also with us is to be us caught a professor of public health at berlin, charity hospital. he argues nothing can stop me crohn. it can only be slowed. and one welcome to to science journalists, tie cooper, schmidt, essays with much of the country vaccinated. the question of what had exit from 0 cove it in china code and should look like looms launch. thank you for being here. all 3 of you. thank you for those interesting comments. lots to talk about. so let's get on with it, sir. so g, the eyes of the world are on beijing. that's for sure. the stakes are high. what is your feeling? is a large scale outbreak of the army conveyor and likely in china in the near future . i think because the high transmission rate on the con, it's something very new. china's dealing with at the moment. and i think china will do everything in its power to try and contain and not lead to an outbreak during the olympics. ah, as well as we kind of have a perfect don't situation because we have the lu, not chinese lunar new year. that is on the 1st of february, which is usually the period of highest

the public health institute says the fastest spreading variant now accounts for almost 3 quarters of cases. and a royal relegation. britain's prince andrew is forced to hand over his royal and military title as he faces of potential civil trial for sexual assault in the united states. ah, i'm see me so much kinda glad you could join us tennis star know back joke of h is facing deportation after the australian government canceled his v self for a 2nd time. the decision comes after days of uncertainty and controversy surrounding the world. number one's coven 19 status, and a medical exemption he received from australian open tournament organizers. now the australian immigration minister said he'd revoke the vsa on grounds of public interest. this all comes just days before joke of it was due to start his defense of his australian open title was get more on this a developing story. we can speak to tennis commentators, steve piers, who standing by for us in melbourne. hi steve. so tell us more about this note. no, that document has visa has been cancelled again. tell us about the immigra

health. it's not clear where jacqowitz plans to go next. he traveled to australia to compete of the australian open and hoped for an unprecedented 21st grand slam with me. after nearly 2 weeks of drama, novak joker, which touch down in dubai now forced to watch the tournament, he dominated for a decade from the sidelines. the fiasco has divided opinion in joker, which is home of serbia, a capital bell, great lit up in support of the star. the president levelled this accusation against australia and for 10 days they were tormenting their to save and torturing because it was not only intellectual with physical torture against an old, your courage and the various home figures which was even worse. that was, oh, richard, come organized against her moles, your career rich, and the guy just not to forget it. she won mine times australian open title, but for others in a country that has endured one of the world, strictest corona virus. lockdown, joke of inches admission to australia would have been

you've got the public health threat. how is that going to be needed together, or how is it going to impact china in a, in a, in a drastic way potentially? yeah, i mean, i do think that it, this year at some point we are going to see a massive impact on china. whether it is because of, you know, the, the public health restrictions that are put in place in order to, to keep on the conference reading or because on the chrome spreads, i think at least in the future, when we look back, i feel like a lot will depend on how well china is preparing for plan b. i mean, given the, the very clearest that on the kron is going to spread. the question is, what are people doing? what does the government doing to prepare for that event? you ality, what do we know there? i, i honestly couldn't say i, i haven't been following enough for what's being said in china. i think at the moment all that i'm hearing is still we are committed to the 0 covered policy, but i think it would be ludicrous if people weren't in the background. you know, ga

it is the risk in terms of public health. the political risk is of course a different one in that, just like we're seeing in the u. k at the moment with bar, as johnson lifting all restrictions. i think, you know, whenever you look around the world, you have to look at the politics in these countries. you're within the country to understand a little bit. why is certain decisions are being made? it's not just the scientific evidence, as we all know, the surgery, what do you know? what can you tell us? i know it's quite, i know it's difficult, but what can you tell us about how the or the chinese people are responding to all this uncertainty about what sort of knowledge they haven't though, disposal what, what, how the government to sort of working with somehow whether the government's priorities to people, all the games. these are very difficult questions. i think in general, um, most chinese people do support the government, the decision to keep a 0 covered as strategy. and i think china has, in accordance with its knowledge

and jeremy for more is epidemiologist. professor ben calling here from the school of public health at the university of hong kong professor, calling. what is the risk of animal to human transmission advice of us of coven 19? we think that the risk of a human getting infected from the pat it's very, very low. it may not be 0, but it's very, very low. on the other hand, as a number of documented occasions when humans have passed, in fact, like when you miss our past infection onto their pets. and in this case is not clear which way the transmission occurred, whether it's from hamster to human human to hamster. but we do know the hamsters have been infected. so her, the pet owners be what is that the pets could transmit the corona about us to them? well, i don't think so. i think it's one of many different risks that we face in most parts of the way we know on the corners around cove, it is around we could get infected in many different places. and now we can, we, can we a little bit about past, but i don't think it would be a major risk. so given the hong kong order to carla, some 2000

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the australian government can still cancel. joke bitches visa on the grounds of public health. for now though joke adventures family is thrilled with the rather atypical victory hold on for me, this is the biggest victory in his career. the bigger than all his grand slams. ever even if you're watching d. w. news of next forgot bonus league a highlight in kickoff. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, with who a pulse with the beginning of a story that moves us and takes us along for the ride. it's own about the perspective. culture information. this is the w news and more w made from mines. keeping an eye on grandma china seniors are well monitored by robots. but are they also well taken care of? it's a matter of perspective. china is using robots to help the elderly because many of them live alone in need contact. but is this model the right solution? close up? in 60 minutes on d, w. o, a in many countries education is still a privilege. tardy is one of the main causes some young children walk in mind trav instead of going to class others can attend clas

what's gonna happen, not we've heard economically to our public health system. i think one of the things that we need to realize, especially with hesitancy and to backward, he said, hesitancy, is manufactured. so for young people, especially, or even old people, even healthcare workers. i, initially, once the vaccines came, one of the biggest argument was like, what are going to give african sort of, africans vaccines. because the hesitant as is, as of, as the african country, we can't prove that africans has don't, we don't have vaccines to make that assumption. yeah, we can do all the research we want, but realistically we have no vaccines to prove that. africans aren't getting vaccines. and if you see if you go outside old a vaccinations and as always full until the last values is, is, is taken up and on the question of the public health crisis. our hospitals, as is, has taken 60, almost 60 plus years to build to where we are now. even when coffee ends, our hostelry for our hospitals and public health infrastructures will fill strewn of what's happened becaus

but in addition, there are basic evidence base public health measures that we know work like mask mandates and indoor settings like vaccine mandates, both in public settings, public institutions and private businesses. and not only is there a lack of state leadership in, in supporting those kinds of policies, there's actually active obstruction in states like georgia and florida. and we just as an example in georgia, the, the university system of georgia, which has over $300000.00 students, universities are not allowed, based on what's called the border regions that dictates policies to mandate either mass for indoor classes or vaccines. and they look at a state like florida where the, where the governor is actively prohibiting k 12 schools from healing mass mandate. i mean, i mean, those are policy approaches that are contrary to not only what the, what the, what the cdc recommends, but just basic common sense public health measures about what we know will make a difference. yeah. well, without passing judgment, it doesn't sound like anything. we have in europe, professor harry hyman at t

health. it comes after a 10 day legal battle that began when jock of it arrived to compete in the australian open. he was hoping for an unprecedented 21st grand slam when i don't want to return for novak joker, which the reigning champion flew out of australia after losing his court battle. to the dismay of his crestfallen supporters, with many of them, serbian expatriates, o. e. at any time communicating with us. oh, but for others in a country that has endured one of the world's strictest corona virus. luck don's joke of inches admission to australia would have been the injustice and he's been timmy's. this is a paper bag located there on site, and because of the kind of restrictions and on against me that he'd be right with . little wonder then that the australian government busked in the glow of victory, strong boarders, had kept the country safe during the pandemic. prime minister scott morrison said on surprisingly, the decision didn't go down so well in belgrade were joking, which is v

health. it is not clear where a joke of its plans to travel next. he had travelled to australia to compete in the australian open, hoping for an unprecedented 21st grand slam when after nearly 2 weeks of drama, novak joker, which touched down in dubai, now forced to watch the tournament. he's dominated for a decade from the sidelines. the fiasco has divided opinion in joke of which his home of serbia, the capital bell, great lit up in support of the star. the president levelled this accusation against australia. and then for 10 days there were tormenting there to save and torturing because it was not only intellectual with physical torture against an old joke which and the various old figures which was even worse. that was, oh, richard, come organize against the mosier co, rich, rich, and the guy just sort of forget it to one mind times australian open title. but for others in a country that has endured one of the world, strictest corona virus locked downs, joke of inches, admission to austra

top public health bodies says the country has now exceeded 8000000, confirmed coven, 1900 cases. since the start of the pandemic and canada has become the latest country to approve pfizer as antiviral pill against coven, 19 organizers of the next of next month's winter olympics. and beijing have confirmed that tickets will not go on sale to the general public. as part of measures to combat the spread of coven, 19 after last year's announcement that international spectators would be barred from attending. today's decision brings confirmation that tickets for domestic fans will be distributed to quote targeted groups. rather than being put on sale for the general public vision will become the 1st city to host a summer and winter olympics when the games begin. on february, 4th, world men's tennis number one. novak joke of which has arrived back in belgrade after being deported from australia. the serbian who has not been vaccinated against cope in 19, had been fighting australian government efforts to bar him from the country. on sunday and australian federal court refused to overtu

health. it comes after a 10 day legal battle when talk of h. arrived to compete in the australian open. he was aiming for an unprecedented 21st grand slam when an unwanted returned for nova joker, which having trained at melbourne's rod laver arena just days ago, the reigning champion is leaving australia to the dismay of his crestfallen supporters. many of them serbian expatriates. oh, did anything with an offer on her but for others in a country that has endured one of the world's strictest corona virus. luck don's joke of inches admission to australia would have been the injustice and he's been to me. this is a paper being located there. on site and because of the cabinet restrictions and audience with little wonder then that the australian government busked in the glow of victory, strong boarders, had kept the country safe. during the pandemic. prime minister scott morrison said one, surprisingly the decision didn't go down so well in belgrade were joking, which is venerated. it was very

public health body says the country has now exceeded 8000000, confirmed koby. 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic, and canada has become the latest country to approve visors anti viral pill against coven? 19 it's a year since brazil started vaccinating people against coven 19 now, with about 70 percent of the population fully vaccinated. the campaign is being seen as a success, especially for a country whose president played down the threat of the pandemic. julia wilson, otto has also downplayed the current omicron wave even as case number's rise. brazil has one of the world's highest corona virus. death tolls. people are hoping the high vaccination rate will mean fewer deaths. this tar the army kron wave has hit brazil. the number of people infected has jumped dramatically despite a shortage of tests, leaving many cases on reported. notice a little i am running from one place to the next to try and get tested. i had contact with people who are positive, but i don't have symptom. my early last year, brazil was facing an overwhelming number of coven deaths. it has t

even before the pandemic, even started the unified health system. it's a public health system. it covers the entire country. about 3 quarters of brazilians use it. and it's a, it's free for them. and, and this system has been delivering vaccination campaigns for children with rates that were very, very high before the current virus pandemic started. and um, this help has system has been in place for decades. wells and brazilian governments have come and gone and there's also quite a lot of support for the corona, virus vaccine in the country. a pole last year found that over 90 percent of, of people wanted the vaccine. and i'm just at 5 percent of people were saying they had no plans to get vaccinated and done right now a year into the vaccination campaign. the campaign is moving into a new phase and children, anela allowed to be vaccinated. and starting last friday, 5 to 11 year olds were allowed to receive doses of the be on tech pfizer vaccine. it even though children out of, out of the $600000.00, a brazilians, that the crown of virus is killed only a few 100 of them have b

here in germany, the public health institute says the past spreading variant now accounts for almost 3 quarters of cases as new infection numbers continue to rise and 34 victims. it's 34 celia i'm future of a german court census syrian colonel to prison for life. for crimes against humanity, victims and their families take comfort in the landmark verdict. ah . hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us tennis star, novak chalk, a bench is facing deportation after the australian government canceled his visa for a 2nd time. the decision comes after days of uncertainty and controversy surrounding the world. number one's coven 19 status, and the information he provided. when entering australia, the australian immigration minister said he'd revoke the bees on grounds of public interest. this all comes just days before jock of it was due to start his defense of his australian open title. or for more on this developing story, we are joined by tennis commentator, steve pierce in melbourne, state novak joke ventures, visa has been canceled a 2nd time. is this now finally, game over for

i mentioned this last time my tennis tournament should never compromise public health. and i do think, unfortunately that's the perception of the australian open now, particularly within the australian community who have to be vaccinated to attend this event. the hypocrisy of that ruling in itself that an australian to attend the australian open, has to be vaccinated. we're making this grand exception for a player who doesn't have to worry about the things that you know, daily australians are going through day and day out, has been able to maintain some sort of comfort. i think that's hypocrisy, that hypocrisy is what again keeps people talking about this story in why unfortunately it's probably not going anywhere anytime soon. yeah, you're right about that. will alex growth going with the online site cracked racket is a great name else. we appreciate your analysis and i thank you. thank you for having me. ah. it has been considered hollywood rehearsal would run up to the oscars, but the golden globes star was dim last night. the awards were not even televised, and the

he's a professor of epidemiology and public health surveillance at the hamburg university of applied sciences. good evening to you. does a vaccine mandate? a general mandate makes sense? good evening, from hamburg, from an epidemiological point of view, it is highly desirable for all of us to have a very good immune response against the powers. so preferably on this should be achieved in a way, in a voluntary way, but as a quote of the population in germany is still not vaccinated at all on this, for politics or for the politicians. this seems to be one of the only ways forward . so do you personally think it would make sense for germany to issue a, a vaccine mandate for everyone over the age of 18? yes, it would be, or in this situation which we are at the moment, it would be certainly helpful for all of us in i'm fighting the effect of this kind of make here. why wouldn't, for example, simply making it more difficult for people who are on vaccinated to access services like going to restaurants as is now the case, why isn't that the better approach than implementing a mandate? as as

health. it's not clear where doc, which plans to travel next days of drama followed joker, which is the rival in australia to compete at the australian open hoping for an unprecedented 21st grand slam when after nearly 2 weeks of drama, novak joker rich touched down in dubai now, forced to watch the tournament, he's dominated for a decade from the sidelines. the fiasco has divided opinion in joker, which is home of serbia, a capital bell, great lit up in support of the star. the president leveled this accusation against australia. and then for 10 days they were tormenting their to save and torturing because it was not only intellectual with physical torture against knowledge, your courage and the various something else which was even worse. that was oh richard, come organized against the moral joke. rich, rich and the guy to sort of forget that you one mind times australian open title, but for others in a country that has endured one of the world, strictest corona virus, lockdown, joke of ric

i love tennis as much as anyone penis should never compromise public health. and i think the frustration has arisen because so many people in victoria have lived under these restrictions and to have them waived for a tennis player is so frustrating to so many. and i think that's an opinion many can sympathize with. and so to answer your question, it's still uncertain. last has been reported. he's still being questioned about that medical exemption, whether they will grant him entrance into the country or not. still unclear. that is the story right. now in tennis, what is going to happen to novak job? it, will he be allowed entry into the australian? ok, well, i mean, i know you're not a medical physician, but i mean, what's been reported, do we know what joke of inches? reason for asking for an exemption would be his medical reason. well that's the other component of this is there has been so much a lack of clarity. he's been, you know, he hasn't been candid with the media when asked about this. he's been very private, excuse me, about his medical information

and on the question of the public health crisis. our hospitals, as is, has taken 60, almost 60 plus years to build to where we are now. even when coffee ends, our hostelry for our hospitals and public health infrastructures will fill strewn of what's happened because as ease, it'll take a little funding a little. um, time, a lot of support on the list of capacity to take them where they were before the pandemic. and even at that time, it wasn't the perfect perfect infrastructure. all right, so should i want to come to you because you've written something very interesting regarding one of their unintended consequences of these loc dallas continuing, which is conflict. can you talk to us about that? yeah, that's to my friends point over there. all right, this issue has continued to exacerbate the challenges of the poor on the vulnerable, and that's the real situation that yes, vaccine a shon, all of those things are important, but the real implications around the economic impacts, especially on the poor, on the vulnerable, have second

the country's public health institute has said that they expect a strong increase in the number of cases driven by the army kron variant in the next few weeks. and as you can imagine, this is a scenario that is causing a lot of concern, not only among citizens. in fact, a new poll revealed that a majority of germans are really tired with the whole situation. also concerned about the whole situation, but also among authorities that are trying to identify what the best measures could be. there have also been reports here in germany about lab labs and test centers being overwhelmed. not all labs and test centers are overwhelmed. in fact, yesterday, we were reporting here in berlin and we went to various testing centers. but there are concerns that if the numbers continue to rise, this could affect germany's overall corona virus strategy. under such officials are looking very carefully at how these numbers develop in the next few days and weeks . the german government thomas is pushing for mandatory vaccination. it's a highly controversial move. how likely is it that germany will actually in

once it hits it, speak. public health officials are worried that the spread of a highly infectious weary, and in a country of 1300000000 people would have serious consequences if we left the wireless average way. possibly we'll see it right fast. and then also the gave us maybe in the next 2 to 3 weeks, but it is in our interest to stretch the wave so that you're not simultaneous to have a large number of people falling ill. because that can be ready to start. subbing need to avoid the massive upheaval of the delta outreach indian authorities have implemented weekend a night. you too slow to spread. people are hopeful, it will be shorter and they will be spared the hardship so many went through less than a year ago. and a doctor who's worked closely with over patients over the last year told us what he saw as key for india to better manage the expected overgrown wave. i think the key this them around is going to be how we manage hospitalizations, or individuals need to be encouraged as much as possible to manage their lives at home. knowing that this is as limited for most individuals of

with the siro cove, it mindset every case is treated to like a grave threat to public health and a disease carries a stigma. i was a chance that people with travel history, especially air crews, are labeled as potential infection control. breaches. cleaning, says eagles, 0 cove. it is a dream to achieve that. we have sacrificed a lot, including the well being of us air crews. how may i help? the government will relax the rule soon until your full guy set. but she might have to wait longer. the 30 year into the pandemic that still no sign of border reopening or relaxation of cove. it rears and joining me now for more is professor ruby clung at the school of medicine at the nasty invest at the national taiwan university. my apologies, she drives me now from a single professor clang you have said in the past that type on should look towards exiting. it's 0 corporate approach. why do you say that? it's all about what their strategy could be sustainable. and we see that the condemning has stretched more beyond 2 years, where in the 3rd year and now, so you know, any stringent measures, probably

martin, the key is professor of european public health at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. with studies suggesting army kron cases, a less severe. we asked him if government were overreacting by re introducing such strict measures. no, i don't think that there are on did certainly milder than the delta variant, but i wouldn't say that it's actually a disease that you can just dismiss as being trivial. we certainly are seeing quite number of people being in the hospital not to anything like the same extent as before. also some worrying data from a number of countries that children are being admitted and some of them are getting seriously ill. but the other thing that we need to remember with this is that we've tend to think of this as a primarily respiratory disease. and that of course has been a major part of the presentation. but this is a virus that can affect many different parts of the body and were particularly worried about the long term consequences. what we call long covert. we still don't know anything really much about the extent to which you mccree will be drivi