our job we want to bring in it frank gummer he is the chairman of the world medical association mr mcgovern it's good to have you on the program nurses we know are on the frontline of this pandemic they have seen how deadly this virus can be and yet many here in germany they seem reluctant about getting vaccinated do you have an explanation of why that is. yes definitely in some countries you have emergency authorizations of that in germany in the whole european union we had to beat it up process of authorization of the scene through the european men in the agency and this raises concerns with people that do not believe that the movement of the declaration of her thinking which is regulates the testing and the authorization of new drugs have been caught i can only assure although they have been caught and anything that is authorized by the european medicines agency is the same vaccine and they can take it without any hesitancy we understand mr mugabe that you support compulsory vaccinations for all medical staff and that would include those nurses who do not trust this vaccine is that corre

. >> tonight, we want to bring in frank, the chairman of the world medical association. it is great to have you on the program. nurses are on the frontline of this pandemic, they have seen how deadly this virus can be. many in germany seem reluctant about getting vaccinated. do you have an explanati? >> yes, in se countries, you had emergency uses of the vaccinations. we had a sped up authorization process and this raises concerns in people that not believe the rules of the declation of helsinki which -- i can only assure them that they have been followed and everything authorized is a safe vaccine. they can take it without any hesitancy. brent: we understand that you for all medical staff. that would include those nurses who do not trust this vaccine. is that correct? >> i would look at it from a different angle. i would say it is a moral obligation. if i want to treat patients from a vulnerable group, people with risk factors, then i have to secure myself. it is a moral obligation for me to get vaccinated. i think they should not treat these types of patients who do no

distributed around the country there's been a little bit of support the president of the world medical association which is a body representing doctors said it was sensible to have medical personnel vaccinated if they're treating vulnerable people but others have suggested that in fact this kind of discussion about peripheral ideas compulsory vaccination in fact is likely to undermine confidence in vaccines think about simon atlee political correspondent simon young. some of the other developments in this pandemic now the german tabloid newspaper billed says chancellor merkel has told her party to expect another 8 to 10 weeks of tough coronavirus restrictions germany has received its 1st supplies of the medina vaccine $2000000.00 doses should be available by the end of march world health organization is warning that herd immunity will not be achieved globally by the end of the year even if axion make is increased production and the israeli government is to ensure that holocaust survivors around the world are given the vaccine within israel health workers can immunize survivors in their homes. indo

fight the fact that that is the 3rd worst affected country in the world with the 2nd highest toll of the united states medical associations in brazil are openly criticizing president. so are the main news papers today for follow probably the most important newspaper in the tree has a major tauriel accusing goebbels on out of what they call deadly incompetence when it comes to facing the pandemic in general and him particularly now with the lack of details of the vaccination plan when there are major countries in latin america like mexico or argentina already started a knock you lay to people so we know that these 2000000. doses are in the country they have not been approved yet they should be approved at some point this month and the government this hoping to start. being the most at risk people by the end of the month the rest of the plan concerns instead producing the. senate vaccine in the country true a government feely ated biomedical center they are saying that they'll have the 1st dose is ready at some point in february and they're promising to have at least 100000000 doses around made 2021 no details on just stick

against code 19 but the british medical association has now want the government it should reconsider making people white to long for their 2nd jab. no other nation in the world has adopted that 12 week delay like the u.k. i mean all those other countries are also suffering similar pressures they have their scientists have adopted their position to try and keep their manufacturers. guidance but also the w.h.s. own proposal of a maximum of 42 days in the u.k. adopted its 12 week policy to give as many people as possible a 1st dose of the vaccine quickly but the manufacturers of the pfizer biotech vaccine specifically recommend an interval of only 3 to 4 weeks between its doses so we don't think this will have a major impact on the rollout of the vaccination program this wote reduce the numbers who can be vaccinated but it what it would do is is vaccinate people in accordance with the best available evidence and with the greatest assurance of protection after the 2nd dose their concern does not involve the astra zeneca vaccine because manufacturers have approved a 12 week delay between jabs. it comes just one day after government medical advisors revealed that

medical association. how does that play out in the real world? we don't really have an immunological protection. now we know how it plays out in the real world. those neutralization in the laboratory did correlate with less protection in the real world. but if you look at the novavax, and it's 60% effective in south africa against mild, moderate to severe disease. sort of all disease. how did it fare against moderate to severe or severe disease because it may be and likely to be much higher there. and those are data we need to see and that's the difficulty with trying to make predictions based on press releases. you'd like to see all the data. >> dr. offitt, can you help us understand how concerned we're supposed to be, how alarmed about the south african strain? the two cases that have popped up in the u.s., these are people without known travel histories. so that means there's community spread. and if it's one of these ga galloping varieties, and vaccines aren't keeping up, it sounds frightening. >> it's not like there's no protection. 57% against severe to moderate disease in south africa whe

nagpaul, chair of the british medical - chair of the british medical association, thank you as ever for talking to us. exactly one year ago the world chinese city where the pandemic is believed to have started. the first cases of covid—19 were found at a market in the city. 0ur china correspondent robin brant has been back to visit. this is inside the building where it all started. a year on, the second—floor shops at this market are open. it looks like it's business as usual but not everyone can get in. we had to be escorted by a security guard. and there was very little sign of what happens beneath here on the ground floor. a cluster of the first cases were found here in december 2019. it was shut down, boarded—up, investigators took samples, a clean—up quickly followed. what you see in there is a place frozen in time. it's boarded—up on the ground floor and the sign over the entrance has been long ago taken down. but somewhere in there around one of those old stalls is a place where the world first came to know about the virus. exactly a year ago today, the cooking stopped. she was one of wuhan's 11 million locked down —a a city

against code 19 but the british medical association has now want the government it should reconsider making people white to long for their 2nd jab. no other nation in the world has adopted that 12 week delay like the u.k. i mean all those other countries are also suffering similar pressures they have their scientists have adopted their position to try and keep their manufacturers. guidance but also the w.h.s. own proposal of a maximum of 42 days in the u.k. adopted its 12 week policy to give as many people as possible a 1st dose of the vaccine quickly but the manufacturers of the fires of biotech vaccine specifically recommend an interval of only 3 to 4 weeks between its doses so we don't think this will have a major impact on the rollout of the vaccination program this wote reduce the numbers who can be vaccinated but it what it would do is is vaccinate people in accordance with the best available evidence and with the greatest assurance of protection after the 2nd dose their concern does not involve the astra zeneca vaccine because manufacturers have approved a 12 week delay between jabs. it comes just one day after government medical advisors revealed tha

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clothed 19 but the british medical association has now want the government it should reconsider making people white to long for their 2nd jab. and no other nation in the world hasn't dropped at that 12 week delay like the u.k. i mean all those other countries are also suffering similar pressures they have their scientists have adopted their position to try and keep their manufacturers. guidance but also the w.h.s. own proposal of a maximum of 42 days in the u.k. adopted its 12 week policy to give as many people as possible a 1st dose of the vaccine quickly but the manufacturers of the pfizer biotech vaccine specifically recommend an interval of only 3 to 4 weeks between its doses so we don't think this will have a major impact on the rollout of the vaccination program this wote reduce the numbers who can be vaccinated but it what it would do is is vaccinate people in accordance with the best available evidence and with the greatest assurance of protection after the 2nd dose their concern does not involve the astra zeneca vaccine because manufacturers have approved a 12 week delay between jabs. it comes just one day after government medical advisors revealed

world health organization recommended pregnant women not take the moderna vaccine. while the cdc and most professional medical societies contend it is the safest route while pregnant and that many potential risks associated vaccine are minimal. >>compared to catching the virus while pregnant on friday, the w h o reversed its stance after criticism, the guidelines now closely aligns with the cdc, expecting mothers are urged to seek guidance from their health care providers. adding there still more to learn there's a lot we know about the vaccine, there's a lot that we don't know about the vaccine. >>but this is a once in a lifetime pandemic we have seen nationally and internationally pregnant women die caught as a consequence of covid-19. you know it's our job to be able to provide what we think is the best prevention strategy for pregnant women. >>while health care providers are not worried about pregnant women taking the shot they are worried about when it will be available for them. at this moment, pregnant women they are not that high priority in the state's vaccine list. gayle ong kron 4 news gilthank you tonight there's new data that shows at least one new coronavirus variant. >>is becoming more res

world health organization recommended pregnant women not take the moderna vaccine. while the cdc and most professional medical societies contend it is the safest route while pregnant and that many potential risks associated with taking the vaccine are minimal. >>compared to catching the virus while pregnant on friday, the w h o reversed its stance after criticism, the guidelines now closely aligns with the cdc, expecting mothers are urged to seek guidance from their health care providers. adding there still more to learn there's a lot we know about the vaccine, there's a lot that we don't know about the vaccine. >>but this is a once in a lifetime pandemic we have seen nationally and internationally pregnant women die caught as a consequence of covid-19. you know it's our job to be able to provide what we think is the best prevention strategy for pregnant women. >>well health care providers are not worried about pregnant women taking the shot, they're worried about when it will become available to them at the moment expected mothers are not listed as a top priority in the state's covid-19 vaccination plan gayle ong kron 4 news was things up tonight. talk whether a picture perfect day outside after days of

world health organization recommended pregnant women not take the moderna vaccine. well the cdc and most professional medical societies contend it is the safest route while pregnant and that many potential risks associated with taking the vaccine are minimal. >>compared to catching the virus while pregnant on friday, the w h o reversed its stance after criticism, the guidelines now closely aligns with the cdc, expecting mothers are urged to seek guidance from their health care providers. adding there still more to learn there's a lot we know about the vaccine there's a lot that we don't know about the vaccine. >>but this is a once in a lifetime pandemic we have seen nationally and internationally pregnant women die caught as a consequence of covid-19. you know it's our job to be able to provide what we think is the best prevention strategy for pregnant women. >>well health care providers are not worried about pregnant women taking the shot, they're worried about when it will become available to them at the moment expected mothers are not listed as a top priority in the state's covid-19 vaccination plan gayle ong kron 4 news. >>tonight. there's new data that shows at least one new coronavirus variant is

world countries combined. joining us, an infectious disease physician and medical director with special pathogens at boston medical center. she's also an associatesity school of medicine. why is it so bad here right now? >> nicole, we're seeing the result of the holiday travel on top of what we're seeing is a large amount of community transmission before thanksgiving and christmas and now, you know, when i want to warn people is the numbers are going to go up partly because potentially with the cases and deaths, there is a lag in reporting during the holidays. i expect the numbers will shoot up. the scariest thing to me, as you know, we have about five states that have reported this new very ye -- variant and with holidays, that traveled with people when they traveled across the country. what you're likely to see is more cases leading to more hospitalizations and a portion of those may lead to more deaths. we are in parts of the country facing a collapse of the health care system. that's what that is when you have to choose between patients and who survives, that's what that is. that's the crisis of the standard of care. >> what, if any, offers

health organization offers to world health organization offers to 42 days is being stretched far too much to go from six weeks right through to 12 weeks. the chief medical association sick with covid symptoms or self—isolating. so it is a real issue, we want to be sure that everybody is protected maximally. sure that everybody is protected maximally-— sure that everybody is protected maximall. . , , ., maximally. can you break this down for us a little _ maximally. can you break this down for us a little bit? _ maximally. can you break this down for us a little bit? as _ maximally. can you break this down for us a little bit? as best _ maximally. can you break this down for us a little bit? as best you i for us a little bit? as best you can, in layman 's terms. the government's notion is, it can be up to 12 weeks. i mean, picka point, say ten weeks in, what level of protection do you think would be in place at that period of time? that is the whole _ place at that period of time? that is the whole point, _ place at that period of time? “inst is the whole point, none of us actually know. what we do know... but we know there is some protection, don't we? we know ther

world health organization recommended pregnant women not take the moderna vaccine. while the cdc and most professional medical societies contend it is the safest route while pregnant and that many potential risks associatedhe vaccine are minimal. >>compared to catching the virus while pregnant on friday, the w h o reversed its stance after criticism, the guidelines now closely aligns with the cdc, expecting mothers are urged to seek guidance from their health care providers. doctor ha adding there still more to learn there's a lot we know about the vaccine, there's a lot that we don't know about the vaccine. >>but this is a once in a lifetime pandemic we have seen nationally and internationally pregnant women die caught as a consequence of covid-19. you know it's our job to be able to provide what we think is the best prevention strategy for pregnant women. >>well health care providers are not worried about pregnant women taking the shot, they're worried about when it will become available to them at the moment expected mothers are not listed as a top priority in the state's covid-19 vaccination plan gayle ong kron 4 news. >>well, it's a habit many already practice. but a new order from the cdc is now ma