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oh. this is deja vu news live from berlin fears over threats to germany's vaccination program the german government says that anti back servers conspiracy theorists and sabotage could try to disrupt its coronavirus immunisations campaign that it is prepared to also coming up unprecedented scenes in the netherlands as angry protests against a coronavirus curfew spiral into rioting and looting dozens of people are arrested . and understood to stop or baron be childhood to extend their lead of top the
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table all the goals including this one for profit london just coming out. i'm sumi so much ground it's good to have you with us the german government says it is preparing for possible attacks on corona virus vaccination centers vaccine shipments or vaccine makers now according to the interior ministry there is a quote abstract threat of sabotage on germany's vaccination campaign in a letter the ministry said vaccination opponents or conspiracy theorists could try to break into facilities or launch cyber attacks german vaccine manufacturers have already been targeted on several occasions by hackers attempting to steal intellectual property. for more on the story we can go right to our correspondent a man who i shows here in berlin she's following the latest hi emma good to see you
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so tell us more here how dangerous is this situation. well the german government say there was a very high risk of start should tax attempts against research facilities against production centers and attacks or if you will process that would go out of hand when it comes to empty boxes when it come to a corner. as we call them here the people who are skeptical of the virus and the government are east a king those trends very seriously in particular in light of the protests that were seen in the u.s. capital a few weeks ago well meanwhile authorities here in berlin have actually sealed off an entire hospital after identifying more cases of that more infectious variant of 1000 we'll talk about that in a moment 1st let's take a look at this report. the humboldt clinic in berlin where more than one and
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a half 1000 staff and 400 patients are in quarantine the hospital will not be admitting any new patients for at least a full night it's not nice the patients they aren't allowed to visit. i'm sad my daughter is inside she's waiting to get in drinks but i can't go in and. it's the 1st clinic closure of its kind in germany it comes after 14 patients and 6 stuff members tested positive for the highly contagious new car of the 19 strain that originated in the u.k. stuff we tested negative can only travel between work and heart but testing of all patients and staff is ongoing. hard to talk today the 1st results are starting to come in and we are not optimistic. we hope to have a better view of the situation in the coming hours and days but we can already see that the number of cases is increasing it's up to the industry's high touch typed
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the humboldt clinic is considered exemplary it is one of the early clinics in berlin that has been testing for the mutation since the start of the u. . i mean it was only because we did a preliminary screening of positive tests that the new virus strain came to our attention and we could act accordingly to protect the population as well as our employees and patients. despite that quick action there is great concern that the new virus variant will still spread both in berlin and the rest of germany. so am i tell us how this works because shuttle quarantine will mean that the staff will travel between work and home but that would also mean that they would have contact with other people. yes and it shows older difficulty for essential workers to be quarantined. well you simply cannot prevent doctors and nurses to go to hospital is during a pandemic now
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a shuttle bessie's hopping organized for them so there we have effectively been quarantined and only allowed to travel to and from home but that also shows you just where we. are about these new strain of the virus divider and top virus and virus are just in she 555 road system chief of chief sorry christian droste and other charity hospitals said he was deeply worried that bart's varian which is 35 percent more infection has done the virus we already know so it might spread 35 percent quick the virus as we know it's right now and amid those concerns i bring us up to date on the overall situation right now in germany. well studying sunday does being a title checks of the german borders did actually might impact food imports here in germany there's also tighter controls of neuron balls off
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airports that means comptrollers on whether or not people can provide a negative test when they come back from high risk areas now good news this 7 days incidence rate continues on decreasing it is as of today a $111.00 cases per 100000 inhabitants is still too high it is still a little above 2 times higher than the already critical tresh older 50 cases 400000 inhabitants but it's getting better and that's also why this is the deal trying to rein in this new variant before it spreads again and on the vaccination from the as of as of friday because there's a backlog in a registration of vaccinations over the weekend as of friday a 1500000 of germans received their 1st job that's 1.8 percent of the entire german population being vaccinated and as us so the introduction very soon of
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a new antibody a drug that apparently prevents a serious patients suffering from kovi to develops it as serious serious effects of the virus serious symptoms of the virus. reporting for us thank you very much. now is the 1st nationwide curfew in the netherlands since world war 2 it sparked widespread rioting unrest flared up in the capital amsterdam in the southern city of at least 30 demonstrators opposing tighter coronavirus restrictions were arrested thousands of rule breakers have also been signed. anger boils over against the night curfew the 1st in 75 years. on the streets of eindhoven protesters set a car on fire and then rampage through shops and the
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train station. this demonstration in amsterdam is illegal but residents of furious at the months long lockdown and now the new curfew. live free. things you can think freely. they say their freedom and future are being sacrificed in the fight against the virus. that is eating my life i don't agree with the restrictions on freedom yet. it's certainly true that elderly people of all nobles but there are also so many young people involved and young people of the future. and it's all this is a voice that is saying no we're so afraid we're going in the wrong direction it may be understandable but it's still the wrong way. they cared about.
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the government says the curfew is a preventative measure the number of new positive tests have been fooling but prime minister mark rota warned against a possible surge of infections from the british mutation of the virus. hours after the curfew came into force this is all that's left of a covert testing center on the coast and in amsterdam riot police break up a mostly peaceful demonstration with water cannons the netherlands was one of the last e.u. countries to begin immunizing health because with production delays slowing vaccination programs across europe a return to freedom here and elsewhere still looks alone why of. journalist michele charisse has been following the story in the netherlands we asked how much support there is for the curfew. well the demonstrations you see
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that's a marginal phenomenon although it has been the rounds ever since the beginning after there was a lockdown so have you seen riots and protests. since late spring early summer overall though there's quite a bit of support from most lock down nationals it was 77 percent support by the end of the year and situation now is a bit more complicated because we have a caretaker government and the political debate is heating up. going into elections in march so tourists more debate and more sense of this and people are disappointed that things are taking very long and growth has not gone away and that the netherlands is 2 very badly that exceeds. journalist michel keris in rotterdam speaking to us earlier there let's get a check on some other headlines from around the world now mexico's president and raise money while locus over the water is the latest world leader to test positive
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for coverage 19 he's been widely criticized over the pandemic of mexico has kicked off a limited vaccination vaccination rollout over there will speak to russian leader vladimir putin about obtaining the sputnik vivax e. portuguese president must settle a suicide has been reelected in a boat overshadowed by a devastating surge in public $1000.00 cases this is a one around 60 percent of the vote portugal's battling the world's highest rate of new infections a national lockdown is in force. and a rescue ship carrying nearly 400 people is due in the italian port of agusta the ocean viking is carrying migrants from guinea sudan and sierra leone they were saved while crossing the mediterranean several governments refused entry but the vessel is now bound for sicily to china now where 11 miners have been rescued after spending 2 weeks trapped underground after an explosion they were lifted to safety by rescuers who were drilled
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a shaft down to reach them in the gold mine in shadow province one other miner is known to have died and 10 more are unaccounted for breakthrough after 2 weeks of intense rescue efforts this man grateful to be alive his eyes shielded after he emerged from underground. he had the strength to walk but others like the 1st man to be freed were too weak to stand. boreholes with their lifelines vital supplies including food water and medicine were lowered to the miners and psychologists also provided support responders made headway on sunday after major blockages suddenly fell to the bottom of the shaft. the rescue operation happen faster than expected after freeing all the trapped
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miners we were able to locate we will now focus on searching for the other missing miners the explosion happened in an air ventilator shaft on january 10th on sunday rescuers were able to reach a man trapped alone 630 meters underground the others one of whom died were found at 540 meters 10 more people remain unaccounted for life detectors are being sent down to locate them managers at the mine have been detained for failing to report the blast for more than 24 hours it's a dangerous line of work in china nearly $600.00 mining related deaths were reported last year alone. for the sake of football now and league leaders byron munich have improved their
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title hopes with a win against shaka the 2 teams at opposite ends of the table faced off on sunday. it's lonely at the bottom of the table west shall kiss it stuck and out the top went by and have the chance to make stan their lead after their 2 closest rivals both lost on saturday. shall care held the fort for 33 minutes went by and broke the deadlock. last left us were commish and then tomas mother completely on mocked . after the break the defending did not improve on by and got their 2nd robert levin dusky bumbling in his 23rd goal of the season already one small commish was the provider this time with among range boss to find the league's leading scorer. commish then made it a hat trick of assists teeing up thomas muller for his 2nd and byron's thought. the
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reigning champions now have a comfortable 7 point cushion in 1st place while shell could only have 7 points in total and look ever more likely to go down. up next sunday w. our show world stories explores how portugal has become a hub for digital nomads. it's about billions. it's about our work. 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 corrupt there's a morning when for accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on.
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