and elizabeth joins us now live from new delhi in this what's gone wrong with india's oxygen supply. oh dear it is simply because of the number of cases which have gone up exponentially to put the number of cases that we're seeing right now into perspective at the peak of india's 1st wave cases didn't quite reach 100000 that was in september the highest recorded was 97000 cases and at the moment for the 3rd day india has been recording more than 300000 cases the number of hospitalizations have gone up and so too has the number of people who need oxygen for the 2nd day in a row we've had a hospital in the indian capital new delhi saying that they have lost patients because of a lack of oxygen supply they say that 20 critically ill in the cove of 19 patients died because the oxygen delivery was 7 hours late and that 200 more lives at the hospital are at stake we've had another hospital so that they have had to discharge all 140 of the patients and tell their family members that they need to find another hospital and they are not taking any more missions but the problem is that when you

delhi this is one of new delhi's biggest private hospitals where the director said 25 people died in one day because of load up.

but some train stations in new delhi have been overwhelmed by thousands of migrant workers fleeing the city as a weeklong covered 1000 locked down goes into effect it's a reminder of a similar exodus joining a nationwide lockdown last year and is reported more than 200000 new cases for the 6th consecutive day and into tuesday it reported a record number of deaths from the virus more than 1700. i'm leaving because a lot down has been imposed nobody house is in lockdown not the government and definitely not the rented house owner but we have to pay everyone we are far from home and we are here to work hard and earn for our family back home and this situation will end up doing the opposite so we have to go home elizabeth autonomy's in new delhi and she says the government is being urged to provide welfare for migrant workers. government announced on monday that from monday night for one week that it was imposing what it called a curfew but one of the restrictions of the same as doing the knock down the nationwide lockdown even last year with people on their homes on this they would what a

delhi this is one of new delhi's biggest private hospitals where the director said 25 people died in one day because of low oxygen supply the family of a 39 year old man who passed away says his oxygen was reduced without their knowledge and that his last words were.

this is one of new delhi's.

for and joins us now live from new delhi how grim is it looking now at ground 0. hello sami well every day we have more and more hospitals in india's capital new delhi saying that they only have a few hours of oxygen left this is despite the government scrambling over the last few days to transport it not just by trucks as it was doing it had to rope in indian railways and also the air force and that is because of complaints especially from delhi's leaders that oxygen was being held up at state borders so they are using it trains and then they are using planes to transport empty oxygen tankers because it's not safe to transport they say it's not safe to transport full oxygen tankers we have medical directors of hospitals in delhi calling the local media breaking down pleading for someone to send them oxygen saying that they are calling the country's main supplier but that they are not answering the situation is the worst in delhi because it is now the worst affected city in the country but delhi is one of around 12 states where there is a critical shortage of oxyg

epicenter elizabeth cronon has more now from new delhi. sure the sun is inconsolable lotta hearing of her mother's death while waiting in line to get oxygen for her i want to go to my mother she cries repeatedly earlier she described just how difficult it is to get help and daddy visited me when we have an out of a house is 2 in the morning there's no oxygen available in all of delhi and after a lot of running around we finally got here by 4 initially there was a queue on the other side then we were told that we had to come to the fun side and queue here my mother is very ill and for the past 2 days we've been trying to get a bed in so many hospitals in delhi. but sure these mother is just one of the 3645 people who died in india on wednesday delhi even maine's one of the worst affected states its leaders said despite trying their best every hospital in the capital is overburdened and treating people beyond their capacity. that's why this base in central new delhi where political rallies and religious festivals are usually held is being co

i'm elizabeth cohen i'm outside an oxygen supply in new delhi where desperate people whose relatives a sick are lining up in the hopes of buying the life saving gas also ahead u.s. president joe biden hits the road to promote his ambitious plan to rebuild the economy as he mocks 100 days in office. and trouble at the border between kyrgyzstan and fighting leave several dead and injured. thank you for joining us a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel has killed at least 44 people the crash happened at a gathering of tens of thousands of her off the docks jews on mount meron our correspondent gary fossett is at the scene and will update us shortly but 1st this report from santa hire out. emergency services rushed to the scene where tens of thousands of cultural roots jews had gathered for the largo my annual pilgrimage which started off as an all night gathering of prayer and dance at the bonfire festival ended with these chaotic scenes. bodies of those killed in a stampede are lined up hundreds of people are in the jute provided. those with. 200. says another cycle of c

soldiers god a newly opened 19 care center in new delhi. there are 500 beds so far for the many family members who couldn't get their loved ones admitted to hospitals even fewer people are being turned away being told that they can only be admitted if they have a referral and have prevented just the same to also says that it can't accept those who are critically ill leaving many with nowhere else to go. as many people die because of a lack of help promised on the day and i'm already has been criticized for allowing the large political and religious events to go ahead that led to the government asking twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic this stems primarily from the fact that this government does not take very kindly to criticism it's very sensitive to criticism and also from the desire to try and control the narrative as the days have gone by this government has come in increasingly. for criticism increasingly from citizens and also i may say from from the court. on monday them address high court an

delhi. well the government has been trying to transport medical oxygen by train on the road to hospitals in the capital new delhi and although west affected areas dr ivan the soil is the chairman and chief surgeon medan to liver transplant institute he says he's optimistic hospitals will get oxygen soon so what's happening now is that the hospitals that are actually running out of oxygen stock are getting. an oxy and hospitals that actually have some left or obviously going to be given the supplies. and you know both the demand in the supply side of being looked at the government has announced that the production of oxygen and plants will be ramped up if it be balloted from non-essential services to essentially hospitals and you know the obstacles on the way in terms of the distribution of oxygen could also be totally removed. the are yet to see the actual effect of that because the oxygen delivery to hospitals should become smaller there in the next 24 to 48 hours on the consumption side we

well again this is al-jazeera the main news this hour hospitals in india's capital new delhi getting oxygen supplies only worth 2 to 3 hours at a time because of severe shortages india has recorded the world's highest number of new infections for the 5th day. and colombia's hospitals are also on the brink of collapse the country's going through the worst peak in daily infections and deaths since the start of the pandemic the government is now a closed new restrictions. on the commander of foreign forces in afghanistan says the u.s. and nato troops have become the final withdrawal president joe biden wants american soldiers out by september 11th 20 years out of 911 that is. libyan government said to be loyal to the son of the warlord holly for have to have prevented a unity government delegation from entering benghazi armed men surrounded the airport that after the delegations plane landed it was then forced to fly back to tripoli the delegation came to prepare for the 1st visit to the city by the interim prime minister the area is a long time after all strong hold and amnesty interna

conelly harve the transmission of the virus well elizabeth random said this update from new delhi. we are at a makeshift kramatorsk that's been created here and dia's capital new delhi because the actual crime atory i'm behind does has run out of space to cremate the number of bodies which are piling up every single day that is the situation in every crime atory and every burial ground not just here in delhi but many of the worst affected states these predatory and has been working from 6 o'clock in the morning till midnight its 1st set top 20 funeral pyres 20 extra extra funeral pyres in this part next door to it but it's realized that it has to set off another 50 here the situation is such here in delhi and beyond that family members of the sick after going from hospital to hospital to try and get their loved ones admitted then having to go from crime atory into crime atory and from burial ground to burial ground to try and have funerals funerals in the country where they're held as soon as possible not just because of custom but because a very hot temperatures because of a short

for more let's go live to elizabeth promises outside a temporary kramatorsk in new delhi liz more a more tragic stories that we're hearing out of india but the international aid is starting to arrive just tell us where you are 1st of all what's happening there and what's happening to that aid. in iraq. we are. here in the capital danny that's been created because the climate. cannot cremate the number of bodies that have piling up neither can any of the kramatorsk ems or burial grounds in the city that is why the. crime a tory in which is working from 6 in the morning to midnight that 1st put up 20 extra funeral pyres in the park next door to it behind us that spot enough and somalis putting up 50 funeral pyres the situation is such in delhi that people family members after going from hospital to hospital to have their loved ones admitted they're now going from predatory to predatory him from burial to burial ground to hold funerals in a country where funerals are held as soon as possible not just because of custom but because of the very hot temperatures because of a shortage of mortuar

the local media is reporting new delhi is running out of wood to keep its crime atory ims running almost 3 and a half 1000 funerals for coronavirus victims were held across the capital last week operators are struggling to cope with the unprecedented demand and say some would suppliers are refusing to take new orders on others have driven up prices elizabeth put on him sent us this update from a comment on him in new delhi. we are at a makeshift kramatorsk that's been created here and dia's capital new delhi because the actual crime atory i'm behind does has run out of space to premade the number of bodies which are piling up every single day that is the situation in every crime atory and every burial ground not just here in delhi but many of the worst affected states these. predatory and has been working from 6 o'clock in the morning till midnight it 1st says 20 funeral pyres 20 extra extra funeral pyres in this part next door but it's realized that it has to set off another 50 here the situation as such here in delhi and beyond that family members of the sick after going from hospital

india records more than 300000 coronavirus cases for a 4th day in a row patients now dying in new delhi every 4 minutes. a hospital fire as a covert warded baghdad kills at least 27 people last june the cylinder explosion is. i'm sam is a this is al jazeera live from also coming up u.s. president joe biden labels the killings of armenians a century ago a genocide summons america's ambassador and protest. a maritime standoff in the blank sea russia restricts access for ukraine's naval vessels. india is reporting a record number of corona virus cases for a 4th straight day with almost 350000 infections stafford overwhelmed hospitals are begging for oxygen supplies as the country's health care system buckles or the white house has expressed deep concern over the situation plans to urgently deploy additional support elizabeth purana reports from new delhi where one person is dying of covered every 4 minutes. a police vehicle escorts an oxygen tank at a hospital in the indian capital new delhi the life saving gas is now the most desperately needed commodity in the country hospital directors

soldiers got a newly opened 19 care center and new delhi. there are 500 beds so far for the many family members who couldn't get their loved ones admitted to hospitals even fewer people are being turned away being told that they can only be admitted if they have a referral and have prevented just the same to also says that it can't accept those who are critically ill leaving many with nowhere else to go. as many people die because of a lack of help promised on the day and i'm already has been criticized for allowing the large political and religious events to go ahead that led to the government asking twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic this stems primarily from the fact that this government does not take very kindly to criticism it's very sensitive to criticism and also from the desire to try and control the narrative as the days have gone by this government has come in increasingly for criticism increasingly from citizens and also i may say from from the court. on monday them address high court and

we're live from mumbai and new delhi this hour. manus, i know you're waking up a little bit early now you're back on the european continent. i can feel your energy from where i sit. we've had ubs results coming out tomorrow. this morning, all about phillips and a banging quarter for them on all fronts. manus: absolutely, margins rising in the health care business, likewise in diagnostics. you're right. i finally left dubai, nine months since i've gone on a plane. three tests later in the space of 48 hours -- to give you some context, it is important we get out and talk to them face-to-face and get an idea of how the business are going. can rough hammers deliver what armani delivered in the backwater? what is his stance for being there? we had the phillips numbers. i think there's a lot to deal with, uneven opening around the world. what is the underlying piece in the new york times? annmarie: the fact that americans, if they are vaccinated, could be coming into europe this summer, that goes back to the bank of america piece. i thin

for and is live in new delhi is this number of 22 people dying because they are. very. critical developments and there must be similar you know many people in similar situations across new delhi. hello sami so what we have here in the capital and elsewhere in the country patients dying because they don't have enough oxygen supply what's happened in the state of maharashtra unfortunately is the oxygen tank that was supplying a large hospital in the city of nashik while that was being refilled that led to in the which then forced the hospital they were able to stop the leak but it disrupted the supplier to a number of patients in the hospital who were on ventilators 22 of them died we 1st heard that it was the number was 11 but hospital authorities said that they were trying to doctors were trying to save lives after that incident and that number has now gone up to 22 the hospital authorities the city's administration said that they're going to look into what happened who was responsible and hold people to account but unfortunately accidents in indian hospitals are

major hospitals in india's capital new delhi are warning they'll run out of oxygen in less than 24 hours india's reported almost 300000 new cases more than 2000 deaths both daily numbers. italy and the netherlands will start using the johnson and johnson job after europe's drug regulator recommended it should include a warning label the european medicines agency found possible links between the one those coded 19 vaccine and blood clots but it says the side effect is very rare the benefits of a vaccine out plainly potential risks johnson and johnson paused the road out of the job last week after recommendations from the us authorities. is in amsterdam with more. well it means that there is another disputed fact seen actually that could create concerns among people here in the e.u. it's very rare in 8 cases in fact they found blood clots and also this sudden decrease of blood platelets mostly within young women in the ages of 18 to 48 years old in the united states and that was also the reason they stop vaccinating people with this johnson and johnson vaccine but overall they say this ris

delhi. the u.s. regulators are lifting a pause on the use of johnson and johnson single shot covert 19 vaccine it follows a recommendation by the centers for disease control and prevention it says the benefits outweigh the serious but small risk 15 cases of blood clotting have been identified 3 of which were fatal rob reynolds reports from los angeles. after an 11 day pause to evaluate rare but serious side effects the u.s. centers for disease control and food and drug administration will allow the use of johnson and johnson's one dose coated 19 vaccine to resume an expert panel voted 10 to 4 to recommend resumption of the vaccinations without restriction for everyone aged 18 and over with these actions the administration of johnson and johnson covered 1000 maksim can resume and. that's that f.d.a. will add more details to the health care provider and patient backseat including information about the rest of bonds have occurred in the very small number of people who have received johnson and

sitting outside new delhi's biggest covered mine hospital this man has been told all 1500 beds are occupied but he is refusing to leave his ambulance drivers as they traveled for 3 hours to come to the hospital only to be turned away. but a lot workable mission when. we were told that only if you have approval from the top authorities only then will they admit the patient and allow the ambulance inside be delayed of that mission straight away now where do it take the patient on the oxygen in the ambulance will finish whom. hospitals in india's capital a full of people arrive in ambulances cars and auto rickshaws pleading for admission but even the family members of those inside a worried about their loved ones was at the shakes mother was admitted a week ago he says he's only been able to speak to her once. in while. the situation is very grim here no one is paying attention to patient hospitals are open only name in the city and the chief minister isn't giving any answers about this crisis if we call the covert helpline no one answers people can't even get ambulances my question is that my

there is elizabeth brannon has this update from new delhi. we are outside an oxygen supply in new delhi where people whose relatives are sick have been lining up for hours in the hopes of buying the life saving gas one man has been waiting here for more than 12 hours another for more than 7 hours they are here because all of the capital's hospitals are full and many have a pretty shortage of oxygen people are still dying here because there aren't enough beds and. isn't enough oxygen and that is why the international aid that's really is so very important to the 1st of the $100000000.00 worth of aid from the us touched down in new delhi on friday the military plane was carrying everything from oxygen cylinders. a 1000000 doses of breath it tests 40 countries have been sending hundreds of oxygen generation plants thousands of oxygen concentration. the u.s. is also sending hundreds of thousands of dollars of vaccines and the raw materials needed to manufacture vaccines that says many states in india including the capital delhi including the wors

less but for all of this the latest now from new delhi. the situation is such. that people. from hospital to hospital to have their loved ones. from predatory into predatory i'm from the burial ground to hold funerals in a country. so it's possible not just because of custom but because of the very hot temperatures because of a shortage of mortuaries facilities and as the situation unfolds we have international aid that's been arriving in the country for the last 2 days a lot of different oxygen supply frantic concentrator. pakistan has reported a new daily record of 201 current virus deaths and there were more than 5000 new infections soldiers have been deployed to cities with high infection rates to enforce restrictions. u.s. federal investigators have raided the manhattan apartment of donald trump's loyalty giuliani the f.b.i. is looking into giuliani's foreign dealings in ukraine is also facing ethics charges over his efforts to overturn trump's loss and losses u.s. presidential election. on the eve of his 100th day in office u.s. president joe biden is due to give his 1

delhi a person is dying of covert 19 every 4 minutes elizabeth purana joins us now live from new delhi so elizabeth another day another set of numbers above 300000 what does this mean for the health care system not only in delhi but also outside in rural areas. hello sami were letters really important to remember that we have been focusing a lot on delhi and also in on the financial capital by which is the capital of the worst affected state might astral because the cases have been so high there because the health care infrastructure has been so overwhelmed but what is important to rent remember is that man by and delhi have some of the best health care infrastructure in the country and yet here in the capital we continue to see the entrances to hospitals filled with desperate family members begging for their loved ones their loved ones to be admitted being rejected because hospitals are full and we're hearing reports of people dying outside hospitals dying on the footpath outside hospitals waiting to be admitted in the southern city of bengal luda which is also one of the richest citi

delhi with our correspondent elizabeth cohen i'm so hospitals still overwhelmed in new delhi liz and now a controversy. absolutely folley it's been a week now since delis hospitals 1st raised the alarm that they were running out of oxygen and every day we're still hearing reports that many hospitals and still making do with just a few hours of oxygen left the situation is grim hospital entrances to timelines a still filled with desperate people looking for beds and oxygen for their loved ones and so what happened on tuesday is despite all of that we heard that the delhi government has instructed a 5 star hotel to free up 100 beds to create a covert health facility for delhi high court judges and their families this was at the delhi high court's instruction and there has been a backlash to this on social media with some people even wondering if it's a joke when people are dying because there aren't enough beds and oxygen this is the same delhi high court which they call the situation in the capital last week ridiculous and and shocking and the central government has been accused of be

delhi says that it could run out of oxygen in the next few hours let's go live now to new delhi has a series of there's a big problem joins us let's start with this file what more do we know about what happened. out of adrian so what we know is that 13 encoded 19 patients who were in the intensive care unit of this hospital in the city of it out in the worst affected state. died when a fire broke out in the hospital in the middle of the night and we can see distraught family family members breaking down outside the hospital clearly angry that something like this could have happened but this is happening just 2 days after another accident at another hospital in the state of maharashtra on wednesday and we had a leak in an oxygen tank and that was supplying oxygen to patients on ventilators fixing that leak disrupted the oxygen supply and it led to the deaths of 24 close to 1000 patients and all of this is happening while india's health care infrastructure and hospitals buckling under the pressure of the number of people with cases being hospitalized needing oxygen there was a critica

a police vehicle escorts an oxygen tank at a hospital in the indian capital new delhi the life saving gas is now the most desperately needed commodity in the country hospital directors in the capital say they're managing hour to hour waiting for supplies. we have just received 500 liters of oxygen this will last for maybe 30 to 45 minutes the requirement for a 1000 liters start at one hospital say 20 critically ill patients died because the oxygen delivery was 7 hours late on saturday another had to discharge all that's patients after it out but finding a hospital bed that a freak has become almost impossible in the city of atlanta. i came here to get my grandfather treated he's suffering from covert 19 they're not letting us in we don't understand anything the security guard is saying there is no doctor available here if there is no doctor need the emergency ward then where will we go through his oxygen level is dropping alarmingly. india recorded more than 300000 cases for the 3rd day on saturday the situation in india is a device stating reminder of what this virus can do and why w

development a hospital fire in the state of maharashtra has killed 14 covert patients from new delhi elizabeth prada reports on the multiple crisis facing the country. overcome with grief. this man and other family members of 14 people. killed in a fire at this hospital in maharashtra state broke down as they confronted staff the place where through the intensive care unit or i.c.u. the matter for me about unfortunately a major fire disaster happened at our hospital at about 3 am there was a sudden spark from the air condition and since there was a lot of oxygen supply in the i.c.u. it was completely engulfed within 2 minutes. 2 days ago in the same state a lake and an oxygen tank a killed 24 car the 19 patients on ventilators after their supply was disrupted many indian states are facing a critical shortage of hospital beds and oxygen supplies in the capital new delhi distraught family members a struggling to find beds for their loved ones. well i've been running around for a hospital to get my mother admitted since the 21st of april i visited all the hospitals in delhi they all say

from new delhi elizabeth problem reports on the multiple crises confronting india. overcome with grief and anger this man and other family members of 14 people killed in a fire at this hospital in maharashtra state broke down as they confronted staff the blaze swept through the intensive care unit or i.c.u. from other for me about unfortunately a major fire disaster happened at our hospital at about 3 am there was a sudden spark from the air condition and since there was a lot of oxygen supply in the i.c.u. it was completely engulfed within 2 minutes. 2 days ago in the same state a lake and an oxygen tank killed 24 covered 19 patients on ventilators after their supply was disrupted many indian states are facing a critical shortage of hospital beds and oxygen supplies in the capital new delhi distraught family members a struggling to find beds for their loved ones. well i've been running around for a hospital to get my mother admitted since the 21st of april i visited all the hospitals in delhi they all say the same thing the beds and all debatable another patient my

talks a symmetry is said of critical care at holy family hospital in new delhi since the health care system in the indian capital has been completely overwhelmed. this whole situation seems so who develop. beds of all ice you beds all went to later all that glitters at all there are no beds in the in the wards are what busy d.m. agency room is full of patients they have nowhere to go you know even if you don't have fit the bites you on the ward to be if you want to send them some barrels that is no organized way of sending them away and all these patients are what they're in the are all those who need high amounts of often or actually would need a ventilator better than ice to bed if they could get one. so so that is the situation using patients we could we could save because there is no act i mean the numbers are or felt the patients lining up the novice emergency room broad said because they have been running from the hospital in an ambulance or in their cars with oxygen cylinders trying to get to bed and they either run off of dogs in or are or that option was not enough for them

hello again this is al jazeera on the main news this hour hospitals in india's capital new delhi are getting oxygen supplies last again only 2 to 3 hours at a time due to severe shortages india has recorded the world's highest number of new infections for the 5th day. colombia's health care system is on the brink of collapse it's going through its worst peak of daily infections and deaths since the start of the pandemic the government's not posing new restrictions on the commander of foreign forces in afghanistan says that u.s. and nato troops have become the final withdrawal president joe biden wants all american soldiers out by september 11th 20 years after the 911 attacks. gunfire explosions continued to shake somalia's capital mogadishu overnight that in violent confrontations between supporters of the president of those opposed to an extension of his term in office parliament recently voted to extend mohamed up the law for modulus term and talks to organize a new election of stalled the us has urged both sides to reject violence and resume dialogue let's bring it out a serious c

one's weekly news program best in delhi you can you galleon so transport me someone who cares. that american aircraft supposedly landing in ukraine according to b.b.c. fact checkers it's footage that was plucked from the pentagon's website and that plane was actually landing in alaska but it fits with this argument that the russian buildup is a necessary response to increase u.s. military presence in the region foreign threats russia acting in self-defense these are for millionaires right russian media maintain that such threats from abroad are both imminent and constant and there is an element of truth to that but it's the tone of these reports that striking got david's up and see just numb knew morgan humala why you know on ukraine russia has its own media outlets there on the job but what about within ukraine itself what kind of influence does russia have in that media space that is clear evidence of pro kremlin presence in the ukrainian media last year a ukrainian investigative t.v. show revealed that one of cousens closest allies in the country a politician called viktor m

but we begin the news hour in india where the oxygen is shortage at hospitals in new delhi is growing more urgent by the minutes on monday the nation of nearly 1400000000 people registered another record in daily covert infections with more than 335-0000 cases registered and more than 2800 people died in the biggest single day increase so far where hospital officials of the big. the government to step up efforts to tackle the oxygen shortage they're only receiving enough to last just 2 to 3 hours at a time because supplies are so desperately low by getting into the body where we are constantly afraid for the past 5 to 6 days we are getting oxygen in parts one ton 2 tons half a ton during different parts of the day we need 5 tons of oxygen every day only we know how difficult it is for us to get by through the evening we are not even having enough sleep at night because of the crisis i would like to thank the police and the government for doing the best they can but it is not enough. well india's capital has the best medical facilities in the country but it's also been struggling with

delhi this is one of new delhi's biggest private hospitals where the director said 25 people died in one day because of low oxygen supply the family of a 39 year old man who passed away says his oxygen was reduced without their knowledge and that his last words were please save me they also say they counted at least $45.00 bodies and that a catastrophe is being covered up the hospitals chairman says they've never had any deaths in one day but he denies there were a result of oxygen shortage in the u.s. regulators are lifting a pause on the use of johnson and johnson's single shot kovacs same this is after a recommendation from the centers for disease control and prevention it says the vaccines benefits outweigh the serious but small risk in the 8000000 people in the u.s. of received its health officials so far flooding 15 cases of blood clotting 3 of which were fatal. new zealand has paused its newly opened travel bubble with its neighbor after a covert 19 hour break in western australia the regions of perth and peele are entering a snap 3 day lockdown the zealand and australia had o

delhi. neighboring pakistan is deploying troops to help local police and force new social distancing measures the prime minister imran khan says the decision is in light of a steady increase in deaths and infections he says while they won't be a lockdown right now cities will be shut down if pakistan's situation gets as bad as india's. an emergency meeting of health experts is about to be held in the u.s. over the future use of the johnson and johnson coronavirus vaccine a centers for disease control advisory committee has been reviewing the job of to 6 cases of severe blood clots were found in female patients the c.d.c. recommended a temporary pause of the vaccine 10 days ago our data guidelines are due to be announced at today's meeting. a new malaria vaccine is being hailed as a possible game changer in the fight to eliminate the disease the oxford institute jab is 77 percent effective in stopping infections it's now entering larger human trials to wall out any side effects or larry kills

written extensively on the cave in $1000.00 crisis in india he joins us now on skype from new delhi many thanks for taking the time to speak to us on al-jazeera how dire is the situation on the ground in india in its hospitals a little of our situation is very of your thoughts and griffith the latest coming out of austin so people are literally you know gossiping but at. night because there's not. india has a black eye in the been because the docks in that wyman's around the house and the guns and you know it was supply of farms if you want to just or was them talking to us and that's economic times accused around that argument that guns student you know who are due to the critical industries which cannot be we don't so it is a massive shock for oil and a lot of that shortfall and by the fact that transporting. to the hospital has a complicated process and india is also running out of that are going to and those that used once fought over. the more effective is the not been simply not can i ask what why has this situation escalated so quickly because just a week ago the central gove

delhi. want to turn to what's happening elsewhere in the world down the russian president vladimir putin has backed a proposal by health officials for a 10 day non-working period in early may to curb the spread of the virus may 1st and 9th already public holidays but a 1st to the 11 of could now become non-work days with russians encouraged to stay at home the health minister says the covert situation is stable but warns it might worsen when people start to socialise more in the warmer weather russia has reported almost 9000 new cases in the past 24 hours well below the 29000 a day of the country's page in december and then the australian city of. is going into a snap 3 day lockdown in response to one person testing positive to cove it off to leaving hotel quarantine people flock to stock up on supplies at supermarkets in preparation for the last minute restrictions coming in australia has come close to eradicating the virus of mandatory hotel quarantine for the limited number of people allo

delhi are killing outside factories to philip oxygen tanks and hospitals are running out of beds and medical supplies the foreign secretary says 40 countries have pledged to send up to 550 oxygen generating plants but many patients can't afford to wait then. we have an out of a house is 2 in the morning there is no oxygen available in all of delhi and after

a report from new delhi. reporter: she is inconsolable after hearing of her mother's death while waiting in line get oxygen for her. i want to go to my mother, she cries repeatedly. earlier, she described just how difficult it is to get help in delhi. >> we have been out of our house since 2:00 in the morning. , there is no oxygen available and after a lot of running around, we finally got here by around 4:00. initially there was a queue on the other side. than we were told we had to come to the front and queue here. my mother is ill and for the past two days we have been able trying to get a bed in a hospital in delhi. reporter: her mother is one of 6445 people who died in india on wednesday. that he remains one of the worst affected states. its leaders say, despite trying their best, every hospital in the capital is overburdened and treating people beyond their capacity. that is why this place in central new delhi, where political rallies and religious festivals are usually held, is being converted into a m

cases for a 6th straight day there's a problem has more from new delhi. no one is allowed to leave their homes unless they work in essential services or go out to get essential supplies the delhi government may be announcement on monday with just a few hours notice because the what they call in a curfew which is essentially all of the same restrictions that were in place last year during the lockdown that came into force at 10 pm on monday night after they made that announcement we have seen a very numbers of migrant workers people who work in different states to where they're from who don't live in delhi crowding one of dani's biggest bus stations. russian state media are reporting moscow plans to block parts of the black sea to foreign ships for 6 months u.s. says russia could restrict access to ukrainian ports in the sea of as of and that it marks another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been moved to a prison hospital his doctor says he could be near death while still thirds say his condition i

touchdown in new delhi on friday the military plane was carrying everything from oxygen cylinders the hospital equipment a 1000000 doses of breath it tests 40 countries have been sending hundreds of oxygen generation plants thousands of oxygen concentration as the u.s. is also sending hundreds of thousands of dozens of vaccines and the roma tiriel needed to manufacture vaccines that says many states in india including the capital delhi including the worst affected maharashtra say they don't have enough doses to expand the vaccination program that's due to happen on saturday where all adults will be eligible to get a vaccine but there aren't enough in the country. health care experts in nepal are warning the capital could see seen similar to india infections are rising in hospital beds are filling up. reports from katmandu. empty streets in nepal's capital as a 2 week lockdown is imposed to limit the spread of corona virus it's the 2nd wave to hit the country infections have surged and more than half are in the capital. but i'd sort of hospitals are seeing more cases in a shorter span

infections there's a problem and joins us now live from new delhi tough new restrictions being brought into maharashtra straight state want to they mean because authorities stopping short of calling as a lockdown. laureus from wednesday evening in the state of mind no one will be allowed to go out other than to go out for work or to get essential supplies and only essential services will be open that until the end of the month that follows continuing to be the worst affected state continue to add more cases accounting for at least a quarter of. all the cases in the country sometimes as many as a 3rd sometimes as many as half of all the cases the chief minister of maharashtra has also announced financial aid for the state's many daily wage because while more and more restrictions have been announced over the past month actually in maharashtra it began with the weekend not down and the night curfew and when that didn't stem the rise in cases that got even more restrictions and as those restrictions are announced we have seen a steady stream of daily wage earners and migrant workers peopl

elizabeth raman is live for us in new delhi so what's happening with those oxygen suppliers elizabeth will they get them to hospitals in time. hello sami so we have heard from 4 of delhi's because hospitals which is said that they have now received oxygen supply one of delhi's biggest private hospitals have told us that they've got enough supplies to last them till thursday morning and they're expecting more today so they do have enough to tide them over for another day but they need more delis local leaders have been pleading with the central government to make sure that the supply makes it to the capital we've got private hospitals trying to procure from private suppliers the delhi high court has called the situation the health care capacity in the capital it said that it is that the stage of imminent collapse that's the situation in the capital the shortage of oxygen has been a big issue in the worst affected states for many weeks now and elsewhere in the country we are seeing more and more reports of people dying because they can't make it they can't get to a hospital bed where th