Viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. You are watching cnn newsroom and im rosemary church. A covid19 variant spreading fast in parts of england. And in the u. S. , the Moderna Vaccine is shipping out. It is the second vaccine riding to the rescue after being authorized for emergency use. Plus, democrats and republicans finally strike a deal on Coronavirus Relief, which means 900 billion takes one big step closer to helping shore up the u. S. Economy. Good to have you with us, and we begin with several fast moving twodevelopments in the ft against covid19, a growing number of countries are banning travel with the United Kingdom, based on the revelation of a new covid strain. In the past few hours, the Czech Republic and canada have closed their doors to the united kingdo his wife are set to receive their covid19 vaccines on live television. Well, cnn is covering all the new d and why they still didnt have adequate data. Even towards the end of the week,
Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Do stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The balance of power in us congress for the next four years is being decided in the state of georgia. Joe biden won the state in the president ial election, but the two senate seats in georgia both went to run offs. So heres a quick reminder why this race in georgia is so important. The senate currently stands at 50 republicans and 48 democrats. There are two vacant seats. If ossoff and warnock win their races, democrats would have a tie, then the Vice President elect Kamala Harris would then have the deciding vote. And that would give democrats control of both chambers of congress and the white house, meaning mr bidens could get more of his agenda passed by the house and senate. Hed have more power. Of the two Republican Senatorial candidates, mr perdue has had to quarantine for the last few days, so that has kept him off the campaign tra
Issues a stark warning about the millions in regions of conflict who could starve because of covid 19. And leading artists respond to the dedication of Health Workers with striking portraits of some frontline staff. In just the past few hours, President Trump has outlined more measures to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus and help smaller businesses hit hard by the lockdown. Here in the uk the Health Secretary has confirmed 823 more deaths in hospitals in the past 2a hours, taking the total above 17,000. Matt hancock also came under pressure to explain the problems in acquiring personal protective equipment for the uks Health Workers. And the World Food Programme has said urgent action is needed to avoid large scale famine in conflict zones as Food Supplies come under threat. More on all that in moment. First, lets hear more on Donald Trumps plans for suspending immigration. This order will only apply to individuals seeking a permanent residency, in other words, those receiving
Announced later today. Businesses and government deparments in australia are hit by what its Prime Minister calls a sophisticated, state based cyber attack. Facebook removes ads by Donald Trumps campaign containing a symbol used by nazi germany the latest setback in a bad week for the us president. And coming up, we return to the northern Italian Region of lombardy, which became the global epicentre of coronavirus when it saw the first major outbreak in europe. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Hello, good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can in touch with me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. Our top story today primary and secondary schools in england are to get a £1 billion boost to help children catch up on months of lessons that were missed during lockdown. The uk government has pledged that a third of that cash will go towar