Busy today in Santa Clara County, especially at the fairgrounds. They had 2500 testing slots today which were all taken. And that is where we find da lin at the fairgrounds in san jose right now. Reporter all is quiet now because they close down 3 00 but ill tell you, earlier, a lot of folks, as you mentioned, coming home from their thanksgiving trip, also some essential workers as well as folks who are saying they have symptoms and want to get tested. 18 testing booth at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. Each one with the short line of cars. Some cars contain families of up to five people. All getting tested at the same time. That is a lot of people. The line has gone so fast. Some just came back from a trip and somewhere required by work. If we are positive for covid 19 we are not allowed to work. Health Officials Say Santa Clara County has no single day covid cases in the bay area and they are seen troubling trends. We are definitely seeing our people with symptoms or have a house
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Back with this incredible rescue in michigan. Dash cam video shows a trooper racing to a burning car at an accident scene in ann arbor. The 56yearold driver was still inside. The trooper pulled him out just before the car burst into flames. Both the driver and his 5yearold grandson are expected to be okay. Amazon is now in the pharmacy business. Customers in 45 states now have access to amazon pharmacy, putting the company in direct competition with cvs, walgreens and other pharmacies. Users can have prescriptions delivered to their homes. The deliveries are free for prime members. Amazon also accepted most forms of insurance. Turning to a new test that may be able to detect covid19 in your voice as the fda has made it a whole lot easier to get the test yourself at home. I spoke earlier with dr. Patel. Good morning, dr. Patel and thank you for joining us. Lets begin with testing. The fda has authorized the first athome rapid covid test. Can you tell us how it works . I think its a real
More humidity. You can see the visibility dangerously low around petaluma and your neighbors heading up towards santa rosa. That will be there throughout the morning commute. You can see in emeryville, its quieter as we look northbound there. How about lets look at these temperatures, there you go. 70 to 74, except for mid to upper 60s along the coast. We have rain on the way, even healthier than our last storm. Ill map that out coming up. Some major news about a potential covid19. Mo tederna revealing its vaccins nearly 95 effective. What is the health and Human Services secretary saying about this. He says this is something to celebrate. With todays announcement moderna says theyre on track to ask for fda authorization in the coming weeks. The Moderna Vaccine can be scored at normal refrigeration temperatures making it easier to store and transport than pfizers vaccine. This morning on gma, health and Human Services secretary alex aszar says there are ongoig talks about distribution.