About why he left the Lone Star State during a time of crisis. Eagerly awaiting a vaccine. Teachers in Contra Costa County given the green light. What this means for a possible return to the classroom. Today in the bay starts now. Its friday morning. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Of course well talk about that commute in a bit with mike but first, lets talk about that friday forecast for you. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking that. Good morning. Were starting out with some wet weather moving across parts of the bay area. Storm ranger tracking those showers, passing out of the north bay into san francisco, down the peninsula, and extending toward the east bay with a closer look, we can see that its mostly light rain, but it may have you dealing with some of those wet roads as you get ready to head out the door. Mike, hopefully the commute is looking smooth this early in the morning. It is looking smooth this early in the morning but as we lo
Outside their household. So so that that encouraging to us and that for this particular case. We have no evidence that there was any further risk for spread within the community, but both cody in Alameda Countys Health Officer point out theres very little testing done to determine variance we have a limited picture. Only a small fraction of covid specimens are sequenced in the u. S. And some ways we sort of have to that perhaps these variants of concern are already circulating we just dont know to what extent theres Little Information so far about the Alameda County resident with the south african variant. But Health Officials say the best way to prevent another surge and protect people is to double down on precautions down on all those important things that were doing what Wearing Masks not gathering inside with anyone outside of our house full. And keeping our distance this is the time to be really really careful ucsf epidemiologist doctor George Rutherford degrees. He says since vac
Area. And the first 2 cases have been detected one in Alameda County. One in Santa Clara County good evening, everybody thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at night, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis kron 4 taylor bisacky. She joins us now live in palo alto with more on the very end and what doctors are saying about this taylor. Well both cases were discovered here in laboratories at stanford university. And while only 2 cases were detected so far Health Officers believe that more cases could be circulating in the bay area. The South African variant of covid19 is now in the bay area. One case detected in Alameda County and another in Santa Clara County. Despite worries about the new variant in our area ucsf doctor Monica Gandhi says shes not as concerned about this particular strain for several reasons it doesnt make the virus worst me not more very light touch and importantly does it reduce the efficacy of the vaccines that we have in this country not down not pfizer slightly lowe
That we identify South African variants now are in. The state of california. Now 10 governor newsome announcing that South African variant has made its way not only to the state but its in a couple counties here in the bay area good evening, everybody thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 10 im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the first 2 cases of the variant they were detected in 2 bay area county so far but that number is expected to grow our for his taylor has details. Both cases of the South African very were discovered in laboratories here at Stanford University and while only 2 cases have been detected so far Health Officials believe that there could be more cases circulating in the bay area, the South African variant of covid19 is now in the bay area. One case detected in Alameda County and another in Santa Clara County. Despite worries about the new variant in our area ucsf doctor Monica Gandhi says shes not as concerned about this particular strain for several reasons it do
Liviakis the South African Covid19 variant, its been detected in 2 parts of the bay area marking the first confirmed cases in the entire state at this point it is believed vaccines are at least somewhat less affective on that kron fours dan kerman has details as of a few hours ago. We have the first reported cases of south african variance 2 cases have been reported there stanford. One in Alameda County. And one in Santa Clara County during a briefing wednesday morning governor gavin newsom announced the south african variant of covid19 has made its way to the bay area. During an afternoon briefing Santa Clara Countys Health Officer said the resident infected there had traveled internationally the encouraging from our end. As that person upon returning. Immediately and we dont know of any opportunities for further spread. Within our community. But kony remains unconvinced these are the only cases in the bay area. Thats because so little testing is done to determine variance we dont do