Americans prepare to leave for thanksgiving travel, which Health Officials are urging families to stick this year. Senior correspondent looks all of this, laura ingle starts us off tonight from melbourne new york. Good evening, laura. Good evening, bret. Here in new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo made an announcement today that the state plans to reopen an emergency facility on Staten Island to treat Covid Patients because cases there have not tripled. This, as news comes with yet another vaccine showing strong potential. The Drugmaker Astrazeneca announced it has produced a covid19 vaccine which shows a promising efficacy rate of 90 without the need for ultracold storage like some of the other vaccines in development. Its a very deployable vaccine and we need lots of people to be vaccinated. Astrazeneca, which has been developing vaccine with scientists outwards university oxfords university. The news coming up to the federal Drug Administration Advisory Committee set a date of december
Theres the cost of paying the uk vaccine regulator says for premises like these, the covid 19 vaccine will definitely be ready to go Business Rates, the high into care homes in tax on property, the next two weeks. And then, of course, the often a large scale vaccine cheaper and more convenient roll out begins in russia. Alternative online shopping. The makers of the sputnik jab its a really tough claim its up to 95 effective, time to be in retail. To help sweeten the deal but its still undergoing trials. For independent retailers like this chocolate maker, there are calls for the government the lifeline which keeps breaking to redistribute the Business Rates down residents on the isle relief cash that several large of wight call for a supermarkets have given back multi Million Pound floating to the treasury this week. Bridge to be scrapped. As for so many, christmas is the most important time of year for her business. But this season, shes afraid therell be fewer parcels to wrap. Lockd
But the nations four chief medical officers are urging caution, saying it will only have a marginal impact on the numbers in hospital this winter. So, mass testing is likely to be key to containing the virus. But there are concerns here too, after the rapid turnaround tests used in a pilot in liverpool missed half of all cases. Katherine da costa reports. Council staff here in wolverhampton are preparing to roll out mass testing from monday. Nose and throat swabs are taken but instead of being sent to a lab, lateralflow tests provide results within half an hour. But there is concern they are not as accurate as standard pcr tests, so more people could be told they are negative when they are not. If those people then go out and they visit their grandparents, they stop socially distancing and so on because they believe they havent got covid, thats not going to help, it could actually make it worse. In wolverhampton they hope Rapid Testing will help them move out of tier 3 by detecting tho
After wales emerged from its firebreak lockdown, the country is being moved back into tough new restrictions this evening. Pubs, bars and restaurants now have to close at 6pm and cant sell alcohol on the premises. The first minister, Mark Drakeford says wales is experiencing an unmistakable rise in coronavirus once again with a Record Number of covid related patients in hospital over the last week. Our wales correspondent, Hywel Griffith has more. Pints and profits down the drain. For this pub in cardiff, a dry december isnt viable, and so it will close. Like many brewers and landlords around wales, simon doesnt accept that pubs are the place where the virus is spreading. He says the new restrictions dont make sense. How can it be right and safe to open to serve food in pubs but not alcohol . It defies logic. Why is 6pm the bewitching hour as opposed to 10pm . In these difficult times, and in the month of december particularly, the lost revenue is significant. Boozy lunches are off the
And coronavirus stops play, as positive tests in englands hotel mean the one day series in south africa will face further delays. Now on bbc news, the travel show. Hello. Coming up on this weeks travel show, from the heart of hollywood to the shipwreck capital of the world. That was quite literally breathtaking. And from the streets of cuba. Beautiful car, beautiful. Can we go for a drive . To the canadian wilderness. Keep pushing so sit back and enjoy some of our favourite adventures in north america. Hello, and welcome to the programme. Well, with all this good news about possible vaccines, getting so excited that at some point next year, we will be able to return to what we do best but in the meantime, here we are, still grounded in london so this week were going to a look at the vast diverse continent of north america, starting with a touch of glamour, the time we sent mike to drop in on hollywood. Building work is well under way for a new museum set to open later this year from th