The western prefecture is also experiencing a medical care shortfall. The prefecture set is up a new facility with 30 beds equipped with ventilators to treat serious coronavirus cases the governor says 80 nurses have been cured to far, but this is not enough. Hes hoo asking for to be sent for reenforcement. 16 people including pashlts and nurses became infected. The hospital says the cluster sta started with a patient who tested negative in a cr test on admission. The patient was hospitalized with a different disease in october and discharged two days later. Ten days later, two nurses who looked after the patient reported fever and upset stomach and tested positive for the virus. Translator we must assume every patient may have contra contracted the virus the day before a pcr test and treat patients they may show covid19 symptoms any time until about two weeks after contracting the virus. A clustered infection on Remote Island is pushing medical workers to brink. 53 people or 2 of the
Right rally, are registered as taxexempt charities. Coming off his big win in who wants to be a millionaire, chef david chang will tell us how hes going to help restaurant workers hit hard by the pandemic. Hes got lots of ideas. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. What weve done now with thanksgiving, you see the difference two or three weeks from now. Right at the time that people would be traveling for christmas. Promising breakthroughs on covid vaccines are lifting some spirits as cases surge. What is your expectations come june for how Many Americans will have had this vaccine . 100 of americans that want the vaccine will have vaccine by that point in time. Lawmakers are hoping to pass a Coronavirus Relief bill as the final economic protections from the stimulus package are set to expire. We need come together. Both sides must give. Dr. Scott atlas, a controversial member of the white houses Coronavirus Task force is apparently resigned. Gail force winds k
Now 3 San Francisco mayor london breed warning the city is preparing to announce new restrictions this week as coronavirus spreads rampantly thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im tahernia during a press conference this afternoon mayor london breed and doctor colfax saying restrictions could be issued as early as tomorrow. Kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco with the concerning details. Dan. Well thats right things have gone from bad to worse as far as covid is concern here in the city in the last 10 days hospitalizations have more than doubled cases are 4 times what they were a month ago during an online briefing today both the mayor and the Health Director said changes are coming and they could come as soon as tomorrow. We are now in the most dangerous period. So this pandemic we need to do everything we can stay ahead of our hospitals, not being overrun this is about saving lives, everything were asking you to do on the coming weeks and months is abo
Efforts to keep people safe. And from the big screen to your living room. A Hollywood Studio plans to stream all its new movies at the same time as they are in theaters. What it means for the future of entertainment. Thinking outside the box. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. We as a country are in a very, very difficult, if not crisis, situation when it comes to the explosion of cases. New concerns over vaccine distribution. Pfizer slashed its vaccine rollout target in half. In washington, nancy pelosi and Mitch Mcconnell holding talks about reaching a covid relief bill before christmas. Im going to have to ask for more. Right when you get there. When we get there. President trump has not ruled out firing attorney general bill brr. You still have confidence in bill barr . Ask me that in a number of weeks from now. A wildfire continues to grow out of control in california. Forcing thousands of people to evacuate. We had to depend upon neighbors to come and g
Stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at San Francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow at noon. The order will be in place until january 4th as of now Sonoma Napa Solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15 threshold that state home order does mean personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery means Outdoor Dining is out of the picture. It also affects indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds Entertainment Centers zoos and museums open airbuss and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. The new more restrictive health order. In Santa Clara County will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of whats allowed and whats not were going to check in