To start pulling the country together. Donald trump continues to claim the us election was stolen from him and refuses to concede despite a lack of evidence. Now hes sacked his defence secretary, mark esper. Hello to you. Leading scientists are cautiously welcoming news of a new vaccine against coronavirus thats proved more than 90 effective in early results. The vaccine, developed by pharma giant pfizer and its partner biontech has been tested on nearly a4,000 people in six countries, with no safety concerns being raised so far. Some experts though point out that the announcement was made on the basis of very early analysis, with the vaccine not yet formally approved. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is a huge day for science and perhaps the world. For the first time, a covid i9 vaccine has been shown to protect against the disease. Plenty of caution is needed but the preliminary results of the Pfizer Biontech trial a highly promising. There were more than 43,000 voluntee
Without the right experience. The prospect of a vaccine brings renewed hope that fans might return to watch live sport. For now, the government says there isnt a time scale on getting spectators back into stadiums. Good morning. Today we start with a lot of cloud, some mist and fog, and some showers. It should give way to sunshine and a dry afternoon. Detailed in ten minutes. Good morning. Its tuesday, the 10th of november. Our top story. Millions of doses of a highly effective new vaccine could be in use in the uk by the end of this year, but the Prime Minister has warned against any easing of social distancing measures for the time being. The pharmaceutical firms pfizer and biontech said their vaccine which is not yet licensed appears to protect nine in ten people from covid 19, but borisjohnson insists it is too early to start slackening our resolve. John mcmanus reports. Is it a game changer, or is it too early to be optimistic . The announcement by pfizer yesterday was greeted wit
That follows pfizers announcement just last week of 90 effectiveness for its vaccine. This morning, dr. Anthony fauci says he anticipates modernas vaccine will be granted emergency use authorization by the fda. Its going to be all hands on deck. Everybody is going to do it correctly. Theyre not going to cut any corners. Theyre going to do it quickly. We project that by the end of december, that there will be doses of Vaccines Available for individuals in the higher risk category. Do you anticipate we could end up with three, four, five efficacious vaccines . You know, savannah, i think thats quite conceivable that that will occur. Yeah, i think its fair to say this good news couldnt be more needed as the pandemic worsens to alarming rates in virtually every state in the country. Lets get you caught up on the latest facts. The u. S. Just crossed a terrifying milestone. More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases. One million more than in the past week alone. According to the covid
First 1 million cases. And theres no sign that the spread of this virus is slowing down. At this point, coronavirus has killed nearly 285,000 americans. This week marking the deadliest in the pandemic so far with an average of more than 2200 americans losing their lives each day. That is 2200 fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters every single day. Its hard to wrap your head around. But youve got to. But also this morning, there is a small sign of hope on the horizon. The entire world watching as the uk delivered its first shots of the Pfizer Vaccine becoming the first country to start mass vaccinations of a clinically tested, authorized vaccine. Margaret keenan, the 90yearold grandmother who received the first shot, perhaps the new picture of hope in the global fight to finally contain this deadly virus. And thats exactly where well begin this morning. Keir simmons joined us from cardiff, wales. What do we know about the first people getting the vaccine, and whats the
Dover this morning, as Truck Drivers realise they could be stuck for days, even though france lifts its ban on border movements. And coming up in sport on bbc news. A group of former footballers and politicians call for an urgent review into the possible link between heading a football and dementia. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. Six million more people in england will now be moving into tier 4 covid restrictions from boxing day. This afternoon, the Health Secretary for england, matt hancock, said it was vital the government act, saying cases were continuing to rise at a dangerous rate, with hospital admissions now at their highest level since mid april. So tier 4 restrictions will be extended to sussex, oxfordshire, suffolk, norfolk and cambridgeshire, the rest of essex, waverley in surrey and hampshire, with the exception of the new forest. In tier 4, you have to stay at home unless youre travelling to work orfor education. You can meet one other person in an open p