lecturer in sociology at the university of exeter, thank you.t's bring you another story before we hit our business and other segments, the world health organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or its impact on overwhelmed health assistance ding the first two years of the pandemic. this is more than double the current official death toll of over 6 million, most of the deaths occurring in southeast asia, here in europe, and africa. >> globally, we estimate 14. million eess deaths associated with the covid-19 pandemic by dember 31, 2021. most of the excess deaths, 84%, are concentrated in southeast asia, europe, and the americas. mark: that was a representation from the w.h.o. on this underestimation of the number of people who have been killed by covid. said to be something like 50 million. we are looking for all aspects of this story as it develops -- said to be something like 15 million. time to turn to business. for that we are joined by you, roy here in the studio. starting article -- joined by yu

but i've been carrier a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical school from roberts, as it in abraham, a professor of medical biotechnology at the report medical school and director of med biotech. and in ponder cherry india, t under arman, a health systems expert, former professor and head of the school of health systems studies at the tougher institute of social sciences in one by a warm welcome to you all dr. bank county. let's start with you 1st. what do you make of these world health organization figures? are you at all surprised? no, i'm not surprised at all. and i would go further and to say in, in some countries, this is most probably also a under estimate. because lot all countries have robust monitoring systems for illness, mobility, mortality that's, that's a differentiation. and one more thing that we are not including in this figures is our debts brought forward as a result of body damage following a co it infection. what i'm referring to is the consequences of long coded. so it is disappointing. it is worrying, and it is a, it is, in my opinion, a under

connie was a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter as medical school. welcome to you all. thanks so much for speaking to us on inside story dr. appraisals. it's very disappointing because as we all know, measles is a vaccine preventables illness. and if we want to eat so unfortunately, it's fairly a global phenomena in that twitter cove at 9000 over the past 2 years has been disruptions of human zation services across the globe. almost going to replicate what probably transpired with a ball not breaking the d r. c. in 20. 19 an earlier ball outbreaks in west africa re, eventually the number of people as an example, died of measles was doubled. and number of people that died from the power left, because when you have to decide options of you all get services and when child immunization programs, countries especially susceptible dod briggs of measles. and this is going to be something that we're going to need to deal with moving forward for the next few years. unfortunately. ok, important points to raise what the immunization program, you know, the one th

dr. parrot penn county was a senior clinical lecture at the university of exeter as medical school. welcome to you all. thanks. so much for speaking to us on inside story dr. power out over in the you came. so mizo cases are up by 80 percent this year and that's compared to last year. how big a setback is this for the treatment program and the fight against measles? it's very disappointing because as we all know, measles is a vaccine preventables illness. and if we were to immunize more than 95 percent of our population with 2 seems it provides lifelong immunity. so for a g 7 nation, likely united kingdom to house or at the outbreaks is a failure. it's a failure of public health interventions and measures. there is no cure for measles . the only prevention is by vaccines and we should be vaccinating ok, severe math here. what would you say was the biggest driver behind the statistic? so unfortunately, it's fairly a global phenomenon in that twitter cove at 9000 over the past 2 years has been disruptions of human as ation services across the globe. including in high income countries.

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yeah, the senior clinical lecture at the university of exeter medical school. thanks for your time. thank you. to be flooding and ne, india has forced half a 1000000 people to flee their homes. hundreds of villages have been effected by the unusually heavy rains. at least 7 people were killed in awesome stains. farmers in the region say they've lost most of their crops. and officials, a warning conditions could get worse in the next few days. but bring in putney mitchell who is live for us in go ha, t in east in india. have me. what's the latest on the rescue efforts? and how tough is it for people to get those essentials, such as food and fuel? you know, as you can see, it's rating over here right now and has pretty much been the same for the last few days. and situation has actually become worse recently. and the predictions all that very heavy rains could continue well into the weekend of the state is on what is called red alert. now, as far as the human toll is concerned, you know, the official number, the latest number is 9. there are many people missing housings of people are s

connie is from the university of exeter medical school in england. he says, monkey pulse spreads between paypal and i can also catch the disease from animal. the reservoir for monkey box, we don't know what we think it is, mostly rodents, meaning grass. and it may also be monkeys. so there are 2 ways of catching it, one by handling those infected infectious animals. and the 2nd. so that's what we call a 0 notice animals to humans. and the other way of catching it without a doubt. and that's been happening in the united kingdom, is person to person spread. so one person who is infected and infectious passes it on to others. and in the united kingdom we found it as a cluster amongst men who have sex with men. so, so that's a cluster that we've identified in the united kingdom elsewhere. i don't know what the potter needs for transmission between humans. health authorities in mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild polio. that's after case was confirmed in the northeast test show. it's linked to an outbreak in neighboring malawi, in mid february. p

discovery is off the disease in britain, portugal, and spain bought a pun, connie and is from the university of exeter medical school. he says, monkey voc spreads between people who can also catch the disease from animals. the law for monkey box, we don't know what we think it is, mostly rodents, meaning rats. and it may also be monkeys. so there are 2 ways of catching it, one by handling those infected infectious animals. and the 2nd. so that's what we call a notice animals to humans. and the other way of capturing it without a doubt. and that's been happening in the united kingdom, is person to person spread. so one person who is infected and infectious passes it on to others. and in the united kingdom, we've found it as a cluster amongst men who have sex with men. so, so that's a cluster that we've identified in the united kingdom elsewhere. i don't know what the potter needs for transmission between humans. so my change has become a central theme ahead of the elections in australia this weekend. the country's experiencing more frequent, extreme weather events and scientists ward. it could become u