you know. this is day 8 of an evening news live from india launches the biggest vaccination program the world has is that same government hopes to give the anti coded jab to 300000000 people in just 6 months it comes as the global death toll possum's $2000000.00 an inoculation looking like the only way out of the crisis also coming out with the world's 2nd highest death toll brazil is among the countries hardest hit point take you to the city of london where the health care system is too lapsing and lifesaving oxygen has become too romps. class german chancellor angela

merkel's party chooses its next laid out who will be in a strong position to come to germany's next to lay down. on record as welcome to the program as the world mourns the 2000000 people worldwide who have died with the coronavirus government's starting ambitious immunization drives the biggest is getting underway in india the country ams to inoculate one quarter of its 1300000000 people by july prime minister and render modi said health care workers who together with other front line workers will be among the 1st to get the jab and is approved agency use of to back saying evidence they use rather of 2 vaccines neither of which require ultra cold storage india is the world's largest backs. producer manufacturing more than half of the world

supply. let's bring in mira chattery in delhi now minera with more than a 1000000000 people this is a huge program to be one of the world's largest is the country ready for the challenge well yes this is quite a challenge looking at india's population but what the government guidelines say is that they're looking at our election process as a sort of an inspirational sort of a template for this immunization program in terms of coordination and down the strategy so multiple sites have been identified at local and hyper local level where people eligible carex a nation of the identified great detail is being collected thousands of people have been trained already to agnes to these vaccines and hundreds of modules have already been gathered up to look to for nations have been act now the vaccine to allow starts today. and how is the role rollout going to look coming in who are the people who get priority 1st of all well the far strong * is going to focus on the

health workers so hundreds of for in delhi the national capital is about $89.00 hospitals have been identified including private and government thousands of hospitals identified across the country where doctors and nurses and other health workers are going to be given crowded to after which other frontline workers are going to be given priority and after that list is completed the government is going to focus on people above the age of 50 or those with. and after that areas where the rate of infection has been hurting. india remains one of the worst affected countries in the world are there any signs that the country is my progress in this pandemic. well if you see a progress in terms of the number of cases then yes india has in the past couple of weeks has seen a drastic drop in the number of cases in the number of active cases and the rate of positivity has also gone much below one person does points little 60.62 person shake not so in down the number of cases yes and you seem to be making progress

people are far less than a trike now of this why is that then they used to be before but yet that the still insisting that dictate the cautions and with this vaccine go a lot many people about to feel much safer and secure well fingers crossed and positive news coming out of india mira chattery thank you very much for the update and as by governments around the world racing to vaccinate their populations most of them have so far failed to stem the relentless rise in deaths and infections brazil has the world's 2nd highest death toll with more than 200000 kovan fatalities lockdowns haven't been able to turn the tide and authorities in one city in central brazil and now admitting that its health care system has collapsed. the ambulances keep on coming they bring a relentless stream of coronavirus patients to the hospitals in the brazilian city

of. minnows is the capital of amazonas the state hit particularly hard by the pandemic overburdened hospitals are now running out of their most vital supply of oxygen. this growing shortage is costing lives. nevermore yours my grandmother died today because of lack of oxygen there were 21 patients in the intensive care unit and my grandmother who is 84 years old didn't survive she needed 15 leaders of oxygen and didn't get it. the. protesters are blocking roads and picketing hospitals they're angry at the government and demand answers. you know i've been here since 9 am and seen just how desperate people are i don't even know how to explain what's happening in our country and in our state it's unacceptable for there to be a lack of oxygen and there is absolutely no explanation for this.

safe because all the government has responded by flying in additional supplies to the embattled state the shortage has given rise to a new type of crime. police footage shows oxygen cylinders that had been illegally withheld to drive up the price. amazonas has been here before last year's dramatic images of mass graves carved into the rain forest shocked the world. brazil's health minister blames local authorities for the crisis. but my nose did not have an effective action plan for early treatment with clinical diagnosis basic care and that has greatly impacted on the severity of the virus also the specialist care hospital infrastructure in my mouse is quite small in

percentage terms are you. going to buy. more about. but as the ambulances keep coming in a country 2nd only to the us in corona virus deaths there is plenty of blame to go around. that sank in about some of the other stories making news around the world rescue efforts are ongoing in indonesia around to friday's earthquake on the island of sort of we see people are still feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of houses knocked down by the powerful travel more than 40 people have been killed and 600 injured. ugandan opposition leader bobby wine has claimed a victory in the country's election rejecting preliminary polling results that gave victory to incumbent yoweri 71 earlier said he felt in danger after government troops surrounded his home final election results are expected expected over the weekend. it has health secretary alex as un has announced he will step down citing

the recent storming of the capital by trump supporters due to coronavirus pandemic will remain in his post until president elect joe biden is sworn in as announcement follows the resignation of several other officials from the trumpet ministration. the u.s. national rifle association has filed for bankruptcy protection this afternoon state followed and will suit against the influential gun lobby group aimed at putting it out of business the n.r.a. will now seek to incorporate in texas instead despite the filing the group says its finances are still strong. here in germany chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party is about to elect a new leadership it's a cave vote that will shape the party's future direction and could potentially represent a 1st step towards determining the next chancellor after more than 15 years in the top job chancellor merkel is not seeking another term and 2018 she was replaced as

say to you later by and i got a crumb kallenbach who failed to stand her authority on the party and announced last year that she would step aside as the mating got underway merkel told that delegates want she hoped to see. for now i hope that this party congress will make the right decisions for the future and finding out 1st and foremost these will be personal decisions i wish that it team will be elected that will take the fate of our proud party in its hands and then together with all members find the right answers for the tasks of the future. or the race for the leadership appears to be wide open with 3 very different candidates on the all male ballot the window won't necessarily become the next german chancellor but what about the incumbent does she have a preference. yes angela merkel does have a favorite to succeed her watch her try not to show it when asked months ago whether the man next to her has what it takes to become tongue. so.

that the middle of always said that i won't interfere in the succession of the position i have or had and you see do you party leader will be elected i mean life said is a candidate and a state premier of north rhine-westphalia he brings many qualifications to the table. by medical standards that's strong praise i'm unless it stands for post medical continuity something he demonstrated in the candidate debate. playing in it i bring to the table experience in government as leader of a large state balancing our interests and it might come in handy that i've actually already won an election as these next elections are just sizes. matts wants to turn the c.d.u. back to its conservative roots he wants left politics after losing a vote to anger machall a man keen to see the end of machall style centrist politics. what we need is

competition for the best ideas to define the political center to put it more bluntly i believe that in politics nothing and nobody is irreplaceable no about what ministerial career was also once dented by mackerels political dominance still the underdog he has carved out a chance at the leadership by pushing his vision of a germany asked her to tick global player. strength is the answer and strength only comes through unity so we need european china strategy and that also means that germany has to stop simply seeing china as just one of its most important markets also market spots. the next party leader will also be in pole position to run as chancellor the latest poll suggests it will be a close call when the 1001 party delegates vote on saturday with mats slightly in

the lead. but when seated you supporters were asked who would be most able to win the federal elections in september and become next chancellor a stunning 80 percent name someone not even on the list michael souter he leads the c.d.u. sister party and bavaria and there is another dark horse with potential germany's health minister yet spawn is leaving his options open to. so the answer who will succeed america as chancellor may still be months away yet saturday's vote for a new party leader will decide how her c.d.u. defines conservative politics in the future. earlier we spoke to our chief political editor and i asked her what the 1st task of the new cd you laid out would be it's uniting the party because there was a bit of contest over the party leadership in the past we've almost forgotten that

anecdotes come congo where the woman handing over the office was supposed to take over as party leader and eventually become chancellor candidate that's not happening there were bits of divisions in the party and that's what the party is now afraid of with those looming elections in september that whoever wins needs to demonstrate that they can bring everybody behind them and really live up to the title of the big tent party that's also what we heard from under the macro addressing that gathering this evening that this is a big tent party that has to unite different opinions rather than divide. they'd have news mccain at christmas speaking to us a little earlier some sport now in the bundesliga title chasing by a labor coup somewhere here in berlin to kick off match day 16 they face an iranian side who has been flying surprisingly high this season themselves a hard fought game of destined to stalemate until cedric tosha broke free a minute from the end the german forward held his nerve to squeeze the borehole

into the only goal of the game is strike moves up to the k.t. heights of 4th and deals another blow to live with her sense of fullness later hopes. newly appointed paris subdomain coach paterno is the latest high profile sporting figure to test positive for corona virus the argentine will miss saturday's league game against o'shea as a result the club confirmed will have to isolate him but his assistants will take charge instead of him a top manager was appointed in early january. former manchester united striker wayne rooney has hung up his boots at the age of 35 as he moves into the manager's chair dobby county considered one of the best english players of his generation rooney scored a record 53 goals for his country and is also manchester united in the time top goalscorer and joined me as a player coach a year ago and has now taken the hot say permanently at the english 2nd tier side

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