The argument in europe about the distribution of coronavirus vaccines has intensified with the authorities in belgium investigating a Production Site owned by astrazeneca. Brussels wants to know why the Pharmaceutical Company wont be able to deliver all of the doses it promised. The eu has called for some of the vaccines made in the uk to be diverted and warned it could resort to legal action. 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 against the original covid strain and over 85 effective against the new uk variant, giving an overall efficacy of 89 . The former head of the uk Vaccine Task Fo
When you can soon line up with one. We begin with mike tobin at pfizers factory up in michigan. Reporter we saw that historic first shipment leave here yesterday carrying doses of the vaccine. The followup today is more trucks, more boxes nilled with vaccine leaving the pfizer plant in michigan. Yesterday, 189 boxes left here. That works out to little more than 920,000 shots in the arm. Today, 400 boxes or 1. 9 million doses of vaccine ship from here. Within hours of the first shipment leaving here, ups landed its first plane with 38,000 doses of vaccine at its World Distribution facility in louisville, kentucky, where the doses are sorted. Planes and trucks take it from there. It is humbling, you know, being part of this vaccine process. Its going to take a lot of lives. Reporter three kentucky hospitals got 975 doses of vaccine each as the priority has been to get the vaccine to Health Care Workers. Dr. Jason smith got the First Vaccination in kentucky. The vaccine is going to 636 di
A truce in the trying to break these elections happening under the threat of violence as well by armed groups linked to al qaida. And i felt an interest has the support from a few years that people on main wont attempt to attack voters on voting day already. Weve seen and weve heard from officials that voting will not take place in hundreds of villages because of the security concerns there. So the vote is going ahead despite opposition, on occasions that its being rigged in favor of president kabila when they were not here win outright in the 1st round. It remains to be seen after todays elections, all voting process. Opposition parties in pakistan are holding a major rally in the city of push, calling on Prime Minister to step down. This is despite a government ban on public gatherings to curb the rising number of coronavirus cases. Theyve been holding these rallies for several weeks across pakistan, trying to keep pressure on the government. A District Court judge in pennsylvania ha
Rely on holiday trade. Christmas temple mean thats how people get the now no mortgage no get beautyful holiday and now they should now again the food and Drug Administration is set to review a new vaccine this week its a process that in the past would have taken months but in what amounts to a life or death situation hell the chills are hoping it will take a matter of hours based on the data that i know i expect the f. D. A. To make a positive decision but of course its their decision and as you probably know they are totally separated and fired from the operation they will make their own judgement based on the data and i hope that the decision will be positive but even when they are approved it will take months before the vaccines are widely available to the general public be thinking in the february march timeframe that youre going to see more general vaccination and by the 2nd quarter of next year will still have enough vaccine for every american that wants it as Health Officials co
Dispute to come to a resolution that we think will be satisfactory to all we have achieved set and progress septum point of time more than a year ago and then things has slowed down and right now there are some movements that we hope that this will put and for this crisis because we see that we believe actually that gulf unity is very important for the security of the region for the stability of of that region and for for the sake of our people this need this crisis needs to end. Human Rights Groups are saying the refugees have been forced onto a remote bangladeshi island the government says the group of more than 1500 people will move to ease overcrowding in camps it says only those who are willing to move have gone more than a 1000000 rangar who fled neighboring me and housed in the camps to tend the chaldee has more from cox is bizarre. Finally the controversial relocation of rowing a reference to a remote coastal island a bastion charter has started out of 2500 listed rowing as it