manchester united wolves kicks off at eight p:m.. en that's, they will move up to second. the manager has been really impressed with how his players have handled this festive workload. when the last game you played at old trafford gave you six goals, i'm sure the boys will look forward to it. it gave us confidence come about performance, it also gave us a little gauge on how fit we are that we could match them fitness wise. so we could match them fitness wise. so we know that we have loads of games ina we know that we have loads of games in a short space of time, but even shorter turn around this time, but they had a good game. now lets round up some of today's other stories. diego costa is a free agent after atletico madrid agreed to terminate his contract 6 months early early. the former cheslea striker has had injury problems and fallen out of favour in his second spell at the club. the 32 year old has been lonked with arsenal and wolves welsh forward jake ball will leave scarlets at the end of the season to be his family in austra

within the past three hours we confirmed the intensive care unit at san jose regional medical center is completely full. they are at capacity. incoming icu patients will now have to be taken somewhere else. as of this afternoon only 31 icu beds are available in all of santa clara county. and it's not just santa clara county, hospitals are filling up statewide. in the past 24 hours icu availability has dropped in each of the five regions buried here in the bay area it is 24 1/2% hurt but take a look at san joaquin valley, just over 5% available right now. and looking live at san francisco, for most of the bay area it is night two of the stay-at-home order and a lot of parents are asking, do playgrounds really need to be shut down. betty yu on the new plea to the governor to open them up.>> reporter: the playground was one of the most busy here in the excelsior area. tonight plant grains playgrounds are virtually deserted, they are off-limits in the new order. but that includes the excelsior neighborhoods, which comes with damaging consequences according to the supervisor. >> we have th

while still to come at eight o'clock chelsea take on leeds united at stamford bridge... the madejski stadium to see reading beat nottingham forest 2—0. it was a dreadful start for forest, they went down to ten men after ryan yates handled the ball on the line. lucasjoao scored from the resulting penalty reading made it two in the second half through michael morrison's header... a quick look at some of the other results from the championship today. norwich remain top with a 2—1 win over bottom of the table sheffield wednesday. while wayne rooney claimed his first win as derby interim boss as county won 1—0 at millwall. now, millwall fans returned to the den for the first time since february and a section of them appeared to boo as the players took a knee in support of the black lives matter movement. the fa have since issued this statement saying... there were four matches in the scottish premiership... hibs go third after second—half goals from martin boyle, christian doidge and stephen mcginn. scott pittman and marvin bartley got the goals for livingston in their 2—0 win

paul johnson an american director has studied unit 731 documents at length and knows its history well. unit 731 was a unique organization in the history of the world what they were trying to do was to simply do nothing short then build the most powerful and most deadly biological weapons program that the world had ever known. japan had a longstanding interest in biological weapons emperor hirohito who had a degree and marine biology believed that biological weapons would help japan conquer the world as a descendant of the sun goddess a matter of he saw it as his calling. in the 1930 s. the concept of japan's exceptional role in the world coming to the country society . how modern day uku sucking your. japanese journalist should condo the author of evidence of unit 731 crimes a book that caused quite a stir he is one of the few people who tries to give an impartial account of factors that brought japan to war time look at the. road. to get. the work there. but the. order. in the early 1930 s. the japanese military carefully studied a report by microbiologist surely. biological weapons

and we have a disinformation unit who's doing work, looking at some of the fake claims online.s doing some work on that. and then in addition to that, there's the trusted news initiative, where the bbc is working with media organisations all over the world to try and tackle some of the misinformation and disinformation, and that's particularly important on vaccines. in the end, carol, we're in this interesting situation where there is this national vaccination programme being rolled out by the government through the nhs. is it the bbc‘sjob to promote it? it's not the bbc‘s job to promote it. it's the bbc‘s job to give people accurate and impartial information about the vaccines and about the science around those vaccines, so that people can make up their own minds based on the facts. carol rubra, thank you so much. finally, you may have noticed we have our fourth different studio backdrop in the past four weeks. a month ago, we featured concerns that bbc staff who could be seen behind some interviewees, filmed here at broadcasting house, were not socially distancing or wearing

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the intensive care unit at san jose regional is full. they are at capacity. incoming patients will have to be taken elsewhere. only 52icu beds were available in all of santa clara. in the past 24 hours icu availability has dropped in each of the five regions. san joaquin valley is just over 5%. >>> the stay at home order has closed playgrounds around the bay area. that move is getting push back from parents and a san francisco city supervisor. district 11 supervisor represents the outer mission, ingleside. that district includes the largest population of children attending the school district. >> we have the second highest concentration of latino population. we have a lot of renters and families living in over crowded housing that don't have access to a backyard. >> school is tough. like i really like coming out to parks to kind of like relax. >> he said that -- the supervisor said he sent a letter to the governor and the california department of public health supervisor has joined him in his efforts to call on the governor. >>> now to a live look at san jose

one is more press than journalists i have to say let's question i thought of them and that gets united at them to explain why this cruelty has happened and how long it's going to continue and whether if i if the local strongman or government affiliates the question of who is behind these attacks often remains an oncet yet for those who continue to do their work as journalists one thing is clear they should not have to risk their lives to do their jobs let's bring in christian mir here he's director of reporters without borders in germany mr mayor your organization has just released a report showing that 50 journalists were killed this year most of them in countries that are not classified as war zones what makes being a journalist so dangerous i mean what all of the cases that we kill journalists have in common. is that cease journalists are journalist who has been investigating organized crime environmental pollution and people who are involved doing business others i'm buying pollution and so basically the profession of investigative journalism is it what makes it so dangerous and growi

for 3 years has been the head of the intensive care unit at the us hospital in berlin they were 10 patients currently in his ward half of them are suffering from a corona virus infection the others have severe heart or lung diseases with this number of people whose i.c.u. wood has reached its limits no one patients can be admitted. is that it's one of the situation is difficult because we're constantly under pressure that means the staff is under stress on the long term basis enough and we have the problem that we cannot provide the necessary kind of care to other patients who've arrived at accident and emergency. operations. so far these 28000 intensive care beds have helped to keep the country's death toll predator during the pandemic that could change the number of i.c.u. patients further increase over the winter months. we can expect the influenza season to begin in patients with pretty damaged lungs are admitted to intensive care and we can add that number to the number of covered 1000 cases and then there's a real risk of serious bottlenecks forming a very quickly him balancing becaus

in germany intensive care units at some hospitals are reaching full capacity with seriously ill coded 1000 patients according to the head of the country's. federation there are currently 40 percent more covert 19 patients in intensive care units then during the 1st wave in the spring and summer hospitals have hardly any capacity left and are having to turn away patients also a high percentage of nurses are off sick or in quarantine. political correspondent julia south delhi is with me in the studio julia put this into some context for us just how bad or things in germany is hospitals things are certainly concerning here in germany what right now but not yet dramatic what we see is that some smaller hospitals and hospitals in rural areas are struggling and are almost at full capacity we've seen one of the biggest hospitals in germany here in berlin last week start considering to stop the admission of emergency patients but what we have to keep in mind is that germany is one of the countries in europe with the highest number of intensive care beds and that means that obviously when they

you can follow all of tonight's champions league games on five live or the bbc sport website, man united at krasnodar. we'll keep you updated throughout the evening too. but from me and the team goodnight. hello there. there was some sunshine earlier today through the midlands, southeast england and east anglia. it's still quite a cold day, and off a lot colder though where the fog persisted here and there. there wasn't too much of that around this afternoon. 0ver wasn't too much of that around this afternoon. over the past few hours, it has been thickening up. further north, get a to have an umbrella handy, really, with rain tumbling down. it's been quite wet, actually come across the northwest of a glenn, north wales, showers in scotla nd glenn, north wales, showers in scotland and for a while in northern ireland. that what weather is moving southwards into the midlands. heading towards the southeast where ahead of that rain, we have got some fog and an early frost perhaps across parts of east anglia in the southeast of finland. at that will tend to lift as that rain comes in from a washi

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let's speak now to dr yasmin maor, the head of the infectious disease unit at wolfson medical center aviv university. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you, how is israel managing to roll out the vaccine programme so efficiently and quickly?” out the vaccine programme so efficiently and quickly? i think it is amazing. there are national hmos around the country, which have a good coverage of the country. vaccination was based both in hospitals and also on hmos with big centres, where they could gather enough people to get the vaccine, because it is dispersed in quantities of nine had 50 doses, which —— 950 doses, which have to be used within five days of being dispensed. after it is thawed, it can only be used for five days. it is an amazing operation, and i think israel is doing a good job on this was not how willing are israelis to be vaccinated? there is quite a high willingness, higher than for the influencers vaccine. various surveys we conducted in israel, saw about 70% of the population wants to get vaccinated. these are very high numbers. also we see that the demand is higher

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united states. i recognize marseille allen, elector at large, for purposes of the election. >> i nominate kamala harrisice of vice president of the united states. lt. gov. gilchrest: thank you, elector allen. of thenize blake mazurek third congressional district for the pup of seconding the nomination. >> mr. chairman, it is my honor to second the nomination of kamala harris for the office of vice president of the united states. lt. gov. gilchrest: are there any other nominationers in office of vice president of the united states? hearing none, the electors will gain vote by ballot. to facilitate voting i would like to call on the sergeant at arms to distribute ballots for the office of vice president of the united states to the lectors. lt. gov. gilchrest: the sergeant at arms will collect the ballots for the purpose of tabulating the vote. lt. gov. gilchrest: the sergeant at arms, as the vote been tallied? >> yes, the electors have unanimously cast 16 votes for kamala harris. [applause] lt. gov. gilchrest: kamala harris has received all 16 electoral votes from the state of michigan. it is now time to

month france has lifted its blockade against truck drivers returning from the united kingdom provided they test negative for coke at 19 britain says it could take up to 3 days to process the backlog and the united arab emirates highest islamic authority has ruled that vaccines are acceptable even if they contain pork gelatin there were fears of some muslims might avoid the shot because pigs are considered cleek. millions of people around the world are lining up to receive the approved coronavirus vaccines after clinical trials showed them to be effective and safe but would you be willing to get infected with the actual virus for the sake of science that's what one a team of researchers in the u.k. is hoping get of your reporter charlotte chel some pill met with a young man who's prepared to battle 1000 forth a greater good but just 18 years old alice does volunteering to do what many of us would find unimaginable he wants to be deliberately infected with the coronavirus he's campaigning to take part in a human challenge trial to test facts seems to cope with 19. the challenge charles have the potential to do an awf

at c-span history. >> the largest stone fort in the united states sits at the mouth of the chesapeake bay near hamptonvirginia. up next, fort monroe casemate museum director robin reed gives us a tour, showcasing the fort's history, from the colonial era, through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. mr. reed: welcome to fort monroe, located here on the very pleasant place we call point comfort. we actually call it old point comfort. that has been that way for a long, long time. it is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. in fact, some would say even longer. some would say even thousands of years. we are inside the casemate museum, aptly named because we are actually inside a casemate. a casemate is nothing more than a vault inside a fort wall. so you are actually inside the fort wall, kind of unique for museums at this point in time. we will walk you through the casemate museum and talk to you about the interesting history that occurred here. some of our stories will deal with the virginia indians, the africans that first arrived here, and their plight during the american

. ♪ and finally tonight, spreading some joy, nurse ashley freed works at the covid unit at the hospitalnia. inspired by her brave patients fighting for their lives and isolated from loved one. ashley reached on social media with a little request. >> i wanted to do something especial, i was thinking of bringing in trees that they could have in their room. >> more than 100 holiday trees were donated, a little christmas spirit to brighten the day. >> it cheers had me up to see the tree. because i have something in here makes it ♪ happy holidays to all. and a programming note, the next installment espn 30 for 30 podcast is out called march 11, 2020, it tells of the day that covid-19 shu

voluntary changes made by the population and a tough lock down will have to happen they looked at the united states experience over there over the thanksgiving weekend which seems to have led to a significant spike in infections germany wants to avoid a repeat of anything like that over christmas and so that's why at least those experts are saying that we can't afford to lose in the measures during the christmas period sam and young are reporting thank you. meanwhile in italy a months of isolating to avoid the current of our wrists have taken their toll on the nation's most vulnerable for some elderly italians loneliness brings more fear than covert $900.00 in the italian city of genoa many senior citizens are now turning to charities for help nina fire de lay is 94 she's a former partisan here fought in the italian resistance during the 2nd wild war today she's being kept company by veronica a volunteer for a community initiative aimed at helping elderly people feel less isolated and they stick her in a virus restrictions mean a rarely sees her family who fear they might infect her. top and

seat of the congress of the united states. at capitol steps and from the limousine come the principal mourners, mrs. jacqueline kennedy and her children and president johnson and his wife and robert kennedy, the late president's brother. beneath the dome of the capitol, the casket rests on a catacomb. president johnson places a wreath of red and white roses at the foot of the casket. then mrs. kennedy holding carolyn by the hand goes up to the casket. the widow lifts the flag and touches her lips to the bronze casket. then it is the people of america who come to pay last respects to president kennedy. over a quarter of a million stream through the rotunda. many wait as long as ten hours. they wait through the chilly night. not since the death of franklin d. roosevelt have the american people known such deep sorrow. next day mrs. kennedy and her brothers-in-law have the procession of walking mourners. including heads of state who have come from far away for this final march. all follow the late president's casket. walking from the

regional stay at home order breaking the state into 5 parts northern california, southern california, greater sacramento, san joaquin valley and the bay area. >>the state is tracking intensive care unitacities in each state leaders said the state home order triggers once to regions hospital capacity falls below 15% newsom said all regions except the bay area could be under a stay at home order by next week with the bay area likely under one by the end of the month this latest stay at home order will last 3 weeks and close several businesses including hair and personal care salons museums zoos playgrounds wineries and bars, each of those activities which we've been talking about for months relatively lower risk when you can do all of the things that we've discussed. >>but today they're all a little more risky than they were a month ago and that's just because we are more covid in our communities retail can remain open but at 20% capacity restaurants are only allowed to offer takeout weeks ahead of the holidays, nonessential travel is prohibited we will get through this this is the final surge. >>we have a light at the end of the tunnel. >>so pending grant we just got some new clarity

antonio express-news captured these images during two overnight shifts at the covid-19 intensive care unit atortheast baptist hospital. bob owen describes the experience. bob: the first time i went in, i was pretty shocked. and when you see that door open and you see everyone in ppe and you see the patient either in a wheelchair or on a gurney, you think, ok, should i back up? the doctors and the nurses, they just go like clockwork and they try to comfort the patients as much as possible. there was a patient who the health care workers thought would not make it through the night, and the clergy called the family. and i think they were there for maybe 20 minutes. but this is the last moment that the family had with their loved one. the health care workers, they're faced with ungodly situations. and i just respect everything that they do nowadays. soledad: the u.k. is already giving out its first shots of the vaccine. and the u.s. says about 40 million doses of vaccines from pfizer and moderna will be available within days. the first shots will go to our 18 million health care workers. they'll

in the coming hours artie's came up and has been taking a look at the finer details and the reaction from both major parties. well the united states at this point has the distinction of being the country with the most coded cases of any country in the world and furthermore a we've got a situation where not only are people dying on a daily basis but people's jobs are in jeopardy unemployment numbers are rising however members of the u.s. congress are reassuring us that they have put together a relief package help is on the way this is what we're hearing moments ago in consultation with our committees the 4 leaders of the senate and. found was an agreement it will be another major rescue package for the american people our purpose has always been to crush the virus put money in the package to the american people which we do in this legislation to the millions of small business owners who are worried their businesses would go on their help is on the way to families struggling with less money. direct payments mean help is on the way the stimulus package will inject $900000000000.00 into the u.s. economy and for average american

the director of the icu unit at that hospital, dr. isabel pedraza, made this comment about her experience treating covid patients right now. quote, you could spend the majority of your day really fighting to keep some of these patients alive, seeing their suffering and their family suffering, and then walking out the door and listening to news about how this isn't a big deal and how wearing a mask is infringing on constitutional rights and how this is a hoax. it takes its toll. she continues, quote, to see the fear in their faces, the isolation, i don't think people understand what they're in for if they develop severe covid. joining us now is dr. isabel pedraza. she is the director of the medical intensive care unit at cedars-sinai. thank you for your time. i know this is a difficult time because you and your staff are crushed under the workload. and despite the news that laurie and i were just talking about and despite the emergency use authorization of the moderna vaccine, which will start shipping on sunday, the fact is tens if no

this intensive care unit at one of p delvate hospital -- delhi's hospitals had capacity. s adding press the health care system. with beds that capacity, some patients are being kept at the emergency ward. they have -as sheassed the worst of the virus and has this morning. >> people are not taking precautions. they are running around in the rkets, they are not aring masks. they are careless. >> this is what many say caress looks like. markets, which continue to be crowded. this coronritual is urging oppers to maintain social distance. an economic pressure making lockdown doctors are urging people to be vigilant. >> i'm sure people think this will not happen to them. it is crucial that people understand that it is their own the disease goes in the next few weeks or next few months. >>ar but the mory, another family prepares to say goodbye. cases are starting to fall, but cannot wipe away the pain of the past. bbc news, delhi. katty: this vaccine canno ce quick enough for all of us all over the world. but in the meantime, whether in india, america or thele u.k., peave to be r

we do not really have that conversation in the united ates. there is this happening in so t of different levels. ies at a >> can you put this in terms of the state anof californiahow significant this childcare crisis is? >> we already had a shortage of childcare coming into the pandemic. it is costly, costs asmuch as a uc education annually to have your child in childcare in california. thing, if you are inwo nontraditional hours you are really going to struggle to find care. mi30% of the es that we serve who are very low income so they qualify for a child care subsidy, a public subsidy, 30% ofokthose are g for nontraditional hours. weather we overnight, or early morning shift or nighshift. this really needs to be a public good. we need to treat the care that we give our children when theyare zero 25 we need to treat that as a education. like we do our k-12 it sounds like we are talking aboutgovernment intervention. about government support for is that where you see the policy changes needing to happen? >> absolutely. a lot of the conversation

stretched to the limit when i looked at the dash for this morning are 58 available intensive care unit at a los angeles county. >>where there are 7.8 million adults that's like one icu bad 435,000 adults that's not a great situation for us to be in the right call. >>that was nancy loo reporting for us tonight officials say wider use of the app would obviously improve effectiveness. according to research by oxford university just 15%. uptake of an exposure notification system can cut infections by 15% and deaths by 11% tonight, a bay area city is ranked one of the safest places to raise a child safewise dot com released the results today, the website is known for putting this list out every year san ramon in the east bay and coach has a county is ranked 9th in the nation. it is the only bay area city to make it to the top 10 livermore ranked number 47. >>the website ranked cities based on violent crime rates property, crime rates and the number of offenders in the city. the chicago suburb of naperville. illinois right number one as the safest city in the nation. >>for sports. we begin we b

looking at rules and norms in the united nations and trying to elevate that at international level.karen, do you think the u.s. government is so far playing down the severity of this attack? >> it depends on what you mean by the u.s. government. there are so many voices now. i think yes, the white house is playing it down. i think every day we find out another agency that has been compromised. so we can assume it is government wide, particularly in the national security agency's. i think there is -- agencies. we do not know to what extent this was espionage, to what extent this was stealing information, to what extent we can recoup some of the defenses that should have been in place. to cause panic may not be the best idea and i think there has to be a sense of what happened, before the administration, either one, is going to come out with any full explanation or accusation or anything along those lines, including a response. >> vladimira, you said earlier you think -- you believe a lot of this is political spectacle and is being politicized. why do you believe that? >> look what is

you know, boy, that the next best thing is to ensure that the united ates doesn't improve relations with iran, by rejoining the iranian nuclear agreement. and the way you do that is to sabotage any effort at diplomacy. i mean, when you knock off the number one scientist in iran's nuclear program, in a suburb of tehran in a cold, daring daylight attack, you're not going to have the iranians go. that's ok. let's, let's get on with diplomacy. it's going to get the reaction. it's getting right now, a hard line iranian response that will further restrict the efforts of not only shut down the efforts of international inspectors and only increase international concern that iran might be edging towards. a military weapon is ation effort. this new high profile death, even though there's no hard evidence to reveal the culprits will only once again prove to tehran, that the raw power as hell bent on destroying it, and with the wounds from the assassination of gen, son, imani, still fresh in the mind. no one can be expecting restraint from iran and that does it for me this hour. i'll be back in abou

leicester city beat sheffield united 2—1 at bramall lane.a brilliant shot into the top coronary. then he repaid the favour just before half—time, cain became the highest goal—scorer in north london derby. the win puts tottenham two points clear of chelsea at the top while arsenal are now languishing down in 15th. leicester city beat sheffield united 2—1 at bramall lane. with the game level at one a piece it was jamie vardy who provided the moment of magic in the 90th minute to give them the victory. and at the hawthornes, crystal palace were run away winners against west bromwich albion — 5—1 the final score. rhia chohan has the details. after a run of defeats, crystal palace look to the turn took not return of wilfrid following his cove na nt return of wilfrid following his covenant absence for a much—needed lift, and when he broke away from his marker, the forward became in insta nt his marker, the forward became in instant danger. darnell trying to keep this out and ended up steering it into his own goal. later he was helped with this wel

>>reporter: list is the charge nurse for the covid unit at regional medical center in east san jose, or the icu unit is capped. hospital is trading upwards of 100 covid-19 patients. a few weeks ago, that number was in the 70s . >> for the last 10 months, we have gotten through so much. maybe it will come to an end but now it seems to be a search upon a search. on thursday, santa clara county reported 1200 new cases. icu capacity is at 12%. regional medical center is offering employee referral bonuses to hire more staff. >> it is difficult to watch people suffer in loneliness. >>reporter: as staff tried to comfort patients, this nurse leader says she is sacrificing by not seeing her elderly mother . >> it has been hard to not see my mom: she is my best friend. >> reporter: a sign of hope on thursday, santa clara medical center, o'connor hospital, and st. louise regional hospital began administering 3900 doses of the pfizer vaccine to front- line workers . >> were hoping to put this behind us. it is worse than the numbers are saying. >> reporter: stamford hospital received its shipment

. >> reporter: is the medical director of the intensive care unit at providence cedars-sinai in tarzana. he agrees that the best thing to do is self or and teen first. >> if you test yourself to early, you may get a false negative. >> he tells us if you're having symptoms, then contact your physician. >> the main things were looking for is if you're having fevers beyond five days, especially if you're having any shortness of breath or for all three levels are going down into having difficulty with breathing. then it is best to come into the emergency room. >> we asked people in this line why they wanted to get tested. >> we don't want to infect anybody else, so we just want to stay safe. >> she started getting the sniffles and a sore throat last week but we have been so careful. >> i just want to make sure, you know, for everybody safety. >>> gov. newsom announced a new immediate relief package for small businesses across california. >> billions of dollars of opportunity for small business is that i've collected sales taxes. and oh sales taxes in his first line of two $1 million of sale

>>health says that in the past week that capacity of the intensive care units at hospitals in concord and pull it free by 9% in response to the surge in covid-19 cases in contra costa county michael and my priority with john muir health is to ensure that we're doing everything we can to. >>make sure patients know to come to come to come to the hospital. >>whatever that they ready to take care of this is the senior vice president of operations. he says unlike other hospital systems john near is not experiencing staffing shortages when i think about our stashing we have to think about 2 very different things the first is. >>how do we ensure that we continue to manage the search right now are stretching is good on that front. >>and then the second piece is how do we get ready to wrap up our vaccination or he says he expects the first batch of vaccine to arrive within 2 weeks. >>and that they have the freezers to store it if you need care do not delay it. >>check in with your primary care physician. check in with chin care and then if you feel you need to come to the e come to the take yo

vice president of operations to sun says staffing levels and bed capacity in the intensive care units at 2 of the health system's hospitals are under control we've expanded our capacity >>it's a 9% and that was just in the past week in response to the surge in covid-19 cases countywide look at capacity hourly every every single hour, i'm looking at capacity. >>we are constantly doing rounds to see whatever support any staff needs. and then not only do we look at our really we're also thinking about what is it going to look like in the next day what is it going to look like 72 hours and what is it going to look like a week from now in contra costa county 140 icu beds are currently occupied. >>40 of them are being used by covid-19 patients in total 33 beds are available 46 ventilators are currently in use county wide and 215 are available. >>all 8 hospital systems reporting to the county health department. >>report having sufficient personal protective equipment on hand, including john mirror. boyle also says the vaccine has been ordered freezers are ready to store the shipments when they

history and it's begun a nurse from the intensive care unit at the long island jewish medical center that's become the 1st person to receive a battery in the u.s. health care workers a nursing staff a nursing home residents are 1st in line to get those this coffee vaccinations will not be carried out across the u.s. along the arrival of millions of doses of the bound tech pfizer vaccine with a number of coronavirus deaths approaching 300000 in the u.s. clearly it's too late for many. this is the closest tammy can safely get to her husband has another life hit hard by the pandemic motionless unable to breathe on his own. it's nothing you really want to want to do in life is that for a window. start over the past 2 weeks the u.s. has repeatedly exceeded 2000 covert related deaths per day surpassing earlier pandemic tolls other surge back in may we were tired we were exhausted and we thought wow i don't know how this could really get much worse and fast forward to now to this week and the surge that we thought we were having that was really nothing compared to what we're experiencing no

seeing that the numbers aren't really dropping significantly as you know nationwide intensive care units at some hospitals are reaching full capacity with covert 1000 patients to put this into some sort of context for us just how bad is the situation in germany the situation is definitely concerning but not yet dramatic we see especially small hospitals and hospitals in rural areas being affected and being close to full capacity but we don't see a situation where intensive care beds are full you have to keep in mind that germany is the country in europe with the highest pro-capital number of intensive care beds that means that obviously if they are filling up it is worrisome but they're also it also means that there are more beds available and of the total of 12 about $27000.00 around $5000.00 are still free the concern is also the fact that personnel health care personnel and specialized nurses are lacking that was a problem already before the current situation and now with health care personnel getting sick with coated the concern is growing in this respect that's a political corresponden

celebrate christmas with their loved ones at least for around 4 or 5 days around christmas however that festive draw was absolutely wrenched from many people within the united kingdom with boris johnson announcing that christmas a century was cancelled at least for those in the south east of the country by saying their slogan returns to stay at home and no indoor household mixing simply saying christmas is counsel for many people now this is all because of this new strain this new super strand of 19 which the health secretary. has said it's completely out of control you said recently that the virus was under control is it no it's not the new variant is out of control and we need to bring it under control following boris johnson's announcement on saturday thousands of londoners were scrambling to get out of the capital to avoid having a lonely christmas this year because many parts of the country remain in loose a set of are strict in the south but of course the whole idea of clamping down in the south was to try and restrain this latest strand of the coronavirus so many people in the north are calling londoners to have fled from the capital incredibly selfi