So desperately needed. The food and Drug Administration late friday gave emergency use authorization to the vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech. The head of the fda called it a significant milestone in battling the pandemic. Injections can begin as soon as the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention gives its okay and that could happen later today. It follows with the u. S. Breaking three records friday. Hospitalizations hit more than 108,000 covid patients. The number of new confirmed infections, almost 232,000 people and most tragically in terms of deaths, more than 3300 americans. Now the arrival of a vaccine is great news, but the fact remains the u. S. Is in dire straits right now to keep local hospitals from being over run, many communities are reimposing restrictions. Cnns erica hill has those details. Reporter a historic moment as the first Coronavirus Vaccine gets the green light from the fda. The first shots now just days away. We could be seeing people getting vaccinated monday, tuesday of next week. And we need it because the virus is out of control. 12,819 new infections, thats 2,000 more than the worst day weve ever had. Its happening so quickly sometimes we cant even take in these numbers. Reporter nationwide nearly 1 4 million new cases on thursday. More than 2700 newly reported deaths. Hospitalizations also swelling to new highs. Its very frustrating for us because were trying to save people and take care of you and people arent listening to us. Reporter the strain on hospitals prompting new restrictions. Weve tried the nuanceds approach. Weve tried to educate people and its obviously not working. Were going to close Indoor Dining in new york city on monday. Reporter pennsylvania also shutting down Indoor Dining and gyms. North carolina stay at home order goes in effect tonight. The virus is upon us with a rapid viciousness like we havent seen before. Reporter the city of miami will start enforcing a curfew this weekend. Virginias kicks in on monday. Gatherings limited to just ten people. The religious services are exempt. I strongly call on our faith leaders to lead the way and set an example for their members. Worship with a mask on is still worship. Worship outside or worship online is still worship. Reporter the holidays looming, and experts could not be more clear. This year has to be different. I dont care if im accused of being the grinch that stole christmas, there is not a safe Christmas Party in this country right now. Reporter here in new york the goal is to keep Hospital Capacity under 85 and theyll do that by adding beds or in some cases reducing elective surgery. At mount sinai hospital, theyre preparing for the initial vaccine shipments. Those first in line will be staff who have the most interaction with covid19 patients. In new york, im erica hill, cnn. And cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta has been reading through the fdas written authorization and explains whats in it and why its important. Its a ninepage document from the fda basically saying we have an emergency use authorized vaccine. So this is the First Authorized vaccine for covid19 in the United States. A letter sent to pfizer late tonight from the chief scientists at the fda basically saying that this Pfizer Biontech vaccine has met the requirements, has demonstrated that the benefits outweigh the risks and that its an effective and safe vaccine to treat covid19, to prevent covid19. Theres a couple things i want to point out. This is an authorization, not an approval which means data will continue to be collected. There is a vaccine adverse event reporting system where, you know, any kind of adverse events that occur over the next couple of years will continue to be reported. They have to continue to submit safety data and also submit data about the manufacturing of the vaccine. It is one thing to produce vaccine for tens of thousands of people in a Clinical Trial but Something Else to produce it for hundreds of millions of people. This is a long deliberation thats been going on between the Advisory Committee and now the fda resulting in this authorization. Now theres a couple points for consumers that i think are going to be important. One is that for people who have had significant allergic reactions in the past, so significant that you carry an epipen or Something Like that, theres going to be a discussion with your Health Care Provider, but it is likely that this vaccine wont be recommended for you. For pregnant women, you may remember pregnant women were not part of the vaccine trial. There are about 23 women who became pregnant during the trial so theres some data there, but obviously not very much data. Theyre basically saying that the vaccine could be administered to someone who is pregnant but after consultation with their Health Care Provider and an acknowledgment that there isnt much data there. So its really, you know, a question of if someone is in a very high risk category in a pregnant woman, should they go ahead and get the vaccine. There was another point about age, and you remember this was supposed to be authorized for people 16 and older. There were a few members of the Advisory Committee who said that should be 18. The fda seems like theyre sticking with 16. What this is, thats a huge moment. Its a huge moment in the pandemic. Its a huge moment in science just to have had a vaccine go from a genetic code thats identified to an authorized vaccine, within a year is a pretty remarkable achievement. Now we wait on the cdc to tell us the specific recommendations, the who, what, where sort of for this whole thing. Biontech ceo spoke exclusively to cnn about the fdas approval of the vaccine he worked on. Fred pleitgen has that interview for us standing by in germany. Great exclusive there. He must have been thrilled that this hurdle has been overcome. What did he tell you . Reporter yeah, certainly a major hurdle that theyve overcome. One of the things that the c of biontech said this was a herculean effort. They went aboutworking 24 7 to get the vaccine going. One of the things that was really important was the partnership from pfizer which really brought that muscle of a giant Pharma Company into all of this, setting up the trials in the u. S. With tens of thousands of people out there very, very quickly. Now of course theyre very happy that theyve achieved this emergency use authorization. They say it was a key milestone for them. Heres what the ceo of biontech told me. This is a most important milestone. The authorization of our vaccine in the United States was one of the most important milestones from the very beginning. Reporter when do you think it is going to start having an impact on the trajectory also of the virus in the United States . Reporter it could happen beginning march, end of march to see the first effects and i hope that with the Spring Season it will have by nature a lower rate of infections and the combination might help us to have a more a better summer than the situation is now. Reporter what steps are being taken to really upgrade and really speed up production this past . The need for the vaccine is much higher than the initially estimated and now, of course, understanding that more doses might be required. If we started a few weeks ago to evaluate if we can produce more doses and this, of course, means that we need to understand the constraints, for example, the availability of core materials, the availability of machines, production rooms and of fill and finish capacity. This is exactly happening. I anticipate that end of january we will be able to clearly state if we can produce more doses and if yes, how many more doses. Reporter what do you think our future is going to be with the virus . You expect the virus will stay with us. I expect that we will require immunizations because well become some sort of i wouldnt say seasonal but maybe every two years vaccination will be required to ensure that people do not get the infections or infection, and i could even anticipate that this could become a vaccine which is already applied in childhood. Can you provide americans with hope that were turning a page and that were getting to pushing the pandemic back . Of course we are. Now we are in an extremely difficult situation, not only in the United States but also in europe. The infection numbers are high and every day many people are dying and but we now know we have a solution for the problem and we have to work hard to make our vaccine and to make other Vaccines Available as soon as possible. Its a real service to humanity, isnt it . It is, indeed, a service for humanity and it is in the center of our hearts and this we are able to help people and it is our goal and our vision to make our vaccine available worldwide to any region on the planet. Reporter and making that vaccine worldwide, of course, is a big challenge, not just because the doses are just now being produced but, of course, also because of the way that this vaccine needs to be stored and transported, kim, at around minus 100 degrees fahrenheit. The folks at biontech are already telling us they are studying the vaccine they have and working on an upgraded formulation of the vaccine to hopefully be able to transport it at refrigerated temperatures or maybe room temperatures possibly by the second half of 2021. Theyre working on optimizing the vaccine while theyre also working on producing more doses faster as well, zblim great reporting there. Frederick pleitgen outside of the biontech headquarters in germany. Thank you so much. Dr. Steven brody is the associate medical director of the personal manente medical gr. I want to start with the emergency use authorization. Hospitals like yours are preparing for the first rollout. Tell us how are you getting ready . How soon can people get shots . Who gets them . It is good to be with you and it is very welcome news with this emergency use authorization that the fda has issued tonight. There are a couple of other steps with our cdc colleagues to finalize that, but we have been mobilizing and working with our Public Health partners, both at the federal level as well as the state level to receive the vaccine. Its been a massive mobilization effort. We really have garnered all of our specialists to of course review the data ourselves. We, in fact, participated in the vaccine trial and so have confidence in both the safety and efficacy of this vaccine. Have been developing workflows to be able to get that on the ground to the Health Care Workers that have been prioritized as well as the residents of longterm care facilities. Really the most vulnerable populations at risk of complications from covid. If the cdc gives its go ahead, when would you start . Someone said could be as soon as monday. I i think that could be the case. As soon as they pull the trigger, what i understand is that we will be receiving the vaccine within 24 hours of the go ahead. That could be as early as next week. And so really we have been mobilizing our teams so that they have both the prioritization that the cdc has provided to us as well as having the people trained up and ready to go. In fact, a lot of the protocols that we have in place for flu vaccination were going to be able to use for covid19. With the scope here, its so huge, one of the Biggest Challenges must be staffing up both to handle the crisis in covid cases and to help administer those vaccines. Many Big Health Care systems like yours across the country are all trying to attract lets say freelance nurses, for example. How stiff is the competition for extra staff and how does that affect your ability to staff up when you are already stretched . Well, youre absolutely right. I mean, right now in california where im sitting today we are taking care of more than 2,000 patients in our hospitals and we also have almost 40 of our icus with covid19 patients. So we have had to staff up. Weve had to actually mobilize a lot of our guidance around surge that we had actually put together earlier in the year but now are fully implementing, and then on top of that what weve done is weve repurposed a lot of the staff that works on the outpatient side to be ready to do the covid19 vaccine effort. That was dr. Stephen parodi of the Permanente Medical Group speaking to me earlier from oakland, california. The u. S. Supreme court delivered a crushing defeat to the u. S. President. Just ahead how its ruling in an election case is unleashing the wrath of donald trump. Plus, the first doses of the vaccine could be ready but keeping it super cold is a challenge. Well take a look when we come back. Stay with us. Well played. vo add some thrill to your wish list. At the season of audi sales event. Get exceptional offers now. That life of the party look walk it off look one more mile look reply all look own your look. With fewer lines. Theres only one botox® cosmetic. 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Reporter the Supreme Court has spoken and it is game over for what was a longshot lawsuit to gain support in congress and attorneys general. The justices on the Supreme Court have spoken for the second time this week shutting down republican efforts to stop joe biden from becoming president. The Supreme Court putting it this way, texas has no right to even file this lawsuit at the high court because texas has no right to legally challenge how another state conducts its elections. In this case, of course, texas was challenging the election procedures of four battleground states. In this order from the Supreme Court, two of the most conservative justices, samuel alito and clarence thomas, said they believe the Supreme Court should have at least let texas file the case. Then these two justices said if that had happened they, too, would have rejected it. This is a complete rejection of the Texas Attorney general ken paxton, his efforts to stop the electors in michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, georgia from voting for joe biden when they meet on monday. Now this was a short order, just one page and just a few sentences in it. But this is a major defeat for republicans and its a victory to all of the states and officials who blasted this effort by texas. In fact, officials in pennsylvania called it, quote, a cacophony of bogus claims that called for a sedicious abuse of the judicial process. The Supreme Court seemed to agree in a friday order. Of course there have been repeated shut downs of other efforts. This one the latest. Jessica schneider, cnn, washington. For more on this, lets bring in the director of the u. S. And Americas Program at Chatham House in london. Leslie, thank you so much for joining us. Now the smoke is finally clearing. I vacillate between two extremes. Shock and how fragile the electoral system is. How close the edge we came and reassured at how robust the system is. In the end it passed this extreme stress test and it really wasnt all that close. After all, they did lose some 50 odd legal challenges. Where do you stand . Well, i think it wasnt all that close. They lost all those legal challenges that you noted. They lost the popular vote by 7 million voters approximately. And the Electoral College, you know, the margin was not has not been small in all 50 states and to confirm that well see the final confirmation and affirmation by the Electoral College on monday. Nonetheless, the fact that so many republicans in the house of representatives really said that they supported the president s effort, the effort behind the texas lawsuit is all very concerning but i think at the end of the story its leaning towards, you know, your first claim, which is your secretary claim, which is, in fact, the systems worked. Its been stress tested. What weve seen is the Supreme Court is truly independent despite many peoples concerns over the past several months with the rush to confirm Justice Amy Coney barrett. Many thought that signaled the end of the independence of the Supreme Court. This is a very clear sign that it has not and that regardless of the president s power to appoint and to give those lifetime appointments, its the lifetime appointment that remains tremendously important in ensuring the independence of that court. I think Going Forward once President Biden has been installed in the office, when the question of Supreme Court comes up, people have to think very hard about some term limits. The system held. What about society . It still surprises me. I have republican friends, and their reaction to all of this kind of baffles me. Theyve been presented with two possibilities. One, there was a massive fraud involving millions of votes and Election Officials from both parties across several states, a dozen judges and democrat and republicans supporting this, including the ones the president appointed, thats one, or, two, donald trump lost. They say, yeah, the first one. So, you know, given that, how governable will this country be . I mean, after all weve heard the head of the Texas Republican Party basically float the idea of secession. The president is still asserting his followers to fight on. Look into the future here. On the broader question of the americans democracy of the division of americans, of polarization, of what information americans are using to form their views and whether its fact based and evidencebased or really subject to rhetorical abuse, frankly, this is really a very worrying part of americas history and democracy. The next president , President Biden, will have a challenging country to govern at a time when the effects of the pandemic are so destructive. When the need to get americans back to work, fiscal stimulus means its going to have to govern in a very divided congress as well depending of course on what happens with the two runoff races in january in georgia. Nonetheless, even if the democrats were to have control of the senate, they still face, as you say, that very divided electorate. Thanks to leslie who joined us there from london. Getting the Covid Vaccine where it needs to be wont be easy. When we return, well explain whats actually involved and why huge amounts of dry ice pose special risks. Plus, europe is still evaluating the Pfizer Biontech vaccine but has agreed when all eu countries will get it. With covid surging in many places, it cant arrive too soon. Well go live to paris and london with the latest developments. Stay with us. 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We know that the Pfizer Vaccine leaving here will need to be packaged in tens of thousands of pounds of dry ice that is critical for this vaccine, especially temperature sensitive. Needs to be at negative 100 degrees fahrenheit during transport. Whats so interesting here is that the faa is telling air cargo operators handling those packages to take extra care because of the dry ice. As it melts the faa says, does so faster on an airplane, that dry ice turns into Carbon Dioxide and in extreme cases could be enough to sufficieocat pilot or somebody handling one of those packages. The faa is recommending that people involved in this Massive Movement wear co2 detectors or that they be installed in airplanes. We know that ups and fed ex will be transporting and handling those packages. Ups in the east, fed ex in the west. Ups said were about to see a massive coordinated set of movements. People embedded in the pfizer location in michigan, they will be helping pfizer to dispatch packages. They will be loaded on to a trailer, dedicated trailer with an escort. They will drive five hours to louisville, kentucky, then theyll be dispatched around to the states that theyre assigned. Reporter there is also help coming from the federal government. Truckers will see relaxed restrictions to work extra hours. Air Traffic Controllers will give priority clearance to flights carrying the vaccines. U. S. Marshals will monitor the flights carrying the vaccines. Peat muntean. Michigan. The eu has agreed that once its approved there, its Member States will get the vaccine at the same time. In england theres concern that london might have to enter a strict tier 3 level lockdown next week. The british capital is seeing a rise in infections especially among school children. The government says it plans to start mass testing 11 to 18yearolds. Joining me from london, cnn reporter anna stewart and from paris, jim bidderman. First you, anna, testing older School Students in london. Good for those in the capitol where you are. I understand people in other areas are asking, what about our kids . Take us through how this is going to work. Reporter yes. The mobile testing units are going to be sent out to secondary schools in the worst affected areas of london. Inside the school with someone nearby. Students are being encouraged to take a test. Theyre being encouraged to take a test whether or not they have symptoms. This is due to the fact that the government has said the majority of cases are in this age group of 11 to 18. While theyre not the most vulnerable age group in terms of contracting a serious case of covid19, the worry is that once its in one age group, it quickly spreads through another and to the community. You are right to say there is some anger outside of london in the areas getting mass testing at secondary schools, particularly in the north of england. Seeing high covid cases. They have had very strict lockdowns for a long time and they have not been offered this level of mass testing for schools. Some teachers have been coming out saying, you know what, some of our students have spent more time at home self isolating because theyve been in contact with someone who had covid19 than theyve been in School Learning in a classroom. So theres certainly a bit of anger there. One mp in lancaster said the government is treating the north as second class citizens. Meanwhile, overall the picture is not looking great particularly in england where the rate of infection is on the increase. Kim, thats despite our National Lockdown ending less than two weeks ago. The trajectory in london as you mentioned is particularly bad and next week we do wonder where the government in its review will put london into a much stricter tier of restrictions before christmas forcing businesses and hospitality venues to close. All eyes on christmas whether we can still all meet. That was the plan for the government. Well be following that. Thank you so much. So, jim, turning back to the vaccine. On a day of excitement here in the u. S. , there was disappointment elsewhere. Walk us through what happened. Reporter kim, this is news that came out of glaxosmithkline sanofi. They paired up and developed their own approach to vaccines. They had to announce that, in fact, theyre not going to be able to present the vaccine until the Third Quarter of 2021. Basically theyve discovered that its not so effective for Senior Citizens and as a consequence, theyre going back to the drawing board in terms of the development of this vaccine. Europe will go ahead and push ahead of the rollout of the vaccines by pfizer and by moderna, but another little bit of disappointing news came earlier in the week when the european medicines agency, which is the group that authorizes medicine for use all across europe, basically came out and said theyre not going to be talking about their evaluations on pfizer until the 29th of december. So its quite late compared to Great Britain and the United States, and moderna not until january 12th. So a delay in the rollout at least in comparison to what were seeing in the United States and Great Britain in europe, and then it will be complications coming after that. One thing thats really interesting here, kim, is that the french in particular are going to put up a website where theyre going to evaluate these vaccines on a weekly basis. Theyre going to make public exactly what theyre hearing in terms of the kind of effects that may be not positive effects that are coming up with the different vaccines and people can see for themselves. That, perhaps, could counter act the antivaksers which are numerous in the country. Interesting approach to transparency there. Thank you so much, appreciate it, guys. Anna stewart in london and jim bidderman in paris. Appreciate it. Health officials in mexico have authorized use of the Pfizer Biontech vaccine are calling it a cause for hope. A million doses are expected to arrive in mexico before the end of the month and 50 million more by april. Health care workers will be first in line to receive the vaccine, but in the meantime, mexico remains top vacation destination and it wont surprise you to hear some tourists arent taking the pandemic seriously. Cnns matt rivers reports. Reporter this is tourist who the spot tulune, mexico, this year, mid november. The dance party with the prepandemic vibe was part of a fiveday festival. This attendee says, at that moment when youre in the party, youre not thinking about getting sick. As the daily beast first reported, hundreds attended from multiple countries including the u. S. Despite the organizers website describing Covid Protocols being followed, cnn found lots of videos online showing, well, not that. Organizers said the event was designed to celebrate culture of all forms but for many just not the mask wearing kind. She says theres those that dont want to leave home and not live and then there are others that go out, live life, put covid aside. Were that kind of people. Some people who attended this party could have put others at risk. Some came down here to mexico and could have put mexican lives in danger because they didnt follow safety protocols. Some because of what happens here doesnt stay here could have spread the virus and then went back home. Translator i see each of these events as potential super spreader events because if even one person at that event has coronavirus, they could spread it to dozens of other people. Reporter the government says theyre looking into whether local regulations were broken but says these events were not illegal. Organizers said they would require attendees to wear masks and social distance and they didnt comply. It puts human lives at risk but it also puts our image as a tourism destination at risk. Reporter the organizers are apologizing. In a statement with cnn art with me said they worked to implement Strict Health measures. We stand behind our protocols, however, in the end we regret not canceling the event entirely. We a prol low guise for any strain this may have caused our already over taxed Health System and front line workers and we hope others might learn from our experience. Another event will kick off on new years eve. Covid19 protocols will be strictly followed but the mayor says the event wont be held unless current restrictions are relaxed. The festivals Opening Party has already sold out. An argument you hear from some who went to this festival, if tourists dont show up, locals dont eat. Its true. In reality its a weak justification. Theres traveling while being safe as possible and considering the risk you might pose to others, then theres this. Matt rivers, cnn, mexico city. Control of the u. S. Senate depends on two runoff races here in georgia. Big names are hitting the campaign trail. Georgia, we need you to not just show up january 5th, not just win but to crush it why some republicans say they wont vote and an eyepopping amount of money being spent. Stay with us. Unexpected situation . Loreals magic root cover up three seconds to flawless roots three. Two. One. Roots gone magic root cover up by loreal paris oh my gosh see every yikes. And even every awwwwwwww. Wait, where was i . 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Georgia, we need you not just to show up january 5th, not just win, but to crush it reporter voters are already returning absentee ballots. Early voting beginning statewide on monday as republicans still try to balance two causes that dont totally align. I want you to be confident about your vote. Reporter urging supporters to help in runoffs. The rigged election, and i know thats for a whole nother bus stop, but for a rigged election. Reporter republicans are also encouraging early and mailin voting. The center. Reporter the practice the president and some of his allies have attacked. With the control of the senate on the line, republican volunteers like brad carver are making the pitch. I think a lot of our voters will vote early in person and i think we will see older voters take advantage of that. Democrats are doing the same. Good to see you, man. Reporter pushing their support injuries to vote ea s to vote early. Reporter Raphael Warnock and jon ossoff will make dozens of stops across the state. Everybody needs to make a plan to vote, because these attacks on Voting Rights are real and they cannot be permitted. Reporter for republicans one critical question down the stretch is whether the president s attacks will undercut the gop candidates especially while gop officials in the state like newly elected marjorie tailor green who has promoted the qanon conspiracy promotes false claims. We all know for a fact joe biden did not win georgia. We know that georgia reelected president donald j. Trump. Now weve got two fights on our hands. Reporter all with the goal of keeping the president s loyal supporters engaged until january 5th. Ryan noble, cnn, atlanta. Pfizer biontech arent the only pharmaceutical firms with the Covid Vaccine. When we come back, Stephanie Elam joins Johnson Johnsons trial. Shell tell us why she took the shot. Stay with us. 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Reporter they will administer shots to about 200 people, part of a ram come toized covid19 vaccine trial for johnson johnson. I think enough is known that im very comfortable with getting the injection. Reporter but not everyone is, especially since trials have been sped up to battle a Coronavirus Crisis thats out of control. Nationwide, some 40,000 people are taking part in this trial. Relax. Reporter including me. Im not just reporting on this phase 3 covid19 vaccine trial, im part of it. I wanted to do this because i wanted to see how the science worked and i wanted other black people, other people of color to see someone like them going through this process. Generally its important that you study people from many different diverse backgrounds because you can have a different side effect profile or you can have different dose levels if its a drug. What the United States government did was shameful and i am sorry. Reporter in americas history of unethical studies of people of color has led to generations of fear, most notably the abhorrent tuskegee experiment that began in the 1930s. It was designed to study untreated civilists, black men, without their consent. What do you hear from people that are more hess tent . Rather than thinking of this as an opportunity to get access to a new therapy earlier, theres more suspicion that this could be an Unsafe Program so there is definitely fear. Reporter but not all are fearful. 22yearold is waiting for his shot. I know a lot of people within my ethnicity would be, i guess, skeptical of it me, not really. Reporter ive signed the paperwork, theyve asked me all the things they need to know about my personal health and i had my blood drawn and ive been shown what im taking home with me and how that technology is going to work and how im going to update them about any symptoms, any feelings i have after i get the vaccine. All thats left is to get the needle in my arm. I dont know whether or not im going to get the placebo or the real vaccine. In fact, no one here knows im going to get. Its all decided by a computer someplace else. Reporter even though theyre further along later in the process, theres great interest from johnson johnson. Its one shot unlike the moderna and Pfizer Vaccines. It gets shipped to us in a regular freezer setting. Its allowed to store in the refrigerator for 24 days. Nurse princess is here to give me my shot. All right. Relax. Small poke. Reporter it felt like getting a flu shot. Now i have to sit here and wait for 30 minutes to make sure theres no adverse effects right away but i am still feeling really solid about my decision to do this. All right. No injection site reaction. Youre okay. Reporter hopefully, hopefully this will get other people out there to trust science and to believe in science and medicine and how hard these people work. After getting the shot i woke up the next morning and felt my arm and didnt feel any effects from the shot. I didnt get the sniffles. I checked in with dr. Kim, some people get the placebo and do get sniffles, headaches, and other people get the actual vaccine and have no effects. So i really dont know what i got. This trial, however, is going to wrap up within the next week and then theyre going to need to examine the data from at least half of the people involved in this trial so that they can move forward and try to get that emergency use authorization and that would not happen before january. But overall i hope other people who see me taking part in this, they will trust the science, they will trust the medicine and get themselves vaccinated because too many people of color are losing their battle to the coronavirus. Stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. Great work there. That wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. Im kim brunhuber. For our viewers in the u. S. And canada, new day is next. 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