takes place. thank you very much forjoining me. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let s start with the astrazeneca vaccine. the european medicines agency has been examining its safety after more than a dozen eu members suspended it this week over health concerns. and today, we heard its verdict. the committee has come to a clear scientific conclusion. this is a safe and effective vaccine. its benefits in protecting people from covid i9 with the associated risks of death and hospitalisation outweigh the possible risks. the committee also concluded that the vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of thromboembolic events or blood clots. that press conference took place in amsterdam, and our correspondent jean mackenzie was there. what they ve been saying all along stands, that they think this is a vaccine in which the benefits massively outweigh the risks. it was striking, they pointed out there how many people have died in th
Only about 5% of Africa’s population is immunized, creating an urgent need for therapeutics that could keep people out of hospitals. That compares with more than a 70% inoculation rate in most wealthy nations
Dr Thomas Tsang notes rates for older groups in many Western countries sit at 80 to 90 per cent, while just 14.6 per cent of local octogenarians have been jabbed; Hong Kong confirms 5 new imported cases.
Place until september 21. the rest country under a level two lockdown. for the inoculation rate, only one-third have been vaccinated. all right. thank you. so south africa will start to ease some covid restrictions with infection rates beginning to fall there. the country has been battling a devastating third wave. even with cases falling, he is urging some people the get vaccinated saying there are enough vaccinations for everyone. with more than 5.5 billion vaccine doses having been administered, our kahn is to
MELAKA: A high infection rate among workers at a manufacturing plant in Tangga Batu here contributed to an all-time record of 1,120 daily Covid-19 cases reported in the state on Monday (Aug 16).