Could be undone by the corona virus. And its one year since bills are funded took over the helm of the european union. We take a look at where shes made progress and where shes fallen short bus. The most innovative car maker in the world means germanys highly regulated labor system. Musk is in berlin for talks with union chiefs as welcome to the program. We start with what could be a glimmer of light. At the end of the covert tunnel, europe could see to covert 900. 00 Vaccines Available by the end of this year. In the past few hours, u. S. Drugmaker finds and its german partner biotech announced they have submitted their vaccine for emergency approval by the european medicines agency. A day after drug company, madonna asked for emergency approval of its vaccine in both europe and the united states. Finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Madonna and pfizer biotech have now both applied for emergency approval moderna hopes its vaccine could get the green light by christmas. You end the year . Yes. Our advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. If you, hypo siebold at between the 17 and christmas to go. The product is approved. If the, u. S. Food and Drug Administration gives the go ahead, inoculations could start within hours of them led by the u. S. Thats a nation logistics, chief general gustav paranoia seems to me down those. Hes a baby on the way you know. So as soon as we get approval or urge our kind and hes teams are going to get hold of a vaccine. We have and start shipping. It in the conference is going to vaccinate americans within 24 hours on the pro or the Company Hopes its latest trial results will lead to speedy approval in other countries too. In trials of the vaccine with more than 30000 people, only 30 participants became seriously ill. All of them had been given placebo shots. This makes the vaccine 100 percent effective against severe cases of covert. 19 reported side effects include pain at the point of injection chills and fever. These symptoms usually resolve within one or 2 days, you know, on a personal level, when we saw the 1st interim results, i think we were all really, really relieved and enthusiastic. I can tell you when i saw the final results last night, they came in a little bit earlier than that. We had planned for i love myself to cry for the 1st or the company says it will keep monitoring to check for any further side effects. Well, for more on this, lets bring in dr. John campbell. Hes an independent Health Analyst and joins us from colorado in the u. K. Lets talk timeline here. What do you think both of us, both of these vaccines could be realistically granted approval . Well, its looking like the f. D. A. In america is probably going to be making an announcement round about the 17th of december. And if thats the case, and if thats positive, then these vaccines are going to be shipped literally within hours, as weve just heard on, not report. Now in terms of the european situation, the europeans mentioned medicines agency. Typically this can take months or even up to a year to approve a new vaccine. So we really are in unprecedented territory here. And its going to be remarkably interesting to see what sort of timelines they come up with. But i think we can rest assured that they will be working flat out on this. Theyll be doing a lot more. A lot of hard work on the fires that are not important. Remember, its a rolling program. So they have access to much more information than we have pfizer mid and it will be reporting to them on a daily basis with the latest information will have all the latest information at their fingertips. But of course, this is not pay reviewed yet while were going on so far the press releases. So we have the press releases in the public domain. The information that the Drug Companies are going to be feeding directly to the regulator or flora to us. But we dont yet have a peer review. So i suspect the European Agency will be reporting on this. I would estimate round about me said late december, so it is feasible that europeans could be getting injected potentially with both of these vaccines. So im going to some people, so im going to the people in 2020 that is quite conceivable. The main part of the rollout though is going to be in 2021. And this isnt going to make a huge difference to herd immunity and the amount of restrictions that we have to live with realistically until about march, april may even even some a time. So mark, youre pretty major on that. Ok, let me just interrupt you. Thats on march. April may start out sort of the time when we can expect you and i can expect to get our shots. Well, some, some people will be vaccinated in 2020, then theyll be 1st responders, high risk people, health care providers. I would expect them to get vaccinated in january, february time, and that could well be complete by about the end of january. For you and me as ordinary members of the public is just a case of how quick this can be rolled out in the code. Changes need to be facilitated. So i would estimate that you would be a public going to be vaccinated, march april time, Something Like that. And its going to make a difference to the way we live by some a time. So by the start of next summer, were going to have the warmer weather, which is going to help. And then well go drive a significant number of people vaccinated this go to start making a big difference to this pandemic. And im hoping things are going to be pretty well back to normal by this time next year. Thats the anticipation and the such large numbers of people involved here. So many people need vaccinated starting with the essential work because then the higher risk people and then the rest of the public and then herd immunity will progressively develop over 2021 as a result of the vaccination program. Ok, john, you talked about had immunity. We, we had a boom this week in germany say they had just over half of germans. Well, i actually willing to get this solved. What do you think about, what could you tell these people about the safety of this vaccine . Well, the reason that the maternal release their information yesterday was that was 2 months after the last people had their 2nd dose. So its nice that 2 months a few requirement. So its looking at the safe. What these regulators do is they look at the safety not immediately after the shot, but 2 months after the shot. So they can say its safe to months after the shot. And bear in mind theres been 30000. 00, people in this trial and 15000 of had the vaccine. So even though its only 196 people have actually had the infection, weve got safety data now from 15000 people. And of course that is growing all the time. And this was one of the vaccine is rolled out once it is approved. Now its not going to stop. Theyll be ongoing monitoring all of this. Now of course we cant say that people wont develop late side effects up to 3 months, or 4 months or 5 months, but we know from previous vaccination that that is very unlikely. Most of the side effects that are going to develop will be recognizable within that 2 months. So personally for me and my family, id be more than happy to have it once its been officially recognized. Can we say its safe . Well, no, we cant say its safe, and we say its overwhelmingly likely to be save us a believe we can. Theres never guarantees in health care anything that you gave that has a death in effect, is going to have a potential side effect. And of course, this is a new technology, these m. R. A. Vaccines messenger r. N. A. Vaccines are never been used before. Its a brand new technology, but so far as looking very clean, its looking very efficient and its looking very safe from all the data that we have an hour and i feel confident the regulators are all for it is that well move on this because its a risk benefit analysis, we can go on living as we are now with these repeated waves of coronavirus with the deaths, with the financial impairment with the lock down. You know, the overall risks from the vaccine look like being much less than carrying on living as we are. So i think theyre going to go for it. Don, thank you very much. Dr. John campbell, the health and a list from the united kingdom. Governor dean has dominated headlines this year, but there is another pandemic that still affects and kills millions of people around the world. The United Nations figures show that 38000000. 00 people were living with a child via aids. Last year, nearly 700000 of them died as a result of the hiv infection. But prevention treatment measures are showing promise in the last decade, the number of new infections has decreased. And so has the number of people whose death was caused directly by a its all factors related to the immune deficiency syndrome. Yet experts predict that trends will reverse this year because of the covert, 19 pandemic, and lock downs causing, for example, a shortage of hiv medication. Its estimated there could be an additional 1400000 deaths caused by hiv as a result in south africa, one in 5 people has h. I think the new drug, however, is raising hopes for more effective prevention. As our correspondent, our leon things reports from cape town. For almost 2 decades, the Nonprofit Organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv right here in the cape town, township of guilt. Trip 2 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult turn. An accident left her unable to work out who problems followed. And then she became infected with hiv. But it can only be my family didnt want to have anything to do with me. After my h. I. V. Diagnosis. They cut off contact. And even now if my neighbors knew that i have a chevy, they would only say hi from a distance. They wouldnt invite me to their homes. It means i also keep my distance is not easy being a hiv positive, you have to somehow accept that people behave in a certain way towards you. I find it sad. Dr. Isnt rainy, could, is used to hearing similar stories, at least half of the community has a Family Member that somebody that they know that they can be positive. But its, but its so common here. But people dont speak about it. They people are definitely not open about it. They might speak to us about it. The man might speak to the Service Providers about it, but they will, they finitely not speak. They. Theyre not open about the status. They worried about discrimination, although stigma still a massive problem in many communities, south africa has made mess of progress in the fight against hiv aids. Over the past years, most people, the vast majority of those living with hiv, know their status and are on medication. And just recently, researchers announced possibly for the good news. The preventative drug prep has been available for several years around 90000. South africans protect themselves against hiv infection by taking a daily tablet. Now a study into a similar preventative drug that needs to only be injected every 8 weeks, has found it to be even more efficient. Women particularly have many challenges with taking a pill a day. Issues of their habits of taking a pill, but also people experience a lot of social pressures. So women are judged as living with hiv. If theyre taking pills that look like antiretrovirals, they may have judgments about their sexual activity. And partners may feel that they are wanting to be unfaithful, so there are many barriers to taking a pill a day. And what the injections were able to do is overcome some of those challenges by being discreet and kind of independent researchers also see the injection as an important development. But further research is necessary to find other options to prevent hiv in women. Young women are the hardest hit group in south africa, and do you really want to harden some kind of you know, so many jews there hopefully in cape town, also believes the injection could be a great help, but it may not be available for a number of years in the meantime, more argent issues remain due to the cover dependent make fewer. Patients are going to kleenex as a result, the number of new infections, a new born says on the rice, a worrying trend, after all the hard work to stop the spread of the virus. Other things are reporting there from cape town. Im now joined by stefan exocrine, so hes the executive director of the aids charity one here in germany. How concerned are we are you if were looking at research that now resources are being pulled away from h obviates because of the corona virus pandemics. I am very word your for the grown up endemic struggles to set back yes, of painstaking progress and the fight against hiv aids. And we have also seen over the last, yes, that funding for the ace response has does declined and the needs i am, ence calculates that. We need an additional 26000000000. 00 us dollars to for the extra spawns. And of course, now we also have immense funding needs for the corona of a cogent response. But what we, what we really must ensure the church must not happen, is that we play off one pandemic against the other. Both threatening, both are important and both meet urgently to be funded socially. Well it but if were looking at those 2 pandemics as a vaccination on the way the folk, ovids and he has been around for nearly 40 years and theres still no vaccination inside. Whys that . Well, 1st, i think you cannot. You cannot compare to the viruses against each of us. Of may know there are, there are differences that make it different to develop a vaccine. But it also, i think, shows what is fundamentally wrong. I think that is, if you know, because there are, i would say so many more people is threatened by the koran of virus in rich countries. The resources that a court into recent research and development of corona much, much higher than we see being invested in a vaccine against a shot of yates. So it actually shows what is possible and what would be possible because the right political will and the right funding behind it could be a lesson learned, i think for. d our fight against hiv. Yes, we have the tools, we know what to do. We just need more political will and as always, also more. d funding in the political will there of course, what is your key demand or your key demands towards policymakers . Well, there are 3 things that i would ask policymakers undertake 1st of all. As i said before, we do urgently need more funding for the a supposed bons funding has gone, gone down over the last 2 years that needs to be reversed. Again. We need an additional 26000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars for the u. S. Response in 2020 alone. So urgently, urgently need more funding 2nd, we must ensure that obviously makers prioritize those hit hardest and those most vulnerable men who have sex with men, drug users to inject drugs. But also that was also already set. A young women aids is still the number one killer of women under 50 world wyatt. So we need to ensure that we specially target those most vulnerable and 3rd. We need to ensure that we unlock more. d sustainable funding and also strengthen Health Systems. We need also more. d domestic financing, so you know, budgets of countries hit hardest by that endemic into health, into Health Systems, but also and the response to finance the question of aid strategy. One here in germany. Thank you very much for talking to us here. Indeed w. News. Thank you. Time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. Officials in the u. S. Have upheld joe bidens election victory in the states of arizona and wisconsin. Biden won, are his own by 10000 votes despite the trunk and pain appealing against the result. Separately in a key appointment biden has named former Federal Reserve chief janet yellen as his choice for treasury secretary deforestation in brazils, amazon rainforest. Its highest level in 12 years and thats according to official figures. The National Research agency says destruction has risen sharply on the right wing populist president , jaya bowles, and our own. This year alone, the area 7 times the size of london has been stripped. Bad pop sensation b. T. S. Has been cut to break by a change to south koreas military service lot. This week, the bands oldest member turns 28. The deadline for able bodied men to enlist. Now, parliament has approved a revision that allows south korean men to postpone service until the age of 30. 5. When those who are funded by and replace Commission President last year, many were skeptical germans were especially critical of her appointment. Many seeing it as the result of backroom, a new fraying between Angela Merkel and mcconnell a year later. Many remain skeptical. Bops also on the line has also convinced some of her critics. Are Brussels Bureau chief, for the summer phenomena went out to meet them face. She likes to be seen as a big hitter and has promised an ambitious agenda for europe. Always a laugh on the lion. The 1st ever woman at the helm of the european union. E. U. Lawmaker, how do you, how tala . A member of the Finnish Green Party was among those who were critical of underly and when she is hume this, but it quickly changed. Im positively surprised on several issues. One is that shes very committee to the e. U. Green deal because i as a green, i see that we have to transform our societies and the system must change because otherwise, we cannot sustain this planet, that humanitys Climate Action remains on the top of the pond. And i answer genda at the heart of it, is our mission to become the 1st climate neutral continent in 2050, as well as the Digital Transformation and the migration crisis our lead. But its the covert pandemic that has so far pose the biggest challenge to fund a lie and a medical doctor with a masters degree in Public Health problem. Health is the competence of member states, not the commission. Thats why she moved slowly in the beginning, says vivian, the waiting form, a e. U. Commission, Vice President , she believes fund a lion has what it takes to get europe out of the current crisis. She persuaded governments to go ahead that it was necessary to have a cold nation, and she started to pull it to by all manner states. I think that was a very strong. Meanwhile, fundal lion was able to seal 6 deals with big scene producers. The 1st european citizens might already be vaccinated before the end of december funded lion strength in this crisis seems to have been her knowledge of europe as well as her multil