Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Im kasia madera, do stay with us for the latest news and analysis. We start in the us where donald trump has been accused of deliberately misleading the American People about the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic. The claims come in a new book by the Journalist Bob Woodward. But theyve now been picked up by the democratic president ial candidate joe biden. Hes accused President Trump of lying to the American People for months about and failing to do hisjob. Nick bryant reports from new york. Even as the coronavirus began claiming scores of american lives, the us president publicly talked down the threat. It will go away. You know it is going away and it will go away and we will have a great victory. But at the same time, donald trump was telling the legendary watergate Journalist Bob Woodward that he had deliberately played down the pandemic, even though he understood the deadliness of the virus. Well, ithink, bob, to
Hello to you. Firefighters are battling a new fire on the greek island of lesbos a day after a huge blaze devastated the moria migrant camp. Firefighters are trying to control the new blaze, which is destroying the remains of camp that at the start of the week was the only shelter for more than 12,000 refugees europes largest refugee camp. The camp had been placed in quarantine last week, as several cases of coronavirus were confirmed among residents. Mark lowen has more. A camp often called a ticking time bomb has exploded. Moria, four times over its capacity, has been almost completely destroyed, an inferno in a place where life was already hell. The 13,000 migrants here, mostly afghans, fleeing again, this time in europe. My house is finished. Many. All finished. At first light, it seemed the sun itself was on fire as a desperate attempt to douse the flames continued. Inside, homes now a wasteland. Pictures from the Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres show the gutted remains of europes
Firefighters are battling a new fire on the greek island of lesbos, a day after a huge blaze devastated the moria migrant camp. Firefighters are trying to control the new blaze which is destroying the remains of camp that at the start of the week was the only shelter for more than 12,000 refugees europes largest refugee camp. The camp had been placed in quarantine last week, as several cases of coronavirus were confirmed among residents. Mark lowen has more. A camp often called a ticking time bomb has exploded. Moria, four times over its capacity, has been almost completely destroyed, an inferno in a place where life was already hell. The 13,000 migrants here, mostly afghans, fleeing again, this time in europe. My house is finished. Many. All finished. At first light, it seemed the sun itself was on fire as a desperate attempt to douse the flames continued. Inside, homes now a wasteland. Pictures from the Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres show the gutted remains of europes largest migra
Covid resurgence in Brazil and what experts in India say Saikiran Kannan
More than a year since the Covid-19 pandemic first originated, most countries have managed to put the worst behind them to embark on the recovery path, both case-wise as well as economically, thanks to some aggressive policies and the arrival of vaccines. Unfortunately, Brazil is not on this list.
The nation having a population of around 212 million is facing its worst Covid wave ever since the virus first hit the country last year. Brazil is seeing more Covid deaths and cases than ever before and hence its hospitals are filled to the brim and overflowing.
Govt apprehensive of involving private hospitals in vaccination drives, say experts
Govt apprehensive of involving private hospitals in vaccination drives, say experts
The possibility of fake vaccines in a lightly regulated sector is dangerous, say experts as private hospitals await clear signals from authorities to partake in vaccinating initiatives for those above 50 years of age.
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UPDATED: February 22, 2021 19:15 IST
Private hospitals in India are awaiting for a green signal from regulatory and healthcare authorities to get started on coronavirus vaccination drives. (Representative photo: PTI)
CEOs PUSH FOR PRIVATE SECTOR IN VACCINATION
“If the government involves the private hospitals and nursing homes to join the anti-Covid vaccination drive, about 500 million people can be inoculated in two months,” said Azim Premji at a post-budget interaction with industry leaders organised by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce.