it's a crime and more news like this. this is news coming to you live from berlin u.s. president joe biden announces sweeping new measures to combat the 19 crisis he says the pandemic is a national emergency and must be treated as such but he also has a warning things are going to get much worse before they get better also coming out india started vaccinating its population against cope with 9000 last weekend but

the rollout has been slow as the government struggles to counter misinformation all some indians are concerned about the safety of a home grown see. below i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.s. president joe biden has unveiled a new plan to tackle his country's coated 1000 emergency announcing that measures on his 1st full day in power he said drastic action is needed it will include tightening rules on wearing masks in public testing will be stepped up and travelers to the u.s. will have to test negative and koren teen on arrival biden also wants to speed up the back to nation program he's warning though that the pandemic will get worse in the coming weeks with the death toll likely to rise from 400002 half a 1000000 next month. taking charge of bringing the pun to make under control.

this next one is keeping workers safe when you do this. it day into his new job president biden signed a raft of executive orders to ramp up the federal response to the coronavirus for the past year we could the federal government to act with the urgency and focus in coordination we needed and we have seen the tragic cost of that failure. over 400000 people have lived in the u.s. and biden warns the toll is likely to rise to half a 1000000 in february but he hopes the strategy he's putting in place well eventually saved many lives is in good hands here our national strategy is comprehensive it's based on science not politics it's based on truth not. in its

detail our plan starts with gresson safe and effective vaccination campaign to meter goal of administering 100000000 shots in our 1st 100 days in office we're on day one this will be one of the greatest operational challenges our nation has ever undertaken. the us is currently administering almost a 1000000 doses a day but the road lives has been rocky and several states have complained of scarce supplies. biden is deploying the defense production up to help faxing manufacturers increase production he's also implementing measures to improve distribution and after being effectively banished from trumpet ministration briefings the nation's top infectious diseases doctor is back in the fight she says he feels liberates at the science cannot speak. he's optimistic faxon's can

suppress the virus despite the very end submerging just if we get 70 to 85 percent of the country vaccinated let's say by the end of the summer middle of the summer i believe by the trying we get to the full we will be approaching a degree of normality suddenly perfectly normal but one that i think will take a lot of pressure off the american public. the message from the biden administration is clear hope is on the horizon but it will still take many months to overcome the pandemic and the devastation it has rolled. so you look at some of the other developments in the global pandemic and germany is public health body the robert call institute says more than 50000 people in germany have now died from corona virus the number of people dying by suicide in japan has risen over for the 1st time in over a decade as the pandemic reverses years of progress combat in a high suicide rate japan's health ministry says women and children in particular

are taking their lives at higher rates and in spain the easing of travel restrictions over christmas to allow families to get together caused a huge spike in infections intensive care admissions have increased by 60 percent in the last 2 weeks. european countries are struggling to contain the spread of new variants of the corona virus now e.u. leaders are strongly discouraging people from traveling across the continent for non-essential trips and have warned tougher restrictions could be decided in the coming days meeting in a virtual summit leaders from the 27 member states also discussed creating a common standard for vaccine certificates but they have delayed talks about any possible easing of travel restrictions for those who have already been vaccinated. we asked the brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon what e.u.

leaders decided in their meeting e.u. leaders agreed that it's important to keep the borders within the european union open for essential workers and for goods shipman's at the same time you appeal and consul president stressed in the press conference after the meeting that non-essential travel restrictions should be considered so i think it's safe to say that we are probably going to see more restrictions and temporarily imitations of non essential travel. to catch up now and some of the other stories making headlines around the world today european parliament members have passed a resolution demanding a stop to the construction of north screen to gas pipeline between russia and germany this comes in response to russia's her resentment of opposition leader alexei no bonnie the massive baltic sea pipeline is about 90 percent finished but bases opposition from the united states and climate change with activism. google

says it will block its internet search engine in australia if it's forced to pay news organizations for their content google's representatives spoke at a parliamentary hearing into new regulations intended to make tech giants pay publishers for using news snippets australia's prime minister said he would not respond to google's threat. authorities in china say it will take at least 15 more days to reach a group of gold miners trapped underground they've delivered food and medicine to some of the men who have been trapped for 11 days following an explosion one man is known to have died. 5 construction workers have been killed in a fire at a new code 19 back scene production facility in india the syrian institute factory was being built to ramp up supply of the back seems the plant operator said the fire did not affect existing vaccine production or its stockpile.

well india has begun vaccinating its population of b. 1300000000 people frontline health workers are among the 1st to be offered the job but the rollout has been slow with less than 60 percent of the target being met so far the government says one reason is a mistrust of bank scenes that's being fueled by misinformation on social media some people are also concerned that one of the vaccines was approved before phase 3 trials were completed w.'s marina chaudhary has this report 30. foot 37 years old. it's a big day today she's going to get her 4th do is on the call that 1000 vaccine. giteau has been working as a nurse at a private hospital in delhi put 3 is and has been a health club for over 20 years now as a head during the pandemic she has been worried about the safety of her family

against the latest. i have to take care to admit there are little children in our family and i was concerned about their health i had to stay in a separate room keep my clothes and shoes separately maintain proper hygiene constantly who sanitizes i had to take care of the smallest. detail is one of the 1st in line in the country to receive the vaccine for the widest. india is in the middle of what is being called the world's largest 1000 immunization program. in the 1st round of the vaccine rollout the government aims to vaccinate about 30000000 health workers and other frontline workers. to vaccine for far have been given images the use approved by the country's authority the oxford astra zeneca will be shielding india and vaccine and indigenous vaccine developed by part of biotech but as the country takes

a crucial step towards battling the pandemic many concerns loom large there are questions being raised on core vaccine getting approval from indian authorities without its efficacy data in place as its 50 trials are still underway some experts say that this is a break from established protocol and could lead to a lot of death trust among people who however there's no clear consensus on this issue in the medical community dr venter as john a leading that's knowledge it says the approval to go vaccine has been given relying on the data of immunogenicity and safety he says such images see government approvals are not uncommon in unusual circumstances. we need to accept. to come in the transporter community should then to and communication know should not be confusing to people even though they are

anxious voices regarding the image and the approval many working in the healthcare sector confident that that's the nation if the right step to take. from this is a highly contagious disease so it was important for the vaccination to stunt. that is now almost through the manty treaty minute observation period also vaccination she said she has started feeling more secure against the corona virus and is eagerly awaiting the 2nd dose. for more on india's vaccination drive i'm joined now by my leading ice solar she's a public health professional and works with the all india drug action network thanks for being with us this morning as i saw the now the vaccination campaign has been underway for a week what's your assessment of the rolled out so far. so i think we've been hearing reports of some hesitancy on the part of health care workers who are supposed to be vaccinated in this 1st phase as we just heard from your ground

report one of the vaccines which is part of the biotech school vaccine was approved without the efficacy data because there was a study being connected in the phase 3 trial that is under way however in granting the approval for this fax seemed to regulate to have to it was certain safeguards and it comes with a variety of conditions so for example the use of the vaccine because that informed consent at stake and that there is a close follow up and monitoring off the volunteer force vaccination and also provision of medical management and compensation in case of any adverse events it does seem that perhaps also because health care will cause our own group that may have a higher level of medical literacy it's possible that the absence of data on ethical seen and the extra procedures that have been followed in this case might have caused some things i mean ok so many indians talking about anxiety many indian source are have distrust about their government to help them especially when it

comes to public health matters how much of a role is dissent from asian misinformation playing in this skepticism. i think at the moment in the current scenario the government is doing a lot to try to issue communication to encourage healthcare workers to come and take the vaccine however that communication has had limitations so for example the government is not in a position to vouch for the efficacy of either of the vaccine so that's whom institutes that scene because of the regimen under which it's being rolled out in the we're not very clear on what because the estimates the approval was granted and of course part of biotech sexy and so the focus has now shifted to saying that these vaccines are safe however the crissy jurors for investigating any sorts of adverse events following immunization ananta need out. and that could also cause

of damaging public on to india vacuums ok can you say to new tell me what your prediction is for the goal of reaching 300000000 bucks in nations by the 2nd half of the year do you think that's realistic briefly say it's a quite an ambitious plan that the government has embarked on and of course this has happened with a lot of preparation india has some experience in mass tax in the nation given that we have a vast routine immunization so there is that a yes or no just just wondering i think we i think we're just only started and we haven't yet run into a lot of trouble except of course the fact of low uptake of the vaccines. you have to be. sold out of the all india drug action network in delhi thank you very much. it's now tickets astraea where 4 young flyers have taken on the world's most

notorious downhill ski run in suits and parachutes just days before the high can come races for daredevils dropped out of a helicopter 2 and a half kilometers above kids group and executed a world 1st flight sweeping down the course known as the stripe they reached beads up to 250 kilometers per hour just take a look. that's it from v.w. news i'm terry martin thanks for watching. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. putting europe there's

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