At ten oclock, well be here with a full round up of the days news. First, our north america correspondent, michelle fleury, chronicled the story of her neighbourhood in brooklyn, new york, as the coronavirus pandemic first swept across the world. We are all dealing with the great unknown, a disease that we dont understand and we have seen nothing like this before. New yorkers were hardly shocked over the citys first confirmed case of coronavirus. Second person has died from the virus. We have an invisible memory, a ferocious enemy. The new york Mayor Holding his News Conference right now, he says new yorkers should be prepared for a shelter in place order. New york remains the epicentre of this outbreak. New york is now reporting more than 1,000 deaths. With a death toll now passing the 4,000 mark. Each of those are human beings and a family represented. New york suffered the worst, outbreak in the united states. In the city that never sleeps, neighbourhoods fell silent. The sense of f
Increasingly hopeful but the present is more like a nightmare. First, the good news. Early data from moderna suggests its vaccine could be around 95 effective. Were going to have more on that in just a moment. The announcement follows pfizers disclosure last week that its vaccine could be highly effective as well. Both dr. Fauci and dr. Slaoui the chief adviser to the white houses vaccine program, spoke today about the potential of having two vaccines in the pipeline. We project that by the end of december there will be doses of vaccine available for individuals in the higher risk category from both companies, we hope. And this is something that were looking forward to. We know that we have enough vaccine doses between these two vaccines two immunize about 20 Million People during the month of december, in the second half of the month, and then Going Forward from there on well have enough vaccine to immunize every month, month on month, about 25 more million individuals each time with
Owners and those who love indoor dining, its a matter of time, likely the next week or two. Lets dig into the facts on the pandemic at this hour. Right now there are more than 11. 6 million cases in the United States. Is a far more than 251,000 americans have died. At this moment, no states or territories are experiencing a decrease in cases. Thats according to nbc news, and the startling new model from Columbia University estimates nearly 3 Million People have active cases and are potentially contagious as we speak. Coming up, ill talk to a member of president elect bidens Advisory Board about their strategy for fighting the pandemic and share my conversation with noted author and thinker, tam hasi coates about the longterm effects of the trump presidency. We start with nbcs gabe gutierrez, on the ground at a hospital in des moines, iowa. Were in des moines because the white house is describing this part of the country as a red zone. Gabe, why is that . Reporter hey, craig. The White
In other news today. A deal has been reached between the uk and canada allowing both nations to carry on trading under the same terms as the Current European Union arrangement. The agreement covers annual trade between the two countries worth around £20 billion equal to about 1. 5 of total uk trade. Talks are expected to begin next year which the government hopes will lead to an enhanced deal. 00v the government says mortgage lenders have agreed not to ask the government says mortgage lenders have agreed not to ask for an expensive Fire Risk Survey when homeowners are putting their flats on the market as long as the building doesnt have cladding. Thousands of property sales have been held up by the requirement to obtain a survey, following the Grenfell Tower fire. The governments also making available £700,000 to train more surveyors. Rugby, and its been a bumper day of autumn internationals at twickenham with both the womens and mens england teams in action. Joe lynskey was watching
Like new transport links can provide a tangible, long lasting boost to the economy. Historically, some areas feel they havent had theirfair share. This business in hull says that better connections to other cities like york would really help. I feel that the north has often served second fiddle to the south. I appreciate its where the capital is, and where a lot of businesses are, but the Playing Field is getting more and more lopsided. It needs to be levelled. The question looms of how to put the public finances back on a sustainable footing after the huge cost of coronavirus but the government still wants to be talking about investing, too, across the whole of the uk. Next week, in the spending review, the chancellor, rishi sunak, is expected to announce tens of billions of pounds for infrastructure, including road improvements. The delayed National Infrastructure strategy will be published, covering flagship programmes such as fibre broadband and investment in green projects. The ru