because that wasn't possible to do until astrazeneca applied for authorisation from the european medicines agency date injanuary, as i understand it. that's only a matter of weeks ago. the european medicines agency will make its decision this friday. we certainly hope that it's positive. astrazeneca is a very important source, as are pfizer, as are moderna, which britain hasn't got involved with too much yet, our suppliers. and we're looking forward to other approvals down the road as well. we've also given assistance to various vaccine manufacturers as well, to make sure that that supply could be ramped up. let's be honest... stephen, there are lots of league tables. there are lots of performers. you mentioned irish covid rates, and, yes, irish covid rates did increase dramatically around the christmas period, but they've also decreased dramatically since then. and, infact, before the christmas period, our rates were among the best in europe. and itjust points out to you, which i've seen at a local level of my own area in ireland, this virus changes all the time. so the vaccine situation is what

meanwhile, the european medicines agency will meet today to decide whether to approve the oxford astrazeneca for emergency use in eu countries. it comes as the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has demanded astrazeneca fulfils its contract with the eu. a row has broken out in the past few days after the firm said problems with its production plant in belgium meant the eu would not be getting all of the vaccines it had paid for. yesterday, germany recommended that the jab should be given only to people under the age of 65, but the uk continues to insist it provides high levels of protection for all adults. with more on all the latest vaccine developments, here's our reporterjohn donison. another scientific breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. this time, from the us firm novavax. results of the company's british trail show the first proven efficacy against the new more contagious uk variant. there were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. 0ver volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. over half the cases of covid—19 recorded came from

the european medicines agency has said it is unlikely that the astra zeneca vaccine will be approved for the e.u. in january. the e.u. is being forced to defend its comparably slow rollout of a covert 19 vaccine member states started nakul ations on the summit was 27 with the biotech pfizer packs in progress has been much slower meant in the united states or britain france has only vaccinated $500.00 people commission has vowed to speed up the rollout and there's an urgent negotiations to secure more doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine european medicines agency is expected to make a decision on whether to approve the u.s. development done a vaccine this week. let's discuss this criticism with our correspondent marina strands in brussels marina the german government said that the rollout was a european decision and that it was always clear there wouldn't be so many of those available in the beginning what does the e.u. have to say in its defense. but your commission defended itself today again this they have been doing so in the last couple of days it's books that you commission spoke

european union has not been so fast you'd one reason is a slower approval process from the european medicine agency. even people within member states, inoculation programs are running at different speeds. >> the netherlands is the last country to begin vaccinating as population using the pfizer vaccine, the first approved for use in europe. people like listeners are only now starting to get it. it seems the dutch act the wrong horse, the government was expecting the vaccine developed by oxford university and astrazeneca to come on stream first. >> it was no longer possible to adjust the planning accordingly, that has to do with all the careful steps we wanted to take. we have succeeded in getting vaccinations started and they will not stop until the last person is vaccinated. >> francaise cautious -- france's cautious approach has left many curious, only about 500 jabs were administered in the first week. a complicated systeof getting consent is partly to blame. >> it is something new and you have to get consent. could we go faster without consent or n? there are ethical questions and it is quite c

hasty procedure in moscow has led to a lot of suspicion in and outside of russia but if the european medicine agency approves good big 3 it is safe to use she says the e m a will now have to go through hundreds of documents before it can advise the producer to seek market 3 sation a process that can take weeks or even months to finish sputnik he is using a similar technology as us president a car which is produced by oxford university dyspraxia will likely be approved at the end of next week and that shortly after millions of doses will be available soon within the european union how much appetite there will still be for sputnik 3 will depend on the scarcity of sex scenes at that moment. schools and businesses will stay shut in germany until at least mid february after the child surveillance state premiers agreed to extend covert 19 restrictions they also support a mandate to wear medical masks on public transport and in shops and locals says other european countries must impose similar restrictions or germany will consider restricting border entries italy's prime minister just epicanthic has surviv

that's right phil but despite all the pressure and the criticism the european medicines agency is not in the business of apologizing for taking whatever time it feels is necessary in a life or death issue like this so today in our briefing yemeni officials said that the astra zeneca data was very complex and despite the fact that it was the 1st one that they started looking to approve they were still getting data as recently as this week from the company so they simply said they're working as fast as they can to get results and that they can't be sped up by pressure. german and french health officials have questioned the drugs efficacy in people over 60 so want to see about base age group that's right did talk about this today as well and they said that there seems to be some confusion about them having very little data about people age 65 and over and confusion that this data may have actually been negative so they said that only 13 percent of patients in the information that they received were elderly and that's why the there are reluctant to draw a firm conclusion about the results

following the pfizer biotech vaccines the european medicines agency says it's accelerating its approvals procedure and that a decision could be reached by the end of the month. meanwhile the premier of the german state of the very has raised the possibility of mandatory vaccinations for all staff in nursing homes the call comes as many medical professionals in the country are openly questioning whether or not to get inoculated despite their proximity to the virus is danger reporter tessa walter visited a hospital here in berlin to find out why the reluctance for putting on his protective gear before entering the room of a covert patient diverting for intensive can substantiate he has been working with corona patients for months now and knows homeport notice to protect himself when coming into contact but an even better protection would be the current jab. we see. every day i see people dying from corona and see how patients are suffering how seriously do they become because of survivors that's why i would definitely like to be vaccinated against it as your horse before concluding going i

the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to the $27.00 e.u. member states with the 1st vice of biotech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more dramatic scene are eagerly awaited. standard throughout the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind and some european countries are getting frustrated with. efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the slowing down the distribution of corporate 19 vaccines step al-jazeera. greece's powerful orthodox church has violated coronavirus restrictions and open places of worship to market. president did that morning services for the christian holy day which were limited to 50 people the prime minister. had cold on church authorities to such an example but police said they would not interfere with a grease and force a nationwide lockdown which is due to expire on monday at least 3 people have been killed in major flooding in malaysia it's left more than $30000.00 sheltering in relief centers after thousands of homes were inundated acro

corona in november it's made by siberia's vector or institute where outfront comes as the european medicines agency begins reviewing the sputnik v that corona virus vaccine also produced in russia. sterve us and has more from amsterdam. the russian producers called couldn't agree the world's 1st certified vaccine against cope with 19 but it may take a while before it use it insists it will use it but countries like russia argentina and serbia have already massively been facts in aiding people using this vaccine do you see in medicine agency here in amsterdam has held a meeting with the russian producer gum a layer to see if it matches european standards worldwide scientists have criticized the early registration of the vaccine in russia early in september after it was only tested on a very small group of people well at that time i founded very early and certainly not according to standards as they are in place here in europe so because the number of participants at the moment was very small very little information about safety about possible side effects maybe in only use some of the participants b

that's right phil but despite all the pressure and the criticism that european medicines agency is not in the business of apologizing for taking whatever time it feels is necessary in a life or death issue like this so today in our briefing e.m.e.a. officials said that the astra zeneca data was very complex and despite the fact that it was the 1st one that they started looking to approve they were still getting data as recently as this week from the company so they simply said they're working as fast as they can to get results and they can't be sped up by pressure. german and french health officials have questioned the drug's efficacy in people over 60 so what. about basij group that's right did talk about this today as well and they said that there seems to be some confusion about them having very little data about people age 65 and over and confusion that this data may have actually been negative so they said that only 13 percent of patients in the information that they received were elderly and that's why the there are reluctant to draw a firm conclusion about the results but they s

the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to the $27.00 e.u. member states with the 1st phase of biotech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more than a vaccine are eagerly awaited with strike lockdowns extended throughout europe the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind the u.s. and the u.k. some european countries are getting frustrated with the delays efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the e.u. for slowing down the distribution of covert 19 vaccines step al-jazeera. greece's powerful orthodox churches violates coronavirus restrictions in places of worship to mark the christian holy day of oppression and the prime minister. has called on church authorities to such an example but police said they would not interfere with reports from pereira. the the church got its way in the end services went ahead with worshippers in attendance although the traditional casting of the cross on open water was left out this year in agreement with the government which is concer

the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to $27.00 e.u. member states with the 1st phase of biotech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more dramatic scene are eagerly awaited with strike lockdowns expanded throughout europe the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind the u.s. and the u.k. some european countries are getting frustrated with the delays they blame efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the e.u. for slowing down the distribution of covert 19 vaccines steps last and al-jazeera. well more than half 1000000 people in latin america have died from the virus the busy holiday season has led to a rise in cases in many countries report someone is ariz where health authorities are warning tighter restrictions could be introduced. was summertime in the southern cone and people are flocking to the beach in the province of one of cytosine argentina in spite of the pandemic the police are trying to disperse them to prevent more infections. here are concerned abo

the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to the $27.00 e.u. member states with the 1st pfizer by in tech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more than a vaccine are eagerly awaited with slight lockdowns extended throughout the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind us and the u.k. some european countries are getting frustrated with the delays efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the e.u. for slowing down the distribution of corporate 19 vaccines steps last and al-jazeera. a gracious powerful orthodox church has violated coronavirus restrictions in open places of worship to mark a prophet president of morning services for the christian holy day which were limited to 50 people prime minister kerry across mr tucker called on church authorities to set an example but police said they would not interfere with the reverend. we should not mess with our faith greeks a very faithful christians we cannot prohibit them from going to pray and to carry out their church to chr

let's get you have to speed on some other developments in the pandemic the european medicines agency says hackers are attempting to undermine public trust in vaccines the drugs regulator maintains stolen documents were manipulated and then linked online brazil has reported more than a 1000 deaths for the 5th day in a row the country has the 2nd highest national death toll with more than 200000 people have been having died there and vaccinations in germany have passed 1000000 covering more than one percent of the population but infections and deaths remain worryingly high. uganda's veteran president yoweri museveni has been declared the winner of a controversial election campaigning was marred by widespread violence international observers say they can't confirm the poll was fair because they weren't allowed full access authorities imposed an internet blackout and the main opposition candidate bobby wine says he's effectively under house arrest. you were in the 70s supporters celebrated on the streets of the capital kampala after the electoral commission announced that he had won a 6t

brussels has signed off on the drug after the european medicines agency gave its approval for its use and i don't see the e.u. is facing a storm of criticism over the slow pace of its vaccine rollout the astra zeneca is the fur vaccine to gain approval after those from biotech pfizer and madonna. straight to brussels that we find correspondent teri schultz welcome terry millions of people in the u.k. have already received this vaccine why is the e.u. been so slow. that's right phil but despite all the pressure and the criticism that european medicines agency is not in the business of apologizing for taking whatever time it feels is necessary in a life or death issue like this so today and everything e.m.e.a. officials said that the astra zeneca data was very complex and despite the fact that it was the 1st one that they started looking to approve they were still getting data as recently as this week from the company so they simply said they're working as fast as they can to get results and that they can't be sped up by pressure right i mean while german and french health officials hav

tomorrow, the european medicines agency is meeting and is expected to approve the vaccine, but for thes unlicensed in the eu. we had assembled our short list of vaccines... the uk is now reaping the benefits of commercial deals struck by the former head of the vaccine�*s task force. the uk is in a strong position because we recruited a private—sector team that knew the industry incredibly well. so, we prioritize the vaccine landscape quickly. we approach the various companies, and then we were the first to sign with 0xford astrazeneca, with pfizer biontech, and then we signed deals in addition with novavax, which we are expecting clinical shortly. the astrazeneca vaccine is grown in a buyer reactors. i've seen how complex the process is at this site in oxford. by contrast, they have been poor yields at the main european site in belgium. the eu is threatening legal action to force astrazeneca to hand over some doses made here. we can and will get doses of the vaccine from the series of plants which are mentioned in the contract, and therefore, also including those in the united kingdom.

if you have to speed on some other developments in the pandemic the european medicines agency says hackers are attempting to undermine public trust in vaccines the drugs regulator maintained stolen documents were manipulated and leaked online brazil has reported more than a 1000 deaths for a 5th day in a row brazil has the 2nd highest national death toll in the world war than 200000 there have died and vaccinations in germany have passed 1000000 covering more than one percent of the population but infections and deaths remain worryingly high meanwhile german chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party has chosen a new leader in lash it is currently the head of the most populous state north rhine-westphalia party delegates chose flashed in a mostly online congress earlier pick to succeed her as party leader resigned last year when put in a strong position to run for chancellor in federal elections later this year but claiming that spot won't be easy. a centrist a team player a successful campaign or the c.d.u. who's chosen. to lead it in a year which we see elections in 6 german st

the population infections and deaths from the virus in germany remain worryingly high the european medicines agency says hackers are attempting to undermine public trust and vaccines the drugs regulators as stolen documents were manipulated before being leaked online and brazil has reported more than a 1000 coronavirus related deaths for the 5th day in a row where the 200000 brazilians have died from covert 19 since the pandemic began . uganda is long serving leader you know where emo 70 has been declared the winner of the country's presidential election winning 58 percent of the vote in a speech with 70 thing the electorate for what he called a peaceful election campaign however it was marred by violence and international observers said they couldn't determine if the poll was free and fair because they were only granted limited access the internet was shut down across the country and the main opposition candidate bobby wine has rejected the results. our correspondent julius will go in the ugandan capital kampala told us more about the reaction to new seventies when. many people here in kampala esp

that's right a this just came out today that the european medicines agency says that 6 doses are available in each vial now i looked into this before coming on the air and it would of course be immediately very dramatic if we thought we could be vaccinating 6 times the number of people but it turns out that the people minister in the vaccine already knew that 5 doses were available in each vial so in fact what the e.m.e.a. is saying is that there is actually most likely a 6 available dose in each bottle if you use a very specific syringe and needle combination so while every additional dose is of course a very significant this does not mean that we can. increase by 6 the number of doses available but it does mean that there may be an additional single dose available in each of these vials. has been called the vaccination process how is it going in general. well as we've just mentioned in this single. session it has come under a lot of criticism for being too slow to buy an insufficient number of doses and then too slow to actually get these vaccinations in hand not all of that can be blame

this comes after the european medicines agency gave the go ahead to allow inoculations for people over the age of 18 this is the 3rd vaccine to get approval from the e.u. following shots from biotech pfizer and. the e.u. is facing a storm of criticism for this slow pace of its vaccine rollout. well that e.u. approval comes amid a bitter dispute between the e.u. and astra zeneca over delays to the delivery of vaccine supplies brussels accuses the pharmaceutical company of failing to fulfill its contractual obligations all the companies says it's working hard to overcome production problems but that its deal with the e.u. requires it to make its best efforts to supply vaccines with no clear delivery timeline and redacted copy of the contract has now been made public. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and purchased swedish pharma company astra zeneca over the lace and vixen deliveries the e.u. has made the contract pop lake but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out by astra zeneca a scandal so members of the european parliament. you

and a reminder of the top story we are following the european medicines agency has authorized over 1000 vaccine for all adults the approval comes with the loft in a dispute with the drug maker over planned vaccine delivery and with european nations struggling to ramp up vaccinations. coming up next. we'll have your business news more news at the top of the hour of course don't forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's. dot com. and i'm game that's 7 feet through the. worldwide sheer so that we can. but it's not just the animals little suffering it's the environment on a journey to find ways out of the machine if you are.

to answer for that the questions that can be fairly directed to brussels are why does the european medicines agency takes so much longer than those in the united states in britain in israel in canada to make decisions on these vaccines when when and initial tests have certainly proven them to be largely safe and effective so those are the questions that are taken on a european level the e.u. has made joint procurement joint purchases and certainly believes that it has ordered enough vaccinations for everybody it's just a matter of getting them here and again as i mentioned that's a lot of that problem is on the ground another thing we should mention about them and during a vaccine that is very promising and was mentioned in that piece is that it does not have to be stored in these ultra cool.

right now to one of our top stories the european medicines agency has given the green light for the covert 19 vaccine produced by a us company moderna it is the 2nd type of immunization for the disease after the biotech pfizer vaccine to be cleared for use in the e.u. many hope it will also speed up europe's covert immunization drives which have gotten off to a slow start. 2 doses 28 days apart and was found to be 94 percent to 32 in clinical trials the us canada and israel have all approved its use emergency workers in california were among the 1st to get the shot. we know that he would know like yes so he was in staffing in all and all of the patients too many patients and it's kind of. a health care in this case it comes why is. the maternal vaccine and company name of based on modified r.n.a. it contains the genetic instructions to produce proteins with the coronaviruses telltales bikes preparing the immune system for an attack from the real virus. it's the 2nd such m.r.i. in a vaccine following the german developed by own tech pfizer's shows the u.s. company mcdonough is just over 10

those on board the flight they'll be able to train for the tournament in the meantime the european medicines agency says hackers are attempting to undermine public trust in vaccines the drugs regulator maintains stolen documents were manipulated and leaked online and in china aspirin has been found to be contaminated with coded 193 samples tested positive for the virus meanwhile a strict nationwide curfew has come into force in france people now have to be at home and stay there from 6 pm 2 hours earlier than the previous curfew residents face fines or even jail time if they don't comply infection rates in france have stabilized but the number of coded 19 patients needing intensive care in hospitals is still rising rapidly. normally bustling with saturday night shopping and these paris businesses closed their doors much earlier than normal. we trust the government but once again it's a loss in revenue for us we need to reorganize our staffing we don't know how we will get financial help for that will we be able to use the furlough scheme for our staff what kind of impact will it have on our revenue

people over the age of 65 because there's not enough data on efficacy and we know that the european medicines agency is expected to make a decision on the astra zeneca vaccine today so what do you think we can expect there. that's really hard to say because as you have pointed out that there is selecting data and so far the approach of the e.u. has been a little more safe to play a little more safe rather than risk too much also because the fear is that this could fuel. vaccine skepticism amongst the population and we need to make sure that over 70 percent of the population gets vaccinated for the vaccine being effective so we'll have to wait and see really what the your being medicines agency decides today it may well be that they will wait until more data comes in which is coming in as well as even as we speak on that particular age group of the 65 year olds care of matters reporting for us from brussels good to talk to you. now the astra zeneca vaccine is one of 3 being used as part of britain's vaccination drive the country is one of the highest death tolls in the world but as we have heard it i

the european medicines agency is considering giving the green light to the us—made moderna vaccine. than other regulatory organisations. it's based in the hague, in the netherlands — the last eu country to begin coronavirus vaccinations — and our correspondent anna holligan is there. let's talk about this moderna vaccine, a lot of expectation today. and a huge degree of pressure on the ema to authorise a second vaccine for roll—out across the eu and the attraction with the moderna vaccine is that it doesn't need to be refrigerated at —75 celsius. to be transported. so it makes it easier to distribute. there is a lot of pressure at the moment because countries are struggling to administer these vaccines. there was so administer these vaccines. there was so much hope and expectation when the pfizer vaccine was approved a few weeks ago, but then the rolling out of the vaccination programmes in the different countries has brought a dose of reality. and there is pressure because pfizer is struggling to cope with the demand. and here in the eu, countries are looking at the uk where now 1.

the european medicines agency has said it is unlikely that the astra zeneca vaccine will be approved for the e.u. in january. here in germany media reports are suggesting the country's about to extend its lockdown till the end of january this is ahead of a meeting between chancellor i'm going to machall and the country's 16 regional leaders on tuesday weeks of tougher restrictions have so far failed to bring down infection rates many parts of public life including restaurants shops on schools remain closed. monday was meant to be the 1st day back at school after the christmas holidays but classrooms across germany remained empty most students saw their vacation time extended until january 10th well others attended classes virtually calls are growing across the country 1st schools to stay closed even longer or to only open partially in berlin opinions on the matter very. thank you note that i have 2 children myself one in high school and one in elementary school i think schools should remain closed a little longer even though it's difficult for us parents. perhaps we can find a good b

that the case may be different in the with the european medicines agency that's a bit of a star process in the u.s. of course it's a u.s. company so there is a sort of sense a gut feeling that says that will be pushing this through very quickly but and it is you know there are encouraging signs events been some talk about mean lower levels of x. advocacy but you know we are talking about research and progress particularly on the issue of the mutations we do not know what's happening in how many different variations there are many mutations where the mutate again so there is a chance that regulatory bodies will say look we need this is a good you know there are really good indications here it's cost face free in the u.k. let's put it out there because the best way to find out whether a vaccine is going to work is what you stick it out in the general population just ring monitor the progress as it evolves because this whole thing is a meeting face that is still evolving before our very eyes and so they will have to take it to essentially the next phase which is going to the public public

the european medicines agency has said it is unlikely that the astra zeneca vaccine will be approved for the e.u. in january. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic japan is considering considering a state of emergency to slow the spread of the virus in greater tokyo the surge in infections has raised more doubts about what the talk you will be able to host the olympics this summer to south africa has announced a plan to begin immunizations next month standing arrival off its 1st vaccines the country is the worst hit on the continent and australia's most populous states new south wales is with 140 local coronavirus cases the state into sydney where residents can be fined on the spot if they don't wear masks in public. well germany's build newspaper and the reuters news agency are reporting that a chancellor merkel's government and regional leaders have agreed to extend the country's lockdown till the end of january head off a planned meeting tomorrow between the chancellor and 16 regional leaders weeks of tougher restrictions on public lif

in the next hour, the european medicines agency is expected to approve the oxford—astrazeneca covid vaccines slowed deliveries to the bloc because of production problems. nick beake reports from brussels. revealed in black and white, the contract at the heart of this spiralling international row. the deal was signed between the eu and the covid vaccine maker astrazeneca. but millions of doses won't be arriving on time. both sides still claim they're in the right. translation: there is no priority in the contract. the contract is crystal clear. there is a binding order and no other requirement that needs to be met. we wouldn't even have these production capacities if the eu hadn't invested in the companies in advance. this unremarkable industrial estate in belgium is now an important location in this bitter argument. investigators were asked by the eu to come here and check whether astrazeneca were telling the truth about production problems that they have contributed to this shortfall of the jabs. the stand—off could affect the supply of other vaccines, including pfizer's. the eu is now tak

on friday, the european medicines agency is expected to authorize the same vaccine across the eu. a waiting room without any patient. a vaccination center without any vaccine. germany relied on the eu to place its orders, a decision which may have come to cost. >> we really feel it here. people keep asking us why we have not been vaccinated yet. at the end of the day, these are political decisions which i have to accept. but i am looking forward to a time when we have enough vaccine and we can get on with it. >> immunity will bring life back to the streets, we start the german economy. just 2% of the population have had their first dose so far. even so, she tells us, it was right that the eu took all the vaccine together. if not everyone gets vaccinated, that the plague comes back over the border. if we do it, we should do it together. germany's infection rates are falling. but there is real concern about the impact of new variance like those discovered in britain and south africa. while the german government has pledged to offer every citizen a vaccination by the end of the summe

corona in november it's made by siberia's vector institute the announcement comes as the european medicines agency begins reviewing the sputnik weaker on a virus vaccine also made in russia step pass and has more from amsterdam. the russian producers called put in a creek the world's 1st certified vaccine against cope with 19 but it may take a while before it use it insists it will use it while countries like russia argentina and serbia have already massively been facts in aiding people using this vaccine do you see in medicine agency here in amsterdam has held a meeting with the russian producer gum a layer to see if it matches european standards worldwide scientists have criticized the early registration of the vaccine in russia early in september after it was only tested on a very small group of people well at that time i founded very early and certainly not according to standards as they are in place here in europe so because the number of participants at the moment was very small very little information about safety about possible side effects maybe in only use some of the participants but if

you know we are waiting till it's our richer and the sooner the better the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to the 27 e.u. member states with the 1st pfizer buy in tech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more dramatic scene are eagerly awaited with strength lockdowns extended throughout europe the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind the u.s. and the u.k. some european countries are getting frustrated with the delays efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the e.u. for slowing down the distribution of corporate 19 vaccines steps last and al-jazeera. china's defended delays in allowing an international team of experts into the country to investigate the origins of the virus on tuesday the head of the w.h.o. said he was very disappointed with beijing's decision but the government says details of the trip still need to be clarified. fisherman that the origins problem is very complex to ensure the work of the global experts group in china is successful we need

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after those pfizer bound to a madonna european medicines agency says it is excel awaiting its approvals procedure and the decision could be ready by the end of the month. meanwhile the premier of the german state of bavaria has raised the possibility of mandatory vaccinations for stuff in nursing homes the call comes as many medical professionals in the country openly question whether to get inoculated despite their collective proximity to danger d.w. reported tessa valve visited a hospital in browning to find out why. putting on his protective gear before entering the room of a covert patient diverting for intensive can substantiate it. he has been working with cover on out haitians for months now and no one's home port notice to protect himself when coming into contact but an even better protection would be the cover of jab. we see every day i see people dying from corona i see how patients are suffering how seriously they become because of this virus that's why i would definitely like to be vaccinated against. the horse. and for nasa and i also find that i have a duty of care towards

well it's interesting that the european medicines agency has now approved the us to have a vaccine for all age groups so this is the 3rd fact seen that can be used in the european union against covert 19 there was this talk before that that might be a limited approval so people evolve 65 would not be able to get the vaccine but may has decided not to go along with this spite the fact germany really insisted on this i'm sorry limit they say that despite the fact that the fact she has been tested only in the groups mostly in groups until 55 years of age they have found enough antibodies in also elderly people who have been given the vaccine also in the u.k. but also in the trial to reassure people above 65 that it's safe to use they say there will be more information coming in along in the next couple of weeks so these updates will also maybe reassure people even more that this vaccine is safe to use for everyone basically all age groups or friends of update just of us know. god bless you all thank you. we take a look back at the life of the american hollywood legend and cicely tyson. bi

the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to $27.00 e.u. member states with the 1st phase of biotech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more dramatic scene are eagerly awaited with strike lockdowns expanded throughout europe the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind the u.s. and the u.k. some european countries are getting frustrated with the delays they blame efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the e.u. for slowing down the distribution of covert 19 vaccines steps last and al-jazeera. more than half a 1000000 people in america have died from covert 19 the busy holiday season is led to a rise in cases in many countries and a slow roll out of vaccines is making the situation worse there is about reports what her health authorities are warning tighter restrictions could be introduced. was summertime in the southern cone and people are flocking to the beach in the province of one of cytosine argentina in spite of the pandemic the police are trying to disperse

this after the european medicines agency gave the go ahead to allow inoculations the people of the age of 18 u.s. facing a storm of criticism for the slow pace of its back same rollout. this is the 3rd vaccine to get approval from the e.u. following shots from biotech pfizer and modern the a.m.a.'s executive director explained why the body gave astra zeneca the great loss the recommendation to approve the aust as the seneca vaccine is based on that data that shows that the vaccine offer its protection against cope with 19 with a reassuring safety profile while the 1st 2 approve both were for messenger r.n.a. foxy means the astra zeneca vaccine is based on another technology it's an at the you know virus based vaccine this this means spoke about 15 uses a common virus from the virus family that has been modified to carry a portion of the covert 19 corona virus called the 5 protein. i think of our respective vaccines are easier to handle than m.r. in a box scenes in terms of transport and storage and this should simplify the latest sticks of rolling the vaccine out across the e.u. and ho

well with the locks lockdowns extended throughout europe all eyes have been here on this european medicines agency they have indeed been accused of being too slow finally today are for a delay again of 2 days so the more damn our fax scene has been approved thinking that 4 weeks ago the united states already started to administer the same vaccine so there has been this criticism and a lot of people especially in germany where vaccinations have been in full swing we're waiting for a 2nd fact seem to be approved as soon as possible so a lot of pressure has been put on the agency as well to come forward with this decision but the european union and agency as always sat we do this very carefully a lot of people in europe are very skeptical skeptical of also about the safety of the vaccinations so that's why they're taking their time but of course time is running out. of hospitals are flooded with 19 infections are still on the rise throughout of europe and the netherlands in particular has been under fire for the slow rollout of the vaccination war i have things been so slow. yes that's a very good qu

yes we do we finally have this approval the european medicines agency took its time if you compare it to the u.k. where already for nearly 4 weeks the same vaccine has already been given to people of all ages and at the same time the agency also has sort of given some kind of doubt about the effect you see of this. thing they said it's only 59 percent they say it's enough it's promising but it's not as much as a 2 out of x. instead already have been approved and used here in the european union a biotech fighter and modernity and on the other hand there was this whole issue about the age limit german scientists have sat early in the week that it shouldn't be given this vaccine to people 65 years and all because they are not enough data to show that it's actually even official for this age group and the european medicines agency says that's true there's not enough data but they did find antibodies in elderly people as well using the same facts so it should be good to use but there they have raised this doubt which actually could lead to member states in the federal member states in the

let's get you up to speed on the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic and the europeans medicines agency says hackers are attempting to undermine public trust in vaccine the drugs regulated maintains stolen documents with manipulated and leaked online austria meanwhile is extending its lockdown until february 7th to bring down still high in fiction writes max and i since in germany have passed $1000000.00 covering more than one percent of the population and in china has been found to be contaminated with $193.00 samples tested positive for the virus well countries are rising to vaccinate their most vulnerable citizens against 19 most people would expect to get this shot at a medical center or not residents of the in the city of souls prove they're the city's cathedral has been repurposed as the makes it might shift vaccinations into . getting your covert jab to the sounds of handling back playing on the cathedral organ. due to coronavirus restrictions worship is a new no longer able to attend services here but souls breaker thehotel now serves its parish in a different way the 800 year o

the population infections and deaths from the virus in germany remain worryingly high the european medicines agency says hackers are attempting to undermine public trust and vaccines the drugs regulators says stolen documents were manipulated before being leaked online and brazil has reported more than a 1000 coronavirus related deaths for the 5th day and a row more than 200000 brazilians have died from covert 900 since the penn demick began as the world mourns the 2000000 people worldwide who have died with the covert 19 infection governments are starting ambitious immunization drives india faces an enormous task the country aims to inoculate one quarter of its 1300000000 people by july. the moment many indians have waited for. one of the biggest acts seen rollouts in the world. the government plans to reach around 300000000 people by july. carried live on national t.v. prime minister narendra modi addressed the nation by video conference saying every willing indian can get a shot by the end of the year speaking directly to the country's health workers promised they would have priority. the 1st va

questions now about its efficacy in older patients mordor we expecting to hear from the european medicines agency other data brand as we speak is still coming in through the european medical agency from astra zeneca the problem really here is that there is not a lot of data on elderly people the ratio of people who participated in the pretrial for this vaccine of over 70 year olds is just 3 percent and so there is not a lot of data that the european medical agency can work with and that is why some have suspected that that my leads to a recommendation for younger people for that particular vaccine but we'll have to wait and see until friday that is when the approval is expected all right steve months with the latest tonight's in brussels thank you. well here's a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic portugal will suspend all flights to and from brazil beginning friday and that's due to a surge in cases in brazil the french drugmaker sanath says that it will join forces with its rival pfizer to help produce the buy on tech vaccine as its own vaccine is not ready for production