and dr. tedra from the w. i choices, look, you can't just keep boosting your way out of this. what's your take on that? because it does feel like, you know, what does fully vaccinated mean anymore? and i, i do think that we're going to see that definition of what fully vaccinated means. very quickly expect to, to potentially mean 3 doses of vaccine, which is not that unusual for, for vaccines that do give, do, given during protection. but i think to get back to what dr. tedra was saying about, we can't booster way out of this. giving a booster doses to people who are fully vaccinated does give those individual some a, some incremental protection and potentially does protect them against severe disease and death, which is again, incredibly important to protect those from their ball populations like people who are older, who have underlying chronic diseases, but boosting people who are already vaccinated in particularly high income countries and high middle income countries is reducing the vulnerable population slightly. while we have enormous populations worldwide that haven't

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plans to help contain the rapid spread of the on the chrome variant w white show director general tedra skipper has seuss says there was now consistent evidence that on the cross was more contained just than all other versions of the virus. and he warned that holiday festivities would in many places, lead to increased cases and more debts. all funds are seek off this bond on all of us. want to spend time with friends and family, but uneven cancelled is better than life cancelled. it's better to conceal now and celebrate later than to celebrate to now and grieve later. and as the on the conference spreads across germany, the national health authority is warning that even fully vaccinated paypal, our at a high risk of contracting to run of ours. they've robert coke institute says i'm a grown could trigger i sudden increase in the number of cases causing medical facilities to be of won't. as officials consider new lockdown measures, people across germany have been rising to get boosters. preparing for alma crohn, germany is rushing to get a vaccine booster shot to its critical workers like

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w h o director general tedra. deborah said, there is now clear evidence that omicron is more contagious than any other version of the virus so far. and he warned that holiday festivities would in many places, drive infections and lead to more death. all of ours are seek of this bundle. all of us want to spend time with friends and family, but uneven cancelled is better than a life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later zahn to celebrate the now and grieve later. and as the oma kron variant races across the globe policy makers here in germany are plotting their next steps to tackle a fresh wave. a range of measures are on the table, including limiting social contacts, even for those fully vaccinated or recovered from covered 90. preparing for alma kron, germany is rushing to get a vaccine booster shot to its critical workers like these firefighters in hamburg before the new cove. in 1900 varian becomes dominant. here, while daily cases are thinking across the country, experts warn the dreaded wave

their holiday plans to help contain the rapid spread of the army. kron variant w h o. director general tedra a gibber. yes. so said there is no clear evidence that only crohn is more contagious than any other version of the virus so far. and he warned that holiday festivities would in many places lead to increase cases and more deaths. all of us are seek off this bundle. all of us want to spend time with friends and family, but uneven cancel is better than life cancelled. it's better to conceal now and celebrate later than to celebrate to now and grieve later. let's take a look. some other developments in the pandemic. new zealand has postpone opening its borders. amid concerns of the oma cron variant quarantine free travel is now possible for new zealanders. only from the end of february onwards. in australia, infection rates have surged with the state of news of south wales reporting 3000 new cases on tuesday alone. but the australian government has been reluctant to impose new restrictions. european union, meanwhile, has approved the use of the nova backs vaccine, and people age 18 and ol

dr. tedra, they're giving what may well be the last w h o briefing of the year and using the opportunity to look back at the panoramic look back of the w. i chose roll in the pandemic and reflect a little on, not just where we've come from, but where we need to go. we talked about science leading to solutions, leading to solidarity so that those solutions were shared around the world. and that being the absolute bedrock of the world's effort in tackling the pandemic thus far leading to successes like the vaccines. but of course, as he keeps reminding us, there is the result of vaccine inequality now where the rich world has vaccinated 2 thirds or more of their populations and now well into booster programs lost the developing world. particularly low income countries have barely begun africa. just 7 percent of the population of the whole of africa has received a vaccine so far. so he's warding, there is, look, we've got to deal with inequality. we've got to make treatments, widely available. we've got to make vaccines widely available, but rounding up by saying, i still remain optimistic

that word, self world health organization director general tedra gabrielle us. as wealthy countries owed their citizens to get vaccinated or get boosted out. a gabrielle us argues that a blanket booster program would prolong the pandemic as the w h o. c, set vaccine equity is the only way forwards. our projections show that supply should be sufficient to vaccinate the entire global adult population and to give boosters to high res populations. by the 1st quarter of 2022. however, only letter in 2022 will supply be sufficient for extensive use of boosters in all adults. so i called once again on countries and manufacturers to prioritize callbacks and advert and to work together to support those would furthest behind. but there was one ray of light from the w h o, they say existing vaccines do seem to be effective against only crohn, preventing severe disease, especially if people are boosted. so should rich countries give booster shots to their own citizens or give those doses away to other countries in the name of vaccine equity. and for so it's not just about a

but the tedra says that only deepening vaccine inequality and would prolong the pandemic by giving the virus more opportunities to spread. and me take the global priority might be to support all countries to reach the 40 percent target as quickly as possible. and the 70 percent target by the middle of this year . no country can boost its way out of the panoramic and boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with the planned celebrations without the need for other precautions. more than a 1000000 covert. 19 vaccines have been destroyed in nigeria. health officials say the doses had a short shelf life and had expired, and they were donated through the international kofax program and delivered within weeks of expiring. fidelis amber reports now from the capital a future. that by monday, health officials and journalists watched as more than a 1000000 doses of expired astrazeneca vaccine were crushed. he destroyed vaccines, were part of a massive shipment of more than 2000000 doses received in october. it domission from developed nations by november, many of them had expired before be

she had eaten tedra, sat on thursday, his block when the most seats and parliament. not enough to govern alone. why had, has more from baghdad after 6 weeks over political arrival, reason, tension, controversy over iraq's parliamentary elections. political ravens met on thursday in order to reach a consensus and 2 in the crisis to diffuse. the tension that has been brought on by the election results on thursday, the religious and political leader to the southern and met with leaders or political leaders of the coordination framework that includes the iranians backed the political blocks and political parties. they agreed on a number of major points on top of them that all foreign troops should leave the country as scheduled by the end of this year. they also agreed on supporting and enhancing the rule of the popular mobilization forces, the military wings of the iranian fact and political parties also, they agreed on criminalizing any type of normalization with, as right now, among the points to be tackled during the meeting is to support under privilege, it areas ac

dr. tedra says their only deepening vaccine inequality and would prolong the pandemic by giving the virus more opportunities to spread and mutate. the global priority might be to support all countries to reach the 40 percent target as quickly as possible. and the 70 percent target by the middle of this year . no country can boost its way out of the pandemic and boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with the plumb celebrations, without the need for other precautions. health regulators in the u. s. have given the green light to the 1st cold with 19 pill. a studies showed that it reduce the risk of hospitalization and death among patients with the more severe symptoms by nearly 90 percent. let's take a closer look at this new drug pack. slow veda has been approved for treating high risk adult patients and children above 12 years at home is proven to be effective if given within 5 days of symptoms, appearing its rice at $530.00. for course, patients are required to take 3 pills twice. a day for 5 days. julie fisher is an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the geor

rushing to roll out cobit 19 booster shots, while large portions of the globe remained unvaccinated tedra sat down and gabrielle, who says their only deepening vaccine inequality and prolonging the pandemic by giving the virus more opportunities to spread and mutate. the global priority might be to support all countries to reach the 40 percent target as quickly as possible and the 70 percent target by the middle of this year. no country can boost its way out of the pandemic and boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with the plan celebrations without the need for other precautions. and israeli government panel has recommended that a 4th dose of the coven. 19 vaccine is needed for people over the age of 60. if this happens, israel could become the 1st country to roll at a force job. how are we force that reports from west jerusalem? israel was an early leader in mass, vaccinations against covey. 19 the 1st country to go for the booster shot. now it's looking to break new ground again. an expert panel is advised the government to offer a 4th shot to everyone over 60 to those who ar

ah, the w h rector tedra. deborah, yes. who's had repeatedly called unwritten nations to help poor countries vaccinate their population. but despite this, there has been no widespread outrage over the unequal distribution of the vaccines . so if you want to hear more about the differing health system, you can walk trust 50 based on vaccine. i spoke to health practitioners on canyon trying to access the corporate 19 vaccines. the leg quite a bit to say that go to our youtube, paid that like 70 percent and you can watch of them if we've learned one thing during the pandemic. if the importance of having good doctors, nurses, and health care staff who are not just willing but also able to go out and do their job every day. so we want it to accompany one of the health care workers for a day to get a glimpse into their work. so our next story takes us to cape town, where to paramedics not only have to deal with the challenges of the job itself, but also faced the risks involved in working in so called red zone in a city areas wit

i was director tedra. deborah. yes. who's had repeatedly called on richard nations to help poor countries vaccinate their population. but despite this, there has been no widespread outrage over the unequal distribution of the vaccines . so if you want to hear more about the differing health system, you can walk trust 50 based on pretty. i spoke to health practitioners and canyon trying to access the corporate 19 vaccines. and they had quite a bit of a, let's go to our youtube, paid the 77 percent and you can watch them. we've learned one thing during the pandemic, if the importance of having good doctors, nurses, and health care staff who are not just willing, but also able to go out and do their job every day. so he wanted to accompany one of the healthcare workers for a day to get a glimpse into their work. so our next story takes us to cape town, where to paramedics not only have to deal with the challenges of the job itself, but also faced the risks involved in working in so called red zone in a city areas with high

w h o director general tedra gabriella is a survey issuing a stock warning end of year festivities can drive infections and lead to more death . he also said that it's not clear evidence that army chrome is more contagious in any other version of the virus so far. that's why the world health organization is calling on people to consider the risk they may be taking. well here in germany, the government is introducing new restrictions intended to curb the spread of only crime german chancellor, olaf sholtes announced the measures after an online meeting with leaders of the countries federal states. germany center for disease control have been calling for maximum contact restrictions to be introduced immediately. but the planned measures will take effect after christmas. here is the chancellor. is let's development. we're now threatened by the 5th wave. i'm a crohn is advancing in britain, denmark, and the us this variant differ significantly from previous ones. according to the experts, it's more aggressive, interesting, and has characteristics which allow it to get past a protection off

w h o director general tedra gabriella is a survey issuing a stark warning end of year festivities can drive infections and lead to more death . he also said that it's not clear evidence that army chrome is more contagious in any other version of the virus so far. that's why the world health organization is calling on people to consider the risk they may be taking. well here in germany, the government is introducing new restrictions intended to curb the spread of only cron german chancellor, olaf sholtes announced measures after an online meeting with leaders of the countries federal states. germany center for disease control have been calling for maximum contact restrictions to be introduced immediately. the planned measures will take effect after christmas. here is the chancellor is let's the believe were now threatened by the 5th wave. i'm a cron is advancing in britain, denmark, and the us. this variant differs significantly from previous ones. according to the experts, it's more aggressive, interesting, and has characteristics which allow it to get past protection offered by vacci

w h o director general tedra gabriella is a survey issuing a stock warning end of year festivities can drive infections and lead to more death . he also said that it's not clear evidence that army chrome is more contagious in any other version of the virus so far. that's why the world health organization is calling on people to consider the risk they may be taking. well here in germany, the government is introducing new restrictions intended to curb the spread of only cra german chancellor, olaf sholtes announced measures after an online meeting with leaders of the countries federal states. germany center for disease control have been calling for maximum contact restrictions to be introduced immediately. but the planned measures will take effect after christmas. here is the chancellor lights the believe. we're now threatened by the 5th wave. i'm a crohn is advancing in britain, denmark, and the us. this variant differs significantly from previous ones. according to the experts, it's more aggressive, interesting, and has characteristics which allow it to get past the protection offered

ah, the w h rector tedra. deborah, yes. who's had repeatedly called unwritten nations to help poor countries speculate their population. but despite this, there has been no widespread outrage over the unequal distribution of the vaccines . so if you want to hear more about the differing health system, you can watch us 50 based on. but when i talk to health practitioners, i'm canyon trying to access the corporate 19 vaccines. i may have quite a bit to say why you paid the 77 percent, and you can watch them if we've learned one thing during the pandemic. if the importance of having good doctors, nurses, and health care stuff who are not just willing, but also able to go out and do their job every day. so we want to accompany one of these health care workers for a day to get a glimpse into their work. so our next story takes us to cape town where the 2 paramedics normally have to deal with the challenges of the job itself, but also faces the risks involved in working in so called red zone in the city areas with high violence a