back to business when case number. or does it have a different significance well you may think that a higher number in cases comes hand in hand with more deaths but it is not necessarily always the case you may remember for example the 1st wave of the pandemic here in germany germany was badly affected during that 1st wave but if you compared germany's death rate with that of other european countries you found that germany had i loathe the death rate so it does not necessarily always mean that a higher caseload means also death rate in this particular case german authorities are indeed concerned particularly concerned about the number of deaths you already mentioned the number of deaths in the last 24 hours and we already reached this week over 1300 deaths and this is certainly one very important element that authorities have been discussing what it comes to introducing new restrictions new lockdown measures well german chancellor angela merkel probably have those figures

on mind when she confronted a partial lockdown that will remain in place until at least early january but restrictions on get togethers will be loosened over christmas although some public health experts warn of the consequences. winter's coming. and german chancellor angela merkel warned it could be a long one. if you have notion to move them up we had already made clear in november that unless there were significant changes for the better it was highly likely that the measures in place until december 28th would be extended and that's what we've now agreed to do. with the record daily death toll reported on wednesday the partial lockdown has done little to turn the tide here in germany. he said i the simplest question is whether we leave the country in this state of half sleep or if we decide it's some point to introduce significantly tougher measures we'll see how efficient the measures currently in place are. for now the restrictions

will remain in place until january 10th for the vendors here at billings famous christmas market this is not the season to be jolly as visitors will only be allowed to buy their more wine insisting sausages to go mum with a tray we need to ask ourselves what to do we don't know what will happen it's not really a christmas market just a few stands this far i was there last year before i flew back to each of the it was wonderful i think it's a real shame that there's nothing to see here i'm really sorry that stuff. restaurants and bars had to close when the partial lockdown was introduced in november many are now looking to take out orders and loyal customers to stay afloat . it's got to be since we're home it's a bit difficult at the moment of course but we're doing our best when. we're open for take outs with new offers and a regular customer support us we'll see how long it lasts but i really hope the

situation and. for many the promise of a vaccine has offered a glimmer of hope. but until then many worry it's going to be a long and lonely christmas. well thomas the partial lockdown in germany then doesn't seem to be working one is that well it depends what you look at so on the one hand there are some positive elements the fact that for example exponential growth ha stopped that the numbers have been able to stabilize that's something that we heard from the holocaust institute some time ago today yet at the same time numbers continue to be very high not only the death numbers that we're already spoke about but also the overall cases you had over 22000 new cases in the last 24 hours and this essentially means that the numbers are not down enough for

authorities to change those restrictions to ease those restriction and that explains why i'm going to merkel the german chancellor on also the regional leaders announced to extend restrictions until the beginning of january. let's talk arcs in asian though they won't happen before christmas in germany as the countries waiting for european approval hold germany tackle this muscle press and logistically. germany is already preparing for that operation logistically and the 1st element of that plan is the distribution of vaccine that will be distributed through around 60 regional centers very big regional centers so for example here in berlin they will be using a disused the airport terminal and through those centers they will be able to distribute the vaccine accordingly to the different parts of the country then the 2nd element is who will have priority when it comes to receiving the vaccine there are so father german government german authorities are stressed that they intend

1st and foremost to prioritize health care workers people in risk groups and then also people in relevant professions like for example teachers or police officers political correspondent tom sparrow thank you tony. threats from minister boris johnson says vulnerable groups in the country will be vaccinated against the corona virus beginning next week the u.k. on wednesday became the 1st country in the world to authorize a vaccine developed by biome take pfizer the u.s. and the e.u. are expected to follow suit in the coming weeks but those of the vaccine will initially be in short supply raising the question of who should be on top of the ku shoe to receive it. everyone in the world who wants to get vaccinated against kovan 1000 should be able to at least that's the idea but demand for the vaccine is likely to be much greater than the initial supply now governments must decide who comes 1st and him must wait most agree that fair distribution should take place

independent of a country or individual's ability to pay in britain an independent commission has developed a multi-step plan according to the key factors of infection risk and age residence and employees in nursing homes take 1st priority next in line are those over 80 years old and then health care professionals then high risk adults under 65 can take their turn followed by seniors over 65. the most important thing is to make sure that we get people as many people as possible starting with the most vulnerable and those who work in the front line of the n.h.s. vaccination effectively in countries with federal states like germany or the us the decision will be left to individual states the u.s. advisory commission recommends that residents of nursing homes and health care workers be vaccinated 1st germany is also working to create a system of prioritizing vaccinations chancellor angela merkel says above all it won't be mandated month with. nobody will be forced vaccinated this is

a voluntary decision fog of the of a question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission in. country but i think i can already revealed this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups who. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. well i'm now joined by one there who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. so when they if you can answer will start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work. thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee of vaccination and immunology here at the u.k.

has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating to us in that order people are people who have both. the disposition and also we're going to be going into the health care system and then minus 88 years old age and then really don't do the age until it reached safety and that is all of on the 8 phases approach. as stablished here and i don't see steep descent and it just helps where the vaccine was come 1st because it has to be mandated. some c.s. and then there will be a small 'd pizza boxes those would be delivered to the care homes we have care and the care that has a dental would be immunized so that is the approach that is going to be taken very soon because we will be expecting i don't know it and it's all in those as they maxine in the next week but several other vaccines now wait to approval how far

along are we in that process. yes absolutely martin that's already some interest there are those here to ask a gate at all so they have approached the european ready to use and the d.n.c. has gone for the approval process so i am expecting that money and approval process wouldn't be significantly far from the 5 and beyond jack and that. would be just as i think of basically have some glitches because the number of people who are assessed to have that long small of those and once we're told rosen really enough so that only 2 of them 800 so this means that they need to do more croyle misworded that i have seen could be presented with i believe the forty's but certainly in the 1st 2021 we will have other vaccines that would be getting really close to be a problem on sunsets so the future is bright you say the future is broad but will these vaccines be the end of covert 19 or will we have to get vaccinated every year just like we do with the flu. you know that's that's the most important question of

the moment because what we have seen so far that most of the front runner vaccines including pfizer bio intact and as far as anything is that they could have kept somebody from getting so the it's almost the inspection but they don't protect anybody shutting the inspection so that means the person who has that sedated can still share the virus that can still inside to anybody in the community so this means that it would have relatively little impact on to delaying the date they depend on me for shortening the life of that and i mean but what it does it would certainly prevent people from getting. some this infection and this is particularly important of what we put or the infection so example in the household there is only 2 people there only 'd 2 people that are illegal in the list to get the vaccine and the rest of the family members they are still susceptible to the inspection so it would be a mixture of people the minorities and non human eyes into the nation that would increase that is false what is communicating within the within the household as

well so certainly there would be a lot more challenges on the way as we move along challenges remain about those lines at the end of the tunnel moment monier from lancaster university many thanks for joining us here on news thanks for having me. time now to have a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world today hundreds of immigrants from ethiopia have been airlifted to israel as part of a plan to bring 2000 to theo paeans of jewish descent to the country they were welcomed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu but activists say the government should be doing even more to reunite thousands of other ethiopian jews with family members in israel. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lie has been charged with fraud and detained until his next court hearing in april a court refused to grant him bail over a charge that his anti-government newspaper violated the lease terms of its offices

the decision comes a day after the jailing of 3 prominent pro-democracy campaigners. bangladesh has begun relocating hundreds of refugees to a remote island in the bay of bengal rights groups say the lion island is prone to cite loans and floods and not safe for human habitation on the day she hopes the relocation will ease overcrowding in its refugee camps more than a 1000000 range of source shelter in the camps from persecution in neighboring myanmar. farmers in india are not budging as they continue their blockade of roads into the capital delhi tens of thousands are protesting agricultural reforms that they say will make them vulnerable to exploitation by big corporations prime minister narendra modi insists the laws were designed to benefit farmers. that's have a look at the latest development in the corona virus pandemic the number of people hospitalized with covert 19 in the united states has reached 100000 in all time

high as the pandemic places increasing strain on health care systems italy will place strict limits on travel over the christmas and new year's period movements between regions will be banned from december 21st russia's president vladimir putin has ordered a voluntary mass vaccination to start next week moscow says its sputnik vaccine is 92 percent effective well russia's 2nd wave of corona virus at its summer has had some of its regions hard in many cities there are hardly any hospital beds left officials the statistics say almost $40000.00 people in russia have died from corona virus but media reports say the excess mortality in the country is 4 times higher than last year our correspondent emily showing went to the city of in the country's southwest where it is mainly undertakers who experience these grim figures 1st and. with

a steady stream of coronavirus dead speed is of the essence at the morgue every morning the team from the funeral agency comes here to collect new victims of the pandemic. 29 year old. has been working at the funeral home for 12 years but he says he's never had to bury this many bodies but one time there was a huge line of persons standing in line outside the morgue it was only then that people started to understand that the death really. called the relatives to identify the body. this morgue in the city of is only for those who died of the corona virus or had contact with an infected person the bodies have to be sealed in plastic the coffin is closed. many russians feel they are dead should be treated with more respect toward explains. the relatives are often more

tense than usual because their dead are handed over to them in plastic bags. to open the bags so i tell them that right away some people cry and demand that we open the bags then i have to explain that they could get infected themselves this virus is no joke. but bring it to. you he has been in the business for 7 years today he's in charge of the team of undertakers he says since the 2nd wave of corona virus there has been at least twice as many deaths in the city of funeral agencies have had a tough time keeping up with we have more work a lot more work over a 1000000 people live in the capital of the republic of. government statistics say that only around 80 people in the region have died of the corona virus since the pandemic began but official numbers also show that during that time over $4000.00

more people died than in the same period last year corona virus infections are spiking across russia but authorities insist the situation is under control. the undertakers aren't so sure today unity and his team are interring and 92 year old woman she didn't die of the coronavirus that means her relatives can say their final farewell with an open casket which is the tradition in russia. usually funerals are big family affairs in russia but the pandemic has changed that people are often worried about getting infected and stay away. so far no one on yuri's team has caught ko that he can only hope it will stay that way . people say if it's decided up there think she'll get run over by a street car you won't drown fate is fate if the coronavirus is of my faith it will

pass me by. her with me we're very good the next day the team prepares for 4 more funerals tour and his colleagues hardly have time to worry about their own health at the moment they're just too busy. but our correspondent only 7 father reports joins us now from moscow only what's driving this increase in cases and deaths in that russia's weeds. well in the spring most of the cases of cases were taking place in moscow most of the deaths as well and of course the epidemic the pandemic rather has been spreading across the country now when it comes to the number of deaths actually in russia they're pretty low comparatively for example to the u.s. there have been officially only 40000 deaths but recently there have been questions about that number of journalists here have been pointing out that actually the

number of excess deaths could be much higher and could point to much higher number of coded deaths so essentially during the pandemic a much higher number of people died than in the same period last year and that could point to the fact that the statistics that we're seeing on deaths every day could be perhaps not quite accurate quite accurate and despite this question this murky question of the deaths it's clear that the health system here in russia is very much overstretched particularly outside of moscow in the regions the health minister here in russia recently at the beginning of the month said that around 80 percent of hospital beds are currently occupied across the country in some regions he said that number is this high as 95 percent so essentially there are no beds left and there have been reports in recent weeks of one siberian city where people patients were offered seeding seats at the hospital rather than beds to all these

numbers being reported as huge towards the virus changing in russia. well according to surveys in the spring around 30 or 40 percent of people here in russia said that they were very concerned about the corner virus and now that number has just about doubled but my sense is that people kind of here often only believe that the corona virus is really real when they've been infected or they've seen other people being affected and the undertakers that i spoke to in that report also said that they know a lot of people who just simply don't believe that the corona virus is real a lot of people are kind of lax on mask wearing and on taking measures and a lot of people also have this very russian i would say attitude where they just say if i get sick that's my fate and and that's how they accept it. from of them assured in moscow thank you ali. today is international day of

people with disabilities here in germany group of choreographers and dancers is looking to bring more diversity to best stage there also will include several members who actually have disabilities. this is how york wants to be seen as an aspiring professional dancer in a contemporary dance troupe a talented newcomer to the scene. i have down syndrome but that's not my whole story not how i feel about myself i'm a normal person like you. the 28 year old is non sambal member of the dance company it's a not so by the group includes dancers with and without impairments this is really. for me it's normal to be different and to accept people just as they are.

using. the group as rehearsing for their next premiere. miner and william sanchez are convinced that the world of professional dance should be open to everyone they believe people with disabilities can greatly enrich contemporary dance theatre. it's all inside guinness should tons contemporary dance is about expression movement raising different topics right there on the stage suspicion of the big body language and i mean everybody with or without a disability mean meets these criteria. never the less they have to put more effort into getting gigs than conventional companies that say it's my dance company says it has often experienced discrimination. by the whole could board.

despite this we would like to have more performances nationwide. and we're working more and more every day with that news mission where this kind of art has never been shown before to talk to shifting. a theater in the city of rattling and is hosting this evening's dance concert soon the curtains will open tonight is their big premiere receive i'm excited. the play is about diversity and there are questions of identity. and the premiere is a complete success. in some of the dancers and wonderful. obviously i've never seen anything like this it was beautiful. new york believes the art of dance thrives on diversity. in the future he wants to convince even more people that this is true. you're watching news here's

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