traveling across the country to raise awareness about the past. so the 1st stop is sequoia, a town in the north west of the country. the aim is to campaign there and convince

$200.00 women to adopt the mu. so pass, why is kasia, you see what i have in my hand here is a bracelet that i where is a band leslie, but it's not a normal bracelet and it's my health book. i think it took, it means that all my information is in it. so why is that? because if i leave here, i could have an accident. and if the doctors want to help me, they need to know that i'm asthmatic chemical. i have sinusitis and a history of epilepsy. they said they politic will happen at for euro's 50 for the bracelet and 3 euros for the card. the prices are simply too expensive for many who live here. but today is the only opportunity to get this nationally accepted health id. was it because, you know, if you're in a small village and have a problem, the doctors that can save you quickly, that means your life is away safe. but when you don't have a health id, it's really not get my i korean speech was

convincing and bears fruit. the enthusiasm was so great that the muso health past teams were quickly overwhelmed. if that's happening, then net. yes. do you know your blood type? what is it? a positive, a total of 350 people were enrolled that day. i love kareem feels reassured, because even though covered 19 infections slow down in the country, the past could help in dealing with any new waves. as it was again, if the crisis comes back but will be asked, which people have been infected in the past, they will ask for a history of the patients. and that's also important with the past because it traces everything was, has started. have i ever been infected with cove? it? am i a person who is susceptible to the disease?

even though there are now just under 82000 positive cases in the country, korean wants to remain mobilized. her trip will continue to 4 more cities. that was this week's covered 19th, special reports focusing on african countries. so you next week until then, but by and stay healthy with

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