Gets a little taller after himalayan nations agreed on new measurements. Im rebecca it has welcome to the program here in germany the countrys regional governments are considering imposing a total lockdown over the christmas and new year period the countrys National Academy of sciences is recommending the Holiday Season be used for a to wake full lockdown to rein in high infection rates the eastern state of saxony has already taken steps in this direction and bavaria is expected to follow the various state premier monk assert it has asked lawmakers to approve strict measures including the closing of stores from christmas to january 10th mating between the federal and state. Governments last week concluded that individual states can unilaterally impose stricter measures. And the new political reporter is with me from our parliamentary studio 3 a thanks for joining me hard luck to definitely looking inevitable in germany do we know when the country is likely to do a full shutdown we dont
Nation to begin vaccinating its population against the coronavirus its also the 1st country using the buy and take 5 vaccine the 1st shot went to a 90 year old friend. Germanys eastern state of saxony has become the latest state to expand its lock down schools and most businesses to close a Living Health institution now says germany should consider a hot lockdown beginning Christmas Eve. British Prime Minister Barak Johnson will travel to brussels on wednesday in a final push for a post to break the trade deal with the e. U. Meanwhile london has withdrawn some of its breadth of legislation that reneged on an earlier agreement in a move seen as a positive jester. This is day to day news from ben then you can follow us on twitter and instagram at the news website at www dot com. Medical history was written today it happened at 631 this morning in coventry england 90 year old Margaret Keenan rolled up the sleeve of her Merry Christmas t. Shirt looked at the nurse holding the syringe and s
A new negotiators in brussels today as the threat of a no deal scenario is the. Last think of this guy the next time youre tempted to lit up and follow the dip to find work of the chinese crude town stripping this cute pristine. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program several german states have now moved closer to a hard lock down as high corona virus infection rights threaten to overwhelm hospitals one of the countrys leading Health Institutions is recommending a 2 way cod lockdown nationwide starting on Christmas Eve under the current lockdown restrictions restrictions will be eased in the several parts of germany between christmas and the new year and many Health Experts say tougher precautions during these holidays will be crucial to saving lives. With the Christmas Shopping season in full swing many people are probably thinking more about presents than hospitals but statistics say more than 4000 patients are being treated for cope with 19 and germanys intensive care units due to
Today to decide on who should be first to get the vaccine once one is available. With the pandemic raging across the United States, we will speak to two africanamerican doctors who have spent years fighting Racial Disparities in healthcare. One of them joined modernas vaccine study to honor her father who died from covid19. Plus, we will mark World Aids Day with professor Steven Thrasher. Aids continues to kill too many peopl almost 700,000 pele were killed by it last year, and that was decades after education became available. As we are on the verge of potentially having a Coronavirus Vaccine to rollout, we dont antiracist,vely anticapitalist approach, hundreds of thousands of millions of people could continue to suffer and die. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Centers for Disease Control and convention is convening a panel of advisers today to determine who will be the first in line to be
Is there any precedent for these unpresident ial acts . Almost 74 million votes. I have a great panel of historians to discuss that, and the legacy of trumps term in office. An eyeopening discovery that may save your life one day. A way to edit the genetic code itself. A newly minted Nobel Laureate tells me about the promise of crispr. But first, heres my take. More than 150 million americans made their own personal decisions when they voted in this years election, but it is now the unenviable job of commentators to explain the meaning of those choices. At the broadest level its fair to say that the vote was a repudiation of donald trump. President s rarely lose their bids for reelection. Only five in the last 125 years and trump has won as few electoral votes as his nemesis, hillary clinton, did last time and he lost the popular vote by a larger margin than when jimmy carter defeated gerald ford in the wake of watergate. And yet its obvious that the country remains deeply divided. Aft