their for their elderly and lonely people jogen shop again secretary general of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies told us what drives people to volunteer. this has been an unprecedented crisis out of what had been all its by the prince of manatee we have seen a many many people young volunteers elderly people in tears coming poured want to support this is primarily motivated by our principle of humanity and our principle of universality because these seeds are truly a global crisis and without global study got a deep we cannot contain this this pandemic so that's what we've got it is the main reason part of the source of wanted and data truly is heart warming what do you think the main difficulties these low in tears come across almost every 2 years have i that their time in the members of friends and colleagues also affected by the by the. by the many and so wide there are contending with their own personal suffering and sometimes personal loss they're also somewhat debated to express that global solid out it comported what to do to help others but also initially there

my colleague nicky aaron i spoke to the secretary general of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies we have seen a many many people young volunteers elderly people who to your school report want to support this is primarily motivated by our principle of humanity and our principle of universality because these seeds are truly a global crisis and without global so we've got a deep we cannot contain this this pandemic so that's what we've got it is that mainly it's a part of the shores of what do you think of the main difficulties these loans has come across almost every 2 years have i that there's apparently members of friends or colleagues also affected by the time in the so why are contending with their own personal suffering and sometimes personal loss they are also somewhat debated to express that global solidarity compartment. to do to help others but also initially there was a short is a personal protective equipment there was also not enough information information that was needed to ensure that they can go forward and volunteer in a safe environment.

the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies has reported an unprecedented global search and volunteers in response to the covert catastrophe despite the significant risks for health to working with the virus victims. this sea in response to unprecedented humanitarian needs of our sea has witnessed equally unprecedented humanity soon kindness with hundreds of thousands of people joining the red cross red crescent family for the 1st time all the while can turn dealing with the terrible impacts of 19 on the road. numbers were high across the globe with european countries each recording tens of thousands of sign ups wealth people why they had come forward i started volunteering with the red cross in the beginning of october this year after i cope with the isolation facility and the reason why i started wanting with the red cross there is because i had actually state of the facility when i have covert and august and the red cross that so much for me and i really want to do something for them and give back to the red cross and the society i really recommend doing it to

the head of the world's largest humanitarian network, international federation of red cross and red crescentieties, is urging governments to fight "fake news" about the vaccine. how can people know fact from fiction? whitney phillips is an assistant professor at syracuse university who teaches media literacy, mis- and disinformation and political communication. professor phillips, nice to have you. let's start with the phrases disinformation and misinformation. you've been studying this kind of thing for quite a while. what did you start seeing, let's say, in 2016 and the election? prof. phillips: the thing about 2016 that was most striking and that i studied most directly was issues of amplification. so, whether something was misinformation, so false or misleading information inadvertently spread, or disinformation, false or misleading information deliberately, purposefully spread, when journalists or everyday people would respond to it, even to debunk it, that would amplify the mis- and disinformation. and it would make it -- it would give it sort of a longer tail. essentially, it would al

kuala lumpur john fleming the asia pacific head of the regional health unit of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies welcome to you all john i'll start with you the red cross is the world's largest humanitarian network have you had to divert resources from things like malaria tb and a job to deal with cove it absolutely no. really all it is that it's operation. ration the international federation also. gauged and we for instance in the asia pacific region we had 38 national red cross presence. and every one of those $38.00. are engaged in. what works allocation activities in respect of all we also activities or so little. anomic programs. so there isn't much a major priority or. jeremy when you hear about resources being diverted what does it tell you are going to be the challenges in trying to bring down the cases of malaria there was this ambitious strategy set up by the global tech technical strategy from the w.h.o. to bring cases down to 90 down by 90 percent by 2030 already it suggests they're way off beam what's going wrong yeah well i think there's really a lack of

contradict health experts in the early couple bianco is say director of health the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he says the best way to reduce the spread of fake news on vaccines is tease evidence to back the information. we are very worried about the me seem formation that he circulate the particularly on all social media these it's been going on for months and he's intensifying right now with the arrival of vaccines a lot of rumors going around that colby may not be there that colby may not affect africans that if you get a vaccination you may be sterilized or if you use garlic you may fight probably 1000 all these claims are not based on evidence and are very very risky. to produce is that we are all trying to stop this terrible and i think a lot of people in social media and outside like a direct cross are christians are working very much hard to to to to combat misinformation to put forward to the right information we think we really believe that is the priority is to bring in the right type of information at all levels of media politicians researchers and organi

lancaster university emanuel couple bianco is director of the head of health at the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he joins us from geneva and in london max lawson head of inequality policy at oxfam international welcome so much to each of you emmanuel let me start with you today as i understand it scientists are concerned by the variance in the coronavirus but they are not surprised by the variance in the coronavirus why is that what we know that virus notate stucks part of what they do and so we were not surprising to see what they should in. very case but what we are seeing is a very high number of patients and they are indication of all potential higher transmissibility of the virus science is actually studying to better the information that we do have and we need to keep a very close eye. on these virus and understand better how it will be functioning i was it functioning and what kind of additional risk the virus a present for the not only the u.k. europe but the entire world mohammed health officials in britain say that this. you know virus mutation is proving to

as secretary general of the international federation of red cross the red crescent societies tells us why there's been an unprecedented surge in volunteers and risking their health to find covert. leave the country used to britain's hells fiji born veterans who fought for the union jack in iraq and are.

well, let's cross live now to an e-mail, a manual head of health and care of the international federation of the red cross. good to have your money all. i want to start off. so fake news surrounding vaccines as a 2nd pandemic. why is it coming from his spreading it and in your opinion, one of the most dangerous myths out there at the moment. when we have been seeing fake news all over the media. well, before a vaccine emerged that we, our box movement before a vaccine is actually to rise for distribution. and these are being fueled by, by many orcutt's of all of this society with a lot of presence on social media. we also have a lot of people that are just not informed of what, what is happening. and the red cross is really calling to actually correct these means information and try to rebuild trust at all levels in the society. you're told that about trust. i want to pick up on that. do you think that some of the contradictory information that has been coming out? yes, mosque swat, we're not sure how much the same goes for lock downs. should be sent children to school. no. oh yes. all we can transf

misinformation is not tackled emmanuelle a couple bianco is a director of health at the international federation of the red cross and press credit red crescent societies. he joins us now from geneva it's great to have you with us just explain to me how worried are you a by the threats of misinformation particularly when it comes to corona virus and the vaccines that are being bold. well we are very worried about davy seemed formation that he circlet keep particularly on also shall be going on for months and he's intensifying right now with a rival of x. and a lot of rumors going around that colby may not be there that colby may not affect that if you get a vaccination you may be sterilized or if you use garlic you may fight 1000 all these claims are not based on evidence and are very very risky. to produce is that we're all trying to stop these terrible and the face fix just announced that they're going to start removing posts with this misinformation about vaccines and misinformation about the corona virus when i always say you're into this pandemic are you frustrated it's taken them this long to take any kind

the president of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent is urging governments to combat the spread of false information on covert vaccines which he calls a 2nd punk demick francesco rocca did that public reluctance to take the job could still to counter the virus. we believe that the massive coordinated efforts that will be needed to roll out the covert vaccine in an acquittal manner need to be paralleled by equally massive efforts to proactively build and maintain trust cited survey showing that in many countries most are unwilling to take a covert vaccine and as examples of fake news he highlighted a popular belief that the virus doesn't affect young people all africans and also claims that the virus has disappeared and the pandemic is over the red cross director for health and cat told us he believes public acceptance of covert vaccines will emerge over time well the reason one element these is a new prime demick a new virus that behaves in ways that we didn't know until a year ago and we have been discovering it slowly slowly by slowly and so science is ado

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