Up on the other side of the atlantic anticipation grows for about saying roll out the outgoing u. S. President touts Americas Group Speed Development but how much cooperation has trump offered to his successor will be rolling out the actual vaccination program. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for tougher restrictions to bring down stubbornly high coronavirus numbers this is germanys death toll from covert 9 tain has hit a record daily high of 590 state as a considering a Strict Lockdown over the holidays to curb infection right addressing the German Parliament just moments ago merkel urged the public to recognize the seriousness of germany situation. Well this right now isnt does not fill us in and 14 days until Christmas Day and we must do everything we can to ensure that we get away from exponential growth and we have set the teachers and to everyone all of the contact that isnt necessary must be restricted and as hard as that is and i know how much goes into it when you set up your group i understand if you Christmas Market stands your Christmas Trees yours does not fit into the agreements that we had when we say that you can only take food away from restaurants im really sorry about this it breaks my heart. But if we have to pay the price that we are seeing 590 people dying every day then its simply not acceptable from my perspective and this is why we must type things out thank you thank is scientists are banking as before christmas before you go and visit your grandparents or only 2 people to spend one week with a very reduced contact before you see that i know more then maybe we need to think about whether we dont find some why some way to have School Holidays start on their sixties not only 19 if you look back at the challenge of a century if we werent able to spine some solution for these 3 days thank you what will they say it was you know and it may be that. They still have to have a digital lesleys in those 3 days i dont know that is not my area of expertise i just know that if we have too many contact with other people before christmas it might be the last christmas we have with our grandparents then we will have done something wrong. Thank. Heaven chancellor Angela Merkel speaking to the parliament they will date of his chief Political Correspondent linda crane followed that speech in the german buddhist target she joins me now melinda chancellor merkel closed her address with an impassioned play for stronger action and it was a very animated quite unusual for her what do you make of it. I make of it that in fact she sees the situation as very serious indeed she assured in that appeal by saying i believe in the power of reason she also believes in the power of science she herself is a physicist a scientist so she quoted germanys expert counsel the lay of which is said very clearly we need tougher restrictions on gatherings on the people being able to meet on store closing times or rather store Opening Times mainly saying that we should have a prolonged christmas vacation during which the shops remain closed and the chancellor sensually reiterated all of that saying that history and science have shown that the 2nd wave of infection is always more painful and more difficult than the 1st and that we are in the middle of this 2nd wave she cited very coolly numbers from back in september and compared them with the numbers were seeing now the infection rates the death rates the i. C. U. Capacity levels and she said we must act now and you know its this mixture of could join willing and almost maternal guidance that made her so effective in the springtime during the 1st wave where you very much seeing that america will once again. She also discussed of course the fiscal ramifications that germany was basically prepared going into this pandemic but its going to have to take on a significant amount of new debt how did chancellor merkel justify that. Thats right in fact this is the chancellor used to refer to the swabian housewife as the model of frugality she acknowledges that this is the 2nd highest level of debt germany will ever have taken on 1st was this year also because of the pandemic but she said extraordinary circumstances absolutely demand extraordinary action she said this money will be paid back we know that it is a burden on future generations and she also said she had very early clear very clearly heard the calls in the debate yesterday that this money must be put to good use must be invested for a truly constructive future meaning investment in Artificial Intelligence investment in new forms of energy that will we in germany off of oil and Gas Investment in infrastructure in the Health Care System in a Fair Distribution and a widespread distribution of the new vaccines so she laid out the areas where she sees this money as being put to very constructive use as she also stressed that germany as a liberal democracy is dealing differently with this 2nd wave in comparison to some other countries whats the importance what whats important to make that distinction. Well in fact she said you know we cant do it the way that authoritarian systems do it some authoritarian systems meaning china have emerged very well but we cant do this in the same way we must rely on Cooperation Amongst citizens on every individual taking responsibility and showing restraint and she used that remark to very very warmly pay tribute to all of those who have been doing so to the vast majority of germans as she said who are complying with the rules and to all of the caregivers who are giving everything to make sure that those who do fall will are taken care of ok melinda thank you david hes chief Political Correspondent melinda crime. Meanwhile hospitals all over germany have been sounding the alarm as their intensive care unit near capacity germany is now ranked 2nd in europe for both new cases and new deaths currently between 70 to 90 percent of i. C. U. Beds in germany a full and the stuff tasked with keeping constant watch over those patients nearing their limit. For 3 years has been the head of the intensive care unit at the us hospital in berlin they were 10 patients currently in his ward half of them are suffering from a corona virus infection the others have severe heart or lung diseases with this number of people whose i. C. U. Wood has reached its limits no one patients can be admitted. Is that its one of the situation is difficult because were constantly under pressure that means the staff is under stress on the long term basis enough and we have the problem that we cannot provide the necessary kind of care to other patients whove arrived at accident and emergency. Operations. So far these 28000 intensive care beds have helped to keep the countrys death toll predator during the pandemic that could change the number of i. C. U. Patients further increase over the winter months. We can expect the influenza season to begin in patients with pretty damaged lungs are admitted to intensive care and we can add that number to the number of covered 1000 cases and then theres a real risk of serious bottlenecks forming a very quickly him balancing because according him in. This map shows the current occupation of german hospitals around the country many of them are colored orange or red as theyre reaching back capacity limits especially in densely Populated Areas but its often take. Says theres a shortage of people not to quit and he has to they can beds fully equipped but with nobody to stuff them but hospitals have little or no money to hire more staff as luck would have operations had to be postponed to keep the ward available for corona virus patients. Doing 20 to 30 percent fewer surgeries and last year that means we and other hospitals are currently generating a major financial deficit. Despite the extra challenge that comes from taking care of all the culvert patients or similar for the underground some corporate. To keep hospitals afloat financially the German Government helped out with extra funding the clinic says that money ran out in september for. Now he and his team are hoping for more money so that they can give their help to everyone who needs it. Take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now british Prime Minister bars johnson and a huge change as a final line will hold talks in brussels later today as they make a last minute push for a post trade deal it comes after months of deadlocked negotiations between officials both sides have won the chances of reaching an agreement by a year and deadline a slim. Officials in india are seeking the cause of a mystery illness that struck down more than 300. 00 children and 100. 00 adults in the state of Andhra Pradesh doctors have found traces of lead and nickel in blood samples of those sick now authorities have ordered an inquiry into the source of the metals and how they got into the bodies of hundreds of people. Then it has been caught off guard by surprise flooding after a sudden change in the Weather Forecast parts of the city was submerged at high tide in spite of the new multi 1000000000 euro barrier designed to prevent flooding the flood gates hadnt been activated within the 48 hours needed to be fully operational. The u. S. Supreme court has rejected an effort to return overturn the results of the president ial election in the state of pennsylvania it signals that the nations highest court which includes 3 judges appointed by President Trump may not go along with his efforts to overturn his defeat in last months election. And staying with the u. S. Nearly every state has reported surges in corona virus cases just as a vaccine appears days away from getting the go ahead President Donald Trump and his successor joe biden have both talent of their plans for launching a Mass Vaccination Program but friction between the political rivals threatens to complicate the rollout across the nation already brought to its knees by the pandemic. At an event celebrating operation warp speed trump credited his administration with producing vaccines more rapidly than has ever been done before today were on the verge of another american medical miracle and thats what people are saying people that arent necessarily big fans of donald trump are saying with the a like him or not this is one of the greatest miracles in the history of modern day medicine he said that the food and Drug Administration would likely authorize the buy and take Pfizer Vaccine within days and the mcgurn a vaccine soon after officials from bidens Transition Team who will oversee the bulk of the vaccination rollout were not invited instead biden held his own parallel event he introduced his new Pandemic Response team and laid out his Top Priorities for the start of his tenure masking vaccinations open in schools these are the 3 key goals from our 1st 100 days like trump biden made promises about getting americans back sedated quickly. This team will help get at the latest at the last 100000000 covert 19 vaccine at least 100000000 covert vaccine shots into the arms of the American People in the 1st 100 days 100000000 shots in the 1st 100 days but biden warned that without funding from Congress Backs in nation efforts could quickly stall. Developing a vaccine is only one Herculean Task distributing it is another Herculean Task he also said that getting kids back to school was a major priority and that hed mandate a mask requirement in federal buildings and on Public Transportation on day one of taking office my 1st 100 days well and the covert 19 virus i cant promise that but im absolutely convinced and in 100 days we can change the course of the disease and change life in america for the better both sides of the aisle appear to be throwing their weight behind what could soon become the biggest vaccination effort in the nations history. Youre watching data really news hes a reminder of the top story were following for you an address to Parliament German chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded tougher measures as coronavirus cases fail to drop germanys death toll from cars at 19 has had a record day high of 519 state leaders and considering a Strict Lockdown extending through the holidays. You have to take this alice you mean some scum that will be with you at the top of the next one in the meantime as always our website dot com im rebecca ritas thanks for watching. Good to parliament. Despite coming from a poor family the pop star wants to become president. Challenges or god theres a. Little story. Starts december tell
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