A landmark in the fight for racial justice. This after a day of tense antiracism brownlees fueled by clashes in portland between protesters and federal agents deployed by President Trump. And in Sports Events are ahead in the game that could feed down when the italian title picture on all those gold has put you say why no law against some doria. Welcome to the news hour from the beaches of spain to the streets of melbourne coronavirus cases are surging on almost every continent the global death toll is racing toward 650000 with more than a 3rd of fatalities in just 2 countries the United States and brazil or they and india account for nearly half of all confirmed infections in the world and the virus is also spreading faster its taken just 4 days for the global numbers of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries have reported record spikes in daily infections including me. Since once praised for its taming their outbreaks like australia and israel here in europ
Now on bbc news. Its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 2020. And he said that
Rising tensions over post brexit checks at Northern Irelands ports the Prime Minister calls for urgent action from the eu. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons, and the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. British stars lead the pack as this years Golden Globes nominations are announced Daisy Edgar Jones, Olivia Colman and jodie comer are all up for awards. Hello, good afternoon. A huge milestone has been reached in the uks Coronavirus Vaccine programme this afternoon, which Health Secretary matt hancock has called hugely significant. Ten Million People have now been given their first dose of either the pfizer or Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. Meanwhile, new Research Suggests the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus by reducing transmission. A warning this report from our Health Correspondent Anna Collinson contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus from
A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
A controversial social Media Building closed in turkey smocks concerns about freedom of expression. Thank you very much for joining us we begin in india where Health Experts say theres been a shop increase in the number of corona virus infections largely due to poor infrastructure nearly 48000 cases where reported on to say bringing the total number to more than 1500000. 00 the regions of delhi my russia and tamil nadu account for more than half the new cases and as a 3rd worst affected nation after the u. S. And brazil with more than 34000 deaths and a medical survey is revealing alarming sistas 6 about the spread of the virus in mumbai more than 4000000 People Living in the city slums have had the virus that tests on nearly 7000. Randomly selected people there found 57 percent of them had bodies for the virus about 40 percent of mumbais population lives in shanties and its home to asias largest slum with an estimated 1000000 people the survey suggests a high rate of infections withou