Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘90% effective’ in Phase 3 trial | Evening wRap

Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective in Phase 3 trial  

The race to a coronavirus vaccine may soon be over as drugmakers from the United States and Germany announce their vaccine is 90% effective in preventing COVID-19.

• Trump refuses to concede, Biden leads on COVID-19

United States President-elect Joe Biden forges ahead with his promise to prioritize the COVID-19 pandemic by naming his own coronavirus team.

• UP cancels UPCAT 2021

University councils across the University of the Philippines system cancel the UP College Admission Test or UPCAT for first year students of academic year 2021-2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• No Duterte hand in Calida move to have Leonen inhibit in VP case – Malacañang

Malacañang denies involvement in Solicitor General Jose Calida’s move to file a Motion for Inhibition against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from the vice presidential electoral protest case.

• Slow recovery: Philippine economy slumps 11.5% in Q3 2020

The Philippine economy contracts at a slower rate of 11.5% in the 3rd quarter of 2020.

• FALSE: Pornhub logo appears on CNN’s 2020 US election coverage 

A viral video showing the Pornhub logo appearing during CNN’s live coverage of the 2020 US elections is false. – Rappler.com