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
The vaccine developed by Oxford University doesnt have to be stored at ultra cold temperatures as some others, which makes is easier to distribute. The subfreeze by pfizer and partner biontech is one downside. The fda says a committee will meet december 10th to discuss an emergency use authorization which could start the Distribution Process immediately. Moderna is expected to file for an emergency use authorization by the end of the month. Its vaccine is 95 effective and can be stored at regular refrigeration temperatures, developed thanks in part to funding from dolly parton. While the u. S. Military is gearing up for what it calls operation warp speed to distribute one or more vaccines once approved, others are scrambling at the local level to give the series of shots. Abc 7 david louie spoke with a logisti logisti logistics sker logistics expert. It was Pretty Amazing to see how fast the testing ramped up, but vaccinating millions of americans once supplies become available will be
You can see just around napa American Canyon and vallejo about a half mile visibility. This is going to drift maybe slightly south and slightly east and the winds are light and variable this morning. Definitely not going to be a big player like it was yesterday. Sunshine will be this afternoon and look at these temperatures 58 the cool spot at Half Moon Bay and 61 in San Francisco and oakland 64 along with san jose and san rafael and napa and 67 today in concord and santa rosa. Ill give you an update on the thanksgiving forecast. Heres reggie. Californias Health Secretary is warning that more counties could go into the purple tier, which is the most restrictive as soon as today. We anticipate some tier movement. A handful of counties moving to a more restribbive tier. Three counties in the red tier but could slide back to purple. San mateo and marin counties. Dr. Mark ghaly defended the restrictions in the counties in purple. It is necessary to help curve the spread. Watch at abc7news.
But some may have to chose their doors. The concerns come as the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise. More than 9300 parents are hospitalized. Amber lee is live from San Francisco. We visited restaurants in three areas to see what they will do if theres further restrictions. At union square, johns grill does a price 00 business. It was closed. Were waiting for the governor to figure out if we do a stay at home order or continue service. In the lynchmond district. Even out door heaters are not enough to warp the chill of a shelter in place order. The cost to keep the restaurant open for take out only is too much. Hes at a breaking point. And caught in a fire or jump over the chief. Reporter many restaurants need help or they wont survive. This is storage, i clean it up. He transformed what was a storage area into outdoor deep dining. Reporter at johns grill the owner is optimistic. Weve been going with the punches and were ready for whatever is to come. Reporter a grou
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