and the astra zeneca vaccine and they assume mention it's before they will put it on the list of very rare side effects so they chose to use this very careful language here it's just very rare side effect interesting lee they also said that they like were looking into the possibility of limiting the astra zeneca vaccines for certain group in the population for example people over the age of 60 but they say that the data they have does not allow for that so how will today's announcement affect your ups very slow vaccine rollout. yeah it is indeed very slow in comparison to easter el for example or to the united states the thing is is that the a's they will provide the european countries with all the data and all the research they have them they can decide by

themselves how they want to proceed but what greece been seeing in many european countries is already like that the fact that they have suspended senate cover it seems in certain age groups for example is stone has just decided today to do so germany already is proceeding this way so just people over the age of 60 are allowed to gets to send of percentage have exceeded and of course this announcement of the even if they didn't recommend nazi use it in the younger age group of course a great influence e.u. leaders and in the met as a matter of fact you health ministers will meet shortly in an hour or so to discuss the matter and also to coordinate measures so where does this i'm going to leave trust in this drug they're already stories of people in germany before delhi banned

asters and the drugs are refusing it's prefer him to wait to be offered something else yes that is correct and they mean astra zeneca started off as a golden child because it's a rugged chief exceed and it's easy to store enough in comparison to other vic scenes but of course this will. worsen trust in us for seneca and it's likely that people will try to opt for other options if they have the chance to do so marina strauss in brussels thank you. lester's i think a vaccine was developed in conjunction with the u.k. university of oxford the british medicines regulator also held a press briefing on the same outfit this afternoon that is of course a potential links between the drug blood clotting events i d w london correspondent shell the chelsea pill was monitoring the vote for us welcome to charlotte so which will it was asians or did we hear from them or did i

say yeah we had from the u.k.'s vaccine advisory body and the u.k.'s medicines regulator they held a joint press conference where we have to say i have a good deal more information here on some of the numbers involving these red blood clot events now we were told that the risk is still extremely not over they were also very very clear that the benefits of the vaccine still fall far outweigh the risks but they did make the point that there is this potential side effects and that they're monitoring it extremely caffie not just to give you some of the numbers that they like laid out which is very important to show just well you know how great this this risk is believed to be so far they said that 20000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine have been given so far here they found 79 reports of these rebel across events they said 19 people have die it's not worth roughly what

happens he works not to be about 4 in every and 1000000 people so you stressing very clearly that these events are all rather but there is a possible risk so what does this stand mean for the way the astra zeneca vaccine will be prescribed. well there really is the big news out of this press conference here in the u.k. we were told that those aged 18 to 29 being advised to take an alternative vaccine to the astra zeneca we now know that defines a vaccine has been in operation been being given here the months now and the down a coming on stream as well the advice now is for those 18 to 29 to take one of those vaccines instead but it was stressed that this isn't a ban this isn't a block on that age group taking the vaccine just the advice is to take to seek out an alternative we also heard that those even in that age group who have had

a 1st dose of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine should go on and take the 2nd dose as well they were saying that this is out of an abundance of caution that they were making this decision but this is their advice now going forward and so how have the concerns that they raise over the last month or so about the astra zeneca job they've been playing out there in the u.k. well the u.k. hasn't had the same back and forth that all the parts of europe has had on the safety of this vaccine there wasn't a big debate for example about how effective it was in the old age group is there was elsewhere so confidence has been extremely high and we know that the the success of the u.k.'s vaccine grow out so far of the 31000000 people have had the 1st dose so there is of course a risk that this will not confidence but that up until now confidence has remained extremely high in the bank seems including the astra zeneca shot a chance to tell london thank you. well let's see if we can clarify the

science behind these announcements now with stead you also must cost a molecular biologist and associate professor of the u.k. said northumbria university welcome to the dublin professor the european medicines agency has talked about a possible link between the astra zeneca drug and these rare blood clotting disorder this does this mean that we are closer to saying that there is. an actual link between taking this drug and these disorders happening. i think the easiest way to explain this is the safer you'll hear it crawls crying every morning but that doesn't mean that they make the sun rise above the horizon fix can happen at the same time but that does not mean that they're intrinsically length yes there's a late late to the cockerels crowing every time that you know there's

a morning but that doesn't mean that there's a causal relationship between the 2 for to be established is going to take a long time and we we need to be patient about this i think it's very important that we fit focus to the message thought up the moment there is no clearly it means that we curious about is that are like and that the risk remains really really low if you look at the age of just the data. the the risk really centers around the the level of transmission that there is around the setting up of los so here in germany or france and greece where i come from we're transmissions pretty darn high that your best advice actually take the vaccine because your risk from the virus is actually much higher than it is from the boxing itself. the ear may fear or highest that this link if there is one could be because of an immune response to the vaccination what you think they are getting at

. so we saw another situation where people had you know one on and off like 6. versus some of the vaccines and early in the expression and some comparing stops and we basically said ok spiegel who have very high propensity of getting this over reaction to the vaccine should basically be given the maximum that's controlled or we've lost all interest in overall incidence of those events this is something similar we have a very rare. occurrence of these weird immune responses that cause these kinds of plus on the closest we have to components or as a stroke of happening that's been out there and being used in humans since 1937 1000100 years and still courses these kinds of plots we haven't withdrawn it when i'm done in recommendations about which now we're not doing any of this hoo ha that

we're doing now for the vaccine this is more about emotion management right it's more about reassurance really the vaccine is really really safe i don't think people should be nowhere near as concerned as you know a 1st glance a bit to to to say oh my god i'm going to get a club now you know what your chances of getting a clot 0.0006 percent right because of the vaccine whatever your range for it so thank you for your reassuring professor professor says yes moskos from the company university you're welcome we'll take a look at some stories making news around the world now at least 16 people the dad after 2 buses collided in northern mexico officials say all of the victims were minors aboard a minibus more than a dozen other people a lodge a tourist bus were injured in this same incident it's not know what caused the collision. their mass best known comedian has been arrested as part of

a sweep against opponents of february's military coup zarganar was taken from his home in young gone by police and soldiers has been in and out of prison since taking part in an uprising against a previous ministry dictatorship now brazil has reported more than $4000.00 new daily deaths from a coded 19 for the 1st time the country's pandemic death toll is now approaching 340000 that's 2nd only to the united states experts say local variants of the viruses cause the latest surge which has pushed the health system at a breaking point right when president abbas an hour was also opposed lockdown measures as damaging to the economy but many of the country's poorest citizens are crying out for help and they say the government's pandemic response has failed them and without it without war aid many risk going hungry. these protesters a sending a message to their government brazil is hungry here and sao paulo's largest

favela open this residence a emergency aid doesn't go far enough i mean there are they say of the my fear is that my daughters will go hungry one of them still under 18. this is also my granddaughter and i think to myself well they go hungry and like myself from up until december the brazilian government provided those in need with around $1000.00 euros per month in 8 community centers like this one have been offering free meals but donations have dropped. presidential year both scenarios administration is once again offering help but a more modest amount a community movement known as g. 10 is demanding more. for similar thought since in point perhaps the emergency a little of 23 year 00 after by a domestic gas cylinder 5 kilograms of rice and one kilogram of a family can't survive a month on that it's shameful brazil is

a rich country and letting its population go hungry and the pandemic is still out of control brazil is a country in crisis and there's not much light on the horizon. now portugal has actually started to ease its coronavirus restrictions after a strict 2 month lockdown cafes museums and shops can now welcome back guests under strict hygiene guidelines it's a comeback story a for the country back in january it had one of the highest corona virus infection rates in the world interviews young philip shelves has been to the capital lisbon to see how they did yes. sitting in a cafe with friends still a dream for millions possible again in portugal nearly everyone spent the last 2 months are told this was forbidden but now shops primary schools and cafes are open again and people are delighted. but it feels almost euphoric simply to

be able to sit here and watch people walk past you see. i was in no way against the lockdown it was very important. but i think we now all really need to be able to enjoy life again. instead of just going to work and then looking at our own 4 walls. what i missed most was just looking out of the water and drinking a beer. central lispund looked like this for the last couple of months everything was closed the government ordered most people to work from home i read it in response to a disaster portugal had the world's highest corona infection rates the health system couldn't cope intensive care units were. locked on took daily infection numbers from more than 12000 at the start of february 2 few of them 400 just 9 weeks later here outside lispunds largest hospital more than 40 ambulances had to wait in line in front of the emergency ward during the worst days of the pandemic

now only a few covert patients have to be treated in the intensive care unit and a field hospital on the other side of the street was close to weeks ago some observers already talking about the miracle of portugal but as a new english believes more in science than miracles and if you're damn ologist he's a member of the portuguese government's corona advisory group he says one of the most unpopular looked on measures could have been decisive. not dream think went into the numbers went down somewhat when we 1st closed the shops and made remote working compulsory of our job to get all you can but it was only when we close all the schools that the infection figures really started to fall. we fighting to get out he says despite the progress the danger is not over and the pandemic will continue to affect people's lives even into the next year and the lockdown was tough on the economy pushing unemployment up by

a 3rd right now though many parts of these people are enjoying a moment in the sun. amnesty international has told e.w. news it's reviewing its controversial decision to strip jailed russian activist and i say no valley of his prisoner of conscience status in february the organization said he would no longer refer to him as such accusing him of advocating hatred in the past activists accuse the rights organization of foreign for a kremlin smear campaign view comes as. an isolation says mr noel these incarceration may be slowly killing him. who spoke with that with their secretary general agnes at calabar and asked what can be done to help and now i'm just international as initiated as it's been made public a process of review of the decisions he tweel be made that did the outcome of that pasta's really not being made public when now when it's finished which should be

anytime soon but the key is a penis is year is independent of the eagle center sees of an organisation such as understood international and the fact is as an organisation we can been equally so and excited at the moment as we we would. 2 months ago even needs to be freed even needs to be freed immediately needs to be protected against dolcetto and he needs to receive medical care. stands national as secretary general agnes a column out of the groups also released its annual report detailing the ways in which the pandemic has worsened inequality and rights abuses in poland activists raising the alarm over the erosion of women's rights lawmakers that have approved a draft withdrawal from a european treaty seeking to end violence against women known as the istanbul convention the measure could open the way to a total ban on abortion. when polish doctors

told paulino that her unborn child had new kidneys and would die upon birth she had few options as of january new legislation has come into effect allowing abortions only in cases of incest rape or a threat to a mother's life. is one of the very few women in poland who has since found a team of doctors willing to attest that giving birth was a threat to her health and her abortion went ahead. but the. these people are heroes that they aren't afraid of the consequences of this sick country that they live in. they're brave. and they're here to help people and not to serve politicians. and women's rights are under even further threat in poland lawmakers have approved

a draft law ordering the country to withdraw from the istanbul convention on combat in violence against women paving the way for an alternative treaty that would ban abortion and gay marriage critics say the move would legalize domestic violence does not affect what's up with you let's go 1st question what you decided just a moment ago is home violence permission this is a green light for torturers so this is a permission to terminate an international agreement which protects the victims of violence you say to the good of us that you when you see adama. one in 3 women has been a victim of physical or sexual violence a recent study finds the istanbul conventions primary task is to prevent violence against women but although the text of the convention has never changed populists in countries like poland turkey and hungry have been politicizing the convention

for their own political agenda. in poland last year hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets against the new abortion law and the curtailment of their rights those protests have continued despite the threat of covert and a heavy police presence. i went to the protest together with all my friends because we knew we had to show we did not agree with what's going on. but none of us ever thought that just a few months later i will be in the situation. yep and. as long as the situation for women in poland continues to deteriorate paulina will not stop fighting which she sees as restrictions on your basic rights. and football at year's day night so 2 champions league quarter final 1st legs manchester city hosted brosius dortmund the german team suffered heartbreak when phil foden scored in the 90th minute to give city the win in while you can clubs

and liverpool was completely outplayed invalid madrid and the reds will have to make up a 31 deficit in the return leg one of tonight's champions league quarter final scenes by a munich host precision man the team they defeated in last season's final by an a looking to successfully defend their title but they suffered a major blow going into this match the club's top striker robin nevin dusky has been sidelined because of injury and he's not the only bond player who missed the action. a career season in the making for robert levin dosti has been put on hold. after the striker got injured during the international break with poland. robert is a very important player for us so we approach this in a positive way yes it's a challenge but we'll face it. and say it's going to every well mr p.s.g. match after testing positive for cove in 19 but bahrain have plenty of depth on

their side to help pick up the slack from thomas moore the bonus league is a system leader to midfielder leon gorecki who's been key in recent weeks. or striker erik tang could be the byron player to fill the void opponents' p.s.g. i believe they know where byron strange lives. special for a scene as this quote is give and i think when you won't like. the champions league on the. d.l. of the club i think it's because you have a squad that this is where anybody strong byron say they're confident and calm ahead of the rematch of last year's final while p.s.g. with their stars in the lineup will be looking for their 1st victory over biron since 2017. hundreds of hikers in iceland have been

evacuated from the site of an erupting volcano after a new fishing opened up on the mountain throwing out last smoke and steam the spectacle has proved a huge draw for tourists since the volcano roared to life last month. a sight to behold iceland's spectacular nearly 3 week old bookending corruption has entered a new phase 2 new fissures have opened near the rich know side in the gal doing the dollar valley measuring 200 meters in total and la voz also spewing from the new openings. some of the most impressive thing is this river down into the valley actually more than the fisher itself a good research. the new lava river is flowing down through the hills for hundreds of meters from the fisher and into neighboring united to live really if.

we had to do crack opening up. right of our people or. so. what we're doing we just cleared out they are there to try to figure out what is happening to. the people we. have to the tigers and you cannot do it. it's beautiful but possibly dangerous authorities have sealed off access to the side as a precaution and began evacuating sightseers more than 36000 people had visited the site since the ruction began in mid march iceland has more active volcanoes than any other country in europe but an eruption like this hasn't happened under reiki honest peninsula since the 13th century. just a reminder of our top story this hour the european med's insiders say he says the.

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