dr swaminathan.uestion. because as our participant just said, while young people are likely to have less health impacts from this infection, i want to qualify that by saying young people are not completely resistant or immune. they do get sick and some young people do die, particularly when there were other risk factors. we know in a lot of countries smoking is a risk factor, obesity is a risk factor, so we have to remember that while the proportion of the young get very ill ill or die is less, it is not negligible. but the other effects of the pandemic on the young people is what hasjust been highlighted, impacts on education, we know 1.6 million children have been out of school and particularly it has affected people living in poverty. and this is where i think we need to come together. there needs to be solidarity within countries, within communities. and across countries. we have been talking about the mental health impacts of this. for health workers, for the young, for the old. we need systems

and dr souyma swaminathan is chief scientist for the who, that's the world health organization. she has 30 years experience in clinical care and her research work into hiv and tuberculosis has gained worldwide recognition. dr swaminathan believes testing and temporary lockdowns are central to controlling the virus. welcome to you all. and i going to put this down and give you all a solitary round of applause. and remember, you, too, can join the conversation.

let's talk more about these health challenges now with swaminathan chief scientist for the world health organization joining us now from geneva thanks so much for your time dr as we've just seen in that report along with 19 related does covert 1000 diseases rather diseases like tb and hiv are still taking a very real toll for many thousands of people around the world is the w.h.o. right now neglecting these hells threats as it contends with covert. often pointed out persisting to the testimonies of people this is a real problem and has been getting beat up for many countries we're seeing that the excess. i think with that also due to a large number of what it is. that we do know but also months ago and we found a majority of countries that severe disruptions and essentially had surpluses the countries that have done well couples that invested in this primary health care and in public health and indeed just systems and in supply so health system resilience is a real issue when you're faced with a shock like this bang demick very few hand systems and being in it for the pandemic and what

soumya swaminathan, chief scientist at the who. >> i t think f for the average person, a healthy young person, might have to wait until 2022 to get a vaccine. amy: supreme court confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett ended thursday with the right-wing judge's confirmation looking all but assured after four rushed days of questioning in which barrett refused to state her position on abortion rights, same-sex marriage, the affordable care act, voting climate change, family separation at u.s. border, and even if president trump could delay the election. the judiciary committee is scheduled to vote on her nomination october 22. the full senate could vote on whether or not to confirm barrett as early as october 26. just about a week before election day. we will have more on this story after headlines. in north carolina,a, voters qued in lines for up to hours four thursday as early voting got underway. with less than three weeks to go before election day, a record 17 million people have already cast ballots -- some 15% of the u.s. electorate, many of them in battleground states li

and we're now joined by dr sound swaminathan chief scientist at a world health organization she's been participating in the world health summit joins us live from geneva and just listening to the message there from dr tried to address i suppose the sort of dilemma that governments around the world are still grappling with is the fact that this is not just a medical or public health crisis it's become an economic crisis and the fear is that the kind of measures the w.h.o. is calling for to protect people could end up causing more damage to the lives and livelihoods than the virus itself. so the world of the organization from the beginning has been talking about an approach which protect the economy and the health and we have to understand that the intellect and if we cannot. protect and keep people free of the virus and people out of hospitals the economy is not going to recover and so i think we can take examples of countries that did a really good job early on they reacted quickly they were out of the trees that invested in the primary health care and public and systems so it wasn't j