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
James ridge. It is a positive on saturday. Officially testing everyone abouts the saudis including step. The scent of her Probation Department is now working with county Health Officials to try to identify the source of the exposure. In the meantime, a plan to distribute the covid19 vaccine is now taking shape in Santa Clara County. South reported jesse gary joints is now live from saturday with more on this vaccine rollout strategy as well as some clarifications to the countys new travel quarantine. Jesse . It afternoon. County Health Officials tweaked the travel quarantine policy. Now, people who travel who are required to travel for their jobs as well as Healthcare Providers are all exempt as well as people who are in transit through Santa Clara County. For example, passengers at San Jose International airport. With all that said, travel during the holiday. While there is a coverts bike and progress is still discouraged. We know that volume of mixing of household and the surge in ca
Whats happening is a covid spec. Cases in the state of california have doubled just in the last 10 days. This is simply the fastest increase california has seen since the beginning of this pandemic. As a result, contra costa is one of 60 counties now in the most respect to purple tear. Joining napa, santa clara, and so dominant counties. Only San Francisco, san mateo, and marin counties are one step above in the right ear. Even so, Indoor Dining is also coming to a halt. Health officials say, the spike is occurring even before the holidays or the heart of the flu season. Thanks giving hasnt occurred yet. The weather just started getting cold. We havent seen anything yet. The fact that we already see surges in cases before all of this that events is particularly concerning. It seems restaurants and bars are getting the blood to the plane for whats happening. People sit at tables even if outside are pretty close to folks who the are not with all the time with the masks down. Those are th
Was placed on paid leave. He was with the department for about five years. This really hits home, a family here at the department. Obviously, our officer is very shaken up for everything. Reporter sergeant rivera, the president of the police union. He said, the department could potentially face discipline if he is not at fault. If the officer was not within department the policy, there can be rick percussions, absolutely. Reporter to avoid comfort of interest, outside agencies took over the investigation. The collision itself is being taken over solely by the chp and the das office. Obviously, we will have our own internal investigation. Reporter the chps multidisciplinary action investigation team, specializing in pratt trash protocols spent hours electing evidence and diagramming the scene. Among evidence the chp will look into, was the driver distracted, were there any blind spots, with a distracted, what were the moments for the officer in the pedestrian before impact . This is all
Judge barretts for right, out of the mainstream views the generations. Her confirmation means the court will be firmly in conservative hands with a 63 majority, the vote could be crucial in deciding the fate of the Affordable Care act, which will go before the court a week after the election. Any objective standard, judge barrett deserves to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. The American People agree in just a few minutes, she will be on the Supreme Court. , President Trump is set to host the swearing in at the white house tonight, with Justice Clarence thomas giving the first of the two odes, this is a live picture of the scene there on the south lawn, you cant tell, but there is a Group Gathering for the swearing in and we have seen, for the most part, most of them wearing masks, and the chairs on the lawn, it is hard to see because it is so dark, but the chairs on the lawn are spread farther apart than they were when barretts nomination was first announced. Lawmakers say there is s