ah, i'm william blue croft, welcome to a very special new year's eve program. much of europe is about to join other parts of the world that have already slid into 2022. let's take you right over to the count down at the brandenburg gate here in berlin. i see them die. and happy new year to everyone watching from berlin may be where you are. you have already had new years, but we are just bringing it in right now. ah ah ah mm. and our very own d, w, correspond at manual shows is right there. where are the parties happening at the brandenburg gate and happy new year to you 1st of all and how are things going down there? how could you yeah, well yeah. well, you can see behind me just a tradition in germany, that's a gate. this has been decades, we've had a few hours here. you can either fire back, but you can also see all around me. the pub make wasn't allowed for the 2nd year. you know, because of that pandemic, people that are just stay at home tonight, not celebrating be good even mesa. bob made an appearance. it's easy up here and here to tell people to back please remain small. good

my colleague william blue croft is here with the details and hey, rebecca. yeah, let's have a look at why there was that frustration going on at the beginning. we can put up here on the wall, the timeline of this one year. it feels like so much has happened and yet also so much to go from december 27th of last year. we can have a look. we started out quite slow here in germany, with just a few hot tens of thousands at the very beginning that 1st quarter, just 10000000 adult is about 70000000 adults here in germany. got that shot things really though, picked up after a lot of frustration, a lot of political pressure, more supply coming into germany and in that 2nd quarter, that's when so many germans got their shots, but it's still not enough. and that's why the german government has been having his goal in place since november 18th to get more shots into more people's arms. and that's looking to the years. and so how are we to the year end of the 30000000 big number ended the year, while since november 18th, till yesterday we've got 2800000 shots, at least o

ah, i'm william blue croft, welcome to a very special new years eve program. much of europe is about to join other parts of the world that have already slid into 2022. let's take you right over to the count down at the brandenburg gate here in berlin with .