More than 30,000 people in the United States took part in modernas phase 3 study. Among them 95 were confirmed to have covid19 two weeks after the vaccine. 90 were observed in the placebo group, and five in the vaccinated group. 11 developed severe cases, all within the placebo group. Based on their interim analysis of the data the firm estimates the vaccine had an estimated 94. 5 efficacy and says there were no significant safety concerns. Moderna is part of the United States operation wp spee ich as to accelerate the e hd of e programays the and dernaaccine wld b eas t administer bauseheaccine cabe stored at standar to a month. Temraturesor up as oppos tthe pfizer vaccin which will require specialized storage to ensure temperates remain between minus 60 and minus 80 degrees celsius. If approved by regulators, moderna expects to have about 20 million doses ready to ship in the u. S. By the end of this year and is on track to manufacture up to 1 billion doses for global use in 2021. An
Police. Then str demonstrators have been on the streets since officers killed walter wallace, jr. Police responded to a call about a man with a knife. Wallace approached him and officers shot him. He was 27 years old. My heart feel like his family says wallace suffered from Mental Health issues. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden and his running mate Kamala Harris issued a statement. They wrote they cannot accept that in this country, a Mental Health crisis ends in death. The protests are the latest in the u. S. To demand justice after police killings. Some people have taken to looting. You cant let that go on. Again, a democratrun state, a democratrun city, phil filth. Philadelphia. We dont have that. The republicans dont have it. City officials have imposed a city wide curfew, and theyve asked for patience as they investigate. After author and civil rights activist george takai has lived with racism since he was a boy. I spoke with him earlier about pre prejudice, pushing bac
Straight days. Officials confirmed 143 new infections in the capital on tuesday bringing the citys total to nearly 8,200. Many of the cases are among young people who work at or who have visited night life districts. Translator the number of infected people is increasing considerably. We have to deal with the situation with a sense of crisis. Nishimura is in charge of the governments coronavirus response. He says officials and experts will discuss if night clubs that dont act in accordance with antivirus guidelines should be asked to close. Cluster infections have also been confirmed outside night life districts including about 40 actors, and patrons at a theater in tokyo. A woman who attended the performance says it was a crowded, enclosed venue. Health officials are asking 850 people who worked at or attended shows over the course of a week to take a virus test. More than 22,000 people have tested positive for the virus in japan. Nearly 1,000 people have died. The panel of experts ad
119 new cases were confirmed in tokyo on monday. The increase brings the total number of confirmed cases to more than 8,000 in the city of 14 million people. Many of the recent cases are young people who work at or have visited night life districts. But officials have confirmed Group Infections in other areas too. A total of 27 children and staff at a nursery in central tokyo have been infected. At a theater, 16 actors, 5 staff members, and 9 patrons are also among the latest numbers. Clustered infections were confirmed at two hospitals near tokyo. Translator some cases may be derived from night life districts, but there are invisible threads of infection at other places. I believe Community Transmission is beginning to occur on the local level. He says japan should gradually resume social and Economic Activities while closely monitoring the situation. In okinawa, 98 people connected to the u. S. Military have been infected including 71 from the futenma air station. More than 22,000 pe
Damp air is flowing toward the seasonal rain front destabilizing atmospheric conditions and causing rain clouds to develop in kyushu and tokai among other areas. The front will cause heavy rain and thunder over wide areas of western and eastern japan on thursday. Rainfall of more than 50 millimeters per hour is predicted. During the 48 hours ending saturday morning, kyushu and shikoku can expect between 300 and 400 mill meeters of rain. And kanto, 150 to 250 millimeters. So far 59 people are confirmed dead. Four have no vital signs, and 16 others are still missing. In south western japan, a car believes to have a family inside swept away by flooded river water and police are searching for passengers. Kuma village in Kumamoto Prefecture has seen majority of casualties. Selfdefense forces personnel rescued stranded residents who expressed both a desire to stay positive and confusion over what steps to take now. Translator if someone next to me, i will feel depressed so i want to help eve