corners were caught on safety. and one of africa s biggest rising stars burna boy speaks to the bbc about his grammy award win. a third wave of coronavirus is starting to sweep across the european union much of it driven by the uk variant. large parts of france are going into lockdown again tonight. switzerland is extending its restrictions. poland is going into partial lockdown. germans are being told not to travel at easter. the vaccine rollout across the eu has been slow with around just 10% of the population vaccinated so far. confidence has been shaken after a number of governments suspended the rollout of astrazeneca over concerns about blood clots. but vaccinations are restarting slowly as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. never mind the prime minister, in france, it was the astrazeneca jab that needed a shot in the arm today. after weeks of shifting guidelines, the message was meant to be clear it s safe and it works. but only an hour before h
welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. a third wave of coronavirus infections is sweeping across europe. large parts of france and poland are about to lockdown and confidence in the astra zeneca vaccine has been fluctuating in the eu, after some nations stopped using it, fearing it caused blood clots. now regulators say the jab is safe, and it s being used again, as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. after weeks of shifting time frames the message was meant to be clear, it s safe and it works. but only an hour before he received it, the health authorities say a possible link to blood clots in younger patients that they had a vaccine should only be used for those over 55. last month it s said only those under 65 should take it. lucky that he turned 55 last year. after weeks of existing lockdown, the government is bringing in new restrictions for the worst affected areas like paris. from a bank to make them a new left on the lights
is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden will soon be on his way here to atlanta, georgia, just days after eight people were killed in a shooting rampage at a local spas, six of them were asian women. biden was supposed to promote his huge coronavirus relief package, but will now instead offer his support to the community. he will be meeting with the mayor as well as state officials and asian-american leaders. vice president kamala harris who is a black asian-american is also on the trip. police say it s too soon to tell if the shootings were racially motivated about you that doesn t mean this had nothing to do with race as cnn s amara walker reports. our investigation is looking at everything, so nothing is off the table. reporter: as investigators take a hard look into what motivated the suspect to go on a mass shooting spree in the atlanta area that left eight dead including six asian women, comments and actions from the captain of the cherokee county sheriff s de
spree and to meet with leaders in the asian american community, as well. this comes as the president also meets a major goal today, way ahead of schedule. 100 million covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. that is 42 days early. also today, the cdc is expected to announce new social distancing guidelines for children in schools. but as more states begin to ease restrictions, experts are warning of a potential psspike cases. several states are seeing an uptick as officials race to get more shots in arms. let s begin with our colleague, natasha chen. she is following the investigations into these shootings in and around atlanta. natasha, good morning to you. the atlanta police department with some new details this morning. reporter: jim and poppy, the fulton county medical examiner has now released the names of the four people who were killed at the two spas in atlanta, which police say the suspect had frequented before. here are those names. 75-year-old as you
particularly for students and even more so for younger students. let me explain. we ve been talking about this idea for some time. it s now official from the cdc. but they re specifically saying for all students, elementary school students, they can maintain just three feet apart when mask use is universal regardless of what is happening with community transmission. that s for elementary school students. so that s going to be a big deal. but they also say, kate, that for middle school and high school students, they should still maintain at least six feet apart if the community tr transmission in their community is high. so making a difference between older and younger students. for all elementary schools, regardless where you live in the country, guidance is now going to be three feet. but if you happen to live in a community where community transmission is high still, at about 41% roughly of counties in the united states do have high transmission, if you live in one of those