Coronavirus Watch: What to know about Pfizer's encouraging vaccine news
Encouraging news about Pfizer's vaccine candidate spread Monday morning as people around the world look for reprieve from a virus that continues to infect at a staggering rate.
In study results released Monday, vaccine candidate BNT162b2 was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 infection among trial participants, Pfizer and its collaborator BioNTech said. Here's what to know.
This is Monday's Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's the news , as of 1:50 p.m. EST.
- The U.S. hit 10 million total cases, per Johns Hopkins University data. All but one state reported more cases last week than the week prior.
- President-elect Joe Biden announced his COVID-19 task force, and it includes Dr. Rick Bright, a former whistleblower from the Trump administration.
- Despite the need for doctors, some independent medical practices are struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic.
- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson became the latest Trump administration official to test positive for COVID-19.
Numbers check: The U.S. reported at least 100,000 new coronavirus cases for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday. Check in on the numbers in your state, right here.
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– Jay Cannon, Paste BN Network and Wires Editor, @JayTCannon on Twitter