seneca jap is cue to get the green light from the regulators in the coming days so last minute news of a 60 percent cut in delivery soon came as a nasty shock to lawmakers here in brussels who governments have been rolling out the red carpet for the pharmaceutical company we do not have the battersea thanks to them but thanks to public funding the public paid for the production capacity on the deal to secure supplies of the astra zeneca vaccine was an e.u. 1st that brought a big smile to the health commissioner's face back in august 2020 the bloc purchased 300000000 doses with the option to at 100000000 more in other words the european union is astra zeneca biggest client it paid hundreds of millions of euros upfront in order to ensure smooth production and supply but with promises unfulfilled the block is not a happy customer the big question is now where have all those 3 produced vaccine doses gone they may have been sold to the highest bidder elsewhere that's why

physician and politician peter liza welcomes news that producers may soon be obliged to notify the e.u. before they export any kopechne 1000 vaccines outside the block. we want to cooperate but if. fair the european commission has to show their weapons and the 1st step is. the 2nd step is an export ben farmer giant pfizer has also been in the firing line recently it too announced delays earlier this month citing production issues that its main site here in belgium producers say they're moving as fast as they can but in the race between vaccine and virus every delay could cost lives. and we're now joined by you saw him just now in that report he is a member of the european parliament and a medical doctor and speaks for the health of full on health for the e.p. group of conservative parties dr visit us was in a car told the e.u.

a very short notice that it will not need to the agreed to supply target what do you think what is really behind this delay. you know there is a problem with the production inside the european union and i think this has to be respected by everyone so you cannot produce wrecks in just like bret or sweets it is a sophisticated process but i'm convinced that the u.k. doesn't suffer at the same scale than the european union and that's why us after i've been a car i really a british company all want to be a world company that also has a good relationship with the european union and the un survey citizen as me saying that they the doses that should be available and have been paid for by the e.u. are actually being kept in britain to be sold to the british government so in.

rehab to be very careful there is a shortage and i don't say that there has been vaccine that has been produced for the european union brought to the u.k. but when they have a problem with the supply when they have to short supply that should not be one sided so they have a contract with the european union and not only with your case and here the country is not really the company it's not really playing fair and bets what has to be changed so what you're saying is that. is making the e.u. suffer more than the u.k. is that correct. that's the point here and they they have a very strange explanation they say there are different supply chains but it definitely not true 1st of all in the e.u. contract to plants in the u.k. are mentioned for the supply so there is no issue with

a difference of supply chain and in fact at least until some days ago the final referred meant of the vaccine odds of 5 u.k. has been made in decile germany so there is no issue with 2 completely separate supply chains it is possible to bring the vaccine from the u.k. to the continent as it was brought obviously until a few days ago at least from germany to the u.k. so it cannot only be one sided it's very clear dr patel is a member of the european parliament thank you very much for the time. for on the german side of the fight against the pandemic let's go to our political correspondent thomas barrow thomas we are hearing rumors of further instructions in germany tell us what are you hearing there. there's a big discussion here actually about these new variants of the corona virus and in particular what the german government can do to stop those variants from reaching

the country and part of that discussion and now as was mentioned in several german media out this is the possibility of reducing air travel to germany to almost 0 as well as increasing border checks and maybe border closures as well with particularly affected regions this is only and i would like to stress that part of that discussion so it is not a decision that has been already taken but according to those reports the government is looking into which ways would be necessary to reduce the possibility of those variants reaching germany or at least coming more to germany than what we've seen so far does that mean that the government somehow is admitting that the current restrictions are not working or not enough for example german chancellor angela merkel to stress that in some points germany acted too slowly that for example there was too much bureaucracy that the german society has problems with digitalisation blocking digitization of that that has affected the way germany has

dealt with the 2nd wave of a coronavirus pandemic in comparison to the way in which it dealt during the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic where germany for example had certain advantages having for example stable financing or having research that was then applied very quickly but in particular when it comes to this 2nd wave of the pandemic german officials and i'm going to michael stress that again today have recognized that things could have gone better the german chancellor stressing that in some particular cases germany didn't react as quickly as it should have. done as with the mood in germany around these current restrictions or already being being very bad what happens if they become even stricter with using. well it depends there are various polls that have come out in recent weeks generally you can say that about half of germans think that measures are appropriate and other half are divided between those who believe that they go too far oh don't go far enough but what most

germans seem to understand is that measures are necessary that they could go even further in the sense that the lockdown could be extended and only very few germans actually believe that 2021 will come hand in hand with a return to normality so in other words germans clearly see that 2021 will also be a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic of political correspondent thomas thank you thomas and here's a look at some other developments in the global coronavirus pandemic the kovacs vaccine sharing platforms says its hopes to supply 1800000000 those is to poor countries this year iran has approved russia's sputnik vaccine the islamic republic has burned the import of 5 scenes from the u.k. or the u.s. saying there are quote untrustworthy and a number of covert does in the u.k. has no support asked 100000 people it's the highest death toll in europe. now let's

get you up to speed on some of the other headlines from around the world italian prime minister says that the continent has resigned following the collapse of his governing coalition on january 13th by stepping down conti avoids the possibility of a humiliating defeat and in a parliamentary vote later this week but he could still form a new government and return as prime minister. moscow and tehran have called for renewed efforts to rescue the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and world powers talks between the 2 countries top diplomats came days after iran urged the biden administration in the u.s. to lift sanctions and reverse what it called the failed policies of the previous administration. in south africa part of the kruger national park are flooded after tropical storm louise brought heavy rains the storm is passing over southern africa after making landfall in mozambique on the weekend kruger park management is urging tourists and people living close by to avoid roads and low

lying bridges. tens of thousands of indian farmers have forced their way into the heart of the capital delhi they were protesting new agriculture laws that they say will only help big business the rallies began weeks ago but there was a major national holiday in india known as republic day. if you did then i. think been protesting since september calling on the government to repeal what they call look black floors so i did as the nation marked republic day i india's farmers lost patients. i wanted to look at them a look at this all of us here there are farmers laborers were all together the government can easily revoke these laws but they just want to benefit the corporates global economic. things got violent so fast.

they broke through police barricades. and they defied tear gas. heat up the usenet jais will witness the events as they unfolded very valuable now that the. court will fool. proof that. the foreigners who are flocked to the capital from all corners of india say the new agricultural laws will devastate their income while benefiting big corporations the government says the reforms won't hurt farmers and refuses to repeal them. farmers are india's most influential voting bloc and the growing rebellion enjoys huge support from all parts of indian society that. there are. the protestors were just 3 kilometers from where prime minister narendra modi and india's political

elite had been a few hours earlier celebrating republic day with all neatly dressed cavalry's and a giant parade but his government's offer to put the laws on hold for 18 months hasn't gone down well with the foreigners. and nor has today's tough police response in owner model based. tear gas on us how long of a pharma supposed to keep tolerating this we've made polite requests to them we told them we have no intent to fight we are peaceful nearby batavia as tensions rise in delhi the farmers insist they will settle for nothing less than a complete repeal. and much of the world cultural venues have been shut down during the coronavirus pandemic but the show must go on and the so does go on that list for the alternative rock band the flaming lips the group performed in oklahoma city with the help of space bubbles for the band

members and for the audience could socially distance in roughly 100 transparent bowls is equipped with a high powered speaker water bottle of up to 3 lucky gifts lighters in there was presumably discovered she. says. that's it from me and the news team don't go away don't come up ben fizzling has all the news about new developments in the pandemic and i'll call that 900 special program thanks for. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update nineteen's. on t w. children to come

to terms. one giant trouble i'm in when you're in no mood to see what your you. mean by reading anything legally change and do if you're counting. how will climate change affect us and our. water. the last mile of covert vaccine delivery from state capital to india's hinterlands . india aims to vaccinate 300000000 people by july a mammoth logistical challenge. for infrastructure roads traffic chaos stand between delivery drivers and patients. but supplying vaccines is one thing.

convincing people to take them is another. thing. someone told me that people are fainting they're developing a fever and some are dying after taking the injection that's why i was frightened. a survey indicates as many as 62 percent of indians are reluctant to get the vaccine. or count on that in a moment with dr randy the author of the bestseller. india's fight against the covered 90 pandemic 1st though this report from. 37 year old. it's a big day today she's going to get her 4th 1000 vaccine. has been working as a nurse at a private hospital in delhi for 3 years and has been a health worker 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. i had to take care to leave it 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 pains. guitar 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 covered 19 immunization program. in the 1st round of the vaccine rollout the government aims to vaccinate about 30000000 health workers and other front line workers. to vaccine for far have been given images the use approved by the countries. 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 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 best 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 emergencies government approvals are not uncommon in unusual circumstances. masses and masses have. to come in the

transfer. and communication. using 2 people. even though there are anxious voices regarding the image and the approval many working in the healthcare sector are confident that that the nation is the right step to take. this is a highly contagious disease so it was important for the vaccination to start. he does now almost through the monday g 20 minute observation period course waxen nation she said she has started feeling more secure against the corona by this and is eagerly awaiting the 2nd dose i'm now joined by dr randy canaria he's the director of all india institute of medical sciences a member of the country's covered 19 task force we heard earlier that 62 percent of indians are hesitant to get the vaccine can you explain that skepticism so i think i've seen his didn't see is there which is a global phenomenon and it's there in india also

a lot of or indians want to see others go to the web scene and get confidence that it is safe it's picked up now and now it's crossed to 70 percent so i think the 1st week of 2 acts in rollout in india had a lot of his it is easy especially among health care workers but now it has big up and confident that it will continue to increase over the next few weeks but it was the health care workers and the elderly who had to get vaccinated 1st as opposed to younger working people who are usually more mobile and i know half the population in india is under 25 with that of being a better strategy for india. so this was looked at and this is also as per the literal guidelines the front like workers and the elderly who want ality is high should be would be vaccinated 1st and this is basically to basically do 2 things one is to decrease the mortality and mortality was hired in the elderly and those with commodities and therefore they became productivity and secondly is to really

motivate our health care workers and they are getting exposed because of the type of work that they're doing the 5 k. workers the front line workers and if we do actually need them 1st after that we would move on to the younger age group what about the spread of the virus there were in parts of the country that are so densely populated so we've had multiple spikes in the last last year to me just by exam and other one but currently our cases are down we are actually seeing a very low number of cases are in our country are now and it seems as if the worst is over also our mortality is less and if you actually look at the cases per 1000000. then our numbers are very very low and i think india has actually done really read both in terms of number of cases per 1000000 and arcus fertility rate which is also the lowest in the world what about the speed of this actual vaccine

campaign i.v. infrastructure in india can be quite challenging. so we have a universal human addition program which we learn a new lease of where we vaccinate young children and they need women and that has been the backbone of the program that now is being done for vaccinating covert 19. a number of dryden's have been done to make sure that the courtship has been done in the vaccination vaccinating sites are appropriate vaccinators have been trained to acts and individuals and of all women has been created so that individuals can be sent a message that you're due for recognition they can come on that particular did you have a huge task even in the 1st of. us that we were in to do we are actually having to rights need 300000000 people so that is a huge number of people that we need to actually even just in the 1st please and that is equal to the population of many countries combined but we're rolling it out

and we're hopeful that we should be able to achieve it in the coming few months how is india managing to do this i know some people have to travel 2 days to get to a hospital for example considering those challenges how is india managing to do such a good job in your opinion at least from what you're saying so we like as told you we have a universal immunization program we also have hired a possible you program which we've had over the last few years and we've eliminated all year from india we've also don't do a very aggressive election campaign lectionary every 5 years and state elections are also held every 5 years so using the same model that our legs election morton we will have a vaccination sites in different areas both open and rule in the us colonies itself and vaccinators will be treated there so that it's close to people's house and they can come and get themselves like senator briefly finally can you tell us when india

will be fully vaccinated. that's a tough question we have a huge number of for people we have more than 1300000000 people so it's going to take a huge time but i'm quite confident that at least a sufficient mass of people would be vaccinated in the next 7 to 8 months of by the end of the year so that we see that we have something really good immunity in our population the hive is group as protective so that the mortality is low and combined with the degree of cases that we have in the immunity uplink because of natural infection i think we will have achieved some degree of herd immunity by then by the middle of this year about the canary i thank you very much thank you for example out of the show where our science correspondent eric williams answers your questions on the coronavirus. 95 percent vaccine effectiveness what does that mean the other 5 percent of recipients pashley protected or not

protected at all i agree that this statistic can be confusing so let's look for a minute at exactly how pfizer and by on tech arrived at it based on their data the companies and rolled over 40000 subjects and what's called a double blinded trial which means neither the participants nor the vaccine administrators knew who was getting the vaccine and who was getting a placebo subjects' had a 5050 chance of getting one or the other they were of various ages from various countries and they were racially and ethnically diverse after administration it was a waiting game the trial coordinators basically had to wait for participants to begin getting sick when statistically relevant numbers of people got ill the results were evaluated coordinators looked to see how many people got sick in each

of the 2 groups when the initial results from the trial were published it reported 170 symptomatic cases of covert 19 among all trial participants and 162 of them were in the placebo group so some 95 percent of them among the vaccinated only 8 people had symptomatic over $1000.00 so you could also say that for every one vaccinated person who got it around 20 unvaccinated people dead and pretty much every group and age appeared for all intents and purposes to be protected pretty much equally on to the 2nd question now when they experience symptoms of covert 19 despite having received the vaccine just. well sick did those 8 trial subjects get well only one of them got it badly enough to require

hospitalization in the placebo group 9 people ended up in the hospital so so there was a dramatic impact there as well indicating a pretty strongly that if you're vaccinated there's a small chance that you might still get coke at 19 in spite of that but also an extremely good chance that if you do it'll be a mild case. turquoise there i'm been fizzling thanks for watching say safe as you get sick guaranteed healthy.

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