Of businesses and hundreds of govements, all felt on our shoulders. Now, i think we can see light at the end of the tunnel. The messenger rnabased vaccine is considered a revolutionary, new approach, intended to boost the production of antibodies. The trial is still ongoing, and pfizer says data could change. But it plans to apply for emergency use ahorization as soon as possle. Pfizer expects toroduce upo 50 million vaccine doses globally this year, and up to 1. 3 doses next year. The company has agreed to supply japan with doses of the vaccine for 60 Million People by the end of next june. Experts welcomed the First Successful interim data from a largescale clinical test, but they say they need to know more details, especially about the vaccines safety. Right now,ere told 90 effica efficacy, but were not quite sure what that means. Does that mean preventing any illness, just serious illns . What about the transmission . Does the vaccine prevent tranission . We need a lot more informa
Of new cases had been flat or decreasing since a peak in early august, but the number has begun creeping up. The panel noted increases in hokkaido, tohoku and northern kanto regions as well as parts of okinawa. They say its a result of infection clusters and people visiting or leaving tokyo and the surrounding prefectures where there is no drop in infection rates. But the number of hospitalizations remains flat nationwide and the number of patients in serious condition is reportedly decling. The experts say provincial entertainment districts and expat communities could become super spreader sis teand they are calling for more Health Notices and tests in those areas, and they warn japan could see the kinds of explosive spread of infections in europe unless infections are dealt with. In australia authorities in the state of victoria have lifted coronavirus restrictions in and around the city of melbourne for the first time in about four months. Three, two, one. Whoo the city has been und
The coronavirus pandemic continues to loom large. Addressing the crowd in pennsylvania, trump again touted an experimental treatment he was given while hospitalized with covid19. The drug that they gave me, im going to were going to be distributing it all over the country to hospitals and everything else. A day earlier, Health Authorities said 19 people who attended two trump rallies in minnesota last month tested positive for the virus, but they say it is unclear if these people werere infected at the rallies. The u. S. Governments top Infectious Disease expert, anthony fauci, has warned that holding large gatherings is asking for trouble. Meanwhile, biden held a rally in florida where he criticized trump for his handling of the pandemic. So many lives have been lost unnecessarily because this president cares more about the stock market than he does about, you know, wellbeing of seniors. Biden also plans to visit pennsylvania later this week where he is likely to continue his focus on
Seven others for violating the new law and about 180 people for Unlawful Assembly and other related offenses. It follows a tumultuous start to the day with protesters taking to the street to voice their opposition to the law. Beijing approved the new legislation on tuesday. It lays out four criminal acts it says endangers National Security. Secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign or external sources. If convicted, people could face life in n prison. Chief executive carrie lam defended the law in the ceremony to mark the 1997 handover. Translator the enactment of the law is the most important thing for hong kongs relationship to the mainland since the handover. Its a historic step as it has completeted a system to prprote our sovereignty and security. But critics say the law undermines the one country two systems framework which is supposed to guarantee hong kong a high degree of autonomy and judicial independence. The number of coronavirus cases here in japan conti
North korean state media cited a spokesperson for the army on wednesday. The report says the units will be mobilized in two areas where interkrkorean joint projects ar located. The announcement follows the militarys warning on tuesday that it was reviewing an action plan to reenter the Demilitarized Zone on the border. The report also unvailed plans for military exercises that would be conducted near the military demarcation line. Regional players are reacting to north koreas moves. The japanese government will work closely with south korea as well as the united d states to analalyze the norths reasons f demolishshing the liaisison off. Before the tuesdays explosion. Japanese government officials consider it unlikely that the incident will lead to Major Military clashes between the two koreas as pyongyang had given advanced warning of their plan. Some officials have noted that it w was kimim y y jongng, nortn leader kim jonguns sister to w. H. O. Had given the warning. They say it appe