the world health organization to mislead the world when the virus was 1st discovered by chinese or 30. 0 dummy from the united states is condemning china and the w.h.o. continuously without reason. they want to shift the focus of the american public as a distraction from the inefficiency in their epidemic response to that which is quite immoral and most disappointing sure. 180 kilometers from mainland china the island of taiwan is one of the most modern and highly developed countries in asia. beijing has claimed the territory since 949 bus its independence is supported and defended by washington. since the recognition of mainland china by the un taiwan has been isolated and practically excluded from the international community. under pressure from china the w.h.o. refuses to communicate with the government in taipei which seems to be the case even if the epidemic were to directly threaten the taiwanese. taiwan sure taiwan is part of china there is only one china not me or you go to war you go to taiwan are certain that every international organizations including the w.h.o. and the uni

for the post of director general of the world health organization. oversaw to the full 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. says. when china decides to back a candidate they obviously have a far better chance because the various countries getting aid from china will play ball. that is typical for the election unfortunately those. well that's just how it is when you have a democratic vote. tadros was elected the 1st african to ever become directive 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 for. 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 you spent a decade expanding the number of hospitals improving the management capacity of the hospitals improving the qua

the world health organization is sending investigators to find out. >> our understanding at this time is china is welcoming the international team and that this is anticipated as far as we are aware to happen in january. >> most experts believe the virus originated in animals and spread to this market. but china has opposed calls for an international inquiry into how the pandemic began, saying it felt unfairly targeted. chinese state media have suggested covid-19 existed abroad long before it was discovered in wuhan. >> since the outbreak, china has acted in a transparent and responsible way. we started cooperating with the who early on. the experts have come to china twice and chinese experts also help many videoconferences with personnel and international experts. >> the search for the source of covid-19 has fueled political tensions. donald trump accused china of a covered up. australia called for an investigation into the virus' origins which soured trade relations. the world health organization says it's trip is not to apportion blame but to gather data to prevent future outbreak

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

the creation of the un $55.00 nations came together to create the world health organization in geneva. the suffering of millions of human beings in the core of the country will be only and many many thousands of lives will be saved. the choice of switzerland was no coincidence a neutral country where international politics should be put aside. that is what the founders wished for a 948 when they chose geneva as the headquarters of the w.h.o. to some extent to keep it at a distance from the political decision making at the un headquarters in new york. the un's predecessor the league of nations had also tried to promote international cooperation on the health front especially after the spanish flu pandemic between $918.92 the un wanted to go a step further when was created an immediate post world war 2 period it began with very great idealism and aspiration and there were some from whatever country who believe truly international order united nations and various agencies would make the world safe for peace so that we would never see our devastation what brought war to again that was the

the world health organization says many countries are still not prepared to deal with the 2nd and 3rd waves of corona virus despite the limited rollout of vaccines a group of health experts in the u.k. says the british government needs to double its target of vaccinating a 1000000 people a week about 200000 people every week or currently getting injections israel says it's already given half a 1000000 people a job and it wants to increase that number 515-0000 every day rising infections or force the country into. it's 3rd nationwide lockdown meanwhile south korea has announced it's fast tracking its national vaccination program and send a deal to secure vaccines for an additional $10000000.00 people after it detected the 1st cases of a more easily transmitted variant from the u.k. now we're going to speak to rory chalons in london for more on those u.k. lines shortly 1st let's go to irene nasr for all the latest from jerusalem i mean the fact that israel has managed to get these vaccines only a week ago and yet is still being able to inject about half a 1000000 people how's it been ab

our top stories: in a giant leap for pandemic diplomacy — the world health organization is given the green 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

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health organization it says europe needs to step up measures to prevent the spread of the virus several european countries of eva stopped all restricting travel from the u.k. where the health ministers warned a variant strain of the virus is out of control a stay at home order is now in force in parts of the country the mutated strain is also being monitored in the united states where shipments of the 2nd kovan $1000.00 vaccine have started the medina vaccine will be rolled out for monday but before that there is hope that a massive bipartisan stimulus deal will be agreed to kick start the economy. and i asked max a mass vaccination program as are also started in israel with the government there aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day though that excludes 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza more on that story in a moment 1st though and in baba brings us all the latest developments from london. with a week to go until christmas goodwill in some parts is being strained to the limit in much of the u.k. a planned relaxation of indoor mixing rules has b

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 gatherings but he has warned people to be extremely cautious and exercise a high degree of personal responsibility in the us a winter storm could disrupt delivery of vaccines after 3 attics as us as government officials and career companies are monitoring any possible impact of the storm on vaccine shipments brazil is the 2nd worst hit nation but is yet to fix a date for vaccine rollout wednesday though the government agreed to pay $4000000000.00 to buy any vaccine that wins regulatory approval to how begins our coverage with latest from eu

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

so it was on december 31st 2019 that chinese authorities 1st inform the world health organization of an unknown illness causing pneumonia like symptoms in the past year the coronavirus pandemic has a retard with our lives and change the way we work travel holiday having a meal in the restaurant even shaking hands is no longer a harmless act as it since the 1st cases were discovered more than 82000000 people around the world have been infected and the death toll is now more than 1800000 there is a glimpse of hope out of the grim figures more than 46000000 people have recovered so far and the global vaccine rollout is now underway the virus is widely believed to have started in a market that traded wild animals in the central chinese city. within weeks experts at johns hopkins university were tracking reported cases of the infection then when the w.h.o. declared a pandemic on march the 11th there were $118000.00 cases globally but 90 percent of those infected with covert 19 were in just 4 countries china south korea italy and iran this is how the situation looks right now covert 19 a s

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

the world health organization says the corona virus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year right now several european countries including the netherlands and germany are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths in the u.k. london and surrounding areas of at the highest level of restrictions 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 1st day of an emergency lockdown with limits on most christmas gatherings at the vents at the same time a record daily death toll was recorded more than mine 150 people died a vaccine rollout will begin there on december 27th joel reports now from london. no one is expecting a normal christmas 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 since my father michael who died 8 months ago tomorrow we were hoping that by now lessons would have been learned there has not been tested trace is

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 w.h.o. she explains how that kovacs program is aiming to

health organization. u.n. secretary general antonio has called on all groups in the central african republic to put down their weapons peacekeepers were deployed ahead of the december 27th elections a number of armed groups of banded together to form an alliance president frosty in . top data has been accused of planning electoral fraud in order to secure a 2nd. u.s. president donald trump has downplayed the damage done by a suspected washing hack despite cyber security experts saying that it could take months to unravel trump says the hacking of 6 government departments is under control but experts say that many more systems may be compromised without anyone knowing and wet weather and freezing temperatures have worsened the conditions faced by displaced syrians in northern italy province thousands of people live in camps which have poor heating and drainage systems most were set up on agricultural land and what is the last rebel controlled area those the headlines more news for you on al-jazeera after m

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

health organization says the mutated strain is 70 percent more transmissible than the original though it's not thought to be more deadly a vaccine should still be effective as worry chalons starts us off with this report . for days scientists and opposition politicians have been saying it's the government shouldn't be letting so many english households mick's over christmas on saturday boris johnson relented it is with a very heavy heart i must tell you we cannot continue with christmas those plans. a new coronavirus variance with spreading alarmingly in london and the southeast he said adding that the world health organization had been alerted to the mutant strain it's 70 percent more transmissible and a new 4th tier of restrictions is needed residents in those areas most stay at home apart from limited exemptions set out in law non-essential retail indoor gyms and leisure facilities and personal care services was close individuals can only meet one person from another household in an outdoor public space must just days ago boris johnson mocked his opposition rival kier starmer for q

the world health organization has confrimed the world health organization has confirmed father christmas will be able to make his all important present deliveries, 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 a

the world health organization says many countries are still not prepared to deal with 2nd and 3rd waves a growing virus despite the limited rollout of vaccines a group of health experts indeed in the u.k. says the british government needs to double its target of vaccinating a 1000000 people a week about 200000 people every week you're currently getting injections israel says it's already given the vaccine to more than half a 1000000 and it wants to increase that number 515-0000 every day rising infections of force the country into its 3rd nationwide meanwhile south korea has announced it's fast tracking its national vaccination program it's signed a deal to secure doses for the additional $10000000.00 after it detected the 1st cases of a more easily transmitted variant from the united kingdom so to those calls to speed up vaccinations in the u.k. rory chalons has more now from london the gravity of the situation that the u.k. is in at the moment we've just had the record number of daily infections more than 40000 reported in the last day we have a record number of people currently in ho

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

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 at the w.h.o. she explains how their kovacs program is aiming to

the world health organization's global plan for delivering covid-19 vaccines to 91 poor and middle-income countries faces a very high risk of failure and could leave billions of people with no access to vaccines until as late as 2024. that's according to internal who documents seen by reuters, which reports the countries most at risk are mainly in africa, asia and latin america. we will have more on global vaccination equity after headlines. back in the united states, an advisory panel to the food and drug administration is scheduled to vote today on whether to recommend emergency use authorization of moderna's covid-19 vaccine. if approved, moderna expects to ship enough doses for out 3 million americans in the coming days. this comes as the fda says it will allow healthcare workers to squeeze extra doses of pfizer's new coronavirus vaccine out of vials after shipments contained more vaccine than pharmacists were expecting. the unexpected windfall could boost the number of available doses by up to 40%. vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence say they will publicly receive a

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

can you explain the difference if you take the world health organization they state that health is the complete 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

the world health organization says beijing has welcomed the prime visits by international investigators next month to look into the origins of covert 19 most experts believe the virus originated in a wet markets in the city of han. and the southern pacific island nation of fiji is bracing for severe tropical storm category 5 cycle yasar is on course to hit the main islands in the coming hours. well 10 years ago a fruit seller in cinesias set far as himself in a desperate and face all process. actions taps into frustration and fury at home and across the region they didn't see who became known as the arab spring cinesias the only country that transition to democracy but many say things have only become worse when a smith reports from cd. revolution began. looking for a way out of city boozy the specially choreographed dance is being staged to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the tunisian revolution its performers hope that their skills will get them work outside tunisia the revolution has failed them the eldest here is $24.00 but young to be disillusioned. they called trees goin

health organization. gaza is tightening a weekend lockdown as infections and deaths continues to continue to rise there shops and restaurants are shut the doors since thursday evening in an effort to curb infections the health ministry says that over 33000 people at that infected. a number of armed groups occupying large areas of central african republic of announced a coalition ahead of next week's elections the move comes as un peacekeepers the poit in response to a series of attacks. reports. rebel leaders and president for start where they are in a room together last november signing a pact of peace and reconciliation but that's been broken at least 11 rebel armed groups are moving towards the capital bangui to put pressure on the government days before a presidential election $21.00 who is running for a 2nd mandate is favorite but the rebels the coalition for patriotic change said in a statement the president failed to deliver on an agreement to offer its leaders position in government and funds to d

that's the official word from the world health organization. much more on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team 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 th

now the world health organization says many countries are still not prepared to deal with the 2nd and 3rd waves of corona virus despite the limited rollout of vaccines a group of health experts in the u.k. says the british government needs to double its target of vaccinating a 1000000 people a week about 200000 people every week are currently getting injections but israel says it's already given the vaccine to 650000 people it wants to increase that number 515-0000 every day rising infections her forced the country into its 3rd national lockdown meanwhile south korea has announced its fast tracking its national vaccination program it signed a deal to secure 20000000 more days of vaccine after it detected the country's 1st cases of a more easily transmittable variant from the u.k. well more on that 1st but his irie nasser in west jerusalem with more. this is really going to bolster netanyahu ahead of an election that's coming up here in march on saturday he said that he's hoping that $2500000.00 israelis will be fully vaccinated within a month of this rollout now in terms of how they'r

in a safe way and at the same time also thanks to the world health organization boats together with all the partners there was very clear guidance issued on how can you deal with for example a better distribution of context how can you reorganize your circuits in a clinic in a context of. transmission i'm going so there's a problem but fortunately with good health promotion good guidance on how to adapt reassuring i think this does is less disrupt. if done research and the beginning but no one can tell what's going to to be in the future of course. because general rumors spread events easily in africa rumors of spreading. coffee to during the election nation campaign for example has a huge impact on the coverage of the future campaigns of. john how do you mitigate those concerns that people have people nervous to come for treatment because they fear the going to get corona virus which means tb doesn't get identified early enough or or malaria doesn't get identified. right so we you know we've been here a number of let's say a broad 'd means of engaging unities of course in the conte

is closeg to authorize pfizer vaccine, the world health organization be set aside for torld less will affluent nations. the outgoing and incoming presidents in the u.s. are living in parallel worlds. plus, makinmusic with online inspiration. how a classical musician used ambiene sound from peopluck at home for her new compositn. ♪ laura: for all of you wat aing on p around the globe, welcome to "world news america." the food and drug administration repairs to clear the nion's first coronavirus vaccine. the white house chief of staff consider resigning if theo vaccine is not approvedy b friday. mark meadows claimed that this was a joe later. the impact of the pandemic isag becoming more ring by the day. more americans than killed in combat in world war ii have died from the coronavirus. this is re than killed in the 9/11 attacks. the u.s. is in desperate need buis hardly a loma ridge many of the world's wealthiest -- hardly alone as many of the world's wealthiest nations where they when rerter: t are runnials. not everyone is excited. >> we are seeing ourselves at the back of the que

health organization team starts travel to china to investigate the start of a crisis change the world. also when we come back a decade after the arab spring began in china to see if we look at what has been hasn't changed. hello once again the weather remains dry corsica parts of the middle east we have got some showers still leaking the way else it is pushing over towards the caspian sea mold in parts of iraq you see some very rain from time to time we wanted to showers into the west as well as south of that it is generally try national day here in concert on friday tabs is about 24 celsius a light wind has a little bit of the morning mist in full. to watch out for that will shift by saturday as the winds pick up maybe a line of whether it's a sliding outs of more than pots of saudi arabia for a time not too much on this but some rain there a possibility nevertheless just some rain to just around the gulf of aden some a western weather and play him will see that west the weather just a fight to the north of somalia as we go through the next hour or so i want to see showers just slidi

19 what does the world health organization do with that development. they say further details that then i will leave you to that excellent briefing that mr johnson and his team gave a few hours ago but for the one hand they're going to say should this indicates what we've really been saying all along we must get transmission down we must stop letting this virus transmit between people who we mustn't give a chance to get to know as to well but if coronavirus last curve at 19 can mutate with such dexterity for the world health organization surely that represents a bigger problem than the problem we thought you were dealing with anyway. so it's important to understand that biases mutate all the time to an extent we've got thousands of me tensions what's important to understand about any changes in the virus is whether that changes any lethality or any other aspect this is causing the information is suggesting there's an issue around perhaps transmission so we know how to stop transmission so the advice your brain to the same dose close gatherings of close

the world health organization says the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in europe early next year germany has begun an emergency lockdown while london and its surrounding areas have moved into the highest level of restrictions on parties to the iran nuclear deal including senior iranian diplomats have held virtual talks to discuss the state of the agreement they've set to be again next week as the signature is urged her on to reverse its violations of the deal. now a chinese lunar probe has returned to earth with the 1st rock samples collected from the moon in decades the successful return of the chinese 5 probe brings an end to one of the most complicated missions in china's aerospace history the 2 kilogram delivery makes it only the 3rd country to retrieve lunar rock and soil samples and comes back in 40 years since the last election let's bring in katrina you she's live for us in beijing katrina what more do we know about china's mission to the moon or what was beijing trying to achieve by bringing back these rock samples. well they doing some goals are really twofold one is significan

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

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 minister netanyahu was the 1st israeli to be inoculated so. it's a very big day for the state o

so the world health organization says many countries still not prepared to deal with the 2nd and 3rd waves of corona virus despite the limited rollout of vaccines a group of health experts in the u.k. indeed says that the british government needs to double its target of vaccinating a 1000000 people a week about 200000 every week getting injections currently israel meanwhile says it's already given the vaccine to more than 100000000 people and it wants to increase that number 150000 every day rising infections of force the country into its 3rd nationwide. south korea has announced its fast track its national vaccination program it signed a deal to secure doses for an additional $10000000.00 people to take the 1st cases but more easily transmitted variant from the united kingdom let's. study by 1st in london and situation in the u.k. rory is grim indeed it is nice and cool to crank up the the rate of vaccinations rapidly. yes some unpleasant records have been set in the last day or so the number of new cases is pushed through 40000 a day and the number of people currently in the hospit

guest: we end the world health organization have set a mechanism and we ask all the countries to sign up and fund it. we make sure once we have vaccine or hopefully vaccines that are proved to be safe a efficient, we can collectively negotiate the prices and ke sure the priority groups in every country are vaccinated simultaneously. what we want is that health care workers, front-line workers, vulnerable groups and those with underlyingedical conditions are hing access to the vaccines as a priority in every country. no single cntry can beat this pandemic and no one is safe until we are all safe. the economy is so integrated that every month, 370 billion u.s. dollars are being drawn during the pandemic. what we are asking for is only a fraction would be paid off in a matter of days if we manage to work together and stop this pandemic by targeting those who need the vaccine the most phil: are you worried the promise of a vaccine is going to make people lower their guard so we see another huge surge in infections around the world? guest: this is indeed a huge risk we are facing with this

it is a multilateral initiative underground by the world health organization. the 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 -- allowe

could have you with us welcome to the news of the world health organization is warning that many countries are still not prepared to deal with the 2nd and 3rd waves of coronavirus infections despite the limited rollout of vaccines a group of health experts in the united kingdom says the government's target of vaccinating. a 1000000 people a week needs to be doubled it's currently vaccinating around 200000 a week israel says it has already half given half a 1000000 people a job and wants to increase that number 515-0000 every day rising infections have forced the country into its 3rd nationwide lockdown meanwhile over in korea they've announced that it's fast tracking their national vaccination program it signed a deal to secure vaccines for an additional 10000000 people after the 1st cases of a more transmittable variant shawn the u.k. were detected well we'll hear more on that shortly but plus we've also got roy challenge standing by in london and tony chain in bangkok but let's start in west jerusalem with irene nasr our correspondent there i mean i mean how is israel managed to vaccinat

is close to authorizing the pfizer vaccine, the world health organization says that one billion doses will fl set aside for the world less nt nations. the outgoing and incoming presidents in the u.s. are living in parallel worlds. plus, making music with online inspiration. how a classical musician used ambient sound from people stuck at home for her new osition. ♪ laura: for all ofat youing on pbs and around the globe, welcome to "world news america." e food and drug administration repairs to clear the nation's first coronavirus vaccin the white house chief of staff of the fda commissioner to consider resigning if the vaccine is not approved by friday. mark meadows claimed that this was a joe lar. the impact of the pandemic i becoming more staggering by the day. more americans thanin kille combat in world war ii have died from the coronavirus.s thisre than killed in the 9/11 attacks. the u.s. is in desperatebu need is hardly a loma ridge many of the world's wealthiest -- hardly alone as many of the world's wealthiest nationshe whe they wi get enough vaccines. rerter: are running tr

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 transparent and responsible way we started cooperating with the w.h.o. on origin tracing very early on w h r experts have come to china twice and chinese experts also held many video conferences with the w.h.o. person now and international experts the search for the source of covert 19 has fueled political tensions u.s. president donald trump accused china of a cover up a strangely a call for an investigation into the viruses origin's which soured trade relations with china but the w

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

first warning. 12 months later the world health organization is still waiting to get a team to wuhan it still isn't clear whether the huanan market was the source of the virus though outside experts believe it was a starting point for the outbreak it's highly politicized. china's government claims the virus could have come from somewhere else it's also tried to contain criticism, sentencing a video blogger who reported from wuhan to four years in prison on charges of spreading false information. her lawyer says she did things that are beneficial, she is innocent chinese vaccines have started to roll out for emergency use here where a makeshift hospital used to be there's now a huge showcase of props and displays that credits the leadership of president xi jinping with the city's victory and presents the virus as a thing of the past. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, wuhan. >>> in just 60 seconds, the national park service under fire after a park officer repeatedly tases a man in a confrontation at a national monument. what that man is saying tonight >>> a native american man in new mexi