this is the w. news, live from berlin. another boost to european hopes for a covert vaccine before the end of the year. drug makers, pfizer, and the german part of biotech follow in madonna's footsteps and asked europe for a fast track. go ahead. also on the program, a warning on world aids day, almost 40000000, people are living with a child thing. but experts say progress against the aids pandemic could be undone by the coronavirus. thousands of farmers blocked roads leading into the indian capital delhi. they fear they'll be exploited on the new agricultural reforms.

they're prepared for a long battle. now we go to japan to meet ganda green giant robot that surprisingly has been antiwar message. i'm getting out of as welcome to the program. we start with what could be a glimmer of light. at the end of the covert tunnel, europe could see 20900 vaccines available by the end of the year. the past few hours, u.s. drugmaker pfizer and its german partner by on tech announced they had submitted their vaccine for emergency approval by the european medicines agency. a day after the drug company, madonna asked for emergency approval of its vaccine in both europe and the united states. 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. eve n.d.s. told us that our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. if you how people see board 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 met by u.s. vaccination, logistics chief general because stuff seems to me down does. he's a baby under a year. so as soon as we get approval or urge our can and he's teams are going to get hold of a vaccine we have and start shipping it in a 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, or one 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 resolved 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 planned for a lot myself to cry for the 1st hour. the company says it will keep monitoring to check for any further side effects. well for more on this let's bring in dr. john campbell. he's an independent health analyst and joins us from colorado.