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paula hancocks there. thank you. >>> so the urgent process to get as many people vaccinated as possible worldwide is definitely not happening at the same tempo everywhere. you know that. i want to take you now around the globe for a look at how different countries are succeeding and in some cases falling short. let's start with canada. >> reporter: i'm paula newton in ought toi where canada says it's one of the first countries in the world to approve the pfizer biontech for children as young as 12. this is literally the shot in the arm canada needs to really ramp up its vaccination efforts. health canada says in clinical trials the vaccine was up to 100% effective in children and adolescents. interesting here as well that they say look, the side effects are similar to those in adults, sore arm, fever, chills. now, it's up to the provinces and territories to really roll this out. that won't happen for several weeks. but in the province of alberta parents can start signing up their children as early as monda

for that i want to go straight to paula hancocks and she is in seoul.hat must have been met with welcome relief? >> absolutely. we have heard from the south korean president and they want to wrap up the vaccination program in south korea. the rollouts have been slow. to this point over 3% of the population have had both of their doses and just over 7% has actually had just one of the doses. so, clearly, this is a concern from the south korean side that they are not able to ramp up the program as much as they would like. president moon saying the global vaccine is tight and welcome that 550,000 south korean military personnel will be vaccinated and those who work alongside and closely with american troops based here. the two leaders said they would have an established a comprehensive vaccine partnership. they wanted to make sure the second half of this year and next year, they could produce a further billion doses of vaccine. president moon saying the u.s. has the tech knowledge and south korea has the production. it will be interesting to see how they w

cnn's paula hancocks is joining us.he statistics are quite stunning as well. >> reporter: yes, they are, kim. in the southwest of the country, this is a state that really a tourist destination for many indians, as well as for those overseas. clearly, it is paying the price for that. the latest figures showing there is more than 50% positivity rate in the state which means that of all of those people that they have recently tested, 1 in 2 of them were testing positive. of course, the officials are also saying that is just the conservative estimate considering they are only looking at people that have come forward to be tested so in actual fact, it could even be higher. they are seriously considering a lockdown in a number of one of the states there and a number of other states have brought lockdowns to try to break this cycle. in goa, they are trying to build more icu facilities and build more covid treatment centers to take the pressure off and asking interns in medical colleges to come work in these places as well to m

paula hancocks.ated may worry that they won't be protected against the new variant showing up in india and elsewhere but one of u.s. president joe biden's top advisers says on covid that he's optimistic the current vaccines will keep everyone safe. here's what he told cnn a little bit earlier. >> it looks like we're going to get very good levels of protection from our current vaccines. i think we'll see that confirmed over the coming week. but americans should expect that if they're not vaccinated they're going to be more exposed. if they are vaccinated i think they can look at these variants and there's going to be very good levels of protection so far. >> that's some good news. in the u.s. a troubling sign, though, that the demand for vaccinations is falling after reaching a peak. i want you to take a look at this. the seven-day average of daily doses just dropped below 2 million for the first time since early march. declining demand could hinder president biden's goal for 70% of adults to receive

. >> paula hancocks now live from seoul with more on that. what are the headlines for you out of this? hi, paula. >> reporter: hi, robyn. obviously north korea was going to be the top agenda, and it didn't disappoint. as you say, the fact is the u.s. president, joe biden, has pointed out once again that he is open to diplomacy which would have certainly been music to the ears of the south korean president, moon jae-in, who's staked his legacy on engagement with north korea which up until this point has not achieved a huge amount. he did say that he was still open to diplomatic overtures but with the end game of the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. so certainly it would have been welcome for mr. biden and also the fact that president biden was hopeful that they could build on what had already been done with those summits. so that the singapore agreement, for example, between the north korean leader, kim jong-un, and the previous u.s. president, donald trump, saying that they will build on what has already been agreed upon. but