Nearly 90 percent effective against covert 90 in china says it will no longer recognize a special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference and. Communities in nigeria a dutch court is expected to deliver its verdict against Oil Giant Shell this hour. With your support of the 14 days of quarantine the worlds top tennis court in australia and friends were. Welcome to the news hour the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca kovan 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours now thats despite a growing dispute between the blog and the company about a short. Of supply so the e. U. Says the vaccine maker has breached its multimillion dollar contract it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues now on thursday brussels warned it may have to ban exports of vaccines produced on the continent to protect stock and its questioned why
But Boris Johnson warned it will take several months for highrisk people to complete their shots. The Prime Minister urged the public to keep taking preventative steps. Health secretary matt hancock revealed britain will get the first shipment of 800,000 doses. And people will start receiving shots early next week. Mass vaccinations will take place next year with priority placed on residents of homes for the elderly, nursing care workers and people aged 80 or over. As the vaccine has been developed with new technology, british authorities will continue to check its safety and efficacy. Challenges lie ahead as the vaccine needs to be stored and shipped at temperatures of minus 60 to 80 degrees celsius. Quality checks of the vaccine will take place upon its arrival in britain, and it will be sent to National Health Service Hospitals and other medical institutions. The government plans to create hubs to allow mass inoculations. Turning now to russia, president Vladimir Putin has ordered t
Harder to provide treatment to people with serious symptoms. This is the right time to issue a red alert. Its a declaration of an emergency in medical care. Our First Priority will be protecting life the governor says the occupancy of the prefectures hospital beds set aside for serious cases is expected to soon reach 70 . On top of the call for people to stay home, officials plan to extend their requests for bars and restaurants to close early until december 15th. Officials here in tokyo reported 533 new cases on thursday. To date, the number of people who have tested positive in tokyo has exceeded 42,000. 54 are currently in serious condition. Tokyos hospitals have 150 beds for serious cases. The metropolitan government is asking them to increase that to 200. Officials say they want to prevent the spike in severe covid19 cases from affecting treatment for other diseases. Theyre also asking medical institutions to allocate more beds to coronavirus cases that are not serious. Authoritie
Votes counted within hours of the polls close because theres a lot of work to do particularly when it comes to absentee ballots as well so they will all have to be added so a warning to people watching across the world this election which has been as you see contentious its been difficult it has been hard fought but it might not end in the next few hours it could be a couple of days before we get a final result so people should be weary of politicians declaring victory unless on either side the result is clear cut the polls suggest thats whats going to happen donald trump says in 2016 they said the exact same thing and they won and hes clinging on to that hope. At least 14 people have been arrested in austria after mondays shooting in vienna the memorial was held for the 4 people who died and another 20 to have been injured when a gunman opened fire in the city austrian authorities are describing it as a Terror Attack Police in ivory coast are clashing with supporters of former preside