control, and a best case scenario because that s how long it s going to take to get vaccine rolled out equitably around the world. vaccine rolled out equitably around the world. billions of vaccine doses around the world. billions of vaccine doses have - around the world. billions of vaccine doses have now- around the world. billions of| vaccine doses have now been pledged for low income countries. but the logistics of getting them to those who need them as a major problem. nigeria destroyed a million astrazeneca doses in december, which had a shelf ofjust a few week, too little time to use them. the scientist who created them. the scientist who created the jab once vaccine production scaled up, well before the next antivirus emerges. i scaled up, well before the next antivirus emerges. antivirus emerges. i would like to see more antivirus emerges. i would like to see more vaccines to see more vaccines manufactured in africa. for the next pandemic we need to increase vaccine ca
military doctors and nurses to help hospitals and expansion of vaccine capacity. they re throwing a lot after the new variant months after the president made it sound like covid was pretty much over. president biden: today we re closer to ever from declaring our dependence to a deadly virus. president biden is not quarantining after a negative covid test but monday morning a mid-level staff member received a positive result for the covid-19 test. three days earlier on friday that staff member spent 30 minutes in proximity to the president on air force one from orange, south carolina to philadelphia, pennsylvania. there are a lot of questions about this new policy that will be rolled out today but it is unclear if president biden is going to field any himself. jen psaki told a reporter yesterday it depends on what you ask, bill. bill: thank you. nice to see you peete doocy.
we begin this hour with the president s fight against the pandemic. a short time from now he ll speak to the nation and lay out his plan for fighting the new winter surge. so far we know that plan will include expanding access to testing, making some 500 million at-home test kits available to americans as soon as next month. increased support for hospitals asking the pentagon to deploy troops to some of the hardest hit areas and stepping up vaccine capacity, including new pop yup sites for people to get shots. according to the white house, the president will also lay out two messages for two groups of americans, for the vaccinated and boosted, no need to cancel holiday plans, and for those who are not, they are putting their lives at even greater risk right now. from what we re seeing in south africa, it might turn out to be overall omicron being somewhat less severe, but, you know, everything is relative. when you say less severe, you re
have not yet had a shot. brian: great. peter doocy is live at the white house with a preview. hey, peter. steve: good morning. officials around here have gone from saying if you don t get vaccinated you could lose your job to starting to say if you don t get vaccinated you are going to get hospitalized or you are going to die. for those who choose to remain unvaccinated he will issue a stark warning and make clear unvaccinated individuals will continue to drive hospitalizations and deaths. so there is three main pillars to the president s speech today on screen. is he going to call for increased support for hospitals. more access to free testing and to expand vaccine capacity. and there are long lines of concerned citizens and big cities waiting hours honing to get a covid test at these overwhelmed testing facilities. the president claims he is going to send 500 million free at home tests out next month. not long after jen psaki was criticized by experts for dismissing the idea of
step up the roll out. earlier i spoke to saffron cordery, deputy chief executive of nhs providers. she said that offering every adult in england a boosterjab by the end of the month will be incredibly challenging the nhs is incredibly skilled at rising to the challenges, and are happy many of them recently, that are thrown its way. but we have to understand that this is a massive logistical challenge, because we have been stepping up and stepping down these vaccines, the vaccine capacity, over the last year also. we know that demand for services is higher than it has ever been. so, to step up the vaccine campaign as well adds an extra pressure there.