says data ebony news live from berlin cove at 19 clouds, yet another christmas assert and the army cron variant of the corona virus is disrupting holiday travel. airlines are facing a shortage of staff and that's leading to thousands of flight cancellations. also coming up 3 decades and billions of dollars in the making, a powerful new telescope is set to blast off into space in a few hours time. scientists hope it will provide a view of the cosmos never seen before. and it is christmas eve, mass po process is every one to look beyond the lights and decorations and remembered the worlds nadia's. ah, i'm rebecca written. welcome to the program. a surgeon cove at 19 cases, driven by the army crown variant, has been disrupting the holiday travel plans all across the world. thousands of flight so been cancelled globally because of the impact of the corona virus on airline employees and on passengers. despite base people are trying their best to maintain the christmas spirit it. twas the night before christmas but instead of the usual last minute christmas rush, the streets here in london ha

we have in the early days of understanding of cron and how it - understanding of cron and how it affectsly, if you have had a prior infection or you've had vaccination, we would expect you to have less serious disease. however, the sheer weight of numbers that look like they're coming towards us with the 0micron infection means that it will find those people who are unvaccinated or who have had a poor response to the vaccine for their underlying immune condition and that will mean that we will still see individuals in hospital. in the confirmed cases in the uk at the moment, we have only had a very small number over the age of 70, who are the people we see with the most severe disease in hospital, so i think it is early days for us to tell. in south africa, even although they are reporting that there is a lot of mild disease and a lot of people are coming into hospital with covid rather than because of covid, it is still causing a rapidly increasing number of beds over the last ten days. the g7 summit in liverpool in the northwest of england is into its second day — with iran the main is

even if or me cron does cause less cbs, this is the sheer number of cases could. once again overwhelm unprepared. health systems. in the u. k. m. a kron cases are now doubling every 2 days. and with more than 200000 possibly infected every day, the number could pass a 1000000 within a week, long queues again at vaccinations, centers up and down the u. k. as the government's booster jap program continues apace with the dilemma facing the politicians on that side of the river is whether the jobs alone will be enough to slow the progress of the on a cron variance. scientists have never seen. never seen a coven 19 very capable of spreading so rapidly. so we have to look at what we can do to slow only cons. advance down. that level of alarm was reinforced in testimony to a u. k. parliamentary committee. we are concerned with the large volume of individuals who are being infected every day in the population. that we're going to have a very difficult for weeks ahead with cases in the community, which will of course cause individuals to need to still work in school. and t

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mm ah ah ah, this is dw news line from berlin. germany tries to head off the threat from the omni cron corona virus variant protesters event their anger as the government introduces new restrictions on private events and public gatherings, and also calls me unvaccinated to step up and get the jazz also coming up in the show. russia supreme court shuts down the country's leading human rights group. the angio moral dedicates itself to documenting the atrocities of russia's style and his past will that era's crimes now be forgotten? and looking back at the chaotic scenes at couple airport following the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan, we meet some of the desperate afghans who made it out as they remember those who they left behind. ah, i'm here in tilton. thanks for joining us. new corona virus restrictions have come into force here in germany. as attempts to slow down the spread of the army, kron variant with new year's eve approaching, the government is placing tighter limits on public and private celebrations. it's also urging those still on vaccinated to get the jap just before the

but he believed that frankly on a cron was likely to be in all countries around the world. now, it was a quite sobering briefing by dr. ted ross, which is ongoing at the moment with a q and a with journalists. and what he spoke about was the fact that vaccinations by themselves are not going to be able to curb this virus. they're going to have to be additional measures as well. continuing, for example, with faith, social distance saying, and the need for good hand hygiene. and he was also quite worried about the that the spread of that the pace of the virus. and i think if we listen to what he actually says, you can actually hear just how alarmed he is about the way on a cron appears to be able to be so much more infectious than previous variance that we've seen up till now. 77 countries have no reported cases of or me chron. and the reality is that, or me, cronies, probably in most countries, even if it hasn't been detected yet, or me, crone is spreading at a rate we have not seen was any previous variant. we're concerned that people are dismissing or me chron meeker on as

the world health organization says the coven, 19 alma cron variant is spreading faster than any other strain. it's warning there'll be no end to the pandemic if wealthy countries or for vaccine boosters, while millions in poor nations wait for a 1st dose. 77 countries have no reported cases of or me cron. and the reality is that army cronies probably in most countries, even if it hasn't been detected yet, all micron is spreading at a rate we have not seen was any previous variant. we're concerned that people are dismissing army chron micron as mild surely we have lent by and now that we underestimate this virus at our pedal, even if or micron does cause less cbs, this is the sheer number of cases could, once again overwhelm unprepared. health systems of thought for a candle factory in the us state of kentucky say bosses threatened to fire them if they left work as a tornado approach. management denies the allegations, at least 8 people died at the factory. state governor says an investigation will be conducted on the you and 2nd, security council has met to discuss salvaging the 2015

s. epicenter of the henri cron variant u. k prime minister boss johnson has urging the public to get a boost of vaccine shot over the christmas holiday. he's resistant calls for tighter restrictions as combine a virus case is search to record highs though the time for buying presence is theoretically running out. there is still a wonderful thing. you can give your family and the whole country that is to get that job, whether it's your 1st or 2nd, or your booster. so that next year's festivities are even better than this years. and in the meantime, i thank you. i wish you all a very merry christmas gandy as truth and reconciliation commission has recommended that former president yamil stands trial for murder, torture and rape. the commission began its inquiring 2017 when jammy flew into exile after refusing to accept defeat and presidential elections. to more universities in hong kong have removed sculptures built for victims of the 1989 t animals square massacre. until now, the territory was the only place on chinese soil wa

a search in the only cron variance of the corona virus is disrupting holiday travel. airlines are facing a shortage of staff, and that's leading to thousands of flight cancellations. also coming up 3 decades and billions of dollars in the making. a powerful new telescope is set to blast off into space in just a few hours time. scientists type but will provide a view of the calls most never same before. had at his christmas eve mass hope processor does ever want to look beyond the lights and decorations and remember the world's media. ah i'm rebecca writ is welcome to the program. a surge in cove at 19 cases driven by the army con variant, has been disrupting holiday travel plans all around the world. thousands of flights have been canceled globally because of the impact of the corona virus on airline employees and on passengers. despite these people are trying their best to maintain the christmas spirit. twas the night before christmas but instead of the usual last minute, christmas rush, the streets here in london have fallen silent. the u. k broke their record of coated cases for the 3

here, the more transmissible only cron variant is forced the government to tighten restrictions. but scientists so warning that even more must be done and fast if the country wants to stop hospital admissions from soaring. though all of the meetings that we've attended in so far as the network is concerned with modeling is taking place. that the message is clear that this looks like it's the calm before the stool. it's a problem across europe, surgeon cases of omi crohn and increased frustration at restrictions to compasses. in austria, several people protesting of vaccine mandate, were arrested after demonstrations got increasingly out of control. thousands of protesters in france also took to the streets to express their anger towards a vaccine pass being discussed by the government. if the bill passes, it would ban the unvaccinated from entering public establishments like bars and cafes. rose lexi though let us say that seem pass is a form of dictatorship, not a public health issue, but a political one is we have to realize we're in a system that is working more and more to re

like ah ah, this is d w. news line from berlin. germany tries to head off the threat from the omni cron corona virus variant protesters event their anger as the government introduces new restrictions on private events and public gatherings, and also calls me unvaccinated to step up and get the jap also coming up and the show. russia supreme court shuts down the country's leading human rights group. the g o moral dedicates itself to documenting the atrocities of russia's style and his past will that era's crimes now be forgotten? and looking back at the key arctic scenes at cobble airport, following the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan, we meet some of the desperate afghans who made it out as they remember those who they left behind. ah, i'm here and tilton, thanks for joining us. new corona virus restrictions have come into force here in germany. as attempts to slow down the spread of the army, kron variant with new year's eve approaching, the government is placing tighter limits on public and private celebrations. it's also urging those still on vaccinated to get the jap just before t

also coming up across europe, the race is on to get protection for all as all may cron advances through the continent, the new varied is said to be the most infectious strang yet and so close yet, so far, migrants stranded at the us mexico border faced nothing but bad choices in their struggle to survive. ah, i am rebecca writ has welcome to the program. a ban on non essential travel between france and the united kingdom has come into effect. the new restrictions announced by france on thursday, with just a week to go till christmas set off a last minute rush long lines in london as people queued for hours for the eurostar trains to paris. and in dover, hundreds of cars were backed up at the ferry, hoping to bake the midnight deadline for government imposed curves to help slow the spread of army. crum u. k. has st infection saw with over 93000 new cases on friday. santa claus is coming to town or maybe not of it's paris, he's going to and his last stop was london, non essential travel between france and britain grind to a halt on saturday. a strict new rules go into force at paris is ga

cases of the omi—cron variant of coronavirus are surging in south africa as the first data emerges onow effective vaccines are against it it's possible that the omicron variant can cause infections even in previously vaccinated people however if they develop on the mild illness that means that vaccines are still providing protection. prosecutors in michigan charge the parents of the teenager accused of a deadly school shooting with involuntary manslaughter. "a day of shame for pakistan" imran khan condemns a mob which attacked and killed a sri lankan man accused of blasphemy. pope francis uses his visit to cyprus to liken the fate of people fleeing war and poverty — to slavery and torture. and times have changed in new york city but queueing remains a constant — now standing in line in the big apple can mean big bucks, we talk to a savvy business cashing in. we start with the latest warning from the world health organization. its chief scientist says the new omi—cron variant could become dominant around the world — but that doesn't necessarily mean we'll need to reformulate our vaccin

and he too is aware that it's a fast changing picture physically with an army cron. right, very fluid situation. indeed, as you point out, do policy makers agree that this is the best way forward? because in the past, of course, we've seen that state leaders and those on the federal level have not always seen eye to eye when it comes to where measures against a cove it well i as i understand it, the, the measures that when she g yes, today they were passed unanimously in that meeting, but i said there is a measure of agreement. they'll be asleep. but having said that, at least 2 states have said they're not happy, particularly they don't like the fact that the state of emergency was removed. that was with the support of the parties that are now in government that happened a couple of months ago. was state of emergency was in a sort of a legal framework that allowed the individual states to move quickly and impose more drastic measures where they see fit. that's not there anymore. that change was made at the time to form a cron was on the on the cards and so some stat

i agreed on a cron is spreading at a fast speed and denmark. infection writes, i eating daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get that children job to where personal to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theaters and concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring germany. the health minister has raised the alarm alicia phone and i'm, i'm assuming a massive fixed wave. that's awesome. we have to prepare ourselves for a challenge and all that we have not yet faced in this. for me, we are in these are formed on the kafka infection rights have been rising rapidly across germany to the easy spread of on the kron butts and writes soaring even higher. as a result, the german government has now classified denmark and other countries, including france and norway as high risk areas. travelers will have to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival unless they have been vaccinated or recovered from a corona, virus infection. and, and some other developments in the pandemic. austria is tightening its e

shot also is increased protection. pfizer has also started to develop that to develop rather and only cron specific vaccine which should be available next year. people vaccinated with a 3rd boost generate a robust lever, long neutralizing antibody against the new highly mutated omicron variant. this is common for thing. and a very positive message that we now have a plan that will induce immunity that is likely to protect from infection symptomatic illness and severe disease from now across the entire winter season. as we learn more about this illness, to other world news now and became fast as president rock could bore a has dismissed the prime minister and government. the move follows a wave of protest last month over rising violence in the country. an attack on november 14. so hundreds of fighters storm a camp in the north, healing dozens of police officers and 4 civilians. following that ambush, president bore i pledged reforms to the military, and you government must be sworn in over the coming days. nicholas harsh is following the story from deco. this announcement comes as no surpri

could we see further waves of on a cron infections and at it, vaccines are tweak to fight this variant? could it mutate again? it to something even more dangerous the i'm and do i have an opinion on this that basically they do, which is a receptor of viruses fix will not cheney. and therefore, the effect of the virus and the spike protein to the, to the, to the sceptre is really fixed. therefore, it many changes in the fight will actually bring that in mind. that the, bring that the mind of the, of the virus. so the virus come up, just keeping your teeth thing and we are running after i think that at some point of time, all these mutations want to take care of the virus by themselves. so therefore, i think that they can get vaccine for all maker on we don't know by the time that we have that correct seen if there is any more mutation that will happen, or maybe the omega on would be over or will be just like any other cool are in detection, are called disease and symptoms, and therefore i think that there is a lot to be to be know to be learned about the saw mic, ron, about the severity

the only cron variant is spreading out an unprecedented right here in the u. k. infections and now doubling every 2 days out. there is pull brennan, reports from london in europe. the jobs are going into people's arms as fast as they can be unpacked. more than half a 1000000 booster shots were administered in the u. k. in just one day. fall short of the 1000000 a day, the government's aiming for. but the race to reinforce immunity is gathering pace. it's the extraordinary infectiousness of the owner. con variant though, which is really worrying global scientists and health experts we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our podium. even if or me cron does cause less severe, this is the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared. health systems in the u. k. amok on cases now doubling every 2 days and with more than 200000 possibly infected every day, the number could pass a 1000000 within a week. long queues again at vaccination centers, up and down the u. k. as the government's booster jap program continues apace with a dile

i live on a cron is spreading at a faster speed than denmark. infection rates. i think daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get their children jabbed to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theaters in concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring germany. the health minister has raised the alarm alicia phone and i'm assuming a massive 5th wave. that's awesome. we have to prepare ourselves for a challenge and all that we have not yet faced in this form. you, we are in. these are formed on the copper infection rights have been rising rapidly across germany to the easy spread of on the kron what's and rights soaring even higher. as a result, the german government has now classified denmark and other countries, including france and norway, and as high risk areas. travelers will have to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival unless they have been vaccinated over covered from occur in a virus infection. now go to brussels and speak to dw correspondent band are eager to

. >> i don't think it is likely there will be no protection from these vaccines against a cron but we waning, the question could become will we need to have boosting? in my professional opinion we will, as a regular thing. laura: we need it or does moderna need it? what is the evidence of any of this? >> the oma cron variant looks like an evolutionary mistake a 30 mutations in the spike protein, three deletions and one insertion, almost certainly the receptor body domain has been changed, it is not going to be as infectious. the early reports from the university to indicate the transmissibility index of the oma cron variant is less and delta. doesn't look like it will have the evolutionary efficiency to become a dominant strain. it will be like the lambda and epsilon variants previously described in the recent year. it would become a minor variant. i wouldn't be looking for ramping up on new vaccines or boosters to target this variant until we have more data. laura: but they are doing that. a number of vaccine manufacturers are on the hunt for this variant but won't it be the case thi

according to early data, those tests are less effective in detecting oma cron.nwhile, the president is under increasing pressure to make a decision about whether he will mandate vaccines for the millions of people who get on a plane or train to travel. after a brief walk on the beach tuesday with the first lady and his new commander, the president was asked about travel vaccine mandates. critics say don't do it. >> when you have a leader overstep their authority especially in a time of crisis, that is when you break the country. >> today dr. anthony fauci said he's not inclined to recommend travel vaccine, but that can always change. mike. >> mike: david spunt, thanks a lot. chicago's teachers union is demanding more action for lori lightfoot before returning to classrooms after winter break going so far to ask teachers in a survey if they would walk out if demands not met. in chicago, they are not alone. many mental health experts worry return to remote learning would mean for students well-being. senior correspondent mike tobin reported tonight from chicago. >

this is dw news live from berlin. germany expects alma cron to become the dominant cobit variant within weeks. that's as contact restrictions are set to tighten and officials plead with the public to get vaccinated. also coming up, madagascar is police ministers survives a helicopter crash and a 12 hour swim before being rescued by fishermen. my time to die hasn't come yet. he says, ah, in spain, the prize money is flowing in the countries traditional christmas lottery ah, trees dominant variant within weeks. the hobbit co institute says germany's health system and critical infrastructure could be compromised. the latest wave is not stopped. the government has responded by stepping up vaccination efforts and tightening restrictions on gatherings, but also bi limits on contacts, social contacts. it is, but not till after christmas. ah, the festive preparations might be continuing across germany. but the country's top public health body has won people not to let christmas be the spock that likes the army on fire. there were no official restrictions on festive celebrations, but small gathe

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 vaccines and even those with a double vaccinations. and those who are covered by face a high risk of infection before the committees up on to stick. more on this with a doctor and a politician, dr. johan wagner is a pediatrician. and, and, and pay for the green party, which is part of germany governing coalition. welcome to d, w. dr. will these new restrictions a delay, the only throne wave? good evening. yes. well, we hope so, and we will do everything which is needed. and on the other hand side, we also do have to prepare a general lockdown. so in case we need on next here, this can be implemented very, very fast. but for now, with this, we are going to be hoping to see a further declining of the numbers. but, and actually the numbers are still declining, but we have heard in just a few seconds ag

millions and poorer countries wait for their 1st dose. 77 countries have no reported cases of or me cron. and the reality is that army cronies probably in most countries, even if it hasn't been detected yet, army crone is spreading at a rate we have not seen was any previous variant. we're concerned that people are dismissing army chron micron as mild. surely we have learned by and now that we underestimate this virus at our perio, even if or me cron does cause less severe dishes. the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared. health systems mean all in the u. k. infections and now doubling every 2 days. m. p. 's approved new restrictions in england to curb the spread of cobit 19. but 98 politicians from prime minister barbara johnson's own party voted against it. face coverings will be compulsory and most indoor settings and they'll be changes to a self isolation rules. cobra passes will also be required, a larger venue. the un security council is met, discuss progress on salvaging the 2015 iran nuclear deal. none of the j. c. p away western ambassadors say the situati

okay, let's take a closer look now at how the army cron variant has been spreading in south africa. its earliest detection was in co tang province on november the 8th since then. it's been recorded in 5 of the countries, 9 provinces, and as of right now, it spread to 38 different countries, 11 and a half 1000 cubic. 19 cases have been reported in south africa in the past day, fueled by army kron. that is a significant jump from just over $300.00 cases. the month before. let's bring in harry moultrie. now he's a senior medical epidemiologist at the south african national institute for communicable diseases and one of the researches who publish the reinfection findings about ami kron. he joins us from johannesburg. harry, welcome to the news out. so 3 or 6 months ago, the dominant delta variant begins to get more traction across southern africa. what did the delta variant do? or what was done to it, to change it to army crop? the good question, we don't have a handle on the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of chrome does appear that i may con, was derived from infected b

this address for me is said to detect a national security cron under the national security law in june. hong kong lodge is pro democracy paper. the apple daily was also rated and forced to close. it's founded july, was recently sentenced to 13 months in jail, but withstand news gone. and mal journalist detained the grip on hung comes free press. gross ever tighter was get more in the situation there from someone who knows it well that steve vines, he's a journalist and broadcaster who lived in work in hong kong for more than 3 decades . and he joined us now from london. thanks for joining us. and let's start with your experience there what. what role did stand news play in the media landscape? well, stun news. i played a very important role in chinese language outlet. and it was one of the 2 remaining independent news outlets within the form of my circulation. as so in that sense, it provided a very big source of information to a lot of the hong kong population, the conventional media, newspapers, and stations, et cetera have now largely under control of the government directly or indi

the early use of the term south african variant, implying that alma cron originated there. when there is simply no evidence of that yet the south african angle has provided one useful side effect. it is turned attention to the issue of global vaccine in equity. a story that scientists say needs considerably more attention than is outlets have been giving it our starting point this week is the covered 19 variant, now known as the new variable. rona virus is likely to pose a very high global risk news. consumers operate on a need to know basis. there's growing global alarm over the do corona virus period that 1st emerged in south africa. sometimes news outlets tell them what they need to fear. instead who they need to fear. new mutations were 1st discovered in south africa from the us went out rather restrictions from that country and 7 other . what audiences need to know about the variance. we now call alma crime, starts with 3 questions. the basics. what we need to know about a variance is if it's more transmissible, we're not even sure yet that it's more transmissible or t

i think it will be mark cron, micron, whatever happens, i will vote micro. however, he faces a battle with some new faces in the mix, all vying to unseat the so called president of the rich. and until recently, some predicted this would be an election that would be a run off a 2017 with mack on facing off against the national rallies marine la pen. now, while she still showing favorably in the polls, she may not be his main opponent. for those who missed it, meets eric sim. all, we laugh i a brand you doesn't mean this. his words are more lost it into the presidential campaign before he was even confirmed as a possible candidate. initial poll suggested that he could be the one to face up to mac or in the 2nd round, but he support has since dipped. ah, a however, could his campaign be about to get a boost is or more is gaining allies from some unexpected quarters to some kid on them. he is the only one who has discernment and courage and who cares about civilization? what he stands for is will i live for the defense of civilization then? and there is a valeri

the arrival of the alma cron variant has led to a clamor for vaccinations. we're starting to see people who, i think probably anxious about the various in come across in the us to get people coming for their 1st and 2nd jazz that they couldn't possibly had months ago. you case prime minister boris johnson himself got his booster on thursday in germany. the government will also consider compulsory vaccinations. and as people put their hopes in jobs, being able to ward off on chrome, something that scientists are still unsure about. there's a chilling prediction from the european union's public health agency. it says that within a few months the omicron variant could be causing more than half of covered infections in the e u. and from the norwegian, capital alls low another warning, more than 50 people have been infected with the over crown variance at a christmas party in a restaurant. the government says they were all vaccinated. andrew symonds al jazeera. yes, president joe biden has unveiled new actions to combat kevin 19 saying the emergence of the on the

more than 11 and a half 1000 cases filled by the only cron variance have been confirmed in one day. that's 5 times the number reported a week ago, but hospitalizations and intensive care capacity remain stable. in india, the government's working to increase genome sequencing to assess the prevalence of the kron. india is previously overwhelmed by the delta. various that calls rec, hold death and infections in april and may. and in germany, the government plans to ban on vaccinated people from most public places. parliament will also debate plans to make vaccines mandatory by february and the u . s. is imposing tied to restrictions on international travelers. that's off the omnia. crohn was detected in 5 states. for me, the minute joins us now live from johannesburg. so for me, the. busy start with what's happening in south africa and we know, sorry to say they're not going to impose a strict lockdown. what will they do then? in the last addressed by a prison in florida, poor saw when after this variant was detected to the surprise of minutes of africans, the restriction levels remai

only cron. it's on everyone's minds right now. reports from some countries, south africa for example, suggested that variant with variant infections are less severe. can you confirm that? and what should we expect from on the chrome? in general, it's still too early to really firmly confirm the indications we have so far. and the early reports and early studies out of different countries indicate that yes indeed, all the con could be less severe. but many of these studies have been done in, in younger populations and student populations, which in any case should produce lower severity of cases. so we have to be careful and what we also don't know. and that's important to remember. we don't know anything about long term effects of omicron yet, so we have to be careful with this seemingly less severe on what are the crucial measures that need to be taken. now, to stop this pandemic from getting worse. what we have seen in the last 2 years that the comprehensive package of all the measures that we

minister bars johnson has announced was believed to be the world's 1st confirmed death with the army cron variant of coven 19 cases are spreading with alarming speed in the u. k. it's expected to be london's dominant strain within 48 hours, poll brennan. now the queue trailed out of the hospital gates and down the street. the stark warning of an imminent tidal wave of omicron prompting a massive search of vaccine uptake at hundreds of vaccination centers across the u . k. the prime minister visited a vaccination center to see the work 1st hand and broke the news of the you case. first on the kron related death on the chrome is producing hospitalizations, and se one patient has now been confirmed to die with all the crew. so i think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus. i think that's something we need to say on one side and just recognize the sheer pace a which it accelerates through the population. the mission to offer millions of booster jams by december 31st, was he $42.00 military planning teams deploy across every health region, extra vaccine sites and mobile u

the only cron corona by irish variance is spreading rapidly around the world. case numbers have exploded in many countries in the united states. all micron is now the dominant strain accounting for 73 percent of all infections. just a week ago the figure was 12 percent in new york city virus cases are surging just ahead of holiday season gatherings. oh 03. 0, one happy new year. this is just a test. new year's eve in time square has not come early, but the on the crown wave has hit the us sooner than many experts expected. nearby new yorkers lie enough to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried. definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested, exams are getting cancel and for people in grad school like myself. so i kind of feel like that early part of that we didn't, we didn't really know what's happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker, we're trying to take every single precaution that we can um got dull, vax boosted regular te

k. capital, because of army cron fears and the effect it could have on the health system. governments across europe. now, scrambling to administer as many vaccine booster doses as they can o. meanwhile, have been some protest happening in germany. several people were detained, as people gather to voice their opposition to government measures to curb infections in several cities. government is also considering expanding a vaccine mandate for health work as to the general population. in all the headlines, chili's presidential ronald vote is less than a day away with the far right candidate. jose antonio cas, having the edge over his left wing rival gabriel burridge in a vote that's completely polarized opinion in at the south american nation. more than 30 people are now fear dead off to typhoon riot. the philippines on friday rescue work as a starting to reach the remote areas now where dozens of people are missing, 18000 military and all the security forces of joined in the efforts and some of the worst effected regions. hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes.

so we already know that oma cron is probably much more transmissible. we know that it has the risk of re infecting those who have had coven before, probably on the order of twice as much. if not more of these data are coming out of south africa. how that will change for other settings is uncertain. but really, the, the story here is alma crohn. it's not the new varian is very much, is an old story of growth. inequity cold with remains and has been and remains a tale of 2 worlds. unfortunately told in multiple chapters of new variance, the story remains very much the thing we have in our hands to address this is very much what we have already, which is you want to reduce your risk of being infected and that we're reducing your exposure as much as you can, you also want to increase your immunity and that's fortunately through the advent of axioms and booster shots. and those, those 2 things are very critical worth. if you do get ill, there's also the antiviral treatments which have changed the game in terms of treating severe illness from from coven. so t

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it's underscore and concerns about the rapid spread of the new army cron variance from johannesburg for me to miller explains now how the government is responding and encouraging more people to get vaccinated. this is one of a few 100 vaccination centers in the housing province in south africa. and how ting has been hardest hit by the rise in coven, 19 infections, between 70 and 80 percent of new infections across of africa in this province alone . and that is why authorities are saying that people need to get out and get vaccinated. there has been some level of vaccine hesitancy, about 42 percent of people who are eligible for a vaccine have actually taken that up. but that number drops to about 36 percent for people who have taken up 2 doses, who are fully vaccinated. the government has set up a number of drives door to door awareness campaigns, trying to create awareness around why the vaccine is important, especially because so little is known around the army cron variance. and the greatest concern there is just how easily it spreads. and that is being reflected in the spike in numb

she says alma cron poses a threat even to the vaccinated. the really big difference between um assign on the other variance is it made of spread. we are very concerned that there will be a lot of people who become severely ill and end up in hospital people who had previously been infected with other forms of the of the size going to be to virus were re infected with army front. so we can see that i'm run can infect people, whether or not they have had a previous infection and it can infect people who have been vaccinated. but the critical thing is, we are also saying that people who've been vaccinated ah, being protected from having this via phone from di, ending this pandemic, is in all our hands at every level of society, every country, if we all do all the things we need to do we can in this pandemic? so what am i talking about? we only to get vaccinated, we only to help people around the world get vaccinated. we all need to take seriously the measures to prevent the violins from spreading from person to person until we vaccinate promptly

i'm a cron is come on real fast, but it will be over soon. ah, i am adamant. and i've had this conversation with mayor like, adams, i know, he feels the same way. we are not shutting down. we are not falling back. we're going to fight our way through this. but it's not just here in new york, less than a month after 1st arriving in the u. s. army kron has now been identified in all 50 states in neighboring new jersey. more than 15000 new covey cases were reported on thursday. nearly double the states pandemic record. the mayors of new jerseys to largest cities, newark and jersey city both tested positive in washington, d. c. a surgeon. new corona virus cases colliding with a rush and holiday travel at the city's main train terminal. travelers are nervous . a lot of people at my work have just tested positive. i have still testing no negative 3rd a little past few days in particular with the record highs of a lot more hesitant. travel america is right in the middle of another covered surge . this one called army kron with seemingly everyone rushing to find out i

do you expect which countries to be using all mc cron further to stop asylum cases? i mean, there's news for polish. it agents repelling refugees trying across the board of belarus. again, that seems to disappear for mainstream media and they're going to use the pandemic . yes, yes, absolutely. they've been using the pandemic for closing borders. you heard w a show the world health organization calling for not closing borders a few days ago and for closing borders against viruses. it's ludicrous, as a concept, as australia demonstrated and australia is very well protected by oceans. and yes, it didn't prevent them from, from getting viruses or, you know, reduce the number of people who might be infected. yes, it immediately in the beginning of the pandemic a year and a half ago, it allows for health care assistance to prepare for what was coming. but at this point, if our health care systems are not able to manage, you know, the pandemic. and if we don't vaccinate enough, and if we don't get protection, you know, the gear and everything. well, we're, we're behind, we

is registered, it's 1st case of the new covered veron alma cron. the person question apparently is fully vaccinated and only had mild symptoms and had returned from south africa. meantime, south korea and norway, i've also seen their 1st cases, sand with 24 countries now affected. well health organization says it's spread is inevitable. it also says that people should limit traveling wear masks and get vaccinated, but south africa, which identified the on the chrome very and continues with life pretty much as usual with shops and restaurants from any open. there. this report, 1st from our correspondent policy clear tickets in south africa are fast approaching him and he'll hold the positive cases a day. now this is a 20, i think is what it does before the new perfect valiant em economy was discovered the world, the territory, and why fi? so you'd imagine that south africa to wait for 1st came forward and i tend to type in the strain. you'd have people here with who are just as might in the waste on open nobody as people feed his social discipline t

the world health organization says the covered 19 alma cron variant is spreading faster than any other strain. its warning. there'll be no end to the pandemic if wealthy countries of vaccine boosters while millions in poor nations wait for a 1st dose. british champagne have approved new restrictions in england to curve the spread of coven 19. but 98 in peace from the prime minister boys johnston's own party voted against the measures. face coverings will be compulsory in most indoor settings and we changes to self isolation. covet passes will also be required for large venues. stanford, a candle factory in the us state of kentucky. se bosses threatened to fire them if they left the building as a tornado approached. management denies this, at least a people were killed at the factory when the storm hits at 0 spoke to one of the employees from the candle factory. is sad because so many people have passed away. so maybe we're still engine to this day. and i'm not saying just injure like a scratch or in those days some people are missing legs. some people paralyzed for the rest of their li

it's not effective against the a cron of variant, but it does work against delta. so let me take you to something that peter alexander of n b. c. news asked the head of the cdc. today. he said, last week you said that the i'm a cron accounted for 73 percent of new infections. and now you say this week, it only accounts for 23 percent of new infections. how can you be believe? so let's, let's just say she's correct. let's just say so now. now i'm a client is going to do a quarter of the infections. so that means the other 75 percent are the delta variant, which this, this treatment does work on. so they are making this up as they go along on every level. you could not find logic. if you extend their comments to anything else, you can not find logical consistency. so i've, course it's politically motivated. i'm just like hydro clean hydro classical hydrochloric way early on, was politically motivated. oh, it has side effects. every drug you ever see a drug commercial on tv, those side effects will make you run the other way. every drug has side effects. so it's alway

the warning the oma cron variant is spreading at lightning speed. ah, hello, i haven't seen this is i just get alive from also coming up. the you and human rights council will investigate the abuses committed by all sides in ethiopia as war. the clean up begins in the philippines after typhoon kills 12 people. trouble at some of china's largest property developers, sparking fears about the impact on the global financial system. ah hello. we begin in the united states where corona, virus cases and hospital admissions are rising at an alarming rate. as the winter search continues, the number of infections says increased by 40 percent compared to last month. while the numbers in hospital have risen around 45 percent. many universities are going back to online teaching, and sports events have been canceled or postponed. experts predict the on the chrome very will soon become the dominant strain there. a crime is increasing rapidly and we expect it to become the dominant strain in the united states as it has in other countries. in the coming weeks, we've

a thought to be the only cron variant, the u. s. has just announced its 1st on the chron case. discovery that variance is led to many countries closing their borders to travelers from southern africa, which the un secretary general, antonio quoterush in the past few minutes described as unfair and punitive. the head of the european commission says it's time for e u. member states to consider making cobra vaccinations. mandatory or a challenge? begins our coverage from london farm worker on his spooking europe with the delta variance, the continent is already the global epicenter, the coven pandemic. again, lead is worried. what extra was the new variance may bring? despite hastily enforce travel restrictions, so sama considering new policies like legally mandating citizens to get vaccinated . i think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion. now, how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the european union. this needs discussion. a 3rd, if you citizens, a 150000000 people remain on vaccinated to many police on the land in

it was only after that that we learned that alma cron turned up in the netherlands in tests taken before the ones in south africa. samples that just took longer to process. so it could have been called the dutch very. it never was. so without frequent this kim, it's no surprise because we've been through this or that that with a very and it's very concerning right now with the bit of volumes, gross or suddenly boots is something we can brian to any is now to talk more about the south african variant if the south african strain and will land at a time. how to dispel, got pushing back against that kind of label. and then conscious in the trouble last that a weak detect at this time variance away and not be subject to this bands. and the question was raised, why is it that they're not introduced and chuckled bands, the coverage were so high that was so panic was so all over the place and western scientists were hyping is that this is that most transmissible variant we've ever seen. this is exponential growth prior to been analytically looking at the situation. i'm an south african scientist

the report is interviewing him at the time, saying that there has been at least one known on the cron variant death. no details though about the circumstances of it's all about the specific patient themselves, whether they had underlying health problems, ra, what age they were, or any of whether there are any extraneous circumstances attached to this. so it's difficult to put a proper amount of context and weight on on, on this because many scientists are still very unclear as to exactly how serious or micron is in the sense of how fateful it can be to how most people are. but that said in use of the 1st death, clearly a step up and how much faith does the british public have in the government's ability to deal with the on the chrome very. and i think it's very, it's a very mixed bag. i mean, from the evidence of my own eyes here and of the hospitals throughout the morning. that has been a massive search of people wanting to get the boost the job. so you could say that those people are clearly putting that faith in the government's program and are willing to participate in this whole

chiles. future governments across europe is stepping up measures to control the spread of the army cron corona virus variant ahead of the wind to holidays. but there is anger of a new rules coming in. just before christmas. testers have been marching in several cities to call for an end to coven passes and social restrictions. the netherlands has already imposed district lockdown and other countries, a considering further moves. lows the headlines this al more on all those stories in the news hour and 25 minutes time. i will see you then at 2100 g m t witness now continues. ah, that ah a with a with a a a, a, a a o. b b o y a a with with with . c a with oh, i'm a fan down doing this issue right now. and this was going to stay launch out for you and it was lakisha mom. mm hm. literally. mm hm. mm. with all of you all or if you please give me a ah i'm a lot so let him look up. yeah. yeah. well yeah, it had been out of i say, i mean maybe a little bit of thought about it. it was the of was a know i woke up with a lot a lot if you had to leave. i don't we yeah. with in those love a hard one