Its critical that we allow telework to minimize the number of people in federal buildings. With that, mr. Chairman, i yield back and i look forward to hearing from our witnesses today. Thank you. At this time i want to proceed with testimony from our witnesses. Let me do a quick introduction of the four of them. Joining us remotely is Michelle Rosenberg and the Strategic Issues team where she is on capital issues and she served for over 20 years on gaos tenured team. Shes been recognized with Health Care Team awards including two Meritorious Service awards and shell be testifying first and joining us remotely. Mr. Keith waington is with the u. S. Department of troilgz. Has been with the Department Since 1991 and in hiscurrent position he provides leadership and oversight in the areas of Human Resources, security, audit relations, acquitions and gras and transportation and facilities and space management. Maybe you can lead nasa for us next since we need a new director for nasa since yo
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