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
832 beds are available. 33 capacity. However hospitals are on track to go way passed this. Over 100 in three weeks. And skyrocketing in San Francisco and the peninsula. San francisco and right now in re. They could go purple as soon as this sunday. Ma rin plans to remain red. Those three still in red will not be under the states new curfew. Every other bay area county will. In fact, 94 of the state will be under this curfew. Which begins tomorrow night. It lasts for a month. No nonessential activity between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Among the many take aways, change your thanksgiving plans. We begin the coverage. Start with hospitalizations. Which here in the county jumped by 50 in the last week alone. County Officials Say at that rate if nothing changes, local hospitals will reach capacity in three weeks. Which led Santa Clara County to repeat this warning. Cancel your holiday plans. Dont travel. Saying covid cases are now at record levels here. Today we have had more cases reported
Critical. Also is this really Outdoor Dining . Whats considered safe as businesses just try to make things work. Its not easy. Tonight restaurants struggle to comply with covid rules that keep changing. And home for the holidays. Despite warnings not to travel Many College Students say they have no choice but to get on a plane. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. And jessica, the weekend is here. But for many of us that means changes. In less than 24 hours that california curfew is going into effect. And applies to 94 of the state but three bay area counties are so far exempt. Emphasis on so far because that could change on sunday. Bar and Restaurant Owners in San Francisco say they know its coming and itll be devastating. Nbc bay areas jean elle has more. Reporter Restaurant Owners facing the possibility of a 10 00 p. M. Curfew say the hits just keep coming. They have adjusted to serving diners outside but say they arent sure they can adjust to closing early and keep the do
This evening as the numbers continue to rise, local counties might be making some drastic changes. Here. This comes as california hits 1 million confirmed covid cases today. Its the second state to hit that grim milestone. Texas was the first. California the most populous state, also hit a record for the most new cases since august. Bay area counties also seeing their numbers rise. Each day were hearing a different plan from almost every county. Today its Alameda County. Heres nbc bay areas melissa colorado. Reporter right now, Alameda County is in the orange teefrie but with covid19 cases on the rise, the Public Health Department Says its very likely the county is going to be heading towards the red tier. Business employees said theyre worried about the purple tier. I kept thinking when should i cut bait. Reporter for the nearly seven months that the rise body works gym in alameda was shut down, owner john beal was carrying a heavy load on his shoulders. You start looking at Bank Acco
Trading day. Former dallas fed advisor Danielle Dimartino booth and alan knuchman out in chicago. Quick word on hong kong. That has been developing throughout the morning, night there, then well talk about the markets. Those are violent scenes we have on our screen danielle. This has been going on, going on for six months. I was there at the very beginning of the protest movement. The protesters with the goal to have the extradition bill delayed and taken off the table all together, had some success. But they have continued. The Police Continue to fight back. You wonder how it all ends. What do you think . You do. People should try to recall on per capita basis hong kong has some of the highest income in the world. It also is the conduit. It is the way that china access es the world financial markets. The fact it is in recession cannot be overlooked. This is something that is clearly not dissipating. It is not going away. I think a lot of people thought by now we would have seen this c