make that tableau they've removed taxes and unnecessary austerity to paid off pascal social media his charity exports to china. counting the cost on al-jazeera. the u.s. gives emergency approval to a 3rd coded 900 vaccine the one dose johnson and johnson job is expected to bolster efforts in fighting the pandemic. and brazil's president threatens to count emergency aid to states imposing lockdowns. hello i'm daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. fallen spirals and yemen's marriage problems as government forces try to save their last

stronghold in the country's center from hoofy rebels. stranded and unwanted we take a look at the plight of bringing the refugees that bangladesh is refusing to take after they were rescued by india's poster. well we begin with a welcome development in the fight against covert 19 the u.s. has become the 1st country in the world to approve a johnson and johnson coronavirus vaccine is the country's 3rd 1st single dose jab . the f.d.a. has just announced emergency use authorization of a 3rd a vaccine for america this one made by ensign also did call johnson and johnson it's all the same but this is really good news means we have the opportunity for even more people to get immunized as soon as possible against terrible pandemic 100000000 doses will go to the u.s. by the end of june and the u.k.

and canada also have orders in 500000000 jobs will go to less wealthy countries through the kovacs scheme it's 66 percent effective against the virus but that's a low over all the other vaccines but it's considered more effective against more contagious strains of the virus well gable is on there joins us live now from washington d.c. gabe so another vaccine approved for the u.s. how significant then is this j.n.j. jab. yes very significant for several reasons but primarily because it is only one shot to get the vaccination and that is key because the moderna and pfizer vaccines are 2 shots there's one in the beginning and then you wait about $20.00 to $30.00 days and get the 2nd shot this one with johnson johnson one shot you're done and you're out and you've got you're now vaccinated also and this is key the johnson and johnson vaccine does not need cold storage it doesn't

need to be kept in very freezing temperatures from the time that it's shipped and stored at hospitals or anywhere that it's going to be administered to patients or to people and that's unlike the moderna and pfizer vaccine so this is a this is a vaccine that is going to be easier to get out get out quickly and also it with only one shot it's going to be much easier in many many ways so a lot of people very excited about this and they're expected to roll out the 1st 2 to 3000000 doses here in the united states as early as next week bottom line though is health officials say all of the vaccines so far at least the ones that have been approved here in the u.s. are good to go and anyone that is has access to one and is eligible should get it yeah gabe and just bring us up to date then on president biden's covert relief plan because it still has another major hurdle to jump over doesn't it. it does it he needs to go through the senate and that's going to be

a little difficult to this is a $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief plan that was passed by the house of representatives early saturday morning now it will go to the senate the senate republicans have said that there are many aspects of this plan that they do not like but the bottom line is it is very popular with many americans and with most democrats it will do a whole host of things it's a big and bold plan but primarily it will give one time payments of more than $1000.00 to millions of americans as covert relief and awful also extend unemployment benefits joe biden at the white house on saturday had this to say to senators about the plan now now the middle moves the united states senate where hope will receive quick action. we have no time to waste if we act now decisively quickly and boldly we can finally get ahead of this virus we can finally get our economy moving again the people of this country have suffered far too much for too

long we need to relieve that suffering the american rescue plan does just that it relieves the suffering this time to act i thank you all for being. a key date will be march 14th that's when the millions of americans are expected to lose their unemployment benefits unless this plan is passed so the senate basically has about 2 weeks to try to get this done and get it to joe biden's desk for possible signature but bottom line here saturday was a very good day for the president ited states joe biden with the announcement of the johnson and johnson vaccine as well as his 1.9 trillion dollars covert relief plan passing the house and now going on to the senate all right thanks for that. well let's bring in dr alan fatone who's an immunologist and vaccine expert on the junk professor at the university of michigan he joins us from ann arbor in michigan alley so the f.d.a. has now approved this j.n.j. vaccine presumably this comes as a very good news indeed. it is it's

a good news because it's the fear of direct seen and as you know and everybody knows we have a great issue in distribution and acting these vaccines that are for a vaccine it think people so having an affair with one is a good relief and and it's going to be. added value and it's all sorts one immunization one engine one injection and your alarm will be on your way so until now we don't know whether we need if there 2nd immunization or not and why and for this vaccine do but definitely there is a an ongoing clinical trial at the in the u.s. for evaluating to immunizations and set of 20 minute session to see whether you can up the efficacy from the 66. neighborhood to the 90 percent like everybody else so what does this mean then that for ordinary americans in terms of getting vaccinated because of course they'll be asking the questions will

it stop me from getting sick will it keep me from going to hospital and will it prevent me from dying if i catch the disease. ness r. it's a good question because many people are asking this question you know how come you know when immunization and 6 this expense and because we are somehow spoiled with the 95 percent that ficus it this wreck scene for one immunization you were 8. it prevented hospitalization no severe disease after. in the vaccine a group which means that even though you may have some symptoms you will never get you are not going to get into the oss people and to be in serious the conditions of that's number one number 2 is that also that sort of a major problem which is the logistics of warning people back to get the 2nd immunization and this is the only vaccine that is indicated for one immunization so

basically if that case then you get to one immunization and want to see whether or not 6 months later we'll be called back to get the 2nd opinion as it should or not i let's talk about the global picture here because the genji job a single dose as you say doesn't have to be stored at ultra low temperatures does that make it an ideal vaccine the countries in the developing world. yes it's very good because you are using the already existing infrastructure and that's of the new technology used which is the advent of virus are used for this this vaccine is the same like us them as in a car oxford vaccine which means you need only a regular refrigeration you don't need to as deep freeze it and for a long period of you can a freeze is the regular freezer so mainly that would be applicable very much to poor countries or low income countries that they don't have the infrastructure and the capabilities of really monitoring people and globally and people back to get

there and in the 2nd immunization so that's a really good news to the field wall and to w.h.o. and and callbacks that this vaccine is been are actually it's all the one that has the data for one vaccination only everybody else was doing x. in nation and that's complicated life a little bit dr always good to get your thoughts ali thank you very much indeed thanks very much recently and president jabil sonora has threatened to pull emergency aid for any states re-introducing lockdowns and says any governor who destroys jobs won't receive support from the central government also nari who's had coded 9000 himself has been strongly against most coronavirus and to make restrictions is often dismissed the virus as a little flu even though a quarter of a 1000000 people have died last you know millions you know very mergence the aid will come for a few more months and from now on the governors who close down the state and

governors who destroyed jobs will have to provide for their own emergency aid. ecuador's health minister has resigned after it was revealed that several members of his family jumped the queue to receive covert 19 vaccines one calicivirus is the 3rd health minister in south america to go following similar scandals in peru and argentina that are some reports now from one as ours. the battle to control the colored 1000 pandemic in latin america is underway but is being hindered by patchy deliveries of the vaccine and scandals in the government with the task of organizing the vaccination programs but. the latest to go is the ecuadoran health minister one caller survive. ensuring that his family was given preferential treatment. we have all committed era's this is a pandemic that has taught us the importance of recognising women. last month as the vaccines arrived in ecuador

a country one of the highest per capita death rates in the region he said they would firstly be given to the most vulnerable. because that person asks them for the people who are on the front line medical staff and also people over 65 years old. many of them are still waiting for the former minister has fled the country. a similar scandal emerged earlier in peru when it was revealed that at least 2 ministers and a former president were among the 500 people to be immunized weeks before the rest of the population. and in argentina a few days later the health minister him is going to solace garcia resigned when it came to light he devoted friends and colleagues to receive what has been called the ip vaccines. his replacement call of the sortie has since tested positive for covered 19 and is self isolating. supplies from a number of sources continue to arrive this 1st batch of nearly 200000 doses

landing in europe why from the chinese sin of that of oratory. and 40 tons of oxygen donated by chile to prove with supplies of one day to see no. such protests against handling of the pandemic are increasingly common use one on saturday and one osiris is there but if they give it to the president and the vice president then ok but they shouldn't vaccinate the deputies or the ministers that's no good i'm almost saying one message on friday i've got inside information from independent media that the pandemic doesn't exist it's just tests that are full of the holy. war they're angry with the government some still believe the pandemics is a hoax but others are against the vaccine or whatever else people feel their impatience to put the pandemic behind them frustrated by the slow pace of the vaccination programs confused by contradictory information and i angered by corruption in their governments the road towards normality is still fraught with

obstacles. and they're all just here i want to cyrus. lots more to come here in al-jazeera including how small pacific nations that managed to avoid a major health crisis during the pandemic plus testers in martinique in the caribbean are demanding action against a pesticide blamed for high levels of cancer in the region one that stated it's. time for the perfect. sponsored plan qatar airways hello that the weather's looking largely fine in try for japan over the next couple of days with a nice big area of high pressure keeping it settled and calm but a very different story for northern parts of china we've got this cold front which will sink its way further south which and there is some snow on this system quite a bit of it for some that'll roll through beijing temperatures around 4 or 5

celsius as we go on through sunday then and then as it continues to make its way further south with winds pushing up from the south reading up the winds pushing in from the north a convergence line the air is forced to rise cool condense give us a cloud the big cloud as well and some very heavy rain quite an active storm that and that could cause some flooding with a fair bit of snow there for north korea all the time though as you can see last fight interact in japan take you're getting up to 17 degrees celsius with some pleasant some shy sunshine it shows meanwhile across much of southeast asia as per usual so we'll see some wetter weather in the heat of the day just rumbling away across parts of the philippines into malaysia still seeing some very heavy showers there across indonesia over the next day or so not too many showers across india over the next couple of days we will see some wet weather there into nepal sliding further research was right across bhutan. qatar

airways. welcome back if you come out of our top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. regulators have approved the johnson and johnson vaccine for emergency use the 1st country in the world to do so the vaccine can be delivered in one dose that is around 66 percent effective. president joe biden's $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus aid package is passed the house of representatives and will be debated in the senate includes direct payments of $14.00 to most americans. and i could it was health minister has resigned after it was found several people connected to him to jump the queue to receive early doses of vaccine in 3rd south american health

minister to go following similar scandals. more now on our top story the global fight back against the pandemic small pacific island nations have been some of the most successful countries in the world a keeping covered 98 bank but despite those efforts their tourism depended economies have been badly affected and there's no sign yet of a recovery because the gauge reports. pup when you guinea is experiencing a rise in coded 19 cases and testing writes a low but for the most past pacific island nations have avoided a major health classes during the pandemic they crisis is an economic one with borders shot many people are out of work intrusion dependent countries like that a while too and. that's also recovering from a cycloid that devastated communities from many in the pocket transport of the children and everything. that's a real crisis vaccines are being rolled out in the marshall islands and plan helped

by the u.s. government but for the rest some experts say it could take years to bax in a small oist of the people countries are initially relying on the global kodak's initiative an alliance of organizations delivering that seems to developing nations exact rollout dates for the pacific conserved but it's hard to tell begin in the coming months for the injuries 20 percent of them want to. go next but that isn't enough we need the support of everyone to make sure. eventually everybody. against this horrible out there. for the other writing percent this trial ia and new zealand have committed to supplying vaccines but their timeline also isn't clear some experts believe this trial years should already be hoping its neighbors given its relatively low numbers could that 19 cases and to secure regional

influence in the pacific place we want to keep being relevant in the region it is named for us to. provide the region with that savings to help them with the implementation of that explanation rollouts the region has previously faced challenges in delivering vaccines to isolated communities this time around vaccination is critical to reopening borders and getting countries back on track nicola gage. saudi arabia says it's destroyed several ballistic missiles fired by huth the rebels in yemen and targeting its southern cities in the capital riyadh that comes as the new offensive escalates in the yemeni province of merab shallop but it's reports. saudi arabia intercepts rockets over riyadh on saturday night we're going to have to go after the omaha saudi state media say they came from yemen fired by who. several explosive laden drones targeted other

southern saudi cities. the attack came as who he really believes pushed forward in the northern yemeni province of merab. they launched an offensive against the saudi backed yemeni government here in early february excess a day was the most violent day yet many fear front is one of the hottest war fronts since the beginning of the aggression on yemen this has been the situation since the beginning and except for a small period. after more than 60 years of war there who these more merit because it's the yemeni government's last northern best union to capture it could bolster the who thinks at the negotiating table this is a very critical battle making place it looks like i both sides would like to be in a stronger bargaining position and. the problem of course is that these short term gains there. could actually derailing you

these francis launched by new u.s. administration. the yemeni government has issued urgent calls for the huth east to stop their offensive they warn of a humanitarian catastrophe merab is already hollowed to the largest concentration of displaced yemenis and he's to make his 2000000 people. still the government is fighting back on saturday they reported killing 350 who the fight is in just the. cobra belief it's a suicide mission. when the yemeni government urges them into the fighting it's not a sign of weakness we make these calls out of responsibility but regarding the fighting forces with fewer numbers and they were defeated. but revenge is hard to swallow when you're starving for 2 thirds of the population some 20000000 people food is what they need the u.n.

estimates 400000 children under 5 are severely malnourished and that they are in their last weeks and months both sides say the opposite putting civilians at risk and yet neither stop shelling shallop ballasts. u.n. ambassador has been sacked for denouncing the military coup he made an emotional appeal to the un general assembly on friday the international community to use any means necessary to restore democracy. military has. for myanmar. and civilized society. now is not the time for the international community to tolerate the war crimes and crimes against humanity can committed by myanmar military the international community must ensure that has no place in the modern world as bound by in the un secretary-general in that regard we the committee representing our c.r.p.

duly are the united nations the united nations security council and international community that aspire to build peaceful and civilized global society to use any means necessary to take action against them in one military and to prove i say 50 and security for the people of myanmar are diplomatic editor james bay says it's unclear if the ambassador will actually step down. well the ambassador would have known what was at stake when he made those words he would of very carefully judge that he knew the the possible repercussions against his family he knew that the military would try to sack him and recall him the big question now is is he going to go is he going to give up his job or is he going to say that he is the legitimate representative of the people of myanmar and of the rulers of the country who are currently jailed it's worth reminding you that at the same general assembly

session the special envoy the secretary-general special envoy on myanmar christine seana bergen said it's important the international community does not lend legitimacy or recognition to this regime so will they recognize the decision of the regime to sack the ambassador i'm sure that the military will now strand send a new ambassador that will reflect their views but which one is the united nations going to recognize it will go to a rather obscure body part of the general assembly known as the credentials committee if there is a dispute it has 9 members interestingly among those 9 members of the u.s. is one as are china and russia which of made the point that this is largely an internal affair they will come up with a recommendation and then it will go to the general assembly for a vote so it's although the military is saying they've sacked the ambassador is not a tall clear whether he'll be losing his job or after

a protective fight will actually stay in the job. bangladesh says it's under no obligation to take back 81 ring of refugees rescued by the indian coast guard they've been adrift for 2 weeks and the undermanned seen a crowded fishing boat along with 8 people who died they set sail from a refugee camp in bangladesh hoping to reach malaysia india wants bangladesh to take them back where someone been as the executive director of the international campaign for the ring he says the international community needs to open its doors and step up its help for bringing the refugees well i think that india should crick quite simply take in these ring a refugee is our it's incumbent on any country to take it refugees who are closest to that country and you know bangladesh is point i think is that bangladesh is already sheltering over a 1000000 rager refugees now they are freely allowed in starting in the 90 ninety's and then most recently in 2017 and the international community needs to

each take their fair share of rain or refugees and if they're not going to take their fair share of rager refugees then they need to come up with the money that's needed to house and feed and educate all the remainder refugees that are currently in baghdad. now protesters in the french overseas region of modern eek have called on judges not to throw out a long delayed case of a pesticide poisoning insecticide called a cone was used for decades on the caribbean island even after it was banned on the french mainland it's been blamed for high levels of cancer in the region people and are demanding compensation some of it easy duchene flatter those who have already reported our ancestors when slave our ancestors who they want to poison us want to see us disappear enough is enough now it is time for the fight to resume so let's bring in dr arthur caplan he's director of medical ethics at the new york

university school of medicine he joins us live from bridgefield in connecticut dr caplan is the figures a very worrying indeed and a something like 90 percent of adults in martinique have traces of it in their bodies why is this pesticide so dangerous. well it affects the nervous system in children in those people who now have it in their bodies the cancer rate in the world years out of control it really is a dangerous and diligent to say being lonely go in for instance most of the world permitted in their forty's more yeah and you touched on some of the some of the effects of it is not just diseases like prostate cancer but experts say it also affects cognitive skills and motor development in children as well doesn't it. really said spector development of children it's horrendous that this. has to so it was allowed to be used actually eerie and spreading around so we could everywhere

yet and this is a pesticide dr caplan that's used on martin leagues but on a crop so do you think the economy of the island has taken priority over the health of the islanders given how important but on as our to its economy. sadly i do think they put business ahead of health i think it was racism here they didn't do it it sure ain't they wouldn't have done it there but they did it in a place where they if you will were once the colonial power and i think did not care for the health of the citizens there. we know that stays in the soil for decades it's contaminated rivers and coastal waters so are we likely then to see ongoing health problems for many years to come in martinique because of this pesticide. and out of the we're going to see health effects for many years to come maybe decades to come their pesticide leaders in the soil an obviously crops cruel near are going to have it and then risk exposure people plus just exposure to all

wind so we're blowing around i hope that fruits will do the right thing step in provide the necessary health care in the compensation dr arthur caplan good to get your thoughts thank you for talking to al jazeera. television the fate of $317.00 schoolgirls abducted in nigeria on friday is still unknown they were taken from the town of django bay on friday in the latest in a series of mass abductions in the north of the country the government has ordered or boarding schools in the area to be shut down but the police say they have information the girls have been moved to a nearby forest her parents are hoping they'll be found soon. i bought thinking this one can be the same tool with the to book case because it's a bogus had been abducted by. boko haram with militant they are not sinking for also this one the bandits doubted i was out on stock so i know i believe they got me the 2 of them they were limited to release. totals. and in

a separate incident in northwest nigeria dozens of students kidnapped from a secondary school in kadar at 10 days ago have been released arrived in mina in central nigeria a number of their relatives and start on those who also abducted one of the students were shot and killed. by all rescue teams. from going to science college i have. heard it in mumbai. it will do we have one kid in the hospital something from excessive exhaustion. to love on board. but it was peacefully. being. medically. checked. and i believe. the medical team when you told them. for

a few more days. and finally what's believed to be the roman equivalent of a wedding limousine has been uncovered under the ruins of pompei this 4 wheeled chariot was perfectly preserved for more than 2000 years before being found by a tally an archaeologist last month. experts say the chariot was too big an ornate for everyday use and was for festivities and parades most likely carry newlyweds to then you have to. be a. time for a quick check of the top stories here at this hour u.s. regulators have approved the johnson and johnson that scene for emergency use the 1st country in the world to do so the vaccine can be delivered in one dose and is around 66 percent effective u.s. president joe biden welcome the news but as people to remain cautious joe biden and the white house see the vaccine as a way to get.