News, an announcement that there has been progress made for a successful vaccine. Soon, the expectation is the fda will run a process of rigorous reviews and approval. The process must also be grounded in science and transparency, so the American People can have every confidence this vaccine is safe and effective. At the same time, it is clear this vaccine, even if approved, not be widely available for many months yet to come. Challenge before us right now is still immense and growing. Although we are not in office yet, im just laying out what we expect to do and hope can be done, some of it, between now and the time we are sworn in. The purpose of this is to let you know what we are going to do once i am in. There is a need for bold action to fight this pandemic. We are still facing a very dark winter. Nearly 10 million covid cases in the united states. Last week, topped 120,000 new cases on multiple successive days. Infection rates are going up. Hospitalizations are going up. Deaths
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Exploded as soon as this news came about this potential vaccine by pfizer traders just jumped in head 1st into this market and weve really seen the dow it really record levels now in the markets been open about 90 minutes the main sectors that are benefiting the most travel Leisure Hospitality restaurants all things that have really suffered a lot in the last 99 to 12 months president elect joe biden has announced his transitional covert 19 team he says tackling the pandemic will be one of his 4 big priorities as the u. S. Continues to report a record daily number of infections. A new round of talks on libya is underway in the tunisian capital 75. 00 libyan representatives have been invited symbolizing the 75th anniversary of the United Nations which is leading the discussions both sides announced a permanent cease fire which has largely held. Officials in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh say the key city of shoes has been taken by Azerbaijani Forces those claims had initially be
Good monday morning. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt. The dow puts together the first intraday high in nine months, processing the election, putting closure, perhaps, to that but obviously the big news of the day is out of pfizer and this potential covid19 vaccine once again, well start the hour with meg hey, carl this news that pfizer and german partner biontech provided 90 efficacy in the phase three trial providing hope this is the first vaccine we have seen results from the results are limited. They just the independent committee took a look at the trial. They found 94 confirmed cases of the covid19 in the trial and they found a difference in the Placebo Group and the vaccine group. They also said they saw no serious safety concerns in the trial. Theyre going to he mass two months of safety followup which for half the people in the trial getting their second shot which will take them into the third week of november that is next week after which time they will file with the fachl
Coronavirus Advisory Board and called on all americans to wear masks. From wilmington, delaware, this is about 15 minutes. So that we can reopen our businesses safely and lives,ably, resume our put this pandemic behind us. We just received positive news in this fight with an announcement that there has been progress made toward a successful vaccine. Soon, the expectation is the fda rigorousa process of reviews. In process must be grounded science and transparent so the American People can have every confidence any approved vaccine is safe and effective. At the same time, it is clear that this vaccine, even if approved, will not be widely available for many months to come. The challenge before us right now is still in mens and growing. Although we are not in office, i am laying out what we expect to do and hope can be done, some of it, between now and the time we are sworn in. The purpose of this is to let you know what we are going to do once sworn in. There is a need for bold action t