Rigor refugees who have been moved to a Remote Island thats prone to flooding. And indias army denies reports it carried out the prize attacks in kashmir the deaths of 2 some tips. To begin with the Coronavirus Crisis and the global death toll has now passed 1500000 with a 3rd of those in just the last 2 months the United Nations secretary general is once again calling for unified Global Response to the pandemic which is infected more than 65000000 people a number of countries have been reporting record high deaths among them italy thats despite the overall number of cases dropping just under a 1000 people died in the last 24 hours and the United States recorded its highest daily death toll on wednesday well than 2800 soaring infections at record hospitalizations a prompt a tougher measures including in the 2nd largest city. The choices between us are stark between health and sickness between care and apathy and yes between life and death for too many of the people that we love my message couldnt be simpler its time to hunker down its time to cancel everything and if it isnt essential dont do it. Dont meet up with others outside your household dont host a gathering dont attend a gathering and following our targeted safe or at home order if youre able to stay home stay home. Well us president elect joe biden has just released further details about his plan to tackle the pandemic and we will speak to kristen salumi about that in just a moment but 1st lets go to rob reynolds who is monitoring the latest developments from Los Angeles Rob so we had the head of the c. D. C. Warning that by february the u. S. Death toll could reach 450000 narrow its being followed up by the staggering record death toll numbers and the l. A. Stay at home what up on what can you tell us. Well kim here in california weve broken another one of those dreadful milestones that we keep hearing about the from all around the world 20000 new cases of code 19 positive infections recorded on wednesday you heard the mayor there saying that its time for everyone to hunker down cancel all of their engagements and just try to be as selfcontained as possible well just a couple of hours ago the mayor of the excuse me the governor again of a new some of california said that he is going to be instituting a series of regional stay at home orders based on the capacity of hospitals governor said that once. They in each region hospital Emergency Rooms or intensive care units fall at or below 50 percent of capacity then theres going to be a series of shutdowns that will involve bars closed completely personal Service Types of establishment like barber shops beauty parlors nail salons. All closed already there is a travel ban within the state for any nonessential travel and shops and businesses will be also limited for example stores will only be allowed to have people come in at 20 percent capacity so will be again seeing a line of people outside the of the Grocery Stores in markets waiting to get in to get essential supplies. Another issue across the United States is a lack of Trained Personnel because of course as doctors and nurses treat covert patients they may become exposed they may have to quarantine they may themselves get sick so theres a shortage now and governors around the country like the governor of rhode island gina rimando were begging people to come out of retirement doctors and nurses to suit up again raise their hand and get get involved again in this emergency situation you heard both from the governor of california and the mayor who we are from just a moment ago almost a kind of note of pleading in their voices that saying that there is a light at the end of the tunnel that the vaccines are coming so if people will just. Comply with with these orders we do the simple things stay apart from one another. Where masks over all washingtons all these things that weve been hearing for months upon months if they do these things then its not a its not an endless situation the vaccines are coming and they that will improve the situation but well just have to see how many people comply with that life or death advice ok thank you for that robin said live from the center this. Is going to Christensen Amy now who is in wilmington delaware kristen and president elect joe biden his is giving details about his Coronavirus Response plan. Well more can you tell us on that front. Yeah interesting news coming out late here from wilmington President Joe Biden saying that he intends to ask americans to mask up once he takes office for a 100 days the 1st inkling we have of how his response may be different than the current administrations he was speaking to us network c. N. N. And described his plans he said where possible he would mandate mass for example on interstate travel on airplanes and in federal buildings but otherwise would seek to influence americans by his example in this that it was important for him and the Vice President themselves to wear a mask as an example of course mask wearing has become controversial in some parts of the United States so there could be some pushback on that front but both biden seeming to stress that there would be an end date that this was for a limited time 100. 00 days to get the virus under control he also talked about the fact that his plan was not to close the economy but to offer clear guidance not to impose strict not to impose specific lockdown so much as guidance he talked about if restaurants and bars need to close for periods of time that they need to know that there would be assistance in what the ground rules were going to be moving forward of course thats perhaps easier said than done for him because any type of aid for restaurants would have to be approved by congress but nonetheless again a clear signal a clear indication of where the administration is heading in terms of its covert plan and he also said that he plans to ask Dr Anthony Fauci to stay on as chief medical advisor which kim sounds like a bit of a promotion for dr chu from his current role as a top Infectious Disease specialist in the government those are the highlights thank you for that kristens leave their with the highlights from wilmington delaware. Well americas top Infectious Diseases expert dr anthony felt she has apologized for criticizing britains rapid approval of the pfizer bond tech vaccine and we felt she said regulations didnt go far enough to prove its safety and effectiveness but he later backtracked saying his comments came out wrong the apology comes amid criticism from e. U. Regulations about the u. K. s approach about this has more. Hope is housed in a belgian factory where millions of doses of the vaccine developed by german scientists from bio enteric and the u. S. Pharmaceutical giant pfizer of being may the u. K. Is leading the race to roll out the drug after its independent regulator gave the vaccine emergency approval on wednesday the 1st doses will arrive in britain within days weve got the very best people in this country and weve got the best bet ical regulators much better than the french have much better than the belgians have much better than the americans and that doesnt surprise me as well because were much better country than every single one well it may be a political win for the u. K. U. S. Infectious disease expert dr anthony felt she appeared to cast doubt over how operatives regulators approved it so quickly you know i love the brits they great theyre good scientists but they just took the data from the wise a company and instead of scrutinizing it really really carefully they said ok lets approve it thats it may work with it the scientist hastily bet tricked apologizing for what he called a misunderstanding she sued he did have great faith in the Regulatory Community in the u. K. The rabbit approval had already been politicized by the e. U. Who called its approach more thora we are definitely not in the game of comparing regulators across countries nor on commenting on claims as to who is better this is not a football competition were talking about the life and health of people the World Health Organization has asked british scientists to share their findings the un body which acts as a benchmark for other countries is eager to approve a vaccine as soon as possible we need to develop more vaccines we should stop we need more least 3 or 4 we need to increase production we need hold the price down we love a 1. 00 vaccine because they use all of the vaccine so far 2 doses so the innovation is a finished we need the research to continue we need everyone to support only certain i will appoint the scientists. The british regulator says the strict standards have been met to assure the vaccine safety and effectiveness the rollout is being cautiously welcomed in the u. K. But the race to regulate exposed rifts between scientists undermining International Efforts to prove it safe and ready for use shelob ballasts aljazeera ok julie fisher is a microbiology and immunology professor at Georgetown UniversityCenter UniversityMedical Center rather she joins us live from washington d. C. Via skype thank you for your time ms fisher what do you think is comments are always backtracks but the comments he made and to be fair also some of the response coming from the u. K. Which really makes this whole thing look like a schoolyard tit for tat what do you think it all does to Public Confidence in the vaccine its the worst thing right now as these vaccines are being demonstrated to be safe and effective with all the data weve seen so far is to undermine Public Confidence by by this kind of mudslinging unfortunately some of the nationalistic. Discussion and talk coming out of the u. K. Prompted some concern and backlash. At the moment its really about the claims but the question is what that does for Public Confidence to detect scenes have been reviewed and found safe as we would under ordinary circumstances but with the extra energy scrutiny and effort were putting in during this pandemic i mean theres no regulator in the world thats going to put its population at risk by approving a vaccine it isnt safe there isnt some grand conspiracy going on here so im trying to figure out why that he felt he would say a thing like that i mean how different are the us versus the u. K. Approval processes. So every country has basically 2 tracks of processes the typical regulatory process that is the the marketing approval to put a vaccine or other treatment into the market. Basically. Asserting that it is safe and that is it is being marketed on a permanent basis that it has been found safe and that it is being approved for use generally theres also emergency use authorizations they do differ from country to country but what britain has done is give an emergency use authorization which means its essentially a temporary approval one that is made under extraordinary circumstances and there are risks to health and no other treatment available. It doesnt mean that the scrutiny is not there it does not mean that the regulators have not acted safely but i think what were seeing right now is a political posturing as leaders of countries who are facing ongoing covert 19 crises are attempting to find a bit of a Silver Lining and appeal to their populations at home you know what dr. Use those exact words then backpedaled i am not sure but i think what he was pointing to is that in the us the f. D. A. Process involves scrutinizing the raw data that is provided by the Vaccine Companies rather than just reviewing the finalized data shared by those companies and it is more it is more time intensive it doesnt mean that the regulatory process needs a wasnt enough but certainly the the the accusations going back and forth to make clear that were talking about different regulatory pathways different regulatory calendars not Different Levels of attention to the health of our of our populations i think you hit the nail on the head there how then do you think that we can or regulators or governments really can increase confidence in these vaccines to encourage people to get them to make them feel like yes this is safe you can do this. You know its absolutely critical right now that the communications about the approval process that the fact that scientists in in the e. U. In the u. K. In the u. S. And elsewhere are really carefully looking at the data provided by the pharmaceutical companies that they have invested their own scientists time combing through this data its it just absolutely has to be clearly communicated and not. Undermined by this kind of. Posturing so i think the answer to how we get forward is that we really need scientists across the world who really have worked together in such an unprecedented way which is what makes this so ironic this vaccine itself is the product of an International Collaboration of scientists in the e. U. And in the u. S. And companies and in multiple global locations we need to come together as a Scientific Community and explain how do we look at vaccines for safety how do we know that these vaccines are safe and effective to use and how do we know that were going to keep monitoring people even as we go and make sure that we dont see anything that would contradict or undermine that so that people can be vaccinated with confidence and then we can start to to stem the tide of this pandemic thanks so much for your time we have to leave it there a microbiology and immunology professor appreciate it thank you. Still ahead on aljazeera iran exceeds 1000000 coronavirus cases prompting some of the most drastic measures yet to contain the virus. From terrible. Life inside to gray ethiopias government releases rare force said to show normality after its military offensive human Rights Groups skeptical. Of. How i would say some rather nasty weather across the northeast new s. East and parts of canada recently lets say the process of pulling out of the way easing away from newfoundland allowing for more when she weather to come into that eastern side of canada for once area pushing across towards quebec weve got some wet weather just around the appalachians pushing back up towards new england snow in the northern flank of that and some wet weather all the way down towards the panhandle for central areas of the u. S. It is generally dry and slushy dry say over towards that western side of the u. S. California well high fire risk back on the on the cards here over the next couple of days further north we got some wet weather and at times wintry weather sliding across into the Pacific Northwest western parts of canada through b. C. And you can see as we go on into sas day the snow becoming a little more extensive for that east the side of canada even new york could see a little bit of that wintry weather much of the u. S. At this stage looking fine and dry as is the case too across a good part of the caribbean although into Central America for we do have a clutch of storms still rumbling away just around northern costa rica pushing back into nicaragua into hunch areas still suffering from the floods from our recent hurricanes more showers here this weekend. In the light of the open seas hides a dark secret. Men forced to work without pay in slave failure. But it glimmer of hope remains for the forgotten fisherman as a group of activists delve deep into the Illegal Fishing industry demanding justice. And freedom. Go street a witness documentary on aljazeera. The. North charges are a reminder of our top stories this hour the United States has recorded 2800 deaths from the corona virus the highest daily number since the pandemic started us president elect joe biden says hell ask americans to commit to mask wearing for the 100 days of his administration. Americas top Infectious Disease expert has apologized for criticizing britains rapid approval of the pfizer biotech vaccine that they felt she says comments came out wrong regulators have also criticized the speed of the approval. Deaths from the growth of ours have reached 1500000 globally with around 10000 people dying on thursday there are nearly 65000000 cases. Iran has now passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 19 has now killed nearly 50000 people there but the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher around introduced tougher restrictions to counter a 3rd wave of infections which included closing nonessential businesses as a bakers in iran he explains the discrepancy in the fatality rate. Many people werent tested and some people died before a covert test could be carried out now figures are coming down slowly slowly since the country introduced this partial lockdown so with the new infections daily new infections around 13000 down from 14000 and the daily death toll come down to mid 300 to what it was last month the highest there had ever seen over 400 now these new Restrictions Mean that nonessential businesses are closed that restaurants and cafes are serving takeaways only and private vehicles are banned from the roads from 9 pm till 4 am in the morning if theyre found to be out on the streets they face a financial penalty but also mosques and religious places have been closed and thats quite significant because iran is an Islamic Republic facemasks a compulsory both inside and outside in public spaces and government offices have either closed or working with minimum stuff now this partial lockdown is set to expire on friday night some places could be extended or some restrictions depending on what category they fall into now iran has blamed us sanctions for stopping them and restricting their fight against the pandemic also at the start of this pandemic around march this year iran wanted billions of dollars from the International Monetary fund that was refused again iran blamed the United States in fact today foreign minister jihads reef has been speaking and he said the United States has reached an economic war against iran thats cost many lives and said that they were able to purchase medicines to deal with covert patients the United Nations has held a special session of the General Assembly to discuss the Coronavirus Crisis the u. N. Secretary general has called for a unified response but also his house that wealthier countries for not doing enough to help developing nations. For the 1st time since 945 entire world is confronted by a Common Threat regardless of nationality at the city of face the world Us Organization provided factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basis for a court of the native Global Response and fortunately many of these recommendations were not followed and in some situations there was a rejection affects and and ignore those of the ivans. And when countries go in their own direction divided in action. Aid workers say thousands of refugees a big stick to moving to a remote on and off bangladesh which the u. N. Wants is prone to storms and flooding buses carrying hundreds of people left camps in coxs bazaar on thursday found the island. Nearly 1000000 have been living in squalid camps in southeast bangladesh after things violence and refusing to return without guarantees for safety and the rights of a child free has more from coxs bazaar. Or why suddenly take 100000 people to isolated island which is 50 kilometer coast of bangladesh which is prone to. Tidal waves the government will say we spent 218000000 with built on barking and theres clusters of villages around shelters and hospitals although there are school missing which is one of the primary. Reasons the rowing a record you are really concerned about because there is no formal education either in the camp or in that island now talking to a lot of their own many of them said theyre really not interested despite having all the infrastructure facilities the government so theyll be farming theyll be domesticated animals that could be the livestock farming they could go fishing and all the stuff they said they feel comfortable here because they can visit camp to camp their extended families here close to their homeland you can see the several kilometers away behind me is myanmar theres a sense of belonging here even the regional people here speak their dialogue they can communicate more or less in the same language so that sense of belonging a psychological factor they dont want to be isolated far away in a coastal island which they dont know much about but the government is determined theyre going to take probably will take months to relocate the 100000 people in that island indias military has denied reports it targeted civilians. And reprisal attacks of the 2 soldiers were killed in india in a mess to kashmir last week but residents of one area told al jazeera that Security Forces are rounding off beijing innocent men women and even children and its. Days after an Indian Army Patrol came under attack in 2 soldiers inside the vehicle were shot later died in hospital authorities are looking for those responsible no group has claimed responsibility for the shooting on the outskirts of srinagar in india and minister kashmir people here say theyre living in fear. Normally soldiers have carried out raids in the past week and those who live here say theyve become victims to reprisal attacks. On the day of the attack the soldiers questioned us we told them we didnt know anything a day later around 1 30 am the soldiers write it down neighborhood all men were taken out of their homes and lined up in a neighborhood square we were beaten badly we were separated into 3 groups soldiers took turns beating us at least 5 soldiers beating a Single Person with iron rods battens whatever they could find we were even pushed on the ground and beaten west civilians why would we know anything about the attack is they were soldiers and they should know how to deal with civilians al jazeera has spoken to numerous people who say theyve seen many beatings or have been attacked most have the bruises to prove it. Some were tied to electric poles and beaten badly children were beaten in front of their parents sons were beaten in front of their fathers fathers were beaten in front of the sons or were ruthlessly beaten always screaming the women were crying and werent allowed to move closer they were abused to. Some say whenever they hear the army coming they now flee their homes. An Indian Army Spokesman has denied the allegations of beatings in this area a local official from indias governing b. G. P. Says such complaints are rare. Incident i believe if such an incident happened we urge a high command in the local administration to launch an inquiry to make sure it doesnt happen again but i dont think that sentients hadnt happened as a disciplined force if it has happened they need to be investigated and be killed he needs to be punished. Some. Services have been held to remember the 2 soldiers who were killed as soldiers and civilians alike remain on edge in this disputed region and aljazeera. If european Security Forces have reported the belt refugees from leaving the country well then 45000 people have fled the conflict in ethiopia as north and to great region for instance to dump that sidneys troops have told the Associated Press news agency that Ethiopian Forces stopped refugees from crossing the border early on thursday. In t. V. Has released footage said to be from inside the to grave region appears to be from the military and shows life seemingly returning to normal because of all the phone communications back there is unable to verify the pitches United Nations says its reached a deal with ethiopian officials to allow aid into the region. The un says famine like conditions have reappeared in parts of yemen and almost half the population is experiencing high levels of Food Insecurity aid agencies are warning time is running out to prevent mass starvation and the outlook for next year is worse famine has never been officially declared in yemen where the more than 5 year old war has left 80 percent of the population reliant on aid. Its u. S. Media reporting saudi arabia is close to reopening its airspace and land border to qatar the gulf nation has been under a land sea and air blockade by saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt since june 2017 president trumps a Senior Advisor cush there wasnt doha on wednesday and is reported to have also visited saudi Arabia Bloomberg and the New York Times suggests the tentative deal is being brokered by kuwait but does not include bahrain the u. A. E. Or egypt aljazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bashar explains what reconsolidation with saudi arabia would mean for qatar i think for qatar the important player is saudi arabia and the important neighbor and the and that country that which they care to have an immediate. Solution with or you know open relations with would probably be saudi arabia the other ones are not that important im not sure qatar cares very much whether or when bahrain decides to call them board egypt is kind of a bit foreign it has which is the dishes or had and the u. A. E. Is playing its own game you know preferred in good relations with israel that credit that relations with its own neighbor qatar so i think that theyre important or. That the cornerstone if you will is hopefully of really you know opening of relations between president s are going to be and that might lead or should lead to bilateral really bilateral negotiations then between gotten each and every one of those countries but i think actually in fact those countries will be paying more attention of course one saudi arabia gets on board. And you can find much more on our web site the address for that is al jazeera dot com. The sound is there and these are the top stories the United States has recorded 2800 deaths from the coronavirus the high list highest number since the pandemic started u. S. President elect joe biden says hell ask americans to commit to mask wearing for the 1st 100. 00 days of his administration. Iran has now passed 1000000 confirmed cases 50000 people have died but the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher tougher restrictions and ill be