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The announcement by the US drug company Pfizer that its experimental vaccine provides “90% protection has raised global hope, while US President-elect Joe Biden forms a crisis cell in a effort to contain the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in the United States, the country most affected by the virus. ” Preliminary results of the third phase of the clinical trial currently underway, the last before obtaining a license, showed that the vaccine developed by Pfizer (United States) and “Biontech” (Germany) “is 90% effective,” they announced. the two companies this Monday.
The US and German companies said preliminary results from the third phase of clinical trials show protection for patients seven days after the second dose of the vaccine and 28 days after the first dose.
The two companies expected to provide 50 million doses of the vaccine in 2020, reaching 1.3 billion doses in 2021.
“More than eight months after the start of the worst epidemic in more than a century, we view this stage as an important step forward for the world in our battle against Covid-19,” said Pfizer President and CEO Albert Burla, it’s a statement.
The announcement by Pfizer and Bayontek, which may completely change the epidemiological landscape of Covid-19, although hopes have yet to be confirmed, caused a huge jump in global exchanges.
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called yesterday to continue fighting against the Covid-19 epidemic, warning that the world may be tired of facing this pandemic, but “it is not tired.”
A European source said that the European Medicines Agency is studying the vaccine-related data being developed by the two companies, and the European Union still hopes to have a vaccine available “in early 2021.”
For its part, the European Commission announced that the European Union will “soon” end its contract with Pfizer and Biontech to buy 300 million doses of vaccine.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump in a tweet welcomed this announcement and said it was “wonderful news.”
The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, confirmed that he saw a hint of “hope” in the announcement of the companies “Pfizer” and “Biontech”, warning that the “battle” is still long. The Director General of the World Health Organization considered the announcement of the companies “Pfizer” and “Biontech” “an encouraging news”.
Yesterday, the United States crossed the threshold of 10 million new infections with the Corona virus since the beginning of the outbreak in its soil, according to a census from Johns Hopkins University.
The number of confirmed cases in the countries most affected by the epidemic rose from nine million to ten million in just ten days, after registering a new record of daily cases last week. The total death toll was 237,564.
In Europe, where more than 12.7 million injured were registered, Portugal imposed a health emergency, accompanied by a curfew, in most of the country, starting Monday.
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said: “The only way to control the pandemic is to avoid social contact.” “We should not think that we will be able to face the pandemic without sacrifices,” he added.
Likewise, Romania imposed a night curfew yesterday, with the need to wear masks abroad and prohibit public and private celebrations, at a time when the country is close to registering ten thousand new daily injuries.
In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced a partial shutdown starting Wednesday. Meetings will be banned, restaurants will be closed, and cultural events will be canceled, while the curfew will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 a.m.
In France, signs are beginning to appear that give the first encouraging signs, especially in the Paris region.
On Sunday, France once again ruled out the possibility of imposing isolation on the elderly, who are the most vulnerable to severe forms of illness. On Saturday, France crossed the threshold of 40,000 deaths from Covid-19, and some people with the epidemic began to be transferred to German hospitals due to the full beds of the resuscitation departments in this country.
As for Russia, on Monday it registered a new record level in the number of injured, with about 22 thousand new cases, for which Moxu surpassed the highest level registered in May for the first time.
However, the Russian authorities have so far ruled out a new generalized shutdown.
(AFP)
