constitution's money is i'm actually not you know what country. this is b.w. news live from berlin going to war over vaccines by the european union's vaccination drive a start suing the dispute between the e.u. and pharma company astra zeneca escalates accusations are flying back and forth the longer just a political issue it's deadly serious for millions of europeans waiting for that jobs. united nations secretary general wants of the dangers of vaccine nationalist

saying rich nations need to show solidarity towards the global south face the consequences. plus the game stop friends ends the week with fuel that's outrage on small investors also on line growth has restricted the buying of the company's shares so what will happen next in this wild ride on wall street. has welcome to the show the president of the year european commission also a fund a line has urged pharma company astra zeneca to stick by its commitments to supply the e.u. with its covert $900.00 vaccine comments come after the british swedish firm said it was cutting the number of doses for the e.u. by 60 percent because of production problems. the drugmaker also said it was not

contractually obliged to deliver on the line said the contract is quote crystal clear the controversy comes as the bloc faces pressure with many countries countries failing to meet their vaccination targets. other w.'s correspondent mark martins joins us now from brussels he's following this ongoing story the legs developing the contract at the center of this dispute has not been made public so what does it say. well there and i can tell you what it does not say and that is there to keep parts of the contract i'm looking at for instance including the the supply time table have been plucked out for confidentiality reasons what it also does not include is an order of deliveries who will get what 1st it also does not into the hierarchy of factories for instance saying that the 2 factories in the u.k. only supply to the u.k.

and it is these things that are missing in this contract that the e.u.'s pointed out is for them a crucial case that everybody should be treated equally what legal experts i've been reading from have said is that the argument that best efforts to keep that timetable. that has been promised to e.u. member states is only a best effort and is not a firm commitment that legally that argument is not watertight so those are from the line and said the contract was crystal clear and now apparently it is not. well it is to still clear in terms of the timetables what it is not is that i can see because those parts have been by have been blackened out the key point for the commission is that they still wait from astra zeneca and another meeting is yet to be scheduled for that to to answer questions why actually the pre-paid and pre-purchased vaccines that have been promised to the

e.u. have not been delivered and also the questions where are these vaccines because you see the european union has spent hundreds of millions of euros in advance even before approval from the european medicines agency so that a vaccine can be produced so the moment it is approved it is there to be vaccinated is so but that's also part of the problem astra's is supplying vaccine to the united kingdom isn't it exactly and the argument of the european commission is that stress anika is a close call company that is producing not only in the e.u. but also in the u.k. also in india and that supply chain problems must then affect all those countries that are buying vaccines and europe is the biggest customer and it can't be that it's just europe that is carrying the burden just because the supply chain problem appears to be in a belgian factory but both are strong and the e.u.

have said it's states in the contract that they respectively were right and now the redacted version of the contract that you have in front of you still doesn't shed any light on the core issues here why do you think this has all been redacted. i think the key problem you get is that you it appears we have a company has been making promises to 2 sites and now it can't keep those promises on one side if it were to be the case that actually it's there's a 1st come 1st serve policy that the u.k. scattered 1st then that should have been marked in that contract if it were to be that vaccines that are produced in u.k. factories should be going to the u.k. 1st and that should be marked instead what this country does say is that there are 4 big factories producing those vaccines for europe and those include the factories in the u.k. so there's a lot of questions that that still need to be answered and what the e.u. commission is now trying to do is actually find

a way out to get hands on those vaccines rather than pursue a legal lawsuit which would take obviously months and years what the u.a.e. you commission now hopes to achieve what by the way with a meeting for instance on sunday where all vaccine developers will sit together with there was a lot underline the head of the european commission and find a way how vaccines can be supplied so that everybody in europe profits from this story is far from over. in brussels for us thank you. results from large scale trials in the u.k. suggest another new vaccine could soon be available to us pharmaceutical company novak's said its coronavirus vaccine given in 2 doses is almost 90 percent effective the firm has applied for regulatory approval in the u.k. . nowak scientists began working on a covert 19 q one year ago rapid progress meant it wasn't long before human trials

were on no way no effective tests have shown their hard work has paid off with a vaccine it is 89 percent effective even against a new u.k. variant of the virus. i think the other bit of news that comes through is that there is slightly different levels of sea against the different strains of the variant so you've been hearing about that's not surprising but it is just a little message that we are going to see some degree of variation of protection against these variants a separate trial in south africa showed the inoculation had just under 50 percent effective against the new variant that is rampant there novak says it's already working on a push to try and improve that. british prime minister boris johnson welcomed the headline news and said the u.k. had ordered 16000000 doses beautifully in union has ordered 200000000 it's the 4th

vaccine to seek approval from western regulators doses are not expected to be ready until later this year. well for more on that let's bring in a science editor. another vaccine of course great news for us about novak's. well as we've been been hearing you know the one thing that everybody wants to know is is this going to help is it how effective is it and as we have been hearing 89.989.3 percent effective in the u.k. faced 3 trials and significantly 50 percent effective against one of the mutations that is now the predominant very in the u.k. in south africa 90 percent in the phase 2 trials especially against this escape very and of course that is very significant novak's has made it clear that you know in its u.k. trial it's had 15000 participants between the ages of 18 and 84 years of age

including 27 percent over the age of $65.00 and of course that they be stressing that point right now in this debate around the astra zeneca vaccine where there is sort of lacking evidence and data about how effective it is for people in you know older sort of groups and communities so but you know the integral thing is that it's not yet approved the other thing i can tell you about if you're a time is that it works slightly different from the other vaccine so just very briefly you know the ones that we've been hearing about say the pfizer beyond sake is this novel r.n.a. style and also the madonna vaccine is also this are in a style chinese vaccines that sign a farm they use an inactivated a version of the virus here with novak's are talking about it's a protein vaccine that basically teaches the immune system to stop the proteins that the virus creates the spike proteins that it uses to get into the human cells

and then affect us and then replicate itself so that it's a slightly different version different style and that's what we can say right now so how a cookie do you think the novak's. vaccine will be then out on the market in sufficient numbers to make a difference. well it's very hard to say we have heard they've already applied for all regulatory approval in the u.k. that the case may be different in the with the european medicines agency that's a bit of a star process in the u.s. of course it's a u.s. company so there is a sort of sense a gut feeling that says that will be pushing this through very quickly but and it is you know there are encouraging signs events been some talk about mean lower levels of x. advocacy but you know we are talking about research and progress particularly on the issue of the mutations we do not know what's happening in how many different variations there are many mutations where the mutate again so there is a chance that regulatory bodies will say look we need this is

a good you know there are really good indications here it's cost face free in the u.k. let's put it out there because the best way to find out whether a vaccine is going to work is what you stick it out in the general population just ring monitor the progress as it evolves because this whole thing is a meeting face that is still evolving before our very eyes and so they will have to take it to essentially the next phase which is going to the public public populations around the world level signs at a sort of a funny thanks for. the time now to have a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic the makers of russia's sputnik vina vaccine half said they can provide 100000000 doses to the e.u. but hungary is so far the only country on the block to have approved the russians job mexico has surpassed india as the country with a 3rd highest covert 19 death toll over 155-5000 have died them and the united nations has cost 2020 the worst year in tourism history with global losses in the

sector of more than one trillion euros. united nations secretary general is calling the distribution of covert 1000 vaccines a quote global emergency secretary general antonio guterres said more than 70000000 doses have been administered worldwide but fewer than 20000 vaccinations were on the african continent he wanted while every country has the duty to protect its own people no country can afford to neglect the rest of the world this is a global crisis site c.v. solidarity is free you get us all myths about fair distribution not only about money when you flog a fun good fair access to corona virus vaccines around the globe that's what the european union promised the world even before the 1st vaccine was approved the hue has invested heavily in research and development and member states have put

millions into helping poor nations acquire vaccines in the future but as the world scrambles to produce and distribute enough japs in the end it seems europe das come 1st if you can't help that's fine rundowns former host minister and years be a long while want tells me but then don't cast yourself as a savior be frank and say my people 1st don't lie to me and say we will be quote with so so because we start to prepare you on the way up with it but we just see that you're not and. while the corona virus continues to spread rapidly in africa only a few countries there have begun immunizing their citizens each ordered vaccines from china for example and guinea is rolling out a russian vaccine these 2 world powers were quick of the mark of that deal they are practicing vaccine diplomacy for 2 army didn't they our foreign policy object

but in the meantime we need to look at the outcomes why you know you feed right to mitigate you know the access gap between poor and the rich nations why not even the europe's closest neighbors in the western balkans have here to see the block deliver on pledges to help here to chinese and russian vaccines are filling devoid of the european union and that they wanted their global public good they wanted to ensure a quick block there but we're just saying even today and yesterday then you know suggesting or threatening that there might be export bans on the current of art back in the e.u. and so obviously that's very concerning sign of the nationalism here and brussels officials say humanitarian vixen donations will be exempt from tougher export controls they promised help will come soon to say that the e.u. is not doing anything i think it's is is is is really not correct that we are

actually in discussion both with the member states but also with the pharmaceutical companies in order precisely to help this advance the e.u. was quick to call for global cooperation against a pandemic but so far it's been too slow to live up to promises of global solidarity. well it's a toss look at this issue with an ameri ad sees a health policy adviser oxfam international joins me from the other white in the u.k. the report we just saw highlighted significant inequalities in vaccine distribution despite promises of the risk on troops to the contrary what's your take on this. right so you just 9 months ago you were seeing well and leaders particularly e.u. leaders lining up to to declare once we have an effective prevention and safe vaccine for private 19 it would be a global public goods but all research is the people's vaccine alliance finds that

unfortunately. 9 out of 10 people in the poorest countries are set to miss out on a vaccine this year and we've got 2 very big interconnected problems the 1st is that not enough vaccines are being made and the 2nd is that rich countries have bought up the vast majority that we have now this really doesn't need to be a competition between vaccinating people in jamey in france in the u.k. or the u.s. i'm guessing the fact thing to malawi zambia or mexico if we fix that supply problem and to do that we need the pharmaceutical corporations to share that box in science and know how and that's technology so that we can get more manufacturers on board across the globe to scale up the manufacturing fix up supply problem and if you like flood the world with a safe and effective vaccine so we can end this crisis as quickly as possible no you just mentioned if only people in certain countries are immunized can the virus

ever be beaten. no the simple answer is no i didn't we if we don't fix that supply problem current predictions are that the poorest countries are set to miss out on sufficient doses to get to that critical herd immunity for perhaps years to come and the problem is is this if we have patchy access to the vaccine some countries getting it some countries dime that means that the fact that the virus is allowed to continue and that the greater the chance of those mutations that we are now seeing what that could also mean is that those mutations render the vaccines that we have and the vaccines that many people in the richer countries have already received less effective or ineffective and then we need to modify those vaccines and start again creating more and more delays so i think it's really important for people to understand that it's you know not

only a moral obligation to ensure everyone in the on the planet has access to these vaccines but it's in the south interest of people in those richer countries because they know that public health and economic security will continue to be a risk as long as this pandemic continues and the marriott oxfam thank you very much for your input thank you. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour there's been a 4th night of unrest in the northern lebanese city of tripoli protesters setting fire to cars and government buildings and worry about the combined effect of lebanon's strict coronavirus lockdown and the country's ongoing economic crisis. ordered an appeals court in the netherlands has ordered the british ducks all and gas companies shell to pay compensation of damage caused by oil spills in the knees or delta the case was brought by $4.00 nigerian farmers who alleged widespread

pollution on the island. experts from the world health organization have visited a hospital in the chinese city of one it was one of the 1st places to treat patients with the corona virus the team also said to visit the city's food markets which is suspected to being the origin of the global pandemic. china will no longer recognize the british national overseas passport many hong kong residents hold beijing's move to revoke the documents validity comes after the british government recently announced it would open its doors to hong kong residents following china's clampdown on the territories freedoms. now as we called the the david versus goliath battle on wall street the game stop frenzy as in a group of small investors buying a surge of stock and creating losses in the billions for hedge fund professionals but now there is anger on the online forums where this will belly and was

coordinated after brokerage apps took action to stop it. they're placing their bets a group of small time speculators not professional traders have been coordinating the purchase of game stop stocks in online forums even though the retailer is virtually broke this has been causing share prices to skyrocket at the peak of the frenzy the stock had risen 2500 percent from its price at the start of the year played out that those who are pushing the share prices higher are on the winning side but those hedge funds that are short the stock. believe that the price will be going down are getting squeezed and so the concern is that we maybe we end up with some hedge funds that have financial difficulties. game stops rising share price has already caused problems for hedge funds and major investors who were banking on the firm stock dropping in value now every penny it increases by means

a loss for the short sellers but on thursday the surge in share price was halted when brokerage apps like robin hood barred users from buying game stop stocks a move that's left many small investors furious. more on that fury from robots from the w. business what have you and brokers like over not been saying why are they blocking trades in these companies now you know they've been very clear to point out that they haven't been you know got to by dark market forces that want to stick it to the little guy i mean actually robin hood for a statement saying to be clear this was a risk management decision and was not made on the direction of the market makers we root to so what's behind this is the fact that brokerage apps like robin hood at times of market volatility in particular particularly we're seeing with with game stock are required to give more money to what are called clearing houses these are the organizations that coordinate the transfer of cash between the buyers and sellers and also the movement of the shares the money that the brokerage has to put

forward is kind of like a. security deposit security against the fact that maybe down the line the people have been buying the shares won't be able to pay up from is robin hood was running out of money to be able to do this because it requires liquidity so it froze sales of these shares and in the meantime what it's done is it's been seeking extra credit and it's found more than a $1000000000.00 of extra credit so that when it does restart trading which is planning to do later restricted trading but it's planning to restart it it will have enough money to give to the clearing houses do you think that absolute robin hood have. done a good job in communicating that to their customers but i've had discussions with my friends on facebook about the dark forces as well i would say they've not communicated it well enough to who do still believe that this is a move by robin hood to do exactly the opposite of what robin hood being legend

would do which is hate from the rich and give to the poor they say they are siding with the the big guys on this nephew areas about it but it's not just you know uses of apps like robin hood that i rang green as well we've got politicians in the united. states from both sides rip democrats and republicans saying that what the apps have done is unacceptable because while these small fry traders have been prevented from trading in stocks of the likes of game star. major traders hedge funds have been able to continue because they have the liquidity not because they have the liquidity but because they're not relying on these apps functioning and allowing them to sell into their own brokers would have the liquidity but it's just the fact that these small traders rely on these maps to actually carry out the transactions very briefly what's what's next in this saga well so we're going to see where the stock goes when the likes of robin hood do start to allow trading again on this whether they go up whether they go down we still could to see some

more winners and losers in this robots from business thank you. it's a big step forward for an ambitious project in argentina to reintroduce jackie to their natural habitat female and her 2 cubs have been released to the massive ground a barren national park it comes after years of conservation work to re wild the wetlands in the northeast of the country for quick little relaxing deal 70 years in the making that's how long it's been since jackie was were last seen here in ne argentina is he better wetlands hunting and habitat loss drove them to local extinction after painstaking work by conservationists this adult female and her cubs were the 1st to be cats reintroduced to their natural habitat and they're settling in just fine. in the 1st 20 days of going very well

because the mother has established herself very quickly she's getting to know the territory bit by bit we've already recorded that she has killed and fed on several cat people rodents injust jaguars are endangered across the americas but particularly so in argentina just 2 to 300 remain in the wild they're important to the ecosystem because they control price species and balance out the effect of other predators conservationists have spent years building up a huge park within these wetlands to do what's called rewilding the giant you are. for the 1st time an attempt has been made to reintroduce the jaguar to a place where it had become extinct this is never been done before this over the next year more of these majestic felines will be released and it's hoped this project will lead to similar conservation if it still sways to. some sports news

some of the world's top tennis stars have been let out of covert 19 quarantine ahead of. next month australian open rough on a dark joke of it turned 3 no williams among those stuck in australian hotels for 14 days but they were the lucky ones as they were able to train outside for 5 hours each day $72.00 other players had to undergo full orenstein with no auto practice after possibly being exposed to the virus on their flights to the country. and finally what do you do if you are an olympic skiing hopeful but you can't get to the slopes because of covert well 14 year old george brown has the answer he has build his own mini slope in his back garden in england after a flurry of snow there his goal is to make it to the 2026 winter olympics and he's also been busy training in the garden even when there isn't any snow.

that's a new eddie the eagle you actually did on your news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you the european union fat unions fights to secure coronavirus vaccine supplies it is intensifying today the you will outline plans to partially stop exports of vaccine doses produced in the e.u. the block is in a dispute with astra zeneca after it emerged that the drug maker would not be able to fulfill its delivery targets to the. that's it from me thanks for watching.

in good shape erica stana must provide valuable support during crises it's something that dr legged cat and his dog slow already know dogs can be really heroes and lifesavers what you say about that show. what kind of animals to know what doctors and nurses can't go. good.

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coronavirus pandemic. as the rate of infection been developing. what measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus update the special monday to friday on t.w. . what do dogs. go. horses and many other animals have in common. well they may be cute or provided with milk or.

help areas around. but some animals can do much more. their companions even therapists with healing powers and best of all without any side effects. hello welcome to end good shape animal is just a therapy goes way back up until the 8th century in belgian monasteries docs helped learning disabled children and this is flo she's my dog and she's helping me as well and getting fresh get a lot of exercise and a view having a lot of fun but honestly she's not properly educated special tasks she would eat how to treat me. today is a big day for these puppies they're just 5 weeks old but already a decision will be made about whether to train them

a support dogs. for now the labrador retrievers are living in a conservatory converted for the purpose by a dog trainer over a sound. kill spend the next 2 and a half years training them if they pass some initial tests. even at this age it's possible to identify whether a dog has the special characteristics needed for supporting people with disabilities. let's take a look together with european quba he 1st tests how relaxed and tolerant the puppy use a dog that remains calm is good for children with autism the it has the and we're going to test several different skills. we want to see which puppies are best suited as support dogs. so we're looking at which ones have the most potential. the potence. we can see the front paws are opened just hanging down relax. his. back

legs are also relax that's right just hold him steady. obviously our tests have to be suitable for a puppy was i was very there's a difference between testing a puppy and an adult dog and test it with one of them tested it's funny now gently begin blowing into his face. a bit more ok. and now in short bursts. it's a very good idea so moving on to the bottle we want to test how jumpy here is it's just me i'm going to shake up the cat. so he's not very jumpy has a high level of tolerance towards noises very good. and meanwhile 2 year old amy is almost ready to begin working as an autism support dog the may 20th we're now training with an autism leash so for that i need to attach a 2nd lease to the dog's harness the 2nd cliche is intended to be used by

a child with autism that you're going guba tries to pull the dog from the spot to simulate a child running away a click and a treat shows amy she has responded correctly. mia has autism she actually quite like shopping but often struggles with sensory overload because of her autism the 7 year old tends to shut down so that not even her parents can reach or a challenging situation. then give it me i call when we go shopping with me and she has no structure at all so whatever thought pops up in her head might be interesting for 3 seconds or 10 seconds this is can see how i can hardly hold her anymore when she pulls away or if she dies on the floor it's impossible for me to pick her up like i used to is now that she's 7.

now media has caused by a dog trained for assistance with autism who just sound has come to see whether caspar is doing his job properly. yes that often he's been trained to stay here and remain calm and relaxed so it's but not to respond to what's going on around him. but to be like an anchor yeah i got something. caspar not only stops me running off he also helps her cope with frustration and feeling overwhelmed by the evening and is a bit play area like this me it was right here there. and everywhere well is the fascinating escalator over there to see she'd be constantly on the move. to be the dog provides an anchor so that she stays in one place and i know she's going to fall by the others and this would be impossible otherwise she knows that the 2 of

them are linked and cast the seems to radiate the calmness that mia needs to stay here and feel content don't live on v.x. 8 on that we're able to sit here at a table and drink a cup of coffee like normal parents and coffee without worrying about our child running away. over santa has been well chosen his latest proteges these 5 puppies will now also begin training as assistants dogs. docs are the most popular pets in the world take south america for example in south america more than 60 percent of the population owns a dock and is a g.p. i would say that's great because pet owners are usually healthier they suffer less from depression and less from anxiety disorders and docs can be really heroes and life savers what you say about that.

an alpine rescue worker is digging a hole meters down into the snow. it's part of an avalanche rescue exercise. and then the hole containing the victim a team member is filled in. the snow cat packs the freezing white mass down hot on the stage says. the mountain rescue team member your grecian man and his dog and so have to find the casualty fast survival chances sink rapidly off to 15 minutes off to half an hour or 2 out of 3 people buried by an avalanche a dead. end so a tough canine the wind and temperature of minus 20 degrees celsius is no problem a tool for his dense very undercoat. in the meantime the snow is

being crushed firmly down it's realistic after an avalanche the snow is packed like concrete despite the icy trip and so doesn't need warming up he's ready for action . go on and so forth. and so relies entirely on his nose so far he's not got wind of any human presence so man has to steer him towards the avalanche well not preventing him from following a scent he discovers. inside 90 seconds and says picked up a scent and a few seconds later he's found the spot where the avalanche victim lies buried. lead to the dogs indicating that. it's been 15 minutes since the alarm was raised time's running out on the. soon to go. so you go into your dog.

super group right where is the man then who are. coolest and so has shown roughly where the casualty is located now you know creature man has to find him using a metal rod to lose how. amusing the program because i know the casualties are buried down there. and says job is basically done but he still digs away while standing tries to feel his way to the casualties continue to use the bullet was. still dodging away but i'm not detecting the casualty yet. and says nose is phenomenal. you know where the snow is pretty dense or very little actually gets through to the surface. avalanche dogs have even sniffed people out 7 meters down in the snow. you obviously don't know a dog's nose is

a miracle of nature. and so such took only a little over a minute or so. but now the casualty has to be dug out. which is cool. then off to more than half an hour. right there in that area where is he then whoa where is he ok. go on in you go out here and he will murder. you come about some go for exercise purposes the casualty is treated as unconscious not so much as over the citizens and has to be called out. always. under real conditions and so i just saved a life today and it's so much fun he wants to do it time and time again with people who don't you bill. what can any moods

do what doctors and nurses can't. get it what all the talk today is about. and here bates thank you very much for being with us today you're a psychologist and have 20 years of experience in the field of and assisted interventions 1st of all what exactly is that the main thing is you integrate an animal into the next system except at therapy and it is administered by a person who has the official training and the strengths are can you tell me in what context has an assistant therapy or an assistant mansions been successfully used very popular and also or successful animals have been integrated in any kind of education and therapy for children. rather it all can they have a kind of natural affinity towards animals they're curious about them and so you can find

a lot of school visiting dogs or and what this is that it occasion approaches like that you're driving are for the disabled for instance and the other group that is very highly. visible in the field of animals that interventions are seniors so one of the earliest intervention this is in programs with dogs in homes for adults and that's also really work service dogs are a great distraction and they're also social catalysts and they enable arm and facilitate conversations between humans that are present maybe we can dive in the of the deep racier what do we know about the scientific evidence and do analysts and interventions really work there are several studies document thing that analyst interventions can reduce depression and anxiety that can improve moot trust generally cation and also empathy are they reduce all kinds of stress

indicators here your blood pressure costar our heart rate goes down the levels of the stress hormone cortisol also are reduced and one hormone is especially interesting with hormone oxytocin the levels of this home and i increased and you have a lot of positive effects are that because it governs a home system for calm and connectedness so you regenerate and you also get a most awful orientation towards others and this also gives you social support other humans for his stance so when we look internationally it's animal assisted intervention like a global phenomenon or is it just used here in europe. it is really a global phenomenon it started marlice in the united states and spread up to canada and then it came over to great britain and germany actually

a whole europe is now. very intimate is that interventions also it is an arm has been interested in this kind of intervention and says over 20 years japan korea and also south america is seriously anyhow. no after say i now many people agree that only certain spaces should be used and this is just a usually domesticated space yes like dogs cats horses cows goats sheep but also that llamas and the packers are very popular and they also have a long history of being socialized and. i don't medicate it by humans even though you will find always different kind of examples where other animal species is used like dolphins this is advice. when we talk about animal as this intervention in

general are there certain limitations to that form of therapy one exclusion criteria could be that there's a strong energy again for this species yes that would be a fall another reason is people who are ignorant suppressed immune suppressants at you choose some kind of sickness and then it's very it's a high risk to excess that's not the reason for being the people are just afraid of certain kind of animals horses dogs and that you need really to consider if you take the time to 1st work on that fear though is another kind of animal free therapy would be better for us and really thank you so much for this interesting conversation and the insights the author is on and no assistance interventions are back i'm. in good shape your weekly health show on t w covers many aspects of health care. we look at what's new.