Promising results from a covid vaccine. I spoke to one to have first people to receive the trial inoculation, as well as experts about whats next. Big decisions tonight. The Police Department could be defunded by 50 and Police Traffic stops could be a thing of the past in berkeley. Several School Districts in the south bay say Distance Learning willikead the i thea ill sw you whenup. Ndecure future. This is abc7 news. I think its great. Its the best news we could get. Tonight, promising news about a vaccine for covid19 developed here in the united states. Abc7 News Reporter kate larson spoke to local experts and one of the first people injected with the vaccine. Reporter an experimental covid19 vaccine developed by Massachusetts Company moderna, produced a rapid and strong immune response in all 45 people. Its a wonderful triumphant. Reporter he says the phase one analysis, published tuesday, is encouraging. Normally it takes some years, six years or longer to develop a vaccine from a
Vaccine from a concept to a phase one trial. This took less than six weeks. Reporter phase two trails are under way and phase three, which will require 30,000 participants, to test safety and efficacy, will begin july 27. A phase one volunteer, neil browning, who lives in seattle, was one of the first people in the world to get the vaccine. Its been a few months since your last dose. How have you been feeling . Completely normal. The only real side effect was each morning after each of the two injections, my upper arm was sore. Reporter he received the lwest of three possible vaccine doses during the trial. Saying that all 45 had all three dosage levels had the same response is like a grand slam. It knocks it out of the park. 100 efficacy is something you want but rarely get in Something Like this. What percentage of the population would need to be de immunitisome 60, 70 . Reporter they are on track to deliver 500 million doses every year, beginning in 2021. Dr. Anthony fauci is cautio
Contra costa county. I hope the students can get back to school because thats where the best learning is done for everyone. Reporter she says shes been hoping to send her daughter back to school in a few weeks. Concords two catholic high schools had been looking at a partial reopening. They must begin this school year this fall through Distance Learning. Reporter but the governors new mandate means those plans are likely to change. Parents we talk to say theyre not happy. This is formative time. They need to be in school, in class with their peers, with their teachers facetoface learning. I dont think anything should be shutdown. They dont shut anything down for the flu. Reporter the Liberty School district in east Contra Costa County also planned to reopen its high schools using the hybrid model. Now the district has just three weeks to gear up to go all virtual. I think the best way to describe how im feeling is sad. Sad as an educator, sad as a superintendent, sad as a parent. Repor
Starting taking questions from the house of commons live on cspan2. Prior to question time members are finishing up other business, live to the floor the british house of commons. That completes the questions from Northern Ireland. We now head 2 questions for the Prime Minister and we start with sarah atherton. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house i will have further meetings later today. My constituents welcome the announcement by chief medical officers of Northern Ireland and england, from 43, i have seen a reduction in the number of covid19 positive cases, does the Prime Minister agree with me are uk wide approaches what works . To defeat the pandemic . Can i pay tribute to her for what she has put in practice and to thank all her colleagues, that is the way we beat the pandemic by working to gather. Yesterday, easing lockdown restrictions, if the plan is to work, we isolate this. The Prime Minister promised a syst
The90s to 100s. This pattern will not change until the weekend. It will stir things up a bit. Until then, what you had monday and tuesday is exactly what youre going to have today. Near the coast and bay inland above. All right. Over now 6 00. 6 01 in the morning. Still okay out there. Well see the traffic is going to be fine in many commutes. You can see traffic looks nice here. Now, driving to the bay bridge, theres not a big back up. School students and staff safe. A proposal that would remove the School District Police Department. Good morning. They will consider proposals to open the Police Department, set a time line for doing so and talk about developing another major safety plan. Theres not been a lot of members on the board in support of this. In a meeting, the majority said they support the superintendent to redirect police funds and student services. They have seven officers, two sergeants and a chief. They arent at schools but respond. They are unarmed and dont have to powe