A coming Vaccination Programs possible treatments and rapid testing. Do you think do you feel that these solutions will be spread out to distribute it in an equitable way. Well i think that as you say these are encouraging news especially on the vaccines i think we still need to look at that they dont we need to rely on more than press releases we need to look at very good publications of the results but in the meantime our regulators here in europe and the United Kingdom and the United States are proceeding with emergency authorization process is and thats important and understandable in terms of i could have the access i think its reasonable to assume that wealthier nations those with those advanced deals with companies will be the 1st to get the vaccine and distribute to their populations followed by resource constrained countries professor how long a way is there still ahead of us i mean people are so encouraged by this use of vaccines now are being approved but realistically are w
Good evening, everyone, welcome to the december 22,020th of the San Francisco food commission. Im going to ask everyone to put your hand over your heart for 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. Can you please call roll. [roll call] you are a quorum. We have chief will jump scott frowilliam scott. Thank you. As always, i will remind the presenters, the commissioners, to keep yourselves on mute unless you would like to be heard so to reduce background nice and same things for all of the callers, make sure all background devices are turned off and you are on mute unless speaking. The numbers to call the Public Comment is 415 6550001. Access code 146 348 0406. Sergeant. Let you finish there. For members of the public, this meeting is being televised by sfgovtv and if you are interested in making Public Comment dial 415 6550001 and
A special session is there a little time lateral way out of this pandemic. Im off its good to have you with us we start tonight with the latest from the pandemic here in germany and the news is not good the head of the countrys Public Health institute says that germany is still nowhere near bringing the 2nd wave of corona virus infections under control a partial lockdown in place since early november has stabilized the numbers but those numbers remain too high. The coronavirus pandemic is not yet letting up in germany. The head of the countrys federal Health Agency issued a stark warning. Many people are still getting infected with cold and 19 and the numbers are still too high they are on a plateau but they are not yet falling noticeably. We also see that the number of serious outbreaks and deaths is increasing from week to week but since both of these always occur with a certain delay we must expect many more here. Germany has been under a partial lockdown since november 2nd the dail
Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
Than yesterday. Temperatures warmer than average. 61 at Half Moon Bay to 66 today in santa rosa. Places like San Francisco, 62. Oakland, 64. San jose 65. Heres kumasi. Thank you. New overnight in San Diego County firefighters in Rancho San Diego stopped the spread of a fastmoving brush fire that destroyed one structure. It started just before 11 00 last night. It grew quickly to 25 acres fanned by santa ana winds. Residents in the area have been evacuated. Earlier last night San Diego Gas and electric shut off power to tens of thousands of customers because of the wildfire risk. In Orange County more than 240 firefighters are battling this 1,500 acre blaze. It is threatening homes. Mandatory evacuations have been issued for several areas this started with a house fire and the embers sparked new fires. More than 100,000 americans are hospitalized with covid19 this morning. In Santa Clara County a dire warning. It could run out of hospital beds. But there is hope as plans to distribute v