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Thank you. theres growing concern in northern ireland about the covid—i9 infection rate there. its the highest in the uk, and among the highest in europe. fermanagh and omagh in the south—west of the country has the highest rate of any local authority in the uk, with more than a thousand cases per 100,000 people. dr david farren is a consultant microbiologist and member of the bmas consultant committee. hejoins me now. how concerned should be be about these rates? i how concerned should be b...

Least seven days previously, they were -- the vaccine, the third dose, was 86% effective against infection. and the leader of that study said quite categorically that the triple dose is the solution to curbing the current infection outbreak. so that is the good and encouraging news. on the flip side the number of cases in israel is still rocketing. there were almost 10,000 new cases of covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours. that is the second highest on record. and in addition to that, israel...

Less than 24 hours, and saturday, and what meteorologists call a worst-case scenario. flooding took out roads, cell phone towers, and power lines. and josephine baker will become the first black woman to get francis -- frances highest. are the remains of the world famous singer will be reentered at the pantheon monument in paris. baker died in 1975, and was buried in monaco. more of the week with joshua johnson after the break. johnson after the break. are you one of the millions of americans wh...

To go get vaccinated now. and he reiterated his call for private and public sector leaders to implement vaccine requirements or mandates about one-third of the eligible population in the united states, 82 million people, still has not been vaccinated. and more than 1,000 americans nearly all of them unvaccinated are dying from covid each day. thats the highest that number has been in five months. cnns chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins joins me now live. and, kaitlan, fda approval a...

♪ bret: stocks were up today. the dow gained 216. the s&p 500 rose 38. the nasdaq added 228 today to finish at a new record high. the food and drug administration grants full approval to pfizers covid-19 vaccine 18 and older. hoping that milestone will lift public confidence in the vaccine. president biden touted the approval calling on private companies to step up vaccine mandates. this comes as the rate of covid-19 hospitalizations for children is at the highest we have seen since the cdc st...

Than i was hoping but certainly not rushed. were in a global pandemic, and usually they are looking at lots of different drugs at the same time. this was obviously given priority status. and they had six months before the full application was even filed by pfizer to do a lot of the back work. i think the fda took its time, it did a careful review. i wish they had moved a little faster, but im really, really happy to see this full approval. >> we brought back the number of deaths because sanjay, ...

Approval to pfizers covid vaccine. making it the first to secure that seal of approval from the federal government. health officials hope it will convince more americans that the pfizer shot is safe and effective. right now about 82 million people still have not been vaccinated. and this is a critical moment. more than 1,000 americans, nearly all unvaccinated are now dying from covid each day. thats the highest this number has been in five months. the urgency of now. lets start with cnns kaitlyn...

Arrested on saturday. angus, hi. what more can you tell us about this? certainly, folks are getting pretty, pretty angry because its been, i dont know, you tell me how long since there have been lockdowns there where you are? >> well, robyn, where i am here in sydney, the worst-hit city in australias third wave of covid-19. a lockdown has been in place since last june. and it will be in place until at least the end of september, and perhaps further on. thats as the delta variant moves through sy...

50% for the first time in his presidency, just 49% approve, which is down from 53% in april. now, some of that is afghanistan related in those heartbreaking images weve been seeing, but the president is also losing ground on some other areas. his approval of how hes handled coronavirus. now down to 53%. a huge drop of 16 percentage points just since april. and hes also slipping on the economy. just 47% give president biden the thumbs up on how hes handling the economic matters when just four mon...