and really comes down to ursula von der leyen.t like she is reflecting on the health commissioner -- he is deflecting on the health commissioner, the trade commissioner. she is defending the management of the vaccination rollout, she is defending her reputation. she says if you want to judge me, wait until my term as commission president ends, wait until i am done. there is question whether she is intending to leave or she was considering that. she is clearly not. francine: it is all forgotten if she achieves the vaccination target, and a 70% vaccination target by the -- is that achievable? maria: if you look at the numbers and the way the europeans are vaccinating, and the problems with pfizer and astrazeneca, it is clear 70% will not be achieved by the summer. you are looking at a few months away from doubt. but ursula von der leyen and the condition -- and the commission are clinging to this number because they believe it is achievable. if she gets through all of this, everything around the astrazeneca fallout will be forgiven.

ursula is 105 years old.born in germany in 1915, she says her earliest memory came at age 3 when a young maid walked into the room. >> i remember she came in and fell unconscious on the floor. of course i thought she was dead. she died the same day in e hospital. >> reporter: the 1918 spanish flu had arrived. it killed 50 million people worldwide including ursula's uncle and godparents. 100 years later when the next pandemic hit, she had one thought. >> i thought, my god, i hope they get the vaccine soon. and i am really impressed that they got it when they got it. last week she received her vaccination and some hope maybe this time it won't be so bad. but there are other parallels from her childhood that are equally frightening. with its economy in ruins from world war i and the pandemic raging, german citizens began searching for a savior and they settled on an ambitious austrian known for his fiery rhetoric. >> reporter: do you think the pandemic played a part in the rise of adolf hitler? >> maybe a little

— then the panic overreaction of ursula bonder line, the commission president. — ursula bonder line,ole sense of the eu being slow on this and absolutely, the british government i’ilht absolutely, the british government right at— absolutely, the british government right at the get go and alongside donald _ right at the get go and alongside donald trump, dear ones say it, invoke _ donald trump, dear ones say it, invoke his — donald trump, dear ones say it, invoke his name in a positive way, they— invoke his name in a positive way, they were — invoke his name in a positive way, they were quick and the eu being supranational and also trying to wrongtv. — supranational and also trying to wrongly, with hindsight, drive harder— wrongly, with hindsight, drive harder bargains in terms of indemnity and cost savings and all of that— indemnity and cost savings and all of that sort of thing, but it's absolutely the case that, you know, we are _ absolutely the case that, you know, we are 10% — absolutely the case that, you know, we are 10% in terms of the public and to— we are 10% in terms of the

ursula von der leyen said astrazeneca had agreed to deliver 9 million additional doses.n: i had a very good conversation with boris johnson | last night precisely about this. —— last night precisely about this question. it makes sense to work together during the pandemic. i was pleased that he said that the two plants that manufacture astrazeneca also deliver to europe. this is the spirit in which we have to approach the pandemic. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily, with a record number yesterday. and ministers have even suggested that eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. i hope that once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when we're on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and, of course, our friends and neighbours, because we need everybody to be protected — that's the way we're going to grip this disease. for all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll—out here has been one of the speediest in the world. the situation in europe shows th

she definitely has ursula von der leyen's back.g in its vaccine procurement strategy. if the eu had paid more, it would not have received more shots. a lot of people will question that. it is also fascinating on the russian ankle, saying she welcomes only backs -- every vaccine but only after ema approval. still looking east, angela merkel, and the dying days of her chancellorship. alix: poland approved the sputnik five vaccine. guy: hungary, i think. alix: per timeframe every citizen will be able to get a vaccine by september 21, five days before the election. that feels very specific. the call for massive vaccinations. guy: yes. she is clearly saying because germany is at the epicenter. there is criticism germany could have gone alone. he is obviously a big thorn in her side politically. amazing to see her backing von der leyen in the way she is. alix: absolutely. will be tracking that throughout the week. that wraps it up for me and guide. coming, david miliband will be joining david westin. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: from bloo

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ursula hayes letter is 105 years old, and was born in germany. she got her covid-19 vaccine last week. back in 1918, when the splendid spanish flu swept the world killing tens of millions of people, she lost family and friends. fast-forward a century, and when the next pandemic hit, ursula had one thought. >> i thought, my god, i hope they get a vaccine soon. and i'm really impressed that they got it when they got it. >>> a santa clara county yoga studio is taking some heat tonight for planning a week long beach retreat in the middle of the pandemic. yoga source did not want to talk to us on camera, but the owners essay the weeklong retreat to mexico involves for couples and that every possible precaution has been taken. but, other local yogis tell us the idea of a tropical getaway in the middle of a pandemic is the definition of irresponsible. >> we can do yoga at home. not only is it unnecessary, i don't think it is safe. i have a background in public health. >> in my professional opinion? traveling right now, nonessential travel, it isn't poss

ursula bonder lion tried to deflect -- ursula bonder lion tried -- she says traded chiefs have been responsibleer point on the vaccine rollout. let's get ben gutteridge, invesco emea director of model portfolio services with us. i see different research on the subject of the slow out -- slowness of the rollout in the eu, some say come on, it is only february, there is still time to make this up, it is not a sprint, and others say there will be ramifications healthwise or politically from these early delays. what is your take on this? ben: clearly it has not been a good few days for the european union. it is absolute fodder for the euro skeptics, but i would take some sympathy with some of the comments you were referencing that the timing, while extremely frustrating i'm sure for many europeans and sad, but it is the natural feature of manufacturing and supply disruption, especially for such a new project and something that is being accelerated so fast, but i think there is great confidence the supply related issues can be resolved in the coming months. i think as investors, we can look through

were waiting for a mayor culpa today from the european commission president they were disappointed ursula fund a lion today defended the overall e.u. vaccination strategy and she did admit that the european union was late in authorizing the use of vaccines against coben 19 the 27 members of the e.u. continue to lag behind the u.s. in the u.k. in vaccinating citizens reasons include a longer approval process for new vaccines as well as waiting too long to prepare order supplies one to know this is an attack it is also a fact that today in the fight to gates the virus we are still not where we want to be revived we were late to authorize the vaccines we were too optimistic when it came to mass production and perhaps we were too confident that what we wanted would actually be delivered on time if we need to ask ourselves why this is the case and what lessons we can draw from this experience now what lessons can we draw to talk about that let's go to brussels now bring in our correspondent mathis good evening to you georg ursula fun to lie and she did she didn't take responsibility for the va

about that was going to brussels now bring in our correspondent matters good evening to you georg ursula found a lie and she did she didn't take responsibility for the vaccination problems is she not all to mentally responsible as european commission president. traditionally brand health issues remain in the hands of member states you see the member state is the one who is driving the european vehicle if you want and particularly weak when it comes to health issues so in this case the european commission for the 1st time in history if you want was dealing with such a huge health issue buying vaccines for 27 men to restate for 450000000 people it was the biggest deal they have regarding any sector but it particularly with health this was a 1st and if you ask european officials here they are sick and tired of finger pointing and witch hunting they say we've actually done a pretty good job best that's not what the public perceives i mean we hear all the time people asking why are the vaccinations so slow here if it's an intense an issue for the nation states then would be for we have to poi

about that let's go to brussels now bring in our correspondent matters good evening to you georg ursula found a lie and she did she didn't take responsibility for the vaccination problems is she not alternately responsible as european commission president. but traditionally brand health issues remain in the hands of member states you see at the member state is the one who is driving the european vehicle if you want and particularly weak when it comes to health issues so in this case the european commission for the 1st time in history if you want was dealing with such a huge health issue buying vaccines for 27 men to the states will 450000000 people it was the biggest deal they have done regarding any sector but particularly with health this was the 1st and if you ask european officials here they are sick and tired of finger pointing and witch hunting they say we've actually done a pretty good job well that's that's not what the public perceives i mean we hear all the time people asking why aren't the banks nations so slow here if it's an if it's an issue for the nation states then would

. >> although ursula -- >> okay. >> ursula -- >> i knew --, i la was going to come into the conversation. i'm alone in this, but to me, ursula is a business woman. she's just tryin to m some business happen and to the contract. >> so is cruella. she's like marking down how many dogs do i need to kill, like, i don't know. i don't know if your producer has time, we could go on for a long time with this conversation. >> the weird thing is that ginger and i thought about this for obviously before. so that's where our heads are. >> obviou >>> happening today, spring training officially begins for the gias anthachs po t aron the full squads for both teams are due to report on monday. both the as and giants are scheduled to play their first cactus league game on sunday, february 28th. the giants will hold their annual fan fest, virtual, this saturday, from 10:00 to 5:00. >>> you may soon be able to accurately test yourself for covid-19 with the help of your phone. kroger health is awaiting fda approval for the first smartphone enabled coronavirus rapid antigen test. you do your own nasal swab,

ursula von der leyen said astrazeneca had agreed to deliver 9 million additional doses.peration. translation: i had a very good conversation with boris johnsonl last night precisely about this question. it makes sense to work together during the pandemic. i was pleased that he said that the two plants that manufacture astrazeneca also deliver to europe. this is the spirit in which we have to approach this pandemic. but in the uk, hundreds of thousands are being jabbed daily, with a record number yesterday, and ministers have even suggested that eventually, spare doses could be given to other countries. i hope that once we do have those most vulnerable in britain vaccinated, when we're on track with our vaccine programme, we will be able to look at helping the developing world and, of course, our friends and neighbours, because we need everybody to be protected — that's the way we're going to grip this disease. for all the criticisms of government policy, the vaccine roll—out here has been one of the speediest in the world. the situation in europe shows that that wasn't g

ursula vanderlinden -- on vaccine supplies. the eu commissioner ursula vander laying in.yriakos mitsotakis made the comments on bloomberg news. >> greece overall has done better than most european companies in dealing with the pandemic, which was sort of unexpected given that we entered this with an underfunded health care system. we have also rolled out vaccinations faster than most other european countries. it is a surprise to many greeks and so far, we have been able to vaccinate people at a relatively fast pace. i do expect a number of vaccines to ramp up significantly. but we will move to people with underlying conditions and once we address categories, hopefully by then we will have more vaccines and we will be able to mr. debt able to administer -- we will be able to administer given the demand increase and we hope that by the summer a significant portion of the greek population will be vaccinated. last year, we did it in a safe manner and during last summer, we did not have the tools at our disposal. even in terms of testing, there was limited testing available. n

ursula funder lion the president of the commission get their message she announced a new deal with us for my diana and faster delivery. we need to enable and. the regulatory approval. training site we need to further upscale mass production of new vaccines but also of existing vaccines. she also said and new commission project called the hair incubator has been created to boost research and to detect viruses variants. because we need to know more about the many possible facets of this virus to be able to combat to combat it . second if necessary science has to adapt the existing vaccines so we have to focus the research 3rd time and we need well organized clinical trials to have evidence the evidence proved data fast and that is why we are launching today a european clinical trials network. founder line admits the e.u. is struggling to get started but said 22000000 people have already had one dose and millions more jobs are on the way. or a criticism over the slow rollout of back scenes in the e.u. is growing and some health care workers are snubbing the astra zeneca shot because of c

european commission president ursula vandeline says astrazeneca has agreed to deliver 9 million additionales to the block in the first part of the year. the british government says almost 9 million people across the u.k. have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. nearly 500,000 people have had both doses. cnn's selma abdelaziz has been tracking this live from london. good to see you, selma. great news. 9 million doses of the vaccine already administered. you have some more good news to share with us. what's been happening at the age care homes? >> reporter: rosemary, so rare when i can talk about a triumph, talk about a moment of positivity but we have that today. all care home residents across england have been offered the first dose of their vaccine or received it. that's 10,000 care homes throughout england. job done. major crucial milestone the prime minister said. this was an area of concerns. care homes are where there was an outbreak during the pandemic. the death toll, 1/3 were care home residents. they were a priority. among the first people to receive the vaccinat

ursula von der leyen and saying astrazeneca will deliver an extra 9 million vaccines to the eu, only taking the eu to have to wear it expect it to be with deliveries on the shot. equity markets are bouncing back after being battered last week. we are up by around 1.2% on the stoxx 600. silver one of the big narratives, off its earlier highs, but still up nearly 7%. some of the big mining stocks really getting a big boost from this, still up by 8.8%. alix: here in the u.s., it is still a tech story. nasdaq 100 was downwind futures opened overnight. then it rallied, came off its highs, and now up by over 1%. i also want to mention tesla, up by 2.5%. it did get a street high from an analyst, but also, elon musk put a chip in a monkey to play video games. i just want to put it out there how crazy that sentence actually is. in the market, we are seeing some short covering and gamestop, that stock halted, down 34%. this may not be over yet. guy: i was wondering how you're going to get the monkey into the show. alix: i've got it. [laughter] guy: let's get back to that emergency meeting that

about that let's go to brussels now bring in our correspondent not just good evening to you georg ursula fun to lie and she did she didn't take responsibility for the vaccination problems is she not alternately responsible as european commission president. traditionally brand health issues remain in the hands of member states you see the member state is the one who is driving the european vehicle if you want and particularly weak when it comes to health issues so in this case the european commission for the 1st time in history if you want was dealing with such a huge health issue buying vaccines for 27 men to restate for 450000000 people it was the biggest deal they have done regarding any sector but it particularly with health this was a 1st and if you ask european officials here they are sick and tired of finger pointing and witch hunting they say we've actually done a pretty good job when that's that's not what the public perceives i mean we hear all the time people asking why are the banks nations so slow here if it's and if it's an issue for the nation states then would be for be ha

about that let's go to brussels now bring in our correspondent matters good evening to you georg ursula fun to lie and she did she didn't take responsibility for the vaccination problems is she not alternately responsible as european commission president. but traditionally brand health issues remain in the hands of member states you see the member state is the one who is driving the european vehicle if you want and particularly weak when it comes to health issues so in this case the european commission for the 1st time in history if you want was dealing with such a huge health issue buying vaccines for 27 member states for 450000000 people it was the biggest deal they have done regarding any sector but it particularly with health this was a 1st and if you ask european officials here they are sick and tired of finger pointing and which something they say we've actually done a pretty good job with that's that's not what the public perceives i mean we hear all the time people asking why are the banks nations so slow here if it's and if it's an issue for the nation states then would be for

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initially, the first one called ursula granger was brought up alone and the ranger -- reason he brought these young women in ways to have them learn french cuisine from the french chef that he brought on to prepare meals in the president's house. so they had kind of an apprenticeship there, learning that craft. ursula granger went back to monticello after just a few months delivering her first child and after that, jefferson brought up to other young girls in their teens, he faucet and fanny hearn. both of whom had highs bins at monte carlo, one was a wagon, or the other was a blacksmith. and again, these young girls learned the art of french cuisine from the french chef, lived under the same kind of conditions as the white servants and when his presidency ended, they came back to monticello with him, became the head coach at monticello for the rest of their lives and jefferson had that french cuisine that he loved in both places. >> one of the most entertaining stories in your book is the story of the mammoth a cheese, can you tell it for us? >> sure. if we can go to the cheese slide,

the reality is, we don't hear from ursula von der leyen.y does videos on twitter or goes on german media, but when you are at the head of the european commission, you are not just speaking to your domestic audience. this is not just about the election in germany, this is about the european union and we don't hear her on a european basis. this is very focused on german media so far. anna: thanks very much. maria tadeo with the latest on that developing story. we will consider some legal actions -- the legal context behind what we have been covering between astrazeneca and the european commission later in the program. coming up in the immediate future, we will bring your stocks to watch, including julius baer as the bank boost its share buyback program. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: the european open." we are six minutes away from cash trading now. let's get to dani burger with your stocks to watch this morning and ryanair could be one of the big movers. dani: reporting earnings and the aviation sector has bee

ursula von der leyen last night called it "a step forward on vaccines."he added that astrazeneca would deliver the doses one week earlier than and. esty dwek is still with us. i want to get into your thoughts on the e.u. vaccination campaign. the numbers say the e.u. administered 2.6 doses per 100 people, compared to the u.k.'s 12.5 and the u.s.'s 8.8. we know the u.s. is talking about a big stimulus plan. you were addressing that earlier. what does this mean for the european union? they are the last in line out of these three big economies. esty: absolutely. we are talking fiscal stimulus, talking about biden's. you know he has two packages in mind. as we move on from this conversation, some of the european countries, there's talk of starting to pull back fiscal stimulus as the economy reopens. given the vaccine situation, this reopening will take longer than expected or will start later than expected, but you know, beyond the e.u. recovery plan that was finally approved at the end of last year and that should dart to disperse funds in the coming months,

but, we are getting reassurances from ursula von der leyen that she will have achieved a 70% coverage end of summer. the key is adults. what is an adult these days, over 35? anna: they probably mean those able to have the vaccine. we need to talk about another theme, legal and general investment is launching the first hydrogen etf, designed to give investors exposure to global growth of hydrogen as a low carbon energy source. the asset manager made the fund available to european and u.k. investors. howie li, head of etf's, legal & general investment management joins us. why have you launched a hydrogen etf? howie: good morning. it is time for hydrogen because there is a lot of exciting opportunities. we think about reducing carbon emissions, hydrogen can reduce this 20% going forward. the reason it is so exciting is because from gray to green hydrogen transition means 99% of hydrogen currently made using fossil fuels are moving down toward the green solutions. this is a key pillar to reduce carbon emissions and carbon eyes sectors where electrification is not the answer. if you look a

commission president ursula von der leyen this week admitted we were late in buying vaccines.overnment's deadline for giving jobs to be most medically vulnerable, including all people aged 70 and over. a week later, borisjohnson will decide whether and how to lift pandemic restrictions, but this week he said people should not book a summer holiday yet. steve, nobody is expecting a holiday from coronavirus. indeed, judging by the health secretary this weekend, we are going to have to learn to live with this virus for a long time to come. but how much political pressure is borisjohnson under? he is under huge political pressure, because there is a significant section of the conservative parliamentary party, and more widely amongst its membership, who cannot bear these kind of restrictions, this exertion of state power, and in a way, part of boris johnson is with them. he was well known as a columnist for being pretty libertarian, but he has got to follow the data on this one, because i gather you will have heard the same, he is determined that this is the last lockdown, this is

covert vaccine roll out in europe is being plagued by delays with the european commission president ursula von der leyen admitting for the 1st time that the block has fallen short in its response and should have approved vaccines earlier. don't know if this is an attack just for the fact is that today we're not where we want to be in combating the virus we were late in granting authorization we were too old to mystic about mass production and maybe we also took for granted so the doses audit would actually arrive on time so we must ask ourselves why and what lessons we can draw from meant. while acknowledging that the e.u. overestimated its production capacity vanderlei and defended in the joint u. vaccine strategy as the right way of dealing with the pandemic we spoke to a w.h.o. advisor who told us in occupation efforts need to be coordinated across borders. it's not a matter of race between countries who should get 1st and which block should get earlier i think we are all fighting this race against the virus so i think we will have to be. realistic in all these vaccine available 80 plus

chief ursula dandelion made controversial comments questioning moscow's motives and offering to help the block with its vaccine rollout. we are perplexed to hear assessments by the head of the zak you as it is either in an effort to politicize the issue in an insubstantial dated and indeed deplorable way or indicates an inadequate level of awareness of the top level official we still wonder why russia is offering theoretically millions and millions of doses while not sufficiently progress in vaccinating the own people thrushes dismayed by the lack of diplomacy but also the lack of humanity that the chief has recently shown again politics beats cooperation when it comes to the covert 1000 francs seen for the e.u. it really has been a struggle a struggle to get production off the ground a struggle to get jobs and arms a struggle with the u.k. of the who gets however many doses and the slowness in inoculating its 450000000 strong population has got people angry and frustrated this was in that view a political test russel's failed to the point that wonderland had to publicly apologize. t

in the meantime european commission chief ursula vulgar lion has the fended the block sluggish rollout saying brussels would not compromise on safety but even her predecessor john claude younker has done. i believe it all went too slow it hasn't all been done with the maximum transparency even though that would have been a difficult task the e.u. vaccination program is widely perceived to have moved at a glacial pace we heard john claude younker there saying that he thinks it could have gone faster the person it seems that doesn't think it's moved far too slow is the current incumbent of the job of e.u. commission president on the line she says that it's being purposeful that it's moving in the right direction she certainly doesn't think that it's being slowed that any delays have been because the e.u. didn't want to compromise on safety some country stary to vaccinate a little before europe it is true but they resorted to emergency 24 hour marketing authorization procedures the commission in member states agreed not to compromise with the c 50 an advocacy requirement linked to the aut

saying that they won't be a common approach in this would be an issue with this it is this is what ursula vulgarly in that state on the vaccine certificates. indeed we discussed this topic as you know there are still a number of open question political question the 1st one is of course what these certificates will be used for but they're also scientific question the call for a vaccine certificate originally came from countries like greece and cyprus who have already greenlit their own plans to allow travelers from the u.k. and from israel to go there on holiday this year if they can show that they've been and not kill a to but there's huge criticism of this idea especially given the massive problems there have been rolling up the qubit 900 vaccine here in the u. many feel that this would essentially create a 2 tier system it would be unfair of form of discrimination so really many people unhappy about apple dear that to give you a sense of what the situation is here in the e.u. you around 80 percent of adults in countries have received the chair that's very far behind countries such as th

ursula von der leyen told us of the good they've done.he companies must deliver. but didn't the eu tie those investment to guarantees of vaccines? the eu also thinks astrazeneca has promised to deliver millions of vaccines by the end of march — but astrazeneca doesn't. and either those guarantees aren't in the contract — or it's cut a deal that the other side has misunderstood. neither explanation reflects well. peter tiede is the german tabloid bild... the european union takes pride in competence. but faced with the greatest crisis for decades — it hasn't got the vaccines it needs to save as many lives as possible. worse, some of the reasons why are of its doing. and the sense of people losing their cool is palpable. plenty more on the european union's efforts on the vexing robot on the bbc news website. also a reminder that president biden in one of the first foreign policy challenges he has since taking office has them to take action against the burmese military after they seized power in a coup that is seen the detention of military —

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has told the heads of six pharmaceuticalpply of coronavirus vaccine have to be addressed. astrazeneca has now agreed to increase the number of doses it will supply the bloc before the end of march. paul hawkins reports. he finally, some good news of sorts from the under pressure president of the u commission. widely criticised for mismanaging the eu wide vaccine rollout, commission as that following a meeting with maxime the —— manufacturers, astrazeneca would now supply an extra 9 million doses by march. translation: we extra 9 million doses by march. translation:— translation: we want 70% of adults in europe _ translation: we want 70% of adults in europe to _ adults in europe to be vaccinated by the end of the summer and when we have fulfilled that it will be a tremendous achievement. but that seems — tremendous achievement. but that seems a _ tremendous achievement. but that seems a long way off. the extra 9 million doses bringing the total expected doses up to 40 the total expected doses up to a0 million, that is still o

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has told the heads of six pharmaceutical companies that problems with the supply of coronavirus vaccine have to be addressed. astrazeneca has now agreed to increase the number of doses it will supply the bloc before the end of march. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. president biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long—time strategic ally. not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabia's de facto leader, crown prince mohammed bin salman? well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al—rasheed. what next for saudi arabia — reform, repression or maybe both? madawi al—rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. hello. you have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of crown prince mohammed bin salman. i just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly we

total number of doses for the block this year to 600000000 according to european commission president ursula long delay in vaccine rollout has been slower than hoped in part due to supply issues a small loan scheme designed to help street vendors in india cope with cope with 19 . caused huge controversy there been allegations of corruption mismanagement and nepotism imran khan has war. it was supposed to be one of the indian government's flagship coded 19 relief packages the plan was simple help the poorest street vendors stay on their feet and offer them small loans to help them get through the pandemic the street vendors are in some ways the beating heart of the economy with little or no expenses they sell their wares from the street at a price india's poorest can afford without the many in the country would go hungry and the venues themselves broke the prime minister narendra modi was involved in the creation of the scheme and lent it his name the microphone was $138.00 us dollars to be paid back over a year at a low interest rate however many of the vulnerable street vendors didn't quali

the european commision president, ursula von der leyen, struck an optimistic note about speeding up theme. we are confident that we are able to reach our goal, that by the end of the summer we will have offered to 70% of the population, the vaccination, the adult population. these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the planned figures, this is a goal that we are confident we will reach. in the uk, more than 18 million people have had a first vaccine dose, equivalent to one in three adults here. the queen has spoken for the first time about having it. she urged others to do the same, saying anyone who is nervous should think of others. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. they both had their vaccinations last month, though the duke is now in hospital being treated for a non—covid infection, the queen — unperturbed, was earlier this week on a video conference with health officials from across the uk. the vaccination programme had stirred memories. well, having lived in the war — it's very much like that, you know, when everybody had the same id

the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, struck an optimistic note about speeding up rollout programme. we are confident that we are able to reach our goal that at the end of the summer, we will have offered to 70% of the population the vaccination, the adult population. these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the plan figures, this is a goal we're confident we'll reach. as well as supply, some frontline medical workers in france and germany have been reluctant to take the astrazeneca vaccine. this was after germany's medicines agency declined to approve it for use on the over—65s, citing a lack of trial evidence that it was effective on that age—group. but now, the french president emmanuel macron has offered his backing to the astrazeneca vaccine, saying he would gladly have the jab himself. our europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports. none of the queues they planned for. inside, chairs sit empty. belgium's largest vaccination centre finally opened last week, but there's barely a person in sight. they have the capacity to vaccinate

the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, struck an optimistic note about speeding up are confident that we are able to reach our goal, that by the end of the summer we will have offered to 70% of the population, the vaccination. the adult population. is a 255 million people —— these are 255 million people —— these are 255 million people —— these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the planned figures, this is a goal that we are confident we will reach. here in the uk, more than 18 million people have had a first vaccine dose — that's equivalent to one in three adults here. the queen has spoken for the first time about having it. she urged others to do the same, saying anyone who is nervous should think of others. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. they both had their vaccinations last month, and though the duke is now in hospital being treated for a non—covid infection, the queen — unperturbed, it would seem, by her husband's absence — was earlier this week on a video conference with health officials from across the uk. th

coming up later in the program, we will step forward as ursula von der leyen announces extra doses froms the bloc tries to get its vaccination drive on track. ♪ francine: economics, finance, politics, this is "bloomberg surveillance." >> ryanair expects to lose up to 950 million euros in the year through march. governments have imposed new restrictions on travel. europe's biggest discount airlines has passenger numbers will be under 30 million. it previously expected up to 35 million. nintendo is raising its outlook for switch sales after strong holiday sales. pit now expects to sell 26.5 million units of the consul from 24 million -- the console from 24 million. that is on the back of a surge in sales brought on by the pandemic including a new animal crossing game. an online retailer is buying one of britain's best known clothing brands. arcadia is selling the labels. it follows a rival last week. that is your bloomberg business flash. francine lacqua -- francine? francine: we have a number of reporters manning the live blog looking at what is underneath what we see. we have numbered s

the european commission president ursula von der leyen struck an optimistic note about speeding up theut programme. we are confident that we are able to reach our goal that at the end of the summer, we will have offered to 70% of the population the vaccination, the adult population. these are 255 million people in the european union, and if we look at the plan figures, this is a goal we're confident we'll reach. as well as supply issues, some frontline medical workers in several european countries have been reluctant to take the astrazeneca vaccine. this was after germany's medicines agency declined to approve it for use on the over—65s, citing a lack of trial evidence that it was effective on that age—group. but now, the french president emmanuel macron has offered his backing to the astrazeneca vaccine, saying he would gladly have the jab himself. our europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports. none of the queues they planned for. inside, chairs sit empty. belgium's largest vaccination centre finally opened last week, but there's barely a person in sight. they have the capacity to v

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annemarie: ursula von der leyen announcing the eu has secured hundreds of millions of additional covid-19 shots. the eu is racing to ramp up its vaccine rollout across the block. eric is still with us. one thing that is a worry right now, and we got data overnight, the pfizer-biontech vaccine had fewer antibodies against the south african variant. angela merkel talked about this being the elephant in the room that could wreak havoc when you look at nation success. you have analysts looking at what european equities could be, calling it the roaring 20's. some portfolio managers see 9.5% upside. is this the biggest risk to what portfolio managers are saying about the upside in european equities? eric: possibly. the honest answer is we don't know. it is a reminder in the current environment that just as momentum is making it feel like a lot of these trades are one way bets, we can very easily get something from that field that causes -- left field that causes price momentum to reverse. to me it makes sense in the context of a portfolio i have. i have diversification, i have cash, i have i

. >> european commission president ursula von der leyen is taking responsibility for the vaccine roll- rollout. russia has jailed opposition leader alexey navalny for two years and eight months. he was arrested last month for his return from germany where he had been recovering from a near fatal nerve agent attack. in a statement to the court, he said someone did not want him to return to russia a free man, referring to president putin. the legal team of former president donald trump says his impeachment is flawed and should be thrown out. lawyers have filed their initial response ahead of a senate hearing saying president trump's speech before the riots is protected by the first amendment. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. annmarie: thank you for that recap. back to our top story, end of the era at amazon. founder and ceo jeff bezos will step down from his post in a third quarter 25 years after founding the company in a garage in seattle. many people thou