C. D. C. As many as 450,000 americans could die from the coronavirus by february, in what he calls the most difficult three months in the history of public health. Now, that prediction comes from dr. Robert redfield and it comes less than two weeks before operation warp speed says it should start distributing its first vaccines. Great britain is moving faster than that, after the government approved pfizers vaccine today, launching a plan to start giving shots within days. Well, tonight, the commissioner of the f. D. A. Tells cbs news that it will take longer for the u. S. To approve the vaccine to assure americans it is safe. Still, experts say even when vaccinations begin, the damage from all that thanksgiving travel may already be done. And as we come on the air, the rate of new infections nationwide continues to grow. E viruslizations from the virus have hit an alltime high, too. So in an effort to stop further spread, tonight the c. D. C. Is once again asking americans not to trav
Rain chances in San Francisco are going to go back up as we get past midnight and the scattered showers continue to develop offshore and head towards us with more offandon activity in the forecast tomorrow. Check it out with futurecast in a few minutes. All right, paul, sounds good. California is off to a late start looking water for its reservoirs. They are at about 70 to 80 of where they should be right now. Auc water scientist told us today, there is still plenty of opportunity to make up the difference. Remember, you can stay on top of the changing weather by downloading the kpix 5 news app. New at 6 00, Santa Clara County is wrapping up covid19 testing ahead of the holidays. As kpix 5s reporter tells us, Health Officials are hoping that if one rushes out to get tested. Reporter as we head into the holiday season, yes, the county is wrapping up covid testing. They say that is no excuse for bad behavior. Reporter the testing set at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds is the single la
Head coach as the new order bands professional sports for the next three weeks. Good evening. Frank is off tonight. This new directive goes into effect at 12 01 am and includes mandatory quarantine for certain travelers and new capacity limits for some businesses. Our reporter joins us with reaction. Over the weekend, Santa Clara County officials reported more than 716 new coronavirus cases. That is double the number during the counties summer search. Health Officials Say drastic measures need to be taken during these drastic times. Is celebrate a victory for the 49ers sunday is the team beat the rams in la. The future however remains uncertain. Sodas everyone who knows us. Very disappointing thing we got here yesterday. Expressing frustration with the new health order banning contact sports. Where the team will practice or play remains up in the air. We understand how big of a deal this virus is. That is why we are so committed. We feel like we have done it as good as we can. Really p
Livermore. Find that jacket. Concord at 44. Thats also colder. As we look ahead to the rest of today itll be sunny and warm. The mornings where we have a minor issue. I will be back with more on the rest of the forecast including thanksgiving in a few minutes. For now lets see how the drive is doing. Its a little busy. We have a couple of hot spots in the east bay. Lets start on westbound 580. Thats where chp is clearing a crash over to the shoulder. They just ran a traffic break. You will see a few brake lights. Hopefully they will get that out quickly. We have an advisory that was davis. A serious accident. This is a fatality. Davis street will be shut down. You can exit 98th over toward 880. Troubling new coronavirus days before the thanksgiving. Cases tripling in past month and hospitalizations up almost 80 compared to two weeks ago. Today at noon health and Human Services secretary will update on californias fight against coronavirus. You can see it right here. The fda has asked a
Now that we are done with the holiday, i would like to give a special shoutout to all the turkeys who survived this year. No one eats turkey after this weekend, right . So hes safe. Hopefully. I want to hear this story, though. That unlikely duo. Right now we begin this half hour with the latest developments in the coronavirus emergency. Health experts are warning that the u. S. Is entering a dangerous new stage of the pandemic. So far there have been nearly 13. 4 million coronavirus cases in the u. S. And almost 267,000 deaths. States and communities begin new restrictions today. This morning harsher restrictions are about to take effect for more americans. As Health Officials brace for another deadly surge in coronavirus cases. I believe that the next 6 to 12 weeks are going to be the darkest weeks in modern american medical history. A threeweek stayathome order begins today in los angeles county, where more than 5,000 cases were reported sunday. People in the county are now being ur