in the us 8 developed the rare blood clots including one who later died on tuesday the e.m.a.'s said the cases were similar to those seen in their review of astra zeneca. the reported cases of mostly in women under 16 years and within the 1st 3 weeks after the vaccine is at this moment it's not possible to identify clear risk factors for the occurrence of these very rare events such as gender or age the most plausible hypothesis as we have seen with the astra zeneca vaccine is an immune response that leads to a condition similar to a typical have to ring and used from the seat of piña the e.m.a.'s says the blood clot should now be listed as a very rare side effect of johnson and johnson's vaccine the company immediately announced it would revise its label as requested and resume back saying shipments to the e.u. norway and iceland the u.s. is expected to announce its decision on the single shot vaccine by friday. india has reported the highest daily death toll from the corona virus as the pandemic surges the number of new cases reported each day have skyrocketed past india's ea

emerging about the links between the astra zeneca vaccine and these rare types of blood clots the e.m.a.'s said it stands by the fact they gave the green light to astra zeneca saying that the risk benefit ratio we still positively on the side of astra zeneca and the world health organization has also come out over the last few hours saying it still believes in us through seneca saying it is still largely positive but as i said there is more and more evidence coming out that there are potentially these blood clots as a result and often last week there were 30 cases in the u.k. that is said to have had an immediate impact here in france where the reputation of astra zeneca was already on the rocks over the weekend mare of cal a he said that they had seen a sense of panic in the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of doses of us just and . ready for appointments for people to come in and have the job we're left because people are afraid of these possible side effects she's not called for a national campaign here in france to explain what the potential side effects are not just of astra zene

may this is what the e.m.a.'s head the vaccine strategy had to say about the link we're trying to get the precise picture of. this happening to define in detail the syndrome due to the vaccine in my opinion we can now say it is the reason so c. with the vaccine what causes this reaction however we still do not know now both the 38 year old woman and also the 24 year old medical student was said to be in very good health and the lawyer representing their families say their families are not taking vaccination but what they want to ensure is that if these deaths are preventable that they can be prevented from other people losing their loved ones to . my concern and the concern of families is what we are calling preventable deaths in other words for certain people vaccine benefit risk assessment is obvious i'm speaking particularly about people over 55 years old in france the vaccine is restricted to people over 55 years of age so the benefit risk assessment should be made more details. now that concern is being felt

to piña the e.m.a.' says the blood clot should now be listed as a very rare side effect of johnson and johnson's vaccine the company immediately announced it would revise its label as requested and resume vaccine shipments to the e.u. norway and iceland the u.s. is expected to announce its decision on the single shot vaccine by friday. our let's bring in our correspondent in brussels barbara vidual good evening to you barbara what does the green light for johnson and johnson's vaccine what does it do for the use vaccination campaign. of course it's a boost in a sense because john centonze is supposed to deliver 55000000 doses to the end of june and that of course is a significant part of the overall those is that i needed to to really finally get on with the vaccinations in the you where you still observe high infection figures and you still have many people dying from the coronavirus and that is also what the made the medicines agency is sort of explained is the reason for for their giving the green lig

into the show in berlin european drug regulators e.m.a.'s had to issue a recommendation later tuesday on the safety of johnson and johnson's coke in $1000.00 vaccine in earlier statements the authority said it continues to believe the benefits of the shot outweigh the risks of side effects and the agency is reviewing a small number of cases of rare blood clotting disorders among johnson and johnson vaccine recipients in the u.s. the job was authorized in the european union on march 11th widespread use in the block has not yet begun a decision against the job could be another blow to european businesses continuing to suffer due to ongoing lockdowns. let's go over to frankfurt our correspondent good morning ashutosh how important is this outcome of the in a decision. good morning steve yes it is important because a green light would mean there's another vaccine in the mix and that would be in a foster vaccination drive and the foster become out of all these restrictions and . the other scenario could be that the finds a link between the blood

restrictions on the use of astra zeneca as covert 19 vaccine others have suspended it totally waiting for the e.m.a.'s verdict it has now recommended the continued unrestricted use of the astra zeneca jab regardless of any rare cases of thrombosis. so mixed messages there about vaccine safety to impact this let's bring in coastal kolaches a vaccine scientist an infectious disease physician at johns hopkins university in baltimore maryland. so let's start with astra zeneca as as we heard that's been given for more than half the adults in britain and is credited with saving tens of thousands of lives i gladly take it but authorities here in germany and other countries are blocking its use and offering no timely alternative isn't that in itself putting people's lives in danger. so when you have a pandemic that's out of control and we have let the curve it maintain pandemic then any facts then you have to weigh the risks and benefits of any available preventive such as a vaccine or treatment and for the astra zeneca vaccine it has been shown to have saved millions of lives already and so the the potent

restrictions on the use of astra zeneca as covert 19 vaccine others have suspended it totally waiting for the e.m.a.'s verdict it has now recommended the continued unrestricted use of the astra zeneca jab regardless of any rare cases of thrombosis. so mixed messages there about vaccine safety to unpack this let's bring in coastal kolaches a vaccine scientist an infectious disease physician at johns hopkins university in baltimore maryland. so let's start with astra zeneca as we heard that's being given to more than half the adults in britain and is credited with saving tens of thousands of lives i gladly take it but authorities here in germany and other countries are blocking its use and offering no timely alternative isn't that in itself putting people's lives in danger. so when you have a pandemic that's out of control and we have let the curve it maintain a pandemic then any facts then you have to weigh the risks and benefits of any available preventive such as a vaccine or treatment and for the astra zeneca vaccine it has been shown to have saved millions of lives already and so the the potenti

in the u.s. 8 developed the rare blood clots including one who later died on tuesday the e.m.a.'s of the cases were similar to those seen in their review of astra zeneca. the reported cases of mostly in women under 60 years and within the 1st 3 weeks after the vaccine is at this moment it's not possible to identify clear risk factors for the occurrence of these very rare events such as gender or age the most plausible hypothesis as we have seen with the astra zeneca vaccine is an immune response that leads to a condition similar to a typical have growing and used. the a.m.a. says the blood clot should now be listed as a very rare side effect of johnson and johnson's fax saying the company immediately announced it would revise its label as requested and resume back same shipments to the e.u. norway and iceland the u.s. is expected to announce its decision on the single shot that same by friday. a brand new european super league that was dramatically announced on sunday appears to be crumbling all 6 english clubs have abandoned plans to join the breakaway link it now leaves only a

to piña the e.m.a.' says the blood clot should now be listed as a very rare side effect of johnson and johnson's vaccine the company immediately amounts it would revise its label as requested and resume vaccine shipments to the e.u. norway and iceland the us is expected to announce its decision on the single shot vaccine by friday. india has reported its highest daily death toll from the current virus the number of new cases each day has skyrocketed past india's earlier peak in september of last year new delhi infections have now exceeded 200000 for 6 days running but that leaves the world's 2nd most populous nation struggling with a lack of medical supplies. india's grave diggers have never been busier. as clover 19 goes on the rampage the dead keep coming. crim a tory a 2 are inundated with arrivals in some cases dealing with 3 or 4 times more bodies than usual. relatives left to endure agonizing waiting times. we've been waiting out here since 9 am now it's 1 pm and we still have to wait another 2 or

the e.m.a.'s stands by the fact that astra zeneca is a safe vaccine with the benefits of that job out weighing the risks the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing qubit 19. outweigh the risks of trying to fix the problem after an very in-depth analysis has concluded. future cases of unusual blood. failing vaccination with the astra zeneca vaccine should be listed as. to facts of the vaccine when you advice will be given out to those to inoculate patients as well as those who are seeking the astra zeneca job but if they show specific symptoms within a 2 week period that they should seek medical advice those symptoms include if they have persistent ted takes if there's a shortness of breath or even if they. perhaps swelling in their legs now it's not clear whether the cases that were reviewed by the safety committee include 2 deaths that are being investigated here in france the lawyer representing 2 families says that what they want is all. they want to understand the investigation ha

came from said if it's a good vaccine it's a good vaccine but when it comes to that all important e.m.a.'s approval well sputnik the started being looked at by the european medicines agency on the 5th of march we're expecting that process to run through perhaps as long as the end of may once it gets the green light of course it can then be used all across the european union. to a city of minneapolis as the cloud of state of emergency and hundreds of minnesota national guard troops have been deployed i made a violent race riots following the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer or continuing after the man was shot in the car when he attempted to flee after being pulled over for a traffic violation in minnesota earlier governors in the state announced a 7 pm curfew in response to be an arrest the brooklyn center police chief said dawn right died as a result of an accidental discharge by an officer who mistook the gun for a taser the deadly incident caused grants to gather around the local police department. a brooklyn center police department has released bodycount footage of

restrictions on the use of astra zeneca as covert 19 vaccine others have suspended it totally waiting for the e.m.a.'s verdict it has now recommended the continued unrestricted use of the astra zeneca jab regardless of any rare cases of thrombosis. mixed messages there about vaccine safety to unpack this let's bring in coastal kolaches a vaccine scientist an infectious disease physician at johns hopkins university in baltimore maryland. so let's start with astra zeneca as as we heard that's being given to more than half the adults in britain and is credited with saving tens of thousands of lives i gladly take it but authorities here in germany and other countries are blocking its use and offering no timely alternative isn't that in itself putting people's lives in danger. so when you have a pandemic that's out of control and we have let the curve it 19 pandemic then any facts then you have to weigh the risks and benefits of any available preventive such as a vaccine or treatment and for the astra zeneca vaccine it has been shown to have saved millions of lives already and so the the potential benef

european union but it comes to host the member states a soli responsibility to take decisions the e.m.a.'s only issuing recommendations and some national authorities decided not to follow them looking at the same data the so the majority of the u. countries is now restricting the use of the vaccine to for people over $5055.00 or $65.00 but there are lots of countries like poland and austria that just go on with the road us to go for a society go. and surely coming back to you there in london you know prime minister boris johnson he has been a big defender of the astra zeneca vaccine what does this mean for his policies and his politics were it were there in 2 big questions that the british public will be asking of the government have custody will the vaccine rollout continue with plans and secondly what does this mean for the easing of restrictions knock down restrictions here in the u.k. we're being told that that vaccine program will continue it is expected is hopes that all adults will receive a festus of the vaccine by the end of july we've been told again today that that is still a

review into a possible link between johnson and johnson's corona virus vaccine and blood clots the e.m.a.'s says that it's had reports of 4 cases one of them fatal want to could cure in a clinical trial and 3 during the vaccines rollout in the united states germany's health minister is calling for a nationwide lockdown office in corona virus infections in the sponsors that the measures should last for as long as a month he also wants night time curfews intensive care units across germany of filling up fast there are concerns that if that continues it may overwhelm the country's health system stephanie deca is in berlin and says germany is grappling with how to handle the current outbreak. the numbers have been steadily increasing and there's really no uniform decision or policy when it comes to lockdown of course germany is ruled by decentralized federal system so you have 16 states they're all in charge of their own health system so what we've been seeing out of her exam just to remind you to. call for a strict lockdown over easter while she went back 24 hours later apologizing to the g

restrictions on the use of astra zeneca as covert 19 vaccine others have suspended it totally waiting for the e.m.a.'s verdict it has now recommended the continued unrestricted use of the astra zeneca jab regardless of any rare cases of thrombosis. mixed messages there about vaccine safety to unpack this let's bring in coastal kolaches a vaccine scientist an infectious disease physician at johns hopkins university in baltimore maryland. so let's start with astra zeneca as as we heard that's been given to more than half the adults in britain and is credited with saving tens of thousands of lives i gladly take it but authorities here in germany and other countries are blocking its use and offering no timely alternative isn't that in itself putting people's lives in danger. so when you have a pandemic that's out of control like we have for the curve it maintain a pandemic then any facts then you have to weigh the risks and benefits of any available preventive such as a vaccine or treatment and for the astra zeneca vaccine it has been shown to have saved millions of lives already and so the the potenti

does appear to be a link between the vaccine and a rare but potentially fatal type of blood clot the e.m.a.'s stopped short of changing its recommendation to give the vaccine to all ages while the u.k. is it vising those under 30 to get a different shot trying to put to rest any concerns. first of all i want to start by stating that our safety committee the pharmacovigilance and risk assessment committee of the european medicines agency has confirmed that the benefits of the astra zeneca vaccine in preventing cope with 19 overall outweigh the risks of side effects. the european union's drug regulator the european medicines agency says after a safety assessment of the astra zeneca vaccine they are still encouraging people to get it that's despite finding a $169.00 cases of a rare brain blood clot after $34000000.00 doses the agency says while no clear link has been found they believe the clots are caused by any means response as a result the regulator will be listing the clots as a rare side effect of the astra zeneca vaccine this vaccine has proven to be highly effective it preventive seve

european union but it comes to host the member states a soli responsibility to take decisions the e.m.a.'s only issuing recommendations and some national authorities decided not to follow them looking at the same data and the so the majority of the u. countries says no restricting the use of the vaccine to for people over $5055.00 or $65.00 but there are lots of countries like poland and austria that just go on with the road us to go for a sustained income and surely coming back to you there in london you know prime minister boris johnson he has been a big defender of the astra zeneca vaccine what does this mean for his policies and his politics. right well there 'd in 2 big questions that the british public will be asking of the government have asked me well the vaccine rollout continue with plans and secondly what does this mean for the easing of restrictions knock down restrictions here in the u.k. and we're being told that that vaccine program will continue it is expected it's hopes that all adults will receive a festus of the vaccine by the end of july we've been told again today t

vaccine as we just heard could be used in europe would you approve such a move so i think what the e.m.a.'s doing is correct they are valuating this rigorously they're looking at the data they're looking at the manufacturing sites and the process and they are going through the same process they work for any vaccine produced in any country so i think instead of prejudging the outcome i would endorse the process what's your take then on the safety and value of splitting. so i think we can feel a lot better about this vaccine now that we have seen in peer reviewed results published in the lancet and that was a double blind randomized controlled trial as you said in your intro i think there was a reasonable cause for skepticism early on when this was being rolled out or we had the data that said i understand the urge the a.m.a. to take a hard look at the data make sure everything is being transparently shared i think when you have process concerns up front and makes it all the more important to you know cross all your t.'s and dot your i's and make sure the process that everything is careful

this is the job of the mhra, the job of the e.m.a. they have to do this.no question about this. annmarie: completely. it shows there is transparency, especially when you have things like a lot of vaccine hesitancy in the united states. sam, you mentioned in your research that it doesn't exactly matter for the u.s. vaccine program, but who is really going to be in trouble if this johnson & johnson does not get the green light quickly? >> i think you could create a spectrum, if you like, of the world, europe, the european union, u.k. and then the united states. the united states has -- and let's not forget this has been partly luck. most people for the amount of vaccines want work. we were all hoping for the traditional vaccines to work. but it turned out to be the other way around. they have all worked, but there is a side effect issue. they have enough to vaccinate the majority of its population. european union, coverage, don't have a problem. the problem is the rest of the world. not only are these vaccines from j and j and astrazeneca easier to distribut

in the u.s. 8 developed the rare blood clots including one who later died on tuesday the e.m.a.'s said the cases were similar to those same in their review of astra zeneca . the reported cases of mostly in women under 60 years and within the 1st 3 weeks after the vaccine at this moment it's not possible to identify clear risk factors for the occurrence of these very rare events such as gender or age the most plausible hypothesis as we have seen with the astra zeneca vaccine is an immune response that leads to a condition similar to a typical have growing and used from lucy complainer. the a.m.a. says the blood clot should now be listed as a very rare side effect of johnson and johnson's fax saying the company immediately announced it would revise its label as requested and resume vaccine shipments to the e.u. norway and iceland the us is expected to announce its decision on the single shot vaccine by friday. now the brand new european super league has that was dramatically announced on sunday appears now to be crumbling all 6 english clubs have abandoned plans to join the breakaw

the european drug regulator the e.m.a.'s will issue a new recommendation later on the use of johnson and johnson's covert 19 vaccine it's reviewing a small number of cases of blood clots among vaccine recipients in the u.s. the m.a. previously said it believes the benefits of the shot outweigh the risks. protesters took to the streets of the u.s. city of minneapolis on monday evening as the city braces for the jury's decision in the trial of their it showed in the white form a police officer is charged with the murder of a black man george floyd the jury concluded its 1st day of deliberations without reaching the. great swedish crime it's an act of history that urged the global community to address covert 19 vaccine inequality which called for the world's most vulnerable to be prioritized has also donated 100000 euros to the kovacs scheme for global access to back seeds. to the central african country of chad now where the army says president address debian has died just a day after he was declared the winner of elections t

will respond, both the e.m.a. data and take by the u.k. regulators. >> reporter: the u.s. f.d.a.zeneca has not been approved by the f.d.a. where do things stand with that approval? >> as far as we know and what we heard from astrazeneca they are on target in submitting approvals for f.d.a. in the u.s. trials of astrazeneca, about 30,000 people, these were not seen, again, because these are such rare side effects, if they exist, that in that group, in that trial, blood clots at least from the top line shared so far, there did not seem to be a difference between those vaccinated or not. that means is the u.s.a. going to reach out from the at that timeday from the european medical agency in making share decisions, that's unclear. if i were to bet, just as an opinion, i think it's likely that they will end up approving the vaccine. the question is will we have widespread distribution to have the vaccines given we have some candidates under production and in distribution in the u.s. >> reporter: dotor, thank you very much. >> thank you. off >> woodruff: more and more children are retu

states will accept unconditionally, all those who are vaccinated with vaccines that are approved by e.m.arnational tourism. eu officials now seeing vaccines as the solution. >> the summer travel season in europe is essentially akin to black friday and cyber monday for retailers in the united states where they make the disproportionate amount of their money from these few summer months. >> reporter: americans wanting to travel can do so with a green passport by presenting either a negative covid test, a positive antibody test or a vaccine certificate from the cdc. >> if you have been vaccinated, you essentially have access to the easy pass lane on a toll road. you can breeze right through. >> reporter: companies like travel pass beta testing passport apps to speed up the process. >> sharing your status with the airline or border authorities before travel or by showing it throughout your journey. >> reporter: the news already helping the airline industry. just days after other countries like iceland announced plans to reopen to overseas travelers, flight searches jumped 201%. people are rus