Critical posts. Refused to concede the race. There was no shortage of gold. And one of the best games of the seas. Are welcome to the program we begin with some breaking news that german based Pharmaceutical Company beyond texas one of the vaccines its developing with pfizer of the u. S. Is more than 90 percent effective against coverage 19. Has published the results of large scale Clinical Trials saying that it has found no serious safety concerns. Beyond the 1st drug makers to show successful data in the trial i cover of the virus vaccine. Thats got more from Political Correspondent nina hoss nina how significant is this announcement. Inspan the German Health minister just gave a statement and actually a press conference where he was asked particularly this question and he said that he was proud because it is a German Company that seems to be in the lead of this race for a vaccine but he also cautioned against hopes that might be too high he said it was a good sign that says now we d
Doctors and then is turned away because simply there is no vaccine available for that person so he says its important to have that debate at the moment so that the entire society can agree on which groups need to have access fast which is why unspun and other experts are discussing the set of priorities and theyre trying to prepare the population that there needs to be priorities and that the coronavirus vaccination will happen in so called Vaccination Centers that are currently being built there not quite there yet but theyre saying they have a bit of time until they have the 1st vaccine and then vaccinations will happen there and so theyre saying that the 1st group who would get access to the vaccine would be of course high risk groups and to avoid fatalities and then people who look after those high risk groups and doctors nurses etc who are exposed to the virus a lot and then people who work in areas that are essential and vital to maintain public life such as the police or europe
Plans to fill critical. To the program we begin with breaking News Pharmaceuticals giant pfizer has announced that its Coronavirus Vaccine developed in partnership with German Company built on tech is 98 percent effective 2 companies are the 1st to show successful data from a trial such a vaccine. Found no serious safety concerns and expect to see. Emergency use in the United States this month. So lets explore this with to be a support an epidemiologist a. Hospital welcome to you how significant do you feel this news is. Well i think this is a significant step and we know that several companies are working on that since and were hoping to hear this news. Soon and so today we heard the news however we have to understand this is an interim analysis so does this not the end of the trial that is currently still ongoing and its a press release so we have not seen the data in detail but we have very. Positive that this data hold true and that a lot of people who are vaccinated are protected
Potentially even months. Actually using a new technology called messenger r. N. A. Technology i wonder if you could explain not just a simple. Yes so what you tell you do not take the virus on on the journey and you take messenger r. N. A. From the end of jan after a virus and inject it to the body and the immune system cells are taking this messenger r. N. A. Inside of the cell and then producing the antigen on the surface of the cell and by that attacking the virus so this is a very neat way of of a vaccine important also is that a very different ways of that since currently produced so if this is not working for everyone then maybe the other ones are working for those in which this vaccine is not working. Seems often take upwards of 10 years to be developed yet here we are not even a year into this pandemic what will have what causes will have been caught what will not be done that usually gets done to get a vaccine this far this fast yes quick 19 is new but the coronavirus isnt so
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