coronavirus without masks but should still cover their faces in public a lab study found the body on tech pizer vaccine was effective against a more infectious variant 1st found in brazil new zealand has opened its 1st large box nation clinic after keeping the country largely free of the virus. well the democratic republic of congo has suffered years of conflict dating back to the massive refugee crisis and spillover from the 994 genocide in neighboring rwanda a complex web of armed groups now controls the eastern part of the huge country in central africa it's difficult for outsiders to visit there but mario games rare access to rebel held territory she met one woman who's bearing the scars of war but with a glimpse of hope from now on it's what they call its no man's land because not the government and also no specific rebel group controls this area that makes it also quite dangerous the right i mean this is. begins. on a regular basis. we're on foot the beauty of the landscape cannot distract from the constant fear of kidnap being caught up in fighting. as soon as we get close the rebel mili

the chinese cities of hong kong and macau have suspended use of the biotech pizer codeine teen vaccine defective packaging was reported in one batch of drug sorties say they've acted as a cautionary precautionary measure the vaccines manufacturers say there's no reason to believe safety is at risk. it's been one year now since the indian prime minister announced a complete nationwide lockdown the measures went into effect within hours and was one of the world's strictest lock downs lasting for $68.00 days in total today the country is scrambling to vaccinate its population against the corona virus as a new surge in cases threatens to derail efforts to get the pandemic under control the pandemic has pushed demand for frontline medical workers to an all time high not just in india western countries looking to boost the number of nurses have been hiring staff from india many come from one southern indian state in particular d.w. travel to kerala to meet some of the latest recruits. ungentle grew up in and out of hospital. as a severely anemic. she was often admitted for treatments. but th

spots will be among the 1st to receive the doses there new zealand has thought enough of the biotech pizer shot to inoculate its entire population of 5000000 people the country's prime minister just into our defense says having one type of vaccine will simplify its rollout and the european medicines agency has urged european union member states to refrain from granting national approvals for russia's sputnik v. vaccine the agency says it's reviewing its safety and efficacy. when u.s. president joe biden took office in january he promised his government would make fighting the credit iris a priority now mass vaccinations in the u.s. are renting up according to the centers for disease control and prevention more than $2000000.00 people each day are receiving their shots but much depends on local organizing to get jobs in our. marjorie drummond was having difficulty getting a covert 19 vaccine appointment that is until the social worker who brings the 8 year old her meals at home got involved thank you yeah i've got a list we get here we get to vaccine. is it he won't with masses there will b

pizer moderna and astrazeneca all conducting vaccine trials on children.lyst doctor nicole and doctor it is great thank so much for being here what is current trajectory getting shots approved for younger people? >> well good morning maria, and ultimately as you mention we've already started the deegglation trials for the childhood vaccines when it comes to covid-19 but the big question is, will it require universal vaccine program of our children to get our country to that level of herd immunity which we need to start liberating our country and question is, i don't know. and i don't think so if you look at data maria 40 to up to a 55% of u.s. adults have been infected with covid-19 have those practicing natural antibody circulating. now, if you look at that and then add it to the amount of adults who have been been vaccinated at least one shot about 33% of u.s. adults have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine if we added it together we are close to if not already at that 85% threshold number to get to herd immunity unfortunately what they're not keepin