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germany's new chancellor gives his 1st new year's address a left shelter just the public to stand together and get vaccinated. plus to run a bar infection search to new highs in the united states. they're a growing concerned that the latest wible overwhelmed hospitals and disrupt other key infrastructure. we'll talk to an expert to south. ah, i'm anthony. how broke into the program. countries around the world had begun ringing in that the new year. much of a snatcher has welcomed 2022 at this hour, hong kong, so fireworks display at victoria harbor. the company by music from the cities philharmonic orchestra. earlier oakland and new zealand opted for a light show projected on the city landmarks while across the tasman in australia.

spectacular fireworks, as you're about to see, lit up the sky of the sydney harbour bridge celebrations. they went ahead this year despite soaring carnivorous case numbers. well here in germany, there are still a few hours left. a 2021 and the new german chancellor has recorded his 1st new year's address to the nation and commenced. you to be broadcast lighter to thy olaf shalt urged all germans to stand together in the fight against covey, 90 and to get vaccinated. other than tackling the pandemic, the german latest said, the biggest challenge for the upcoming year was to lay the foundations for germany's future development. i think one small change is that today i am the one speaking to you on new year's eve as your federal chancellor. things are different this year. after 16 years of new year's address is by angle america. germany's new head of government roasted a task for the 1st time. chance though shall thunder. the challenges faced by the

country in 2021, acknowledging the hardship that having endured such as the summer slots in western germany and praising the resilience. people have shown, especially during the pandemic, one to reply each day. some people complain that our society is divided. i'd like to take this opportunity to make it very clear that in fact the opposite is true. our country is standing together. what i see everywhere is tremendous solidarity and incredible spurts of helping others, and people coming together and mutual support. in order to cub coby 19 infections or shots appeared once again to people to get vaccinated, isn't the theory. we know that those who are not yet vaccinated are at particular risk of becoming infected and suffering from long and severe illness. for this reason, i would like to urge you once more to get vaccinated. the new governments vaccination

efforts have already had their 1st milestone with 13000000 vaccines administered since the end of november. and further, $13000000.00 doses planned by the end of january allow shield so, so took the opportunity to emphasize to coalitions goes on climates and mr. ma, within 25 years, we want germany to become climate new chosen. to achieve this, we will move forward with the greatest transformation our economy is seen in more than a century. in this period we will achieve independence from coal, oil and gas. and he reminded listeners of one of his social democratic party's key election promises an obese and pay is also a matter of respect. that's why in 2022 will be taking a major step in increasing the legal minimum wage to 12 years per hour shelters. first new year's address soon with optimizon. it was a declaration of good faith. but he also called on people to play their part in forming the future. 15 am they were at the beginning of a new decade,

a new era as dawning lawyer, an error that will be successful if we actively shepherd because we can make a difference if we remain determined and take our fight into our own hands. and zip that deanthony was told to archie, political editor, mckayla kaufman. now hi mckayla, welcome shelter. speech was dominated by covey, as you might expect. how did his address, if it did address concerns that is taking over divided country? well, his line is that germany should not be divided, that is not as divided as is sometimes being reported despite the fact that once again we've seen demonstrations from people who are against vaccinations, who see a deep state behind that. i think it's interesting to note that the president of parliament babbitt boss at the same time called for bridging that very divide. so this may also be a strategy not to blow those divisions out of proportion to not see a loud minority really take over the public debate. and it is all i saw it in his

1st direct address to the german people. basically calling on everyone to pull together while at the same time saying, look, i see you pulling together, let's keep doing that was really interested in the time when asked in a pre election interview. if he had enough teresa yet for the job. shots replied that he was not applying for a job as a circus master. and what did his speech say about the kind of chancellor? germany is now getting? well, it's definitely not a circus master, but we are coming out of 16 years. angle immacule, who herself is living proof that you don't need to have a political circus, which is something she completely rejected at that. in fact, you don't need to be a strong speaker, you don't have to use charismatic. soon as you take the stage to actually be successful and german politics stability is sexy and just political contest. and all i saw is just one an election on that very promise of stability. macalester stability, i dare say at that angle america was so em successful at making her own political

brand, where we have shocking over at one end and then shelter definitely at the other. what about the international stage? how's the rest of the world going to read this in terms? did we get any insights or who is if you lock into foreign policy or no huge suffices that he did take those standard boxes of basically stressing that the transatlantic relationship with the united states is very important. also saying that it's critical to master that crisis over ukraine. what he did not say is what he will do in concrete terms, particularly faced with an american demand to not have the nor stream to pipeline, go ahead to, which is that also you demand it towards germany. and also he clearly sees the challenge from china. but we still haven't learnt whether germany will follow suit, and no officials be attending those olympic games there. or whether germany would join a boy called on certain goods produced in the region where we see the incarceration

of the week, minorities. so, and he's saying the right words, but we're still to learn what that will translate into concrete policy when he does it. also on that pledge to see a more sovereign european union under germany's wat big year, had to political it at a mechanical from thank you. and a reminder, you can watch the new year's eve address by german chancellor in its entirety at 7 pm central european time here on d w. okay, let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world today. johnny's president, jean ping has delivered his traditional new year's eve address in it. he said we're unification with taiwan. was a goal for people both on the island and the mainland tension between begging and taipei had been growing. with china stepping up military activity near the taiwan strait. frances condemned, a satellite rocket launched by iran saying it is in breach of a un security council resolution if reportedly sent 3 research devices into space.

paras says it was especially regrettable because the world powers had been seeking to salvage. the 2015 nuclear deal with iran for people are missing in northern belgium. after a powerful gas explosion, blast in the town of turn, who destroyed part of a residential building day one person is recovering from the injuries in hospital will help the experts in the us a warning of what they call an only crohn blizzard. they've told americans to prepare for severe disruptions in the coming weeks. rising wave of covey 19 laid by a micron variant is threatening to overwhelm hospital schools and other key infrastructure. record numbers of children have been hospitalized and authorities are preparing to authorized visit booster shots for 12 to 15 year olds. next week.

off more on this on joint by side on who's the director of the yale institute for global health in new haven. professor, thanks for talking to us and american epidemiologist as warning of a viral blizzard in the us in the coming weeks. do you say that way? yes, it's more like a flash flood that we are expecting in the sense that it is likely to have a we are likely to have a further increase in the number of cases, but hopefully based on the pattern from other countries, this um deluge will be short lived in the sense that it will not last 4 months. and the question is whether and where it overwhelmed the health system of that is a very concerning situation. but my estimate is that it will be reasonably diverse in terms of where it's an argument over the health system. we talk endlessly and understandably about the problems associated with the pandemic. the spread of the

bars, the dangers. but what about a solution? what can be done to stop co bid ruining another year? i think that's a really good question. so just to remind everyone, this is not december 2020 we are. we have tools at our disposal around the world. we have highly effective vaccines, especially against severe disease. we have a pretty substantial supply of high quality mass. we have understood more about the modes of transmission of the virus and we know that good ventilation and good filtration helps. so it is the deployment of those tools that will ensure a sustainable control of this virus in the coming months and years. a talk about that, the tools, i guess we want to talk more about how we're using them. now you've been an advocate of global vaccine equity. it seems now that the wealthy countries are pushing their populations to get a 3rd shot,

while many people in poor countries are still waiting for their fist winning stand on this. now, as you alluded to that i have been talking about vaccine equity even before the vaccine was available because, you know, some of us have worked in global health for a while. but here's the thing. my perspective is that doesn't have to be a 0 sum game. my perspective is that, of course, if you have a population that has vulnerable do whatever you need to do a to protect them. however, the problem is not that valuable people in certain countries are getting a 3rd dose based on the data. the problem is that we haven't increased the size of the pie. we haven't increased the, the actual deliveries against the announcements that have been made for, for donations, for example, the team, europe, which as you plus a couple of countries, had announced half a $1000000000.00 up in various stages. and only

a quarter of them approximately have actually been delivered. so press release is don't save lives, actual vaccine save lives. so the idea is not to say that, you know, you don't follow evidence at home. the idea is to increase the size of the pie through actual delivered vaccines through technology transfer and so on and so forth. deliveries to match the promises and just on another matter, it's just about 2 years since china reported that 1st cluster of cases in whoo, hon. what do you see in the here head? well, i see that we are not helpless bystanders. but to say that we have a lot of power to change the course of the, of the pandemic. but that would require leadership, but it will also require the recognition from the population from the populations. because you know, we are a heterogeneous, a world that we can either muddle through this for you. yours to come, or we can bite the bullet and control this pandemic aggressively through the tools

that are available and then get on with our lives. and so i think of deployment of tools doesn't only benefit us in terms of, of the cult, what it also benefits us in terms of getting back to the normal, increasingly wonderful to get your insights. profess assad, oma from the al institute for global health in new haven, connecticut. thanks so much. my pleasure. it wasn't a doubly news. he's a reminder of the top story. we're following for you. this. our people around the world that began ringing in new york hong kong put on a fireworks display at victoria hava, accompanied by the music from the cities philharmonic orchestra. but many festivities in many places are being scaled back this year and made i shop rise in covey. 19 and a reminder, you can always get date of the news on the go. just download our app from google

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