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The aim was to have it complete by 2026 to mark the centenary of gaudis death. but it has been further delayed after construction was halted due to the pandemic. when the elusive completion date does eventually roll around it will be the tallest church in the world, bringing gaudis vision to life. tanya dendrinos, bbc news, barcelona. a reminder of our top story: britains prime minister, borisjohnson, is facing questions over the effectiveness of his latest coronavirus restrictions. theres growi...

Vaccines effectiveness against omicron and pursuing a 3w5069er to target the new variant in case its needed. aas the omicron variant spreads across the country, pfizer announced today its booster shot offers significant protection. >> the booster shot could be the answer to the challenge that were facing with the omicron. >> reporter: but only a quarter of eligible americans have had a booster, just as covid hospitalizations jumped nearly 30% in the past month, driven by the delta variant. four ...

And the big announcement. and our made in america your ideas pouring in. good evening and its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin tonight with the major news this evening on the effectiveness of these vaccine boosters with this new omicron variant. tonight, pfizer now reporting that early data suggests that the booster does bring your antibodies back up, restoring protection to its highest level. tonighten, in pfizers new study, it did show that the new vasht di...

Joining me now is nbc news correspondent sam brock and msnbc medical contributor dr. kavita patel. she served as white house health policy director during the obama administration. dr. patel, good news from the pfizer ceo. with how much caution do you take the touting of the booster with him? >> katy, ill take good news, especially when it comes to a variant were watching globally. but with cautious. they took blood from patients who were immunized with two or three doses and used that lab to ne...

New variant, which the effectiveness of the variance against which is still unclear, to a large extent. many— still unclear, to a large extent. many questions remain about how effective _ many questions remain about how effective that could be. ministers in downing street at the moment, no doubt _ in downing street at the moment, no doubt considering what possible moves _ doubt considering what possible moves to— doubt considering what possible moves to make and if a decision is made _ moves...

About six months, you know, the effectiveness of the two-shot regimen starts to fade. you need a booster. this is not rocket science. its not a conspiracy. bill gates isnt putting another chip into your brain. this isnt hard, is it? >> of course not. my question is, what does neutralize mean? does willie know what neutralize means? >> good point. >> it offers protection. it offers protection, i guess, as the term they used. i dont know the specifics. i dont have percentages yet from the early st...

Point, _ government. we do expect at some point, more _ government. we do expect at some point, more restrictions to be announced if the government continuing contingency plans around coronavirus. that would mean facemasks being required in most settings _ facemasks being required in most settings and more people being required — settings and more people being required and told to work from home and possibly the introduction of vaccine — and possibly the introduction of vaccine passports as ...

>> let me break down the gaf yachts that we expressed, you mentioned mrna, not just pfizer, can we hope that this will inclue data from moderna? >> thus far everything that we said about the effectiveness, theyre really quite corporable. but have not done a head to head comparison, but i would be surprised if there was not the same sort of effect if as is now being reported with pfizer. >> does this indicate to you, does that tell you that the definition of fully vaccinated should include the bo...

Company saying the standard two-dose may not provide enough antibodies against the variant. >> two doses bence omicron are almost equivalent to the effectiveness against the -- the original variant. those are very good news. preliminary because we are waiting to see more data, more accurate data with the more accurate essays that will come in a week or two and of course more data. but so far looks like a third booster improves dramatically the efficacy. >> i have the best team with all the infor...

Detected in 21 states. cnns alexander field is covering the latest pandemic develo developments. >> to be protected of omicron, you really need a three-dose series of vaccination. and thats how we should look at it right now. the three-dose is what you need. >> reporter: early data from pfizer delivers promising news on the efficacy of its vaccine against the omicron variant. >> three doses against omicron are almost equivalent to the two-dose effectiveness we had against the wild type, the orig...