berlin buying doses of the sputnik the vaccine these talks were called firmed by health minister yen spahn on thursday. the e.u. has said that the sputnik vaccine will not be part of the joint procurement programme for vaccines that system this all for $11.00 for all system of the e.u. commission buys in vaccines and then distributes them so well this is seen is germany taken independent routes in which they're looking to you to buy the sputnik vaccine we've heard time and time again from angola merkel that she was keen to use the sputnik the vaccine once it gets a.m.a. approval and certainly that is what we heard from yen spahn again on thursday saying that once the european medicines agency give sputnik be the green light germany is more than happy to use it the announcement from yen spun that germany as they couldn't treat would be in negotiations to buy sputnik became shortly after market zada who's the leader of the state of bavaria said that the variac had agreed what he called a preliminary deal with russia to buy 2 and a half 1000000 doses of the sputnik vaccine you know we're doin

authorities say the risk of viral transmission by those who have received both jobs does appear to be low spahn said he envisaged a gradual reopening of business and public life based on tests and vaccinations. cologne is offering a corona special over easter those 60 and older can get inoculated with the vaccine from astra zeneca the vaccine that has been temporarily withdrawn in germany for younger people as a precaution still demand is high which begs the question should you be given more freedom once vaccinated the various yes i'm all for people having more freedom if they screened us for not i find it all a bit unfair of course it would be nice if i could have more freedom but you've also got to consider the other people on the unmentioned been through this with you in the discussion 1st came up i thought no that is absolutely not ok but in the meantime says the pandemic is also causing a lot of economic damage and i think it's ok. easing restrictions for those vaccinated for example for shopping or travelling has produced mixed reactions even among politicians. one thing has to be clear i

certainly very serious terry those numbers that you mentioned and in particular what health minister yen spahn also stressed the situation in german hospitals and intensive care unit they've described that as being a very serious situation not only now but also probably in the coming weeks however it is important to also stress that the numbers that we're seeing now are not necessarily very reliable because it seems to be a backlog in the numbers that have been reported to health authorities here in germany in particular because of the easter holiday so you have both sides you have on the one hand the fact the numbers are way too high that's jewish and is very serious but on the other hand the picture is not clear enough for authorities to exactly know what the path forward should be and we heard the health minister call for unity in germany and tighter measures but political leaders are deeply divided over what steps to take next why can't they agree tallness. unity has certainly been missing here specially after all those meetings that we've seen in the possibly tween the german chancellor a

this appeal both by those who have you know someone like the german doctor and health minister again spahn to those 16 states to take immediate action now which shows that at this moment the federal structure of germany is disadvantaged at best policymaking is lagging behind and it's failing to tackle this 3rd wave head on well the government is working to try to centralize this response is it coming too late. yes that would be the plain answer after having listened to this press conference this national emergency break that is in the making in the german parliament as we speak almost would hit an incidence rate of $100.00 per 100000 people within the space of 7 days while the german average already is at 160 and we also heard from the head of the hobart call institute that the 200 incidents rate which is supposed to then trigger an automatic closer of schooling would not be reached because there would be so many cases in schooling today so policy is being made by the virus by facts on the ground and not by policymakers to prevent germany hitting the full brunt of this 3rd wave so it's a v

for every 100000 people nationally that think it has been above 100 or this month health minister spahn is calling for tougher measures. in order to reduce the numbers we need consistent and if possible nationwide measures. that many citizens also recognise the need to break this wave of infections with additional measures many polls show this very clearly. if you get in at any rate citizens have a realistic view of the situation and the gravity of the situation and the majority are in favor of stricter rules a lockdown is needed to break the hard way in the village situation. political correspondent linda crane is following this story for us melinda have an ongoing battles between state and national leaders on the best way to proceed that looks set to change tell us more. well those battles that you refer to reflect the fact that german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as $30

the agreement that had been agreed with the european union also there was an air of caution from yen spahn the health minister as he announced that these talks were going on to buy sputnik he said never mind any debate about whether germany should buy the code not could all well prove to be a mirage because what was important was whether germany could receive doses of the job in the next 2 to 5 months because if they can't they already have deals in place that would provide germany with what they see is enough vaccines to vaccinate their population what they need is these jobs in the immediate time for an immediate timeframe in order to get them into people's arms straight away the sputnik vaccine from its phase trials its face 3 trials receive just over 91 percent effective rate seeing against the covert 19 vaccine that was according to statistics that were published in the lancet medical journal. italian prime minister has called turkey's president heir to ones a dictator in a feud that has been branded so for gate it comes after the european commission chief was left fuming on tuesday a

the agreement that had been agreed with the european union also there was an air of caution from yen spahn the health minister announced that these talks were going on to buy sputnik he said never mind any debate about whether germany should buy the code by not could all well prove to be a mirage because what was important was whether germany could receive doses of the job in the next 2 to 5 months because if they can't they already have deals in place that would provide germany with what they see is enough maxine's to vaccinate their population what they need is these jobs in the immediate time for in an immediate timeframe in order to get them into people's arms straight away 59 countries have already given approval to the sputnik the vaccine once the may gives the green light for use of it in the european union we're expecting a lot more you nations to follow the line that's being led by hungary who've already started vaccinating using it without that a.m.a. approval expecting many more nations to jump on as well the sputnik the vaccine from its phase trials of space 3 trials receive ju

in germany to almost 80000 the government is seeking to push through fresh measures health minister spahn says that new restrictions are inevitable. vaccines and testing alone will not be enough to break the 3rd wave it will take decisive action and how does it is further restrictions. we can already full see that if we don't stop this trend our health care system will reach its limits that's why the situation in the intensive care units is one of the most decisive factor was because our main goal in this pandemic is to prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed. and to me. for more now i'm joined by dr young dahlman he is a member of the german german bund is talk of the parliament for the greens as well as a medical doctor doctors good to have you on the program there's a lot going on here there's massive testing happening in germany the vaccination rollout is gaining speed but the last 24 hours showed the highest number of new cases in more than 3 months why is that. and that's really look at too with the measures which are taken to action in germany they are too late and to

state of the various markets he's but planned he also in an interview gave his full backing to yen spahn the embattled german health minister at the moment who's come in for a lot of flak over his handling of the pandemic not everybody is are supportive of mr lasher its plan though a number of other local leaders here in germany saying they're not on side with this blanket move across the country at all does governor last it want to close the daycare centers completely include an emergency kit or does he want to totally shut down the economy how long and with what concrete goal are the measures to last all this is unclear businesses and citizens expect a more sophisticated strategy from the federal government and the governors after more than a year of the pandemic the focus should now rather be on pushing ahead with vaccinations there are calls for action from the german people though they look abroad to other countries getting back to normal and see themselves stuck in the middle of a 3rd wave of the virus the 7 day indices currently stands at around $110.00 cases per 100000 of the pop

there was an attempt to put a positive spin on the news by health minister yen spahn though he said that the fact that this vaccine wouldn't be used on the under sixty's meant there was more of it to vaccinate the over sixty's it's not just germany that had concerns over astra zeneca though also in canada they've suspended its use there it's for those under the age of $55.00 that will be no longer getting it that's after the national advisory committee on vaccines decided it wasn't worth the risk there is substantial uncertainty about the benefit of providing astra zeneca coded $1000.00 vaccine to adults under 55 years of age given that the potential risks associated with v.o.i.p. i-t. coursing particularly at the low estimated rates it's only a couple of weeks since the last scandal involving astra zeneca and links to blood clots that saw suspensions of the vaccine across europe as well as in central america or in africa and in asia as well it prompted an investigation by the european medicines agency and ultimately a big press conference by their director m.r. cook in which he said tha

germany's health minister yen spahn to those 16 states to take immediate action now which shows that at this moment the federal structure of germany is disadvantaged at best policymaking is lagging behind and at worst it's failing to tackle this 3rd wave head on well the government is working to try to centralize this response is it coming too late. yes that would be the plain answer after having listened to this press conference at this national emergency break that is in the making in the german parliament as we speak almost would hit an incidence rate of 100 per 100000 people within the space of 7 days while the german average already is at $160.00 and we also heard from the head of the whole bad call institute that the $200.00 incidence rate which is supposed to then trigger an automatic closure of schooling would not be reached because there would be so many cases in schooling today so policy is being made by the virus by facts on the ground and not by policymakers to prevent germany hitting the full brunt of this 3rd wave so it's a very alarming situation here right now our chi

people nationally the figure has been above $100.00 since the end of march earlier health minister yen spahn warned that the situation in germany was serious and he called for tougher restrictions. in order to reduce the numbers we need consistent and if possible nationwide measures. that many citizens also recognize the need to break this wave of infections with additional measures many polls show this very clearly. the beginning at any rate citizens have a realistic view of the situation and the gravity of the situation and the majority are in favor of stricter rules a lockdown is needed to break the current way to live in that situation. our chief political correspondent melinda crane is following the latest on this story for us to melinda we've heard the health minister calling for unified unified response here at the same time we've seen these battles between state and national leaders on how to proceed and now the german government wants to tighten this law tell us more about this. well this change has been in the works for quite some time and i think many citizens would say it's long

also, something that has already been flagged by jens -- by jens spahn, the german health minister.he vaccine rollout was a problem for the first couple of weeks, but now the question is whether or not europe can keep up with the supply. we already know that merkel and micron have been in talks with drugmakers in recent weeks over this rollout, and whether or not the rollout will be derailed by a lack and supplies -- by a lag in supplies. alix: the other is more hyper-local, and that has to do with germany and the political situation there, and different candidates. walk us through what is going on and what the significance is. reporter: the cdu and the csu, the csu is the sister party for the party that is the conservative bloc for the whole country, usually back a single candidate. for the last 16 years, that person has been merkel, but obviously, she isn't running in the election this year, and they are trying to find someone to replace her. the bavarian sister party only an hour ago have announced that they are backing the bavarian minister president, and that deviates from the

alix: that was german health minister jen spohn -- minister jens spahn.alk us through the current vaccination efforts and how they are doing. maria: if you look at the numbers out of germany, germany had a monster day yesterday. they had more than 700,000 vaccinated in one day. that is what the united kingdom would do on a good day, so clearly the numbers are picking up. there's two reasons for this. one clearly is distribution, the fact that you have more vaccines. from now on, in theory they will double each month. secondly, the germans have no open this up to general practitioners, two doctors who are closer to patients. that could make it go quicker. fundamentally, it is also the idea that vaccines are flowing in bigger amounts than they were prior. the one thing i would say is if you look at the german health minister, he did say everyday from now on is not going to be a record, but what is important here is that the system now appears to be working, and it is moving fast. guy: how even is it? germany is moving ahead. are others? maria: if you look a

. >> you know i mentioned, i think i mentioned briefly, warren spahn was end up winning 360 games, and going to the hall of fame, after pitching a couple of decades for the braves, he was actually caught he was a combat engineer, serving in germany, near the end of the war. where he was, actually his unit was trying to save the bridge, and my aunt had lived in -- in germany, and it was the only bridge that the ninth army, could cross across the rhine, and take its final advance on berlin. and can he was wounded, he was hit by some shrapnel, but he lived to tell about it. there are a number of guys who did come back, and suffered from the effects of having served in combat. so who are some of those other red sox players that we should know about? >> we'll, call three bat boys and clubhouse boys, were wounded in more. call a previous red sox manager was killed and more, manager of the braves, and earnest forward, mueller league player, in the program, he was hit with a bayonet in southeast asia. he returned and recovered, and instead of going home to watertown, he really listed and died

102100000 people the overall national figure has been above this old month federal health minister yen spahn is calling for tougher measures. in order to reduce the numbers we need consistent and if possible nationwide measures. that many citizens also recognize the need to break this wave of infections with additional measures many polls show this very clearly. if you're going to at any rate citizens have a realistic view of the situation and the gravity of the situation and the majority are in favor of stricter rules a lockdown is needed to operate the current way. political correspondent and crane explained why germany's federal government is taking this lead. german law until now has placed responsibility for infectious disease control largely in the hands of regional authorities and there's enormous variance in the rate of infection across different regions of germany so some rural regions have rates as low as 3030 cases per 100000 residents others go up to almost 300 cases per 100000 residents so there has been a lot of variation in the way that different regional authorities approach

biden has not spahn -- responded to my invitation. i stand here on the floor to invite them to see what my constituents are experiencing from this surge of illegal border crossings. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, ms. adams: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in honor of the fourth annual black maternal health week. as a founder and co-chair of the black maternal health caucus, i want to take this time to speak briefly about the black maternal health crisis in america where black mommas are disproportionately and needlessly dying. across the country black women are dying from preventable related pregnancy complications at three to four times the rate of nonhispanic white women. 60% of black maternal deaths are preventable. research suggests that the cumulative stress of racism and sexism undermines black w