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City of rochester an announced their retirements amid protests over the handling of the death of a black man. But we begin with breaking news out of greece several fires are currently burning in the countrys largest migrant camp located on the Eastern Island of less bus they were deliberately set after additional coronavirus restrictions were announced following months of lockdown families were seen feeling from their tents that overcrowded facility holds more than 12000 people thats 4 times its capacity well ali i spoke to Douglas Hammond hes the cofounder of refocused media labs an organization that hosts citizen journalists inside maria can he explains whats unfolding. If the current moment there are several fires that are kind of all over the camp. Yes corona has been identified in this camp in recent days and the number of confirmed cases have been rising many of the as ....
That are kind of all over the camp. Yes corona has been identified in this camp in recent days and the number of confirmed cases have been rising many of the asymptomatic people have been put into a quarantine area on the far eastern side of the camp and that area earlier this evening was attacked by individuals who seemingly do not believe that corona is actually in the camp and that it is being seen as a reason to continue a 6 month lockdown in the camp some attacks on some vehicles to move people out of the camp or to move them around ensued and some of the people that were in this current team area were fleeing from that violence and in the process of that several fires were set on the perimeter and then now those fires have been set inside the camp also office for the asylum seeking process takes place is on fire our students living quarters are on fire. Numerous people have been evacuated from the area of their own accord or are now by authorities the space that was created for q ....
Hit by flooding in sudan. One of the worlds most advanced vaccine trials has been put on hold off to a participant fell ill astra zeneca says a patient has a potentially unexplained illness 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 julie fisher is from Georgetown Medical university 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 ....
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 ....