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About the coronavirus vaccine being developed by pfizer and biontech. final trials show it is 95% effective in people over the age of 65. whats more, it has passed safety checks, making it ready for approval by authorities around the world. its due to roll out later this year. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. yet more good news on vaccines. last week, pfizer/biontech were the first to show their vaccine protected against covid. now we have more detail. pfizer says the vaccine is more tha...

Public in general. shaimaa khalil. to the latest on covid—19 now. new york city is temporarily closing its schools eight weeks after they reopened, fearing that a second wave of coronavirus has arrived. the number of deaths in the us has passed a quarter of a million. but theres some good news about the coronavirus vaccine being developed by pfizer and biontech. final trials show it is 95% effective in people over the age of 65. whats more, it has passed safety checks, making it ready for appr...

These should sweep up after the antibodies and destroy any cells that have become infected. but we dont know yet whether the oxford astrazeneca vaccine actually protects against disease. those vital results from bigger trials are due soon. if it works, there could be three effective covid vaccines coming on stream before christmas. we need about 60—70% of the population to take up the vaccine. so once the vaccines get approval, its really important to get the message out that these vaccines ar...

Really the only way we are going to get out of this pandemic is by vaccination, mass vaccination. so shall we break down what we know at the moment? for example, we have spoken to you about how gps are going to be able to administer it and staffing issues and nurses, and may be pharmacies, but the practicalities of storing the vaccines and there was concern because one has to be kept at lower than freezing temperature, —70, perhaps. what about the practicality and has anything been done toward...

It could be as early as the end of winter. it really depends on the logistics and everything, but it is looking very promising indeed for swifter access to this particular vaccine. two other vaccine candidates, pfizer and moderna, are already on the verge of submitting their results to regulators. the uk has invested to differing degrees in all three of these leading vaccines, but, as this breakdown shows, hopes are pinned especially on the oxford one. overall, the uk has placed orders for vacci...

Really know whether this vaccine actually works. then, things could move fast. the productions already begun, so i think that most people believe that the oxford vaccine will be ready to receive much quicker than the others. it could be as early as the end of winter. it really depends on the logistics and everything, but it is looking very promising indeed for swifter access to this particular vaccine. two other vaccine candidates, pfizer and moderna, are already on the verge of submitting their...

After a recount. also coming up: australia faces up toa also coming up: australia faces up to a shameful record of war crimes. a report fine soldiers in afghanistan unlawfully killed at least 39 civilians and prisoners. and an angry reaction from palestinians after mike pompeo becomes the first us secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement on land occupied by israel. we start in the us, where the number of people whove died from coronavirus has hit a quarter of a million. cases are rising i...

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In the u.s. final results of the phase 3 trial show the drug is 95% effective even in older adults with no serious safety concerns. cnns frederik pleitgen spoke with biontechs ceo, who says initial distribution could begin in a matter of weeks. >> we might get an automization already in 2020, which might help us to start distribution of the first vaccine batches already in 2020. our goal is to supply several hundred million doses in the first four to five months in 2021. this will already have a...

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