Super super super cold and the other is just really cold. To stay stable pfizers needs to be stored at 94 degrees. But during us at 4 what that means is that we cant just put it amazon box or put it take it to the post office and mail it out to walgreens or cvs or pharmacies to distribute right now only certain facilities are equipped with Proper Storage like hospitals or Research Facilities so keeping these vaccines extremely cold while transporting them to far away places like oklahomas rule communities poses a real challenge the last thing you would want to do is get all this effort to make vaccines and then have it be natured not working because something in shipping storage but doctor shocker of art he says other vaccines in the pipeline may not require such special storage and those could be promising for those rural areas there going to be other available hopefully that dont state and federal leaders have a lot of details to work out identifying facilities that have the storage
Reporter there are no shortage of test kits, but higher demand means longer lines and possibly delays in getting results, almost 180,000 people in the state took the test yesterday, and alameda county, that number was about 5500 people. The first guy today said he had his car parked there since 3 30 pm this morning 3 30 am. Reporter in pleasanton, they only have 200 test kits each day. We already had 200 people in line by 9 30 am, today we were turning people away by 8 30 am because there were already 200 people in line. Reporter Health Officials have offered competing messages about weather people should get tested. People who must test, we want them to continue to have access, essential workers and people who have been exposed. We are asking people who want to test, because perhaps they want to test before traveling, to please not, simply postpone your travel. Reporter they warned that a negative pretravel test doesnt guarantee that you wont spread the virus. She will get another tes
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera, looking east over the bay bridge and the city as we start this new week. Good morning. It is monday, november 16. Im len kiese. Im michelle griego. Did you say monday already . I did. Where did the weekend go . Good morning. Already a new week. If you liked the weather yesterday, you will like today as well. We will see mild temperatures with mostly sunny skies. Here is a live look at the Mark Hopkins Hotel camera with clear skies as we start off our day. 54 in concord. 53 in oakland. Livermore, 45. San jose, 45. Santa rosa down to 43 degrees with foggy conditions. Parts of the northbay, santa rosa near zero visibility. A half mile for petaluma and a quarter mile for napa this morning for that dense fog. As we head through the afternoon, enjoy 60s and 70s across the bay area. 69 in San Francisco 71 for a high in oakland, concord, freeman. Mid70s for
Quarantine for 14 days. They are asking people to limit activities to immediate household as california topped 1 million covid19 cases, washingtons cases doubled in the past two weeks. We expect to hear from the state, health and Human Services director, when his address we will bring it to you. Governor knewsome attended a Birthday Dinner for one of his political advisors last week. The chronicle is reporting there were 12 people at the outdoor gathering at the French Laundry and yachtville. Representatives declined to specify how many households they represented but did not deny the number was more than three. In San Francisco, it will be the last night people can eat indoor at restaurants. Six weeks ago, San Francisco allowed Indoor Dining for the first time but the number of covid19 cases continued to rise. San francisco remains in the yellow tier, the least restrictive one. We want to take you to the News Conference involving the health and Human Services director. Absolutely, sea
Next hit. For now lets talk about what will happen this afternoon. After being in the 30s and 40s this morning, well hit the low to mid 60s around the bay. 61 to about 63 degrees. Then you can see inland about 63 to 68. The cool spot will be Half Moon Bay at 56. Liz . All right. Thank you. New this morning, moderna will ask the fda for emergency authorization use for its covid19 vaccine today. The massachusettsbased Company Released its latest trial results today. It says so far it found the vaccine is just over 94 effective. Moderna following pfizer in requesting emergency authorization use. The fda is scheduled to meet and review the Pfizer Vaccine next thursday. The agency could do the same for modernas vaccine as early as december 17th. Surging covid19 cases have forced San Francisco and san mateo counties back into the purple tier. And that means new restrictions and a curfew. Gyms have to close indoors but can operate outdoors. Top attractions like the academy of sciences are clo