talk to so many thanks. anti barret, punk county other senior clinical lecturer at the university of exodus medical school. pakistan is hosting an emergency meeting on how to help prevent famine in neighboring afghanistan. the organization of atlantic corporation is highlighting the lead for international assistance. 14000000 afghan children are expected to suffer acute levels of malnutrition. this winter, like hassan's prime minister in ron con, told the meeting that disaster can still be averted if leaders act. now the point is that if the word does not act, this will be the biggest manmade crisis which is unfolding in front of us. we the, oh i see it's a big responsibility on us. because not only is it the situated situation and a one of thought as it unfolds, but it's a religious duty to help them live now to as i'm about office here, as enron car come, i'll hide, i'm sorry. is there any major prime minister? come on, tell us more about what this meeting is hoping to achieve. well this is indeed an extraordinary session given the fact that that is the goal where band that make a cross the why and the

want to get together and celebrate. pan candy is a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exodus medical school. he explains the current concerns around the new variant because it is, are highly infectious and we have seen the rising tide of cases. we know that it won't be 0 disease causing. so let's take an example. if the delta vary caused one percent of the people to be seriously ill. on the other hand, we've got ami crone, which will create many more millions of cases. and it is not 15 percent. seriously ill, but not 15 percent of a very large number. a much larger number is still a very big number. and those are the concerns. the other concerns are this vaccine bypassing. and then finally there is a not so peer reviewed report out just yet from imperial university, which say's that it may be just as much disease causing as the delta variant. what is required? is it continuous effort? you the locked down gives you a little bit of breathing space. i accept that. but after the locked down, it shouldn't be. you drop all your god. and this is where i think we've gone wrong in the united kingdom