health system is in desperate need of relief. and for more i'm joined by professor toby escorts he is an epidemiologist and the director of the institute of public health at the sheraton a hospital here in berlin dr carter calls for the lockdown being extended are growing louder are they justify it. unfortunately yes we could expect that the numbers are not going down over the christmas holidays and in new years the hospitals are full use of full and because we have a high rate of infection still going on these numbers won't go down so unfortunately there's no out of chance but to extend the lockdown as we're going into this new year what about schools and kindergartens should they be allowed to reopen. it's very difficult really to make this disease but i think with the constant infection rate and the hospitals being full that opening schools for a normal school days not possible so we definitely have to find different solutions for that so what would be the way forward there that is remote learning going to be the foreseeable future of schooling or is there another way that they could safely then. well it's a combination of things the vaccinat

health system is in desperate as reveries. and for more i'm joined by professor toby escargots he is an epidemiologist and the director of the institute of public health at the sheraton a hospital here in berlin and dr carter calls for the lockdown being extended are growing louder are they justified. unfortunately yes we could expect that the numbers are not going down over the christmas holidays and in new years the hospitals are full use of full and because we have a high rate of infection still going on these numbers won't go down so unfortunately there's no other chance but to extend the lockdown as we're going into this new year what about schools and kindergartens the should they be allowed to reopen. it's very difficult really to make this disease but i think with the constant infection rate and the hospitals being full that opening schools for a normal school days not possible so we definitely have to find different solutions for that so what would be the way forward that there that is remote learning going to be the foreseeable future of schooling or is there another way that they could safely reopen. well it's a combination of things

public life hopefully as soon as possible a strong call there for a continued lockdown until they make is brought under control talk yes epidemiologist and the director of the institute of public health at the sheraton hospital thank you very much. and in france a travel is limited and a large gatherings are prohibited in an effort to limit contacts now police in western france are investigating how thousands of young people were able to join in on illegal raids as the number of coronavirus cases has reached. as the sun rose on saturday the police moved in hundreds of party goers were aidid in fine for breaching francis coronavirus restrictions. in the cavernous warehouses near the city of the party was finally over. the police moved in to restore public order. they could please do sorest officer security area in an operation that went off largely without incident. we then issued a number of citations to people found to be in file ation of the lol. hours earlier the raid had still been in full swing around 2500 mostly young people had gathered on new year's eve define police efforts to stop the event. could listen to a sion got out of hand very quickly 3 officers were injured and so

health system is in desperate need of relief. and for more i'm joined by professor toby ascribes he is an epidemiologist and the director of the institute of public health at the sheraton a hospital here in berlin dr carter calls for the lockdown being extended are growing louder are they justify it. unfortunately yes we could expect that the numbers are not going down over the christmas holidays and in new years the hospitals are fooled the use of full and because we have a high rate of infection still going on these numbers won't go down so unfortunately there's no a lot of chance but to extend the lockdown now as we're going into this new year what about schools and kindergartens a should they be allowed to reopen. it's very difficult really to make this disease but i think with the constant infection rate and the hospitals being full that opening schools for a normal school days not possible so we definitely have to find different solutions for that too so what would be the way forward there that is remote learning going to be the foreseeable future of schooling or is there another way that they could safely reopen. well it's a combination of

public life hopefully as soon as possible a strong call there for a continued lockdown until the make is brought under control tokyo's card epidemiologist and the director of the institute of public health at the sheraton a hospital and you very much. thank you for having. india is testing its nationwide code $1000.00 vaccine distribution systems as it prepares to roll out an inoculation program the trial includes the entry of data into an online platform that will monitor a vaccine delivery now this dry run comes a day after regulators met to review the potential vaccine candidates including that coke is shields developed by astra zeneca and oxford university india hopes to inoculate $300000000.00 people in the 1st 6 to 8 months of the year. and earlier we talked about this with our correspondent in delhi in the show while we asked whether there are concerns about how the government can inoculate 300000000 indians by the summer. the government has laid out of a detailed plan on how many it fust that's to target $30000000.00 people who will be considered for. this includes has countless bust and then sadly she listens to chart people but the true challenge will emerge when we then move

health system is in desperate need of release and deserving leaders to it stands the country's lockdown. well earlier we spoke to toby escort's he's an even epidemiologist and director of the institute of public health at the hospital here in berlin and we asked him if the calls to extend germany's lock down are justified unfortunately yes we could expect that the numbers are not going down over the christmas holidays and in new years the hospitals are full the eyes use are full and because we have a high rate of infection still going on these numbers won't go down so unfortunately there's no other chance but to extend the lockdown with the constant age of infection rate and the hospitals being full that opening schools for a normal school days not possible so we definitely have to find different solutions for that we have to learn to really that the locked on is is working hopefully and we have to maintain to see as minimal people as possible so that the lockdown actually is working and we get the numbers down we need to get these numbers down otherwise you will not see any relief for the hospital staff and any relief for the i.c.u. use. police in france are investigating who organized an il

health officials want actual numbers behind. now let's bring in to be escort he's the director of the institute for public health at the famous charlotte a hospital here in the berlin these ever increasing record figures in terms of deaths and infections how are the playing out at your hospital at the sorry. well the charity hospitals is pretty occupied by cope with patients and patients that we normally have at the show it is so the hospital is really fall and these numbers are alarming unfortunately where expected because of the holiday or handling of the holidays that this is the expected holiday peak and i'm afraid that the numbers will maintain high for the next weeks and because of the lack of infection rate them people get sick and then eventually end up in a hospital and some unfortunately also die from coverage 19 but if we look at the bigger picture is it that just single hospitals are near capacity or is the whole system nationwide nearing a crisis point the certainly regional differences so some ospital still may have some capacities but many of the hospitals are really at over their limit since many weeks and so the situat

ashish jha is the dean of the brown institute school of public health. he joins me now.thank you for joining us and for all you do. >> thank you so much for having me on. >> over the weekend donald trump called the u.s. death toll of 350,000 plus fake news, this despite so many families mourning their loved ones and hospitals at full capacity. what do you say to a u.s. president who calls the official death toll fake news and refuses to take responsibility for his own mishandling of this pandemic? >> so, it's so deeply disturbing. first of all, uts not fake news. it's real news. it's probably an underestimate of the number of people who have died from this pandemic in the united states. his comments are so deeply disrespectful towards the families of those loved ones. their losses are not fake news. it is just shocking to me that this is where our president is right now in the last days of his -- his last days in office, refuses not only to take responsibility but really tries to erase the losses we have suffered in the last year. >> meantime, doctor, this country is run

coronavirus pandemic has now surpassed 50000 at a briefing a short time ago the head of germany's public health institute said the figure was distressing he's urging the government to maintain its tougher national lockdown until there's a massive drop in both deaths and new infections one of the biggest problems is the situation in nursing homes across the nation. the vaccine rollout is well underway in german nursing homes bought they remain a big coated 19 hot spot there are currently outbreaks in hundreds across the country he even as the overall infection writes steadily fulls it's a reminder that germany isn't out of trouble yes it's not good we currently know of around $900.00 outbreaks in nursing homes there are probably on reported cases. but there are homes we very few or no cases of covert 19 days homes are often better results have been his sanitary measures and more professional knowledge and support this should be the case in all no saying hard is the chief concern for hill for thought arties now is getting on top of the threat posed by covert 19 mutations this is one of the main reasons ger

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of vaccine at the national institutes of health today. >> the work that happens here, has one goal. to improve public health. turn on the president and demonstration officials are also working with members of congress on his $1.9 trillion economic relief plan. but with senate republicans questioning the price tag >> many of us have said that anything related to coronavirus needs to be targeted and needs to be fiscally responsible. journal of the democratic senate majority leader is starting to go it alone. >> the work must move forward. preferably, with our republican colleagues without them, if we must. john earlier president biden signed four executive actions on racial authority. john the hope focus on equity and housing, also ending the department of justice's use of private prisons. another one on strengthening relations with tribal nations and one combating, aiming to combat racism and xenophobia against asian americans and pacific islanders linked to coronavirus pandemic. alan? >> natalie, thank you so much. >>> now back to our storm watch coverage. crews are clearing up the storm drains. that's a big

i'm joined now by professor iain buchan, dean of the institute of population health at the university of liverpool and a publicphysician. he led the evaluation of the national pilot of covid community testing in the city. the lesson we can learn from the experience in liverpool? —— what are the lessons we can learn from the experience in liverpool? this is a test that gives a rapid result, can be deployed very quickly and flexibly, it is popular with both the public and local services, and therefore it can be used as part of other public health measures, particularly strong local communications around hands, face in space if you have to go out at the present time. this tool can be used to save lives and livelihoods, if locally grounded. in liverpool, around a quarter of the population came forward in the first month. 0n the 6th of november, there was a big push, let's all get tested. then there was a move to more purposeful testing, test before you go to the shops that were open and other facilities at that time. to date, a third of the population have come forward , third of the population have come forward,

the number of deaths from the corona virus pandemic as crossed 50000 while the head of germany's a public health institute said the figure was distressing he's urging the government to maintain its tough national law down until there's a massive drop in both deaths and new infections one of the biggest problems is the situation in nursing homes across the country. the vaccine rollout is well underway in german nursing homes but they remain a big covert 19 hot spot there are currently outbreaks in hundreds across the country even as the overall infection right steadily for it's a reminder that germany isn't out of trouble yes it's not good we currently know of around $900.00 outbreaks in nursing homes there are probably an reported cases. but there are homes with very few or no cases of covert 19 these homes are often better results to have better sanitary measures and more professional knowledge and support this should be the case in all nursing harbors the chief concern for health authorities now is getting on top of the threat posed by covert 19 mutations this is one of the main reasons germany's curren

the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 50000 at a briefing a short time ago the head of germany's public health institute said the figure is distressing he's urging the government to maintain its tougher national law down until there's a massive drop in both deaths and new infections one of the biggest problems is the situation in nursing homes across the country. the vaccine rollout is well underway in german nursing homes spot they remain a big covert 19 hot spot there are currently outbreaks in hundreds across the country even as the overall infection right steadily for it's a reminder that germany isn't out of trouble yet it is not good we currently know of around $900.00 outbreaks in nursing homes there are probably on reported cases. but there are homes with very few or no cases of covert 19 these homes are often better resourced have better sanitary measures and more professional knowledge and support this should be the case in all nursing harbors the chief concern for hill thought arties now is getting on top of the threat posed by covert 19 mutations this is one of the main reasons germany's cur

health risk. to learn more reports of funk that take met with environmental epidemiologist at this was tropical and public health institute and basil. hosley is a renowned expert on mobile phone radiation. there are already concerns were the 1000000 turned. it's being installed people think this will lead to more radiation but is that really the case in this moment at 1st you could think there is more radiation but actually the opposite is true it means anyone using a mobile phone will be exposed to less radiation because phones will have better reception so phone signals don't have to be a strong and scientists far which reduces overall radiation levels mean there are relatively recent large scale studies on bret that seem to show that radiation causing tumors how can that be explained while there are inconsistency is also the study of the 1st tumor that was found was a schwannoma of the heart which does not occur in humans there are very few cases worldwide where it has been found the 2nd point is that the rats in the study were exposed to far higher radiation levels apparently it also benefited the rats scientists as t

of 65 the backseat committee. germany's robert call public health institute said there was insufficient data to assess the drug's effectiveness of among this age group the vaccine has not yet been licensed for use in the european union it's expected to be approved however in the next few days perhaps tomorrow. let's bring in our political correspondent hans braun he's on the story for us here in berlin and as i understand it german experts are not saying that this drug doesn't work for older people they're just saying there isn't sufficient data one way or the other. exactly obviously there were extensive studies done on the drug before it was licensed before it was accepted as being effective 1st studies involve tens of thousands of people many of them in brazil and in south africa and also in the united kingdom but the fact of the matter is that in that sample that was used for those studies. there were very few people of of an age somewhere over $65.00 it was somewhere around 5 percent of that sample and the german authorities are saying that's true little to be able to say with certainty that this vaccine will be effectiv

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 get together caused a huge spike in infections intensive care admissions have increased by 60 percent in the last 2 weeks. european countries are struggling to contain the spread of new variants of the corona virus now e.u. leaders are strongly discouraging people from traveling across the continent for non-essential trips and have warned tougher restrictions could be decided in the coming days meeting in a virtual summit leaders from the 27 member states also discussed creating a common standard for vaccine certificates but they have delayed talks about any possible e

it is not enough to have pfizer, the national institutes of health, which is public money, moderna, oxfordversity investing into something. how do we then govern it for purpose? what is the common purpose? with the vaccine, it's not just to get a vaccine, it's to make sure that everybody gets vaccinated. francine: if you look at the commission, they cannot even have access to the vaccines because they started too late. where do you start in actually changing so that you create the system that you are sink, which is -- seeing, which is mission-critical? you are achieving the goal that you set out. mariana: we are bringing in different issues that are all related. one issue is the capacity and capability on the ground organizationally. whether we are talking about the european commission or u.k. government, which has outsourced its capability and capacity so much to the private sector that a couple weeks ago, a tory lord said that the government had become infantilized. you lose your capacity to manage anything, whether it's brexit or covid. the question is, going forward, how can we govern

of doing so for human health. and that is tragic. the w.h.o. in common with any institution serving the public interest has been weakened this is not this is not some kind of unfortunate mistake it is wanted they do not want a strong w.h.o. they want a world health organization that will rep that will so the fact that health is a trillion dollar market. the w.h.o. faced unlimited budget and we covenants which were to have dramatic consequences in 2014. liberia sierra leone and guinea so multiple outbreaks of the virus. teams from doctors without borders on the ground reported that the wave of infections was out of control while the international community said nothing. in march the w.h.o. sounded the alarm. on it. keep going. on and on everybody lot of doctors phoning or more than just all of the territory. a few days later in geneva the w.h.o. declared that this does not constitute an international emergency w.h.o. does not recommend any trouble trade restrictions. they don't make public health sense. on august 8th 20146 months after the start of the epidemic and with the bird having taken th

people over $65.00 the vaccine committee was made up of a panel of scientists attached to the country's a robot co public health institute they said they were insufficient data to assess the drug's efficacy amongst this age group the vaccine is still not yet licensed for use in the european union but is expected to be approved within the next few days the announcement comes amidst dispute with the swedish british manufacturer over supplies and widespread dissatisfaction with the speed of the vaccine rollout here in germany and across the e.u. . accessing this vaccination center in brandenburg in eastern germany is harder than it might look to get an appointment for a covert 19 job you need staying power only those determined enough to get past the overloaded hotline will get an appointment like manfred in hurtigruten bag both are over 18 went on to germany's number one high risk group. dr hope your mother got the appointment for us but it took her a long time to get through in the range that time. as in other vaccination centers in germany things are moving slowly many birds remain empty because there's not enough vaccin

the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have crossed 50000 all the head of germany's public health institutes at the number was distressing he's urging the government to maintain its tougher national lockdown until there is a massive drop in debts and new infections one of the biggest problems is the situation in nursing homes across the country. the vaccine rollout is well underway in german nursing homes spot they remain a big cove of 19 hot spot there are currently outbreaks in hundreds across the country he even as the over roll infection writes steadily fulls it's a reminder that germany isn't out of trouble yes it's not good we currently know of around $900.00 outbreaks in nursing homes there are probably on reported cases. but there are homes we very few or no cases of covert 19 days times are often better results to have been his senator images and more professional knowledge and support this should be the case in all nursing harbors the chief concern for hill thought arties now is getting on top of the threat posed by covert 19 mutations this is one of the main reasons germany's curr

health risk. to learn more reports of hunger take met with environmental epidemiologist at this was tropical and public health institute and basil. hosley is a renowned expert on mobile phone radiation. there are also concerns were the many and. and that's being installed people think this bill the 2 more radiation but is that really the case in this moment that among the 1st you could think there is more radiation but actually the opposite is true it means anyone using a mobile phone will be exposed to less radiation because phones will have better reception cell phone signals don't have to be as strong and scientists far which reduces over already i mean there are relatively recent large scales thirty's on bret that seem to show radiation causing tumors how can that be explained well there are in consistencies also in the study that the 1st tumor that was found was a schwannoma of the heart which does not occur in humans but there are very few cases worldwide where it has been found and the 2nd point is that the rats in the study were exposed to far higher radiation levels apparently it also benefited the rats scient

health experts here are recommending that the u.k.'s we do. company's vaccine not be offered to senior citizens of the banking committee at germany's robert caulked public health institute said there is insufficient data to assess the drug's effectiveness among the elderly the vaccine has not yet been licensed for use here in the european union but that is expected to happen tomorrow or in the next few days so. our let's bring in smith now he's a science journalist who specializes in infectious diseases kind it's good to see you again what do you make of this we got germany saying that it won't give the astra zeneca vaccine to people over 65 in the u.k. you've got the pharmaceutical and the prime minister saying it's just fine for the elderly well and i think this is the kind of situation that you can expect you know we are in the fund that make we don't have all the data on a lot of questions that we would like to have so a lot of people a lot of politicians are having to make decisions based on you know i'm not a lot of uncertainty and then this is one example of the data that we have the best data that you can have on whether a vaccine works it's b. if it's the data

in norway health officials are looking into the cases of 23 elderly people who died after receiving the vaccine. the public health institute said it can't rule out common reactions to the vaccine, fever or snaush may have contributed to the deaths of elderly, frail people with underlying diseases. >>> and in france covid-19 vaccines are now available to all people over the age of 75. it is the latest move to help speed up vaccinations and stop the spread of the virus. cnn's melissa bell joins us now live from paris. great to see you, melissa. how are those vaccinations progressing and why is france lagging behind some other european countries? >> reporter: france doing much worse than some other neighbors. germany and italy have managed to vaccinate 1 million people. here in france we're at 1/2 mill people. it's been slow. this new phase should make a difference. rosemary, until now vaccines were reserved here in france for residents or those who work there. now they'll be available to those 75 or over not in nursing homes and then it will work down the age groups to try to get as many people vaccinated as they can. this h

health risk. to learn more reports of funk that take met with environmental epidemiologist at this was tropical and public health institute and basil. parsley is a renowned expert on mobile phone radiation. there are also concerns over the medium term. it's being installed people think this will lead to more radiation but is that really the case in this moment at 1st you could think there is more radiation but actually the opposite is true it means anyone using a mobile phone will be exposed to less radiation because phones will have better reception so phone signals don't have to be strong and scientists far which reduces over already. there are relatively recent large scale studies on bret that seem to show radiation causing tumors how can that be explained the other thing well there are inconsistency is also in the study the 1st tumor that was found was a schwannoma of the heart which does not occur humans there are very few cases worldwide where it has been found and the 2nd point is that the rats in the study were exposed to far higher radiation levels apparently it also benefited the rats scientists as they lived lo

of doing so for human health. and that is tragic. the w.h.o. in common with any institution serving the public interest has been weakened this is not this is not some kind of unfortunate mistake it is wanted they do not want a strong w.h.o. they want a world health organization that will rep that will so the fact that health is a trillion dollar market. the w.h.o. faced unlimited budget and weaker than and which were to have dramatic consequences in 2014. liberia sierra leone and guinea saw multiple outbreaks of the virus. teams from doctors without borders on the ground reported that the wave of infections was out of control while the international community said nothing. in march the w.h.o. sounded the alarm. on the need to. keep going. on as on the rebel lot of doctors phoning home or the jostling. a few days later in geneva the w.h.o. declared that this does not constitute an international emergency w.h.o. does not recommend any trouble trade restrictions. they don't make public health sense. on august 8th 20146 months after the start of the epidemic and with him having taken the lives of

well here's a look at some of the other developments worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic germany's public health body the robert culp institute says more than 50000 people in germany have now died from coronavirus in spain the easing of travel restrictions over christmas to allow families to get together caused a huge spike in infections intensive care admissions have increased by 60 percent in the last 2 weeks and the number of people dying by suicide in japan has risen for the 1st time in over a decade as the pandemic reverses years of progress combat a high suicide rate japan's health ministry says women and children in particular are taking their lives at higher rates. india has begun vaccinating its population of 1300000000 people frontline health workers are among the 1st 3 off for the job but the rollout has been slow with less than 60 percent of the target being met so far the government says one reason is a mistrust of back scenes that's being fueled by misinformation on social media some people are also concerned that one of the vaccines was approved before phase 3 trials were completed w.'s minera chaudhary has thi

covered 19 vaccine should not be offered to people over 65 the vaccine committee of germany's robert cole public health institute said there was insufficient data to assess the drugs because in this age group the vaccine is still not yet licensed for use in the e.u. but is expected to be approved by the end of the week. let's bring in the d.w. political correspondent hunts brandt for more welcome hunts as a tell us more about what german experts are saying about this vaccine. well the problem here with the astros vaccine is that during the testing that is necessary before the vaccine can be approved there weren't enough people in the older age groups that were part participating in this testing there were obviously tens of thousands of people that were tested and that the states led to the conclusion that the vaccine is effect if it is in fact effective but the number of people in the age group over 55 and older was very very low server german authorities are saying the efficacy and to the security of this vaccine for people in that age group has not been conclusively proven and so they want to on the side of ca

languages many of which would not necessarily perhaps you know the front of the list for public health translations even for an institution a human body how much has readership increased and how much has user engagement increased during the pandemic and it's increased a lot by double digits we at the beginning of the pandemic actually didn't expect this we were mostly wary about the health and safety of our readers and contributors and didn't know if people would have the time to contribute to it as it turns out during shelter in place lots of people did and we saw those readership numbers and numbers that we've never seen certainly not mine and my time here at the asian and double digit increase in terms of at our ship now of course you know the world has continued to evolve and adapt to what's going on and some of those numbers have gone down a bit but we still see sort of a sustained increase across the board so it turns out that when we are in a time in which nobody stands and we don't have good models for it information really is the thing that people turn to catherine we could be a probably wouldn't exist in the for

public health institute. this virus too has no chance of being transmitted from one person to another we stick to the rules even if it is more easily transmitted the same measures help us against this virus. distancing masks and more widespread use of both tests sequencing and melt analysis that's what thomas norman's is hoping for. and here's a look at other developments in the coronavirus pandemic and. independent panel has criticized china and the world health organization for their response to the pandemic the panel said the china should have been more forceful with the measures that talk and that the w.h.o. should have declared an emergency sooner and estimated one in 8 people in england tested positive for corona virus antibodies in december suggesting they had covert 1000 previously that's roughly double the october figure and russia's consumer health watchdog says that russia's 2nd vaccine against covert 19 is 100 percent effective based on the results of clinical trials russia began the mass trials of epi vaca rono which is being developed by siberians vector institute in november. tuesday marks donald

may continue to work on behalf of ensuring the security and the health and the environment of our shared global community. as an institution dedicated to supporting the publicood, brookings is committed to hosting such essential conversations as the one you will hear today. for without dialogue, we believe there can be no progress. so it is in that spirit that today we are delighted to host his excellency, the ambassador of the russian federation to the united states. the ambassador has a long and distinguished career as a specialist in nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the ministry of the foreign affairs. prior to being named as the ambassador of the united states, he served as the first deputy minister of defense and then as deputy minister of foreign affairs, two very important positions in the russian federation. is ang the ambassador nonresident senior fellow doctor who is the director the center for russian and eastern european studies and professor of governance and foreign service at georgetown university. she's a former national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia on the national intelligence council. doctor, welcome. and in addi

of the national guard. [applause] governor burgum: the heroes in those agencies worked with local public health units to establish nofert dakota as the national institutes of health calls the key to getting back to normal. we continue to rank in the top three for testing in capita. work on the nationally recognized vulnerable protection plan and technology team enabling 7,000 state team members to begin working remotely within 48 hours to cody schultz and the department of emergency services and their role in unifying the command and the role in managing record amount of amount of pass-through funding and distributing benefits totalling over 900 million and requiring i.t. changes. to the department of commerce to support businesses across the state to accomplish consumer confidence. the here ooves in our state agencies are too many to list. everyone is deserving of our gratitude. .hank all of them thank you. [applause] >> tribal council members and the incredibly difficult decisions they had to make to take steps to protect their elders, the keepers of their culture, language and wisdom and health care workers that are delivering the vaccine and those w

of the national guard. [applause] governor burgum: the heroes in those agencies worked with local public health units to establish north dakota as the national institutes of health calls the key to getting back to normal. we continue to rank in the top three for testing in capita. work on the nationally recognized vulnerable protection plan and information technology team enabling 7,000 state team members to begin working within to cody schultz 48 hours. and the department of emergency services and their role in unifying the command and the role in managing record amount of federal pass-through funding and distributing record levels totaling over $900 million and requiring i.t. changes. to the department of commerce to support businesses across the state to reestablish consumer confidence. every single one is appreciated and deserving of our gratitude. everyone whoanking has spent extra time related to the pandemic. thank you. [applause] burgum: if you wanted to find heroes, it is easy. they are basically everywhere. or behind a workers painting of plexiglass, there .as -- they respect each other pastors holding church service in the parking lot. to bu

health. the doctor is a member of the national rural policy institute health panel. she's an adjunct professor in the division of health policy and management at the school of public health at the university of minnesota. welcome, doctor. and then dena mcgunnell. our own dena. she's b.p.c.'s associate director of health policy. she joined b.p.c. after serving as manager of payment policy for the american academy of orthopedic surgeons. prior to that she was a physician assistant in, i will say, not exactly a rural hospital, orthopedic surgery at mount sy nye health system in new york city. then dr. lisa miller. dr. miller is a practicing primary care physician for all ages in her hometown in maine. she's been on the incident command team for stevens memorial hospital since march. finally but certainly not least, walter panteker is one of three trusteers in helmsley charitable trust. he is grandson of lee oh in a helmsley an served as a paramedic, firefighter and law enforcement officer. this work has led him to create the rural health care and vulnerable children in subsahara africa programs within the helmsley charitable trust organization. the helmsley trust has been a

health risk. to learn more reports of funk that take met with environmental epidemiologist at this was tropical and public health institute and basil. hosley is a renowned expert on mobile phone radiation. there are also concerns over the many in 10. being installed people think this bill the 2 more radiation but is that really the case in this moment at 1st you could think there is more radiation but actually the opposite is true it means anyone using a mobile phone will be exposed to less radiation because phones will have better reception so phone signals don't have to be as strong and scientists far which reduces over already ation level solving there are relatively recent large scale studies on bret that seem to show that radiation causing tumors how can that be explained while there are inconsistency is also in the study the 1st tumor that was found was a schwannoma of the heart which does not occur humans but there are very few cases worldwide where it has been found the 2nd point is that the rats in the study were exposed to far higher radiation levels apparently it also benefited the rats scientists as they lived

health. a member of the national rural policy research institution panel. also a profession in the division of health policy and management at the school of public health at theversity of minnesota. welcome. dena, vpcs associate director of health policy she joined bpc after serving as manager of payment policy for the american academy of orthopedic surgeons. prior to that, a physician assistant in rose not exactly a rural hospital, orthopedic surgery at mount sinai system in new york city. doctor lisa diller, doctor miller is a practicing primary care physician for all ages in her hometown of norway, maine. she's been one of four position leads on the covid hospital command team at stevens memorial hospital since march. finally but certainly not least, one of three trustees for the charitable trust. grandson of helmsley served as a paramedic, firefighter and law enforcement officer. this work has led him to create the rural healthcare and vulnerable children in africa within the helmsley charitable trust organization it's been a supporter of our work here which we are very grateful of to support walter. with that, senator team, i'll turn it over to you and w

of public health. he was previously the director of harvard university's global health institute. welcome back to democracy now! can you respond to the series of executive orders that president biden has just unveiled and signed in his first days in office? what is most significant? dr. jha: thank you for having me on. you look at the whole package of activities, it just feels like the federal government is back and will play a constructive and helpful role in this pandemic and response. that is critical because the strategy under the trump team was let every state fure it out on their own and the federal government was largely absent. there is a series of things that are important. one is the executive order to start collecting data in a more systematic way. data is the lifeblood of any pandemic response, and we have been hampered by lack of good federal data. there so much more than that, rejoining who, getting our defense production act powers for testing and vaccinations. i am pretty pleased with the whole package. it is straightforward, basic public health. i don't mean to de

of the uniform guidelines for the public health on emergency cases to indorse also the guidelines for emergency and the sponsors and cases of emergency to instruct the relevant and institutions and the relevant member states to continue to coordinate and cooperate with the respective health sectors the health sectors and the member states will be the top of a 32 act to give them also there are 30 to carry out an internet use any m.m.s. in future. invigorated the alarming. warning health system to insert the member states to benefit by the guidelines in preparing the top paying. warning system and also to empower the health ministers to follow on with their case to establish the gulf centers for combating and fighting disease on though there are a lot of. this is see health minister ministries and the specter of countries and who will be responsible for the supervision of this center. with respect to peyton. and dos and their amended pay to law. this is brief of their is illusions handed down in another up to today by the supreme council of the summit. it's time now to open the floor for questions. which are. my question addressed to it is the secretary general as well as the

asia at the bottom of the hour but 1st germany has recorded its highest 24 hour death toll in the pandemic so far the public health agency for infectious diseases the robber cough institute reported almost 1250 deaths in a single day. its president called upon employers to allow more work from home warning of the new coronavirus variant presenting a serious the act especially to believe is possible that the situation will get worse that's why it is all the more important that we consistently and here to the current measures we must prevent the new covert 19 variant from spreading through any student most i'm going to syria travel should be avoided all cases of the strain that we're currently aware of in germany because of travel. recounts in order to shore and the w.h.o. is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the new variants of the corona virus there are concerns that the variance may be much more infectious than the 1st strain that emerged in china and could potentially render some vaccines less effective global virus cases now stands at over 19000000 with some 2000000 dead and several countries are experiencing their worst day yet of the pandemic at this london ho

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