text. the coronavirus update the coded special monday to friday. this is d w news coming to you live from berlin u.s. president joe biden announces sweeping new measures to combat the code team crisis he says 10 damage is a national emergency and must be treated as such but he also has a warning things are going to get worse before they get better also coming up. scenes playing out in intensive care units across britain as the country fails to

contain the dangerous new variant of the virus government there too is preparing the population for difficult weeks ahead. and india has started vaccinating its population against covert 19 but the rollout has been slow as the government struggles to counter misinformation and questions are raised about the safety of a homegrown vaccine. hello 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 kovac 1000 emergency announcing the 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 also wants to speed up the

vaccination 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. 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 and coordination we needed and we have seen the tragic cost of that failure. over 400 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 the. details our plan starts with. a safe and effective vaccination campaign to meet our goal of administering 100000000 shots in our 1st 100 days in office one 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 rollout has been rocky and several states have complained of scarce supplies. biden has deployed the defense production up to help vaccine 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 anthony fact she says he feels liberates at the science cannot speak. he's optimistic faxon's can suppress the virus despite new variants emerging just if we get 70 to 85 percent of the country vaccinated let's say by the end of the summer middle of the cinema i believe by the time we get to the for we will be approaching a degree of normality some pretty 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. as william blue croft is covering the story for us well what's different about joe biden's approach to fighting the coronavirus compared to what we saw under donald

trump. i think we heard about it right there in the report in a word science biden already said during the campaign when he was president elect that he would let science dictate the agenda and not politics like we saw so often on the trump ministration not just politics but trump's own wishes and things that would make him look older thought that he would look good. we also heard in the report how dr anthony found choose the white house's chief science advisor or infectious disease advisor saying he feels liberated that science is going to lead the way that basically he can come to a meeting to advise the president biden and his advisers on what to do when he doesn't know it's ok to say you don't know you don't have to make things up just to satisfy him that said this is a very ambitious rollout independent science and medical people are saying 100000000 doses is a ambitious and b. might not even be enough it's also certain if 100000000 doses means 100000000 people or it means 50000000 people if they're going to go the 2 dose route there's

also is a enormous amount of federal agencies that the u.s. government can deploy and they want to see if they will happen for example osha that's the federal agency that oversees workplace safety they've been almost a wall throughout this entire pandemic well to see if joe biden turns to this agency as just one example to make sure that places that work place are safe for workers so a lot to see how this $100.00 day plan really really works out well biden's plan also includes a strong emphasis on mask wearing for example how receptive do you think americans will be to his new approach. it seems americans have for a long time just mostly needed consistent messaging from their elected leaders polls show that a majority of americans take this pandemic seriously and disapproved of donald trump's handling of it and so really what's needed here is consistent strong science based messaging and while the federal government and joe biden is somewhat

limited in what they can do because state and local authorities have a lot of authority when it comes to health measures and in for example enforcing masks and they can definitely set the tone that creates more of a universal response to the pandemic wm thank you very much that was did william good cross now let's catch up on some of the stories making headlines today u.s. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell wants to push back the start of donald trump's impeachment trial to february that would give the former president more time to prepare his defense house democrats have signaled they want to move ahead quickly with the trial saying must be held accountable for his role in the capital storming. says it will block its internet search engine in australia if it's forced to pay news organizations for their content google's representative 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. and germany has recorded more than 50000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic german health authorities reported 859 new deaths in the past 24 hours in some parts of the country intensive care units and crematoriums have reached their level. e.u. leaders are strongly discouraging people from traveling across the continent for non-essential trips the warning came for a virtual conference to discuss the spread of the new viral variants of the corona virus the leaders said borders would stay open but warned some travel restrictions could come in the following day. while the number of new coronavirus cases in england has dropped from a peak of nearly 70000 per day in the 1st week of january to just under 40000

on thursday but the u.k. has recorded more deaths per capita than any other country in the world and the number continues to rise in our next report we see how hospitals up and down the country are being stretched to their limits the risk may find some images disturbing that this woman in the mid twenty's is fighting for survival intensive care units have reached their limit the doctors are volunteers from other units of this london hospital they breathe a sigh of relief the patient is stable for now. she's someone's relative this is something precious that we're holding me trying to do. yeah it's quite frightening but 12 of the hospitals 15 floors are filled with corona patients doctors tried desperately to find beds for new admissions. see for the he's got his daughter and he's had a stroke. one bed has become available up until an hour ago had

a free blindly and it she was a mother a grandmother and just 640 wish this on anybody this is really this horrible is real the corona mutation from the south of england is clearly more contagious. a strict look time since the start of january has done little to reduce the number of new infections. we do to observe good looked on the state message that's absolutely crucial in what is unquestionably going to be a tough few weeks ahead the flood of patients is not expected to ease and the death toll remains high the result of a coronavirus mutation that is out of control. india has begun vaccinating its population of 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 vaccines 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. has this report. put 37 years old. it's a big day today she's going to get her 4th tools of the called the 1000 vaccine. has been working as a nurse at a private hospital in delhi put 3 years and has been a help for over 20 years now as a health worker during the pandemic she has been worried about the safety of her family against the virus. well maybe i haven't 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 use sanitizers 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 authorities the oxford astra zeneca called movie she lives in 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 call backs in 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 an atmosphere of death trust among people who however there's no clear consensus on this issue in the medical community dr verrinder as john a leading that's knowledge it says the approval to call 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. using 2 people even though there are actual voices regarding the image and see approval many working in the health care sector are confident that vaccination is the right step to take. this is a highly contagious disease so it was important for the back for nation to stunt.

is now almost through them and the g 20 minute observation pedia both sweats the nation she said she has started feeling more secure against the corona virus and is eagerly awaiting the 2nd dose. now to kick spittle austria where 4 young fliers have taken all the world's most notorious downhill ski run in wing suits and parachutes just days before the hun income races the 4 daredevils drop out of a helicopter to the lawmakers above kits group and executed world 1st flight sweeping down the course known as the shaw if they reach speeds of up to 250 kilometers an hour take a look. that's

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