well, we have professor sunetra gupta from oxford university in england. now, she's one of the three public health scientists who wrote a declaration calling on governments to provide focused protection for the vulnerable and to allow the rest of the population to resume normal life. the petition has been signed by thousands of experts. and dr souyma swaminathan is chief scientist for the who, that's the world health organization. she has 30 years experience in clinical care and her research work into hiv and tuberculosis has gained worldwide recognition. dr swaminathan believes testing and temporary lockdowns are central to controlling the virus. welcome to you all. and i going to put this down and give you all a solitary round of applause. and remember, you, too, can join the conversation.

and among them is that of epidemiologist professor gupta from oxford university. who appeared in a discussion on monday on the news channel. we should try and shield the vulnerable because we know now, what we do know now is the virus specifically has, because his death ina specifically has, because his death in a segment of the population. we should put all our recesses that we have at our disposal toward shielding them all or allowing them to make the choice to shield themselves. while permitting the general population to conduct their lives as normal. as was the case when professor gupta appeared on question time a few weeks ago. her views proved controversial with the audience will stop caroline ritchie wrote,.

percent risk that someone dies at someone reportedly was a brazilian doctor he was part of an oxford university vaccine trial group and is believed to have suffered fatal complications but they're sure it's safe to keep going following careful assessment of this case in brazil there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial and the independent review in addition to the brazilian regulator have recommended that the trial should continue there is a race on a race for v vaccine that works that saves millions of lives and brings in billions of dollars and visits in clinical trial all things go wrong they have astra zeneca who is vaccine it is has already suspended trials last month after another patient developed a strange illness but the trials must go on clients are waiting brazil for example whose president has said he wants the british vaccine in contrast to his own health ministry which wanted 46000000 doses of the chinese vaccine from my government any vaccine before being made available to the population must be scientifically proven by the health ministry and certified by the

disinformation campaign which the paper says is designed to undermine and spread fear about the oxford universityus vaccine. so, let's begin... good to have you both with us, we start with the manchester evening news in which casejohn we start with you seeing as you are originally from oldham. the headline is...a originally from oldham. the headline is... a play on words of the 3—tier system, this covid overt levels of system, this covid overt levels of system and off the back of that a strong announcement or speech that we heard from the greater manchester mayor early today. it certainly was. andy burnham reflecting the views of other mayors in the reaching and several even some conservative mps had a meeting this morning with the health minister and according to the reader of oldham council it did not get off to a flying start... the health minister said we would do this with you or without you and it will happen and not a great start to a meeting when you're looking for cooperation when you're looking for the cooperation of those mps and mayors in the northwest region. a passionate plea from a

a 28 year old doctor passed away after taking part in phase 3 trials run by astra zeneca and oxford university although it's not known whether he received the actual drug or a placebo the u.s. food and drug administration has now allowed resumption of the trials after other countries also restarted them in recent weeks our senior correspondent aghast casts a critical look now at the race for a cure. there is always the risk with any vaccine any clinical trial that statistical improbability that would point to nor one percent risk that someone dies at someone reportedly was a brazilian doctor he was part of an oxford university vaccine trial group and is believed to have suffered fatal complications but they're sure it's safe to keep going following careful assessment of the skis in brazil there have been new concerns about safety of the clinical trial and the independent review in addition to the brazilian regulator have recommended that the trial should continue there is a race on a race for the vaccine that works that saves millions of lives and brings in billions of dollars and visits in cl

if we didn't look on to the front runners vaccine oxford university also send it up or should vaccine is the one that have received the major concerns and terms of pauses in terms of having safety concerns and now having any volunteers. but a bit in the phase 3 trial which is the last 'd a trial i think that is really concerning and i think them that the real question will come about the da person has been vaccinated or was in the police at booker oak because i would be determinative for really seeing if the safety is good enough to come to trial or not but looking really on today on to the trial continuation because brazilian government approved to carry on the trial meaning that probably the person has been end up in a simple group but a game the question is not about that the transparency in providing all that information public 86 is meant taint a lot because if it doesn't it's really hard to interpret what community is the actual situation on the ground the. u.s. justice department has filed a lawsuit against google accusing the tech giant of using its financial clout to stifle c

trial has died in brazil the drug is being developed by the british firm astra zeneca along with oxford university and so far it is unclear whether the volunteer received the actual drug or a placebo now shares in the pharma company have fallen since the news emerged it is not the 1st setback for the astra zeneca vaccine trials were put on hold in september after a volunteer fell sick with a very rare spinal disorder this time however trials will continue following careful assessment of this case in brazil there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial and the independent review in addition to the brazilian regulator have recommended that the trial should continue. we heard from dr mohammad money or a viral a just at britain's lancaster university he believes the death of a volunteer raises serious questions over the astra zeneca candidate vaccine if we didn't look on to the front runners vaccine oxford university also send it up or should vaccine is the one that have received the major concerns and terms of pauses in terms of having safety concerns and now having any volunteer. bi

died in brazil the drug is being developed by the angry swedish fosters that occur along with oxford university so far it hasn't been established whether the volunteer we see the actual vaccine or a placebo since this news of. is in the pharma company how for that but it's not the 1st setback for this particular vaccine back in september the trials were temporarily put on hold after a volunteer fell sick with a rust spinal thought this time however the trials will continue without delay. following careful assessment of this case in brazil there have been new concerns about safety of the clinical trial and the independent review in addition to the brazilian regulator have recommended that the trial should continue we have from talk to mohamed lead a he's a 5 wanted to step britain's like catherine fast and he says the key question really to ask kara is what's the possum who died given the real facts even if we do look onto the front runners vaccine oxford university also zanuck up or should vaccine is the one that have received the major concerns and terms of pauses in terms of having safety con

died in brazil the drug is being developed by the anglo swedish her master's zeneca along with oxford university so far it hasn't been revealed whether the volunteer received the actual vaccine or a placebo according to brazilian media he was a 28 year old doctor who had been treating covert 900 patients in an intensive care facility in rio since march he reportedly died from complications due to the virus it's not the 1st setback for the astra zeneca vaccine back in september tests were temporarily put on hold after a volunteer fell sick with a rare spinal disorder this time however the trials will continue following careful assessment of this case in brazil there have been new concerns about safety of the clinical trial and the independent review in addition to the brazilian regulator have recommended that the trial should continue. let's go live now to mark almost the director of the crisis research institute in oxford welcomes the program it's great to see you mark how much of a setback is this for the vaccine kind of being developed by astra zeneca and oxford university. well it depends obv

reporting a volunteer received a placebo the vaccine is being developed by astra zeneca and oxford university which say there are new concerns about the child's safety it's one of 2 potential vaccines facing clinical trials in brazil one of the nation's worst hit by the virus or the 150000 people there have died from covert 19. a mass protest is taking place in the colombian capital bogota gets his social and economic policies of president even decay the protests are led by union members students teachers and a large contingent of colombia's indigenous population and a part of a national strike demanding a meeting with u.k. to discuss the recent deaths of indigenous activists. do stay with us witness continues now i now. have a problem could. be going on. to glee. but i have to learn. their idea what it is that i have to do with it. that's a bullet i have to give it to you because i think you can so. that was the biggest speech. so. i have got to be sorry about. stiffelio you. foolishly. feel violated. a few requests. so right now i'm at the point where the way i want to. step back for care.

male doctor in brazil died while taking part in advanced stage 3 trials run by astra zeneca and oxford university it's not known whether he received the actual drug or a placebo when all the us has now permitted trials to resume after they were temporarily halted there and other countries have also restarted them in recent weeks. has more now on the race for care. there is always the risk with any vaccine any clinical trial that statistical improbability that point one percent risk that someone does someone reportedly was a brazilian doctor he was part of an oxford university bag. scene trial group and is believed to have suffered fatal covert complications but they're sure it's safe to keep going following careful assessment of this case in brazil there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial and the independent review in addition to the brazilian regulator have recommended that the trial should continue there is a race on a race for the vaccine that works that saves millions of lives and brings in billions of dollars and brits in clinical trial all things go wrong they have ast

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oxford university is trying a test it hopes can identify asymptomatic coronavirus carriers within minutes it's hope that research will help identify infectious individuals spreading covert 19 without knowing it scientists are rolling out the tests in the university community to assess 1st how best to use the rapid test if it turns out that they work results might be used by the u.k.'s n.h.s. test and trace system meanwhile scientists from astra zeneca and oxford university are in the last stages of producing a vaccine to protect against cove in 19. a look at the main stories this hour before we go france is again coming to terms with a deadly act of violence which the country's president has described as an islamist attack a man wielding a knife beheaded an elderly woman and then killed 2 other people in a church in the riviera city of nice several others have been injured president emanuel says the incident is an attack on france. we're going to miss you ladies and gentlemen once again our country has been hit but islamist terror attack once again this morning river compared to its tell