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
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
Now at 11 00, Pfizer Vaccines on their way to a bay area distribution center, how soon the first shots could be administered. We really want to treat this vaccine as the liquid gold it is. It is the only tool we have now in our tool box. Steph curry hits the three. Well, it sounded like any other warriors preseason game but sure didnt look like one at chase center during this stay at home order. And today was a day off in between rain days. Tomorrow, we do it again. Look at the live highdef doppler. We will time out the arrival of this coming up in the forecast. Now at 11 00, streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look across the bay area. Where tonight, hospitals are waiting for shipments of pfizers covid19 vaccine. And good evening, im juliette goodrich. Im brian hackney. The vaccines cant come soon enough. California confirms more than 35,000 new covid cases in the last day alone. And 225 more deaths. More than 10 pecuniary of people who have been tested in the past two weeks came back
Overwhelms hospitals. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining usch im anousha rosta. Im terry mcsweeney. Some hope tonight as the first batch of vaccines is about to get shipped to states across the country. It comes just as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. In the San Joaquin Valley hospitals have run out of icu beds. Here in the bay area were just teetering above that 15 threshold. The county joins marin, San Francisco, contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties. The new restrictions impacts wineries, tasting rooms and much, much more. Heres nbc bay areas christie smith. Reporter its the first full day of the changes here in Sonoma County. Weve been speaking with businesses. Some say they do notice fewer people out and about. Others say it was already pretty quiet before this. So were surrounded by wineries and restaurants. Its a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. The shop is open and ready for business, but they do notice a differen
Strategic plans across america to deliver those vaccines safely and these doses cannot come soon enough as covid19 continues to devastate the golden state California Health officials reporting more than 35,000 new cases of the virus and 225 deaths both numbers shattering daily records more than 13,000 people are currently in the hospital thats also an alltime record and the states icu capacity is now at just 7. 9 some good news though california is expecting some 327,000 doses of the pfizer covid19 vaccine as early as monday. As part of the initial vaccine rollout the move comes after the fda authorized emergency use of that vaccine late last night. The chief operating officer of operation warp speed now praising the effort today calling it historic. For 7 months we have realized the greatest Public Private partnership in modern times. Doctors scientists researchers factory workers low just asians and hundreds more have all come together for single or purpose. That purpose save lives a