The announcement. Unprecedented that there should be a rich abundance of approaches, all of which rich abundance of approaches, all of which are rich abundance of approaches, all of which are essential. And new data shows another covid 19 vaccine developed in the us that may only require a single dose is 66 effective. In other news, primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term though the nationwide lockdown will continue. And thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the Vaccine Roll Out will be prioritised for a jab. Hello, and a very good afternoon. The European Medicines Agency is expected to approve the Oxford Astrazeneca Covid Vaccine for use in the eu this afternoon. The uk has been using the Astrazeneca Jab in its Mass Immunisation Programme for weeks now. Meanwhile, the European Commission has published a redacted version of its contract with the pharmaceutical giant in a continuing row about supplies of the vaccine. A contract was signed in august fo
Increasing pessimism about growth. More ceos than ever see a slowdown. Sophie chinas mystery virus is spreading through persontoperson contact. Hubs stepping up passenger screening. Lets turn to selina wang in beijing with australian markets coming online. Selina we did see australian markets red hot. We are now starting to see them drift slightly lower, marginally except for the new zealand up. 2 after gaining 3 since the start of this year. We did yesterday see the equities hit record highs when it comes index price and private equity valuations. So, that would be enough to ring bells in normal times but our strategists say that macro backdrop in australia is dire enough to call this rally into question when you consider the massive wildfires that are damaging their economy. With increasing focused on environmentally sustainable investing, that rally is potentially at risk. I want to check on that a little bit more with this next chart. Thelook at that rally in context of the u. S. C
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Power system in the northeast and mid atlantic due to increasing Winter Weather events, including the bomb cyclone. I would like to start by calling on the Ranking Member to give her opening statement. Thank you, chair, and good morning to everyone. Im sure that senator murkowski will be here shortly. As some people may know, a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of alaska, impacting co kodiak and parts of the Pacific Northwest with tsunami warnings that were issued for activities that were expected, and those warnings for tsunami waves have been recalled but no doubt im sure the senator is dealing with lots of things this morning related to that and other issues. So, impa want to thank our witnesses, chairman mcintyre and mr. Walker, for being here and many of the staffs that people have here that were glad were back in operation. So we look forward to hearing from all our witnesses on the subject of the reliability of the grid. And its performance. Last year, secretary perry