A michael joins us we start with some breaking news regulators have approved astra zeneca is corona virus vaccine for use in the European Union the European Medicines Agency gave the go ahead to begin an ocular nations in people aged 18 and over the e. U. Is facing a storm of criticism for its sluggish vaccine rollout the European Commission is expected to grant final approval for the vaccine shortly this is the 3rd vaccine to get approval from the e. U. Following shots from buying tech pfizer and madonna the executive director explained why the body gave astra zeneca the green light. The recommendation to approve the asked as seneca vaccine is based on data that shows the vaccine offer its protection against covert 19 with a reassuring safety profile while the 1st 2 approvals were for messenger r. N. A. Back scenes the astra zeneca vaccine is based on another technology its and then you know virus faith vaccine this this means that the vaccine uses a common virus from b. A d. You know
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The pandemic. The struggling videoGame Retailer is court up in a battle between small time investors trying to save the firm and wall street giants betting on its collapse. Very warm welcome you watching r. T. International with mean akey airing of the European Union has announced its imposing export controls on coronaviruses vaccines made in member states. Over supply shortages brussels has also just given the green light to the drug at the heart of the dispute made by british astra zeneca r. T. Is that solid dubinsky has the details. European union has confirmed that its taking this extraordinary step of introducing export controls all it could be vaccines this means that any vaccine that is manufactured within the block thats the 27. 00 at countries will not be able to be exported outside of the block now this comes amidst a huge drought thats been blowing up of the last few days over that delivery shortfalls of the dose of this negotiation concerns to the transport and sea and expo
Of knowledge to. Add will get reaction from kenya where doctors had been forced to drop some of their Reproductive Services because of a lack of dont aid from the u. S. Now the new us president has just reversed that policy. Plus weve got the story on what is behind the turtle hatchlings in kenya 7 beaches. Hello im kristie wonder its good to have your Company South africas chief pandemic advise us say a 3rd wave of covert 19 which is expected in the 2nd half of the year could be even worse than the current to 2nd way south africa is the worst hit country. A continent with 43000 deaths and 1400000 cases now the number of infections has soared because of the new variant of the virus that is say to be 50 percent more transmissible now the country is expecting its 1st delivery of 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine thats made to arrive on monday ill be talking to professor sally in a deal karim after this report. Health care workers at the frontline of south africas Coronavirus Cris
Trials so its jobs to be nearly 90 percent effective against covert 19. A dutch Court Orders Oil giant shell to pay compensation for contaminating communities in nigeria. And china says it will no longer recognize a special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference. With a small 12. 00 to 14. 00 days of quarantine the wools took to the stalls are back on cooled him astray and firms were allowed to. Welcome to the news hour the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca covert 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours thats despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a shortage of supply so the e. U. Has released a redacted copy of a contract which it says proves the vaccine maker is obliged to meet its promise supply it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues now on thursday brussels warned that it ma