rushes the vaccine gets the seal of approval in the lancet medical journal where researches say it's been 90 percent effective and well tolerated. meanwhile you're a poet issues a warning about the sale of fake id 900 tested to ficus as criminals seek to profit from travel restrictions on the restaurant resistance french business owners defy the government's ongoing covert frictions by opening their doors and serving diners also to come. but it can footage from new york shows officers handcuffing and pepper spraying a 9 year old girl raising more questions over the police called.

good afternoon. moscow you're watching r.t. international. the vaccine has received approval by researches in the lancet medical journal they say it's over 90 percent effective and also well tolerated the job is also said to help people of all age groups. this interim analysis of the phase 3 trial of showed 91.6 percent advocacy against the 19 and it was well tolerated in a large cohort our results show that there are 2 components vaccine was able to induce a virus neutralizing hugh moral response in participants older than 60 years furthermore vacs an advocacy in this group of participants did not differ significantly from

the africa of the 18 to 60 years group. ok let's talk more about this now with art he's a marine can see if. the results face 3 results have been long awaited here they are and they've been well received they have which is in stark contrast to what we heard previously is special and from from you know western countries there's been a u. turn in attitudes towards this vaccine and this is somewhat surprising given how sustained and you know how big this this attack was was developed too quickly too many short cuts were taken corners cut you know there was not enough proof that it was safe we heard it over and over everywhere seemingly in the media from from various experts people who got themselves experts and now suddenly now that we have concrete data it turns out the russians were right it's

safe it's safe and it's only one of 3 vaccines in the world with an efficacy of above 90 percent that is pfizer madonna and now sputnik v so the test results what the shoot is that there are new severe allergic reactions they haven't been observed such as the ones that have that have battered the publicity regarding the pfizer vaccine people with you know a history of severe allergic reactions being told to stay away and to weigh the walk. it's also as if he should be new young people those under 60 as it is an over sixty's which is very important because over sixty's they have a weaker immune systems the ravages of time. so that is very good news for those over 60 who are perhaps afraid of getting more concerned with side effects for from getting another vaccine. and it is cheaper it is much cheaper than alternatives to

3 times. depending on the vaccine there was there was even a journalist who. who took the vaccine from the new yorker and he wrote a big article about how it is changed you know it is changed he's sort of view on the pandemic there's the fears god in late january i took a test for covert 19 antibodies the results according to an interpretive scale provided by the clinic indicated to my antibody levels were probably sufficient to prevent illness the odd struck me as high but my own personal pandemic was nearing its end. and this is you know what we're hearing from more and more journalists and publications than those saying experts that want us to stay away now saying well wait a 2nd this is this is

a good alternative why could be you know any number of reasons but the science the science of sound sputnik the is safe this is clearly good news as these dual formulation vaccine is comparatively easy to manufacture and to deploy i mean they anticipated global shortage of vaccines and logistical problems in vaccination rollout presently the world needs all the good vaccines that you can get against covered 19 and these are impressive results spawning v. is the 1st adenovirus vector vaccine to achieve the 90 percent efficacy seen with the 2 m r n a vaccines. so this could mean be a major contributing factor to them. turning on their attitudes towards the vaccine that is shortages mass shortages of other vaccines such as pfizer there's all sorts of trouble problems and challenges in the supply chain in the production part

and sputnik the is relatively simple to booth produce and to transport it requires much much less cold temperatures it doesn't require the sort of deep freeze that the fires of x.e. for example requires during trial transportation which makes it much more available in developing nations and in poorer nations as well so far dozens of countries have expressed an interest more than 50 countries have preordered the vaccine already india loon his pended agreement to produce more than 100000000 doses of the vaccine the czech republic for example now which is consultations with hungry hungry was the 1st european nation to greenlight the vaccine so again a striking striking difference in attitudes towards me from what we saw back in

september in november where. seemingly you know scrutiny was part of this this confrontation that is currently taking place between russia and various western countries and if it wasn't spread in the middle of the pandemic it wasn't spared you know being targeted seemingly politically but certainly looking at the evidence in the lancet people take a look at some is pretty good as you say over 90 percent efficacy thank you but it is not easy to cancel. no i mean these the enforcement agency you're a poll has issued a warning about the illegal production and distribution of fake 19 tests a typical in many countries requiring a negative test to enter the agency does believe that criminal groups are taking advantage of the situation several cases have already been identified across the continent or europe correspondent peter all of his more details the significance are used in order for people to show that they've had

a negative test before they get on an airplane or travel anywhere around the european union now what europol the european union's law enforcement agency is saying is that criminals a looking to exploit that and producing these fake negative test results these fake covert certificates they've just posted a forgery ring operating near to shall they call airports in france there's also being the forgery rings broken open the united kingdom similar operations in spain in the netherlands as well the city if it gets changing hands from anywhere between 40 euros and puts of $300.00 euros europol themselves say that they expect the criminals to keep out they say as long as the city if it gets the necessary for travel. the detection of feet covered $900.00 tests of the kids confirms the criminal sees profitable of chooses once theorized as long as travel restrictions remain in place due to the covered $1000.00 situation it's highly

likely that production and sales of the test if it gets will prevail or vaccines are also a big topic of discussion here in europe right now and angela merkel the german chancellor hosted a virtual vaccine summit from here in berlin on monday evening the message coming out from that meeting is that things will take time put her on the right track as far as she's concerned now there's still recriminations coming out from the spot last week that really continued into this week between the european union and vaccine manufacturer astra zeneca and the united kingdom basically the e.u. upset that it's not going to get the amount of vaccines or masters any that it thought it was going to get and it's going to take longer for them to get those in the whole discussion angle of merkel is pretty much set a self up as the good cop saying things will take time we're on the right track bad cop in this case has been a money on the french president he's not happy that the united kingdom is continue

to receive the supplies of the vaccine while in countries like france like portugal and like spain vaccine bear programs have had to be suspended because there aren't enough jobs and money were micron saying london needs to pick its friends imagine the british finish their vaccine campaign successfully what will they do stop european lorries from entering when there is a total dependence on the continent good luck half pregnant is not a concept what policy does great britain wish to choose it cannot be the closest ally of the us the closest ally of the e.u. and the new singapore it has to choose a model of the plan when it comes to vaccinating the e.u. isn't going to be short work it would seem following that summit on monday night also set to come this month is the european medicines agencies view on whether the russian sputnik v. vaccine can be used in. the european union the german health minister yet inspiron has said that he'd be willing to use that as part of germany's vaccination program once it gets that rubber stamp at some point in february with

a number of french restaurants meanwhile have opened their doors on monday in defiance of the coronavirus measures that have been put in place since october although some restrictions have been lifted since then cafes and restaurants a still more table to host diners but more on this is shown at the bin. most who pushed. play on the north sea. since october this is been the extent of service available at restaurants and cafes in france takeaway only but as the memphis have tried get on with the new reopening dating site same owners have decided to welcome customers inside in defiance of the 19 regulations. i'm doing this for. the frenchman that is no longer respected i am not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did talk when it came to

the crunch he settled on a compromise. so we will serve food to people it says restaurant today i won't be able to reopen food if i did i would lose my conversation follows is over and see my restaurant closed or go to prison his cool has spread across the country and other restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christoph wilcke from his establishment is nice to around 50 customers yet. christoph wilson's protest was sure lived on the doors to poppies were once closed again but his lawyer is now taking his petition directly to president michael. i wrote an open email to say stop to self isolation rooms are cessation received over 100000 messages in 48 hours french people can no longer do this mr president here in paris

2 there have also been raids on so-called destroying restaurants there were reports of this one behind me lennox over the weekend was uncovered with many others now amongst the clientele were allegedly french magistrates with no being fined 135 year. but as you can see it's still in print now the owner would not give an interview but told me off camera that diners had only eaten under cover as it was raining and he also disputed that some were magistrates but support for. businesses has been growing on social media so many other restaurants and said that they too would be opening service for customers at the start of february however with very little support from unions and a warning from the government if you did and where does joe public fall in all of this do they want their favorite eateries to reopen or do they think it's better to keep the shutters down and those that don't find it normal that stories are open

and restaurants are not so many if we maintain social distancing and respect the rules the risk for restaurants will be the same as for a store suddenly we don't have a choice i would like very much for them to open but i think for the safety of everyone we need to make some sacrifices to stop the virus and live normally. meanwhile the world health organization has urged the u.k. to reel in its vaccination program once groups there have been inoculated to help ensure a global rollout will have a look at this in more detail a bit later on in the program. now that has been shock and outrage in new york where police were filmed pepper spraying a 9 year old girl while she was handcuffed the officers had been called to respond to a domestic incident you might find the following footage disturbing. here .

well the incident took place last friday when police were responding to reports of a family disturbance the girl was reportedly threatened to harm herself and can be seen resisting the police if they try to put her in their protests she could also be heard screaming for several times before being pepper sprayed by an officer. well that incident sparked this widespread outrage in the local community on monday dozens of people marched on the streets of rochester and chanted outside the city's police station more demonstrations are planned during the week. several offices have been suspended while an investigation is underway the mayor of rochester is also called on law enforcement to undergo the escalation training meanwhile state nor makes a bonanza plans to introduce legislation against the use of chemical agents against

minors by police social activist says that despite the heavy handed responses we saw there isn't much hope of reform. it seems as though these are not just the stakes but this is a culture that the way of the police to act within the police departments. they're still getting what we call the warrior training the idea that you need to basically attack shooters and and that the citizens need to comply with the police in every way noncompliance should not by itself be a huge for excessive force like this but they are apparently used to being implied now and get enraged i mean that these these police officers were just angry at this 9 year old for not doing exactly what she was told and that goes very deep the terms of the function of the police to maintain order and poll

rather than shooting people speaks for there's a very deep culture and vault with that but on the part of the government there is very little effort to to go against that culture to make changes the status quo in this country is working very very well for a lot of people that's particularly working well with the business as a marriage and as long as that status follows working so well it seems to be hesitant in rochester new york or where i live there seems to be a hesitance to do anything to change. bill to come to this and he slammed donald trump for mishandling the pandemic but have to type was not turned on joe biden because he's not facing criticism for failing the neva on his many promises plan a look at this just awful.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will

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welcome back now a hearing has got underway at a moscow court for going request from russian prosecutors to jail opposition figure elects in the valley for up to 3 and a half years over alleged parole violations it does follow 2 weekends of protests across the country in support of the kremlin critic reporting now from outside the court is equal to dump. so election of ali he is in the building right behind me where the judge will be delivering the verdict and deciding whether or not he will have his suspended sentence swapped for a real one now the russian opposition figure he seems to be in a good mood he's making a lot of jokes like for instance he asked his wife julia as to what's going on on twitter saying that he has withdrawal symptoms from not being able to go online and basically it's only journalists and police here in the direct vicinity of the court because this whole area has been cordoned off there's a few dozen people just outside the court it's difficult to tell whether or not

they're just you know passers by and go just to you know busybodies or genuinely protesters and supporters of alexina vali so essentially this is what we're waiting for for a verdict and this whole case well it's it goes all the way back to 2014 back then the kremlin critic was found guilty of embezzlement so he received a 3 and a half year suspended sentence and a 5 year probation period basically the prosecution right now is saying that in those 5 years election of ali violated the conditions of this was this probation period about 60 times now the defense in turn is saying that the case is politically motivated now there has been a lot of hype about the detention of alexina vali when he received his 1st like 30 day detention sentence he called on to his supporters to rally in the streets and so a lot of people they listened and they took to the streets basically none of those protests across russia were authorized by the authorities so there were we have

seen some scuffles and violence from both the protesters and the police and thousands of people have been detained but we'll have to see which side will the judge takes a day. for the world health organization is the u.k. to put the brakes on its vaccination campaign once fundable groups there have received the jab yang nice i use to make sure there is a fair. and we're asking all countries in those circumstances to do that hang on wait for those other groups will also appeal to all the people of the u.k. you can wait. well this does come as the u.k. looks to set nor looks set to reach its goal of delivering 15000000 1st doses to people by mid february on the other hand across the channel the e.u. is struggling to get its math facts nation program off the ground we've got reaction from our panel of guests united kingdom has ordered more doses than it

needs for its population of roughly 70000000 and one of the options that would be that whatever spare capacity it has got it shares it with more one rouble nations if a country bias 4 times the amount of vaccines then it's. you know one has to ask questions why is there any chance do you think of the u.k. agreeing to it on the whole thing it's vaccination program essentially to help other countries i doubt it very much because britain post rex it finds itself in a difficult position to take that magnanimous view of we are all in it together i find it difficult to understand quiet country would have so many vaccines you know ok if you're going to give 2 doses you obviously double your population protest 4 times what you need is excess it go back to writing in saying that

there was an issue in program and should be extended to different parts of the war . but i would not agree. that the solution to this whole thing would decrease in boom because all of the u.k. the solution program if we take the example where you are south africa it's got the highest infection rate on the continent but the vaccination program it's got off to a slow start comparatively african union etc they have been able to accumulate cheaper jobs than johannesburg whose responsibility is it to fix this where they have a midget. is there a government. in getting prepared for ordering and buying the vaccines i know that south africa has just ordered 1500000 astra zeneca doses twice the price this might be close they have ordered very late multinationals which are producing these presidents and their. agencies which are of leading where there.

is a proven and the proven didn't do what is going to say shannon and the government research associate it with each of these international companies i mean all all of these. instances i want to decide. to amount to the reviews and where it's going to be distributed you have to work on this matter on a global patent rather than individually i know politically we have to look after our population but we need to bear in mind that this is a global thing and we need to work globally with an estimated $95000.00 deaths jannie was the deadliest month of the pandemic in the united states and during his campaign joe biden repeatedly blasted his predecessor's handling of the crisis but less than 2 weeks into his own term some already starting to wonder if the new president will actually practice what he preaches with more his kind of. joe biden

has announced that fighting against coded 19 will be one of his top priorities as pandemic failures were among biden's biggest criticisms of his predecessor the president has no play that he hasn't laid out anything he knew all the way back in february how serious this crisis was he said that we have to get back to work. and also deal with proving you can't get this country going again unless you get called under control proves the united states today to surprise or for covert 90 this is not a matter of politics it's a brace a reminder to all of us we're going to take this virus seriously joe biden says that he has a plan and it's over 200 pages long however lengthen eloquence of a document do not guarantee success biden has just started and already there are 20000000 vaccine doses missing this mystery if you want to call it that has

hampered the ability of the new administration to vaccinate people at full speed it's been a week and the biden team is still searching for those missing doses meanwhile some of the communities that have been the hardest hit by the pandemic are facing big problems as they get vaccinated in los angeles crowds of anti the axion protesters block the entrance to dodge stadium preventing people from getting the jab that the nation operations were shut down for over an hour unbelievable if you don't want the vaccine fine but there are millions of angelenos the do 16000 of your neighbors have died some get out of the way protesters are not the only issue new york city is now in a state of emergency due to a snowstorm as a result that's the nation's have paused there as well that's the nation efforts in oregon were also hindered by weather conditions transportation issues made it impossible for certain people. to get their doses their 2nd doses on time as

a result doctors just started handing out doses to whoever was available now the vaccines are quite fragile and if there's any problem with refrigeration it could possibly result in ruining the entire batch now in seattle we saw doctors rushing to vaccinate people as quickly as possible after the refrigerator broke when that happened there was an immediate response to that we've got to get this 1600 doses. into people's arms in the next 12 hours let's make that happen and we made that happen by 3 15 am in the morning polls show that roughly half of americans are willing to get vaccinated despite the chaos however among the sections of the population that are already skeptical big concerns are rising a lack of trust and an unwillingness to get vaccinated is a big barrier toward biden's goal of reaching a swift recovery for the nation and at this point it doesn't look like the planning

is going very well biden doesn't seem to have a clear plan but the white house team continues citing his good intentions nobody had a complete picture the plans that were being made were being made we do some shit and the more information would be available and be revealed once they got into white house the american boxing legend mike tyson said that everyone's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth and at this point it looks pretty clear that the united states was rather unprepared for the swift right hook delivered by the coded 19 pandemic and now as the clock is ticking and lives are being lost there's a lot of chaos and confusion surrounding the widely desired jab kaleb up and r.t. new york where the donald trump now out of office some comedians are struggling to find new material for the sketches and while many saw the former president as fair game it does seem that the new administration.