Denied bail and a former lawmaker fees into exile in the latest blows to the citys prodemocracy movement. And a really good beginning with the Coronavirus Crisis and the growing list of countries reporting soaring infection rates and deaths governments around the world are struggling to contain a new wave of cases in the worst affected country in the United States 2804 deaths were recorded on wednesday america is close to passing 14000000 cases in total italy has hit a new record with 993 deaths in one day thats higher than the peak of fatalities in the 1st wave in the middle east infections of surprised 1000000 in iran the country is reported almost 50000 deaths as governments race to approve vaccines the United Nations and Global Health officials have warned against fast tracking the process itself to the u. K. Authorized use of the pfizer biotech vaccine on wednesday and as fears of vaccine misinformation grow social media giant facebook and instagram say theyll start removing posts
Expects surge upon surge the c. D. C. Or centers for Disease Control saying that the next 3 months could be among the worst or most difficult in u. S. Public Health History what americans are bracing for is the fact that its known that there will likely be an uptick in infections as well as deaths given the fact that Many Americans did not listen to the Public Health officials warnings over the thanksgiving holiday and as a result traveled and so the seeds of an increased outbreak have been planted all across the United States there is some optimism of course knowing that by the end of the year its likely that a vaccine will be approved emergency authorization for pfizer as well as mcdermott but its just going to be a drop in the bucket some 40000000. 00 doses this is a population of 330000000 and of course you need not one but 2 of these inoculations in order for it to be mostly effective in fact as the United States is continuing its process of certifying these drugs to be safe to us
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us at least 16 people are dead and thousands of homes destroyed as of monday evening local time in the philippines officials continue to assess the damage typhoon goni is one of the strongest storms to make landfall there in years bringing winds of up to 200 kilometers an hour to parts of the country it mostly missed to the capital of manila but still hundreds of thousands of people have had to evacuate not just from the storm but from subsequent mudslides and floods. For a country hit on average 20 times each year by typhoons goni was the most powerful to strike the philippines this year. Rooftops were torn away debris flying everywhere as water rushed in one from the sea or downhill from mountainsides. Wind gusts reached above 300 Kilometers Per Hour and in some towns the red cross said up to 80 percent of the homes were destroyed. Goni rival typhoon haiyan which in 2013 killed more than 6000 people. But this time there were
Hello im prissy its good to have your company the risk of dying from and safe abortion is highest in africa according to the World Health Organization it is International Safe abortion day today and the latest reports say is 3 also for abortions that occurred on the continent between 20152019 were unsafe in a moment ill be joined by a lawyer advocating for the procedure to be made legal but 1st heres the story of a young woman in nairobi who survived and safe abortion. We call her mercy but thats not her real name she was 16 when she fell pregnant her mother wanted her to finish school so she forced mercy to abort the baby for fear of repercussions she hides her face. I went to a local medicine man i stayed there for 3 days he gave me herbal medicine and i took it and. On the 2nd day i started seeing blood in that i was very afraid. There were people who were bored and they seemed fine i mean i thought i would die. The. Its estimated that in kenya 7 women die each day from unsafe abort
Between ankara and far left. You and the children in the gaza strip and getting adults everywhere a lesson in perseverance to after a pandemic lockdown at least n. Q. T. Athletes are back on the pitch today. Im going to read and welcome to the show the u. K. U. S. And canada are accusing russian agents of carrying out Cyber Attacks to steal information on potential covert 19 vaccines according to british and u. S. Intelligence the attacks targeted Coronavirus Research centers and were carried out by a p t 29. 00 a Hacking Group linked to the kremlin also known as cozy bear its the same group that was blamed for interference in the us elections 4 years ago moscow has denied any involvement. Well washington correspondent Stephanie Simon has been following this story for us a staff at what exactly are the accusations against this group associated with russian intelligence. Because asians as they stand from the british authorities u. S. Authorities and canadian authorities all that a p t 2