Governor Gavin Newsom confirms that cases are falling across California. He points to a month ago when there were 20,000 new COVID cases reported. On Sunday, there were 6,760.
COVID-19 cases down across California because of several factors
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed Sunday that COVID-19 cases are going down statewide. Newsom pointed to a month ago when there were 20,000 new coronavirus cases being reported. On Sunday, there were 6,760.
California s 7-day positivity rate, or the percentage of performed coronavirus tests that are positive, was at 9.3% one month ago. Sunday, the number was at 3.1%.
Hospitalizations are also down 41% across the state, and down 38% in California ICU wings.
Doctor Christopher Colwell, chief of the emergency department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, feels hopeful as he notices a decline in COVID-19 cases.
Expert explains how Pfizer s new advice for storing COVID-19 vaccine could impact shelf life
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PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) Pfizer now says its COVID vaccine can be stored in regular lab freezers instead of the ultra-cold freezers being used right now. In addition, a new study finds that a single dose of the vaccine is 85 percent effective.
Deepak Sisodiya is Stanford s Administrative Director of Pharmacy Services, he believes this temperature change will expedite the distribution process.
But could this also have a negative impact on the vaccine efficacy?
Sisodiya says this change in temperature will effectively impact the Pfizer vaccine shelf-life.
EXCLUSIVE: UCSF lab says secret to killing COVID-19 variants may lie in targeting human protein
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) There are multiple COVID-19 variants circulating the Bay Area, making it harder for this pandemic to be under control.
ABC7 News reporter Luz Pena got an exclusive look at a UCSF lab where scientists are studying the mutated genes of the COVID-19 variants, hoping to figure out the best drugs to kill it. We were the first lab in the world back about a year ago to clone each of these genes, said Dr. Nevan Krogan, director of UCSF s Department of Quantitative Biosciences Institute.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office has issued revised guidelines for indoor church services after the Supreme Court lifted the state's ban on indoor worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, but left in place restrictions on singing and chanting.