To hospitals across the country anticipating their final. Now, more on this process. Reporter hey, maria teresa. Good evening to you. We are getting some new information from fedex about kind of their operations from today. What we know is that it is wheels down and then right back up. There are Freight Cargo Airliners right behind us here with the vaccine on, and they were here earlier today. They were able to transfer over into trucks and to other airplanes and go right back up again to other hubs and other routes across the country, like we mentioned some 636 sites total. Now, when it comes to all of this that goes into it, youll see here in this footage provided by fedex, it is a very urgent process but a delicate one. Each box has its own subzero housing to keep the temperature really low. It also has a tracker in it. There is Security Escort provided to these shipments, and of course faa is providing priority to any air flights going out that house the vaccine. And of course this
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And the carry on films, has died aged 83. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Lets start with the news that broke in the past few hours, a top Us Government Advisory Panel has recommended the authorization of the countrys first vaccine against covid i9. The committee agreed 17 to 4 that the known benefits of the vaccine, developed by pfizer and germanys biontech, outweigh the risks in those over 16 years of age. The formal approval from the food and Drug Administration is expected to follow very soon and the first patients in the us could receive the vaccine as early as next monday. Heres what the head of the fdas office of Vaccines Research and review said as the meeting concluded. I just wanted to thank the committee for voting on this very complex topic, i wanted to thank the committee for the discussion and their suggestions. We very much appreciate their input on this very important topic and we will take what we have heard today into consideration when
Berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day, it is friday. Oh, fantastic we keep getting here pretty quickly now. But we keep being surprised by it. Its december 91, 6 00 here in new york. This morning, the first Coronavirus Vaccine in the United States is a giant step closer to arms in need. An Fda Advisory Panel recommended emergency use authorization of the Pfizer Vaccine. The fda itself could sign on as early as today, which means the first shots could be given in days, the beginning of next week. Hospitals across the country are now receiving supplies ahead of the vaccine shipments. Also overnight, a really interesting and important setback for a separate drugmaker. Sanofi and glaxosmithkline announced that their vaccine showed an insufficient immune response in clinical trials. The u. S. Government had actually been depending on this vaccine as well, had prepurchased, what, 100 million doses of this one, as well. Back to the drawi
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Lets start with the news that broke in the past few hours a top Us Government Advisory Panel has recommended the authorisation of the countrys first vaccine against covid 19. The committee agreed 17 4 that the known benefits of the vaccine, developed by pfizer and germanys biontech, outweigh the risks in those over 16 years of age. The formal approval from the food and Drug Administration is expected to follow very soon and the first patients in the us could receive the vaccine as early as next monday. Heres what the head of the fdas office of Vaccines Research and review said as the meeting concluded. I just wanted to thank the committee for voting on this very complex topic, i wanted to thank the committee for the discussion and their suggestion, we very much appreciate their input on this very important topic and we will take what we have heard today into consideration when deciding on, not only the eu issue here but als