Brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. Indias battle with covid19 has hit another record with more than 400,000 new cases in a single day. Its the tenth day in a row that new infections have soared past the 300,000 mark. The worsening crisis has prompted the u. S. To restrict travel from india beginning tuesday. U. S. Citizens and permanent residents arent affected. India is the Worlds Largest producer of vaccines and today was supposed to be the launch of an aggressive new Inoculation Program but there were relatively few shots to be given because most of indias vaccines have been exported. Cnn has more from delhi with the latest. I want to start with the Vaccination Program that was supposed to be rolling out and in many places it seems to be stalling. What happened here . Reporter before that, i dont know if you can hear the ambulance go by, on average one every 20 minutes on the ground here, has how dire the situation is, every 20, 25 minutes. They can hear it here. We are griving you th
Hot spot at one time or another. But weve never seen anything like whats happening right now in india. Its a covid crisis thats impossible to overstate. In just one day, inda has added more than 400,000 confirmed cases of covid19. Weve never seen that rate of infection anywhere before, and its getting worse by the day. The u. S. And dozens of other countries are rushing tons of desperatelyneeded medical supplies into indias airports, and at the same time, many of those same countries are imposing new restrictions on most travelers from india. Now, today was supposed to be the start of a huge nationwide campaign to vaccinate everyone ages 18 and older. It should have been relatively easy. After all, india is the worlds biggest maker of vaccines. But 98 of its population cant find a dose. Its all been exported. The real agony on the ground can be summed up in one word. Oxygen. Heres cnns sam kiley in delhi. Reporter a sensor reveals dangerously low levels of oxygen, stifled by covid19, t
Joe bidens Covid Response plan. Plan. Where do we stand now when it comes to the number of vaccines that have been given, and how does that compare with the Trump Administrations original projections of where we would be by midjanuary . Guest thanks for having me back. Happy to be here. We have seen about 11 million doses in arms of about 10 million americans. When you think about the scale of the country, 330 million, it is a long ways to go. As far as how far we thought we would be, we heard from operation warp speed officials, which run this federal government vaccine initiative, they give estimates in middecember that they felt confident they could get 20 Million People starting to get vaccinated in december, and 30 million more people in january, so by the end of january they were expecting 50 Million People undergoing this vaccine process, which is a two dose process, the second dose three to four weeks leader. Host just guest just given the numbers we have seen, we are seeing ab
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If your answer is yes, call 202 7488000. If your answer is no, youre not worried about Political Violence, 202 7488001. If you are not sure, your line will be 202 7488002. You can always text us at 202 7488003. We are always reading on social media with twitter and facebook. Government officials around the nation have been warned of the potential of armed protests that could turn into violence over the next week, leading up to joe bidens Inauguration Day. The outgoing president has called for calm from his supporters and from americans as we lead up to Inauguration Day. He put out a video. This is what he said. All of us can choose by our actions to rise above the rancor and find Common Ground and shared purpose. We must focus on advancing the interests of the whole nation, delivering the vaccines, defeating the pandemic, rebuilding the economy, protecting our National Security. I am calling on all americans to overcome the passions of the moment and join together as one American Peopl