After they took on the big money of wall street. And get your skates on the new Lockdown Craze sweeping the globe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Major trials of a new vaccine have shown its effective against some new variants of covid 19, helping to reduce fears that they might prove resistant. Novavax is an american jab but its being produced in the uk. Its also easier to roll out than some previous vaccines, since it doesnt need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. The news came amid a deepening row between another vaccine maker, astrazeneca, and the European Union over shortages. 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
The american makers of the novavax Coronavirus Vaccine have reported promising findings from a large scale trial in britain, raising hopes the jab could be rolled out in a matter of months, boosting global supplies. A study was Strong Enough to protect against a highly transmissible british variant of the virus. Heresjon donnison. Another scientific breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. This time, from the us firm novavax. Results of the us firm novavax. Results of the Companies British Trial showed the first proven efficacy against the new more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. 0ver volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid 19 recorded came from the new variant. It is very significant because we were able to show that the vaccine works well against both the old, the original strain and the new strain, that had 96 efficacy against the original covid 19 strain and yet still had 86 efficacy
Heres stav da naos. Good afternoon. What a wet night it was for some others, Standing Water and localised flooding in places. The rain will be easing, snow in the north petering out, leaving a legacy of patchy, light rain and cloud. Some areas quite cloudy but sunny spells breaking out, like for the east, southeast quadrant, the southwest and northern scotland. Not as mild in the south as yesterday, a colder day for scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england. This cold air drifts overnight, showers for North East Scotland and north east england. This new area of rain pushing from the south west will bring persistent downpours, maybe localised flooding, increasingly turning to snow as it bumps into the cold air. Milder across the South West Verses across the north. This weekend, turning colder, we will see some rain, sleet and snow. Cold air across the north of the uk for the last few days will push southwards, we will have a low pressure pushing from the south west, like i
Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
Of, comm. Now on bbc news, Talking Business. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to Talking Business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. Its holiday heartbreak. As wildfires rage across europe and america, what impact is Climate Change having on the Tourism Industry . Its really difficult to manage the heat sometimes. Travel and tourism its worth nearly 10 of our Global Economy, keeping millions in work. But does our Changing Planet mean its time for a major rethink . Im going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are the big boss of one of europes leading travel groups, who tells us what impact Climate Change is having on his industry, and the head of the worlds most influential airline body tells us how his members are tackling the challenges as they continue to recover from billions in covid losses. Also on the show, the man in charge of travel at one of the worlds biggest insurers. He tells us Climate Change is causing