it says the shot is 95% effective.man paonner, ontech annnced this on wednesday. 170 coronavirus casesere identified among over 40,000 people who took part. just eight occurred in those who .ot the actual vaccine the others received a placebo. pfizer says the vaccine poses no serious health problems. the drugmaker sayst inow has the data on the vaccine's safety needed to seek emergency authorization from the food and drug administration. it plans to do so within several days. e fda will hold meetings to discusshe vacci ahead of possible green liginhtg. a senior official told u.s. media the process will take several weeks. pfizer earlier reached a basic reement with the government of japan on supplying the count ry with doses for 60 million people by the end of next june. >>s meanwhile, authorities in taiwan are stepping up anti-virus measures, even though they haven't seen any domestic infections for more than seven months. taiwan's health minister announced on wednesday ppleeo must wear facemasks and department stores, cinemas and other crowded places from december 1. ssengers on pliu