Health director doctor grant colfax says that San Francisco will run out of icu beds in the coming weeks. Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area is around 24 . A number of Health Leaders across the bay area say they dont want to take any chances. So stay at home orders will also go into effect tonight for people who live in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California because those regions have already fallen below the 15 icu bed capacity in less than an hour the stay at home order will go into effect for 3 bay area counties. Those are San Francisco contra costa and santa clara. Today, restaurants and hair salons and east bay took advantage of a last minute rush of customers before they are forced to shut down. Kron fours dan thorn talked with some of those businesses and some of the customers he is joining us live now from walnut creek good evening. Dan. Well johnson and justine has you mentioned this is the unfortunate reality that these businesses are going to have to dea
Definitely a bit of good news that were not affected by those power shutoffs this morning, the kick off the new week we are still in the midst of some breezy conditions though despite the fact that we are going to remain in power all across the bay area. So as youre venturing outside youll notice, those trees blowing around weve got her palm trees at the embarcadero camera right there also noticeably swaying that steady breeze thats working its way across the bay at the moment. Souter tower view is nice and clear we certainly do not have any fog thats part of the reason that we are seeing such a low humidity is because of the strong winds that are pushing across the region and you can see that the north bay is definitely seeing some of our strongest of winds this morning, sonoma calistoga looking at winds currently in excess of 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour also quite breezy for areas like napa atlas peak santa rosa and petaluma throughout the course of the morning were going to remain in th
Massive funding that allowed us to scale up production. Every vaccine was being used. What we did was use a platform that has been around for over a decade, so we know it safe. We know its effective. I will get one as soon as they tell me that i can. Harris White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany is here on this momentous day. First, the physical battle from the frontline. Professor of medicine at nyu Medical Center and fox news medical contributor, dr. Marc siegel is in new york. It all began with that Critical Care nurse today, getting the shot in her arm. Your concerns, your thoughts, your excitement on this day . All of it. Harris, it is a very exciting day in america on the covid front lines. Including here in new york when we fought some of the very big battles. As we speak, harris, the vaccine has been running into the rescue. You can see the vaccine arriving, but what happens, it needs to be though thawed out. Doctors, nurses, respiratory therapist, they will be the first
Day. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is here with the pfizer results in the race to get vaccines to people. Reporter one interesting point is pfizer says their data showed basically the vaccine was 94 effective with older adults and had no serious side effects. Now the fda has an Advisory Panel on standby to review and publicly debate the data in early december. As president elect joe biden held a briefing with healthcare workers wednesday, the nations ninemonth battle with the coronavirus show the emotional toll. One nurse tearing up along with the president elect. The hardship and heartbreak on the front lines, now seeing some hope. On wednesday pfizer announced new test results from their vaccine candidate shows a 95 efficacy rate overall, despite the rest timeline. The nations top Infectious Disease expert said in a call this week that he is confident the vaccines will be safe. The data then goes to the fda , to career scientists who have no political obligation to anyone. Then they go to an
Special needs was forced off a flight. Everything went wrong. Really heartbreaking to see her not be able to have this experience. Also, is the finish line in sight . We have important updates in this race for a vaccine. Tonights hopeful news. What happens next and how soon vaccinations could start. We begin with testing. Millions of americans are rushing to get that covid test before thanksgiving, which is a week from tomorrow, jessica. But there is a few things we need to know about. Yeah, long lines, no available appointment, and experts are warning that a negative test doesnt mean that your family is 100 safe. Cheryl hurd explains why. Reporter Reina Vazquez is getting her thanksgiving shopping done early in alameda. She is not so worried about forgetting an ingredient, but she is worried about the coronavirus. Definitely concerned and only celebrating with the people that i live with. Reporter that seemed to be a trend. Were used to having somewhat big gettogethers. But with the c