Extends its lockdowns as infection surge. Also had china sees its worst flooding in decades the Authorities Say 24000000 people have been affected. And im Peter Simmons of all the sport as a limping coasts japan come under fire following claims of athlete abuse across 50 sports. It was their 1st face to face meeting in brussels since the coronavirus pandemic began and talks between European Union leaders were planned for just 2 days but now 27. 00 e. U. Leaders are going into their 4th day of trying to agree on a virus Recovery Plan at stake an unprecedented 857000000000. 00 worth of a deal to help with the economic fallout of the Global Pandemic but theres disagreement over the amount of funding and how its to be distributed to Member States. Only if we did it to not meet a spirit of compromise and ambition is to take the risk of returning to hard times and for someone who are concerned about this in the end it may end up costing us even more so i will continue to fight on these subjects in particular with german chancellor Angela Merkel since as you know weve worked together a lot over the past days and nights having a son now. Last night after a long negotiations we worked out a framework for a possible agreement this is a step forward and gives hope that an agreement may be reached today or at least an agreement is possible i am very glad that we the french president tonight made the pushing me for a really substantial program in this exceptional situation that has now been the basis for the commissions decisions and that is why it has been possible to agree on a considerable proportion of clients that is the answer we need for an exceptional situation it is clear that it incredibly tough there will continue today but exceptional situations also require exceptional efforts we have done justice to this so far and i hope that the remaining distance which will not be easy can still be covered by us we have reporters following this from france and greece in a moment well get reaction from athens with John Psaropoulos but 1st lets talk to tasha butler joining us live from paris Natasha Emanuel my home seems content to put something of a positive gloss on all this. Well emanuel mark rara knew going into these discussions that it was never going to be easy 27 Member States trying to agree on such an enormous recovery package and already of course we knew the divisions with there now weve seen. Several nights trying to come to an agreement but those divisions and differences remain now what a matter of though is saying is i dont know if hes putting a positive spin on it but he is certainly trying to urge e. U. Leaders to come to an agreement to back this Recovery Plan because he says its absolutely essential for European Union unity for solidarity in a time of unprecedented a Health Crisis in europe and for the very future of europe itself because what eman omar cross has said over the past few days over the past few weeks is unless the European Union really steps up now at this time of crisis and cooperates and helps we can Member States and comes together then people in the European Union are going to look at the block and just think well whats the point of being part of it they might turn their back on it and in the future decide to vote against it because anti e. U. Sentiment could rise we know that there are countries like italy and spain that have been really badly affected by the corona virus pandemic not just in terms of course in the number of deaths the economies have been battered unless the countries like that are given to help him out or mark ross says that what we might see of course is the disintegration of the whole e. U. Project so hes really putting it in this much larger wider Historical Context theres need now of course because weve been seeing the resurgence of cases in different pockets of europe were seeing 2nd lockdowns in different parts of europe have seen that in spain france for example has now made masks mandatory in indoor public areas the risk is here now but its also there in the future not only because the current virus pandemic. But also to risk to the European Union thank you very much lets bring in John Psaropoulos hes our correspondent in athens john whats the big stumbling block as far as the greek government is concerned. Well as far as the greeks are concerned the plan was very well expressed by the European Commission i even 500000000000 euros in grants 250000000000 and loans greece is keen to avoid an enormous increase in debt burden because greece is going to spend the next 40 years spending 2 and a half almost 2 and a half percent of its g. D. P. Repaying all those emergency loans it from. Its euro zone partners to give it back in 2010 to 15 its already a one of the most indebted countries in the euro zone however it sees this instrument as extremely useful greece remember suffered a loss of one quarter of its economy during those terrible years of the Global Financial crisis it began a meager recovery in the last 2 years and this year was the 1st in which it was going to see some meaningful growth when coronavirus hit so roughly 35000000000. 00 euros in grants and loans that greece stands to gain are extremely important not only in helping to offset some of that recession this year which is going to be in the neighborhood of 9 percent the Commission Says but also to lay some foundations for future recovery and growth next door in italy the recession even bigger almost 12 percent and in spain somewhere around 11 percent for those countries the handouts are going to be much larger roughly 70000000000. 00 worth recently somewhere around 50000000000. 00 worth of spain those countries rely equally heavily if not more so upon this rescue package as greece france has emerged as the champion of the Southern States in this matter france of course also itself looking at a recession of more than 10 percent this year feels the pinch of. Coronavirus crisis and feels rather let down by the Northern European countries whove been the band and by germany germany used to be the strongest member of the fiscally prudent bloc of countries which back in the 2010 to 2015 years argued that there should be very very strict conditionality on all the loans being given to the 5 euro zone members who asked for those emergency loans but germany abandoned that hard line block in may this year when together with fronts it suggested that at least 500000000000. 50 euros worth of commision money be given as grants its that will very some not only to the southern countries of the northern mediterranean but also to the Franco German axis that remains this storm chapa zation from the socalled frugal for so today will be the day when hopefully the matter is decided not only for greece and spain and this and b. But for the eurozone economy as a whole. Ok well leave it there john thanks very much John Psaropoulos our correspondent in athens. Now more than 14000000 people have been infected with hiv 19 globally also more than 600000 have died researchers around the world are racing to develop more than 150 potential vaccines theyre all for providing some positive results there is the university of Oxford Astra Zeneca testing vaccine in big numbers of people in the u. K. South africa and brazil its expected to release the results of its 1st human Clinical Trial shortly in australia the university of melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is also conducting phase 3 trials and Chinese Companies cinna back and soon a farm of both moved to phase 3 testing in brazil and also in the u. A. E. Sara gilbert is a research a leading the trials the Oxford UniversityVaccine Center speaking virtually to members of the British Parliament she said her team is still testing how long the vaccine will provide immunity nationally quite immunity to other human actions this is relatively short we dont get reinfected sometimes quite quickly but that doesnt necessarily mean it will see the same thing with the vaccine because the vaccines have a different way of engaging with the need system and we follow people enough that it is using this technology to x. In several years and we still see strong responses so again its something we have to test and although over time we cant know until we actually have the data but were optimistic based on there is that is that we will see a good direction need several years at least and probably better than the national enquirer. Live to paul brennan at Oxford University in the u. K. So paul were still waiting on the uploading of this information to the lancet website what can we expect do we think. Well as you heard sarah say there the optimism the cheese been expressing in recent weeks is leading to high expectation here in oxford and in the wider field because the early indications appear to be that the Oxford University trials have shown that its vaccine candidates produces both antibody and t. Cell response from the body now antibodies of course lock on to the virus and neutralize it off like it up for other parts of the immune system to attack it is a slightly different to one particular cell actually attacks the virus so if it produces reactions from both of those kind of things then then it basically makes it very optimistic indeed that said were waiting for the lancet to actually publish the data so this is data relating to phase one volunteer about 500 volunteers engaged in the process we know that there havent been any major side effects because the research is already progressed to stage at a phase 3 with more than 10000 volunteers involved now they wouldnt go to that stage if there had been some major side effects really revealed by by phase want so so the signs there are good but what we want to see in the lancet is the actual data and exactly what it is. That is in it that said 9 out of 10 Vaccine Research is actually end up falling by the wayside and the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has been a pains today to say look despite the expectation we have to be cautious about the prospect of a vaccine resulting from this. Hopeful ive got my fingers crossed but to say that im 100 percent confident that well get a vaccine this year or in the next year is a last just you know an exaggeration were not there yet. And paul also in the u. K. Lets talk a 2nd about synergy in southampton thats another study going on and they seem to have come up with something that can dramatically reduce in people who are hospitalized with full blown covert 19 yes the early indications from synergy in southampton look impressive i have to say again caution needs to prevail here were talking about a very small sample of volunteers just 101 volunteers across 9 hospitals but what the data from the early the early testing shows is that it managed to reduce the amount of time people spend in hospital by about a 3rd and the impact of those who were treated with it going on and needing ventilation for example was reduced by 79 percent so on the face of it pretty impressive statistics but theyre at a very early stage. Or to talk about it its a nebulizer. Essentially when the body is infected it produces interferon beater introducing that into the body through an i. V. Allies and is whats. Doing and as i say the early indications are impressive but very small sample size we need to see a bigger dataset ok paul soon as that lance of story drops will come back for a suspect in oxford many thanks paul brennan in oxford there for us now weve heard about the efforts to combat covert 19 but whats it like to actually have the virus janine cross is a recovered virus patient based in new zealand she told us earlier how its affected her health. To be honest i dont remember a lot of that and i think my brains block some of that because it was quite traumatic. It was very scary i had a lot of anxiety through it i remember feeling very sick but it was so unknown and. The time time heals all wounds as you can imagine and for months on life is moved on from somewhat a new zealand so i feel very very fortunate for where im sitting today i was in hospital for 4 days and. I was nice lation wards i was one of the 1st hospitalized patients in new zealand i think a lot of that might have been course it was very early days and i was relatively high profile enough to look after me in the Hospital System wasnt i below those but i was i had a terrible. Risk terry issue and my chest was just i was really struggling to get enough it through and i couldnt stop the coughing and it was coarse and i was on a sentence so they were keeping a really close eye on going it took me a long time to get well about 6 weeks before i sort of normal again but the lingering effects have been substantial to the point of ive actually got a situation this wake for him to make sure its this which i havent had a flare up in a long time. Having had a hysterectomy last year i didnt expect if i had one again and so there was some research around inflammation in the body and the connection from coker trying to make sure cysts courses early days and no one really knows i had to come off a loss and suffered other people i had to use a binge once my lungs as strong as they used to be. That ive noticed that they change im certainly had a lot more x. And pains in my body but to be honest i dont really know how to attribute it drake i mean the lungs are the only thing i can say that are related because i did not have that beforehand and Everything Else and i really dont know how im going to have to get those answers and or if i ever will. Well dont suppose pretending is a medical microbiologist and division chief with the soul of the sciences of the sitra medical and Research Center here in cattle he says it will take some patients up to a year to recover from the impact of corona virus were still learning a lot about urban one team and some of the effects that happen to people that have recovered from the illness and it has only been maybe only 6 months where most people have been have had the infection so so you know what were learned so far right now is that these isnt just the disease of the lung its actually one very important aspect of the inflammation occur in the light that these can be damaging to the law moves so were having some sort of lingering fire tory symptoms afterwards or it could be due to inflammation that has occurred in other parts of the body and i think that that mean you wait the very common things that other people have noticed which could include some neurologic type symptoms and having the brain fog that she has described. Very similar to another the symptom syndrome that we know about which is my housing and death while i had it chronic in rome. This is the syndrome that we dont really know what causes it but now that weve had im currently in an event where over many people in the world have had the same infection around the same time were probably going to be able to learn a lot more about the chronic effect post infection after this pandemic. More top news stories more sports as well around the corner including these ones new restrictions come into effect in hong kong as the territory sees a surge in the number of infections there. Human rights watch calls on the Egyptian Government to improve coronavirus testing and medical care for prisoners. Elsewhere goals a new number one a spanish john rom proposes rory mcilroy at the top of the standings thats coming up with peter in about 35 minutes. Gunmen have attacked a village in the northwest of nigeria killing at least 20 people the overnight attack targeted dodgy in the state of could do it comes a day after soldiers were killed in an ambush in neighboring cant seen a state armed gangs known locally as bandits and blames the attacks in the region lets bring in. From the geo Political Security analyst at politico an African Security think tank mr are going go welcome to the news hour here on aljazeera whats your reading of whats going on in this particular situation. The painter having so basically. Its the same scene in this thing because we hear attack today when its troops or targets on villages pretty much since story seems creepy the government would protest. But not to get people to sort of walk towards some solution that was beyond justin in a more sort yes or in a send in security manner we needed products you know peace is peace or into submission somebody the problem to this in iraq was pretty much not the west did not is the better way looking good look i mean look hes got into bond its pretty much that were on our own does not wear scorsone disorder and curious when you talk about it being the same story are you anticipating more of the same over the coming weeks and months. Well i hope not but if you go back dusty were looking at this. You will see back in march will disorder you know by book i mean granaries village when youve missed it does not do not use of the book and what i mean served in that part of the country when youre not the west and northwest and good the bond is down thats really need your problem you know so you know what im going on for when about 2 years unless we can really really was. That means that its not you know the network of what im going to pick up is the lead up Company Reports and miss it just in class and that