NEWS: NFL postpones Ravens-Steelers game for second time due to Covid-19 outbreak

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LIVE UPDATES - The latest on the coronavirus pandemic By Jessie Yeung, Adam Renton, Melissa Macaya and Veronica Rocha, CNN
The NFL announced on Friday that it will move the game between the Baltimore Ravens and the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers to Tuesday out of an "abundance of caution to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches and game day personnel."
The game was originally scheduled to be played on Thanksgiving Day, but was then moved to Sunday after several Ravens players tested positive for coronavirus in consecutive days. Now the league is moving the game for a second time.
Baltimore has sent 12 players to the Reserve/Covid-19 list this week, including MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson. The Ravens currently have 14 players on the list overall, according to the Ravens' website.
The NFL describes the Reserve/Covid-19 list as being for players who either test positive for Covid-19 or who have been quarantined after having been in close contact with an infected person or persons.
The Ravens were set to host the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday but the NFL also announced that game has now been moved to Dec. 7.
More than 264,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US
From CNN's Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Watts
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At least 12,993,261 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the US and at least 264,241 people have died from virus, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases.
So far today, Johns Hopkins has reported 109,997 new cases and 787 deaths. Friday marked the 25th consecutive day the US reported more than 100,000 new coronavirus cases.

While an overall number may be important in terms of policy, Ryan said it will be important to be strategic about which groups are targeted for vaccination.
"It may be much more important to target certain sections of the community than it will be to necessarily target some others who may not be participating in transmission as much," he said.
And the vaccine may not be a miraculous solution to the pandemic, he cautioned. "I don't think anyone can promise eradication of this virus until we understand much more about the vaccine, and much more about how the vaccines work in the real world and until we understand much more about the details of transmission of this virus."
Katherine O'Brien, director of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO, added to Ryan's point with the example of measles. Last year was a terrible year for measles outbreaks globally, she said.
"Many of those outbreaks were happening in countries that had very high measles vaccine coverage," she said. "But it wasn't about the whole country's coverage that was important, it was about the sub communities, the sub national coverage."
2 hr 18 min ago
Distribution of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is possible with the right tools, WHO official says
From CNN's Lauren Mascarenhas
With the right tools, distribution of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine - which requires ultra-cold storage - is possible, but people may need to be strategic about where they allocate those resources, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Friday.
"There is demonstrated experience of delivering ultra-cold chain vaccines, even in some of the most difficult and remote areas," said Katherine O'Brien, director of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO.

The task does require enormous resources, and people may need to use a targeted distribution approach, O'Brien said during a news briefing in Geneva.
"Part of the approach that many countries may take is to choose to use vaccines that require an ultra-cold chain for only certain portions of the population that need to be vaccinated," she added.
O'Brien said some may choose to use the vaccine among health care workers, in facilities where installing an ultra-cold freezer may be more simple than in other settings.
"Every country is going to have to work very hard and is going to have to innovate around systems to actually deliver vaccines that do have an ultra-cold chain," O'Brien added, citing solutions like portable freezers and dry ice.
O'Brien noted that Pfizer has developed special thermal shippers to transport the vaccines, which can maintain the temperature of the vaccines for about 10 to 15 days.
"The intention is certainly to be able to use it, along with other vaccines because no one vaccine is going to have adequate supply, nor will any one vaccine necessarily have suitable operational characteristics to meet all of the needs," she said.
Remember: Pfizer and BioNTech submitted on Nov. 20 to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine candidate.
Emergency use authorization, or EUA, from the FDA is not the same as full approval. An EUA allows products to be used under particular circumstances before all the evidence is available for approval.
The FDA intends to make a decision about authorizing Pfizer and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine within a few weeks of a key meeting scheduled for Dec. 10, according to an agency official.
2 hr 20 min ago
Here's the latest coronavirus update from France
From CNN's Eva Tapiero
The number of coronavirus patients hospitalized and in intensive care units in France has continued to decline since Nov. 17, according to figures released by the French Health Agency on Friday.
There are currently 28,620 Covid-19 patients in France's hospitals, a decrease of 662 from Thursday.
In addition, the number of patients in intensive care units is down by 695 from last Friday's figures. There are now 3,871 Covid-19 patients in intensive care units.
Data released also shows the positivity rate of people tested for Covid-19 over the past seven days keeps decreasing with 11.7% on Friday, compared to almost 18% two weeks ago.
France registered 12,459 new coronavirus cases Friday, bringing the total to 2,196,119.
2 hr 56 min ago
Brazil's president says he won't take a Covid-19 vaccine
From CNN's Shasta Darlington
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that while his government will distribute the approved coronavirus vaccines free of charge to the population, he personally will not take one.
Bolsonaro has repeatedly downplayed the severity of Covid-19, even after contracting the virus in July, and has raised doubts about future vaccines.
During his weekly broadcast streamed live on social media Thursday night, Bolsonaro said the federal government would purchase vaccines approved by the regulatory commission Anvisa, and "place them at the disposal of the population for free and on a voluntary basis."
"I'm telling you, I am not going to take it. It's my right," Bolsonaro said.
He also said that Congress is unlikely to make the vaccine mandatory.
Brazil has the second-highest number of Covid-19-related deaths worldwide and the third-highest number of total cases.
1 hr 53 min ago
CDC committee discussing Covid-19 vaccine distribution calls emergency meeting for Tuesday
From CNN's Maggie Fox
A committee that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about vaccines has scheduled an emergency meeting for Tuesday.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices posted the meeting announcement on its website with little explanation.
While it does not say explicitly that the meeting is to discuss coronavirus vaccine distribution, there's no other likely reason for such a meeting to be called.
A CDC spokesperson later confirmed the meeting was called to discuss coronavirus vaccines but could not provide more details.
ACIP met on Monday to discuss whether to recommend any coronavirus vaccine that might get emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration and to talk about who should be first in line to get one.
While the FDA approves or authorizes a vaccine, it's the CDC, based on ACIP's advice, that decides who should get vaccines and when.
ACIP usually meets regularly three times a year but the approval of a pandemic vaccine is an unusual circumstance.
The CDC did not immediately answer requests for explanation about the meeting.
So far, Pfizer is the only company to apply for an EUA from the FDA. The submission to the FDA was based on results from the Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer's vaccine, which began in the United States on July 27 and enrolled more than 43,000 volunteers.

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