, which _ company called serum institute, which is — company called serum institute, which is the biggest to manufacture the oxford — from oxford to manufacture the oxford vaccine. what did modi do west— oxford vaccine. what did modi do west narendra modi asked the serum institute _ west narendra modi asked the serum institute to export the vaccine to other— institute to export the vaccine to other countries, to win brownie points, — other countries, to win brownie points, ratherthan other countries, to win brownie points, rather than give vaccines to his own _ points, rather than give vaccines to his own people. today, with this crisis. _ his own people. today, with this crisis. at — his own people. today, with this crisis, at which people panic stricken. _ crisis, at which people panic stricken, there is a shortage of vaccines— stricken, there is a shortage of vaccines and therefore, what britain has achieved by way of vaccinating people _ has achieved by way of vaccinating people and creating this safe, relatively safe and feel good factor of situation and feel good factor, that simply

and the serum institute had acquired the licence from oxford to manufacture the oxford vaccine.ther countries, to win brownie points, rather than give vaccines to his own people. today, with this crisis, and with people panic stricken, there is a shortage of vaccines and therefore, what britain has achieved by way of vaccinating people and creating this safe, relatively safe and feelgood factor of situation and feelgood factor, that simply does not exist in india at the moment because india has a very, very long way to go before it can vaccinate adequately its people. it is still below 15% of the population in terms of the first dose only, so you can imagine at what scale the problem has escalated in just a few weeks. and indeed, the chances of averting the path of this are very, very remote at this stage. let me end the programme by asking each of you in turn just a very brief question. is there a story or something perhaps we haven't either given much attention to, given all our obsession with wallpaper, and rightly with the crisis in india, but perhaps it has got a bit neglec

the problem instantly and nationalize all the big pharmaceutical companies in india like the serum institute and start to actually save the lives of ordinary indians instead of trying to be contractually obliged by new liberal organizations like the w i fi gotten on the nationalized most of the time. so that's not the problem. the issue is made by the lives or lives are more important than the, the scandal of a leak of the formula for the asters anika vaccine. anyway, let's just move on to this black fungus that apparently is causing a 50 percent mortality rate for those recovering for those who have it and has to do with the steroid use in hospitals, because people have not been vaccinated. no, nothing to do. i mean, a lot of money so they didn't do that. he could relate the patients, but i didn't use the i've been probably and i was, it is not happened to me, but my brother media, if you do not think that is now is the time for some real nationalism in india as it were when you're conversant with the, with what's been happening in agriculture, the fights over the painting of seeds by big a

certainly there are many people here in india who believe that the serum institute and the government when it came to those commitments for a vaccines. about how the indian government said more than 70 countries coronavirus vaccine. many indians cannot get a dose of vaccine themselves. looking at the latest stats, something like 3% of indians has been vaccinated. it's a very small percentage of a country that is in dire need of getting it out to the country as a continues. katty: rising tensions between the u.s. and russia are spilling over into the arctic were a senior russian military commander told the bbc that u.s. forces are acting more aggressively than they have in decades. that is raising the potential for conflict -- conflict. sarah has just returned where her team was given rare access to russia's northernmost military base. >> this was our flight almost to the edge of the map. a russian military cargo plane carrying us far up into the arctic. we were among the first foreign journalists invited to visit russia's most northern military base. a site that is making some in the

the serum institute of india is the largest single supplier to the covax scheme.ts planned shipments since exports were suspended in march, leaving a shortfall of 140 million doses. india now says it will restart vaccine deliveries to covax and other countries by the end of the year. the gavi alliance, which co—runs covax with the who, says it hopes india's deliveries could resume in reduced quantity by the third quarter of the year. but the serum institute says it's committed to do everything it can to support india's own vaccination drive. let's talk about this with professor gavin yamey in durham, north carolina. he's the associate director for policy at duke university's global health institute and helped design the covax body. thank design the covax body. you so much forjoining us. how thank you so much forjoining us. how do you vaccinate the world. we have an how do you vaccinate the world. - have an immediate crisis and that you look at all of the doses that have been distributed interest .3% have been distributed interest .3% have gone to low income nation

the serum institute of india was due to supply around half of the two billion vaccines for covax thisfall of around 140 million doses — which is due to rise to 190 million by the end ofjune. unfortunately, we're in a situation where we just don't know when the next set of doses will materialise. our hope is things will get back on track, but of course, the situation in india is uncertain itself. and how much of a concern is that? it's certainly a huge concern, and that's why we are calling on higher—income countries that have access to doses to start sharing those doses now. but countries are not being forthcoming with donating doses. data commissioned by unicef suggests that the rich g7 nations, as well as the eu could make a big dent in the vaccine deficit in poorer countries by donating 20% of their supplies injune, july and august. this would free up around 153 million doses. so far, france is the only country to have already shipped vaccines in view of the crisis in india, pledging half a million doses by mid—june. nations including rwanda, senegal, and here in ghana are using up

the serum institute of india was due to supply around half of the two billion vaccines for covax thisend ofjune. unfortunately, we are in a situation where we just don't know when the next set of doses will materialise. our hope is things will get back on track, but of course, the situation in india is uncertain itself. and how much of a concern is that? it's certainly a huge concern, and that's why we are calling on higher—income countries that have access to doses to start sharing those doses now. the countries are not being forthcoming with donating doses — data commissioned by unicef suggests that the rich g7 nations, as well as the eu could make a big dent in the vaccine deficit in poorer countries by donating 20% of their supplies injune, july and august. this would free up around 153 million doses. so far, france the only country to have already shipped vaccines in view of the crisis in india, pledging half a million doses by mid—june. nations including rwanda, senegal, and here in ghana are using up some of their last remaining doses. it's very important that the global promis

— these vaccines from the serum institute. meant need them for ourselves. we note that boris johnson was meant to need them for ourselves. we note that borisjohnson was meant to be going _ that borisjohnson was meant to be going out— that borisjohnson was meant to be going out to india next week for slipknot— going out to india next week for slipknot but the trip that called off. when she was probably hoping to ask for— off. when she was probably hoping to ask for more of those vaccines. the bil ask for more of those vaccines. the big mantra — ask for more of those vaccines. the big mantra is, none is safe until all are _ big mantra is, none is safe until all are say _ big mantra is, none is safe until all are say. it's actually in our interest— all are say. it's actually in our interest for— all are say. it's actually in our interest for as many people in india to be _ interest for as many people in india to be vaccinated a5 interest for as many people in india to be vaccinated as possible. at the moment— to be vaccinated as

but unfortunately, the head of the serum institute in india, the maker of these vaccines, is not onlyalarming for the nation, to think they will not be able to combat the second wave with this vaccine cavalry, but more worryingly, there is a lot of criticism of the government and the way it handled the fact that it might have been complacent around this second wave are rising and the fact that it insisted on elections in west bengal taking place, which it has not won. presumably a verdict from the voters on the handling of the pandemic. what we are seeing is massive tension between the government and the people who are actually providing the vaccines that could save lives. �* providing the vaccines that could save lives— providing the vaccines that could save lives. . g .. . .. , save lives. and joe, dominic raab was asked — save lives. and joe, dominic raab was asked today _ save lives. and joe, dominic raab was asked today on _ save lives. and joe, dominic raab was asked today on the _ save lives. and joe, dominic raab was asked today on the andrew . save lives. and joe, dominic raa

india's largest vexing produce a the serum institute says it will scale up production before beginningorts. india it reported more than 4300 covid related deaths on tuesday, another record. the international energy agency says no new gas boilers should be sold after 2025, that is one of 400 steps proposed by the agency. the sale of new petrol and diesel cars around the world would also and by 2035. the murder of george floyd sparked a debate over racial equity and justice. the black lives matter movement inspired many people be on the u.s., leading to 250 demonstrations in the u.k.. here is my colleague. >> everyone here can make a difference. reporter: worlds apart from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. >> i thought like 20 people would show up, never suffer hundred. reporter: last summer, people here came together, calling for change. >> it's our job to make sure this does not happen again. reporter: she was 17 at the time. >> i had not seen that many people come together for one cause. when you have grown up in a place where you think people like you, i have been a vic

the worst largest manufacturer of vaccines is basically the serum institute of india but i know this is due to you shouldn't this be a key usually just vaccination going along with another indigenous in good vaccine now people are asking themselves whether that you do government underestimated its need for maxine's after the 1st wave of the good virus into the india and these again next tuesday vaccines some 66000000 doses of vaccine were sent in dozens of countries as applied to india's vaccination diplomacy the countries data dispute also was appreciated but now in defines its job slot it's also started getting now that seems to overseas for example that russia's v. is now being used as that solution. and india isn't just importing vaccines from abroad it has stopped exporting its own production of them as well and that threatens to have a serious knock on effect for other countries still waiting to immunize their own populations india is a powerhouse behind kovacs the international program coronating vaccines to the world's poorest nations about half of kovacs doses are on order f

produced by india's serum institute. kenya's supply dries up in days. >> i am concerned, because there are supposed to be two shots. i am concerned but if it doesn't happen, what is the worst scenario? >> i want to assure you that nobody who has taken their first dose is going to miss out on their second dose. >> does this worry you? because, it seems, that it could be a scenario that the second doses don't come in time. >> very clearly, it worries me. and very clearly, the second doses will not come in time. >> reporter: a senior-humanitarian official, familiar with covax's plan, told cnn that the indian-vaccine supply isn't expected to resume, until june at best. or even later. and the millions of astrazeneca doses, promised by the biden administration, won't be enough or come soon enough. neither, will moderna's vaccine. up to a half-billion doses will be supplied to low-and-middle-income countries, but not until later this year. >> right now, there isn't equal access. so, what is the impact of that? >> the impact of

now with the serum institute of india temporarily suspending the export of axioms, many african governmentst know when they look at their second batch of vaccines to be able to vaccinate their populations. katty: onef the things that has caused a problem in india, we know these new variants. how much does africa test for the new varian? do we know if they have arrived on the continent? reporter: uganda last week was able to confirm its first case of the variant identified in india. this looks like it is the first confirmed case within the continent. there might be other countries that have the variant, but the biggest challenge that african countries have, they do not have the capacity and resources to be able to frequently do sequencing of viruses. what they usually do most is the pcr tests where they are able to confirm that someone is covid-19 positive or negative. without this they are able to identify a particular strain of the virus, to be able to know what type of variant is dominant in the country. this is some of the challenges the african countries are facing, to be able to see wh

the worst largest manufacturer of vaccines is basically the serum institute of india and by this situation has been a key role in india's vaccination guy along with another indigenous vaccine me now people are asking themselves whether the e.u. government underestimated its need for vaccines after the 1st wave of the good virus into the india and began to explore vaccines some 66000000 doses of vaccine will sit in dozens of countries as applied to india's vaccination diplomacy the country's gender dispute also was appreciated but now it defines its job slot it's also started getting now that seems to overseas for example that russia's new wii is not being used it is that solution. and india isn't just importing vaccines from abroad it has stopped exporting its own production of them as well and that threatens to have a serious knock on effect for other countries still waiting to immunize their own populations india is a powerhouse behind kovacs the international program coronating vaccines to the world's poorest nations about half of kovacs doses are on order from india sarah institute thr

because a certain variant developed in south africa and the astrazeneca from the serum institute couldlso the pfizer vaccine doses. and you know the problems with thej&j, i cannot talk about that because i will get into legal problems, but now we have got the pfizer doses in south africa and it is the pfizer one, for example, that i'm going to be jabbed with. yeah, but i'm looking at a quote here from professor shabir madhi, who was involved in the astrazeneca trials. he says that stopping the roll—out of astrazeneca in your country was a mistake because it does "undoubtedly," he says, "protect against severe disease even if it "doesn't protect against getting mild symptoms. "and selling our astrazeneca vaccines to other countries "was a miscalculation, one that has set us back months "in our vaccine roll—out." do you regret it now? i think you need to have a conversation with the minister of health. let's talk, then, the economic costs of covid—i9. the unemployment rate in your country is shockingly high, particularly for young people. i think, if you include those who have given up l

latest developments around the corona virus pandemic the world's largest vaccine make up the serum institute of india says the exports of doses to other countries will be suspended for months the company will focus on india's new cases in the u.s. around 600000 children were vaccinated last week that's office regulators cleared the use of the biotech phase a vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds and leaders have failed to finalize a vaccine pos scheme that holiday hub seen as a vital lifeline for this summer's tourist season talks will resume on does day. people across britain have been celebrating the easing of coronavirus restrictions by going to pubs restaurants and cinemas for the 1st time in months but the spread of a new variant fast identified in india is causing concern cases of the new variants have more than doubled within a week in the u.k. the town of bolton is the hardest hit is both to cues and waits. search vaccinations are underway in this northern english town to combat a rapid rise in cases of the covert 19 variant test identified in india it's already the dominant strain here and

is not at the moment— the serum institute is not at the moment exporting its vaccines?e looking at the _ fronts. additionally, we are looking at the supply chain. the ingredients that go— at the supply chain. the ingredients that go into making a vaccine are in short— that go into making a vaccine are in short supply — that go into making a vaccine are in short supply in some places, so what do we _ short supply in some places, so what do we need _ short supply in some places, so what do we need to do direct if i that? it is do we need to do direct if i that? it is only— do we need to do direct if i that? it is only when we move on all of these _ it is only when we move on all of these funds, the financing committees dose sharing, the increasing supply, investing and increase — increasing supply, investing and increase production, that we can get to the _ increase production, that we can get to the scale — increase production, that we can get to the scale that we need. we increase production, that we can get to the scale that we need.— to the scale that we need. we have

with a company called bought of biotech and only 2 companies in india bought a biotech in the serum institute of india making the 2 vaccines which are available here and regional leaders and public health experts are asking the government to allow more manufacturers to make the vaccines when india is the world's largest producer of vaccines and it has the capacity meanwhile delhi and other states have now started talks with foreign banks in manufacturers because they are not able to get the dogs as they need to vaccinate their populations here in india it's a dire situation elizabeth per annum with the very latest from new delhi thank you . indonesia is preparing to deploy hundreds of soldiers terrets east and most provinces to combat separatist groups recent shootouts with the armed fighters in papa and west papuan have forceful edges to flee their homes and now concern the government's decision to designate groups as terrorists may inflame tensions even further just to washington reports now from jakarta. exhausted and afraid his community was forced to flee from their homes in may a shooto

it makes 60 of the world's vaccines and it's home to major manufacturers, including the serum institute, which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world. yet, the pace of vaccination has been quite sluggish vaccines are now being diverted for domestic use vaccines that otherwise would have gone to africa. so two questions do we have a possible domino effect here if those vaccines aren't going elsewhere and secondly, why is it that india actually hasn't gotten the raw materials needed to make vaccines because they're being held back, for example, by the united states. very good question. important to understand this. it's a global pandemic pandemic is on the global level. if we want to control it, we need to vaccinate people as quickly as possible everywhere in the world, including india. of course it is it, we need to vaccinate people as quickly as possible not reasonable to hold back any material. if you say okay, my country first, i need to ccinate my people it's short sighted because this will come back in the okay, my country first, i need to ccinate my people very end. that

india's largest vaccine producer — the serum institute — said it would scale up production of astrazeneca'sore than 4,300 covid—related deaths on tuesday, another record. residents of two tower blocks in a west german town have been quarantined after a woman in the building tested positive for the indian variant of covid—19. public health officials say all residents have now been tested for the coronavirus but say that sequencing the samples to establish if they too had the indian variant would take several days. spain says it has returned half of the record 8,000 migrants who crossed into the spanish territory of ceuta from morocco this week. moroccan guards have reportedly begun closing the border again after more than a day in which they turned a blind eye to the crossings. some migrants have also returned voluntarily. earlier, the spanish prime minister vowed to restore order during a visit to ceuta. from there, nick beake reports. this was the day spain sent tanks to its beaches to hold back a human tidal wave. the border with morocco under strain like never before. hundreds of troops

we are also working closely with the serum institute of india are _ closely with the serum instituteuk. that was liz truss. india has surpassed a total of 20 million coronavirus cases. there have been more than three hundred thousand new infections reported every day for the past two weeks, but the government has claimed the the numbers are beginning to decrease. there continue to be reports of oxygen shortages at hospitals in the capital, delhi — from where our correspondent devina gupta sent this update. it is getting more and more difficult each day for thousands of families who are seeing their loved ones lost because they are not able to get adequate medical aid even in major cities and one of the most serious crises of oxygen started his remains, and in india's capital delhi it all centred on medical supplies reaching hospitals last night, at midnight, and this morning we have seen another sos from a children's hospital asking for oxygen supplies claiming they will be running out within two hours. that is the desperate situation we are seeing right now, despite the global aid c

the serum institute hopes to pump out 19000000 doses of the by own fact astrazeneca job. it's the stream now. paul, counting the cost in the other 6 biggest economy of policies of the world behind the numbers practice because of the world works. the competition is china financing destruction of forests. india is looking for new oil supply. us counting the costs on al jazeera. ah, for me. okay, coming up on today's bonus edition of the stream, some memorable moments happened during the show. and after the show, done by the here about a mom in a us, the immigrant detention center. and the doctor who tried to trickle into having hysterectomy, it is a real life horace story. and i'll take you behind the headlines of protesting columbia with amnesty international. let's start with denmark's controversial decision to review the residential permits the syrian refugees. now if their comments are revoked, they have to leave them walk immediately or that detained. the show was so contentious that the gas continued their intense debate, long after the broadcast ended. well, they're

we seen a bad outcome of that from the serum institute when it had to shift its production to focus onindia. last brief question, if atent india. last brief question, if patent rules _ india. last brief question, if patent rules were _ india. last brief question, if patent rules were waived, l india. last brief question, if. patent rules were waived, how quickly could that be achieved? there's going to be two keys. we have to get the patent rules wave quickly. in the past, this has sometimes taken months, but it could happen in weeks. what we want is to rapidly move to a moment where he got production happening, and that's down to do the companies themselves review or sing these drugs. companies tomorrow, pfizer, moderna, astrazeneca, they could all share their cannot technology with a handful of companies around the world and we can have production in months —— their fantastic technology. we still are going to be in a situation where we are no longer monopolised if we can pass this patent waiver. right now, the uk is resisting. the us is backing it and that's good news. the director g

india's largest vaccine producer, the serum institute, said it would scale up production of astrazeneca'seginning exports. india recorded more than 4,300 covid—related deaths on tuesday, another record. residents of two tower blocks in a west german town have been quarantined after a woman in the building tested positive for the indian variant of covid—i9. public health officials say all residents have now been tested for the coronavirus but say that sequencing the samples to establish if they too had the indian variant would take several days. for the first time the international energy agency has declared countries must stop approving new coal—fired power plants, as well as oil and gas projects, to avert devastation caused by climate change. we've heard this before from environmentalists and climate groups, but never from the international energy agency. it says: the pledges by governments to date — even if fully achieved — fall well short of what is required. to achieve net zero by 2050 and give the world a chance of limiting the global temperature rise to i.5c, which is what scientist

we have seen the bad outcomes of that with the serum institute when it shifted its production to focus we need to focus on that. brief question, if patented rules were waved, how quickly could it be achieved?— waved, how quickly could it be achieved? , ., , . , achieved? there will be two pieces. one, we achieved? there will be two pieces. one. we have _ achieved? there will be two pieces. one, we have to _ achieved? there will be two pieces. one, we have to the _ achieved? there will be two pieces. one, we have to the patent - achieved? there will be two pieces. one, we have to the patent rules i 0ne, we have to the patent rules waived quickly. in the past this has taken months to do but it could take weeks. then what we want is to rapidly move to a moment where we have production happening. that is down to do the companies themselves have to reverse engineer these drugs? the companies tomorrow, pfizer, madonna, astrazeneca, all of them could tomorrow share their technology with a handful of fantastic companies around the world and we could have production up within months. if they ha

kovacs initiative aimed at getting doses to the developing world is very low on supply because the serum institute in india, its chief supplier, has stopped exporting vaccines so that it can deal with the situation in india. specifically, on this talk over the next 9 days of the member states coming up with the sort of bones of a global pandemic treaty for future pandemic, specifically to deal with these sorts of problems. but mister ted ross, having to deal with the situation as it is his call going out to member states to particularly the rich world who hoarded vaccine doses, to hand them over as quickly as they can to kovacs. and for vaccines suppliers to commit up to 50 percent of their production in the coming year to kovacs and to the developing world down south korea, many island communities face to economic challenges in declining an aging population. it's a problem for many rural and remote areas. and developed countries as rob mcbride reports, one island of the south west coast is trying to change that thanks to the color purple. it's literally everywhere you look purple. all the buildin

india is home to the world s biggest vaccine manufacturer, the serum institute of india, and in march, who are putting pressure on the serum institute and the indian government to make sure that they can get things back on track. even backin can get things back on track. even back in march when i was reporting on the suspension of experts, there were many african nations who were really concerned. this reminds us that this pandemic that is going on here in india at great pace still, which you reported just then, the highest daily debts, we are also reminded that this is an interconnected story. so what is happening here in india, the fact that coronavirus continues and there is a demand domestically for vaccines, is going to impact the rest of the world. although the headlines have moved on somewhat, the situation in india remains dire. overall, the daily reported case numbers are coming down, certainly in delhi from where i am speaking to you, things are much better. but in other parts of india they are still seeing huge increases. i was talking to an ngo worker in the southern city

abroad and more repressively at home the head of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the serum institutef india, blames narendra modi's government for the shortage of covid jabs it comes as india reports more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a twelfth straight day. the queen sends a message to the people of northern ireland. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. police in manchester have condemned the protests that led to the postponement of manchester united's premier league match against liverpool, calling them "completely unacceptable". two officers were injured when fans stormed the pitch. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has also condemned the violence. our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. the concourse outside old trafford where protesters were expected to congregate... ..to voice their continued opposition to the ownership of manchester united by the glazer family. some protesters soon decided to go further, and ultimately, onto the pitch itself. this was the scene at one of the most famous football grounds in the world, t

the serum institute is based out of a western city and the head of the institute is right now producingay before. right now, he said only 21 millionjabs ramped up way before. right now, he said only 21 million jabs were ramped up way before. right now, he said only 21 millionjabs were being produced by his company. what india needsis produced by his company. what india needs is to inoculate 960 million people. he is saying that production can only happen if he expands to other countries and he sees a vaccine shortage tilljuly, but india does have a vaccine that is being manufactured here called co vaccine which is being put in many government hospitals at the moment, but people do not have faith because the efficacy trials were not transparent in the beginning, so not many people have faith in that vaccine, but it is still being post here. we also have a russia sputnik v and there have been around 150,000 doses which came in just this weekend and will be dissed a beauty later this month. —— distributed. with vaccination campaigns picking up and covid infections starting to fall, several

kovacs initiative aimed at getting doses to the developing world is very low on supply because the serum institute in india, its chief supplier, has stopped exporting vaccine so that it can deal with the situation in india specifically. and this talk over the next 9 days of the member states coming up with the sort of bones of a global pandemic treaty for future pandemic, specifically to deal with these sorts of problems. but mr. ted ross having to deal with the situation as it is his call going out to member states to a particular rich world who hoarded vaccine doses, to hand them over as quickly as they can to kovacs. and for vaccines suppliers to commit up to 50 percent of their production in the coming year to kovacs and to the developing world. more than 300000 people in india have officially diving cove at 19, but the actual number is thought to be considerably higher journalists, doctors, and crematorium staff. also many deaths on being counted. hospitals are struggling with a lack of medicine. and an acute shortage of vaccines that's forcing several states to seek jobs from foreign drug ma

kovacs initiative aimed at getting doses to the developing world is very low on supply because the serum institute in india, its chief supplier, has stopped exporting vaccines so that it can deal with the situation in india. specifically, on this talk over the next 9 days of the member states coming up with the sort of bones of a global pandemic treaty for future pandemic, specifically to deal with these sorts of problems. but mister ted ross, having to deal with the situation as it is his call going out to member states to particularly the rich world who've haunted vaccine doses to hand them over as quickly as they can to kovacs. and for vaccines suppliers to commit up to 50 percent of their production in the coming year to kovacs and to the developing world george for his family and those of other black victims of police violence in the us have gathered to commemorate his death. tuesday marks one year since the killing with spock protests around the world. the officer found guilty of his murder is awaiting sentencing. and many said they'll continue to demand justice. my kind of reports from minn

india's largest vaccine producer, the serum institute of india, said it would scale up production ofrded more than 4,300 covid—related deaths on tuesday, another record in the country. residents of two tower blocks in a west german town have been quarantined after a woman in the building did test variant of covid—19. public health officials say all residents have now been tested for the coronavirus, but say that sequencing the samples to establish if they too had the indian variant would take several days. spain says its has returned half of the 8,000 migrants who crossed into the spanish territory of ceuta from morocco this week. moroccan guards have reportedly begun closing the border again after they were accused of turning a blind eye to the crossings. some migrants have also gone back of their own accord. earlier, the spanish prime minister vowed to restore order during a visit to ceuta. from there, nick beake has this. this was the day spain sent tanks to its beaches to hold back a human tidal wave. the border with morocco under strain like never before. hundreds of troops scra

the serum institute hopes to produce 19000000 doses of the astrazeneca job that's compared with 65000000. now, india's been struggling with a shortage of vaccines as it faces another wave of infections. but after recent record searches, it's posted, its lowest daily rise. april south africa is imposing strength, long bound measures, starting on monday to curb a 3rd wave of current virus infections. the restrictions include tighter limits on gatherings and an extended curfew. president, thir, on the phone as warned infections have risen in the past 2 weeks. tens of thousands of cove with 19 cases of being recorded every day in latin america and the caribbean. medical experts, a warning health systems are a breaking point. this daniel schriner reports from one of scientists. people are increasingly pushing for restrictions to be eased so they can get back to some of their most loved past times. these workers have never been busier. container is among several countries in the region, suffering a 2nd wave of the cove. it 19 pandemic per capita. death and infection rates are among the highest