White americans. Unfortunately, this information about distrust and medical systems like a significant role on these outcomes. Last monday, had the pleasure speaking with the doctor, an emergency physician visiting professor of health, policy and management and the George Washington University Institute school of Public Health. The doctor previously served as the Health Commissioner for the city of baltimore. She led the nations oldest operating Health Department to fight the Opioid Epidemic and print child health and treat racism as a Public Health issue. The doctor has been a leading voice call for policies and practices during this coronavirus pandemic. On monday we spoken with about the impact of covid19 on communities of color in the u. S. [silence]. I believe we have video to play here. Thank you doctor for joining us. I would like to start off by asking you but the current data but the disparities in the covid19 rates. In the outcomes people of of color around the United States.
A crackdown on that and sauced movement. Hello, im christine wonder. Its good to have your company in the recent news of a potential breakthrough in the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine couldnt come soon. Enough reported cases in africa are nearing 2000000 with the infection rate x. In orating. In some countries, kenya has reported its highest daily bit cell phone call, the 19, with 24 people succumbing to the virus. Now this number pales in comparison to other parts of the world. Thats the increasing number of deaths comes as the rate of new infections, spikes across the country. Mostly in nairobi and mombasa, the number of people infected with the coronavirus in kenya is sharply rising. Its a worrying trend in a nation where intensive care beds are in short supply or far jesus started scaling up the countrys testing capacity, reporting more than 1300 new infections on tuesday with out of work seen without any cure in sight. Weve probably been looking like most people picks over the n
Drug makers. Deliveries could begin as soon as the end of this year. American held welcome. Germany has criticized china for the dismissal of 4 prodemocracy opposition, politicians in hong kong legislature. Several of their fellow, mike is also resigned in solidarity after the Chinese Parliament passed a law allowing the islands chief executive to expel legislators without going through the courts. Beijing has defended the legislation as necessary to uphold the rule of law. Opponents say it spells the end of the territorys fight for democratic rights. That way if they were the last remaining prodemocracy lawmakers in hong kong, now they are resigning in solidarity with their colleagues who were deemed threats to National Security by beijing. It is yet another blow for their prodemocracy movement. Want to go that they got all the decision made by the National Peoples congress today. It is extremely ridiculous. It shows that the Central Government has completely given up the basic law an
Thousands rally to mark polands independence. And hong kongs prodemocracy legislators resign en masse. Together, we stand. Brent 15 lawmakers walked out after four colleagues of theirs were sacked under a new law banning representatives deemed to be threats to National Security. Im brent goff. To our viewers watching on pbs in United States and around the world, welcome. The European Commission has signed a deal to secure up to 300 million doses of a covid19 vaccine. The vaccine, developed by biontech and pfizer. The eus health minister, saying today the eu is setting up a healthy union to improve the response of coordination of Member States and future health crises. The next scene is seen as the best chance to break the chain of covid19 infections. Biontech says it could start shipping the vaccine to eu countries by the end of this year. To talk more about this, im joined by the European Parliaments Public Health committee member. The eu has a population of 450 million people. This i
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