one of the world's hardest hit nations with one of the world's fastest coronavirus vaccination campaigns but chile still struggles to contain the virus. i'm come on santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera european union drug regulators are found no evidence the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots but safety concerns are slowing the e.u.

is vaccination drive. like a war zone thousands of families flee parts of me and now to escape martial law imposed by the shooter. and a desperate search against the clock for mexican families. looking for their missing loved ones. are coronavirus coverage begins in chile where there is growing alarm over the increasing number of cases despite the country having one of the world's leading back seen rollouts about 5000000 people have now had at least their 1st job which is more than a quarter of the population vaccinated 2 weeks earlier than a deadline set by their own government but cases at the same time are rising by an average of 5000 a day and some quarantine measures will be reimposed next week from santiago here as our latin america editor the senior. certainly the vaccination campaign has been

a model. actually it's 33 percent of the population that have at least one the majority 2 jabs at this point today the president was celebrating the $5000000.00 nations and he says that in 90 days the whole population will be inoculated the problem is that you need 80 percent of inoculation for herd immunity to kick in and what we're seeing here is exactly the opposite we're seeing huge amounts of people getting infected not so much the elderly who were the 1st ones to be an off but younger patients who are now in critical care units in hospitals where there are no more beds available anymore we were at a hospital earlier today and we saw that for ourselves even though chile has increased the number of critical care beds from a 1000 to more than 3000 in the last year alone but there aren't enough nurses and of doctors they are exhausted and the patients just keep coming in and going in one chilean is dying now approximately every 15 minutes now from 19 so it's

a very serious situation. still in latin america after days of searching coronavirus brazil's reached another bleak milestone now its highest number of fatalities in a single day on choose day there were 2841 recorded deaths in the 24 hour period it comes as the government's for health minister since the start of the pandemic prepares to take office he has pledged to continue the policies of president. stopping short of supporting lockdowns to contain the spread of the virus from the prime minister says the countries into the 3rd wave of the pandemic 7 day average of new infections risen above 25000 for the 1st time since late november putting an added strain on hospitals president emanuel micron's hoping a bax nation drive will ease the pressure and prevent another lockdown. the pace of banks and nations in france though is slowing along with the european countries who

have suspended the use of the astra zeneca jabber over safety concerns but the a.m.a. the european medicines agency says it is firmly convinced the benefits of the vaccine outweigh any risks 18 countries have now temporarily suspended the use of the astra zeneca vaccine because of reports of blood clots in some recipients the w h o n d u health regulators are investigating any link between the 2 there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions they have not come up in the clinical trials and they're not lifted as known ours are expected side effects with this vaccine in clinical trials both the vaccinated people on the people who are thieves the 1st people who have shown small or some very small numbers of plot talked about months the number of thromboembolism bends overall in the vaccinated people seems not to be higher than that seen in the camera population good news from another

company madonna which has begun testing its covert 19 vaccine on children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years as part of a study to assess the safety in the efficacy of inoculation children against the disease then the $7000.00 children are taking part in the research in collaboration with the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and then is already conducting a separate study testing children between the ages of $12.18 now the european commission is expected to propose a coded 19 vaccine certificate on wednesday to allow people who are vaccinated to move about freely within the block. calling it a digital green pass which would provide proof that a person has person has been vaccinated but it would only apply to the 4 vaccines which have been approved by the a.m.a. that is the finds of biotech one astra zeneca madonna and johnson and johnson as well iceland became the 1st european country to issue vaccine passports to its

citizens and to recognize immunity certificates from other countries china well it's rolling out a similar program for international travel easily accessible through the messaging app we chat beijing is also planning to make it easier for foreigners you've had the chinese made vaccine to enter the country let's bring those together with douglas kidd now executive director of the national association of airline passengers a nonpartisan organization dedicated to protecting airline passenger rights he's on skype from vienna virginia and it's very good to have you with us. if everybody wants a time for some sort of united. front it's this covert 1000 bags thing isn't it and yet we could have what looks like almost vaccine discrimination here yes indeed and. it is important as a united front here's why it's not my. memory of someone's height or weight of where i was who are different from country to country sometimes the procedures can

vary day to day according to who's performing the tests and how that person being performed so i. am concerned. in their rush to try and get a vaccine passport they may be asking too much of this system especially as you have multiple vaccines multiple test sites different types of tests and we can't always be sure of the tests themselves whether because a people who during a testing will tell you you're going to be positive test negative you can be negative but positive so of these kind of circumstances we suspect and we would submit that a vaccine password can only provide a false sense of security because even the vaccine makers will tell you that even if you get the shot that doesn't prevent you from actually spreading the vaccine it's still possible for you to spread it actually says but it does the disease yes so then i guess certainly in the interim or in the meantime it has to be still if

you're going to travel you've got to get a test you've got to do screening at airports you know remove people who might be exhibiting symptoms and all of this is going to have to carry on for a while isn't it. you know but that's one of the actually common sense of you know an airline if your boarding a flight if someone's obviously sick well then they shouldn't get on board the plane it makes sense to take a look at the people after they get off the plane as well now one thing that's being overlooked here is all of us to have flown it knowing that sometimes you can get on a plane perfectly fine come off the plane not feeling too well for one reason or another are the best way to deal with that and that even better than vaccine passport be to simply reduce the number of people on board a mere 150 percent you simply cannot go and pretended business as usual just because you got a vaccine and then pack everybody together you know unhealthy situation we advocate for a 50 percent load factor at a maximum this we think would do

a lot toward keeping the doozies from spreading and keeping people on the plane healthy during the flight i mentioned a few different. countries in the introduction that we looked at europe i mentioned i said as well china interests me because they're saying well we might be looking at a system where it's easy a few to come in if you've had the chinese vaccine that would be the sign of acland again this goes back to my point about sort of vaccine discrimination and i mean tell me about the long term effects of that potentially it could stifle travel trade all sorts of things just when we're trying to find a way to increase these things again well you're quite right and one aspect that's not being looked at is that ok if you're going to have a vaccine passport and if you're going to be requiring passengers to be vaccinated against go with one of your prove that seems what about the hundreds of other diseases that are out there or are you could have the average passenger saying you know becoming more of a pin cushion where you've got to have

a vaccine against this that you know something else something else you know maybe a dozen different diseases you might have to have a vaccine against some of which you may never heard of. maybe that's going to have to be the way things go on but certainly i'm not looking at the looking forward to having to have a dozen different vaccines on my vaccine passport you know who travels. from one state to do the other in the united states or from one country moving to developed country in the united states to say the far east like japan or morass to england or far or even in the middle east just quickly what about family travel you know i you might have heard me mentioning earlier that madonna for example is now testing its vaccines on children in the meantime. children can travel and. they can still pass on that while they may not be as much risk as adults they can still pass on the disease. well that's right anybody who travels of can get

the pick up the virus and they can pass it on to someone else but your ability to pass that disease on to someone else is going to be dependent on how close you are to that other person if you've got people on an airliner who are separated by at least one seat. from a person from the next person were separated by a distant or row the chances of spreading that virus are going to be correspondingly reduced that's why we do not like the idea of the airlines saying ok it's back to normal you've got a socially distance in the terminal that we're going to pack you as tightly together but in the plane as we can there you know we're going to make the money our make our money you know i think it's best if the airlines follow the same policies or procedures that we're forcing on other businesses and limit the number of people on the planes to 50 percent here normal what is the new normal what is the old normal which is keep making it up as we go along mr douglas kid who is from

the national association of airline passengers thank you for your time thank you let's look at me and now with the united nations has 149 people have now been killed since last month's coup while a political prisoner group puts the toll more of 183 martial law has been imposed in many areas but protesters are defying restrictions to gather on the streets barricades were built and set on fire in the largest city yang gone but thousands of people have fled parts of the city where the military has taken firm control this is after 5 chinese factories were set on fire over the weekend arrests and detentions have continued throughout the country with more than 2084 people remaining arbitrarily detained at least 37 journalists have been arrested of whom 19 remain in arbitrary detention. at least 5 deaths in custody have occurred in recent weeks and at least 2 victims bodies have shown signs of severe physical

abuse indicating that they were tortured we are deeply disturbed that the crackdown continues to intensify and we again call on the military to stop killing and detaining protesters theme of the un envoy for me and my civilian government is remaining defiant after the military charged him with treason dr southside as he is known fled may in mar on the day of the cold last month he is accused of encouraging the civil disobedience campaign and calling for international sanctions earlier he spoke to convene l. about those charges to do in route to be charged with high treason by the military junta if these 3 reasons means that i was 13 with the people of myanmar given my life for their freedom for fender democracy for justice is illegal illicit a marriage women have been committing crimes against humanity and translate this

genocide at the classes for the last 700 years against dick and cheney karim they are more kind chuen united 97 they have kill hundreds of his was stupid in. them and they have mother our civilians you know the truth or the servants summer evolution. will be the slaughter in 2070 there was planted against all his people to know his story of independence this has been lost and suffered across out how brave. by deed those is a means to protect our people these are the same general as who should be charged of treason who charged me today on high treason what does this mean for you though i mean can you ever go back now are you worried perhaps for your friends or for your family who are still in the country will these high treason charge carry that

sentence means that. if they go back there of course do everything they can support. for been killed and my family my brothers my sisters of cause they release every day they live on across the nations under streets these are the militants in the rose who should be put in jail who are now charging of high treason we have heard some horrific stories stories of torture obviously of many people disappearing since you fled martial law has been imposed the military and the police opening fire on protest is how much longer can this continue how much longer where or or perhaps should protest is be willing to risk their lives their normal out of the people of myanmar will be forced to defend them sort of the international community do not do any action again in this

same belief that in the us we have been committed the crime against humanity what. everybody know or not so it has to be store so we are calling it is not. too quickly before it's too late because the bloodshed what you knew. here's what's coming up for you on al-jazeera the u.s. president is out on tour of some of the swing states look at why he's doing that one in a 1000000 syrian refugee making inroads into german politics. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways. because some quotes weather coming into japan over the next couple of days is

seeing some snow moving through a little bit of snow still continuing there into. depicting with this weather system which is running across the far north of the country follow this line of disturbed weather here the stationary front think of it as a rope of cloud and right and it's dragging its way across a similar area so central parts of china will continue to see some rather wet weather as we go through the next couple of days perhaps more welcomed by the rain which will make its way into beijing that should help to clear the air following on from a recent sandstorm 14 celsius as that system makes its way through on wednesday by thursday cola around 11 degrees at that stage when starting to for light light winds to into the korean peninsula and into japan pleasant sunshine here 18 celsius in tokyo it's presence on china to the southern parts of china is sunshine and showers meanwhile across southeast asia as per usual some lively showers just bumbling away across the philippines but later indonesia again seeing some live not

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the top stories on al-jazeera this hour growing alarm over the increasing number of coronavirus cases in chile despite what is actually one of the world's leading vaccine rollouts a 3rd of the populations had their 1st jab the cases are rising by average 5000 a day the european medicines agency says there's no indication the astra zeneca vaccine causes blood clots and it is firmly convinced the benefits outweigh any wrists 18 countries have now suspended the use of the jab after reports of clots and a small number of subpoenas and the u.n. says 149 people have now been killed since last month's coup in may in ma while a political prisoner group puts the toll of $193.00 martial law has been imposed in many areas but protesters are still defying restrictions and gathering on the streets. an update from yemen now where protesters

a stormed the presidential palace in the southern city of aden angry about poor living conditions and unpaid salaries witnesses told al-jazeera that officials from the u.n. backs government fled as hundreds of demonstrators forced their way in security guards loyal to the transitional council which is backed by the u.a.e. were stationed there but didn't try to stop the protesters who have since left the palace. elsewhere 3 bombs exploded next to a convoy carrying food to one of yemen's largest camps for displaced families unmarried locals in a province in eastern yemen say the homemade device is damaged one of the $26.00 trucks loaded with aid no injuries reported and no claim of responsibility. it is in maryborough where the u.n. special envoy says the situation's taken a dramatic turn for the worse fighting between the hoodies in the government forces in the oil rich cities forced more than a 1000000 people from their homes and martin griffin says famine is now adding to

the crisis the u.s. trying to raise any $4000000000.00 to feed millions of people as out diplomatic editor james base reports this was a very grim assessment of the situation in yemen the u.n. special envoy telling the security council that it seems the war is back in full force this is how martin griffiths began his speech. to the council. report deterioration. this time. i was rather. produce a very. limited 1000000. displaced persons. fighting forces on both sides suffered heavy losses there's a certain. allies to shockey report as our. troop increases. the priority of the future he

says he's particularly concerned by the who thiis ongoing offensive on marriage by the cross border air attacks the who the drone and missile strikes on saudi arabia and the saudi air raids on sanaa and by the fact the war is spreading again to places like who data and ties of course one of the effects of this is humanitarian disaster the u.n. is warning of famine in yemen they tried to raise money from the international community at the beginning of the month they wanted $3850000000.00 and yet they only managed to raise $1700000000.00 less than half the money they needed. libya's moved a step closer towards putting the violence in division of the past decade behind it with the united government taking office the head of the outgoing u.n. backed government in tripoli transferred power to the new prime minister abdul hamid berber a smooth transition from the 2 rival governments in the east the west following

painstaking negotiations the new government will now prepare for elections in december gunmen on motorcycles have attacked a group of civilians in asia killing at least 58 people they were attacked while returning from a live stock market in bunny bank near the border with mali the armed group also destroyed nearby granary 3 days of national mourning have been declared for the victims. and in neighboring nigeria police are continuing their search for 3 teachers abducted from a primary school and cut in a state the students managed to escape during the raid the latest in a string of attacks on schools in northern nigeria on friday 39 college students were abducted by armed men on the outskirts of kut in a city. a u.s. intelligence report says both russia and iran directed efforts to manipulate the 2020 presidential election it's been released by the office of the director of national intelligence showing the agencies believe moscow was trying to help donald

trump win a 2nd term while to push for a biden victory the report also found cuba venezuela and lebanon's hezbollah were engaged in smaller scale campaigns to influence the vote. the man who won the election though president biden has hit the road to promote his 1.9 trillion dollar covert relief bill he's been in pennsylvania highlighting the economic support it will give most americans and a boost to the health care policy had bipartisan support among voters around 70 percent want to get to become law it passed congress though without any republican support. not tens of thousands of people have disappeared during a 15 year struggle between rival gangs in mexico or the government but there's been no large scale search for the missing in the state where it all began until now john homan reports from a quark in states which has been consumed by violence ever since the conflict broke out. there's bullet holes in the door but this house might hold more secrets within

we've come to the 1st big hunt for the disappeared in the state of michoacan southwest mexico suspects in a police investigation revealed a number of places where they've hit of bodies. and this is the 1st stop to try and find someone might be under the floor and. the cement in there is newer than outside and it sounds hollow that's what people do when they marry someone underneath and put down concrete to hide it. and get there's a brotherhood among the family searching for the nearly 80000 disappeared across mexico erik's traveled more than 2000 kilometers to help the locals they're going to somebody is here i've got a son who disappeared in tijuana and i feel the same pain as these families so i've come to join their cause. because many of the teams of gangs or even authorities the tools their relatives used to find the basic this is the way that you search

for the disappeared right across mexico push this through out into the ground and then pull out how she's doing there and then sniff it and if there's a smell of decay that means that of bodies been found. some you know you are going to ask why do you sort of so rudimentary to search for it you know to move the needle but we haven't got the money for technology there's a lot of poor families here that have used up everything we have trying to find our relatives i and a lot of people come here to search without earning a thing the government just up the funds to support us. it's a common complaint from the family's little government help the years they've had to do all of this on their own. to lena is learning how for the 1st time she's a local go searching for a brother who was kidnapped a year ago the pandemic and fear stop to look into it now but we met him and i knew i was finally someone is helping us and i'm hopeful that we'll find him in all of

the others in a way i'm excited and in another sad because we're not going to find him a life. she's resigned to that she just wants his body and this is probably the only shot that she'll get to find it. this area's red hot the highly skilled new generation cotto and that viagra going to fighting over the the wants of victims found for 2 weeks only the government's providing security to help families look just at the end of the day now and you can see the number of trucks here of the national guard that have come to accompany the families now they're all pulling out basically the families would never be able to look in this without this security because it is so full of criminals. this is just a slim window of time for them to try and end years of torture and finally lay their loved ones to rest john homan how does it or this in to get it all in mexico

. where women telling yesterday yesterday about the 10 years since the syrian war began since the country was plunged into chaos it's been devastated in that time the region's been destabilized and of course millions forced to flee many of which found their way to germany thanks to its so-called open door policy one of them is now hoping to become the 1st syrian to be elected to the german parliament for mccain reports from berlin. more than a 1000000 syrians have made their way to germany in the last 10 years and while each has a story to tell of how they ended up here some operative killer it has other can also my name is tarik allows i am 31 years old and i was born in syria and grew up in damascus i have lived in germany for 5 years i studied law and i am a human rights activist in the syria topic left was a war where hundreds of thousands already been killed many millions more were homeless rival armed groups vied for control of cities and for many people the only

option was to flee. first through turkey then on to greece and up the balkan peninsula into central europe. the germany they arrived in was at 1st welcoming but facilities were often basic. there i was just very happy because for the 1st time in years i felt safe at the same time i was shocked about the living conditions for refugees i arrived in dortmund and was sent to a shelter which is in the middle of the forest with no public transportation around . undaunted tarik concentrated on learning the language as far as possible and in time to help the many people like him as grateful as tarak is he believes germany needs to do more to improve integration. refugees face systemic discrimination in this society they're affected by racism and by laws on asylum and residence those are experiences that refugees share and i want to work on preval changes in these areas. tarik solution is political he's applied to become

a german citizen and persuaded the green party to select him as a candidate in this year's general election never mind that the greens haven't traditionally prospered in the place tarik wants to represent just by getting into the political contest he's traveled further than any other syrian refugee in germany and if his citizenship does come through in time he's determined to fight for a seat here in september dominic kane al-jazeera at the german parliament. these are the headlines on al-jazeera there is growing alarm over the increasing number of coronavirus cases in chile despite one of the world's leading vaccine rollouts a 3rd of the populations had its 1st jab but cases are rising on average by 5000 a day a latin america editor list.