In the u. S. State. Trials for one of the worlds leading Coronavirus Vaccine contenders have been put on hold astra zeneca says a patient has a potentially unexplained illness which will need further investigation the pharmaceutical giant is working with Oxford University to help develop the vaccine which had begun late stage testing last week thousands are taking part in the trial in the u. K. U. S. Brazil and south africa last month astra zeneca agreed to supply the e. U. Up to 400000000 doses if the vaccine is proved safe and effective taking its global target to 3000000000. 00 well lets speak to julie fisher she is an associate Research Professor of microbiology and immunology at Georgetown Medical university she joins us now from washington d. C. Julie i know this sounds ominous to a lot of people but this is the reason you do stage 3 trials right but what does this mean for the development of this vaccine. So this is exactly as you said the reason that there are phase 3 Clinical
One of the worlds most advanced vaccine trials has been put on hold after a participant fell ill astra zeneca says a patient has a potentially unexplained this which will need further investigation the pharmaceutical giant is working with Oxford University to develop the vaccine late stage testing got underway last week thousands of taking part in the u. K. U. S. Brazil and south africa its hoped 3000000000 doses can be distributed globally but judy fisher is from Georgetown Medical university and she explained why these steps have been taken. At this point a group of external experts will be consulted and its a normal part of the process theyll be called in to see if any adverse events that were reported and were serious are likely to be due to the vaccine or to be unrelated and their advice will help decide whether or not the vaccine trial continues we are all familiar with my old versa vents that can happen after vaccination like fever or pain at the side of the injection to put a p
City of rochester stepped down amid protests over the death of a black man. We begin with breaking news out of the Afghan Capital kabul the Vice President has survived what appears to have been an assassination attempt a spokesman for a miller salis says hes unharmed 2 other people were killed when solace convoy was attacked lets get more details on this now speak to nazirite hes a journalist in kabul now so what more can you tell us about this attack on the Vice President s convoy. Yes an explosion trying to convert the office of vice. Kabul is a Spokesman Says mr zolli has survived the bombing but this man has been warned it and mean its your problem is that. These 2 people and want it more than a dozen and thoughtless of that that woman and children want it exposing them to do more and that but by then it was going to his or its. Not see here and who could have been behind this attack can is anyone likely to claim responsibility so far no militant who has members on stability is on
And desperate for help hundreds of thousands of people are affected by flooding in sudan. Thank you very much for joining us we begin with breaking news in afghanistans Vice President has survived what appears to have been an assassination attempt at least 6 people were killed when his convoy was bombed in kabul the former intelligence chief is one of the most targeted men in afghanistan and has escaped several attempts on his life a short time after the blast he post said this video goes lot after work about it for i want to assure you in a message that im following unsafe but some of my security guards injured and they are in hospital i do not know about because you are to use about 0 people and once again im sorry about this i dont want to thank all of those who sin the messages about my health i want to thank all the Security Forces were fighting against terrorism and theyre acting as a shield to face these terrorist attacks and im proud of them they saw speak to producer in kabul
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