>>> this is the san francisco health commission. this the is tuesday, january 5, mark, please call the roll. commissioner guillermo. >> present. >> commissioner green. >> present. >> commissioner chow. >> spent. >> commissioner christian. >> present. >> commissioner bernal. >> present. >> okay. our next item is approval of the minutes of the health commission meeting of december 15th, 2020. commissioners, we have had an opportunity to review the minutes. thank you for preparing them, mark. upon reviewing the minutes if there are no further amendments do we have a motion to approve. >> move to approve. >> second. >> mark. roll call vote. commissioner guillermo. >> yes. >> commissioner christian. >> yes. >> commissioner giraudo. >> yes. >> commissioner chow. >> yes. >> commissioner green. >> yes. >> commissioner bernal. >> yes. >> that passes. >> next item. general public comment. for those listening on the line. mark would you read those instructions? >> clerk: if you would like to comment during general comment on an item on the age

we expect when can we expect that to get underway where they're mixed signals for example the health commission here in beijing today said we are very welcoming we're just waiting for the w.h.o. investigation and to start however w.h.o. they say that the pieces have not been granted yet and so we don't it's you know when this will start and the w.h.o. is quite disappointed by the behavior of the chinese government that's remarkable because in the possible understanding towards beijing you can say that beijing is very afraid of this issue getting politicized however they themselves politicized that question of the origin of the virus really have any place somebody and what hans andersen exhibition about the origin and the story how it's told here is really a story of the communist party winning the fight against the virus and that's really no room for. mistakes or self reflection. in china thanks for that update. let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic the united states has set another daily record for new infections with almost 300000 new cases and more than 3600 deaths rep

the national health commission says more than 200 new cases were confirmed on wednesday. >>> turning to an update on the coronavirus situation here in japan, experts are warning the current wave of infections is putting increasing strain on the medical system in the capital. they say hospitals are being forced to turn away some covid-19 patients, and hotels where those with mild or no symptoms are asked to quarantine are full. the daily tally of new cases in tokyo has been well over the 1,000 level for much of the past week. 135 people in the capital are now in serious condition. public health experts report the average number of daily cases is up 165% this week compared to a week earlier. >> translator: the current situation may reflect an explosive spread of infections. >> with hospital beds filling up, more than 8,000 people who tested positive are quarantining at home. three have died, including two people who had a pre-existing condition. hospital beds for covid-19 patients are also running low in other parts of the greater tokyo region. one reason is that some patients need to

told drug maker astra zeneca that it must deliver its more doses of its covert $1000.00 vaccine health commission a stellar career akhet is said vaccines made in astra zeneca as british plants should be shared with europe but as tensions rise the drug maker says those doses should go to britain because it's placed its order 1st. germany's parliament has mocked international holocaust remembrance day chancellor angela merkel and representatives of the jewish community took part in the ceremony to remember the $6000000.00 jews and other victims of naziism a low cost survivor and former jewish community leader charlotte loesch warned lawmakers of a resurgence of anti semitism in germany. this is date of the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news of his it all website at d.w. dot com. it has now been exactly one year since the 1st person here in germany tested positive for the corona virus on january 27th 2020 practically no one expected what was about to begin unfolding here and all over the planet more than 100000000 people have been infected more than 2000000 have died in the

told drug maker astra zeneca that it must deliver its more doses of its covert $1000.00 vaccine health commission a stellar career acted as said vaccines made in astra zeneca as british plants should be shared with europe but as tensions rise the drug maker says those doses should go to britain because it's placed its order 1st. germany's parliament has marked international holocaust remembrance day chancellor angela merkel and representatives of the jewish community took part in the ceremony to remember the 6000000 jews and other victims of naziism survivor and former jewish community leader charlotte loesch warned lawmakers of a resurgence of anti semitism in germany. this is d.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at d w news always at our website at www dot com. it has now been exactly one year since the 1st person here in germany tested positive for the corona virus on january 27th 2020 practically no one expected what was about to begin unfolding here and all over the planet more than 100000000 people have been infected more than 2000000 have died in the numbers will get wo

in 8 months was reported in had a province where most of the new infections have emerged the health commission says more than 1000 people are currently being treated for cove and 1926 of them are in a serious condition. ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says his life is in danger after on security forces were deployed to surround his home they arrived soon after the pop star turned politician claimed victory in the country's presidential election early results from thursday's vote show him trailing the incumbent a 70 but we wind has rejected those figures as a sham claiming the widespread irregularities irregularities and votes to interference he says he'll be able to provide evidence once uganda's internet is restored but we whine spoke to al-jazeera over the phone and described the scene at his house. my house has been surrounded by them and they jumped over the fence taken over by compound a ridge that my security guy than any bad. comes will do internally it's completely shut down my phone and my wife's phone and her the phones over the people that i am afraid been blocked by the teleco

we went through some of the data at the last planning session with the health commission.nd also, on a lot of other things, moving forward, the work of introducing a racial equity lens into our hr processes and integrating that work with everything going on in the department and we'll be talking about that today. whereas michael brown held the position of public health resources director since november 2019. in this position he's been responsible for all of the complex decisions and operations, management impacting employees and super vision of human resources employees and whereas under the -- to meet the increasing needs for the medical staff. the changes as a model in other high need areas such as hiring processes for a large group of behavioral health staff and launch in 2021 and whereas mr. brown's previous positions include executive officer and department heading the civil service position, dph director. civil service commission, assistant personnel analyst and public utilities personnel analyst and whereas commissioner brown is a proud native of san francisco and a

that they will arrive in china on january the 14th now that's according to china's national health commission they just announced that moments ago we yet to hear about the itinerary but we do know from the world health organization that 10 different scientists from around the world will be coming to china to work with local experts to trace the origins than they're expected to go to the original at the center of the outbreak now we were just a move on a few weeks ago and life there seems to have returned to normal but chinese authorities os certainly at the moment battling the worst corn of our outbreak countries seen in months and that's here in northern china we've had more than 460 cases discovered in the past week which is quite significant considering during the la latter half of 2020 the outbreak kid did seem to be under control and most of those cases have been centered in her bay province which is the province bordering beijing now these are all linked to 2 cities one is called should drive drunk and the other is called xing time combined they've got a population of about 18000000 now

8 months reported in have a province where most of the new infections have emerged recently health commission says more than a 1000 people are currently being treated for that 1926 of them are in a serious condition. ugandan opposition to bobby wine says his life is in danger after armed security forces were deployed to surround his home and they arrived soon after pop star the pop star time politician claimed victory in the country's presidential election early results from size days vote show him trailing incumbent leader you're wearing a 70 bobby wine is rejected the figure is a sham claiming that's been widespread irregularities and votes interference he says you'll be able to provide evidence wants uganda's internet is restored or bobby winds fight trounces there over the phone ali and describe the scene at his house my house is being surrounded by them and they jump over the fence taken over my compound with a ridge that my figuratively. weakening so bad. comes will the internet completely shut down my and my wife's phone and her before the the people that i agreed with blocked by the t

we went through some of the data at the last planning session with the health commission. and also, on a lot of other things, moving forward, the work of introducing a racial equity lens into our hr processes and integrating that work with everything going on in the department and we'll be talking about that today. whereas michael brown held the position of public health resources director since november 2019. in this position he's been responsible for all of the complex decisions and operations, management impacting employees and super vision of human resources employees and whereas under the -- to meet the increasing needs for the medical staff. the changes as a model in other high need areas such as hiring processes for a large group of behavioral health staff and launch in 2021 and whereas mr. brown's previous positions include executive officer and department heading the civil service position, dph director. civil service commission, assistant personnel analyst and public utilities personnel analyst and whereas commissioner brown is a proud native of san francisco and

. >>> this is the san francisco health commission. this the is tuesday, january 5, mark, please call the roll. commissioner guillermo. >> present. >> commissioner green. >> present. >> commissioner chow. >> spent. >> commissioner christian. >> present. >> commissioner bernal. >> present. >> okay. our next item is approval of the minutes of the health commission meeting of december 15th, 2020. commissioners, we have had an opportunity to review the minutes. thank you for ppa

we mobilizing disasters, experts from fema, the centers for disease control, the public health service commissioned corps military medical personnel, first responders, retired health-care workers who can administer the vaccine and to ensure we have enough vaccinators to meet the nation's needs as we wrap this up there he died as governors of both parties have asked, our administration will reimburse states 100% when their national guard is deployed in the fight against covid. we will provide resources to help states cover the cost of personnel, vaccinators, administrative staff, as well as supplies like dry ice and laptops and protective equipment. the third change we are going to make is we are going to fully activate pharmacies across the country to get the vaccination into more arms as quickly as possible. millions of americans, now turn to their local pharmacies every day for their medicines, flu shots, and much more. we are going to immediately start new major efforts working directly with both independent and chain pharmacies to get americans vaccinated. this program will expand access in nei

the country national health commission released a one sentence announcement. the experts would be meeting with chinese counter parts. negotiations have been under way for a while. it's not clear how much access or assistance w.h.o. will get from china. it's unclear whether experts will be traveling to wuhan. where the virus was discovered. >> slowing down after a spike in cases. stanford yuft freshman and sophomores will not be allowed on campus. for the winter quarter. we have the details. >> it may not be until summer quarter when freshman and sophomores will be allowed to return to campus. >> with cases surging across california, stanford university president sent this message to students yesterday. announcing freshman and sophomores planning to start winter quarter will not be aloud on campus. as planned. later this month. she was accepted. but opted to take a gap year because of the pandemic. sh says the university latest announcement confirms she made a good call. >> i would love to be in person. and taking classes in person. and it was sort of validatio

the doctor is a senior official at the national health commission of china and oversaw beijing's virusl september. he spoke exclusively to bloomberg and began by questioning whether the virus may have originated outside of china. >> i think this suggestion is normal and reasonable. it won't hamper our effort in tracing the virus origins. second, it provides a new idea and path for scientists to trace virus, but eventually, scientists will answer the question of where the virus came from. >> the food market was in focus at the beginning of this outbreak as potentially the source for the outbreak in wuhan. this was the market where they sold wild animals. what is your view of the role the market played in the outbreak we saw in wuhan? >> we are not able to conclude that the virus originated in this seafood market. we can only tell that the first reported case is likely related to it. assuming that the patient was exposed to the virus at the market, we need to have further research to figure out where the virus came from, whether it is from animal or from cold goods or from a human. i nee

hughes health commission and let me be crystal clear. the 27 european union member states are united that astra zeneca needs to deliver on its commitments in our agreements the logic of these agreements was as valid then this it is now we provided the risking investment up front in order to get a binding commitment from the company to pre-print to use even before it gets authorization not being able to ensure the manufacturing capacity is against the letter and the spirit of our agreement we need jet the logic of 1st come 1st said that may work at the neighborhood watches but not in contract no 1st come 1st served let's take the story now to our correspondent gave motss in brussels good evening to you georg so there's been a lot of claims counterclaims angry messaging going on today between both sides what's the latest round really hard to say because obviously this contract is confidential the e.u. now has. to put the contract in the contract into the public for everyone to see that there is a commitment as the you commission has set a

. >>> this is the san francisco health commission. this the is tuesday, january 5, mark, please call the roll. commissioner guillermo. >> present. >> commissioner green. >> present. >> commissioner chow. >> spent. >> commissioner christian. >> present. >> commissioner bernal. >> present. >> okay. our next item is approval of the minutes of the health commission meeting of december 15th, 2020. commissioners, we have had an opportunity to review the minutes. thank you for preparing them, mark. upo

the doctor once the senior official at the national health commission of china and oversaw beijing'sirus response until september. he spoke exclusively to bloomberg. [speaking mandarin] >> i think this suggestion is normal and reasonable. first, it will not hamper our effort in tracing the virus origins. provides a new idea and path for scientists to trace the virus, but eventually, scientists will answer the question of where the virus came from. >> the food market was in focus at the beginning of this outbreak as potentially the source for the outbreak in wuhan, the market where they sold wild animal spirit of what is your view of the role the market played in the outbreak we saw in wuhan? mandarin]eaking >> we are not able to conclude that the virus already donated in the seafood market. we can only told that the first reported case is likely related to it. assuming that the patient was exposed to the virus at the moment, we need to have further research to figure out where that virus came from. whether it's from animal or from cold goods, or from a human. liang: [speaking mandari

public health service commissioned corps. he is requesting public health service officers from all available categories, to support national covid-19 vaccination efforts. i want to touch on our efforts to make the workplace safer. the department of labor announced its occupation safety and health administration, osha, has issued stronger worker safety guidelines to help employers and workers implement a coronavirus mitigation program and better identify risks which could lead to exposure and infection. ensuring the health and safety of all of our countries workers is a national priority -- of all of our country's workers is that national priority and moral imperative. health care workers and other workers, many of whom are people of color, immigrants, and put their lives on the line during the coronavirus pandemic. this updated guidance provides a roadmap for businesses to protect the health of their workers. one of the purposes of these briefings, is to demonstrate the transparency within our national plan. so i want to close

months was reported in a province where most of the new infections have emerged the country's health commission says more than 1000 people are currently being treated for covert 926 of them are in serious condition what health minister of health ministers have expressed severe concern after pfizer announced its temporarily reducing deliveries of its vaccine across all of europe it said shipments would be affected in till early february as it seeks new regulatory approvals for its manufacturing processes the european commission president has said that pfizer has guaranteed the delivery of all doses ordered for the 1st quarter of this year but speak to dr julian tang who's a clinical for all ages at the university of leicester joins us live from leicester by skype to time welcome to the program 2000000 people dead from corona virus did you imagine one year ago that this is how it would be. well know that this is a new virus to which no one really has any meaning to see and deficit would go into the winter season where these were specially processed traditionally peak personally we get fully vacci

in 8 months was reported in hubei province where most of the new infections have emerged the health commission says more than a 1000 people are currently being treated for 1926 of them are in a serious condition. you're watching the news hour live from london much more still ahead on the program. it's one way of cutting through the noise will look at the scientists getting creative to tackle a vaccine misinformation. hundreds of thousands of indian pilgrims are asked to keep the crowd keep to coronavirus guidelines there are a few mosques to be seen. and coronavirus concerns haven't stopped cameroon from getting ready to host football's african nations championship jemma will have that story in the sport. ugandan opposition leader bobby wine says his life is in danger after on security forces were deployed to surround his home they arrive soon after pop star turned politician claimed victory in the country's presidential election early results from thursday's vote show him trailing the incumbent leader you know where it was 74 b. wind has rejected those figures as a sham claiming there have be

death in 8 months was reported in a province where most of the new infections have emerged the health commission says more than 1000 people are currently being treated for cope with 1926 of them are in a serious condition south africa has delayed the start of the school year as it battles to contain the spread of a more contagious strain of the groom a virus already say they want to prevent schools becoming transmission centers it's been reporting almost 20000 new cases a day for the past week more than 35000 people have died from the virus that's the highest on the continent. u.s. prosecutors are alleging some rioters who stormed the capitol last week intended to capture and assassinate elected officials court papers submitted in arizona for this man jacob chan's lead to be arrested that memo has details of an f.b.i. investigation into him and it reveals that he warned in a note for u.s. vice president mike pence it's only a matter of time justice is coming chance these lawyers say he doesn't feel at fault and has asked for a presidential pardon. and the head of the f.b.i. is warning of potenti

months was reported in heber province where most of the new infections have emerged the country's health commission says more than 1000 people a currently being treated for cope with 926 of them are in serious condition. well hundreds of thousands of hindu worshippers have gathered in the indian city of for one of the world's largest religious events that's going on is headed despite the country recording more than $10000000.00 credit cards cases and there's concern whether the city's medical facilities can handle what's to come this with perna reports now from new delhi. before sunrise on the 1st day of the festival hundreds of thousands of hindu pilgrims congregate on the banks of the ganges river in the northern city of haifa. as well as offering prayers people immerse themselves in the river and the belief that it will wash away their sins. everyone has come here because of the gun. and all of the problems of. the 3 month festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus. this country is a hindu country the majority is hindu so even the government needs to show some flexibility when it

guidance and supplement the action plan by joining our human rights commission at the city level, health commission and several other departments in making a clear statement about where the agency stands with respect to anti-black racism specifically and want to transition to my cleg -- cleg to ex -- to my colleague to explain more. >> thank you. good afternoon, chair and all those tuning in. i'm heath tanner a senior transportation planner at sfmta. we've joined the two items together for the presentation by design and the item declaring a representation declaring anti-black racism as a human rights and public health crisis around there's been the office of racial equity encouraged sfmta to adopt a resolution of this name as one of the first racial actions the agency could enact. it's building open -- upon resolutions of the same name and followed by other city departments as referenced from the public health commission to the public utilities commission. in that original resolution, the human rights commission called on every city agency to assert, quote, anti-black racism is a human rights and p

china�*s national health commission has advised that the world health organisation team of scientistseam. thank you very much for your time to do. i know that you were involved in tracking down the source of the 2014 ebola outbreak in west africa. you have also worked on when measles may have also worked on when measles may have first jumped from have also worked on when measles may have firstjumped from animals to humans, just to give our viewers an idea of your background. so, there is lots of expectation around this mission to wuhan, what do you think it is going to be feasible to achieve from it and what is the starting point?— achieve from it and what is the starting point? well, the starting oint is starting point? well, the starting point is this _ starting point? well, the starting point is this first _ starting point? well, the starting point is this first mission - starting point? well, the starting point is this first mission to - point is this first mission to wuhan. so, my colleagues who are on site now will check with the local scientists which data are already available

guidance and supplement the action plan by joining our human rights commission at the city level, health commission and several other departments in making a clear statement about where the agency stands with respect to anti-black racism specifically and want to transition to my cleg -- cleg to ex -- to my colleague to explain more. >> thank you. good afternoon, chair and all those tuning in. i'm heath tanner a senior transportation planner at sfmta. we've joined the two items together for the presentation by design and the item declaring a representation declaring anti-black racism as a human rights and public health crisis around there's been the office of racial equity encouraged sfmta to adopt a resolution of this name as one of the first racial actions the agency could enact. it's building open -- upon resolutions of the same name and followed by other city departments as referenced from the public health commission to the public utilities commission. in that original resolution, the human rights commission called on every city agency to assert, quote, anti-black racism is a human rights and p

more data has been collated and has been analyzed now interesting lee the federal health minister who in effect that commission reports to the end sram the federal health minister has said has played down this these suggestions that there's anything definitive there because of course the decision might devolve to him anyway certainly in germany and he said well let's wait to see how things. are decided upon at the e.u. level which will happen on friday one final thought then we know that public health england which would be the regulator re body that would approve vaccine uptake in use in england anyway which has already approved the use of astra zeneca as vaccine has said that it understands this idea that there is not a great deal of data about the performance of the vaccine in the over 60 five's but that 1st analysis has been very reassuring brazil's president diables in audio has vowed to quickly vaccinate everyone in the country as his popularity falls amid to a new wave of coronavirus infections brazilians have been angered by the government's slow that scene rollout 220000 people in brazil have died aft

that legitimized approving this struck the joint commission that accredits health care organizations mandated pain is treated like the 5th vital signs as patients routinely had their temperature and blood pressures checked doctors were expected to ask each person to rate their pain on a scale from $1.00 to $10.00 doctors and hospitals were mohnish to if they did not treat this pain the joint commission developed this pain as the 5th vital sign. as part of a grant to that was provided to them by the pharmaceutical company purdue pharma the joint commission on accreditation of health care organizations recently defined and adopted stringent pain standards on the basic thrust of our new standards is the organizations that practitioners have an obligation to ask the patient even if the patient doesn't look like he or she is in pain ask them to be surprised but here when you go to a doctor's office now they ask you or are you having pain. no you may go for a raise that has nothing to do with pain which just added lighter fluid to the fire because because it became equivalent to say if you

public health service commission corp. he's requesting public health service officers from all available categories to support national covid-19 vaccination efforts. i want to also touch on you are efforts to make the workplace safer. the department of labor announced that its occupational safety and health administration or osha issued stronger worker safety guidance to help employers an workers implement a coronavirus mitigation program and better identify risks which could lead to exposure and infection. ensuring the health and safety of all of our country's workers is a national priority and a moral and economic imperative. health care workers and other essential workers, many of whom are people of color, immigrants, have put their lives on the line during the coronavirus pandemic. and this updated guidance provides a road map for businesses to protect the health of the workers. now, one of the purposes of these briefings is to demonstrate the transparency within our national plan. and so i want to close by mentioning s

our public health service commission core, our military medical personnel, our first responders. g to expand the pool of medical profes professionals, including retired health care workers, who can administer the vaccine and to ensure we have enough vaccinators to meet the nation's needs, as we ramp this up. and as governors of both parties have asked, our administration will reimburse states 100% when their national guard is deployed in the fight against covid. we'll provide resources to help states cover the cost of personnel, vaccinators, administrative staff as well as supplies like dry ice and lap tops, protective equipment. the third change is we'll fully activate pharmacies across the country to get the vaccination into more arms as quickly as possible. millions of americans now turn to the local pharmacies every day for their medicines, flu shots and much more. we're going to immediately start new, major efforts, working directly with independent and chain pharmacies to get americans vaccinated. this program will extend, expand beyond access in neighborhoods across the cou

it also uses a model of behavioral health commissions with san francisco fire department. the calls to dispatch and gear and calls that will go to the san francisco police department will instead be diverted to commission so that individuals and behavioral health crises r not subject to law enforcement context and provided the promote subject. the srct and our -- the second team will be rolled out there month. six teams will be in operation by march 2021. as i said to the commission before and prior session, this is a pilot program. this is a very small in combined month of november and december, 2020, the scrt team had 184 calls to service that 344 14thed for an scrt response. at the same time, there were 3659 calls to serve they were second that have enough resources. it's about 5% of the total call volume. i know there's a lot of excitement about the program. it's going to take time and it's a very small percentage right now of the call that will actually cam our way. we would love to see this come to tuition and be a involve hopefully we can celebrate that in our city

it also uses a model of behavioral health commissions with san francisco fire department. the calls to dispatch and gear and calls that will go to the san francisco police department will instead be diverted to commission so that individuals and behavioral health crises r not subject to law enforcement context and provided the promote subject. the srct and our -- the second team will be rolled out there month. six teams will be in operation by march 2021. as i said to the commission before and prior session, this is a pilot program. this is a very small in combined month of november and december, 2020, the scrt team had 184 calls to service that 344 14thed for an scrt response. at the same time, there were 3659 calls to serve they were second that have enough resources. it's about 5% of the total call volume. i know there's a lot of excitement about the program. it's going to take time and it's a very small percentage right now of the call that will actually cam our way. we would love to see this come to tuition and be a involve hopefully we can celebrate that in our city