Off its good to have you with us there is positive news tonight in the fight against the pandemic and anti Coronavirus Vaccine developed jointly by the u. S. Farmers who tickle giant pfizer in germanys buying on tech is 90 percent effective in preventing covert 19 infections thats what the drug maker said today and this is the most successful trial so far of any vaccine and the Companies Say that they have found no serious safety concerns they hope to supply 50000000 doses this year and up to 1300000000 doses in 2021 and they plan to seek authorization this month for emergency use of the back seat in the United States several other possible vaccines are also being tested around the world. Well here in Germany Health officials or welcoming the news of a potential vaccine but theres debate over who should be vaccinated 1st. Germany is in Lockdown People and businesses a facing tough restrictions at the moment strict controls are the only measure to keep the pandemic at bank one way there could be a return to Something Like normal life is if the vaccine becomes available german firm beyond tank has announced it is trying a medicine that could protect many people from the virus thats why. Until this point it was unclear whether a vaccine could be made that would actually reduce the infection or actually prevent infection now it looks like it could work and that is encouraging and is German Health minister i may say that im very pleased its a german developer said as the name is a Health Minister says to beat the pandemic at least 55 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated theres no question of making it compulsory but who would be offered the vaccine 1st. Public facing jobs like medical workers and police seem certain to be near the front of the queue because of their level of risk. The elderly will be protected as a priority they are especially likely to suffer serious effects if they catch corona. But there are also suggestions that teachers and even the homeless should be among the 1st to be vaccinated the Health Minister wants y. Discussion about who should be 1st in line. But. Whats important also to me personally is that this debate is not only a Parliamentary Political and scientific one that we take this discussion to every lunch table to every workplace to every circle of friends and acquaintances and that is discussed in. The debate about priorities has begun and can continue until a corona vaccine is actually ready. Well to be a score is an epidemiologist at the surety hospital here in berlin he says the results were a significant step forward but not the end of the fight against the 90 know that several companies are working on that since and so were hoping to hear this news. Soon and so today we heard the news however we have to understand this is an interim analysis so does this not the end of the trial the discount is still ongoing and its a press release so we have not seen that they do in detail but we have very. Positive that this data hold true and that a lot of people who are vaccinated are protected from getting corona with 19 is new but the corona virus is and so this is not like we developing a drug or with absolutely no information before so there have been some work before and that was the reason why the companies i will now do so fast to actually find a potential solution to produce a vaccine so what we have to follow is really to see whats happening on the population level is that we as a fact that thats in the trials and are decide the facts on offer i would take this vaccine if offered to me and again i would like to see the data before but this data will be released im sure and the officials in the United States as well as in europe a very carefully looking at this data before its actually released to the public so many many people are looking at this very carefully and no one has an interest that something is released which will cause side effects only issues we hope to solve the issue of kobe to solve the issue of the fundamental and hopefully that we are slowly getting back to a life that maybe not over used to live but certainly without the fear of the message and then make way for. That was dubious court there from the Charity Hospital here in berlin heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world italy is one of the countrys struggling to cope with the 2nd wave of the pandemic long lines of cars have formed at Testing Centers with some people so short of breath that they had to be given oxygen while still sitting in their cars ukraines president logan is alinsky has become the latest National Leader to test positive for the coronavirus his office in kiev says that the president seen here last month is feeling well despite the diagnosis and that he plans to continue working while isolating kosovo as former president hush touch has denied accusations of war crimes before a special court in the hague the charges relate to kosovo conflict with serbia in the 1990 s. Cianci stepped down as president last week in order to face the claims at the Hague Tribunal a court in india has banned a firecracker days before its biggest annual festival gets underway at the National Green tribunals says fireworks and to the already serious air pollution in many cities and make people more vulnerable to corona virus infections. Tropical storm has battered the u. S. State of florida causing flooding in Property Damage earlier the storm left a trail of destruction across Central America hitting panama guatemala and honduras dozens are dead many others are missing. U. S. President elect joe biden is warning that the United States is facing a very dark winter despite the latest hopes over a Coronavirus Vaccine mr biden has made tackling the pandemic his top priority and he named the members of his task force today they include an immunologist who was sacked for criticizing the federal governments response to the crisis under President Trump other biden concerns include the economy tackling racism and fighting Climate Change which means rejoining the paris climate agreement. His latest message to the American People was dominated by the need to set aside partisanship and to unite in the face of the pandemic this is a crisis affects everyone and as ive said throughout this campaign i will be a president for every american this election is over is time to put aside the partisan the partisanship and the rhetoric that designed to demonize one another its time to end the politicization of basic responsible Public Health steps like mask learn social distancing we have to come together to heal the soul of this country so that we can effectively address this crisis as one country where hardworking americans have each others backs and were united in our shared goal defeating this virus as us president elect there joe biden lets take this story down to washington our bureau chief in his poll joins me now good evening to you enos joe bidens approach radically different to the approach from donald trump tell us more about president elect bidens coded 19 strategy. Absolute brendan thats a such a different tone and how president elect tries to reach out to the other side that indeed wasnt something we have heard over the course of the last 4 years however biden announced today that he wants to address several issues right away he doesnt like wait any minute so 1st of all he wants to implement a National Wide mask a mandate where he will work with local government to help facilitate this actually was one of his major talking points while he was on the come pain trail as many of our International Viewers probably will remember he also addressed the issue of how africanamericans and latinos have been hit the hardest by this disease so he wants to ensure that they also have access to p. P. And tests to help bridge the gap as soon as possible again he really puts in speeds but still all these steps are supposed to be taken when he enters the office in general and there was the announcement today from fines are in biotech that there are trials for a vaccine against the cruel virus or looking good what did president elect why what did he have to say about this whole. He addressed the fits of the vaccine as the rest of the world i think he was relieved but. He also kind of tempted down the excitement of the news by making it very clear that even if its effective it wont be widely away level for months so therefore again he stressed the need to wear mosques. And we note in his that the president elect hes trying to set up a good 1910 stores hes trying to put his Transition Team together but we understand that the truth of who did ministry whos basically in charge of helping matters in the transition is not really doing what hes supposed to what working you tell us. Now right thats kind of what many have expected from the administration that they have done nothing. To to to kind of make the transition possible or easier any family murphy she was put in charge of health moving new administration into the white house has not even acknowledged bidens been so far and so the problem is that the Trump Administration needs to hand over Important Information regarding issues of National Security were talking about cope with 19 and also the economy to help them really govern the ground running and generate 21st when joe biden and camelot harrys move into the white house. But at this point we are not even certain if there will be any exchange of information between the 2 and this could disrupt the transfer of power again another instance of the Trump Administration not playing by the rules and believing at a time when the pandemic is raging in the United States and washington for its use is always thinking. So how is joe bidens election victory how is it being seen around the world well our reporters have been asking people across the globe for their views about the incoming biden and ministration i think its a great release a cleanout to have a leader in that court. That. Somehow his. Or her height for similar things like me to hear what im going on to should really i hope biden will be a more serious and reliable partner for turkey but i hope he thinks more low believe farkle and not just america. Side that havent reached. In this country 80 percent are for trump because they consider it important what he did for israel and noakes it for us its not so important what he does in the internal affairs in america dont have too much to cause ive heard this last speeches and he said that he doesnt have to be a jewel to be is i going to see out how to load it up put it up one of the drum pieces nonsense you dont need a good loyal member out there was before biting it was one of african soil president obama what different people to africa so i dont see but it can itll have a different or so its just neutral im happy that biden along because hopefully well have less of that racial bias off meaning by us im all for what youre going to find in his victory will benefit mexico in many ways the economy and migration policy economical stapling think that they mean it and seal regardless of republican or democratic policies what you want is a leader whose morals and ethics resemble your own and that was certainly joe biden and not donald trump so im very happy and we think global opinions there about the new u. S. Administration this is g. W. Newsline. From berlin heres a reminder that top story drug makers pfizer and biotech have announced an experimental vaccine that is more than 90 percent effective in preventing posted 19 no serious safety concerns were observed in Clinical Trials pfizer hopes to make enough doses to immunize 15 to 20000000 people by the end of this year. Youre watching news from berlin ill be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you then. From. The fight against the corona virus pandemic. Has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. Information and contacts the coronavirus not to come 19 special. On t w. In mexico many pushed. Us right now right now Climate Change to fend off the story. Faces much less the way from just one we. How much worse can really get. We still have time to act im doing. Such a. Good subscribe. To. The race for a vaccine to continue. At the speed of that race is worrying some. Survey shows 83 percent of americans would have safety concerns. If a Coronavirus Vaccine were approved too quickly. Of course the Research Needs to be done but others are totally against vaccines. Experts blame that on rampant misinformation and the fact that many people dont understand the Science Behind preventive medicine. Its exactly why scientists are taking to social media to explain the complex but lifesaving roles they play. Because our lives are on the line. Well instead of petting samples and analyzing Data Research as a trying to demystify trades by using to talk. Kind of like a says its a new frontier for them but they came to get across their message that vaccines are extremely valuable even though theyre not the sole solution to this crisis ill talk to enter in a moment 1st incredible progress scientists are making on the back same front in this pandemic Us Pharma Firm pfizer and germanys beyond take the 1st to show successful data from a large scale Clinical Trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine they say its more than 90 percent effective public ologist say the vaccine needs to be stored at mine is 80 degrees celsius to create major logistical challenges for mass treatment outside major urban areas and in low or middle Income Countries but they say the breakthrough is a relief hugely positive and very encouraging to say we need to wait for the final results but that this could be a watershed moment its hard but its. Millions of doses could be ready by the end of the year still the experimental vaccine is not the only one being developed there are about 200. 00 of them around 40 are in Clinical Trials and there are different methods being used to make them. Various kinds of vaccine for corona virus are in Development One kind is an inactivated virus vaccine that uses proteins from the virus to create the vaccine viruses 1st stop to be broken down into parts and their infectivity has to be destroyed so its no longer dangerous. But it still has to provoke an immune response in the recipient so that the immune system develops antibodies to it. So what are the advantages and disadvantages. Of this approach is well established. Companies that develop and manufacture vaccines are familiar with it. And the production processes have been perfected. Certainly an advantage. The disadvantage is that it takes time to grow the underlying virus in large amounts. Of viral vector a vaccine uses a harmless live virus of a different kind as a carrier to transport genes from the dangerous virus into cells in the recipients body. A protein gene from the bad virus is 1st added to the benign one in the case of the Novel Coronavirus its a spike protein gene. Modified virus that resembles sars kovi 2 in one key respect immune system detects the offending protein and creates antibodies in response. To the safety requirements for growing the virus not as strict as within activated whole virus vaccines of. Disadvantages are that it takes a lot of time and you have to choose vectors that are not affected by any preexisting immune response capability. And. Then there are a vaccine that use messenger. Or an a for the Novel Coronavirus is m. Or n a with instructions for making it spiked proteins. Such vaccines prompt cells in the recipient to make such proteins themselves which in turn provoke an immune response although these proteins are not dangerous they are still identified as enemies by the immune system which then creates antibodies and thus i mean. One advantage is that the safety requirements are much less stringent. Another is that you can modify the r. N. A. Quite quickly money a factor of say that within a short period of time perhaps 6 weeks in a vaccines can be produced in very large volumes millions of units you cant match that with vector whole virus or other kinds of vaccine stuff least. So each of these approaches has upsides and downsides nonetheless theyre all considered worth pursuing it is likely that we need more than one vaccine. Bioengineering joins us from london whats the problem here are if if we totally rely on one or more vaccines coming along to solve this crisis yes so really you know we have a lot of different tools that we can use to fight this pandemic so you know if you were being approached by a swarm a Mosquito Coast and you had the choice to use nat fly swatter and bug spray or something you wouldnt choose to use just one of them so in addition to vaccines and the many different vaccines that we might have available you want to also be using mass and Public Health measures like social distancing as well it even if we do get a vaccine or more vaccines at some stage soon i hope its not going to be an immediate fixes it. No no definitely not so it will take some time to roll it out to the population but even when you receive a back scene depending on the type of vaccine it can take anywhere from 2 just 6 weeks to induce immunity so theyre still little bit of a lag time i know there are a lot of people out there who are going to want to take that vaccine all those vaccines how has misinformation on back scenes made your job difficult. Yes so we often view it as people that are provaccine are and vaccine and i really think its kind of a great area in between so im part of a new team called team halo which is an initiative to connect scientists working on coding 1000 that seems directly to the public and we do this through tick tock so were able to make videos about how we make vaccines how we test them and be there to answer any questions that people have so its a really great way to connect with people who are skeptical or critical and you know i dont really think thats a bad thing as scientists were taught to be critical until we see the data and often the public isnt you know proxy to that data data or doesnt know how to interpret it and so its great to be able to get connected and have actual conversations with people and youre making all of this process transparent which is important like to know where all the misinformation on vaccines actually comes from. I think it just in general you know there might not be a lot of people that are educated on vaccines or how they work and so when stuff starts to kind of just stew in the internet there are a lot of rumors fly around and you know sometimes people just dont know what to trust anymore so were there to kind of improve that trust and just be a direct source where you can ask questions and get an honest answer from a scientist and all of us lee and can you answer this one to try to answer this question once we get consensus once we do have vaccines and people taking them when could things start returning to normal. Yeah thats a really hard question to answer so i think based off of some of the trials that are really in kind of the final phases in phase 3 of their kind of trials right now those are looking promising so i think we might actually have x. Eans possibly by the end of this year or early next year. Its really hard to say worldwide how well be able to distribute those and kind of return to a normal society so yeah im hoping for early next year but im also just cautiously optimistic has crossed bioengineer out of late may thank you very much thank you. You know questions now on the coronavirus keep sending them into our you tube channel and g. W. Science correspondent Eric Williams will take care of the rest. Can you tell us more about the b. C. G. Vaccine Clinical Trial thats currently underway. Well there are a few studies looking at this but i think the one that youre talking about which has received the most Media Coverage is called the brace trial its being conducted in several countries across the globe it involves around 10000. 00 volunteers and many of the Health Care Workers but before we go any further i need to provide a little more background the b. C. G. Vaccine which has been around for close to a century is usually associated with tuberculosis prevention though it also appears to help prevent or at least reduce the deadliness of a range of other infections the theory is that the b. C. G. Vaccine is sort of a generalist vaccine that helps strengthen the immune response to many respiratory diseases by enhanced sing your Innate Immunity however its no longer widely given in countries where tb has grown rare but in countries where its still endemic and the b. C. G. Vaccine is still common there are lots of studies showing that it impacts things like Child Mortality rates and and many of those same countries also appear to have lower mortality rates in the cove in 1000. 00 pandemic the problem is is that its hard to show that the b. C. G. Vaccine is maybe one reason why because a lot of other factors could also be playing a role its kind of hard to filter out all of the noise and thats what the brace trial is trying to do in a systematic way and if we dont have a more specific targeted 19 vaccine. Soon and the study shows that the b. C. G. Vaccine does indeed help lower a covert 19 transmission or severity that could one day be seen as a kind of a stopgap tool in the pandemic but but thats still a big if. And finally in the philippines a plant dimmick is taking root the stress of lockdown and financial pressure caused by the pandemic have prompted and filipinos to seek comfort in a gardens and in themselves the nicknames auntie toss and turn teach us plant uncles and aunties demand for greenery has blossomed amid the coronavirus restrictions and business of plant markets is booming social media platforms are full of photos of flowers and foliage carefully tended in backyards and on balcony says house bound filipinos turn to nature to relieve stress and boredom. Ive been fizzling for any other developments on the virus go to our website at e. W. Dot com slash covert 90 see you again here very soon but left. Dramatic scenes of the gates of europe. Never is in freefall. Even before the devastating explosion at the port of beirut the country was in the midst of a serious crisis more and more young people are asking themselves whether they have a future there. 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