i'm the deputy director at the san francisco department of public health. san francisco department of public health overseeing the covid response for the entire city and schools essential to that response. we are part of the routine that is helping with school reopening. >> thank you. now, i will pull up the slides for dr. woolridge then we'll go into presentation on covid-19 and children both on the variant and the vaccine. >> thank you, so much. i'll be starting off with giving you some tips about covid-19 and children, the vaccines and the variants. this slide is meant to show that covid-19, since the beginning of this pandemic and currently now, it is still mostly a pandemic very much driven by adult behavior. i want to take a moment to look at this slide here on the left and we see in terms of the percentage of cases and the population, in those blue and gray lines, we can see that it's pretty much clustered around people who are starting at 21 years of age and increasing sharply to 30 to 39 years of and and it goes back down. you can see children are n

the department of health said safety was _ basically. partment of health said safety was the top priority - basically. the department of health said safety was the top priority and | said safety was the top priority and work was continuing to minimise the impact on patients but there are still uncertainties over how long the shortages will last. the latest uk coronavirus figures show there were 32,181 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 33,776 per day in the last week. the latest figures show there were 7,015 people in hospital being treated for coronavirus on friday. 50 deaths were reported in the latest 24 hour period, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that takes the average deaths per day over the last week to 97. 0n vaccinations, 88.4% of people aged 16 and over have now had their firstjab and 78.7% of the population aged 16 and over have had both doses. an alpaca which twice tested positive for bovine tuberculosis has been put down, following a failed attemp

testing. >> reporter: nearly every bay area county health department is looking to expanding hours and possibly opening up more sites. >> the city of berkeley is also seeing an increase in demand for testing and we are working with our testing partners. >> what else are health officials telling you, especially about getting the test? >> public health departments are encouraging people to go with their medical provider first. they're encouraging that because they don't want these city run or community sites to be clogged with the demand of testing. we are seeing that all across the city, especially after what the public health officials said today, that it is significantly higher, that demand. they are working on supply and monitoring that situation. i checked the san francisco department of health website, tried to see how early i could get an appointment. the earliest that i could find online was on saturday. >> just a couple weeks ago it would've been easy to get them, and here we go again. check with your provider first. kenny, great advice, thank you. >>> kaiser permanente says it will require all of its employees and physician

that comes from the department of public health, and we also have physicians from san francisco departmentyou want to dig deeper. >> are we encouraging people to keep masks on [inaudible]. >> and there's no guidance as far as what people should be doing kind of in the outside spaces or things like that, just kind of inside, is that correct? >> in outdoor spaces, like, for recess and outside? >> yes, exactly. >> well, currently, the guidance does not require masking to happen in outdoors, and i don't know if the doctors wanted to add anything to that. >> good morning -- or good afternoon, everyone. i'm daniel woolridge, one of the physicians in the division of general pediatrics at ucsf. yes, per guidelines, masks are only required indoors, and that's per guidelines. i don't have too much more to add outside of that? doctor at kin -- dr. atkinson or dr. mcevoy, do you have anything to add? >> no, i think that's pretty much with the guidelines. >> thank you. i'm looking at how we can encourage people to use masks even if it's outdoors, but i think encouraging a culture of wearing masks at al

they redirected us to the california department of health just a short time ago. we have not yet heard back from the department of health on some of those questions yet. >> understood. kenny choi reporting live. thanks, kenny. >>>ta live look san ccin, eris pushback ty halaned t ba neo rom ow ngs. nc. gep rtan manegative test. >> no one forces anyone to take care of their health in other situations. no one forces you to work out. no one forces you to eat healthy. that's your human right, your human choice, and i believe it should be the same with anything you put in your body, no matter what it is. >> city council is discussing the mandate in their meeting right now. we'll let you know what happens. >>> some breaking news now in contra costa county, three people shot on a property just outside of brentwood. chopper 5's above the scene there on brentwood boulevard and seller street. police have blocked off an area next to a truck and a shipping container. now we know that two people were transported to local hospitals. no word yet on what led up to the gunfire. as w

health care workers? what about other people coming in and out of the medical facilities? >> reporter: well, ken, this was a two-part order from california department of public health. the second part of the order effects all visitors to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other medical facilities. they will have to show proof of vaccination or if not a covid- 19 test that is negative from no later than 72 hours. >> all right, good to know. reporting live, thank you for that. >>> looking live at san jose tonight. a vaccine mandate for city workers will go into effect in just over two weeks. beginning august 23rd employees must be vaccinated or they need to get weekly covid-19 tests. anyone who does not adhere to those rules could be placed on unpaid leave. >>> on to the fire watch now. flames are bearing down on the small town of chester tonight. 2,000 residents under a mandatory evacuation as the dixie fire rages. firecrews are taking a stand trying to defend as many homes as they can. tomorrow, weather conditions will hopefully improve. right now, gusty winds and dry fuel are making the flst. the people of chester just hoping their town doe

i'm the deputy director at the san francisco department of public health. san francisco department of public health overseeing the covid response for the entire city and schools essential to that response. we are part of the routine that is helping with school reopening. >> thank you. now, i will pull up the slides for dr. woolridge then we'll go into presentation on covid-19 and children both on the variant and the vaccine. >> thank you, so much. i'll be starting off with giving you some tips about covid-19 and children, the vaccines and the variants. this slide is meant to show that covid-19, since the beginning of this pandemic and currently now, it is still mostly a pandemic very much driven by adult behavior. i want to take a moment to look at this slide here on the left and we see in terms of the percentage of cases and the population, in those blue and gray lines, we can see that it's pretty much clustered around people who are starting at 21 years of age and increasing sharply to 30 to 39 years of and and it goes back down. you can see children are n

otherwise, everybody inside the building should be wearing a mask, according to the department of health. >> okay. how about athletics, when they engage in athletics? >> again, guidance is changing as we speak but as just now getting open there are opportunityies for students to be outdoors with masks. what most districts are doing is requiring them to take a rapid covid test, in some cases twice a week. that way that student can be safe away from the team and the team can continue while that student athlete quarantines. >> so the state laid down the rules but the government is leaving it up to local school districts to enforce it. some like cloveous are are are r not and they're letting parents choose. are you concern b. uneven. >> the county health officials have a legal responsibility and a legal authority to enforce it. so it remains to be seen what's going to happen. for me, kristen, this is force m i seement. this is a conversation about saveing lifeves. we've seen those who have died are those who have not not not vaccine f. many of our kids could be at risk. the way we keep them

the latest numbers from the state department of health show that 3 bay area counties. >> are among the top 10 in the entire state when it comes to the new number of cases. those counties solano contra costa and san francisco. they are all above the statewide average for the number of cases per 100,000 people and most of those news cases and especially the people who are in the hospital are unvaccinated. according to the cdc less than 0, 0, 1%, have died from the disease and the cdc says the data proves the vaccines are very effective at preventing serious illnesses and deaths from covid-19 luckily as the delta variant concerns continued rise. so our vaccination rates as well. tonight, the centers for disease control and prevention. now applauding americans for more of them getting vaccinated in the past week. >> with san francisco alone averaging nearly 200 new cases a day. health officials are now working hard to try and find is many folks in town to keep those new cases from popping up kron, four's. taylor sackey reports that. >> new data has pinpointed one group in particular is dri

this morning, the department of veteran affairs and the department of health and human services announced new requirements. all 350,000 v.a. health care personnel and all hhs health care personnel must now be fully vaccinated. state and local governments, health care systems, businesses small and large, universities, and other institutions are also stepping up. since last week, washington state, washington, d.c., and seattle have all adopted vaccination requirements. in more than 50 health systems across the country, they have announced all staff need to be vaccinated, bringing the total to more than 200 health systems. in the past 24 hours, amtrak, mcdonald's, nbc-universal, discovery, and capital one all announced new rules that workers must be vaccinated to return to the office. california announced all school teachers and staff in the state be required to be vaccinated or tested weekly. and the nea and aft, two of the largest unions in the country representing 5 million educators and school staff both came out in favor of school districts persimmon covid-19 vaccination policies, inclu

the department of the environment are co-leads with department of health leading the technical and regulatory aspects department of the environment leading the program administration . the office of economic and workforce development will assist with developing a workforce requiredto mitigate these lead hazards . next slide. it's important to note the department of the environment's role is informed by two decades of administering customer safety and energy programs. you can see my colleague paul gray who has been with the department for more than 12 years starting with the implementation ofthe san francisco energy watch program . prior to energy watch allthe licensed contractors . his experience as a contractor and an energy efficiency specialist brings unique insight into developing the fix lead sf program. it's emblematic that the watch store closes, the door to harm reduction opens. next slide. the department of public health leads on the technical side as they are experts in the public impacts of lead and the pathways which with lead and your children. they have experience in lead abatem

i will call on the mississippi department of health, jim craig. instrumental in the movement and activations of our health care space. jim? >> thank you, governor, good afternoon, everyone. like to update you on a few activities from the mississippi state department of health through the day today. our agency regulates a lot of things in mississippi, including hospitals and water and restaurants, as well as many others. we are working to assess a lot of the regulated community as well as the health care system, including our medical needs shelter, decompression activities, power restoration, the status of water systems, health care facility damage, coordination of patient movement, coordination of transportation resources from our state and federal resources, such as the ambulances, and monitoring the hospitals and long-term care facilities in the state. so far, assessment teams working all day today report nursing homes, we have four nursing homes that are on generator. two nursing homes are reporting minor damage. we have an intermediate care fac

monitor the needs of our health care system and we will do everything in our power to meet those needs working through the system as it exists. my entire team, the team of the department of health and the mississippi emergency management agency have been working closely over the last several weeks as the number of cases have risen. we find ourselves today at or near our peak levels from the pvs urges in hospital -- previous surges in hospitalization and icu patients. we will continue to work together to mitigate this crisis as we have done from the start of this pandemic. myself, dr. dobbs, executive director mccranie, and our teams will work around the clock to ensure these additional resources get to those individual hospitals in the same manner that we got literally millions and millions and millions of individual ppe to them during different phases of this particular pandemic. with that, i will turn it over to dr. dobbs and let him give an update. thank you, dr. dobbs. dr. dobbs: thank you so much, governor. i would like to give you a special thanks to extending the emergency that makes it so much easier and effective for us getting to this part of the pandemic. a

health officials are suggesting that there's one group of people in particular that's driving up the surge. the latest numbers from the california department of health show that 3 bay area counties are among the top in the state when it comes to the number of new cases that were seen solano contra, costa and san francisco are all above the statewide average for numbers of cases. san francisco alone is averaging nearly 200 new cases a day health officials are working hard to try and find how so many new cases keep popping up. kron four's tell exactly has more on that. data shows that millennials are driving san francisco's latest surge in covid cases in july. 25 to 39 year olds accounted for 50% of new cases. >> that same age group made up only 35% of new monthly cases 2 months prior a younger age group that 25 to see. >> you know, early 39 is also the group that has the lowest vaccination in the city. so if you think about, you know, been hearing numbers of ot 70 or fo vaccination. when you look at age group, it's only in the 60's infectious disease specialist ucsf. doctor peter chin-hong says. >> he's not surprised since this is the group

everything is full. >> and we just got off the phone with the mississippi state department of health. they have confirmed that they have reached out to the federal government to get more information on the the possibility of having the usns comfort hospital ship come to help. >> again, we are now talking about these hospital ships coming to the rescue in light of what is going on. thank you so much, layla. i appreciate it. >>> so in light of all of that, we're seeing more businesses and cities and government agencies moving to require vaccines. just this morning the health and human services department announced that it is more than 25,000 health care employees and volunteers must be vaccinated by the end of next month. los angeles is also taking steps to require covid vaccinations at indoor venues including restaurants, gyms and many more places. cnn's stephanie elum is live in los angeles. what is the latest with this? >> reporter: well, kate, what happened yesterday is that the l.a. city council voting unanimously to draw up an ordinance that would require in indoor public spaces p

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we're going to addressss that hd on at the department of health and human services with the secretary'srship. he has reinitiated our behavioral health carnegie council. i'm very pleased to cochair that with the assistant secretary for samhsa. and withh committees that are looking at substance use overdoses. we will have committees e look t how to expand for example, the integration of physical and mental health in health clinics and doctors offices and hospitals. the importance off telemedicine now in terms of behavioral health and substance use comps will bers looking at all of thoe different factors to be able to address the significant mental health issues that we are seeing now and we're likely to see in themi future. >> and how about the rise in homicides we are seeing across the country? >> well, we are seeing a rise in homicides, and the president has spoken out about that in terms of firearms and firearm safety and so i'll leave that to the president but he has spoken out about the importance and the significance of firearms from a public health perspective. >> dr. levine, befor

of the week, people who got the johnson & johnson vaccine will be able to get a second shot at san francisco general hospital. booster is not the word health officials are using. instead the department of public health is calling it a supplemental does. >> it is not a booster because it's not specific for the variants which the booster will be. >> reporter: the chief of medicine at san francisco general voted on monday to allow the hospitals vaccine clinic to give a supplemental mrna vaccine to somebody who had the j&j shot. >> potential benefit, no downside, to me as we look at the future of what the virus and what we are facing with a 4th search. it does make sense. >> reporter: 665,000 san francisco and have been vaccinated but only about 8% have received the johnson & johnson shot. >> we are worried about breakthrough infections. people were having concerns about whether the single-dose was going to be enough. >> reporter: that concern is why dr. winston says some people has have gone out to get extra vaccine doses on their own. hospital epidemiologist, she supports the supplemental dose but wants to be clear there is not enough data to support any benefit. >> there is not a spe

they redirected us to the california department of health and we are still waiting to hear back. in oakland, kenny choi, kpix 5. >>> the district apps covid safety protocols include contact tracers, who work with students and families to help during quarantine and come up with a plan for returning to school. >>> right now contra costa county sheriffs are investigating a homicide in brentwood. con fire tells kpix 5 that three people were shot . at least one person was killed. the shooting happened on brentwood boulevard and seller street. police have blocked off an area next to a truck and a shipping container. no word yet on what led up to the gunfire. more information as we get it in. >>> now to our fire watch. the caldor fire is creating so much toxic air in tahoe, it's now one of the most polluted areas in the world. check out this time lapse from one of cal fire's lake tahoe cameras. typically you would be able to see the water from here, but the air is so thick you can barely see past the first line of trees, and it's so bad in some areas that the air can't even be measured

so, we are going to address that head-on, at the department of health and human services with secretary becerra's leadership. he has reinitiated our behavioral health coordinating council. i'm very pleased to co-chair that with the assistant secretary for samhsa. we have committees that will be looking at substance use and overdoses. we'll have committees look at how to expand treatment, for example, the integration of physical and mental health in health clinics and doctor's offices and hospitals. the importance of telemedicine now in terms of behavioral health and substance use treatment. we are going to be looking at all of those different factors to be able to address the significant mental health issues that we are seeing now and we are likely to see in the future. frances: and how about the rise in homicides across the country? asst. sec. levine: we are seeing a rise in homicides. the president has spoken out about that in terms of firearms and firearm safety. so, i'll leave that to the president. he has spoken out about the importance of -- and the significance of -- firearms fro

the state department of health is reporting a positivity test rate of 6.4% over the last 7 days. there were 10,000 newly reported cases just thursday alone. covid cases continue to rise across the state and bay area. hospitals are seeing their own employees contract. the virus as of friday 55 out of 7,000. san francisco general hospital employees are out sick with coronavirus. none are hospitalized, but they are in quarantine at home. hospital officials say the transmission wasn't on the job but through community spread as of general doctors say the cases are reflective of what's happening in the area. the latest numbers show 210 people are hospitalized with covid-19 in alameda county, a 149 are hospitalized in contra, costa county, a 113 covid patients have been admitted to hospitals in santa clara. and there are 91 covid patients in san francisco medical centers. a vast majority of cases are people who have not received a vaccine according to data from the kaiser family foundation. just one 0.4% of current cases are among fully vaccinated. people as of general says, despite the

this emphasis go department of health had to sign off on each school to make sure the proper safety measures were in place. our education reporter is in the newsroom with a look at what the first day of school may look like. leanne: i envision happy children, what a coincidence. tampa and cisco unified announced on march 13, 2020 -- san francisco unified announced on march 13, 2020 that they were closing schools and today, they are highlighting the reopening of schools on monday. we took a tour to reassure parents their children will be safe. >> we are ready to resume in person learning full-time for all schools, for each and every student five days a week. leanne: this is what ready looks like in times of covid. plenty of windows open, ventilators, hand sanitizer, reminders to follow the safety plan, and of course, masks for teachers and students. the san francisco health department says it should be enough to keep people safe. >> the last academic year, out of the 40,000 students in schools, private, public and charter, there were only seven documented cases of in school transmission. lean

study also has not yet been peer reviewed. >>> plus, the delta variant spreads nationwide, the department of health human services is taking action. it will require vaccinations for more than 25,000 of its health care workers that directly work with patients. motts of these employees work within the indian health service and the national institute of health. hhs employees will have until the end of september to get vaccinated. exemptions will be allowed for religious or medical reasons. >>> well, father and son from southern california were accused of using fake covid vaccination cards to travel to hawaii. police arrested nor bert and trevor chung sunday at the honolulu airport. police say they broke the state's travel rules. authorities were tipped off by community member. hawaii requires tourists upload proof of their vaccination status to the state's website before they arrive and bring the physical original vaccination card with them. falsifying a vaccination card in hawaii carries a fine of up to $5,000 and possibly a term of prison for up to a year. >>> we went through this here last year, an

of the week, people who got the johnson & johnson vaccine will be able to get a second shot at san francisco general hospital. booster is not the word health officials are using. instead the department of public health is calling it a supplemental does. >> it is not a booster because it's not specific for the variants which the booster will be. >> reporter: the chief of medicine at san francisco general voted on monday to allow the hospitals vaccine clinic to give a supplemental mrna vaccine to somebody who had the j&j shot. >> potential benefit, no downside, to me as we look at the future of what the virus and what we are facing with a 4th search. it does make sense. >> reporter: 665,000 san francisco and have been vaccinated but only about 8% have received the johnson & johnson shot. >> we are worried about breakthrough infections. people were having concerns about whether the single-dose was going to be enough. >> reporter: that concern is why dr. winston says some people has doses on their own. hospital epidemiologist, she supports the supplemental dose but wants to be clear there is not enough data to support any benefit. >> there is not a specific recommendation to give it. it

oveta culp hobby became the first secretary of the new department of health, education and welfare. ent has come to sponsor broad programs of research and support in health, education and social security. the supreme court became a focal point of national interest. following the death of chief justice winston, earl warren was appointed to succeed him. in 1954, the court reached a verdict by its decision that segregation in schools is unconstitutional. in little rock, arkansas, preparations were being made by the school board for compliance with the court verdict. arkansas's governor ordered the continuance of segregated schools. violence occurred as anti-integrationists prevented the enrollment of negro pupils in all-white schools. in view of continuing resistance, the president served notice that the court decision would be firmly upheld. he ordered federal troops to arkansas for the protection of schoolchildren and the maintenance of law and order. gradually, southern states moved toward acceptance of the legal requirements of the constitution. on january 3rd, 1959, a 49th star was

she is the assistant secretary of health for the department of health and human services. dr. levine, a very warm welcome. >> thank you very much. it is pleasure to be here. >> we need to understand so much more that with the change and guidance this week from the cdc. advice for people who are vaccinated in certain settings. what is the science behind that change? >> we know and have been discussing for the last number of months that the delta variant is different. the delta variant has been shown to be more transmissible. it is at least twice as contagious then previous forms of covid-19 that we have seen. approximately two months ago, the delta variant was 92% of the covid cases. -- was only 2% of the covid cases we are seeing. now it is 80%. now that the more contagious variant, the cdc has changed its guidance in terms of masking. it is recommending that if you live in an area that has moderate to high spread, community spread when you are in public you wear a mask. >> that's the broad picture, but we were wanting to see the data. why the delay? why change the delay witho