in the headlines this new year's eve the british government ramps up code restrictions across most of england as an action spiral following the discovery of a new highly contagious strain. also this hour we hear from frontline medics who have become the unsung heroes in the year of the pandemic. and we see people seeing people coming in they call we have to deal with. what we want in 5. years what we know how to deal. and campaigners urge the u.k. to tread carefully when seeking a poster brock's a trade deal with the u.s. highlighting the health risks of u.s. meat products.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our church q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. an extra 20000000 people across england have been placed under the ukase toughest kogut restrictions known as tier 4 k. summers have been soaring since a new highly infectious strain of the virus as a tactic and the health secretary says tougher curbs were unavoidable. the new variant means that 3 quarters of the population are now going to be 4 and almost all of the country into 3 and you and i know that 3 in 4 measures place a significant burden on people and especially on businesses affected but i'm afraid it's absolutely necessary because of the number of cases that we've see more regions entering turf or that includes the north east of england north west the south east the rules in that area is to stay at home now experts are warning there

that to 4 is not even going far enough and many say that what's needed is a full scale national lockdown to try and take control of this virus nothing on that though from westminster nor was there any talk of a to 5 of course we've heard some rumors circulating over the past few days that potentially there could even be a tear 5 coming out of all of this nothing on that either but this latest set of tide to set of restrictions as much to do with today being the 3rd day the 3rd consecutive day that we've seen the daily cases absolutely at a peak has not really basically means that the 2nd wave of 19 is much harsher and much worse than the 1st wave and of course we've just been seeing in the last few weeks these 2 mutant strands of 191 seemingly even originating here in the u.k. one apparently average meeting in south africa all of this i was placing a huge amount of pressure on the n.h.s. many say that the n.h.s.

a tired and frustrated but it's also coming being quite apparent in the hospitals within themselves we're seeing a shortage of styles but also a shortage of bed spaces as well gosh last. question students how. to control you start having to make it incredibly difficult decision to decide who gets an ambulance and. quite often with huge numbers of people waiting. susan i know you have a new letter to send while working behind the scenes is the medical and science professionals and some good news coming from them because the latest vaccination has just been approved in the united kingdom by the u.k.'s medicines regulator that's the oxford university astra zeneca vaccination being the 2nd one here in the united kingdom following of course the pfizer biotech vaccine just a few weeks ago so as with the 1st vaccination this one also is going to be abiding by a priority list at the top of the list of course is the over eighty's the elderly but

also start on the front line as well much like though where the united kingdom 1st approved the bio on tech vaccination the e.u. said actually the u.k. is really rushing things through and the e.u. will be taking their time with things we need additional data about the quality of the vaccine and after that the company has to formally apply but even with this vaccination is really difficult to be quite positive here in the united kingdom of course britain has been dubbed plaguy the end after the last few weeks it's easy to see why remember just a few months ago boris johnson promised the u.k. that it would be normality by christmas and really we've already done christmas and it couldn't be. hospital doctors union has said the health service is overwhelmed by the latest influx of covert patients it want that medics may soon have to make horrendous choices and denying lifesaving treatment to some people without reaction from medical experts it is one of those very unfortunate situations in which we

have heard it was that look at here and. look at the latest inhibition to be. constraints or any situation in which you have to make a decision between life and death but. grow to begin there unfortunately and you have to be promoting because you have to still run and so this. of the population at large unless we are strict in enforcing this tears it only becomes very symbolic there's a lot of i would call it the wood for the trees stuff here with the wary and strain because i would like to say you still need to get infected whether it is the old strain or the new strain it is dropping your guard from infection that causes you to get infected rather than we now have a new strain and therefore it is the fault of the new strain making all these infections it may be more infectious but still if we exercise infection control you

can protect yourself. problematics have become the unsung heroes of 2020 rising to the occasion and saving lives while often risking their own in the process we heard from a few of them. that phone was going every 15 minutes every 10 minutes as the nurse put one down it would ring again and it became so frightening because the patients or why in the main into the hospital. for me working throughout that cove it is same by to a patient and knowing that i come back tomorrow and their bed is being. made to fresh because they died and we're seeing people die in the scene people coming in they can't breathe well having to put people out because they can't breathe because of covert 19 and then you've got people protested why do why are you looking so i feel as nurses most health care professionals it's quite difficult it's difficult

for us you know i remember having a patient. she would say that she looked classical music i remembered that she liked classical music so what i did days during my break i was able to go out and get my photo i put the music on my phone and then i put it into a plastic bag and then i was able to when i went back in i was able to just play music to her and just knowing that she could see the happiness usually you see somebody decline. and you kind of she or you want to see p.d. or you feel like something's wrong they don't look right but this was sort of like they feed off ok and then all of the sudden you find out they're not ok not only they're not ok but. i don't feel like. a human being who simply cares. wants to help them and make a difference we have to do. what we want to. do what we have to be

told. i'm proud of all of our family we're going to. be. when we want. to share making decision. maybe we can step up to the plate a little bit more and maybe we can be on how to make sure that we can make very good point. and impact all of those who were running low on oxygen and supplies on you know other respiratory drugs definitely bad definitely staff this is not over this is far from over that scenes are not going to i mean yes they're going to help but it's going to take a lot of time before we could vaccinate everyone. at the start there wasn't enough equipment we had to come up with impromptu protective gear repurpose it so that we could take patients it's obvious that the whole european continent was not prepared

for such a pandemic not only spain turns out there was no centralized organized policy in any of the affected countries including spain even to this day spain has many different communities each with their own understanding of how to deal with the pandemic disagreements of the lock down respectfully strong communities controlled by opposition parties because they do almost 100 percent of the opposite of what the health ministry to do their mistakes throughout the whole year starting from not closing airports and not implementing controls on everyone entering spain from other countries bodies and demonstrations were allowed for too long many protesters took to the streets without masks obviously that was a huge mistake because we did not manage to stop the virus we should have been ahead of it including no small steps that are still affecting the current situation financially to devastated parts of the population is even worse it's always late and not enough from the 1st wave in spain the maybe even europe in march and april it became clear that the european union's a gigantic structure that's not working where equipment is stolen really has to ask

you burn russia for help after failing to get aid in europe in spain when they are not in the 2nd wave but the 3rd remission stage i got the 4 as a vaccine i would have liked to get the sputnik vaccine but it's unlikely to arrive here in spain with the current narrative with the virus has been made into a political and ideological issue we're going in a tough ways because people are objecting to vaccination antibiotics as bring home with their lies and manipulation in the media it's our every day struggles. through the turmoil of 2020 some people have managed to get richer than ever also billionaire bosses while publicly expressing solidarity with all those who are suffering have been raking in the profits artist oscar taylor takes a closer look 2020 the years that won't be missed coronavirus coronavirus a covert 19 entire health care system is on the very brink of collapse lockdown short major health crisis hospitals and health care workers are bracing for an

onslaught of crowbars patients oring unemployment and so many workers are still hurting very badly as the economy starts to tank hunger. and mass unemployment collapsed businesses whole industries brought to their knees stability security and choice just wiped out we here in the same refrain all around the world family is a very worried as they are forced to make impossible decisions do they risk the disease as the goal to earn money to buy food will stay home and watch their children go hungry but as some plunged into dire financial straits others soared to unimaginable heights how well it turns out that a pandemic is just the thing to how take the video conferencing up didn't even exist before 2020 no one knows will it exist after 2020 no one knows and given its c.e.o. pocketed 17000000000 dollars this year i doubt he's having sleepless nights also

sleeping soundly jeff bezos with people boarded home armisen had a blockbuster year but according to the richest model not just who made $75000000000.00 as the global economy just crashed and bought and apparently it wasn't all fun and games. there is no instruction manual for how to feel at a time like this and i know this causes stress for everyone my list of worries right now like yours i'm sure is long for my own children parents friends to the safety of you my colleagues to those who are already very sick and to the real home that will be caused by the economic fallout across our communities well that might not be a manual but that is math and it shows that bezos could give $105000.00 bonus to every single amazon waka and still be as rich as he was at the start of the pandemic but he didn't what did happen was grueling lockdown shifts lack safety

protocols and no moscow and firing people who spoke out. of the army the problem with that you have agreed on that you don't you just let you track the virus it's like what you think it's they want you to get sick you know here you know what happened afterwards is not enough to even. leave one this about protection well he does what the body. workers will call a job basis and other c.e.o.'s as pandemic profiteers who have made billions while putting workers and their families friends and neighbors at risk do you think you could have beat making 75000000000 in a year but you can just ask your own mosque he might have been broken 2008 but he will raked in 123000000000 in 2020 and when the cash is flowing you know

wanted to stop. all of it. forcibly imprisoning people in their homes. or were close to foreign might. break the people's freedoms and where the. people. america has conquered. so instead of full simply imprisoning people in their homes musk courage people to get back to walk all face starvation and get evicted on no pay what's that lethal virus off to roll you know you're talking about saving humanity but these are humans that die in the process everybody dies 2020 the a one man could afford to just blow up his rocket while hundreds of millions are left picking up the pieces of that lives. britain could see

a shake up of its food supply post brags that after the transition period ends tonight the country will be free to import products that are banned in the e.u. and includes a u.s. meat products treated with drugs including hormones and antibiotics that sustainable food campaigners are saying the government should say now given the growing world problem of anti microbial resistance it would be completely irresponsible if the government were to allow the import of beef pork or poultry produced with antibiotics for growth promotion which have been banned here the report from the sustainable food trust singled out a drug used on pigs which leaves carcinogenic residues even after cooking and it mention various types of antibiotics used to promote growth on u.s. factory farms which can cause antibiotic resistance and undermine treatments of various diseases in humans the report refers to proposals to ban all pretend use of antibiotics in animals from 2 $1022.00 and to require exporters to do the same an

example of feed out of called mean is routinely used by u.s. farmers and it's banned in over $160.00 countries including russia and china scientists have even linked it to shorter x. life expectancy among consumers we heard from one of the authors of the report. we really shouldn't be using any antibiotics to promote growth and she bought it so critically important so all of us to humans and to fall mammals to treat disease when it occurs but we've been using them responsibly and we've still got very high levels of heart disease despite the fact that we've people have changed diets and things like that there are there is evidence out there that these drugs which are being used. there residues of them could be contributing to that what with being concerned about is that once they get into a trade negotiations with the u.s. so with australia or with some other countries some of those countries a very keen to export me to us and most of those countries are using antibiotics

more excessively and more 'd irresponsibly they're being used in the u.k. and so for us it would be a very regrettable step if othar all the sacrifices and hard work of british farmers to find ways of keeping animals keeping them healthy with such excessive use of antibiotics that we actually then started to allow in meat that was produced for the very antibiotics that we found in this country. still had health experts are warning that because in 1000 pandemic could be a taste of things to come a story i'm more apt to this part of. the world is driven by a dream shaped person. who

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welcome back a poll in china has highlighted the shifting perceptions of who the country's key partners are china's global times found that one 3rd of respondents see relations with russia as the highest priority and half of them consider russia the most important of china's neighbors 47 percent believe the u.s. is the key relationship globally and sharp drop from the 82 percent who hold that view last year perceptions have changed over the course of tariff wars and political feuds with washington d.c. and all the while china's been investing heavily in russia all boosting energy ties meanwhile president putin and choosing ping have repeatedly voiced alarm over u.s. military expansion near their borders and hailed a strategic partnership between moscow and beijing. we can now bring in live pock among wang a senior lecturer at the department of politics at the university of bath now

according to the poll chinese people see ties with the u.s. as much less important than they did just last year what else do you think is behind that. there has been a growing perception among the chinese people. is east may be the time for china to decouple with the us now and of course we can attribute these to mr truong. trade war and he's campaigning against china even his presidency but i will see if entries a continuation of. administration of the obama period when starting from 2013 i think. the obama people to issue of course he has already trigger the kind of strong go getter in china and china start to be you are if you are losing the south china sea it is entirely russia. actions in the ukraine

by and missing the crimea have been injured or in all these us come to the point at the china realize that china need to have across a strategic and energy ties with the russians it is saying time to try mes has to seriously consider what was the future of the us china will issues throughout his presidency trump has taken an extremely hostile stance on china with terrorists and also with regards to the origins of covert 19 even do you see anything turning around now that he's leaving office. i don't fling. things will be easy to turn around in the next year or sol despite that mr biden is going to take over the presidency next month and all the main reason why was that in the 1st praise the general sentiment among the american people has been steered into a very strong anti china sentiment in the 1st place secondly the u.s.

has. economy and also all this or so economic situation because of the pandemic has been grown into a period of can function in the us state and society are entering into our own curry door autumnal of trying to keep their own house in order but they're struggling yeah and at the same time we can see what is happening is the u.s. now is struggling to really end the negotiation all the t.v. be with the asian countries in the asia pacific led by japan and it is the same time he's also struggling to enter negotiation with the european countries through the. treaty yeah but on the other hand we have and see that china is actually speeding up the multi electoral collaboration with other countries across the globe

and asia for example we just see that you know very recently china has assessable resign a deal with the european union in regards to the new investment arrangement treaty now this is going to tell us of very strong signal that baby jane the last inclined to see the us us the future developmental partner and collaborator in the future but east a strong me orientate everything back to europe and asia so in these contests rochelle force is a very important and i on these endeavor. pact long one thing at lecture at department of politics at the university of bath thank you for finding the time to join us on the program today thank you. that's a pandemic could be a sign of things to come judging by the latest warning from the world health organization but the prospect of more deadly outbreaks around the corner w.h.o. emergencies chief is urging all nations to ramp up their health care. but this

pandemic has been very severe it's been spread around the world extremely quickly and is afraid to get requirements but this is not necessarily the big what we live in an increasingly complex global society the stress will continue if there's one thing we need to take from this pandemic could all of the tragedy in los is that we need to get our act together we need to get ready for something that may even be more severe in future it's been almost a year since the w.h.o. declared covered 1000 a global health emergency and sense then 80000000 people are known to have contracted the virus and an estimated 1800000 lives have been lost globally microbiologist simon clark says this year's outbreak could have been much worse still. this this virus although it's very infectious it is not desperately lethal its mortality rate is not all that high but it causes 70 deaths by dint of the fact that it infects lots of people and

we've just seen how it can be involved in to making. making a new strain that is even more infectious and we are more connected globalise you put it with me were 2030 years ago and i don't see that changing anytime soon we will eventually get back to where we were say this time last year and we will continue to become more global i think that's human nature and of course the more easily people can travel around the world more easily viruses can as well but more fertility they raise your eye virus to infect new people the more protein and see there will be for it to me tell you so the possibilities thing is there that there will be outbreaks in the future that will cause problems and they may be bigger than this one. the last 12 months monsoon be forgotten not least because throughout

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