and alone the people. aren't earlier my colleague at mccarran spoke more about this with 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 in tears coming pour 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 not a doubt it is the main reason part of the sorts of wanted what do you think the main difficulties baseball and has come across almost everybody hears have either their time in members of friends or colleagues also affected by the many the so wide there are contending with their own personal suffering and sometimes personal loss they're also somewhat debated to express that global solidarity that come part of what to do to help others but also initially there was a short it's 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. but we have s

the director of health at the international red cross and red crescent societies.n london, max lawson, the head of inequality policy at oxfam international. emmanuel, let me start with you. as i understand it, scientists are concerned about the variance in the coronavirus, but they are not surprised. why is that? >> we know that viruses mutate. so who are not surprised to see mutation in this case. what we are seeing is a very high number of mutations, an indication of potential higher transmissibility of the virus. science is studying the information that we do have. then we need to keep a close eye on this virus and understand better how it is functioning and what kind of additional risk the virus presents not only to the u.k. and europe, but the entire world? anchor: health officials say that this virus be tatian is proving to be up to 70% more -- virus mutation is proving to be up to 70% more transmissible. but that is based on modeling, correct? >> yes. we have 17 different mutations making this variant a bit more prominent than we would have expected from oth

person especially on 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 was a short is a

let's go live now to charge and shop again the secretary general of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies the i f a r c thank you for joining us on the program it's wonderful to have you with us this saturday it's a laudable thing what these volunteers are doing but why do you think so many are willing to risk their health to help. thank you so much for having me and if you heard from a couple of the bit yes i think very nicely expressed why they wanted to join that cross course and as volunteers this has been an unprecedented crisis outwitting ts have been all is motivated by the manatee i mean this crisis we saw the humanity softening all around the war and it was truly a global crisis and at this time of the crisis the world is hissing 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 the seeds are truly a global crisis and without global so you've got a deep we cannot contain this this pandemic so that's really got it is the

and spot the risks of working with victims there's been no shortage of volunteers coming forward to help the international federation of red cross and red crescent society says it has been overwhelmed by offers from around the globe. this year in response to an unprecedented humanitarian need the r.c. has witnessed equally unprecedented humanitarian kindness with hundreds of thousands of people joining the red cross red crescent family for the 1st time all the while contending with the terrible impacts of covert 19 on the rome lives while numbers have been high across the globe with european countries each recording tens of thousands of sign ups we asked people why they had decided to come forward. i started one tearing with the red cross in the beginning of target this year after i cope with the isolation facility here and the reason why i started well and here with the red cross there is because i had actually stayed at the facility when i have come back 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 get to know a lot of d

anzur as far away from the military operations i think we make a point from the international red cross and red crescent movement over all of that we are here exactly 4 doz sort of comes and says we need access we need support we need engagement and from the military commanders on the ground in order to be able to move around. a year many terror in response and we can't wake. the security situation is to the satisfaction of those operating the military context and therefore we are in contact with the authorities in addie's. in other places. to ensure that better access is given to you many terrorist organizations it doesn't suffice just to allow the un and us to have access we need to ensure it is also unfolding into a practical steps and this is what we are still waiting for because given the numbers with which we are confronted we need to mount a much more significant operations and much more significant your many terran operation with integrate as well as at the borders. presidents of the international committee of the red cross joining us from doha thank you thank you. the number of afghan civilians

and disinformation. while hospitals run drills on how to distribute the vaccine, people are debating whether or not to even get it. 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

and leader of the doctors without borders malaria working group out in 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 investment in tha

wanted a viral adjust and lecturer in biomedicine at 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 be up to 70 perce

will label and reduce distribution of other claims which 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 organizations like like

and. when you want a little. vaccination center. 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

and that we need to build rebuild in the next few months all together absolutely at a man who has a couple bianco there director of health at the international federation of red cross and red crescent society is great to get your thoughts thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera thank you. still to come on the news are why a court in the central african republic has rejected former president bush he's a beds to run in the upcoming elections and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackled the most important day in their academic calendar. and argentina to u.-turn after sacking their rugby camps in peace or will be here to explain more later in the show. how the weather looks decidedly disturbed across a good part of the middle east at the moment still a fair amount of cloud just around the black sea the caspian sea through the event we've got some showers in the forecast here just some cloud to just coming down into saudi arabia through kuwait just to the north of us here in qatar will see the showers continue across central parts of saudi arabia want to see showers to up towards a more of iran and showers just pushing into that eastern

will label and reduce distribution of other claims contradicting health experts a matter where the couple bianco is a 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 to use evidence to back the information we are very worried about gave me super mation that he circulate the particularly on also shall be going on for months and he is intensifying right now with the arrival of vaccine a lot of rumors going around that coleridge may not be very cool we may not affect africans 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. is that we are all trying to stop. terrible. i think a lot of people in social media and outside like a direct cross are working very much hard to to to combat music formation to look forward to the right information we really believe that is the priority east to bring in the right type of information at all levels of media politicians researchers and organisations like like the red cross and then you can also try to to to ban be the wrong inf

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