let's get more now from you hamad minear has over all of us from the lancaster university in the u.k. mr meir thanks for joining us what more can you tell us about this new strain of the coronavirus. well this new strain of corn of ideas was 1st identified kountry general back in september and that it was reported to the government in early october and since then we have seen and reached cases not only in britain london but also now in seoul east and the same strain is now being 35 in scotland and wales as well not that i learnt because of the. large scale sequencing approach it has not been identified but there are less chance of that it wouldn't be here so as it stands now it appears that now $67.00 is a dog of positive particularly in the norwegian or belonging to this screen so that is pretty scary and what he some so identified all the way back in september 'd why has it taken so long for the british government to act well when we 1st identified in in cannes at that point it was in one of those highly domino strain within the sequences that we're going to fight what happened over

earlier we spoke to viral or just no one but money from britain's lancaster university we all sin weather there are concerns that the vaccinations could be less effective effective on the new strain of the virus but i just want to highlight is that when vaccine work doesn't work against one part of the virus it works against different components of the virus for example there are more than 2030 different sites within the spike but again against with the vaccine is effective so if one or 2 mutations arc are still the other one would protect against the infection so as it stands now the mutation that we have identified in the u.k. have literally no impact on to the vaccine effectiveness so therefore the vaccine being developed by the pfizer don't know what astra zeneca would have no impact on to be this wider so it would carry on raising the immunity enough to really know if this waras mohamed when they're from lancaster university there now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines a powerful blast has rocked the afghan capital kabul killing at least 9 people official said a

earlier i spoke to muhammad in the near who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. i asked him how unusual it is that a vaccine still in phase 3 clinical trials is being rolled out for mass vaccination . having deploy a vaccine at that scale a 100000 or even more than that people without having backed up that i think doc is there to be dangerous moving forward 1st because vaccines are required to go to testing and that's one of the reason that we took a dr long time to come up with a vaccine that we can over trust so vaccine that is not because you tested it which certainly be concerning moving forward because it's not just the russia itself that would be setting an example for other countries which it haunts the vaccine has a tendency on hold for more efforts to have a high coverage because so many major concern is not just having the vaccine concern it that all weekly and hope of widely we can deploy it because until we don't immunized 75 percent of the people that are fact of the vaccine would be significantly low which we don't really want to see tha

while mohammed joins me for more ways varla just at lancaster university in england dr many a welcome of 53000 cases in one day at chilling record by anyone's account what needs to happen now to get a handle on. and the absolutely i mean having a country under district to lock down 40 percent of the country is on the contest that restriction and having 50 tweets 1000 or more than 50000 cases is really scare mongering and i think moving on that there is only one situation is that the country $8.00 disagree a little luck down that would be a ts by which hasn't been defying but that means that it would have to come to all of the private school. into the knock down restricting of the students going into the into the universities all those my years old to be out there will bring the number down but even though it's having a tougher space. i don't really think that the number of the cases would be dropping significantly and i mean we would be getting into a very grim prospect in the coming weeks we've heard accounts of ambulances having to white outside of hospitals because there was no cap

earlier i spoke to mohamad moneer who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. i asked him how unusual it is that a vaccine still in phase 3 clinical trials is being rolled out for mass vaccination having a deploy a vaccine. 100000 or even more than that people have in fact i think that is their cure dangerous moving forward 1st because that seems to quadruple to testing and that's one of the reason that we took a dr long time to come up with a vaccine that we can all trust so the vaccine that is not with us you're tested what's the. moving forward because it's not just that russia itself is would be setting an example for other countries it's a bit hans the vaccine has a tendency on board for more efforts to have a high coverage because so many major concern is not just having the vaccine concern it that all weekly and whole widely we can deploy it because until we don't immunized 75 percent of the people fact of the vaccine would be significantly lower which we don't really want to see that's mohamed near from lancaster university many many thanks

that was just mohamed in one year of lancaster university in england felt relief could be on the way for hundreds of truck driver stuck at the port of dover in southern england where they're waiting to cross to france french media are reporting that the governments will allow the blash drivers to enter if they have a negative coronavirus test workers that were shot to travelers from the u.k. after a fast spreading coronavirus variant was discovered there and the european commission has advised against a blanket travel ban ahead of the holidays. what a way to spend the last days before christmas hundreds of trucks huge on the road to die in a line that stretches on and on and on dozens of kilometers some of it into the city the stations of the freeway it's here we meet. and not my gunter from germany . we want to spend christmas at home with our family it would be very bad if we conned. my wife has been really upset since she found out about all this but what can i do. these drivers couldn't have known the french border would suddenly slam shut on sunday since then they've been strand

let's get more now from hamad minear has ever ologist from the lancaster university in the u.k. mr mann thanks for joining us what more can you tell us about this new strain of the coronavirus well this new strain of course was 1st identified in country general back in september and that it was reported to the government in early october and since then we have seen and reached cases not only in britain london but also know in so east and the same strain is now being 25 in scotland and wales as well i know but i learnt because of. large scale sequencing approach it has not made them to fight but there are less chance of that we're going to be here so as it stands now it appears that now 6 to 7 years of the work of positive particularly in london region are belonging to this screen so that is pretty scary and what he said so identified all the way back in september why has it taken so long for the british government to act. well when we 1st identified in cannes at that point it wasn't one of those highly domino strain within the sequences that we're going to fight what happened ov

a hub in one year joins me for more he is overall it just with lancaster university in england dr mayor welcome back on the program we just heard the bio on tech c.e.o. saying he is confident that their vaccine will work against the new virus variant what do you make of his assessment. yes clark that is pretty true the reason is that event somebody has vaccinated basically the vaccine not only thought of it despite what it seemed like multiple sites but also induce other level of protection as well like our like blood cells which are within our blood also brought him to attack onto the virus and also the complete system t. cell responses and light addie of responses are used so if the antibody related production is a little minimized because of this mutation we have other ad is to work on to add made the vaccine effective so therefore i'm pretty confident that this was. what protect against this new strain whatsoever as it stands but the problem really is not at this moment the problem is that as we move along this what is we're proper propagate into the human population that really dom

well i'm now joined by one there who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. so when they if you can answer will start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work. thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee of vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating to us in that order people are people who have both. the disposition and also we're going to be going into the health care system and then minus 88 years old age and then really don't do the age until it reached safety and that is all of on the 8 phases approach. as stablished here and i don't see steep descent and it just helps where the vaccine was come 1st because it has to be mandated. some c.s. and then there will be a small 'd pizza boxes those would be delivered to the care homes we have care and the care that has a dental would be immunized so that is the approach that is going to be taken very soon because we will be expecting i don't know it and it's a

earlier i talked to mohamed mir who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. i asked him how unusual it is that a vaccine still in phase 3 clinical trials is being rolled out for mass vaccination having a deploy a vaccine at that scale a 100000 or even more than that people don't have in fact that i conduct is there a continuous moving forward test because vaccines are required to get us and that's one of the reason that we took a doctor long time to come up with a vaccine that we can all trust so the vaccine that is not the best you tested which certainly be concerning moving forward because it's not just the russia itself that would be setting an example for other countries which if it haunts the vaccine has a tendency on board for more efforts to have a high coverage because let me make it a concern it's not just having the vaccine concern it that all we can eat and hope of widely we can deploy it because until we don't immunized 75 percent of the people they are fact of the vaccine would be significantly lower which we don't really want to see tha

raising the immunity enough to really know for this wireless that was mohammed money from lancaster university let's take a look at some other stories making headlines another deadline has passed in post breck's it trade deal a negotiations as the u.k. and the e.u. fail to reach a compromise on sunday it's believed significant differences remain on fisheries the talks are expected to continue on monday despite the european parliament saying it will not vote on a deal secured after the weekend. eastern iceland has been hit by some of its heaviest rainfall triggering mudslides that destroyed at least a dozen homes an entire village has been evacuated but no one has been injured. a powerful blast has rocked the afghan capital kabul killing at least 9 people officials said a car bomb detonated as an afghan lawmakers convoy was passing through the city he was among at least a dozen people wounded in the attack. the head of the u.s. house intelligence intelligence committee adam schiff says there is no question that russia is behind the recent hacking campaign against the united states schiff warned

mohammed moneer from lancaster university thank you so much sang froid. now to some other stories making news around the world at this hour german chancellor angela merkel says the current coronavirus restrictions won't get the country through the winter she's pushing pushing for a just decision on tougher restrictions before the christmas holidays and the state of bavaria is already tightening measures asking people to stay at home with only a few exceptions. u.s. president elect joe biden will nominate retired general lloyd austin to be a secretary of the defense that's according to a number of us media reports austin would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon after a 41 year army career austin is now on the board of raytheon one of america's biggest weapons firms grammont in new zealand and inquiry into last year's christchurch mosques attack found that security services had not focused enough on the threat from right wing terror the 800 page report said 7 by agencies that placed an inappropriate focus on islamic extremism before the attack

joins me for more he's just with the lancaster university and england dr moneer tell us through what is just so difficult to bring these cases down in the united kingdom i think major emphasis at the moment is really to bring the number down and we knew that this time of the year is particularly notorious for the infectious diseases because this is the longest time for holidays and a lot of celebrations going on intermingling of the families and getting into the winter meaning that less went elation and so on so these are really fueling in the number of cases and on top of every. just agreed we have a new variant which is more transmissible and today that indicate that 56 percent higher transmissibility has been reported for this new variant so altogether is really a favor able to ration for the virus to carry on in fact into people over because we still have 80 percent of the people that thought susceptible to infection so the prospect isn't unfortunately not that good can you give us a picture of the strain that the national health service is under right now across the country. wel

and i joined live by dr mohammad moneer a viral just at lancaster university now what's your view of this team up between astra zeneca and russia's galileo institute is it promising in your opinion. i think it's very healthy because the scientific collaboration beyond excited government is always up to share to it and i think one of the major who wanted this collaboration will bring in 2 is definitely to improve the efficacy of fosters i think oxford a vaccine because they've got one technical challenge and the challenge is that in the whole of this vaccine they use the same of actor to do to use board bills it's 1st build and the 2nd using the same factor which is technically and scientifically a relatively weaker approach because the immunity against those will also neutralize the virus against the 2nd dose and the beauty of the sport navy is that they use to despair devices to deliver the spy program not sauced to and that has certainly very wanted us so for for all of this collaboration what do you make of the reaction we're seeing to this new strain of kobe that that started in

while mohammed joins me for more ways of our largest at lancaster university in england dr many a welcome of 53000 cases in one day at chilling record by anyone's account what needs to happen now to get a handle on. and to be absolutely i mean having a country under district lock down 40 percent of the country is on the contest that restriction and having 50 tweets 1000 or more than 50000 cases is really scare mongering and i think moving on that there is only one situation is that the country $8.00 disagree a little luck down that would be to get 5 which hasn't been defying but that means that it would have to come to all of the private school and. into the milk down restricting of the students going into the into the universities all those mayors all to be either of them bring the number down but even though it's having a tougher it is fiction i don't really think that the number of the cases would be dropping significantly and i mean we would be getting into a very grim prospect in the coming weeks we've heard accounts of ambulances having to white outside of hospitals because there wa

some insight into what all of this means we have mohamed with us he's a viral legist that lancaster university in england muhammad good to see you a good to have you back on the program so we just heard the c.e.o. of bio on tech there telling you that he is confident that his vaccine in its existing form can be effective against this new virus strain but he cannot be entirely sure given that information do you think that vaccinations could should still go on oh yes absolutely one of the prime reason is that this new variant would not really jump or date the vaccine i think is it is that the mutation that we have seen within the spiteful routine that the one that make the co-ownership structured onto the surface of the virus those are very few compared to the total length of the protein so that antibody response is already against the entire length of the protein so the air force even wanted to mutations or could that's not going to completely made the vaccine ineffective so therefore the vaccines that are approved. and the biotech as well as the advisers that would be all of the active because

by restricting social call let's get more now from hamad minea he's ever ologist from the lancaster university in the u.k. mr renia thanks for joining us what more can you tell us about this new strain of the coronavirus. well this new strain of corn about as was 1st identified can treat back in september and that it was reported to the government in early october and since then we have seen and reached cases not only in britain london but also now in seoul east and the same strain is now being 25 in scotland and wales as well not that i learned because of the. large scale sequencing approach it has not been identified but there are less chance of that it wouldn't be here so as it stands now it appears that now $67.00 of the gov and positive particularly in london region are belonging to this screen so that is pretty scary and what he said so identified all the way back in september why has it taken so long for the british government to act well when we 1st identified in in cannes at that point it was in one of those highly domino strain within the sequences that we're going to fight what happ

well i'm now joined by mere who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. dr one of the u.k. and also we'll start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work. thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee of vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating since the older people or people who have both. the disposition of and afterward it will be going into the health care system and then minus 88 years old age and then really don't do the age until it reached a 50 and that is all of on the 8 phases approach. as stablished here and i don't see steep descent and it just helps to have the vaccine what's come 1st because it has to be amended like minus 70 some c s and then there will be a small 'd pizza boxes those would be delivered to the care homes where kids are and the care that has a dental would be immunized so that is the approach that is going to be taken very soon because we will be expecting that only 800000 tho

associate professor of sociology at lancaster university thank you for joining us on the program today . a popular russian video blogger has been arrested after the death of a woman in his home after which he lifestream her body and attempts to revive her the dead woman is thought to have been his pregnant girlfriend a blogger for shipment of goes by the name refl a on his youtube channel his videos are mostly about online gambling a visibly pregnant woman called valentino has appeared in several of his broadcasts and the most recent one he described how he had tipped a bucket of water over her and forced her out of the apartment without a coat several hours later in the same video he could be seen carrying her body back into the apartment continuing his life stream and only later calling an ambulance paramedics then later declared her dead and the broadcast continued until the police arrived and forced him to stop the ability for people to broadcast live around the world has seen deeply distressing content shared widely before from graphic violence to suicides and terror atrocities. s

while mohammed joins me for more days of our largest at lancaster university in england dr many a welcome of 53000 cases in one day at chilling record by anyone's account what needs to happen now to get a handle on. and to be absolutely i mean having a country under district to lock down 40 percent of the country is on the contest restriction and having 502-0000 or more than 50000 cases is really scare mongering and i think moving on that there is only one situation is that the current state want to disagree a little luck down that would be to get 5 which hasn't been defying but that means that it would have. all of the private school into it into the muck about restricting of the students going into the into the universities all those mayors all together will bring the number down but even though it's having a tougher space. i don't really think that the number of the cases would be dropping significantly and i mean we would be getting into a very grim prospect in the coming weeks we've heard accounts of ambulances having to wite outside of hospitals because there was no capacity for ser

well mohammed joins me for more ways of our lead just at lancaster university in england dr many a welcome of 53000 cases in one day at chilling record by anyone's account what needs to happen now to get a handle on. and be absolutely i mean having a country under strict lockdown 40 percent of the country is on the contest that restriction and having 50 tweets 1000 or more than 50000 cases is really scare mongering and i think moving on 'd that there is only one situation is that the current state want to disagree a little luck down that would be to get 5 which hasn't been defying but that would mean that it would have. all of the private school into it into the knocked out restricting of the students going into the into the universities all those mayors all to be out of them bring the number down but even though it's having a tougher it is fiction i don't really think that the number of the cases would be dropping significantly and i mean we would be getting into a very grim prospect in the coming weeks we've heard accounts of ambulances having to wite outside of hospitals because there w

across the country i'm now joined by mohamed munir who's a viral infection in vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. dr mean you're welcome to d.w. it might appear that russia the u.k. and the us or you know race to develop a successful vaccine what are potential pitfalls of this kind of competition. thank you very much marvin firing on the show i think we are you know enough and i may get in on president situation there ford is certainly a pressure on to having a vaccine because vaccine vaccine effective safe vaccine is probably the ultimate be a lot of this been damaged so this has put a lot of pressure on 2 different governments and pharmaceutical but one thing i would like to highlight here is that this is the 1st time when we have seen an accidental aberration between the government and the private sector completely bring forward for a vaccine that is safe and effective and put it be deployed to really care to have this pandemic and i think the only problem that i can see even rushing this one is to have it in hans number of vaccine has a tendency because any time we will come up wi

well mohamed money a is a just with lancaster university in england i asked him what needs to happen for the u.k. to get a handle on this latest search that i mean having understood. 40 percent of the country is on the come. restriction and having 53000 or more than 53000 cases is really scare mongering and i think moving on there is only one situation is that the country onto the streets lock down that would be by which hasn't been defined but that means that it would have put the country all over the primary school into the into the lockdown restricting of the students going into the into the universities all those many years all together will bring the number down but without having to look at this patient i don't really think that the number of cases would be dropping significantly and that means we would be getting into a very grim prospect in the coming weeks. governments across europe and north america are beginning to distribute a limited supply of vaccine and unavoidable question is who get them 1st opinions out divided of when to vaccinate people locked up in prisons and ja

well i'm now joined by mere who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. dr one of the u.k. announced it will start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work . thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee on vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating that older people or people who have both. the disposition of and also where it will be going into the health care system and then minus 80 years old age and then really to clean don't do the age until it reached safety and that is all on the 8 phases approach. stablished here i don't see 50 defense and it just helps to have the vaccine was come because it has to be amended not minus 77 years and then there will be a small 'd pizza boxes those would be delivered to the care homes we have kids are out of the care that has a dental would be immunized so that is the approach that is going to be taken very soon because we will be expecting i don't wait until the those

joins me for more his overall adjust with lancaster university in england dr mare welcome back on the program we just heard the bio on tech c.e.o. saying he is confident that their vaccine will work against the new virus variant what do you make of his assessment. yes clark that is pretty true the reason is that event somebody has vaccinated basically the vaccine not only part of it despite it being multiple sites but also induce other level of protection as well like our blood cells which are the that our blood all 2 pronged attack on the virus and also the complete system p.c.l. responses and light at a of responses are used so if the antibody related protection is a little minimized because of this mutation we have other at is to work on to at made the vaccine effective so therefore i'm pretty confident that this vaccine would protect against this new strain whatsoever as it stands but the problem really is not at this moment the problem is that as we move along this what is we're proper propagate into the human population that really dominate levels at its keep accommodating more

well i'm now joined by our near who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. dr one of the u.k. and also we'll start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work. thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee of vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating since the older people or people who have both. the disposition of and also where it will be going into the health care system and then minus 88 years old age and then really clean don't do the age until it reached safety and that is all on the 8 phases approach. as stablished here and i don't see a steep descent and it just helps to have the vaccine was come 1st because it has to be amended like minus $77.00 so yes and then there will be a small 'd pizza boxes those will be delivered to the care homes their kids are and the care that has a dental would be immunized so that is new approach that is going to be taken very strong because we will be expecting i don't

do that is by restricting social call to get more from mohamed money or here's a very from lancaster university in the u.k. dr minyard how concerned should we be about this new coronavirus strain. well thank you very much claire for asking this one because i mean it's really important to any mutation that according to the spite of being bet that makes the surface of the virus has some concerns because through this spike but again the virus and body and become successful so over the time we have noticed that so many mutations outlook or which have relatively little or no impact but this particular variant that have emerged now has 23 mutations which are significant 3 in terms of disease torso disability so therefore it seems like this why this is more successful and more fitter this means that it is possible for one person to another person and from one community to enter the community quite effectively right of course the big question everyone will want to know as we see a light at the end of the tunnel is will the already developed vaccines to still be effective. well that is again very import

earlier i spoke to muhammad near who is a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. i asked him how unusual it is that a vaccine still in phase 3 clinical trials is being rolled out for mass vaccination having deploy a vaccine. under told in or even more than that people have in fact i think doc is there to be dangerous moving forward because that seems to be quite regular testing and that's one of the reason that we took a doctor long time to come up with a vaccine that we can all trust so the vaccine that is not with us you're tested let's certainly be. moving forward because it's not just that russia itself would be setting an example for other countries it's a bit hans the vaccine has a tendency on hold for more efforts to have a high coverage because let me make it a concern it's not just having the vaccine concern it that all weekly and whole of widely we can deploy it because until we don't immunized 75 percent of the fact of the vaccine would be significantly low which we don't really want to see that's muhammad near from lancaster university many

this new coronavirus strain are there we put that to mohamed money or of or all of us from lancaster university in the u.k. i mean it's a really important that any mutation that according to the spite of being that make the surface of the virus has some concerns because through this spike but again the virus and what a body and become successful so over the top and we have noticed that so many mutations outlook are which have relatively little or no impact but this particular variant that have emerged now has 23 mutations which are significant in terms of disease process ability so therefore it seems like this why this is more successful and more fitter this means that it is possible for one person to another person and from one of them energy to enter the community quite effectively and of course the big question everyone will want to know as we see a light at the end of the tunnel is will the already developed vaccines and still be effective. well that is again really important what i just want to highlight is that when vaccine works vaccine doesn't work against one part of the virus it works

surface and the action start to take place thank you very much mohamed when you're just from a lancaster university thanks. lawmakers in the u.s. have struck a late night agreement on a multi-billion dollar coronavirus relief package clearing the way for the bill to be voted on by both chambers of congress before a sunday deadline the stimulus plan worth nearly a trillion dollars has been fought over for months if passed it would extend benefits for struggling businesses and millions of unemployed which are due to expire at the end of the year it's been a source of distress for many families across the u.s. and they lay down ramirez in california is no different she's balancing paying for rent and food when out of a job. i. would part from all that was 1. 1 way of bringing home. church of local church and they give. give. markets once every 3 months. a lady lost her job as a waitress to you took over 19 and she's been relying on savings food gift cards and nephews part time job for extra cash. she's one of more than 12000000 americans who are unemployed or without income who face losing their benef

a biologist with the lancaster university in england. doctor, tell us what is so difficult to bring these cases down in the united kidom? >> i think a major emphasis is really to bring the number down d we knew that this time of the year is particularly notorious for infectious diseases because this is the longest time for holidays and mingling with the families and getting into the winter and less ventilation. these are fueling the number of cases and the virus is breeding and we have a new variant and to that, a 56% of higher numbers. all together is really a situation for the virus to carry on because we have 80% of the people that are susceptible to the infection, the prospect is not that good. >> can you give us a picture that the strain that the national healt service is under? >> if we look at that,e know 62% of the infections are belonging to this new variant and it is carrying 323 mutations, three of them are critical and now, we have done some of the analysis in the scientific communities and despite it is going to other cells

insight into what all of this means we have mohamed minear with us he's a viral legist at lancaster university in england mahama good to see you a good to have you back on the program so we just heard the c.e.o. of bio on tech there telling you that he is confident that his vaccine in its existing form can be effective against this new virus strain but he cannot be entirely sure given that information do you think that vaccinations could should still go on yes absolutely one of the prime reason is that this new variant would not really don't provide the vaccine i think is he is that the mutation that we have seen within the spike protein that the ones that make the cone shaped structure on the surface of the widest those are very few compared to the total length of the protein so the antibody response is already against the entire length of the protein so therefore even one or 2 mutations are good that's not going to completely made the vaccine ineffective so therefore the vaccines that are approved. and the biotech as well as the despisers that would be all effective because they did it is th

that's muhammad near from lancaster university many many thanks dr european ski resorts were linked to the early spread of covert 19 across the continent especially the socialising off the slopes the industry faces a difficult winter as governments introduced tough pandemic measures aimed at the ski sector in austria rules and includes hotels mean most foreign tourists will be unable to travel to ski resorts. many in the austrian province of to roll were hoping the ski slopes would stay open to tourists despite the coronavirus pandemic but even though austria rejected calls from across europe to close its resorts completely the government has not restricted foreign tourists from visiting if you haven't been before the holiday period we will start with a very strict immigration program this means that anyone entering austria will have to spend 10 days in quarantine with the possibility of cutting it short of 5 days by testing negative them on the list of risk areas is austria's biggest neighbor germany this means the ski regions will likely miss out on millions of euros in tourism reven

anchor: let's speak to alo vist with lancaster university joining us in the u.k.ight now.xplain inayman's terms what kind of difference combining two vaccines together would make. guest: both of the vaccine, sputnik v and astrazeneca are aced on the same technology, they are loadedit a protein and that is how the immune antibodies to certain responses. one major difference betwee both approaches is the sputn v -- they use two different factors. the advantage is one antivirus gives immunity against the vector itself, it cand be avoi using a different vector in a second dose. one reason the ficacy of sputnik v has been at 92% is they are two different factors. by mixing both, you can avoid immunity against the vector and train the system to work more on covid-19 instead of the vector itself. anchor: when we talk about these two vaccines, they work on the same coronavirus pro can't -- on the coronavirus protein, but when it comes the efficacy rates, does it matter? guest: in the astrazeneca oxford vaccine, since it is being used for tw doses around 21 a to 28 dart and the sec

with me to answer your coronavirus questions are dr muhammad munir, a virologist at lancaster university of london. you are both very welcome, thank you for your time and answering viewers' questions. this first one is from wayne on twitter, who asks, in light of the increased transmissibility of the new variant of the virus, why hasn't mask wearing been made mandatory, and if people cannot wear one, shouldn't they have to wear a face shield? the high transmissibility of this virus is certainly a concern. it is true we might need stronger more restrictive control measures to reduce transmission so need more widespread mask wearing. regarding face shields, we know they are not as effective as masks, but if you cannot wear a mask a face shield may offer some protection so i agree that we certainly need more widespread culture of mask wearing. countries that have done better in getting a grip of this virus, they tend to have had a culture of mask wearing when there are outbreaks of respiratory illnesses. absolutely. we have seen this in south—east asia who have been far more effective in co

well let's get more from mohamed money or here's a very from lancaster university in the u.k. dr minyard how concerned should we be about this new coronavirus strain well thank you very much for asking this one because this is really important to any mutation that occurred into the spike being but that makes the surface of the virus has some concerns because through this spike but again the virus and body and become successful so over the top and we have noticed that so many mutations outlook are rich out relatively little or no impact but this particular variant that have emerged now has $23.00 mutations which are significant in terms of disease to also disability so therefore it seems like this why this is more successful and more fitter this means that it is possible for one person to another person and from one of the community quite effectively and of course the big question that everyone will want to know as we see a light at the end of the tunnel is will the already developed vaccines a still be effective. well that is again really important what i just want to highligh

well mohammad is a viral just with lancaster university in england i asked him earlier what needs tohappen for the u.k. to get a handle on this latest search. having under strict lock down 40 percent of the country is on the. restriction and having 50 tweets 1000 or more than 50000 cases is really scare mongering and i think moving on there is only one situation is that a. lockdown would be 5 which hasn't been defying but that means that it would have . all of the time the school. into the lock down restricting of the students going into the into the universities all those mayors all together will bring the number down but without having a tougher space. i don't really think that the number of the cases would be dropping significantly and i mean we would be getting into a very great prospect in the coming weeks. governments across europe and north america are beginning to distribute a limited supply of vaccines and unavoidable question is who get them 1st opinions out divided of when to vaccinate people locked up in prisons and jails in the us human rights groups want prison is to be

still a very long road still ahead and many questions to be on to mohamed minear there from lancaster university always get cable thoughts turn out as they are thanks for being with us again. thanks for having me. now moving on an afghan police say 3 people have been killed in attacks in the capital a prosecutor was shot dead in the east of kabul and in a separate attack 2 people were killed in a bombing that targeted a member of parliament no group has yet claimed responsibility on saturday eisel fight has fired 10 rockets into couples international airport can at least one pass and. well hundreds of students in nigeria are feared missing after gunmen stormed a secondary school and kidnapped a number of children there the attackers arrived on motorbikes at the boarding school and concurrent district that's in the northern katsina state. reports. these are some of the boys relieved to be going home after the school raid in which many of their friends were taken hostage there leaving behind parents anxiously waiting for the return of their missing children. sincerely speaking we here in katsina s

restricting social call to get more from mohamed when you're here is a very all a just a from lancaster university in the u.k. dr minyard how concerned should we be about this new coronavirus strain. well thank you very much claire for asking this one because i mean it's really important that any mutation that occurred into the spite of being bet that make the surface of the virus has some concerns because through this spike but in the virus and that it would a body and become successful so over the time we have noticed a so many mutations outlook or which have relatively little or no impact but this particular variant that have emerged now has 23 mutations which are significant in terms of disease for some disability so therefore it seems like this why this is more successful and more fitter this means that it is possible for one person to another person and from one community to enter the community quite effectively and of course the big question that everyone will want to know as we see a light at the end of the tunnel is will the already developed vaccines to still be effective. well that is a

brennan talking to us from london let's talk to dr mohamed will need his have all addressed at lancaster university he's joining us now by skype from lancaster good to have you back with us on. what the british government under pressure do you think to buy british and did they buy the right thing. what if you read a local into the data that they published earlier this month in their peterbilt journal lancet this was the 1st study that was published in the face 3 trial so based on bad that the vaccine has certain advantages as been described before that it can be doled out quite quickly because of the scale ability 10 manufacturing plants around the ward and getting enough of those as easy to store and transport but the real question came onto the confusion about that goes into a team and the f a k c n based on day i met audie of today morning here in the u.k. it is based on to florida as and to florida just gave 62 percent efficacy in reality if it if a vaccine is 62 percent of active in the history trials in reality when it comes to the real life it is i don't see 50 percent which is certainly not

have received them if everything goes to plan will come and when it is if it all exists at lancaster university he explains the challenges of distributing the vaccine. if we look on to the vaccine efficacy of course the fight and they are close to 90 to 95 percent which is certainly beyond our expectation but when we go on to the next generation of vaccines for example talking about the spinal farm in the u.a.e. that as a 92 percent i think it's you that's what they proposed at least sputnik 5 is almost at the same that last year to be 70 percent so once the 1st. front runner vaccines will be taken up by most of the nations we were left with the vaccine those are probably at least demand in these countries that would be posing and other challenge to distribute because even for example if we teach to 50 percent of the population in the developing were correct and that is 50 percent effective basically we are covering only 25 percent of the population which isn't sufficient enough to establish your immunity and it has been a certain level of vaccine it has a chance even before the close of 19th a

a virologist at lancaster university joins us now live via skype.s scheme, who decides who gets what in terms of which vaccine of debt or the number of doses? -- or the number of doses? >> in the facility, we have 11 participating vaccines. and for though and middle income countries, countries were given the choice to apply for this facility and to take part in this one. and out of all the 92 middle to low income countries, 87 have deposited their request and requirements. so, based on how much is the availability of the vaccine and who has applied what, it is decided, at least in the first quarter of 2021, 3% will be supplied with the vaccine and to start with, into the frontline health workers. adrian: which vaccines are we talking about? ones that haven't received regulatory approval yet, like astrazeneca and johnson & johnson's? >> yeah, so the success of the covid kovacs facility, if they are allowed a different part -- different vaccine, but the major dependency is on astrazeneca, which we are another three to six months of additional trial. a

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 for all the not you to know what middle income countries 87 have already deployed to take their requests and very quatermass so based on how much is the availability of the vaccine and who has applied what it's decided that at least at the 1st walk of quickly 213 percent of those bentleys population will be supplied with the vaccine and to start a bit of a little communities and into the frontline health workers but which vaccines are we talking about here ones that haven't received regulate free approval yet like astra zeneca and johnson and johnson's. yes

guests in lancaster we have dr mohammad wanted a viral adjust and lecturer in biomedicine at lancaster university emanuel couple bianco is director of the head of health at the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies he joins us from geneva and in london max lawson head of inequality policy at oxfam international welcome so much to each of you emmanuel let me start with you today as i understand it scientists are concerned by the variance in the coronavirus but they are not surprised by the variance in the coronavirus why is that what we know that virus notate stucks part of what they do and so we were not surprising to see what they should in. very case but what we are seeing is a very high number of patients and they are indication of all potential higher transmissibility of the virus science is actually studying to better the information that we do have and we need to keep a very close eye. on these virus and understand better how it will be functioning i was it functioning and what kind of additional risk the virus a present for the not only the u.k. europe but the en

joe biden be trumped 53062232 electoral college votes robert is an associate professor at lancaster university in the u.k. he says that it's likely trump will lose the support of those close to closest to him. now you know i think donald trump grasping at straws looking for either states that will come to his support or his own justice department which really isn't his own justice department this might be the 1st time we're seeing bar operating autonomous leave from the white house actually well i think that you know if we if we look at how donald trump's acting and then and then measure that against other folks it's what we've seen all along with donald trump's acting the way that he acts that's beneficial for him but the rest of these people are career politicians right they want just to keep some sort of job or you know in government or on some sort of board somewhere a corporate board and that's where a lot of these people go this connection between industry private business and the public sector is immense and so people want to keep some form of credibility whereas donald trump can go bac

this thing as it once did go to mohamed money it is of all ages stand lecturer in biomedicine lancaster university in the u.k. explains why coordinating the distribution of vaccines is so critical. what we have seen so far is a stream level of vaccine nationalism which means that most of the wealthy countries they have really school most of the vaccine pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities which left very little for the low and middle income countries and according to responses are extremely important when it comes to global pandemic like sauce to causing a covert 19 and as you actually have been saying is that this is really a break up call i'm certain that the lesson learned from this pandemic will be translational to the future perspective hope we will not see such type of diseases in the future but those are inevitable so believable and do a bit more coordination than what we have done just in the start i think equitable access to the vaccine has been the most whole topic in the scientific community and also with the regulatory bodies as well but relatively little has been done in that per