venezuelan colombia. on al-jazeera. with a health system overstretched and almost collapsing brazil's vaccination campaign finally gets underway. well you're watching al-jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha fully back also coming up the world health organization's independent panel condemns china's handling of the coronavirus saying more could have been done to contain the outbreak. stopped in their tracks thousands of migrants desperately trying to make their way to the u.s.

are pushed back by guatemalan security forces and tens of thousands flee their homes out of flash floods hit indonesia just the latest natural disaster in days. brazil has begun its long awaited distribution of covert 1000 vaccines for residents in my knowledge the gateway to the amazon rain forest can't come soon enough the health system there is on the verge of collapse us oxygen supplies to windle monica and a carefree course. to the war room was set up in a warehouse where millions of coated 1000 vaccines had been stored on monday health minister. who gave governors the order to distribute them throughout brazil. this is the 1st step towards the largest vaccination campaign in the world this is our mission in the world. but for many

families in the northern city of my mouse on the edge of the amazon rain forest the order comes too late. struggled all week to keep her husband alive in the hospital ran out of oxygen moses for the before dug solution i tried buying an oxygen cylinder but couldn't find one he died because he had no air do you know what it means for a person to try to breathe and not to be able to to beg for air and suffocate he had so many projects for the future now he's gone. in one hour we witnessed 3 burials one after the other by now as had been hard hit by the pandemic in april and quick to recover point that some scientists believed people here had achieved herd immunity the file and so the 2nd wave took them by surprise.

this is more than a wave it's a tsunami before the pandemic there were 30 funerals a day during the 1st wave we had $100.00 burials now we have more than $200.00 it is if we are at war. scientists. believed to mutated versions of the corona virus discovered in my mouse have found better ways to pierce the immune system but that is not all so probably what's going on. is new was bringing new leaders i do believe and of course if you have what were those needs and lesion beds look a very here a little wary musts liberation going to be aired in man hours people watched on television the vaccines being loaded on military planes cook may be in the air but so is much of brazil's immunization program brazil was counting on $8000000.00

doses to kick off its national immunization program but it's still 2000000 doses short and political infighting continues making the hard task of vaccinating latin america's largest country even more difficult monica you're not you have all just sirrah my mouse. palestinians in the occupied west bank will receive there for a shipment of the russian government 900 back seen on tuesday but they're growing calls for more supplies with israel's acts a nation campaign continuing to outpace the rest of the world the palestinian authority is worried its people are being neglected harry fawcett reports from west ham. in terms of pure efficiency israel's vaccination drive has been the one unqualified success in its often criticized response to cohabit 19 the aim is to vaccinate everyone over the age of 16 by the end of march a target that also applies here in occupied east jerusalem where so far the rate of

take up has been almost 50 percent lower than in israel people are afraid they don't know what to do for i think all of them are waiting. palestinians living in the eastern half of jerusalem are the only non israeli citizens getting israeli procured vaccines as calls mount for israel to start sharing its supply will thora teas in the occupied west bank and gaza we also vaccinate people it was not it is it was made to posting is in favor of even is tourism we have we have that service and we're not permitting that it was getting vaccinations so we're doing our part in this but the government needs to do more. ahead of another election in march prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising israelis that theirs will be the 1st country in the world to emerge from the pandemic oh he's persuaded pfizer to commit to an accelerated supply of its vaccine in return for israel being used as a data rich testbed for its efficacies the palestinian foreign ministry says israel

is neglecting its obligations as an occupying power by not providing vaccines to the 4500000 palestinians in the west bank and gaza but the p.a. health ministry says it neither expects nor requires such assistance it says 20 percent of the need will be provided by the international vaccine alliance gavi with the remainder secured by the p.a. from other sources with. with or under previous. in. the import of them and we did not. within it is the connection provide us with the thing in an interview last week with american broadcaster n.p.r. israel's health minister said it was natural for a country to vaccinate it's own citizens as new coded 1000 cases continue to search around the world already a clear gap has emerged between rich nations and poor ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations israel's own program is outpaced even the richest

countries but that's only made starker just how much the palestinians have been left out of the process and how far they've been left behind are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. a china is being criticized by an independent panel sent to uncover what really happened in the early days of the corona virus outbreak set up by the world health organization the panel's interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the initial outbreak it was on the panel also criticized w.h.o. zone response saying the global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose the full investigation will be released in may and a senior u.s. health official has called on china to provide evidence linked to the outbreak it was hot including samples taken from the wet market at the center of the investigation team which funnily road this week will be well only be successful who cleans google with the following information conway in possession of chinese

authorities 1st all stories produced in china on the presence of saws cool the 2 related generic sequence sequences in terms. of system results. provenance. on the markets. early in our service. circles the chump administration has issued an order lifting a coronavirus entry ban on travis from brazil and most of europe but joe biden's incoming team says this won't happen the bans were imposed in early 2020 they are bad they barred most of non-u.s. travelers entering the country from the european union the u.k. and brazil the restorations are due to be lifted in the week after joe biden takes office a new requirement for a covert negative tests will also be required shepparton sees in washington he says the plans to lift restrictions are based on good cooperation between the countries

involved. on the face of it you could say oh look it's the trouble been astray ssion just sort of flexing its muscles and being difficult for the beit din ministration but actually if you look at the presidential proclamation that was that was released it was a rather well argued document it said look on the 26th of january we have these new c.d.c. mandated guidelines which mean that anyone returning or entering the u.s. on an international flight over the age of 3 has to have had a covert test within 3 days and because the level of transparency and cooperation between the u.s. and the u.k. and the shingles earn in the e.u. that's where they have borderless travel and brazil is so good that we no longer need to just have a ban on their visitors because now we have these the the requirement for kind of a test say wasn't just you know this is what we're going to do but almost immediately we got a tweet from joe biden's press secretary who said with the pandemic questioning and

more contagious parents emerging around the world this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel on the advice of our medical team the administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on journey 26 in fact we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of covert 19 to stronger restrictions on travel potentially being promised by biden's press secretary clearly a. an argument about methodology in about and about strategy towards covert which is very much in keeping with how both trump and biden and the respective teams are discussing things as it goes anywhere. in other news got to balance a kitty forces have moved against thousands of central american migrants trying to reach the united states biden has aged migrants and refugees not to make their joining the journey john heilemann reports i the moment guatemalan police broke up a caravan of thousands of people from honduras. was they were trying to get to the

u.s. but they hadn't made it far just about the time 50 kilometers into guatemala the 1st country in the room was shot and security forces stopped them on saturday saying they needed covert tests and papers to pass since then they've been camped out on the highway well a huge traffic jam build up behind them. now lorries are running again but the problems of these people remain unresolved honduras is one of the poorest most violent countries in latin america and 2 massive november storms make things worse not that i'm going to close we don't have work there is no food there isn't anything we're keeping up the fight the government has saved the president one orlando has been criticized for his handling of the economy the rule of law and democracy itself you're not going to kind of if the president doesn't want us to leave why doesn't he give us quicken a good salary his increase in texas actress t.

bills the price of gas for the sellers are rubbish. given all the many say they'll go on but they'll find it hard to do so as a group and even if they make it is far as mexico this is waiting for them others are being bussed back to honduras a place they say they left because they have nothing john home and how does it. mexico's president is counting on joe biden's incoming administration to make good on his promises on immigration reform in the companion person in president joe biden's campaign he offered to finalize immigration reform and i hope he is able to achieve this with this commitment that's what i hope and i will acknowledge it and i will sell it. right it says have dialogue with migrants in honduras and guatemala so they can be looked after so they don't enter the country by force look after them respect human rights well here you go i think the time has come for the commitments to be fulfilled and that is what we hope. to indonesia now where more than a dozen people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated following flash floods

across the country on monday president joe we don't know a visit at flood hit areas in the south kalimantan province heavy rains battered the region for over a week bursting river banks and submerging towns environmentalists say the deadly floods are a stock reminder of the climate change risks affecting the region at speech our correspondent jessica washington live for us from jakarta jessica what's the government doing then to help these people affected by the squad's. fully this crisis began on the 9th of january and 10 days later the still no indication of when it might come to an end authorities say that flooding in some areas has already receded but in all those heavy rain continues yesterday as you mentioned president visited some of these affected areas and he did note that this is the worst flooding that south has experienced in at least 50 years and he said and this is what the line has been from the government thus far that heavy rain is

to blame so far authorities say they have evacuated most people from the affected areas just based on what we've heard from our sources on the ground some people are choosing to remain in their homes because they say they don't want to leave all their possessions behind we know so far that 15 people have been sadly confirmed dead and at least 40000 are in evacuation centers to give you an idea of the scale of this crisis there are 13 districts in south delhi montana and at least 11 have been impacted by this flooding the military has already started distributing aid but if it's a complicated by the covert 900 situation ordinarily know the volunteers flying in from all over into these are to assist in a crisis like this that simply cannot happen this year you mentioned environmental groups talking about climate change they're also talking about deforestation in this particular part of indonesia deforestation is a major issue. mining and palm oil plantations

a large what percentage of the land has been cleared and environmental groups say that this is what is exacerbating this crisis and making the floods so much worse this year we've heard from all sources on the ground some communities which have never experienced flooding in the halls and now doing so this year thank you for that update jessica washington live in jakarta. and people in bolivia scrambling to salvage what they can from homes up to 5 swept through residential areas at least one person died and 3 regions are on alert for more flooding rivers in the area and banks early on tuesday morning many people complained of a lack of have from authorities. still ahead on al-jazeera one of america's most popular tourist attractions now resembles a war zone we look at stepped up security one day before joe biden you know if you're a. hero and we're here how come a paris as

a ready made history and said new standard for us on. how low the weather remains but it's really cold across the good parts of europe as signs of mild pushing into the west as we go on through the next couple of days well these weather fronts rolling in from the atlantic it will turn somewhere will turn somewhat windy or the mother with a lot winds it's essential parts cold relatively clear skies for them for us problems seeing some pretty heavy snow and some heavy rain down towards a southeastern corner moving through greece and on into turkey that will continue to make its way further races but there's that really cold western side of russia moscow minus 12 celsius in the heat of the day on monday the main while we have got temperatures up around 7 a nice across western parts and rising is because for the next couple of days

getting into double figures in london come tuesday is that wetter and windy weather starts to push through as it does come in initially there will be some snow on the leading edge send some more snow into scandinavia central parts of europe so poland czech republic down towards austria but try and settle for many still a few showers down tools at least the side of the med pushing to war. still event prices cars coming back into cyprus as because 3 white as they've been out some tattered rain coming in across spain and portugal want to say showers just scraping their way across the far north of africa but for much of north africa is fine and dry. but. al jazeera is an investigative unit cutting censored and unseen video from blue high filmed as the coronavirus are great is just beginning to musing on all the bullshit the fact is only in the background more exposing this secrecy and censorship by chinese authorities. ha ha ha ha and

a health system struggling to cope al-jazeera investigations 3 dates that still the world. rooting. for. the and. the and. the watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories brazil has begun a long awaited 1000 vaccine distribution program for people in my now as the gateway to the amazon rain forest vaccinations can't happen soon enough health system there is on the verge of collapse security forces in guatemala have broken up a group of migrants who set up camp at a roadblock thousands of people are fleeing poverty and violence in honduras hoping

to reach the u.s. the government is refusing to let them continue their journey to the main indonesia more than a dozen people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated after flash floods across the country heavy rains battered the region for over a week bursting river banks and submerging towns and villages. now the u.s. capital is under a severe security lockdown ahead of wednesday's presidential inauguration the secret service is carrying out one of its not just operations over the national mall usually packed with tourists now resembles a heavily militarized zone 2 weeks ago the steps of the capitol were overrun by riot is on now it's fully closed to the public biden's inauguration will be held on wednesday right outside the capitol building officials are urging the public not to go because of concerns over security and covert 19 the capitol building and nearby areas a part of a red zone that will be completely shut to almost old vehicles most of this area

has been fenced off and just beyond that is a green zone it's still open to residents and cars used by local businesses but closed to everyone else this is where vehicle checkpoints have been set up to screen entry into the red zone al-jazeera is john hendren has more from the streets of washington. this is where washington d.c.'s green zone ends and the red zone begins these are some of the 21000 national guard troops who have been called in to protect the capital by wednesday when joe biden is inaugurated there will be 25000 of them and there was a bit of a scare because of the fire near the capitol there was some concern that that was an external threat the capitol was shut down people were asked to stay away from doors and windows and people who were outside rehearsing the inauguration were asked to clear the area to evacuate and now the 25000 national guard troops who are here are being vetted because there was a report that there was possibly someone inside the security area that was helping

someone outside with a potential threat that's why each of these national guard members are now being vetted to make sure they don't have any ties to these outside groups as you can see there's new razor wire that has been added on top of the heavy fortifications already here security is tight now but only likely to get tighter. all come out harris will be sworn in as us vice president on wednesday the 1st woman to hold the position children joe biden in the white house after 4 years as a junior senator from the state of california and a career as a senior prosecutor alan fischer looks at the impact harris may have on the incoming administration. a moment of history a moment when it became clear would be the 1st female vice president. to also be the 1st black and 1st of asian heritage too so it's taken you know nearly 245

years for this moment to happen because racism sexism myside war they're all deeply ingrained in us politics how does his father's from jamaica her mother from india she attended a historically black college in washington d.c. and joint alpha kappa alpha historically white psyche perfume will students after graduation she want to we are from attorney general in a home state of california. to senator a run at the presidential nomination ended early or connections to the biden family put it in prime support for the vice presidential nomination 1st of all is here to yes. come on how this brings to the white house a background a set of life experiences that are different from anyone who said as vice president with race is such an important part of the national discussion at the moment she has the chance to influence policy on that and other issues which could change the face of the united states. the country yes.

that. black women hispanics and other people. you know not being at the table she'll be a target for criticism she was before and will be again and you have to say are they right or she gets very upset they're definitely going to be many challenges that she faces and of course her ability to respond to those will also be sort of circumscribed within the way that joe biden understands her role to be in his administration a she takes the oath of office those who knew her passionately understand what it means a not just for her this historical moment yes imagine what this means for the black girls and her age and. if you can see it you know me being a woman in a space is revolutionary that just prior mere presence i mean and we should not underestimate that because it's psychologically mentally as to get people in a position where you know they talk about classy legs and the like where we think

this is normal joe biden says he wanted a vice president who will hit the ground running someone smart capable thoughtful but come a hardass will be more than not a standard bearer for those who tried before and those who will try in the future i want fischer al-jazeera at the white house. meanwhile a truck was spotted at donald trump's your home in florida he plans to live at his mar-a lago resort in palm beach after his term ends on wednesday trump is expected to leave washington on wednesday morning hours before joe biden takes the presidential oath. the constitutional court of central african republic has upheld presidential center their eyes reelection the opposition had challenged the results of last month's vote and had asked for a recount but why there are a 2nd term is under threat of violence by a coalition of the armed groups who are against him 2 u.n. peacekeepers were killed just hours after this verdict from the capital bangui malcolm webb reports. violent last

month's presidential election and widespread rigging according to political opposition to the central african republic the constitutional court rejected their demand for a rerun president fast into a day or was announced the winner you can see that has cost the candidate 5 student what having reached the absolute majority of the express forwards is declared elected in the 1st round of the presidential election. good news for 20 and his allies in other challenges to the government's fragile grip on power the cool building is in the center of the capital which is one of the few parts of the country is on to the control of the government and the foreign armed forces this quarter you know everybody agrees with the court's decision just a few kilometers up the road on groups who refuse the election disputes is result

of the threatening to attack the city of. detroit last week. forces on the government side for more. but the rebels have said the government must go. they are a coalition of armed groups backed by former president say they control about 2 thirds of the country's territory and most of it diamond and gold mines. the communication minister told us they have foreign support we have suspicions but we cannot say for. countries. this. may. be. the passage. for the. president and his government resisted by

russian mercenaries and rwandan troops it's not clear who is covering the costs the government says it's not today or is now due to be sworn in for a 2nd term. we have criminals who want to divide the country. the u.n. into the elections the international community has seemed desperate for a clear outcome to support the election process however flawed some may see it is now over the conflict is not welcome web al-jazeera the central african republic and russia 25 people have been arrested. after protesters rallied in support of kremlin critic. protesters were taken one by one to nearby police buses has been jailed for 30 days for breaching parole conditions russian opposition politician was arrested at

a moscow airport on sunday charlie rangel every courts. outside of moscow police station protesters demand alexina valley's release inside the kremlin's chief critic found himself in front of a judge in a hastily convened court an urge his supporters to take to the streets against vladimir putin to. what is this toad sitting on a pipeline most afraid of what are these thieves from the bunker most afraid of you know the answer people protesting on the streets because that is the thing the political factor that cannot be ignored it's the most important thing but essence of politics so don't be afraid go out on the streets not for me but for yourselves and your future. novelli was detained on arrival from berlin on sunday arrested for breaking parole on a suspended sentence the reason he missed his parole hearing is because he was in

a coma after being poisoned with the nova chalk nerve agent doctors say he should still be resting and recovering from the attack which many countries believe was sanctioned by the kremlin outside the police station his lawyers and journalists were denied entry into the impromptu court city but stars because of that those 2 actually i didn't understand why the hearing is taking place at a police station why was no one informed or notified i have seen a lot of times the mockery of justice but it looks like the old man in his bunker was so scared of everything that the criminal procedures kurds have been blatantly torn up and thrown out what's happening here is just impossible this is the highest degree of lawlessness. germany the u.k. and the u.s. have all demanded his immediate release story. sure through its own constitution and its international obligations is tied to the principles of rule of law and the protection of civic rights which obviously also goes from eastern avali

these principles must be applied which means nothing else but to immediately release mr not only. the russia's foreign minister has scoffed at the reaction from the west and says a values detention is legal no one on the case of an avanti has gained foreign political resonance artificially and baselessly everything is happening to nirvana in connection with his returning detention falls within the competence of the law enforcement forces. novelli will now be held for 30 days he says he's not afraid because truth is on his side in this important election year for putin truth might not be enough to set him free charlie on al-jazeera. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera brazil has begun its call.