Pause lifted on batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, health officials say
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Updated: 10:37 AM PST Jan 21, 2021
KCRA Staff
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Updated: 10:37 AM PST Jan 21, 2021
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CREWS THAT ARE OUT THIS MORNING. TY: NOW TO OUR CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE AND SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS OVERNIGHT ON THE VACCINATION FRONT, BOTH HERE IN CALIFORNIA, AND AROUND THE WORLD. TONI: TEO TORRES IS WORKING FROM HOME AND JOINS US WITH AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED. TEO: THIS MORNING DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI IS WORKING FOR HIS NEW BOSS, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, IS IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S. WILL RESUME ITS PAYMENTS AND STAFFING WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, MORE ON THAT COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. HERE ARE TODAY’S OTHER COVID HEADLINES. AMAZON TOLD THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IT WILL HELP DISTRIBUTE VACCINE, BUT WANTS ITS ESSENTIAL WORKERS VACCINATED. GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL SAYS THERE ARE PROMISING SIGNS THAT INFECTIONS ARE DECLINING, AND FEWER PEOPLE ARE IN ICU’S. HOWEVER, BRITAIN HIT ANOTHER DAILY HIGH IN CASES AT IT -- HIT ANOTHER DAILY HIGH IN CASES AS IT STRUGGLES WITH A NEW VARIANT OF THE VIRUS. IN CALIFORNIA, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE STATE NUMBERS. 22,000 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED TUESDAY. THAT’S THE LOWEST NUMBER IN A MONTH AND A HALF. STATE OFFICIALS SAY NEW CASES ARE STARTING TO DECREASE, AS A RESULT OF STRICTER STATE SAFETY MEASURES. HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE ALSO STARTING TO DIP SLIGHTLY. STATEWIDE, NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL. 4600 ARE BEING TREATED IN THE ICU. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS SPIKED, BUT THE TOTAL LIKELY INCLUDED SOME FROM PREVIOUS DAYS. THE BIG NEWS IN CALIFORNIA THAT CAME OUT LAST NIGHT, WAS THAT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS CLEARED THAT BATCH OF MODERNA VACCINES TIED TO A HANDFUL OF ALLERGIC REACTIONS KCRA 3’S BRIAN HICKEY IS LIVE IN MODESTO, WHERE THAT MEANS VACCINATION CLINICS ARE BACK UNDERWAY. BRIAN: WITH THE RELEASE OF MODERNA VACCINE, THAT WILL INCREASE THE SUPPLY FOR CLINICS, LIKE THIS ONE, WHERE FOLKS ARE LINING UP FOR 9:00 A.M. THEY HOPE TO BE VACCINATING 2000 PEOPLE PER DAY AT SITES LIKE THIS ONE IN MODESTO. THAT WAS IN QUESTION WITH THE VACCINE ON HOLD. GOOD NEWS OVERNIGHT. THE STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST RELEASED IT AFTER EXTENSIVE STUDY. THE VACCINE IS SAFE. THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THOUSANDS TO COME OUT. LARGE QUEUE SET UP FOR PHASE 1A. THEY NOW QUALIFY, PFIZER AND MADONNA, IN STANISLAUS COUNTY -- PFIZER AND MODERNA, IN STANISLAUS COUNTY, NOW AUTHORIZED. FOLKS OUT HERE NOW SAY THEY JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. >> I WANT TO GET THIS OVER WITH. IMPORTANT. I WANT TO GET ON WITH LIFE AND SEE MY GRANDCHILDREN. BE PART OF THE FAMILY AGAIN. TY: THE CLINIC HERE OPENS AT 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. STANISLAUS COUNTY, STATE UNIVERSITY, TURLOCK, 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. THOSE CLINICS RUNNING TODAY, DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY, WILL CONTINUE RUNNING THOSE CLINICS. KEEP CHECKING IN WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE AVAILABILITY AND HOW MANY THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE EACH DAY. THEY ARE SET UP FOR A MASS VACCINATION TODAY AS L