Day. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is here with the pfizer results in the race to get vaccines to people. Reporter one interesting point is pfizer says their data showed basically the vaccine was 94 effective with older adults and had no serious side effects. Now the fda has an Advisory Panel on standby to review and publicly debate the data in early december. As president elect joe biden held a briefing with healthcare workers wednesday, the nations ninemonth battle with the coronavirus show the emotional toll. One nurse tearing up along with the president elect. The hardship and heartbreak on the front lines, now seeing some hope. On wednesday pfizer announced new test results from their vaccine candidate shows a 95 efficacy rate overall, despite the rest timeline. The nations top Infectious Disease expert said in a call this week that he is confident the vaccines will be safe. The data then goes to the fda , to career scientists who have no political obligation to anyone. Then they go to an
Thats due to more restrictive measures being instituted in california and other states to help stem the growing tide of covid19 cases. Today, the cdc announced its recommending against travel for the holiday. Ktvu southbound reporter jesse gary picks it up from there. Reporter with a week before thanksgiving, air travel is light at Oakland International and other bay area airports. We just wanted to break it up, so that we werent traveling with a bunch of other people. A little bit easier the week before. Reporter this as officials at Mineta San Jose International airport say travel during the 11 day thanksgiving holiday period is scheduled to be 1 5th less than it was the year before. This is the simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. Reporter newsom says 94 of the states population is now in the purple tier, including six bay area counties. As a result, Officials Say people should forego gatherings with families and friendes this year. J
Since the pandemic began with more than 10,000 cases reported since yesterday. More than 18,000 people with the virus have now died in our state. Including 94 deaths in the past 24 hours. In the last week or so, a lot of items sold out early in the pandemic are selling out again amide this new second wave and rise in cases and the holiday rush. Ktvu has been looking into the increased demand and tells us what Grocery Stores are doing in the face of this second surge in sales. When the pandemic began, toilet paper, paper towels, disinfectants, sugar, rice, flour, and other items were swept from the shelves. Consumer Brands Association executive, katie denis says though actual pandemic sales went up only 21 above normal, that was enough to create months of shortages that forced rationing. Ultimately, putting in some of those restrictions is responsible in that people buy what they need and not more than what they need. Some over buyers bought massive amounts of items then resold them on
Covid19 cases are claimingimbi across the country and worldwide. They are reopening and expanding operations on tuesday but not now, not anymore. Stephanie sierra has details. Disappointing for a lot of merchants. Certainly so. San francisco is still doing remarkably well but dr. Grant colfax explained two numbers triggering the decision to pull back are the citys case rate and hospitalizations, both have increased slightly. So here is what exactly is on pause. Indoor pools, bowling alleys, locker rooms, and showers at Fitness Centers originally set to reopen november 3rd will now remain closed until further notice. Restaurants indoor museums, zoos asquakwa aquariums and indoor Worship Centers will be required to capacity at 25 . Nonessential office space without concessions stay the same. Also operating at 25 capacity. Mayor breed and dr. Colfax referenced the surge of covid cases across the world and country as reasons to take precautions before its too late. France in particular is
Attempt to influence the election. And safe getaways. Labor day flyers find new technology to help them feel better about traveling during a pandemic. Well show you what it looks like. Ready to go, but first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I felt that my life and other lives were in danger. And i felt like i had no choice. The man suspected of shooting and killing a right wing protester in portland has been shot and killed by police. The information we have at this time is that the subject was armed. There was shots fired into the vehicle. Joe biden making a trip to kenosha, wisconsin. Biden says he spoke to jacob blake, the man who was shot by police. He talked about whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up. The mayor of rochester suspended seven Police Officers for the incustody death of a black man. Mr. Prude lost his life because of the actions of our Police Officers. President trump is firing back at a report claiming he called american s