An emergency approval so yes it is quicker than normal but the European Union has been quite critical of whats been going on here in the u. K. Saying that but some corners have been cut that the regulator here has been far too hasty in the e. U. s way of doing things is the best way of doing things obviously thats hugely debatable but also has to be found the United States has chimed in with interviews on u. S. Television also accusing the british regulator of just simply rubber stamping all of the research that was done by pfizer not going deeply or rigorously enough into approving the vaccines efficacy and safety as we heard there he quickly backtracked saying that he now does have confidence in british scientists and regulators and has always had confidence in all of this was just a simple mess understanding is could be a difficult backtrack though but nevertheless he has tried to explain his position by saying well look things are just different done differently in the United State
Imposed is that when. The regions hospitals fall below 15 percent of intensive care unit capacity then these restrictions kick in and here in Southern California which includes Los Angeles San diego and many other cities the i. C. U. Capacity has been dropping steadily on saturday it was 12. 5 percent on sunday it was 10. 3 percent we dont have the figures for monday yet but it looks like thats going to that trend is likely to continue there were 10500 new cases of cold 19 on sunday so with hospitals being overwhelmed they have no place to transfer up patients and if i see you capacity runs out its not only. 1000 patients that were talking about anyone who has a heart attack a stroke you know be ill with cancer or anything else an auto accident they need to be transferred to the i. C. U. And if the i. C. U. Is full. You know its its obviously its a its a Health Disaster as well as an Economic Disaster for many people in this part of the country in other developments the u. K. Is less t
Expects surge upon surge the c. D. C. Or centers for Disease Control saying that the next 3 months could be among the worst or most difficult in u. S. Public Health History what americans are bracing for is the fact that its known that there will likely be an uptick in infections as well as deaths given the fact that Many Americans did not listen to the Public Health officials warnings over the thanksgiving holiday and as a result traveled and so the seeds of an increased outbreak have been planted all across the United States there is some optimism of course knowing that by the end of the year its likely that a vaccine will be approved emergency authorization for pfizer as well as mcdermott but its just going to be a drop in the bucket some 40000000. 00 doses this is a population of 330000000 and of course you need not one but 2 of these inoculations in order for it to be mostly effective in fact as the United States is continuing its process of certifying these drugs to be safe to us
Brandon three tee degrees below zero and its much colder when you go north where temperatures are colder. 3 degrees. Were not going to make it up too much more. Temperatures climb to 17 degrees by three. Well have chance of flurries this afternoon. Eighteen degrees will be our high temperatures. Were not making it into the 20s. Theyll continue to fall into the Single Digits by tomorrow. Were talking about more cold tomorrow and thats also when some snow develops and it could be accumulating snow fall. Well tell you how much to expect in fifteen minutes too. Zika virus is here in the tristate a 56yearold Butler County woman tested positive after returning from a trip to gee an that. With this first diagnosis there are a lot of questions guy an that. Where they associated that with birth defects in brazil. Its primarily transmitted through mosquito bites but it is possibly spread through sexual contact. We do know that 80 percent of infected people never show any symptoms. The centers fo
Yesterday and now prosecutors are planning what they will be doing next. Scott broom is live outside Baltimore Circuit Court with what we know so far today. Scott . Reporter good morning. Attorney from both sides spent 30 minute with a judge, but the judge has made no announcement about any decisioning made about a new trial and the attorneys are holding to the gag order in this case. They are not talking at all. Both sides, as i said, met for 30 minutes with judge barry williams. You see the assistant state attorneys. Prosecutors under intense pressure now after fighting to a draw in the case against officer william porter. The case the strongest of the six and the defense team, led by joe murtha, has a lot of decisions to make as well. University of maryland law professor doug colbert. Well, officer porter and his lawyer must consider the strength of the evidence against him that was presented at the first trial. And it may well be that its in officer porters interest to explore a ne