Nearly 90 percent effective against covert 90 in china says it will no longer recognize a special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference and. Communities in nigeria a dutch court is expected to deliver its verdict against Oil Giant Shell this hour. With your support of the 14 days of quarantine the worlds top tennis court in australia and friends were. Welcome to the news hour the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca kovan 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours now thats despite a growing dispute between the blog and the company about a short. Of supply so the e. U. Says the vaccine maker has breached its multimillion dollar contract it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues now on thursday brussels warned it may have to ban exports of vaccines produced on the continent to protect stock and its questioned why
A situation a former Prime Minister is described as apocalyptic and 70 is on to they were driven to local extinction jack you as a bank in their natural habitat in argentina. We begin with the race to vaccinate against covert 19 johnson and johnson has become the 1st company to announce trial results for a single dose jab it says its vaccine is 66 percent effective and plans to seek emergency authorization in the United States next week or last just a day off to the American Company novak said its vaccine was 89 percent effective in u. K. Trials meanwhile the European Union which is already secured 2 vaccines is now approved astra zeneca job for all adults this while it tussles with the company of a delayed supplies and faces criticism of a slow rollout there is dominic kane has more now from the german capital ballin. This is the astra zeneca vaccine in use available to british patients most at risk from covert since late last month and from now on officially so too for many e. U. Cit
But Boris Johnson warned it will take several months for highrisk people to complete their shots. The Prime Minister urged the public to keep taking preventative steps. Health secretary matt hancock revealed britain will get the first shipment of 800,000 doses. And people will start receiving shots early next week. Mass vaccinations will take place next year with priority placed on residents of homes for the elderly, nursing care workers and people aged 80 or over. As the vaccine has been developed with new technology, british authorities will continue to check its safety and efficacy. Challenges lie ahead as the vaccine needs to be stored and shipped at temperatures of minus 60 to 80 degrees celsius. Quality checks of the vaccine will take place upon its arrival in britain, and it will be sent to National Health Service Hospitals and other medical institutions. The government plans to create hubs to allow mass inoculations. Turning now to russia, president Vladimir Putin has ordered t
Lockdown in wales will last for three more weeks at least but children could return to schools there after the february half term. Around 300,000 people are expected to leave hong kong for britain using a new visa route which opens on sunday. Investors respond with outrage after Trading Platforms halt the buying of shares in the us games firm gamestop and other companies. It follows days of frenzied trading that led to a massive increase in its value. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. A new Coronavirus Vaccine has been shown to be 89. 3 effective in large scale uk trials. The novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against both the uk and South African Variants of the virus. As you can see from this graph, the uk has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in stockton on tees. The doses are expected to be delivered in the second half of this year if approved for use by regulator. Meanwhile, the European Medicines Agency will mee
Of there, i missed on the a tape. This is al jazeera live from doha. Also coming up, donald trump fires the Cyber Security chief who rejected claims of Election Fraud. International condemnation of the ethiopias government targets rebels in the north with airstrikes and hurricane ears that bass has Central America. Tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes. Now the pentagon has confounded shop productions and the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan and iraq, by mid january that would be just before president on trumped leaves. Office had wanted a full withdrawal from americas longest war by christmas. Now instead, 2000 will come out of afghanistan, 500. 00 from iraq leaving 2 and a half 1000 in each country. Let us remind those who question our resolve or may seek to interfere with this prudent well planned and coordinated transition. The United States armed forces remain committed to protecting the safety and security of the American People and supporting our like m