he's optimistic faxon's can suppress the virus despite new variants emerging just if we get 70 to 85 percent of the country vaccinated let's say by the end of the summer middle of the cinema i believe by the time we get to the for we will be approaching a degree of normality some pretty perfectly normal but one that i think will take a lot of pressure off the american public. the message from the biden administration is clear hope is on the horizon but it will still take many months to overcome the pandemic and the devastation it has rolled. as william blue croft is covering the story for us well what's different about joe biden's approach to fighting the coronavirus compared to what we saw under donald trump. i think we heard about it right there in the report in a word science biden already said during the campaign when he was president elect that he would let science dictate the agenda and not politics like we saw so often on the trump ministration not just politics but trump's own wishes and things that would make him look older thought that he would look good. we also heard in t

recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 faxon should be proud ties for both the pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its biotech pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then doubt them with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th. but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify logistics considerably if approved this single shot job could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to spe

he's optimistic faxon's can suppress the virus despite the very end submerging just if we get 70 to 85 percent of the country vaccinated let's say by the end of the summer middle of the summer i believe by the trying we get to the full we will be approaching a degree of normality suddenly perfectly normal but one that i think will take a lot of pressure off the american public. the message from the biden administration is clear hope is on the horizon but it will still take many months to overcome the pandemic and the devastation it has rolled. so you look at some of the other developments in the global pandemic and germany is public health body the robert call institute says more than 50000 people in germany have now died from corona virus the number of people dying by suicide in japan has risen over for the 1st time in over a decade as the pandemic reverses years of progress combat in a high suicide rate japan's health ministry says women and children in particular are taking their lives at higher rates and in spain the easing of travel restrictions over christmas to allow families to

vaccine uptake jase if you are deaf or recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 faxon should be prioritise for both the pfizer vaccine and the astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change the situation entirely unlike it's by intake pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and endowed them with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th. but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancey in vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify the logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by fe

citizen gets faxon ace's before those exports take place does that you you know want to follow and you 1st started. news is getting e-mail no i'm talking about a fair share that we have a fair share of the material that we financed in advance and after all in almost all contracts that the european union negotiated we invested hundreds of millions of euros in advance so that production capacities could be established so it is not a matter of being 1st it is a matter of being fair that is the point here. but of course we as europe as the european union as the german federal government always stressed. that we are also thinking about the supply of scenes to the rest of the world. in the end we are developing vaccines here in europe in germany for the whole world it is our goal that others can profit as soon as possible but one thing remains true i can tell german citizens that vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. and this is fun thank you very much for the interview. southern africa has been hammered by another tropical storm cycle and eloise has

recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 faxon should be proud ties for both the pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change the situation entirely unlike its biotech pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then dowden with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th. but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify the logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february . the pressure is now on governments to sp

recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 faxon should be proud ties for both the pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change the situation entirely unlike its buy and take pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and endowed them with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify the logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to

they've also exhilarated their faxon nation program this with a lot of action we hope to have vaccinated more than a 1000000 french people by the end of january and we also want to prioritize the backswing for the 15000000 people regarded as the most vulnerable the government is racing to curtail the covert variant and ovoid another national lockdown but the message from most health experts seems to be that it may be already too late natasha butler al jazeera. around the clock curfew has come into force in lebanon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infections a lockdown is due to last 11 days and is the country's toughest response to the pandemic so far it comes amid growing criticism that uncoordinated policies helped to fuel the spread of the virus the country's acting health minister has himself in hospital in treated for coated 19 so honda has more from lebanon's capital. for the 1st time really the government is requesting people apply online or call a hotline to get permission to venture outside for ever for any emergency authorities really had little choice from january 3

diseases doctor is back in effect she says he feels liberates at the science can i speak he's optimistic faxon's can suppress the virus despite new variants emerging just if we get 70 to 85 percent of the country vaccinated let's say by the end of the summer middle of the summer i believe for the trying to get to before we will be approaching a degree of normality it's not going to be perfectly normal but one that i think will take a lot of pressure off the american public the message from the biden administration is clear hope is on the horizon but it will still take many months to overcome the pandemic and the devastation it has rolled. google has threatened to block its internet search engine in australia if it's forced to pay news organizations for their content google's representative spoke at a parliamentary hearing into new legislation intended to make tech giants pay media companies for using news snippets a surly as prime minister said he would not respond to google's threat like in many other countries google dominates internet searches in australia according to the company 95 percent

should expect teaching programs remember many countries and many of them in europe do not do mass faxon ation this is something many countries have not done for years because the routine vaccinations programs of care the infectious diseases that they so. getting over logistics together getting all the people together getting the places getting the training that is it an extraordinary mobilization. what i have to say is i'm very impressed that people have been able to start because that means put tremendous amount of work in over a period when it's normally holidays for most people. when it comes to us knows nothing so far it seems that every country is looking out for itself is that a good thing or do you think there should be more international corporation and sharing. well we said it is w.h.o. want to see everybody vaccinated around the world in the same period now of course some countries are going to start earlier than others but we want to see the high risk groups of people who are most likely to get sick and die and and also those people at risk of catching it because if they don'

approval by march if all goes well sputnik be will be used alongside the astern seneca jap and india's faxon which have already been rolled out we spoke to dr reddy's managing director about why they chose sputnik feet. the 1st reactions which are coming out in india i deserved for the government. of public workers and all that but there are many many many people who need access to these vaccines and hence more better and i do believe that the sputnik is also a very odd ones vaccine and really hopeful that it will work with the well received we're very pleased with the science behind the act seen as your noise as a humanized. are used but this which is an odd one dates then you have are 2 different recto to see your dives for the made vaccine and the booster doors that's the mother one day age of me also saw the safety data and also some if you can see data and the science behind how this vaccine was deadlocked and the platform which was in the ad if you want to know why it is like they're based on. the platform was considered but it's saying the if you can see a good day don't look very goo

they've also accelerated their faxon nation program with a lot of action we hope to have vaccinated more than a 1000000 french people by the end of january and we also want to prioritize the vaccine for the 15000000 people regarded as the most vulnerable the government is racing to curtail the covert variant and avoid another national lockdown but the message from most health experts seems to be that it may be already too late. al-jazeera. around the clock curfew has come into force in lebanon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infections on wednesday there were long queues outside food store says beirut resident top. post for 11 days. south korea's top court has upheld a 20 year prison sentence handed down to former president for corruption box involvement in a large scale abuse of power in bribery scandal led to mass protests in 2017 and ultimately her removal from office she was accused of conspiring with her longtime confidante. to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from south korea's largest companies rob mcbride has more from seoul. this ruling finally marks t

commission remains faxon ating 70 percent of the. population by the end of the summer but not everyone sees covert purse bought as a panacea the president of roumania has suggested that vaccine passports would divide europe's population in 2 while the world health organization is calling on people to be a bit more thoughtful when it comes to travel and not clamor to get back on planes all over the world as soon as possible i asked people here on the streets of berlin what they thought about the proposal it's a big problem for me because i don't want to be vaccinated so they have to catch me and to vaccinate with with force the main point should be the focus not on travel but people we have to think about the community and that should be the main reason for certificates but at the same time sensitive because might encourage people to get vaccinated thus helping society i think it's unfair because only the people who are vixen will be freed to travel to work to go to the cinema everything and the people who are not so there will be dis

the government's image hasn't been helped by the exceptionally slow start to the covert faxon campaign in the country partly due to minister's reluctance to be seen pushing facts scenes many don't want some expose say better informing people about how vaccines work and the possible side effects would help change minds rising infections of clearly created a sense of urgency that governments doctors and social media influences to help spread their message but it's clear that unraveling decades of mistrust won't be easy but al-jazeera must say the united arab emirates will reopen its air sea and land borders with qatar in the coming hours as part of a u.s. backed deal saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain in egypt agreed this week to restore ties with kata after a 3 and a half year blockade cut i always as a red looted some flights space at the messaging service what sop is updating its privacy policies allowing plants allowing the platform to share more user data with its parent company facebook this is far too widespread criticism among users is a being forced to accept a new privacy policy b

they've also accelerated their faxon nation program with one of the elections we hope to have vaccinated more than a 1000000 french people by the end of january and we also want to prioritize the taxing for the 15000000 people regarded as the most vulnerable the government is racing to curtail the cave it variant and avoid to end up a national lockdown but the message from most health experts seems to be that it may be already too late natasha al-jazeera. around the clock curfew has come into force in lebanon to combat a dramatic surge in corona virus infections wednesday there were long queues outside food stores as residents stocked up will be imposed for 11 days and it's the country's toughest response to the pandemic so far it comes amid growing criticism that uncoordinated policies helped fuel the spread of the virus. russia's prison author of 2 years warned the opposition leader let's you know that he faces immediate arrest once he returns from germany he says he plans to go back this weekend despite threats isn't been to russia since being in august the kremlin has repeatedly deni

though they've faxon ated around 5 percent of the population inside the a you're looking at italy with around 2 percent germany only one percent and not is why people are calling for well a faster reaction a faster response to getting that vaccine into people's arms in the hopes that as soon as that's done we can start loosening some of the restrictions that are upon us. a world health organization team has now arrived in china as it will one province is the region where the corona virus was 1st detected in late 2019 there that is trying to. the origins of covert 90 the scientists who've been approved by the chinese government to interview people from research institutes and hospitals they will also look at the web to market which was which was linked to the initial outbreak however before they can start work the scientists will have to undergo 2 weeks of 22 of the team had to stay behind because they tested positive experts believe there's a long journey ahead before there is a full understanding of how the corona virus came about. shoppers in northern ireland finding rows of empty sh

the government's image hasn't been helped by the exceptionally slow start to the covert faxon campaign in the country partly due to minister's reluctance to be seen pushing vaccines many don't want some expose say better informing people about how vaccines work and the possible side effects would help change minds rising infections if clearly created a sense of urgency the governments of age doctors and social media influences to help spread their message but it's clear that unraveling decades of mistrust won't be easy but al-jazeera now say brazil's president insists the country cannot shut down us coronavirus deaths there past 200000 the number of daily cases has increased to a record of nearly 88000 experts are warning that the outbreak is set to get worse due to the recent christmas and new year holidays australia travelers now show a negative covert 1000 test before boarding a plane there that says the city of brisbane enters a 3 day lockdown authorities are trying to stop the spread of the more infectious strain of virus that's been found outside brisbane's quarantine system for

use it and will use it but countries like russia argentina and serbia have already massively been faxon aiding people using this vaccine do you mean 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 the number of participants is very small you might not be able to pick them up to detect them so at that moment i. was astonished that prove that it was already given to people she says the hasty procedure in moscow has led to a lot of suspicion in and outside of russia but if the european medicine agency approves put big fee it is safe to use she says a will no

levels of vaccine take place you are therefore recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert 900 faxon should be proud ties for both the pfizer vaccine and the astra zeneca vaccine britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its by intake pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then dowden with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th. but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify the logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by feb

recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 faxon should be prioritise for both pfizer vaccine and. britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its buy and take pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then dowden with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to speed up this crucial p

he's optimistic faxon's can suppress the virus despite new variants emerging just if we get 70 to 85 percent of the country vaccinated let's say by the end of the summer middle of the cinema i believe by the trend we get to the 4 we will be approaching a degree of normality it's not going to be perfectly normal but one that i think will take a lot of pressure of the american public the message from the biden administration is clear hope is on the horizon but it will still take many months to overcome the pandemic and the devastation it has rolled. google has threatened to block its internet search engine in australia if it's forced to pay news organizations for their content google's representative spoke at a parliamentary hearing into new legislation intended to make tech giants pay media companies for using new snippets australia's prime minister said he would not respond to google's threat like in many other countries google dominates internet searches in australia according to the company 95 percent of searches are done through its portal. and let's get more on the story now we c

algeria has just begun its faxon nation drive using doses of russia's sputnik vaccine the initial jobs were issued and that's. where algeria's 1st cases were detected in march the government's also trying to secure deliveries of the astra zeneca vaccine only 4 other african nations have begun their inoculation campaigns health officials in senegal say covert 1000 variants are fueling a surge and infection its health system is overwhelmed and medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors canada is imposing tougher travel restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the more contagious strains of covert 19 next week returning travelers will have to quarantine in hotels at their own expense canadian airlines are also holding flights to mexico on the caribbean to discourage vacationers me and mars the military says it will abide by the country's constitution and it concerns the armed forces might attempt a coup the governing party has called on the military to accept the results of november's election more than a dozen countries over urged me and mara to add

are there for recommends that delivery of the 1st those of covert $900.00 faxon should be prioritise for both the pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine. britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires experts say it could change the situation entirely unlike its biotech pfizer competitor this vaccine is more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to inoculate much of the population and endowed them with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's janson vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify the logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february the pressures on governments to speed up va

citizen gets faxon ace's before those exports take place does it do you know what to follow and you 1st start to see news and skipping a meal no i am talking about a fair share that we have a fair share of the material that we financed in advance after all in almost all contracts that the european union negotiated we invested hundreds of millions of euros in advance so that production capacities could be established so it is not a matter of being 1st it is a matter of being fair that is the point going on. but of course we as europe as the european union as the german federal government always stressed that we are also thinking about the supply of vaccines to the rest of the world still. in the end we are developing vaccines here in europe in germany for the whole world that it is our goal that others to proffer to soon as possible but one thing remains true i can tell german and citizens that vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. when the other person on your knees mr spawn thank you very much for the interview. time now for some news headlines

they've also accelerated their faxon nation program this week we hope to have vaccinated more than a 1000000 french people by the end of january and we also want to prioritize the vaccine for the 15000000 people regarded as the most vulnerable the government is racing to curtail the covert variant and avoid an up a national lockdown but the message from most health experts seems to be that it may be already too late natasha al jazeera. police in belgium have arrested more than 100 people vote and lies in a police station during a largely peaceful protest hundreds rallied in brussels calling for justice after a 23 year old black man died in police custody but the demonstration turned violent when the right place tried to disperse protesters large gatherings have been restricted because of coronavirus prosecutors are investigating the circumstances surrounding the man's death. according cambodia has resumed a mass trial of more than 60 opponents of the government most have been charged with treason for taking part in nonviolent political activities the trolls been heavily criticized by

there's a hot debate over who shall be i hot debate over who shall be vaccinating faxon aged —— palestiniansw disagree at this building site, the nuts and bolts of the situation are seen very differently. it all relies on workers from the west bank and is pushing for israel to vaccinate them. they're essential to israel's strong economy and the week palestinian one. we israel's strong economy and the week palestinian one.— israel's strong economy and the week palestinian one. we are depending on 6000 workers — palestinian one. we are depending on 6000 workers that _ palestinian one. we are depending on 6000 workers that are _ palestinian one. we are depending on 6000 workers that are working - palestinian one. we are depending on 6000 workers that are working jobs i 6000 workers that are working jobs of construction and we need that because — of construction and we need that because without them we cannot construct — because without them we cannot construct. i think this is logic... we also — construct. i think this is logic... we also have to vaccinate the israeli — we also have to vaccinat