Into a new Year National lockdown. Most people will find themselves in tier two, where hospitality venues will be closed unless they serve a substa ntial meal. Right now, for hospitality, all the tiers are a version of waterboarding for our industry. Were allowed out for a brief gasp of fiscal oxygen, and were slammed back down. And people are warned by the chief medical officer not to hug or kiss their grandparents at christmas, to protect the most vulnerable. Also tonight. Regular testing in scotlands care homes should have happened much earlier an admission from the first minister on her handling of the pandemic. The death of a premature baby in hampshire in 2001 led to a 20 year cover up by Health Workers and authorities, according to an official inquiry. And in argentina, many thousands of fans turn out to pay their respects to the great maradona. And coming up in sport on bbc news napoli players all wear maradonas number ten shirt ahead of their Europa League clash, in a tribute
Here in the uk. The us food and Drug Administration has authorised the Pfizer Biontech Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The agency had come under intense pressure from the Trump Administration to approve the vaccines use. President trump has released a video on twitter to explain what happens next. Through operation warp speed my administration provided a total of 14 billion to accelerate Vaccine Development and to manufacture all of the top candidates in advance. This included a nearly 2 billion investment in pfizer to produce 100 million doses of their vaccine, with an option to produce 500 million additional doses. And i am proud to say that we have made sure that this vaccine will be free for all americans. Through our partnership with fedex and ups we have already begun shipping the vaccine to every state and zip code in the country. The first vaccine will be administered in less than 24 hours, the governors decide whether vaccines will go in their state, and will get them f
Agenda. He is leaving impeachment up to congress. Kevin mccarthy said today that impeaching the president would only, quote, divide our country even more, end quote. Keep in mind Kevin Mccarthy has been leading the charge to divide the country with these unhinged lies about the election. Even after blood had been shed and the capitol ransacked by terrorists, he supported the effort by the deranged conspiracy theories. President trump has no intention of resigning. Sources say the plan is for President Trump to leave washington, d. C. For maralago in 11 days on january 19th. The president said he will not attend joe bidens inauguration on january 20th, biden moments ago calling that decision, quote, one of the few things he and i have agreed on. Its a good thing. President elect biden going on to say the outgoing president is an embarrassment to the United States and has never benefen fio hold the office. Lets go to cnn correspondent manu raju. Walk us through what is going on with this
The White House just issued a Presidential Proclamation laying out plans for the new vaccine requirements that will apply to noncitizens who enter the United States by air. The October.
We now have the exact date that international travel to the United States will be reopened for vaccinated visitors – November 8 – meaning that businesses will have an easier time.