prevent. something that one jazz and the country's health care system cannot afford. joining me now is dr john in canada he's the director of the africa center for disease control and prevention and i disobey by 2 of you hello seth thanks for your time 1st tell us how can the c.d.c. make sure that africa gets its fast shall vaccines no thank you i think that is. maybe the most urgent question we're working on now and turns to the continent. when she caught you record it 3 weeks ago or 4 weeks ago. announced that through the african vaccine acquisition testing the continent was going to. have secured 270000000 doses of vaccines and since then what i do see 7 secure something else for next week distribution of those actions will be and across the member states of the african union so i think we are working very had. just escaped this same time we have a line and remain optimistic that facility will also contribute to seize have told us that about 27 percent of the doses we've made available to to the country and again slowly will begin to move towards a target of 60 percent of our population between this year and next year. so it seems while that selling has as deciding on what

that to prevent the fed with something that monjack and the country's health care system cannot afford. joining me now is dr john in kind he's a director of the africa center for disease control and prevention and ideas about bite you'll hear thanks for your time 1st tell us how can the c.d.c. make sure that africa gets its fast shall vaccines no thank you i think that is. maybe the most urgent question we're working on now and turns to the continent. when she caught you record it 3 weeks ago or 4 weeks ago. announced that through the african vaccine acquisition testing the continent was going to. have secured 270000000 doses of vaccines and since then what i do see 7 secure setting us for next week distribution of those actions will be and across the member states of the african union so i think we are working very had. just escaped same time we have a line and remain optimistic that that facility will also contribute to cease have told us that about 27 percent of the doses we've made available to to the country and begin slowly will begin to move towards a target of 60 percent of our population between this year and next year. so it seems while that selling says as deciding

1500000 cases and just under 50000 deaths for some perspective on the story we can speak now to dr john and a qantas song he's the director of the africa centers for disease control and prevention and he. joining us from ethiopia's capital at dr nick i guess on welcome to think of you i want to ask you 1st about that piece of news that south africa has paused the use of the aspirin that seneca vaccine and even wants to return a 1000000 doses to the manufacturer and we have to say that the country has 40 percent right now of africa's reported covered 1000 cases how concerned are you about south africa vaccination rollout so that tank you for having me on your program 1st of all let me just say very clearly that that shows that the code vaccine is very safe and has been proven to be if your case shows in and in the context where u.s. tested and also want to say that i mean south africa has been extremely foot coming and very transparent in sharing their findings as well as included identification of the new variant so how does said i think we are learning about a lot about these new virus and we are learning how do we rule out vaccines africa c.d.c. have issued guidelines on how

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>> they have a work group comprised of staff in the centers for disease control and prevention and also of the ac ft and also outside experts coming and help work on these things. they look at things like category two and also who the disease hit hardest. they do modeling to look at, give it to this group first and who later and what we might expect to see in terms of overall loss of life and illness and hospitalization. they look atk it that way and make recommendations i will say at the end of the day, these are only recommendations and they go out to the states and they are leeway for governors to decide to use theser recommendations r follow other recommendations so you will have viewers know each state is not vaccinated same people in the same order. >> has this committee or federal government responded to this in the united kingdom to delay the second dose because they are seeing 90% protection in the first dose? >> that wouldn't be a zip right away, that's more of an fda decision at this time so under the emergency use authorization each of thebe vaccines have been issued, the on

director of the africa 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

and just under 50000 deaths. for some perspective on the story we can speak now to dr john and the kendah song he's the director of the africa centers for disease control and preventionand he's joining us from ethiopia's capital addis ababa dr canvas on welcome to g.w. i want to ask you 1st about that piece of news that south africa has paused the use of the asteroid belt zeneca vaccine and even wants to return a 1000000 doses to the manufacturer and we have to say that the country has 40 percent right now of africa's reported coded $1000.00 cases how concerned are you about south africa vaccination rollout. so that tank you for having me on your program 1st before let me just say very clearly that that doesn't make a vaccine is very safe and it has been proven to be if your case shows in and in the context where u.s. tested and also want to say that i mean south africa has been extremely foot come in and very transparent in sharing their findings as well as included in dead end if you question of the new variant so having said that i think we are learning about a lot about this new virus and we are learning how we roll out vaccines africa c.d.c. have issued guidelin

recovery for those nice defects in it and those that some nice vulnerable set of height of jazz it up earlier i spoke to tom friedman a former director of the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention and you know advises governments on health campaigns he says the vaccine rollout is exciting but says more needs to be done to get the vaccine to underrepresented groups was very encouraging what we're seeing is a riot here of vaccine approaches that all seem to work well and i think we can get bound up too much and there's a 70 or 80 or 90 percent what we're seeing so far in the data is very effective control of serious illness and death now the big unknown is the variants and whether any vaccine escape variants will become common and problematic but right now i would say the moment it's your turn for a vaccine get one get the 1st one you can but at the same time we do have to address equity act with it within countries where we're seeing much lower vaccination rates for example in black and hispanic populations in the united states and equity globally as your piece just showed and part of that means funding kovacs but part of it probably also means scaling up global manufacturing fi

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. have conducted a

for a third consecutive day and that's the first time that has happened since the beginning of november according to data compiled by johns hopkins university and lumber. the centers for disease control and prevention say two masks are better than one. the cdc is officially recommending that americans wear a cloth mask over a medical mask to slow the spread of covid-19. officials also say masks should fit tightly and have lawyers. the guidance follows the release of an agency study that found double masking can boost protection from airborne particles. president biden is pushed to open u.s. schools and it's running headlong into his pledge to support teachers who are demanding more coronavirus testing, vaccinations and other safety measures before returning to the classroom. the white house is trying to avoid being caught between the cdc silence and the clout of the teachers unions. the house impeachment managers are laying out their case today. they are arguing that former president trump's incitement of the mob that attacked the capital on january 6 began much earlier with false claims of election fraud. the managers also plan to show more video taken from capital security cameras on january 6. y

giving out one single dose and then delaying the second kiahnna sent a letter to the centers for disease control and prevention today, he's asking them to gather and then consider data on the effectiveness of single dose vaccinations kiahnna is the first lawmaker to publicly call on the biden administration to consider the strategy. interesting story we're following tonight british scientists will be testing to see whether covid vaccines. >>can be safely mixed and matched and still protect you from the virus in a study participants will get one pfizer vaccine and one astrazeneca vaccine. these 2 vaccines, a very different mechanisms to achieve the same goal of immunization if possible it would allow for more flexible vaccine delivery and help deal with vaccine shortages while being able to mix and match vaccines would of course be beneficial. one local health officials says it is not a practice meant for widespread use. >>i think it's for this we're what we're talking about when supplies are really short and that need is pressing that you can switch over, but that's not what we want to do i as doctor fauci is

it contractor of the services division of the centers for disease control and prevention. an adult infectious disease physician by training. >> next doctor please. >> good morning. i'm director of the vaccine program and attending physician in the division of infectious diseases and an children's hospital and professor of pediatrics of harvard medical school pretty. >> thank you. next doctor. >> good morning. national census and sciences. institute of health. thank you. >> the next doctor. >> good morning. i'm patrick moore, university of pittsburgh, and the urology program. and the study of cancer viruses, two viruses. >> thank you. the next doctor. >> good morning. i'm at the university of iowa department of microbiology and immunology printed long-term coronavirus researchers and pediatric doctors well. >> thank you. the next doctor. >> i don't think doctor has his audio connected at the moment. >> we will move on then. i think we can later introduce him. next i would like to introduce a doctor director. doctor, please find your camera and unmute your phone please. we ca

for use of johnson & johnson's one-dose vaccine. in a statement, the food and drug administration said it will move quickly to grant an emergency authorization and the centers for disease control and prevention is expected to issue final approval tomorrow. johnson & johnson said it expects to ship the first doses early next week, and will be able to deliver 20 million doses by the end of march. >> sreenivasan: with new vaccine the horizon, expectations are high that president biden's goal of getting 100 million vaccines into arms in his first 100 days is closer to being met. but as kaiser health news correspondent rachana pradhan explains, the new doses are a step toward that goal, but not a panacea. so rachana, this week, we've heard a lot about johnson & johnson and the promise that it holds the single shot. there's supposed to be millions of doses, and peop are kind of expecting a quick fix here. t this in perspective for us. >> wellthe johnson & johnson vaccine will definitely add to the u.s.'s arsenal, if you will, of available shots for people. but i think that it's also important to acknowledge that we are far from being able to vaccinate everyone who wants to be vaccinated. initially

in the united states, the centers for disease control and prevention has released new recommendationsow to safely reopen schools. they say returning to the classroom should not be dependent on whether teachers have been vaccinated, though they strongly encourage educators to receive the job. the cdc's findings are only recommendations. states and cities across the nation are likely to use the guidelines as a roadmap for how to resume in person education. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come -- open for business, indoor dining resumes at a limited capacity in new york city had of valentine's day celebrations. some of the most influential banks on wall street's are now planning to accept the cryptocurrency, bitcoin. are is this correspondent has more from new york. reporter: you have mastercard, bank of new york mellon, the oldest bank in the nation both basically taking a bet on bitcoin and adds to this title wave after elon musk said they would start investing in bitcoin and accepting payment in bitcoin in the future. this is a currency born in the aftermath of the

for vaccination near the bartram appointments are necessary and can be made through the state's website. my turn dot ca dot g o v in oakland all kron 4 news. >>today the centers for disease control and prevention announced a plan to safely reopen schools for in person learning and it requires mask-wearing hand washing disinfection of school facilities access to covid testing and contact tracing. teachers are not required to be vaccinated in order to reopen schools. the cdc is stressing the safest way to open schools is by making sure that covid-19 numbers are low in the community. but the cdc doesn't believe it's necessary and local health officials seem to agree. when you layer together testing and handwashing consistent masking under the right circumstances, then i think that we can protect. teachers and staff by reducing the number of infections that our transmitted in schools, most of the infections that have been picked up in teachers staff students have been community acquired not acquired in schools, there's actually been very few transmissions in schools when those measures are all followed. >>house speaker nancy pelosi issued a statement addressing congressional efforts to provide ade

flu season, we just really have dot seen hardly any clue at all according to the centers for disease control and preventionl influenza activity in the united states is lower than usual for this time of year. >>the incident is just incredibly loud in our practice and all around we're seeing very very little on the order of a handful of hospitalized cases this cdc map shows flu activity nationwide the shades of green mean low to minimal compared to the cdc map from the same week last year red and purple states had high to very high flu activity respiratory viruses all spread kind of the same way through close contact with respiratory droplets. i think we're seeing the impact of the preventive measures for covid spilling over into flu and then of course a lot of flu spreads through school and kids and so a lot of kids are not in school and so they're not spreading those germs. the cdc reports only one influenza related pediatric deaths this flu season last year there were 195 doctor jeneby browning with novant health says when patients come in with high fevers and body aches they're tested for both covid and

flu season, we just really have dot seen hardly any clue at all according to the centers for disease control and prevention seasonal influenza activity in the united states is lower than usual for this time of year. >>the incidents is just incredibly loud in our practice and all around we're seeing very very little on the order of a handful of hospitalized cases this cdc map shows flu activity nationwide the shades of green mean low to minimal compared to the cdc map from the same week last year red and purple states had high to very high flu activity respiratory viruses all spread kind of the same way through close contact with respiratory droplets. i think we're seeing the impact of the preventive measures for covid spilling over into flu and then of course a lot of flu spreads through school and kids and so a lot of kids are not in school and spreading those germs. the cdc reports only one influenza related pediatric deaths this flu season last year there were 195 doctor genevieve browning with novant health says when patients come in with high fevers and body aches they're tested for both covid and flu

>>well today the centers for disease control and prevention announced a plan to safely reopen schools in person learning. >>and it requires mask-wearing hand washing disinfection of school facilities access to covid-19 testing and contact tracing. teachers are not required to be vaccinated to reopen schools. the cdc stresses the safest way to open schools is by making sure covid-19 numbers are low. but the cdc doesn't believe that it's necessary and local health officials seem to agree. >>when you layer together testing and handwashing consistent masking under the right circumstances, then i think that we can protect. teachers and staff by reducing the number of infections that our transmitted in schools, most of the infections that have been picked up in teachers staff students have been community acquired not acquired in schools, there's actually been very few transmissions in schools when those measures are all followed. >>house speaker nancy pelosi issued a statement addressing congressional efforts to provide adequate funding to help schools reopen it reads in part quote our hous

gyms potential locations for covid super spreader incidents, a new report from the centers for disease control and prevention suggests that they can that they can be if people are not following the rules for says the and has the story. >>55 covid-19 cases were identified among 81 people who've attended indoor high intensity classes at a chicago fitness gym late last summer that is according to a new cdc report the report states that 22 people with covid-19 worked out in that same gym in the days that follow report also finds that most of the attendees were not wearing a facial covering similar covid-19 incidents occurred in 3 fitness gyms in hawaii. >>you know. >>the fact jim allowed its participants to do a high intensity workout in a room indoors. and lest you know around 6 feet of social distancing with no masks. what did they expect was going to happen the co owner of the best 3 foot distance, san francisco days character says that this is what happens with the fitness industry does not have universally and for us covid-19 health and safety standards. >>it's frustrating to see that nationwide this hasn't

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a report by the centers for disease control and prevention found that mental health problems accounted for a growing proportion of student visits to hospital emergency rooms, visits are up 31% for kids between ages 12 and 17 and 24% for kids between ages five and 11. and according to the c.d.c., many of those visits had based on a mental health challenge than some other kind of health challenge. the reason to keep kids at home are significant, what's worse, they are unnecessary by the growing number of people who are looking at this. dr. lawenski, who is the head of c.d.c., recently appointed by president biden, she began there on february 21, this is a quote from her, increasing data that schools can safely reopen. that ends the quote, but she went on it say even if teachers aren't vaccinated for the virus. dr. fauci echoed that point. he said i would back the c.d.c. recommendations because what they are really based on is data. we need to try and get the children back to school. that ends dr. fauci's quote. he went on a step further by saying it's not even workable to wait for every

the centers for disease control and prevention recommend prioritizing staff at correctional facilities the vaccine. due to the high risk of exposure. >>well, let's check on our 4 zone forecast we're expecting some windy warmer weather on the way later this week that could though mean that trees are toppled it could cause some power outages so that is not good news check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow lawrence yeah it's going to be a gusty event developing we've seen some winds today over the tops of the hills down below just a gorgeous day all the way the coastline look at this shot from our mount tam cam looking good out there clear skies everywhere you go. and the temperatures running well above the average and we broke into some 70's around the bay area today and that's where we sit right now in oakland 70 degrees 71. right now in san jose 67 degrees inland were 71 in concord 60 degrees in santa rosa and 62. in san francisco, but yeah we're watching here very very closely. we've high pressure that's sitting off the coastline, we've got a low that's going to kind of

and latin america despite previous warnings doctors say the shortage is leading to unnecessary deaths some desperate families have turned to the black market for lifesaving oxygen ahead of the africa centers for disease control and prevention says it's the main reason that coded 900 patients are more likely to die during surges the u.n. says it will take $1600000000.00 to stabilize supplies. brazil has recorded more than a quarter of a 1000000 deaths from coated 19 that's a 10th of all fatalities worldwide and the 2nd highest death toll on the planet after the united states the country is struggling to vaccinate enough people and is still in the midst of a deadly 2nd wave $1541.00 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours the 2nd highest daily death toll since the pandemic hit a year ago brazil's health minister says the country is facing a new stage of the outbreak with a variant that 3 times more contagious. the head of the european commission says the e.u. is on track to vaccinate fully 70 percent of adults by the end of the summer despite criticism of its slow rollout or slow from the lion spoke during a summit where he does put pressure on astra zeneca over delayed period 19 vaccine supplies the company says it will ho

the centers for disease control and prevention reported that close to 4million people have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday. president biden acknowledged that winter storms disrupted some vaccination centers during the past week on a visit to a pfizer manufacturing plant yesterday the white house said six million doses were delayed, but that the vaccines are safely refrigerated and won't spoil. countries are marking the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic. italy established a new day to honor doctors, nurses and other health care workers today, one year after the first known case of covid-19 was detected there. a hospital in northern italy confirmed a 38-year-olman with no links to anyone who had been in china, had the virus on february 20 last year. the region went into a lockdown, the first outside china, as cases climbed rapidly. one year later, the lockdowns have ended but italy has lost at least 95,000 people to covid-19, the second-highest coronavirus toll in europe,fter britain. jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny los

the measure — issued by the centers for disease control and prevention — covers overs most residentialections. thejudge, who is from texas, ruled that congress' authorisation of the moratorium was unconstitutional. you are watching bbc news — the latest headlines: in myanmar— security forces use tear—gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds — in the biggest crackdown yet on people protesting against the military coup. us regulators have approved the use of the johnson and johnson covid vaccine — for everyone aged 18 and over. captain sir tom moore — the british second world war veteran who raised more than 30 million pounds for health charities during the uk's first lockdown — has been honoured at an emotionalfuneral service broadcast live on uk television. he died earlier this month at the age of a hundred after contracting coronavirus. people in the english town of bedford stood outside their homes to applaud as his cortege passed by. our correspondent, john maguire, reports.(tx his was a story born out of lockdown, and as the hearse left his house this morning, pandemic restriction

and latin america despite previous warnings doctors say the shortage is leading to unnecessary deaths some desperate families have turned to the black market for lifesaving oxygen ahead of the africa centers for disease control and prevention says it's the main reason that code 9000 patients are more likely to die during surges the u.n. says it will take 1.6 $1000000000.00 to stabilize supplies. european union leaders have been discussing a box create a virus vaccine roll out at a 2 day summit and agreed on the need for vaccinations that if it gets representatives from 7 major drug makers including pfizer astra zeneca and madonna join the virtual conference that discussing improving the vaccine capacity and delivery the block has faced criticism for slower than expected rollout of you know creations the mccain has more from berlin. the speed or perhaps lack of it with which you member states are going about vaccinating their citizens against cove it is certainly something that's being reported on rush across the e.u. in germany some newspapers have spoken about the envy that they feel germans have towards the british seeing many many british citizens receiving a 1st dose of the vaccine and comparing that with very few havi

saturday and sunday despite numbers currently trending downward the head of the centers for disease control and prevention warned against lifting protocols intended to stop the spread of the virus including mask mandates c.d.c. director rochelle wollensky told c.b.s. is face the nation quote we still have somewhere between $153500.00 deaths per day and yet we see some communities relaxing some of their mitigation strategies we are nowhere out of the woods meanwhile the c.d.c. also says the u.s. has administered more than 50000000 doses of cope 19 vaccines as of sunday with nearly 40000000 people receiving one dose while more than 14000000 ever saved both require doses for more on this let's bring in a real expert in the field dr william schaffner a vaccine specialist at the banner bill university medical center. or dr schaffner always a pleasure to have you on the show to break this all down for us before we get into the vaccination news what should we take away from cases trending downward is this just the end of the surge that we tend to supposed to do the winter and holiday seasons. well we think it mi

and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." happy monday. some medical news for you off the top. last month, the cdc issued a press release that begins this way. "the centers for disease control and preventionnding the requirement for a negative covid-19 test to all air passengers entering the united states. testing before and after travel is a critical layer to slow the introduction and spread of covid-19. this strategy is consistent with the current phase of the pandemic and more efficiently protects the health of americans." got that? it's all about the health of americans. and that's why every human being who enters this country by airat must first present a negative test for the coronavirus. that includes american citizens. there are no exceptions. corona infection in fact is the one universal reality of the human condition. we're all potential incubators of this deadly virus. but it doesn't end there.t travelers who test negative for covid must still wear masks at all times, that includes on board the airplane or through the airport. if you don't have a mask on, you had better be actively chewing or prepare for a steep fine and the possibility of never flying again. nor is one mask ne

the measure, issued by the centers for disease control and prevention, covers most residential evictions that congress�* authorisation of the moratorium was unconstitutional. three irish police officers have been injured during a violent demonstration against covid—19 restrictions in the centre of dublin. 23 people were arrested, 12 men and one woman were charged with public order offences. aruna iyengar has this report. chanting. hundreds gathered for a planned demonstration against coronavirus curbs at st stephen's green, a city centre park, but they were blocked by police. violence erupted with fireworks aimed at police officers. police charged the crowd with batons drawn. three officers were injured in the protest, which lasted around two hours. you're my brother, you're my sister! protesters gave out leaflets saying "let ireland live". garda commissioner drew harris said a number of groups were working in concert with each other, ranging from far—right and far—left groups, as well as those opposing lockdowns and vaccines. ireland has experienced some of the toughest lockdown measure

has officially surpassed 500000 deaths now scientists are calling on the centers for disease control and prevention the c.d.c. to set air standards for workplaces after releasing its recommendations for reopening schools the c.d.c. guidelines had a glaring blind spot ventilation as a precaution in a letter sent monday a group of over a dozen experts called on the by the administration to take action in making workplaces safer from covert 90 we know that the corona virus can be passed through droplets that linger in the air and that limiting airborne transmission could be key to stopping the spirit especially in high risk areas like meat packing plants and prisons the letter calling for the c.d.c. to set new air quality standards in the fight against covert 19 was fit for leaders and biden's covert team including infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci though biden has already said that some recommendations a directive for the occupational safety and health administration osha regarding ventilation and mass they only mandate standards set by the c.d.c. and called 900 seems to have people running

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 the country's wo

according to the centers for disease control and prevention, social determinants of health have a major impact on people's health, well being and quality of life. t when you were in the house of representatives you actually helped draft legislation requiring the secretary of health and human services, which you're now nominated to serve, to conduct research on social determinants of health in medicare's value-based programs. so, then you agree that social determinants of health such as employment, educational opportunity, all strongly impact the health of individuals, chronic unemployment is harmful at a high rate. and that's why i'm so bothered that one of the first actions taken by the biden administration was a ban on oil and gas leasing and the impact of that on jobs in my state are just devastating. it's killing jobs. it's killing hope in communities. people are worried about raising unemployment rates. and all the issues that come along with that, the -- these industries create thousands of jobs, contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to states. and the money is used -- educat

moss: just today, the centers for disease control and prevention published demographic characteristicsople getting the covid-19 vaccine in the united states for the first month, from december to january 14. we see just over 60% of vaccine recipients were white. 5.4% black. they recognize they do not have race ethnicity data for almost half of vaccine recipients, but we are seeing discrepancies and inequities along race, ethnicity lines. we know this pandemic has been most severe in disadvantaged minority communities. we need to make greater efforts. some of those efforts are starting but we need greater efforts to make sure we get doses to those communities, and that we provide the public health messaging to overcome any vaccine skepticism in those communities as well. vonnie: dr. moss, thank you for keeping us up-to-date. that is dr. william moss of the johns hopkins school of public health. a johns hopkins school of public health is supported by michael bloomberg, founder of bloomberg philanthropy's. fighting covid with big pharma. we speak about their new partnership and their newly

centers for disease control and prevention to identify pharmacy locations according to factors such as population density and infection rates and medically under served areas. >>> i'm bianna golly dreeg ga in new york. maryland governor larry hogan pledged nearly 1 million covid-19 tests and an unlimited supply of ppe for the state's schools free of charge on thursday. so far the governor said all but two public school districts have either resumed in person instruction for the march date. hogan said he would use any legal means necessary to get students back into classrooms drawing criticisms from teacher's unions. >> reporter: i'm natasha chen. the city of new orleans has announced all indoor and outdoor bars will be closed friday through mardi gras which is next tuesday. bars operating as restaurants will also be closed to the public. liquor stores will be prohibited in the french quarter and all to go drinks will be banned during this time. latoya cantrell said the crowds seen on bourbon street were unacceptable. she'd rather be accused of doing too much rather than too little when

but the centers for disease control and prevention director, dr. elle walensky, warned new covid-19 variants may wednesday reverse this trend. >> although we have seen declines in admissions and reese's london debts, cases remain extraordinarily high. still twice as high as the peak number of cases over the summer. and the continued proliferation of variants, variants that likely have increased transmissibility that spreads more easily, threatens to reverse these trends. amy: as multiple new strains of the coronavirus spread across the united states, the government's top infectious-disease expert dr. anthony fauci said monday people must be vaccinated as quickly as possible to stop more mutations from emerging. >> we need to get vaccinated when it becomes available as quickly and expeditiously as possible throughout the country. and the ason for that is that there is a fact that permeates virology and that is that viruses cannot mutate if they don't replicate. amy: this comes as health experts warn any vaccination progress in the united states will

and invest in energy. >> john defterios, many thanks for explaining all of that. >>> shocking news statistics show the impact of the pandemic on health in the united states. the centers for disease control and prevention says life expectancy dropped a full year in the first half of 2020. it now stands at 77.8 years across the board. that's how long people were expected to live on average back in 2006. and when you look at minority populations, the data is even worse. life expectancy for hispanic people fell by almost 2 years. and for black americans it dropped by a staggering 2.7 years. the u.s. is administering an average of 1.6 million vaccine doses a day. more than 56 million shots have been given out. and while new daily cases are declining nationwide, health officials warn the variants could spark another surge. cnn's nick watt has more. >> reporter: that faster spreading variant first found in south africa now detected in nine states, probably in many more. the cdc director points to what happened when that variant arrived in zambia. average daily case counts went up 16 fold. >> i know these variants are concerning, especially as we're seeing signs of progress. in talking about them today, i'm c

the centers for disease control and prevention reports more than 60% of those vaccinated so far worldwideile just 11.5% were latin the, 6% were asian, and just over 5% were black. this comes as many black and latinx people face a disproportionate risk of exposure to covid in their jobs as essential workers, and are more likely to have pre-existing conditions. the cdc data was gathered during the first month of the us vaccination campaign, and race and ethnicity are only known for about half of the nearly 13 million recipients. at a press conference monday, the head of the biden administration's health equity task force said more data is needed. this is dr. marcella nunez-smith. >> we cannot ensure equitable vaccination the cdc will be releasing additional data. i worried about it. amy: here in new york city, just 11% of vaccination so far went to black people, who represent 24% of the population, and 15% to the latinx population, make up 29% of the city's population. even in predominantly latinx neighborhoods where vaccination sites reported high numbers of white pele from tside the commu

and asia. >>> now promising sign for the u.s. on the covid vaccine front. according to the u.s. centers for disease control and preventionllion vaccine doses have been administered so far. that's a seven-day average of about 1.6 million doses per day. on sunday, the cdc director gave an optimistic prediction for vaccine availability over the next few months. >> i'm proud to say that, as of yesterday, we have put 50 million vaccines into people's arms. we anticipate by the end of the summer we will have enough vaccine in order to vaccinate the entire u.s. population that is eligible. >> dr. walensky is advocating for teachers to get vaccinated although the cdc says it's not a prerequisite to reopening schools. that echoes the message from america's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci. take a listen. >> so vaccinating teachers are part of it, but it's not something that you can't open a school unless all the teachers are vaccinated. that would be optimal if you could do that, but practically speaking, when you balance the benefit of getting the children back to school with the fact that the risks are being mit

the centers for disease control and prevention, their advisory committee is meeting on monday. expecting that by early next week, we will have a recommendation and at this point, everyone does expect that that is going to go in a positive direction, millions of additional doses are going to be available by the end of next month, and this is a one dose shot. making them even easier to distribute. emily: the u.s. just surpassed half a million deaths. if we don't get fully vaccinated until this summer, how money -- how many more people could die between now and then? michele: great question. i don't think, especially early in the outbreak no one expected that we would be looking at something like this. i remember when everyone was shocked and appalled and there were 200,000 deaths, but no one thought we would get to that. the truth is the virus is still widespread in the united states. it is falling, the case numbers are coming down precipitously and the deaths and hospitalizations will follow the decline, but we are looking at tens of thousands thousands of additional deaths, eve

from covid-19 according to johns hopkins university, and a new forecast from the centers for disease control and prevention projects that number could triez 534,000 by the end of the month even though almost 34 million vaccine doses have been administered. dr. anthony fauci says the u.s. isn't moving fast enough. a new study suggests the astrazeneca vaccine may reduce transmission of the virus, but having another vaccine available to the u.s. may not improve things as a new monmouth poll finds 1 in 4 americans say they will avoid getting a covid vaccine if possible. cnn's nick watt has the latest on the coronavirus in the u.s. >> we are at war with this virus. >> reporter: but is this country vaccinating fast enough to keep ahead of the spread of coronavirus variants? >> we're not because the situation is we still have a demand that far exceeds the supply. >> reporter: before a return to normalcy dr. fauci says at least 70% of the u.s. populations must be fully vaccinated. right now that number is under 2%. do covid-19 vaccines also reduce the risk you could still harbor the virus and spread it to others?

and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." happy monday. some medical news for you off the top. last month, the cdc issued a press release that begins this way. "the centers for disease control and prevention to all air passengers entering the united states. testing before and after travel is a critical layer to slow the introduction and spread of covid-19. this strategy is consistent with the current phase of the pandemic and more efficiently protects the health of americans." got that? it's all about the health of americans. and that's why every human being who enters this country by a