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Has a dark winter ahead plus azerbaijan celebrating a truce that seals its games from the fighting over disputed nagornokarabakh while in armenia people stormed parliament demanded resignations after the Prime Minister agreed to a russian brokered cease fire. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Leaders in science and politics have been welcoming the news of a Coronavirus Vaccine that works and does so safely germanys biotech and u. S. Drug maker pfizer and mounts their experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in Clinical Trials now if Health Authorities give the green light it could be rolled out if limited quantities by the end of this year. Its somehow fitting that beyond takes headquarters in the german city of mines is located on a street called at the gold mine because the German Biotechnology Company along with its American Partner pfizer just may have struck it big. As a result showing that after an interim evaluation the vaccine is able to prevent infection with
Axiom that is 90 percent the fact is we will see how germany is buying tack and u. S. Pharmaceutical giant pfizer have the world daring to hope. Plus u. S. President elect joe biden unveiling his coded 19 task force he warns that until a vaccine is widely available the u. S. Has a dark winter ahead. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program protests have erupted in armenia after its Prime Minister agreed to a peace deal with azerbaijan the truce and the fighting in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh and allows us or by john to keep its territorial days now at least a 1000 people have been killed since the longstanding conflict erupted again in september russia mediated the cease fire which moscow says will enable a permanent end to the bloodshed. Thousands of armenians demonstrated outside government headquarters in the capital yerevan to show their displeasure over the countrys peace deal with azerbaijan that also includes russia as a peacekeeper hundreds of the protesters actually ma
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Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us as coburn 1000 cases climbed around the world once again we take a closer look at the government that has most successfully tackled the pandemic in asia taiwan just 7 people have died of the corona virus there with a total of 570 cases ever recorded as of this tuesday some people have pointed out its island geography as one explanation but take one look at the u. K. And that should dispel any myth about an island advantage in fact taiwan was especially vulnerable in the early days of the pandemic with hundreds of flights going to china every week making its success in the fight against cove it all the more remarkable. Massive. Joyful faces this year taiwans private rate was more than a showcase for the islands liberties but also its achievement in containing coronavirus it seems to relate to many others around well as do severing from the outbreak but here has never been any kind of lock down people have gone through more th