this is g.w. news live from berlin critical days for germany's health care system with new infections at record high levels the number of hospitalized patients is also climbing rapidly we report from the front lines were down and previously healthy patients are battling to stay alive. also coming up guilty verdicts in france and shyly of doe trial a paris court convicts 14 people for their role in the 2015 islamist attacks on the secure magazine and a jewish soup. and it's good to see the football byron munich had to battle from

behind to the ball skirt and it was red hot striker robert watson d'arcy to the rescue yet again. i'm sorry so much got to thank you for joining us germany plans to roll out its coded vaccination program on december 27th and nursing homes will be the 1st in line to receive the shots but the vaccines won't come soon enough for many of germany's hospitals a leading german doctor fears more and more medics will be left making decisions on who gets lifesaving treatment in the coming weeks we look now at the already dire situation in one german hospital. a new kind of a patient has a drive by ambulance to try bags university hospital he's traveling in a special isolation pod so none of the transport team gets a. affected that patient is only in his forty's he's transferred to viviane it

starts months intensive care unit with 5 members of her team she turns him on his stomach the prone position is an important therapy for seriously ill tova patients the team make sure the patient is well padded as he will lie like this for several hours afterwards said the inflammation sits at the back of the lungs and a lot of fluid collects there the lungs can heal if we lie on them the whole time churning patients under their stomachs their lungs get air and can heal. pretty soft and. once a day the team turns each patient on to their front and back again it's a big effort but printing and being put on a ventilator is not sufficient for many critically ill patients. need to be connected to an artificial lung to keep them alive. it

pumps the patient's blood into a machine where carbon dioxide is extracted and oxygen added. to the blood is then pumped back into the patient's body. for patients who are this ill there aren't many options left this is the last trump card we've got. our therapeutic options a sobering we've got oxygen and the artificial lung but that only gives us more time the lungs have to heal by themselves. in the hospital pharmacy there's no wonder drug against the coronavirus ram disappear one of the great hopes at the start of the pandemic has yielded disappointing results as have many other drugs medics of the virus for nearly a year now but the odds of surviving a severe case haven't improved much yet every 2nd patient who's on a ventilator dies and behind each of those numbers is a human being. in the 2nd wave many young and healthy people live also been

infected but that's no guarantee for a milder cause of the illness. and this is a young man 45 years old with a very severe case of coded he's a prime example that a young healthy person without any notable preexisting medical conditions can be proved to the brink of death by the virus. is in the intensive care units really are the limit we have to be clear about that there may still be some spare beds but every day those few and the patients lie here for a long time for weeks even months and that means that the beds don't free up again quickly. at the moment they can still fight for every single patients life here but the time off to christmas could turn into the intensive care teams was a nightmare. let's take a look now at some of the latest developments in the pandemic globally the u.s.

has registered more than $3700.00 coppa deaths within 24 hours another grim record that's according to numbers compiled by johns hopkins university twitter has announced it will remove tweets containing misinformation about covert $1000.00 vaccines facebook and you tube have already announced similar measures and a health worker in the u.s. has suffered a severe allergic reaction after getting the biotech pfizer vaccine unlike similar cases in the u.k. she had no history of serious allergies doctors say they are prepared to treat a rare reactions which can happen during vaccine rollouts. i want germany grapples with the challenge of a mass immunization drive other countries are providing a look at how to go about it india plans to roll out the corona virus vaccine to 1300000000 people starting in february it is likely to become one of the biggest logistical exercises the world has ever seen but experts that experts there say

there are universal immunization program means there's a considerable medical infrastructure already in place. as well and that has more. who john knows this will be a busy day it is whole group storen to receive immunization and it is not easy task the community health worker has 1000 people under her kid in this district all of the state of. it is to just responsibility to north everything about them. but not to just happen when babies are conceived and what lacson you chanst the mother and child in need. she is a crucial element in india's nasa program that backs in its $25000000.00 children every year. this experience and knowledge will come in handy when the covert 19 vaccine is deployed. we know about each family how many members are above 50

how many are young children below 5 we have the complete backward if someone is a diabetic has high blood pressure or tuberculosis we already have a record of this bus and we can get them vaccinated accordingly. 50 other community goods like will draw up their priority to see pianists and mortified this primary health care center. it is already equipped with all storage for child immunization vaccines. and cold cases to transport them into the villages. 20 such health center reports to the local health administration. dr brumby at the helm in bible district is confident the existing infrastructure will help things get off to a good start but he acknowledges that communication will be key there will be people rushing for the vaccine that they want the vaccine in the post and there will be people who really needed and they may not know that they needed and should

get it that will be. the indian government which focuses on awareness as well along with jumping up cold storage capacities hiring more back to meters and drawing up lists of priority to c.p.s. like health care workers and the elderly the comprehensive vaccine deployment plan also includes a new digital platform and app both for health administrators and civilians as for residents these seem ready to trust a vaccine killed by the government. they say vaccines are important doctors tell us they help. wanted to believe. i'm not worried at all about the vaccine the most important thing is to stop the pandemic. is ready. and completely confident that she can help pull off this mammoth exercise.

let's get a round of power of some other headlines u.s. president elect joe biden is going to receive a covert 1000 vaccine in public as soon as next week according to transition officials the white house has announced that current vice president mike pence will be vaccinated against coverage 19 this friday. opposition leader. has received the european parliament's top human rights prize on behalf of her movement the soccer us prize for freedom of thought is awarded yearly to an individual or group for an outstanding contribution to democracy and human rights. and a major winter storm has hit much of the northeast coast of the u.s. delivering a disruptive blow to transportation systems and causing traffic mayhem 2 people have died after a major highway pileup that involved 60 vehicles in the state of pennsylvania around $50000.00 households experienced power outages. a court in the

french capital paris has found 14 people guilty of involvement in the 2015 attacks on the satirical magazine charlie of bill and a jewish supermarket that they were convicted of helping the 3 attackers who were killed in shootouts with police the verdict comes at a time when france has again been hit by a wave of islamist attacks prompting renewed debate over freedom of speech and tensions and france's secular society. on the day of the verdict charlie hebdo his cover reads god has been put in his place crime cannot be justified in the name of religion the 14 convicted of helping to organize the deadly attacks were given jail terms from 4 years to life but the court rejected some terrorism charges against several defendants. sue could decide this is your this ruling recognizes that without a compass is there would be no attackers and no terrorism and everyone operating in this shadow world should be severely punished. in january

2015 to terrorists forced their way into the charlie hebdo offices and shot dead 12 people including france's most famous cartoonist coco an artist who survived the attack left her shaking that after the shooting there was a deathly silence. just 2 days later another terrorist ceased hostages in a kosher food shop 4 people were killed this trial was an attempt to end a national trauma. this is an important trial because in this country freedoms are under attack it underlines that we will defend these freedoms and outpolled the law before but even as the case was being heard tara returned to france knife attackers struck near charlie have burns form offices a teacher was beheaded and there were fatal stabbing said show she thinks this verdict ends one painful chapter but the threat of terror remains all too real it's

a chinese lunar probe has returned to earth landing in inner mongolia after completing an historic mission china's only the 3rd country to have brought back samples from the moon's surface a feat last achieved both by the soviet union and the u.s. in the 1970 s. . thermal imaging shows the capsule with its precious cargo touching down to earth. helicopters then spot the lunar probe in the icy wasteland support staff quickly move in to recover the spacecraft china hopes the contents will help scientists discover new information about the geology and history of earth's satellite. shankar 5 was one of the most complicated and challenging missions in china's aerospace history. when the rocket was launched on november 23rd it was

a source of national pride. the probe was made up of 4 modules one was the lander which has dug for rocks and soil the materials were then transferred into a return capsule for the journey back to earth it's the 1st time in 4 decades that material has been brought back from the moon beijing now has its sights set on building a moon base cementing its role as a superpower in the news face race. sports news now bundesliga champions byron unic find themselves in the unusual position of 2nd place on wednesday night they face tough opponents and visitors vosburgh who are yet to lose a game in the league this season but as so often robert stole the show. by and were looking to strut their stuff in their last home game of 2020 but that was always likely to be difficult against a dog vote spoke site looking to extend their long unbeaten run. and it was the

wolves who showed more bite early on a 1000000 philip foley home to make it one nil to the visitors after just 5 minutes the right sunny with a mistake and hope philip punished it 2 minutes into 1st half stoppage time by him finally bared their teeth a lovely cross from kingsley and you simply can't give robert levin that amount of . unfold spork hunt learned their lesson in 5 minutes into the 2nd half was given the freedom of the allianz arena to make it to one of the polls 14th and 15th goals of the season with a difference as the champions kept up the chase on table toppers leverkusen who are no the biggest leaguers only unbeaten site much devolves books disappointment. well meanwhile on wednesday night leverkusen put on a dominant performance away at cologne winning 4 nil a free kick in the 8th minute got the party started with mitchell visor driving

home a shot to open the scoring sebastian bar now is headed clearance flew straight to the foot of visor and put leverkusen on top to stay. did have a business with monika jones is up next. why did this person. there are. there is a lot that can be done.