First . Good morning. Thank you for having me. These are weighty decisions. We have been having meetings since april of this year and weve had approximately 25 closed meetings and six to seven open meetings to discuss this. These decisions are made based on science and facts provided to us by the cdc. We asked for the data and the data is presented and analyzed to us and presented to us. So our decisions or deciding which of the priority groups are based on current knowledge and current information about the pandemic, the epidemiology, the persons most affected by this pandemic. Okay. So take us through it with specifics. As i understand it you will have 40 million doses and that translates to 20 Million People. So this year before the end of the year theoretically 20 Million People can be vaccinated. Who are those . So as of today we have talked about this among the group and it seems pretty clear that the top group of individuals will be Health Care Providers. There is a second group
Williams. Good evening. And tonight ebola has come roaring back into the news. All it took was a suspected case in the nations largest population center, new york city. A doctor has been hospitalized here in new york tonight. He is sick. And he is just back from treating ebola patients in west africa. While there have been a number of false alarms in recent days, the risk of an active ebola case in the crowded home to 8 Million People has indeed set off alarms. And this case is being taken seriously. Nbcs katy tur is outside Bellevue Hospital where the doctor who is now a patient is being treated in isolation. Katy, good evening. Reporter brian, its important to note that tests are still being done. We wont know for sure for another six to 12 hours. But city Officials Say they are taking this very seriously. Theyre treating it as if it is in fact ebola. Sources in the city also tell us it is a 33yearold man who was an er doctor at columbia presbyterian who just returned from west afric
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Were beginning with a possible case of ebola in the biggest city in america. A doctor in new york who treated ebola patients patients in west africa became ill today and has been admitted to a hospital. Our chief medical correspondent dr. Jon lapook is here. And, jon what, you have learned . Reporter scott, we should emphasize the patient is awaiting test results so we dont know if he has ebola. What makes this different from other cases that have turned on the to be false alarms is this patient reportedly returned from west africa in the last weeks. Thats the time symptoms most often start to appear, and tonight, he is showing some of those symptoms. The doctor, Craig Spencer had returned from guinea after working with ebola patients for the aid Group Doctors without borders. The new York City Health Department Said he had a fever of 103 and gastrointestinal symptoms. He contacted officials and isolated himself. This
Mildest temperatures along the shore areas, get little bit of help from the ocean, in keeping slightly miler, but you mover inland, it is cold. We have the frost advisory, the freeze warnings, all in effect this morning, until 8 00. So we have another hour of them, i think theyre pretty necessary. Finding temperatures at or below the freezing mark. Now, it is 34 in trenton, we pick up one agree there, 33 allentown, 41 philadelphia. Forty in wilmington, 32 in atlantic city, some of these areas mt. Holly was 32, quakertown 32, same thing pottstown. So just know we have the cold air out there it warms up, today 60 he is mixture every sunday and cloud, 63 at the shore, poconos, 52 degrees, and we have fairly comfortable day tomorrow. Temperature wise at 66, but chance of some showers specially in the afternoon, maybe wednesday and thursday, as well. Otherwise, some sunshine, to close out the week. We go outside right now, show you actually some good news, on trooper road at egypt road. Lit
Is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. And tonight ebola has come roaring back into the news. All it took was a suspected case in the nations largest population center, new york city. A doctor has been hospitalized here in new york tonight. He is sick. And he is just back from treating ebola patients in west africa. While there have been a number of false alarms in recent days, the risk of an active ebola case in the crowded home to 8 Million People has indeed set off alarms. And this case is being taken seriously. Nbcs katy tur is outside Bellevue Hospital where the doctor who is now a patient is being treated in isolation. Katy, good evening. Reporter brian, its important to note that tests are still being done. We wont know for sure for another six to 12 hours. But city Officials Say they are taking this very seriously. Theyre treating it as if it is in fact ebola. Sources in the city also tell us it is a 33yearold man who was an er doctor at columbia presbyterian wh