We begin with three big headlines. Trending in the wrong direction is the coronavirus. Counties may see opening plans curtailed. Officials in Santa Clara County are finding an up tick in cases. The vaccine took a big step forward. Pfizer says its trial drug is more than 90 effective but it needs more study to use it in the atrisk population. The vaccine could be available as early as next summer. As the development of a vaccine moves closer to approval, medical experts are helping california to decide who gets priority. Health is a critical part of building a better bay area. David louis had access to three members of a Task Force Working on that challenge. California is one of three western states prioritizing who gets the vaccine once approved by the fda. The process, by rich, those decisions are made is really important if people are going to trust that the process is fair. Hes one of three members of governor newsomes task force who talked about planning on a webinar. Theyll look a
Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra is live with some battleground on each of those doctors. And stephanie what they bring to the table. Reporter yes, dan, its a big deal to see not one but three highly respected doctors from ucsf represented on this board. All of them bring a wide range of expertise to this team, highlighting the bay areas success responding to the pandemic. The Biden Administration making a strong first step to building a National Strategy to fight the pandemic. Appointing a 13member covid19 Advisory Board comprised of Public Health experts across the country. Theres so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors, theyre stepping up. The Advisory Board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. Reporter the experience coming from the bay area, includes ucsf david kessler, dr. Robert rodriguez and eric goosby. Bob wachter has worked with each of them personally. The three people that have been chosen bring very d
Women in sunnyvale faced were ought for a walk. In a region home to some of the safest cities anywhere in the country, and tonight, neighbors, understandably, are on alert. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ama dates. Abc 7 news anchor, dion lim, brings us the story from sunnyvale. She got attacked. Literally, like, she got attacked. I mean, you dont know. Youre not prepared for Something Like that. Reporter the video shows two women on a walk in sunnyvale midday wednesday. Whether a man runs by, pretends to trip. One of the women pauses and her gold neck llace is ripped from r neck. Many online and in person describe their neighbor as multicultural and say theyre south asian. But say they feel they are being targeted for their gold jewelry and warning each other not to wear it out. Please, honor your cultures but when you are walking around, maybe its a good idea to cover it. Wear a scarf. Cover up the bracelets. Reporter just an hour before this incident,
Coronavirus california is turning the corner. The number of new infections, hospitalizations and the percent of coronavirus tests coming back with a positive result, all of those categories are down and have been steadily declining for weeks. Look at the graph of cases in the bay area. Our rolling average is represented by the yellow line and you can see its distantly lower from a peak set in mid august. Health is just one participant of our life thats been impacted by the pandemic and its one of five areas where were working to build a better bay area. The economy is another. Youve probably seen the struggle many Small Businesses like restaurants are going through. It been unbelievable. After surviving with only delivery and takeout, some restaurants are allowed to serve customers without door dining. Diners alternated eating, drinking and putting their masks back on. Its a struggle that is not easy for anyone anywhere. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen looking at the big picture from
Milestone despite having less than 5 of the worldwide population. The u. S. Says recorded more than 20 of the covid related deaths, the death toll in the u. S. From coronavirus has topped 200,000 numbers said by some. To be an imaginable 8 months ago when the first covid death was reported covid19 is now one of the leading causes of death. According to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins university here are the latest numbers worldwide there are more than 31 million cases. With nearly 7 million of those cases here in the u. S. , california continues to lead the country with the number of cases, 792,000 we also have more than 15,000 deaths in the state and the bay area has recorded more than 97,000 cases and more than 1400 deaths and despite this grim milestone nationwide San Francisco has had the lowest covid19 death rate. Of any other major us city throughout most of the pandemic our conference send a is live for us in the newsroom with details on this tonight. Thank you thats right, San