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a track record. in mexico city 11 at night in corruption 9 pm here in moscow this monday january the 18th welcome to r.t. . russia is expanding its vaccination program the aim is to get 60 percent of the population inoculated this year with more in the must rule out. the vaccination point here is up and running and as you can see people are lining up for the naki lation i think there are at least a few dozen here but before i give you a quick tour around here let me take a moment and just quickly point out that this is probably the nicest place in moscow right now to take a jap i mean after all this is

a russia's iconic most famous department store right in the heart of russia's capital now let's get inside. all right we're in it so this is the reception desk morning and this is where you need to show your passport and that's about all you need to do to get a vaccine here the entire procedure should take around 45 minutes so 1st doctors need to verify you're in good health you're feeling well and then if you qualify for the united nation then you should follow to that room over there i'm fine i just haven't each a throat perhaps you just need to drink some water yeah i'll read you have i feel better now or have you already thought about how your life will change once you develop antibodies. i hope it will change because i work in a museum we have lots of visitors so i hope my life will get better. i thought it

was hurts more after the injection because this vaccine is supposed to be more serious than a flu job but i feel no difference it's just like every of the scheldt this year i decided to get the job a while ago i was just waiting for the opportunity honestly i should have been inoculated in the local clinic but i just wanted to speed up the process because i want to be immune as quickly as possible. you know my husband and my friends took the job i have no reservations so i want to get it as soon as possible i think the more people that get it the great a impact that situation will have in the end this is where they are getting the vaccines to the people and the lady over here and she's just getting ready to receive a vaccine countries they're just going to say they need see i didn't know what show was day yet which you know our eyes are she's about to get the vaccine but she is. if you see asked about that by the way this metal box over here at this is where

all the dough is are being kept the temperature is minus 35 degrees celsius and that's what you need for a spot nicky by the way there are 2 vaccines that are available in russia right now 1st one called sputnik b. then there is another one called epi corona both are developed by russian scientists according to russia's health care officials the main goal right now is to develop herd immunity before the next fall against the jewish certainly it would love to have everyone get the shot and thus have no problem so far we have not been able to me nice people on such a scale from any type of infection but the fact that 4 will be able to get 60 percent of the overall population in the uk you late it in just the 1st year is a big achievement mass vaccination started in russia last december and according to those in charge are rolling. the jobs there are over 1000000 people here have been already taken a job health care and essential workers for the 1st to receive the vaccine and now

they're trying to expand the list to get more and more people involved. as health care ministers that the country is planning to run public scene distribution in other regions another 2000000 doses of spot meat. production of the russian vaccine is being run to meet global we look at who's ordering a little later in the program. health officials in california are warning providers against using a bunch of coded vaccines from the. bounce after a series of allergic reactions in america's most populous state or u.s. correspondent kill up and tell us more. vaccinations are in full swing in the state of california but from what we understand at this point the mcgurn of vaccine injections they are being halted and this is due to higher than usual adverse effects take a listen to what's going on in california fewer than 10 individuals who required

medical attention over the span of 24 hours we are recommending that provide its use of that and they will build accident density and pulls the administration of vaccines and field investigation by the centers for disease control and prevention food and drug administration madonna and the state is complete now all the incidents are said to have happened at the same community clinic and they are reportedly this clinic was closed for several hours after adverse reactions to the vaccine now what we're hearing from the state epidemiologist of california is saying that less data exists on adverse reactions to the man during a vaccine and that modern a is now reviewing the incident but it is rare for vaccines to trigger serious side effects now it's important to note that back in december there was an incident in boston where a physician he received a vaccine and within minutes started having adverse health effects allergic reactions that was back in boston so that incident is being looked into so when it

comes to the state of california the numbers are worth looking at we've got 2900000 cases of coded 193-3392 deaths so far daily deaths are in the hundreds from coded 19 this is how hospitals are dealing with it . i've been here 21 years and i've seen more people passed away last week. in the past couple of weeks really than i'd almost say combined in all of my career as a nurse you just see them die they just die and they fight dying and it's. so sad.

yes i'm angry yes i'm upset but the only thing that we can do is give them the reality of the situation which is this there is no room inside the hospital that we are making tents and outside the hospital. now millions of americans are quite anxious for this pandemic to reach its conclusion so the vaccine is believed to be very key in that so basically any news about adverse effects or allergic reactions to the vaccine is something people take very seriously but at the moment vaccinations are in progress not just in california but around the country many hoping that things in the united states can start to move toward some notion of normality can have not been taken to through that i also spoke with infectious disease specialist william schaffner now he said

big cluster of allergic reactions in california to the maternal vaccine needs to be fully investigated we know that these m. or unable actually these are associated with more allergic reactions the last number i saw from the c.d.c. was 11 such reactions for every 1000000 doses so still rather rare little creepy in one clinic that deserves further investigation. did something unusual happened in that clinic or wasn't it that their vaccines report of adverse reactions gives pause to some people but i think by and large 'd vaccines have been shown to be safe and are wonderfully effective so across the country at the present time we have more demand than we have vaccines and so our program is rolling out and becoming more efficient we're trying to vaccinate more

people more quickly. in a related story a video of a woman suffering convulsions allegedly after receiving a krone virus job in the u.s. has caused widespread shock and warning some viewers may find the following images the stir being brunt griner a resident of louisiana filmed his mother after she'd apparently received the pfizer job in early january he claims she hadn't suffered from any serious health issues before taking the shot mr greiner spoke to r.t. . the day afterwards she woke up with a headache and she's had a headache every day since until today today's the 1st day she hasn't had a date but she started noticing. seizure like movements in early your left leg 1st and it was 3 days afterwards and she was in mid to the hospital before he's with she had no control over her legs when she was trying to walk the doctors said

they think it's the metals in the vaccine. is causing her to have the neurological reaction of pfizer hasn't shared its view on what happened but did say it's launched an investigation it's not the 1st time concerns though have been raised over the safety of the job norway is currently investigating the deaths of dozens of elderly people who had recently received the pfizer vaccine rundgren or ses the response that he received to the video suggests his mother's case and you nick. i've heard of other cases since i shared the video on facebook i have. thousands and thousands of people message me comment and average myself personally i haven't read all the messages but i read hundreds of them myself personally if people tell me their stories their daughters or sons their mothers or you know all member members of their family have had reactions share their vaccines our plot of some of whom had a lot of messages that are negative say and this is your mom or you know you're

lying or whatever negative comments you know it's it's not really something they're not trying to entertain too much i don't know want people wouldn't trust they want a code vaccine to take away codes things and get back to normal. a group of researchers in the u.k. have published some alarming new findings on coronavirus patients according to the report one in 8 people hospitalized 'd in the u.k. with cove and 19 die of related complications within months after being discharged well nearly one 3rd of patients to recover from the virus are taken bucked off spittal the study also revealed some severe long term effects of covert including heart problems and diabetes we spoke with one of the scientists behind the study. not only does corner virus. cause death and most people are mission but there are clear signals here of associations between medium. effect in the

lungs affecting the heart affecting the liver and also the kidneys we need to get better at seeing and stratifying who are the people that we need to act ideally we. kind of us affection if we have it we need to make sure that we treat underlying conditions and we're monitoring these people to see if they develop and if they do develop for example diabetes or kidney disease we need to do more research to see how that progresses over time. argentina has received the 2nd batch of the sputnik the vaccine it comes as more countries across latin america opt for the russian article which up backing up the story r.t. the new hawke and. whatever the science behind the covert vaccines other factors are at play politics being a key one it's no surprise that vaccine approval and distribution has been like

a parliament divided along party lines countries are mostly sticking to their own before selling all of their neighbors north america and europe have made their own pitch while competing vaccines have been subjected to increase the skepticism scrutiny and smears so it may come for some was a surprise that much of latin america is leaning towards the russian option being the latest to sign up reduced ration of sputnik vaccine in paraguay proved the increasing interest of latin american countries in a safe and effective russian vaccine against coronavirus we expect more countries in the region will also approve it soon and ready to create new partnerships to pool their foods in the fight against the pandemic. joins argentina bolivia and venezuela in placing orders and cuba are in talks to start local production with mexico peru and brazil also potential customers yes sputnik ves easy to transport and store it's also competitively priced but could there be another factor let's

face it as far as neighbors go do it politically north and south america are pretty much like chalk and cheese take venezuela and bolivia pushed into pariah state status over the years or cuba really designated a state sponsor of terror it was a matter of when lot if south american nations would start looking for friendlier countries to hang out with the 1st thing we have to look a here is the blockade against a more like an american country than in a case of benefit or york and a very limited i can we back in economically in the u.k. based on the american made back in there out of read you levied by what that country. we can think of the the russian companies have far less exposure to us punitive measures. in them from us. and increasing the possibility to

trade in with partners like venezuela countries traditionally closer to the united states such as mexico or course the reka have already opted for western designed vaccines brazil is still on the fence while plans to launch production of sputnik v. are in place regulatory approval as been delayed moscow says it's just a temporary issue in connection with unreliable information that appeared in a number of media outlets about the refusal of an emergency registration for the sport make the vaccine in brazil we clarify that the national health surveillance agency has requested additional information regarding the sputnik the vaccine which will be provided shortly russia plans to expand sputnik v. corp in the region for many countries on the continent it seems like the best choice practically and financially and whatever the global politics at play in the upper echelons of power latin american nations agree and a pandemic like none of us have ever witnessed it's protecting the people which

comes 1st naturally the things you that are being played by many sectors personally involved with washington who are political fight their distribution of a fighter back into that country the pressure here in latin america but this is of course counterproductive to the interests of the people who are essentially looking to get the cheap vaccine quickest to safeguard their health and improve the health care system of the country so i think if the thumb extended it was inevitable that the distribution of the right thing was going to be polluted by that that but i get this in order the detriment of the people living here in the continent. now with the trumpet ministration leaving the white house you might think there's a brand new team of faces poised to come in and replace them but many of joe biden's key cabinet picks hark back to the days of his old boss especially when it comes to be u.s. state department your senior correspondent because the. out with the old and then

with the well even older it seems go ahead and flip through do biden state department nominations you'd be forgiven for thinking you've slipped into a parallel above the presidency there back well almost all of back from the people who brought you look at cash for feeding libya the bungled war in syria got stuck into the coup in ukraine and brought relations with russia to what they are now or as the chief in waiting puts it this team behind me they embody my core beliefs that america's strongest when it works with the sellers it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back judging by the team's track record now is a good time for innocent civilians and potential collateral casualties around the world to start quaking in their boots because this cabal of liberal bruises seems to have much less compunction about dropping bombs than trump ever did such as mr

blinken who believes that the us failed in syria because it didn't destroy it enough in syria we made the opposite error of doing too little without bringing appropriate power to bear no peace could be negotiated much less imposed or how about victoria nuland was her tool it's prefer jets and armies and bombs to take out anything that doesn't fit their picture perfect idea of democracy newlands more widely sheen gives in with with cookies and smiles and gets you to trust says you're her friend and then says this behind your back. that would be great i think to help glue this thing and to have do you when help glue it and you know you america is strongest when it works with its allies biden said. nuland does that to

make sure that america doesn't become too strong and keep those allies guessing about who she's trash talking this stuff or take samantha power now slated to take over america's aid agency machine if she's good at anything it's making sure that the u.s. doesn't work with other countries to get things done to the assad regime russia and iran 3 member states behind the conquest of and carnage in aleppo you bear responsibility for these atrocities these are the people who helped bring trump to power they are they are part of what voters grew disenchanted with the and last wool is the endless deaths the endless failures that again don't expect too much from a biden state department in the words of a famous defense secretary if it's foreign policy chances are biden will get it

wrong. i think he's been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past 4 decades looks like it's going to be a continuation of a increasingly aggressive us foreign policy that makes sense because that has been the the trajectory that republican and democrat administrations have done over the past several decades and his most recent pick seem to be a continuation of that this is an ongoing thing and that coupled with his his defense department picks a 3rd of whom have major ties to the defense industry all signals are that we're about to see some serious neo-con foreign policy problem is that you have this inertia within us foreign policy and there's 2 parts to the inertia one is just the fact that all of the think tanks all of the contractors everyone that is part of the military industrial complex is supporting and promoting these types of these types of aggressive war hawks to the state department and the department of defense

but there's also something more sinister at play there is the fact that there's an underlying jingoism that is built into us foreign policy and has been for several decades in this jingoism tells us that the u.s. government the u.s. military can go wherever it wants whenever it wants and kill whomever they wish including civilian casualties and that there can be no negative blowback or consequences for if anyone so much as tries to defend themselves there are mediately a terrorist and when that is the over the underlying thought process and bedrock founding principle of u.s. military and foreign policy it's going to lead to this type of aggressive posture around the world and it has to end. and moving the program on russian opposition activists alexina vilnius to spend 30 days and pretrial detention here in moscow he was arrested for a parole violation after flying in from germany where he underwent treatment for an

alleged poisoning or said thomas reports. it took the judge several hours to deliver the verdict to the kremlin critic who came back to russia just yesterday from berlin there he was receiving treatment for what he and some western labs called a poisoning by a military grade nerve agent now alexina valmy he was a pretended at the border checkpoint now the thing is back in 2014 he was found guilty of embezzlement and received a suspended sentence with a probation period now while on probation he was supposed to report on his whereabouts to the authorities but when he fell into a coma and was transferred to the german capital for treatment obviously he couldn't do so but at the end of september last year election of ali was released from hospital so the authorities here in russia they expected to hear from him which they didn't this is why they are saying they put him back on the wanted list

and this is why they're saying they are demanding that the suspended sentence is swapped for a real one for this opposition figure now this whole detention and this whole process sparked an outcry in the west starting from the secretary the u.s. secretary of state might bump a 0 to the chief of nato u.n. stoltenberg to france and some other european nations all calling on the kremlin to immediately release alexina volley in fact the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov had to answer a few questions about this whole situation during a major conference he held earlier today so here's how he commented on the situation. room no volleys cases got so much international publicity everything that happens to the valley regarding his return in detention is the business of law enforcement agencies we are talking about enforcing russian laws if in some other countries the implementation of their own laws is considered to be of secondary

importance to achieving some geopolitical goals. this is there are problems in our case law enforcement agencies have made their position clear. so for alexina valley the next hearing. to take place on the 29th of january and the authorities the prosecution will be looking and will be demanding a real sentence this time. let's start off the world update by bringing it to southern russia where an avalanche has buried part of a ski resort a skier captured this video showing the moment disaster struck in the caucasus mountains one person has been confirmed as dead 12 others are missing a major search operation is underway rescue teams are urging people nearby to remain silent while listening for the voices of potential survivors on the slow so far 6 people have been rescued. to central america where a car

a van of around 7000 migrants has been stopped in quarter mile of the migrants who are mostly from 100 jurists are heading to the u.s. to escape poverty that's been exacerbated by the. they were met with truncheons tear gas by security forces several people were injured also. i. i i i by ellen protests erupted in the netherlands over the weekend against a cruel a virus locked on police used water cannon to disperse to on or through rice demonstration on a restaurant 100 people in december the government shut down schools and most shops in response to a spike in cases last week the lockdown was extended by a further 3 weeks. has been gripped by nationwide riots over the country's deepening economic crisis more than $600.00

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