Who joins us. Reporter good morning to those of you watching and listening. Take a u. S. Map, you can throw a dart toward that map and no matter the region it lands the story is the same. No states in the u. S. Are heading in the right direction. As you just mentioned a short time ago about 36 states right now are seeing an increase, zero states reporting a decrease. Here in Wisconsin State Health leaders are taking steps to try to stop the spread. You talked about that alternative care facility, well, its set to open any moment now just outside of milwaukee here at the state fair park. Its on the state fairgrounds here in milwaukee. Here is the deal, its not a traditional hospital so if you are experiencing covidlike symptoms you cant just show up and walk in. You must be referred by a health care provider. The facility can hold about 530 patients, but when it opens today there will be staff to treat 50 patients. We are talking about patients who have acute cases, they need lowlevel c
Of the most well known names on the uk high street has collapsed into adminsistration putting 13,000 jobs at risk. And under covid rules the scotch egg will be classed a substantial meal. Hugely significant to thousands of uk pub goers who must eat, if they are to be allowed to drink. The bad news youll probably still be hungry. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Lets start with the good news. Things are moving fast on the Covid Vaccine front. Moderna filed for us Regulatory Approval of its vaccine today the second pharaceutical company to do so. And an Advisory Panel to the cdc will meet tomorrow to decide who should get the very first doses. But widespread Vaccine Distribution is still months away and in the meantime the number of infections in the us is soaring. Hospitals are overrun and Health Care Workers are exhausted. This weekend dr fauci warned america could see a thanksgiving surge in cases, on top of the existing winter surge. But the Top Trump
The government plans to reward farmers for protecting the environment post brexit. And after 400 years, thanks to a conservation programme, beavers are back on exmoor, building their first dam. And coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. Well hear from the british doctor who helped Romain Grosjean escape from the burning wreckage of his car at the bahrain grand prix. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Three weeks after the end of its last lockdown, wales is to bring in new restrictions as its Covid Infection rate rises yet again. Pubs, restaurants and cafes will be banned from serving alcohol from friday and will have to close from six in the evening. Indoor entertainment and visitor attractions, including cinemas, bingo halls, museums and galleries will also have to shut. The first minister Mark Drakeford said without the new restrictions there could be up to 1,700 preventable deaths over the winter. He confirmed that he will look again at travel restr
Enough. Wales is imposing stricter coronavirus measures with all pubs and restaurants closing from six oclock every evening. Of course we can open, but a pub with no alcohol is not a pub anymore. Its as simple as that. Arcadia, the retail group behind brands like topshop, burton and Dorothy Perkins faces collapse within hours. Theres no sign of a rescue deal. Running a Young Fashion business is very difficult. Its a brutal environment. They want newness all the time, they want to be excited all the time, and unless you provide that for them, youre not going to be successful. Therell be no immediate Public Inquiry into the murder of solicitor pat finucane the government says it will first wait for the results of a review by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. And, the Prime Minister says everyone including celebrities should follow the regulations as rita ora apologises for throwing a Birthday Party for 30 on her 30th the Prime Minister is battling to win support for the introductio
Four White Police Officers attacking a black music producer. That made france rewrite security laws. Iranians have held a state funeral for one of the countrys top Nuclear Scientists who was assassinated on friday. Officials are vowing to avenge his death. Translation and the enemies should know this is their first defeat. If they aimed to kill our dear martyr so that his name would fade away, now his name is sung everywhere. And here in the uk, rita ora has apologised for having a Birthday Party at a restaurant in london which broke covid rules. Lets begin with the latest on the covid vaccines. The Us Pharmaceutical Company moderna has filed for both us and eu Regulatory Approval for its vaccine. Its the second to file for us approval pfizer did that last week. And the American Health secretary, alex azar, is already saying he thinks the vaccines will be in use before christms. Here he is speaking to cbs. Pfizer submitted their application for emergency authorisation and then moderna