Arrive as soon as tomorrow. The cdc recommended the vaccine for people 16 and older. 3 million toeses are underway and 20 million will be given out over the next two weeks. Health care workers and nursing home residents will receive the vaccine first. More on what officials said today. We are not taking a victory lap. The road will be tough. Operation warp speed compared the approval of the vaccine to dday. In military its the day the mission begins. Dday was a turning point in world war ii. It was the beginning of the end. And thats where we are today. The u. S. Government and u. P. S. And fedex are delivering if vaccine. It comes as hospitals face the largest surge of covid19. Its a symbol of hope and a beacon of light. Officials with the food and Drug Administration said approval could take years, with thousands dying they worked to come to a decision. Because of the suffering fda felt the responsibility to work through the review with a sense of urgency while doing their jobs. The
Curfew order most bay area counties are already under. We will look at where the numbers point to at this moment and what we are hearing from the governor from his latest update. Good morning. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. Major changes could be coming for hundreds of thousands of people right here in the bay area if those covid tiers are changed like many people are expecting. Lets head you to kris sanchez who is live in menlo park. Reporter here on the street, it is definitely something of interest right now because if San Mateo County along with San Francisco and marin have to transition out of the red tier and into the purple tier with the rest of the bay area, it will mean a lot of changes and stronger restrictions. It would mean an end to Indoor Dining in those three counties and return to outdough only services for gyms and houses of worship. Indoor shopping would be licketlimited to 25 capacity instead of 50 they are joenjoying right now a
About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
On Peaceful Protesters in october, killing 12. This comes after cnn aired of military using live ammunition. We will speak to cnns Award Winning Foreign Correspondent nima elbagir about the killings in nigeria, as well as the crisis in ethiopia. Then we to india where an estimated 250 million workers, farmers, and their allies recently participated in what is believed to be the largest organized strike in history. India is my country and delhi is the capital. Im not even allowed to enter. Our Home Movement has been peaceful. Theyre shooting this with Water Cannons. We were also beaten. But no farmers retaliated violently. Amy this comes as Indian Farmers continue to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modis move to deregulate agricultural markets. We will speak to indian journalist p sainath, founder of peoples archive of rural india. We will speak about Narendra Modi and covid in india. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im a
Bring students back as soon as possible. Thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 10 everybody im grant lotus im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Liviakis tonight now this delegation sent letters to San Franciscos Unified School District san mateo counties offices at of education and more. Urging for more plans to be made to kron 4 cylinder sackey joins us now live from outside of San Franciscos district headquarters for the School District she has more now on this push to get kids and teachers back in the classroom. Well despite the surge in cases and hospitalizations lawmakers and doctors say that school should still reopen as soon as they can and based on data from some of the other schools that reopened in the bay area with. In Person Learning they say that actually schools are one of the safer places to reopen during the pandemic. Do believe that schools need to be prioritize. We think that schools need to be open when many of the things may need to be should an Assembly Member phil