grant colfax for your response. the next set of questions, has san francisco been caring for covid patients outside of the city and bay area, for example from southern california? >> we have been coordinating with the state with regard to transfers into our hospital systems and right now, we have one transfer from inside the bay area. >> thank you dr. grant colfax for your response. next question from multiple media outlets. how will the quarantine be enforced? >> hotels can accept people who want to use them for quarantines. i think it's important to emphasize that most people have done a good job looking out for their neighbors and following the health orders. we expect businesses and residents to continue to do that with this order. we are approaching this like we have with all of our health orders in terms of educating people and what is required under the health orders and expect and hope that people will support each other in doing this. this is truly not the time to travel, the consequences are severe. and we

colfax to give you an update on where we are with covid. thank you very much. >> thank you, mayor breed. and good afternoon. and thank you all for joining us today. this is probably the most important message i've had during this entire pandemic. so i really appreciate your attention. to be blunt, we have one chance to turn this serious surge around. and that chance is right now. but our window is narrowing and closing fast. san francisco, let's seize this moment, let's seize the day and turn this virus back. as you know, we are in the middle of a massive surge in san francisco of covid-19 cases. by far the worst surge to date. and i want to stress the significant impact that this surge will have on you, your neighbors and friends and family and future generations if we do not bend the trajectory of this surge right now. the projections i'm going to show you of hundreds of deaths stretching towards the spring of 2021 are not our destiny. they are not our destiny yet. we have the power to avoid these terrible outcomes. the power to prevent s

colfax for your remarks. i am with the san francisco covid command center and i am going to help facilitate some questions from the press today. let's just pause for a quick moment so that we have enough time to let reporters submit their questions, and then i will go ahead and start with questions for mayor breed. just a few more moments. and madam mayor, whenever you are ready. all right. mayor breed, your first question comes from stephanie sierra with abc 7. what was your initial reaction to the governor appointing alex padilla to feel vice president elect kamala harris' seat? how do you feel about no black women remitted in the u.s. senate? was this a missed opportunity? >> i think there was a lot of pride when not only kamala was selected as the vice president nomination for the party and is now our vice president elect for the country. and especially with that pride came, i believe, another opportunity with her seat to ensure as she continued to say, even though you may be the first, you are not the la

colfax., good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us today. as we head into thanksgiving holiday week, i want to acknowledge those lost to covid-19. although the deaths in san francisco have been lower than other cities, each person who has passed away is one too many. my condolences to their families and loved ones. across the nation we are seeing tens of thousands of lives lost to this virus. in the last two weeks alone, death in the united states increased by 64%. more than 257,000 people have died. hospitalization rates are increasing dramatically. 50% in the last two weeks across the country, 55% in california. consistent with these increases across the nation and state, we are seeing the local cases in hospitalizations continually decline. many cases deaths and hospitalizations can be prevented if we follow the basic measures that we know prevent the virus. now, let's look at some data. slide one, please. this slide shows how the surge is in relation to prior increases in san franc

>>and colfax says those actions. the one san franciscans take over the next week or 2 or 3. well really tell us what things are going to be like come january and february live at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. all right dan thank you for that. >>health officials know how much vaccine is coming but they aren't exactly saying when it will arrive officials shared a few new details about the distribution plan today kron four's rob fladeboe has the details now live from san jose rob. >>that's right ken and late word from the county health department today that first shipment of covid-19 vaccine now will arrive here in the county sometime tomorrow, they'll be another shipment on friday and still more next week then it's a matter of getting out to hospitals, let's take a closer look. >>determined by the cdc and the state clark county health officials announcing monday that the first shipment of covid-19 vaccine will arrive here sometime tuesday with more due to arrive on friday. the county is expecting 17,550 doses of the pfizer vaccine. the first to receive the vaccine will be

colfax for your remarks. am with the san francisco covid command center and i am going to help facilitate some questions from the press today. let's just pause for a quick moment so that we have enough time to let reporters submit their questions, and then i will go ahead and start with questions for mayor breed. just a few more moments. and madam mayor, whenever you are ready. all right. mayor breed, your first question comes from stephanie sierra with abc 7. what was your initial reaction to the governor appointing alex padilla to feel vice president elect kamala harris' seat? how do you feel about no black women remitted in the u.s. senate? was this a missed opportunity? >> i think there was a lot of pride when not only kamala was selected as the vice president nomination for the party and is now our vice president elect for the country. and especially with that pride came, i believe, another opportunity with her seat to ensure as she continued to say, even though you may be the first, you are not the last

pam moore and i'm ken wayne during her news conference this afternoon mayor london breed and doctor colfaxaid new restrictions could be issued as early as tomorrow kron four's dan kerman live for us at city hall with. >>some new details on all of this stand. >>that's right well, the bottom line is cases and hospitalizations surging out of control to the point that san francisco could run out of hospital beds by christmas. that's why they're looking at additional rollbacks things such as limiting gatherings limiting the capacity inside businesses even more and requiring those who leave the city to quarantine once they come back. >>now it's real or dangerous winter has arrived during an online briefing tuesday, san francisco mayor london breed and health director doctor grant colfax said the city's surges continuing out of control average daily covid cases or 4 times what they were a month ago and hospitalizations have doubled in the last 10 days. they say if that continues san francisco will run out of hospital beds by christmas. >>this is about saving lives everything we're asking you to d

colfax. >> hello commissioners. my presentation will provide an overview of the status of covid-19 in the city of san francisco. i want to emphasize that today is a truly historic day in our city. this morning, we provided the first vaccine in san francisco to dr. antonio gomez, the director of critical care services at general hospital. a truly historic occasion at a historic hospital. cause for hope and optimism despite the fact that we are facing a severe surge. as you just heard in the prior presentations, tremendous work to do as we go forward. the vaccine in limited supplies and more is on the way. so can we have the next slide, please. so just to update you on our cases, we have nearly 19,000 cases of covid-19 diagnosed in san francisco with unfortunately 167 deaths. next slide. with regard to our key health indicators, you have seen this slide many times now but just to emphasize on the far right we have reached a level of high alert with regard to the rate of increase, covid-19 hospitalizations and our case

grant colfax laying out the bigger problem. just as the vaccines start coming in, icu capacity down to 7% statewide. >> and it doesn't appear that this downward trend will be changing anytime soon. >> reporter: dr. colfax now estimates san francisco could run out of icu beds in three weeks if the trend doesn't change. >> if things worsen, we will run out of beds sooner. >> reporter: among most frontline workers seeing the surge firsthand, there is little question about the safety of the vaccine. >> when it's my turn, i will happily receive it. >> reporter: dr. matthew kahn has been specializing in the immunity system since high school and then at harvard and duke medical school. now he's a fellow at ucsf, which expects to get 975 doses of the vaccine tuesday or wednesday. >> it's, you know, very, i think, inspiring to see the scientific and medical communities come together in the last couple months. >> reporter: he, like dr. colfax, urging people to continue social distancing, wearing masks, and begging everyone to forgo large

colfax. >> hello commissioners. my presentation will provide an overview of the status of covid-19 in the city of san francisco. i want to emphasize that today is a truly historic day in our city. this morning, we provided the first vaccine in san francisco to dr. antonio gomez, the director of critical care services at general hospital. a truly historic occasion at a historic hospital. cause for hope and optimism despite the fact that we are facing a severe surge. as you just heard in the prior presentations, tremendous work to do as we go forward. the vaccine in limited supplies and more is on the way. so can we have the next slide, please. so just to update you on our cases, we have nearly 19,000 cases of covid-19 diagnosed in san francisco with unfortunately 167 deaths. next slide. with regard to our key health indicators, you have seen this slide many times now but just to emphasize on the far right we have reached a level of high alert with regard to the rate of increase, covid-19 hospitalizations and our case

>>in colfax says the actions san francisco's take over the next few weeks. it will really determine what the next few months will look like. at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. >>and san francisco kind of quietly loosened its stay at home order restrictions last week, the original order said that you can't meet anyone outside of your household. but now the order says you can see one other person that you don't live with you can also meet this person outside for a walk go to the park or whatever assuming, everybody has a mask on and supervisor matt haney noted in person dating is no longer band but. no double dates. in santa clara county health officials have shortened the time that people must quarantine after being exposed to covid from 14 days down to 10 days said as we switch gears now and get it check on our forecast. it a nice day out there there's some good rain this weekend. yeah, the air is all cleared for first erica caturay is with us said tonight with a look at what we can expect for the week, yeah, it was nice seeing that rain over the weekend.

colfax. >> hello commissioners. my presentation will provide an overview of the status of covid-19 in the city of san francisco. i want to emphasize that today is a truly historic day in our city. this morning, we provided the first vaccine in san francisco to dr. antonio gomez, the director of critical care services at general hospital. a truly historic occasion at a historic hospital. cause for hope and optimism despite the fact that we are facing a severe surge. as you just heard in the prior presentations, tremendous work to do as we go forward. the vaccine in limited supplies and more is on the way. so can we have the next slide, please. so just to update you on our cases, we have nearly 19,000 cases of covid-19 diagnosed in san francisco with unfortunately 167 deaths. next slide. with regard to our key health indicators, you have seen this slide many times now but just to emphasize on the far right we have reached a level of high alert with regard to the rate of increase, covid-19 hospitalizations and our case

doctor colfax said there is reason to hope as a thanksgiving surge appears to be on the decline. currently an average of 270 people are being diagnosed with covid-19 in san francisco each day which is the lowest number since december 12th doctor colfax took the opportunity to warn against gatherings on new year's eve. >>it's one years i know it's been hard year. by that scene is on the way. we need to gather by zoom. whatever social media really is to be together for years you outside of household. please do not celebrate in ways that have been done in the past this is. very dangerous time little time get through these next few weeks. we will get through. this this surges. >>doctor colfax said it could be weeks before we see the impacts of fav family gatherings at christmas. and president elect joe biden today vowed to ramp of vaccinations once he's in office saying at the current pace, it will take years to get americans vaccinated. >>but as i long feared war. the effort to distribute and administer the vaccine is not progressing as it should. a few weeks ago. trump administrati

the colfax says hospitalizations run 2 weeks behind cases meaning san franciscans must stay vigilant. >>only her immediate actions actions that we have been taken since taking since the beginning of this pandemic that we know work to slow the spread of the virus. those are more and important than ever before. >>and health act as the actions that are taken over the next few weeks will basically tell the story of what the next couple of months will look like in san francisco. live at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. >>thank you dan, some revisions announced today in the covid-19 quarantine port protocols in santa clara county kron four's rob fladeboe has an update on that and details about the first shipments of vaccine that are expected to arrive in the south bay tomorrow. we're following the priorities that were determined by the cdc and the state clark county health officials announcing monday that the first shipment of covid-19 vaccine will arrive here sometime tuesday. >>with more due to arrive on friday. the county is expecting 17,550 doses of the pfizer vaccine. the first to rec

so the worries that there wouldn't even be a place to transfer people if the bed right now doctor colfaxays in the last month hospitalizations have tripled and in the last week have increased by 35%. >>if this trend continues and we do not slow the spread of the virus. >>we will be unable to care for people in san francisco's hospitals. >>and it's not only because of events but it's because we will not have enough nurses and doctors to adequately care for people. if this trend continues, and we do not all do our part to slow the spread of the virus and it. hurts me to say this, but there may not be a nurse or doctor. her hospital available to care for you. >>doctor colfax says that not only would they not be able to help every covid patients, but also patients with other health needs or even emergencies could be in danger of not receiving any care. well day one of lock down 2 point o has people trying to go about their business amid the new more restrictive health orders that we've certainly been here before right but the new rules are. >>still going to take some getting used to again kr

>>and colfax said with aids doctors didn't initially have the know how or tools to treat it. he says covid-19 is different if people act accordingly. >>with this pandemic we already have the knowledge. we know what it takes to fight the virus. this current surge should not cost as family friends neighbors and colleagues because we know what you do well we need to do to protect lives. >>a san francisco officials say they believe there is time to slow the spread. they hope these new restrictions will help do that. and again these new restrictions will likely be announced in could go into effect as early as tomorrow. live at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news stand. thank you and this just into our newsroom. the cdc is set to shorten just how long you quarantine after exposure from the virus. >>from 14 days to 10 days. according to a senior official the new guidelines will allow people who have come in contact with someone infected with the virus to resume normal activity after 10 days or 7 days if they get a negative covid test result. the new guidelines are expected to be releas

that chance is right now a dire warning from san francisco director of public health doctor grant colfax san francisco hospitals are seeing increasing covid positive patients. >>and the numbers are only growing as of wednesday morning there 123 covid positive patients in hospitals across the county, 30 of whom are in icu and those numbers are increasing hourly. >>we are in the middle massive search in san francisco of covid-19 cases by far the worst search. to date. >>if the search continues. the county will run out of icu beds by december 27th. and that's if things don't get worse doctor colfax says that for every covid positive patients they spread it to one and a half people and if this continues. an estimated 1410 covid patients will be hospitalized by february of next year we may see as many as 4 to 500 people in need of a hospital bed. and as many as 1500 additional deaths but doctor colfax says it's still not too late to stop things from getting worse. we have the power to avoid these terrible outcomes. >>that's power to prevent sickness and that's power to keep businesses open in

that chance is right now a dire warning from san francisco director of public health doctor grant colfaxan francisco hospitals are seeing increasing covid positive patients. >>and the numbers are only growing as of wednesday morning there 123 covid positive patients in hospitals across the county, 30 of whom are in icu and those numbers are increasing hourly. >>we are in the middle massive search in san francisco of covid-19 cases by far the worst search. to date. >>if the search continues. the county will run out of icu beds by december 27th. and that's if things don't get worse doctor colfax says that for every covid positive patients they spread it to one and a half people and if this continues. an estimated 1410 covid patients will be hospitalized by february of next year we may see as many as 4 to 500 people in need of a hospital bed. and as many as 1500 additional deaths but doctor colfax says it's still not too late to stop things from getting worse. we have the power to avoid these terrible outcomes. >>that's power to prevent sickness and that's power to keep businesses open in p

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colfax. >> hello commissioners. my presentation will provide an overview of the status of covid-19 in the city of san francisco. i want to emphasize that today is a truly historic day in our city. this morning, we provided the first vaccine in san francisco to dr. antonio gomez, the director of critical care services at general hospital. a truly historic occasion at a historic hospital. cause for hope and optimism despite the fact that we are facing a severe surge. as you just heard in the prior presentations, tremendous work to do as we go forward. the vaccine in limited supplies and more is on the way. so can we have the next slide, please. so just to update you on our cases, we have nearly 19,000 cases of covid-19 diagnosed in san francisco with unfortunately 167 deaths. next slide. with regard to our key health indicators, you have seen this slide many times now but just to emphasize on the far right we have reached a level of high alert with regard to the rate of increase, covid-19 hospitalizations and our case

35% let's hear from doctor full-fat full colfax explain what he's talking about. >>by january force there will be approximately 206 people in san francisco in need of a hospital bed. and it seems continue on this trajectory by february 4 years there could be 1600. 1600 people in san francisco in need of a hospital that if this trend continues and we do not slow the spread of the virus. we will be unable to care for people in san francisco's hospitals. and it's not only because of events but it's because we will not have enough nurses and doctors to adequately care for people. >>so what doctor colfax is saying that even if this happens we don't have enough doctors nurses hospital beds for the covid patients, but also for the regular patients, those who you know get in a car crash or some kind of emergency. so that is a huge concern this is exactly why city officials decided to jump the governor's gun saying we're going to put the shelter in place before we have 15% of the beds left in the hospitals across our city and so good thing we did that because the predictio

grant colfax. good afternoon and thank you mayor breed. we are now experiencing on the national, state, and regional level. so let me be clear that san francisco is in the midst of the major surge of covid-19 cases. it is sobering that we have reached this point again. as you know, this is the third surge we have experienced and unfortunately, the virus is moving aggressively in our community. unlike the previous two surges, this surge is impacting every state in the nation. in the last two weeks, deaths have increased and the c.d.c. cited a new record and as you can see on this slide, san francisco is trending behind the national average of cases per 100,000. and that is no reason for us to believe that we couldn't catch up to the average and catch up quickly. and in california, we are seeing the fastest growth in daily cases since the pandemic began. the rate of increase that we are seeing in california is faster and steeper than the summer surge. and here in san francisco we are seeing an explosion of new cases throughout is city becomi

grant colfax an estimated 330 lives have been saved by this latest stay-at-home order. although the number of cases in the city is still rising with an average of 275 cases a day, some of the statistics have shown improvement. dr. colfax explained on december 6th when that stay-at-home order went into effect the reproductive rate of the virus or how many people one sick person infects was around 1.45. as of december 20th, that rate was around 1.24. that means one person is infecting fewer people. san francisco department of emergency credits limiting mobility wearing a mask and practicing social distancing for the decrease in that number. >> we are saving lives and we can still do more. think about that as you make decisions over the next two weeks. >> and another positive outcome of that shelter-at-home order is the rate at which the virus is spreading. two weeks ago the cases were growing by about 8% each day. that rate has slowed to about 2% each day. we're seeing a lot of really positive outcomes because of this. but it's not a time to let up on those safety protoco

let's hear now more from doctor colfax and his predictions. >>by january force there will be approximately 206 people in san francisco in need of a hospital bed. and it seems continue on this trajectory by february 4 years there could be 1600. 1600 people in san francisco. you need a hospital that if this trend continues and we do not slow the spread of the virus. we will be unable to care for people in san francisco's hospitals. and it's not only because of events but it's because we will not have enough nurses and doctors to adequately care for people. >>so what would happen if we had a major emergency or if someone just got in a car crash in needed help something like that that would be very scary to know that not only would they have enough staff or beds for covid patients, but any patients at also very scary stuff and this is why all of our health officials here in san francisco said we are waiting in till that 15%. the having 15% or less beds available we need to act now so it doesn't get to the point where we have no beds so the time is

they are infecting one and a half people while this number doesn't really sound that bad doctor colfax says if we don't flatten the curve he estimates 1410 a covid patients hospitalized in san francisco. by february 10th of next year we don't reverse this trend. there could be as many as 4 to 500 covid positive patients in san francisco, needing hospital beds and as many as 1500 additional deaths low risk activities currently carry a substantial risk because the virus is more prevalent in san francisco, the numbers are increasing but doctor colfax as we still have time to flatten the curve. >>their projections. i'm going to show you. hundreds stretching the spring of 2020 line or not. our destiny. they are not our destiny. yes. we have the power to avoid these terrible outcomes that's our to prevent sickness and that's power to keep businesses open in key people in jobs and employee. and healthy. this tower is in our hands. >>now with regard to a covid-19 vaccine, san francisco is expecting 12,000 doses in the first allocation and that may arrive as early as december 15th, the first gr

graham colfax said the city would run out of icu by what? december 26th? >> by third week in december at this late of increase. what we've seen is that cases of people who test positive have quadrupled in the past month. this rate of increase is more than we saw in the spring. coupling that with winter, with us being indoors and the fact that the virus spreads more easily, it is very dangerous time. so this is not a small action to take by the mayor and by dr. colfax but it is done because we're at such a tipping point and we don't want to wait. by the time we notice that the hospitals are having trouble, it is too late because of that lag i mentioned. it takes a while for cases to come up. >> how are you harping up contact tracing? >> we're asking people to change their behavior. we're putting these orders back in place and we're getting ready to help with more tracing. we're prigge in a hundred more staff to our diverse, skilled group of 200 people that work on this in the city. we've got a new tool that we've been rolling out, which is a text that comes

grant colfax broke down the numbers today. the city is seeing a surge of casing every day, but the rate appears to be slowing down slightly. two weeks ago, new cases were growing by about 8% every day. now after the original stay-at-home order they're only growing at about 2%. >> i hope everyone sees that by working together and making sacrifices and changes to our behavior we are saving lives and we can still do more. think about that as you make decisions over the next two weeks. >> dr. colfax also showed this chart to help ill grate his point. the left side shows projected hospitalizations and deaths before this winter surge. nearly 1,500 people in the hospital in san francisco and 544 new deaths. but take a look at the right side. this is the new projection. it shows 590 hospitalizations and 214 deaths. that's about 330 fewer deaths than was projected two weeks ago. >>> helping familys in need this holiday season. volunteers at hunger at home were up early this morning making meals. they're making about a thousand a day. t

coming earlier today in a news conference involving san francisco's director of health doctor grant colfax. >>kron four's dan kerman following the story he's live outside city hall right now with more on what's prompting this directive dan. >>well cases continue to surge in san francisco. they are trying to tamp down on that they're trying to encourage people not to travel. they also know that the case rate is worse almost everywhere compared to san francisco. so they don't want people leaving and then coming back and bringing the virus here to spread it. they don't want people coming here to visit and spreading the virus and that is the reason for this 10 day quarantine. >>please cancel on those airline reservations, don't plan to gather. i remember that asymptomatic people without symptoms can still spread the virus with covid cases continuing to search san francisco is doubling down to discourage people from traveling over the holidays to that end new health order starting friday requires a 10 day quarantine for anyone traveling moving are returning to san francisco from outside the bay

>>doctor colfax predicts that some bay area counties, including santa clara county will run out of icu beds in the next week. meanwhile, the 4 counties not pictured on this map sonoma napa solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into an early stay at home order. well in the east bay restaurants and hair salons took advantage of a last minute rush of customers before they're forced to shut down kron four's dan thorn talked to some of those business owners and customers in walnut creek. >>the time is up for outdoor dining at restaurants or getting a haircut in contra costa county the stay at home order to curb a winter surge and lower icu capacity at hospitals is under way until 2021 it's dire situation to be able to keep some businesses open. in. >>i believe that the beauty industry in the restaurant industry are getting hit the hardest businesses like insignia hair salon in walnut creek worried no work for the next month will continue to crush their profession. >>manager ashley flowers argues salons like hers have been more than sanitary and they strictly follow covid-19 p

>>doctor colfax says the new restrictions are aimed at limiting social interactions. and the south bay santa clara county is seeing record covid cases and hospitalizations and as of this morning, the county has reported more than 36,000 cases and nearly 500 deaths. health officials are seeing outbreaks in settings like nursing homes and long-term care facilities right now 2 facilities are reporting more than 200 covid cases among residents and staff. one of the nursing home says the amber woods gardens in san jose. county officials did not release the name of the other facility. only saying that is also located in san jose. >>cases rise in the community. that also means that there are more cases that get introduced into these current settings more what we provide we provide testing resources. so we can identify everyone who's been infected. and we provide technical in terms of helping them identify of infection prevention measures that they can implement to prevent the spread. >>and then you are in the ucl a study back in august found that employees who work in multip

but doctor colfax says the estimation of hospitalizations or 2 weeks behind cases so it's bound to get worse. he says that residents must stay vigilant. >>police don't travel for the holidays, protect your loved ones. >>do your part sacrifice this year. so that we can all be together next year. stay home. do not gather wear a mask. our actions to save lives. >>well as of right now san francisco's icu capacity stands at 30%. little's in the sacramento area are expecting the vaccine soon as well, doug johnson has reaction from the medical community there. >>from u c davis medical center to dignity health kaiser permanente and sutter health medical groups in and around sacramento are expecting to be able to give their medical workers. the covid-19 vaccine starting this week. >>people are first are the people taking care of the people are really sick. so people working in the hospitals and people working in nursing homes because the patients there in the most vulnerable to dying of this virus state senator doctor richard pan says after medical professionals, the next in line to receive the

colfax said it won't take much to get to that point. >> all right. stephanie, thank you. >>> president trump says he will not sign the coronavirus stimulus bill unless congress makes some changes particularly to the stimulus checks themselves. in a video statement, the president calls the bill a disgrace, his word and sites what he calls wasteful spending and not enough help for americans and small businesses. he wants lawmakers to increase the payments significantly. >> i'm asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000 or $4,000 for a couple. >> the president did not threaten to veto the legislation. he expected to sign it with the spending bill to keep the government open and running. >>> never have we seen such a global effort to develop and deploy vaccines to stop the covid pandemic. as the immunization programs roll out, there will be a need for information where and when vaccines will be available locally for example. bay area technology has developed ways to help with that and to collect useful data to tra

into the week now with grim predictions from san francisco's health department director doctor grant colfax who says if these trends continue hospitals in the city will run out of icu beds by december 26 health officials gave the frightening reality check last night saying right now we're seeing the worst covid surges in the city since the pandemic started in hospitals are overwhelmed and might not be able to care for people who need it. but unlike other searches we've seen since the pandemic started almost every county in california is under the same or similar stress. so there is real worry that their might not be any place to transfer people if the hospital beds right out here doctor colfax says in the last month hospitalizations have tripled and in the last week they've increased by 35%. if this trend continues and we do not slow the spread of the virus. >>we will be unable to care for people in san francisco's hospitals. and it's not only because events but it's because we will not have enough nurses and doctors to adequately care for people. if this trend continues, and we do not all

>>the news briefing took place on world aids day in colfax said with aids doctors didn't initially have the know how or tools to treated. he says covid-19 is different in that everyone knows what it takes to fight the virus, it's just a matter of doing it. >>do not gather outside your immediate household, especially indoors. please stay home if you're sick wash your hands where that face covering city officials say they hope these new restrictions will help slow the search. >>they say they could start going into effect as early as wednesday. at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. >>more restrictions could mean more struggles for restaurants in san francisco, many are now bracing for a possible ban on outdoor dining in person dining is already restricted in the city and under the state's current purple tier guidelines outdoor us in every night at 10 o'clock the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association says restaurant owners are preparing for the worst. >>i don't think any of us thought we would be back facing potentially another more drastic shelter-in-place now again m

>>being and spreading the virus, san francisco health director doctor grant colfax announcing the new order on thursday. >>beginning friday visitors returning to san francisco from outside the bay area must quarantine for 10 days dorrance kennedy just arriving as a foe did not know about the new travel order but says he plans to stay in san francisco for almost 2 weeks anyway, he is in the navy and has been away from his wife. >>it has been stressful and then a point after the holidays which is going to be away from each other for about 8 more so it's going definitely as far as enforcement city officials plan to educate people first and are expecting businesses and residents to do the honor system. >>and follow the new travel order announcements about the order could be heard at baggage claim airport officials are also focusing on educating incoming passengers if you arrive on a flight into sfo you'll be greeted with >>pa system announcements signage all over even when you sign into our wi-fi splash page you'll be guided to all this information we really want to make sure that people

to 10% limit outdoor gatherings to 100 and require travelers returning to the county to quarantine colfaxs whatever is done it's all about limiting interaction between people the more people move around the more activity there is more likely there is. >>for the for the virus to we've seen that over and over again. >>so at this point we don't know exactly what or when san francisco will implement restrictions but very likely they will do so before the state drops the bay area region to that icu below 15% capacity, live at city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. >>all right dan san francisco mayor london breed tonight is responding to criticism over the fact that she dined at that french laundry restaurant in the north bay in youngsville today, the mayor tweeted a link to a harsh editorial in this chronicle writing above it quote this criticism is fair. it doesn't matter whether something is technically allowed or not i need to hold myself to a higher standard and i will do better and the mayor goes on to say what i especially regret is that the urgency of our public health message in this moment

colfax to give you an update on where we are with covid.yor breed. and good afternoon. and thank you all for joining us today. this is probably the most important message i've had during this entire pandemic. so i really appreciate your attention. to be blunt, we have one chance to turn this serious surge around. and that chance is right now. but our window is narrowing and closing fast. san francisco, let's seize this moment, let's seize the day and turn this virus back. as you know, we are in the middle of a massive surge in san francisco of covid-19 cases. by far the worst surge to date. and i want to stress the significant impact that this surge will have on you, your neighbors and friends and family and future generations if we do not bend the trajectory of this surge right now. the projections i'm going to show you of hundreds of deaths stretching towards the spring of 2021 are not our destiny. they are not our destiny yet. we have the power to avoid these terrible outcomes. the power to prevent significant death. the power to keep bu

colfax. >> hello commissioners.e an overview of the status of covid-19 in the city of san francisco. i want to emphasize that today is a truly historic day in our city. this morning, we provided the first vaccine in san francisco to dr. antonio gomez, the director of critical care services at general hospital. a truly historic occasion at a historic hospital. cause for hope and optimism despite the fact that we are facing a severe surge. as you just heard in the prior presentations, tremendous work to do as we go forward. the vaccine in limited supplies and more is on the way. so can we have the next slide, please. so just to update you on our cases, we have nearly 19,000 cases of covid-19 diagnosed in san francisco with unfortunately 167 deaths. next slide. with regard to our key health indicators, you have seen this slide many times now but just to emphasize on the far right we have reached a level of high alert with regard to the rate of increase, covid-19 hospitalizations and our case rate which is now 26.9 and

doctor colfax san francisco's public health officer warning the virus continues to ravage san francisco and the region was soaring positivity rates and shrinking available icu beds and obviously it's incredibly important that we vaccinate people quickly as possible. >>and we will be keeping or a public updated on progress in that regard. >>alameda county also giving a lifeline to its vital healthcare staff vaccinations scheduled to roll out tuesday as well street where we've been planning for a couple of months now our leaders have been instrumental in helping determine whether it's some ready to go lisa shelling with stanford medical center explains their doses arrive friday. well once we receive the vaccine obviously we very quickly into storage and we have plans to begin vaccinating people very soon after that so there's a whole logistical plan where we well. >>we actually have a very large atrium where we will invite people to be vaccinated based on ethically prioritize debt. a group of individuals because sequencing because where we are expecting to receive 3,900 vaccinations so wi

colfax. the travel order takes effect friday at 12:0 1 a.m. visitors, people moving to san francisco and those returning from being away are subject to the travel order. there are exceptions for medical workers, first responders, and essential workers. >> this year, let's give the gift of health and do not travel and do not gather. >> reporter: dr. colfax said the travel order is enforceable and a violation of the order is a misdemeanor. in san francisco, melanie woodro, abc 7 news. >> and the move comes as available icu beds have dropped dangerously low. the bay area is now at 13.1%. san joaquin valley is at .7% and southern california has zero availability. the numbers mean all of the bay area will be entering the state's stay-at-home order tonight. look at the map. the solid blue counties issued stay at home. the counties with the blue and black lines with the stripes are ones that will join the stay-at-home order tonight. abc 7 news reporter kris reyes is live where they are preparing for the new order takeing effec admit night. >> reporte

grant colfax. good afternoon and thank you mayor breed. we are now experiencing on the national, state, and regional level. so let me be clear that san francisco is in the midst of the major surge of covid-19 cases. it is sobering that we have reached this point again. as you know, this is the third surge we have experienced and unfortunately, the virus is moving aggressively in our community. unlike the previous two surges, this surge is impacting every state in the nation. in the last two weeks, deaths have increased and the c.d.c. cited a new record and as you can see on this slide, san francisco is trending behind the national average of cases per 100,000. and that is no reason for us to believe that we couldn't catch up to the average and catch up quickly. and in california, we are seeing the fastest growth in daily cases since the pandemic began. the rate of increase that we are seeing in california is faster and steeper than the summer surge. and here in san francisco we are seeing an explosion of new cases throughout is city becomi