and only 2 vaccines have now been approved pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 vaccines are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new spain and poland there are real delays with vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving japs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about also and out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side back is that astra zeneca that most countries here in the e.u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved and here in the netherlands for the 1st time since world war 2 a curfew will be imposed on people here starting at 9 pm at night lasting until the early morning and there's a lot of concern about the ferry and coming from the u.k. but also from brazil and south africa also starting today no flights from the u.k. are allowed in here

the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of those as of biotech pfizer. e.u. correspondent teri schultz is standing by in brussels terry what will this agreement mean for the e.u. wide rollout certainly gearhart this is it's hoped that once the vaccinations are received this can speed up the rollout countries are coming under significant criticism for being too slow to get people vaccinated so 600000000 is obviously much better than 300000000 the european commission was accused of acting too slowly and ordering insufficient numbers with this 300000000 initial order from biotech pfizer now of course buying them is only part of the problem you also have to ship them and store them and with this vaccine in particular this is been a problem because of course it has to be shipped and stored in ultra cold conditions so that has created some problems and back ups in getting the shots from the initial purchase into the arms of the public european union the regulators hav

the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of those as of biotech pfizer. let's go right to brussels to teri schultz is standing by for us there welcome terry what does this deal actually include. yes sue me as european commission vulgarly and just said this will double the number of pfizer biotech vaccines that the european commission has purchased and this is not a small issue because the commission is under fire for having purchased at the beginning to few and too slowly the number of doses that the population of almost half a 1000000000 needs so every additional purchase that they're allowed to make of course the commission will hope that this lessens the criticism of them and till this week this biotech pfizer vaccine was the only one approved in the european union of course earlier this week madonna was also approved adding 160000000 doses and as we listen to these numbers it seems awfully high sumi but we have to remember that since every person needs 2 dose

the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of this of biotech. let's go right to brussels to teri schultz is standing by for us there welcome terry what does this deal actually include yes sue me as european commission vonder law and just said this will double the number of pfizer biotech vaccines that the european commission has purchased and this is not a small issue because the commission is under fire for having purchased at the beginning to few and too slowly the number of doses that the population of almost half a 1000000000 needs so every additional purchase that they're allowed to make of course the commission will hope that this lessens the criticism of them and till this week this biotech pfizer vaccine was the only one approved in the european union of course earlier this week madonna was also approved adding 160000000 doses and as we listen to these numbers it seems awfully high so i mean but we have to remember that since every person needs 2 doses you

and only 2 vaccines have now been approved it's pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 teens are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new spain and poland there are real delays with vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving japs to its residents also poland and italy have now threatened to take by enterprise or to court for not keeping up its promises of distribution but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about also and out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side back is that astra zeneca which has yet to be approved which will probably happen at the end of next week but this is a vaccine developed in oxford university that most countries here in the u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now astra zeneca says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved a lot of concern and here in the netherlands the vaccination stra

back that the french drugmaker santa fe said it would help bottle and package 125000000 doses of pfizer biotechs vaccine of course pfizer and biotech are rivals of santa fe how groundbreaking is this and do you believe that we'll be seeing more of this type of cooperation when it comes to pharmaceutical companies and rollouts going forward. it is truly i mean we've used the word unprecedented a lot here but it is truly unprecedented to see rival vaccine manufacturers altering their manufacturing capacity to produce doses for another company what has partly made this possible is the innovation of the m r n a vaccines so although we haven't talked too much about the difference between the various vaccines on the market these novel that scenes that are based on new technology that uses them are an aid to working blueprints of the cell to immunize people directly that's the technology under the pfizer biotech vaccine as well as the modern facts in the manufacturing is more akin to a chemical process like manufacturing of pharmaceutical than the very very complex manufacturing process that underlies

course the commission will hope that this lessens the criticism of them and till this week this biotech pfizer vaccine was the only one approved in the european union of course earlier this week madonna was also approved adding 160000000 doses and as we listen to these numbers it seems awfully high sumi but we have to remember that since every person needs 2 doses you're only being going to be able to vaccinate half the number of people that you hear the purchase of the vaccine so when she says that we're going to have 600000000 of the biotech pfizer beseen that's going to be of course just 300000000 people right that's important to keep in mind so what do you think this agreement will need for the rollout. of course it's encouraging to know that there will be more vaccinations available but the problem really hasn't been buying them the problem is producing them and the facilities are you know in a dead neck run producing the of the drug as fast as possible but there have been delays both in produce production and in transport especially with this biotech pfizer vaccine because it needs these

biotech pfizer vaccine so they are very dependent on this and it also comes as the e.u. is really lagging behind other countries in terms of vaccination in part because they are facing a big shortage of vaccines right now they've only here in germany we've only vaccinated about 400000 people that's compared to over a 1000000 in the u.k. and over 5000000 in the u.s. so getting this vaccine to people getting getting a mass produced in a large supply is very important for the e.u. and suppose the more vaccines the marriott well we're going to washington remains in a state of disarray how taking. markets continue to brush this off and i mean in the things we've seen markets fresh off for the past year the krona virus pandemic this is this disarray and washington they are very very optimistic and they seem to be focusing very much on the future and what the biden presidency could mean in terms of a large stimulus package so we saw u.s. stocks hit records yesterday the dax here in frankfurt across 14000 so markets continue to be extremely optimistic. josie delaney and frank th

countries have started with a pfizer biotech. production much quicker much more quickly than the netherlands so that depends on the country itself of course once you have a 2nd vaccination you're going to be able to reach a lot more people once the drug gets here but moderna has said that in the 1st 3 months of 2021 it is only going to be able to produce $120000000.00 vaccinations shots in total only a fraction of those will leave the u.s. facility only a fraction of those will come to europe. there's been a lot of criticism especially in germany about the role of a slow rollout in this country but also across europe what does it look like. in sort of world rankings if you will in speed events and nations. well i don't have those kind of numbers right on hand here in germany certainly hasn't been the slowest as i just mentioned the then a dutch government is just starting today the french government also has come under a lot of criticism for is a very slow program but you know those governments have to answer for that the questio

altogether giving japs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about old out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the art of back is that. that most come to see are in the u. e.u. has most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved by the british medical association is calling on the government to shorten the gap between the 1st and 2nd doses of the pfizer bio intact vaccine and u.k. extended the maximum weight on the 2nd dose from 3 to 12 weeks to get the 1st dose out to as many people as possible the drug makers have warned they have no evidence of their vaccine will continue to be protective if the 2nd dose is given more than $21.00 days after the 1st. to use his government has extended a nighttime curfew and ban gatherings until mid february it follows a week of protests against repression corruption and poverty activists say about a 1000

may be unsafe after 13 patients died following side effects the deaths happened linked to the pfizer biotech vaccine health officials say fever and nausea was side effects that may have led to the death of these frail patients they're emphasizing the safety off these vaccines what we have seen is that we have reports of people dying shortly after being vaccinated all these people are nursing home patients they're all very sick and they have a very short life span but what they did see is that some of these patients had fever nausea vomiting diarrhea that could have tipped them over with very severe underlying cease as i said we are not learning about this there is no reason to fear the vaccine we just want to be a little more specific which saw a small group or very ill patients otherwise we see no problem with continuing the vaccination let's get more on this we can speak to john moore he is a vaccine research and professor of microbiology and immunology at will cornell medicine joining us by skype from new york many thanks for speaking to us and al-jazeera john what is your reaction to thi

issues it's a severe setback to the blocks vaccination program which is already suffering after pfizer biotech slowed the supply. of thousands of people in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home it affects a district that's accounted for half of all new credible iris cases over the past week on khan's been struggling to contain an outbreak since november. tens of thousands of people are expected to protest in cities across russia demanding the release of kremlin critic alexina valley i was arrested last week on his return to germany where he was being treated for a near fatal poisoning alexy o'brian explodes. the rallies across russia have been banned but that didn't stop people in khabarovsk from coming out to make their voices heard on. the sin city has seen months of protests against the kremlin but this rally was specifically in support of president vladimir putin's the assist critic alexina valmy was there soon scuffles with police authorities have gone to great lengths to prevent such acts of defiance including a race thing several of the valley's top aides in the lead up to saturda

altogether giving japs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about old out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the artists back is that . that most come to see are in the u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now says it has brought in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved to museums government has extended a nighttime curfew and ban gatherings until mid february it follows a week of protests against repression corruption and poverty activists say about a 1000 people have been arrested as a face of severe economic problems with a 3rd of its young people unemployed tropical cyclone elouise has been lashing mozambique's port city of barrow which was devastated by cyclon in dialects than 2 years ago at least 3000 people have been moved from boozing districts in the east flooding in areas expected to continue for the next 3 days the veteran u.s. talk show host larry king has died in

and only 2 for accidents have now been approved it's pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 axes are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new spain and poland there are real delays with the vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving jobs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about also an out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side back is that astra zeneca that most countries here in the u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved there are also concerns that vaccines could run out in the u.s. the white house wants the centers for disease control to investigate what is behind the shortage dr amish is a senior scholar at the john hopkins center for health security he says a u.s. vaccination plan faces several challenges. we have a logistical problem

and only to vaccines have now been approved it's pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 accidents are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new spain and poland there are real delays with vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving japs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about also an out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side bag is that astra zeneca that most come to see are in the u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved. ukraine is struggling to import doses of corona virus vaccine authorities say the vaccinations could stop by mid february although no fixed delivery date has been announced all of ukraine's neighbors have started vaccination campaigns or about to but kiev has yet to receive a single dose there are also concerns that vacci

the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of doses of biotech pfizer. on the line speaking of them now joined by correspondent terror cells in brussels terry what will this agreement mean for the e.u. wide rollout now certainly over the long term care hard it will be reassuring for citizens to know that there will be more vaccinations available but you know that hasn't really been the biggest problem here at the beginning of the e.u. wide vaccination program the problem is production that the facilities simply can't keep up with the demand so while it's one thing to buy the extra doses it's another to actually get them in hand and especially with this vaccine that needs to be transported and stored in ultra cold conditions to actually get the vaccinations in place stored correctly and then finally in the arm of citizens who are very much looking forward to this so the underlying announcing this morning these extra purchases she admitted that the they won't actuall

and only 2 vaccines have now been approved it's pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 teens are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new spain and poland there are real delays with vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving jobs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about also an out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side bag is that astra zeneca that most come to see are in the u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now because says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved and here in the netherlands for the 1st time since world war 2 a curfew will be imposed on people here starting at 9 pm at night lasting until the early morning and there's a lot of concern about the very end coming from the u.k. but also from brazil and south africa so also starting today no flights from the u.k. are allowed

and only to vaccines have now been approved it's pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 accidents are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new spain and poland there are real delays with vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving japs to its residents also poland and italy have now threatened to take by enterprise or to court for not keeping up its promises of distribution but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about also and out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side back is that astra zeneca which has yet to be approved which will probably happen at the end of next week but this is a vaccine developed in oxford university that most countries here in the u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now astra zeneca says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved for a lot of concern and here in the netherlands the

started it fuck scene rollout in early december it was the 1st who approved both the pfizer biotech and off the astra zeneca vaccines it's since set up over $1400.00 sites with everything from cathedrals mosques and cinemas converted to roll out the scheme there's no doubt that the u.k.'s vaccination program is impressive just tickle feets but this is just one side of the u.k.'s 900 story well it might be leading the rest of europe in terms of the number of people being vaccinated it also has one of the highest death tolls in the world and that's a fact not lost on anybody here. over 100000 people have died in the u.k. but in 28 days of a positive test that's more than the entire capacity of london's wembley football stadium. the emergence of a new more transmissible variant of the virus has further deepen the crisis it spread like wildfire across the country and left hospital struggling to cope numbers now harder than any other time we've got a journalist on demick so the system is under massive stress we have cast operations cancer treatments were running and she crosses looking after

the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of dollars as of biotech pfizer and european commission president to fund the law and meanwhile an official of germany's health ministry says the government there has agreed preliminary deals for an extra 50000000 vaccine doses in the summer there urgently needed to help bring infections under control nearly 200 people die from combat 19 in germany of the past 24 hour recording period a new record. a quick temperature check and then the shipment is good to go. here in eastern germany more doses of pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine are arriving by the day there are some of the 600000 doses that are reaching vaccination centers throughout the country on friday. but that hasn't silence critics of the german government's handling of the vaccine rollout too little vaccine confusing registration processes and the slow vaccination timetable the list of complaints is long. but the german government is standing by its program.

the approval of course that is the key question but the problem is as it also has been with the pfizer biotech vaccine is the production cannot be sped up to meet demand the facility there in the united states says in the 1st 3 months of of this year it only expects to be able to make $125000000.00 doses in total only a fraction of those will be export and only a fraction of those will come to the european union so while it's good news in anything will help it's unclear how many doses will be headed to europe any time soon but the other important thing about this about this drug is that it can be stored at normal temperatures and that is going to speed up the transport and delivery once the doses do make it to europe we saw some very disappointing delays with the pfizer biotech vaccine because countries simply didn't have the transport and storage systems the ultra cold systems in place so the distance will be much easier how much will this new vaccine then help speed up actual vaccinations in member countries that's up to 2 e.u. governments and they make their own decisions on that we've seen

countries have started with the pfizer biotech. production much quicker much more quickly than the netherlands so that depends on the country itself of course once you have a 2nd vaccination you're going to be able to reach a lot more people once the drug gets here but moderna has said that in the 1st 3 months of 2021 it is only going to be able to produce $120000000.00 that's in nations in total only a fraction of those will leave the u.s. facility only a fraction of those will come to europe. there's been a lot of criticism especially in germany about the role of the slow rollout in this country but also across europe what does it look line. in sort of world rankings if you will in speed events the nation's. well i don't have those kind of numbers right on hand here in germany certainly hasn't been the slowest as i just mentioned the then a dutch government is just starting today the french government also has come under a lot of criticism for is a very slow program but you know those governments have to answer for that the quest

here in eastern germany more doses of pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine are arriving by the day there are some of the 600000 doses that are reaching vaccination centers throughout the country on friday. but that hasn't silence critics of the german government's handling of the vaccine rollout too little vaccine confusing registration processes and a slow vaccination timetable the list of complaints is long. but the german government is standing by its program and at this vaccination center in western germany recipients say the wait was worth it. for me it's like winning the lottery my children didn't allow me to leave their homes i had to stay at home all the time. so it's great being among the 1st ones to get the shot i did for good. despite the bumpy rollout there could be some relief in sight with a deal in to secure millions of new doses of vaccine and the possible approval of a 3rd vaccine by months and the e.u. is taking steps it hopes will silence the critics of its vaccine rollout. let's take a look at other developments in the pandemic the united states has said and other dai

give as many people as possible a 1st dose of the vaccine quickly but the manufacturers of the pfizer biotech vaccine specifically recommend an interval of only 3 to 4 weeks between its doses so we don't think this will have a major impact on the rollout of the vaccination program this wote reduce the numbers who can be vaccinated but it what it would do is is vaccinate people in accordance with the best available evidence and with the greatest assurance of protection after the 2nd dose their concern does not involve the astra zeneca vaccine because manufacturers have approved a 12 week delay between jabs. it comes just one day after government medical advisors revealed that the new virus variant in the u.k. could be more deadly than the original strain the new assessment is based on spazz data with more research needed but it's a stock warning to remain vigilant for the country with the world's highest close with 19 deaths right. a hospital in berlin is in full quarantine after patients and staff members tested positive for a british variant of code 19 at least 14 people at the homebuilt cli

give as many people as possible a 1st dose of the vaccine quickly but the manufacturers of the pfizer biotech vaccine specifically recommend an interval of only 3 to 4 weeks between its doses so we don't think this will have a major impact on the rollout of the vaccination program this wote reduce the numbers who can be vaccinated but it what it would do is is vaccinate people in accordance with the best available evidence and with the greatest assurance of protection after the 2nd dose their concern does not involve the astra zeneca vaccine because manufacturers have approved a 12 week delay between jabs. it comes just one day after government medical advisors revealed that the new virus variant in the u.k. could be more deadly than the original strain when we look at we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears that there is some evidence that the new variant very that was 1st identified in london in the scythe east may be associated with a higher degree of mortality the new assessment is based on sparse data with more research needed but it's a stark

started it functioning rollout in early december it was the 1st who approved both pfizer biotech and offered astra zeneca vaccines it since set up over 1400 sites with everything from cathedrals mosques and cinemas converted to rollout the scheme is no doubt that the u.k.'s vaccination program is impressive just tickled but this is just one side of the u.k.'s 900 story well it might be leading the rest of europe in terms of the number of people being vaccinated it also has one of the highest death tolls in the world and that's a fact not lost on anybody here. over $100000.00 people have died in the u.k. within $28.00 days of a positive test that's more than the entire capacity of london's wembley football stadium. the emergence of a new more transmissible variant of the virus has further deepen the crisis it spread like wildfire across the country and left hospital struggling to cope numbers now harder than any other time we've got a journalist i'm demick so the system is under massive stress we have can stop rationing is cancer treatment we're running she crosses might look after it

the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of this of biotech fight. so that's very presidential fun for lyon meanwhile a german health ministry official has revealed the government has agreed preliminary deals for an extra $58000000.00 vaccine doses in the summer and that's outside the e.u. deal a b. they need is urgent nearly 1200 people died from covered 19 in germany over the past 24 hours a new record. a quick temperature check and then the shipment is good to go. here in eastern germany more doses of pfizer biotech's coronavirus vaccine are arriving by the day there are some of the 600000 doses that are reaching vaccination centers throughout the country on friday. but that hasn't silence critics of the german government's handling of the vaccine rollout too little vaccine confusing registration processes and the slow vaccination timetable the list of complaints is long. but the german government is standing by its program and at this vaccination center in we

based on this technology platform to be approved one was developed by german biotech company bio on tech and pharma giant pfizer the 2nd comes from a u.s. based biotech company called madera let's look at safety 1st both vaccines were tested in trials involving over 30000 subjects half received the vaccine the other half were given a placebo some of the people who got the candidate back scenes reported mild issues especially after the 2nd dose like like headache or fatigue or pain at the injection site but those usually passed quickly with with no major adverse events reported since they've been rolled out a few dozen recipients have had more serious allergic reactions to them what's called anaphylaxis but don't forget the 2 vaccines have now been administered to tens of millions of people some deaths in fragile seniors in norway who received the pfizer buy on tech vaccine are also currently being in. investigated and recommendations in the future might also change for that small group but as of now all those candidates have lived up to expectations that they would be very safe to take possible long term effect

and only 2 vaccines have now been approved it's pfizer biotech and modena and now these 2 vaccines are getting really scarce in countries like germany but also it's a new spain and poland there are real delays with the vaccinations and some states have already stopped altogether giving japs to its residents but the companies are really struggling at the moment pfizer biotech is building new production facilities in germany about also an out of places to keep up with this enormous demand and the other side bag is that astra zeneca that most countries here in the e.u. e.u. has put most of their money on they have ordered millions of these vaccines and now says it has problems in its production line and 60 percent less will be delivered after the vaccine will be approved. chinese state media say a miner has been rescued in northern china after 2 weeks trapped underground he was one of 22 caught in a blast at the gold mine in shandong province the mine was found in a different section from a group of 10 men who've been receiving food supplies one miner is known to have die it's a tropical

on this technology platform to be approved one was code developed by german biotech company bio on tech and pharma giant pfizer the 2nd comes from a u.s. based biotech company called madonna let's look at safety 1st them both vaccines were tested in trials involving over 30000 subjects half received the vaccine the other half were given a placebo some of the people who got the candidate back scenes reported mild issues especially after the 2nd goes like like headache or fatigue or pain at the injection site but those usually passed quickly with with no major adverse events reported since they've been rolled out a few dozen recipients have had more serious allergic reactions to them what's called anaphylaxis but don't forget the 2 vaccines have now been administered to tens of millions of people some deaths in fragile seniors in norway who received the pfizer buy on tech vaccine are also currently being in. investigated and recommendations in the future might also change for that small group but as of now all those candidates have lived up to expectations that they would be very safe to take possible long term

this technology platform to be approved one was co-developed by the german biotech company bio on tech and pharma giant pfizer the 2nd comes from a u.s. based biotech company called monday or not let's look at safety 1st and both vaccines were tested in trials involving over 30000 subjects half receive the vaccine the other half were given a placebo some of the people who got the candidate back scenes reported mild issues especially after the 2nd dose like like headache or fatigue or or pain at the injection site but those usually passed quickly with with no major adverse events reported since they've been rolled out a few dozen recipients have had more serious allergic reactions to them what's called anaphylaxis but don't forget the 2 vaccines have now been administered to tens of millions of people some deaths and fragile seniors in norway who received the pfizer bio on tech vaccine are also currently being investigated and recommendations in the future might also change for that small group but as of now all those candidates have lived up to expectations that they would be very safe to take possible long t

$530000.00 of the shots being made available the 2nd covert 19 treatment to be approved after the pfizer biotech version. china also ramping up vaccinations after starting its inoculation drive in beijing on friday beijing's municipal government aims to vaccinate all its citizens by the 2nd week of february that would be $22000000.00 people japan's prime minister considering a state of emergency in tokyo following a rise in covert 19 infections japan reported 4 and a half 1000 new cases on december 31st more than half in the capital and brazil's health regulators agreed to import 2000000 doses of that oxford astra zeneca back saying even though it hasn't yet approved the shop the use in the 200000 brazilians have now died from 19 you're up to date with the headlines radicalized youth next. it's 10 years since the arab spring countries across the middle east a decade on from the 1st uprising we'll look at the legacy of the revolution. join us as we assess the changes in the political landscape the middle east and north africa. on al-jazeera. if you want to learn what the world might look like ver

serious underlying health conditions against cope with 1923 patients have died after receiving the pfizer biotech. health officials say side effects including fevers may have contributed to the deaths of the frail patients those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after viewfinder asia station and also watching often are. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call the hand al-jazeera bringing you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. the you find fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers so. that it's on it is an instant constant while see it in many ways it's. a landing on its own was asked. why he. was eager to point forward to more than 2 where he backed going to manly cheers when you said you know what the message they want to follow. up is it as soon as you can sounds in the gulf that you know as well you know where you present who says when he dances or oh well you see the difference is all when he was lucky gets klein has a heads up we get stuck on you and you are not ready to

potentially hindering the dispatch of the biotech pfizer product destined for the u.k. something the british government wants to avoid i think the thing to do now is not to. go down the sort of the dead end of vaccine nationalism it's to work together to make sure that we protect our people that's my priority is to protect the british people to protect the united kingdom but also to protect the whole world is no one is safe from tools it's no more than 4 weeks since germany began its own mass vaccination program 1st in care homes and more recently in vaccination centers such as this one here in central berlin using a combination of the bond tech pfizer vaccine and the mode products and the health ministry says that it plans to take delivery by the end of february of more than 6 and a half 1000000 doses of both those vaccines what's not clear is how many doses of the astra zeneca product will be added to that e.u. regulators hope to approve it for use later this week dominic kane al-jazeera berlin and u.s. president joe biden has promised to allow millions of millions mo

conditions may be unsafe after 13 patients died from side effects the deaths have been linked to the pfizer biotech vaccine. russian opposition politician alexina vollies been detained minutes after landing in moscow the kremlin critic is back home after spending nearly 5 months in germany where he was recovering from nerve agent poisoning of all the blames the government for the poisoning allegation it denies protests of continued into days after the 10th anniversary of the topping of president. ben ali has been fighting between police and protesters in several major cities including the capital people angry about the country's economic crisis and poor public services. the governor sudan's west awful state says security is being stepped up to tribal fighting killed over 80 people there were blaming arms groups from central and south doll fall for the violence. as you have laws news continues hey on al-jazeera off to radicalized youth states. teaching you just the right streamline the night you channel. last thousands of our programs will be documentaries and. subscribe to you she would slash al-ja

delivered it's a severe setback to the box vaccination program that's already suffering after pfizer biotech slowed supplies. the netherlands is imposing its toughest measures yet it's with a nationwide nighttime curfew from so i say no one will be allowed to leave their homes between 9 pm and 4 30 am unless remeasured says that's on top of a lockdown that's close non-essential businesses and schools for the possible. china has reported upwards of $100.00 new daily occurrence of arse infections for more than 10 days in a row it is the worst cases seen since march last year testing has been wrapped up in parts of the country had to face lunar new year holidays and thousands of people in hong kong been ordered to stay home be looked on as the toughest pandemic restriction imposed on the territory so far it effects densely populated district that accounted for half of all new coronavirus cases over the past week saudi arabia says it's foiled to drone attack over the capital riyadh its previously come under repeated attack from the rebels in neighboring yemen as the by administration reviews whe

the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of doses of biotech fight. that was the european commission president funded lions speaking in brussels earlier meanwhile the official at germany's health ministry says the government has agreed to live in their ideals for an extra 50000000 vaccine doses in the summer they are urgently needed to help bring infections under control nearly 1200 people have died from covert 19 and germany over the past day that's a new record number. of quick temperature check and then the shipment is good to go . here in eastern germany more doses of pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine are arriving by the day there are some of the 600000 doses that are reaching vaccination centers throughout the country on friday but that hasn't silence critics of the german government's handling of the vaccine rollout too little vaccine confusing registration processes and a slow vaccination timetable. the list of complaints is long. but the german govern

s vaccination strategy the government says it will delay a 2nd dose of the pfizer biotech jabs to prioritize 1st doses the interval could be extended to 12 weeks the doctors union says the vaccine is most effective in the follow ups administered within $21.00 days the u.s. senate voted to override president trump's veto of a defense policy bill the senate which is controlled by trump's republican party easily achieved the 2 thirds majority required it reflects a growing rift between some congressional republicans and trump was 20 days left in the white house iraq explosives experts are trying to defuse a naval mine found attached to an oil tanker in the gulf on thursday it was refusing another ship in international waters near the iraqi port of basra iraq's army says it's evacuated the tanker. so those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after one of many states in terms of watching by foot. in the far reaches of the new siberian islands gold rush fever is in the air and. hunters searching for priceless woolly mammoth tusks of on earth the holy grail. an incredible journey in

the year it's a severe setback for the box vaccination program that's already suffering after pfizer biotech slowed supply is china has reported upwards of $100.00 new daily corona virus infections for more than 10 days in a row it's the worst surge in cases it's seen since march last year testing has been ramped up in parts of the country ahead of february's lunar new year holidays . so the arabia says it's foiled an air attack over the capital of riyadh the con kingdom's come under repeated attacks from hoofy rebels in neighboring yemen who fees of not claimed responsibility for the latest attack the u.s. state department's begun reviewing whether to keep a terror group designation for the who thieves it was a party move by the previous administration under donald trump humanitarian groups say the designation could hamper aid deliveries. and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people and power good buy. how is north korea one of the poorest countries in the world managed to evade u.n. sanctions and pay for its nuclear weapons program the answer is through a

the one developed by oxford university and astra zeneca is the 2nd to be approved along with pfizer biotech so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after radicalise you state your thanks for watching by phone. it's 10 years since the arab spring countries across the middle east a decade on from the 1st uprising we'll look at the legacy of the revolution. join us as we assess the changes in the political landscape the middle east and north africa. on al-jazeera. over the. if you want to learn what the world might look like very soon regard hungry and hungry as in the extreme example of the predicament the whole world is going through. the italian think a judge or a government that said that fascism never really went away. from me after that i was asked of us and he was our border between months markup of us long as a soft us. delegates are those who sure are also what you get out of your some dumb as a positive mentality is one know what i'm sure. a lot of you saw some cases like you soon you case i thought it. was a lever for to get me. back to jail. for actual. i

from pfizer biotech from adana and from astra zeneca and they all require 2 shots of the same back seem to work as well as trials demonstrated this decision means that if someone there gets the 1st shot say of the madonna vaccine when they come back for the 2nd one they could theoretically receive one made for example by astra zeneca if the authorities have run out of the madonna vaccine the thing is nobody yet knows exactly what kind of impact that could have because there have been no mix and match trials on each manufacturer of curie doubt their own trials involving only 2 doses of their own product so the question of how interchangeable they are is really wide open one american professor told the new york times that in his view the british authorities in the current emergency were trying to guess their way out of the mess the british guidelines however call the move reasonable since in different ways. all 3 vaccines target the same area on the virus what's called the spike protein and experts in the u.k. think a 2nd dose of any other approved vaccine would be better than no 2nd dose

firm cura barca's developed to cope with 19 vaccines similar to that produced by madonna and pfizer biotech but easier to store and manufacture. is parting with pharma giant buyer to mosque produce the job do the logistics and use buyers network worldwide to distributors the partners palm and producing several 100000000 doses of the vaccine as soon as they are granted approval by or will decide during the 1st quarter whether to money factor the vaccine for cure of arc. the cure of link up is similar to the partnership between the german vaccine developer biotech and the u.s. pharmaceutical company pfizer or the collaboration between researchers at oxford university and britain's astra zeneca. in all 3 cases it's the small companies and research institutes that do the development well the drug industry's heavy hitters produce and market the vaccines. their business partnerships work billions with all of them fighting for market share the demand is huge for the biotech companies and research institutes that develop the vaccines one thing is clear they need the huge corporations infrastructure

pfizer biotech coated 19 vaccine has an advocacy of 95 percent of the final. rushes sputnik the coronavirus vaccine trial shows encouraging results but what does this mean unlike the history of pixie. let's explain the 1st ever vaccine was for smallpox it was introduced in 796 the disease was then declared eradicated nearly 2 centuries later in 1900 and the vaccine was 95 percent effective in preventing small pox measles 97 percent effective but in spite of the strong maxime measles continues to spread looking at you and actors polio has nearly been eradicated and the vaccine is 99 percent effective the flu vaccine is a tricky one as the virus mutates regularly so people have to get flu shots every year to help protect against the most common strains generally the effectiveness of the flu shot hovers around 50 to 60 percent when scientists started work on covert 916 so the world health organization said one except a vaccine efficacy of just 50 percent so with these reason phase 3 clinical trial results showing vaccines that have north of 90 percent efficacy of

important and as you mentioned it's also going to be easier to transport and to store than the pfizer biotech vaccine because it can be stored in a normal freezer so this should really speed up the deployment of this vaccine once it starts getting here to europe and speeding up since we sorely need to because there's been a lot of criticism of the slow roll of the vaccinations in the e.u. countries home once will this whole governments across the block speeded up. well each government is responsible for its own program of vaccinating its citizens and including the transportation and storing of the vaccination so so the e.u. is only partially responsible for the slowness on these decisions admittedly you know the european medicines agency only considered and approved the moderna vaccine today so this is behind other countries and they do have their share of the you know responsibility for for that coming behind other countries but now it's up to the governments themselves one of the problems is of course the production capacity and says that it is only going to be able to produce $100.00 up to

the shortfall combined with hiccups in the delivery of the pfizer biotech shots is putting member statesnder pressure. the eu was already facing criticism for a slow vaccine rollout. the italian prime minister giuseppe conta© plans to offer his resignation on tuesy. he survived two confidence votes last week but lost his majority in the senate. this after the defection of a centrist ally. for more, we spoke to someone in rome. >> he intends to hand in his resignation. he will be having a cabinet meeting on tuesday morning to inform his cabinet of his december -- his decision after which he will head to the presidential palace and meet with the president and hand in his resignation. then the ball really lands in the president's court. it is up to him to decide what to do next. he will hold consultations with all of the parties involved and then he will make the decision as to whether to hand another mandate to giuseppe conta©, whether he will create another altogether. or figure, someone within the political parties that are currently in place, in parliament, or perhaps even a technical g

pfizer biotech code 19 vaccine has an advocacy of 95 percent of final. russian sputnik view coronavirus vaccine trial shows encouraging results but what does this mean in light of the history of fixings let's explain the 1st ever vaccines for smallpox it was introduced in 796 the disease was then declared eradicated nearly 2 centuries later in 1900 and the vaccine was 95 percent effective in preventing small pox measles 97 percent effective but in spite of the strong maxime measles continues to spread looking at you and effectors polio has nearly been eradicated and the vaccine is 99 percent effective the flu vaccine is a tricky one as the virus mutates regularly so people have to get flu shots every year to help protect against the most common strains generally the effectiveness of the flu shot hovers around 50 to 60 percent when scientists started work on covert 916 so the world health organization said one accept a vaccine efficacy of just 50 percent so with these reason phase 3 clinical trial results showing vaccines that have north of 90 percent eff