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In less than three months, Israel expects to have immunized all its citizens who are over 16 against the novel coronavirus. Business Insider reports achieving that goal would likely make Israel the world's first to immunize the vast majority of its population. Israel has far outpaced the rest of the world with its vaccination campaign. In fact, it has already administered the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to about one in five of its citizens. Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a deal with Pfizer to secure enough doses to immunize its adult population by the end of March.
BioNTech and its partner, Pfizer, will seek emergency approval for their Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The drug companies will file paperwork for the emergency use of the vaccine with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a final analysis of the Phase 3 trial, the vaccine was found to be 95% effective in preventing Covid-19. The vaccine has been shown to work in all age populations. According to CNN, the new vaccine has shown no serious safety concerns. Drug company execs predict distribution to begin before the end of 2020.
People wait in line in front of St Thomas's Hospital vaccination centre in London the day after Britain recorded 78,610 coronavirus cases, the highest daily total since the coronavirus pandemic began. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pleaded with all Britons to get booster jabs in the face of the spiralling infections. IMAGES
Shenzhen/Beijing, Oct 4 (EFE/EPA).- The indebted Chinese real estate giant Evergrande said Monday it had suspended trading of its securities listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, without offering further details on the matter.The group reported this suspension, which also affects "all structured products related to the company," in a statement issued through the Hong Kong stock market, which returned to activity Monday after a three-day hiatus.The company climbed 15 percent on the stock market Wednesday after announcing the sale of a large part of its shares in a bank to a state company and after the debt rating agency Fitch lowered the rating of the group's long-term debt due to the uncertainty about its offshore bonds. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE EVERGRANDE GROUP HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE; AND THE EVERGRANDE CITY PLAZA IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Hong Kong, Sep 9 (EFE/EPA).- Police from the National Security Department of Hong Kong loaded pieces of evidence Thursday gathered at the closed June 4th Museum.The museum commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.Four members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the organisers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square candlelit vigil, were arrested on September 8, one day after officially refusing to cooperate with a national security investigation. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: POLICE FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT LOAD PIECES OF EVIDENCE INTO A TRUCK IN HONG KONG, CHINA.