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france russia as its number one danger banks to deter and defend against a full spectrum of threats emerging from moscow and the e.u. struggles to 3rd coronavirus why many countries being forced into lockdown once again to battle rising inflection. hello there 7 pm here in moscow you with r.t. international now the u.s. department of health claims it used to promote its ties to pressure brazil into not approving russia's coronavirus vaccine over fears that increasing russian influence in the region could threaten u.s. security revelation came in an annual report earlier i discussed this with our senior correspondent. this is the united states department of health health and human services that is boasting that it is managed to deny potentially hundreds of millions of brazilians a vaccine. the office of global affairs used diplomatic relations in the americas region to mitigate efforts by states including cuba venezuela and russia who are working to increase their influence in the region to the detriment of u.s. safety and security examples include using the office of global affairs health at

let's get a check of some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the leaders of germany france and russia have discussed the prospects of getting russia's sputnik v vaccine approved in europe they also talked about producing the shot in the e.u. she lay has signed a new deal with china can see no biologics for 18000000 doses of its one shot back seen to lay boasts one of the world's fastest inoculation drives and the united states the european union and other western countries have called on china to give full access to all data about the origins of the virus after the w.h.o. said that beijing withheld some information from investigators. italy has ordered a mandatory 5 day quarantine for travelers and entering from other european countries travelers from outside the e.u. already have to quarantine much of it to leave remains under tight coronavirus restrictions as the country battles a 3rd wave of infections the whole of the country faces a 3 day lockdown over the easter weekend italy has reported more than 100 mi 1000 deaths so far the highest toll in the e.u. and the pandemic also seem

in the gleaming palace of nations the big four america england, france and russia met to seek an end to a decade of cold war heading the soviet delegation where premier bulgan and communist party chief krusechief. playing russia's plan policy of friendship, khrushcheff called bogan and back for cameraman phenomenally outranked by the premier chris chester appeared very much the boss. president eisenhower accompanied by secretary of state dulles offered to exchange complete military information with the russians in a dramatic personal appeal but the plan was rejected by buganan and the is wartime friend general zukov at left? britain's eden and french premiere four supported the daring american proposal the president startled and delighted genevans by going window shopping near the parley's end. he proved a popular american ambassador of goodwill. on the return to washington a heavy rain drenched mrs. eisenhower the president and the welcoming party including vice president nixon mrs. nixon the president's mother-in-law and his daughter in law also at the airport were cabinet members

france russia and the government of national court or the d.n.a. had support from italy it has support from church so although many are hopeful that this is a new beginning to a united government many are bit hesitant because you know the years of political divisions the years of conflict how to devastating impact on people here and that really was fueled by a by many foreign stakeholders many foreign countries. for loop for the e.u. libya's a very key security and geo political issue a stable libya means they have a chance to curb migration and to stabilize the entire region also means a steady flow of oil libya has africa's largest cruise. reserves and so it's a potentially very rich country it's also very underdeveloped that's been made worse by the years of conflict in the years of violence so lots of potential for foreign investment and for contract for construction contracts to rebuild the country and you know many countries have their eyes on it egypt for instance is looking for those contracts tricky as well and the new presidential the hea

working with our allies, germany, great britain, france, russia, china, those were the allies that came together on the original agreement, trying to get iran back to the negotiating table, and hopefully back within the confines and limits of that agreement. it is not going to be easy. i think it is important to keep that path open if they want to do it. it is available and they should make use of that opportunity, but by god, if they don't take advantage of that path, then we are going to continue to put pressure on iran, we are going to continue to maintain our forces in that region, we are going to continue to respond militarily when they attack our troops. that is the name of the game. you cannot just simply walk away from the threat that iran represents to that region. so yes, you need a diplomatic path. if they are smart, they will take advantage of it, but at the same time, we have to be prepared militarily to deal with any potential attack from iran. roger: follow up on that with you, general mcmaster, the biden administration said they want to get back into the jcpoa but they w

being in london during those turbulent years of campaigning sylvia berman has also served to france and russia and china now retired from the david rhotic service and she's free to speak and write her mind her new book goodbye britannia is out now welcome to the w. as we take stock of not your leaders around the world britain the united states and russia amongst them a naive person might ask what's wrong with being an inveterate liar what look what it gets you. well i think precisely the lines are not as important as the. one and you showed everything when you know you should. read as you remind us. when you was a correspondent. for the times when you were. the telegraph you wrote you're a meek and very joyous inventions of the e.u. nations. that's the beauty. of it people and soft wants it was a sensitivity of course because it was charismatic also i think we don't consider. that as we used to do in political life and by the way what i said in the group is that he was not. and say no. no i said enough for your words not in your answer pritish people so to save maybe not. yes so it's a well kn

and now to some other developments in the corona virus pandemic the leaders of germany france and russia have discussed the prospects of getting russia's sputnik v vaccine approved in europe they also talked about producing the shot in the e.u. chile has signed a new deal with china and can see no biologics for 18000000 doses of its one shot back seen to lay boasts one of the world's fastest an occupation drives the united states the european union and other western countries have called on china to give full access to all data about the origins of the virus after the world health organization said beijing withheld some information from investigators. the united states and germany have both asked their citizens to leave me on more as soon as possible as the situation in the country worsens daily protests demanding the restoration of the elected government have been met with an increasingly violent military crackdown more than $520.00 civilians have been killed since the start of february protesters have defied strict curfews to hold funerals for those killed in the violence meon mar has

well as being in london during those turbulent years of campaigning sylvie burman was also to france and russia and china now retired from the david rhotic service she's free to speak and write her mind her new book good bye be tight it is out now welcome to the w. as we take stock of knowledge your leaders around the world britain the united states and russia amongst them a naive person might ask well what's wrong with being an inveterate liar what look what it gets you. well i think precisely the lines are not as important as the. well and you should everything when no you should. read. you remind you was sacked. when he was a correspondent. for the times when he was. the general you wrote your of the east and very intentionally the e.u. nations. and that's the beauty. of it people and soft wants it was a sense this is of also because it was charismatic. i think we don't consider. that as we used to do political life and by the way what i said in the book is that it was not. enough. though i said enough for your words not in your answer pretty stiff so to say maybe not. yes so it's a well kno

understanding that we need to find a way to engage with indigenous peoples because spain and france and russia even, out in california, still had their own designs on north america and so united states was trying to find a way to woo native peoples to negotiate with them to become trading partners and military allies and political relatives with the united states. at the same time, being steeped in ethnocentric mindset, believing that native people were culturally inferior, that we were spiritually inferior. that we didn't understand the concept of property ownership and that discovery had given them superior rights to our lands because they were a christian society. so, you have these endemic feelings of how it played out like in the declaration of independence and the first treaty with the delaware, and so things have been in a state of confidence ever since there. with some federal lawmakers, you know, anxious to engage with native people and being willing to invite them to win the draw in the american democratic experience. and other still viewing us as savages. and as people who are infer

sells as many arms and stand as russia germany france and china combined that may surprise some people do you see any concerns to such a scenario almost a monopoly on arms. the concern is largely with the buy assault weapons many countries that buy weapons. would like to have a choice where the supply rich just in case they want supply of that take use is doing difficult they want to go somewhere else to another supplier that is not doing so difficult and if you get a new monopoly then it becomes very difficult for supplies to make their own choices what do policies that got dictated by the supplier design give the us greater leverage cannot influence countries foreign policy depending on how willing the us is to sell them weapons it definitely does mean it's a so what the us aims at and many other countries also use weapon export supply as a tool of foreign policy so it's not just i want to make money but i want something from foreign policy goal that is in my interest maybe not necessarily in the interest of the buyer and if you are to major supplier you have your hands on a lot of t

out of the nuclear deal and reimposed sanction on iran in 2018, china is a signatory, as are russia, francemany and the eu. iran's president has voiced his appreciation of beijing's support on accord, saying, cooperation between us is important for the implementation of the joint comprehensive plan of action, and the europeans commitment to the deal and could change the existing conditions. china says, the cooperation deal does not target any country. >> the planned focus is on tapping the potentials of economic and people to people cooperation between the two nations, and making plans for long-term cooperation prospects and paths. it does not exclude specific contracts or indicators, and it is not targeted at any third party. it is believed this plan will provide a large-scale framework for future cooperation between china and iran. ♪ anchor: let's bring in our guests in beijing. a political and economic analyst. and a professor of political science. joining us from brussels if the director for the center for russia, europe and asia studies. welcome to the program, thank you for joining us

understanding that we need to find a way to engage with indigenous people's because spain and france and russia even out in california had still had their own designs on on north america and so the united states was trying to find a to woo native people to negotiate with them become trading partners and military allies and political relatives with with the united states. while at the same time being steeped in ethnocentric an ethocentric mindset believing that native people's were culturally inferior that we were spiritually inferior that we didn't understand the concept of property ownership and that the darkness discovery had given them superior rights to our lands because they were and let a christian society and so you have these ambivalent of feelings played out as it did in the declaration of independence and first treaty with the delaware and so things have been in the state of inconstancy ever since then with some federal lawmakers, you know anxious to engage with native people and being willing to invite them to join the american democratic experiment and others still viewing us as sav

out of the nuclear deal and re impose sanctions on iran and 2018 and china is a signatory as are russia france germany and the e.u. as a bloc iran's president hassan rouhani has voiced his appreciation of beijing support for its iran's position on that a court saying cooperation between tehran and beijing is important for the implementation of the joint comprehensive plan of action and europeans commitments to the deal and can change the existing conditions well china says the cooperation deal with iran does not target any country. watching the plan focuses on testing the potentials of economic and people to people cooperation between the 2 nations and making plans for long term cooperation prospects in parts it does not include specific quantified contract so indicators and it's not targeted at any 3rd party it is believed that this plan will provide a large scale a framework for future cooperation between china and iran. let's now bring in our guest in beijing we have an art tangan who's a political and economic analyst into iran hamad mousavi a professor of political science at the iran uni

as well as being in london during those turbulent years of campaigning silberman was also to france and russia and china now retired from the diplomatic service and she's free to speak and write her mind her new book goodbye britannia is out now welcome to the doubly. as we take stock of not your leaders around the world britain the united states and russia amongst them a naive person might ask what's wrong with being an inveterate liar what look what he gets you. well i think precisely the lines are not as important as. well and you should everything when no you should. read as you remind us. when he was a correspondent. for the times when he was. telling. you. you're a meat and very choice inventions of the. nations. except. for the people and so off once it was a sense this is also because he was charismatic also. as we used to do in political life and by the way what i said in the group is that he was not. and say no. no i said i know from your words not in your answer pretty spiffy so true maybe not. yes so it's a well known fact it's not a secret so everybody knew that's exactly what you

president michel of france has accused the russia and china of attempting to use vaccines to reinforce their due political positions to fall in them as the enemies in a vaccine war in which they use fighting on the same side as washington. you know we're facing a new type of world war facing especially russian and chinese attacks and destabilization if it's through their vaccines if we want to hold on we must preserve our sovereignty and today we have the ability to produce enough to do so. microns and else when it comes as a railroad use within europe over the years and shortfalls in vaccine deliveries earlier in the week brussels tighten export controls on jobs outside the block. now there's been reaction to the accusations by a president from both russia and china moscow says it's facing a campaign aimed at discrediting its vaccines but is not at war with anyone but aging sees the only way to defeat the pandemic is white thing united highlighting its various to work with others are joined live by luke revie independent journalist for more on this the french president's comments serv

russia for help. the leaders of germany and france have spoken with russian president vladimir putin about possibly usings sputnik v vaccine which is still being reviewed by the eu. the talks as angela merkel and emanuel macron under heavy pressure to contain growing outbreaks at home. germany is steadily approaching 3 million confirmed cases of the virus and france is treating more than 5,000 covid patients in icus, the highest number in nearly a year. president macron is set to address his nation today about the crisis. >>> so let's cross to cnn's melissa bell, she joins us live from paris. good to see you, melissa. so surging cases in france and germany with both nations turning to russia for help with the vaccine. what is the latest on all of this? >> reporter: that's right, rosemary. that is an important shift since what we had seen so far is that the sputnik investigation under investigation since march 4th by the european's medicines agency that process will take several months. if you look at what's happened with previous vaccines until now it was really only countries breaking ranks with the res

canada france any other even russia because i'm talking about the free countries you know that they are the countries that they claim that they support human rights and democracy i blame them more than that countries that they say doesn't support the they don't claim that they support democracy and freedom like russia or signer because i think people are suffering in their countries also you know with democracy so i hope that you will by militia know this. i mean what i'm saying now but let me to say about that return your scale and any other countries you know that support any dictators around the world with any kind of supporting. the it is you know directly or indirectly they are participating with this dictator in his i believe in missile against his way people or against any people. and in the world and india man they are supporting mohammad beside him and mohammad in killing the yemenis when they sell a cell with this to them so it's very important for this country as countries that claim they support democracy that they support human rights and they have the values for freedom di

kingdom, there was a lot more hesitancy and people were down in the 50 percent range like france, germany, poland, russia do you really trust the government and this and that. i am not at all surprised that europe don't, part of this is driven by not having the vaccine, but even if they had the vaccine whether they could get people to take it i think is somewhat of an open question. >> that is problem because this could just continue to cycle through europe over and over again if people won't get the shots. let's bring it back here specifically to the bay area, what individuals need to do now? we had a report earlier in the newscast that it's almost impossible to get shots in the bay area. >> it won't be for long. this is a matter of we have to wait until the national supply catches up, which it will quickly. the governor has taken 40 percent of the top to try to bring up parts of the state that have been under vaccinated in which there's been a lot of transmission. by turning off transmission its source we will limit transmission everywhere so i think that's a very sound strategy. it's going to disrupt

united states buying equipment they don't have to buy from us, they could buy is from russia or china or from france. or other people. and you know we're talking about 400 million over a -- billion give it free. of they actually pay their bills. you know tremendous numbers of jobs. it is a big purchaser. and you know we have to look at that with everything else. it is unfortunate the whole incident took place. they their viewing it maybe in a similar fashion, very interesting. steve: that is what i thought. there is another area where very different. approach to one you laid out today, from the border. want to just reference a news report last week, february numbers, of children separated from their families at border, highest in history of the program. and cbp officials now projecting that by may there will be 13,000 children separated from their families at the border. way more than anything that occurred on your watch. and my question, do you think that in the end, they will copy your border policy if only on humanitarian grounds? >> i cannot tell you, but this open mat policy they have, come on

russia. germany, france, italy and spain don't see a lot of coming to them out of moscow and because of that,t eager to get involved in some american-led confrontation. paul: all right, it's going to be a fascinating. thanks for coming in. still ahead, republicans and some democrats are sounding the alarm, the house take steps to overturn a congressional election in iowa. ♪♪ >> they don't want to count every ballot, they want the results they need and everybody should be outraged about this because it may be iowa this year but it could be another congressional seat in another year. ♪♪ has democrats moving ahead with an effort that could overturn the results of an iowa house race despite objections from some in their own party. marion miller makes won the election by 47 votes in november. the margin shrinking to six votes in a recount. her victory was certified by the state of iowa and she was sworn into congress early january. now her democratic challenger, rita hart wants the house to overrule state and see her instead 2222 discard ballots she said would have made her the winner counted "wal

russia has this soft power influence but also germany and france could influence russia in the future in delivering to the developing world. there is a zero—sum element to some degree, these countries stepping in has saved us the burden of doing that but it's also a huge opportunity. we have to think in the longer term when people will be thinking about who are our friends in a time of need? if russia and china... that's not going to be in our interests. the developing world, in many countries they are at a nascent stage thinking about international trading relationships, infrastructure, communications, he's going to be the influence for their governance and regulatory frameworks? if we are not there doing that, helping to influence that and making sure those things are built on the principle of openness, what is quite clear is that russia and china are happy to step in and fill that vacuum and i don't think that's in our long—term interests. don't think that's in our long-term interests. . ~' , ., brazil has suffered its highest daily total of coronavirus deaths — nearly 3,800 — amid

5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything the biden ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now are james pattison is a former u.s. diplomat he says the biden administration should not back down against iran. americans were told that during joe biden was elected president that he was bringing an expert team into the ministration especially on foreign policy because that's the area east nationalized in over 50 years and want in the senate. this revived in his next words look very foolish right now in the eyes of the world because they can't get there they are there in the process of trying to meet the demands of. the iranians and they're just making america look very weak in the world and questioning whether mr vireo party plans to take on or again you know last we keep our rainy and malicious sites in sy

5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything by did ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now. well iran is warning it will respond accordingly if any action is taken against it by the european nations the warning follows reports suggesting the u.k. germany and france are working on a resolution they planned to present to the international atomic energy agency that would sense iran over its recent steps last week tehran stopped boland 3 cooperation with the agency ending all surprise inspections and disabling cameras set to monitor its nuclear facilities the international atomic energy agency chief raphael grossi reached an agreement with iran to continue those inspections for at least 3 months the agency's board of governors is shuttle to meet on monday morning to discuss iran's nuclear program trita par

5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything the biden ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now. the syrian military is saying it said defenses responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media says missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of the capital there's been no official response from israel which really comments on strikes inside syria the biden ministrations about to begin talks with the taliban the state department has announced a u.s. envoy to the afghan peace process zalmay khalilzad will travel to afghanistan and cattle it says the main goal is to find a political settlement and 40 permanent cease fire between the taliban and the afghan government they reached a deal last year but often accused each other of breaking it. libya's na

russia and also france the g.n.a.t. the government national court had support from chirk eve from italy so many are hoping that this new government will receive international support a united european union means that they can they can move forward and and have a better chance of being successful now to the e.u. a stable libya means there is a chance to curb my migration flows also means that they can stabilize the whole region and it also means a steady flow of oil libya has africa's largest crude reserves could be a potentially very rich country it's also very underdeveloped. so and that's been made worse by the years of violence and conflict so lots of potential for foreign investment for construction for construction contracts and a lot of countries are eyeing that so a stable libya means that you know many countries like egypt and turkey and the e.u. can invest in libya that's why we're seeing the new head of the presidential council in egypt today meeting with sisi is expected to fly to chirk e later on later on t

5 plus one the 5 permanent members of the security council of course united states france the u.k. . china and russia add the other being germany to see where they go from here bottom line is though is that. tehran wants sanction relief before discussing anything the biden ministration has said nope we'll discuss it but we 1st got to meet and that's that is where the real roadblock is right now the mother is ready prime minister is blaming iran for an attack on a cargo ship is ready and vessel was damaged by an explosion in the gulf of oman on friday the blasts left holes in the hollow the ship now dumped into by and even that's a yahoo wouldn't be drawn on direct retaliation iran's foreign ministry for its part denies any involvement. the syrian military says its defense has responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media say the missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of damascus there's been no official response from israel which rarely comments on strikes against syria. the biden ministrations of being about to begin talks with the ta

like russia, germany, israel and france. >> this comes on the heels of a heavy toll. more than half 1 million americans have died of the virus. nearly 55,000 of them are californians. >> our first guest this evening are here to take stock of the year that has passed. the missteps and triumphs and help us assess what is ahead as we transition back to an open society. joining is now via skype is dr. robert walker chair of the department of medicine at uc services go. hello. >> hi. >> as well as dr. monica gandhi at uc san francisco. >> hi. >> dr. gandhi let's begin with the concern over the variance. are you worried about the virus changing so dramatically into a version that cannot be managed by the vaccines we currently have? >> i am not worried about that. for one thing just from our knowledge you cannot mutate yourself too much. the virus can't do that. coronavirus has a strong -- mechanism so it looks like it is changing but not that fast. we are looking at antibodies as our main immune response for viruses. but is actually cell mediated immunity. our t cells that

for vaccination distribution ahead of countries not states ahead of countries like russia, germany, israel and france and i know our progress as it always felt fast enough and look we we make mistakes i have made mistakes but we on them. we learn from and we never stop trying. after all that's that's the california spirit. we're bent but not broken bloodied but unbowed resolve to make brighter days ahead, and not to let the pain of last year to deter us from the hopefulness of tomorrow. but the state of our state and remains determined i remain determined. and i just want you to know we're not going to change course just because of a few naysayers and in doomsday years. so the california critics out there promoting partisan political power grabs with outdated prejudices and checked everything that makes california truly great. we say this. we will not be distracted from getting shots in arms in our economy booming again this is a fight for california's future. you know since this pandemic started uncertainty well, it's been probably the only thing that we can be certain of. but now we're providing a

ahead of countries, not states ahead of countries like russia, germany, israel and france. i know our progress is not always felt fast enough. and look we have made mistakes. i have made mistakes. but we own them.ut we learn from them. we never stop trying. that is the california spirit bloodied but unbowed, resolved to make a brighter days ahead and not let the pain of last year deter us from the hopefulness of tomorrow for the state of our state remains determine. i remained determined. i just want you to know we are not going to change course just because of a few naysayers and doomsayers. the california critics out thereri promoting partisan political power grabs with outdated prejudice and injecting everything that makes california truly great we say this, we will not be distracted from getting shots and arms and our economy booming again. this is a fight for california's future. since his pandemic started it is probably the only thing that we can be certain of. but now are providing a little bit more certainty. certainty we are exiting californians as quickly as possi

while overnight a presidential dinner was held to praise long—standing allies, france, russia and theemic struck leaving many unable to access help. the report says that adult social care is being hampered by the government's failure to set out a long—term plan. i'm nowjoined by our social affairs correspondent alison holt. alison, tell us more about the findings of this report and a shortfall that they have identified. well, they have had a look at the arrangements for oversight and accountability by the department of health and social care in the care sector and it basically said that those arrangements are ineffective. it gives the background which is that in the last decade, funding, local authority funding for local care services has fallen and that the number of people receiving council care services has also fallen. the government's own projections that show in 2038 there will be a steep increase in younger adults with disabilities who need support, under 65 and older adults, who need support. now, they are critical on a whole range of levels. they say short—term funding, a lac

the fight against the pandemic that it's also where a diplomatic win between russia and europe as well while germany france and italy have become the latest countries to suspend the use of astra zeneca as vaccine i made health concerns it comes at a particularly bad time for the midst of failures in its inoculation program with the vice president for his commission saying the block is struggling where 5 member states have written a letter venting their anger at what they call huge disparities in the way vaccines are being shared out with more on the story his. trapped in a never ending vaccine nightmare the bureaucrats in brussels must be thinking mon dieu promises on reality have so epically failed to much up for the european bloc that they've been left with no option but to apologize it is true that mistakes were made when ordering the vaccines in brussels as well as in the member states the main issue has been delivery to laze of the astra zeneca job the initial deal of 18000000 doses was slashed to just $31000000.00 with the recent warning promising another months long hold up all this leaves the e.u.

this when slavery is a bad thing it was abolished forever in france in 845 it was only abolished in america in 865 it was abolished in russia uneaten 60 we're not the last critics of france's former leader his brutal military campaigns across europe and asia but supporters say he also boosted along the way social institutions and laid the foundations of today's legal system. and elizabeth says those angry at napoleon of being too selective. the whole point is to criticize a certain type of colonialist if you take the ottoman empire if you take which which is the longest acting colonial powers more than half a 1000000 euro and who are quite ferocious against our populations and who practiced slavery nobody talks about that they will only talk about a certain type of western europeans because they've decided that they were everything that is evil what amazes me is of course like every every spat started in the media goes on twitter not only were people supporting me in france which i expected i get a russian friends of mine came to my support spaniards who said yes to he you know he brought in bad things to welcome my country

the pipeline will take gas from russia to germany. france is looking down several regions, including the paris area, as it struggles to contain the third wave of the pandemic. only essential businesses and schools will remain open. the capital has been under a high level curfew, but infection rates continue to climb. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. annmarie? annmarie: laura wright, thank you. eu nations, including germany and france, are resuming the use of astrazeneca vaccines starting today. but has confidence in the vaccination program been undermined? we answer that question. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the german government is suspending coronavirus back nations -- vaccinations with the esther beneke a -- with the astrazeneca dose as a precaution. >> there are very few cases that are outside the normal, but they are very significant. we hope that the ema can in the shortest time it clear any doubt and allow us to