Wave, we have begun to see a gradual decline. The number of people in intensive care units due to covid19 went from 4900 to 4300 today. From this data we see the peak of the second wave of the epidemic is over with. Last time i spoke, we were worried figures would be even worse than this. We avoided those. Firstly because our efforts, yours efforts have paid off. The spirit you displayed was effective. Furthermore, we learned to better cope with and treat patients to avoid some of the serious forms that could have struck down our fellow citizens and weighed more heavily on our ic units. I would like to pay tribute to devotion of the hospital and Health Care Providers who cope with this in spite of the fatigue. I pay tribute to the associations, volunteers, professionals, who also provided assistance. All of us together have been able to save lives. We have been successful in slowing circulation of this virus, but we mustnt lose sight of our other health concern. First, we must continue
Covid solution. It was inevitable was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would be politicized and this is a tragedy that it was paid from the start i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response and we are facing a new virus that caused an entirely new disease. No one wanted to under react and as a result i fear the tendency would be to overreact and create Unrealistic Expectations regarding our ability to stop a highly contagious pathogen. The challenges facing us were daunting and our National Strategic stockpile have been reduced during the h1n1 pandemic and had not been replenished. It took time to develop reliable tests and even more time to Scale Production to meet the demand. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibited no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I have tried not to criticize the elected officials that have had the response ability to make very tough decisions with limited and highly imperfe
I thought it was and i originally set out the title of early treatments for covid essential component of a covid solution. It was inevitable was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would be politicized and this is a tragedy that it was paid from the start i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response and we are facing a new virus that caused an entirely new disease. No one wanted to under react and as a result i fear the tendency would be to overreact and create Unrealistic Expectations regarding our ability to stop a highly contagious pathogen. The challenges facing us were daunting and our National Strategic stockpile have been reduced during the h1n1 pandemic and had not been replenished. It took time to develop reliable tests and even more time to Scale Production to meet the demand. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibited no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I have tried not to criticize the electe
The u. S. Election and there is profit taking in parts of the market. Investors, trying to figure out what a biden possible blue sweep and the senate means for markets. The focus is on brexit. Rushing outstories and we go to the fed and jobs tumbling. Oil two other stories we are watching, euro area october are thanring pmi, that expected, 54. 8 instead of 54. 4. Se extra this is pretty lockdowns. Watch down for some of the stocks because there was an input error. Maybe we look at individual countries instead of the stoxx 600 as a whole. Lets get to the first word news in new york in london with leighann gerrans. And thank you. With one day until the u. S. President ial election, democratic nominee joe biden is leading incumbent donald trump in a series of polls. He remains ahead nationally as well as in key battleground states although some of the races remain extremely close. A number of polls put widen and ahead in the key swing state of pennsylvania. The u. K. Is set to enter a loc
University of maryland global campus and executive producer of the report, moderated by journalist marvin cal. We thank you for joining us for our virtual news maker events with francis collins, director of National Institutes of health and were pleased to accept questions from our audience, especially our journalists tuning in today. Ill ask as many as time permits. To submit a question, email headliners press. Org. National institute of healths, or nih part of the health and Human Services is our nations medical research agency. Its the largest public funder of Biomedical Research in the world and investing more than 32 billion a year to enhance life and reduce illness and disability. Nih comprises 27 different components each with its own specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. All, but three of these components received their funding directly from congress. The office of the director is the Central Office responsible for setting policy for n