that aid and support so sputnik they being used to many member states it does not counts european medicines association approval hence it doesn't have a u. member states using it at this point but we are confident that in the very near future not boxing will be of use to everybody across the globe. anti-aging attacks in the u.s. show no signs of letting up to shockingly brutal assault happened this week in new york one of the victims was an elderly filipino woman who was brutally beaten while her blackmail aside saillant yelled racial slurs now bit of warning you may find the following video quite disturbing. you are. and what seems to bother people the most is that there are several eyewitnesses in the video who didn't intervene did not step up to stop the attacker and that is very similar to something that took place on the new york city subway another anti asian hate crime which video has also been made available of take a look. in . the new york city police department says there is a sharp increase in anti asian hate crimes they say there have been $27.00 similar incidents that took place over the

their aid and support so sputnik they being used to many member states it does not counts european medicines association approval hence it doesn't have e.u. member states using it at this point but we are confident that in the very near future that vaccine will be of use to everybody across the globe the message from the w.h.o. is something president emanuel micron may want to bear in mind french doctors have been venting their frustration at his failure to deliver on his promise to speed up vaccinations as france enters its 3rd lockdown they warn that the lack of available doses is now critical with ever more seriously ill patients being admitted to already overwhelmed hole for self but the president insists the rollout is happening at full throttle. when we talked to him when we were putting all means to vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate without response without holidays saturdays and sundays just like weekdays. the general practitioners like myself are not currently receiving vaccines for 2 weeks now we've not had any vaccines available for injection we've been working for 9 months without stop and witho

aid and supports so sputnik they being used in many member states it does not counts european medicines association approval hence it doesn't have e.u. member states using it at this point but we are confident that in the very near future not vaccine will be of use to everybody across the globe the w.h.o. also released a long awaited report on the origins of a covered but quickly drew global criticism for its lack of answers we asked a russian member of the one mission why getting to the bottom of the outbreak is proving so difficult. which will cause a mission started off on the phase one why was it called that it was clear from the beginning nobody expected us to find answers to all the questions right away in fact it was prepared to rework aimed at analyzing the data we had accumulated and establishing hypotheses in general it's hard to predict how long this investigation will take and how it will end but it should be done that's for sure. well we've managed to find out that the virus supposedly emerged in the period between the middle of november and the beginning of december however we don't k

that's what the european medicine association said. the uk regulator said sort of the same thing except let's not use astrazeneca vaccine over there for people under the age of 30, for example. so we'll see how we sort of come down on this. given that we have so much of the other moderna and pfizer vaccine, you know, we'll see how the regulators proceed forward. but the johnson & johnson vaccine, obviously this concern is going to fuel vaccine hesitancy toward this particular vaccine. >> to that point, though, you make a very important point that the essential science of the j&j vaccine as opposed to moderna and pfizer vaccine is different. they're different. fundamentally different. to folks at home who are listening right now, might already have an appointment, prepared to sign up for an appointment for any of these vaccines, explain to them that difference and why they should not associate this problem with j&j with pfizer and moderna. >> yeah, i am glad you're asking that. there's two important points here. one is that they are dif

so far hasn't done and also but the germans are saying that it will only do that if the european medicine association gives it the all clear but certainly again it just shows you how challenging still the situation remains a very challenging situation indeed stephanie decker there live for us and berlin thank you steph south korea is reimposing bans on my karaoke bars and one time and sustainment facilities is still the case current scenario to 3 months high the new restrictions are set to come into effect on monday and will last for 3 weeks north korea's leader has acknowledged his country is facing what he calls the worst ever situation partly because of the pandemic kim jong un made the comments during a meeting of the governing party he compared the challenges to the famine of 1990 that killed hundreds of thousands of people can also blame the economic problems on u.s. led sanctions on last year's natural disasters. mexico says it will continue to use astra zeneca as covert 19 vaccine despite some countries suspending its use after reports of blood clots the european union's drug regulators said

association and that is. that the whole regulatory bodies the w.h.o. the european medicines agency you know they say that has to say because vaccine is safe to use it adults but there are some national medicines authorities that have restricted to certain age groups like here in germany not being given to people under the age of 60 why do you think this vaccine is being treated differently to the others that have received approval. well brad if we really look on to this vaccine come back scenes from the beginning this has been the vaccine that have the issues the most among all of the front runner this is the vaccine the only vaccine that been posed to times during the clinical trial and this is the one that had having association with not a drug and i think this is the at 20 cation and this is really a testament that our health care system to improve for the safety and efficacy is working because then ever there is any association don't leave it also any other vaccine is linked that the perceived it is to pause and to look back into that retrospective and analyze and bring

associate professor of the u.k. said northumbria university welcome to the dublin professor the european medicines agency has talked about a possible link between the astra zeneca drug and these rare blood clotting disorder this does this mean that we are closer to saying that there is. an actual link between taking this drug and these disorders happening. i think the easiest way to explain this is the safer you'll hear it crawls crying every morning but that doesn't mean that they make the sun rise above the horizon fix can happen at the same time but that does not mean that they're intrinsically length yes there's a late late to the cockerels crowing every time that you know there's a morning but that doesn't mean that there's a causal relationship between the 2 for to be established is going to take a long time and we we need to be patient about this i think it's very important that we fit focus to the message thought up the moment there is no clearly it means that we curious about is that are like and that the risk remains really really low if you look at the age of just the data. the the risk really centers ar

we move into the younger people that there is an association and that is the law meant that the whole regulatory bodies the w.h.o. the european medicinesagency you know they say that aster's it is vaccine is safe to use in adults but there are some national medicines authorities that have restricted it to certain age groups like here in germany it's not being given to people under the age of 60 why do you think this vaccine is being treated differently to the others that have received approval. well brad if we really look on to this vaccine australia and it come back seems from the beginning this has been the vaccine that have been issues the most among all of the front runner this is the vaccine the only vaccine that been posed to times during the clinical trials and this is the one that having an association with not a drug and i think this is the attempt to cation and this is really a testament that our health care system to improve for the safety and efficacy is working because then ever there is any association don't leave it also any other vaccine is linked that the procedure is to pause and to look back into that act of retrospe

all we had this indictment from an e m a european medicines agencies top official one of the top officials saying that in his opinion there was a link in association between the astra zeneca job and the rare form of blood clotting this is blood clotting in the brain areas cover larry made accusations in an interview with an italian newspaper and those accusations have now gone the viral around the world this is what he had to say we're trying to give the precise picture of what is happening to define in detail the syndrome due to the vaccine in my opinion we can now say it is the reason association with the vaccine what causes this reaction however we still do not now despite that being his opinion he said that the risk benefit ratio was still on the side of astra zeneca and he suggested that any change in advice on how that job is used would be in regards to age groups rather than anything else that's already something that's taken place here with france germany and norway where astra zeneca now isn't being given to young age groups however a within hours of this interview came out and said itself in a very brief statement that despite that claim

association and that is. that the whole regulatory bodies the w.h.o. the european medicinesagency you know they say that aster's it is vaccine is safe to use it adults but there are some national medicines authorities that have restricted it to certain age groups like here in germany is not being given to people under the age of 60 why do you think this vaccine is being treated differently to the others that have received approval. well brad if we really look on to this vaccine also come back scenes from the beginning this has been the vaccine that have the issues the most among all of the front runner this is the vaccine the only that seen that being posed to times during the clinical trial and this is the one that had having association with not a drug and i think this is the at 20 cation and this is really a testament that our health care system to approve for the safety and efficacy is working because whenever there is any association don't leave it also send it to any other vaccine is linked that the procedure is to pause and to look back into the deck a retrospective a

the european medicine agency, cema, which had made a statement that it is their opinion that the clotting issues ever seen, the frequency of that was no more than the general population not associated with vaccines. i don't have any further opinion on that except j you're talking about a situation in the ravine the regulatory agency that is responsible for what goes on in the union, feels as that is not an issue. >> let me pile to ensure the public is following. the fda will conduct a completely thorough analysis of the act -- application and all of the data from astrazeneca. dr. fauci will help the public views it is. people of the public should believe that we have the best scientists in the world will help people understand whatever comes out of that. i think weight to see what happens with that process before anybody does. next question. >> jeremy, cnn. >> should we go to another question, kevin? >> it was not letting me unmute, but it just did. can you hear me? >> yes. sorry it would not let me connect her -- in the. >> we have heard a lot from you about the importance of governors keeping or reinstating mask mandate. several are of the states experiencing the worst surges hav

association and that is. that the whole regulatory bodies the the w.h.o. the european medicines agency you know they say that aster's it is vaccine is safe to use it adults but there are some national medicines authorities that have restricted it to certain age groups like here in germany not being given to people under the age of 60 why do you think this vaccine is being treated differently to the others that have received approval. well brant if we really look on to this vaccine come back scenes from the beginning this has been the vaccine that have been issues the most among all of the front runner this is the vaccine the only that seen that been posed to times during the clinical trial and this is the one that having an association with the blood of blood and i think this is the at 20 cation and this is really a testament that our health care system to improve for the safety and efficacy is working because whenever there is any association don't leave it also shows and any other vaccine is linked that the procedure is to pause and to look back into that act of retrospectivit

zeneca to date this comes from the european medicines agency is one of their top officials he's given an interview saying that in his opinion there is a clear association between astra zeneca and some red types over blood clotting pacifically blood clotting in the brain and this is a cover larry who has given this interview and he says that the cases of this rare blood clot during off and would be seen in the general population and he says that he believes in the next few hours that they may will also confirm that link. we're trying to get the precise picture of what is happening to define in detail the syndrome due to the vaccine in my opinion we can now say it is clear there is an association with the vaccine what causes this reaction however we still do not know. now cover larry did go on to say that the risk benefit ratio still is in the favor of astra zeneca but what this could mean is that the advice is possibly to only give astra zeneca just certain age groups something we've already seen here in front of the last few weeks now astra zeneca hasn't made any comment about this latest claim from an e m a top official but it has previously stood by

european and u.k. medicines regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca coated 19 vaccine and rare blood clots but they insist the risks associated with a corona virus are far greater than the risk of death from clotting there's been no recommendation to stop using the astra zeneca vaccine but in the u.k. a more cautious approach is being taken people aged under 30 will be offered an alternative vaccine the fires a for the dirt of medications the european medicines agency says the crossing is not unexpected in such a large scale vaccine rollout and continues to urge people to get vaccinated grown a virus cases continue to surge to record highs in india 115000 were reported on wednesday a 13 fold increase in just over 2 months it also recorded 630 new deaths surges raising pressure on the government to expand its vaccination campaign with 86000000 doses already administered. the 8th day of the trial of dirt show when the former police officer accused of killing george floyd has wrapped up in the us city of minneapolis a wednesday the prosecution focused on friends at finding us with a forensic scientist and 2 chemists taking the s

of and point technologies associates also with us is political commentator stephen both who's a former european parliament and pay and martin called office professor of medicine at harvard medical school gentlemen welcome to the program stephen 1st of all to you we've had passports for centuries we also have to get malaria vaccines we also have to get visas what will be the problem of adding one more document. because this is not just like being called a person of a state or a country which is what a passport is about and when you get a vaccine it hasn't in the past prevented you from going to other countries unless you look at the example of the united states in the 18 hundreds and in new orleans where people were not allowed to leave new orleans because of yellow fever what we're looking at here is a wholly different scenario which would apply globally where corporations are able to suggest that you can't fly out of countries get on boats or even go on the eurotunnel from the united kingdom to france and this would be basically at through a threat to freedom civil liberties and off in some cases the health of individuals as well and i think the world health

european and u.k. medicines regulators have concluded there is a plausible link between the oxford astra zeneca coated 19 vaccine and rare blood clots but they insist the risks associated with a corona virus are far greater than the risk of death from clotting there's been no recommendation to stop using the astra zeneca vaccine but in the u.k. a more cautious approach is being taken people aged under 30 will be offered an alternative vaccine the final.

unit at boston medical center and associate professor of infectious diseases at boston university school of medicine. thank. welcome back to "the newshour." the europeanines agency concluded that unusual blood clots with low blood platelets should be listed as a very rare side effect of astrazeneca. how significant is that announcement? >> thanks so much. they are saying there is a plausible link -- not confirmed but plausible link between the astrazeneca vaccine and what they are seeing, which is blood clots that do not manifest similar to what we see in patients that are high risk, but these are blood clots seen in younger patients, and the proposed mechanism is that after you get the vaccine, you may develop antibodies that attack part of your blood, that allows your blood to clot, the platelets, and it leads to the risk of clots in some areas and risk of bleeding in others. the reasonhy this plausible link exists is because they are seeing those higher rates of of what may be seen in the general population, but the numbers are still very small. just to put this into perspective, the numbers at the european medical agency has listed one in 100,000

european medicines agency has once again to say about the astrazeneca vaccine later today. >> once again, right? the flip-flops have been difficult for everyone to track. >>> earlier i spoke with an associaterofessor of molecular virology. he wrote down what the science is saying about the risk of getting blood clots from that covid vaccine. >> if we look at the frequency of blood clots among people vaccinated with astrazeneca, again, that is 0.0002%. the difference, therefore, here is not how frequent the clots occur, they occur at the same frequency as everyone else, but this sort of risk of the clotting being unusual compared with the general statistics. what we need to work out is whether or not there is an elevated risk or not, but at roughly 18 million people having been vaccinated, it looks like that risk is very, very small and compared to the risk of getting a clot if you get covid, which is 10,000 times higher, you know, which one is worse? it's a simple answer to that mathematical question and i think that answer is if you get covid you have a much higher chance of getting a stroke. so let's put things into perspective here. >>> okay. not many house republicans are rushing to de