china deserves our gratitude and respect the world health organization should be ashamed of themselves. as they like the public relations agency for child . trees china again and again praising china for its so-called transparency and openness of. the w.h.o. under dr ted rose has made a major contribution in advancing the global response to cope at 19 with its good work is applauded by the international community china's cover up of the wool han virus allowed the disease to spread all over the world china and the. added states stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation regretfully in addition to the raging corona virus a political virus is also spreading in the united states she lists political virus is using every opportunity to attack and smear china. on january 23rd 2020 china announced that a new epidemic had begun to spread in the city of rouhani in the center of the country. the chinese authorities decided to impose a lockdown on tens of millions of people the 1st of many that over the next few weeks would spread across the world here on that same day in geneva th

they want a world health organization that will rep that will serve the fact that health is a trillion dollar market. the w.h.o. faced a limited budget and weaker than and which were to have dramatic consequences in 2014. liberia sierra leone and guinea so multiple outbreaks of the virus. teams from doctors without borders on the ground reported that the wave of infections was out of control while the international community said nothing. in march the w.h.o. sounded the alarm. on the need to. keep going. on as i mean by a lot of doctors phoning or more the council of the territory. a few days later in geneva the w.h.o. declared that this does not constitute an international emergency like w.h.o. does not recommend any trouble trade restrictions. they don't rate public health science. on august 8th 20146 months after the start of the epidemic and with ebola having taken the lives of more than 2000 people the head of the w.h.o. finally responded. this morning i am declaring the current outbreak of ebola virus disease a public health emergency of international concern. by the time the epi

the world health organization. i could be shortly before hand he had been to beijing seeking chinese support for his election need to have the chinese president reveal that he had chosen the african candidate ducted tadros. when china decides to back a candidate well they obviously have a far better chance because the various countries are getting aid from china will play ball. with people so that is typical for the election unfortunately that's just how it is when you have a democratic vote. you. take the us was elected the 1st african to ever become director general of the w h. however he wasn't completely unknown. he had served for over 15 years as either the health or foreign minister in his homeland of ethiopia thank you thank you. thank you dr ted rose i would consider one of the very best ministers of health ever in africa and i am not alone in believing that many many other people believe that as well he spent a decade expanding the number of hospitals improving the management capacity of the hospitals impr

they want a world health organization that will rep that will serve the fact that health is a trillion dollar market. the w.h.o. faced unlimited budget and we covenants which were to have dramatic consequences in 2014. liberia sierra leone and guinea so multiple outbreaks of the virus. teams from doctors without borders on the ground reported that the wave of infections was out of control while the international community said nothing. in much the w.h.o. sounded the alarm. on the need to. keep going. back to strong or more the jostle of the territory. a few days later in geneva the w.h.o. declared that this does not constitute an international emergency like w.h.o. does not recommend any trouble trade restrictions. they don't make public health sense. on august 8th 20146 months after the start of the epidemic and with the bird having taken the lives of more than 2000 people the head of the w.h.o. finally responded. this morning i am declaring the current outbreak of ebola virus disease a public health emergency of international concern. by the time the epidemic. finally declared over 2

can you explain the difference if you take the world health organization they state that health is themplete absence of psychological. physical and social problems which is a state that cannot be reached for a long period of time when the person who are into disorder on one hand if a spider induces such horror to you that you have to avoid the situation where you find the spider. that it uses problems living your life like you would do normally on the other hand let's say you are afraid of using an elevator but you never are confronted with this problem because you live in a rural area where you don't need to use it then there is no suffering and also then i would not suggest somebody to search for treatment people groups circle of group programs or during the program. or. if you have a person that is mentally ill and suffers from housing nations. or intense feelings that we cannot see we cannot touch we have never experienced by ourselves for many people this is this is something that induces intense fear and often people dislike what they what they fear and they exclude people due to

our top stories: in a giant leap for pandemic diplomacy — the world health organization is given thereen light to visit wuhan in china to investigate the orgins of the virus. a court in france returns guilty verdicts in the trial 01:14 people accused of taking part in the charlie hebdo attacks in paris. nigerian officials say they won't pay ransoms for the boys kidnapped from a boarding school in the north of the country last friday. and a chinese space capsule has successfully returned with the first samples of moon rock in more than a0 years. smile and the world smiles at you — a study of facial expressions reveals just how similar to one another humans really are. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. after months of negotiations china has agreed to a world health organization—led inquiry into the origins of the virus that causes covid—19. a team of ten international scientists will travel to the chinese city of wuhan next month. the search for the source has led to tensions, especiallly with the us, with president trump accusing china of trying to conceal

a weather update next, then a world health organization team on its way to china to investigate the starta crisis that changed the world. vladimir putin laughs off an investigation that blames russian agents for poisoning alexey navalny. ♪ >> it has been a snowy week for japan and there is more snow in the forecast. the cloud is lined up in streaks. the orientation of the winds coming from the northwest down toward the southeast, across the sea of japan. that has been feeding a lot of snow in across the area over the past few days. some parts have seen as much as two meters of snow. there is more snow in the forecast. we are goi to e that cold air continue to push that snow in across the western parts of the country. still more snow flurries for friday. friday looks like something of a rest, the worst conditions may be up towards hokkaido. a little more widespread as we go into saturday. sheltered by the mountains, not too much of that in tokyo. behind that, cold enough, temperatures hovering around freezing for seoul and beijing. further south, it is about the rain pushing into southern

2nd of february saw the first recorded death outside of china, while on the 11th of march the world healthation officially declared the outbreak a pandemic. the global death toll increased rapidly, passing one million on september the 28th. finally, on december 8th a uk grandmother became the first person in the world to be given the pfizer covid—i9 vaccine. well, earlier i spoke to dr krutika kuppali who's assistant professor of medicine at the division of infectious diseases at medical university of south carolina. i asked what were her hopes for the who mission to wuhan. it is great that it is happening, i'm hopeful that this will help us get some more answers into the origins of this pandemic. i think it's great that they have so many diverse researchers and scientists in various fields, that will help us understand more about the origination of the covid pandemic. with all that range of expertise, what knowledge will they be hoping to come back with? their hope is going to be to understand how this evolved. so, we believe that the original coronavirus came from bats, but what we are t

the world health organization says europe faces a high risk of a coronavirus resurgence months into 2021 as germany and the u.k. introduced tougher restrictions before christmas. peter dhabi live here in doha 30 minutes of international news from al-jazeera also coming up iran's supreme leader says hostilities with the u.s. will not end with donald trump's exit from the white house. fear and anxiety among parents of more than 330 children kidnapped by nigeria's book fighters. and south korea receives a special designation from unesco for its lantern festival. the world health organization says the corona virus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year right now several e.u. countries including the netherlands and germany are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths in the u.k. london and surrounding areas have entered the highest level of restrictions the prime minister boris johnson is defending the tightening of restrictions over the christmas holiday period the smaller christmas is going to be a safer christmas and a shorter christmas is a safer christmas. w

coronavirus cases rise across europe leading up to christmas and world health officials warn the outbreak could worsen next year. or until this is ours era live from london also coming out the pandemic has hit yemen hard aid agencies warn of a race against time to help millions already affected by war and famine. guilty verdicts are handed down in france for 14 people linked to the challis of do attacks. and it's the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world where the future could be uncertain for the u.s. cobra in ised everglades national. the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year that warning comes as several european countries including the netherlands and germany struggled to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths germany praised for its early handling of the pandemic is now reporting record numbers of deaths it's entered a hard lock down which will be in place until january the 10th it suffered more than $400.00 deaths a day for 11 straight days u.k. prime minister boris johnson has resisted pressure to ban christmas gat

with corona virus cases rising across europe in the run up to christmas warnings from the world health organization but the pandemic could worsen across the continent next year. hello i'm adrian for the good in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the besieged gaza strip is seeing a rise in corona virus infections the ongoing israeli blockade making the situation even worse. unesco and south korea's lambton lighting festival to its list of cultural heritage sites plus. i'm 90 richardson in doha where the host city 2022 football world cup of london the rights to hold another huge sporting events. the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year right now several european countries including the netherlands germany a struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths in the u.k. london and surrounding areas have ends at the highest level of restrictions the prime minister boris johnson's plans to relax those restrictions over the christmas holiday have been criticized by some medical experts germany has begun its 1s

in the occupied west bank and gaza where things have been becoming much much worse in gaza the world health organization is warning that the health care system there could really collapse if things continue along this trend of the numbers of infection the palestinian authority has made attempts at securing the vaccine but it doesn't really have the economic and logistical means to do so they have applied for a world health organization program but that would really only provide about vaccinations to about 20 percent of the palestinian population now a human rights groups are saying that it is israel's responsibility to facilitate getting the vaccine to the occupied west bank and gaza but really all that israel has said so far from the health minister who said that if they have any left over doses after they vaccinated all israelis then they may hand hand them over to the palestinian authority for all of those calls to speed up vaccinations in the united kingdom are a challenge as more from london. the gravity of the situation that the u.k. is in at the moment we've just had the record numbe

include palestinians in the west bank and gaza the situation there has been worsening and the world health organization has said that in gaza if the situation continues as it is the health care system there could collapse the palestinian authority has made attempts at securing the vaccine but they don't really have the economic and logistical means to do so if applied for world health organization program but if that comes through or when that comes through that would really only vaccinate about 20 percent of the palestinian population now human rights groups have said that it's israel's obligation to facilitate the vaccine to palestinians in the west bank and gaza but all really the israeli health minister has said so far is that if they have any a doses left after all israelis have been vaccinated that they may hand them over to palestinians i mean thanks very much indeed that sorry nasr talking to us from west to rousseau i'm going to bring in rory chalons from london to the outside as it looks like the rollout in the u.k. appears to be slower than expected is not a true reflection of w

the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic.

a weather update next here on al-jazeera then a world health organization team on its way to china to investigate the start of a crisis to change the world will tell you. and let it be a person laughs off an investigation but blames russian agents for poisoning alexina on me. how i was going to snap a old week for japan and i'm afraid there is more snow in the forecast and say how the cloud is lined up in st says it's where you can see from the orientation of the i suppose those winds coming from the northwest down towards the southeast across the sea of japan and that's been fading a lot of snow in across the area over the past few days some pasta seen as much as 2 meters of snow as i said there is more snow in the forecast we're going to see that cold air continue to push that sea effect snow in across northern western parts of the country then there we go still more snow flurries there for friday friday that's not something of a rest by the worst of the conditions across the western side of honshu maybe up towards the colorado as well as a little widespread as we go on into saturda

alerts the world health organization to a new fast spreading strain of corona virus prime minister boris johnson has announced a christmas lockdown for millions of people. peter w. watching on 20 live from doha also coming up the government of central african republic accuses a former president of attempting a coup before elections the un's peacekeeping mission puts troops on high alert. president donald trump makes his 1st comments about one of the biggest hacking operations in u.s. history and says russia is being unfairly blamed. we meet the park rangers in zimbabwe who are using drones to protect animals from poachers. ok let's kick off in the u.k. where the prime minister boris johnson in the last hour or so has tightened coronavirus restrictions off a new strain of the virus emerged in london and the southeast of england the world health organization has been alerted to this mutated strain early research however suggests it's up to 70 percent more transmissible but there is no evidence that it is resistant to vaccines mr johnston said he was forced to take action. given the early e

in a giant leap for pandemic diplomacy, the world health organisation is given the green light to visit wuhan in china to investigate the orgins of the virus. despite pressure from doctors and scientists, the uk will allow the easing of coronavirus restrictions over christmas, but with a warning. a smaller christmas is going to bea a smaller christmas is going to be a safer christmas, and a shorter christmas is a safer christmas. nigerian officials say they won't pay ransoms for the boys kidnapped from a boarding school in the north of the country last friday. and a chinese space capsule has successfully returned with the first samples of moon rock in more than a0 years. a court in paris has found 1a people guilty of links to the three islamist extremists who attacked the satirical magazine, charlie hebdo, and ajewish supermarket, nearly 6 years ago. seventeen people were killed. the longest sentences, 30 years, were given to a close friend of one of the attackers and his former girlfriend who is believed to be in syria. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, has been following the c

fighting the disease has been hindered as efforts are diverted to the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization expects the target for reducing malaria cases to be missed by almost 40 percent this year funding shortfalls and disruptions to treatments are putting fountains of lives at risk only $3000000000.00 was received last year when more than $5000000000.00 was needed interventions a simple as using nets and rigid you will spraying can help prevent the mosquito borne disease the w.h.o. is urging nations to step up their efforts for a world free of malaria w.h.o. says 229000000 people were infected by malaria in 29000 their stated figure has remained virtually unchanged over the past 4 years last year more than 400000 people died from the disease africa accounted for more than 90 percent of all global cases and deaths half of them were in nigeria democratic republic of congo tanzania mozambique and bikini. the continent has significantly reduced the death rate since 2000 but that a slowed in recent years while india is among the major contributors to malaria the nation has been m

back celebrations it's also one year since the 1st cases of corona virus were reported to the world health organization the virus is widely believed to have emerged from a market that sold wild animals in the chinese city of will harm on march the 11th when there were 118000 cases globally a pandemic was declared since then there have been 83000000 infections and nearly 2000000 people have died 2020 will be remembered as the year when the phrases lock down and social distancing became everyday terms and what governments pleaded with people to stay home wear face masks and wash their hands across the world new year's eve celebrations a muted they've been cancelled or downsized in countries facing new waves of the virus there were fireworks in sydney but crowds weren't allowed looking ahead to 2021 the focus is on vaccines several are already in circulation a toss that would normally have taken the is has taken less than 12 months on the world health organization as our proved the pfizer biotech vaccine for emergency use keto brian is director of immunizations vaccines and biologicals at the

2nd of february saw the first recorded death outside of china, while on the 11th of march the world healthn officially declared the outbreak a pandemic. the global death toll increased rapidly, passing one million on september the 28th. finally, on december 8th a uk grandmother became the first person in the world to be given the pfizer covid—i9 vaccine. we can now speak to dr krutika kuppali who's assistant professor of medicine, division of infectious diseases at medical university of south carolina. shejoins us now from charleston. what hope do you have for this mission? it is quite something that it mission? it is quite something thatitis mission? it is quite something that it is happening at all. it is great that it is happening, they are hopeful that this will help us get some more answers into the origins of this pandemic. i think it is great that they have so many diverse researchers and scientists in various fields, that will help us various fields, that will help us understand more about the origination of the covid pandemic. with all that range of expertise, what knowledge will

coronavirus cases rise across europe leading up to christmas and world health officials warn the outbreak could worsen next year. our intake of this is our dizzier live from london also coming up a pandemic has hit yemen hard aid agencies say there's a race against time to help millions already affected by war and famine. expanding influence of book around 15 kidnapped students are released in nigeria hundreds more still missing. in iraq. and disarming the real live non-code by mexico wants to restrict americans fighting the war on drugs. or the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year but warning comes as several european countries including the netherlands and germany struggle to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths germany praised for its early handling of the pandemic is now reporting record numbers of deaths it's entered a hard knock down which will be in place until january the 10th it suffered more than $400.00 deaths a day for 11 days u.k. prime minister boris johnson has resisted pressure to ban christmas gatherings

can you explain the difference if you take the world health organization they state that health is themplete absence of psychological. physical and social problems which is a state that cannot be reached for a long period of time when the person who are into disorder on one hand if a spider uses such horror to you that you have to avoid the situation where you find the spider. that it indeed uses problems living your life like you would do normally on the other hand let's say you are afraid of using an elevator but you never occur confronted with this problem because you live in a rural area where you don't need to use it then there is no suffering also then i would not suggest somebody to search for treatment people with circle of group programs or doing a program. or to consider. what is its or if you have a person that is mentally ill and suffers from hell or see nations. or intense feelings that we cannot see we cannot touch we have never experienced by ourselves for many people this is this is something that induces intense fear and often people dislike what they what they fear an

europe run up to christmas a warning from the world health organization that the pandemic could worsen across the continent next year. ♪ hello, hon adrian finighan. -- i am adrian finighan. a rise in coronavirus infections. the ongoing israeli blockade is making the situation even worse. unesco south korea's that adds south korea's -- lantern festival to his list of cultural heritage sites. >> the 2020 world cup -- 2021 world cup holding the rights to hold another huge event. andrian: the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year. right now, several european countries are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths. in the u.k., london and surrounding areas have entered the highest levels of restrictions and boris johnson plans to relax those restrictions and has been criticized by some medical experts. germany has begun its first day of an emergency lucked out with limits on most gatherings and events. at the same time record daily death toll was recorded with more than 950 people having died. the vaccine rollout w

hour fears over a new fast moving strain of the coronavirus have led to calls for action from the world health organization several european countries of either stopped or are restricting travel from the u.k. where the health ministers warn the variant strain is out of control. and then shipments of the 2nd approved covert 19 vaccine developed by. the national institutes of health vaccine have started in the u.s. rollout will begin on monday this is the congress prepares to vote on a massive bipartisan stimulus package aimed to kick starting the economy. and israel has launched a massive vaccination campaign varying to inoculating 60000 people a day but the national rollout excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza. now somalia and kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties off to east african leaders held an emergency summit in djibouti somalia cut ties with kenya on tuesday kucing it of violating its sovereignty and meddling in the country's internal affairs. of the into governmental authority on developmental egads made the disagree

the world health organization calls the deliberate contamination of our food one of the major biological threats of the 21st century. in the modern globalized economy where food gets transported all over the world there are a lot of opportunities for somebody to contaminate food with with biological agents . and i don't want to go into much detail but there was a an article that was published in the proceedings of the national academy of sciences about. some touching dairy products milk using bunch of talks and then you can cause horrible damage with death many thousands of coffee. cold jackson is a senior scientist at one of the united states most important biological laboratories. that is kind of frightening when you think of loss of 2 different passes will somebody there are a large population or a small part of the population what goes with food there are cases in the are not so this will pass for people about that. oregon authorities announced that the most serious biological attack in u.s. history was carried out not by foreign terrorists but by the followers of a homegrown religio

the world health organization to a new fast spreading strain of the corona virus the prime minister boris johnson imposes tougher restrictions on millions of people over christmas. president donald trump plays russia's hand in the worst cyber attack on u.s. federal agencies contradicting his secretary of state. the government of central african republic accuses a former president of attempting a coup before election the u.n. peacekeeping mission puts troops on high alert. to the misery of tens of thousands of syrians displaced by war. champions of asia they fought. for this in the champions trophy and. begin in the u.k. where a new strain of corona virus has been detected that is far more infectious in the past couple of hours the prime minister boris johnson has addressed the press revealing details about the new variant of covert 90. there's no evidence that it causes more severe illness or higher mortality but it does appear to be passed on significantly more easily nerve tags early analysis suggests the new variant could increase the are by northpoint 4 or more and although there's co

can you explain the difference if you take the world health organization they state that health is themplete absence of psychological. physical and social problems which is a state that cannot be reached for a long period of time when the person who are into disorder on one hand if a spider induces such horror to you that you have to avoid the situation where you find the spider. that it uses problems living your life like you would do normally. the other hand let's say you are afraid of using an elevator but you never acquire confronted with this problem because you live in a rural area where you don't need to to use it then there is no suffering also then i would not suggest somebody to search for treatment people with sort of group programs. or program. or. if you have a person that is mentally ill and suffers from hell or see nations. or intense feelings that we cannot see we cannot touch we have never experienced by ourselves for many people this is this is something that induces intense fear and often people dislike what they what they fear and they exclude people due to this the

watching for signs from the incoming biden administration on america's traditional leadership role in world health. an estimated 172 countries are now involved in the covax project to bring affordable vaccines to the developing world. and all this week we are bringing you in-depth coverage on the vaccine with our team of reporters and medical experts. you'll find these stories online at abc7news.com/vaccine. and please remember, if you have questions, that's where you can go to get them answered. you'll find this form on most of our stories. send your questions directly to us here at abc 7 news and we'll get you answers. >>> a locally owned neighborhood restaurant on the brink of closing for good is pleading for customers to help save it. san francisco's pat's cafe is on taylor street in north beach near the cable car turnaround. abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman says neighbors are rallying to try to keep the restaurant running. >> reporter: the normally busy streets of north beach not so much these days. foot traffic a trickle. in a covid stay-at-home city it's hard to find a place open, even ba

soumya swaminathan she is a chief scientist at the world health organization. we have been talking about the u.k. going into christmas chaos with police blocking people from boarding trains. holidays scrapped and travel band after london went into a new lockdown as a new strain of the virus rages. is out of variant control and we have to bring it into control. incredibles an difficult and to an awful year. >> joining us is our managing editor. the government took people by surprise on saturday. earlier, they said christmas would be able to happen and you could travel but now there is a serious lock down in london. the prime minister will be holding an emergency meeting today. >> it is a very fluid situation as you correctly said. said he wasnister clear that he wanted to save christmas but he had to cancel it which set to a degree of from visible everywhere the port of dover which is closed. chaos wehe kind of anticipated from a no deal brexit. this is a preview of it. people are rushing to get out. there were scenes of people boarding trains defying social dis

in a giant leap for pandemic diplomacy — the world health organisation is given the green light to visituhan in china to investigate the orgins of the virus. despite pressure from doctors and scientists, the uk will allow the easing of coronavirus restrictions over christmas but with a warning. a smaller christmas will be a safer christmas and a shorter christmas is a safer christmas. the united states says that a recently discovered cyber attack on federal government systems is significant and continuing. and a chinese space capsule has successfully returned with the first samples of moon rock in more than a0 years. hello and welcome. in a change of heart, china is allowing the world health organisation to investigate the origins of coronvirus in the city of wuhan. 10 international scientists will travel there next month to work out where the virus came from, and whether anything can be done to stop another outbreak. paul hawkins reports. did it come from bats? did it use a host tojump to human? were the wuhan wetmarkets where the outbreak started? just some of the key questions who sci

found that levels of the toxic gases and pollutants and exhausts were way above levels set by the world health organization, and without doubt they contributed to her death. i wanted justice for her. i wanted the real reason why she went through what she went through. i hope through this, her legacy may be a new clean air act. i think the only bit i got a little bit angry was, in court, when it turned out that lots of people knew about it, and

hour fears over a new fast moving strain of the coronavirus of led to calls for action from the world health organization several european countries of the stopped or are restricting travel from the u.k. where the health ministers warn the various strain is out of control meanwhile in the u.s. shipments of the 2nd approved covered 1000 vaccine developed by a donor in the national institutes of health have started the rollout will begin on monday it's that this is all happening as the u.s. congress prepares to vote on a massive bypass and stimulus aimed at kickstarting the economy. now to israel where a mass vaccination campaign is underway the government is aiming to inoculate $60000.00 people each day but the national rollout excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza irene nasser reports from west jerusalem. idea of hope and celebration in israel the us people here received the 1st doses of the pfizer bio and take vaccines. government ministers hospital managers and health care workers received the job in the early hours of sunday when the. prime m

around the world and put a strain on relief operations in libya people are still reeling from 9 years of conflict their families have been bombed out of their homes leveling entire towns and health care facilities have been destroyed in yemen aid delivery has been obstructed because of fighting according to the u.n. a surging from inmates yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world then there's a range of refugees in bangladesh they're some of the most vulnerable people to illness hundreds of thousands of people living in densely populated camps with limited access to health care and sanitation so far the few have fallen ill the number of covert 1000 cases in war torn syria however is increasing for myself bases have been converted into makeshift hospitals in a bid to treat patients when i speak now tomorrow local crews the emergency relief coordinator and u.n. undersecretary general for the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs joins us now from london mr welcome to the program 2020 as we've seen has had no end of humanitarian crises dreadful in themselves but how much worse has a pandemic made them. well i remember talking to you on al-jazeera

in the occupied west bank and gaza where things have been becoming much much worse in gaza the world health organization is warning that the health care system there could really collapse if things continue along this trend of the numbers of infection the palestinian authority has made attempts at securing the vaccine but it doesn't really have the economic and logistical means to do so they have applied for a world health organization program but that would really only provide about vaccinations to about 20 percent of the palestinian population now with human rights groups are saying that it is israel's responsibility to facilitate getting the vaccine to the occupied west bank and gaza but really all that israel has said so far from the health minister who said that if they have any left over doses after they vaccinated all israelis then they may hand hand them over to the palestinian authority. well south korea has secured vaccines for another 10000000 people as it grapples with a rapid rise in covert 1000 infections to deal with it comes the same day the country reported 40 virus deaths

that's the official word from the world health organization. much more on the bbc website. on twitter. hello. tuesday will be one of the quieter weather days of the week. there'll still be some showers around, but fewer than we had on monday. more places staying dry and getting to see some occasional sunshine. still windy, though not as windy as it was on monday. low pressure still close by, this brisk south—westerly flow with sunshine and showers. here comes the next area of low pressure for wednesday, which will not be one of the quieter weather days of the week, as we'll see. but this is how tuesday's starting, a little bit cooler than monday morning, many of us dry with some early sunshine. showers, though, mostly in the west initially and still some heavy ones. the sun will push further east during the day on the breeze but be very hit—and—miss across eastern areas. and whilst for many of us, the showers will fade as the afternoon goes on, still this area here that has to push north across scotland as we go through the evening. temperatures a little bit down compared w

back celebrations it's also one year since the 1st cases of corona virus were reported to the world health organization the virus is widely believed to have emerged from a market that sold wild animals in the chinese city of will happen on march the 11th when there were 118000 cases globally a pandemic was declared since then there have been 83000000 infections and nearly 2000000 people have died 2020 will be remembered as the year when the phrase is not down and social distancing became every day terms and why governments pleaded with people to stay home wear face masks and wash their hands. across the world new year's eve celebrations a muted they've been canceled or downsized in countries facing new waves of the virus the were fireworks in sydney but crowds weren't allowed looking ahead to 2021 the focus is on vaccines several are ready and circulation tosk that would normally have taken years has taken less than 12 months while the world health organization has now approved the pfizer biotech vaccine for emergency use kate o'brien is director of immunizations vaccines and biologicals a

effective in trials stored at minus 70 degrees celsius close to temperatures in antarctica the world health organization is reviewing the vaccine for a possible emergency listing which is a benchmark for other countries to authorize national use or brand and begins our coverage from london. the approval of a vaccine almost exactly a year since coded 901st emerged in china is a triumph for science the final trial data for the pfizer buy on tech vaccine was only submitted to the u.k. regulator the m h r a a week ago but as a result of a process of rolling approval examining data even as the trials were taking place the regulator has been able to move swiftly and confidently to declare it effective and safe the safety of the vaccine has been scrutinized independently by our commission on human medicines and no stone has been left unturned so absolute confidence in the safety effectiveness and quality of the pfizer violent tech vaccine. brussels airport has been demonstrating its refrigerated cargo facilities in expectation of a major role in distributing the belgian made vaccine britain has bo

the world health organisation says the world is not only fighting a pandemic but also in endemic.

within her rights to do what she did and i think all of the governments and agencies like the world health organization that of beating to allow a transparent investigation into the origins the virus should urgently be speaking together with one voice to call for her release immediately so that her health doesn't further deteriorate you know the world needs the john john's needs to be discounted up right now on her behalf. the trial of 10 hong kong pro-democracy protesters who were trying it were accused of trying to flee to taiwan in a speedboat has ended but no verdict has been announced diplomats from western countries were barred from the session which was held at a court in the mainland chinese city of shenzhen some of the accused a dual citizens who hold british portuguese in vietnamese passports a part of a group of 12 who were caught at sea in august they face charges of crossing the border illegally or families of the top hong kong protesters the youngest of whom is 16 say they haven't been allowed to communicate with them a ques the chinese authorities of delaying their case on p

entire london the top stories are now jazeera the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year comes as several countries report rising numbers of cases including germany which are seeing a record number of deaths it's entered a hard knock down which will be in place until january the 10th in the u.k. prime minister by strength and says he will not christmas gatherings despite pleas from some of the country's top doctors instead he is urging people to be extremely cautious. one it would not be right we think to criminalize people who have made plans and simply want to spend time with their loved ones we're collectively the cross the u.k. government at every level asking you to think hard and in detail about the days ahead and whether you can do more to protect yourself and others we're keeping them the same but we all want to send the same message to a smaller christmas is going to be a safer christmas. meanwhile brazil's government has announced plans to buy billions of dollars worth of vaccines present in are outlined the country's immun

were sent in the spring, we had the development of the covax platform that brought together the world health organization the vexing alliance and the coalition for epidemic preparedness innovation each with areas of exrtise aimed together to create a mechanism or the world could come together, figure out how to purchase and equitably distribute vaccines around the world, must 190 countries and participants that have signed on to that model. what we see is something like 90% of all the vaccine doses that have been purchased have actually been directed by countries, mostly middle income and high income countries, as opposed to low-income countries. and so while on the one hand we want to come together into this multilateral platform, what you're seeing is a lot of side deals where people are trying to also ensure they are hedging their bets to make this work. what that means in high income countries, i don't think anybody is interested in trying to hoard vaccines beyond what they need, but much of these purchases were made before we had any idea which of these vaccines might work. so countries

$2500000.00 palestinians they'll have to wait for the palestinian authority to obtain doses through the world health organization gaza is tightening a weekend lockdown as infections and deaths continue to rise the shops and restaurants a shop door since thursday evening in an effort to curb infections the health ministry says that over 33000 people have been infected india has become the world's 2nd nation to record more than 10000000 infections although new infection rates appears have fallen sharply in recent weeks u.n. secretary general antonio has called on armed groups in the central african republic to put down their weapons peacekeepers were deployed ahead of the 27 december 27th elections a number of armed groups of banded together to form an alliance president. to adela has been accused of planning electoral fraud in order to secure a 2nd term. as cover the situation in the country extensively he gave us an update from senegal. we know that 11 armed groups some of the signature of this statement against the president essentially have started deploying their troops have called on armed group

the world health organization has confrimed the world health organization has confirmed father christmasries, with world leaders making a special exemption on quarantine rules. all children have of course been reminded physical distancing will be strictly enforced but the good news is santa isn't susceptible to covid—19. japan for the first time will cancel its annual winter festival because of a surge of the covid—19 virus. it usually a tt ra cts the covid—19 virus. it usually attracts up to 2 million visitors. its main event is an ice sculpture contest with sculptures up to 15 metres high. the sculpting will now be streamed online. and the menus again,joe streamed online. and the menus again, joe biden has been formally certified as the next president of the united states. results from electoral colleges have taken him over the 270 votes threshold acquired when the presidency. that is it for now, thank you so much for watching. hello. tuesday will be one of the quieter weather days of the week. there'll still be some showers around, but fewer than we had on monday. more places staying

the green light to travel to the chinese city to look into the origins of the corona virus the world health organization the team will go there in january after getting permission from beijing most experts believe it's spread through a food market in the city of his shell of bullis. it was here and were a year ago china 1st reported cases of pneumonia from an unknown course and in january it was the 1st place to go into a strict and sweeping lockdown but was it where it all began the world health organization is seeming investigators to china to find out our understanding at this time is that china is working with the international team and their visit. to see. as far as we are aware happening in january most experts believe the virus originated in animals and spread through this wit market to move on but china has strongly opposed calls for an international inquiry into how the pandemic began saying it felt unfeeling targeted chinese state media have suggested covert 19 existed abroad long before it was discovered in were han. since the outbreak of the pandemic china has acted in an open t

and europe the world health organization execs pectin things to get worse several countries including the netherlands and germany are struggling to contain royson coronavirus infections well the u.k. government is again accused of being creating confusion and uncertainty join a whole reports from london no one is expecting a normal christmas at least of all those who've lost loved ones to the pandemic in london grieving relatives accused boris johnson's government of mishandling its response and demanded a public inquiry my father michael who died 8 months ago tomorrow we were hoping that by now lessons would have been there have not been tested cases not we're not very clear mistakes people being made the government refuses to admit to any mistakes if one doesn't reflect on one's mistakes happen to be corrected there are concerns that the government is about to bungle christmas as well with warnings from the medical and scientific communities about the deadly consequences of plans to relax restrictions so that families can meet they've provoked a change of advice not a change of plan

hour live from london coming up coronavirus cases rise across europe leading up to christmas and world health officials warn the outbreak could worsen next year. the pandemic has hit yemen hard aid agencies say there's a race against time to help millions already affected by war and famine. expanding influence of boko haram 15 kidnapped students are released in nigeria and hundreds more still missing. and landmark ruling in the u.k. at a coronet concludes air pollution contributed to a young girl's death. and yes go recognition for the nanton festival has become a beacon of hope for people of all ages in south korea. announced on how much now have all the support because one just heard she is a good. dog has won the vote to host the 2030 asian games he qatari capital will be staging the event for the 2nd time. the world health organization says the corona virus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year that warning comes as several european countries including the netherlands and germany struggled to contain rising. numbers of infections and deaths germany praised for its early handling

it is a multilateral initiative underground by the world health organization.he idea is really to bring this equity. there was a press release last week that confirmed that 2 billion doses should become available for 92 countries starting in 2021 with the first doses going to help workers and then progressively reaching up to 20% of the population in these low income countries. this is a massive -- it's going to have an impact. is this going to solve the problems of the world? no, but will it address certain inequities? yes. everyone's commitment to vaccines. anchor: have there been any more advances when it comes to medical therapies to treat covid-19? is there any consensus when it comes to, for example, monoclonal antibody theory -- antibody therapy? >> yes, advancements have been made for different treatments as far as the vaccine. astrazeneca, johnson & johnson, these are progressing down the line as well. adding the point earlier, it is not just the commitment, it is the -- it is going to continue. certainly, the monoclonal antibodies have had -- allowed