what about manila itself? it's a hugely - vaccines. what about manila itself?f? it's a hugely dense city, the region is hugely populated. how difficult is it to manage covid and the variants in that situation? extremely challenging. the government has been playing catch—up as far as the surge is concerned. in terms of the overall management over the year. it is hard in metro manila because the densest cities, manila is one of the densest cities in the world. when you have a weak public health system and mobility is high, all the ingredients for surges to occur. we are confident now after the third surge, we are optimistic that people will learn and communities will work together with local and national government to prevent surges from happening. terrible surges such as this, prevent them from happening again. 50 such as this, prevent them from happening again-— happening again. so good to talk to you. _ happening again. so good to talk to you, thank _ happening again. so good to talk to you, thank you - happening again. so good to talk to you, thank you for i

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howard johnson now reports from manila. at manila's main crematorium, smoke billows incessantly.h the dead. a driver tells us that an incinerator has stopped working, overloaded because of the pandemic. inside, urns of the cremated await collection from loved ones under lockdown. in manila's hospitals, bed space is in short supply. translation: we arrived at 5am, we waited in line. j when we got to the emergency room, we waited for another two hours. all in all, we waited for almost six hours. but a second hard lockdown has seen daily new cases begin to fall down from march's peak of 111,000 now to around 8000 per day. according to the department of health. however, doctors groups are warning with less than 1% of the population fully vaccinated, the country remains in a precarious situation. ., situation. right now, the vaccination... _ situation. right now, the vaccination... because i situation. right now, the . vaccination... because there situation. right now, the - vaccination... because there is no available — vaccination... because there is no available vaccines any more.

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in manila, the young man was accused of stealing bottles of coca cola. he denies the charges, but endures the condition, humbly calling them and it's ok. and here it's just hard to sleep between all these people. you have to cue to take a shower when he was the only thing that towns here is hope and that never runs out. mary grace also hopes that her child will be better off and more educated than them and won't end up in jail me. ah me i will take good care of my baby. have it work live like i have my baby go to school that will help me. ah, what does it actually mean to be asked? we travel to the northern reaches or just say scotland general election, the people that think about that and how they feel about being part of the united states. chris seated in 30 minutes on the w and then and so many pushes out in the world right now. in climate, if any of the stores, this is life less the way for me just one week how much was going to really get we still have time to go. i'm going to subscribe for more like a little guys. this is the 77 percent. the platfo

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howard johnson, bbc news, manila.ckgrounds has increased dramatically. in new york city, for instance, hate fueled attacks against asian americans rose by more than 800% last year. and in london, the figure has more than tripled. the bbc�*s special correspondent fergal keane has been meeting victims of these attacks and sent this report. 0ne old white lady, she uses herfinger, points out to me and screams at me, saying, "you— chinese, you have the chinese virus, just go back to your country". translation: when the train | was approaching camden road station, the tall, young white man who was sat next to me started making a noise, trying to get phlegm up from his throat. and when the train stopped at the station, he spat at me. i was on my way home and this kid _ shouted "coronavirus" at me. there was no one else in- the street and it was directed at me, and this happened i at the start of the pandemic. anti—asian racism didn't begin with the pandemic, but victims say it has escalated dramatically. this has exploded si

howard johnson, bbc news, manila.ificantly reduce travel restrictions in the hope of salvaging a summer season for the continent. with vaccination campaigns picking up and covid infections starting to fall, several countries are beginning to lift lockdowns following a devastating second wave of the pandemic. this willie walsh — previously ceo of the iag, british airways and aer lingus — hasjust become director general of the international air transport association. he says a system to process vaccinated travellers is being developed, and the eu's traffic light system should make things smoother. iata is working with what we call the travel pass, which is designed to enable people who have been vaccinated or indeed people who can demonstrate evidence of a negative test to be able to integrate that into the airline they are flying with, and facilitate smooth travel through the airport and hopefully when you arrive at your destination as well, that will require the cooperation of governments. but i think there is a good

howard johnson, bbc news, manila. against apple, accusing the tech giant of abusing its market dominance. epic games which makes the game fortnite says that games have no choice but to use the platform. leah has been focusing on this from california. this trial has just gone. tell us what has happened so far. —— hasjust begun. a; so far. -- has 'ust begun. a bi so far. —— hasjust begun. big cso so far. —— hasjust begun. big ceo tim sweeney —— epic's ceo tim sweeney took to the stand and said what he hopes to gain from it. stand and said what he hopes to gain from it— gain from it. how do we expect this to progress. _ gain from it. how do we expect this to progress. it _ gain from it. how do we expect this to progress. it is _ this to progress. it is extremely high profile and if apple were to lose, it could have ramifications? the trial is auoin have ramifications? the trial is going to — have ramifications? the trial is going to go _ have ramifications? the trial is going to go for _ have ramifications? the trial is

. >> manila's main crematorium, smoke billows incessantly.de, ambulances and hearses queue to deliver the dead. a driver tells us an incinerator has stopped working. overloaded because of the pandemic. inside, earns a weight collection from loved ones under lockdown. bed space is in short supply. >> we waited in line. when we got to the emergency room, we waited another two hours. we waited for almost six hours. >> a second hard lockdown has seen dai new cases begin to fall. down from april's peak of 15,000. now to around 8000 per day according to the department of health. doctors groups are warning that with less than 1% of the population fully vaccinated, the country remains in a precarious situation. >> there are some local governments that have stopped the vaccination program because there is no available vaccines anymore. there seems to be no effective programs to contain the pandemic. >> the longest and hardest to lockdown has sent the economy into a crippling recession. noticing the suffering of the poor, a manila resident put this car

ranjit rye, professor of political science at the university of the philippines in manila, told me thee in the midst of this surge but unlike other countries where the surge, which has been driven by variants, are still going up, in the philippines and in metro manila i think it has reached its peak and is now in a downward trend, which is somewhat good, but the cases are still high and hospitals are still filled up so we are hoping that the extension of the lockdown and communities, you know, the government and the private sector working together will help reverse this surge. how worried are you that things could become worse and develop into something more serious? in a surge driven by more contagious variants, you are always worried that, you know, trends, downward trends can easily be reversed, and so while we are still challenged by this existing surge in metro manila, we are optimistic that the collaboration between communities, between the private sector and government will continue, and we will be able to drive the surge down and overcome it. give us a sense of how successful t

how would johnson, bbc news, manila.s to significantly reduce reduce travel restrictions in the hope of salvaging a summer season for the continent. with vaccination campaigns picking up and covid infections starting to fall, several countries are beginning to lift lockdowns following a devastating second wave of the pandemic. willie walsh, previously ceo of iag, british airways and air lingus, hasjust become director general of the international air transport association. he says a system to process vaccinated travellers is being developed, and the eu's traffic light system should make things smoother. for american travellers it may be more complicated. the us government had said that they will not make it a requirement for travel within the united states. i think as more and more countries make it a requirement for people to access their country, i think the us government will come under pressure from us citizens to be able to demonstrate that they have been vaccinated. there isn't a central database, a federal databas

to enter the manila american cemetery is to leave the noise and pace of 21st century manila. it's spacious grounds. it's landscaped sort of lands offer the city's freshest air and it's greenest grass and it is a hilltop. that is the former site of the us army's fort mckinley the command coast from which the united states governed the philippines colony, but today the cemetery and it's central memorial command remarkable views of the skyscrapers and apartment buildings of a booming asian metropolis of rolling hills to the east and of sunsets over manila bay. and as a memorial to the sacrifices of war it is quite a remarkable place. and it is also on many days remarkably empty. and the first time i visited i was according to the guest book one of the only americans there and even in manila it is easy to overlook. this place neighboring fort mckinley is gone and closed after world war ii and turned over in 1949 to the armed forces of the philippines and more recently replaced in part by an upscale shopping center known simply as the fort. but nevertheless on that quiet sort of m

first of all manila i want to thank you and artsy for always covering this critical and crucial issue of trafficking and sexual exploitation because i always tell you many don't but you always do so you are truly my worrier of the day let's talk about social media what what a misnomer it's not social it all we have certainly learned over the last year during kovac especially when more people are online at home for work and school what is going on with big tech and the into all of the internet platforms i want to say that the internet is the number one predator to our children and to all people every platform from facebook instagram now remember instagram is owned by facebook twitter to top reddit google all of these platforms have become the number one go to for the predators we handed people to that they suffer from no you know. anything now a very there are no now there are no accountability no i can almost not even talk about it because i'm shouting about this 247 there is no accountability there they suffer with complete you know a unity because of the section 230 communications d

san francisco's little manila or manila town's 12 blocks gone, gentrification is the driving force behindced displacement of immigrant towns. >> it's not just a place you get your favorite taco, this is something well beyond that. >> reporter: james is a professor of ethnic studies at santa clara university and the imagined places like japantown were once the only safe places for people to live with hospitals and schools they could attend. oakland's chinatown provides a way for new immigrants to make a living before mastering english, a place for wealthier immigrants to invest and generate revenue and taxes. for these reasons and the spirit of america, it's important for everyone to keep the towns viable. >> and it shows that the community has arrived, that they exist and that they will be acknowledged. that's why i think it's important to have these communities, even if you're not a member of them because again, it reflects the multiracial and multicultural diversity of our nation and the role that immigrants play. >>> millions traveling this memorial day weekend. next on "today in the b

ranjit rye, professor of political science at the university of the philippines in manila, told me the is extremely serious. we are in the midst of this search, but unlike other current demo countries where the surge, which has been driven by variance are still going up in the philippines it has reached a peak and is now in a downward trend, which is somewhat good, but the cases are still high and hospitals are still high and hospitals are still filled up so we are hoping that the extension of the lockdown and communities, the lockdown and communities, the government and the private sector working together will help reverse this surge. horse help reverse this surge. how worried are _ help reverse this surge. how worried are you _ help reverse this surge. how worried are you that - help reverse this surge. how worried are you that things could become worse and develop into something more serious? in a search driven by more contagious variance, you are always worried that trends, downward trends could easily be reversed, and so, while we are still challenged by this existing surge in man

christian 17 is the leader of a gang that lives inside a bridge in manila. the children chose this place to make it harder for adults to reach them especially the police who often harass children on the streets. tell you about some of us who live here have parents resemble them so who are. the that now 1 may now stay here because we all cofactor out but i'm just i'm and i'm as a sound caught up. i think that i did a. lot of time in diplomacy and that. this is where we come time even though it's dangerous here you know what i love and i'm and i'm glad i'm being here is not good for us i know it's history and i'm thinking about what could happen that morning for them and i'm. not made up and i miss them senator russ and vegetable right now but i'm not god but there is no use in taking him to the hospital that when he calls for help no one can and i laugh when i see it in the lobby but he felt he had to a sitting room now that are from enough committed to call it that it was one of. these children would rather risk life on the streets than to be taken into care

christian 17 is the leader of a gang that lives inside a bridge in manila. the children chose this place to make it harder for adults to reach them especially the police who often harass children on the streets. tell you about some of those who live here have parents that moment and so who are. good and bad for me now staying here because we all code for corrupt i just am and i'm it's a sad fact. you know i did a. lot of time in people might end up with a lot of this is where we kill time even though it's dangerous here you know what i'm and i'm glad i'm being here is not good for us. especially when i think about what could happen that morning for them i mean i'm not. putting it up and i mean it was a rotten vegetable you know what i mean i got up and there was no use in taking him to the hospital. when he called for help no one came up and i think you know a lot of me felt he had to a sitting room enough for me and i committed a crime and i was on the road. led. these children would rather risk life on the streets then to be taken into care which in the ph

to play this clip and this is this is a tragic story just one of many tragic stories coming out of manila as the last few weeks this is from anglo pereira who lost one of his parents to cover it 19 he was searching for a hospital bed couldn't find one haven't listened to me and my family we have moved on or are trying to move on so we don't really entertain these thoughts anymore but you know maybe if we had a clear clear plan of action maybe we if we knew that hospitals were a bust. you know we could have just relied on ourselves more evidence and all that time 5 hours you know looking for a hospital to no avail really. daughter the way that i say is i if i if we don't eat out hostiles web os to say what was the point of spending 5 hours ferrying at parent around manila what's the situation like that how do how do we address that because vaccines are not the enemy to the solution for them. if they may just quickly. just say something since the universal health care was mentioned they sure didn't invest in during that indeed universal health care is very much eating meat a great now but i

from her a little bit earlier so we can understand what is going on in hospitals particularly in manila have a listen have a look at past every hospital there and she are specially the government hospitals they are knowledge traveling we know they're an increase in the number of cases just as we know that increase in the number of health workers being battered beav. specially in the past. since march. who is running the cars $819.00. i would say the fight for coverage 19 in the philippines who is in charge of that who is doing that practically down on the ground. well the task forces should be headed by the secretary this is who want to charge and he's the one that i've been in touch with on a regular basis basically to help in procuring of the vaccines coming from the united states i totally understand the situation with the libyans i know that it's really very critical and our health care system as it is is really and that's the main critical stage right now that to me i can really see that all do see the only solution or the light at the end of the tunnel but we've always been hearin

was evacuated to manila, the philippines capital.leased gerfa. >> their intent was to let her go to help raise more money. and now she is out, now she has got to talk to these people. someone needs to be there with her. >> heiko decided he should stay in lynchburg to, try to find the money. and mark thundercloud moved his operations from the family's kitchen to a hotel room in manila. and there as one month past, and then another, they try to help gerfa deal with mr. so. >> december 6th was the last day with that we talk with mr. so. basically was saying look, what you are offering is not enough. this might be the last communication that we ever have. we still expected calls. but on the seventh, none. on the eighth, none. on the ninth, nothing. >> oh they would hear what happened to kevin, soon enough. a shock in waiting. >> dateline returns after the break. we're carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or

what are other leaders in democracy often will leave the money in manila. yeah. i had the money in the many me as they go, oh please. if you ever come, i love to show you. city. how long have you been in the night and your family in the land and i hope i know how to go into exile. you know who the what did you say? what did you think of meeting? sufficiently cynical that my normal expectation for a meeting with head of state is, is that will be a pro, but essentially will be a performance for some political purposes. but it was a remarkable sense that you were actually having a conversation with somebody who actually has to influence political relations. so we'll see what actually comes of it. it was an off the record discussion with him. not kron is one of the leaders that was targeted by these bad actors and social. is he, leader with liberal values? does he stand for things that the geo political actors did not want? who is behind those 30000 accounts? that's interesting. he probably knows. he certainly didn't say anything about the constitution of the philipp

will be leaving money a lot in manila yeah i had been among them though many many years ago. please if you ever come and love to show you the city how long have you been in exile says 2000. and your family has been the aggressor and that's. why. i hope i don't have to go into exile. so you do the demos we need you to go i will say that those are. going. to be. looking just a click if you think the meeting took place on sufficiently similar people but many more were expecting for a meeting we have a head of state is. there will be a problem that essentially will be a performance for so political but it was a remarkable soon so that you work your decision with somebody who's not here. to influence the political relations so we'll see what actually comes of it. it was an off the record discussion with him and that promise one of the leaders that was targeted by these bad actors on social media is he leader with liberal values that he stand for things that the geo political activist did not want who was behind those 30000 fake accounts that's interesting to me he probably knows h

peter pomeranz of welcome to manila let me just figure out we're being manipulated there descend from asian and misinformation campaigns by both state actors and private interests what do we do about it there's a much deeper question is that social media has kind of few a new type of what i might term populism is much more emotional. and with an enemy very abstract one who is blockading your very private grievances the stuff. the elite foreigners doesn't matter so you you actually wrote a lot about russian this information how would you define think about it from the point of view of a leader with author a tarion tendencies so back in the 20th century you could you could shut off your population. with censorship right you could just block off t.v. channels you can't do that anymore so instead of trying to censor things you spread as much cynicism as possible you on the mind the idea of trust you say yeah maybe our media isn't perfect the b.b.c. c.n.n. . they're all bought i want to undermine the idea that there is any kind of truth out there that all this kind of leftism ocean only th

jim l as in dog and i'll do 0. manila. the thing is about unrest in some after the swearing in of the new prime minister was for spoke to the opposition fast party leader, the army naomi mutter offer was set to become the pacific nations 1st female leader on monday. but the former speaker of the house is called off the sitting despite orders from the supreme court. the current prime minister has been in power for 22 years. lang e for be sure. el jackson is an independent simone journalist. she explains the latest developments now around the office, swearing in she has the numbers, but currently does not have the authority of the office of the legislative assembly convene parliament tomorrow. as we eat, the office of the legislative assembly just issued a note to say that they are further owning the parliament from containing so even though she has the 26 majority to rule, she has met with a lot of resistance to convene the parliament. there were swearing in the 1st female prime minister body of leadership by the human righ

jim l as in dog and i'll do 0 manila more than a 1000, moroccans crossed into these spanish eng clay. those future this week, several 1000 migrants swam or use boats to reach the city, smoking, one of the biggest diplomatic spats between madrid and robots in recent years. now, many still hoped to make it to the european mainland. as bernard smith now explains from suicide. when these moroccans arrived in future, it was the start of a journey they hope will take them across the mediterranean sea, a new life in europe. the rock of gibraltar is only 30 minutes away by ferry, but only if you have a western passport or visa for the rest, they'll try to get into the port and hide somewhere on a laurie. are you going to do it by any means necessary? not something i would you know, trade my life for, but what if you could fix that? that the bahama told himself english. and his learning code recognizes morocco as little to often see the people and the internet to how they're living in europe. they have human rights. they don't have human rights morocco lot. if you live there, you will see what

advancing whatever is telling us america's on the move again the rest of us are hiding under terrible manila the idea of the americas on the move again and coming our way is not something that we look forward to look the united states has invaded and occupied some 60 countries since the 2nd world war or about their own governments and presidents even killed some. have taken over from us that's what we used to do and that's why i think if there was a 2nd place. russia and china britain might have come up on the list to add i'll let you respond. well i i want to quote 1st i want to rise in defense of america and quote the old george m. cohan in yankee doodle dandy over there over there the yanks are coming over there you know what we had in the last 4 years is a president who finally turned the american party system away from wars a way we're seeing it right now we're playing liz cheney one of the cheney family is being forced out of politics because the american people agree with the world that our ideas that we were going to plant democracy in other places it wasn't just imperialism it was s

howard johnson reports from manila.it collection, from loved ones. translation: at 5am, | we waited in line, we got to the emergency room, waited for another two hours, all in all, we waited for almost six hours. a second hard lockdown has seen daily new cases begin to fall. down from a peak of 15,000, now to around 8000 per day. it is according to the department of health. however, doctors groups are warning that with less than 1% of the population fully vaccinated, the country remains in a precarious situation. right now, there are some local governments that have not started the vaccination because there is no available vaccines any more. there seems to be no effective programmes to contain the pandemic. the row “s longest and hardest lockdown has sent the economy into a crippling recession, the suffering of the poor, this mineral resident put a humble bamboo card stocked with food on a street corner along with food on a street corner along with a sign. give what you can, take what you need. but when a member of the

jim l as in dog and i'll do 0. manila, voters in peru are preparing to choose between 2 presidential candidates with opposing visions of the future. cookie modi's campaign is filling the air waves much more than her opponent petro castillo. but despite that, she could lose the election. marianna sanchez reports now from lima. the 2 weeks before a run, a selection means merged in the center of the capitol to protest against presidential candidate, morty. the right candidate is 20 for the 3rd time, even though she's facing 30 years in prison for corruption charges, any guns that i'm protesting against kickers corruption. she's mocking us. she's never cared about us. i want to president who will take care of us who he movies, 25 percentage points behind left when contender pay that figure, despite widespread fear that guess, do you mean post marked ideals, a nationalized private company? you'll normally separate the case. i would not vote for castillo and leave the economy. intentions were terrified. he wants to expropriate things, and that means to steal from us. and he's going to take

well nurses have been on the frontline of this battle against coated 19 from manila below reports on the stresses being faced by filipino nurses at home and abroad. d.j. salva door lives with his 92 year old grandmother who suffers from alzheimer's his father who is a dick and his mother who's had a stroke the last thing he wanted to add into the mix was cool but 19 but working as a nurse meant that it was always going to be a possibility. and i was afraid my family would get sick if they got sick because i had that exposure they will use the shins who are called that bus at the . his fears came true he became a patient at the government hospital where he works his father then tested positive for cope at 19 and his mother and grandmother showed symptoms of us you were one of them so i am a health worker so i'm pretty sure i am the one who brought the bios home i believe but that they almost 6 and a half 1000 nurses in the philippines have contracted coronavirus in the united states a report last september said a 3rd of 200 nurses there who died of corbin 1000 were filipino yet many f

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now from manila the us, theodore roosevelt. the strike group returns to the south china sea for a 2nd time this year. the us 7th fleet says the visit is part of its routine operations. but regional tensions are flaring because of china's reclamation of many areas, and it's use of maritime militia to enforce its illegal claims. in the south china, the u. s. considers the philippines, one of its strongest allies in the region, and these, so called by liquor and exercises, allow both countries to conduct, joint military and humanitarian exercises designation. their resume this week after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. but they've been tone down. that's because philippine president would be good at to cancel the visiting force agreement between the 2 countries. early last year, after a political ally was denied a u. s. visa, but faced with widespread criticism and mounting public pressure, 230 announced in november, he was spending that position for 6 months. the church has declared since he took office nearly 5

tertius initial decision to walk away from it for counting the costs al-jazeera has more now from manila. the u.s. they are duros a bill to a strike group returns to the south china sea for a 2nd time this year the u.s. 7th fleet says the visit is part of its routine operations. but regional tensions are flaring because of china's reclamation of many areas and its use of maritime militia to enforce its illegal claims in the south china sea the u.s. considers the philippines one of its strongest allies in the region and these so-called balikatan exercises allow both countries to conduct joint military and humanitarian exercises. they resumed this week after being cancelled last year because of the pandemic but they've been toned down that's because philippine president with the good of her to cancel the visiting forces agreement between the 2 countries early last year after a political ally was denied a u.s. visa but faced with widespread criticism and mounting public pressure there to announced in november he was suspending that this issue and for 6 months the turtle has declared since i

award for the 1st rule for 4 months became the only the 2nd african-american to win that award manila that's really exciting to hear that from a home you know he's a texas tech grad very popular and very active in his community as well he has ownership stake in the kansas city royals he just had a baby he got gage so i think this is a pretty good year for him overall you know in the past 12 months have actually been very good for patrick holmes a lot of victories in his camp and speaking of victories i also want to address this little ribbon that you and i both are wearing in case the viewers are wondering this is for victory day when the alliance including the soviet union defeated the nazis the nazis check your history folks be surrendered so this isn't a matter of that in case you're wondering so we are. all right thanks for that regina that's going to do it for us right now make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading the portable t.v. and you can watch it whenever you want only on twitter instagram you know what you would you know underscore there

jim l as in dog and i'll do 0. manila richardson out in is a manila based academic and author is joining us live by skype. good to have you with us. why is it taking so long for the rebuilding process to happen in this area, which apparently was devastated by about 95 percent while based on my visit to megan donna, just before the pandemic and murali. my understanding is that on one hand are stricken regulatory and legal issues. for instance, of the houses that destroyed in the heart of morale. we are, you know, there are issues about the ownership because you know, you have a community based occupation coming based residency. there are, and we, when we talk to folks who are refugees and wanted to go back, they wanted to see some clarity on the aspect of the, the legal aspect. you know, who owns what? because, you know, we're talking about people who own certain compounds as a community and in groups. so there's a regulatory and legally should there. but clearly there's also a lack of political commitment on the part of the territory administration. you know, president deterred the promi

marines and sailors to 9 stations and it gets exclusive economic zones in the south china sea and manila says that c.c.t.v. cameras will be set up to monitor activity in the area china has responded with the following china have a clear and consistent position on the south china sea issue and we have a channel to discuss the issue. and the 2 sides have a lot of the south china sea if you only consider one percent on the high school should both be committed to solving the issue. consultation. sound on steady development i'm trying to philippines relations meanwhile as china and the philippines aren't exactly seeing eye to eye china and indonesia are tightening tides this past weekend jakarta hosted joint military drills with china the head of the people's liberation army navy southern command off. or treaty for me told pioli today the exercises would help improve coordination between the warships deep in professional communication enhanced mutual trust and cooperation and jointly demonstrate practical actions to safeguard regional peace and stability as tensions increase in the south chin

from manila, dr. jennifer lou de guzman heads. what is the major cove in 1900 vaccine hub in the city of the gate? that she takes us through the process for vaccinating people per month. her team has prepared for the arrival of vaccines building this field hospital, where volunteers are also trained and vaccines stored. there is another challenge. they see that it's harder to fight the most sinister via rules. i think this is the source of this information. that's why we really thought them that local good in vaccine brand is superior from the odd there. with that we are pool again, and they cannot or any adverse events following him and his age on in 2017 president through 3 good at their to order the investigation into his predecessor, the former president, quino and members of his cabinet were involved in introducing baksha a vaccine that helped prevent dan give fever. house experts say a series of public hearings against the jug contributed to what they call vaccine hesitancy, people delaying or refusing to accept vaccines. de

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