Its an author discussion on the potential longterm effects covid19 will have on society. Hello, im brian tate and i am pleased to welcome you to to the 2020 brooklyn book festival. We are here today with authors paola giordano, Mark Honigsbaum and sonia shah. Im gonna read very brief bios. Mark honigsbaum is a medical historian, journalist, author of five books including the pandemic century 100 years of panic, hysteria, and who works. And the fever trail in search for the cure for malaria. His current elector at City University london. Paola giordano is a physicist and author of four internationally bestselling novels including the solitude of prime numbers, which are sold over a million copies worldwide. His essay how contagion works published in italy at the beginning of the coronavirus emergency as the mathematics of contagion was shared more than 4 million times and help shift Public Opinion in the early stages of the pandemic. Sonia shah is prizewinning author of pandemic trackin
Producers for an exclusive look into the shot as russia plans to vaccinate the general public as soon as next week. For a country to authorize emergency use of fighter and biometrics for the team back to britain is also looking to roll out that are seen as really that we have a lot to get through so lets get started. As the world moves closer to mass vaccinations against covert 19 russia was one of the 1st countries to register its sputnik 5 vaccine several nations have raised questions regarding the back seems africa c citing a lack of data according to a press release from the countrys coronavirus headquarters russian president Vladimir Putin announced his plans to begin large scale vaccinations as early as next week with millions of doses already produced in the country you leadership of all of us sits down for an exclusive interview with the c. E. O. Of one of the companys top. To mass produce the sputnik 5. Demitra. Bio cad one of the companies expected to launch production of the
Overshadowed by violence stained by claims of voter fraud. In a dramatic escalation, ethiopias Prime Minister is issued a 72 hour ultimatum to forces in the dissident region of to gray. Says the great Peoples Liberation front has 3 days to surrender, or brace for an all out assault on the regional capital. The Reuters News Agency has been reporting that to gray and forces have destroyed roads and bridges to slow the government offensive down. The Ethiopian Military plans to surround the city with tanks and artillery in an effort to end the nearly 3 week war. This is, according to a military spokesman, and in an address on state t. V. , residents were told to save themselves and leave the city while they still have the time to do so. Prime minister ahmed says, all humanitarian needs will be addressed and that his government would help with the eventually return and reintegration of refugees. As mammadov brings us more now from ethiopias capital. The Government Forces idea to reach the o
The fda, it will be the most reliable way to beat the virus. Certainly, the vaccine representing both our hopes and our fears and abc 7 News Reporter kris reyes spoke with a doctor about the worries that keep him up at night and kris, im really interested to hear what he had to say. He had a lot to say. The doctor is very confident about the vaccine calling it a bright light in this long, dark tunnel that weve been traveling through but he says distribution is far from a trivial matter and we need to prepare for dealing with plenty of complications. Neither the cdc nor the state of california are likely to get more granular than to say Health Care Workers and people over 65 in Long Term Care facilities are the first two groups. Reporter the question then becomes which Health Care Worker goes first . Take ucsf that is unlikely to get enough vaccines in the first shipment to cover the 30,000 staff. The complicated task deciding which employee gets the vaccine first and then falls on the
Are already being shipped out. This is a challenging rollout. The nhs in all parts of the u. K. Stands ready to make that happen. Theyre used to handling vaccines. The vaccine is expected to be given to residents and staff at Nursing Homes. Then to frontline medical workers from the National Health service. Pfizer isnt the when vaccine being rolled out. Several even european countries, inruding remain write, are planning on using a russianmade vaccine. Plans are ramping up here in the u. S. On how to effectively distribute a covid vaccine. Public Health Officials say we could see the first immunizations sometime next month, budget fox news tells us widespread distribution will likely take several more months. Reporter were about a week away from the potential fda decision on pfizers request for emergency use authorization. States must provide the federal government details on where they want a vaccine to be delivered by friday, but some public Health Officials say they dont expect wide