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JERUSALEM -- The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing COVID-19, in a potentially landmark moment for countries desperate to end lockdowns and reopen economies. Up until now, most data on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has come under controlled conditions in clinical trials, leaving an element of uncertainty over how results would translate into the real world with its unpredictable variables. The research in Israel - two months into one of the world’s fastest rollouts, providing a rich source of data - showed two doses of the Pfizer shot cut symptomatic COVID-19 cases by 94% across all age groups, and severe illnesses by nearly as much. The study of about 1.2 million people also showed a single shot was 57% effective in protecting against symptomatic infections after two weeks, according to the data published and peer-reviewed in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in real world

The US space agency NASA released a spectacular panoramic view on Wednesday of the landing site of the Perseverance rover on Mars. The panorama shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched down last week and the cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance. It was taken by rotating the rover's mast 360 degrees. The mast is equipped with dual, zoomable cameras which can take high-definition video and images. The panorama is composed of 142 individual images stitched together on Earth, NASA said. This is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The panorama was stitched together on Earth from 142 individual images taken on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission (Feb. 21, 2021). Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU "We're nestled right in a sweet spot, where you can see different features similar in many ways to features found by Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity at … [Read more...] about NASA releases panorama taken by Mars rover

The Hanoitimes - If only 10% of current five million business households in Vietnam are formalized into enterprises, the task would become more feasible. Economist Nguyen Tri Hieu shared his view with Hanoitimes on the government plan to have 1.5 million enterprises by 2025, which would represent a surge of 85% from the current figure of 810,000. Economist Nguyen Tri Hieu. Recently, the government has tasked the Ministry of Planning and Investment with building a plan to achieve the target of having up to 1.5 million businesses by 2025. What is your view of this goal? Such a goal is very ambitious, given the fact that Vietnam has failed to realize the 1-million enterprises goal by 2020. However, it is worth mentioning that besides the current 810,000 operational enterprises, the country has over five million business households. They are the potential candidate to become small enterprises, because if 10% of them are formalized into enterprises, … [Read more...] about Government’s 1.5-million enterprises target ambitious but feasible: Expert