vaccination all eligible people who wanted the vaccine, whitman county was ready to vaccinate the next group. teachers. the governor interviewed and threatened to withhold vaccines if they proceed. one school superintendent called the governor's decision demoralizing. i agree. we should be doing everything we can to get our kids back to school. support counties delivering the vaccine with efficiency and speed. i know this has been very long year, full of fear of the unknown. this week marks 500,000 lives lost. social distancing, school closures, will hours and place for people on the front line. the rise of suicides and overdoses, it all adds up taking a toll. people are tired, and in despair. especially worried about the mental health of our children. my messages this -- there is hope, vaccine supply increase, distribution is more efficient. we will get through this pandemic with american innovation, ingenuity and give people hope, ability to heal and courage to dream again. we'll emerge stronger than ever before. that's our mission today. thank you. i yield back. >> manager, you are

a vaccine. so the take-home message here is that these are rare events. an anaphylactic although clinically serious is treatable in the cdc guidance available on identifying and managing and being prepared and vaccination locations to handle anaplastic's when it can occurs. moving onto the vaccine safety data link. is a collaboration between cdc and nine for disbanding integrated health organizations. it has electronic health record and administrative data on a cover population of roughly 12 million persons per year and also has rapid access to charts to review to confirm cases. as of through february 13th there have been approximately 630,000 doses in doses one doses of any covid-19 vaccines administered in about 200 dose to doses. we do something called rapid cycle analysis. these are basically weekly analyses of the data as the data accumulation of showing the slide and mainly as a reference slide that shows all of the prespecified outcomes for the rapid cycle analysis these are all kinds hav

having been vaccinated with the teethree vaccine myself i will travel to tacoma to navigate the vaccine highway for my brother, trmy but the v.. and state of washington. we need more vaccine. a structured benefit risk strongly supports the use of the janssen vaccine the pandemic is a serious disease the only alternative to pfizer and moderna are not fully licensed and limited supply. the benefits with virtual and withth limited adverse events from the 40000 trial and the load overall fever rates the conclusion well understood method of production vaccine with high efficacy justifies eua. my recommendations that the vaccine lead to the efficacy of older adults with prior multiple adenovirus infection. may bey desirable to add a booster in the future or a fully licensed vaccine to promote more antigens and efficacy. in any case it's important to approve the janssen vaccine to move forward with community immunity. thank you to the doctor on the annual anniversary on february h , 2020, that we should plan for communities spread and remote learning and working. thank you. >> thank you. our n

vaccinated. as he worked together to discuss ways to increase vaccinations. it was just one year ago when this country identify the first case of a new virus that was rapidly spreading throughout the nation. in this past year, the federal government and states have come together, to fight the pandemic. pfizer and mike turner continue to manufacture vaccines full cassidy by releasing between -- the pandemic hinges on the efficacy of the national vaccine distribution efforts. this effort includes not only sending vaccines to states but also getting shot into arms. to date, the federal government has shipped more than 49 million vaccines to states. states have administered almost 28 million of those doses, through their state vaccination plans, with 3.1 million doses administered to people in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. last week, the u.s. average 1.2 million doses administered each day across the u.s. 62% of the vaccine supplies have been administered,. that continues to trend upwar

those vaccines, there also genetic -based vaccines . just using an adult virus to deliver them instead of liquid to deliver them . so there also be amenable to rapid sequence changing . >> i can't see the clock . but quickly we talked a lot about increasing confidence in minority communities which is obviously critically important . people are starting to see success in northeast ohio and the hispanic community. in the short and long of it is, it's not just about translating things into spanish . for our community fully found is the translation but also having a cultural awareness know that we have to do more than just handwashing to make sure that what we are translating is that community in a way that they can receive it. so i brought that to everybody's attention . i know everybody is working on this but we've had successes in the cleveland area. so i would like to cement that to everyone first consideration. i think you for your responses. i yield back for unit. >> i could follow-up for a moment on that. so important together those

the vaccination programme is going so well, _ vaccination programme is going so well, we _ vaccination, ortega think you could _ the 8th of march, ortega think you could pull— the 8th of march, ortega think you could pull it forward if things are really— could pull it forward if things are really doing well and if, for example, we managed to vaccinate the first four _ example, we managed to vaccinate the first four groups more quickly than originally— first four groups more quickly than originally expected? and if i could ask chris — originally expected? and if i could ask chris whitty about the death rate, _ ask chris whitty about the death rate. i_ ask chris whitty about the death rate, i think he said we will first see the — rate, i think he said we will first see the effect of the vaccination programme in the death rates, those are already— programme in the death rates, those are already running down. is it possible — are already running down. is it possible we are already feeling the effects _ possible we are already feeling the effects of the vaccination programme in the _ effect

the biggest challenge of the vaccine rollout has been a limited supply of vaccine, regarding vaccine and the national strategy, despite this, michigan has made significant strides, yesterday we announced surpassing 1 million doses of vaccine we administered statewide and we have jumped more than 20 places in the ranking over the past few weeks as it relates to our population vaccinated. michigan has made this progress because we have been intentionan and focused and clear goals for our state and vaccinated partners in the expectation that 90% receives vaccines are administered within seven days we are also laser focus on equity. we have the ambitious but attainable goal of having no disparity in vaccination rates that cause racial and ethnic groups. it is important that vaccination efforts move forward expeditiously without compromising equity. it is a tragedy but not a surprise that covid-19 has disproportionately impacted communities off color. this is directly related to trstructural equity and racism that has caused communities of color to have less access to the resources needed

vaccine or people have rushed vaccines, or vaccines have actually got animal products or microchipsyou're not going to be recognisable. there's no scientific evidence to support any of this. and dr bakhai is fighting back. every month you wait, you're increasing your risk of getting covid—19. and that's absolutely critical. answering questions online from local residents. if people don't have access to professionals that can truly speak the uncertainties with confidence, that's when mistrust really embeds in. we're worried about particularly the first generation above 75, 80 that are actually being invited for vaccines, their ability to read english or to understand websites, theyjust get lost, they don't know where to turn. do you think that more could have been done to tackle the issue of hesitancy in black and asian communities, and also in younger communities before this point? naturally, we didn't have the time maybe to do the sort of preliminary work that we do when we're introducing vaccines. and i think it's fair to say that we didn't have time to do all those things as well

-- vaccinations will keep track of who gets what vaccine. the issue of equity in terms of who gets the vaccine, how vaccine is distributed, that is a difficult question. it is outside my area of expertise. we have to remember this is a global pandemic. immunizing 100% of one country is not going to reduce the threat as much as trying to make sure we are minimizing the virus globally in all countries. we have to think about our vaccination level as something that has to occur everywhere. if we leave any part of the globe smoldering with the virus to mutate, that will eventually come back to be a problem for all of us. the global vaccination program has to be considered as we are generating vaccines. host: to georgia now, or scott is on the line. caller: i read an article this morning in the washington post on all the mutations. they made the point that actually when these mutations happen your vaccination rate has to go off. supposedly, as it mutates, it loses its verrilli tea or whatever, meaning the severity. so far, that has not happened a

first, to increase vaccine supply. second, to get more vaccinators in the field. and third, to create more places where americans can get vaccinated. we're putting equity front and center, partnering with states to increase vaccinations in the hardest-hit and hard-to- reach communities. we're building new community vaccination centers from the ground up in stadiums, community centers, parking lots, and mobile units in states ranging from california, to ohio, to new york. and we've expedited financial support to increase capacity at existing community vaccination centers nationwide, with over $2.2 billion in funding across 32 states, tribes, and territories. today, we want to show you what it looks like on the ground, in glendale, arizona. we're going to do a tour of state farm stadium, which started giving its first shots on january 11. the state of arizona is one of the first states to reach out to ask for federal help from your administration. on january 21st, we decided to deploy 25 fema staff, including logistics staff, traffic managers and runners, and admini

vaccine. and our department of public health says that without the vaccine, it is still safe to return to schools. but we do realize there are people who want that assurance. and so fortunately we're in a position where in the next few weeks, on february 26th, we will be able to move to the next tier 1b, so educators, teachers, and child care workers can actually get vaccinated, and i'm truly looking forward to that day. >> thank you, mayor breed. your next question comes from leslie mcclerick. given the tentative deal with labor unions, when do you foresee schools reopening? >> definitely not this school year. when you incorporate the vaccine into the requirement -- i understand this is something that is important to the union, but at the same time, we are doing everything we can, based on supplies, to get the vaccines to people in san francisco. and the fact is, based on the limited information that i have about the tentative proposal, i don't think it is realistic that we can expect schools

the vaccinations. in the flip side of that are the results of that is we are now getting less supply, vaccine supplies. because all you have is the data . we have to have data but we need to have access or accurate data. were there 2200 doses. but now you only have 400 city five vaccinations. so they did not get the next amount of dozens they needed. so there is a problem of uploading these problems and information being dropped. it i wanted to use another system but cdc said no. they said is overloaded. and that change will not happen immediately for unit and also not getting in their actually giving up. they're just saying that i am not going to do this. they just give up. >> the mayor's brother, describes any studied another countries. and say here is my card. and they say okay, this is your age and everything about you. and this is your priority. and then here you can qualify for a vaccination based on where you live. it sets up an appointment for you. indicated that is to get the universal patient

versus the second vaccine? christ: so, we here are very surprised at how willing people are to get that second-dose vaccine. so we've been that was one of our lessons learned here at state firm stadium -- we register people for their second dose before they actually leave this site. and prior, we had been just telling them we would email them. that has been great. we have a high demand for second dose. and we actually take people who are looking to get their second dose, but can't find it somewhere else, here at state farm as walk-ins. vice pres. harris: that's great. thank you for your work. and to your whole team, thank them. pres. biden: doing a great job, doc. dr. christ: all right, well, now i am going to hand it over to brittney, who is our lead clinical supervisor. she is out at the vaccination tents, and i know she's looking forward to talking with you. pres. biden: thank you. ms. hayes: hi, i'm brittney hayes. i'm with arizona state university. i'm the head charge nurse here at the vaccination pod at s

type of vaccine known as messenger r.n.a. it contains the blueprint for a virus trust seen cousens the body's cells to develop a small amount of the virus so that it then produces antibodies to fight it to develop the vaccine quickly by on tank introduced a 7 day work week and supply bridge and tree authorities with doctors clinical trials progressed to speed up the approval process. or they called it our lightspeed project life we knew we had no time to lose it this year but we were also very clear that we didn't want any short cuts and that we wanted to work best not overlook anything on the shuttle back even model vaccine was still mean developed my own take was preparing for mass scale production joining forces with american pharmaceutical giant pfizer and chinese conglomerate foes and. no amount of rise of the demand normally you wouldn't focus on production until later in the 1st test whether you have a viable back same on it but we moved forward with both things that once we built partnerships with other companies that

if there is a bad effect from a vaccine, it won't only poison that vaccine, it will affect all vaccines of data, we need to make sure the products are made properly and meet global standards, and i'm not going to apologise for that because if you don't do that, you put at risk the whole enterprise of vaccines, which by the way, has been able to reduce child mortality by 50% in the last 20 years and reduce preventable diseases by 70%. because we can get them out and people trust them. you know about persuading people to take vaccines and you know trust is an important issue. how damaging is it when you hear politicians, and i'm going to quote several, casting different degrees of doubt on the efficacy and the advisability of taking these various covid vaccines? and you hear politicians voicing scepticism, does that make you angry? it does make me angry, and i have to say that the challenge here is that science has to speak in this case. we've accelerated... it's unbelievable the acceleration that occurred. i thought it would take 18 months to two years. the previous fastest vaccine was f

vaccines are voluntary. many people are still reluctant and there are still risks even after vaccinations. inevitably to open up the economy and to get back to what we consider to be normal. we are going to need to have many parts of the economy and adopt a strategy of some sort of proof of vaccination as an entrance requirement. dozens of efforts are underway right now by large companies, small enterprises that are building to allow people to authenticate the status of a person that has been vaccinated. all of them assume that there is a trusted source of truth on who's been vaccinated and who has not. today my message is that it does not exist. it doesn't exist unless the action is taken quickly, this is going to be a mass. this is a valley that we need to scout what it's going to present a substantial delay in the fulfillment of the need and the promise of vaccines. we've made this mistake before while i was the secretary of health i was dealing with electronic medical records. the fact that there were 20

i was vaccinated as soon as a vaccine was available to me, and i urge every american to get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available to them. achieving vaccinations will take planning, coronation, -- coordination, and resources. this community, and many others, warned of the challenges months ago. but the previous administration ignored us. the refusal to exert national leadership resulted in chaos and confusion. the wealthy are more likely to get vaccines than the poor. the biden administration has brought a fresh approach that has already shown promising results. with the shipments of vaccines to states are up 57% in the last month. and millions of doses are now being shipped directly to the pharmacies and community health centers. the new administration has also purchased an additional 200 million doses of approved vaccines, meaning that the country will finally have enough doses to vaccinate everyone. and the cdc has taken up vaccine hesitancy by launching an awareness campaign in black communities. as vaccines become more widely available, we will need to accelerate our effo

we see vaccine nationalism.s of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, which ended up with the eu threatening to block all exportation of vaccine made in the eu to destinations outside the eu because they said it wasn't prepared to see vaccine leave the eu when they weren't getting the supplies that they claimed they'd already ordered and paid for. so in this context of vaccine nationalism, which, frankly, appears to be spreading around the world, what hope do you have for this sentiment of global solidarity? well, you know, we're linked in so many ways that it'll be impossible, really, if countries start closing their borders and so on, because if you look at supply chains, vaccines are not all made and manufactured and packaged in one place. you know, they move across borders. the raw material is made in some part of the world, it's shipped across, and the finish happens somewhere else. and then, you know, it's packaged and distributed. so countries need to cooperate for this. and i think this is where we really need

we bought more vaccines.two weeks ago i directed jeff science is here with me, my covid-19 response coordinator to work with the department of health and human services to purchase more vaccines. just this afternoon, we signed the final contracts for 100 million more moderna and 100 million more pfizer vaccines. we're also able to move up the delivery dates with an additional 200 million vaccines to the end of july faster than we expected. and in further good news, both companies agreed and are now contractually obligated to expedite delivery of 100 million doses that were promised by the end of june, delivered by the end of may. that's a month faster. that means lives will be saved. that means we're now on track to have enough supply through 300 million americans by the end of july. it may not sound like the urgen clear, when i took office just three weeks ago, this country did not have a plan or enough vaccines or people to vaccinate americans. any and all americans, any time at any point in 2021. within th

vaccines.re getting them out the door as soon as we have them and we don't have control over all the ones that come to san francisco, but maybe you can talk about the path that a vaccine follows from when it is assigned to san francisco to when it is administered. and i know that you can probably only mostly speak to what happens with the department of public health, because we only have control over the vaccines that we receive. >> should i start? or would you? >> maybe i'll start with the logistical part and then you can talk about the clinical implications. because these vaccines were processed in a very quick manner, they require a little bit more logistical effort than normal vaccines. so the pfizer vaccine needs ultra-cold freezing which is -60° and that's not normally how we distribute vaccines. so that temperature control is extremely important for the vaccines to remain effective. at every stage from when they are produced at the manufacturing and as well as transport across the countr

to me i was vaccinated and i urge every american to get vaccinated as soon as it is available to them. that will take planning, coordination, and resources. and the challenge months ago the previous administration ignored us. they refused to exert national leadership to result in chaos and confusion with the welfare and connected far who did not get the vaccines other than the poor so the best approach and promising results. that shipment of vaccines are up 57 percent in the last month and millions of toasted on - - doses are now being shipped to the pharmacy and community health centers. the administration has also purchased an additional 200 million doses of approved vaccines meaning the country will finally have enough doses to vaccinate everyone. and the cdc and with the awareness campaign in black communities. and then need to accelerate the efforts of that coronavirus vaccine. i am particularly grateful for experimenting a covid-19 equity task force to help ensure an equitable response to the pandemic. the next step is a path to the american rescueon plan. allow us to hire more

vaccine has now also been given emergency approval in india. but only on condition that in the initial months at least this soon is to shoot only sells the vaccine to the indian government. thanks to us industry india has been able to start a large scale vaccination drivers but what about other emerging economies in the developing world. the manufacturers of astra zeneca by antic pfizer and more turner said together they will produce 5300000000 doses of vaccine in 2021. in theory that's enough for 3000000000 people so over a 3rd of the global population. but the much ocean of those doses have already been preserved 27 member states of the european union and 4 other industrial countries have already pre ordered huff those doses. the supply and their populations will be generous canada for example has secured nearly 9 doses to every single one of its residents followed by the us with just over 7 per head of population the e.u. with nearly 5 and indeed. with just one to 2. the problem is these countries who have secured home the vaccines to be pro

covered $9000.00 vaccines are rolled out around the world some countries are issuing vaccinations for to the kids and lifting restrictions for those who had a jab but will those who are vaccinated be left out as societies reopened this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm going to enjoy him cope with 1000 vaccination drives are in full swing in many countries some have begun issuing certificates for people to prove they perceive the shots it's raising concerns about potential discrimination nearly half of israel's population has received at least one dose of the vaccine the government is reopening hotels and gems but only to people with a so-called green pass to show they're either fully vaccinated or have recovered from cope and 1000 public health experts are worried about excluding those who are waiting to receive a shot or can't be vaccinated due to medical or other reasons you can. divide between 2 population if there is a good medical reason. so for example if someone was exposed to. someone infected and these vaccinated leave you don't need to stay told that's o

after the second vaccine?we do not recommend taking aspirin, tylenol, or motrin before you get the vaccine because we want to make sure you get a good response. if you are getting a vaccine during the day you can take a tylenol before you go to bed at night and may be a tylenol before the next morning, but you do not want to take it around the time of the vaccine. particularly a motrin or an aspirin can affect your immune response, so we do not want to encourage you to take motrin or aspirin or any anti-inflammatory medication at the time or just before you get a vaccine. before you go to bed is ok. the reason you get a worse response from the second does and this is typically seen with the mrna vaccines. it may be different from the johnson & johnson and astrazeneca vaccines down the road, but with the mrna vaccines we think you get more side effects with the second dose because the first dose has done something called priming. it introduced itself to your body and to its immune system. with the second does y

>> the advisory committee helps them on issues related to the approval of vaccinations, vaccines vaccinesated biological products advisory committee, mostly people -- [inaudible] >> they are set to meet this week. what are they expected to talk about? >> you remember when the fdada s under political pressure to fast-track the vaccines and then commissioner stephen was trying verywa hard to safeguard the process to approve vaccines, make sure they were based on science, not political expediency, made the commitment that it would reach every time there's a new covered vaccine to be considered for emergency use authorization. since then, he's kept that promise every time, he's no longer in office but the fda has kept that promise everyy time a new covered vaccine is ready by fda to continue to consider whether or not tode issue emergency use authorization, convened meeting of for pack and that's what's happening this week to look at the johnson & johnson vaccine. >> we will have coverage about meetingg here on c-span. who sits on this advisory committee? how do you get on? >> a variety of ex

what we saw was at the end of 2020, we had vaccines and we started vaccination.hink the resourcefulness of the scientific community corresponding to this pandemic is quite impressive, and i will not be surprised if covax succeeds. they have been working very hard. have a good plan and good collaboration with a lot of different countries, and i would like to see it succeed. i think if they have the financing they will be able to do it. hashem: helen, do you see the world being able to vaccinate 70% of its population to be able to say we have immunity to defeat covid-19? helen: that is the million-dollar question. that depends on the response, as you just said, of rich countries to both giving vaccines, giving financial support to initiatives such as covax and the african union, but it also depends on a country's political willingness to be prepared for this. i would say if all of those things aligned, i think we could do it. it would be an extra ordinary global achievement if we could. hashem: less than 30 seconds, richard. many companies such as pfizer are contem

the price of vaccines. it made those vaccines.cines much more expensive for your guys at covax, because of the canadians and the uk and the israeli government, they all basically took a policy of paying whatever it took to get their hands on early supplies of the vaccine. that of course push the prices up for any everybody else as well, and you're saying that's ok. i didn't say that was ok, but let me finish what i started to say, which as we know now that because the vaccines are working in many vaccines now— we have a handful of vaccines that are working — we suspect more will be licensed, there are now 800 million doses that have been procured. with another 1.4 billion in options. so, what we're now in the process of discussing with these countries is how we can release those doses to help with this equitable allocation, and canada is one of the leaders in this. they had the g7 league meeting last week, we have france, the uk talk about this as well as the leader of the ec. so, i think we are seeing some adjustments there. on t

>> no, i just allocation of vaccine alone is not going to get over vaccine hesitancy. i think some of our strategies of working with community-based organizations, trusted messagers and trusted providers, right. so, you know, before coming into the state, i spent my career as the founder and a pediatrician in a community-based organization in the bayview hunters point neighborhood of san francisco. and it takes years to build up trust. i mean, people have to see that you're there. and that's why we as a state need to partner with our federally qualified health centers, with our community-based health centers so that folks can go to their provider that they trust that has been caring for them or their families for years because they may not get it because dr. nadine burke harris, surgeon general of california tells them to get it. but they may get it because their promotera suggested they get it, or someone they have been working with and caring for their family. so i think that part of working with trusted providers and trusted messengers is critically important. and o

we have shown 72 percent vaccine efficacy from vaccination. from those participants in the us to pay particular attention to the diverse population the endpoint 66 percent vaccine efficacy and the overall study population.ro and protection was observed. it with consistent efficacy and this is particularly important where and when we have the vaccine. our trial was conducted in located in areas where the covid-19 was highest including south africa, brazil in the united states and with that efficacy a against covid-19 was high. based on sequencing 72 percent of the company team cases in the study with a new variant 70 percent in brazil 90 percent in south africa also in line with what you will seere later and during the last two months we have seen that is critically important to manufacture and distribute the vaccines quickly and efficiently and each person who receives the injection the application of the single dose regimen each file includes five doses and no dilution is required. into those normal situations with continuously improved to pr

vaccines. were destroyed for a simple technical mistake and therefore we must be fair with the companies as well and we must also realize that some of the the very prominent factories that produced in the past like sanofi event is totally failed them for using a vaccine up to now so they are now offering their production plans to the other producers to produce more vaccine but it is not it's not like a switch which you turn around and one day you produce vaccine a and the next day vaccine be it takes up to 3 months to build up a production line and this has mere technical reasons so if you buy vaccines 2300000000 doses of vaccines to imagine that they're all there in the 1st quarter of 2021 is an illusion do you ever worry that we are relying too much on the idea of a vaccine as a kind of silver ball lightning bullet that will solve all of our problems given those mutations the chancellor has said we could be looking at a situation where we have to vaccinate people anew every year as we do with

into vaccinations. at the direction of president biden, fema has increased its support. president biden directed fema to reimburse states for the cost of national guard personnel and other emergency costs. we will go even further and further reimburse states for the services they provided back to the pandemic in january, 2020. that means the states will be fully repaid for things like masks and gloves and mobilization of the national guard and use the resources for vaccination efforts and emergency supplies moving forward. this reimbursement is to cost a total of 3-5 billion dollars. testing and mass vaccination centers. so to fully support states, tribes and territories needs to vaccinate, president biden is requesting $350 billion in the american rescue plan. this is a national emergency and we are treating it as such. we are bringing the full force of the federal government to partner with state and local leaders. we are giving americans the facts they need and working to ensure our response is fair

people have been fully vaccinated. be curious, as a scientist, as a researcher, what kind of grade would you give our performance in getting these vaccines into people's arms? are we doing a b-job, a c-job, an a-job? what do you think? >> well, i would take it one step earlier to get the big picture, david. i think when you talk about developing the vaccine and getting a successful vaccine, that's an a-triple plus on that, record breaking to do. obviously, that's good, but you're right, getting them into people thus far, early on, when it was tried at the end of december, got a bit of a shaky start in the sense of the -- the logistics of that, something new in this in essence taking on a task that's not been done before. you're right, it has not been perfect and one of the things that president biden has made very, very clear that things are not working well, don't deny it, don't run away from it, try and fix it and that's exactly what we're trying to do. if you look at the national strategy for covid-19, part of that

that can go for one vaccination. and then you bring people back for a 2nd immunization after you have done more work and expanded events initially so i think that. this this came came as you know meeting that a letter e a requirement to sure if it gets the are in this regimen so basically other companies can go back and do the same thing and show that they will have i think a sense that one even is asian ok and you can set up elite only there has been some data though to suggest that despite its high efficiency which you just mentioned there the gen j. vaccine is not as effective against the 1st variant found in south africa what impact could that have. well that's the really the 1st for all of the vaccines the south african isolate the one of the area that is very different and therefore it has escaped or to some extent some of the care but it's by the vaccines so they think a c. in the case of j.n.j. was 57 percent in south africa but for instance know about sure that they heard of a in a 49 percent if it a c. had

it's not a vaccine. right now, it's only authorized to treat people with mild disease to prevent them from getting sicker. as i mentioned earlier, the effect of that diminishes with time. the system breaks down and it doesn't text you indefinitely like a vaccine. it's a treatment. it's complicated because it has to be given into a vein. it doesn't appear to work in severely infected patients. it is for patients who are more mildly ill. they are at high risk because of their age or underlying conditions of getting severe disease. it is being used. we use it in the hospital i practice at. it's not for widespread use like a vaccine. on the issue of gene therapy, there are a lot of things people who are opposed vaccines have put out there. to try to either -- scare others. what they are referring to is the rna vaccines are made from the chemical our genes make. it's part of all of us. our bodies are filled with it. these vaccines contain an rna, this protein on the surface of the coronavirus. what it does, w

the life-saving vaccine, too. the government _ life-saving vaccine, too.overnment is not _ life—saving vaccine, too. tue: government is not catastrophic mishandling of the virus has meant that in the past month over 33,000 covert deaths in the uk —— covid deaths in the uk. in new zealand there was zero, in vietnam zero, australia zero, in taiwan there was one. the difference is these countries produce to zero covid strategy, suppressing cases, saving lives and reopening economies. the vaccine offers hope it is known as the virus circulates there is a risk of thousands of more deaths and no more dangerous new variants, so does the secretary of state regret his government was not to pursue at zero covid strategy and will he now commit to it. mil covid strategy and will he now commit to it.— covid strategy and will he now commit to it. all countries that have attempted _ commit to it. all countries that have attempted a _ commit to it. all countries that have attempted a zero - commit to it. all countries that have attempted a zero covid i commit to it. all c

with 15 million new vaccinated — the goverment say they've hit their first covid vaccination target aay early. it has been a truly national uk wide effort. we have done it together. the prime minister is under pressure from some of his own mps to end covid restrictions by the end of april. government ministers however urge caution... we are not going to be able to give certainty unless we are basing it on the evidence that the vaccine is doing itsjob. so far the prognosis is pretty good but we have got to keep monitoring it as the roll—out proceeds. president trump suggests he could make a political comeback after he's cleared of his second impeachment trial. an extension to the ban on evictions in england — the government says it will ensure tenants won't be forced out of their homes by the pandemic. and — skating on thin ice — a rare winter event could return to the netherlands thanks to the cold weather — but will covid restrictions sink it? good afternoon. the government says that everyone in england — in the first four priority groups — has now been offered a coronavirus vaccine.

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in vaccines.ce under advisement, this very recent evidence about this small trial that is inconclusive around its findings, albeit demonstrating a low efficacy against mild and moderate disease with no evidence to point in one direction or another on severe disease, so we have an absence of evidence from that trial about whether or not the az product has efficacy against severe disease, hospitalisation and death. and that is the outcome of most interest and most impact for early roll—out of vaccines. so that is the verdict from the world health organization. figures released in the past hour show that a further 1,001 people have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test in the uk. just over 13,000 people tested positive for the virus. and the number of those receiving their first vaccine has climbed to over 13 million. let's get more from our political correspondent jessica parker in westminster. so, we are going to be here from the prime minister in downing street. quite a lot of controv

we are still rolling the vaccine _ group not taking the vaccine?stepping down to the over 65 is an then to the over 50s. these are groups who are at much greater risk from coronavirus infection in younger people. it is absolutely right we target those groups first because that is what is going to have the biggest down pressure on the virus and the problems we have with people getting seriously ill and the deaths. in the long run, there are many younger people who will also benefit from vaccination. we have seen many cases of young people affected by the virus in hospital. it isjust less people affected by the virus in hospital. it is just less common but it is still devastating if someone is in their a0s, 30s or 20s and ends up is in their a0s, 30s or 20s and ends up seriously ill. i is in their 40s, 30s or 20s and ends up seriously ill-— up seriously ill. i will come onto the period _ up seriously ill. i will come onto the period -- — up seriously ill. i will come onto the period -- paediatric- up seriously ill. i will come onto the period -- paed

vaccinated. oz of today we provided $3.8 billion to states, territories and tribes to create new vaccination centers and ramp up the existing one already, working with governors across the country in red and blue states to bolster their efforts to stand up hundreds of vaccination centers from stadiums to community centers, houses of worship, large parking lots, we're providing personnel and equipment and covering the costs for the states, including for the use of their national guard, which they're incredible. today jill and i, or i should say tomorrow jill and i will transfer to houston, texas, to tour one of the first federal mass vaccination centers and to thank everyone involved. this is an example of the kind of partnership between federal, state and local governments and public and private partners, that's going to get this job done. we also sent millions of vaccines to thousands of local pharmacies all across america to make it easier for folks to get the vaccine shot like they would their

get vaccinated. the vaccine that's available to you, get that vaccine. it's important to get as many people vaccinated as quickly and as expeditiously as possible. a very firm answer to that question. >> okay. thank you for clarifying that. let's go to questions. >> as a reminder, since we are running -- >> we have been watching and listening to the white house covid response team holding their friday briefing there. dr. fauci, of course, at the end you heard him imploring americans who can to get that vaccination. also making a bit of news on the south african variant saying that they are going to start trial testing a booster, if you will, for that in the very near future. we did not hear as much about the johnson & johnson vaccination as you might think that we would. perhaps that's because they are trying to give the fda some room to wrap up. that briefing, i'm told -- it's at the bottom of your screen. the johnson & johnson vaccine hearing happening as we speak. we will monitor both of those for you. right now, let's bring in dr. roy, internal medic

you can -- you constrained it a bit by vaccine -- vaccinating people, you diminish its ability to mutate, so that's one of the strong reasons we need to push ahead with vaccination. david: given that rapid replication and the dangers you discussed, one of your colleagues, michael osterholm, a top epidemiologist, part of president biden's transition team, says the u.s. needs to call an audible, as they say in football, with its vaccination program and start giving single doses to as many people as possible to get ahead of a likely surge and to do precisely what you're describing, which is to reduce the playing field. is he right? and if not, why not? dr. fauci: it isn't a question of right or wrong. what michael is saying is that we need to vaccinate as many people as possible with the doses that we have. the science tells us, the clinical trials, the 30,000 people in the moderna trial and the 44,000 people in the trial by pfizer, that the optimum approach to get a really good response is 21 days after the first dose, for pfizer, and 28 days after the first dose for moderna, you should gi

i haven't been vaccinated _ vaccinated yet? i haven't been vaccinated yet, _ vaccinated yet?stion that you have about the transmission of the new variant is, of course, we are always looking at what we need to do. there is already a national lockdown in place that says that you should not travel unless it is absolutely necessary and that you should stay local, and we expect people to adhere to that everywhere, but, in particular, in the postcode i have set out, where people should stay at home unless they absolutely have to leave. and anybody even thinking about stretching the rules in those areas must not. now, of course, further measures are always there, but we already have this very strong set of rules, indeed, very strong laws in place against people travelling unnecessarily, unless that travel is essential. so what i would say is, if you are in one of the postcode areas i set out, in an area where the new variant has been found, then stay at home and let's get this new variant totally under control. doctor hopkins, over to you, have you had a jab? doctor hopkins, over t