A huge spike in targeted attacks on afghan state officials journalists and activists spreads fear and insecurity in the capital. And in sports south africas one Day International cricket series with england has been called off follows a positive cope with 19 tasks and breaches to the teams bio secure environment in cape town. We begin this news hour and pakistan west 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and push allah off the oxygen supplies there are hundreds of other patients who also left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay to deliveries pakistan has so far a total of more than 400000 factions and over 8000. 00 deaths from car that 19 well our correspondent is in is on about for us to come out what more do we know about this incident and just who might be responsible here. We only know preliminary to call it send the preliminary reports be systematic take. For example. To capacity to have. Cubic meter of oxygen however. Only. Cubic meters was delivered to the ho
The past two weeks, and the average test Positivity Rate now stands at 8. 4 . This is across the state. We have Live Team Coverage for you. As for more orders that will go into orders soon, bob riddell, a lot of people talking about that now and it will an app that wil on thursday. Good morning to you, marcus. Governor newsom Just Announced that california notify will be available thursday for download on your apple and android smartphones. This will allow users to anonymously alert other people if they tested positive for the coronavirus. Take a look at your tv screen. This would be something that would be voluntary. You must opt in for it. It would be private, secure, it would not be tracking your location. Imaginary people have downloaded california notify as examples. The phones were also being used by phones with bluetooth. Alice received a text from the California Department of Public Health so she can alert other users on that app that they might have been exposed. If alice cons
Settlements and forced from their homes. We need the feel p. And so fled to sudan and are now desperate for help. Im joining us though with Sports Major League Baseball star Robinson Camaro has been banned for a whole season for doping and must fulfill his 24000000. 00 salary. Thank you for joining us. We start this news hour with the coronavirus funday make and the race to find a vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show, promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those age over 70. The vaccine is being developed in partnership with Oxford University and is now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings. The positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to mount. More than 2000000. 00 cases have now been reported in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is sought to be much higher across the 54. 00 country, continent globally cases have surpassed 56000000. 00.
A man you saw in paris as bush fires force evacuations in australia Scientists Say 2020 is on course to be the hottest year ever. And in sport south africas one Day International cricket series with england has been called on it follows positive code 19 tasks and reported reaches to the team by a secure environment in cape town. Hello we begin in the u. S. Navigating its way through a president ial transition as well as a worsening coronavirus situation so a record 100000 people were admitted to hospital on sunday with more than 2000 americans dying from the disease every day while president elect joe bidens reportedly made his pick for Health Secretary. One of the incoming administrations most consequential jobs hes eyeing californias attorney general have you for that position well in his home state some 33000000 californians are now under sweeping new restrictions private gatherings will be banned as intensive care a capacity there continues to shrink members of congress who have be
After they took on the big money of wall street. And get your skates on the new Lockdown Craze sweeping the globe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Major trials of a new vaccine have shown its effective against some new variants of covid 19, helping to reduce fears that they might prove resistant. Novavax is an american jab but its being produced in the uk. Its also easier to roll out than some previous vaccines, since it doesnt need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. The news came amid a deepening row between another vaccine maker, astrazeneca, and the European Union over shortages. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. The Us Firm Novavax has released results of its british trial, showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid recorded were the result