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Boris Johnson to address nation this afternoon as vaccine hopes announced
Boris Johnson will address the nation from Downing Street this afternoon as good news about a coronavirus vaccine was announced.Pharmaceutical company Pfizer said on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate is more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 during a major trial.Following the announcement, the Prime Minister said he would give a televised press conference at 5pm on Monday afternoon, which will presumably provide more information about the vaccine and when it might be available to the public.Pfizer, which is developing the mRNA-based vaccine with BioNTech, said the results were from a independent interim analysis of the results of its phase three clinical study.Dr Albert Bourla, Pfizer chairman and CEO, said: "Today is a