arriving or even otherwise, setting aside travelers, there is community transmission in a lot of countries, and they are already dealing with delta and making sure indoor masking is there when you don t know who is vaccinated or not but increasing vaccination coverage is also helpful. the long-term solution is to make sure that there is global access to vaccines so the likelihood of these variants emerging goes down. on that issue of vaccinating the world, i want to highlight what we heard from white house press secretary jen psaki yesterday about the challenges beyond just supplying the vaccine to developing nations. listen. we have sent close to 8 million doses to south africa. 13 million to southern africa and over 93 million to africa and over 270 million to the
europe, what measures are being considered by the european lead sners it looks like country also have no choice but to toughen restrictions. in germany, 100,000 dead, just as they are recording these big jumps in infections. on wednesday, new cases were a new record. 67,000 in one day. now, in a sense, this was long predicted. winter was always going to be difficult, more people in doors, more opportunities for transmission. but on top of that, vaccine coverage is still patchy. it can vary enormously from country to country. and of particular concern is that you are seeing big jumps in numbers of countries that do have significant vaccination coverage like the netherlands. one theory there according to experts is you perhaps are already seeing vaccine protection immunity diminishing, particularly in countries that
transmission rates are high in much of the country. the cdc predicts deaths and hospitalizations will likely increase over the next four weeks. well, in europe, the coronavirus situation is even more dire. have a look at this graphic. you can see there the map. infections are rapidly rising in the region and show no signs really of slowing down. it is especially bad if you look in germany as the country has topped 100,000 covid deaths and set back to back daily case records. cnn s phil black joins me now for more. terrible new record being marked in germany today, but it really does paint a picture of what europe is going to be facing this winter. talk us through the measures that are being put in place, whether they go far enough. the challenge for europe is a case of really bad timing. winter was always going to be rough. delta, people on doors. on top of that patchy vaccination coverage, a lot of variation from country to country, even region to region. but on top of that, even
discussions about solid scientific facts, whereas actually we should be communicating there more clearly to the general public. but communication - the general public. but communication is i the general public. but communication is kind of over, when the country says actually now is the point at which you have to have the vaccine, no choice. vaccine, no choice. exactly. this is also why the vaccine, no choice. exactly. this is also why the step vaccine, no choice. exactly. this is also why the step has vaccine, no choice. exactly. this is also why the step has been - vaccine, no choice. exactly. this is also why the step has been taken l vaccine, no choice. exactly. this is. also why the step has been taken in austria. we do have the 20 day lockdown now, that affects all people, but this is coupled with mandatory vaccination starting in february. i think this is something that we really need and it should help us reach the vaccination coverage we say much need and to find our wa
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said that the Centre has started Har Ghar Dastak campaign to increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage.