_ about the extent to which the health service can _ about the extent to which the health service can peak demand in the middle ofjanuary and what is worrying — the middle ofjanuary and what is worrying is — the middle ofjanuary and what is worrying is that all the it is great news _ worrying is that all the it is great news that— worrying is that all the it is great news that it omicron patients and for a _ news that it omicron patients and for a lower— news that it omicron patients and for a lower acuity that if these cases— for a lower acuity that if these cases continue to rise we could be hitting _ cases continue to rise we could be hitting the — cases continue to rise we could be hitting the kind of bigot this way the same — hitting the kind of bigot this way the same time as we normally reach the same time as we normally reach the peak— the same time as we normally reach the peak of— the same time as we normally reach the peak of winter pressures on the nhs and _ the peak of winter pressures on the nhs and nhs staff and managers will do what _ nhs and nhs staff and managers wil

as covid-19 infections continue soaring, - on the health service. ons continue soaring, health leaders have been warning of a looming staff crisis. nhs workers are just as vulnerable to the highly infectious omicron variant as the rest of us, and with staff falling ill, hospitals, ambulances and community services are all being hit. h, . community services are all being hit. . ., community services are all being hit. ., , g community services are all being hit. ., ., community services are all being hit. the impact of staff absences is on to of hit. the impact of staff absences is on tap of staff— hit. the impact of staff absences is on top of staff shortages _ hit. the impact of staff absences is on top of staff shortages and - on top of staff shortages and normally trust leaders would be looking to fill the gaps through bank and agency staff. that is getting harder to do. the latest data from nhs _ getting harder to do. the latest data from nhs england - getting harder to do. the latest data from nhs england shows | getting harder to do. the latest

certainly _ health service? the impact has been fairly profound. certainly what - health service?und. certainly what we i fairly profound. certainly what we see is staff having to re—prioritise the care they give, we work with groups like district nurses and health visitors particularly and they are having to decide who and what kind of care they are going to give. and that's a problem because they feel model distress, they get quite distressed about the fact they cannot give that care that extends to people in hospitals and all that the sector. that will have quite a big impact in terms of people's desire to stay within the service. so a problem with retention of staff as well? , . ., , , ., as well? very much. there has been a roblem as well? very much. there has been a problem with — as well? very much. there has been a problem with retention _ as well? very much. there has been a problem with retention for— as well? very much. there has been a problem with retention for a _ as well? very much. there has been a problem with retention for a number. problem with retention for a n

importantly, this proposes a new legislation to prohibit health spa, salons and grooming services for three years for anyplace where massage was closed due to violation of health codings. then if they re-open with different branding with personal service and ensure continued abatement of illicit human trafficking. i am requesting the following actions on supervisor ronan. first, we are asking for a motion to accept the amendments proposed by the planning commission. those were distributed to you and the clerk. e-mail this morning. essentially, those provide an exception to permit massage establishments as accessory to personal service. replaces within in the tables with accessory more standard terminology. clerical amendment to copy the footnote reference to aplycable within the file there. are further amendments we would like to follow-through with on trailing legislation and those would require to december 6th land-use committee. we hope to move it at that point. grateful to supervisor mandelman as the cosponsor on this and partner thinking through the details. outgoing office of sm

iwonder whether you _ on health services. right. iwonder whether you feel _ on health services.onder whether you feel it _ on health services. right. iwonder whether you feel it is _ on health services. right. iwonder whether you feel it is time - on health services. right. iwonder whether you feel it is time for - on health services. right. iwonder| whether you feel it is time for more public awareness of this, what do you feel the messaging should be to the public quiz night because a lot of people following this today would have that idea that it is not resulting in such severe illness, therefore why should we be so scared by these potentially big numbers? well, i think partly it's because you just don't know about other people and because it is so much more transmissible than delta, you are in a situation where even if you personally do not get that sick, you can potentially infect people who will get really sick. i think as a nation, we want to protect the nhs. it has already —— it is already exhausted after two years of such high pressure and any extra pressure from covid

.— health service.o that model and previous _ health service. there is also that model and previous models - health service. there is also thatj model and previous models have health service. there is also that - model and previous models have been concerned to assess the severity data, but we don't have enough data yet with 0micron but i suspect in the uk population you will see still good protection from the vaccines, frequently t cell vaccines from pfizer and merck are on average will be boosted by those boosterjabs. from the data shown so far, from the small studies, there are six —— significant vaccine estate from the 0micron variant which is boosted by these booster so i would encourage people to get the boosters and hope that the t cell response will protect from severe illness and death and the increased case numbers we will see from 0micron. much we will see from omicron. much emhasis we will see from omicron. much emphasis had — we will see from omicron. much emphasis had been _ we will see fr

more teachers, more funding for police and record investment in our health and social care service. budget, £18 billion, but doctors leaders are worried. the bma says the nhs is close to breaking point and scottish ministers must admit it is not currently capable of delivering all they are asking of it. but what about support for business? the payment of rates, suspended during the pandemic for key sectors, will be phased in again. at this sock firm, founded in lockdown, business is booming despite labour, inflation and supply chain challenges. the best thin and supply chain challenges. tie: best thing the and supply chain challenges. tte: best thing the scottish and supply chain challenges. t"t2 best thing the scottish government can do is create an environment where people feel confident in investing. where people feel confident in investinu. ., , ., investing. scotland is full of talented people _ investing. scotland is full of talented people and - investing. scotland is full of i talented people and beautiful products are produced, i think it is supporting — products are produce

and mental health services was the same between the two plans, two of the overall administrative services and systems run by blueshield were fundamentally the same. so the primary differences were the comprehensive patient navigation. this is what we call a mixed message evaluation to avoid being biased by any one source. this is a type of try angulation. we conducted interviews and we conducted a member survey. next slide. in terms of interviews, we interviewed 13 leaders from the following groups, the health insurer, provider organizations, and the san francisco health system. to identify successful practices and opportunities to improve care delivery and provide context for conducting and interpreting our quantitative analysis which i'll turn to the next slide. in terms of medical enrollment data, we included 24,555 continuously enrolled members and we required continuous enrollment to make sure we could attribute any changes to health care or rather to another plan and we analyze the causal effects in switching access on risk scores, utilization, expenditures, and access. nex

how strained is the national health service absolutely learn just to set that into a bit of a context for you. that is a record, as you say, since math testing began, essentially since the start of the pandemic that said that infections are fact higher than those confirmed case numbers. so it could be far more severe than the numbers reflect. we know as well, that confirmed cases are up 59 percent weak on weak. so a big big ride that now there is a lot of consent by the health service that has been a slight uptake in hospitalizations. but the main issue here in now is the number of stock shortages or stock who, off isolating there is real concern didn't already stretch already tied how service could really struggle in the day. the head is more and more people catch this virus and all sick evidence from the u. k. so just at the all mccaul, variants may not produce as severe symptoms as delta, but they're still concerns about it being highly transmissible. right, so these 2 new studies that have come out from the u. k, one from scotland, one from england, both of them suggesting that th

this is a massive undertaking for the health service they're being asked for another major, maxine push to try and vent hospitals like this one from being overwhelmed with our concerns. it won't be enough. as people here lie, not for that boosters. there are already people in hospital with omicron hospitalizations, all climbing and one person's confirmed to have died with omicron. while it's not yet clear how severe the very intense, the sheer number of cases alone could prove overwhelming. in the shadow of this vaccine center, a reminder of what's at stake, a memorial wall commemorating the 10s of thousands of lives lost to cove it. and it's with the pain and sacrifice of the past. that this weary nation is now facing the threat of another worrying winter to come more for more on the situation in the u. k. let's talk to julian tang a clinical ver ologist at the university of leicester julian. i thank you for joining us. the situation in the u. k is already bad, but recent models from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine indicate it's about to get a lot worse. therefore, c

~ — about is the strain on the health service~ i— about is the strain on the health service.t they will be discussing — service. i think what they will be discussing this weekend and cabinet meets— discussing this weekend and cabinet meets on_ discussing this weekend and cabinet meets on tuesday is have we gone far enough _ meets on tuesday is have we gone far enough or— meets on tuesday is have we gone far enough or do more, particularly over the next _ enough or do more, particularly over the next few— enough or do more, particularly over the next few weeks, to restrict people — the next few weeks, to restrict people mixing so the health service doesn't _ people mixing so the health service doesn't become overwhelmed and that's— doesn't become overwhelmed and that's the — doesn't become overwhelmed and that's the main concern. early modelling _ that's the main concern. early modelling suggests _ that's the main concern. early modelling suggests the - that's the main concern. eat; modelling suggests the omicron variant has the potential to cause a bigger wave of infections t

uk faces a substantial wave of omicron infections next month that might overwhelm the national health service. piling the pressure on the british prime minister — a newspaper publishes a photo showing borisjohnson did take part in a virtual downing street quiz last christmas. the eldest daughter of america's first astronaut, alan shepherd, makes a trip to the edge of space at the age of 7a. and it's going to be a nail—biter — max verstappen beats lewis hamilton to pole position for sunday's formula 1 title decider in abu dhabi. hello and thanks forjoining us. president biden has promised federal aid after tornadoes devastated at least five us states, flattening whole towns. the worst—hit state is kentucky, where the governor, andy beshear, says at least 70 people have been killed — many of them in a candle factory in the town of mayfield. there've been reports of deaths too in arkansaw, missouri, tennessee, and illinois, where six amazon workers have been confirmed dead, after the roof of their warehouse collapsed. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the scale of the destruct

more easily it so that— make health service more easily it so that it — make health service more easilyspital beds? the number of hospital beds is actually at its _ number of hospital beds is actually at its lowest level for 30 years. and how — at its lowest level for 30 years. and how do you build a more resilient _ and how do you build a more resilient social system, more generous— resilient social system, more generous sick bay and so on? i think that's— generous sick bay and so on? i think that's what— generous sick bay and so on? i think that's what we need to look at beyond — that's what we need to look at beyond just the debate of whether you should have restrictions on new year's_ you should have restrictions on new year's eve _ you should have restrictions on new year's eve or— you should have restrictions on new year's eve or not.— year's eve or not. rosamound, stay with the story. — year's eve or not. rosamound, stay with the story, do _ year's eve or not. rosamound, stay with the story, do you _ year's eve or not. rosamound, stay with the story, do you feel - year's eve or n

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comprised of mostly nontraditional health services that don't rely solely on brick and mortar services but aim to deliver low threshold services. some don't have suppratt projects from larger divisions. exact amounts spent can be sometimes challenging. the specific programs with some of the approximate budgeted accounts. include tom was delurban health, zuckerberg and castro mission health center, pop-up clinic and team lilly run by the zuckerberg department of obstetrics and gynecology. as you know, and the remain derf remainderder will outline the specific investments in mental health and substance abuse in alignment with mental health sf, office of coordinated care, street crisis response team, mental health service center and residential care and treatment beds and facilities. as the committee knows the brief background on prop c it imposes additional business taxes to create a fund to support services specifically for homelessness and prevent homelessness. it requires 25% of available prop c funds go to the dph for new mental health services with desig

when you look at actual behavioral health services, outpatient therapy, and a range of mental health and addiction treatment services on the continuum and you look at access to that across commercial insurance, medicaid, medicare and challenges from a work force and standpoint across the board. there's some states where 50% of clinicians health pay only. it's a unique issue for medicaid in we note some of the staff in our blog, there's serious mental illness and disturbance and the medicaid set of services coverage in network is the predominant health source of coverage for that. that is a solemn responsibility and a chance to think about how we shift an entire market in terms of reimbursement levels and parity of the human health and health care human services and how to achieve the health to be into the primary care setting in a much more standard sense, and how reimbursement and other network developments go along with that. those are not usually things where the federal government has the requirement and they will happen so i would not anticipate that we take approach where we put

uk faces a substantial wave of 0micron infections next month that might overwhelm the national health service their call for everyone eligible to come forward for a covid boosterjab. the uk prime minister's office has acknowledged that borisjohnson briefly took part in a quiz in downing street a year ago, saying the event was to thank staff for their hard work during the pandemic. it was when london was in lockdown and no social gatherings were allowed. household contacts of people who've tested

severe, but at the population level there's going to be very severe pressure, i think, on the health serviceections continue to soar, health leaders have been warning of a looming staff crisis. nhs workers are just as vulnerable to the highly infectious omicron variant as the rest of us, and with staff falling ill, hospitals, ambulances and community services are all being hit. the impact of staff absences is on top of existing staff shortages and normally trust leaders would be looking to fill the gaps through bank and agency staff. that's getting harder to do. the latest data from nhs england shows what a dramatic impact the rise in infections is having on staff absence. on one day, the 19th of december, nearly 19,000 nhs staff in england were off work due to covid — that's up by 54% when compared to the week before. the biggest increase was in london, the epicentre of this outbreak, where covid—related absence, sickness or isolation almost doubled to around 3,900. the nhs workforce was already under pressure before omicron came along. there's increased pressure there, as we are seeing in

. >> on the uk2 or, you were doing a benefit concert for nhs, the national health service there.'t think you have done that in the u.s.. >> we don't have a national health service in the u.s., unfortunately. this was presented to us and we thought it was a great idea to give back to those people that really have done the most to get us through the pandemic. we have given up 600 tickets to front-line workers, nurses, emts, cops, food delivery people. all the proceeds are going to the registered national health service charity. >> you have another pandemic in your album and the fact so many people get hooked on medication. can you tell us about this choice of topic? >> this song is about addiction, always awful. opioid addiction in the u.s. seems more inherent in the u.s. than in other countries, just the way it has come about. we felt it was different and needed to be talk about because it is almost inadvertent, people are out doing their daily thing, blue-collar workers, high school college athletes, they have a minor injury and get prescribed a medication they don't realize is s

>> we don't have a national health service unfortunately in the u.s..esented to us and we thought it was a great idea to give back to the people who have done the most to get us through the pandemic and so we've given out 600 tickets to front-line workers, nurses, emts, cops, food delivery people, and the proceeds are going to the national health service charity. >> you talk about another pandemic in your diaries, about people getting hooked on medication. >> we have a song about addiction, always awful. the opioid epidemic in the u.s. seems a little more inherent in the west and other countries. just the way it has come about, we felt it was different and needed to be talked about because it was almost inadvertent where people are doing their daily thing, blue-collar workers or high school, college athletes and they have a minor injury and they are prescribed occasioned a don't realize is addictive and before they know it, they are hooked on opiates. if the prescription runs out, they get street heroin or whatever. >> on top of that, the influx of fent

, and the economy as we work_ health service, and the economy as we work to— health service, and theve set out further sopport for— vaccinations. i have set out further support for the many businesses affected — support for the many businesses affected by the vice we feel duty hound _ affected by the vice we feel duty bound to — affected by the vice we feel duty bound to give in the interest of protecting public health. first, today's— protecting public health. first, today's statistics. 1a.9% of tests carried _ today's statistics. 1a.9% of tests carried out — today's statistics. 1a.9% of tests carried out stop 515 are in hospital with covid—19, one fewer than yesterday. 37 in intensive care. sadly, — yesterday. 37 in intensive care. sadly, a — yesterday. 37 in intensive care. sadly, a further nine deaths have been _ sadly, a further nine deaths have been reported, taking the total number— been reported, taking the total number of deaths under the daily definition— number of deaths under the daily definition to 9790. and i want again to send _ definition to 9790. and i want again to

in my own community -- basic health services in my own community. inspired me to turn true evolution into a direct service provider. our mission was to create programs and services and deliver care to, for and led by the people we wanted to serve as well as a place to employ and develop them. what began in a kitchen counter in my first apartment is today an organization that provides comprehensive hiv care and prevention services, mental health and emergency and permanent supportive housing. we celebrate our 14th year anniversary this month. [applause] and it is all thanks to a team of 28 talented and committed individuals whom i have the profound privilege to work with. and later this month, we break ground on project legacy, a 1.25 community campus that will be home to 49 beds of permanent support of housing, open health clinic, and partner focused programs. for many of us that step into advocacy, we often begin in an effort to speak up for someone in our own home, a loved one, a friend, ourselves. and as a gay man, you discover along the journey

how strange is the national health service absolutely learn just to set that into a bit of a context for you. that is a record, as you say, since my testing began, essentially since the start of the pandemic that said that infections are fact higher than those confirmed case numbers. so it could be far more severe than the numbers reflect. we know as well, that confirmed cases are up 59 percent weak on weak. so a big big ride that now there is a lot of consent by the health service that has been a slight take in hospitalizations. but the main issue here and now is the number of stock shortages or stock who, off isolating there is real consent and already stretch already tied how service could really struggle in the day. the head is more and more people catch this virus and all sick evidence from the you can suggest that the alma called variance may not produce as severe symptoms as delta, but there's still concerns about it being highly transmissible. right, so these 2 new studies that have come out from the u. k, one from scotland, one from england, both of them suggesting that the

i would ask them to think about the health service. we - think about the health service.ers in the health service, for the tireless work they have done over what is getting on for two years. please think about them. i think the question is this — is it betterfor some of us to have some minor inconvenience, to demonstrate for example that we have had the booster jab, or that we accept a higher level of risk and that danger, that the nhs workers will find themselves under incredible pressure in january, the whole system at breaking point, so it is a matter of balance. nobody wants restrictions, nobody likes wearing masks, nobody likes having to prove when they go into a venue that they have had a jab. it is a question of the balance priorities, and as an organisation that speaks for the nhs, i would say to them, think about the national health service, talk to people who work in the nhs in your constituency, and ask them whether they think we should do everything we can to slow the spread of this virus until we have had a booster. i am pretty sure that whether you are talki

. what otherwise the health service.imescale are we _ otherwise the health service. what timescale are we talking _ otherwise the health service. what timescale are we talking about in terms of becoming more confident about the effect of this variant? in other words, the number of weeks after we start to see the number of infections or people will not get a seriously ill and not be vaccinated and those sorts of numbers. figs seriously ill and not be vaccinated and those sorts of numbers. $5 a and those sorts of numbers. as a rule of thumb, _ and those sorts of numbers. as a rule of thumb, when _ and those sorts of numbers. is —. rule of thumb, when somebody and those sorts of numbers. is —s rule of thumb, when somebody gets infected, takes about ten days for them to register as a case. ten days later, they will be in hospital in ten days after that to die if they're going to die. within a couple of weeks, we should start having some very clear understandings about how that is likely to impact on hospitalisations. just chr

governments across the region are struggling to cope with the strain placed on health services and medicalns rise. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has this report. the festive message to spaniards this year — wear a mask, even outside. across europe, governments are issuing health warnings rather than glad tidings. at a time when families come together, the advice is to keep your distance. belgium is now inviting children as young as five to get vaccinated. covid cases here have been falling for the past ten days, but cinemas and theatres are set to close, although pubs will stay open. it's really a political choice that is not really supported by scientific. i feel like there are rules, but no—one really cares. it helps me to study that - all the nightclubs are closed! exhausted doctors and nurses are pleading with the public to follow the rules. the measures have their effect, and they permit us professionals to continue in our hospitals to take care of all kinds of patients and not only patients having covid. so, really, i know the measures are weighing on all of us, but they are so

i want to thank our extraordinary team at the department of health and human service, dr. francis collins, dr. anthony fauci, admiral rh devine, assistant secretary lois hayes and so many others who helped the department improve the health and well being of the american people. finally, i want to recognize the generation of activists, the game-changers, the people who made things happen, who have made their voice heard in the fight against h.i.v. over the years. people like pedro samoya, who died of aids-related complications in 1994. before his passing pedro asked the world a simple question. he said, i wonder now, as i look around me, who is going to pick up my torch? today, we are still fighting to end the h.i.v. epidemic. but we have not let pedro's torch extinguish. nor have we forgotten the 36 million people with pedro who died from aids-related illness around the globe. as secretary of health and human services i'm proud to lead a department and serve an administration that's confronting the h.i.v. epidemic head on. look no further than the new national hiv-aids stra

comprised of mostly nontraditional health services that don't rely solely on brick and mortar services but aim to deliver low threshold services. some don't have suppratt projects from larger divisions. exact amounts spent can be sometimes challenging. the specific programs with some of the approximate budgeted accounts. include tom was delurban health, zuckerberg and castro mission health center, pop-up clinic and team lilly run by the zuckerberg department of obstetrics and gynecology. as you know, and the remain derf remainderder will outline the specific investments in mental health and substance abuse in alignment with mental health sf, office of coordinated care, street crisis response team, mental health service center and residential care and treatment beds and facilities. as the committee knows the brief background on prop c it imposes additional business taxes to create a fund to support services specifically for homelessness and prevent homelessness. it requires 25% of available prop c funds go to the dph for new mental health services with desig

this is the chief financial officer for health services system. i'll be discussing the report out on the san francisco health service system financial as of the end of september 30, 2021. that's the first three months of this current fiscal year. the details in terms of my write-up is on the memo available on in your packet as well as available to the public on our website. so i'll just highlight a couple key items of my report. the first quick note is that the financial year end audit has been completed. that is for the period of fiscal year 2020 through 2021 ending june 30, 2021. we will have another action item following this one with regards to that but there's a couple key notes on the financial audit. this is the second year we've done 100% environment audit with our new auditors. we were able to start our audit process earlier in the year than waiting for the close of the fiscal year to start producing documentation and the like and probably resulted in a more efficient process and use of everyone's time. the scheduled completion date for o

nearly one in three health care visits now use telehealth services. but not only did usage go up, the landscape of american healthcare changed. according to data by the department of health and human services, before the pandemic over half of all community health centers were not equipped to provide telemedicine services. today, that number is under 5%. physicians have found ways to incorporate telehealth including audio only options into their practice. and patients have seen benefits from the convenience and accessibility that these services have offered. these services kept americans safe when icu beds ran low. in new mexico, local public and private partners rapidly assembled a remote telehealth monitoring program. this allowed many patients to recover in their own homes while still under the supervision of trained medical staff. the program freed up beds and saved lives. i want to thank ranking member thune for his partnership and willingness to engage in this discussion, and also to chair cantwell and ranking member wicker for their leadership in

of fines to businesses for not checking proof of vaccination leaders that contra costa county health services they are taking now a more educational fines were issued last month in some county officials actually are not happy about that. kron four's, right. but nesbitt joins us now live with what one county supervisor is saying about the vaccine verification order. bob. >> grant. vicki, if someone has no proof of full vaccination. there's no going inside. that's the rule at restaurants and gyms in contra, costa county for anyone 12 and older health officials received 80 complaints last businesses not following the rules but not a single violation was issued. $1500. the price of not checking for proof of vaccine in contra. costa county was not cheap in september and october. >> but in november, no businesses received citations from county health services. >> education forward approach. we don't just jump right in there with a fine the get go. we give the businesses opportunity just because our goal is really to get to compliance people to follow the or our goal is not to shoot much doctor chri

the village will offer medical, dental and behavioral health services, supportive housing for graduatesf our recovery program, and a workforce development program that includes food and medicine program, and a youth center featuring a digital media program. and a cultural center that includes services for our elders. as we continue planning programs for the village, it is essential that we have accessible data for our community. each of the programs will have their own data and we may not have the same data, but our concern is how the data that we report to health services is not reported to the department of public health. there needs to be a process of our conversations, a dialogue, to create day-to-day analysis. data sharing and the information that we have about the community needs, and the disparities are reflected more accurately. there needs to be an ongoing process in place that helps us to track and share data. finally, we recognize the importance of culturally informed care. and residential substance abuse care. and we encourage the commission to continue to support the best p

and if a lot of people in the health service or the train service or even shops, pubs and restaurantseven if they recover quickly and don't end up in hospital, it still has a knock—on effect on the rest of our lives. so that is potentially what we are going to be seeing in the next couple of weeks. it is going to be seeing in the next couple of weeks.— couple of weeks. it is really interesting _ couple of weeks. it is really interesting to _ couple of weeks. it is really interesting to hear- couple of weeks. it is really interesting to hear that - interesting to hear that perspective, and i think a lot of what you say will resonate with people watching, actually. thank you so much for your time, really appreciate that. i am concerned i have your title run, professor or dr? not a professor yet! a matter of time, i'm sure! dr sarah pitt isa time, i'm sure! dr sarah pitt is a virologist at the university of brighton, some very sobering statistics, and we will have more analysis of that to come, but those statistics just coming through for the christmas period. there have been more covid—

created in 1948 still works _ health service created in 1948 still works in— health service created carry on with free universal— for instance, carry on with free universal health care the way that we have _ universal health care the way that we have always been getting into? it may we have always been getting into? it ntay be _ we have always been getting into? it may be that certain changes will be needed _ may be that certain changes will be needed. obviously all of that is up for consideration after covid, certainty— for consideration after covid, certainly not during it. the front .ae. certainly not during it. the front -ae~ of certainly not during it. the front page of the _ certainly not during it. the front page of the times _ certainly not during it. the front page of the times from - certainly not during it. the front page of the times from our - certainly not during it. the frontj page of the times from our neck strength and the weddings and funerals set to be spared from covid curbs, the paper reports.— curbs, the paper reports. tomorrow boris johnson _ curbs, the paper

if it goes very high, then the health service will substantially come under pressure.t the rate it is, many people in other industries, shops, food outlets, in delivery, all that sort of thing, many of them will actually be having to sell fly slip because they have been positive. so trying to get the balance between bat and not extending the epidemic longer is going to be quite difficult. i suspect we are going to have to increase of our restrictions in the coming days. ii increase of our restrictions in the coming deve— increase of our restrictions in the coming days. if we talk now about the booster— coming days. if we talk now about the booster roll _ coming days. if we talk now about the booster roll out. _ coming days. if we talk now about the booster roll out. a _ coming days. if we talk now about the booster roll out. a lot - coming days. if we talk now about the booster roll out. a lot of- the booster roll out. a lot of people i've spoken to at that's in clinics where they were getting at their boosterjabs, they told me their boosterjabs, they told me their rea

>> there are more than 4,000 restaurants operating in contra, costa county and contra, costa health services says most are complying with the covid-19 health order issued in september. requiring indoor food establishment and other businesses like gyms confirm a patron's proof of vaccination were negative test before allowing them inside employers are mandated to require the same of their staff. but for those not following the order county supervisor karen mitchoff once aggressive enforcement. we have businesses. >> that are doing the right thing. and if they see and hear that others are not being held to the same standard. then why should they last month contra costa health services says it received 99 complaints about 80 businesses not in compliance. >> as of now, 14 are still under investigation. most of them small businesses. the board of supervisors has raised concerns with the public health department after learning enforcement may have recently been relaxed. there was some internal missed. >> communication. and so some of the follow-up and some of these cases did get delayed but county

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. >> next up is isabella ventura with ryan martin health services. isabella's been on the front lines as a primary care provider and helps support our lgbtqi communities and especially our transgender residents to help get access to covid resources. thank you for your work. [ applause ] >> on behalf of my team, i'd like to thank dr. colfax and mayor breed for your amazing work. thank you for your dedication and your dedication to provide health -- quality health services to our marginalized and underserved population here in san francisco. and thank you dph for this recognition. thank you. [ applause ] >> our next honoree is monica worked on street outreach medical teams to help people experiencing homelessness. monica, thank you for your work. >> so i'm so grateful to the city of san francisco and especially to you, mayor breed because you guys believed in science, you put that first and put everybody's well being in priority and i'm so grateful for that because we were able to go to the streets and help the misunderstood populations and we were abl

we note that the belgian health service, for example, is under— belgian health service, for example, now. — is under a lot of strain. so i think right now, and lot of the concern with omicron is not necessarily that it's going _ with omicron is not necessarily that it's going to — with omicron is not necessarily that it's going to be somehow devastating or particularly deadly, but just that it — or particularly deadly, but just that it is — or particularly deadly, but just that it is going to increase the strain— that it is going to increase the strain on— that it is going to increase the strain on health systems, which are already— strain on health systems, which are already really reaching their limits at least _ already really reaching their limits at least in — already really reaching their limits at least in some places.— at least in some places. carlo, fantastic to — at least in some places. carlo, fantastic to get _ at least in some places. carlo, fantastic to get you _ at least in some places. carlo, fantastic to get you on - at least in some places. carlo, fantastic to get y

the largest payer for long-term service basic services and the largest payer for public mental health servicesng individuals with serious illness. today deputy administrator and director for the centers for medicaid and chip services within cmf centers for medicare and medicaid services. i'll introduce him a moment before we begin, a reminder policies spotlight is a series of virtualer events how the firt launch this spring return in-depth conversations with influential policy experts. spotlight oven which among others, tina invaded director liz fowler and others, all of these spotlights are recorded and can be viewed on our website. today's event will be recorded and posted in the next couple days. if you're watching this, you can submitue questions using fescue and a box on your screen, will try to get questions and i already have quite a few time is limited so we will do our best. it is my pleasure to introduce to you deputy administrator and director for d under medicaid ad chip services. the mcs is located in the centers for medicare medicaid services within hhs and serves children, pregn