A man who ventured out on a glass-bottom bridge in China’s northeast was left clinging to the side for dear life after gale-force winds blew away some floor panels, leaving gaping holes in the structure hundreds of feet above the ground, local officials said.
The episode occurred on Saturday at Piyan Mountain in Longjing, China, state media said, citing the city government. It spurred a frantic attempt to rescue the man, whom the authorities did not identify. He inched his way to safety, helped or coaxed news accounts varied by a rescue crew. A photo of what state media said was the moment of terror went viral.
Christy Zahrt receiving the Pfizer vaccine at California State University, Northridge, in Los Angeles on Tuesday.Credit.Allison Zaucha for The New York Times
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is extraordinarily effective at protecting against severe disease caused by two dangerous variants, according to two studies published Wednesday.
The studies, which are based on the real-world use of the vaccine in Qatar and Israel, suggest that the vaccine can prevent the worst outcomes including severe pneumonia and death caused by B.1.1.7, the variant first identified in the U.K., and B.1.351, the variant first identified in South Africa.
“This is really good news,” said Dr. Annelies Wilder-Smith, an infectious disease researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “At this point in time, we can confidently say that we can use this vaccine, even in the presence of circulating variants of concern.”
Covid-19 Live Updates: Biden Administration to Share AstraZeneca Doses With Other Nations After Safety Review
India continues to set new daily infection records as lower-income countries are left behind richer nations in the inoculation drive. Vaccinated tourists from the United States can visit Europe this summer.
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People getting vaccinated at a government hospital in Mumbai, India, this month.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
The Biden administration, under intense pressure to do more to address the global coronavirus pandemic including a growing humanitarian crisis in India intends to share up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other nations, so long as the doses clear a safety review conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, officials said Monday.
Covid-19: U.S. Is Under Pressure to Export More Vaccine Supplies Amid Indiaâs Deadly Surge
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Indiaâs crisis could halt the vaccination campaign in Africa, which has 17 percent of the worldâs people and relies on vaccines produced in India.
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The body of a Covid-19 victim being carried at a crematorium in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
Biden administration officials are coming under increasing pressure to lift restrictions on exports of supplies that vaccine makers in India say they need to expand production amid a devastating surge in Covid-19 deaths there and falling demand in the United States.
Covid-19 Live Updates: Indiaâs Crisis Could Bring Africaâs Vaccination Campaigns to a Halt
A continent with 17 percent of the worldâs population relies on vaccines produced in India, but that country has restricted vaccine exports as it deals with crushing infection levels. In the U.S., cases are ebbing in the Upper Midwest.
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People waited to register for a Covid-19 vaccine in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday.Credit.Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
NAIROBI, Kenya â The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find open beds for infected loved ones. It is also wreaking havoc on the global vaccination effort.