Shares soar at the news markets around the world are up dramatically. Airline shares benefit too. The government confirm they have ordered a0 million doses of the vaccine. If all goes well, 10 million could be available to the uk by the end of the year. Good afternoon, and welcome to this coronavirus update as we await a downing street briefing by the Prime Minister on what has been described as, a great day for science and humanity in the fight against covid 19. Those words are from the head of one of the Drug Companies jointly developing a coronavirus vaccine, as trials suggest it is more than 90 effective in preventing infection. That news has lifted hopes and sent stock markets soaring, although challenges remain and the World Health Organization has warned that the news alone will not be a complete game changer. The vaccines developers now want to apply for emergency licensing so that it can start to be given to people in the general public outside of trials, possibly before the e
To double the countrys daily coronavirus Testing Capacity, by opening two new megalabs. A crucial week for brexit trade negotiations with eu leaders hope to sign off on a deal on thursday. And if you want to get in touch on any of todays stories, please do you can tweet me rebeccajonesbbc or with bbcyourquestions. The head of the International Olympic Committee Says hes confident the postponed tokyo games will go ahead in front of spectators next year. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. And coming up. Taxi for space . The new era for extraterrestial travel as the space x capsule heads into orbit hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Iam i am rebecca jones. The Prime Minister is to carry on working from downing street after being told to self isolate by the nhs test and trace system. Borisjohnson says he was pinged as he put it because of a meeting he had last week with conservati
Just today. Yet today did bring more good news on the vaccine front. A few hours ago moderna became the second brand name vaccine to receive fda emergency use authorization. Nearly 6 million doses of this vaccine will be distributed as soon as this weekend. First doses could be administered into arms on monday. Unlike pfizers vaccine modernas does not need to be kept in ultra cold temperatures so its easier to ship, easier to store, easier to get out to rural areas of our country and thats critical. At the same time we did get a reminder today from dr. Fauci just what were up against. All of this is sort of bittersweet because at the same time as were moving ahead with what will ultimately be the answer and the final solution to this, were living through very, very difficult times. I mean, if you look at the number of infections between 2 and 300,000 the other day we had 3,565 deaths in one day, so were still in a serious situation. Which tells usz as were proceeding with the rollout o
Light by vote of 200. Moderna is ready to ship nearly 6 million doses across the nation starting monday. But at the very same time, some troubling and frankly confusing news about the next wave of Pfizer Vaccines. Governors and Health Officials in at least half a dozen states say the government has told them theyre going to get a lot less doses next week than they had previously expected. But its unclear why that might happen. And federal officials are sending mixed messages about what is going on. So you Better Believe well be asking. One thing thats very clear, while we are waiting for this allimportant vaccine, americans across this nation are getting sick and dying by the thousands. On thursday, the country broke records across the board for the second straight day. 263,000 new cases compared to 232,000 on wednesday. 114,000 americans were hospitalized. Thats up from 113,000 the day before. And in southern california, where things are particularly bad, the capacity of intensive car
Confirmed cases of the virus were reported today. Thats a new record for us. So far this week over 15,000 of our fellow citizens have died including another 2,856 souls just today. Yet today did bring more good news on the vaccine front. A few hours ago moderna became the second brand name vaccine to receive fda emergency use authorization. Nearly 6 million doses of this vaccine will be distributed as soon as this weekend. First doses could be administered into arms on monday. Unlike pfizers vaccine modernas does not need to be kept in ultra cold temperatures so its easier to ship, easier to store, easier to get out to rural areas of our country and thats critical. At the same time we did get a reminder today from dr. Fauci just what were up against. All of this is sort of bittersweet because at the same time as were moving ahead with what will ultimately be the answer and the final solution to this, were living through very, very difficult times. I mean, if you look at the number of n