1500000 cases and just under 50000 deaths well dr john can't get song director of the african centers for disease control and haiti w. his assessment of astra zeneca is a vaccine with particular reference to the south african corona virus variant but it might not be effective because you never said there are studies that. say it is presented to us 1st you limited study on about 2000 bodies thrown under the studies on green does way south africa's temperature so spreading to you that you knew stop using it just came a precautionary measure to be sure that you know to do an extensive vaccination using a vaccine that is not responding to it we really start to john in congress on from the african centers for disease control now is a look at some more of the latest developments in the pandemic starting in germany where media reports say free rapid tests could be made available from the 1st of march as part of the country's efforts to track the virus a court in the netherlands has ordered the government to immediately lift a nighttime curfew that's been in place since january ruling that it lacks a proper lega

protecting the african center for disease control and also there a used vaccine task force to report to the african union to update them on progress in this summit comes at a moment where the african continent finds itself at the bottom of a lot over grossly on equal allocation the distribution of covert 19 vaccines around the world experts estimate that the richest countries will have vaccinated most of their populations at some point later this year and the world's poorest countries many of which are in this continent will not vaccinate the same amount of their population till maybe 3 years from now or possibly never till the african union's task force has been trying to collectively buy vaccines on behalf of other countries is aiming to get about 600000000 vaccines that's about half the number of people living in the continent 1300000000 is the total population that pales in comparison for example to the u.k. which has one of the fastest moving vaccine programs the government there is for about 6 doses for every member of its population the african union is trying to trying to addr

expect to get some attention the task force responsible for buying vaccines and me african center for disease control are expected to report on progress in development to the african union now this comes at a time where africa finds itself at the bottom of a very grown grossly on equal distribution of the available vaccines around the world which is countries are expecting to. most of their populations by late this year and the world's poorest countries this might not happen for another 3 or even never happen at all and of course many of the world countries are here in this continent african union being trying to address this they set up a task force late last year. 600000000 vaccines i mean half the number of people that live in the continent 1300000000 is the population of the continent i mean pales compared to for example the u.k. where they've already ordered 6 for every single my. if their population these 600000000 doses are meant to start being available in the next 2 or 3 weeks and how much of african countries have expressed interest in participating in this african union we do expect to be

accelerating 20 more african nations are expecting the astra zeneca vaccine next week the african centers for disease control and prevention says a 1000000 doses will arrive but didn't specify which countries would receive them pakistan's inoculation program set to receive a boost next month when it receives nearly $3000000.00 astra zeneca doses so far it's only taken delivery of half a 1000000 chinese shots new data from israel suggests that once someone is vaccinated they have only a warnin a 1000 chance of contracting corona virus of more than 600000 people inoculated with the pfizer job just 608 people then caught it all in all nearly 32000000 people around the world have received all the doses they need to be fully vaccinated. the dutch prime minister is trying to rush through emergency legislation to maintain the country's controversial nighttime curfew the aim is for the bill to pass parliament by friday when the restriction could be lifted if government lawyers lose an appeal a judge ordered the curfew to be lifted on choose day ruling emergency powers have been wrongly used to reinforce it some of t

expecting the african center for disease control and also there a used vaccine taskforce to report to the african union to update them on progress in this summit comes at a moment where the african continent finds itself at the bottom of a lot over the grossly on equal allocation the distribution of covert 19 vaccines around the world experts estimate that the richest countries would have vaccinated most of their populations at some point later this year and the world's poorest countries many of which are in this continent will not back to nature same amount of their population still maybe 3 years from now or possibly never till the african union's task force has been trying to collectively buy vaccines on behalf of other countries is aiming to get about 600000000 vaccines about half the number of people living in the continent 1300000000 is the total population that pales in comparison for example to the u.k. which has one of the fastest moving vaccine programs the government there for about 6 doses for every member of its population the african union is trying to trying to address t

exaggerating 20 more african nations are expecting the astra zeneca vaccine next week the african centers for disease control and prevention says a 1000000 doses will arrive but didn't specify which countries would receive them pakistan's inoculation program will get a boost next month when it receives nearly $3000000.00 astra zeneca doses so far it's only taken delivery of half a 1000000 chinese shots new data from israel suggests that once someone is vaccinated they have only a one in a 1000 shots of contracts in coronavirus of more than 600000 people are not collated with the pfizer job just 600 people then course it. all in or nearly 32000000 people around the world have received all the doses they need to be fully vaccinated. the dutch prime minister is trying to rush through emergency legislation to maintain the country's controversial nighttime curfew their aim is for the bill to pass parliament by friday when the restriction could be lifted if government lawyers lose an appeal a judge ordered the curfew to be lifted on choose day ruling emergency powers have been wrongly used to enforce it some of th

we are expecting the african union center for disease control and its vaccine task force report to the african union and this comes of this summit comes at a time where africa finds itself at the bottom of a grossly on equal distribution of globally with the richest countries snapping up the vast majority of doses available the world's richest countries are expected to have most of their populations vaccinated by some point later this year the world's poorest countries experts say it's going to be at least 3 years away if it ever happens at all many of those countries are in the african continent the african union has been trying to help fight this vaccine shortage the c.d.c. has secured about 670000000 vaccines and about 14. african countries are said they want to participate in this bulk buying scheme but by the middle of this year they're hoping at best to a vaccination on average about 3 percent of the population across the can to continent so that's pretty much going to be health workers frontline health workers and just a few other people i mean this is just pales compared to for

that is the exactly where we get involved the african union is coordinating this effort through the africa centers for disease control and prevention and the person i'm up was. what we called the african vaccine acquisition task team in abbreviation. and this is a team that is bringing together. disciplined set of people including people like. benedict. ministers to really drive the process in a coordinated fashion approaches 0 it's been what we call it the whole of africa approach which is that really no country. i wonder. are you facing any problems with people who are reluctant to take up the vaccine because it is an issue there are people all over the world who don't believe in vaccines or who are just a bit cautious about them especially one that's been developed in such short time is that an issue which is strike in africa. it is issue everywhere and we should recognize that their community has the right to know more about theirs vaccines. but it is up to probably had experts and leadership to continue train gets a community in a manner that we can explain. as i'm concerned that they have we the africa c.d.c. h

efficacy against coronavirus tensions the director of the africa centers for disease control tells the why it could still be used in other africancountries. undertakes delivery of its 1st shipment of the chinese style of fast track so you're breaking away from the joint plan. knowing goals into the very little to be the felt might seem a scab would have put it does lead to this. i feel good health welcome to the program. now. a 1000000 miles to post civilian leader on song searching is facing a new criminal charge of violating the country's that covert 19 regulations has been added to the original allegation that she illegally importing walkie talkies this latest move could allow the military john to to hold her indefinite. without trial whether she leaders have repeated their promise to hold new elections within a year i mean ongoing protests against the. keeping up the pressure despite the risks workers in the city of young gong block a railway line undeterred by the military's growing presence. from students and civil servants to monks protestors in myanmar know that their strength lies in numbers. 000000 i want more people t

specifically for the south african variant and lastly a booster shot that combines current and the new vaccine into one. in georgia, a.m. miura walker, cnn. >>> one official says the centers for disease control and prevention is preparing for all scenarios, including the possibility of another surge in cases in the u.s. this spring, a surge that they fear could be fueled by the variant first discovered in the u.k. and now researchers say they found a roaring new covid-19 vaccine in the city and elsewhere in the northeast. proebd is on the brink of facing his first cabinet nominee failure. they postponed their votes on his pick leaving neera tanden's confirmation hanging in the balance. >> reporter: president biden's pick to run the budget office now in jeopardy. >> the senate committees that were supposed to vote on neera tanden's nomination suspended without explanation. >> clearly there is a tremendous amount going on right now. >> reporter: the white house says they have no plans to pull tanden's nomination for now. >> there's one nominee to lead the budget department. her name is neera tanden and that's who we're fighting for. the two they're looking at are lisa murkowski and kyr kyrsten

centers for disease control and prevention recently warned. the inadequate supply of oxygen is a major problem across the entire continent. despite limited resources africanoxygen companies are in a race against time called infections. now to some of the other global business stories making news south african airways has been given another 5000000000 rand bounce around 285000000 euros from the government to help pay workers who've been laid off the ailing airline entered bankruptcy protection before the coronavirus on time like the severance payments are part of a broader state rescue plan. the democratic republic of congo has avoided entering a pandemic and used recession after posting modest growth last year officials said the robust mining sector helped to drive the 0.8 percent expansion the government expects the economy to grow by more than 3 percent this year. growth in the 19 countries that make up the eurozone fell 0.6 percent in the 4th quarter of last year slightly less than analysts had expected bucked and measures and the beat up to christmas contributed to the decline annual growth for a 2020 and a single currency block shrank 6.8 percent all

and the africa centers for disease control and prevention have set up covid-19 genomic sequencing laboratories in the d.r.c. and other africanountries to help boost their capacity to detect the new variants. >> we are for the moment asking countries to ship to these regional reference laboratories a minimum of at least 20 specimen of the virus so that we can be able to establish the circulation of the new variant that has been detected in south africa but also in other countries in africa. >> reporter: but the fact that people haven't stopped travelling among african countries leaving south africa for other african countries, including migrant laborers and businesspeople, means there is very little way of knowing how far the variant first found in south africa is spading across the continent. this congolese family in the capital kinshasa has a home in south africa, and they're determined not to let the pandemic wreck their ability to travel back and forth. >> i think it's a matter of taking responsibility. thsanitary measures. i'm not too worried about it as long as i stick to what i've got to do. you know put on the mask, h

african-american community. according to the latest estimates from the u.s. centers for disease controlblack people get covid-19 at a rate nearly one and a half times higher than that of white people. they are hospitalized at a a e nearly four times higher than them and are three times as likely to die from the disease. we had seemed in our cities and our rule immunities across america. interestingly enough a recent study from harvard medical school suggest reparation for african-americans could have cut covid-19 transmission and infection rates both among blacks and the population at large. there are no -- louisiana data determine if the reparation proposals had been implemented before the covid-19 pandemic, narrowing the wealth gap, covid-19 transmission rate in the states overall population could have been reduced by anywhere from 31-68%. i ask unanimous consent kismet into the record the harvard article. >> without objection since her last heard with seeing hundreds of -- [inaudible] -- since her last thing seen hundreds of thousands peacefully take to the street in support of black

african cdc and other institutions to advance health security. amy: for more, we go to addis ababa, ethiopia, to speak with dr. john nkengasong, director of the africa centers for disease control prevention. he has said the world faces a moral catastrophe if covid-19 vaccines are delayed in africa while wealthier nations vaccinate their entire populations. doctor, welcome back to democracy now! congratulations as you mark the fourth anniversary today of the founding of the africa cdc. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be back with you. amy: can you start off explaining what you described what canappen in africa as a moral catastrophe? >> the situation in africa is urgent and critical. if you look at the second wave of the pandemic, it has really become -- mortality rate now higher than the case fatality rate. the rates of death occurring over the last month are significantly more than what we observed in the first weeks. unless we have a time effort to vaccines, i'm afraid the situation will be extremely difficult to manage going forward. amy: last month, south african president cyril ramaphosa urged wealthy nations to stop hoarding surplus doses of covid-19 vaccines. this is

be africa's centers for disease control and prevention recently warned that the inadequate supply of oxygen is a major problem across the entire continent. despite limited resources african oxygen companies are in a race against time. infections. the other global business stories making news south african airways has been given another 5000000000 rand arrange to 185000000 euros from the government to help pay. off the ailing airline entered bankruptcy protection before the coronavirus. severance payments are part of a broader state west. the democratic republic of congo has avoided entering a pandemic and used recession after posting modest growth last year officials said the robust mining sector helped to drive the 0.8 percent expansion the government expects the economy to grow by more than 3 percent this year. growth in the 19 countries that make up the eurozone fell 0.6 percent in the 4th quarter of last year that's a slightly less than analysts had expected buckton measures and that heat up to christmas contributed to the decline annual growth for 2020 in the single currency bloc shrank 6.8 percent all together our financial correspondent chelsea delaney broke down

centers for disease control and prevention thank you very much for your insights. and on africa should develop insulin vaccines we end today's show we need you with pictures from the few african countries like. egypt. so the next time. too old. or not too low. but what about a sharing economy instead. of. the change in thinking is changing the economy to create something the. economics magazine maybe in germany. in 60 minutes w. w crime fighters are back to africa's most successful radio drama series continues all of this odes are available online to get more so you can share and discuss song w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms to. tune in now. klein reaches another record high after the new the support of some big name investors will ask our financial correspondent what a mainstream adoption could mean for the digital cards. also coming up supermarket workers are on the front lines of a pandemic but where are they in the line to get vaccinated. and once upon a time it was a pandemic posterchild now. call it a surge in infections portugal is struggling with the economic fallout from restrictions. ferguson thanks for joining me. the value of bitcoin has

see against corona virus mutations the director of the africa centers for disease control explains why it could still be used in other african countries. hungary welcomes its 1st shipment of the chinese side of farm vaccine to the countries decided to break away from the e.u. joint plan and go with only way to fast track to rollout. and in football it's in no way goals and very as little bielefeld get mighty byron it scares them into bundesliga blizzard. i'm sumi so much god that's good to have you with us meet more police have hit the post leader aung san suu kyi with another criminal charge she's now accused of violating the country's covert 19 regulations adding to an existing and die. i meant which could allow the junta to hold sochi indefinitely without trial the move comes as military leaders reiterate their promise to hold new elections amid ongoing protests against the coup across the country. keeping up the pressure despite the risks workers in the city of young gong block a railway line undeterred by the military's growing presence. from students and civil servants to monks protestors in myanmar know that their str