International

World 20th January
Worries about the vaccine In France, more than half of the people do not want to have the Covid vaccine.  Among younger people under 35 years old, only 29% say they will have the jab.  People in UK much more likely to want the vaccine.  In the USA, there are 408 thousand people have died.  There are 24 million cases.  The health system is under big pressure and people stress about when they can get a vaccine.  The World Health Organisation say the rich countries are only interested in themselves.  They have ordered all the vaccines.  Poor countries cannot get the vaccine.  Rich countries just have “me first” attitude.
Tokyo Olympic Games?
Japan wants to make the Olympic Games happen this year.  Many people think it is unlikely.  Virus cases are still increasing across the world and there are serious covid problems in Japan.  The crazy situation at the Australian Open Tennis (this week)  – lots of players have to be in quarantine  – they are not allowed to train– this shows there will be real problems if athletes have to go to Japan.  This could affect the Paralympics and the Deaflympics as well.
Massive car pile-up in snowstorm in Japan
There were 130 cars caught in a snowstorm on the motorway near Tokyo.  One person died and 200 people were trapped.  The region will have even more snow today 40 centimetres.
Boeing 737 Max is back
The plane was stopped flying after crashes in 2018 and 2019.  It was a software problem.  Boeing worked to fix this and finally they got approval in the USA and started to fly again.  Now they have approval in Europe.  Only problem is that there are not many passengers at the moment due to Covid.  Boeing had to pay $2.5 billion fine because of the problem