Questions here. What does this tell us about the efficacy and the safety of the vaccine . What can we learn in the shortterm from the United Kingdom . Why did they go first . What does the president think of that . We have new information this morning on who in the u. S. Will get this vaccine first. Plans approved overnight for front line workers and nursing homes. At this moment, the pandemic is at its worst stage in the u. S. Record hospitalizations overnight. Nearly 2,600 deaths reported. Thats the second highest day since the pandemic began. There is also a lot of breaking news out of the white house this morning. Cnn has learned in the past month, President Trump has discussed preemptive pardons for several people close to him, including his own children, his soninlaw, and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. This is in addition to potentially pardoning himself. Were also learning unsealed Court Records reveal that the Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related t
He also says he believes with the breakthrough they received now, with some of the approvals they think theyre going to get in the coming days, coming weeks, this could be, he said, the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Lets listen in. We believe it is really the start of the end of the pandemic, if we can he sure now a bold move out of the vaccine. I personally believe theres a number of companies now reaching, reaching, reaching the approval in the next few months. We might be able to deliver a sufficient number of doses at the end of summer 2021 to reach 60 to 70 coverage, which could give us the ability to have a normal end of the year. Its shocking to see with biontech and i asked him what will happen with the u. S. , what the next stages are there, jim, and he said he believes once the fda looks at the data, they will get approval a couple of days after the key meeting on the 11th of december, that they could get emergency use authorization in the United States an
Im michael holmes. Appreciate your company. This is cnn newsroom. It took only the u. S. The first five days of december to log more than a million new coronavirus cases. The nation has reported more than 14. 5 million total cases, now, and the growth rate is climbing. We just saw more than 200,000 new cases, for a fourth day in a row. Hospitals are just about at full capacity. More than 100,000 patients with covid19, in hospitals, for the past four days in the u. S. Medical workers, across the country, sick, tired, burning out. Not just from the workload, but from the heartbreak. I think that, sometimes, when you hear statistics like that, you become numb to what those numbers mean. But but for us, you knowin, e people that are taking care of these patients, every single number is somebody we have to look at and say, im sorry, theres nothing more i can do for you. And its just another family we have to call to tell them that their loved ones are going to die. Heartbreaking. The cdc tw
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Published: 20 Dec 2020 08:41 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Dec 2020 08:41 PM BdST Times are tough now, but the end is in sight. If we hunker down, keep our families safe during the holidays and monitor our health at home, life will get better in the spring. Here’s how to get through it. (Vinnie Neuberg/The New York Times) The pandemic is surging, but as bad as things are, the end is in sight. By doubling down on precautions, we can slow the virus and save lives. (Vinnie Neuberg/The New York Times)
Everyone is tired of living like this. We miss our families and our friends. We miss having fun. We miss kissing our partners goodbye in the morning and packing school lunches. We miss travel and bars and office gossip and movie theaters and sporting events.