to become citizens. in full margaret's your platform the information. is indeed over the news live from berlin the u.k. sound the alarm over the new coronavirus variant prime minister virus johnson says there's new evidence to suggest as well as more contagious the new 3 patients it could also be deadly out also coming up u.s. president joe biden unveils his 2 trillion dollar rescue package for america's economy he says the country is facing

a national emergency and needs to start acting like it to stop people losing their jobs and go into great. and it was gold to laura's glass back put a dent in dorman's bundesliga time hopes in a thrilling battle of the proceeds. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program it's the news we were hoping not to hear british prime minister barak johnson says there's now evidence to suggest the new coronavirus variant 1st detected in the u.k. is not only more contagious but more deadly as well the mutation has now spread to more than 60 countries and britain itself is struggling to bring infections under control. it's a relentless nightmare for health care workers across the u.k. the shifts are physically and emotionally grueling canvas lives cannot be saved

many more people have been hospitalized then during the 1st peak last april and a coronavirus ferry and known as b 117 is playing a significant role in the suffering scientists say it's almost certainly more infectious and now government health advisers believe it could be more deadly though they caution the assessments based on sparse data we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears there is some evidence that the new variant there in that was 1st identified in london and the scythe east may be associated with a higher degree of mortality the u.k. has one of the highest death rates from covert in the world almost 100000 people have lost their lives with ethnic minorities disproportionately affected those

groups are also more likely to refuse vaccinations when offered them so authorities are trying to tackle mistrust bondeson from ation must have joined the campaign to persuade skeptical muslims think that the key message is that the vaccination is a vaccination is effective and the vaccination is in the miscible on the under all sort of routines of the religion in the u.k. he's been making good progress with inoculation administering jabs to a larger percentage of its population than any other european country but the government says restrictions won't be eased until infections have dropped and it's sure the vaccination program is working. well those tough restrictions more or less than being eased could be actually tightened correspondent didn't because when a big mass has the latest from london prime minister says that already we are in quite a severe lockdown only essential travel is allowed schools are closed however we

know from data that there is actually more mobility people are travelling more around who are then in the fast lockdown so i think this debate as to whether they need to be more restrictions or whether the need to be tougher enforcement by the police for example more fines tougher find whether this has to be the case i think these questions will continue to be asked also here there is a debate as to how britain can protect itself from other new variants for example from south africa where there is a debate that varian there might be less susceptible to to the vaccine so this debate is taking place all all over europe and the u.k. position is also that here we have quite a successful vaccination program of over over 7 percent of the population have already been vaccinated so that the u.k. is also looking to the future and is hoping that this will be successful and i

think people already quite worried because not only is there now the possibility that this virus is more deadly but we know for sure that it's more easily transmissible if you rukh around where i am and along the streets are pretty empty so people are taking this seriously and particularly vulnerable people i have a friend for example who used to be quite pragmatic about it but now she's shielding completely so so i think people are definitely worried about this this is the state of the affairs and especially when you also look at the hospitals that are at capacity or maybe even overwhelmed and parts of london the southeast so yes it's a severe situation there in the u.k. at the moment. new variant has already spread rapidly in ireland met medics are struggling with a 3rd wave of infections that really picked up paste after lock down restrictions

were aged slightly over the christmas holidays the country's death rate is now at its highest since the pandemic began. with hospital capacities at the brink of collapse and soaring numbers of new covered 19 infections ireland is breaking all the records the 3rd wave that we're experience at the moment is much worse than 1st just 2 months ago arland was seen as a role model for europe using harsh lockdowns to look at covert thanks jeanne but all that changed over christmas they opened up the restaurants. you know they allowed households to mix that out 3 house also mango and not was the recipe for disaster because the virus began to spread more and more so looks like as if they were a bit too you know hasty at loosening up the restrictions i guess numbers began skyrocketing jumping from roughly 300 new covert cases pretty at the end of november to roughly 8000 per day 2 weeks after christmas think it was 8 or 9 people in the house and somehow cope with guns the haves and everybody can try to go it's so our worst

nightmare kind of came fruition like so many others petrik when burns family christmas went horribly wrong the 27 year old gym instructor was shocked by how hard core would hit him and i had severe temperature headache hallucinations and i woke up at one stage like stopping pains in my chest and in my stomach which was so scary i mean like i never never get sick that's out this happened to me was really frightening. arlin's 3rd wave came around the same time a new more contagious variant of the virus was detected in the u.k. we don't think it played a big part in the massive increase because before christmas the numbers were low but there was an article about thing but of course since christmas now it is spreading even more and that's a concern because it makes it even more difficult. if you're

a virus that can spread of 50 percent greater efficiency like in other european countries the irish government is now mostly tighter travel restrictions and an even tougher lock down but there's also some light at the end of the tunnel. i was told i said it's an honor it's to be facts to be the 1st facts and they said health care worker an ardent after a really difficult and challenging era tonight's talent seen in my career and 2020 working on a covert words having the vaccine available now is a real positive starts 2021 and hopefully we can have for a very slowly but for too many slowly isn't going to be soon enough authorities estimated arland with its population of just 5000000 could lose 1000 people to cover 19 this month alone. meanwhile europe's coronavirus vaccination rollout is facing a major setback drug maker astra zeneca has told the european commission it won't

be able to deliver the a great volume of its covert 9 tame vaccine within the a great time frame astra zeneca which developed in fact same with oxford university said it would have to cut initials in the various to the a year by 60 percent the company was expected to supply around $80000000.00 doses by the end of march is blaming the reduction on production problems at a factory in belgium the vaccine has yet to be approved for use in the european union. hong kong has a lot of thousands of residents to undergo compulsory testing for covert 9 taking around 70 buildings or in the densely populated restricted area on coulon peninsula poor plumbing and ventilation may be partly to blame a lockdown is in place of taking some 10000 residents the government says paypal must stay at home until everyone has been tested or already is have been battling a fresh wave of infections since november. president joe biden is warning that the economic crisis in the united states is deepening he says decisive and bold

action is needed to help struggling families and made the comments as he signed an economic relief program at the white house he's now looking for support for his 2 trillion dollar plan from both liberal and conservative economists biden maintains the package will strengthen and economy battered by the pandemic we're going to finish the job of getting a total of $2000.00 in direct payments to folks $600.00 which is already passed is simply not enough if you still have to choose between paying your room putting food on the table will extend unemployment insurance benefits for millions of workers beyond the deadline that's now said it means that 60000000 americans who are currently reliant on foreign advantage while they look for work can count on these checks continuing to be there in the middle of this crisis. i want you to correspondent karen hughes following biden's 1st days in office earlier she told us

more about his plans to help boost the economy he signed this through executive orders and he also sent a bill to congress requesting a $1.00 a last 2 trillion dollars economic rescue plan and this includes increasing the amount of food stamps for example for americans that cannot put any food on their table to give you a bit of context the current statistics show that one in 7 families don't have enough food in this country and this is the case specially among the black community and also the latino community and this also includes a financial relief of $2000.00 for each american citizen we already heard president biden saying that but we should say that a financial relief $600.00 per person has already been passed by congress last year so this would be the 'd remaining amount to complete those 2000 this special events of for the families that can't pay their rents anymore or the americans who have lost their job due to the pandemic these are the executive orders bad we don't know

if the bill is going to pass the congress. now take a look at some of the other stories making headlines today authorities in russia have crackdown on protests by supporters of jailed opposition figure alexina valmy rallies have been planned and some 60 russian citizens several of these associates have been detained in recent days for calling for an authorized protests the bell they were sentenced to 30 days in jail upon his return to russia last sunday. dramatic pictures showing threatening storm clouds rolling in over yet a province in northern spain lot ng heavy rain and strong winds battered the catalonian region a market square in the town suffered extensive damage as the fast moving storm swept through no injuries have so far been uprooted. a rare trip by the renesas old masters sandro but a tele is said to fetch as much as $100000000.00 at auction the work dated to $14.18 is titled young man holding around

a painting is the star attraction at an art auction in new york next week. when the going to sleep at the battle of the bruce is still a dormant arrive in merchant bloodbath desperate for a win to get their title bid back on track but the visitors defense was once again in a generous mood i'm glad took full advantage. there was a hug beforehand between ed in tears each and the man many took to succeed him. both sides have been scoring for fun this season well neither defense has exactly been watertight the cool video got this latest cool fest under we want to live in minutes and left him in splendid isolation from eunice hoffman's free kick the live in minutes later dortmund were level predictably through eleanor hall and the dictator after gigli such was delightful through ball. more quick feet from sun she was 6 minutes later lets a hole in 2nd to one dog and. put that lead lasted just 4 minutes again l.v.

was given the freedom of the penalty area to top $22.00 at the break. cloud back went back in front c 4 minutes into the 2nd half 1000000 punk showed why he's not noted for his defensive progress as rummy bence about any skip past him and cuddled home. 12 minutes from the end gladbach sound of the dortmund death now almost inevitably the goal came from the same play marcus 2 was the month left on mark this time. for to the final score a result that leaves the visitors title hopes in tatters and shows dortmund's powers that be just what marco can do. defending a struggling open champion know that joke of it was disappointed race really when his request for a more lenient lockdown ahead of the tournament was denied but the smile was back on his face as he was serenaded by fans who gathered underneath his hotel balcony.

members of adelaide's serbian community turned out to sing and dance to traditional music in a bid to inspire the hero to retain his title jacket which is quite intending for 14 days ahead of the open which begins on slavery. that's it for me and the news team up next on technology show shift at living in the digital age takes a look at free speech on social media don't forget you can always step stay on our web site state of money dot com for. life on earth. coming to an end to. a gigantic coincidence. that tampa previously the earth was just in a messy chemistry lab up on the ship. where the impossible but

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