Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with breaking news on just how soon americans may be able to get a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus. Tonight the drug maker moderna says it has applied for emergency approval from the f. D. A. For its vaccine, making it just the second company, after pfizer, to ask for emergency authorization. The company says its on track to have 20 million doses ready by the end of december. The army general in charge of distributing the shots in the u. S. Says that by june, 100 of americans who want to be vaccinated, will be. And the h. H. S. Secretary, alex azar, tells cbs news that many seniors in nursing homes, along with front line workers, will have already gotten their shots before the end of this year. But its what happens before then that has Public Health officials sounding alarms tonight. Dr. Anthony fauci the nations top Infectious Disease expert says the country is now facing a surge on top of a surge. The virus
Health director doctor grant colfax says that San Francisco will run out of icu beds in the coming weeks. Right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area is around 24 . A number of Health Leaders across the bay area say they dont want to take any chances. So stay at home orders will also go into effect tonight for people who live in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California because those regions have already fallen below the 15 icu bed capacity in less than an hour the stay at home order will go into effect for 3 bay area counties. Those are San Francisco contra costa and santa clara. Today, restaurants and hair salons and east bay took advantage of a last minute rush of customers before they are forced to shut down. Kron fours dan thorn talked with some of those businesses and some of the customers he is joining us live now from walnut creek good evening. Dan. Well johnson and justine has you mentioned this is the unfortunate reality that these businesses are going to have to dea
Massive funding that allowed us to scale up production. Every vaccine was being used. What we did was use a platform that has been around for over a decade, so we know it safe. We know its effective. I will get one as soon as they tell me that i can. Harris White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany is here on this momentous day. First, the physical battle from the frontline. Professor of medicine at nyu Medical Center and fox news medical contributor, dr. Marc siegel is in new york. It all began with that Critical Care nurse today, getting the shot in her arm. Your concerns, your thoughts, your excitement on this day . All of it. Harris, it is a very exciting day in america on the covid front lines. Including here in new york when we fought some of the very big battles. As we speak, harris, the vaccine has been running into the rescue. You can see the vaccine arriving, but what happens, it needs to be though thawed out. Doctors, nurses, respiratory therapist, they will be the first
When you can soon line up with one. We begin with mike tobin at pfizers factory up in michigan. Reporter we saw that historic first shipment leave here yesterday carrying doses of the vaccine. The followup today is more trucks, more boxes nilled with vaccine leaving the pfizer plant in michigan. Yesterday, 189 boxes left here. That works out to little more than 920,000 shots in the arm. Today, 400 boxes or 1. 9 million doses of vaccine ship from here. Within hours of the first shipment leaving here, ups landed its first plane with 38,000 doses of vaccine at its World Distribution facility in louisville, kentucky, where the doses are sorted. Planes and trucks take it from there. It is humbling, you know, being part of this vaccine process. Its going to take a lot of lives. Reporter three kentucky hospitals got 975 doses of vaccine each as the priority has been to get the vaccine to Health Care Workers. Dr. Jason smith got the First Vaccination in kentucky. The vaccine is going to 636 di
People are positioned and ready accordingly. Bill so part of that, the workers putting boxes and viles in freezer cases to be shipped across the country. The president calling it a modern day miracle. And Restaurant Owner Angela Marcon is here again. And first, be marc siegel with the vaccinations are underway. They continue. Doctor, how is it going . Bill, it was an honor to be invited into my Medical Center to witness this historic event. The trucks rolled as promised by general purna. Its v day. If first nurse here to be vaccinated, tara easter. I interviewed her. She said to me, you know, its an honor and she was shirks and side effects. Shes not worried about it. Shes going back to work tomorrow. Lets hear what she had to say about the vaccine. How do you feel about those that didnt make it this day to get the shot because it wasnt here . I think, you know, it was a very challenging time. Lots of patients and families went through a lot. Today is really exciting that we can move f