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please get vaccinated. now. the surgeon cases is raising concerns over disruption to public life biden. says the yeoman can vary and poses the biggest threat to the young vaccinate. also coming up tennis star novak joke of it is granted special permission to play of your trade in open even though he hasn't revealed whether he's vaccinated against coven, 19. and france is in the driver's seat of the european union president monro, my call, has big admissions for the block. they include the european army at most spending powerful member states. how much can he get done? ah, i'm gab alphas, welcome to the program, u. s. president joe biden has appealed to unvaccinated to americans again to get

the job as the u. s. recorded more than 1000000 new cove at 19 infections in a single 24 hour period, confirmed infections have doubled in the past week as the army chron. variance spreads, although hospitalization and death rates have been lower than the previous waves, concern remains over the impact of rapidly rise in cases because ha, could have on health care infrastructure. he is president joe biden addressing the nation unvaccinated, taking up hospital beds and crowding emergency rooms and intensive care unit as displaced other people need access to those hospitals. so please, please, please get vaccinated. now there's no excuse no excuse for anyone been on vaccinated. this continues to be a panoramic of the unvaccinated, so we got to make more progress. and for patients who still haven't gotten your kids vaccinated,

please get them vaccinated. look out for their interest here is the best way to protect them. folks, i know we're all tired and frustrated about the pandemic is coming weeks, are going to be challenging please, where your mass can palmer to protect yourself and others are going to get through this. we're going to get through it again. just president joe biden speaking there . i'm now join for dr. peter chin. hong is an infectious disease specialist at the university of california in san francisco. the number sounds massive. $1000000.00 new infections in a single day, but with only con, reportedly less dangerous than previous variants. how worried are you really? well get hard. we're still very worried because we haven't even hit our search yet . remember, we had 3 holidays thanksgiving christmas and new year's. we're still waiting for the repercussions from new years. so even though a small proportion folks do get hosp lies, a small proportion, a large number is still streaming many hospital systems. but if you ask me,

my biggest worry, it's about a workforce. you know, we've had sick health care workers, sick restaurant workers, sick teachers, i, it's really disrupting all of our ways of life. and that's leading to burn out 40 percent of nurses and 20 percent of physicians in say that they intend to quit within a year. so that's to tell you the scope of what we're talking about. so joe biden just said that it would, it needs to get vaccinated. what else can a needs to be done? i was vaccination. the only remedy here? well i think out the vaccinations are the 1st 2nd and 3rd most important thing we can do with boosters. but i think the biden ministration historically and currently have been critique for not diversifying enough of the mitigation strategies. putting all the eggs in the vaccine basket, because after all, vaccines are so politicized in us that if joe biden saying good get vaccinated and

you're in read, said you, you're probably not going to do that. i think what we're seeing is that people who are not wanting to be vaccinated probably feel less queasy about getting monoclonal antibodies or getting pills or maybe doing testing. so i think these are all strategies that need to be, you know, are really ramped up. they didn't do it in time for omicron, but hopefully for the next variance. so the new variance appear regularly, just a week ago, there was, there were new cases of new variant in france and some say we ought to get used to corona learn to live with it. what, what's the mood there in the us among scientists and policymakers? well, i think today's news of the i h u variant from france, which doesn't stand for, i hate you very. and which, you know, we all feel at this point. i was read with a lot of anxiety in people. i think that's what you're going to get. you going to

get a lot of anxiety every time there's a new variance at the end of the day, will this be the one that everyone gets some sort of community immunity from? is the question, but again, the variance keep one popping up that a more resistant than the previous variance, which the population gained immunity. and you know, at some point we need to probably change our goal posts that talk radio, not focusing on numbers of cases going up dramatically by 1000 percent or 5000 percent like in puerto rico, but rather hospital capacity. you know, at the end of the, hopefully we won't see a headline like hugh jackman has gotten a cold, which is essentially what i'm hoping cove it will devolve into eventually after all the time that makes due and like the 1918 flu, panama, the ray of hope that dr. peter chin hong professor of medicine. athena, musty of california. thank you very much for your time. thanks. care. hot tennis saw novack joke of it has confirmed. he will defend his australian open

totland melbourne this month after being granted an exemption to play this after he's continually refused to reveal his vaccinations status against the corona virus . the world number one applied for a medical exemption, according to torment officials added, was granted after a quote, rigorous with you and attending fans be fully vaccinated unless there was a genuine reason for an exemption not to talk us through this. i'm a joined by a tennis commentator, steve pierce in melbourne, steve, australia, so the liberal, toughest pandemic restrictions. and still joclett has been given a medical exemption on what grounds? well, that's a very good question. and one which i think about 5000000 people in melbourne would like to know the answer to because it is, it hasn't gone down particularly well as you would imagine, given some of the restrictions and locked downs and vaccination push that's been particularly the case in melbourne. the tenants, a strayer,

and military government outlined 4 or 5 ways, fairly acute, what you would call acute medical conditions as to how you can get a medical exemption. and they range from anything from a bad reaction like an alexis to a kind of a nation, or having recently had major surgery or, or even maybe a mental health condition that you might react badly to, to a vaccination. but one of the key ones in there and there weren't many others, was a recent case, a positive proved case of code 19 in the last 6 months and, you know, reading through the exemptions and no one's revealed. and no one can in fairness reveal, apart from the man himself, what his particular medical condition is. you would think, although we don't know that that's probably the loophole that's been he, he's been able to exploit. but there's no proof whatsoever in the public domain that neither job which is just for me until it does this, indicate that he may have slipped through the net, if you will,

because he previously had a covey. the infection has recovered from it, but doesn't want to share that information. well, that might well be the case. so tennis destroyer is, has spoken publicly about this, as you would imagine that they can't really avoid the government. both governments victorian government, federal government has spoken and they are very cane for now back to reveal when he gets here. what exactly the reason is that said that he's been able to as you put it said through the net get a medical exemption where everyone else pretty much is had to had to be jad but it, that's the only solution we can think of july, i think the june 2020, when he had a publicly confirmed case of kind of whether that's whether he's had another case in the last 6 months. that seems to jump out from the list as to how he could possibly have received a medical exemption to come and play in the australian. and it is bewildering, a face value. so how is this going down briefly? if you can in, in the,

of sterling public it's not going down well at all. i don't think i've seen any positive comments around it. people have been through the wringer as they have been around the world with, with karen of ours. but there's been an enormous push here to get vaccinated, and there's been really, really strong statements from all levels of government about how important it is that you get vaccinated, that there will be no special cases for tennis players. and then novak jock of each, the public and t vax, a person who, who really has advocated against it, held those, you know, prominent tournaments last summer with picked up kevin himself. he's the one that gets medical exemption it's, it's not gone down well at all condo to force trillion open radio, steve fierce. thank you very must've pleasure gap. let's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. japan says north korea has launched for the peer to be a ballistic missile into the sea of japan. prime minister,

for mucous sheeta expressed regret that north korea continues to launch missiles in the direction of his country. united nations resolutions ban chung from ballistic missile tests demonstrate as have taken to the streets of kazakhstan for a 3rd day over soaring fuel prices. please say they have to take more than 200 protesters. the central asian countries cabinet has been sacked to head off the unrest. a 49 year old man has appeared in court accused of setting fire to the south african parliament is lawyer says his clyde, as a scapegoat b defendant pleaded not guilty to charges of arson and possession of an explosive device. a judge of the us says he will decide soon whether to dismiss a civil sex the sole case against britons. prince andrew. the prince's lawyer says he is protected by a 2009 settlement between his accuser, virginia, defray,

and sex offender. jeffrey epstein to fray says prince andrew, sexually assaulted her when she was 17 presidents in manuel mccoy has presented his agenda for francis stint at the helm of the european union . he wants to boost the blocks roll on the world stage, but how much can he actually achieve and what are the obstacles that he's facing the w's brussels correspondence christine manuel has that story have arrived in paris to day? because france has taken over the presidency of the european union and for the next 6 months. the agenda for europe, if you want to call it that will be set here in paris. what's clear is that the french president emanuel cron has big ambitions for europe. he wants europe, in his own words, to be more powerful in the world. in the heart of paris, the countries most recognizable monument now wears a circle of stars to mark the

e. u. presidency france last held 13 years ago. the position gives the french more influence over the future of the european union. a more capable europe with its own army is paris is top most ambition. it's referred to as strategic autonomy. what that means is a more suffering, more independent europe, particularly when it comes to the issue of defense. do you feel that europe needs to be more stronger? well, i'm not sure that that's a good idea, but i, i, even, i, i think that we are, we depend too much on the united states now or so. i believe we will be taken most seriously by other countries. if we had a european army before we have in the army, let's have a union. frances agenda for the union also includes relaxing roles to allow e u. countries to borrow more money to finance big infrastructure projects, and trying to bring the block to consensus on the long standing thorny issue of

migration. in december, emanuel con, summed up the goal of francis e u presidency. this way, you directly developer said, you know, we need to move from being a europe of corporation in cycle borders to powerful europe in the world for the silver and emotional free to make its choices and most of its destiny. hey michael, this all this stuff. but microns own destiny is in question, france is holding a presidential election in april. if he doesn't get reelected, he can't see his plans for europe through and before i let you go, organizations all over the world are coming up with creative campaigns to encourage vaccination. here in germany and entrepreneur teamed up with a shepherd for unique stunt in the pushed to achieve human well heard immunity. 700 sheep and goats were let loose and formed the shape of a 100 metre long syringe. the animals were coaxed into position by pieces of bread. the stunts organizer said he hoped to reach the emotions of vaccine

hesitant people where scientific reasoning had failed. you're watching the w news. he is a reminder of the top story we're following for you. do as president joe biden has urged unvaccinated americans to get the job after more than 1000000 new cove. 19 infections were reported in the us. within a 24 hour period, confirmed infections have doubled in the past week as the army cron very and spreads body hospitalisation and death rates are lower than in previous waves. and that's it from me and the early teams are kelly will have an update for you with the top of the r ah knows all.