Nearly 90 percent effective against covert 90 in china says it will no longer recognize a special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference and. Communities in nigeria a dutch court is expected to deliver its verdict against Oil Giant Shell this hour. With your support of the 14 days of quarantine the worlds top tennis court in australia and friends were. Welcome to the news hour the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca kovan 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours now thats despite a growing dispute between the blog and the company about a short. Of supply so the e. U. Says the vaccine maker has breached its multimillion dollar contract it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues now on thursday brussels warned it may have to ban exports of vaccines produced on the continent to protect stock and its questioned why
The u. N. His bio is Available Online so let me be very brief in introducing him. Mark has more than 30 years of experience in both humanitarian and development context. Most of it spent with the u. K. s department for international development, which he eventually led as permanent secretary. He had led their humanitarian responses to such context as iraq, syria, nepal, several cases in africa, and haiti. He was also their directorgeneral for policy and corporate performance and finance. An extraordinary wealth of experience both in the context working where operations occur and on the infrastructure that helps to manage them. So were delighted to have sir mark with us today. Mark, there are innumerable humanitarian crises under way right now and at large scale. I know you Just Launched the u. N. s consolidated humanitarian appeal for the funding to support that effort. But today we want to focus on covid. And what the pandemic has meant for the crises that you helped to manage and for
Task force and we have continued. We have continued to be on the same mission we have been on throughout the course of this year that is to save american lives and work every day toward that day that we put the coronavirus in the past. Im joined today and youll hear in a few moments from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including those that are leading the effort of distribution, vaccinations under operation warp speed. I think you will be as impressed as i was at fema earlier today when i heard the detailed plans for the virtually Immediate Distribution of vaccines when they become approved and available to the American People. From very early in this pandemic had the presence direction we have followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally supported state managed and locally executed and to that end this past monday we completed our 41st Conference Call with all of the nations governor, every state and every territory. There we spoke about our current circu
Rollbacks and then be under the governors curfew kron fours dan kerman is following the story for us tonight is now live in the city with details good evening dance. Well this certainly shocking news, San Francisco of course moving from yellow jumping 2 spots to read now were finding out the cases have nearly quadrupled in a month and that means San Francisco could go to purple which will mean not only the curfew but will also be bad news for businesses because of additional rollbacks. Were in a search that has the potential to overwhelm our local Health System thats a dire warning from San Francisco Health Director doctor grant colfax cases of covid19 of nearly quadrupled in over a month. From 217 new cases the week of october 12th to 768 new cases this week and if the surge continues, San Francisco could be moved to the purple reopening tear as early as sunday. The choices we. You. I make in the next 2 weeks will determine the trajectory of this Holiday Season, a purple designation w
Good day, everyone, and welcome to msnbc headquarters in new york. There is a new timeline for the distribution of covid19 vaccines once they are approved for emergency use, and some americans could be getting them before christmas. Surgeon general drum adams said its authorization will submit its request on december 10, and some will answer within 24 hours of that request. The Surgeon General will reflect on what might have gone wrong with President Trumps handling of the pandemic. There are many Different Things we could have done differently. This virus has been challenging. I wish that, again, this hadnt been superimposed on top of an election. I wish we would have been able to come together as a nation and really talked about the science instead of the politics. Hmm. Well, this comes from new warnings today from dr. Anthony fauci on what to expect after the busy thanksgiving travel weekend. There almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what has happened with the trave