Area counties will be under this new regional stay at home order. And then 2 more counties are to follow soon after the new rules coming us coronavirus move closer to reaching itals capacity. Thursday governor gavin newsom announced that order would go into effect in 4 regions intensive Care Capacity fell below 15 so thursday icu capacity here in the bay area was above 25 . Yesterday it dropped by more than 4 to just over 21 where it stands right now, although capacity did rise by half a percentage point today it is still dangerously low, which is now prompting several Bay Area Health officials to implement those new stay at home orders earlier than necessary. So heres one the orders officially begin San Francisco santa clara and contra costa counties will begin starting these rules on sunday night at 10 which is when the states curfew goes into effect. And the Alameda County it will take effect just after midnight on monday. A marine county doesnt start until tuesday at noon and once
Covid solution. It was inevitable was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic would be politicized and this is a tragedy that it was paid from the start i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response and we are facing a new virus that caused an entirely new disease. No one wanted to under react and as a result i fear the tendency would be to overreact and create Unrealistic Expectations regarding our ability to stop a highly contagious pathogen. The challenges facing us were daunting and our National Strategic stockpile have been reduced during the h1n1 pandemic and had not been replenished. It took time to develop reliable tests and even more time to Scale Production to meet the demand. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibited no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I have tried not to criticize the elected officials that have had the response ability to make very tough decisions with limited and highly imperfe
580, the tricommute is slow and go. We have a couple of crashes, one westbound. Another one as you approach the dublin interchange. A busy ride through there. We have slow and go conditions over the altamont pass. Also for the drive, traffic racking up in this area due to an accident southbound 680 at andrade road. We are seeing delays on 84 as you work your way through there. Traffic is slow in that area. Checking your travel time, looking at 45 minutes to get toward the 680 connector. We are looking at the Johns Hopkins map. The u. S. Has surpassed 11 million total covid cases. The staggering milestone was reached just six days after the u. S. Senate 10 million cases. More promising news on the covid19 vaccine front. Moderna says the shot provides strong protection against coronavirus. Preliminary data remits phase 3 trial shows its vaccine was 94. 5 effective. Both moderna and pfizer are on track to seek permission for emergency use within weeks. As many as 20 million americans coul
Shutdown again. Its the final weekend before five counties enact a new stayathome order. Good evening and thank you store joining us. Im dion lim. They say there is no time to wait, local icus are filling up fast. The order goes into effect at 10 00 tomorrow night for San Francisco and contra conat thtra county. The order mimics a state order that would have gone into effect when the icu capacity dropped below 15 . But officials didnt want to risk waiting. Restaurants can now only do takeout. Outdo outdoor playgrounds and salons must shut down. One salon has been packed all day trying to fit in lastminute customers. I can understand, matt. Reporter super busy out here. It looks like there may be one customer finishing up at this late hour despite that 10 00 p. M. Curfew. While i spoke to people inside, they understand the need for drastic measures, but one stylist says this team arouime t feels unfair for her business heading into the holidays. Its been all hands on deck in walnut cree
President yee good afternoon welcome to the november 10th, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk all members of present, mr. President. President yee thank you. Please plays your righthand over your heart. Join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. President yee thank you. On behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv. Who coordinates our meetings and makes the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. During the Current Health emergency, the Meeting Minutes will reflect that the Board Members participated in this proceeding remotely through Video Conferencing to the same extent as though physically present.