1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,599 Speaker 1: Good morning. It has been a big twenty four hours 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: in the news, so let's jump in. It is Wednesday, 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: the twenty third of June and my name is Zara, 4 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: joined today by Sam Kozlowski on the agenda. Today we 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: are talking about COVID numbers in New South Wales. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 2: Barnaby is officially the Deputy PM. 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Some good news about India, and. 8 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 2: We're going to chat about how developing nations are handling 9 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 2: the pandemic and specifically the vaccine rollout. Here's today's daily 10 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: digest to im. 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: Last night we had five cases in New South Wales. 12 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: Since eight pm we've had an additional seven cases. That 13 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: was New South Wales Premier gladys Bury Jiclian talking about 14 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: New South Wales' cases yesterday and I for one found 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: it a bit confusing because of the way that New 16 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: South Wales is now reporting their COVID numbers. So to 17 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: break it down, there were five locally acquired cases that 18 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: were reported in the twenty four hours to eight pm 19 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 1: the night before last. There were then another seven new 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: cases recorded on Monday night, so that brought all of 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 1: the cases to twelve and brought the cluster to twenty 22 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: one cases. We also learned that masks are now going 23 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: to be required to be worn on public transport and 24 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: in indoor settings across the whole of Sydney, not just 25 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: those LGAs we knew about earlier. 26 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: So the masks mandate was meant to wrap up tomorrow. 27 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: We're now going to revisit that in seven days time. 28 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: I have to admit our Instagram audience surprised us with 29 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 2: the level of engagement around the new Deputy Prime Minister, 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: Barnaby Joyce. We weren't expecting such interest in this story, 31 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 2: but it's obviously grabbed everyone's attention. Barnaby Joyce was sworn 32 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 2: in officially as Deputy Prime Minister yesterday. 33 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: There's also a really good photo of him, like pushing 34 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: his child's face away as he tries to run into 35 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: the photo with him. Scott Morrison and. 36 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: I was on the screen. Yep reat go check it out. 37 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 2: So Morrison was there on video conference while under home quarantine. 38 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 2: He's there for another eleven days. In the next few days, 39 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: we're expecting a cabinet reshuffle because there's a new front 40 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: bencher in Barnaby jah so we're expecting some movement there. 41 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 2: We'll keep you up to date. 42 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: It's not just Barnaby Joyce that will be the new 43 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: addition to the front bench. We're expecting some of his 44 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,839 Speaker 1: closest allies to also get some promotions, so we will 45 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: keep you updated. We're going international for the next story. 46 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: And the Swedish Parliament has backed a no confidence vote 47 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: against Prime Minister Stephen Loughven, meaning he now has a 48 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: week to resign and give the Speaker the job of 49 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: finding a new government or call a snap election. The 50 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: no confidence motion that required one hundred and seventy five 51 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: votes in the parliament to pass, was actually in the 52 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: end supported by one hundred and eighty one votes. Lot 53 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: Then is the first prime minister in Sweden's history to 54 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: be ousted by emotion put forward by opposition lawmakers. This 55 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: is a first in Swedish history. Lot Then is actually 56 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: the first prime minister to be ousted by emotion put 57 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 1: forth by opposition lawmakers. 58 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: And today's good news before we jump into some discussion 59 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 2: around how the developing world is going with their vaccine rollouts, 60 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 2: I thought bring you some good news from India now 61 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: they have administered a record eight million COVID nineteen vaccines 62 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: in twenty four hours on Monday, something did change though, 63 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 2: there was a new vaccine policy, with Narendramodi, who's the 64 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: Indian Prime Minister, saying today's record breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. 65 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID nineteen. 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 2: In one of our more effortless transitions into our deep 67 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 2: dive today, we wanted to talk about how developing nations 68 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 2: are handling COVID nineteen, and specifically how vaccination rollouts are 69 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 2: going around the world. We heard a little bit from 70 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: the G seven summit last week about pledging of vaccines 71 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 2: to developing countries, so we wanted to give you a 72 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 2: bit of context and a bit of color around what 73 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 2: the vaccine rollout looks like in places like as we 74 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: just discussed India. So here's a basic lay of the land. 75 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: Over the eighty low income countries involved in the vaccination 76 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: distribution scheme, which is called COVAX, at least half of 77 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 2: them do not have sufficient vaccines to be able to 78 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: sustain their programs right now, and that's according to the WHO. 79 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: If we take India for example, they've recorded nearly thirty 80 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: million cases and three hundred and eighty thousand deaths that 81 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 2: we know of from the virus so far. Their vaccination 82 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: program is going well, as we heard this week, but 83 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 2: it still sits at about five percent of the total 84 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 2: population so far, and there are major shortages in many states. 85 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: I think it's important to remember that even though we're 86 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: not reading about the Indian second wave in the headlines 87 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: at the moment, they are still very much grappling with 88 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: a major spread of the virus in the country. 89 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: It does strike me that a lot of reporting about 90 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 1: COVID has been pretty Western centric. So what is the 91 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: latest in Africa? 92 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 2: You and I have mentioned that throughout the pandemic, we 93 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 2: haven't really been brought news by agencies like the BBC 94 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 2: and other international news organizations about how things in Africa 95 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 2: are going. There is news from the continent, however, this week, 96 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: with a revelation that Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Trinidad and Tobago 97 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 2: are a few of the countries who have reportedly run 98 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 2: out of vaccines in recent days. There's been forty million 99 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: doses administered across the continent. 100 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: Where are most of those being administered? 101 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: We know there's been a massive rollout in South Africa, 102 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 2: which was a country hit very hard by their first 103 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 2: and second waves. We also know that areas of North Africa, 104 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 2: so think Morocco and Egypt, are having relative success with 105 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 2: their vaccine rollouts. But for the rest of the continent, 106 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: if we look at Africa as a whole, it's a 107 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 2: sitting at about two percent of the population. 108 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: In case you were wondering, Australia is currently sitting just 109 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: above two point seven percent of the population being fully vaccinated. 110 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 2: I was particularly interested in finding out whether any countries 111 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 2: in Africa were producing vaccines of their own, and I 112 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 2: managed to find out that South Africa are in the 113 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 2: process of setting up a regional hub to produce more vaccines. Now, 114 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 2: as in the Australian context, we know that a regional 115 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 2: center of production means that the vaccine rollout can be 116 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 2: much quicker, so hopefully this will be a great step 117 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 2: forward for the entire continent. Now, early in the pod, 118 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 2: we talked about the G seven and this Kovax plan, 119 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: the ability for developed countries to distribute some of their 120 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: vaccines across the developing world. So let's dive into the numbers. 121 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 2: The US are clearly leading the charge here. President Biden 122 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 2: has pledged five hundred million doses that would be distributed 123 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 2: through the Kovax network. At the G seven he pledged 124 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 2: an extra fifty million just to get people in the 125 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 2: room up and about. 126 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: I too get people up and about with vaccine. 127 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 2: I picture kind of like an auction at a charity 128 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: night where people go fifty million and then Boris Johnson 129 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 2: says I'll take eighty except he didn't because the US 130 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 2: are leading, And that is the key criticism that a 131 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 2: lot of developed countries are facing is that they are 132 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: being criticized for vaccine hoarding. Now, it's obviously a really 133 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 2: complicated issue. I mean, think about us in Australia right now. 134 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: The vaccine rollout is under such immense public scrutiny and 135 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 2: pressure that if Prime Minister Morrison got up and pledged 136 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 2: a whole heap of vaccines to countries in the South 137 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: Pacific or countries around US that really needed it, I 138 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: dare say there would be a bit of pushback on 139 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: that decision. So it's a complex topic to navigate. But 140 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 2: the bottom line is this there seems to be a 141 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 2: really polarizing choice ahead for developed countries. It's a choice 142 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: between economics and self sustainability in terms of COVID vaccines 143 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 2: and morals, and. 144 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: It's definitely occurring at a time where countries are turning 145 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: inward rather than leaning into globalization and this sort of 146 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: inextricable linkability that we have as a globe. 147 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 2: I'd be really keen to hear what our readers and 148 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 2: listeners think about this topic, whether we should be continuing 149 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 2: to look inward while our vaccine regime gets on its feet, 150 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 2: or whether we should be turning our attention to the 151 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: developing world. 152 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: That is a lovely segue into our fare welfare today. 153 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: If you have any thoughts or comments, please slide into 154 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: our DMS at the Daily Eye and join our budding 155 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: community of one hundred and twenty thousand young Australians. 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