katy watson reports.r: this is not the first time it has be brought to its knees, a reminder of the first wave, where the mass graves were the only way to keep up with the people dying. people are being forgotten again and the second wave is worse. last week, overwhelmed hospitals ran out of oxygen. supplies are patchy. now they queue at local gas companies, in the hopes of keeping loved ones a lives -- alive. do not despair, says this company representative. cylinders are being delivered across the city. she is terrified. she had to leave her mother at home with no oxygen to come here. she only has this one cylinder. >> [indiscernible] reporter: local volunteers like marcel have stepped into bring oxygen to those who need it. he has looked after five people, making daily oxygen runs, but it's taking its toll. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter: doctors are concerned a w variant in the amazon region is overwhelming already packed hospitals. there is one patient to each room and over the past few days

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. let's get some of the day's other news.ng story. at least 26 people have died and dozens injured after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the island of sulawesi in indonesia. rescuers have been trying to reach people tapped under collapsed buildings, including a hospital. france is extending a 6pm curfew from saturday to fight the spread of coronavirus. the prime minister says the measure will last for at least two weeks. from monday, all travellers to france from outside the european union will have to produce a negative covid test. north korea has unveiled a new submarine—launched ballistic missile at a military parade in pyongyang. state media described it as "the world's most powerful the north korean leader kim jong—un watched the display as aircraft flew overhead. 0ur seoul correspondent laura bickerjoins me now. mr kim has been busy, pledging to expand the military potential, quite a show of strength in 2021. is this a sign of more to come? i think anal sts sign of more to come? i think analysts are _ sign of more to

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. let's get some of the day's other news. evening curfew across the whole of the country from saturday to fight the spread of coronavirus. the curfew had begun at 8 o'clock in most areas, including paris. the prime minister says the measure will last for at least two weeks. from monday, all travellers to france from outside the european union will have to produce a negative covid test. the united states has charged 1a leaders of the international criminal gang ms—13 with terrorism offences as part of an intensified crackdown on the group. in a statement, the acting attorney generaljeffrey rosen said it was the highest—reaching and most sweeping indictment targeting the gang in us history. a huge fire has swept through rohingya refugee camps in southern bangladesh, destroying more than the un said around 3,500 people were left homeless in nayapara camp on thursday, but no casualties were reported. more than a million rohingya live in the mainland camps in southern bangladesh, the vast majority having fled myanmar in 2017 after

katy watson reports. manaus, say experts, is a city on the point of collapse.mages were filmed by members of the public and doctors, and given to us by the doctors union. evidence, they say, of the struggles manaus is going through. hospitals with patients lying next to a body bag. 0thers lying on the floor, waiting for treatment. a curfew has now been declared across the state and there are reports that oxygen is also running out. at the same time, scientists are working around the clock to understand the new variant. some of those mutations in the spike protein are quite similar to those found in uk and also in africa. we do not believe these variants came from england or uk, and in africa. it seems that this variant is evolving separately but showing the same mutations. tests will take time to understand the new variant, but experts say that vaccines can always be altered to respond to changes in the virus. but it's a virus that seems to have been forgotten here — its peak summer, the beaches are packed and people are dropping their guard. "everyone�*s relax

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.ngle day of the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 4,000 people dying on thursday, according to johns hopkins university. the latest surge has been compounded by the spread of a more infectious coronavirus variant first detected in the united kingdom. from next week, all travellers to england and scotland from international destinations will have to test negative for coronavirus before they can enter the country. passengers arriving in england or scotland by boat, train or plane — including uk nationals — will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure. failure to comply will lead to an immediate £500 or $678 fine. australia is also tightening its travel rules to stop the spread of the uk covid—19 variant. all international travellers will have to test negative for the coronavirus before boarding flights to the country. and a snap three—day lockdown has been introduced in the city of brisbane after a cleaner in its hotel quarantine system became infect

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.he uk, doctors say that covid—19 is having a calamitous impact on the national health service as a whole. a record number of patients, nearly four and a half million are on waiting lists for non—covid surgery, such as hip replacements. but, some cancer patients are also now having to wait for treatment. here's our health editor hugh pym. the consequences of coronavirus are becoming clearer. queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham temporarily halted its kidney transplantation programme because of the surge in covid patient numbers. other hospitals are also postponing non—covid work. paul and his wife diane are both living with cancer. her treatment is going well, but he needs specialist radiation therapy for a rare tumour in his chest. i used to run a lot, but now i get out of breath just going up the stairs. he was set to have it last week, but was told because of covid pressure at the hospital it had been cancelled. i was devastated. i couldn't speak for ten seconds when they told me o

from manaus, here's our south america correspondent katy watson.re digging mass graves was the only way to keep up with the number of people dying. the biggest city in the amazon, people here feel forgotten, again, and the second wave is worse. last week the city's overwhelmed hospitals ran out of oxygen. supplies are still patchy. now people queue at local gas companies in the hope of keeping their loved ones alive. "don't despair," says this company representative. "cylinders are now being delivered across the city." but elkie is terrified. she's had to leave her mother at home, with no oxygen, to come here. she only has this one cylinder. local volunteers like marcel have stepped in to help bring oxygen to those who need it. he's looking after five people, making daily oxygen runs, but it's taking its toll. doctors are concerned the new variant found in the amazon region is overwhelming already packed hospitals. normally there are eight beds in here, one a patient to each room, but in the past few days doctors have had to double that. each patie

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. with me is our reporter paul hawkins.g situation there in brazil but that is not there in brazil but that is not the only example of variance. we have the brazil variant and the uk variant and the south africa variant. brazil emerged injuly the africa variant. brazil emerged in july the south african africa variant. brazil emerged injuly the south african in october and the uk in september. all three have the mutation in the proteins bike which means that the virus can bind onto human cells more easily stop all three are more transmissible. the difference is with the south african and the brazilian version, the south african variant of there is evidence that it can bypass the body's immune system and that could render vaccines not completely redundant but those that have been developed around the world, it could make them less effective. scientists are still looking into that. they are monitoring the variations that happen within the virus around the world and there are calls for more genomic monitoring, that is monitorin

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. let's get some of the day's other news.scotland from international destinations will have to test negative for coronavirus before they can enter the country. passengers arriving by boat, train or plane — including uk nationals — will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure. the united states has recorded its deadliest single day of the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 4,000 people dying on thursday, according to johns hopkins university. the latest surge has been compounded by the spread of more infectious coronavirus variant, first detected in the united kingdom. a south korean court has ruled that tokyo must pay damages to 12 so—called comfort women who were used as sex slaves in japanese brothels during world war ii. it is the first court ruling of its kind in south korea and may raise tensions between tokyo and seoul. japan's prime minister says he is confident this year's tokyo olympics will go ahead. yoshihide suga believes a global vaccination programme could make all the differ

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.th organization have finally arrived in the chinese city of wuhan to investigation the origin of the coronavirus — first detected more than a year ago. two members of the team contracted covid on the way there and had to stay in singapore. the rest of the group will spend two weeks in quarantine in a hotel before visiting different sites, under chinese supervision. robin brant is in wuhan for us. why have there been so many delays? the chinese authorities have resisted because they don't think this is necessary, china doesn't want to look back and focus on mistakes made, it wants to look forward as what it sees as success in containing this virus. it sees the potential for more of a blame game led by a group of foreigners and the chinese government has its official verdict on what happened, that paper was published in the middle of last year and the verdict there was success in winning the war against this virus. nonetheless, there has been intense global pressure of course, to address

katy watson, bbc news, in manaus. stay with us on news, still to come... delayed olympics are going ahead, we look at the current experience of organising big, international sporting events during the pandemic. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him the butcher of lyon. klaus altman is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news. the latest headlines. joe biden warns the us economic crisis is deepeni

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.gures from the us suggest that more than 200,000 new cases were confirmed in just 2a hours. the death rate is running at nearly 4,000 a day, a staggering number. in california, the coronavirus catastrophe has become a huge strain on the health care system. sophie long reports. the pressure on los angeles�* healthcare system has reached a new, dangerous and desperate levels. ambulance teams have been told not to take those unlikely to make it to hospital. and doctors must decide who should receive the shrinking supplies of oxygen. heartbreaking choices for medical workers and for the families of the hundreds dying here every day. nurse bernie duran is both. covid claimed his father leo's life just after christmas. the hardest thing, seeing my father on facetime, that was really difficult. you see it on the news all the time, but when it happens to you, and you see the loved one that you can't help, you can't hold their hand, and just so that you know that you're there for them, that was

katie watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. with me is our reporter paul hawkins. in itself but it is not the only one.- worrying in itself but it is not the only one. there is also a south african and uk - all three carry the same mutation that makes them more adaptable to human cells. they are able to transmit between us, each of us more easily. easier to spread, that is the one thing that all three have in common. the south african and the brazilian variant have two more mutations than the uk one. scientist think there is evidence to indicate that those two viruses are able to bypass the body's immune system which therefore makes the vaccines developed around the world less effective. not totally redundant but less effective. the good news about the virus that leads to covid is that out of the seven coronavirus is found in humans, it mutates the least amount. it is quite stable compared to something like influenza. that is good. the other thing that is good is that scientists when they develop vaccines and this type of coronavirus, when it mutates, they can twea

katy watson, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.ow normality has returned but honesty is a little further behind. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it�*s going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him - 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altman is being held. on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want i to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. - millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot — a tide of humanity that�*s believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president biden lays out his strategy to tackle coronavirus from the white house, warning americans the worst

lockdown, despite the rising numbers, there is little sign of the virus being cu.ed anytime so katy watson>> you are watching bbc world america. still to come, and south africa, they are stretched thin.say >> the swedish parliament has passed a temporarywiew law which all ministers to introduce stricter measures to combat covid. until it was the only country in the western wor to refuse a conavirus lockdown. they will be able to limit numbers on public transportatio and close shops. >> there has been a mixed reaction to what represent quite a change in strategy. at the start of the pandemi there was very much a reliance on voluntary guidelines. avoid public transport. before christmas, some tougher measures. only four people this is really the toughest change so far since the start of the pandemic. nothing is set to change imminently. there is more to do such as closing shops and gyms. >>et's turn to the situation in south africa where hospitals e struggling to manage an influx of covid patients. wards are running out of space as bodies -- morgues are also running out of space. some viewer

katy watson, bbc in sao paulo.poor — that's according to a report by a group of mps. the public accounts committee says a "litany" of failures mean people who are worse off and those in rural areas are being left behind. the findings come as more people are reliant on broadband to work and learn from home during lockdown. the government said: "we do not agree with this report, which contains a number of inaccuracies." questions have been asked this week about the logic of keeping nurseries open for very young children, when schools remain closed to most older children. it's left some nursery workers fearful about their safety and many are calling for extra support from the government, as our education correspondent adina campbell reports. hi, catherine. how are you today? very good, thank you. are you awaiting any covid results? no. the morning drop—off relief for parents, and business as usual for staff. have a great day. earlier this week, the government announced nurseries like this one in surrey, should stay op

katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo.ughter to nursery because of what's going on. campaigners who represent more than 50,000 childcare providers are now calling for the government to take more action to keep these workers safe, including giving them priority for covid—19 vaccinations, mass testing across all early years services and access to more government money, especially for those who‘ve been forced to close, or seen a drop in funded places. 85% of childcare in this country is delivered by the private and voluntary sector. and, of course, they feel a bit let down, really. because staff are testing positive, that means they‘re having to juggle every day in terms of how they‘re going to manage the staffing issue within the nursery. the department for education says places such as nurseries remain low—risk environments for children and staff, and is funding nurseries as usual in all parts of england. nurseries are still open in wales, but remain closed in scotland and northern ireland. nurseries are a lifeline for work

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