this is do you have any news live from berlin india launches the biggest vaccination program the world has ever seen the government hopes to give an adze coverage after 300000000 people in just 6 months it comes as the global death toll pastas 2000000 with an occupation looking like the only way out of the crisis also coming up here as drug maker pfizer comes back to the liveries of its coded 90 vaccine to europe to allow for an increase in production life that is the year. and the race is wide open is another michael's party chooses

a new leader not as germany heads for elections this year do any of the candidates have what it takes to replace her as chance of that. i'm rebecca rita's welcome to the program as the world mourns the 2000000 people worldwide who have died with covert 19 governments starting ambitious immunization drives the biggest is getting underway in india the country aims to inoculate one quarter of its 1300000000 people by july prime minister narendra modi said health care and other front line workers will be among the 1st to get the job india has approved emergency use of 2 vaccines neither of which require ultra cold storage and is the world's largest vaccine producer manufacturing more than half of the world's supply of other vaccines. being indeed

a breeze of 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 for actually nation of the identified where data is being collected thousands of people have been trained already to agonise to these vaccines and hundreds of launches have already been carried out to look at for nations have been act now the vaccine 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 stronger * is going to focus on the health workers so hundreds of for in delhi

the national capital itself 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 prouder 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. if you see a progress in terms of the number of cases then yes india has a couple of weeks has seen a drastic drop in the number of cases and 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 in the uk seem to be making progress

people are far less panicked right now with this why is that then they used to be before but yet the minute still insisting that they take the cautions and with this vaccine do a lot many people about to feel much safer and secure well fingers crossed and positive news coming out of india minera chattering thank you very much for the update us vax a manufacturer of 5 has told the european commission it will not be able to fulfill all of its promise deliveries in the coming weeks that's because of building work intended to boost production at its plant in belgium with the member states dependent on the fines a vaccine for their vaccination programs it's a setback in europe's battle against the pandemic. pfizer's plan where it's from here that every country in the world except the us spooky supplied with its vaccine it's a complicated manufacturing process doses have to be kept at true temperatures and the united some of the deliveries could be delayed came as a complete surprise to the e.u.

. these are all of course a question that pfizer company has to answer i think it is very important that immediately we make clear that there is a guarantee of a dose is that have to be delivered in the 1st quarter just a week ago the european commission was in talks with pfizer about delivery arrangements there was no mention of. the company wants to carry out works at its plant to adopt the manufacturing process and that it says would significantly boost production in the coming months several e.u. countries have urged the commission to put pressure on pfizer they've described the delay as other acceptable and see it will have a profound impact on the credibility of the whole vaccination campaign. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world rescue efforts are ongoing in indonesia after friday's earthquake on the island of sin and wheezing people are still feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of houses knocked

down by the powerful tremors more than 40 people have been killed and 600 injured. ugandan opposition leader bobby one has claimed victory in the country's election rejecting preliminary polling results that give victory to incumbent vini 71 earlier said that he felt in danger after government troops surrounded his home final results are expected in the coming days. u.s. health secretary alex has announced he will step down citing the race and storming of the capitol by donald trump supporters to the coronavirus pandemic will remain in his post until present. elect joe biden is sworn in his announcement follows the resignation of several other officials from the trumpet ministration. the u.s. national rifle association has filed for bankruptcy protection this after a new york state found a lawsuit against the influential gun lobby group and putting it out of business

despite the filing the group says its finances a still strong will say to incorporate in texas in state. care in germany chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party is about to elect a new leader 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 in 28 tain she was replaced as the c.d.u. native by undergrad. they failed to stamp her all farsi on the party and announced last year she would step aside as the meeting got underway merkel told delegates what 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 a 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 and that race for the leadership appears to be wide open with 3 very different candidates on the all male ballot the winner won't necessarily become the next german chancellor does the current one have a preference. yes i'm going to machall does have a favorite to succeed want to try not to show it when asked months ago whether the man next to her has what it takes to become tons. that the middle look i've 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 who brings many qualifications to the table. by medical standards that's strong praise. and laughs it stands for post machall continuity something he demonstrated in the candidate

debates is 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. maps 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. not 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 macros political dominance still the underdog he has carved out a chance at the leadership by pushing his vision of a germany aster to tick global player. doubt that strength is the answer and

strength only comes through unity so we need a 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 with us. the next party leader will also be in pole position to run as chancellor the latest polls suggest it will be a close call when the 1001 party delegates vote on saturday with mouth 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 named someone not even on the list michael souter healey 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 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. let's bring in our chief political editor who also authored that report michelle a c.d.u. ag away saying that vote today for a new party leader talk us through the day ahead yes out of it will his speeches from all of those 3 candidates running and then there will be a digital vote and we don't really expect anyone to get 50 percent immediately then there would be a runoff where a simple majority well would be easily achieved by whoever comes on top and then we'll know who is in pole position to potentially succeed anglo-american and we will know who definitely no longer is which is the 2 who didn't win but of course that race is still open within the conservative c.d.u. who will actually be on the ballot in september now the 3 candidates may not look

that different but they are quite different at least in policy who stands the biggest chance do you think. it really is a tricky one all of the polling we've seen is not done amongst the 1001 delegates that's simply not possible and that's even knowledge that the party itself doesn't know so a lot of phone calls have been made until the very last minute to persuade those individual delegates who will be voting in the privacy of their own own homes and that might mean that their families might have some kind of influence it's a very different dynamic from an ordinary party conference where everybody agrees on who they will vote for just the minutes before even if they want to so still a fairly open race who teach math is time and time again as a favorite certainly the women's organization and a 3rd of those delegates are women don't want to see if so could be a tight race between the other 2 but frankly i wouldn't put my money on anyone at this stage. germany has general elections in september but today's women may not

replace merkel as chancellor just explain that for us. yes well there's a there's a tradition and there's an expectation that whoever wins has 1st choice to raise his hand and want to become chancellor candidates but i'm going to michael see do you pass he also has a much smaller sister party in bavaria and marcus is the state premier there who leaves that party is riding sky high in those opinion polls right now so he's seen as a potential the last bit by the see use you to have their candidate run on the ballot that failed terribly the voters simply wouldn't go for it but marco sudha might just have what it takes and then there is spawn who's backing angela merkel favorite in this race today but won't rule out that he might raise its hand if it doesn't go through so we might still see some surprises but we do have somewhat of a pledge by the c.d.u.

that after easter will be the time to really decide who will be their face on the posters in september but it's definitely going to be a man a lot of known unknowns thank you make a lick of. us was born out in the bundesliga title chasing by a leave a coup some way here in berlin to kick off match day 16 i faced an iranian side who have been flying surprisingly high this season themselves for a game of destined to style amazing till cedric toy broke free a minute from the end the german forward held his nerve to squeeze the ball home for the only goal of the game is strike moves anyone up to the heady heights of 4th and deals another blow to laver who sings bundesliga hopes. as a reminder of the top story we're following for you as the world wide coronavirus death toll passes 2000000 india has a lot of launched what may be the world's biggest vaccination program the

government hopes to give in and coded jabs to 300000000 people in just 6 months. that's it from me and then used in coming up doc film takes a look at the downside of chocolate get you can always stay up to date on our website that's d.w. dot com i'm rebecca roberts his investment thanks very much for joining us. life on earth what is a kind and. just get a coincidence. we're going to go out there and. was a bit like winning the lottery. or unique starts feb 11th on d w.