Are already being shipped out. This is a challenging rollout. The nhs in all parts of the u. K. Stands ready to make that happen. Theyre used to handling vaccines. The vaccine is expected to be given to residents and staff at Nursing Homes. Then to frontline medical workers from the National Health service. Pfizer isnt the when vaccine being rolled out. Several even european countries, inruding remain write, are planning on using a russianmade vaccine. Plans are ramping up here in the u. S. On how to effectively distribute a covid vaccine. Public Health Officials say we could see the first immunizations sometime next month, budget fox news tells us widespread distribution will likely take several more months. Reporter were about a week away from the potential fda decision on pfizers request for emergency use authorization. States must provide the federal government details on where they want a vaccine to be delivered by friday, but some public Health Officials say they dont expect wide
Here is what we know right now, california is set to receive only 320,000 initial doses of the vaccine. Governor newsom says the state expects distribution as early as tomorrow. Doses will be shipped through fedex and ups. Frontline workers could get different dose as soon as monday. Easier said than done though. Wilson walker live outside the good sam hospital the challenges that could lie ahead. Reporter we have all waited so long for this moment. The arrival of the vaccine. But there is going to be a lot more waiting ahead, and that also includes the folks that are at the very front and of the vaccination process. We also know there are people who are at highest risk for getting covid19. Including healthcare workers. Vaccine arrival is imminent here in the bay area and the Detailed Planning for how to execute the distribution has been unfolding for months. And while we often hear about the race to get frontline workers vaccinated, that does not mean this will be a sprint. The other
Recommended that the vaccine be available for folks older than the age of 16. And this all comes as the Pfizer Vaccine just now hours away from being shipped out shipments as you just heard are expected to arrive in states as early as monday trucks, carrying those vaccines will roll out starting tomorrow to nearly 150 Distribution Centers across america. The head of the fda says that science and data guided the fdas decision to approve the vaccine. It comes despite concerns that the vaccine was rushed along with pressure from the white house. Now here in the bay area we can expect about 75,000 doses of the vaccine at local hospitals are getting ready. Kron fours gayle ong is live tonight in freeman with that part of the story gayle. Jonathan justine the initial shipments are expected some time next week and that will be intended for Health Care Workers and first responders. It could store hundreds of thousands of vaccines. Right now at ucsf without without an issue doctor desi kotis ch
Going to last for long though, and we are in for ample sunshine later on today and a pretty pleasant afternoon with some of our warmest temperatures of your forecast, nothing more about it right now though dublin youre at 39 nap at 38 santa rosa and san anselmo also at 38 degrees currently berkeley and oakland down from yesterdays 50s at this time to the 40s so noticeable cool down from the same time yesterday but a nice warm afternoon to look for too. Robin all right, thank you john are heading back to the east bay were tracking a. They caught spot here on the nimitz freeway all take that back its not the nimitz its at the davis street overcrossing at 8. 18 not on the freeway itself so earlier this morning, there was a fatal accident involving a bicyclist which is still under investigation. So the westbound lanes of davis at the overcrossing to 8. 80 remain closed for this investigation. So youre getting through on the eastbound side, not the westbound side that traffic is stocked up
From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. The storm door is open. Heres some video of rain we saw moving in this morning and more rain is on the way overnight. A soaker coming for our sunday, thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 9 im Justine Waldman im Jonathan Mccall the weather watches where we start is been a dry start to the wet season. But another round of wet weather is expected to flood the area overnight. Kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here now tracking huge storm or tracking the storm hour by hour on when we can finally expect to see it. Hi there jonathan and just stay and were certainly getting spoiled this weekend in the bay area we had a relatively slow start to the wet season of Mother Nature getting us a double dose of 2 storms this storm though is going to have a cold or core to it coming from the gulf of alaska, so its going to bring us some much needed steadier rain to start your sunday morning right dry outlook, but we