now finally put an end to the matter. well i know she said there's no indication at the present so they're looking into the matter they're receiving data from member states as we speak and they want to swiftly analyze that scientific material in order to find out if potentially there could be a link a step wished if so and if that would be the case a lot of ifs in that sentence if that would be the case the european medicines agency then has to decide if it still stands by its verdict that the benefits outweigh the risks and here's that is the likely scenario so far it's a real low number of cases so even if a link could be established the vote it may be that yes to keep using that vaccine and another important information she gave is that she does unlikely that this is a batch specific problem because for instance an austrian individual batch of astra

zeneca vaccines was stopped so what from what we can tell for now that doesn't appear to be a specific better related problem but this has again painfully laid bare differences of opinion let's put it that way between national health authorities in the european union and the european medicines agencies and even within countries and the european union. yes indeed but you have to understand that the that is the way the european union is constructed it's what member states who are in the driving seat when it comes to health matters so the european medicines agency only provides advice and then it is up for national law forty's to follow that advice that for instance is also the reason why germany at 1st advised astra zeneca use only for people younger than the age of 64 and that is also the reason why some member states could as of tomorrow gift greenlights to

another vaccine that is not being approved by the european medicines agency how much of a setback has this been for the european union. i would say regarding the fact that we're fighting vaccine has a tendency on the continent particularly in france for instance but also particularly in belgium this is clearly not helping in that respect on the other hand experts say we're vaccinating healthy people yes as the head of the european medicines agency has correctly pointed out thousands of people are dying because of covered 19 so the benefits outweigh the risks here but seeing that you vaccinate healthy people you want to make sure that this is safe it is always a question however and that is why the european medicine agency is looking into the matter with their scientists the question of course you have to ask is is it really necessary that national authorities then say we stop the use of the vaccine because

clearly experts say that is a not really you know suring citizens who already have 2 outs regarding that particular vaccine might just reporting from brussels thank you. professor beverly hunt is an international expert and john bose's and the formation of blood clots and blood vessels we're so happy to have you here with us you are like i said an international expert you just heard that am a moments ago say we endorsed basically the astra zeneca vaccine yet it's still him a suspended in several dozens of countries here in the european union what exactly is the risk here with these blood clots ok well i think people don't realize just how common blood clots are so every year if you look at a 1000 people one to 2 of them will have a deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. and so few think about that

and see risk means that in the week if you've got a 1000000 people about 20 people in a week will be having a clot and if you look at the u.k. vaccine data we have facts in 8817000000 people with either the 3rd. or astra zeneca vaccine and if we look at the week off to the vaccine we should naturally expect 340 blood clots to occur in the public and if you look at the u.k. day said there are less than 60 so actually the rates of blood clots is lower off to having the vaccine than expected. so this is extremely rare going by your findings yet you know when people hear news and headlines and and authorities health authorities suspending ajab because of

fears of blood clots that's scary. yes so i think that the germans suspended the use of astra zeneca because they were concerned about a special type of plot and that is a blood clot in the brain in the big thing of the brain that runs from here to the cerebral sinus from post office and i think they had seen about 7 and we have very few details that is all we know with that's why i guess the european medicines agency are meeting on thursday to discuss the details now if we look at the back ground incidence of this type of problem we know there are at least $3.00 to $4.00 cases per 1000000 every year and we know that an underestimate too so not really sure the background race here is how issue look at it these are incredibly low

rates and you know i have been looking off to patients could patients don't lie and then we have the other problem of we have long codes that post covert condition where we are learning that many people are having long term consequences from the vaccine and what we're seeing with blood clots the vaccine is just well i do this doesn't seem to be a clear relationship and i would urge people to have the vaccine whenever they can get it professor beverly hons international expert in thrombosis and formation of blood clots and blood vessels great to have you on thank you. let's take a look now at some other developments in the pandemic pharmaceutical company pfizer says it will deliver an additional $10000000.00 doses of its current virus vaccine to the e.u. over the next 3 months and cases of corona virus are rising exponentially again in

germany the incidence of corona virus in the population has been rising steadily over the last few weeks and experts are now warning that germany is experiencing the start of a 3rd wave and u.s. manufacturer madeira now has started covering 1000 x. in trials on children aged from 6 months to 12 years. on the czech republic here in the e.u. is among the worst affected countries in the union the vaccine rollout has been slow and the number of covered 1000 desk for head of the population is one of the highest in the world news now reports from a town where the virus has inflicted a heavy toll. the streets of tahoe are silent there are no children at the elementary school local shops are closed with new coronavirus variants raging across the czech republic this is one of the country through worst affected regions. deputy mayor you know the poor tries to keep track of the numbers he says

everyone here knows someone who died of kobita 19 or something nobody knows about it and i realized many of those who died were people my age or even younger. troops who were on the show i realized i would never see them again to go fishing watch soccer or have a beer. that really gets to you to not confuse the mission. in the local health center the 1st responders tell us they feel totally overwhelmed and frustrated there is no hospital in town that means patients with severe cases of covered 19 have to be transferred to a clinic 50 kilometers away magdalena and shove us or sometimes she doesn't have the energy to wake up and go to work the emergency doctor recently lost her father to the pandemic and what's in it it gives us and that i would like because i'm a doctor i was allowed to say goodbye to my digital and to stay with him until the

very last moment. i didn't want anyone to have to see what's going on in covert wards where patients suffocate even if they're given oxygen pain you cannot imagine that my. doctors are. exhausted from workers president in resignation and all this while the pandemic rages on across the region to have his less than 20 minutes drive from neighboring germany but the border has been closed this has disrupted the lives of many cross border commuters some have even lost their jobs to go through birger pull through i need a job through but. i am trying to find work but no one wants me. it's tough the british you know. it is taking too long people want jobs they have

to pay their bills unfortunately this is the reality. top stupidity mayor is pinning his hopes on vaccines even though so far big finish and are only taking place here once a week meanwhile dr. pulled herself together every single day so she can keep doing her job hoping that one day soon the pandemic will be over. let's catch up now with some of the other stories making news around the world. during the president's fun call to steinmeyer has been holding talks in berlin with his israeli counterpart rose and rivlin worldwide vaccine distribution tensions in the mideast and relations between germany and israel were on the agenda. the u.s. and japanese foreign and defense ministers have been holding talks in tokyo a joint statement warned against destabilizing behavior from china in the region

u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken he also condemned what he described as the military's brutal repression in me and our. the u.s. senate has confirmed dead. as president joe biden's pick for interior secretary all this makes for the 1st native american to lead a cabinet department it was a tight vote majority of republicans voted against her because of her support for the green new deal and her position against fossil fuels. russia's media regulator plans to block twitter within a month if it fails to delete banned content it feels is prohibited or harmful is believe the move is related to public demonstrations in support of russian dissident alexina vonnie who is now in prison osgar says twitter posts are inciting people to violence. and russian opposition leader alexina volley claims he is being held in the equivalent of a concentration camp a kremlin critic spoke out in an instagram post mr of all the says he is under

constant surveillance with a prison guard waking him throughout the night miss and evolve he is serving several years in a labor camp most recent of all the says he is under constant surveillance with a prison guard waking him throughout the night recent of all the years serving several years in a labor camp he was convicted of violating parole terms by traveling to germany after poisoning attack. let's get the latest now from journalist theo merits theo 1st of all how was mr vali able to send an instagram message from behind the prison walls. well as far as we understand he's passing these messages on to you his lawyer is he then pays them to social media only himself doesn't have access to a failure in he's not able to speak to journalists now he's in jail but all his accounts on all platforms are still active being run by his team and that's very

important for him and for his supporters because that is traditionally how they get their message out because they're completely sidelined by official russian state media and so how did his supporters and family react to this message. that you have about why we don't have any official statement from his family yet his supporters have been sharing this message very widely on social media there's a big sense of relief that he has been communicating tall because for the last few days he's been out of contact we didn't know you which prison which institution he was being held in and that has happened before since his jailing he has the house gone out of contact while he's being transferred from one institution to another and when that happens among his supporters there's naturally

a great deal of anxiety because they believe that he is in the hands of the people who try it's to poison him who tried to kill him only a few months ago what do we know theo about the penal colony where mr valma is currently being held. well we know from former inmates he spake before missed in the valmy he was transferred there that this is a very tough institution there have been reports of violence there have been reports of psychological pressure isolation for inmates obviously we know a bit more about it from the valleys point of view from that instagram paste but some people who have been there before have said that this is where this state sends prisoners that they really want to break say this is a tough place for anyone to be and what were you able to infer about his condition

current condition they're. both from the instagram paste he describes these very bleak conditions some very tough regime the colonnade but as he says there if you deal with it with humor you can get through anything and that is what he seems to be doing that with some rather funny moments even in instagram message and he concludes by by saying he's doing well and that's one of the unique things about an avanti on the russian political scene that he is able to withstand this kind of pressure and keep his sense of humor intact say certainly his supporters will be relieved to see that. ability hasn't abandoned him just yet the emirates reporting from moscow thank you. families have been holding funerals for dozens of people killed during recent anti coup protests and me and my security

forces have killed more than 90 protesters in the last 2 days along the military has imposed martial law in many areas to crackdown on dissent but many remain defiant. a funeral for 19 year old cutting your head one of the dozens of protesters killed in clashes since sunday. of the. in the in send this trick of yangon protesters are digging in residents here are frightened but defiant they want the military to know they are prepared to defend their neighborhood. and i think if they oppress us more we will fight back harder like they have been lying tyee are many of them. just on the other side of the river lying tie our district has become a flash point of the protests. dozens of people were killed there on the weekend after police opened fire on demonstrators but residents of lying tyo are now

fleeing by the thousands after the army imposed martial law there. it's the same neighborhood where multiple chinese own factories burned to the ground in arson attacks many pro-democracy protesters believe china has been propping up the myanmar coup. china has urged its businesses to evacuate non-essential employees from the country and called on me and mark to restore order. much of the international concern however has focused on the rising death toll among protesters the u.s. secretary of state issued a stark condemnation of the hunter's actions the military is attempting to overturn the result of a democratic election and is brutally repressing peaceful protesters the un has also called on the myanmar military to end the killing but to the frustration of many here and young gone the international community has had little more to offer than strong words no match for the hunt as deadly force.

the influential sister of north korean leader kim jong woon has warrant the u.s. over his joint military exercises with south korea she issued a statement saying the new u.s. administration should quote we're frame from causing a stink if it wants to sleep in peace for the coming 4 years was the 1st time john yang has addressed the new by an administration after visiting japan top u.s. officials are due to arrive in seoul on wednesday. all right let's get you more on this now we're joined by journalists and reuters correspondent josh smith who joins us from seoul a very good day to you josh i know 1st of all a warning from pyongyang to washington what do you what should we make of this statement. it does definitely seem timed to coincide with the arrival of those top american officials here in seoul tomorrow these military

drills actually started here in south korea a week ago some most north korea observers have noted that if north korea would be the wanted to complain about the drills they probably would have done that a few days earlier so this timing does seem directly aimed at influencing or perhaps making sure that north korea is at the top of the agenda when secretary of state blinken and secretary of defense austin arrive here in seoul tomorrow and is it significant josh that this warning state when it's coming from the sister. of the north korean leader rather than from him directly what should we make of that. over the past year camille john has taken more vocal role especially in issuing the statements about south korea and occasionally the united states this is definitely showcased more of a public role for her rather than simply being kind of a helper to her brother she's taking on much more of

a leadership role here in many ways folks see this as a way of having a very senior north korean official weigh in on this still allows a bit of deniability i think should go wrong or something needs to be retracted it's not coming from the leader himself but still someone very senior an obviously very close to him now the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin and the secretary of state and are due to arrive in seoul on wednesday what can we expect from their visit. so divided ministration has said that they're making a priority. of quote unquote repairing some of the alliances that they see as having been damaged under the trump administration there were certainly some public tensions between seoul and washington during the company ministration at the same time it's not necessarily clear that south korea and the united states are going to see eye to eye on everything for example. lincoln has made it clear that he sees

seoul is an important part of potentially building an alliance to counter china where as south korea has been more interested in not really coming down one side or the other on that debate and so those are the types of issues that are going to be tougher to hear. reporting from sell thank you thank you. the next people in iceland are hoping for a volcanic eruption that will end weeks of sleepless nights due to tremors all tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled homes in the country's south and what experts are calling an unprecedented seismic event the earthquakes are caused by a molten rock that is trying to force its way to the surface. experts say it could happen at any minute. here on the wreck in as peninsula

icelanders wait for an imminent eruption in the area surrounding. but among the few residents in this small fishing town the mood is not so much one of concern as it is exhaustion so a situation in green that it is quite uncomfortable right now everyone is sleep deprived because the earth is constantly moving all day on lights some with quakes up bigger than others randy. is a school teacher and lifelong resident here. experts say that an eruption from the brewing volcano will likely occur in an uninhabited zone and not pose a threat to the town's residents. what can be expected is a spectacular love a show with fountains which could extend up to 20 or even 100 meters in the air. i think everyone who lives and get interviews just waiting for an eruption will be

a slow and steady interruption they tell us just so we can get more peace and quiet and i know there will be earthquakes but maybe not as big as we have how. many are escaping to the capital of reykjavik merely to get a break and escape the night tremors but goodmans daughter is staying behind she's confident there will be enough advance warning if the threat to residents increases as for now she only earns for a good night's sleep. some sailing news now for you to new zealand is a 10 win away from capturing the america's cup all this after taking a 63 lead over italian challenger luna rossa and race 9 on a team new zealand is now on course to claim their 2nd straight america's cup title but they'll have to be patient race 10 has been delayed in the best of 13 match due to unfavorable wind conditions with racing scheduled to resume on wednesday.

a reminder of the top story that we're tracking for you at this hour the european medicines agency has said there is no indication that astra zeneca score on a virus vaccine causes blood clots several european countries have suspended vaccinations with the shot the agency says the vaccines benefits outweigh the risks . sick where does the next step is or going to sleep government is enough to kick off with a review of majesty $25.00 and i'll see at the top of the hour. keep

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