Well, its looking like the f. D. A. In america is probably going to be making an announcement round about the 17th of december. And if thats the case, and if thats positive, then these vaccines are going to be shipped literally within hours, as weve just heard on that report. Now in terms of the european situation, the europeans measured medicines agency, typically this can take months or even up to a year to approve a new vaccine. So we really are in unprecedented territory here. And its going to be remarkably interesting to see what sort of timelines they come up with. But i think we can rest assured that they will be working flat out on this. Theyll be doing a lot more. A lot of hard work on the fires that are not important. Remember, its a rolling program, so they have access to much more information than we have pfizer mid and it will be reporting to them on a daily basis with the latest information will have all the latest information at their fingertips. But of course, this is n
Finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Madonna and pfizer biotech have now both applied for emergency approval moderna hopes its vaccine could get the green light by christmas. You end the year. Yes. All those that are advisory meeting is likely to be on december 17th. If you hire people seaboard that between the 17 and christmas to go, the product is approved. If the u. S. Food and Drug Administration gives the go ahead, inoculations could start within hours of them led by u. S. Vaccination, logistics chief general gustav panna seems to me dont those hes a baby on the way. Yeah. So as soon as we get approval or urge arcana and hes teams are going to get hold of a vaccine we have. And so our shipping in the conference is going to vaccinate americans within 24 hours on the pro or the Company Hopes its latest trial results will lead to speedy approval in other countries too. In trials of the vaccine with more than 30000 people, only 30 particip
Im british by the day. Welcome to news asia. Glad you could join us. He highways leading to the indian capital of delhi, blocked as thousands of farmers protest against new agricultural laws passed by. The government. Farmers are demanding a rollback of the laws. Claim me, they removed a government assured grain purchase scheme that acted as a safety net for them. The government has assured the scheme will continue, but farmers convinced these 20000. 00 farmers arent going anywhere. Their trucks and tractors are blocking the major highways near indias capital. Each one of our tractors is loaded with rations up to 4 months. Until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the farmers field. Their livelihoods are threatened. They fear that the government will stop buying grain at guarantee prices. The worry is that this could leave them at the mercy of corporations who wont pay enough for their crops. Prime minister, Narendra Modi is trying t
Could be undone by the corona virus. And its one year since bills are funded took over the helm of the european union. We take a look at where shes made progress and where shes fallen short bus. The most innovative car maker in the world means germanys highly regulated labor system. Musk is in berlin for talks with union chiefs as welcome to the program. We start with what could be a glimmer of light. At the end of the covert tunnel, europe could see to covert 900. 00 Vaccines Available by the end of this year. In the past few hours, u. S. Drugmaker finds and its german partner biotech announced they have submitted their vaccine for emergency approval by the european medicines agency. A day after drug company, madonna asked for emergency approval of its vaccine in both europe and the united states. Finding effective vaccines is a crucial part of tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Madonna and pfizer biotech have now both applied for emergency approval moderna hopes its vaccine could get
The name is eddie micah jr. Youre welcome to the program. The theme for this year as well. Aids day is hiv aids, epidemic resilience on the impact. Now, while theres been great progress in tackling the virus in recent, yes, the global aids hiv epidemic is far from over. Especially in africa. South africa is a country where one in 5 people are living with the virus. Our correspondents reports from cape town. For almost 2 decades, the Nonprofit Organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv. Like here in the cape town township of delft. 30 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult situation, and accident left her unable to work out the whole problems followed. And then she became infected with hiv. But my family didnt want to have anything to do with me. After my hiv diagnosis, they cut off contact. And even now if my neighbors knew that i had a hiv, they would only say hi from a distance. They wouldnt invit