begin as concerns over the coronavirus have seen u.s. stocks tumbling by more than one percent monday as the dow plunged 406 points the big fear right now that the new coronavirus outbreak could severely disrupt the chinese economy the corona virus is spreading despite chinese attempts to contain it. the growth of the epidemic is accelerating i m afraid it will last time it is possible for us to see if you increase the number of cases in the near future if you told me so what is happening with the virus in china right now there are more than $2800.00 cases confirmed in china the death toll currently stands at $81.00 the marilou hot in the city which is the epicenter of this virus says that the number of cases in that city could rise by at least another 1000 and meanwhile china has quarantined a dozen cities right at the chinese new year celebration and that means. no travel for at least 35 to 40000000 chinese citizens and all of that means airline stocks like american and del
the coronavirus pandemic. join the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. president biden announced today the government would be purchasing an additional 100 million doses of the johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. the announcement came during a meeting with the ceos of johnson & johnson and merck to talk about vaccine distribution. the two companies recently announced a new partnership to help increase production of the vaccine. good afternoon, everyone. i really couldn t be more honored to be here celebrating this landmark collaboration today between johnson & johnson, merck, and the biden administration, to further accelerate production of our one shot johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. i want to give a big thanks to president biden for having us here today and for his leadership effort to johnson & johnson s 135 thousand employees, our global partners, for the really exceptional effort and expertise that has gone into makin
today between johnson & johnson, merck, and the biden administration, to further accelerate production of our one shot johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. i want to give a big thanks to president biden for having us here today and for his leadership effort to johnson & johnson s 135 thousand employees, our global partners, for the really exceptional effort and expertise that has gone into making sure our covid-19 vaccine reaches as many corners of the world as quickly as possible. and also to my good friend in frazier, and to merck for their partnership and for his personal friendship over the years. our industry is realizing the early days of the pandemic that vaccine development wasn t a race against each other as competitors. it s really a race against time to defeat a common enemy. today, we are at war with covid-19. and public-private partnerships like the historic one we are celebrating today are a major reason that last week, i was privileged enough to witness some of
vaccine. good afternoon, everyone. i really couldn t be more honored to be here celebrating this landmark collaboration today between johnson & johnson, merck, and the biden administration, to further accelerate production of our one shot johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. i want to give a big thanks to president biden for having us here today and for his leadership effort to johnson & johnson s 135 thousand employees, our global partners, for the really exceptional effort and expertise that has gone into making sure our covid-19 vaccine reaches as many corners of the world as quickly as possible. and also to my good friend in frazier, and to merck for their partnership and for his personal friendship over the years. our industry is realizing the early days of the pandemic that vaccine development wasn t a race against each other as competitors. it s really a race against time to defeat a common enemy. today, we are at war with covid-19. and public-private partnerships lik
vaccine. good afternoon, everyone. i really couldn t be more honored to be here celebrating this landmark collaboration today between johnson & johnson, merck, and the biden administration, to further accelerate production of our one shot johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. i want to give a big thanks to president biden for having us here today and for his leadership effort to johnson & johnson s 135 thousand employees, our global partners, for the really exceptional effort and expertise that has gone into making sure our covid-19 vaccine reaches as many corners of the world as quickly as possible. and also to my good friend in frazier, and to merck for their partnership and for his personal friendship over the years. our industry is realizing the early days of the pandemic that vaccine development wasn t a race against each other as competitors. it s really a race against time to defeat a common enemy. today, we are at war with covid-19. and public-private partnerships lik