for more let's bring in political correspondent hans brandt times how is the preparation process going for vaccination in the country. well in fact the infrastructure for the vaccination is in place vaccination centers have been built up all over germany in sports stadia in sports holes in holes from trade fairs and that sort of thing everything is being concentrated on these centers so that the infrastructure can be guaranteed because there's vaccine obviously has to be very very strongly cooled it has to be stored at temperatures of minus 70 degrees centigrade all of that can only be assured in such central. vaccination centers that have not been established that have been they've had their test runs and they are able to start pretty much immediately as soon as the vaccine is available whenever that is as the minister said and that could be before christmas or just after christmas we don't know for sure at the moment what more do

we learn today from the press conference. well this was a press conference that basically was cold on the eve of the locked on being imposed as this is the last day or 2 days before the locked on and there was a very very intense appeal from the health minister from the head of the german institute for infection control the robot coffin situated as well as from a virus which is and professor who is in charge of ethical rules on who and when is going to be vaccinated 1st all of this all of these experts had an intense appeal to the public that they should not stick to these rules that there should stick to this locked on the issue of not trying to avoid the rules rather there should be even a stricter than the rules have are calling for in other words the situation of the infection control experts say it is very dire in germany it hasn't been

a serious as this ever since the beginning of the pandemic so it was a very intense appeal for people actually to stick to these rules in fact what people have been doing today is rushing to the shops because it is the last day of shopping possible before christmas so they're not actually following that appeal today but the hope is that from tomorrow they will come bronze with a view from berlin thank you. you know let's get more now we are joined by angela oman who is professor of infectious diseases and a m.p. for the opposition for democrats in the german parliament welcome to you i'd like to begin by asking you because we've all seen the images from the u.s. from the u.k. people who are already getting this text seen it's a german vaccine why isn't this happening in germany at. because germany made up their mind that we want to have a european solution we want to have a full approval through the aim in europe sure that we have a european approval as

a whole because i think it's very important that safety over speed is something very important for our population here in europe and within germany and i do approve the proceedings that we go through the aim of without emergency approval and on top of that out we have to be very clear the aim is hardly ever that fast possibly approving a new medication or a vaccine ok so taking a more cautious approach on your doctor as you mentioned talk with us about the prioritization that now need to occur in terms of who gets this vaccine 1st how will it be organized. this is a big challenge 1st of all and not only locally by the local governments or the city governments this is a challenge actually for the whole a legislature and to be sure that the priorities east is put into a law because what is very clear even if we have approval next week 2 weeks from

today that everybody is will we get this vaccine and we have to be sure that the specially volatile populations like the elderly the 80 or beyond 75 received the vaccine 1st and then the others and this is a logistical challenge but also an ethical challenge and that's why we see from the free democrats we need legislation in the german parliament to pass the law with the price of the vaccines and the vaccine. or to call it the ruling body within the rubber cough and see to the sheiko past actually a paper a good paper prior to priori sizing the people who need the vaccine and one thing was just missing just missing as is easily said than done we need also some ruling for the handicapped because people with trees of 21 were missed in the priorities

aish and they need to be added to the list as well talk with us a little bit more about the ethics and i mean this is a really fascinating aspect of this and a lot of people will be asking questions in terms of you know who is indeed being prioritised. how do you suggest that things proceed to now going forward in order to make sure that that runs smoothly and fairly and ethically. well 1st of all we have to define aims that we are looking at what goals do we want and the goal is very clear we want to reduce the mortality rate of 19 disease within each country or within europe and then you have to look at the numbers who was affected especially with corbett 900 infections and who died and these are especially the elderly population in our given countries so if we get the vaccine to those especially vulnerable groups 1st then we will reduce the more teletoon rate on top of that we have to

think about the more pretty teeth great as well the onus of the load of illness that causes a strain on our health care systems to reduce disease is also a very important part and to that matter the vaccine trials that were published last week actually demonstrate the ficus e regards to reduction of disease and the next step the of course how do we protect those especially health care professionals that are dealing with those patients that have to get 19 they need the vaccine as well this is the priority zeeshan route which we need approval by the society but as well as by the legislation as well. angelman professor for infectious diseases and the liberal party in the german parliament thank you so much. thank you dr these ensuring the

1st wave of the pandemic germany was praised for keeping infection numbers relatively low from the very beginning of the crisis the southern german city of tube again has stuck to a simple formula when it comes to protecting society is most vulnerable members with astonishing success theresa tropper went to find out more. just under 100 senior citizens live at this care home and to being in southern germany and they're all highly vulnerable to the coronavirus to keep infection out visitors including reporters like me must follow strict rules on hygiene and in recent weeks visitors have also been able to take advantage of a free on site coronavirus test especially trained carer takes the swap in just a few seconds. at the moment they carry out 30 to 40 tests a day but that number is growing a few minutes later you get the result and can go ahead with your visit the town council pays for the testing programme and despite the overall increase no one was

tested positive for weeks that's a big relief for the managers and residents alike. it means we can say that after a negative test visiting can go ahead. it's crucial for the wellbeing of the residents to keep up their social contacts we know that it could psychological stress on many of them when visiting had to stop earlier in the year. and it's not just in care homes but also in the rest of the town that extreme measures are being taken to protect the elderly secular gated shopping times help senior citizens to avoid contact with others subsidized taxis and free masks are also available for those in high risk groups that's a deliberate strategy they may have came in for criticism at the start of the pandemic for speaking out in a way that many saw as

a just the town has since spent half a 1000000 euros protecting its elderly people. as a mathematician i looked at the figures and even in april it was clear that people over 70 were most at risk of dying so we had to take action to protect them and that would also stop the intensive care units from becoming overloaded. the strategy seems to be working so far and older people say they appreciate this preferential treatment. i think in my view them with of course everyone has to take responsibility for themselves but in general i think that the measures that have been taken absolutely right she didn't fire good and. to my mind it's all being done very well i used the transport service when i need to. more. targets is a must burden i'm wearing this mask that mr palmer sent me in the post and i keep it in the car so that i don't forget it and it's

a good president that the sec even 2 older people and. a few hours later a couple of senior citizens to get tested positive one of them in the care home we was that it earlier so going into the strict national lockdown is something both this it is residents and it's mayor except it's necessary because we're not going to be on perfect being in and we didn't manage to improve our contact tracing either so if there's got to be a lockdown it's got to be the same everywhere otherwise everyone would just come here to do their shopping it's got to be a lockdown that applies to everyone is to. the town has also come up with its own christmas plans instead of having festive market stalls they're setting up a testing station where everyone can get a free test before they go and visit their family over the holidays. meanwhile the u.s. has marked a major milestone in the fight against corona virus the country has started administering the 1st doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine doctors nurses and other

vulnerable groups are 1st in line for the shot at the u.s. death toll now surpassing 300000 millions are hoping that today will mark a turning point in the fight against the pandemic. a moment of hope in the u.s. most of all from my medical workers who were honored with receiving the 1st coronavirus vaccinations in the country this is the beginning of the end for coal fit together as a community as a nation we can and this. the 1st recipients seemed eager to convince others that the vaccine was safe it's very important that when the vaccine comes that we took to science it is ok to take your elsewhere in an effort to show government confidence in the shot acting defense secretary christopher miller also took his jab on camera. that's it oh i thought i heard all.

advisory panels in the u.s. and the u.k. have determined that the benefits of the shot fine outweigh the risks yet one in 3 people in the us say they won't take it sorry i'm not interested it will never take it out of my dead body. i don't know why so. before. logistics pose another challenge because the country is so big and the concoction so fragile the bio intake finds a vaccine has to be kept at a chilling minus 70 degrees celsius a deep temperature requiring massive amounts of dry ice. despite all this u.s. officials are preparing for the largest vaccination campaign in the country's history along with front line workers the elderly are also 1st in line to get an ocular lated. as corona virus cases climb sharply u.s.

authorities have set a goal of vaccinating every willing american by midway through next year. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world german police say that they have arrested another suspect in last year's robbery of priceless jewelry from the famous grain vaults museum in dresden only last month investigators arrested 3 young men 2 suspects remained on the run now one of them has been detained in berlin. armenia and azerbaijan have been exchanging prisoners of war following a bloody conflict over the territory of milk or no car of the 2 x. opiate nations found fought for 6 weeks before russia brokered a cease fire last month it's not immediately clear how many prisoners they intend to return. and explosion in afghanistan has killed 3 people including the deputy

governor of the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown assailants attached a bomb to his fee a call no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. turkish president richard type everyone has called on the u.s. to reverse its decision to impose sanctions on his country washington slapped the sanctions on turkey after the country purchased a russian made anti aircraft missile system the u.s. and turkey are nato allies and washington says the missiles in danger nato forces. the russian president vladimir putin has congratulated joe biden on his victory hours after the u.s. electoral college rubberstamp him as the winner of last month's election a statement from the kremlin quoted putin as saying he was ready for quote collaboration and the official vote by the electoral college paves the way for congress to accept the outcome of the election when it sits down on january the 6th outgoing president donald trump has yet to recognize biden's victory it was the

state of california that tipped the scales that the electoral college. california the most populous state in the united states would be formally have to get the votes for the winner of our state's popular vote approves of our biden vice presidential running mate california's own problem here or. across the u.s. state elections confirms the popular vote formalizing joe biden's victory in the november elections the president elect hailed the democratic process. in america politicians don't take power people group power to them. the flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago and we now know nothing not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can extinguish that flame. president trump has refused to acknowledge defeat citing baseless claims of election fraud he's

launched a string of lawsuits to overturn results in battleground states courts have rejected every one but last week the supreme court dismissed a lawsuit and invalidating results in full states that biden had won. it's a position sarge 3 we've never seen before a position that refused to respect the will of the people refuse respect the rule of law and refuse to honor our constitution. thankfully a unanimous supreme court i'm really completely rejected this effort. trumps brazen accusations have stoked anger among his supporters leading to threats of violence to politicians and election officials in states such as michigan electors had to cast their vote amid tight security. most republican lawmakers have so far backstrom flailing attempts to overturn the election those are looking even

less viable after the election college confirmed by didn't win but trump loyalists could mount one last desperate attempt when congress confirms the electors vote on january 6th. a new media investigation has found that a group of russian special agents followed opposition leader alexina vali 4 years before he was poisoned this summer therefore it says that agents from russia security service the f.s.b. were part of an intelligence team stash allies in toxins and are of age it's. an independent thorough investigation of a crime that the russian government refuses to consider investigative website billing cat reveals a story about a specially trained team of russian agents with the goal of poisoning dissident aleksey novelle me with a deadly nerve agent chalk. at the moment it's no value i found out who tried to kill me i know where they live and where they work i know their real names their

fake names and i have photos of them. belling cat worked with russian news organization the insider german newspaper der spiegel and u.s. broadcast to c.n.n. to map out evidence that novell me was being followed by the russian security service the f.s.b. well before the incident and even revealed previous attempts to poison him. that this is a story about a secret group of killers from the f.s.b. which includes doctors and chemists it's about how they tried to kill me several times and once nearly killed my wife you won't hear about this on t.v. especially that the one giving orders to this group is russian president vladimir putin. that used publicly available flight logs and other information to back up their claims. and we did this we found that there were 3 people who had the same bioterrorism bombing and they were really surprised we looked more of these people and we noticed that these people were the computer colleagues had fallen about me for over 30 trips to 2070 practically every time the only one around russia because

he was a presidential candidate i'm sorry i'm 2017 these people have the exact same trouble i can read probably not all that. an anti corruption activist and kremlin critic so dangerously ill on a flight from siberia to moscow in organist he was later flying to germany's capital berlin for treatment and was in an induced coma for 2 weeks. german french and swedish laboratories have determined he was poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent nor the chalk. has a long held the kremlin responsible for his poisoning accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. the islamist militia of boko haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of over 300 schoolchildren in northern nigeria in a voice recording sent to a nigerian newspaper the head of the group. say coul justify the

abduction of the schoolboy saying that poke a hole rom rejected western education and according cannot be independently verified gunmen attacked a secondary school in the city of kankar on friday night many of the 600 boys present at the school were able to escape local authorities say that they have entered negotiations with the kidnappers. very influenced a koran who joins us now from lagos do we have any idea of how the boys are doing and whether there is any chance that they will be a release. well we don't have any information about how the boys are doing however what we do know of all the boys is that. the ones that were able to escape some of them were able to run into the bushes and they were able to find a few of them but the ones that have been kidnapped we don't have any information

about them what we what we also know is that there's a possibility that it wasn't. not so these boys locals in the community of kankar actually believe that these kidnap was done by bandits in the area. but if i understand correctly has claimed responsibility so i mean but if we were more do we know about. yes boko haram has claimed responsibility but when you go to conquer. states a lot of people believe that the kidnapping was done by the bandits now the reason why they believe it was done by the. ram is because bandits have been operating in that era out quadrants of them fly around 10 years and they've tried to attack the school about 3 times on successfully and after this carried out they asked for ransom which is very on like. now people are saying that before iran is only

claiming responsibility because we are seeking agreeable recognition. whereas it's wasn't really them that performed nobody really knew who was behind them it's. preview response to the president who hari meantime repeatedly promising to tackle islamist terrorism what's gone wrong. i wish i could answer that question was has gone wrong he promised in nigeria that he was going to fix the salami stomach terrorism since 2015 this year we are yet to see who remains in fact things have been getting worse progressive just really should go that was on the top 100. in the southeast of nigeria now in the southwest and this will be the very 1st of its kind in southwest nigeria i

mean in this modern we have hundreds of people being kidnapped and even in the home states president hu harming himself he's from prestige not states so i think this is a big blow on their message to 9 jury and that the words of praise then don't really mean much of the news though really much what we have seen on the ground if incidents like this keep happening over and over again and yet the president is coming out. tell people that boko haram has been technically the phaeton ahas dream has been ended just to see not touch that what is really happening so i think this is a question for president why we are nice seemed so on so. good nigeria thank you. quick reminder of the top stories we're following germany's health minister says that new approval for the pfizer fire on tech cold make that scene could come sooner than expected it could now be approved before christmas but he urged the

public not to let its guard out saying lockdown measures needed to be taken seriously if rising infection numbers are to be stopped. and separated from her family and forced to work another testimony emerges from what really goes on behind the walls of china's so-called to reeducation camps engine job. up next it is t w news asia i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us take care. of the law.

i think is everything challenging 1st on how to become a muslim. so much different culture between here and there still challenging for everything. in the synthesis i think it was worth it for me to come to germany.

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