also be as court is director of the institute of public health it good to have you on the show. again, how important is contact tracing for your job as an epidemiologist? i think it's very important, it's a crucial step in fighting that and that makes you need to have test results. obviously the laboratories need to be in place and functioning. and then you need to have staff were actually trace track down people who may be in fact that test them and isolate them if they test positive is a very important crucial aspect. and what about these contact tracing apps? i mean, surely, we could do things. so much quicker and more effectively with these apps, but do they actually help stop code 90? there certainly is this. the issue with these apps is that they will not work on all the smartphone platforms. so you need to have a relatively new generation smartphone plus the software, not all can afford to have a smartphone. so if not all of us have a smartphone, then it already has limitations. and so that's why it can assist the process, but it's not the solution to stop the pandemic. y

also be escorted is director of the institute of public health. it's good to have you on the show. again, how important is contact tracing for your job as an epidemiologist. i think it's very important. it's a crucial step in fighting the pandemic. so you need to have test results. obviously the laboratories need to be in place and functioning, and then you need to have staff where actually trace track down people who may be in fact that test them and isolate them if they test positive is a very important crucial aspect. and what about these contact tracing apps? i mean, surely, we could do things so much quicker and more effectively with these apps. but do they actually help stop code 90? there certainly is. the issue with these apps is that, that they will not work in all the smartphone platforms. so you need to have a relatively new generation smartphone plus the software, not all can afford to have a smartphone. so if not all of us have a smartphone, then it already has limitations. and so that's why it can assist the process. but it's not these allusion to stop the pandemic. y

also be as court is director of the institute of public health early and it good to have you on the show. again, how important is contact tracing for your job as an epidemiologist. i think it's very important. it's a crucial step in fighting that and the mix. so you need to have test results. obviously the laboratories need to be in place and functioning. and then you need to have staff where actually trace track down people who may be in fact that test them. and isolate them if they test positive is a very important crucial aspect. and what about these contact tracing apps? i mean, surely, we could do things so much quicker and more effectively with these apps, but do they actually help stop code 90? there certainly is. the issue with these apps is that they will not work on all the smartphone platforms. so you need to have a relatively new generation smartphone plus the software, not all can afford to have a smartphone. so if not all of us have a smartphone, then it already has limitations. and so that's why it can assist the process, but it's not the solution to stop the pandemic. yea

a vaccine available and enough people who are vaccinated to be his core director of the institute of public health that are lynch. it's a thank you very much for joining us today. and the interesting stuff. thank you for having me. well enough from a time for you to us. the questions is our science correspondent, eric williams, which colbert 19, diagnostics are most useful from an epidemiological point of view. there are basically 3 types of diagnostics that play useful, but different roles in the fight against covert 19 and the 1st 2 are for determining whether someone has the disease or not. the gold standard for doing that is what's called a polymerase chain reaction or p.c.r. test. and it works by amplifying tiny amounts of any viral genetic material available in a sample up to levels where it can be detected, although no test is 100 percent reliable and p.c.r. tests are very accurate on the downside. they're also slow and fairly expensive, which is a drawback when numbers of cases are rising rapidly. the 2nd class of detection diagnostics called antigen tests work by detecting viral proteins

also be escorted is director of the institute of public health. good to have you on the show. again, how important is contact tracing for your job as an epidemiologist? i think it's very important. it's a crucial step in fighting the pandemic. so you need to have test results. obviously the laboratories need to be in place and functioning, and then you need to have staff where actually trace track down people who may be in fact that test them and isolate them if they test positive is a very important crucial aspect. and what about these contact tracing apps? i mean, surely, we could do things so much quicker and more effectively with these apps. but do they actually help stop code 90? there certainly is. the issue with these apps is that, that they will not work in all the smartphone platforms. so you need to have a relatively new generation smartphone plus the software, not all can afford to have a smartphone. so if not all of us have a smartphone, then it already has limitations. and so that's why it can assist the process, but it's not the solution to stop the pandemic. yea

vaccine available and enough people who are vaccinated to be as caught director of the institute of public health that are lynch of it, say, thank you very much for joining us today and the interesting stuff. thank you for having me. well enough from a time for you to us. the questions is our science correspondent there which colbert 19, diagnostics are most useful from an epidemiological point of view. there are basically 3 types of diagnostics that play useful, but different roles in the fight against covert 19. the 1st 2 are for determining whether someone has the disease or not. the gold standard for doing that is what's called a poly raise chain reaction or p.c.r. test. and it works by amplifying tiny amounts of any viral genetic material available in a sample. up to levels where it can be detected. although no test is 100 percent reliable, and p.c.r. tests are very accurate on the downside. they're also slow and fairly expensive, which is a drawback when numbers of cases are rising rapidly. the 2nd class of detection diagnostics called antigen tests work by detecting viral proteins directly

and tens of carol, you can see, has more than doubled in the past few weeks. the all that caught institute germany's public health body is warning of more deaths to come, and the health minister says restrictions are likely to last through the winter institute's president has urged people to keep socialising to a minimum and says the situation is already serious. defied sounds in 2 men right now. the number of cases is very high yield a few times, leading to a lot of people missing work and not become a part of me speaking a lot of people are becoming seriously ill and may possibly stop for long term effects or even die. any movements we need to accept that the situation is going to get worse. over the coming weeks, some clinics could reach the limits of their capacity crowd. it's possible that patients will not be able to receive optimum care. and some cases i'm not on the political correspondent, thomas sparrow. thomas, germany is still recalling high numbers of new infections. intensive care occupancy has doubled. put that in perspective for us regarding total capacity. well, it's certainly a very serious situ

biden is due to be inaugurated on january 20th, germany's public health institute says the number of confirmed corona virus infections in the country has surpassed 1000000. chancellor angela merkel has warned, of tough months ahead. she told parliament on thursday that restrictions to curb, the virus could be extended into next year. because although the infection rate has stabilized, it remains high. pressure officials have called for the dismissal of the police officers. you beat up a black music producer in parents. the victim's lawyer said he was lucky to have c.c.t.v. evidence. as a result, concerns are growing over new proposed legislation that would restrict the filming of police on duty faster. the president has secured a landslide victory in his bid for a 2nd term of opposition. leaders accuse the government of massive fraud. the election was held under the shadow of a jihad is insurgency that has killed more than 2000 people this year. the ethiopian army is reported to have blocked one of the main roads leading to sit down, preventing people fleeing the to great conflict fr

the whole bad cop institute's germany's public health body is warning of more deaths to come. the health minister says was strictures are likely to last through the winter. the institute's president has urged people to keep socialising to a minimum and says the situation is already serious. defied sounds in 2 men right now. the number of cases is very high, need a few months leading to a lot of people missing work and not come apart of me. speaking a lot of people are becoming seriously ill and may possibly sell for long term effects or even die. any response, we need to accept that the situation is going to get worse. over the coming weeks. some clinics could reach the limits of their capacity when it's possible that patients will not be able to receive optimum care. and some cases, i'm not on the political correspondent, thomas sparrow. thomas, germany is still recalling high numbers of new infections. intensive care if you're pencey has doubles. put that in perspective for us regarding total capacity. well, it's certainly a very serious situation that some of that germany's

i also became the 1st american secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. germany's public health institution says the national right of corona virus infections is still too high. but case numbers have stabilized indicating that the latest restrictions introduced at the start of november. i have in a positive impact just by this. the head of the robert cock institute has warned that the situation remains serious. this is d w. news from berlin. you can follow us on twitter and instagram is a t, w dot com in, one of his last acts as u.s., secretary of state mike pompei 0. today, made history as he became the 1st secretary of state to visit an israeli settlement . land palestinians say was stolen from the symbolism was strong, but was there more in 2 months from peo and his boss, president, trump, will both belong to america's political past. and yet what we witnessed today could have been a rehearsal, but for a future presidential candidate named mike on peo. or did we just see a repeat performance by a candidate named donald trump? i'm bringing off in berlin. this is the day for the trump busi

i also became the 1st american secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. germany's public health institution says the national right of corona virus infections is still too high. but case numbers have stabilized indicating that the latest restrictions introduced at the start of november. i have in a positive impact just bought is the head of the robert culp institute has warned that a situation remains serious. this is d w. news from berlin. you can follow us on twitter and instagram over is a t w dot com in one of his last acts as u.s. secretary of state mike pump a.o. today made history as he became the 1st secretary of state to visit and israeli settlement land palestinians say it was stolen from them, the symbolism was strong, but was there more in 2 months from peo and his boss, president, trump, will both belong to america's political past. and yet what we witnessed today could have been a rehearsal, but for who a future presidential candidate named mike pompei. oh, or did we just see a repeat performance by a candidate named donald trump? i'm pretty often berlin. this is the day for t

so far, all of the accused have remained silent. germany's public health institute is warning, covert 19 infections could spread uncontrollably in some parts of the country. numbers are still rising despite a partial national lockdown. nonetheless, the institute says the infection curve may soon be starting to flood germany is in its 2nd week of a 4 week partial shutdown. but the covert 19 situation remained serious. more than 20000, new infections have been recorded in a single day. ahead of the country's disease control agency, the robot cock institute, warned of more deaths to come from this monster. and you need to accept that the situation is going to get worse over the coming weeks. some clinics could reach the limits of their capacity and it is possible that patients will not be able to receive optimum care. in the last 2 weeks alone, intensive care occupancy has more than doubled. the german doctors say they are watching the number of free beds diminish. quickly. authorities have urged people to remain vigilant. but as it was the case with the spanish flu, w

of nationalism and far right extremism. oh, here in germany, the public health institute is warning that it's expecting an uncontrolled spread of covert. 19, affixed in some parts of the country. numbers are still rising rapidly despite a partial national lockdown. bars and restaurants are shuttered, but more than 20000 cases have been recorded. in a single day, intensive care occupancy has more than doubled in the past few weeks. the whole because the institute is warning of more deaths to come, and the health minister says, restrictions are likely to last through the winter. chancellor angela merkel has urged people to remain vigilant. here's what she had to say, but look at it. as was the case with the spanish flu. we now also have to expect the 2nd wave to be more severe, and it happens during a less fortunate time of the year, the winter months. which means we will have to deal with this for the whole season, which often, but even if there is good news now on vaccines being developed and want to have any significant impact this winter, got you on the must the needle. so we have to continue with our precautionary measure

of essential institutions in us society whether they favor conservative or liberal policies when it comes to health care americans agree that the centers for disease control and other government institutions designed to protect public health have completely failed the country in the face of coded 19 centers for disease control and r.u. . department of homeland security this job easy to track global pandemic you know what they do they fear you from their chaotic early response to underestimating the danger to the lack of testing kits and accusations of becoming a political tool the centers for disease control are being hit from all sides other essential institutions of u.s. society are affected by a deep crisis for example law enforcement. are our. recent protests sparked by the killing of. words floyd as well as a long history of police brutality have many americans asking whether or not they're really safe and protected public trust in the police as an institution has been in decline intelligence agencies are yet another example they are expected to gather information and then provide it to the military but lately they seem to have been getting caught up in political squabbles if the 1st people you met from so-cal

> i think the important response that i get asked often is my job as the director of the nih institute and public health official is to focus entirely on what my mission and our goal is which is to use science and health to preserve the health, so safety and welfare of the american people regardless of what the administration as you know and many people know that i've had the privilege of serving six presidents since i tsbecame director in 1984 and that's what we focus on his scientists. we are livingis in a charged political environment, but that is something that isn't primary for us we just continue to do our job, to force public health and also to do the science that leads to things like the vaccine that you mentioned in the introduction that was just mentioned by the dean in the introduction, so that's what i focus on. when you hear those things in the newspaper many people think i get shaken back and forth by that but to be honest i don't. >> let me follow-up a little bit on that. as people started the program they probably thought that's great this is the guy. they are probably democrats. you hav

of their colleagues are expelled from parliament. china condemns what it calls a blatant challenge to it. so far, i'm still gala welcome to the program. germany's public health institute is warning that covered 19 infections could spread uncontrollably and some parts of the country case numbers are still increasing despite a partial national lockdown. despite this, they robert coherence issued says the infection is likely to start flattening sim. germany is in its 2nd week of a 4 week partial shutdown, but the covert 900 situation remains serious. more than 20000, new infections have been recorded in a single day. the head of the country's disease control agency, the robot cock institute, warned of more deaths to come from. and you need to accept that the situation is going to get worse over the coming weeks. some clinics could reach the limits of their capacity and it is possible that patients will not be able to receive optimum care. in the last 2 weeks alone, intensive care occupancy has more than doubled. the german doctors say they are watching the number of free beds diminish quickly. authorities have urged people to remain vigilant. but as it was the case with

of the world. the who, the c.d.c., and what people may not realize is that the u.s. public health institution and some of the best interests in all the world are great friends and colleagues of doctors in china and that's fine. but we also took a part in funding their research, think of this, we also helped them to design their version of our c.d.c. and there was a certain cockiness, an over confidence on the part, i believe of americans doctors that they would be forth coming. they had a professional medical relationship with individuals that they thought would obviate any communist institution in beijing or wuhan. they truly believed it. you could-- none said it to me, but in my discussions with them from january on, those doctors, they were very, very certain that they would know best about what would be going on in wuhan. even as that virus was unleashed by the chinese communist party on the world, an unsuspecting world. and did not acknowledge it, i declared on my show, victor, that it was a viral pandemic two weeks before the who would move to that point. the c.d.c. wouldn't call it a p

through 12 schools as well as institutions of higher learning, really are we're having our challenges, and it would be counterproductive from my point health from a public point of view, just in containing the epidemic if there was an emotional response to say, let's close the schools. wanted to echo what vice en said by the president and dr. fauci. light at the the end of the tunnel. and this is why now more than said by dr. birx, dr. than and myself, now more ever we're asking all americans, americans to redouble their fforts to be vigilant to mbrace social distancing, hand washing, our advice about crowds support using the data to make decisions in the communities, particularly as and es to k through 12 institutes of higher learning. these clearly, data support, really important from a public health perspective, as well the pandemic as, what you'll hear about in a minute that these schools stay open. want to end on a of confidence, that i'm confidence that we're going to emerge successful and an end.is pandemic to i don't have any doubt on that. need, we need all in.s to go all go all in with face coverings, washing,istancing, hand smartness about cr

of people enjoying san francisco now. it's nice. it's nice to see it. ♪ ♪ >> to keep everybody safe, we've really instituted some very strong health and wellness protocols for the public gondolas are completely wiped down before you get in them. somebody exits, they get wiped down again. we have hand sanitizing stations everywhere, the social distancing. everything is done from a ticket-less point of view. it's all by reservations. the public should not worry. this is really -- we've taken the cleanliness factor, i think, to a very high level. i think everyone can feel safe

of state capacity, public institutions can do what our richest private institutions have started doing on behalf of their members. >> so we can -- it certainly tells us need to have a stronger public healthrastructure. open to the idea how we embrace technology. very, very quickly because we're run out of time. so many more question is want to ask you. speaking of technology, you talked about how the world has changed and flu and yellow fever with the flu and mobilation and travel. now we have social media. we have all of these conspiracy theories around covid-19, vaccines, a whole range of things, a lot of disinformation om the top of govnment, that sends con -- fans conspires theories. what do we make of sene how do we deal with science and good health education and health literacy when we have all of this frankly untruth swirling around us, so that part of mrs. had to completely different set of facts than another part of america. >> there's some historical precedence for this, and so one of the things when looking at cholera era newspapers in new york city, is a conviction by the democrats representing irish immigrants, my an city -- ancestors in new york -- persuade that public heal

of the national institutes of health. >>says only about half the country trusts the vaccine will be safe and colin says public trust will be crucial to beating the virus now that we're at the point where there's actual information to be shared optimistic. moderna ceo says the company is working toward 20 million doses by january prioritizing health care workers and vulnerable populations first doctor fauci says the vaccine likely won't be available to the general public until next april this is a remarkable testament to american ingenuity. >>the bright researchers and brave test participants party leaders on both sides of the aisle weighed in monday republican senate leader mitch mcconnell touted the early results as part of the success of operation warp speed does is start public private partnership is on track to deliver a scientific miracle president-elect joe biden addressed the logistical challenges distributing the vaccine nationwide how do we get over 300 million americans vaccinated watch the games it's a huge huge huge undertaking and undertaking his administration will face day one biden says it's one reason pres

support that k-12 schools as well as institutes of higher learning really are not where we are having our challenges and it would be counterproductive from a public health point of view just in containing the epidemic if there was an an emotional response to say let's close the schools. finally it wanted to echo what has been said by the vice president dr. fauci is we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. this is why now more than ever as was said by dr. birx dr. fauci and myself now more than ever we are asking all americans, all americans to redouble their efforts to be vigilant, to embrace masks, social distancing, handwashing and our device about crowds and really to supportsing the data to make decisions in the communities particularly as it relates to k-12 and institutes of higher learning. these clearly the data support and it's really important from a public health perspective both with the pandemic and is what you'll hear about in a minute that the these schools they open and finally i want to end on a clear message of confidence that i am confident that we are going to emerge successfully to bring this pandemic to an end. i don't have

of. at the same time, there are cautiously optimistic, as we heard yesterday from germany's public health institute, that measures are going in the right direction. germany has introduced those measures limited restrictions at the start of november. not everyone likes them bought new in for test polls suggest that most germans actually support the government's coronavirus policy. while a little over a quarter of germans think the measures go too far in majority of 54 percent of people in the country think they're appropriate and 18 percent even say the measures do not go far enough. thomas, why is there such overwhelming support for these measures? of germans just acting out of fear. i think germans understand that there is a need for these further measures, especially when you look at those stocks when you look at these daily record cases . although i myself saw that when reporting here in berlin for example. and that's something that other colleagues have also seen a certain degree of coronavirus fatty, so on the $100.00, obviously you do see that understanding that many germans have for the need

of new corona virus cases. according to german public health authorities, a robot called institute, a new infections contributed to nearly 11000 on monday. well, joining me for more is our chief political editor, michela. what can we expect from today's meeting? well, we can expect more restrictions. that's the bottom line. this is really taking stock of what was decided to weeks ago. those renewed restrictions. and what we're expecting to see is that the number of people allowed to meet in public and in private could be reduced even further from the draft documents that are already circulating. and more can also see that there might be a shift in strategy or way from restrictions outside the individual sphere. for instance, when it comes to restaurants. so we might not see tougher restrictions there and instead see more of an incentive and requirement for people to go into quarantine. pursley much faster and for potentially longer periods of time without actually being tested positive. that's one element. that's in the draft that people who call in sick, who have cold like symptoms instead of testing because w

administrations, and i have been doing this as the director of the institute for 36 years, and i've never seen a situation in which a public healthue has been thrust into divisiveness. >> reporter: pressure is mounting on the administration to stop block the transmission. the head of the u.s. chamber of commerce, who supported president trump's agenda, said the administration should not delay the transition a moment longer, and some on wall street also want to move on. >> we need a peaceful transition. we had an election. we have a new president. we should have unity to that. >> reporter: and as pfizer continues working with the trump administration on its covid-19 vaccine, aides to mr. biden and officials with the pharmaceutical giant confirm they're also in talks about the plans. a company spokeswoman says that's because, "there's absolutely no room for politics in this process." norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. today, thousands of parents of new york city school children sent a petition to the city's mayor and the state's governor demanding that the nation's largest school system reopen immediately for in-person lea

the value of state capacity that institutions can do with the richest private institutions have started to do on behalf of their members. >> it tells us we have to have a stronger public health infrastructure with the idea of technology but very quickly because we're running out of time, speaking of technology and how the world has changed with all the globalization and travel one of the core differences is now we have social media and all the conspiracy theories around covid-19 and vaccines and a lot of misinformation from the top of government that spans conspiracy theories how do we deal with good health education and literacy with the untruth just swirling all around us so that part of america has different facts than another part. >> there is a historical precedents looking at cholera era newspapers in new york city the democrats representing irish immigrants in new york persuaded that public health measures are anti- immigrant to stir up democratic voters against those health measures in new york city so we see that going way back of course it's also true public health authorities have lied to people with allies to start the program racism and public health and these e