the pfizer vaccine needs to be stored at 94 degrees below zero. how does the below-freezing-temperature storage requirement n pact your distribution? are there certaiaces in the world, for example, you wot be able to at least initially reach because of the temperature requiremen >> i do not believe that would be anyplace in any modestly developed world. i think what we need is very basic infrastructure, likeor roads,xample, so a truck can reach the vaccination center. our engineers designed a box --i a cor -- that it has a smalsize -- something like that. and this container can hold from 1,000 to 5,000 doses. and it's an isothermic box, so we load it with the vaccine, so load it with dry ice, and you u can send it toherever nt in the world, without refrigerated trucks or without refrigerated airplanes. normal trucks or normal airplanes will carry it. once it's received there, people either can put it in super freezers that are available commercially a most of the facilities have. and then they can store it for nths. or they can store it in this co

pfizer c.e.o. dr. albert boua,in when descrhis company's race to create a vaccine. pfizer announced its covid vaccine is more than 90% effective. >> 90% is a ga-changer. >> other candidates are promising, too. >> ts is something that just is now going in the very, very strong right direction.va thines are effective. >> so, how and when will americans get the vaccine? will enough people take it? and does this mean life ll one day return to normal? pfizer c.e.o. dr. albert bourla, this week on "firing l >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... by..orate funding is provided >> welcome to "firing line," albert bourla. >> thank you very much, margaret. >> dr. bourla, the question on ever's mind is, when will average americans realistically be able to get the covid-19 vaccin >> i believe, sometime in the next year maybe the third or the second quarter. and the reason why i'm sayin that -- we will be able to provide to the american people around 20 million doses or more t

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the idea that the pfizer vaccine that is | idea that the pfizer vaccine that is coming from the eu into the uk in particular could be issues with that. it is all getting where katie when at the end of the day we need to overcome coronavirus. if when at the end of the day we need to overcome coronavirus.— when at the end of the day we need to overcome coronavirus. if ever you want an example _ to overcome coronavirus. if ever you want an example of _ to overcome coronavirus. if ever you want an example of europe - to overcome coronavirus. if ever you want an example of europe at - to overcome coronavirus. if ever you want an example of europe at its - want an example of europe at its worst, it was saying all 27 have got to come into this together and go forward together instead of saying this is nothing to do with brussels. why don't we actually do our own procurement because it is ridiculous. a country like germany which actually on its first web debt with a infinitely better than pretty much any other country in western europe, and now is having to cancel bonus people for a vaccine b

canada is geeth getting its vaccines from pfizer here rather than the u.s. it does make people worry, particularly because pfizer is a vaccine that needs two doses three weeks apart so if someone is getting the pfizer vaccine right now as we speak and they need the second dose in three weeks, that's right at the time when those doses might not be available. >> so fileser isn't the only vaccine on the markets. are there others the effort u. could rely upon? >> yeah, the effort u. did approve the mo derna vaccine next week. that's still ramping up to be dibted. the issue is moderna doesn't have much production capacity in europe. u.k. didn't approve it until a couple of days after e.u. they have approved the astrozen vaccine. for some will be, astrazeneca didn't apply until three days ago but i think this slowdown of the pfizer delivery is really going to put pressure on the effort u. medicine's agency to peed up its approval, particularly of the astrozen vaccine. it is a british-swedism company and this is a position the effort u. didn't want to be in, to be

doubles its order for the biotech pfizer vaccine brussel secures an extra 300000000 doses taken up in the heart of the drugmakers global. also coming up for those doing gauging the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country . donald trump now comes the dems the rioters who stormed the capitol but it's too little too late for the democrats they want the president to alex now before joe biden a small. number of migrants struggling for survival on europe's border we hear the stories of desperate people left fending for themselves off the shelves of burnt down in mid-winter in boston. welcome to the program europe's bosses have struck a deal with drug companies pfizer and biotech for an extra $300000000.00 doses of their covert $900.00 vaccine the agreement means the e.u. will buy nearly half of the 2 companies production brussels has come under fire for not securing enough stocks off and the slow rollout of immunizations across the e.u. european commission president also a funnel and says the new order is a welcome boost. with the new agreement we could purchase a

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the shift in vaccine advice in norway is 13 die after receiving the pfizer jab but the country's drugs agency doesn't system is no reason to be alarmed. that i get even just on 5 here in moscow you're watching r.t. international there are several countries a furious at pfizer at the moment the drugs giant has shipped over far fewer doses of its vaccine that they had intice a pated receiving 6 countries called the delays unexpected and at very short notice pfizer says manufacturing upgrades to boost production are to blame his art. europe is in panic the covert crisis is far from under control growing numbers of cases keep breaking daily records. are overwhelmed and an end to lock downs is nowhere in sight and now to make matters worse pfizer has announced it has to temporarily decrease shipments of its covert vaccine and the patient facilities and processes and the factual requires new quality tests and approvals from the authorities as a consequence a few doses will be available for a peon countries and the end of january and the beginning of february this temporary reduction will aff

and the pfizer situation. the issue when it comes to astrazeneca and the pfizer situation.— issue when it comes to astrazeneca and the pfizer situation. the eu had roblems and the pfizer situation. the eu had problems of— and the pfizer situation. the eu had problems of the _ and the pfizer situation. the eu had problems of the first _ and the pfizer situation. the eu had problems of the first vaccine, - and the pfizer situation. the eu had problems of the first vaccine, the i problems of the first vaccine, the pfizer vaccine and as we all know by now, our eyes are from the on belgium and the supply that has been wrapped up in order to do that, it means that it had to be stopped and is much slower. that is the first blow to the eu was the supply of the pfizer vaccine. and now, with the astrazeneca, a major hitch apparently, shortfall in that supply. spain, italy, germany and thatis supply. spain, italy, germany and that is really going to hinder the big vaccination programmes that are going on throughout t

the commission is facing delays from pfizer beyond tech -- from pfizer-biontech. very few countries around the world are doing this well. how big a risk is that to your outlook? francisco: so again, it depends. i think when it comes to oil, we have a $60 target for june, and we have an average around 50 per year. so clearly oil is a little ahead of our expectations. so we think a retracement would be natural here going into february. at the end of the day, with $195 lsg, oil natural is going to be lifted up. but then the other commodity like copper and industrial metals are facing a different story. there is a structural deficit that will be multiyear as we move on to the decarbonizing of the electricity sector, but also driving -- we think copper could see maybe a modest pullback. the real risk is that with copper this year in my mind is that covid outbreaks in china start to take off in a major way. that has been the main source of demand and our expectations about chinese demand is that they stay strong, as well as europe and the u.s. if china falters, that is

in europe pfizer comes back to liveries of its coded 19 vaccine a step the drug maker says it needs to take to allow for increased production later in the year. i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program here in germany chancellor angela merkel's party the savy you has opened a virtual party conference to elect a new leader it's a cave vote that will shape the party's future direction and could potentially represent a 1st step towards determining the next chancellor after more than 15 years in the top job machall is not seeking another term as challenge setter in $28.00 taint she handed over the leadership of the city you 2 on a great town about but she failed to stab her authority on the party and announced last year that she would step aside and ahead of the meeting merkel told delegates what she expected to say. but essentially it's for now i hope that this party congress will make the right decisions for the future that's been filing us but 1st and foremost these will be personal decisions i wish that a team will be elected that will take the fate of our proud party in its hands and

i think pfizer sanded over the sin? i think pfizer sanded over the next few _ the sin? i think pfizer sanded over the next few weeks _ the sin? i think pfizer sanded over the next few weeks they - the sin? i think pfizer sanded over the next few weeks they may - the sin? i think pfizer sanded over the next few weeks they may be l the next few weeks they may be supply fewer. i think what this highlights is the importance of having the ability to manufacture and put the finishing touches on a vaccine at home and at this is something that was not there at all in the uk until last year. and several plans are being rapidly set up, manufacturing capacity is being rapidly boosted but of course it is nowhere near there yet. i remember backin nowhere near there yet. i remember back in early summer last year when the vaccine was just a glint in the eye of the scientists developing it, someone in the government telling me that it someone in the government telling me thatitis someone in the government telling me that it is not about whether or not they can get a vaccine in time. th

pfizer says its contracts worldwide have always been based on doses, not vials. i'm joined from columbus ohio by dr mike gannio. he's the senior director for pharmacy practice and quality at the american society of health—system pharmacists. hello then, thank you so much for joining us on bbc news. why do you think this confusion has arisen over doses versus files?— doses versus files? good evening, thank ou doses versus files? good evening, thank you for _ doses versus files? good evening, thank you for having _ doses versus files? good evening, thank you for having me _ doses versus files? good evening, thank you for having me on. - doses versus files? good evening, thank you for having me on. it's i doses versus files? good evening, l thank you for having me on. it's not surprising to find out there's this confusion because when these contracts were agreed upon over the summer, there was no perception of what kind of dosage form it would be in. they could be a fivejoe's file, a tentative smile, a prefilled syringe. it makes sense to dispute —— five dos

so notice pfizer was the first off the block. biologically, it -- and then the cdc says now we can extend it two weeks later and it will be okay. but biologically we know that -- and even people in the trials, if they had just gotten one shot and for natural infection, that immunity probably lasts many months. if push comes to shove and you miss the first one or went out of the country and couldn't get it, i would still get the second one. because the second one is not saying you're zero if you just got the first one. it's just saying i'm giving you an insurance policy, sort of it will last longer. we call that a primer. >> good info there. we have more to talk about, doctor, the variants and the governor's new distribution eligibility plan and you want to join us on facebook live right now seconds. >> all right. we're back with infectious decease dr. peter chin honk who is taking a water break right now because it's a lot of talking. and he is back with us, which we so appreciate. he was so busy answering your questions on faceb

italy accuses coronavirus vaccine companies pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations. and, tributes are paid to larry king, the american broadcaster and talk show host, who has died aged 87. russian police have detained more than 2,000 people at protests in support of the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. large gatherings have been taking place across russia, including the eastern cities of vladivostok and kha barovsk. in the siberian city of yakutsk, protesters braved temperatures of minus 50 degrees. the main demonstration was in the capital, moscow, from where our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. in moscow, you can feel the anger. police had warned people, any protest would be broken up. any protester risked arrest. but thousands came to pushkin square to support the kremlin�*s fiercest critic, alexei navalny. "freedom to navalny", they cried, "and russia without putin". on her way to the protest, mr navalny�*s wife, yulia, was detained by police. so were hundreds of others, for taking part in what the authorities called an unsanctioned gathering.

member states dependent on the pfizer product for their vaccination programs. pfizer's plant near where it's from here that every country in the world except the us will be supplied with its vaccine it's a complicated manufacturing process doses have to be kept at ultra low temperatures in the united. states to the e.u. . these are all of course a question that pfizer company has to answer i think it is very important that immediately we make clear that there is a guarantee of a moment of still suspect have to be delivered in the 1st quarter just a week ago the european commission was in talks with pfizer about delivery. there was no mention of any delays the company wants to carry out works at its plant to adapt the manufacturing process and the that it says would significantly boost production in the coming months several e.u. countries have urged the commission to put pressure on pfizer they've described the delay as unacceptable and see it will have a profound impact on the credibility of the whole vaccination campaign. and before we go a reminder of the to

de pfizer y moderna requieren doble dosis. la carolina: johnson & johnson planea presentar una peticiÓn para ser aprobada a finales de este mes. borja: para conocer mÁs detalles nos conectamos en vivo con juan rivera, nuestro corresponsal mÉdico principal de univision. una vez mÁs gracias por estar con nosotros. ¿de ser aprobada por la fda ahora tendrÍamos tres vacunas en el mercado? pero como estamos recordando a la gente la de johnson & johnson es la que menos efectividad tiene. juan: tenemos que llegar al punto en donde las personas pueden elegir quÉ vacuna ponerse. la distribuciÓn de la vacuna ha sido bastante lenta y la producciÓn de la vacuna no estÁ en una etapa donde las personas pueden elegir. si es la Única vacuna que usted tiene acceso y es la Única vacuna que la ofrece, pÓngase la porque necesitamos proteger al nÚmero mÁs grande de personas lo antes posible para tratar de llegar a esa efectividad de la vacuna es mas baja comparada con las vacunas de pfizer y moderna. sin embargo algo llamativo es que

moderna and pfizer were 100% or nearly 100%. so when i have asked experts, you know, what would you get? which one would you get? they said, if i had the choice, i'd get moderna or pfizer. if i didn't have a choice, which you might not have because of the scarcity now, if i didn't have a choice and johnson & johnson were available, i would for sure get that one instead. and maybe later get pfizer or moderna when there's more of a supply. >> so there's a gap there in the relative effectiveness between the johnson & johnson vaccine and the ones we've seen from moderna and pfizer. we'll discuss that in a moment. another key piece of the science everyone is looking at so closely this morning, given the spread of the different variants from around the world is how effective the johnson & johnson vaccine is against the variant from south africa because there's a lot of data in this case about that. what have we learned? >> that's right. so lab results have shown that this vaccine does not work as well against this south african varian

yes, originally when pfizer - for the pfizer vaccine? yes, originally when pfizer was l for the pfizer vaccine? ye: originally when pfizer was approved, there was supposed to be a three—week gap between the first and second dose. that was agreed and when astrazeneca was approved, the policy changed so, there would be up to 12 weeks between doses. the argument has been made that it was better to vaccinate as many people as possible, double the number and the greater amount of protection was with the first dose. the british medical sewings said it is concern — — association said it is concerned about this and it is out of line with other international practice and in a letter written to chris whitty, they are calling for a review of the decision and moving that 12 weeks back to six between doses. . ~ that 12 weeks back to six between doses. ., ~' , ., 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is in westminster. pictures from heathrow today — thousands of people still arriving amid concern about new variants coming from abroad? yes, i

i know because of pfizer and with 95% efficacy. so when we see that johnson johnson has a 72% efficacy in us cities. i think people wonder and sort of. >>hammond on fuss about it but remember the influenza vaccine is only 40 to 60% effective depending on what look at so to me. j j vaccine result is pretty good especially since no one on in the trial even if you got covid was hospitalized with severe disease that is encouraging news but the bigger question is the supply of any vaccine which we just simply don't have enough of. >>where do you see this finally changing to where we can start ramping up and getting more shots in arms. >>you know, that's a complicated question depends on several things but they are a lot of there's a lot of promise in the future. you know we freed about pfizer and moderna are ramping up production i 100 vaccine 100 million vaccines in a 100 days. we think it's probably going to be a lot more than that because not only i think on that give more these 2 companies but astrazeneca is also in fray. studies ar

he says pfizer's known about this for a while. it was discovered a few months ago that using special tools, certain pharmacists are able to extract an extra dose out of the normal shipment of five vials, and had been doing that to try to vaccinate more people. so, in response to that, pfizer is now officially saying that you can get six doses out of a pack and is saying that that will now count towards its responsibility to provide certain doses under the us contract. this allows pfizer to finish its commitment for the current doses, which at selling in about $19—20 a dose. then to sort of, you know, negotiate the next contract or some other contract more quickly than it would have before. senior doctors in the uk have called on the government to shorten the gap between the first and second doses of pfizer—biontech coronavirus vaccinations. the doctors union, the bma, called the gap of a maximum 12 weeks "difficult to justify" and said it could potentially undermine the effectiveness of the jab. however, the government argues

anger in europe over vaccine delays — italy accuses pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations. a dramatic rescue in china — as 11 gold miners who'd been trapped underground for two weeks are brought out alive. new zealand confirms its first coronaviurs case in months, which appears to have slipped through the country's rigorous quarantine system. it isa it is a woman who travelled to the country from abroad. here in the uk, the snp will present its national assembly with what it's calling a roadmap to a new referendum on scottish independence. and borisjohnson becomes the first european leader to speak to the new us president, joe biden, since he entered the white house. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. here in the uk — the health secretary matt hancock says 77 cases of the south african variant of covid have been found here in the uk. but all have links to international travel and there is no evidence to date that it is spreading in the community unchecked. matt hancock has also said we are a "long way" from restrictions being eased —

in the day's headlines pfizer slash of deliveries of its coated vaccine in europe and north america production though is prompting threats of legal action from the bully and poland. also this hour serbia enters talks with russia to start its own production of the sputnik the jab we hear from a renowned serbian film director who decided he would take a shot if you could just me as i was told by someone who. is the one though doing. the same stuff to save the troops. and present mccrone promises that students will be able to go back to university a part time after a wave of protests we hear from french undergraduates about the impact of campus closures where supposed to be a rich country and where and that's when we have all of our students. welcome to the program and a happy friday to you all this is our 2 international bring you your live news update this hour. the polish government has threatened to sue the u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer for pulling received only how the promised doses of the company's coming back this week. i think that the decision could be made next month if the supplies

only the pfizer requires ultracold temperatures. ellen: thank you so much. here is a question from adriana rodriguez at usa today. is it true pain relievers like tylenol and ibuprofen used to manage covid vaccine side effects can prevent the vaccine from working to its true potential? dr. schoch-spana: dr. beyrer: there is no clinical trial evidence of that. it has been known in pediatric vaccines that you can sometimes lower vaccine efficacy with premedication. what is being recommended now, particularly for the first dose, but also the second, to try and manage those symptoms, but it should be pointed out that in the efficacy trials we have, and the moderna and pfizer trials, no one was prohibited from using anti-inflammatory medicines like tylenol or ibuprofen, if they felt the vaccine side effects were severe enough it would require that management. those efficacy trials had 94% and 95% efficacy. we don't have any empirical evidence, but we are encouraging people not to pre-medicaid before getting the vaccine. ellen: thank you. another follow-up on a dif

[laughter] >> i heard you are on the phone talking to pfizer. hu 21 times. not 70 but 21 times. i also speak with moderna and the heads of the other companies.he and with personal leadership checking on munitions in the war you really have to bee sure you have the stock and make sure they are distributed and they have to be distributed in the optimized way. we are doing that. that is what we have done is not really what we have done for israel but it truly is a global test case not for these experiments but to understand the safe experiment we are carrying out what is the best way and what is the frequency of using this moderna inoculation to move the economy. at risk are we taking? and what is the infection rate and so on. that is what we are doing and i think a lot of countries that by that. >> thank you for your answer and a quick follow-up what we are all concerned about with the mutation we have the uk that has been seen in brazil and south africa the current vaccines with pfizer are okay with uk but they don't know yet on the others so this shows what we are alluding to do

friday the first 10 school nurses receive the pfizer vaccine and administer plans to vaccinate every school nurse within the week. health official say the vaccinations will help create a safer school environment. >> the covid-19 vaccine is absolutely invaluable. the market is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. it's detecting nurses. >> reporter: about 200 people marched in the rain in salem, oregon to protest the governments coronavirus locks on orders. the city rules violate their freedom. many in the crowd did not masks. >>> and new york's restaurants they are uncertain after a year of back and forth over how to run their businesses some restaurants filed lawsuit saying the ban on their industry is unconstitutional. in new york, alex hogan, fox news. >>> help is on the way for aging essentialist area hospital struggling to provide enough oxygen for the sickest coronavirus patients. u.s. army corps of engineers arrived today to update oxygen delivery systems. the collaboration comes at the house rules struggle to maintain oxygen pressure while treating the unprecedented numbe

and is pfizer getting credit for all six doses? >> i believe the answer is a hundred percent and getting credit for six, precisely because everybody should now have the tools to be able to get the six pfizer dose out. that is thanks to the work of our dpa and supply chain team. next question? >> cnn, caitlin collins? >> thank you, two questions. one on the new variants we are seeing. the expectation seems to be they could have an impact on cases by mart? maybe gain -- by march? gain a foothold by april? and become the dominant cases we are seeing? what is the administration doing to stop that from happening beyond recommending people social distance and wear masks? >> let me turn first to dr. fauci, to talk about the science behind these variants, and what is likely to happen or what we know and believe. and then to dr. walensky, so she can discuss the actions we are taking as a country and the actions we expect americans to take to help with that. dr. fauci: the number variants we are concerned about and the one that is quite esta

frustration mounts in other countries that opted for the pfizer job to supply problems here europe north america some in the us having to travel to neighboring states just to get unlucky like to. the legendary figure in the world of broadcasting these career spanned more than 6 decades larry king has died at the age of $87.00 or so to come. riots in several u.s. cities just hours after new president joe biden was to overcome the deep rift between democrats and republicans we must end this civil war. the pitch really gets blue. but i welcome the latest developments in the back of the last 7 days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now maskaev 19 vaccination campaign kicked off in russia this week with every citizen having the opportunity to get the job authorities have set an ambitious goal to get 60 percent of the population inoculated by the end of the year artie's constantine visited one of the vaccination centers in central moscow. the vaccination out here has to do and as you can see there are people lining up to get inoculated i think there are 50 dozens of people

the government's allowing up to 12 weeks between the 1st and 2nd pfizer jab doctors advise against it though no studies have been done to show pfizer's drug is even still effective when the gap between doses is so long. 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 of lack of vaccine of increasing numbers of cases hospitalization but 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 $42.00 days until. it living well is considering filing a lawsuit against pfizer after a delay in vaccine shipments at a time when mortality rates are surging in the city of palermo hundreds of coffins of kovi victims are awaiting burial severe shortages of the job of being seen across europe or north america or correspond run against you as the story what was supposed to be an orderly vaccination across the western world is turning into a debacle supplier of the desperately needed vaccines is slowing to a drip

we also found out that pfizer has probably six doses in a file. even if it's not more vaccine overall, it will speed up the process. >> i think this is timing, manufacturing increases and being confident now in what you're saying. >> jeff, noteworthy if we're comparing it with what we have come to know of covid task force briefings, the president will not be part of this briefing. the vice president not part of this briefing. >> right. they're leaving it to the experts for now. the president has a whole team of coronavirus experts and leaders in the west wing sitting only a few steps from his office handling this. we are told from time to time the president is going to weigh in directly on these briefings. he'll be monitoring them. look, he has a variety of things to do. he is delegating this, if you will, to the experts. we rarely saw the president in the previous administration at these briefings. the vice president, of course, was in charge of them. occasionally early on, and we saw the president leading the way as the spokesman for this. we sa

doubles its vaccine order the european commission reaches a deal with biotech and pfizer for an additional 300000000 doses securing nearly half of the 2 firms global i'll put forward this year also coming up. because those who are engaged in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent your country under fire for inciting the storming of the capitol building u.s. president donald trump has now condemned the rioters but it's too little too late for democrats they want the president out now before inauguration day. and the migrants stuck at the e.u. border in inhumane conditions we need to people sending for themselves after their camp in bosnia of burned to the ground and we ask the e.u. commissioner for home affairs what brussels is going to do about it. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the european commission has reached a deal with drug makers pfizer and beyond tax to double its order of their covert vaccine the move secures the e.u. nearly half the 2 firms global output of the job this year the commission has come under fire recently for europe's slow vacc

how does the pfizer buy antec vaccine will work. i've answered this before but the question is posed again and again so i guess it's maybe time to go over the details again 2 of the vaccines that have now been widely approved one developed by biotech and pfizer and one produced by my dear no are what are called a messenger r.n.a. or already made vaccines now the technology behind them has been at the focus of a lot of research for decades but but this is the 1st time they've received widespread approval from health care authorities unlike vaccines based on traditional platforms ones that for example use inactivated versions of the virus the biotech pfizer vaccine leads to an immune response in the body by delivering information in the form of a special molecule messenger r.n.a. . emira name only kills are our single stranded chains and what are called nucleotides that fulfill a very important function in cells they're kind of the blueprints for making proteins and act as messengers between a cells headquarters in the nucleus and it'

drugmaker pfizer cuts back deliveries of covid-19 vaccines to europe to allow it to increase production later in the year. german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives choose their next party chief and possibly the country's next leader. and a doctor jailed for systematic doping involving top olympic athletes and dating back decades. i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. two million people have died from covid-19 in just a year since the outbreak began. so far doctors have failed to stem the relentless rise in deaths and infections. for early march of next year, as the virus began ravaging italy, the death toll crept past 5000. less than a month later, the figurehead soared past 50,000. nine months after the disease was first detected, deaths had reached one million. four months since then, the number has doubled to the 2 million figure we see today. the u.s., brazil, india, and mexico have reported the most deaths worldwide, but the u.k. is fast catching up with more than 88,000. germany, which received praise for its handling of the first wave of the pandemic, has seen deaths sho

it's based on the data, the you get the second does of pfizer or moderna. or if you are in the later group you get the one vaccine. i would not mix and match. i don't know if you'll get the option to attempt that. >> i see a lot of people expressing a preference for the johnson & johnson because it is one shot. >> i think that's -- i think that's common sense. that's reality. and that is one thing that's possibly going to be an important feature when it comes to distribution. if that's one shot it might be easier to get it out there. but that doesn't take away from the abt fact that pfizer and moderna vaccines are incredibly effective at 94, 95%. yes it kind of sucks to get two shots. we worry about people getting back on time to get the second shot. a one-shot vaccine solves both >> d he life stream if you want to join us now. now that guidance on the ground level. >> okay. back on air. perfect timing. >>> and we are back with our special correspondent dr. patel. dr. patel, president biden today signed more executive orders. one relates to health care and

right now in the u.s., for context, there is two authorized vaccines led by pfizer and moderna. the u.s. has supplied with both of these for about 200 million doses from each manufacturer. the end goal is, you know, we are seeing these numbers change almost on a week by week basis as far as -- i guess the broader context is these are messenger rna vaccines, very complex to manufacture. there are a lot of moving parts in getting it out to the supply chain. it is not like a small molecule pill where it is easy to scale up and produce billions. they are sort of stressing out their capacity as much as they can. moderna is saying this year they should produce 600 million to one billion doses. pfizer recently this month up there estimate from one billion doses to 2 billion doses, so a massive increase as far as figuring out these international supply chains and how to get the raw cereals to mass-produce the vaccine to the billions of numbers -- vaccine -- raw facts -- not enough the entire country, but for a good swath of the public. it is also worth thinking about, the vaccines that

in the day's headlines pfizer's flashes deliveries of it's coming back seen in europe and north america after production delays press up a legal action from italy and poland. serbia under songs of russia to start its own production of the sputnik the job you hear from a renowned serbian film director about why he took a back seat. to be. exposed to the possibility so good. because it's me as i was told by someone from the service of those is one of those that you should receive the same stuff the same routes. and present micron promises that students will be able to go back to university part time after a wave of protest to hear from the french undergraduates about the impact of campus closures. where supposed to be a rich country and where and that's about being able to our students. you're watching arts international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program the polish government has threatened to sue the us pharmaceutical giant pfizer tough for pulling received only half the promised us is of the company's code back seen this week. i think

used to see the same stuff the same groups meanwhile frustration mines in countries that opted for the pfizer job to supply problems his sure and also in north america and some in the us having to travel to neighboring states just to get to know he liked it and the legendary figure in the world of broadcasting he's curious spanning more than 6 decades larry king has died at the age of 87 also took up. rights in several u.s. cities to status off the new president joe biden values to overcome the rift between democrats and republicans. we must end this civil war. the pits really against blue. collar welcome the latest developments and a look back at the last 7 days to you watching the weeklies here on r.t. international. our mask ovid 19 vaccination campaign kicked off in russia this week with every citizen now having the opportunity to get the jab authorities have set an ambitious goal to to get 60 percent of the population inoculated by the end of the year. constantine's rushkoff is it is one of the vaccination centers in central moscow the vaccination out here as you can as you can see there

are you getting the astrazeneca or the pfizer jab? the prime minister in bristol said the uk had immunised more people than any country in europe, but the sense of urgency is palpable, with hospitals close to being overwhelmed by covid patients. it's a race against time, because we can all see the threat that our nhs faces, the pressure it is under, the demand in intensive care units, the pressure on ventilated beds, even the shortage of oxygen in some places. by the end of the month, the promise is everyone in england will be within ten miles of a vaccination site. the vaccine programme is our way out of this pandemic, but it won't have an effect unfortunately for a month or two. so in the meantime, the nhs is under really intense pressure. 0ur hospitals are filling up with people with covid, and we have to reverse that. these mass immunisation centres will be open from eight till eight, seven days a week, part of the biggest vaccination drive ever in the nhs. the aim is to offer a first dose of covid vaccine, to up to 15 million peo

in the day's headlines frustration mounts and countries that opted for the pfizer job supply problems hit europe and north america with some of the us having to travel to neighboring states just to get an ocular. also this hour coronavirus restrictions are used in the russian capital as the vaccination program gains momentum and infection rates drop here from some of those given the chance. i want to get vaccinated against the corona virus i'm afraid of getting sick and dying we can't just sit it's a great way to everything to be. on present mccrone promises that students will be able to go back to university part time after a wave of protests we hear from french students there is a kind of shame also not being able to hear it's properly. watching art international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the polish government has threatened to sue the us pharmaceutical giant pfizer after pong received only half the promised doses of the company's comin back seen this week. i think that's a decision could be made next month if the supplies

pfizer slashes deliveries of its coma vaccine and europe and north america after production delays prompting threats of legal action from italy and poland. also this hour serbia enters talks with russia to start its own production of the sputnik the job we hear from a renowned serbian film director about why he trusts the vaccine. speeds is i was told by someone who probably in serbia voters is one that you should receive the same stuff the same group. and president promises that students will be able to go back to university part time after wave of protests we hear from french undergraduates about the impact of campus closures where's the spiritual country and where and that's about to go to our students. you're watching our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital this and every hour into the program. the polish government has threatened to sue the u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer that's after poland received only half the promised doses of the company's coated vaccine this week. i think that the decision could be made next month if the supplies are not delivered in acco

shot has to be given with biontech pfizer... shot has to be given with biontech pfizer... let's talk to dr philippe devos, he is an intensive care doctor in the city of liege, where he joins us from. he is also the president of the belgium's medical union. first of all your reaction to the news. it's obviously disappointing. because we are waiting for this vaccine. we thought that it was starting now and it was just started last week in belgium. and it's already stopped, almost stopped. it's very bad news. and it couldn't committed worse time credit really? yes, i think it's very dangerous or to stop now. we know that some dangerous strain like the variants are coming in europe. this is a fight against time. we have to vaccine people before the coming of the variant. if we let those kind of variants spreading around europe before vaccination we will have a huge problem to deal with that. pfizer says they are doing this so they can create more vaccines in the long run. is at the right move, you think? ., ., u think? know, we need vaccine right now for that _ think? know, we

top line j & j vaccine was 66% effective, less effective from pfizer and moderna but dr. anthony fauci points out the johnson & johnson vaccine is 85% effective against severe disease and in the trial kept nearly everyone from ending up in the hospital from covid.

2000000 with an occupation looking like the only way out of the crisis also coming up here as drug maker pfizer comes back to the liveries of its coded 90 vaccine to europe to allow for an increase in production life that is the year. and the race is wide open is another michael's party chooses a new leader not as germany heads for elections this year do any of the candidates have what it takes to replace her as chance of that. i'm rebecca rita's welcome to the program as the world mourns the 2000000 people worldwide who have died with covert 19 governments starting ambitious immunization drives the biggest is getting underway in india the country aims to inoculate one quarter of its 1300000000 people by july prime minister narendra modi said health care and other front line workers will be among the 1st to get the job india has approved emergency use of 2 vaccines neither of which require ultra cold storage and is the world's largest vaccine producer manufacturing more than half of the world's supply of other vaccines. being indeed a breeze of mira chattery in delhi now minera with more than a

head of pfizer about the situation. i think it is very important that immediately we made clear that there is a guarantee of an amount of doses that have to be delivered in the first quarter so it was good to talk to the ceo a little while ago and he confirmed and reassured me that they know that they have guaranteed these doses and they will deliver these doses. i think it is good that they are aware that for us it's a very difficult situation because as the prime minister rightly said the first shots have been given and a certain amount of time after four weeks, the second. earlier i spoke dr philippe devos, he is the president of the belgium's medical union, and an intensive care doctor in the city of liege. he says reduced deliveries are the last thing countries in the midst of a second wave need. it is obviously disappointing because we are waiting for this vaccine. we thought that it was starting now and it was just started last week in belgium. and it's already stopped almost. it’s last week in belgium. and it'