The chief executive of BioNTech said the company is confident its COVID-19 vaccine works against the U.K. variant, but said further studies are needed to be completely sure.
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Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines to see if they work against the mutated version of the virus found in the United Kingdom and other countries, the companies said.
President Donald Trump is looking for ways to overturn the 2020 election and is relying on a group of fringe advisers. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond reports.
Water is a scarce commodity in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Nevertheless many farmers have still to learn how to use water more efficiently for their fields. The Marvi project was set up to change that.
A new study says that human-made structures now outweigh all living things on Earth. CTV science expert Dan Riskin reports.
US lawmakers have reached a deal to finalize a $900-billion (€735-billion) economic relief package that would deliver long-overdue help to businesses and individuals hit by the pandemic, top congressional leaders said Sunday. The relief package will include $600 in direct payments to most Americans and would establish $300 per week in temporary supplemental jobless benefits. It would give hundreds of billions of dollars of additional aid to small businesses and provide $25 billion for rental assistance, according to sources cited by the Reuters news agency. The bill would also include aid for vaccine distribution and logistics. The package is the second-largest stimulus bill in US history, following the $2.2 trillion in aid that was passed under the CARES Act in March. The Democratic-led House of Representatives is expected to vote on the legislation on Monday, said a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. This would be followed by a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate later in the day. Both chambers of Congress passed a stopgap measure on Sunday evening to extend federal funding by 24 hours to avoid a government shutdown, giving lawmakers more time to pass the relief bill. The measure is now headed to President Donald Trump to sign into law. The current funding expires at midnight. The relief package had been held up by months of wrangling between Republicans and Democrats, who accused each other of posturing and acting in bad faith. The legislation comes at a critical time for the world’s largest economy. Millions of Americans are set to lose jobless benefits after Christmas, and federal moratoriums on evictions and on the repayment of student loans are to expire at the end of the month. While the US has approved two vaccines for emergency use, the number of coronavirus cases and deaths continues to rise. Joblessness has also been rising over the past two weeks. The Federal Reserve estimates that the unemployment rate will end the year at 6.7%, before dipping to 5% in 2021.
Countries across the world have halted air travel to the U.K., and France banned British trucks from entering for a period of 48 hours, while a new strain of the coronavirus is assessed.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a nationwide restriction on flights coming from the United Kingdom as a new strain of Covid-19 impacts the country. While working with airlines to impose such a restriction for New York, the governor said it was “gross negligence” for the federal government not to do the same. Aired on 12/21/2020.
Boris Johnson delivers a statement after chairing a Cobra meeting, which was called in response to increased travel restrictions amid the coronavirus disease pandemic.