this is d.w. news, live from berlin, another step in the battle to end. the coronavirus endemic a 2nd 1000 vaccine is now waiting for a merge and see approval is asking both europe and the u.s. for a fast track. a go ahead. also coming up on the show, thousands of farmers have blocked roads leading into the indian capital daily. they fear they'll be exploited under new agricultural reforms and they're prepared for a long battle ahead. plus on world aids day, it's still a taboo subject in south africa. but couldn't new drug

a jew more to stop the spread of h.i.v. in a country where one in 5 people lives with that? i'm claire richards and welcome to the show. well, december is beginning with a race for a function in corona, virus vaccine. us a drug is asking for emergency approval of its covert 1000 vaccine in both europe and the united states. now it could be in use in the u.s. within a week. but as product would be the 2nd drug likely to receive special authorization following another developed by pfizer and its german partner bio on tech. finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the corona virus pandemic. with madonna filing for emergency approval of its vaccine. on monday it could get the green light before

christmas. you end the year? yes, that our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. it is highly possible, that between the 17 and christmas you know, the product is approved. if the u.s., food and drug administration gives the go ahead, inoculations could start within hours led by u.s. vaccination, logistics chief general de stuff seems to going to mean on those. he is a baby under a year. so as soon as we get approval or urge arcana and these teams are going to get hold of a vaccine, we have and stuff shipping it in the conference is going to vaccinate americans within 24 hours on the pro or the company hopes its latest trial results. will lead to speedy approval in other countries too. in trials of the vaccine with more than 30000 people, only 30 participants became seriously ill. all of them had been given placebo shots

. this makes the vaccine 100 percent effective against severe cases of covert. 19 reported side effects include pain at the point of injection, chills and fever. these symptoms usually result within one or 2 days, you know, on a personal level. when we saw the 1st interim results, i think we were all really, really relieved and enthusiastic. i can tell you when i saw the final results last night, they came in a little bit earlier than that. we had a plan for i love myself to cry for the 1st for the company says it will keep monitoring to check for any further side effects. or earlier we spoke to says he's with the european public health alliance, and is a board member of the european medicines agency, which is dealing with modern as request for authorization. here's his assessments. we seen in recent weeks, a lot of these press releases from several pharmaceutical companies. we've seen

candidates, but pharmaceutical companies press release is not necessarily science. it can be marketing but is not science. so where this very critical point right now, where the regulators, for instance, the european medicines agency in europe, needs to look at all the data and come to its own conclusions on whether and not and when to authorize these products and to provide these at the ground for these, vaccine candidate with a condition of marketing authorization for the u.s., it's up to the food and drug administration, the f.d.a. . so there they have different procedures and we see when the green light, we come from the e.u. made for the for europe. doesn't it? the zip tool assessments do not necessarily need to be aligned. i would say at this stage, we have on one hand, the procurement procedures ongoing for the procurement of these potential vaccines . but we should let the record do their job. their job is something different than

the procurement negotiations for sealing these contracts for these potential vaccines against of it 19. this is a good news indeed. i mean, it is certainly promising news, but there were companies themselves in their own press releases. they were making clear that this is preliminary data, which is likely to change. therefore, i think clinical trials, they get that transparency ease essential to having an independent review and assessment of these data. because of course companies they know they're conducting the trials and they can claim whatever they want. but we need to check those claims . and we need to make sure that we provide them see the sense not only in europe, obviously, but around the world with safe and effective effective vaccines. i think you will agree with me that this is essential for the overall trust and confidence in vaccines. and the overall trust in the handling of the public health emergency. yes,

and that's is from the european public health alliance and board member of the european medicines agency there. well, now let's have a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic. the u.n. says the crisis has fueled a dramatic rise in the number of people worldwide who need emergency assistance. because of a pandemic, a record 35000000000 dollars will be required for humanitarian aid next year. and the head of the red cross has warned that vaccine misinformation could create a so-called 2nd pandemic. francesco rucka said measures were needed to build confidence in vaccinations that will be critical to fight the pandemic. turkey meanwhile, has tightened its restrictions, an ounce and a curfew on weekdays, and full lock downs over the weekends. and vietnam has reported its 1st locally transmitted case. in 3 months, authorities have introduced temporary lockdowns. and now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world deforestation in a, brazil's amazon rainforest has surged to its highest level in 12 years,

according to official figures. the national research agency says destruction has risen sharply under right wing president in our 0. this year alone, an area 7 times the size of london has been stripped. bare officials have up held joe biden's election victory in the us. states of arizona and wisconsin biden won arizona 510000 votes to spite the trump campaign appealing against of the results. separately in a key appointment biden has named a former federal reserve chief janet yellen as his choice for treasury sector secretary, a landmark paris bookstore is calling for crisis help. shakespeare and company is a magnet for tourists and persians alike. the shop's turnover has fallen by 80 percent since the pandemic began, but orders have flooded in since staff alerted a social media to its lights. well,

thousands of farmers have blocked roads into india's capital daily to protest agricultural reforms. the same in the new laws to deregulate crop pricing will leave them at the mercy of big corporations. in response, a prime minister, narendra modi said, protesters are being misled by opposition parties, and that the laws will benefit them. these $20000.00 farmers aren't going anywhere their trucks and tractors, blocking major highways, sneak in the is capital h. about tract is loaded with russians for up to 4 months. until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the families feel their livelihoods are under threat. new laws mean the government will soon stop buying grain at guaranteed prices. the pharmacy claim that could leave them at the mercy of corporations who won't pay

enough for their crops. india's prime minister is trying to placate the groups because their protests, a causing disruption and threaten to cost him politically. i want to tell the citizens and farmers no doubt from the banks of the river ganges, and the holy city of vera nasri. that we are working with intentions, which are as pure as the water of the river ganges. and without any intention of betrayal, modi's government says the laws give farmers the freedom to sell their crops prodded by is rob of them through the state. they insist the holes will drive up prices, but the farmers who remain unconvinced. we have always suspected the government's intentions because they have become a slave of the corporations. they want to turn us into this slaves as well. it is

that by the pharmacy protests have been going on for months since polman pos, the new low is in september. but they only caught the country's attention in recent days, when thousands of farmers clashed with police security forces used tear gas and water cannons to prevent protesters from entering delhi, it was stopped just outside the city. but the now determined to camp out for the long haul well today marks a world aids day with the aim of raising awareness of the fight against hiv, which is particularly important in times of the coronavirus. and despite great progress in recent years, that hiv pandemic is far from over, especially in africa. our correspondent adrian krishna reports from cape town in south africa, a country where one in 5 people is living with the virus. for almost 2 decades,

the nonprofit organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv. like here in the cape town township of delft. true 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory but then her life took a difficult turn. and the accident left her unable to work, our problems followed, and then she became infected with hiv. in my family, from my house. my family didn't want to have anything to do with me after my h. i.v. diagnosis. they cut of contact, and even now if my neighbors knew i have hiv, they would only say hello from a distance. they wouldn't invite me to their homes. it means i also keep my distance. it's not easy being a positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. and i find that said dr. hughes, on rainy, is used to hearing similar stories. at least half of the community

has a family name that somebody that they know that they have you positive but it's but it's so common here, but people don't speak about it. they are not open about it. they might speak to us about it and then not speak to the service providers about it, but they will definitely not speak they, they're not open about the status. they worried about discrimination. although stigma is still a massive problem. in many communities, south africa has made a mess of progress in the fight against hiv aids. over the past years, most people, the vast majority of those living with hiv, know their status and are on medication. and just recently, researchers announced possibly for the good news. the preventative drug prep has been available for several years around 90000. south africans protect themselves against hiv infection by taking a daily tablet. now a study into

a similar preventative drug that needs to only be injected every 8 weeks has found to be even more efficient. women particularly have many challenges with taking a pill a day, issues of their habits of taking a pill, but also people experience a lot of social pressures. so women are judged as living with hiv. if they're taking pills that look like antiretrovirals, they may have judgments about their sexual activity and partners may feel that they are wanting to be unfaithful. so there are many barriers to taking a pill a day. and what the injections were able to do is overcome some of those challenges by being discreet and convenient. independent researchers also see the injection as an important developments, but further research is necessary to find other options to prevent hiv in women. young women are the hardest hit group in south africa, and we lag behind some highly you know,

jews hope in cape town also believes the injection could be a great help, but it may not be available for a number of years. in the meantime, more argent issues remain due to the covered pandemic. fewer patients are going to clinics. as a result, the number of new infections, a new born says on the rise, a worrying trend after all the hard work to stop the spread of the virus. now engineers in japan have been putting an 18 meter tall, a robot through its paces. the mighty creation is modeled after a figure in the japanese cartoon, mobile suited gunda, which features a normas battle robots, piloted by humans. the series of spawned a multiple spinoffs and has fans around the world. robot took a 6 years to complete in a global challenge,

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