As It Happens: Monday Edition
Part One
Moderna vaccine
A virologist tells us what today's announcement of promising results in another COVID vaccine trial might mean for the future of the pandemic.
Arviat outbreak
Nunavut saw its first confirmed case of COVID-19 this month — and now, one small hamlet is contending with 20 cases.
Electric waste car
A group of Dutch university students build a zippy, fully functioning car almost entirely out of recycled garbage — and the project manager says she hopes more like it will follow down the road.
Part Two
#COVIDzero doctor
With his #COVIDzero trending on Twitter, a Toronto doctor argues the best approach to saving Canadians' lives and jobs is not just reducing coronavirus transmissions — but eliminating them.
Greece migrant parent charged
An Afghan asylum seeker loses his young son trying to cross to Greece from Turkey — now Greek authorities have charged him with endangering his child.
Part Three
COVID deaths Texas jail
A new report finds a staggering number of inmates have died of COVID-19 in Texas jails and many of those inmates hadn't even been convicted of a crime.
Humans dogs ticks study
New research says ticks prefer humans over dogs when it's hot out — leaving all manner of mammals pretty ticked.