A homegrown german vaccine developer so why wasnt germany the 1st approved vaccine i put that very question a short time ago to peter cram star hes heading a vaccination approval study here in germany for drugmaker cure back. Yes we are very happy. However. In the. It must not the 1st one it is the 1st one proved the below tech vaccine but we should not forget to discuss vaccines against. Proved by the chinese and by russian government and regulatory bodies they improved our vaccines 1st already in summer and well you hope that means continue in the who will have to 1st approval in the European Union. So would you say 3 vaccines already been approved and many more awaiting approval that this is the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Well this is how i see it it will be certainly a change in the us after having discussed axing orders and European Union and hopefully soon or so in other countries and read about since i rolled out big vaccination campaigns with the start of by beginning of next year this really changed the whole picture and i am confident that this is your hope that spring and summer of change change will look normal life again with a good vaccine now you are leading a phase 3 trial for the cure of back vaccine what can you tell us about that and when do you think it will be ready. Well this race did not get stopped but we hope to stop it every hour or so to speak maybe tomorrow again last next week we have got to approvals for ethics committees and the callers a response that the school dipali constituent be still less tool who owns a few career is but we hope to see more all beginning of next week and then be would like to enrol in quite a few 1000 still before christmas and the rest of the citys 6000 in the beginning of next year and then well be able to film it if it is a date. And this is very important because for all not any sort on this in the European Union it would be difficult to do proper face trials as people contra was really be difficult to look at and then yeah it is not possible anymore but by today we can still do it and you hope to have a good day time i am us next year and hopefully it will also approvals all right peter comes their heads the 1st vaccination approval study in here in germany for the pharmaceutical firm karabakh and hes the director of tubing at University Hospital thank you sir for joining us. Thank you. Lets take a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic. The number of people hospitalized with covert 19 in the United States has reached 100000 an all time high as the pandemic increases the strain on Health Care Systems there italy meanwhile will place strict limits on travel over the christmas and new years holidays movement between regions will be banned altogether from december 21st and russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered voluntary mass vaccinations to start next week moscow says it sputnik vaccine is 95 percent effective and over 1000. 00 in the road to recovery is the focus of a special session of the Un General Assembly almost 100. 00 World Leaders and scores of government ministers are taking part the 2 day meeting coincides with the release of a u. N. Study showing that more than 1000000000 people could be living in extreme poverty by 2030 due in part to the long term effects of the coronavirus a gathering is intended to galvanize nations to take common action and the u. N. Secretary general antonio goujet is criticised some states for going it alone and failing to heed guidance he stressed the size of the challenge facing the world vaccines may become available within the next weeks and months but lets not fool ourselves. A vaccine cannot undo the damage done to stretch across years even decades to come extreme poverty is rising the step of famine looms we face the biggest no global recession in 8 decades and these intense illusional impacts are not due to covered 19 alone they are the result of long term for the gili views inequalities of injustices that have been exposed by the pandemic its time to reset. Lets turn now to professor calypso a choky do is she is the director of the Global Health policy at the center for Global Development a very warm welcome professor good to have you here with us now its a very delicate balancing act for policymakers around the world i mean how should they balance economic losses a covert fatigue that is setting in among the general public and the still rising a number of infections as you say its a very difficult balance i dont think theres a as straightforward answer but i think what is important is to continue to press and theyre with collecting information being able to synthesize this information including the tradeoffs as you say between the economic damage and welfare damage more generally pleasant livelihoods caused by the directed by the virus or indeed by the response of the virus and then. To the population soon show that the trust levels are strong and building as opposed to waning and so the people are on board the measures that governments they now help is on the way in the form of a coming vaccination programs possible treatments and rapid testing. Do you think do you feel that these solutions will be spread out to distribute it in an equitable way. Well i think that as you say these are encouraging news especially on the vaccines i think we still need to look at the data we need to rely on more than press releases we need to look at very new publications of the results but in the meantime our regulators here in europe and the United Kingdom and the United States are proceeding with emergency authorization process is and thats important and understandable in terms of equitable access i think its reasonable to assume that wealthier nations those with those advanced deals with companies will be the 1st to get the vaccine and distribute to their populations followed by resource constrained countries professor how long a way is there still ahead of us i mean people are still encouraged by this use of vaccines now as being approved but realistically are we looking at still a year that we have to deal with this. Well theres a lot a lot is uncertain so i mean i have to speculate but i think in my mind at least as far as the Northern Hemisphere is concerned or the western hemisphere than Europe North America i think you know im hoping for a normal christmas this Time Next Year i think it will take several months for the vaccine to be shipped after. Processes are completed and then to be distributed in a did way as youve been describing high risk groups 1st and then both the other population groups and then to establish that it is working as you said. To doses may well be required so we might be looking must certainly be looking at. Those rocks in ancient schedule so that will take time to and then or make you need to make sure that all business is safe it works how well it works with book relations so entirely out of this process will have to sustain the social distancing measures than on pharmacological intervention socalled and to make sure that we dont see the surgeon thinks so that will take a 70 several months professor clips or are chuck you do or director of Global Health policy at center for Global Development thank you for joining us thank you. Former french president. Has died from complications linked to over 90 the center right politician let france from 19141981 spearheading a social revolution away from catholic conservatism he also worked closely with germany to pave the way for the g. 7 and the European Union of today German Foreign minister. Tribute to one of. Them saying he was a great frenchman and a great european but hes got a son was 94. He was hailed as a modernization and a champion of european integration in the 1970 s. Former french president valery just gotta stand helped lay the groundwork for the European Union born in what was then french occupied germany she scott was just a teenager when he joined a French Resistance group in occupied paris in the 2nd world war. He went on to be elected president in 1984 at the age of 4081. 00 of frances youngest postwar leaders. Through 30 good i know that today marks a new era for french politics or. Underneath more if thats of rejuvenation and change for france. During his 7 years in power the center right statesman helped modernize French Society he legalized abortion and allowed divorce by Mutual Consent in spite of fierce opposition from the catholic church. To that but he also pushed to liberalize frances economy and as a strong advocate of technology he was seen as the father of the countrys high speed train network. Scar was committed to the european ideal and forged a close relationship with former west german chancellor Helmut Schmidt together they laid the foundations for the euro single currency and turned their dream of a more integrated europe into reality. Thats your news update for now to over 1000. 00 special is up next on my block ill be back at the top of the alfred out thanks george. The fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. Information and context the coronavirus update. On t. W. Tolliver is for me. Its for. Rachael kohn its for health. And beethoven is for. Beethoven is for covering bodies beethoven 2020. 50 that are verse 3 here on. Now more than average its important to stay as healthy as possible cutting a balanced diet is can help. The World Health Organization suggests using a variety of food from different you trish to proof including plenty of fruits and vegetables. The w. H. O. Also recommends eating a diet rich in whole grains ounce knocks. Limiting your intake of sugar salt and phos. Practicing good food hygiene to avoid becoming sick of food borne diseases. And limiting. Your consumption of alcohol. Research shows improving nutrition helps of course among tamil immune function. So if you cant cope with 19 your immune system may be better equipped to fight. This. 1000 special im Kate Ferguson thanks for joining me the past few months have been tough living in constant fear of getting sick or losing your job can make you feel like youre not in control one thing you do have some agency over though is your diet and as our next report shows Good Nutrition can have a major impact on health. Thank you not just a. Few really like hospital food but its more than just a question of taste you tradition is vital and most clinics and hospitals pay too little attention to a well balanced diet dr viola andreessen from hamburg has been dealing with the effects of poor hospital nutrition on patients for 20 years so i should mention these people simply are more at risk of being in the i. C. U. For longer of having to stay in hospital longer of increased complications or even more risk of dying from their disease. Geriatric physician dr martin has many week patients and he sees the dangers of poor nutrition every day. Especially in the elderly causes them to lose weight quickly and lose substance the body can no longer humans as quickly people get dizzy they fall over problems flare up in days and weeks when the food on liquids are not balanced and above all not sufficient and. The doctors experience is borne out by a major swiss study. 2000 participants with already poor nutrition took part in the study 1000 were given regular hospital food the other half were given a healthier alternative within the group that received the superior diet outcomes were significantly better with 15 percent fewer complications and 27 percent fewer deaths a few days of hospital food wont harm most people but the very ill have often already lost weight and strength before hand here at the israelites hospital in hamburg a specialist Nutrition Team takes care of these high risk patients selecting them for special attention as soon as theyre admitted in a 3 day period 21 of 53 newly admitted patients were noticed by the experts. There are various methods for measuring malnutrition this device measures how much strength there is in the hands. Or how much muscle and fat tissue is on the back of the hand. Or even how is body tissue composed special scale shows the proportion of muscle and fast. Out of course blood values is their lack of iron sodium potassium or protein. Patients who amount nourished are given extra care special nutrition filled shakes with cucumber or beetroot an extra protein or sweetened whip anon and chocolate to improve strengthen charge the batteries for recovery. Protein helps to heal wounds for example zinc serves to ward off infection. The key to making a full recovery is freshly prepared food rich in nutrients it clinics pay proper attention to nutrition a lot can be achieved through normal diet. Sometimes it only takes a little extra effort with nutrition to achieve Great Results here. Lets talk now to professor on a comeback now from the institute of nutritional science at the university of geese in but thats a fact that the study we saw in the report just now really reiterated what an incredibly crucial role in nutrition it plays in our General Health and as well our ability to heal do you think this issue is getting enough attention during the pandemic. I think the effect of nutrition on our house in the context of the current and damages under estimated a high number of people suffer from different diets dependent diseases such as obesity diabetes type 2 and hypertension and we know that these patients have a significantly higher risk for severe courses of 19 that means sped through a sustainable change of unhealthy dietary habits towards a healthy well balanced diet will improve diet dependent diseases and similar tenuously would decrease the risk for severe course of the kovac 19 affection however as a change in our nutritional behavior is a long term goal long term concepts need to be established and strongly promoted which is currently not the case i really want to zone in now on obesity which you mentioned it is of course a major risk factor for becoming seriously ill of from coven 1000 why is that exactly. So obesity is the main respective for the development of several come up into t. So that predispose force of the course of a covert 1000. 00 infection that includes especially hypertension type 2 diabetes mellitus and. Reach out well known to be responsible that people get seriously ill but also in the absence of these comorbidities obese people are at a higher risk for a severe conflict 90 course as most peaceful persons are in the state of a prediabetes that also increases the risk of infection. And has also been some focus on the role that measurement d. Could play in helping to protect against the virus what can you tell me about that. So for a well functioning immune system becoming daily is of course essential besides other victims and minerals and therefore in adequate supply with my to mindy is also essential to protect us against invading pathic genes and also the against infections like with sask up to there are currently some discussions about daily supplementation with vitamin d. To support our immune system in the fight against cope with 19 ever if we look into the currently available study says no evidence provided that a high dose by to me supplementation. Prevents from a soft cover to infection of would help to recovery from an accident indeed what we should definitely avoid is state a fight im in deep deficiency in case of in a proof right immunity deficiency of course recently d. Should be supplemented and in case people would like to supplement vitamin d. Although as i mentioned evidence is currently missing they should make sure that they not exceed the recommended daily upper limit of 4000 international units. Ok and that of course they all have different dietary needs but what general advice would you have for a posting immunity best time. So that our immune system will work roy well i recommend to stick to a plant based diet containing high amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables that provide high amounts of essential vitamins and nutrients and i recommend also to consume whole grain foods when it comes to syria or bread and also include pulses in the day diet as they have fiber rates and for them all suggest to stick to vegetable oils with high amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids and what we should do is to lower the consumption of for example sugar sweetened beverages and streets and also we should limit the consumption of meat ok and finally this is a question thats come up a few times is there any risk of being infected with the coronavirus through food. So the data that is currently available does not show any case where an infection occurred through contemn united truths however when we prepare food we should stick to the hygiene rules this means of course we should remember accurately wash our hands keep our fingers away from from the face and also if we prepare meat we should make sure that it is you to prove all good tips for faster on a come back now from the institute of nutritional finds is at the university of faith and thank you so much thank you. Time now to answer one of your questions about the coronavirus over to einsteins correspondence derek williams. What impact is the parent to make having on the hunger crisis. Predictably cove at 19 is making it a lot worse according to the United Nations World Food Program which is the organization that was awarded this years Nobel Peace Prize the number of people worldwide who suffer from crisis level hunger could almost double by the end of this year it also says that the region hit hardest so far is latin america thats followed by central and Southern Africa and and oxfam estimates that if we dont do more to limit the social and Economic Impact of the virus up to 12000 people a day could soon be dying from the effects of undernourishment just to compare even on the very worst days for mortality so far in the pandemic there have never been more than 10000 tatts attributed to the virus in 24 hours i think that the most this has aspect of this crisis is that with the exception of a few countries food is actually available in many of the places that are suffering most of famine isnt being only driven by a lack of food but also by the simple fact that people no longer have the means to buy it the hunger crisis is not only expanding rapidly because of disruptions in supply chains although thats certainly contributing to the problem its also due to dropping income among many of the worlds most vulnerable the poor who simply cant afford to buy food for themselves and their families anymore and the crisis isnt just limited to regions that face problems before the pandemic began tobit 19 it is now also impacting food. And security for people in middle and high Income Countries from from india to brazil to the u. S. And if you have a question for derek you can email feedback dot english dot com using the word expert in the subject line for me and the team its goodbye and take her. House in a drama competition rivalry marketing numbers atmosphere power fight at sac intuition love hate money. Fans friends find the stamps and fans. On you tube joining us. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every month where each of the 1st word American Eagle the cookies in germany. Why not with him. In simple line on your mobile and free. T. W. Zealand in course. German made easy. Oh the more. Candidates the pros room for zuma. In those polls smolder. To me as low as moses. Is no use no love. For the wicked. Comes a. Word piercing them both her. Parents knew. Her couldnt sleep. And currents. 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