of covid-19. >> as of december 8th, over 14.8 million covid-19 cases and over 280,000 associated deaths have been reported in the united states. the peak was driven by activity in the new york metro area, inc activity across much of the southern u.s. since mid-september daily counts of new cases have again been on the rise with even sharper increases since mid-october. in submission of these slides in advance of this meeting we have now surpassed 15 million cases, and 285,000 deaths nationally, with over 200,000 new cases, and over 2,500 new deaths reported yesterday. in addition to reported cases cdc uses several other systems to track the pandemic, which are compiled in the weekly surveillance summary called covid view. this weekly report includes the percent positivity of molecular tests for sars-cov-2, the virus that causes covid-19, shown in blue, as well as syndromic surveillance for covid-19 like illness among ambulatory patients shown in red. both of these leading indicators have been incr

of covid-19. not prevention. additional product has been issued under emergency use authorization and not fda approved. none of these products is authorized for use to prevent covid-19. at this time, there is no adequate approved and available alternative to a covid-19 vaccine or preventing covid-19 caused by sars coronavirus 2. in october of this year, fda released guidance outlining our expectations for submissions requesting emergency use authorization of covid-19. these expectations were discussed at the meeting in october. there are three main areas covered by our expectations. first, data to demonstrate manufacturing quality and consistency. this will not be discussed in detail further at this meeting. second, we expect clear and compelling safety and efficacy data to support a favorable benefit risk of the vaccine when rapidly deployed for administration to millions of individuals including healthy people. finally, we expect plans for further evaluation of the vaccine safety and effectivene

of covid-19. not prevention. additional product has been issued under emergency use authorization and not fda approved. none of these products is authorized for use to prevent covid-19. at this time, there is no adequate approved and available alternative to a covid-19 vaccine or preventing covid-19 caused by sars coronavirus 2. in october of this year, fda released guidance outlining our expectations for submissions requesting emergency use authorization of covid-19. these expectations were discussed at the meeting in october. there are three main areas covered by our expectations. first, data to demonstrate manufacturing quality and consistency. second, we expect clear and compelling safety and efficacy data to support a favorable benefit risk of the vaccine when rapidly deployed for administration to millions of individuals including healthy people. finally, we expect plans for further evaluation of the vaccine safety and effectiveness including an ongoing clinical trial, affective safety monit

of covid-19. tracing so looking at the contact with both the patients that comous as covid positive and who are their contacts and how do we follow those contacts as to try to make sure that we can identify as many cases as possible. and then isolating so as we find cases really trying to keep them from spreading covid to others. that's again that's the cornerstone of a health response strategy to try to mitigate covid. within that, in addition to that, we have our surge response. so our surge response is really the sandbags at the end of this. so if those, the intense work of those test tracing, are not enough, to stem the tide of a covid surge, as well as all of the work that the community has done, then trying to make sure that we preserve that emergency department hospital ward and icu capacity for the sickest patients within the city. we're trying to prevent unnecessary deaths. we don't want to see something like the new york saw the surge. how do we preserve the capacity of our hospitals and

of covid. i was at home for a few months, i developed some severe atrial arrhythmias. when they subsided i developed severe hierypertension, of cour i'm still taking medicine so i could feel my feet and recover my sense of smell. i think the important thing is that there's a real price to be paid for getting covid, whether it's severe or not. the long-term side effects. and i think that the vaccine is the answer. it's to prevent covid-19 and not to get it and get treated as good as treatment is nowadays. and in addition, actually, even though my antibody levels remain extremely high, i will get vaccinated when my time comes. i think that's an important thing to recognize as well. so, i wanted to thank the moderna people and the other vaccine makers for helping us prevent this disease. so other people don't suffer like i have. thank you for the opportunity to speak. >> thank you. the next speaker is dr. jasmine marcelin. >> yes, thank you very much. my name is dr. jasmine maccelin. i'm employed

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ijust want to get rid of covid—19. bye, covid—19! and goodbye, covid—19! freya cole, bbc news. good riddance to covid—19. it is a good message but it is by for us for now. stay with us on bbc. a very frosty night out there in the glens of scotland. temperatures are not far off —10 degrees celsius, and over the next few days, it certainly is going to be cold enough about the wintry weather. not all of it pure snow, there will probably be some sleet around as well. now, the cold air has spread across many parts of the continent. the point is it's here to stay, so we're not going to see a wave of milderaircoming off the atlantic any time soon. through the early hours, we expect snow showers across parts of scotland and also across the pennines. you can see sub—zero temperatures, icy conditions in some areas as well. to the south of that, i think hit and miss showers. this is what happens through the morning. the wintry weather, for some of us, spreads from the north into the north west of england, through parts of the midlands, parts of

that is covid-19. covid-19 does not discriminate. many residents, many people may not realize they are a carrier of the disease itself, because they may not experience symptoms. important tot is implement all the preventative measures. and that is so critical for all of us to remain safe and to be healthy, and to be able to provide the care all our patients deserve. othert are you seeing people aren't? what are you seeing firsthand? piecesof the unfortunate is that they liked of the symptoms aren't visual. so unless someone reports it to another person or discloses that information, and i think that provides a small -- revise a false sense of comfort. the other component to that is, if there is a false sense of comfort related to that, than there is this belief that this really isn't real. anyone is welcome to come into the hospitals, and we see patients lying in bed's, on breathing machines, patients on different types of oxygen devices, our staff going into care for them at fear for their own lives. they have their own families at

benefits of the vaccine include prevention of covid-19 after the second dose, prevention of severe covid-19, and preventing covid-19 after the first dose. risks appear to be mild injection site pain, fever, or fatigue. increased reactojenicity for participants over 55 is offsets with weaker immune systems. i note that allergy-susceptible persons should be informed of any issues in the eua vaccine following approval. the net benefit is highly positive. i would recommend the vaccine to my siblings over 80 and my relatives in an assisted living facility where there have been three cases for staff and three cases among residents. there's a need for a follow-up of vaccination effect, including how long after immunization patients are protected whether the vaccine prevents infections which cause further transmission and how any violations of cold chain supply, delusion, shaking, or administration effect efficacy. thank you. they need this vaccine yesterday. >> okay, great. thank you. the next speaker is diana zuckerman. >> yes, hi. can you hear me? >> yes. >> i'm dr. diana zuckerman, president

i'm insured individuals for covid-19 it sounds like people without insurance needing covid treatmentpaid for are in good shape. but we received this statement from the department of health and human services quote. >>reimbursement under the uninsured program will be made for qualifying testing for covid-19 for treatment services with a primary covid-19 diagnosis. and for qualifying covid-19 vaccine administration fees. so notice the qualification language from hhs eligibility for the government's uninsured program requires a primary covid-19 diagnosis. this makes sense. but it also may make things complicated for some. since the cdc calculates the covid death rate to include so-called co-morbidities that is multiple contributing factors to death. it makes sense that people presenting an emergency rooms for inpatient care may have multiple ailments, needing treatment, including covid but if doctors do not consider covid the primary diagnosis for a patient covid treatment for that uninsured is not covered and that may really at unexpected insult to injury. that was brian cup final repo

covid deaths. long-term care facility modeling that was presented to acip in august predicts more cases and death at a facility among everyone by vaccinating staff compared to vaccinating residents. covid-19 exposure both inside and outside the healthcare setting results in absenteeism due to quarantine, infection and illness. vaccination has the potential to reduce healthcare personnel absenteeism. older adults in target settings are disproportionately affected by covid-19 long-term care facility residents whose staff accounted for 6% of cases and 40% of deaths in the u.s. despite the fact long-term care facility residents account for less than 1% of the u.s. population. the skilled nursing facility populations approximately 1.3 million and as of november 15 had experienced almost half a million confirmed and probable cases and more than 69,000 covid associated deaths. assisted living facilities are home to approximately 800,000 residents across the nation, and although surveillance is less system

>>news continues with the covid-19 vaccines.till ahead, how it will get distributed here in the bay area and a live report millions of americans travel for thanksgiving despite health warnings, how one bay area county plans to enforce the quarantine policy when people returned from traveling. >>and there's a rise in hospitalizations statewide how bay-area hospitals are preparing. >>i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow clear skies out there very mild temperatures get ready for another cold night tonight, we'll talk about that. coming up next. >>company moderna is asking for emergency use authorization from the fda for his covid vaccine. the company says it is 100% effective in preventing severe forms of the disease moderna will be the second vaccine maker to request authorization from the federal government. the company's latest findings show and effectiveness rate above 94%. the company is also asking european officials for the same authorization, one researcher at u c san francisco called the results stunning and a game changer th

>he also talked about the need for congress to act so the country can acquire at least 100 million covid vaccine doses and fund the rest of the distribution efforts. a 100 million shots in the first 100 days developing a vaccine is only. >>one herculean task distributed is another herculean task biden said the people he's nominated to his health team are well qualified diverse and ready to execute a plan to contain the ever worsening pandemic. >>california attorney general javier becerra leading the pack as biden nominated him to lead health and human services hhs. >>tackling pandemics saving lives keeping us healthy should be our calling card. and we will forget that there is a second h in hhs the human services, the work we do for children seniors and disabled. they will stand tall in a biden harris hhs doctor vivek murthy was nominated to reprise his role as surgeon general. >>which he held under the obama administration and doctor anthony fauci will continue as chief medical adviser to the president on covid-19 also on the team doctor rochelle walensky who was named director for the

from the covid-19 vaccine. today i was with one of our, several members of dc fire and dns and they will be among the first workers who are part of the medical community who will be inoculated starting this thursday. and so the stories that we heard from them, that they're doing it for their city so that they can go out and do their jobsafely. they're doing it for their own families so when they go out to work each day , they know that they are not exposing their families and their doing so we can get back to normal as soon as possible. i am grateful for what i know has been a herculean scientific effort, logistics effort and now it's on all of us to make sure we are communicating to our neighbors, family and friends and it's especially right now the healthcare workers in our lives that we have a safe and effective vaccine and we need to get to using it so thank you very much ew for hosting us today. thank you mister secretary for all the hard work that i know thousands of people have been engaged in us here to

there's now a 3rd covid variant in the uk. health officials say this latest mutation came from south africa and is even more contagious. then the second strain which is more contagious than the original strain. so far there's been no reported cases in the uk. but. 2 reported cases to stay in the uk. both people are now in self-isolation the uk has suspended travel right now to and from south africa. several house and senate lawmakers have been among the first to get the covid-19 vaccine. they join frontline health care workers now and the nation's most vulnerable populations. getting the vaccine falls under the continuity of operations principle that was established by the government after 9.11 want to assure the lawmaker to the lawmakers can do their essential work safely. that hasn't stopped some criticism though aimed at lawmakers for getting the shot ahead of people who are at most risk. >>i got it in my left arm on friday, necessary for continuity of government should we online not she would be in the line so that we can

>>covid prevention rules and san francisco health officials each covid-19 restrictions to allow more people to go out on dates. how many people the city says you can meet at one time coming up. >>and it was a trying day today here in the bay area but we do have more rain heading our way i'll tell you when and what we can expect coming up. >>the u.s. death toll from covid topped 300,000 today as the coronavirus vaccine as we mentioned is starting to be given to people around the country. the nation though is averaging roughly 2500 covid deaths every day. and in the last 2 weeks covid has been the leading cause of death in america outpacing heart disease and cancer. >>california has been averaging more than 30,000 new coronavirus cases a day with the influx in new cases coming from comes this dire need for hospital beds that we've been hearing about and tonight. close to 15,000 patients are currently hospitalized due to covid-19 here in the state in the bay area close to 18% of icu beds are available for patients. the greater sacramento region, san joaquin valley. in southern californi

moderna's covid-19 vaccine is next to be used for people ages 18 and older. the fda released a briefing document ahead of its meeting on thursday confirming the vaccine's efficacy against covid-19 is 94.5%. it also details the safety profile as favorable with no specific concerns. >>> as covid-19 vaccinations get under way here and across the country, it's more important than ever to answer questions about the vaccines including potential side effects. all this week abc 7 is devoting resources to vaccine watch coverage, a crucial part, of course, of building a better bay area. today we look at how the vaccines might actually affect you. abc 7 news reporter kate larsen introduces you to people who have already received the shot. >> more than 100,000 people around the world have been injected in trials for covid vaccines being considered by the u.s. participants in the trial have reported similar reactions to the different vaccine products. pfizer's analysis indicates that about 25 to 50% of participants experienced some degree of side effects. while 10% to 15%

out be covid posite.etween t it, therea great deal ofy difficult getting those patients anchor:fter president trump finally signs a coronavirus relief bill, democrats in the house of representatives are trying to increase the payouts to americans. a chinese journalist reported on the early days of the pandemic has be sentenced t four years in jail. also on the program, inat the lantic ocean, they have discovered species previously ♪nknown to science. hello, and welcome if you're watching in th u.k., on pbs in the united states, or around the world. there have been a recd number of cases of coronavirus in the u.k. over the past 24 hours, the figure, more than 41,000, may includees c unreported over the christmas period, but ts a worsening situati as a new, more infectious variant of the virus appears to be gaining grund. here is health editor. reporter: from the university hospital in east lonn, nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched, caring for ver sk patients. no one should underestimate the effect

the governor there got covid. his brother got covid. they took ivermectin and felt immediately better so they concluded that ivermectin was an effective treatment. i am not saying that is how we determine treatments, but that is what they did. the governor did something really dramatic. he immediately began what he called a de-worming campaign throughout his state, because he didn't want to go against the federal health ministry which was against ivermectin. in his state, he began to distribute ivermectin to the population. if you look at that graph, the case count in deaths peak and they rapidly decrease. 1.5 months later, he found almost no cases in the hospitals. that was in paraguay. if you can go to another slide, i can show -- are there any more slides that you have? >> this is the one in mexico? >> yes, in mexico. this is deaths in mexico. on the left side of the graph is before august 1, and the right is after. the green-shaded state is the state of chappas in southern mexico. that state, alone among all the states in mexico, de

she tested positive for covid-19. her father says he was told the talks elegy report did not reveal -- talks ologies report toxicologyeal -- report did not reveal any other causes of death. her autopsy is not yet complete. since then, according to later reporting, a spokesperson for the georgia bureau of investigation said an autopsy was not performed on robin because she tested positive for covid-19, which was listed as the probable cause of death. not listay, bop does robinvid-19 staff where worked. they have not acknowledged that she likely died of covid-19. does bop disagree with the determination that covid-19 was robin's possible cause of death? if so, what evidence does it rely on to make that decision? dir. carvajal: congresswoman, sad.happened to robin is i don't know that we have ever disagreed with anything. i do not know where you are getting your information. i am not a medical expert. we are simply saying what we are given. the last piece of information from the georgia bureau, i do not have that informa

>>to become immune from getting covid-19 and at that point. the virus begins to die out and life can start getting back to normal. 4 september i'm pretty confident that we'll be living our lives. >>that certainly is a hopeful thought now this presumes that there are just 2 vaccines that there are 4 or 5 that timeline could be sped up in terms of where we would get the vaccine health care workers likely at hospitals like ucsf the rest of us likely getting it at our local pharmacy. but system will have to be set up. so the pharmacy knows what group each of us fits into and when we can get the vaccine that all still has to be set up live at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan well today pharmaceutical company moderna is applying for emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine with the new data from the company show that its vaccine is more than 94% effective in preventing covid-19. >>company data also indicate the vaccine is 100% effective at preventing severe illness based out of cambridge massachusetts moderna is the second us

or to transmit covid than adults or so in an we don't really think of covid is a foe might disease anymore and what i mean by that is we are not seen cases of people transmitting covid to one another by sharing touched surfaces. so playground seemed like a perfectly ok place to have open allowing kids to congregate and i was really glad to see that to see that change similarly schools are allowed to stay open which they should schools can and should be open. we have a lot of data from around the world that this can be done safely even in the middle of a covid surge. we have good data from right here from orange county they have 93 school's out and send september about 40,000 students, 5,000 teachers and they've only had 2 cases of campus is transmission. why have they why do they have such low numbers because they're mast and they're doing social distancing those 2 interventions masks and distance cancer about the same level of protection is our upcoming back scenes do. >>they block about 90% of transmission. so those are really the guiding principles outdoors is safer than indoors masks a

or non-covid patients. it reads some compromise of standard of care is unavoidable. >> this affects anyone who needs to go to a hospital for care the number of patients that need care, covid or non-covid alike, are exceeding the capacity, the care the hospitals can optimally provide. >> l.a. county already out of icu beds in the last month hospitalizations for covid-19 patients increased 330%. across the state, icu availability at dangerously low levels and dwindling. >> it's what we call a disaster situation. our hospital is in a disaster situation. >> reporter: dr. raman dillon is operating at 270% capacity washington post getting this look from inside patients gasping for breath, forced to wait for hours in hallways. >> i felt like we were in a movie, some disaster movie when you are in such dire circumstances, you turn to a -- what's called a code triage where you're going to give your patients who have the best chance of survival, you know, the -- yeah, the priority. >> reporter: the state throwing a h

the new weapon in the fight against covid. the cdc today authorizing the use of a second vaccine distribution of moderna's version now under way. millions of doses to reach hospitals within days the new warning about those allergic reactions, and why the general in charge of vaccines is apologizing. >> i failed. i am fixing, and we will move forward from there. >>> and the first vaccinations for nursing home residents have begun >>> christmas is canceled in the uk. >> we cannot continue with christmas as planned. >> the drastic shutdown as a new, more contagious strain of covid spreads through london could it come here >>> an emergency landing and a passenger dying of cardiac arrest, but did he does coronavirus symptoms before boarding? that scare as millions get ready to travel for the holidays. >>> super saturday the mad rush inside stores for what may be the busiest shopping day of the year. >>> our exclusive look inside college basketball's fight against covid. the technology inside jerseys to keep players safe. >>> and a

so as covid becomes more widespread, our staff lives in the communities, so they may get covid as well. we hope not, but that would limit tremendously our ability to take care of patients. when i look at these numbers of a surge on top of a surge, i feel very nervous. i feel sad. i have a mix of emotions. but most of all, i feel tired. i feel demoralized. i know i already talked about it being a marathon, but it really feels like a marathon. feels like i'm on the last mile of the marathon and i really can't run anymore because i don't have enough water and i ran out of water. but i think we're all rallying still at the hospital level and i know we can do it. the vaccine is that silver lining we're running towards. i think a lot of people are frankly tired. we couldn't see our families during thanksgiving. we couldn't get that boost, and we're just trying the best we could. >> real great honesty from doctor peter. we'll hear from, including his thoughts on people traveling during the holidays and how it relates to a triple scoop of ice cream. >> so grateful for our front line health-car

el Área de la bahía muchos ancianatos han tenido brotes importantes y peligrosos del coronavirus (covidcomo (nombre en inglés) y (nombre en inglés) van a ir a aplicarles las vacunas a los adultos mayores que son los más vulnerables el gobernador hizo este anuncio hoy , están listos para preparar la logística para que sus trabajadores vayan a estos lugares y puedan vacunar a la población que ha sido de las más afectadas y más delicada ante el virus escuchemos lo que dijo el gobernador en conferencia de prensa >> centros de atención médico y la segunda fase será en centros de cuiados de atención a personas mayores y otros centros de cuidado de largo plazo >> esta buena noticia llega en momentos críticos no solo porque estamos viendo los casos de coronavirus (covid-19) , hospitalizados , la disminución en la capacidad hospitalaria porque las autoridades están esperando un nuevo aumento sobre este aumento de los casos y las hospitalizaciones cuánto podría costar esto a los entes locales esta información la tengo a las seis de la tarde en vivo y en directo andrés noticias telemundo 48 >> gra

last week, covid-19 was the number one cause of death in america. of covid-19 and counting. last week, covid-19 was the number one cause of death in america. for black, latino and native americans, were nearly three times as likely to die from it, covid-19 is a mass causality. for families and friends left behind, it's a gaping hole in your heart that never will be fully healed. as a country, we've been living with this pandemic for so long, we're at risk of becoming numb to its toll on all of us. we're resigned to feel that there's nothing we can do. and we can't trust one another. that we must accept death, pain and sorrow. we're in the midst of this deadly pandemic that has infected almost 15 million americans. 1 out of every 22 people in our country often with devastating consequences to their health. at this very moment, what is the outgoing administration asking the supreme court to do in the united states supreme court? to repeal the entirety of the affordable care act when we need it most. a law that's on the front lines against the pandemic. protects more than 100 m

and another 3,359 people just died of covid. that's why there is such an urgent effort to vaccinate as many americans as possible. doctors at children's national hospital in washington, d.c. today volunteered on what would have been their day off so that they could give the potentially life saving shots to other hospital staff. cnn's locorrespondent has more where this country stands. >> i'm santa claus. >> he is definitely an essential worker. he keeps the joy and keep's everybody's spirits up. >> reporter: it's a christmas like no other. >> you ready to open presents? >> reporter: holiday cheer dampened by the coronavirus pandemic. on wednesday, the nation reporting more than 228,000 new covid-19 cases. the death toll surpassing 3,300. cases on the rise across six states, the number in california alone surpassing 2 million. deaths also on the rise in 18 states. >> right now, covid-19 is the single leading cause of death in the united states on a daily basis. that's how tragic this is. >> reporter: a preventable tragedy. >> mor

this is -- this is -- this is covid. this is covid. this is what covid looks inside the lungs. you can see a lot of mucus. the lungs swollen and red in this elderly patient. the sample will be sent to a lab to find out what else might be happening in their lungs. >> the question is, are they not healthy just because of covid or is there a secondary infection, which is common? >> reporter: we visited the same hospital in late june, then two wings of the hospital had been transformed into covid-19 wards. today prepping for what's to come, there are three. >> the next six weeks are going to be the darkest weeks in modern american medical history. >> reporter: even though the vaccine is being rolled out? >> absolutely. think about it. the vaccine is taking between six and eight weeks to get immunity. people are not listening. >> reporter: about 40% of patients at this houston hospital are from other parts. state reeling from overwhelming illness. across the lone star state, cases exploding. the seven day average of positive cases hitting records far above where they were in june. w

we have over 4750 people have died with covid, but 3901 that have died because of covid. we are also over 84,000 vaccines administered. we are one of the top four or five states for vaccines administered per capita, for population. we are very proud of that and we want to build that lead. we want to be number one. as more coloradans receive vaccines we are nearing the point where in a few months by late spring or early summer the risk will be substantially lower. throughout this process my goal has been to save lives and to end the health crisis. which is why the limited early doses come the earliest doses of vaccine would prioritize frontline healthcare workers who work closely with covid patients across the state and the people that are needed for covid response, now already we have begun the residents and staff of long-term care facilities like nursing homes where there is been a significantly higher rate of hospitalizations and deaths. today we are updating and in in many, many parts of our state phase 1b to close ally with the cd kites and act to save lives. phase 1b

we see patients coming in with covid symptoms but others with other problems to turn out to be covid positive and, between that, there is a great deal of difficulty getting those patients through into the wards. after president trump signs a coronavirus relief bill, democrats in the house of representatives are trying to increase the pay—out to americans. a chinese journalist who reported on the early days of the pandemic has been sentenced to four yea rs pandemic has been sentenced to four years injail for top also, a major study of the atla ntic for top also, a major study of the atlantic ocean at discovered species previously unknown to science. hello and welcome. there have been a record number of cases of coronavirus in the uk over the past 24 hours. the figure, more than 41,000, may include cases not recorded over the christmas period, but this underlines the worsening situation, is a new more infectious variant of the virus appears to be gaining ground. there was a stark message today from this east london hospital. nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched caring for very s

thanks to covid kate ♪ no, no no.et's show 'em how it's done, becky g. ♪ it's the brand new chicken dance song uh ♪ ♪ get down heat it up like a sauna ♪ ♪ spin around one time if you wanna ♪ ♪ wings up stretch em out put it on 'em ♪ ♪ get up now ♪ get down uh ♪ cluck cluck when you hear the sound uh ♪ new chicken dance new chicken sandwich my juicy, thickest fillet yet. my cluck sandwich combos. only at jack in the box. >>about the san jose state football team. what a year really a historic winning the conference championship for the first time ever yeah, but amid the celebrations and plans for the postseason there are covid concerns of course sports reporter kate really she joins us now with a little bit on the challenges the teams facing covid concerns with everything right now right and this team unfortunately is not exempt from that the spartans they're still flying high after winning that elusive first conference title but. >>thanks to a 10 day quarantine mandate for travelers to santa clara county. they're actua

so far more than 310,000 americans have died from covid-19. >>pfizer moderna have made headlines over the last couple of weeks for their covid-19 vaccines but what about the other vaccine trial still underway. yeah there are several still in progress some currently in phase 3 some right here in the bay area. >>kron four's noelle bellow has more on why it's so important for these trials to play out. >>we want to ensure also is that the vaccines are available to the entire world, it's been a race to the finish line pharmaceutical companies working around the clock to develop a vaccine against covid-19 with pfizer receiving emergency use authorization and moderna's not far behind now companies like astrazeneca johnson and johnson are continuing in phase 3 of their own trials, this will be out to vaccine those 28 days apart doctor hyman scott is the medical director for clinical research at bridge hiv in san francisco. they're currently enrolling more participants for astrazeneca's phase 3 trials, you know i think the big question is like how much

track who has the panda who has covid around them. it is a way they're hoping to kind of contain the pandemic alert. yeah it is called ca notify and then once you download alert you if and when you're exposed to somebody with covid-19. >>our kron four's maureen kelly explains how it works. >>if you have an android phone than you can now download the ca notify app from the google play store. but if you have an iphone is likely that the technology already exists inside your phone. you just need to activate it. if you have a current operating system on your iphone you can find the exposure notification in your settings and turn it on. >>and after clicking just a few more buttons you join but public health experts hope will become an army of users that will help contain the spread of this pandemic hits 100% private. one percent secure. 100% voluntary the governor earlier this week promising that this will not share identities or collect location data. here's an example of how it works if 2 people both have opted into ca notify and they ge

then the original strain of covid-19. >>and on top of that new strain, vicki was just talking about there is now a 3rd covid variant or strain in the u k officials say it came from south africa they say this mutation is even more contagious then the other new one. there are 2 reported cases in the uk with this latest strain, the 3rd straight if you will both of those people are in quarantine and as a response to the uk has suspended travel to and from south africa and coming up tonight at 6.30 we'll talk live on air with ucsf professor and trauma surgeon, doctor andre campbell about these 2 new strains as well as his experience having just taken pfizer's covid vaccine. in national news tonight, president trump has vetoed a sweeping defense bill and there's concern that he might do the same with the newly passed coronavirus relief package. >>kareen wynter reports. >>the bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated following months of political wrangling by congressional leaders over

let me review case definitions for covid-19, severe covid-19. standpoint efficacy with symptomatic adjudicative covid-19 disease that occurred at least 14 days after dose two. to be considered a case of covid-19, study participants had to have experienced at least two systemic symptoms or at least one respiratory sign or symptom or clinical or radio graphical evidence of pneumonia and confirmed sars cov 2 infection --m at least one major [indiscernible] severe cases had to meet all criteria for primary endpoints and have at least one of the four following criteria -- severe systemic illness or respiratoryfailure, distress syndrome or evidence of shock, or significant acute organ dysfunctions or admission to nicu or death. to ensure adequate safety monitoring and to enable the interim efficacy analysis, this study has been monitored by a data and safety monitoring board . it was charted and convened by the national institutes of health and is completely independent from the company. in addition, an independent efficacy endpoint adjudication assem

next week marin county will offer more free covid testing the county partner with curative a covid testing company for a self administered all oral swab tests test size will rotate around moraine county and you can find a full list of the locations and the date on our website kron 4 dot com and a 3rd covid-19 vaccine is in the works johnson and johnson has completed enrollment in its vaccine trial. the company has enrolled about 45,000 participants for the first trial of is covid single dose vaccine candidate and it expects interim data by late january emergency approval of this vaccine could come as early as february so far it is the only company one dose vaccine which could mean a faster rollout it takes the moderna and the pfizer to doze vaccines about a month to reach their protective peak, all right now to our 4 zone forecast and our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is standing by with the weekend outlook. lawrence looking good lots sunshine today of course. >>beautiful around the bay area after a chilly start really a cold again outside these temperatures really going plummet over

david marcozzi, who is our senior medical adviser on covid-19, and the covid-19 incident commander for the university of maryland medical system. before we begin, i know that many marylanders are closely watching the weather reports. we have activated a government-wide response in preparation for the potential of heavy snowfall and what looks like it could be the first major winter weather event of the season. according to the national weather service, travel may be very difficult if not impossible in the region. state highway administration began pretreating roads over the weekend. maryland state police is ready to implement emergency plans and the maryland emergency management agency is coordinating closely with federal and local partners, and we just encourage marylanders to stay tuned to your local forecast and to heed guidance from state and local authorities. most importantly, we're simply urging marylanders to be prepared and to use common sense. sadly, as of today, covid-19 has taken the lives of more than 5,000 marylanders and more than 300,000 americans. the one of many we ha

>>a new fda report is now backing moderna's covid-19 vaccine. fda staff members endorsed the moderna vaccine. this morning marking a critical step forward next up the agency's vaccines and related biological products advisory committee reviews the vaccine on thursday but donna is asking the fda to approve its use for people 18 and over while pfizer's vaccine has been clear for people 16 and over if the committee does approve this new vaccine for emergency use authorization, it could be distributed and administered to health care workers and those in long-term care facilities as early as next week. and our coronavirus vaccine coverage continues on our website kron 4 dot com. download the kron 4 and kron on apps to get the latest alerts, the news sent right to your devices, the apps are free in the apple and google play stores. governor gavin newsome has pledged to distribute the vaccine to all 58 counties in california. >>with health care workers getting the first round of doses. this comes as icu beds quickly fill up in hospitals across the stat

but today marks a critical milestone towards the ultimate defeat of covid-19.nk you all very much and thank you to gw for hosting us today. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] do. >> good afternoon. today is the day that we have been waiting for. the vaccine arrived in ohio this morning. this morning after months of

durbin: madam president, how bad is the covid-19 pandemic? i'm sure we each look at it in personal and family terms. we've just gone through a thanksgiving like no other for my family and for many others who decided that safety was more important than being physically in the same room with the family members that we love. so we turned to face time and zoom and every other contrivance we can find to maintain a connection with children, grandchildren, and other people we love. but the situation is dire. the infection and death rate in my home state has been heart breaking in terms of the number of people who have had their lives changed and some have had their lives ended because of it. i can use one example of how bad it is. it won't mean much to those who are listening, but the city of st. louis is a large metropolitan area with millions of people. i grew up nearby on the illinois side of the river. one day last week the st. louis hospitals were unable to take a covid-19 patient, and as a result that patient was transported almost 100 miles a

i am hoping will be able to add a a covid relief bill to that list. while the money congress has hasady invested a release gone a long way toward meeting the countries needs there's more that we need to do. republicans put forward an additional target of relief package months ago butt democrat spent the fall delaying additional covid relief by insisting on bloated legislation field with unrelated and unreasonable demands. it's been impossible to negotiate with democrats for the simple reason that democrats have made it clear that compromise is not an option. it's our way or the highway, democrats have said. it's either an multi-trillion dollar bill, or nothing at all. madam president, democrats have to know thatha they don't have a chance of getting theirnc bill through both houses of congress and to the president's desk. so the reasonable thing for them to do if they really want to help americans would be to work with republicans to pass a bill that delivers at least some of what they want. republicans and democrats agree on a number of things from m

but today marks a critical mileone towards the ultime defeat of covid-19.nk you allery much and thank you to gw for hostings today. [applause] >> [inaubleonversations] ohio state university and the university of cincinnati medical centers, the governor said eight other ohio hospitals will each receive 975 doses shortly. >> good

with obesity -- to die of covid. with obesity, that has was the been with younger people who are obese which is a striking. under 35, people who have done badly with covid are morbidly obese. that is a real concern. your caller is right. we have an epidemic of obesity in the u.s. about 30% of adults are overweight or moving into obese levels. that is an important health issue. your caller is right that the mediterranean diet is highly healthnded for cardiac and to avoid obesity. that is important. host: the vaccines themselves, their's and how they are administered, how they are transported in the store. one requires a double shot does come a correct? both the moderna and pfizer candidates require two doses. both the moderna and the pfizer candidates require two doses. host: you think that will limit the number of people who get the vaccine or make people less likely to go back for the second round? is that a concern? guest: it is always a concern. with having 40 million doses by the new year, with a two dose regimen

i'm insured individuals for covid-19 it sounds like people without insurance needing covid treatment paid for are in good shape. but we received this statement from the department of health and human services quote. >>reimbursement under the uninsured program will be made for qualifying testing for covid-19 for treatment services with a primary covid-19 diagnosis. and for qualifying covid-19 vaccine administration fees. so notice the qualification language from hhs eligibility for the government's uninsured program requires a primary covid-19 diagnosis. this makes sense. but it also may make things complicated for some. since the cdc calculates to covid death rate to include so-called co-morbidities that is multiple contributing factors to death. it makes sense that people presenting an emergency rooms for inpatient care may have multiple ailments, needing treatment, including covid but if doctors do not consider covid the primary diagnosis for a patient covid treatment for that uninsured is not covered and that may really at unexpected insult to injury. >>that was brian cal photo re

>>i meant to suck asian in the fight against covid-19. more than 30,000 doses of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine arrived in california monday. frontline health care workers like kaiser permanente emergency room nurse, kim taylor were among the first to receive the what i want you guys to know is that help is on the way today is just the first step for different health centers across the state of california received those doses of the vaccine. 17,000 doses went to kaiser permanente sunset in la county. in the bay area 2000 doses arrived at zuckerberg san francisco general come tuesday 24 additional sites across the state will receive their viles by week's end more than 327,000 doses will be available across the state. >>comes in a tale proud to be to have been a part of the vaccine studies. will be at the forefront of the national vaccine distribution for frontline health care workers and first responders will continue to be the first to receive the vaccine. >>and 21 days from now they'll get their second shots we have to be sober and my full

>>from covid. >>those 50 hospital beds that still remain tonight average around 5 icu beds per hospital here in the county those icu beds, not only have to treat the most critically covid patients. they also have to be able to take care of other patients suffering from other illnesses as well. we've also learned that a number of hospitals across the county. i've also started taking procedures to ban elective surgeries. we're live tonight in santa clara jonathan mccall kron 4 thank you more than 30 million californians are currently under a stay at home order. >>tonight, san francisco contra costa santa clara and alameda counties are all under stay at home orders tomorrow. >>moraine county will go under a stay at home order at noon that order is similar to the lockdown that we had back in march, those counties are taking an earlier approach to governor newsom's order it requires counties into lockdown when icu bed capacity is drop below 15% right now icu bed capacity here in the bay area is at about

the new pfizer covid-19 vaccine. a lot of questions about the side effects is effectiveness we want to check in with the stanford doctor who has looked at all the data to get his thoughts right now we're joined by doctor dean winslow the infectious disease specialist at stanford. thank you for joining us here. thank you for having me a scale of one to 10. how excited are you 10 being the most excited that this pfizer vaccine got this endorsement today. >>i would honestly say i'm a probably about 10 9.5 or so on a on a 10 point scale. this really is good news and again i all of us are are hoping the vaccine will be really one of the key elements in truly controlling this terrible pandemic. >>so a final fda decision is expected within days do you think that they'll go with what the advisory committee is recommending. >>i believe they will it's actually very unusual that there. the you know just not take the recommendation of their advisory committee in the end this is a real excellent advisory committee that that they