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that's what we're 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 nasal vaccine, the amos 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 haley. but a doctor, the cha good them. who had 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. says the vaccine is to be administered, spray

r l cell form missile nautica has any injection technique which is invasive in the largest the fight. also, we don't need to maintain all the biomedical waste or tons like hucker and 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 of missile vaccines. a few kilometers away. this hospital in delhi regularly carries out vaccination trials. dr. on upon such they were a vaccine expert says, the newly developed nasal vaccine could be a game changer in coping co with cobra in from easily vaccine. when nate showed that there are a border guards in the nose. so your infiltration bags farce corp 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. barrett, 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 of vaccine can help in mass immunization campaigns and fight vaccine hesitancy. we are privileged that india is the 1st country to have the means in vaccine. and he says, type moment. we still have the no, no sugar population across different continent, which is yet to be immune. ace,

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 o. 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 had the virus and my pass it on that scientists in the west african country of gonna use the strategy of pul, testing. it goes on worldwide. the team for ologist that work at this biomedical lab in gone is capital across

their ologist. william am popo head city. 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, but the start of the pandemic. so fork of lighting, we take respiratory samples, we go to the other labs. we extract the irony that we are very agents to be able to amplifier the are in the, off this ask of to. and then we come and put it in. these them are cyclists. and in iran for about an hour and a half, 2 hours. and they were able to have a clear indication by looking at a graphs that are produced because the mattress amplified during the process. we call this real time a t c r. polymer soon react when cove it 1st came to garner the country, struggle to produce test results quickly. it lacked adequate infrastructure in staff and that only heightens 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 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 it to want to. so you test this want to wait test this dupont is negative. they need all the 10 samples are negative. ok . but if you test this, my sample, this one that has all the 10 food 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 we up on this approach may garner one of the african countries that carried out the most tests per 100000 people. it help garners covey 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 interesting by the end of the day when our colleagues from europe in the countries status, ah, ah, implementing the pulling system. and so for me, we can fill in if 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 hello, this pandemic has been so source. see i speaking like a lot of lives. knowing that jack patrick is like, every vital role in policing results has been to save lives. and

i see that sadly, my son responds to this pandemic lessons drawn from fighting coven 19 are also helping m popo in his team deal with other deadly viruses. very happy doctor. we rose 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 mob woke. virus detected william and po and his colleagues determined to play their part in helping gonna win the fight against coven 19. even as the cove at 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 cove, it's 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. wasn't fit of the coven 19 in june 2021. my son jones with the normal flu symptoms. ah, but i rapidly degenerated. i started 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 covert 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 um, 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 in the middle 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 experienced null 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 9 din infection, her 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 asked that a developing some anxiety and her depression a single mother and business owner chainway was forced to shut down her shop during south africa's covert, blocked 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 i am 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. 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. it's t t, as in hospital for a total of 10 weeks, 6 of those in i, c u. i struggled with short of breath of 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. okay, that's fine. that's the offer. a holistic client centered approach. for long clothing patients, we of occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy folders, patches. we've seen an increase in referrals of people who've had long covered and who are struggling months down the line. samantha or 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 chainway treatment options are limited in south africa, these no way of knowing just how many people are suffering from long cold. the reason for this is there is a wide variety of symptoms that can include pain at 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 practicing 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 the been told by worse than doctors that they could not do anything for the pain in my fit. that i developed after my covert and the there is in was that there's lots of people who are presenting with different co problems of back 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 there is hope. yeah. how you feel so much, just to think the doctor right now, 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 simulations 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 have presented a new study. alcholay casino, christina talked to dr. mike pizza about it, what exactly predisposes people to severe infection? so, clinicians noted on the, on the severe coven, martina cures more often and older people, male people, and particularly those over lunch. but also those who come with parts about pre existing conditions like touching diabetes or cardiovascular disease. it's,

however, we to see these 2 beer over 19 cases, also among apparently healthy subjects on patients, which means there must be something else to it. and now these studies show that in patients with rare, your taishan are responsible for the new system. they may more often access, also distribute cobra matching. how much influence do genes actually? half in brief, supposed to be modest. the person you need to understand if the genes on active elements genes are blueprints or what is called proteins. and proteins are the ones who actually do the action, who facilitate an able to react 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 the battery for the blueprint, battery doesn't it need to be

a major variation, but very tiny, very common ones. put you at a higher risk for cobit 19 or severe cheenum particular calibration with other research as your group just published. and you study on this issue, what is it about? so what we saw is about a proteins that seem to have a role in predisposing the, to more so recombination, but also to seem to have a protective rule. so we have for instance, identify the 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 the vehicle with munching. and then on the other hand, we identify proteins like g as that which have a role in the immune response. and patients who have higher levels of talking seem

to be a bit more protected again to be covered. so given below, next available, can you translate it into better treatment strategies? so thing i was 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, up on inspection 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 extend the weights it usually takes dick. and now we need to do this. but in like months or, or 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 with 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 lassie. if they have the electronic bracelet, we have all their information in one click on issue. there are also patients who come and 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 code in what tara is decided to launch her idea using the profits from her textile workshop. let me since then, are team of developers has been stationed right next to the sewing machine that's due to the coven. 19 pandemic and the need for new e health solutions. there's been renewed interest in the muso pass casenita. during the health crisis, people understood the barriers have to be broken down. which means that distances in care should no longer exist. we need to use

a health tele consultation tele expertise. luckily and home. can you please follow missy 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 with the i did, it wasn't difficult as connect soon. as soon as someone logs on to the interface to see your information, you get a message like this one will 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 on the liberals. 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 travelling across the country to raise awareness about the past. so the 1st stop was to wally a town in the north west of the country, the amos to campaign there,

and convinced $200.00 women to adopt the mu. so pass way as casually. 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. why, 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 april of dick 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 visit. 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 always safe. but when you don't have a health id, it's really not get. my ha corrine's speech was

convincing and bears fruit. the enthusiasm was so great that the muso health past teams were quickly overwhelmed with this happen every then? yes. do you know your blood time? what is it? a positive, a total of $350.00 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. 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 report focusing on african countries. so you next week until then, but by and stay healthy with

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