but. that's kind of more from the don't know comes from the ghetto motus in brussels welcome gauteng has been a day of claims counterclaims and angry messaging between the 2 sides i'm going to bring us up to date i think to a key points 3 akitas made here and one being that the best effort clause that apparently is in that confidential contract that the huge commission now has asked us resented got to put on the table so that everybody can see that there is a clear commitment to deliver the vaccines promised 80000000 in the 1st quarter not just the 31000000 that astra zeneca has now indicated they could deliver so making clear that a best effort clause is not an excuse but it's pretty much a standard if you buy a product that hasn't been produced yet and the 2nd key thing that korea kate is made clear today is that there is no hierarchy of factories astra zeneca is

a clove of company if there is a supply problem as let's say in india or europe or the u.k. it doesn't matter it cannot be that just one client and the u.a.e. you being the biggest client has to carry that burden off that supply problem so does she have an or else one pressure can the e.u. exert. she made clear today that there is no talk about export ban because obviously a number of journalists raise that questions about vaccine nationalism and she said none of none of that is on the table what the e.u. seeks is fairness and they want that the contract they have signed is fulfilled but it was very clear at the end of that press conference she said that no company should be under any illusion that the e.u. does not have the means to understand what's happening so the message here for companies is don't all this for a fool we know what you are doing and the transparency mechanism that has been

suggested by the european union will also show them and that is if you if you want a warning shot now if maxine's are exported from the e.u. the e.u. will monitor this and potentially that could also lead to a ban but she ruled that out for the moment and we're talking about a vaccine this from astra zeneca that hasn't even been approved for use in the e.u. yet and now there are questions about its efficacy in older patients so what can we expect to hear from the european a medicine citation say we really have to wait until the end of the week that's when the approval from the european medical agency is expected there are reports that data is still coming in from astra zeneca as we speak right now and that there is not a lot of data on the group of elderly people of $65.00 plus only 6 to 8 percent have been participating in trials and that is not

a lot that is less then of the vaccines that have so far been approved so it may be that the european medical agency will give a lesser approval for older age groups on on that particular vaccine for master zeneca but that we really have to see we can only speculate at the moment but i thank you for that gayle go watch us in brussels. well germany is considering additional radical steps to try and slow the spread of coverage 19 including drastically reducing international air travel to the country the government is were at their current restrictions may not be enough if new more infectious coronavirus variants continue to arrive. for now german airports like frankfurt remain open to travel but that could soon be a thing of the past according to the german government the plan put forward by the country's interior minister means air travel into germany could be reduced in near 0 if the new more contagious variants of the coronavirus spiral out of control in

a 1st step mandatory tests for people arriving in germany could be introduced. and we don't think about reducing our air travel to 0 we talk about more tests when you arrive in germany right now you can come from countries like egypt was out having a test the fear of new variance is real in germany several hospitals have stopped new missions and some staff are in florentine because they've tested positive for them scientists are now feverish lee working on establishing just how widespread the mutations are. the german government once a year of white solution to stop the spread. for new dwellings highways in the musical we're still asking people to refrain from traveling to high risk countries particularly those where variants have been found. we're also discussing the european commission's new suggestions to tighten conditions for

travel into the e.u. and for trance european travel mitnick of us from the n.d.p. to for shaphan german politicians face a dilemma the current restrictions on public life in place until the 15th of february seem to be working the number of daily new infections has been falling overall but in light of the thread posed by the new variants of the virus it's highly likely that they'll have to be extended. now to russia where police have conducted searches a moscow addresses connected to rational position in the valley. you know. it's not in the office is something to break down the door of his wife's apartment and search mr lee's home the offices of his anti corruption fund teams route to studio the raids come after his team held mass protests in cities across the country on sunday calling for his release from prison. straight to moscow

then we joined d.w. correspondent and welcome what more can you tell us about these rights what we're seeing seems to be a flurry of police searches and raids across mont moscow as you say phil in the apartments of these allies that his offices according to the head of his anti corruption fund needs personal doctor has also been detained now the police apparently are saying that it's connected these searches are connected to a criminal case that they've opened into apparently illegal calls to protest last weekend there were those mass protests in russia all over russia that these team called for and the police have also in connection to that it seems been searching the apartment of union that by their knees wife and outside of that

apartment my colleagues from the russian service managed to speak to her lawyer let's have a listen. moving to drink of the day we can see that there are mass searches owns of the employees of the anti corruption fund today machine and they are clearly being treated in a biased way by authorities and their right to legal protection are being violated so i mean to be chancellor lawyer i would say that at the moment you just rights are being violated and so the rights of others who are not being allowed to see their lawyers. really sit with me unfortunately at the moment this is a common practice there's really 2 things. i want to share with you one of these rights happening now well it seems from the authorities point of view at least that these raids could be part of various

criminal cases that have been opening opened after the protests last weekend about 20 criminal cases so far have been opened against protesters including for violence against the police for calling for an authorized protests and for blocking traffic for example and it does seem that we've seen similar sort of criminal cases being opened in the past after big protests and some critics say that those are an attempt to intimidate protesters which could be the case especially since dynasty in has called for another round of protests this coming weekend the militia when in moscow thank you. couple of other stories making headlines around the world now starting in russia where are they countries are no houses of parliament to ratify the extension of the last remaining nuclear arms control packed with united states the lower house the state duma voted unanimously to extend the new start treaty for

5 years the vote came a day after u.s. president joe biden russian president vladimir putin reached a deal. and that any city of tripoli see a 3rd night of clashes between the security forces and demonstrators crowds of protesting about the country's economic crisis which has been made worse by a coronavirus knock down the red cross says dozens were injured when last night when protesters threw molotov cocktails and stones at security forces. and germany's pollens has marked international holocaust remembrance day commemorating the $6000000.00 jews and other victims of nazis and they falls on the anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration and extermination camps at auschwitz at the end of the 2nd world war speakers at the ceremony in the blood the stock award again see a resurgence of anti semitism. day of

remembrance for the victims of the brutal nazi regime representatives of the country's jewish community took part in the commemoration alongside german officials including chancellor angela merkel and president frank felt. this year the ceremony also marked 700 years of jewish life in germany shiloh techno block holocaust survivor and former head of the central council of jews warned of a worrying recurrence of anti-semitism. he was in michigan i don't need to present you with a timeline of anti semitic incidents in our country they take place openly blatantly almost daily conspiracy theories are becoming more and more popular thing once again anti semitism is bringing in votes it has become socially acceptable again the bundestag president echoed conneaut blocks concerns if you need us metal it's devastating to have to admit that our culture of remembrance does not protect

us from a brazen reinterpretation or even a denial of history as you thought me nor does it protect us from new forms of racism and anti semitism such as those reading in schoolyards on the internet or in conspiracy theory social norms theory and for piety. but the ocean spark and death camp remain the chilling reminders of just where such thinking can lead this year the site lies empty due to the pandemic with the 76th anniversary of its liberation marked online by an ever smaller group of survivors there is concern that the lessons of the past could die with the witnesses the director of the site's museum says that virtual events are no much for a visit. to the folks who took over there for nothing will replace the opportunity to experience the place at the authentic space because this isn't just about seeing and listening this is about looking around walking around touching experiencing the

perspective and understanding. it's even ski hopes the site can open again soon so that people can once more come to remember those murdered in the name of naziism. and situ up to date i have more at the top of the hour up next here on news as co-creators special i'm going to. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing does the latest research. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. m d w. children 2

continents. one giant problem and in no need to see the picture you. need only change a few times to you. how will climate change affect us and our children. are more e.w. dot com slash water. islands and immunization for indonesia a logistical nightmare. it's the world's largest archipelago. shipping shots to hundreds of millions of citizens spread across more than $17000.00.

their keep cool can actually taking a public boat is not an ideal condition for distribution all thanks. to the it's just not safe to carry vaccines in crowded conditions at least in part . from my past. and the countries vaccination campaign is highly controversial it prioritises younger people over the elderly. the government argues that they make up the bulk of the country's workforce they're the breadwinners. critics say they're more vulnerable could lose out. indonesia has topped $1000000.00 coronavirus cases and to clamp down on the soaring infectious rate it's launched one of the world's biggest vaccine drives but its strategy is contentious. the 1st shot in tunisia is national vaccination program president joko widodo getting

the jab to inspire confidence among citizens but the plan is already controversial as a prioritises younger people over the elderly even influencers have been put at the front of the lie they include research saraswati a singer and writer who's been vaccinated since last week. so i. along with health protocols vaccination is one of the best solutions to the pandemic. the limited you see so i hope that with vaccination people who lost hope last year due to inaction and neglect will regain their excitement. and join the vaccination dr says he would have up on a lot of the. but older people are less than joyous the vaccine hasn't even been tested on them yet although recent data shows that people over 60 in

indonesia are nearly 20 times likelier to die of cove at 19 than young people also have the most and it's goring just staying at home when i was only the vaccine will be made available to the elderly soon god and so that a calm order now i hope that apart from protecting themselves the young people who have been vaccinated that will also protect the elderly and children who have not been vaccinated. the government justifies its vaccination priorities largely on economic grounds. we see that the majority of these young people are those who carry out economic activities in supporting their families they are actors in economic activities so we prioritize those aged 18 to 59. meanwhile the elderly tend not to do activities outside the home because they are not the backbone of the family's economy. yet the

vaccination scheme has sparked debate in the community a story you see i do not agree the reason is because the elderly are the ones who need it more often but what is the you like your 3 because there is no vaccine for the elderly yet i don't think i agree because the. older ones are more vulnerable than young people but we have learned on the health ministry says the elderly can expect to start being vaccinated in march or april when the body and took pfizer and astra zeneca oxford vaccines arrive. so what happens to the elderly while they wait what happens if they catch kogut i pose that question to dr. who's based in banda aceh. so they have 1st they have to stay at home and. dancing and also and they have the catch of the conflict in a levy. our health care system that's ready to. i guess it's easier to

keep an elderly person at home rather than a young person but what makes you think this is the right strategy when the rest of the world is taking on a very different approach because then the number of. arrive in the 1st phase is very very short and also that the number of the proportion of the 3 in indonesia is that it is. their country and also we have the crises in the health care system for we have to keep our how to work or for us we're already seeing case numbers fall in some countries as a result of a vaccination campaigns is your country already seeing results. not yet or all that said it all the you just. one week ago and the annals of the number as very small proportions we haven't like i see any you know any

crease of the number of the coffee 1000 indonesia how much does logistics play a pot here i know it's very different difficult to distribute the vaccine in indonesia. right now we have 3000000. workers and then we have to pull the. office and then from. his real distribute to the hospital and also the. indonesia and this is a big hot guys and what about the resistance among indignations is that a difficult task i know it is it was the 1st outside of china to approve an emergency code 1000 vaccine developed by the chinese drug make a scene of iraq despite its low effectiveness does that worry people it is it is a big problem here indonesia has. been the the general population

but also how the workers but this is the thing that the government has you. think attention and then try to. see from me from the guy from the people of indonesia and the other factor that could see some resistance what about how loud vaccines because of your large muslim population. so the hollow is in indonesia especially for the most names of all the facts seen that we have to take as should be possibly the certification from the muslim council so all the fact scenes should have tested by this organization. thank you very much for joining us today. picking up on the point of efficacy all those numbers can be a little confusing it's in from our science desk decided to take a look at some of the rates and the history of that. we've heard a lot about the african c. rates of covert 19 vaccines u.s. pharma pharma dharma says it's coated 19 vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. pfizer

biotech coated 19 vaccine has an advocacy of 95 percent of the final. rushes sputnik the coronavirus vaccine trial shows encouraging results but what does this mean unlike the history of pixie. let's explain the 1st ever vaccine was for smallpox it was introduced in 796 the disease was then declared eradicated nearly 2 centuries later in 1900 and the vaccine was 95 percent effective in preventing small pox measles 97 percent effective but in spite of the strong maxime measles continues to spread looking at you and actors polio has nearly been eradicated and the vaccine is 99 percent effective the flu vaccine is a tricky one as the virus mutates regularly so people have to get flu shots every year to help protect against the most common strains generally the effectiveness of

the flu shot hovers around 50 to 60 percent when scientists started work on covert 916 so the world health organization said one except a vaccine efficacy of just 50 percent so with these reason phase 3 clinical trial results showing vaccines that have north of 90 percent efficacy of move was to be hopeful about well yes but that's neither here but just because the results have been good so far that doesn't mean we can instantly go back to life as we know it not everyone will be able to get vaccinated that includes people whose immune systems are compromised or weakened by existing conditions and it will take a while to get vaccines. everyone can be vaccinated so now after the death and thing either way it's going to be for a while yet. and now over to our science correspondent gary williams he's been looking into your questions on the coronavirus. british strain off

19 really more deadly. last week the british prime minister caused quite a stir when at a press conference he led with this in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears there is some evidence the new variant the very that was 1st identified in london in the southeast may be associated with a higher degree of mortality the announcement was based on an assessment made by a group of scientists who advised the british government they'd examined new studies and called the idea that the variant was more dangerous a realistic possibility even put a number on that around 30 to 40 percent more deadly to clarify what that means exactly an official use the example of 60 year old man in those who today are infected with earlier versions of the virus around 10 out of

a 1060 year old men die if it were 30 percent more deadly the new variant would kill 13 of those men the thing is a lot of experts including the ones at the press conference by the way they've been reminding people that the estimate is still based on some pretty preliminary data and and also horribly complex surrounding factors not least the fact that of course we're pretty sure now the variant discovered in the u.k. is is more transmissible than earlier ones and of course higher transmissibility will also lead to it killing more people simply because more people will catch it. and perspective is also important even if the new variant does turn out to be somewhat more deadly it's still unlikely to prove to be as lethal as the

original virus was at this time last year because back then we knew a lot less about how to treat covert 19 now we're able to say it a lot more of the people who end up developing severe disease. and more and more every day williams there are inventors all and thank you very much for watching stay safe and else you again very soon you're on the don't worry about.

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