mexico city. what is that? >> to my mind, there is what in many ways is the untold chapter of the kennedy assassination story, which is what happened when lee harvey oswald traveled to mexico city just several weeks before the assassination? i got to admit that when i went into the reporting on this book, i did not know anything about this incident in mexico city. this trip. but it may be very important. it's very clear to me that both the cia and the fbi were determined not to to draw what happened in mexico city, because it might've revealed just how much they had really known about oswald in the the weeks before the assassination and the threat he might post to president kennedy. it turns out that oswald went to mexico city apparently to get the visas and paperwork that would allow him to defect to cuba. much as he had once tried to defect to the soviet union. while in mexico city, while he is under surveillance by the cia in mexico city, he is meeting with cuban spies and russians and several

instead i know rappler reports from mexico city. every year millions of peace. wolf flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get a natural house was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. can't just be back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. mexico city's national shrine houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it wo

yeah here in mexico and they were in the clearly in the lock down in mexico city and in the northern state of california and the border with california and the usa this slowdown is very strict because the people in mexico in this christmas season is going to the streets to to to acquire many many things gives presents and said to. the program in mexico is many people is very poor and they kept their jobs in the street and they were made as many promise to control these people in the streets this is the big problem to the mexican authorities found for them mexico's he made your own but if they're not being policed how they expect people to abide by the rules yes the people don't respect the rules because of the kind of surveillance issue because. the people don't have formal salaries don't have good salaries they have to go to the streets to sell things things in the mexican economy constructor is very different than the european or the u.s. conditions and the people cannot stay calm for many days because of this this a lockdown if only for 10 or 15 days and they weren't cannot put mo

of the reports from mexico city. every year millions of people flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get a natural house was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. can't just be back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. mexico city's national shrine houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it would b

nationwide and in mexico city is quite bad it's the worst that it's been since the start of the outbreak earlier this year and we should note that mexico's president on this monday lopez what other who has been heavily criticized since the beginning of the pandemic for downplaying the the severity of the virus for for questioning the efficacy of wearing a face mask he's had a significantly drastic change in tone as of friday when he outlined a set of guidelines for mexican citizens over the holiday season to not participate in gift exchanges to not travel on christmas or on new years 2 to self isolate to avoid going out of their homes unless they have to stopping just short however of urging people to wear a mask now there is a big concern specifically here in mexico city over occupancy at hospitals here in the mexican capital occupancy currently sits at 69 percent that number is quite high but even that is only an average at some hospitals specifically the medical centers that are designated code 9000 hospitals they've already reached a saturation point there's at least one hospital the

matt rivers has the details from mexico city. >> well, for weeks now, health officials here in mexico city have been warning the general public that if the situation with covid-19 did not get better, that they would be forced to close down sections of the city, to take more drastic measures. and over the past few days, we have seen record numbers of hospitalizations here. we have seen a record number of new cases being added on a day-to-day basis. and because of that, officials are now following through on that threat. agency of midnight saturday, all nonessential businesses, both in mexico city and also in the surrounding state of mexico which combined make up one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. all of those nonessential businesses will be forced to close until at least january 10th. health officials say it could go on longer depending on the status of the pandemic. make no mistake, health officials tried not to do this. in fact, they faced criticism as we see the disease trending in the wrong direction in terms of hospitalizations and new cases. some are calling for

matt rivers has more from mexico city. >> for weeks now, health officials here in mexico city have been warning the general public that if the situation with covid-19 did not get better, that they would be forced to close down sections of the city, to take more drastic measures. and over the past few days, we have seen record numbers of hospitalizations here. we have seen a record number of new cases being added on a day-to-day basis. and because of that, officials are now following through on that threat. as of midnight saturday, all nonessential businesses, both in mexico city and also in the surrounding state of mexico, which combined make up one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, all of those nonessential businesses will be forced to close until at least january 10th. health officials say it could go on longer depending on the status of the pandemic. make no mistake, health officials tried not to do this. they faced criticism over recent weeks as we've seen this disease trending in the wrong direction in terms of hospitalizations and new cases. some have been calling fo

reports from mexico city. every year millions of people flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get a natural house was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. can't just be back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. mexico city's national shrine houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it would b

instead on a republic from mexico city. every year millions of people flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get the natural hands was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. interest back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. mexico city's national shrine houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it would be a

al-jazeera mexico city. new restrictions or come into force across south korea as the country tries to control the pandemic during the holiday period and nations been recording around 1000 new cases a day as well mcbride reports to seoul. having won international recognition for its handling of the pandemic and setting standards for testing and tracing south korea now struggles to contain this 3rd wave it seems earlier successes may have bred complacency compounded by pandemic fatigue on windy days and an overconfidence had growing on many people's minds and you lowered their guard when you were relatively successful in dealing with the 1st and 2nd operates and one international praise for each in south korea's 3rd biggest city in chan jang hanna ram is one of a team of traces who were working around the clock what makes this surge so hard to control is how widespread it is often to go out of control even of what i saw all the new confirmed cases and daily b.g. a magickal survey i thought wow this is really

reports from mexico city. every year millions of people flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get a natural house was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. you just get back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. mexico city's national shrine houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it would be

the biggest city there is culiacan, the reputed narco capital of mexico. and el chapo essentially owned the town. >> it would be like in the heyday of prohibition when al capone completely owned chicago, for somebody to come in and just try to throw handcuffs on capone, they'd get shot. >> it was a place where kingpins who died in mexico's drug wars were placed in large, ornate tombs. they seemed to stand as reminders of the violence and danger that engulfed culiacan. >> i think it is very dangerous. culiacan, sinaloa and those areas are completely controlled by drug cartels. >> but drew was relentless. for instance, just before he arrived in mexico, he came upon a treasure trove of evidence. el chapo had left his safe haven in culiacan for this mansion in cabo san lucas. it was raided by mexican law enforcement. el chapo got away. but there were key scraps of paper, notebooks, and phones left behind, with phone numbers that drew could target. >> you can't just target the man himself. you have to target his entire inner infrastructure. that means his -- hi

all right john thanks for that that's the situation in mexico city and across my school john holmes reporting there now to the u.k. which has placed another 20000000 people into the toughest 10 restrictions the measures have been imposed across 3 quarters of england the british government says mutants more infectious strain of the virus is spread through most of the country the number of people being admitted to hospital in england has gone past levels seen during the peak of the break was back in april that's. joins us live from london and all of this just demonstrates just how important it is to get the vaccine out fast and efficiently to wool and all the while trying to stop the infection spreading as best as possible. yeah i mean i think i'm beyond all the scientific language of viral loads and pandemic modeling and all that kind of stuff the reality is actually pretty simple it's basically like one of those old western films where you've got a wagon train that's under attack and lockdowns and tears except for a basically they're like circling the wagons you have to do it becaus

has risen to international fame she was born in new york and raised in mexico city. in 2017 she moved to australia where she was principal conductor of the queensland symphony orchestra brisbane for 2 years. currently 39 year old lives in berlin with her 2 sons. was not really. a london adela impossible orchestra actually draws inspiration from many musicians shared. experience playing together in different places but in times of corona making music together is a little different 2 2. so i walk out and back up up up the time that i have it. every time there's a crisis. there's such an interesting cultural outburst when my people struggle and are taking out of their comfort zones creativity comes out there's no doubt but we are going in that raising opportunity to see what we're doing why we're doing it for whom we're doing and those are big questions that when you are running from place to place in concert a concert and sometimes you don't have the time and space to think. so for me it was really crucial that since. that was on its 21 with the impossible orchestra bu

well now the mayor of mexico city has called on businesses in the capital to close their offices to help fight a surge in coronavirus cases people have been urged to work from home and the local government will scale back operations this as the president encourages mexicans to cancel new year travel plans and even avoid exchanging christmas presents the nation has the world's 4th biggest caseload with over 1100000 infections overall officials admit that figure only represents a fraction of the true number of infections let's go live now to emanuel rappler who's in mexico city i suppose there must be concerns that the worst of this crisis is yet to come. that certainly appears to be the case will go over the latest numbers more than 108173 confirmed deaths mexico still accounts for the 4th highest death toll from cope at 19 in the world the bottom line is that mexico is still in really bad shape the big surprising news on friday is the change of tone from the mexican president who throughout the course of the of the outbreak here in the country has been criticized for downplaying the seve

mexico city's hospitals rulebooks full with very few ventilators left. their queues outside shops selling oxygen tanks monika evillest travel from another city desperate to get one like many people she's taking care of an infected relative at home. we've come from to leak at there's no oxygen there we went to 2 places but they didn't have any till tomorrow and i need it for today because my patient my dad can't go without oxygen. makes her never to go code the cases down after the 1st wave and now there's more than ever the crowds in mexico city center throughout december haven't helped. the government just reluctantly declared a red alert for the capital and its suburbs closing non-essential businesses but a lot of people think the authorities the clerk of the alert for the capital much through late there's been questions over their attitude towards a pandemic from the beginning the mets come president on the covert so really were mass and they've been accused repeatedly of not imposing timely and strict enough lockdowns ok. i don't know but the governm

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mexico city's hospitals rule but with very few ventilators left. there are queues outside shops selling oxygen tanks monica aves travel from another city desperate to get one like many people she's taking care of an infected relative at home. we've come from to kneecap there's no oxygen there we went to 2 places but they didn't have any till tomorrow and i need it for today because my patient my dad can't go without oxygen. mixteco never really got the cases down after the 1st wave and now there's more than ever the crowds in mexico city center throughout december haven't helped. the government just reluctantly declared a red alert for the capital and its suburbs closing non-essential businesses but a lot of people think the authorities the clerk for the cup so much too late there's been questions over their attitude towards a pandemic from the beginning the mets come president. and the covert so really wear masks and they've been accused repeatedly of not imposing timely and strict enough lockdowns ok let's tell you that i don't know but the gover

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instead our correspondent bundled apollo reports from mexico city. every year millions of people flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage. in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get a natural house was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. can't just be back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. mexico city's national shrine houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it would

and nondescript building in mexico city bearing a dark secret. his song we're trace of the aztec empire was discovered down below not just one but rows upon rows of neatly lined up human skulls 119 new skulls have just been revealed adding to some 500 discovered 5 years ago archaeologists think they are part of the great sum panteley a huge array of skulls that struck fear into the hearts of spanish conquistadores when they captured the aztecs city of to nosh to. modern mexico city was built on top of it is chemistry the picture there from mary this is the external facade of the skull tower on the east side. of it corresponds to the 1st stage of construction. this calls were impaled and then they were joined with mortars to be exhibited with. the skull racks were used as a public display to instill fear and respect in the hearts of enemies and outsiders many of the decapitated heads are believed to have belonged to war captives but the discovery of women's and children's skulls indicates that some may have been human sacrifices made to appease th

here in mexico city he mentioned that there is a reality in mexico which is social inequality and that not everyone has equal access to health care in the country but to that end he once again guaranteed made the reassurance that the strategy from the mexican government is that everyone will have access to the vaccine mexico one of the country's worst affected by the pandemic just remind us of this the scale the status of the health crisis that right now. over the the latest numbers very quickly blood 1000000 182249 confirmed cases more than 110000 confirmed deaths even though these numbers are actually believed to be much higher given the lack of testing here and mexico one point of concern one major area of concern is saturation at hospitals we've been hearing overwhelmingly from medical professionals in the country crying out that there are still way too many people out on the streets that traffic is already yet people prepared to make levels urging calling on local and federal officials to to impose at least some sort of partial lockdown now last week we did hear from from official

it has arrived in mexico city you know you've you've just repeated almost word for word what the foreign ministry representative said as they received it and that's because as you said. this is quite a trial for a list arrival with a ceremony with about 5 people speaking including the head of d.h.l. in mexico but the reality is that this is just a small shipment and what the mexican government estimating is that they'll have about enough vaccines by the end of january to be able to apply them to just over one percent of the population here so the foreign ministry may representative said that this was the beginning of the end it's quite a small sort of beginning and the end is still quite a long way away in mexico now as you mentioned front line medical workers going to be the 1st people to get hold of these vaccines and that's important because mexico actually has the highest number of doctors nurses medical workers in general that have died in the pandemic there's been a lot of criticism over quite a health creaky public health system here this meant that a lot of people in mexico haven

the home and with the latest there from mexico city john thank you . reports are coming in from western ethiopia that gunman have killed more than 100 people one farmer in the town of bouillon in the. region told avoiders news agency that he counted 82 dead bodies in a field another man said he saw 20 bodies in another location the ethiopian human rights commission confirmed that at least 100 died it's the latest deadly violence between rival ethnic groups in the region. tensions are high in central african republic before sunday's elections a new alliance of armed groups calling itself the patriots coalition for change has threatened to march on the capital bangui the u.n. mission says it's pushing back the rebels to prevent them from taking control of strategic towns but fears of violence of prompted shops to shut and people to hunker down in their homes from the capital bangui catherine soy has more. make in the wide quickly spread that troubles to be making their way to the capital who are in the city center and suddenly everyone around us started

will be inevitable before the end the year 0 as man welled up on the reporting live from mexico city many thanks dave manuel with the oxford astra zeneca corona virus vaccine has been deemed safe and effective trial is the review published in the lancet medical journal found the vaccine to be on average around 70 percent effective thus that can increase to up to 90 percent depending on the situation. of bring in global health analyst peter dr about who's the director of the skull center for social entrepreneurship at the university of oxford good to have you with us once again that piece of how soon before this next astra zeneca virus receives approval and starts it starts to be administered. well remains to be seen i think it's already under review and like all these back scenes the regulators have actually been making rolling reviews of the data as these trials have progressed and so so i think we'll will see some some news over the next couple of weeks here in the u.k. it's encouraging and i want to applaud the researchers for publishing their full results that's the 1st time that

mayor says that hospitals are at 75 percent capacity in mexico city alone have been almost $20000.00 deaths. brazil's president says he won't be getting a corona virus vaccine and that no one else can be forced to take it so i have also now know we're speaking of the so on the day that the country's supreme court ruled that the vaccine could be made mandatory the rate of infection has been increasing across brazil and on thursday daily death succeeded $1000.00 boe sonora want brazilians about taking the vaccine. that began. it's clear in the contract with pfizer we are not responsible for any side effects if you become an alligator that's your problem i'm not going to mention another vonnie mole because you'll think i'm talking nonsense right if you become a super mom if any woman close a beard already mom starts singing soprano may have nothing to do with it let's go live to where rio de janeiro and monica. monica what's been the reaction to what the president has been saying. well obvious no once again is sending a double message. right after a like a day after. the government said

an intensive care nurse received the 1st dose of mexico city here's john home. the 1st latin americans to be vaccinated against covert nurses and doctors in mexico few would argue with their place at the front of the line more medical staff have died here than in any other country in the world in which a massive wooden i'm going to feel much safer now at work the truth is that we're really exposed to all types of body fluids so having the vaccine is really going to help so far because only received 3000 doses the line to get them snaked around the block should have arrive each week they can't come soon enough the mexican government is pretty triumphant about the arrival of the vaccine but it's not here in time to save the country from its current problems in the capital the hospitals are almost full and now there's very few ventilators available for the population of one of the biggest cities in the world mexico city's no red alert with essential businesses closed a group of nurses in the vaccination queue told us how things were in their hospital. that are out

and nondescript building in mexico city. bearing a dark secret is songbird trace of the aztec empire was discovered down below not just one but rows upon rows of neatly lined up human skulls 190 new schools have just been revealed adding to some 500 discovered 5 years ago archaeologists think they are part of the great some panteley huge array of skulls that struck fear into the hearts of spanish conquistadores when they captured the aztecs city of to nosh to. modern mexico city was built on top of it. is. there for mary this is the external facade of the skull tower on the east side . because it corresponds to the 1st stage of construction. this calls were impaled and then they were joined with mortar to be exhibited with. the skull racks were used as a public display to instill fear and respect in the hearts of enemies and outsiders many of the decapitated heads are believed to have belonged to war captives but the discovery of women's and children's skulls indicates that some may have been human sacrifices made to piece t

city mexico city is suspending all non-essential activities in an attempt to control the latest spike in infections there it comes a day after mexico's president pleaded with the city's residents to stay off the streets now only the sale of food energy transport manufacturing and financial services will be allowed until january 10th the city's mayor says that hospitals are at 75 percent capacity in mexico city alone that but almost $20000.00 deaths brazil's president says that he won't be getting a coronavirus vaccine and that no one else could be forced to take it either jiah boss an hour was speaking on the day that the country's supreme court ruled that the vaccine could be made mandatory the rate of infection there has been increasing and on thursday daily death succeeded $1000.00 but also now are awarded brazilians about taking the backseat let's face it. that big fat it's clear in the contract with pfizer we are not responsible for any side effects if you become an alligator that's your problem i'm not going to mention another animal because you'll think i'm talking nonsense rig

use for their mexico city may your. the people don't respect the rules because of the kind of surveillance issue because. people don't have formal salaries don't have good salaries they have to go to the streets to sell things things in the mexican economy constructor is british and then the european or the u.s. conditions and the people cannot come for many days because of these these look down if only 14 or 15 days and they were and cannot put more more of their ace the job down and in january they will open again the districts. colombia has made deals with pharmaceutical companies pfizer and astra zeneca to provide 20000000 doses of vaccines in 2021 the 1st 4000000 doses could arrive in february this is the country passes a death toll of 40000 and the number of infections on the rise once again. its usefulness might be debatable but some business owners in columbus capital are going to the extreme of mass spraying this infected people to control the spread of corona as crowds strong malls and streets for the holiday

john holman, al jazeera, mexico city. adrian: if eop is government is offering a reward for information that can help locate the region of the tigre ruling party. the region's leaders went into hiding after federal troops captured the local capital nearly two weeks ago. meanwhile, ethiopia talked to the saudi ambassador to talk about trespassing and rates on its territory -- raids on its territory. joe biden has been called upon to release a classified approach -- he says the move would greatly exist in finding out what. the saudi crown prince is assumed to have ordered the killing. qatar has celebrated its national day. crowds were limited due to the pandemic. but a military air show went as planned. it also honored frontline health or -- health workers. reporter: this is the highlight of qatar national day celebrations. it's an event marked by a military parade, merges, and air show -- marches, and air show. this is held under extraordinary measures because of covid-19. this explains the distancing measures put into pla

an intensive care nurse received the 1st approved dose from mexico city here's john homan. the 1st latin americans to be vaccinated against kobe the nurses and doctors in mexico few would argue with their place at the front of the line. stuff that died here than in any other country in the world with a massive were i'm going to feel much safer now at work the truth is that we're really exposed to all types of body fluids so having the vaccine is really going to help so far as only received $3000.00 doses the line to get them snaked around the block should arrive each week we can't come soon enough the mexican government is pretty triumphant about the arrival of the vaccine but it's not here in time to save the country from its current problems in the capital the hospital. almost full time now there's very few ventilators available for the population of one of the biggest cities in the world mexico city's no red alert with essential businesses closed a group of nurses in the vaccination queue told us how things were in their hospital . that had the word out recompute leaflet

an intensive care nurse received the 1st approved dose from mexico city here's john home. the 1st latin americans to be vaccinated against kobe the nurses and doctors in mexico few would argue with their place at the front of the line medical staff that died here than in any other country in the world with a mass of wood and i'm going to feel much safer now at work the truth is that we're really exposed to all types of body fluids so having the vaccine is really going to help so far mexico's only received $3000.00 doses the line to get them snaked around the block should arrive each week we can't come soon enough the mexican government is pretty triumphant about the arrival of the vaccine but it's not here in time to save the country from its current problems in the. capital the hospitals are almost full and now there's very few ventilators available for the population of one of the biggest cities in the world mexico city's no red alert with essential businesses closed a group of nurses in the vaccination queue told us how things were in their hospital. that are out there

mayor says hospitals are at 75 percent capacity in mexico city have been almost $20000.00 deaths. in germany there are reports of temporary freezes be used to store bodies after a spike in coronavirus deaths and then in sweden the government has introduced its toughest restrictions yet with all non-essential public what place is being closed until late january that includes gyms pools and libraries face wasso for also been recommended on public transport but restaurants will remain open a week after they were kidnapped from a school in northwest nigeria more than 300 students have been reunited with their families parents in katsina state rejoice as a school their son's for the 1st time since the kidnapping details of their rescue a not clear but some of the boys say they were beaten on a daily basis by they kept as the ethiopian government is offering a reward in exchange for information that could help locate leaders of the region's governing party that it is promising a reward of 260000 dollars a have been in hiding since federal troops captured the regional capital mcalary tho

al-jazeera mexico city. new restrictions have come into force across south africa as the country tries to control the pandemic during the holiday period the nation has been recording around 1000 new cases a day bryant reports from seoul. having won international recognition for its handling of the pandemic and setting standards for testing and tracing south korea now struggles to contain this 3rd wave it seems earlier successes may have bred complacency compounded by pandemic fatigue on windy days and an overconfidence had growing on many people's minds and you lowered their guard when you were relatively successful in dealing with the 1st and 2nd operates and want international praise for it in south korea's 3rd biggest city in chan jang hanna ram is one of a team of traces who were working around the clock what makes this surge so hard to control is how widespread it is often to go out of control you cannot have what i saw all the new confirmed cases and daily a preview magickal survey i thought wow this i

mexico city's hospitals rule but with very few ventilators left. there are queues outside shops selling oxygen tanks monica evillest trouble from another city desperate to get one like many people she's taking care of an infected relative at home. we've come from to luka there's no oxygen there we went to 2 places but they didn't have any till tomorrow and i need it for today because my patient my dad can't go without oxygen. makes her never to go code the cases down after the 1st wave and now there's more than ever the crowds emits crude city center around december haven't helped. the government just reluctantly declared a red alert for the capital and its suburbs closing non-essential businesses but a lot of people think the authorities to curb the alert for the capital much through like this. think questions over their attitude towards a pandemic from the beginning the mates can president and the covert so really wear masks and they've been accused repeatedly of not imposing timely and strict enough lockdowns ok. i don't know but the government

instead our correspondent longwall apollo reports from mexico city. every year millions of people flock to the mexican capital for the day of the virgin of guadalupe celebrated on december 12th. it's the largest catholic pilgrimage in the world and an important religious festival for many faithful catholics. this year however the coronavirus pandemic has put those celebrations on hold. get the natural hands was among the last catholic pilgrims to visit the holy shrine before authorities closed it to the public. just be back my mother's in the hospital she's in very serious condition and i have faith that our lady of guadalupe will help me so that she'll be home soon. in. mexico city's national shrine houses an image of the virgin mary which according to a legend dating back to $1531.00 is said to have miraculously imprinted itself on a cloak belonging to an indigenous boy named one diego the day of the virgin of guadalupe is mexico's largest annual public gathering on any other year this area outside of the basilica of our lady of guadalupe it would b

is our correspondent joining me now from mexico city so we have an idea roughly when the vaccine will be rolling out but it can't come too soon. no that's exactly right we'll speak more about this in a moment but there's a sort of health care crisis is being developing in mexico as the 2nd wave of code has been hitting but the officials were fairly triumphant as they showed that this this load of vaccine arrives it's pretty small it seems of the moment and even if the good things go according to plan just over one percent of mexicans are going to be vaccinated by the end of january and as you said medical staff are going to come 1st that's important because medical professionals in mexico there's more of them the died of coated than anywhere else in the world and we've spoken to nurses who said that that's really affecting the quality of the care because they simply haven't got enough colleagues who want sick to be able to attend to the people and then people the under 40 for example there have to wait till after may if everything goes to plan but that's not to take anything away from

mexico city hospitals with very few ventilators left. there are cues outside shops, selling oxygen tanks. -- there are lines outside shops, selling oxygen tanks, and she is desperate to get one, and like many, she is taking care of a relative at home. >> we have come from an area where there is no oxygen there. we went to two places, but they do not have any until tomorrow, but i need it today, because my patient, my dad, cannot go without oxygen. reporter: coronavirus cases went down after the first wave, now, there is more than ever. the government is just reluctantly declaring a red alert for the capital and suburbs, closing non-essential businesses. but a lot of people think that authorities declared the alert in the capital much too late. there has been questions over their attitude towards the pandemic from the beginning. the mexican president and others rarely wear masks, and they have been accused repeatedly of not imposing timely and strict enough lockdown's. -- lockdowns. but the government has a powerful counter argument. they

enforcing these restrictions or more than 1700 mexico city police officers with the annual pilgrimage officially ancyl church leaders and government officials have encouraged de boaties to attend catholic mass via television or live stream ceremonies online . buddy slow day to an artist in the state of one haka says even though people aren't allowed to visit the national shrine they can still bring the virgin of guadalupe. into their homes i mean that's. what's being proposed is for people to not go outside and his stead set up an altair in their homes where they can receive the blessings of the virgin where we can still say the same preggers were used to i'm sure the virgin would gladly make an exception in nice case and visit each one of us in our home. the annual pilgrimage for the day of the virgin of guadalupe is a tradition that reaches far beyond mexico's borders even though travel to her sanctuary won't be possible this year faithful catholics in mexico and around the world are finding other ways to worship money ended up a little al-jazeera mexico city. had hair on al-jazeera

joins us by skype from mexico city a professor how soon will the inoculations begin in mexico 5 acting world crises a big crisis in mexico is very hard and it were notorious is today nearly if i sit back seen to put to the population what this means many challenges to to do this because. the freezer you truly is one of the biggest challenges because you can learn yes if he says but you need be cities. think is there they. said that the army will be in charge of all of this the big program of to put the back seat to the population but nobody knows how the army will put who will do that. will all do treasonous and nanny wish places they put their backs into the population this is a q.b. mitnick be question for the mexicans to start the program yeah i was wondering how much pushback is there against the potential vaccine from mexicans across the country. yes well the vaccine is announced to the starting 2 weeks in mexico city. in one city in the north of the country kuala very close to they do as border but only they announced in those these 22 cities but that people in the in the rest of

modern mexico city was built on top of it. in the future there are many this is the external facade of the skull tower on the east side. because it corresponds to the 1st stage of construction look this calls were impaled and then they were joined with mortars to be exhibited with. the skull racks were used as a public display to instill fear and respect in the hearts of enemies and outsiders many of the decapitated heads are believed to have belonged to war captives but the discovery of women's and children's skulls indicates that some may have been human sacrifices made to appease the gods the central rack once displayed some 60000 skulls graham testimony to the power and grander of an extinguished aspect culture hiding just below the surface of the mexican capital. a scandinavian drama has been crowned the best movie of 2020 at the european film awards which have been held online this year the danish swedish comedy another round features a group of high school teachers who take to day drinking as a social experiment to see

enforcing these restrictions or more than 1700 mexico city police officers with the annual pilgrimage officially to instal church leaders and government officials have encouraged. to attend catholic mass via television or live stream ceremonies online . bloody slow day to an artist in the state of one haka says even though people aren't allowed to visit the national shrine they can still bring the virgin of guadalupe. into their homes i mean the way that i would look at it that's. what's being proposed is for people to not go outside and his stead set up an altair in their homes where they can receive the blessings of the virgin where we can still say the same preggers were used i'm sure the virgin would gladly make an exception a nice case and visit each one of us in our home. the annual pilgrimage for the day of the virgin of guadalupe is a tradition that reaches far beyond mexico's borders even though travel to her sanctuary won't be possible this year faithful catholics in mexico and around the world are finding other ways to worship money ended up a little al-jazeera mexico city.

city. it's what everyone in mexico wants for christmas. and the one from pfizer has now finally arrived. as the phrase goes good things are vive in small quantities we have the privilege today of being one of the 1st countries in the world with a vaccine supply to be handed out next year i mexico is the 1st country in latin america to get the vaccine. but for many people it won't be available to the middle of next year and meanwhile the country's in big trouble. cities hospitals rule with very few ventilators left. their queues outside short selling oxygen tanks monica avalanche trouble from another city desperate to get one like many people she's taking care of an infected relative at home. we've come from to lead care there's no oxygen there we went to 2 places but they didn't have any till tomorrow and i need it for today because my patient my dad can't go without oxygen. makes her never to go koby cases down after the 1st wave and now there's more than ever the crowd to miscarry city ce

john home and now does it or mexico city. inside this workshop in the city of woolen gong large industrial gear boxes are being made and repaired most of for the mining sector but recently the business has turned to renewables also fixing wind turbines it now makes up 10 percent of the company's repair work and that's expected to double in the next 4 years for us we see renewables an important part of the strain and here we know it's growing and we want to be there to support it. colin still making have defined for more than a century but the focus is quickly shifting to cleaner technologies including the potential of building components for wind and solar and making cleanest. but astrology it doesn't have a national climate or energy policy and union leader. says that slowing investment what we have in this country is a policy vacuum and it's letting down our environment as much as it's letting down our coal miners while the use of renewable energy is rising as surely remains one of the world's biggest exporters of thermal c