they were implemented in 1997 after the city was handed back to china from british rule germany now tell me where you went, you think turned to the shia who feel it is a necessary measure in order to maintain the rule of law in hong kong. and the constitutional order of the special autonomous region where you verify it is rational and reasonable and in line with the constitution and laws they recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a national security law. after months of anti-government protests, hong kong semi autonomous status was originally guaranteed until 2047, but for some the end date has already arrived. well, they doubly correspondent kong has been following events from taiwan. welcome, phoebe, what was kerry lamb's justification for dismissing the original 4 lawmakers?

well, one of the most controversial parts are there, this qualification is that beijing has taken and chosen an extraordinary path to achieve its 8. so if by making a decision and resolution in beijing itself, late levon the matter be resolved in a local level in hong kong. and there has been actually there is existing the can. is them in hong kong to unseat a lawmaker? but now the resolution as simply and power as the whole whole noko and ministration to unseat anyone. they see this and they enjoy national security. so that's why some of the legal experts and also politicians are physicians that are there saying that this is arbitrary rules. and that's why we hope stands course, that it could be anyone in the future to b. and c. to either governments and carry them, deny such accusations. and saying that this is totally constitutional and legal

because the nation's health legislature has the power to interpret and to our clarified the law. and given him her despite the fact that she actually didn't give any specific argument and africans are there. so how crime or how they, how they valise, the national security principals. she referred to the time that those all along it has were this qualifier from a band, from running for office in july. so that's why they shouldn't be allowed to stay in office as well. ok, so with no pro-democracy lawmakers left in hong kong's legislature. does that mean the end of the fight for democracy in the territory? this is indeed a major setback for the whole opposition came. because we know also the imposition of the national security at all. we can hardly see any kind of massive street protests and activism to be carrying on on the street because people are too afraid

and it's a tomi oladipo culture. konya rules like deter people from proceeding with the street actually now without the see how mentions inside the chamber is actually at least the opposition groups and even more vulnerable. but i think late, most of the m.p.'s we have spoken to, they remain quite like i want to see optimistic, they're going to return to community and to possibly maybe they're considering running for the next election there, which is those folks want to see it. but it isn't char, not likely to welcome the self removal of these people who presumably he regards as troublemakers. beijing authorities in hong kong and also like carrying them and her ministrations hidden. there actually respond to the things like the mass recitation of the opposition came,

but i'm saying that these the say own choice. we look at the response from the chinese authorities. they are saying that it's like these moves they made today is to ensure that only patriots can play so inside the hong kong political institution . and by that, and by like the reformation of the whole of this thing came, i think in some way they happened. what they want you to be done because paul mcgreevy kong in time will the european commission has signed a deal to secure up to 300000000 doses of a covered 19 vaccine developed by germany's bio tech and us pharmaceutical giant pfizer division president to a sort of on the line i describe it as the most promising vaccine so far it's been undergoing trials involving thousands of people in many countries. manufacturers say it's more than 90 percent effective against the virus. we get more details

because from the marina strauss in brussels. welcome marina. how significant is the steel failure just said it, it is the most promising vaccine so that you can listen to you also want to show to citizens. yeah, you will get this too. and we also heard this vaccine is being produced by are being developed by a german company. so an e.o. company, so that you clearly wants to have its fair share of this fix seen as well. but health commissioner selig said like you'd actually has also said today at the press conference, this vaccine or any other vaccine is not a silver bullet for coal with with still have to will have to cope with this disease even if we have affixing. ok. so the e.u. puts in this order for 300000000 doses. how does it then gets distributed within the block if it gets approved?

officials said today of the country will get its share and that it will be distributed according to population size. but there are also many questions that still have to be answered 1st. so for example, europe's own medical agency will have to accept this, this vaccine. and there are still a carrot. he just was very reluctant today to point out a clear time lunch is that if you look at it positively, maybe early 2021. and what we also know is that health care or health in general is a national measure. so it's you states themselves who will decide who gets to vic seen, and not the e.u. but in other countries or reasons of the world. it's likely that the vaccine will be given out to elves or leads to the health care workers and to most vulnerable groups. 1st, politically, the pandemic has prompted the commission to consider

a new response, just talking through the sorts of things they're looking at. commission proposed health care unions today, and this is not very, very concrete, yet this idiot, but the general am, is to strengthen corporation coordination when it comes to covert 19 and to other health emergencies we could was because what we have been seeing during this crisis in europe is like a member state has been wrecked indifferently. their response was very chaotic and not very coordinated and they, you, once this to change in the case of covered 19, but those in future emergency cases want to improve the situation. and under this new regulation, one option could be to declare an e.u. level public emergency, which is not possible at the moment. structures in brussels. thank you.

we'll take a look now at some of the other headlines around the stories making headlines around the world. a place in the armenian capital you out of iran have arrested protesters demonstrating against the peace deal with neighboring azerbaijan. protesters are calling for the resignation of armenia's prime minister. monday's truce brokered by russia ended with ended a 6 week conflict as a by france. the golden kind of back region deal means as a by general keep territorial gains it made during the fighting. the u.s. president and president elect have attended separate veterans day events. donald trump attended a wreath laying ceremony at the arlington national cemetery,, close to washington d.c., and his 1st public appearance since losing the election. joe biden marked the day that honors the servicemen and women with a visit to the korean war memorial in philadelphia. and the philippines is getting ready to face its 3rd typhoon in as many weeks and 50000 people living in the path

of typhoon vanco have been ordered to leave their homes. much of the east of the country is still be covering from typhoon goni. the most powerful typhoon this year, which swept across the country last week. and in august, the area around beirut's port was devastated when several 1000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in a warehouse killing. at least 190 people and injuring about 6000 entire streets were reduced to rubble. and thousands left homeless, 3 months on how all this city and its people recovering. the w. has been speaking with one family, still mourning the father they lost in the blast. these 5 siblings lost their father. thought it was their, it's hard to lose this word forever. which would in the book of the word that we miss you so much. our home is so empty, there is no feeling of security anymore or kindness. everything has changed. he

can see that they are and then we miss you. we miss you, make god have mercy on your love, not of after his death. may god have mercy on him. it was painful for me. i wished i had died instead little tunnel. i lost my support, none of it was there for me. whenever i needed advice. he was my protector. and i know we're going to mohammed last county was only 56. he was critically injured in his home near beirut's harbor. a war make god have mercy on him. the door and the mirror of family on him. he was bleeding. when i held his head, there was a hole this break. mohammad was in intensive care for a month before he died. associated enormous, it was difficult to lose such an important part of my life. now i will only finish

my studies for his sake. it's what he wanted. i never imagined i'd be bringing my degree to his tomb rather than to him at home. here with news even everything i've been, i have to do how but mohamed worked as a driver for a private company. he earned the equivalent of about $200.00 euros a month just enough to pay the rent. the blast destroyed their flat and the family became homeless. and had the full say we're going to find out who is responsible for my father, stan. he was only 56 years old. we want them to be held accountable as an example to others. the family is now living in another flat with 3 months rent covered by an anonymous donor. it is just a short term solution and now they will have to figure out the next steps. here's a reminder of our top story. all of paul's opposition lawmakers have resigned in protest of the dismissal of 4 colleagues. the fault was sacked shortly after

beijing imposed a new law to disqualify politicians dangerous threats to national security but situ. up to date, i'll have more for you at the top of the hour. ben, physical and cars are covered by team special in just a moment. of course, you can always go to the latest news and information around the clock on our website. a state of the docket of the day the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has the rate of infection in developing . what does the latest research say? information and context, the coronavirus data on t w.

how does a virus attack? and if you would like any information on the science topic, you should really check out our podcast podcast. you can also find us at science the race for a coronavirus vaccine is not just a matter of saving lives. it's also a matter of saving face for some world leaders. as news broke this week, that 2 vaccines have reached 90 percent of the incentive to speed up trials is growing. russia and china are already rolling out their back scenes to the public

before final testing. is that safe level of scientific says acceptable. you know, brimming with this information, separating fact from fiction is challenging. it's becoming like a bidding war for the german us. it's excess of 90 percent reporting the same figure for its 1st candidate that was monday. in the interim trial results on wednesday, showing actually 92 percent effective, protecting people from covert, it's raising eyebrows among skeptics. but it's also raising hopes that we'll have a vaccine by the end of the year. and the better president vladimir putin says, russia is registering its 3rd vaccine against the coronavirus and insists all of

them are effective. the scientific community doesn't agree and believes starting mass in occupations is risky. the cameras are waiting, they've been promised a celebrity who's ready to be filmed, being given the russian vaccine. sputnik 5 enter, blogger and bodybuilder, alexander spock. the eccentric social media star takes one last selfie before he's injected with a dose of the still unproven vaccine. and you can hear no one had to talk me into doing it. it's always good to be the 1st at something. i always have a negative view of vaccinations, but this is different for the doctors will keep an eye on alexander for the next 6 months to observe the effects of sputnik 5 the russian bloggers enthusiastic to be part of the program and like so many other

people he just wants life to get back to how it was. even though she pushes just normally i travel a lot. i want to work normally to move around. normally. i don't like the masks. now i can get all the medical treatments and be one of the 1st to be really free. when washed batting off, international criticism. russia rushed forward in the global race for a coronavirus vaccine. back in august, sputnik 5 became the world's 1st registered vaccine. but critically, that was before the results of the all important phase 3 trials were published. president vladimir putin is eager to be the man who presents the world with an effective vaccine that would come with guaranteed prestige. and of course profit. in mid october, he made another announcement to novosibirsk

base vector center has registered a 2nd russian coronavirus vaccine at the back corona without doubt, it's an important success that you, dear friends, have achieved was issued in all the meanwhile, alexander spock waits to hear whether sputnik 5 has provided him with antibodies or, not, joins us from the f.a.a., the association of research based pharmaceutical companies. all of these vaccines, although many of them now are sounding more and more promising. so when final testing is over, when or how does production go ahead? well, the production has already started. most companies have produced components of the packs and already at least one company house also reported that they have at least one better, ready for delivery. and with the components the other companies will be able to

have finished product soon as soon as i have an approval, well ready for delivery. so hopes are high, but of course we have to see the final tests a top army general behind the u.s. vaccine initiative. intice a pates the 1st americans could also start receiving $1000.00 vaccines next month. what do you think about that? well, the one company that have was the 1st to report positive efficacy results. and they said that they now have to wait full some days to complete the collection of safety data. and they need safety data from at least 2 months after the last shot from all the participants. when they can have them in their application is complete. then the f.d.a.

in the us and europe can start evaluating the facts and when they have a positive opinion about it, and when there is an approval like installed. so yes, there is a chance to have approval in december. we rob them all were expected in early january. and as far as production goes, how sufficient would you say the global production capacity actually is? well, some months ago, the house being an estimate that there is a global production capacity of something between 2 and 4000000000 doses of covert 19 vaccines that could be produced. that's quite a lot off with we need even mall. so companies have solved it to find more contract manufacturers that produce components for them. and they have also find other companies where they can license the vax into so

that they can produce it as well. e.g. and australia and south africa and japan and so on. so most likely, during 2021, the capacity will even increase. what about the infrastructure? some of these vaccines have to be stored. it is extremely cold temperatures. well, some vaccines indeed need minus 70 degrees. but fortunately, some others that are also very fall in their development. they only need so we hope to hear elf positive. i think it's the date in the next weeks. and then this could make the situation a bit easier for those who have to organize all the delivery of things. and the w h

o has organized the kovacs facility as like call it, that's the kind of an organisation that bias from companies and then distributes the doses they buy between various countries that have signed in. and they make sure that a lot goes to middle and low, low and middle income countries. so, you know, i think those developing countries will be left at the back of the queue at the moment. it seems that the industrialized nations will most likely be quicker with having enough for the population. but on the other hand, we also have mechanisms that make sure that the low and middle income countries will get there at an increasing share. and for example,

companies in india have licenses to mass produce faxon and they have huge capacities when they can deliver. and they have announced that they will deliver it particularly to low and middle income countries, that they will also have their backs in the need. and also, could you give us an idea of how much that seems actually going to cost? well, some companies have mentioned prices, some have already stated that they will have differential prices. so high a price industrial in industrialized countries and a lower price and low and middle income countries for germany at the pills that the vaccination will be cheaper than the all narry influenza vaccination that people have every year. so the prices

are really oriented at the low and some companies have stated that they will orient their prices at their at cost really at their own manufacturing cost. well, impressive stuff. i think i thank you very much for joining us today. from the time to ask derek what he thinks about the latest developments as always on science correspondent is standing by to field your questions on the coronavirus here in south africa. some of us who had covered 1000 have experienced memory loss . is there any research on the cognitive dysfunction? is one of the symptoms on the long list of those associated with covert 19 that i think a lot of people really worry about in some patients. infection with the virus can have affects on, on cognition, as well as on the sensory systems that are tied to it, such as the sense of smell,

some experience delirium or say they still feel a general sense of confusion or, or find it difficult to focus. even long after other people who caught the disease might have recovered from it. the range of symptoms even has a name. people are calling it kovac brain, fog and, and memory loss is being regularly reported by people who experience it. a major recent study from the u.k. that looked at the coronavirus and cognition, including some aspects of short term memory. it was pretty disquieting though it's one that i hasten to add has not yet been through peer review. the scientists behind it compared the results of over 80000, british participants in a nationwide intelligence test. and they correlated that with data on their coded

19 status. so whether they've been infected and the so how severe it was. and the researchers found among the over $1000.00 patients, significant cognitive deficits, including even months later, especially among those who were hospitalized. but even among those who had muddled their cases, the however, there's still that those deficits won't prove lasting. i've been fizzling. it's a part of

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