of covid 19 in the capital. we ll have all the latest developments on the virus here in the uk and around the world and you can get in touch by tweeting me @reetacbbc or using the hashtag hello and welcome to bbc news. bbc your questions. covid 19 vaccinations are being given to patients at some gp surgeries he was hugely influential in a in england from today as part of the next stage of the roll out generation of novelists, notjust of the programme. spy gp practices in more generation of novelists, notjust spy novels, just the way that he than 100 locations wrote. he created a kind of world will receive their first deliveries of the vaccine later today, which sometimes takes the place of with another 100 to 200 over the real world, it s so vivid. the course of this week. and coming up this hour, some will start giving tributes paid to the the cold war the vaccinations to patients spy novelist, john le carre, from today, with people over 80 who has died at the age of 89. a
distribute 500 million rapid covid tests and creating a government-run test site that you ll run for free. it is unclear, but distribution being begin as soon as next month and that rollout can t come soon enough. this new wave has made it clear that the u.s. is still not where it needs to be when it comes to testing. people across the country are still waiting in line for hours to get tested as they try to protect themselves and their families. by the way, the government is adding 20,000 20,000 or 10,000, i ll get that right. many thousands of testing sites across the country. on the plus side, the fda just authorized two antiviral pills from pfizer and merck to treat covid-19 at home. merck says it will have 10 million medicine pack available by the end of the month and pfizer said it s ready to roll out immediately and it is limited. the pfizer drug is best option. it has a 90% reduction rate in hospitalization and death. the merck pill could only lead to only a 30% redu
Community. between march 2020 and september 30th of this year, the organization stop aapi hate tallied a total of 10,370 reported incidents of hate against asian americans and pacific islanders in the united states. as part of our velshi across america series i traveled to san francisco s chinatown to sit down with six locals who spoke openly about the emotional and physical trauma that they ve endured during the pandemic. you know, i ve been really heart broken. i ve been very fearful. i felt powerless and invisible, to be honest. i felt like we weren t seen. from my store walking to my car i m carrying pepper spray in my hand and just scared any time i hear a sound coming at me. i look behind me every time i turn a corner to make sure there s no one behind me i might need to run from. one incident someone was biking down the sidewalk and i thought someone was trying to attack me