hindi): >> man: >> manisha: >> man: >> manisha: >> by then, she had suffered paralysis on all four ofe protests outside the hospital. and on 29th, she passed away. >> navai: that evening, journalists followed the police taking manisha's body back to her village. the family's request for an independent postmortem were ignored. (crowd clamoring) >> (speaking hindi): >> (speaking hindi): (people sobbing and wailing) >> (speaking hindi): >> (speang hindi, crying): >> navai: manisha's cousin told me the family were confined to their homes. and in the dead of night, the police cremated her body. >> (speaking hindi): ♪ ♪ >> navai: in the aermath, one of uttar pradesh's most senior police officers denied manisha had ever been raped. >> (speaking hindi): >> navai: some b politicians also publicly denied any rape had happened. >> (speaking hindi): >> navai: the day after manisha was cremated, her family was visited by the disict magistrate, who encouraged them to withdraw thrape allegation. neeraj filmed him. >> (speaking hindi): >> (speaking hindi): >> navai: the video went viral and fueled mo

manisha, thank you. in singapore. we will check in with you next hour. appreciate it. >>> now, with just six days to go until tokyo 2020 kicks off, the first-covid case has been detected in the olympic village. it comes, as the japanese capital is seeing a surge of covid cases. protestors have been calling, of course, for the games to be cancelled. but organizers are pushing ahead. the ioc holding an executive board meeting to go over final details. cnn's blake essig joins me, now, live this hour in fukushima. blake, good to see you. cases, still, rising with very worrying speed. what's the latest on that and -- and, you know, how the japanese people are feeling about this? >> well, you know, michael, even though fukushima isn't under a state of emergency, cases here are increasing. and as a result, no fans will be allowed to attend the baseball and softball games scheduled to be played at the stadium at the end of this road, behind me, during the olympics. now, back in tokyo, covid-19 cases are, also, surging. just this past week, the daily-case count h

journalist manisha tank joins me now live from singapore. i mean the numbers are scary.es up 41% in the region. caseload in the region has surpassed latin america and india. what is the state of things? >> well, michael, i can only describe it as a patchwork of experience. let me start with where i am in singapore. so, yes, as you were saying, we've seen a sudden surge in cases picked up in karaoke bars. what had happened there is there were strict restrictions on nightlife here and many of those establishments switched to being restaurants in order to get a license to continue operating. but as a result, there were things that went on behind the scenes that resulted in this sudden surge in cases. so the government is encouraging all those people to step forward and get tested. testing really is at the hard of singapore's plan as we move forward, but also are vaccinations. by august the 9th, they want to see at least two-thirds of the population vaccinated with two doses. in indonesia, which is a neighbor, a population of 270 million people, vaccination rate running at j

view e insist it's been patient enough. manisha had a tech in is an international oil and energy consultants, and a former research officer at opec in vienna. he says it's likely the disagreement has more to do with regional politics. so i think these issues show that the 8 is trying to be a more and more independent. it's oil decision making, his own policy. so when i worked, you know, picks the years ago the gulf group were under the wing and the leadership of saudi arabia as to policy issues which should be discussed all the time within the country. they used to follow line. and i agree with what solid did so that it was the leader. and, but examples that we are now see in the recent discussion over the last 2 or 3 days, i think is an indication that it is beyond or in. all i know, i say is still husky for hire, for the action is fed, but it is being exaggerated. he has been brought up into the public and i agree with your suggestion, that is partly your knowledge extent, which is 70 percent. and 6070 percent of this issue is because of politics that the u. e wants to search. it's indepen

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thanks so much, manisha tank, in singapore. >>> pfizer and biontech are taking a major step toward endingaccine inequality. for the first time, their highly effective covid-19 vaccine is to be made in africa. the goal is to ramp up vaccine availability on the continent. the companies say the raw materials will come from europe, but they'll transfer technology, install equipment, and develop manufacturing capability with a company in cape town. david mackenzie explains. >> reporter: the announcement by pfizer and biontech is certainly significant. they are collaborating with the south african company to produce their mrna vaccine for covid-19 here in south africa. and to be distributed solely to african union countries. now, once that comes online and is fully functioning, in the coming months, they say could produce at least 100 million doses of the vaccine annually. and that could make a big dent in future needs of vaccination. the african continent needs vaccines, right now. many countries are dealing with a surge of covid-19. and less than 2% of the population, according to the w.h.o.,