Saturday. Of those nearly 500 were confirmed in the capital. The metropolitan government plans to raise the coronavirus alert to its highest level on thursday, but its unclear how that will directly affect residents. Translator im a little scare d but i have no choice bu to go out. There are things i need to do. Im worried. Translator im trying to stay home as much as possible. I especlly avoid crowded places. The northern prefecture has also seen numbers soar reporting around 20 cases over the past ten days. Residents are being urged to avoid travel to or from the capital. Officials are also asking residents to avoid nonessential outings. Translator its inevitable but strict measures are being tak taken. Translator i also think each of us needs to Pay Attention to necessary preventive measures. Experts are concerned about the spread of cluster infections outside of entertainment districts and workplaces. They say grouped infections are being identified in rural areas, medical institut
Soaring today. Meg tirrell with details. The bar was very high for moderna after pfizers efficacy last week. Mad earn moderna met the 94 percent efficacy and will seek the fda emergency authorization in the coming weeks. We just talked to the doctor who has been leading the vaccine and Drug Development as part of operation warp speed about the significance of this moment, really seeing two vaccines in a row at this high level of efficacy heres what he said. Its an extraordinary outcome, frankly, to have two different vaccines tested in different conditions by two Different Companies developed independently yield very similar outcomes this gives a huge confidence into the data obtained and really suggests that the 90 percent and more efficacy is true and real. But of course, melissa, as were getting this extremely good news it comes at a time in the pandemic when weve never been seeing more daily cases, were seeing 140,000 a day on average right now. And were seeing more and more people
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Im not here to declare what we won, but when the voting is done we believe well be the winners. Reporter biden claiming he will flip arizona blue. He is likely to win in michigan and wisconsin and just 17 electoral votes show of the presidency. His Campaign Setting a record for most votes for any president ial candidate. Weve won with the majority of the american people. Indeed senator harris and i are on track to win more votes than any ticket in the history of this country. Reporter still the former Vice President urging patience as vote counting continues in swing states like nevada, georgia and pennsylvania. The president currently holds a lead in the keystone state but there are hundreds of thousands of ballots yet to be counted. The majority from democraticleaning areas, but without any legal basis the president saying this so well be going to the supreme court. We want all voting to stop. Reporter even the Senate Majority leader, republican Mitch Mcconnell weighing in. Claiming
Administration looks at the reopening of longshuttered trade routes mean for u. S. Business, not just israel and of course these other nations, but u. S. Business and could saudi arabia and maybe even iran be next to step up . The president s director of trade and Manufacturing Policy, Peter Navarro, will join us live on what this relationship might just do to boost trade in americas struggling covid economy. Rivalry on the baseball diamond still in full swing. Game three of the world series set for tonight. The Major League Baseball organization is going high tech to help you light up your social media with grand slam videos of your own. Find out how the mlb film room is taking a place in the google cloud. Narrow tech trading in play as the prospect of a stimulus deal remains on mothballs on capitol hill. Dow jones industrials down 61 but the s p just popped up to positive territory, better by three. The nasdaq up nearly down nearly five points. All of the major indices appear to be h