berlin. the coronavirus's dangerous delta variant. south africa tightens restrictions as it battles eighth wave of infections. we will take you to a small town that whether the pandemic with no infections but it is not doing that anymore. also coming up, more games in the black sea. nato and ukraine stage naval exercises and russia is not happy about it. wimbledon is back after an enforced layoff last year

because of the pandemic and so are the fans. as usual, star names and rain delays went together like strawberries and cream. ♪ i'm brent goff. your viewers watching on pbs in the united states and all of you around the world, welcome. we begin in south africa where they are reintroducing tough pandemic restrictions. doctors are battling a third wave of infections driven by the highly infectious delta variant. the president is warning the health sector of his country is at its limit. all gatherings and alcohol sales are bad for two weeks. there is a curfew, curbs on travel and schools have been closed. that includes one town in the western cape where residents thought they were on the way to

getting their freedom back. >> no one in the small remote town was known to have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. that changed in the middle of june when three people suddenly died from covid-19 related complications hours apart. one of them ved in this house. he was a retired miner. he was 75 years old and diabetic should -- and diabetic. >> my sisterold me sunday morning there is something wrong with his chest. he could n breathe properly. i said maybe we should get an ambulance. she said no. putting some ointment on his chest to help them breathe properly. i asked him, what do you want us to do for you? he said to pray for him.

i said to my sister, keep me updated. then we can take it from there. >> the deaths raised the alarm, prompting local health authorities to probe the spread of infections in the community. testing revealed almost a quarter of the 250 residents were infected. this is the community spokesperson. he told us people here were caught off guard. >> we were not prepared for it. since the last 15 months, we were totally free since mah last year. suddenly, as i already mentioned, we were not prepared. >> there is a clinic in the heart of the community but it has no capacity to provide care

for people seriously ill. the closest hospital is 200 kilometers away. while most people who tested positive hardly experience any symptoms, no one wanted to take any chances. >> i was negative, but my cousin was positive. i decided i want to do it for him because if i was positive, then he would do it for me also. that is why i sta in my house in my room and quarantine kid i do not want to -- and quarantine. i do not want to infect oth individuals and i do't want to be infected. that is what i quarantine myself. >> residents agreed to impose a quarantine on all of the households to slow the spread of the infection among the people of this tightknit community. everyone isolated from each other and the outside world. however hard it might have been, the exercise proved rewarding.

most people are now free of the virus and there is the general feeling the worst is over. but just as people felt safe to come out again, with youngsters resuming pleasures like this game of rugby, fresh nationwide restrictions mean the newly found freedom will be short-lived. brent: our correspondent filed that report. she is joining me now from cape town. that small town in your report has been hit ha by the paemic. i am assuming it is not the only one in south africa that is in that situation. >> certainly not. if you look at the level of testing in this country, it is only providing a small window as to the rate of infection. only 50,000 tests have been administered in the last 24 hours. very limited scope in terms of what we are able to see.

communities like this far out in the outskirts, 500 kilometers away from cape town, these people are far away from most of the public health sector services. you can imagine there are many more towns and small communities in this position. brent: why is accs to health care particularly in this pandemic still an issue for small communities like this? >> a lot of it haso do with the geographic location. this is a country that is already having an issue even before the pandemic. there has been the issue of service delivery and health care has been a part of that. a lot of people struggle to get access to health care services. if you are wealthy enough to afford private health care, that is seen as a luxury for a lot of people. for the average south african, access to clinics, access to

hospitals remains limited. people any committees like this the outskirts, there is a 72 kilometers worth of dirt road to get to that counity. the peoplere out on the fringes far beyond the reach of your average plic health care service. people in cities like cape town struggle to access it ere have been issues about investment in the health care sector. they are known to have lost a lot to corruption and mismanagement. brent: it makes you wonder, is the south african government giving sufficient priority to the funding of health care facilities? the ones that do not exist in these small towns. >> people would tell you know. as you saw, there is a sateite clinic in that community. it is hardly ever open. it is hardly ever staffed.

these are the issues people in these communities face. they were really athe mercy of donations from neighboring communities. people who took sympathy to their plight and donated everything from vitamins and ointments to keep them doing -- to keep them going through their isolation. people feel the government has to do a lot more. that is what people told me. the hospital is a two era drive away. -- 2 hour drive away. brent: so many people in need. christina reporting from cape town, south africa. here is a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. ethiopia's government says it has agreed to an immediate cease-fire with rebel versus in the tigre region. thousands of people have been killed in fighting in recent months and many more just based rebel forces claim to have taken control of the capital. several people have been injured

in a large fire in central london. the blaze row count at the busy elephant and castle transport hu authorities say the fire has been brought under control. the cause of the blaze remains unknown. nato and ukraine have begun naval exercises in the black sea as a tensions a pressure run high. ukraine's navy posted these images as the maneuvers open. the u.s. and kiev are leading the drills involving within 30 countries. they will last more than two weeks. the alliance says they are intending to showcase the commitment to defense. russia annexed the crimean peninsula in 2014. it sees these exercises as a provocation. for more, we want to bring in a research fellow at the royal united services institute in london. he is an expert on naval and reinforces. this year's drills are the biggest of their kind since they

began in 1997. what does this tell you about the situation in that region? >> i think it tells us a few things. i think it is not coincidental the drills have come on the back of russia's suggestions it might close off parts of the black sea such as the see of solve. they come on the back of concerted undeclared blockade of ukrainian shores by the russian navy. in exercise of the scope and size as well as this multilateral nature is a way of showcasing the alliance commitment. brent: what do you make of moscow's reaction and it's morning it would closely monitor these maneuvers? >> there is nothing terribly new about that.

russia tends to monitor nato maneuvers as a matter of course and occasionally engages in some threshold provocations. in previous exercises, it engaged in gps jamming. moscow's warnings and threats to monitor these exercises are not necessarily new. it is worth noting the russian spokesman when raising the issue paid a particularocus to the amphibious and special forces components of these exercises suggesting this aspect of what russia considers most risky to its own territorial claims in the region perhaps because they might jeopardize its foothold and illegally seized territories. brent: you think russia sees the potential that is territories can be invaded from the sea? >>hat is certainly the claim

that the mod spokesman general suggested. that may be a careful misdirection on russia's part as a justification for assertive behavior on its own part including efforts to disrupt or harass foreign vessels as they conduct these activities. so we can take them with a grain of salt. they reflect russian mgivings and fears about the ability to hold on to territory seized in the region. brent: the royal united services institute in london. we appreciate your time and insights tonight. a new law allowing a person to end their life with medical assistance has come into force in spain. people suffering from incurable diseases can ask it end their own suffering when they wish. spain is the fourth country in

the european union to allow its citizens to decide to end their lives intentionally and four out of five spaniards say they support this law. >> she takes care to keep her photos of her husband in a safe place. important memories of the time they spent together and the challenges they had to overcome especially after her husband started the fight against an aggressive type of multiple sclerosis. >> the disease was devastating for him. it destroyed him withi onl10 years until he died. he was in grave pain. it was so bad he could not stand the weight of the bed linen on his in. there was no drug that could have helped him even a little. the worst thing was and that is what he always said, was that there was no dignity in his life

anymore. he was completely dependent on others. he did not have any freedom anymore. he was not able to do anything himself except to move his head. >> he passed away four years ago. he was fighting for the legalization of euthanasia in spain. he wanted the right to end his life in dignity. she has continued her husband's fight together with many other until theyere listeneto. in march c spain became the fourth country in the e.u. to approve euthanasia. the historic moment. the law inow effect. the association for a dignified death estimates in densely populated regions like madrid, there could be one application for euthanasia per d. >> people have an advanced form

of cancer and only a few months left to live or those who have severe heart, lung or kidney disease who also died within mohs. >> there is still a lot to learn about the new law says fernando marine. only people who are incurably ill can me a request. people with mental illness are excluded. before the request is approved, several doctors and the commission to discuss each case, an intentionally long process to avoid mistakes. the new law also means doctors will not have to stay hidden in the shadows. >> there is a survey once in spain and 50% of doctors admitted they'd already helped someone at se point. and then there were also doctors who said they would do it again because they sell it as their duty. -- they saw it as their duty. >> some conservative politicians have criticized the law for putting a lives in the hand of

authorities. the catholic church rejects euthanasia. that resistance is why it took years for the wall to be passed. >> everyone wants to be alive. those who ask for permission to end their les to it because they are already tremendously detached from their lives because there is no solution to their suffering should >> for her husband, the law comes too late but his wife is sure he would be pleased to hear that from now on, a self-determined death is legal . brent: to discuss this, i am joined -- the protestant theological university in the netherlands. good to have you on the program. i understand you used to be a supporter of assisted suicide, assisted dying but now you are a critic. why is that?

>> i was a supporter in the sense and still am in the sense i am a democrat and i think we have to respect the wishes of people today. however, we are changed -- what changed my mind and i saw 4000 cases of euthanasia in my country. what has me me change my mind is i think that the supply of euthanasia really has stirr the demand. abt the year 2000, we had about 2000 cases and now we are up to 700 with a tendency to go up furth. i think that is strange because weive in an age where palliative care, the means to alleviate the suffering have never been as good as they are now. brent: these 4000 cases you mentioned, did you ever see

anyone who chose to end his or her life do it involuntaly? it was always that persons decision, wasn't it? >> i think generally speaking you canay there is no abuse or misuse in the sense peoe are rced intit. at i see happen is there is societal pressure toward considering social speak an orchestratedeath as the real dignified and only dignified death just in the same way as flying has changed the whole way we considethe world economy, friendshs, toryism ithe same -- tourism. they the samway, the ability of euthanasia has changed the way we see death. brent: if a person prefers to be

in command of the end of their life, would you say that has a qualitate -- that is qualitatively better in a person who is in palliative care who may have a long and suffering end to his or her life? >> generally speaking, as we saw in the item, i think all people want to live so no one has a wish to die but people have a wish to be liberated from terrible suffering. i think we have to say if there isny year the history of humankind we do not need to kill ourselves it is in the year 2021. i do respect the decision of people to end their lives but you have to be aware that what spain has done as the fourth european country is a special solution and that is to allow doctors to kill the patients.

in contrast to switzerland or the american states where that is possible. the patient has to do it themselves. re, the doctor does it. there are strong reasons to believe if the doctor has the acon, the mbers are much higher than where the pient has to end their own lives. the numbers in the netherlands are eight times as high as in oregon where assisted dying has been possible since 1998. brent: i'm sure there are physicians in spain who would disagree with you on that but unfortunately we are out of me. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. >> thank you very much. brent: large parts of the audit states and canada are experiencing a heat wave. one village in british columbia salt temperatures hit nearly 47 degrees celsius. that is a hundred 16 degrees

fahrenheit. >> a cooling dip to beat the summer heat. residents took to the water as the thermometer rose above 40 degrees south in seattle for the first time ever. >> it is hot. you stand around and you're like, you cannot breathe. it is so hot at least for me. >> you definitely have to wear shoes. >> the pavement. even grass, no thank you. back inside. >> the heat was too much for this farmers market. >> this is the very few times we closthe market early. most of the times has been because of snow. because of the heat, this is the first time. >> temperatures like these are no coincidence. the past decade has been the warmest on record. the five hottest days were all

recorded in the last five years. >> the main thing going on is this highly unusual weather pattern. that being said, climate change is real. our temperatures have warmed here especially summer nighttime temperatures. that has raised the baseline and made this heat event that much more severe. >> while some seem to revel in the extreme temperatures, many environmentalists say this heat wave bears the hallmarks of the climate emergency. brent: spain are the latest side to reach the quarterfinals in euro 2020 after they beat croatia. with the score 3-3 after 90 minutes, finally breaking croatia's resolve. the game was made safe with a fifth. spain faces the winner of france

versus switzerland. one of the highlights of the round of 16 takes place in london tomorrow as england and germany face-off. if you're struggling to pick a winner, maybe you need to listen to the elephant oracle at the zoo in hamburg. the elephant has pretty did germany will win the match. if you doubt the elephants credentials, you should bear in mind she has correctly predicted the outcomes of all three of germany's games. in tennis, wimbledon fortnite is back after the pandemic forced it to take off last summer. yvette djokovic for the men and ash barty for the women are the favorites to win. fans are just that -- are just glad to be back. >> the sun shone early on the expanse of the all england lawn

tennis and croquet club. fans were in fine mood. there were not as many as there might have been because of restrictions which meant easier access to the traditional strawberries and cream and glasses of pms. >> it was amazing there was no wimbledon last year. day one, excited. >> just getting on the grounds is cause to be excited. this tournament bills itself as the championships. but it has been around since 1877 so they pretty much have the right to attach any label they like. >> this is the first big sporting event we have been to in a long time so looking forward to it today. to see some good matches. hopefully the rain will stay off >> don't mention the rain cured because then of course the rain came and the covers without. as they so often do. inside centre court under a roof, novak djokovic chu was added against a 19-year-old britt who won the first set and

had a stunned crowd on its feet . but djokovic won the next three and that was that. still, the oldest and most procedures tennis event in the world was back. >> i think there is a sign of normality again and we can watch either here or on tv the whole thing. >> the rain clouds did give way and fans were treated today one of the championships. a dozen more to go. brent: you're watching uw news. we'll be back after a short break to take you through the day. but first, some emotional scenes at wimbledon where the crowd gave a standing ovation to think to thank health-care workers. they paid tribute to one of the scientists who created the oxford-astrazeneca vaccine cared

-- astrazeneca vaccine cared >> the chairman has invited to the box individuals and representatives of organizations who have contributes so much to the nation's response to the pandemic and have helped make this wimbledon possible. today, they include leaders who have developed the anti-covid vaccines. [applause] [cheering] [applause]

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