Also in ethiopia, where the government says its moving forward on its final offensive against fighters around to graze main city and palestinian leaders condemn the u. S. Secretary of states unprecedented visits to an illegal israeli settlement and the occupied Golan Heights. Welcome to the program. We begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find an effective vaccine. British, a pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2, trial show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. It says people over 70 who have been tested have shown a strong immune response. The vaccines being developed with Oxford University and its in the final stages of human trials. Now in the last 10 days, 2 other drug makers, pfizer and madonna, reported their back scenes are more than 90 percent effective in late stage trials. Well, globally cases have surpassed 56000000. There have been more than 1300000 deaths worldwide. 250000 of those in the u. S. Making it the worst affecte
Lives health system, and the death toll in uganda rises to 16 up to protest against the arrest of Opposition Leader bobby wind and palestinian leaders condemn the us. Secretary of state, unprecedented visit to an illegal israeli settlement on the occupied Golan Heights. And he just came in to go to a sports returns to spain and says hes tired of always going to blame for problems at barcelona. Good to have you company. Welcome to the news. We start with the corona virus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine for tisha pharmaceutical giant astra. Zeneca said its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. Now the vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university. And its now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings. The good news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. More than 2000000. 00 have been reported in africa, but low testing rates mean the actual
Bikinis, in an election, overshadowed by violence and sustained by claims of vociferous bill in a dramatic escalation, ethiopias Prime Minister has issued a 72 hour ultimatum to forces in the dissident region of to cry says the 10 gripe Peoples Liberation front has 3 days to surrender or praise for an all out assault on the regional capital mccalla a. The Reuters News Agency has been reporting that to grind forces have destroyed roads and bridges to slow down the government offensive. The Ethiopian Military plans to surround the city with tanks and artillery in an effort to end the nearly 3 week war. And in an address on state t. V. Residents were told to save themselves and leave the city while they still have the time to do so. Prime minister ahmed says, all humanitarian needs will be addressed and that his government would help with the eventual return and reintegration of refugees. There is mamma does, has more now from ethiopias capital. The Government Forces i yet to reach the ou
Stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at San Francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow at noon. The order will be in place until january 4th as of now Sonoma Napa Solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15 threshold that state home order does mean personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery means Outdoor Dining is out of the picture. It also affects indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds Entertainment Centers zoos and museums open airbuss and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. The new more restrictive health order. In Santa Clara County will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of whats allowed and whats not were going to check in
The United States is hoping to begin a Sweeping Program of vaccinations against the coronavirus early next month. The head of the White House Vaccine Task force says it plans to vaccinate 20000000. 00 people before the end of the year. 2 vaccines of approval in early december. Both of them are said to be 95 percent effective. Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. So i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people who would be immunized across the United States across all states. In all the areas where this, the state department of health would have to told us where to deliver the vaccine. G. 20 leaders of promise to spend 0 efforts in making sure Coronavirus Vaccine to distribute it fairly around the world. But concluding their Virtual Summit hosted by saudi arabia. There were few specifics on exactly how this is going to be guaranteed. Discussions also focused