that monoclonal antibody is not available at all. so the administration s right, that they weren t ready for this, but they absolutely should have been. there has been a lot of criticism suggesting the administration has been slow to push for these new treatments, because they have been concentrating so much on the vaccines for so long. let s look at this headline from the wall street journal. big pharma, success. government, failure. vaccines that you do have reduced the biden administration s urgency to approve and accelerate new treatments, especially antivirals. they could have hedged by fast tracking oral treatments, and operation warp speed did by investing in multiple vaccine measures using different technologies. i want you to react to that, but first let s take a listen to an exchange between jen psaki and our peter doocy at the white house yesterday. we see a surge in demand for tests. this is not just happening in the united states, it s
just almost nonbelief. , beyond these tornadoes devoured everything in their path. a stunning rescue in hong kong, as first responders save more than a hundred people who were trapped on the roof of a burning building. it s 7 am in singapore, and ”pm in london, where a leading scientific advisor to the uk government has given a stark assessment of how effective the current vaccine measures are against the omicron strain of covid. professor neil ferguson has told the bbc that we now know that if you got two vaccine doses a few months ago, then you have very limited protection against being re infected, or being infected with omicron. and he added that
day, there is a handwritten note from mark meadows they wanted to get that people still don t know exactly what was on that note. and i think it is questions like that they would like to know more about. we re talking about democracy in peril in the united states as we re waiting to hear from president joe biden speak to this democracy summit, this virtual meeting of some 100 countries around the world, where he talks about democracy, we re waiting for those remarks, we ll bring them to you live the minute they come. meanwhile, kaitlan, last night, there was a vote in the senate to basically try to block president biden s vaccine measures, vaccine mandates. it will never become law. however, it is a statement by the senate, they voted to block it and that vote included two democrats, joe manchin, you know, some people may try to discount that, and also john tester. i think it speaks to the level of how democrats are viewing these vaccine mandates. they re not popular with every sin
for the hot, but a steady rate of new cases for the past hot, but a steady rate of new cases for the past few months. meanwhile, we have for the past few months. meanwhile, we have seen this real wave rolling over europe, starting in the east and moving to austria and germany. adding and moving to austria and germany. adding omicron to it, i think emma makes adding omicron to it, i think emma makes it adding omicron to it, i think emma makes it very likely that even more restrictions makes it very likely that even more restrictions are coming in. and makes it very likely that even more restrictions are coming in.- restrictions are coming in. and we know in america, restrictions are coming in. and we know in america, joe restrictions are coming in. and we know in america, joe biden - restrictions are coming in. and we know in america, joe biden has i restrictions are coming in. and we | know in america, joe biden has had major legal battles to bring in any type of mandato
moving forward. it s finding solutions. abc seven news. is no problem at all. i m happy to share it and feel safer about it. anchor: starting today, san francisco has some of the strictest vaccine measures in the country. people have to prove they are vaccinated against covid-19 to participate in many indoor activities. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. you re watching abc seven news at 4:00 live. across california, vaccinations are trending up as the delta variant surges. new numbers from the state health department show more than 80,000 doses are being administered per day. that average jumped from this time last month. it was around 67,000 doses per day. 3.5 million californians nearly are partially vaccinated. that is people 12 and older who have received at least one dose more than 22 million californians are fully