coronavirus cases on wednesday that is a slight drop compared to the same day last week germany's disease control agency says the daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation does remain serious up bricks are still being reported across the country especially in nursing and care homes and the death rate remains very high with 9. $182.00 deaths registered in the last 24 hour period. and let's bring in our political correspondent nina hasa with the very latest on the story nina as we said the numbers are trending downwards but the situation remains serious and now the government is considering a new restrictions tell us about that well there's just a big fear of the more contagious version of the corona virus that is coming up here in germany as well and we're hearing that chancellor angela merkel has told fellow party members that she wants to restrict travel even further apparently she said everyone agrees that now is not the time to be traveling and those reports continue by saying that america is apparently looking into plans put forward by her interior minister hoffa to massively

coronavirus cases on wednesday a slight drop compared to the same day last week germany's disease control agency says that daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation remains serious outbreaks are still being reported across the country particularly in nursing homes and care homes and the death rate remains very high within $182.00 deaths registered in the last 24 hour period. so physical distancing medical mask wearing and a social life that has largely been consigned to the virtual world when the 1st coronavirus case was detected in germany one year ago all the few people could predict what a huge impact it would have on their lives of how to look back now at how the pen demick unfolded here. jeremy 1st came across 1000 here at the offices of this automotive supplier in bavaria it's where 33 year old employee caught the novel virus from a coworker who had traveled to germany from china he became patient number one. german officials were quick to assure the public the country was taking the virus seriously but that there was also no cause for alarm. health minister yang sp

day last week but it shows you the dramatic development in the pandemics 1st year germany's disease control agency says that daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation remains serious outbreaks are still being reported across the country particularly in nursing and care homes and the death rate remains very high with more than 982 deaths reported in figures released on wednesday morning. physical distancing medical mask wearing and a social life that largely been consigned to the virtual world that pretty much describes everyone's life everyone's reality at the moment when the 1st coronavirus case was detected last year very few had any idea that a new normal was about to emerge and change everything here's a look back at how the pandemic unfolded here in germany. jeremy 1st came across 1000 here at the offices of this automotive supplier in bavaria it's where 33 year old employee caught the novel virus from a coworker who had traveled to germany from china he became patient number one. german officials were quick to assure the public the country was taking the virus serious

coronavirus cases on wednesday a slight drop compared to the same day last week germany's disease control agency says that daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the scituate. remains serious outbreaks are still being reported across the country particularly in nursing and care homes and the death rate remains very high with 982 deaths registered in the last 24 hour period. let's bring in our political correspondent with the very latest on this hi nina as we said the numbers are going down slightly but the government is considering more restrictions that tell us about this. well what we're hearing is that chancellor angela merkel has told fellow party members that she wants to restrict travel even further because of course you have to keep in mind that germany is surrounded by 9 neighboring countries so we're right in the middle of europe and people but also viruses have it easy to cross borders and so apparently she said everyone agrees now is not the time to be traveling it so she is apparently looking into plans put forward by her interior minister hosts the offer to massively re

day last week but it shows you the dramatic development in the pandemics 1st year germany's disease control agency says that daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation remains serious outbreaks are still being reported across the country particularly in nursing and care homes and the death rate remains very high with more than 982 deaths reported in figures released on wednesday morning. physical distance seeing medical mask wearing and a social life that largely been consigned to the virtual world that pretty much describes everyone's life everyone's reality at the moment when the 1st coronavirus case was detected last year very few had any idea that a new normal was about to emerge and change everything here's a look back at how the pandemic unfolded here in germany. jeremy 1st came across 1000 here at the offices of this automotive supplier in bavaria it's where 33 year old employee caught the novel virus from a coworker who had traveled to germany from china he became patient number one. german officials were quick to assure the public the country was taking the virus se

coronavirus cases on wednesday at the slight drop compared to the same day last week the country's disease control agency says daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation remains serious outbreaks of still being reported across the country particularly in nursing and care homes and the death rate remains very high and 182 deaths registered in the last 24 hour period. so here's a look at how at some of the other developments in the pandemic the number of covered cases worldwide has now passed 100000000 but according to johns hopkins university amid a drop in new cases moscow is easing its covert nice covert restrictions by allowing bars restaurants and nightclubs to remain open through the night and the woman in china has been sentenced to a year in prison for hiding virus symptoms before boarding a flight from the u.s. to china last march she took medication to suppress a fever. in sport english club chelsea have confirmed thomas 2 who as their new coach he signed an 18 month contract with a london club is the latest a german coach to try his luck in the premier league so what can c

day last week but it shows you the dramatic development in the pandemics 1st year germany's disease control agency says that deadly infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation remains serious outbreaks are still being reported across the country particularly in nursing and care homes and the death rate remains very high with more than 982 deaths reported in figures released on wednesday morning. physical distancing medical mask wearing and a social life that largely been consigned to the virtual world that pretty much describes everyone's life everyone's reality at the moment when the 1st coronavirus case was detected last year very few had any idea that a new normal was about to emerge and change everything here's a look back at how the pandemic unfolded here in germany. jeremy 1st came across 1000 here at the offices of this automotive supplier in bavaria it's where 33 year old employee caught the novel virus from a coworker who had traveled to germany from china he became patient number one. german officials were quick to assure the public the country was taking the virus seriou

day last week but it shows you the dramatic development in the pandemics 1st year germany's disease control agency says that daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation remains serious outbreaks are still being reported across the country particularly in nursing and care homes and the death rate remains very high with more than 982 deaths reported in figures released on wednesday morning. physical distancing medical mask wearing and a social life that largely been consigned to the virtual world that pretty much describes everyone's wife everyone's reality at the moment when the 1st coronavirus case was detected last year very few had any idea that a new normal was about to emerge and change everything here's a look back at how the pandemic unfolded here in germany. jeremy 1st came across 1000 here at the offices of this automotive supplier in bavaria it's where 33 year old employee caught the novel virus from a coworker who had traveled to germany from china he became patient number one. german officials were quick to assure the public the country was taking the virus serious

coronavirus cases on wednesday a slight drop compared to the same day last week germany's disease control agency says that daily infection numbers are steadily decreasing but the situation remains serious outbreaks are still being reported across the country particularly in nursing and care homes and the death rate for maine's very high with $982.00 deaths registered in the last 24 hour period. well the 1st case of coven 19 in germany was identified one year ago by dr camillo rotha she is deputy head of the infectious diseases and tropical medicine division at the l. and you university hospital and munich she was also one of the 1st in the world to report that the new virus spreads a symptomatically earlier we spoke with her and recalled her experience she recalled her experience of detecting germany's 1st case the 1st case we discovered really was a big surprise to us in many ways and nevertheless i would it would not have thought that we end up in a pandemic. back then we were actually contacted by a company from close by in munich so they had had. a visitor from china visiting the week before

administration and the national institutes of health as well as the centers for disease control and prevention, the three major health agenciesin the virus and involved in vaccinations. so we are in, you know, a situation where too many people are dying every day. we're trying to mount the most massive vaccination plan engaged in by the united states. and having a leader who can take responsibility, who can supervise all the other critical agencies, children and families and aging and mental health as well as leading the effort on the covid response could not be more urgent. so no time can be lost. we need to get xavier becerra confirmed as quickly as possible and get the other leaders in hhs in place to help the american public. >> as the former head of health and human services, how would you counsel the biden administration, unless you have already, on restructuring this whole vaccine rollout? because, i mean, from coast-to-coast people are complaining that it is just a catastrophe. the organization is lacking. and there are a lot of people who need vaccinations now but they simply can't get it because of access. >> well,

experts from the federal emergency management agency, fema and the center of disease control.ce commission core, our military medical personnel, our first responders. additionally, we're going to expand the pool of medical profes professionals, including retired health care workers, who can administer the vaccine and to ensure we have enough vaccinators to meet the nation's needs, as we ramp this up. and as governors of both parties have asked, our administration will reimburse states 100% when their national guard is deployed in the fight against covid. we'll provide resources to help states cover the cost of personnel, vaccinators, administrative staff as well as supplies like dry ice and lap tops, protective equipment. the third change is we'll fully activate pharmacies across the country to get the vaccination into more arms as quickly as possible. millions of americans now turn to the local pharmacies every day for their medicines, flu shots and much more. we're going to immediately start new, major efforts, working directly with independent and chain pharmacies to get am

experts from the federal emergency management agency, fema and the centers for disease control.ary and medical personnel, first responders. we'll expand the pool of medical professionals including retired healthcare workers that can administer the vaccine and to ensure that we have enough -- >> bill: here's the blueprint for president-elect joe biden. want to drop in to that. work with with the states, get fema out there. all interesting. let's get the job done. it's been a year. we started this prom in the middle of an impeachment trial. that's how we close it out. in between, we watched a global pandemic, consume our lives and change the way we live like never before. with the new year comes the new line-up. you'll be thrilled next week. starting monday, join me and dana at 9:00 a.m. and we can't wait. as i said for a year, harry, i'll see you in line for the uber. now we'll see you monday with dana. until then, join the weekend. to all of our viewers out there, thanks for trusting us with your news and information every day of the week. new world monday. neil starts next. >>

deploy in national disasters, experts from the federal emergency management agency, from fema and the centers of disease control commission corps, our military medical personnel, our first responders. additionally we're going to expand the pool of medical professionals, including retired health care workers who can administer the vaccine and to ensure we have enough vaccinators to meet the nation's needs as we ramp this up. and as governors of both parties have asked, our administration will reimburse states 100% when their national guard is deployed in the fight against covid. we'll provide resources to help states cover the cost of personnel, vaccinators, administrative staff, supplies like dry ice and laptops and protective equipment. the third change we're going to make is we're going to fully activate the pharmacies across the country to get the vaccination into more arms as quickly as possible. millions of americans now turn to the local pharmacies every day for their medicines, flu shots and much more. we're going to immediately start new major efforts working directly with both independent and chain pha

management agency, fema, to start standing up the first federally supported community vaccination centers with the goal of standing up 100 centers within the next month. the centers for disease control and prevention will launch the federal pharmacy program to make vaccines available to communities in their local pharmacies beginning early -- within -- i think by the 7th or 8th of february, in very early february. we'll also task the department of health and human services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine. who can administer the vaccine. and to ensure we have enough straighters, the people doing the vaccines, to meet the nation's needs and quickly. in addition to this effort our administration will be asking congress to fund -- for the funds to grow the public health workforce. we also are going to take immediate steps to partner with governors, mayors and other local officials who we have been talking to all along who are on the front lines this have fight. we direct -- we directed fema to establish a covid response liaison for each state, which means every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximize cooperat

management agency fema to start standing up the 1st federally supported community vaccination centers with the goal of standing up $100.00 senators within the next month the centers for disease control and prevention will launch the federal pharmacy program to make vaccines available to communities and their local pharmacies beginning early within the by i think it by the 7th or 8th of february at a very early february also task the department of health and human services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine who can administer the vaccine and ensure we have enough vaccinators the people doing the vaccines to meet the nation's needs and quickly in addition to this effort are ministration will be asking congress to fund their for full for the funds to grow the public health workforce we also are going to take immediate steps to partner with governors mayors and other local officials who we've been talking to all along who are on the front lines of this fight we direct we were directed famous to establish a code response liaison for each state which means every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximize cooperation

control. mike hanna washington while another break with the trumpet ministration the country's top infectious disease expert has announced the u.s. will reengage with the world health organization donald trump informed the agency he planned to pull the u.s. out but dr anthony fauci says that will not happen he says the u.s. will continue funding the agency and join the global effort to make vaccines available to everyone or as gaston is the o'neill professor of global health law at georgetown university he says a national and unified plan is what's needed to combat the pandemic. it's so heartening to hear that we're rejoining the community of nations by rejoining the world health organization that we're going to lead in science and that there's actually going to be and it is a federal plan is not going to just be a free for all. at the state and local government without any funding any planning or any coordination so i feel like we are in a position now where the roll ups event in the room. and we've got a strategy and we're going to follow it and it will be a long time but i do believe we'll get to the end and i think we can do a lot better just to give you an example we already in the united states on some d

disease control issued a sobering outlook the new much more transmissible and fast spreading coronavirus variant 1st discovered in england last year could become the predominant strain in the u.s. by march the agency warned that would lead to more cases overall more deaths and more pressure on the health care systems overworked heroes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. u.s. president elect joe biden has outlined his coronavirus plan promising to boost surprise of the vaccine he wants 100000000 doses given out within his 1st 100 days in office and biden says if needed he invoke a cold war era law to help increase production at tasha go name reports from wilmington delaware where each day used to bring tears for nurse melissa miner brown the crying has stopped but the stress remains she hopes getting vaccinated will ensure she and her family don't get coded 19 again and help eradicate the virus i want to be the one to take a stand for those communities and educate them on why it's important that we get this vaccine because covert 19 doesn't discriminate but it has hit our communities so hard and we have to we have to start to build that trust so that we can get back to living the lives of once liv

disease control issued a sobering outlook the new much more transmissible and fast spreading coronavirus variant 1st discovered in england last year could become the predominant strain in the u.s. by march the agency warned that would lead to more cases overall more deaths and more pressure on the health care systems overworked heroes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. uganda's electoral commission is announcing provisional results so if those days the elections right now early results show incumbent a 70 in the lead in the presidential vote with at least 58 percent of the ballots his main challenger bobby wine claims election has been rigged and is told on just the area that his life is in danger after security forces surrounded his home catherine sawyer reports some campout. bubby line shows john against the soldiers deployed around his home he says they raided the house on friday beat up the security guards and arrested some this was after he made allegations of whites played. in the presidential election electoral commission has asked him to back up his claims with evidence our lives are in danger having survived association attempts to become thin trade. i know. still we are being attacked.

>>new numbers from centers for disease control and prevention shows that more than 4 million americans have received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. the agency's vaccination tracker also shows that the federal government has distributed more than 13 million doses so far right now the vaccine rollout is behind schedule according to the timeline said earlier this month by officials leading operation warp speed. they set a goal of administering the first dose to 20 million americans by the end of 2020. by the end of next month. they say they hope to administer 100 million doses and by june the goal is to have at least 80% of the country immunized that's more than 250 million americans. >>the california department. of health needs your help with blood donations says the state struggles with a surge of covid-19 cases, there's an urgent need for all blood types. the department shared this message today the tweet calling for donors to donate you must have an appointment and you can get more information on our website. >>kron 4 dot com just in to the kron 4 news room the saturday night kaiser hospital officials announcing saturday that 43 members of t

disease control issued a sobering outlook the new much more transmissible and fast spreading coronavirus variant 1st discovered in england last year could become the predominant strain in the u.s. by march the agency warned that would lead to more cases overall more deaths and more pressure on the health care systems overworked heroes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles the u.n. refugee agency is calling for fighting in the central african republic to stop they say the number of people fleeing to neighboring countries has doubled to 60000 in just a week a coalition of armed groups wants to overthrow president fausto archons to ouattara won a 2nd term in office in december welcome weapons in the capital ball game. fighters from the coalition of rebel groups just down the road a few kilometers away on the outskirts of the city and another significant group of them about 12 kilometers in that direction also on the edge of the city and in both areas there was heavy fighting 3 days ago now security sources say they also now have several cells here within the city in preparation for an attack the coalition of armed groups has given an ultimatum to the government to give them 48 hours to get out that ult

disease control issued a sobering outlook the new much more transmissible and fast spreading coronavirus variant 1st discovered in england last year could become the predominant strain in the u.s. by march the agency warned that would lead to more cases overall more deaths and more pressure on the health care systems overworked heroes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles meanwhile the situation in hospitals in brazil is getting worse one of can you not have has the latest from rio de janeiro. when i was is much poorer than religion and some fall and there it's not only a lot of places in the hospital or places to bury dead the problem there in my mouth is the lack of oxygen so patients are dying because they're not breathing and we're talking about co had 19 patients but we're also talking about 61 babies that were premature babies that are into baiters and the government has said that it has guaranteed for oxygen for those to keep those babies in integrators for another 48 hours so it's a very very dramatic situation and but as president. today talked about what he did he says he did everything he can and let's hear what he has to say. something physical we're always doing what we have to do the p

centers for disease control and prevention said that restrictions requiring travelers to test negative for covid before flying domestically are being seriously consider reuters reports that the agency is looking at tightening restrictions, especially as mid these new variants a new strains that are coming into the u.s.. well oakland airport on wednesday became the first airport in the nation to begin selling covid tests from vending machines. the take home saliva test can be found at contactless customers must take the test on their own and they send it to fedex customers receive the results through a mobile app kraft has released limited edition pink nakken she's had a valentine's day the dish comes with the same cheesy ingredients as usual, but there's an extra candy flavor packet that makes it pink news a little candy taste as well cop is giving away 1000 boxes of the pink mac and cheese you can't buy in a store to contest like from new york thinking that i was actually on board when i just thought it was pink color, but actually flavor candy. >>it's got some candy to yeah all night i don't know i think i think get the back and she should be yellow know, but desert and cheese th

management agency, fema, to start standing up the first federally supported community vaccination centers with the goal of standing up 100 centers within the next month. the centers for disease control the federal pharmacy program to make vaccines available to communities in their local pharmacies, beginning -- within, i think, by the 7th or 8 of february. very early february. i will also task the department of health and human services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine, can administer the vaccine. and ensure we have enough vaccinators, the people doing the vaccines, to meet the nation's needs and quickly. in addition to this effort, our administration will be asking congress to fund -- for the funds to grow the public health workforce. we also are going to take immediate steps to partner with governors, mayors and other local officials who we've been talking to all along who are on the front lines of this fight. we directed fema to establish a covid response liaison for each state which means every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximize cooperation between the federal government and the states. and where

management agency, fema, to start standing up the first federally supported community vaccination centers with the goal of standing up 100 centers within the next month. the centers for disease controll pharmacy program to make vaccines available to communities in their local pharmacies beginning early -- i think by the 7th or 8th of february in very early february we will also task the department of health and human services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine, administer the vaccine and to ensure that we have enough vaccinators, the people doing the vaccines to meet the nation's needs, and quickly. in addition to this effort, our administration will be asking congress to fund -- for the funds to grow the public health work force we also are going to take immediate steps to partner with governs, mayors, and other local officials, who we have been talking to all along who are the front lines of this fight. we directed fema to establish a covid response liaison for each state, which means every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximize cooperation between the federal government and the states. and where it falls

control. mike hanna washington. america's top infectious diseases expert says the u.s. will remain a member of the world health organization dr anthony fauci also says america will continue funding the agency reversing a trump directive turkey is governor says there is no talk of canceling or delaying the take your olympics the times newspaper had reported the japanese government and privacy concluded the games with need to be called off because of the pandemic. eisel has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the iraqi capital 2 people have been killed and more than 100 injured iraq's prime minister reshuffled several top security officials following the attack. the top republican in the u.s. senate wants former president donald trump's impeachment to be delayed until mid february mitch mcconnell said this would give trump 2 weeks to prepare once the charges presented he's accused of inciting a riot has capitol hill that left 5 dead. and a 15 day states of emergency is sauces and central african republic an attempt to stop rebel attacks a new alliance of groups and the coalition of pages for change is trying to get rid of the president there is all your headlines more news af

management agency, fema, to start standing up the first federally supported community vaccination centers with the goal of standing up 100 centers within the next month. the centers for disease control will launch the federal pharmacy program to make vaccines available to communities in their local pharmacies beginning within i think by the 7th or 8th of february, in very early february. we'll also task the department of health and human services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine, who can administer the vaccine. and ensure we have enough vaccinators to meet the nation's needs and quickly. in addition to this effort, our administration will be asking congress to fund, for the funds to grow the public health workforce. we also are going to take immediate steps to partner with governors, mayors, and other local officials who we've been talking to all along who are on the front lines of this fight. we directed fema to establish a covid response liaison for each state, which means every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximize cooperation between the federal government and the states. this is a model we use to re

management agency to start standing up the first federally supported community vaccination centres with the goal of standing up 100 centres within the next month. the centers for disease controluman services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine, who can administer the vaccine and who ensure we have enough facts that people doing the vaccines to meet the needs and quickly. in addition to this effort our administration will be asking congress to find and quell the public health workforce. they are also going to take immediate steps to partner with governors and mayors and other local officials who will be talking to all along who are on the front lines of the site. he directed them to establish a covid—19 response liaison for each state which every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximise cooperation between the federal government and the states and we will be made known about it immediately. this is a model used to respond to hurricane sandy which i was deeply involved with and in just a few moments i'm going to sign a declaration to immediately begin reimbursing states 100% for the use of their national

emergency management agency agency to start standing up the first federally supported vaccine centers with the goal of standing up 100 centers. the centers for disease controlgrams in their local pharmacies i think by the seventh or 8th of february. we will also task the department of health and human services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine and to make sure we have enough vaccinated or scum of the people doing the vaccines to meet the nation's needs and quickly. in addition to this effort, our administration will be asking congress to fund -- for the funds to grow the public health workforce. we are also going to take immediate steps to partner with governors, mayors and other local officials who we've been talking to all along who are on the front lines of this fight. we directed fema to establish a covid response liaison for each state which means every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximize cooperation between the federal government and the states and where it falls short, to be made known about it will be made known immediately. this is a model that we use to respond to hur

the federal emergency management agency to start putting vaccination centers up with the goal of putting up 100 centers in the next month. the centers for disease controlnd prevention will launch the federal pharmacy program to make vaccines available to communities and local pharmacies by the seventh or eighth of february. also tasked the department of health and human services to prepare and expand the pool of medical professionals who can administer the vaccine. and to ensure we have enough people doing the vaccines to meet the nation's needs and quickly. in addition to this effort, our administration will be asking congress for the funds to grow the public health workforce. we will also take immediate steps to partner with governors, mayors and other local officials who are on the front lines of this fight. we directed fema to establish a covid response liaison for each estate, which means every state will have a point person at the federal level to maximize cooperation between the federal government and the states. this is a model we used to respond to hurricane sandy, which i was deeply involved with. host: president biden at the white house yest