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The new Lockdown Craze sweeping the globe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Major trials of a new vaccine have shown its effective against some new variants of covid 19, helping to reduce fears that they might prove resistant. Novavax is an american jab but its being produced in the uk. Its also easier to roll out than some previous vaccines since it doesnt need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. The news came amid a deepening row between another vaccine maker, astrazeneca, and the European Union over shortages. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. The Us Firm Novavax has released results of its british trial showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid recorded were the result of the new variant. The results showed the vaccine was 95 effective agains
Given the potentially lifesaving shot in the arm. Its up to individual states to determine who gets the vaccine in what order, but initial doses are being given to Health Care Workers and the vulnerable in nursing homes. The most important breakthrough yet it in the battle against the virus, later well be talking to a doctor and expert about the remarkable speed with which these vaccines have been produced and what that tells us about how with might fight illness in the future. It doesnt, unfortunately, signal an early end to the crisis e. Its likely to be the summer of next year before enough of the u. S. Population is vaccinated for the risk of the disease finally to recede. So what do we do in the meantime . Well, many of our political leaders and experts believe the answer is more of the same, more social isolation, more staying home which, of course, means more ruin for many businesses, more pain and suffering for people already devastated by the lockdowns of this year. On monday
Get us into even more trouble. The Washington Post reporting, quote, as daily covid19 deaths climb to levels not seen since early in the pandemic, nine states have hit one more grim marker. More than one in every 1,000 people dead of coronavirusrelated causes. On friday south dakota became the latest state to reach that unwanted marker, including new york, new jersey, and neighboring north dakota which currently has the highest covid Mortality Rate in the world. Its Early Morning here outside the badlands region of south dakota. Were traveling to key locations across the country, areas that have been hard hit by the coronavirus, even before the arrival of covid19 Native Americans had the countrys lowest life expectancy. Now south dakota is reporting some of the highest deaths per capita. Residents are fighting for their very lives. With a Positivity Rate of 24 , south dakota and neighboring north dakota have the highest incidence of covid19 cases nationwide over the past week, a stark