we have a global facility that kovacs facility that is designed and has the involvement of a $190.00 countries and economies around the world to deploy with equity and with speed the vaccines that are available the design of the kovacs facility is aimed to get 20 percent coverage in all countries around the world that are part of the kovacs facility by the end of 2021 and then to go beyond that 20 percent coverage after in subsequent in 2022 and beyond so we're really aiming to get the highest priority groups health workers and those who are at highest risk of severe disease and death are the groups that we're aiming to cover in all countries for in 2021 china's detected it's 1st imported case of a new coronavirus variant that's spreading rapidly in the u.k. the chinese government insists it's brought the outbreak under control and is also a previous 1st homegrown vaccine for general use in the well so fast coronavirus epicenter many have lost their loved ones still angry it will far taze katrina you reports from. 12 months ago done high spot they checked into a hospital to receive t

no that's that's not the case in fact we have a global facility that kovacs facility that is designed and has the involvement of a $190.00 countries and economies around the world to deploy equity and with speed to vaccines that are available to the world and so the intention of the kovacs facility is to deliver $2000000000.00 doses of vaccine by the end of 2021 and that includes the $92.00 lowest income countries that are that are part of kovacs so our aim is really to get vaccines out as quickly as possible to all countries around the world but it does it by the end of 2021 what kind of coverage will be provided globally can we put any kind of percentage on it in the design of the kovacs facility is is aimed to get 20 percent coverage in all countries around the world that are part of the kovacs facility by the end of 2021 and then to go beyond that 20 percent coverage after in subsequent 20 and beyond so we're really aiming to get the highest priority groups health workers and those who are at highest risk of severe disease and death are the groups that were aiming to cover in all

millions of people are at risk of hunger because of the kovac 19 pandemic even in the u.s. and europe more and more individuals are relying on handouts just to get by as the coronavirus crisis hits their lively. you have to come to these places or the my doses can eat is what saves me. give me a shout out to me while the disease doesn't discriminate the way it impacts disadvantaged people reveal society's inequalities. this is day w.'s covert 19 special i'm joined on the pandemic has erased years of economic progress in many countries like in spain the country is in its worst recession in more than 80 years and that's weighing most heavily on its people seemingly endless cues from food in madrid working class district. some people have been regulus at this food bank at a church for him but others are near. the pandemic has brought them here. some are too shamed they hide from the camera so others speak for them. they can give up that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages . or that people who apply for furlough in march and still have been pai

vaccine to all peoples of the world what kovacs needs is more financial support from wealthy countriesmore money coming in to kodak's and also we need more wealthy countries who are not currently part of the kovacs collaboration to be at least thinking about bilateral commitments to low and middle income countries also we need support for the world bank on that note the g. 20 nations recently said they will quote spare no effort in ensuring equitable access to prune vaccines how much is that commitment worth. well let's put it this way it's worth a whole lot more than the countries who are high income who have not yet begun kind of a class and i include in that the united states my own country so while of course we never know until we really see what happens what a pledge like that from a group of wealthy countries is actually worth i have to applaud this collection of countries the european countries for even making that commitment now we see the biotech pfizer vaccine being rolled out in several countries the latest being the united states we need we know it needs to be stored at ext

america evanston thanks for joining me a surgeon kovac 19 fatalities here in germany is alarming authorities and stoking calls for a stricter lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic the death toll was hailed as being remarkably low with the 2nd wave the picture looks a lot bleaker on saturday authorities reported nearly 500 deaths and the numbers are still rising. well germany's public health agency also registered more than $28000.00 new infections in a single day those figures suggest weeks of a partial lockdown have not slowed the spread tougher restrictions now seem almost inevitable chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders will hold emergency talks on sunday. here the record infections are not just a number german hospitals like this one in mannheim are struggling to treat the rising number of patients with covert 19 yet out on the streets you might not know that the country is in crisis the so-called lockdown light restrictions mean shops and schools are still open the german said of button button back is not waiting for the federal government to take action you're fired up. fro

molly hopes to access the vaccine from the w h o's kovacs fund developing and rich countries have already pledged to $1000000000.00 to the fund the vaccination drive is gathering pace in europe but across africa most people will likely still have to wait and aconitine leave a long time for relief. in nigeria some 400 students are still missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in katsina states on friday a local police said a large group armed with assault rifles stormed the building a gunfight with police allowed some students to escape but many more were apparently kidnapped and it's feared they could be held for ransom. students who should be sitting at these desks a missing that disappearance has devastated the local community. well that's year old is a child regardless of who their parents are children have been kidnapped here in konqueror from 10 pm on all we could hear was gunfire we couldn't sleep. some of my relatives children were taken what i've been here at the school since dawn are. we here in katsina earn a terrible condition we can't see how the government is helping

let's stay with the kovacs alliance which aims to provide fair global access to coronavirus vaccine says it's roughly double that supplies the donor funded program joined by 190 countries as it secured 2000000000 to seize of various vaccines pending their approval and the jewel to start inoculations early next year the vaccines will be spread among $92.00 eligible low and middle income countries prioritizing health care workers and the vulnerable among the suppliers are oxford astra zeneca sanofi g s k and the johnson and johnson injection all in different stages of development kovacs hasn't secured any of the pfizer and modernity used in the u.s. but says it is in talks with both companies let's talk now to dr margaret harris she's a spokeswoman for the world health organization she joins us from geneva dr harris welcome back before we get into the nitty gritty of the kovacs alliance boris johnson 2 hours ago telling the world we've got a new strain of covert 19 what does the world health organization do with that development. they say further details that then i will leave you to that

you're watching the world you have your own stories and your own experiences about homelessness and kovac 19 you know what to do if you're on you tube jumping to the charts and you tube can be part of the conversation. i'm going to say hello to this and maison panel and begun to introduce themselves to you the ticket shall great savvy tell everybody who you are. nice to be here my name is marcus shallow and i'm a physician and researcher at university of california san francisco where i have devoted my career to try to recognize that housing is the best medicine and i u.c.s.f. direct the c.s.f. center for all of our populations like a great to have you mark with an h. you have too much today doubly lucky luck with an h. tell everybody who you are what the h. stands for. i mark or bath and i'm the founder of invisible people 25 years ago i lived homeless on the streets of los angeles and now i run a nonprofit called invisible people were we focus on education journalism and advocacy to help end homelessness we are going to see some of the incredible work they do today oh i forgot the dare

countries in the world have offered help to those less well off the world health organization led kovacseme has pledges worth $2100000000.00 from donor governments companies and charitable foundations but it says there's still a $28000000000.00 shortfall in what's needed to buy enough vaccines treatments and tests to get the world out of the pandemic research suggests that high and some middle income countries have already purchased nearly 4000000000 doses with options for another 5000000000 but kovacs has secured a mere by comparison 700000000 doses to cope cover both high and low income nations that are in the scheme well that means that most people in low income countries will be waiting until 2024 to be vaccinated with that misstating health and economic repercussions well dr krishna kumar is the founding director of the do you cook global health innovation center he joins us over skype from rally in north carolina sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so i guess you know that the point behind the kovacs scheme is pretty laudable as in you know everyone should have

and so the kovacs facility itself. has managed to sign up around 100 almost 190 countries and economies and as your correspondent mentioned in the 1st face to secure enough doses ideally back to make the 1st 20 percent of the populations in those countries and economies which which translates into the front line health care workers elderly populations and those with co-morbidities in essence those are risk of exposure mortality so that's the focus in the 1st instance you know especially very happy to be. leading that effort with the pan american health organization to secure those doses at least for the poorest 90 to 100 countries what do you make of the fact the u.s. sensually are all competing against against big countries for vaccines that will save lives the world of. yeah i mean the best way to ensure that vaccines become available equity is is to ensure that no country is really pushed to the back of the line and it's really that principle that underpins the kovacs facility and so what we need now to make sure th

to bring about that sort of recalibration in terms of access to these vaccines for many countries kovacs is their only hope a vaccine initiative set up by a 190 countries including germany the tourist members are to receive cheaper access to the vaccine so they can vaccinate at least part of their population. through the kovacs we aiming to have an initial supply of vaccines to cover. 3 percent of the population so the highest priority group to be covered and wrecks again this will be health care workers and all says as already been said the most vulnerable group which is their elderly but money isn't the only concern distribution logistics presents another hurdle for example the biotech pfizer vaccine has to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius the necessary infrastructure it doesn't even exist hopes lie in the vaccine for master seneca which can be stored at refrigerator temperatures but it must also be paid for and distributed to africa fears it will fall by the wayside. if one part of. our part of the world one not to be vaccinated. becomes a hindrance to people from africa. and. mo

we have a global facility that kovacs facility that is designed and has the involvement of a $190.00 countries and economies around the world to deploy with equity and with speed the vaccines that are available the design of the kovacs facility is is aimed to get 20 percent coverage in all countries around the world that are part of the kovacs facility by the end of 2021 and then to go beyond that 20 percent coverage after in subsequent 2022 and beyond so we're really aiming to get the highest priority groups health workers and those who are at highest risk of severe disease and death are the groups that we're aiming to cover in all countries for in 2021 china has detected its 1st imported case of a new coronavirus variant that's spreading rapidly in the u.k. the chinese government insists it's brought the outbreak under control and has also proved its 1st homegrown vaccine for general use but in the world's 1st coronavirus epicenter many have lost their loved ones still angry at to authorities trying to you reports from. 12 months ago done high spot they checked into a hospital to r

on next report comes from mali where health officials say inoculation people against kovac 19 will be a slow process a lack of infrastructure in the country means health workers often have to travel by foot to reach people in rural areas where people hope that they too will be able to get the vaccine. one of these refrigerators are essential hardware at this health center they hold vital medicines and polio vaccines part of an effort across mali to immunize 5000000 children against the disease in a country where temperatures often top 40 degrees celcius the campaign is a huge logistical undertaking vaccinating malia's in the largely rural country against the coronavirus will be an even greater challenge. it's extremely important to that the vaccines have a functioning logistics chain it will be very complex to get it to the people in the countryside. so not a city big travels on foot by motorbike and sometimes by donkey to distribute the polio vaccine in remote villages people ask her if she will soon be bringing relief from covert 19 the health worker doesn't know what to answer many

celebrations in much of africa have been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic many countries are seeing kovac 19 infections rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gatherings. has i will 1st report from lagos nigeria with the economic fallout off the pandemic has made things even worse. christmas is in the league is always packed with all kinds of parties festivals and events but this year is going to be more than usual because of the recent spike in. the governments has introduced. patsy's county vows and music our shows are now banned throughout the state of maine another major highlights of christmas here. is the amazing food unfortunately nigeria is going through an economic recession as a result of the pandemic so food prices are the highest they've been all year. last year we were not this one for up to 300 you could even get 2 of these for 500 but this one goes for 1500 now this is not. because. people. are desperate. nigerians are great food to be. and from nigeria to kenya people in the cities are planning to travel to. the holidays but all boys. the travelers could carry

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system for approvals and you know i think when they commit to providing vaccine to kovacs which is the global vaccine allocation and distribution mechanism that 190 countries a signed onto for covert 19 they're committing to w 2 prequalification right i think that the going on and start in indonesia is actually they're planning to test in effect of mistrials a number of different vaccines including can sign a sign of back and sign a form so indonesia is actually planning a rollout of those vaccines and very quickly here in south korea what vaccine is the government there buying actually the government here it was announced a few days ago is actually looking at a number of different vaccines so right now the only firm contract is actually zeneca but they've also indicated a desire to purchase from pfizer by antec from a derna and from johnson and johnson as well as getting their back seen allocation from the kodak smith mechanism to the hedging with a good of vaccines dr jerome ken thank you so much for your time. thank you. the pandemic has hit all economies and around the world it's t

maria was lucky to get a place here waiting lists for patients with post kovac problems. this year in clinical and has a huge number of patients waiting for treatment. time here has now come to an end. in terms of fitness or the tiredness levels for teak have you noticed any change but we've talked and have that may have changed but i probably won't know until i get back to work and see whether i can cope better with unaided. or if i'm still is tired yes i did wish to have an awesome. brought about the chest pains. half and that the pain is better when i have therapy the whole time and i noticed over the weekend where there is less going on or when i had physio wednesday last week back and then the next time on tuesday that the pain in the base of my lungs returned fine but i feel there's a we're seeing patients who have symptoms some of which we can't really explain. and so we're trying to find answers and treatments of it's like a black box. and whenever i can't explain and convey something in a way that's well founded it leaves a sense of uncertainty i freely admit tha

our goals as designed with kovacs and the pharmaceutical companies is that for the 1st weeks of 2021 we will be starting the process of mass vaccination. but despite the optimistic and. the plan is to back soon it only 2000000 people in the 1st trimester of next year starting with health care workers and those with preexisting conditions were true mass vaccination still far away some medical experts believe the country remains ill prepared to face many more months of new cases in. many regions already in an alarming situation and a health system with very limited capacity it's true that there's been an increase in a number of i.c.e.'s in the country from 530211000 but that doesn't mean that we're able to attend more patients that these new units have been fitted properly we lack provision medicines and doctors the government should return to more drastic restrictive measures. for now many more interested in celebrating the season and their liberties while the lasts even if the hangover could be deadly. violent protests of broken. major hike in university tuition fees police used tear

roughly doubled its supply arrangements for nearly 2000000000 doses of may be made as part of the kovacs lion. first deliveries are due next year so far 92 middle and lower income countries are eligible to receive vaccines as part of kovacs dozens of higher income countries will assist the program by essentially pooling their vaccine buying power once the job gets regulatory approval it will be allocated to all participating countries at the same rate proportional to its total population so while this is a positive development world health organization is warning that the next 6 months will be tough as we wait for vaccines to start reducing transmission. over 3 quarters of the cases you know we're seeing globally minorities are occurring in the americas it's a very very high and intense period there. it really does come back to being able to implement all of the measures that are needed. having strong coordination and governance. having to do it all approach in terms of both public health and social measures to race to people and wearing masks and personal hygiene and i ring a very stron

maria was lucky to get a place here waiting lists for patients with post kovac problems. the show in clinical and has a huge number of patients waiting for treatment. time here has now come to an end. in terms of fitness or the tiredness levels for teak have you noticed any change but we've talked and have faith that may have changed but i probably won't know until i get back to work and see whether i can cope better with unaided. or if i'm still as tired as i did stand up i'm also . right about the chest pains. half and that the pain is better when i have therapy the whole time and i noticed over the weekend where there was less going on or when i had physio wednesday last week back and then the next time on tuesday that the pain in the base of my lungs returned fine but i feel there's a we're seeing patients who have symptoms some of which we can't really explain. and so we're trying to find answers and treatments it's like a black box. and whenever i can't explain and convey something in a way that's well founded it leaves a sense of uncertainty i freely admit that. to

kovac 19 has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills millions of people around the world. united nations figures show that 38000000 people were living with hiv last year, nearly 700000 died as a result of their hiv infection. but prevention and treatment measures are showing promise. in the last decade, the number of new infections has decreased and so has the number of people whose death was caused directly by aids or factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. yet experts predict that trend will reverse this year because of the covert 1000 pandemic. and because of walk downs causing a shortage of hiv medication, it's estimated there could be an additional 1400000 deaths caused by h i.v. as a result. and drugs are essential to manage hiv and they have helped many people live life to the fullest, but stigma still prevails. our next report takes you to ukraine, where 3 h.i.b. positive people told d.w. how the virus has affected their lives. i've had a lot of no's in my life because of my hiv status. a lot about i thought hiv was s

since the start of the covert pandemic but the latest spot comes after tehran became a member of kovacs a global collaboration led by the w.h.o. the works to secure vaccines around the world iran's finding its transactions though aren't going through because of u.s. sanctions let's get more on this now and speak to political scientist and author for a c.r.-v. thanks for joining us good to have you on the program today now a spokesman for the kovacs global vaccine program has said iran has actually received a exemption from the u.s. government specifically to procure vaccines at the covert vaccines among them what's the problem here than. the problem is that the u.s. at the same time is doing what they really can to undermine iran's ability to pool cue the necessity medical devices and in this case vaccines that are on the horizon and the case in point is prey sharing government osogbo. and not to unfreeze billions of dollars of the rainy and acid that iran needs in order to purchase. you know millions of those is a vaccine so. it is an element of the park question on the part of the us

vaccine to all peoples of the world what kovacs needs is more financial support from wealthy countriesmore money coming in to kodak's and also we need more wealthy countries who are not currently part of the kodaks collaboration to be at least thinking about bilateral commitments to low and middle income countries also we need support for the world bank on that note the g. 20 nations recently said they will quote spare no effort in ensuring equitable access to proven vaccines how much is that commitment worth. well let's put it this way it's worth a whole lot more than the countries who are high income who have not yet begun that kind of a kludge and i include in that the united states what a pledge like that from a group of wealthy countries is actually worth i have to applaud this collection of countries so while of course we never know until we really see what happens the trees the european countries for even making that commitment now we see the biotech pfizer vaccine being rolled out in several countries the latest being the united states we need we know it needs to be stored at e

and we need to bring about the collaboration in terms of access to this vaccine for many countries kovacs is their only hope that scene initiative set up by a 190 countries including germany the purpose members are to receive cheaper access to the vaccine so they can vaccinate at least part of their population. through the kovacs we aiming to have an initial supply of vaccines to cover. 30 percent of the population so the highest priority group to be covered and we're expecting this will be health care worker says as already been said the most vulnerable group which is there. but money isn't the only concern distribution logistics present another hurdle for example the biotech pfizer vaccine has to be stored at minus $70.00 degrees celsius the necessary infrastructure it doesn't even exist hopes lie in the vaccine for master seneca which can be stored at refrigerator temperatures but it must also be paid for and distributed to africa fears it will fall by the wayside. if one part of the. vaccine. becomes. 2 people. and. more difficult if. we do not want to lag behind in many countries the

we're opinion has formally launched a mass vaccination campaign against kovac 19 medics the elderly there 1st in line but distributing a job is proving to be a highly complex task our path correspondent sanity bensky reports on it all. there's a whoops vaccination. it's a massive task it's hoping to move to late as many as possible of the blitz 150 moon citizens over the next few minutes and so far only when vaccine has been approved for use this is the phase a better take vaccine now it comes with its own set of difficulties mainly in how it needs to be stored because this spec scene has to be kept at a temperature of 70 degrees celsius that's essentially freeze temperature to make sure that the vaccine removes active and use food and there are concerns that if that temperature is a met the dissension in this vaccine will become and the reverend moon won't be able to locate people. i mean maybe by being difficulties remove these temperature issues surrounding respects even after the shipment of timber vary in germany and medical staff there question to make just the temperature of the be

here to break down head lyons, brian kelly and seema mody and steven kovac welcome, everybody anotherecord high for bitcoin. just crazy watching it the cryptocurrency went above 28,000 only broke above 20,000 a couple weeks ago and then pared those gains. this is a three-month meteoric rise now, its longest win streak in over a year the controversial crypto may also be edging closer to the mainstream according to cnbc's quarterly stock report which is out today, 58% of those surveyed said their clients will most likely buy their first bitcoin in 2021. 33% said they will get into spacs next year and 9 boston are considering their first options contract sully, what do you think >> listen, if everyone is piling into an asset class or commodity or whatever you want to call it with very fixed supply, what do you think is going to happen to prices i think the biggest bitcoin bull case, say that ten times fast, you can make, is there will only ever be 21 million i understand they divide them up, but as a macro level there's only 21 milne yo 18.are 5 million have been mined. can you imagine,

french group kerry also invited its followers to donate online the un agency is raising funds for kovacs a program to gather funds from wealthy countries nonprofit organizations to supply vaccines to poor countries kovacs has so far raised $2000000000.00. now baron has become the 2nd country after the u.k. to grant approval for the pfizer biotech vaccine but thoughts are now turning to how it's going to be administered germany is hoping to have max vaccination centers ready next month to start i mean izing people as soon as it approves the chap from berlin dominic kane reports. this is a 1st glimpse of what the mass vaccination centers will look like moves created inside large warehouses or exhibition halls where thousands of people can safely be immunized every day there are 6 of these centers planned across berlin serving a population of several millions to centers will be at the former temple hoff and now closed tegel airports the man responsible for coordinating the construction of all 6 centers explained the process we have recently asked for you we know that we need to vaccinate 20

doubled its supply arrangements for nearly 2000000000 though says about that made as part of the kovacs alliance with the 1st a liver is due next year it's the nations of between 3 global health players including the world health organization so far $92.00 middle and low income countries are eligible to receive vaccines as part of the kovacs commitment dozens of high income countries will assist the program by essentially pulling the vaccine buying power once a job gets regulates free approval it'll be allocated to all participating countries at the same rate proportional to its total population. not only is verona just at lancaster university at the u.k. he joins us now live via skype from lancaster could tell you with us again i have it under this scheme who decides who gets water in terms of which vaccine and the number of doses. in the callbacks facility we have 11 vaccines those are participating vaccines and a man will look onto the u.n. definition for low and middle income countries countries were given the choice is to apply for this facility and to take part in this once and fo

uproar about it and there should be but that's how las vegas is treated almost as a mist far before kovac 19 the city uses what a courtyard model where people are sleeping on a sidewalk in a courtyard before for. 19 came about so yeah everybody's screaming about this but we've been treating homelessness like that for decades yeah that's exactly right but we've always been in the bad right place we have no better we've never actually had an actual humanitarian dignity centered approach to the homeless and so i think that what you know is is remarkable is how we don't have mark's point right like we see the sort of you know sort of before and after but it's it's just the same before. i guess as you're speaking i just want to pull back up this picture because as you're speaking it becomes so clear to every single one of those bundles these are human beings these are people going to say god. you know i think as mark and mark were saying that you know the pandemic really hasn't has just amplified the problems that we've had with homelessness it hasn't actually changed things it's increasing da

created the kovacs initiative to ensure poor and middle income countries have access to the vaccines while developing in this tribute saying a vaccine is very expensive as part of operation war speed the united states has spent $18000000000.00 on vaccines the cost includes distribution and stores. airlines have offered to fly in doses of pfizer's vaccine from brussels so hire a boeing triple 7 it would cost about $26000.00 an hour the world health organization hopes to raise $35000000000.00 for its kovacs vaccine. is charging around $20.00 per dose the real hope for the world rests on astra zeneca which is being distributed for $3.00 under a deal between the u.n. and the gates foundation india's serum institute to a manufacturer of doses for low and middle income countries at a cost of $3.00 and the moderna over $1000.00 vaccine is a step closer to being approved by american regulators the u.s. food and drug administration issued a report saying the vaccine is highly effective and did not raise any major concerns it would be the 2nd to be approved for use in the u.s. after the pfizer

if i had no idea that juta kovac 19 this would be one of the last parties in bangkok for a long while. when lehmann travels his wife lisa usually goes with him on officially and at the couple's own expense she says most important confidant. sifu thought this could not spend a lot of time with my husband we get going at 7 in the morning we have evenings together we spend an hour having dinner we talk about everything he listens to me and of course i hear about the fascinating things he's doing and everything that's going on the information goes both ways it's absolutely equal and so i don't miss out on anything up some more. leisurely month remains in the background and yet she is still very present the tumescent university she was the 1st woman to study physics in minds half a century ago. this gives there is one consistent dynamic in my life that i'm very satisfied and happy with to fly while. we have our golden wedding anniversary and all of those things behind us and this stability is really important to me. otherwise i couldn't do all the things i do over the 2 of us are like a sm

sam: there is an organization and ins involved astra, the u.k., kovacs. procuring doses donate to countries that do not have the financial wherewithal to afford to buy the vaccine in the market at the prices that they are offered. does his foodhat kovacs is something that will -- we have to know more about astra . francine: sam, thank you so much. bloomberg senior pharmaceutical analyst. investment rome forum is underway today, focusing on investment as a long-term driver of development and economic rose, and it will take place virtually this year. guy johnson is speaking with paolo gentiloni, commissioner for the european economy. let's listen in. paolo: the initial idea was to have the first approval of these spring. late i think this was the idea of the decision taken at the end of the july -- at the end of july when the council approved the proposal of the european commission. week we had, last the final decision, and i think maybeime, late spring or couldginning of december be indeed implemented. know, the first approval is coming from the european c

vaccine to all peoples of the world what kovacs needs is more financial support from wealthy countries more money coming in to kodak's and also we need more wealthy countries who are not currently part of the kodaks collaboration to be at least thinking about an bilateral commitments to low and middle income countries also we need support for the world bank on that note the g. 20 nations recently said they will quote spare no effort in ensuring equitable access to proven vaccines how much is that commitment worth. well let's put it this way it's worth a whole lot more than the countries who are high income who have not yet begun that kind of a pledge and i include in that the united states my own country so while of course we never know until we really see what happens what a pledge like that from a group of wealthy countries is actually worth i have to applaud this collection of countries the european countries for even making that commitment now we see the biotech fires are vaccine being rolled out in several countries the latest being the united states we need we know it needs to be

effects of kovac on your body and that can include the impact on the brain to help us understand this better frank heppner is joining us now he's the head of the neuro pathology department at berlin sheva tate university hospital welcome to you frank now there is increasing evidence that sars cove to not only affects the respiratory tract but it can also impact the central nervous system what is the likelihood of that happening when we know from one 3rd of the co 1000 cases that they do suffer from neurological problems and this was basically due reason for our study where we are actually so how is the distribution of the virus in the brain and secondly how does it get into the brain now one 3rd of coronavirus patients that is a significant proportion means it's definitely worth looking into how sars co 2 enters and invades the nervous system what can you tell us about that. whether we knew that there is a virus of course within the oil factory macos or so to macos or layout and the method our nose this is where we were just walking so we knew this is kind of potential port of entry a

mali hopes to access the vaccine through the w h o's kovacs fund developing and rich countries have already pledged to $1000000000.00 to the fund and some pharma companies have committed to delivering the vaccine through the mechanism but even if it becomes available the vaccines distribution will be tough in a country without a reliable electricity supply. we have at least have a generator but that's not the case at other health centers. if there is a power cut that's a huge problem with. the vaccination drive is gathering pace in europe but across africa most people will likely still have to wait and sing lead a long time for relief. and that's it for our program today be sure to check out the stories on dot com forward slash africa and also on facebook and on special today we'll leave you with pictures of people saying i'm praising christmas across the continent we at these are being is africa wish you safe healthy and happy holidays we'll see you next time a bank. is a master of the art of confrontation and this is wrong a measure of verbal combat i mean you're going to see your yard fl

general antonio good terrorists has addressed the german bund us talk today telling lawmakers the kovac 19 vaccine should be affordable and accessible to everyone tara she also praised germany's response to the pandemic speech as part of anniversary events to mark the 75th anniversary of the un's founding. the northeastern united states has been hit by record amounts of snow the powerful snow storm has hit massachusetts pennsylvania and new york affecting 16000000 people officials have warned of near impossible travel conditions and have asked people to stay off the roads. and some sports news now russia faces consequences over its doping practices the country's banned from competing ads or hosting major international sporting events has been upheld for 2 years including the next 2 a lympics and the football world cup in qatar but the ruling from the sport's highest court does cut in half the 4 year ban the world anti-doping agency had imposed individual russian athletes will however be allowed to compete at those events if they are not implicated in doping here's a look back at the ent

vaccines only for their own populations and this is why it is so important for states to suppose the kovacs initiative for global liquidity all access to go to 1000 back scenes which is led by gavi to vaccine lines to call issued for it didn't it provide nisson of asians in the world health organization missile also chief of external relations at the united nations office of the high commissioner for human rights are always great to have you on please come back. thank you very much and happy human rights it will and want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. a female television news anchor has been shot dead in eastern afghanistan. my want was killed along with her driver as she travelled to work in jalalabad she was also an activist who spoke out on women and children's rights it's the latest in a series of attacks targeting journalists will activists and politicians. azerbaijan has staged a military parade to mark its recent victory over a niña in their conflict over the disputed nagorno-karabakh reach of turkish president richard diab or to one joi

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now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the number of people hospitalized with kovac 19 in the united states has reached 100000 an all time high as the pandemic increases the strain on health care systems there meanwhile greece has extended its nationwide log down for another week after a slower than expected decline in case numbers and in the that country will place strict limits on travel over the christmas and new year's holidays of movement between the regions will be banned from december 21st russian president vladimir putin has ordered voluntary mass vaccinations to start next week moscow says it sputnik vaccine is 9095 rather percent effective and we say with russia that country 2nd wave of corona virus has hit some of its regional regions specifically hard in many cities there are hardly any hospital beds left official statistics say almost 40000 people in russia have died from corona virus but media reports say the excess mortality in the country is 4 times higher than last year our correspondent emily sure when went to the city. in the country's southwest wh

now we're very close now to have all of that faint against kovac 19. why if they, if still no vaccine against h i yes. so 2020 was unfortunately your were a vaccine which had showed some promise in the time exene trial where there was a 33 percent reduction new infections. and now this improved vaccine was tested in south africa. and i, fortunately the trial will stop because of lack of a c. . and the reasons is that they should be employed technology and the virus is costly changing that shield to protect itself. and these changes you have made a vaccine attempt. so it's not so easy to target the that's little different that some of the other viruses have. let's west changes the surface. so, you know, the united nations has set itself the goal of ending the aids epidemic by 2030. do you think that's realistic? well, you know, on a more positive side,, if you look at some of the recent numbers from the u.k., you can see that actually they're very close to ending the epidemic because they have more than 95 percent of their patients are diagnosed to have

with receiving the 1st coronavirus vaccinations in the country this is the beginning of the end for kovac together as a community as a nation we can and this the 1st recipients seemed eager to convince others that the vaccine was safe it's very important that when the vaccine comes that we took off the science it is ok to take the or elsewhere in an effort to show government confidence in the shot acting defense secretary christopher miller also took his jab on camera. that's it oh i thought i heard all. advisory panels in the u.s. and the u.k. have determined that the benefits of the shot fine outweigh the risks yet one in 3 people in the u.s. say they won't take it sorry i'm not interested it will never take it out of my dead body. i don't know want so. logistics pose another challenge because the country is so big and the concoction so fragile the bio on take 5 vaccine has to be kept at a chilling minus 70 degrees celsius a deep temperature requiring massive amounts of dry ice. despite all this u.s. officials are preparing for the largest vaccination campaign in the country's history a

celebrations in much of africa has been dampened by the crown of virus pandemic many countries are saying kovac 19 infections rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gatherings flourished were reports from lagos nigeria where the economic fallout of the pandemic has made things even worse. christmas is in the lagos is always packed with all kinds of parties festivals and events but this is going to be more quiet than usual because of the recent spike in $1000.00 infections the government has introduced strict shows patsy's can evolve and music shows are now banned throughout the state of another major highlights of christmas shows here in nigeria is the our missing food fortunately nigeria is going through an economic recession as a result of the pandemic so food prices are the highest they've been all year. so. last year we were not solely this one for up to 300 you could even get 2 of these for 500 but this one goes for 1500 now this is not like last because. there is no more no markets. so. more needs to buy its own people. this is very. despite all the high chiefs nigerians are g

kovac 19 restrictions are up to the individual states but so far they've agreed to take a unified approach. the 16 federal states have agreed in recent weeks to a number of stricter measures as part of the country's current lockdown. your chancellor angela merkel has often said she thinks the steps don't go far enough so while the new measures might be welcomed the chancellor in berlin there were mixed reactions on the streets of bavaria. it's going to say the numbers are going down i think it's necessary about us to this making it this tough i think it's a bit excessive but i think of my workplace for example where i sit with sometimes up to 30 colleagues and then i can only spend new year's eve with 5 people. with new infection rates remaining consistently high in germany the question is if other or all of germany's federal states will now follow bavarians lead. so let's get a reminder now for a top story on d w president nicolas maduro socialist party has won control of the legislature in parliamentary elections in venezuela but the little is expected to pass the national assembly with