Major drug maker reports encouraging findings for a covid vaccine. We will speak to dr. Saad omer, the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. Then nine months into the pandemic, we look at how many hospitals are failing to provide adequate ppe to doctors and nurses. We will talk to jean ross, copresident of National Nurses united. We have been calling for this protection for Health Care Workers, not just for many months now, but also, if you recall, since the ebola crisis hit our shores. And sad to say, we are still very lacking. Amy plus, Central America has been devastated by backtoback Climate Changefueled hurricanes over the past two weeks. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States recorded nearly 167,000 new coronavirus cases on monday, the third highest daily toll of the pandemic. The official u. S. Death toll, already the highest in the world, is rapidly approaching 250,000 with
Over the weekend an i. T. Firm said foot traffic in tokyo remained unchanged from a week earlier. Thats based on mobile phone data gathered with users consent. But there are far fewer visitors in Tourist Spots outside the capital compared to the november 23rd long weekend. The number of people was down 38 in china town south of to tokyo. People are also getting prepared for the new year holiday season. A shrine is selling new years lu lucky charms earlier than usual. I thought it would be better to visit now than over new ye s years. It will be so crowded and we need to be mindful of others. We cant aany infections from shrine, so i want people to visit between december and february so we dont see crowds over new years. Officials reported 1,425 new cases across the countrien on monday. More than 149,000 people in japan have been infected since the pandemic began. Over 2,100 people have died. The price tag of the tokyo listens and paralympics continues to rise after the games were postp
Saturday. Of those nearly 500 were confirmed in the capital. The metropolitan government plans to raise the coronavirus alert to its highest level on thursday, but its unclear how that will directly affect residents. Translator im a little scare d but i have no choice bu to go out. There are things i need to do. Im worried. Translator im trying to stay home as much as possible. I especlly avoid crowded places. The northern prefecture has also seen numbers soar reporting around 20 cases over the past ten days. Residents are being urged to avoid travel to or from the capital. Officials are also asking residents to avoid nonessential outings. Translator its inevitable but strict measures are being tak taken. Translator i also think each of us needs to Pay Attention to necessary preventive measures. Experts are concerned about the spread of cluster infections outside of entertainment districts and workplaces. They say grouped infections are being identified in rural areas, medical institut
China sea. The talks cover the pact under which both countries are obligated to respond to an armed attack against their territories. Translator president elect biden has told me that hes committed to the application of article v of the japan u. S. Security treaty to the senkaku islands. Mr. Biden also told me he looks forward to working together to strengthen the japan u. S. Alliance and also move towards peace and stability in the indopacific region. Japan controls the islands. China and taiwan claim them. The japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of japans territory in terms of history and international law. It says theres no issue of sovereignty to be resolved over them. The pair also discussed plans to combat the coronavirus and the importance of tackling climate change. Suga plans to visit washington as soon as possible to meet biden in person. Now, as biden carries on with matters of diplomacy, President Donald Trump refuses to concede. He appeared in pu
More than 30,000 people in the United States took part in modernas phase 3 study. Among them 95 were confirmed to have covid19 two weeks after the vaccine. 90 were observed in the placebo group, and five in the vaccinated group. 11 developed severe cases, all within the placebo group. Based on their interim analysis of the data the firm estimates the vaccine had an estimated 94. 5 efficacy and says there were no significant safety concerns. Moderna is part of the United States operation wp spee ich as to accelerate the e hd of e programays the and dernaaccine wld b eas t administer bauseheaccine cabe stored at standar to a month. Temraturesor up as oppos tthe pfizer vaccin which will require specialized storage to ensure temperates remain between minus 60 and minus 80 degrees celsius. If approved by regulators, moderna expects to have about 20 million doses ready to ship in the u. S. By the end of this year and is on track to manufacture up to 1 billion doses for global use in 2021. An