Expected to authorize a third vaccine shot, a booster for people who are immunocompromised which may include people undergoing Cancer Treatments or organ transplants or hiv. Pfizer working with moderna to provide a booster for those people with immunocompromised individuals. It is about to assure the most vulnerable who may need an enhanced vaccine to help their immune system. And meantime, the headlines from covid from the south have gone from bad to bleak. Wrap your head around this, 40 of the new covid hospitalization, and 40 are coming from florida and texas alone. And now more people hospitalized with the covid in florida than there were in New York during the worst of the worst last year. So many overflowing e. R. S and icus that one Florida County is asking residents to use 911 sparingly. And they are asking the federal government for ventilators, too. And in texas, one hospital is setting up tents outside in texas in august outside. And they are asking for nurses to come to tex
A new round of stimulus payments, a step closer to reaching millions of americans. How long it will take before your family sees a check. Plus widespread vaccinations are ramping up, nearly 3 million just today. The president says there should be enough vaccine for everyone who wants a shot by the end of may. And open and candid, prince harry and Meghan Markle get set to open up to the world. Is a royal rift about to get bigger . Im pamela brown in washington. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. You are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday evening. For millions of American Families this evening, it is no longer if but when they will receive their next pandemic stimulus checks. Cnns jessica dean is on capitol hill. Jessica, tell us what is the timeline if everything goes smoothly from here. When will American Families and businesses start to see these payments . Reporter the short answer, pam, is if everything goes as plan, which its looking as it will, it
And the Chinese Tennis Star peng shuai appears to have retracted her claim of sexual assault, as concerns persist around her wellbeing. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. Its nine in the morning in singapore, and 8pm in the us east coast. The fast spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus has become dominant in the United States with Lightning Speed. The variant now accounts for 73 of new infections in the us, according to estimates from the centre for Disease Control. In the new york area, its thought 90 of cases are omicron. With coronavirus cases rising quickly in new york, mayor Bill De Blasio says the city must move faster in its response to the omicron variant. Based the omicron variant. On everything we have seen based on everything we have seen so far, the cases are more mild than what we have experienced previously but again, a lot of research and evidence we are still waiting for. What we do know is Omicron Moves very fast, it is very transmit
Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. Its 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in geneva, where the World Health Organization has warned the Omicron Variant of coronavirus appears pretty good at evading immune responses. The who has said its also causing an increase in infections, both in the vaccinated and those whove already had the disease. Heres what the head of the organisation had to say. There is now consistent evidence that omicron is spreading significantly faster than the delta variant. And its more likely that people who have been vaccinated or have recovered for covid 19 could be infected or reinfected. Here are some of the other major developments in the coronavirus pandemic at this hour. Switzerland has become the latest european country to introduce new covid restrictions, including a mandatory order to work from home. Indonesia has added the united kingdom, norway and de