have a number of options to choose from wild russia and china have each developed their own but the kovacs distribution program which is backed by the world health organization relies heavily on the easily transported and stored oxford astra zeneca vaccine $92.00 of the world's poorest countries rely on the kovacs to supply and help coordinate the drugs distribution and much of africa including nigeria kenya and rwanda as well as asian countries like india afghanistan and bangladesh are all using kovacs and the astra zeneca vaccine well the ongoing dispute over possible side effects of the astra zeneca jobber have prompted more and more european countries to place restrictions on the drugs used in these here is the biggest kovacs country to have suspended its use though at least one province is now using it again but more countries may follow potentially leading to major delays in vaccinations in some of the world's hardest hit areas. now. i shall probably campaign for better access to medicines and vaccines he set up a project in india brazil and south africa and joins us from bangalore i

money to the kovacs effort. and i assumed that money will process through sometime in the next three or four months. that will certainly help. last i looked, heidi may know better than i but last time that funding is essential to outbidding the rich countries to get actual vaccines in the facility for poor and middle income families. >> i can take a quick stab at the georgia question. i think one of the challenges for countries that are classified as upper they don't qualify and they're not the front of the line that's where the challenges kovacs is facing stuck in the middle. i think more generally people been talking about this for a long time, was an incredible success of the same time is doing much better than a lot of people predicted but it still is a long way to go pray that's where we are now. i think that is what the open question is moving forward, how do these countries make up this gap? make up this shortfall for vaccine and access the vaccine. we see a lot of things playing out that heidi said earli

this also applies to the 2nd vaccine produced in india kovacs in it currently can also only be used in india. kovacs and has to be administered in 2 doses 6 weeks after the 1st vaccination it offers protection of 78 percent. a 3rd indian vaccine is awaiting approval psycho vigil come onto the market from mid may. bush will this be enough to vaccinate against the pandemic in india. the big question. is chairperson of the center of social medicine and community health and john howard are in there a university in new delhi he joins us now so good to have you that's a nation obviously seen as the only way out of the pandemic is it also the only way out of the crisis in india. no the current crisis is really of providing clinical care of providing intensive care to very large numbers of being able to maintain infrastructure and supply chains that really is the cut in prices also a very large requirement of human resources. that clearly is is what's the burning problem now that's initial of course is crucial but next the nation is not going to address this problem in the short run which is a

most of the world will continue using us as a nickel in spite of the recent problems kovacs as other vaccines but within the kovacs mechanism the way venezuela is classified we cannot treat a vaccine in order to do that venezuela will have to change its standing in kovacs but it's difficult because of its financial situation if venezuela paid $130000000.00 then it would change standing kovacs and the situation would be different. there are over 2000 go fund me campaigns to assist covert patients in venezuela as hospitals feel up citizens are resorting to desperate measures to save their loved ones while hoping help will arrive on time. as a cedar. australia's government is working on a new vaccination plan it abruptly changed course to join other countries and staring away from astra zeneca the government will try to get millions more doses of the follies that vaccine it's another problem for australia's vaccination efforts which are already being criticised for inefficiencies and delays. still to come on al-jazeera this is an epidemic for guns and it has to stop declaring that they'

but within the kovacs mechanism the way venezuela is classified we cannot treat a vaccine in order to do that venezuela will have to change its standing in kovacs but it's difficult because of its financial situation if venezuela paid $130000000.00 then it would change standing kovacs and the situation would be different. there are over 2000 go fund me campaigns to assist covert patients in venezuela as hospitals fill up citizens are resorting to desperate measures to save their loved ones while hoping help will arrive on time. and you can find much more know all those stories by heading over to our website including the latest updates on the pandemic on our courting about it the address there for you is w w w dot al-jazeera dot com. first take you through some of those headlines now talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal set to resume in vienna president joe biden says he's ready to lift sanctions but 1st washington wants iran to return to the full limits imposed on its nuclear program as a bag has more from tehran on the priorities for the rainy inside the negotiating team is be

not we are now working on this with the kovacs initiative he said he would call that up to. the decision represents a change of mind by magic out there is president what you initially refused to participation the kovacs program. he instead promoted a scientifically unproven rabun d.d. marketed as covert organics for balls i think i am convinced i am persuaded that history will prove us rice there are already 2 cases that have been cured with covert organics but we will see what happens next that last week the world health organization warned against its use the force had undergone proper scientific trials and one year on no clinical downs one has been made publicly available to support the president's claims that the plant based treatment preventing cured kovac 19 this is now sold in drinking capsule form has been widely distributed in madagascar and also exported abroad. when the vaccines arrive madagascar plans to offer the 1st doses to health workers. it will be one of the last countries in africa to launch a coronavirus inoculation campaign and for more i'm joined now by

have a number of options to choose from while russia and china have each developed their own but the kovacs distribution program which is backed by the world health organization relies heavily on the easily transported and stored austria oxford astra zeneca vaccine 92 of the world's poorest countries rely on kovacs to supply and help coordinate the drugs distribution much of africa including nigeria kenya and rwanda as well as asian countries like india afghanistan and bangladesh are using kovacs and the astra zeneca vaccine the ongoing dispute over possible side effects of the astra zeneca jab have prompted more and more european countries to place restrictions on its use indonesia is the biggest kovacs country to have suspended it so far at least one province is now using it again but more countries may follow potentially leading to major delays in vaccinations in some of the world's hardest hit areas. so let's get more on this from my doctor richard may he go he coordinates the w h o's immunization and vaccines program for africa and joins us from brazzaville in the republic of congo wel

we are now working on this with the kovacs initiative and he said. the decision represents a change of mind by madagascar's president who initially refused to participate in the kovacs program he instead promoted to scientifically unproven revenue marketed as covert organics. i think i am convinced i am persuaded that history will prove us rice there are already 2 cases that have been cured with covert organics but we will see what happens next that the street the world health organization warned against its use before is that undergone proper scientific trials. and one year on no clinical down so has been made publicly available to support the president's claims that the plant based treatment preventing cured hope at 19 this is now sold in drink in capsule form has been widely distributed in madagascar and also exported abroad. when the vaccines arrive madagascar plans to offer the 1st doses to health workers. it will be one of the last countries in africa to launch a coronavirus inoculation campaign. director of global justice now he says the progr

kovacic has emphasized. the president is apparently going to seek an $80 billion increase for the irs. i would suggest something comparable for the ftc in the way of resources, but what plans ■ increased penalties and criminal referrals? >> thank you for the question, senator. we have more cases in the pipeline that will be utilizing the new civil penalty authority that congress has given us. we think it's a very important tool. we definitely will be utilizing that. the 350 companies that received warning letters, we're watching them closely to make sure they don't recur. if they do, we will also be bringing law enforcement against them as well. >> but if those warning letters and the scrutiny are just the cost of doing business, it won't be a deterrent to them. criminal referrals and increased penalties are what will put them out of business. >> i do agree. increased criminal referrals is something we do. we have a unit at the ftc, criminal liaison unit that works with criminal law enforcement throughout

most of the world will continue using us resident in spite of the recent problems kovacs as other vaccines but within the codex mechanism the way venezuela is classified we cannot treat a vaccine in order to do that venezuela will have to change its standing in kovacs but it's difficult because of its financial situation if venezuela paid $130000000.00 then it would change standing kovacs and the situation would be different. there over 2000 go fund me come pains to assist covert patients in venezuela as hospitals fill up citizens are resorting to desperate measures to save their loved ones while hoping help will arrive on time. i want to see. another day has brought another coronavirus record in brazil more than 4200 deaths were reported on thursday as the highest yes there were another 86000 infections hospital intensive care units in most states of feeling to capacity and another round of coronavirus restricts restrictions rather has come into effect in argentina's capital region as it struggles to contain a record number of new infections when a site is and its surrounding suburbs reco

out of the servants to cheat and who can blame them but always who will have a knock on effect full kovacs other lower middle income settings and also high income countries like the u.k. who get about seems from astra zeneca from the start is to as well so that mean that there codex rollout is slow so there will be a great bit of disease and more unprotected people in those populations so again there will be consequences in terms of a lack of supplies from the few manufacturers sites we have around the world of which a key one is in india patrick if the kovacs rollout is now slower because of what's going on in india what does that mean for the overall situation and from your perspective are there other countries that are going to be able to pick up the slack. this is a difficult one because india a lot of countries do depend on india for their axioms so. when there's a slowdown in the distribution of vaccines around the world it's going to allow more cases of this these to develop then and this is and as i said before this is the end game this is where we need to vaccinate as many people

of view the fact that the serum institute is not able to meet its commitments when it comes to the kovacs initiative the fact that so many developing countries are counting on these vaccines from india how concerned are you about you know what the situation is in india and how that will affect the rest of the world. ready much concerned as i help get a little because i want everyone should be vaccinated as at me as possible because if even if infection a few get infected after vaccination by section is very mild and it has it has a protection so that everyone should have seen it and i am much more concerned about fluster and foremost well they'd be a people that everyone in india should get vaccinated as empty as possible and after that the whole made the whole world line or that everyone is dependent as you already said that it is a pharmacy of the world so everyone should get vaccinated and because every life i have seen people dying on the roads and it is very difficult to see them die because of this infection so they all must get vaccinated this is a must yes all right we have run ou

the few manufacturers sites we have around the world of which a key one is in india patrick if that kovacs rollout is now slower because of what's going on in india what does that mean for the overall situation and from your perspective are there other countries that are going to be able to pick up the slack. this is a difficult one because india a lot of countries do depend on india for their vaccines so. when there's a slowdown in the distribution of vaccines around the world it's going to allow more cases of this disease to develop in and this is and as i said before this is the end game and this is where 'd we need to back need as many people as possible as fast as possible so that we can reduce the number of people that died from and that reduce the number of people that get severe disease from covert so it's it's absolutely crucial and i don't know it's very complicated to set up vaccine manufacturing because it requires a global supply chain acquires a lot of quality assurance so it's not easy to be able to cut the slack from from manufacturing in india. from your point of view the

has ordered $5000000.00 among the countries counting on the kovacs vaccine alliance's iraq on thursday it received more than a quarter of a 1000000 astra zeneca vaccines through the un backed scheme the government to aims to inoculate 20 percent of the population of 40000000 by the end of the year but that goal could prove difficult as many fulton reports from baghdad. after months of delay at contradictory messages from the ministry of health iraq's covert 19 vaccination campaign has begun. with now receive 336000 vaccines in the being distributed according to plan to health clinics across iraq the priority health workers security forces the elderly and people with immunity disorders. that prioritize ation plan has yet to be implemented the government 1st asked people to register online but because of limited uptake if then open the doors to everyone including young people like myself there isn't enough in courtrooms from the government to take the vaccine so i don't own the priority to take the vaccine but i know if i don't come and take it maybe it will get expired and no one is goi

we are now working on this with the kovacs initiative. the decision represents a change of mind by madagascar's president who initially refused to participation the kovacs program he instead promoted a scientifically unproven ravin to be marketed as covert organics. i think i am convinced i am persuaded that history will prove us rice there are already 2 cases that have been cured with covert organics but we will see what happens next week the world health organization warned against its use before us had undergone proper scientific trials. and one year on no clinical down has been made publicly available to support the president's claims that the plan face treatment preventing cure that 19 is now sold in drinking capsule form and has been widely distributed in madagascar and also exported abroad. when the vaccines arrive madagascar plans to offer the 1st doses to health workers. it will be one of the last countries in africa to launch a coronavirus inoculation campaign. it was billed as europe's biggest indoor rock n roll concert since t

age helps launch the kovacs initiative it's designed to use money from richer countries to buy vaccines and distribute them to the poorest ones but because the kovacs initiative has been slow to get off the ground african governments are desperately seeking supplies they're already negotiating with russia and china you nor have i. remember. exactly some of the poorest countries in the world are going to manage to vaccinate sufficient. in their countries what has happened is that countries who are out of western vaccines really did have to take things into their own. zimbabwe for example has bought the chinese sino farm vaccine even though it has not yet been approved by the w h o and there are doubts that it protects against the mutated virus in neighboring south africa it's a bit of vaccine diplomacy china and russia may be using the vaccine to polish their image in the region a number of countries within reach of countries that is that she said and are increasingly concerned that russia and china are. vaccines to bolster their global influence by trying to step in and fill in the role

this also applies to the 2nd vaccine produced in india kovacs in. it currently can also only be used in india. kovacs and has to be administered in 2 doses 6 weeks after the 1st vaccination it offers protection of 78 percent the 3rd indian vaccine is awaiting approval psycho wajid come onto the market from mid may . but will this be enough to vaccinate against the pandemic in india. the big question. is chappell assen at the center of social medicine and community health and job 100 are nehru university in new delhi he joins us now to good to have you that's a nation obviously seen as the only way out of the pandemic is it also the only way out of the crisis in india now the current crisis is really of providing clinical care of providing intensive to very large numbers of being able to maintain infrastructure and supply chains that really is the current crisis also a very large requirement of it when resources. that clearly this is what's the bone in problem now that's the mission of course is crucial but explanation is not going to address this pr

health launched the kovacs initiative it's designed to use money from richer countries to buy vaccines and distribute them to the poorest ones but because the kovacs initiative has been slow to get off the ground african governments are desperately seeking supplies they're already negotiating with russia and china you have. some of the poorest countries in the world are going to manage to vaccinate sufficient. in their countries what has happened is that countries who are western vaccines really did have to take things into their own. zimbabwe for example has bought the chinese sino farm vaccine even though it has not yet been approved by the w h o and there are doubts that it protects against the mutated virus in neighboring south africa it's a bit of vaccine diplomacy china and russia may be using the vaccine to polish their image in the region a number of countries within the reach of countries that is that she said and are increasingly concerned that russia and china are going to proceed he would vaccines to bolster their global influence by trying to step in and fill in the role t

fred israeli says it's paid $64000000.00 to receive right seems through the kovacs program that's half the cost of the dates is needed to practice round $1.00 5th of the population the remaining balance will be paid after the shipment is received and its weight its government says it's been struggling to secure vaccines because of u.s. sanctions so far it's only received 750000 vaccine doses from russia and from china . in the united states the national disaster relief agency is offering help with funeral expenses for those who died from coverage 19 family members can apply directly to female for financial assistance program will cover funeral expenses incurred after january the 20th 2020 the funding is part of a $900000000000.00 relief package approved by congress last year the virus has killed more than 560000 americans. now people in a very few on proposed changes to the constitution critics say their whole will give more power to the president and threaten democracy president's idea of call for the referendum the months of political turmoil traffic reports now from the capitol. cur

have to wait until june for more shots supply shortages have seen nearly all deliveries through the kovacs program blocked the world health organization scheme is designed to give poor nations fair access to that says venezuelan says it's paid $64000000.00 to receive vaccines through the kovacs program that's half the cost of the doses needed to vaccinate around $1.00 5th of the population the remaining balance will be paid after the shipment it's received and as well as government says it's been struggling to secure vaccines because of the u.s. sanctions so far as any received 750000 vaccine doses from russia and from china people in palestine are voting on proposed changes to the constitution critics say the overhaul will give more power to the president and will threaten democracy president decided to provoke called for the referendum after months of political turmoil traffic reports now from the capital bishkek. curious families have been enjoying the spring sunshine after a long winter that sort momentous political events in the central asian country one often described as the most de

we are now working on this with the kovacs initiative and he said. the decision represents a change of mind by madagascar's president who initially refused to participate in the kovacs program he instead promoted a scientifically unproven revenue market as covert organics. i think i am convinced i am persuaded that history will prove us rice there are already 2 cases that have been cured with covert organics but we will see what happens next that the street the world health organization warned against its use before it had undergone proper scientific trials. and one year on no clinical down one has been made publicly available to support the president's claims that the plant based treatment kemper venting cured hope at 19 is now sold in drinking capsule form and has been widely distributed in madagascar and also exported abroad . when the vaccines arrive madagascar plans to offer the 1st doses to health workers. it will be one of the last countries in africa to launch a coronavirus inoculation camp a. new director of global justice now he says the pr

is kovacs program but the company says up to 90000000 of those doses could be delayed sources have told told the reuters news agency that india has caused exports so it can vaccinate its own people and that's worried africa countries in africa which want to inoculate up to 35 percent of their population by the end of the year a top health official says that target might now might not happen now it's just and it's not just poor countries the e.u. is reportedly asked for 10000000 astra zeneca doses from the serum institute and the u.k. has asked for 5000000 doses it's already ordered as well but some argue that blaming india is unfair the country has exported 64000000 doses which is higher than the 62000000 administered at home and india needs to speed up vaccinations because cases of increased sixfold in the past 2 months in a new variant with a double mutation might be driving up infection so joining us now via skype from the united states is krishna or de or kumar he is associate director for innovation at the global health and i just want to pick up on the point we're making there abo

the serum institute of india kodak's facility is expecting to reach 2000000000 doses it through the kovacs mechanism this year and fully half of that more than a 1000000000 doses would come from the serum institute in india of both the astra zeneca as well as novak's and trying to balance that against the needs domestically with a population of 1300000000 and trying to make doses available to other countries around the world puts india and certainly institute in a very difficult position to try to balance all of those needs we need to see more vaccines actually become available with less reliance and what's a really concentrated market right now so some of the good news is that we're starting to see increases in manufacturing capacity of some of the m.r.i. on a platform vaccine so with pfizer and by on tech now saying they can get to 2500000000 doses this year hopefully that opens up the possibility of a significant uptick through kovacs where right now it's a fairly small commitment of 40000000 doses that could potentially increase significantly and trying to understand how we can ramp up

kovacs and has to be administered in 2 doses 6 weeks after the 1st vaccination it offers protection of 78 percent. a 3rd indian vaccine is awaiting approval psyco wajid come onto the market from mid may. but will this be enough to vaccinate against the pandemic in india. the big question. is chairperson at the center of social medicine and community health and john howard are near a university in new delhi he joins us now good to have you that's a nation obviously seen as the only way out of the pandemic is it also the only way out of the crisis in india you know the current crisis is really of providing clinical care of providing intensive to very large numbers of being able to maintain infrastructure and supply chains that really is the current crisis also a very large requirement of it when we saw says. that clearly this is what's the bonding problem now that's the mission of course is crucial but explanation is not going to address this problem in the short run which is a few weeks that we are talking of now but surely you are trying to still get as many shots in arms as possible h

could be catastrophic for some african countries india has been providing millions of doses to the kovacs initiative which procures jobs for poorer nations but delhi is now moving to protect its own domestic supply as it fights a searching call 1000 cases. on thursday india reported more than $72000.00 new covered cases the highest spike in 6 months with a total of $12000000.00 active cases india is the 3rd highest in the world experts say the country must accelerate its vaccination program and stringently follows social distancing you do absolutely important for us become you know good to people that this is not a shuttle affair and it leaves for the next 4 to 6 months we have to remain very strongly. it was the among the people but also the political decision makers and administrators the moment we sure like city of political will probably discipline the way this gives an opportunity until now india has administered around 65000000 vaccine doses to its own citizens and they exported a similar quantity to 76 other countries but political pressure on the serum institute of india the world

backed kovacs program but about 19000000 jobs are being delayed india is holding them back to help deal with soaring infections at home disappointed african union says this will mean its target to vaccinate 35 percent of the continent's population this year will be missed by the e.u. is said to be after a $10000000.00 astra zeneca vaccines from india serum institutes and the u.k. has ordered $5000000.00 krishna mars associate director for innovation ado global health institute that's in the us he says that india serum institute is under pressure to balance both domestic as well as international demands. india really has become though workhorse of manufacturing for vaccines largely through the serum institute of india kodak's facility is expecting to reach 2000000000 doses it through the kovacs mechanism this year and fully half of that more than a 1000000000 doses would come from the serum institute in india of both the astra zeneca as well as novak's and trying to balance that against the needs domestically with a population of 1300000000 and trying to make doses available to other cou

could be catastrophic for some african countries india have been providing millions of doses to the kovacs initiative which procures jobs for poorer nations but delhi is now moving to protect its own domestic supply as it fights the searching call for 1000 cases. on thursday india reported more than $72000.00 new covered cases the highest spike in 6 months with a total of $12000000.00 active cases india is the 3rd highest in the world experts say the country must accelerate its vaccination program and stringently follows social distancing to do absolutely important for us to communicate to people that this is not a sharpton affair and it leaves for the next 4 to 6 months we have to remain very strongly. it's a growth this is among the people but also the political decision makers and administrators the moment we sure like city of political will probably discipline the way this gets an opportunity until now india has administered around 65000000 vaccine doses to its own citizens and exported a similar quantity to 76 other countries but political pressure on the serum institute of india the

that's india much of the world is clamoring to get their hands on the back scenes of course we have the kovacs initiative that's intended to help provide back scenes for for low income countries do you think that the kovacs initiative is working the way it should. well if dotting to do so but it's one year after the pandemic begin again and so at the end it's a little bit late that what we are doing now is our chance. at mit and on february on the bionic security council that we are going to spend 1500000000 euros local banks and there's a tiff before it was formed a 1000000 on the and the us explained that they are going to get $3200000000.00 for the. callbacks initiative that's all too late because we have to add that all along well because it's not a good thing to have. the welt and only the west gets a correct medicine and backed. a selector thank you very much for taking time to talk with us today that was only select a member of the german parliament from the f.t.p. about the puzzle thank you. and we'll have much more on the situation in india on d.w. news asia following this bulletin an

hello i'm christine it's good to have your company but kovac 900 pandemic is creating havoc in uganda with people have reported a shop rise in incidence of cattle raiding now desperate poaches without other economic opportunities are again resorting to steve. is a region in north east in uganda it's home to people from the night last week it's knit group who all mostly agro postural who has now the resurgence off cattle receive a rating there has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of ship it's who've been killed while trying to fight off the rages. on the left to fend for themselves so one woman has set up an initiative to help the widows with skills which they can feed their families. more. firewood. but the money she makes from selling it is still not enough to feed her 8 children my husband was killed while looking after the cows and the cows were stolen. and that's a problem because here in the who don't reach you know got a march you know often means no food and although cattle raiding has long been a part of life 1000 has make the situation worse local leaders say security force

kovacic. what changes should we make in section 230 am unity that right now these platforms don't know? >> i think 2:30 definitely needs some fixing. our position is that platforms that profit from the goods and services that they are deceptively marketing should not be able to hide behind the 230 immunity, such that the fix that's needed is that if it deals with the commercial speech in which a platform is making money, that they should not be able to use 230 at all. >> professor? >> thank, you mister chairman. it's appropriate through a variety of different legal steps to bring responsibility to bear on the intermediaries who are aware of the fall cities and claims being made, to exercise care in denying the their platforms to those who make these kinds of claims. i'm not sure if 230 is the only specific vehicle to use. i haven't spent much of my work studying that carefully, but i can think of other legal concepts and principles where we bring responsibility to bear on third parties who kno

platform will come to the kovacs platform in just a minute it is interesting though that given these bottlenecks in these challenges . with the sickly manufactured vaccine it seems only know that india is approving external vaccine candidates like nick i'm not sure what the situation is with pfizer by and 2nd medinah why do you think it's taken so long to approve these external vaccines is it politics trumping public health or is there something else at play. and say that what really drove decisions until now was the fact that there was relatively good control of coated in the indian context so they even were able to export more than 60000000 doses of domestically manufactured vaccines now that the situation on the ground in india is becoming more dire the need for vaccination is going up significantly and in addition to the domestic manufacturing there are going to have to be imports to meet the short term needs and it's a prudent change in the regulatory regime to rather than ask for bridging studies before approval to go ahead and grant emergency authorization based on approval by

west india has also signed up to produce 200000000 doses for up to 92 countries as part of the w h o's kovacs program although those supplies are now on hold the government has moved to restrict the vaccine exports to make up for the domestic short fall at delhi medical association dr told of india can no longer afford to send it short approach. with. less than 10 percent and. the we didn't or so many seen less to have the impact on the herd immunity and on the coverage of the vexed issue it will be difficult for india. to keep pace with their international obligations in the institution we're going to. be brought or the countries. where depending on india the country will have on their own the sources. cross the streets and enjoy less covert restrictions than the bizarre rule under which one divided german village lives and the absurdity of the situations not been lost on the residents. her. city last with different rules in place and many of the side of a special boundary it's because scrutinous a split between $22.00 or tauriel service allows for a district in the city of las vegas and all

delhi region to prevent its health system collapsing as india continues to set new records for daily kovac cases scientists are studying a new variant with a double mutation to see if it's behind the rise in infections just 2 weeks ago the country recorded almost 97000 cases a day around a 1000 on the cut under the country speak in september of last year a week later infections had surged to 168000 a day and now india has reported nearly 274000 confirmed cases in the last day and more than 1600 deaths for tori a gay to be reports. india is in the grip of the 2nd wave of cave in 19 and nowhere is that being felt that it is hospitals there are shortages of beds oxygen supplies and medicine adult to say this time they've seen a change in who is being admitted to hospital what we're seeing and this is all anecdotal a personal experience is there are younger patients who are being admitted to hospital. and are most strict in the type of disease that young patients usually her which is might be moderate. india reported 275000 new cases on monday that's the highest daily tally in a country that's

set up an organization representing the families of internes who have committed suicide during the kovac crisis he says working conditions have been unacceptable for years. my daughter died of professional burnout because of the conditions for work and study and because of the complete absence of measures to prevent psychosocial risks in the hospital where she worked every situation every death is unique in the context it's always different specialties places work that ellis cases are clearly related to working conditions they were overwhelmed at work there were also cases of harassment and study pressure but what they all have in common is that working conditions made them more psychologically vulnerable they weren't like that in the 1st place if we wait till summer how many more will die is this acceptable to hear from the health minister that it will wait and accept the fact that by summer we'll lose another 5 or 6 people until we finally have time to solve the problem no there are laws we should follow them full stop. and it is not just france one senior health worker in the u.k. is

astra zeneca faces legal proceedings after an italian woman given that kovacs seen died her family is now taking action against the multinational corporation the 55 year old music teacher from sicily got her shots on march the 11th within days medical check showed blood clots forming at her body and brain she fell into a coma and died less than a month later her brother says she had no previous health issues. my sister was in excellent health if some tests were done on her and came back negative she had no diseases and she was perfectly fine the tests also found that my sister was not at risk from bosis she was happy to get the vaccine and then after 7 days all the symptoms mentioned by the enemy began and she develops from braces she began to feel very ill and after another 2 days during which she was hospitalized her condition resulted in a cerebral hemorrhage and after 3 rounds of surgery she died. the last it adds to others already filed across europe against the british swedish company it also comes amid the suspension of the rollout of astra zeneca jobs in some countries over bl

essential paperwork countries across latin america and the caribbean began receiving jobs under the kovacs came 5 weeks ago. colombia's capital bogota is being put under a strict 3 day lockdown the city of 8000000 is facing complete restrictions on mobility and the panel or alcohol sales coronavirus cases are surging across the country with the number of new infections doubling over the last month intensive care units are rapidly approaching capacity that of amber of cities and argentina has broken its record for the number of new corona virus infections for the 4th straight day more than 24000 new cases of covert 19 were reported in the latest 24 hour report the government has recently brought in tougher restrictions in an effort to contain a new wave of infections live out of water. is monitoring developments for us that danielle has been an increase in deaths and covert 19 affections across latin america particularly in brazil some political tension also as a consequence what's being done to tackle it all. well certainly all of us a jew and i mean it seems to come and go we have restric

the government has started vaccinating health workers but not with doses received as part of the kovacs program it is almost impossible to collect credible data on the 19th death toll in syria because of the conflict the pandemic has increased the problems and suffering for millions of syrians but the vaccine provides just a little bit of hope. al-jazeera. the u.s. and the syrian opposition are criticizing and president bashar al assad to run for re-election describing it as a farce the vote next month will be the 2nd during syria's 10 year civil war has been in office for more than 21 years are likely to face any serious competition their position is barred from running. afghanistan is suffering one of its worst droughts in decades aid agencies say one 3rd of the population does not have enough food or water. they want urgent action is needed to stop it from stop the crisis from getting worse. reports from kabul. farmers in the village of g. can do nothing as water levels drop the canals connected to wells through which they were irrigating their fields have run dry the wheat is growin

venezuela says it's paid $64000000.00 to receive vaccines through the kovacs program that's half the cost of the doses needed to vaccinate around $1.00 5th of the population the remaining balance will be paid after the shipment is received venezuela's government says it's been struggling to secure vaccines because of u.s. sanctions and so far it's only received 750000 vaccine doses from russia and from china. now to kurdistan where people have just started voting on proposed changes to the constitution critics say the overhaul will give more power to the president and will threaten democracy president said it japery of called for the referendum after months of political turmoil charles traffic reports now from bishkek. curious families have been enjoying the spring sunshine after a long winter that sort meant political events in the central asian country one often described as the most democratic in the region but that may be changing. since the new president's plan to change the constitution could be a step backwards on the path towards full democracy. people have a strong will towa

the numbers are staggering since january kovac 19 has killed over 197000 brazilians more people have died in 4 months than in all of last year but now the pandemic has taken a sharp political turn congress is investigating whether president maduro is responsible for the world's 2nd largest kovac $1000.00 death toll after the united states also not 0 is accused of downplaying the dangers of the virus and the efficiency of the vaccines. last year the government rejected several offers to buy the corona back and pfizer vaccines from china and united states delaying the mass inoculation campaign. or pierre but neither of us this is the 1st time cruel actions are being investigated the governor and he denied the pandemic but also confronted governors and mayors who imposed restrictions protect the population the supreme court bought the president from a fuse and lockdowns but now congress will hold him accountable for his actions. failed to stop lawmakers from launching the probe now a senate committee will be looking into at least 20 accusations among them the government's failure to hav

astra zeneca kovac jump into the spotlight again as the european medicines agency's vaccine chief links it to blood clots with the families of those who died after getting the shot demanding. twitter demands the removal of a decade old video of alleged u.s. war crimes claiming it violates the platform's policy on graphic content. and it's really a march in support of struggling businesses turns violent with officers injured by protesters warning they won't survive a 3rd lockdown in a year. very warm welcome from our team here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. international with me to carry. fresh questions are being raised about the astra zeneca vaccine with the latest link leading to further calls for restrictions a senior official from the european medicines agency says there may be a connection between the job and blood clots although it's still unclear exactly how and why problems occur artie's shallow deep and ski house the story. those doubts have been raised once again this time by the top official of the european medicines agency at the may there are no calls for clari

of lives at risk to iran the sign the contract for almost 17000000 vaccine doses through the w h o's kovac scheme back in january but 3 months on only a tiny fraction of those have been delivered at a time when cofa death so soaring president who on me says that's entirely down to the trade restrictions being enforced by america. it's our lives. there were no sanctions we would be getting deliveries through the scheme and today millions of people could get the vax and i would like oh people to clearly realize that this is a crime by washington well this comes amid reports of cautious progress the talks in vienna on reviving the iran nuclear deal by administration wants to revive the pact which previously gave iran sanctions relief in exchange for a scaling back of its nuclear energy program however as a key sticking point washington wants iran to act 1st and limit its uranium enrichment before sign sions can be lifted while iran says the u.s. which left the pact unilaterally under trumped needs to take the 1st step. of definitive policy as stated by the supreme leader is that we demand the