, but la laguna honda is just a building. they attack our seniors. and people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable. protecting the residents of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling because they are not able to visit. our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive, until we could do what we started doing yesterday: protecting them with the vaccine. i want to show a few pictures from yesterday. lathis is a photo of bernadette yee. she is someone who has been living for months and months in the type of facility that has seen outbreaks across this country. she, like so many others, have lived with the fear each and every day, and now she has the vaccine. now she and other residents of laguna honda are waking up today with an end in sight. this next photo is jasper harris. while many of us had to sacrifice by staying home and lim

laguna honda hospital residents will be getting their second doses of the coronavirus vaccine.ing next week. >>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>today, the master tenant of the ghost ship warehouse avoided a second trial by accepting a plea deal from prosecutors and attorneys representing some of the families tells or kron four's haaziq madyun that this plea deal deprives her there last chance of justice for their loved ones. >>the families are very upset that. he is getting off they feel. >>too easy. their ago be the has accepted a plea deal but the 36 lives lost in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. the city of oakland, this means there will be no re trial after prosecutors failed to get a conviction back in 2019 with the first trial ended in a hung jury he will never spend any more time. i'm bars. a team area alexander represents 11 families of the season's families listen to. >>the hearing was plead guilty to each name. each of the 36. it was very emotional back on december second 2016 36 party, goers attending it illegal music event died when a fast-moving fire erupted and t

, but la laguna honda is just a building. they attack our seniors. and people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable. protecting the residents of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling because they are not able to visit. our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive, until we could do what we started doing yesterday: protecting them with the vaccine. i want to show a few pictures from yesterday. lathis is a photo of bernadette yee. she is someone who has been living for months and months in the type of facility that has seen outbreaks across this country. she, like so many others, have lived with the fear each and every day, and now she has the vaccine. now she and other residents of laguna honda are waking up today with an end in sight. this next photo is jasper harris. while many of us had to sacrifice by staying home and lim

>>sadly laguna honda hospital in san francisco's reporting a 6th death at that facility there as it experiences a surge of cases. they because in part of the holiday season or coffers were in kelly talked to an infectious disease expert though who says that. >>considering it is the largest skilled nursing facility in the country with more than 700 patients, living there having a death toll in the single digits during the pandemic is actually a minor miracle. >>since the beginning of the pandemic laguna honda hospital has seen 6 to 8 positive cases of coronavirus among its residents and a 158 positive cases with its staff members there are 32 active combined cases, currently and now after registering 0 deaths 4 months 6 of those infected patients at this facility died between december 11th and january 7th in a statement, the city-run hospital called the spike in covid related cases and deaths. >>the biggest challenge they face is the pandemic began same laguna honda is responding to the surge in cases with increased testing increased pp e. >>and robust vaccine rollout we're not yet on the other

the c i-team has assisted to minimize the spread of covid-19 at laguna honda. thank you for your very hard work. congratulations. >>> the last department and one of my favorite is. the food and nutrition services at laguna. this department serves three meals per day for up to 780 residents while running a bustling cafeteria. they have done a remarkable job of adapting food service during the pandemic despite facing unique challenges. the team has navigated p.p.e. protocols and working in the kitchen including eye protection, social distances is not always possible. the leadership provided support and compliance updates, in service training and infection control measures, increased cleaning and disinfecting practices to ensure the team's health and safety. the team leader does exemplary work and serves as continuity of operations chief for the hics team. congratulations to the nutrition services department. >>> thank you, commissioner chung. >>> i am congratulating the health checkers and screeners. the lhh health checkers conduct symptom screening for playing a

most frontline acute care staff at zuckerberg san francisco hospital and laguna honda have been vaccinated, and nearly all paramedics and e.m.t.s have been offered the vaccine. and after today, over 90% of the residents at laguna honda will have received the first dose of the pfizer vaccine. that is great news. given the limited initial supply of covid-19 vaccine, the state has developed a phase approach for which group of people will get the vaccine and when. the first phase, the phase we are in now, defined by the state as phase 1a, prioritizes those workers in health care settings most likely to be exposed to the virus, and most needed to support our health care system. in san francisco, that is estimated to be over 80,000 health care workers, including nurses, doctors, technicians, environmental service workers, nutrition service workers, e.m.t.s, paramedics, and many, many others. the majority of these workers are being vaccinated by their employer, whether it be the health department, c.p. m. c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which

some called laguna honda a ticking time bomb, a powder keg. it's true, the virus could have easily swept through laguna honda and kills hundreds, thousands. thanks to the frontline workers and department of health and everyone that had done their part, covid was contained at laguna honda. it's relief and pride only a couple of weeks ago we saw the staff and residents of laguna honda get their vaccinations. our most vulnerable san fransiscans among the first to get vaccinated. that filled my heart. that's who we are. a year ago. he declared a state of emergency. ten months ago, with our neighbors around the bay, we implemented the first shelter-in-place order in the country. from there, we continue to make difficult decisions, heart-breaking decisions, all year long. today i'm standing in the beating heart of our emergency response. it was here where city workers from so many different departments came together to do whatever it took to protect this city. when we didn't have enough test to go know where the virus was, they were here. when we di

some called laguna honda a "ticking time bomb" -- a "powder keg." it's true, the virus could have easily swept through the laguna honda and killed dozens. hundreds. but thanks to our frontline workers, the department of public health, and everyone who did their part, covid was contained at laguna honda. and so it was with great relief, and great pride, that only a couple weeks ago we saw the staff and residents of laguna honda get their vaccinations, the very definition of the most vulnerable san franciscans, among the very first to get vaccinated. that filled my heart. that's who we are. a year ago, i declared a state of emergency. 10 months ago, with our neighbors around the bay, we implemented the first shelter-in-place order in the country. and from there we continued to make difficult decisions -- heartbreaking decisions -- all year long. today, i'm standing in moscone center, which has been the beating heart of our emergency response. it was here where city workers from so many different departments came together to do whatever it took to prot

again, all residents here at laguna honda will be vaccinated.heir first dose by the end of the day today. they will get their second dose in the coming weeks. live in san francisco. kpix5. >>> new this morning the netherlands started its vaccination program today. nearly two weeks after other eu nations. the first receiver was a 39- year-old care homeworker around 260,000 workers like her will receive their vaccinations as a first step. some lawmakers criticized the dutch government for a slow start to the vaccine roll out. >>> right now hip-hop legend dr. dre, is in a los angeles hospital after reportedly suffering a brain aneurysm. according to tmz the rap mogul was rushed to the icu monday. late last night the 55-year-old tweeted he is doing great and hopes to be home soon. >>> new, a uk judge has denied bail to julian assange saying he must stay in prison. is he charged with spying. earlier this week extradition to the united states was blocked. a uk judge cited mental health concerns and a risk of suicide as he turned down that request. >>>

>>our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive until wean do what we started doing yesterday, protecting them with the vaccine also some good news on cases and hospitalizations in san francisco. >>while it continues to increase san francisco health director doctor grant colfax says the rate of increase is slowing. >>icu capacity remains above 30% but colfax cautions the impact of holiday travel won't hit for a week or 2. >>and while we have those icy but it's now been starts to snow. it is possible with our regional or state van searched that those numbers i've seen across the one drop sharply props to show you that we're seeing a verbal situation where because of needs in the region and the state. >>even if san francisco's hospital capacity hold steady. the mayor was quick to point out her hands are tied. when it comes to lifting restrictions because most are tied to the state's order which looks at the region's icu capacity which currently sits at just under 6%. >>that means we currently have no control over lifting most restrictions lik

right now we have 15 laguna honda residents who have been diagnosed with covid-19, and we have 34 staff who were diagnosed. >> thank you, dr. colfax, for your time today. this concludes today's press conference. we want to thank mayor breed, dr. adler, and yourself, dr. colfax, for your time. for future questions... >> available for each item on this agenda, via telephone by calling 1-(415)-655-0001. and when prompted entering code 1468720758 and then pound and pound again. once you join you will be able to listen to the meeting as a participant. to make public comment on an item, when the wr item is calle, dial star, 3, and you will hear that your line is unmuted and the operator will advise that you are allowed two minutes to speak. when your two minutes are up we move to the next caller taken in the order in which they are received. best practices are to speak slowly, clearly, and to turn down any televisions or radios around you. allow for audio and visual delays during the course of the meeting. >> thank you, miss milton. why don't we open up for public comment, any comments on the

, but la laguna honda is just a building. they attack our seniors. and people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable. protecting the residents of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling because they are not able to visit. our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive, until we could do what we started doing yesterday: protecting them with the vaccine. i want to show a few pictures from yesterday. lathis is a photo of bernadette yee. she is someone who has been living for months and months in the type of facility that has seen outbreaks across this country. she, like so many others, have lived with the fear each and every day, and now she has the vaccine. now she and other residents of laguna honda are waking up today with an end in sight. this next photo is jasper harris. while many of us had to sacrifice by staying home and lim

we have done an incredible job in laguna honda today at a news conference the mayor points out laguna honda has done a better job of controlling the spread of the virus than many other smaller facilities can pointing out that things are looking up. now that the vaccine rollout is halfway done. yes, one death is one death too many. but at the same time we've been able to vaccinate every staff member there. >>every patient there that one of the vaccine. because we knew how important it was to make sure that we did not just see this you know huge outbreak but see more people die ucsf infectious disease expert, george rutherford agrees, i mean i think it's a minor miracle. >>is that you have this concentration of her that people living in this man in a facility like that and they managed to really pretty much keep keep the infection at bay. now all the deaths are obviously tragic in there then they shouldn't happen. you know when you go look at some of the larger places in the east. and even in southern california where they have. large numbers of deaths and something approaching a 100% i

we are live from laguna honda with all the details. good morning. >> reporter: yeah. this is a major milestone for the city, getting all of the residents here vaccinated. now laguna honda was the site of one of the first major coronavirus outbreaks in san francisco back in march. getting the more than 700 residents vaccinated was a priority for health leaders. it's the largest nursing home in the state. >> real moment of hope for our city. we should be so proud. i know it's hard right now but remember, that each one of these people in laguna honda being vaccinated is someone who will continue to have birthdays with families and visits with friends. >> according to health experts it takes about ten days before a person is vaccinated to have some protection against the virus and after the first dose it is about 50% effective. by the end of today all of the residents here at laguna honda will get their first dose of the vaccine, their second dose in a couple of weeks. live in san francisco, kpix5. >>> today health care workers at ucsf will get their second dose of the pf

, but la laguna honda is just a building. they attack our seniors. and people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable. protecting the residents of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling because they are not able to visit. our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive, until we could do what we started doing yesterday: protecting them with the vaccine. i want to show a few pictures from yesterday. lathis is a photo of bernadette yee. she is someone who has been living for months and months in the type of facility that has seen outbreaks across this country. she, like so many others, have lived with the fear each and every day, and now she has the vaccine. now she and other residents of laguna honda are waking up today with an end in sight. this next photo is jasper harris. while many of us had to sacrifice by staying home and lim

by this time tomorrow, all of the residence at laguna honda hospital like bernadette he and jesper harris will have their first dose is. the vaccine come after months of worry and want outbreak the cdc was called in to help control. >> this is a moment but it is a real moment of hope for our city. and we should be so proud. i know it is hard right now. but remember, that each one of these people laguna honda being vaccinated, is someone who will continue to have birthdays with families and visits with friends. >> reporter: the state department of public health is coordinating the allocation of vaccines. the doses are coming directly from the manufacturer to hospitals. the next question is, how? as we move out of vaccinating healthcare workers, do doses get into the arms of the general public. >> vaccines will most likely be distributed through healthcare providers. and we will be doing extensive outreach with healthcare providers through media. >> reporter: is a rollout that could involve mass vaccination sites and places like the farmers market. now it was on march 30 of 2020 that i was

some called laguna honda a ticking time bomb, a powder keg. it's true, the virus could have easily swept through laguna honda and kills hundreds, thousands. thanks to the frontline workers and department of health and everyone that had done their part, covid was contained at laguna honda. it's relief and pride only a couple of weeks ago we saw the staff and residents of laguna honda get their vaccinations. our most vulnerable san fransiscans among the first to get vaccinated. that filled my heart. that's who we are. a year ago. he declared a state of emergency. ten months ago, with our neighbors around the bay, we implemented the first shelter-in-place order in the country. from there, we continue to make difficult decisions, heart-breaking decisions, all year long. today i'm standing in the beating heart of our emergency response. it was here where city workers from so many different departments came together to do whatever it took to protect this city. when we didn't have enough test to go know where the virus was, they were here. when we di

, but laguna honda is just a building. our seniors. and people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable. protecting the residents of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling because they are not able to visit. our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive, until we could do what we started doing yesterday: protecting them with the vaccine. i want to show a few pictures from yesterday. this is a photo of bernadette yee. she is someone who has been living for months and months in the type of facility that has seen outbreaks across this country. she, like so many others, have lived with the fear each and every day, and now she has the vaccine. now she and other residents of laguna honda are waking up today with an end in sight. this next photo is jasper harris. while many of us had to sacrifice by staying home and limiting interact

, but laguna honda is just a building. our seniors. and people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable. protecting the residents of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling because they are not able to visit. our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive, until we could do what we started doing yesterday: protecting them with the vaccine. i want to show a few pictures from yesterday. this is a photo of bernadette yee. she is someone who has been living for months and months in the type of facility that has seen outbreaks across this country. she, like so many others, have lived with the fear each and every day, and now she has the vaccine. now she and other residents of laguna honda are waking up today with an end in sight. this next photo is jasper harris. while many of us had to sacrifice by staying home and limiting interact

>>the laguna honda staff continues to do a remarkable job keeping the residents of laguna honda safe today at a news conference the mayor points out laguna honda has done a better job of controlling the spread of the virus than many other smaller facilities to pointing out that things are looking up. now that the vaccine rollout is halfway done. yes, one death is one death too many. but at the same time we've been able to vaccinate every staff member there. >>every patient there that one of the vaccine. because we knew how important it was to make sure that we did not just see this you know huge outbreak but see more people die ucsf infectious disease expert, george rutherford agrees obviously you know you don't like to have deaths. >>and you don't like to hav infection there. but it's inevitable there was going to be some. but i think it's quite remarkable that they've been able to hold down as much as they've been able to better to be 0. but this is better than you know. a lot of the other scenarios laguna honda hospital residents will be getting their second doses of the coronavir

>>at san francisco's laguna honda hospital have been infected with covid-19 in 5 residents have died just in the last 30 days. now vaccinations are underway for the more than 700 long-term care residents and should be completed by wednesday. >>these are the lives we have been fighting for day after day to save. after months of uncertainty it will now be protected during an online briefing tuesday. there was also good news about the current surge are cases of covid-19 and unfortunately our deaths due to covid-19 in san francisco continue to increase but the rate of increase seems to be slowing. however at this time we do not know the full impact of the december holidays. and this possible that we could see a sharp increase in cases followed by hospitalizations in next few weeks. well increasing hospitalizations are also slowing and while icu capacity remains at over 30%. the mayor said it will have no impact on restrictions because most are tied to the state's order which looks at the region's icu capacity which now sits at just under 6%. >>that means we currently have no control over

some called laguna honda a "ticking time bomb" -- a "powder keg." it's true, the virus could have easily swept through the laguna honda and killed dozens. hundreds. but thanks to our frontline workers, the department of public health, and everyone who did their part, covid was contained at laguna honda. and so it was with great relief, and great pride, that only a couple weeks ago we saw the staff and residents of laguna honda get their vaccinations, the very definition of the most vulnerable san franciscans, among the very first to get vaccinated. that filled my heart. that's who we are. a year ago, i declared a state of emergency. 10 months ago, with our neighbors around the bay, we implemented the first shelter-in-place order in the country. and from there we continued to make difficult decisions -- heartbreaking decisions -- all year long. today, i'm standing in moscone center, which has been the beating heart of our emergency response. it was here where city workers from so many different departments came together to do whatever it took to prot

some called laguna honda a "ticking time bomb" -- a "powder keg."true, the virus could have easily swept through the laguna honda and killed dozens. hundreds. but thanks to our frontline workers, the department of public health, and everyone who did their part, covid was contained at laguna honda. and so it was with great relief, and great pride, that only a couple weeks ago we saw the staff and residents of laguna honda get their vaccinations, the very definition of the most vulnerable san franciscans, among the very first to get vaccinated. that filled my heart. that's who we are. a year ago, i declared a state of emergency. 10 months ago, with our neighbors around the bay, we implemented the first shelter-in-place order in the country. and from there we continued to make difficult decisions -- heartbreaking decisions -- all year long. today, i'm standing in moscone center, which has been the beating heart of our emergency response. it was here where city workers from so many different departments came together to do whatever it took to protect th

. >> reporter: breed points to laguna honda hospital. with some 700 elderly residents as a success story. >> these are the lives we have been fighting for, day after day, to save. >> reporter: three days of vaccination will wrap up wednesday, protecting every willing resident, and more than 1000 staff members. >> protecting the residence of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life. >> reporter: public health has vaccinated about 6000 healthcare workers so far, with 70,000 to go, and is trying to speed the process. >> we are pushing the vaccine out into arms as quickly as possible. >> reporter: but medical centers control much of it. mayor breed urges residents to stay home and stay cautious, so they're around for the vaccine. >> this is a moment, but it's a real moment of hope for our city, and we should be so proud. >> asked about the uk covid strain, dr. colfax says it has not surfaced locally, but he won't be surprised if it does, and testing is ongoing to detect it. no more

>>our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive until we could do what we started doing yesterday, protecting them with the vaccine. >>the county's health director says the rate of increase is slowing and icu capacity is currently hovering at about 35% however, officials say the full impact of holiday travel will probably not be felt for another week or 2. we'll take a break it for 40. >>coming up next on the kron 4 morning news, the wisconsin officer at the center of the jacob blake shooting the learns whether he will be charged or not we're going to have the very latest on that case coming up in just a minute. ever since darrell's family started using gain flings, their laundry smells more amazing than ever. [darrell's wife] uh, honey, isn't that the dog's towel? [dog sfx] hey, mi towel, su towel. there's more gain scent plus oxi boost and febreze odor remover in every fling. gain. seriously good scent. love the scent of gain flings? then you'll swoon for long lasting gain scent beads. >>and we're back time now is for 43, let's get anothe

rather than do that, harris got in her car and invited her lawyer friend to meet her at laguna honda and there they -- the friend walked her to the woman's room, and she sat there for 20 minutes holding her hand, talking with her, and i thought that was touching. there was nocara, tre were no reporters. it only became public later and the presidential campaign when kamala harris' friend posted it on facebook, and i spoke with him and hermfionedhe t details and -- but there were other instances like that, she calls mother who i write about of a daughter who died unexpectedly, teenager, calls her on anniversaries as we all know. >> i think you mentioned actually she called the widow of a friend of mine, tyron gail, a wonderful person who died a few years ago sadly of colon cancer but worked for kamala harris. we have to take a quick break for commercial. stick with us. we're streaming online and we're going to continue the conversation. if you're watching on facebook, send us your questions as well. if you're watching on tv, you can get dan's book "kamala's way" and we also have more o

>>residents laguna honda will be getting their second doses of the vaccine starting next week. the united states has administered almost half of the vaccine doses that have been received that's about 20 million doses. >>california however, ranks last among the 50 states in its usage rate, 4.7 million doses have been deliver but only one 0.8 have been given that's a usage rate barely above 38%. we have a full list of all the vaccine sites across the bay area on our website go to kron 4 dot com to find out more. >>developing right now the san jose fire department is working to clean up an ammonia spill, this is at the kellogg facility go road and go street access to the area has been closed off for hours and first responders are warning the public to avoid the area and if they can smell gas odor. police remain inside with the windows and the doors closed one person was assessed and released. and another big story that we are following tonight at 8 o'clock we have learned that opening arguments in the u.s. senate impeachment trial for donald trump will begin next month. that is ac

>>more than 700 long-term care residents at laguna honda hospital and those vaccines are arriving justoo is a recent outbreak there has led to the death of 5 people in less than 3 days with kron four's dan kerman with more on how the pandemic is impacting the city. covid-19 vaccinations are underway for more than 700 long-term care residents at san francisco's laguna honda hospital. >>they should be completed by wednesday. since the pandemic began 30 residents 133 staff have been infected and 5 residents have died just in the last 30 days. >>our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive until we can do what we started doing yesterday, protecting them with the vaccine also some good news on cases and hospitalizations in san francisco. >>while it continues to increase san francisco health director doctor grant colfax says the rate of increase is slowing. >>icu capacity remains above 30% but colfax cautions the impact of holiday travel won't hit for a week or 2. >>and while we have those icy but it's now been starts to snow. it is possible wit

>>residents at laguna honda will be getting their second doses of the vaccine starting next week. >>early on in the pandemic medical health experts began strongly recommending wearing mask to try to stave off the spread of the virus will tonight. they're literally doubling down and new research is pointing out to the increasingly positive benefits of wearing 2 masks for better protection. force theresa stasi explains the science behind this new move to layer up. >>while it may sound at first excessive do where to mass rather than one there is actual scientific facts to prove the point actually i just want keep her about this was a physical scientist in question are at this point time should we be wearing their masks and i think the answer is yes me doctor monica gandhi an infectious disease physician with ucsf she along with doctor are an expert in virus transmission. virginia tack recently put forth a medical commentary on the principles of the importance of face masks and more precisely the data supporting double mask came there to be these it's because there's more virus around

you all did early on to get vaccinations to people who are in assisted-living facilities, both laguna hondaand other places where some of the highest-risk patients have been. it was a huge undertaking and it was done very well. and although we've had our challenges when you think about a place like laguna honda, with over 700 patients and all of those employees, the work that was done there with your partners, in this case, walgreen's, it was significant to be able to accomplish that. let's talk about eligibility for this vaccine. how does one go about getting one? >> so i can talk about that. operational side. there is a couple of different ways. if you're a health care worker, generally we recommend you start with your employer because a lot of them have been able to get vaccine through themselves or the big health care systems. if you are an independent person that is not associated and has not been able to through your employer get a vaccine, is it talk to the health care system. as dr. phillips remarked and stated earlier, the health care systems are now vaccinating all health care wor

this is in addition to staff and present laguna honda who already were vaccinated and more to come. >> health official said they are working on plans to increase the number of people who get the vaccine. according to data from the bloomberg and cdc bloomberg news and the cdc, about 5 million people have been given vaccinations across the united states. that is only 1/2% of the population. here in california just under 460,000 doses have been given out. just over 1% of the california population. >>> doctors and vaccine experts criticize the pace of vaccinations here in california. now never county is reaching out for help to try to speed up the number of vaccinations. lori naylor here with how the help could come in the form of retired medical professionals. >>> one napa county leader says local jurisdictions are not set up for a mess a pandemic by the so they're asking for more assistance. is county health department sent medical examiners were to get the covid-19 vaccine out, some are taking a new approach. an effort to speed up the process, napa county asking for retired licensed nu

>>residents at laguna honda honda have already received one dose of the vaccine and they'll get their second shot starting next week. >>tonight there's growing evidence that wearing to masks may be one of the best ways to prevent the spread of covid-19 a low it may sound like you're overdoing it doctor monica gandhi an infectious disease expert at ucsf says. >>there is data to back that up. >>we think there's more virus around you exposed number one second experience like you said in numbers to anyone who's indoors inside a black minister indoors is marcus that out said wednesday, it is for people running outside for example that surgical mask blocks the virus left just actually it's almost like a lecture popo and in last mass blocks it and flavors they can't get through this in putting those 2 together is as effective as an n 95. >>and 95 masks are still in short supply so doctor gandhi recommends going with the double mask, she advises wearing surgical mask on the outside and the cost mask on the inside even if it's not as pretty it does allow the surgical mask to be reused up to ab

fueron distribuidas al hospital general de san francisco, al hospital de laguna honda y varias clÍnicasarÁn recibiendo 1775 dosis en general. el condado de san mateo nos dijo que ninguna de las dosis de moderna es parte del lote que ha sido suspendida, las autoridades recomiendan visitar la pÁgina web. hacer clic aquÍ para reportar situaciones alÉrgicas. el condado de alameda no respondiÓ nuestra solicitud y respondiÓ para saber cÓmo estÁ trabajando de los reguladores en la investigaciÓn de estos casos sin saber que se justificaba o no la suspensiÓn de este lote, pero no tuvimos respuesta. >> muchas gracias por la informaciÓn, veamos lo que decÍa la alcaldesa de san francisco, el departamento de salud se quedarÁ este jueves sin suministros de vacuna contra el coronavirus. afirma que la tasa de utilizaciÓn supera el 49%, una cantidad superior al promedio nacional, la alcaldesa aclarÓ que trabajan con proveedores de atenciÓn mÉdica que todavÍa tienen vacunas disponibles, informÓ que el centro de vacunaciÓn continuarÁ abierto. >> Éstas son imÁgenes en vivo desde washington, estamos a menos

we had over 700 patients at laguna honda hospital.en vaccinated that has agreed to a vaccination. and so, i think that it's really a matter of getting the vaccines. if we get the vaccines and are able to do 10,000 plus vaccines a day, that goal will be met. emily: let's talk about the shelter-in-place, which is still in place. what is your outlook on when that will be lifted? mayor breed: well, san francisco is in an okay place. but as you know, the entire region is on a lockdown order and the state has not lifted the lockdown order. but i think we are on track. our reproductive rate is just a little bit over 1.0. we want to get it below 1.0, of course. our hospitalization rates are still high. but i am optimistic. we are not seeing the numbers drastically increase like they were at one point. we are starting to see them go downwards. i think that gives me hope that hopefully sometime february we will see some reopenings occurring. emily: part of my conversation there with san francisco mayor london breed. we also spoke about the stat

. >> san francisco's laguna honda hospital escaped the pandemic.ple have died there from covid-19. investigative reporter jaxon vanderbeken found the vaccine arrived a few days too late for those residents. >> here at laguna honda hospital, the largest skilled nursing facility in the country, san francisco health officials once feared that the covid outbreak would hit hard. but after an initial scare, the 700 resident facility was largely spared the worst, said ucsf pulmonologist dr. john vaughn. >> they were considered a model for controlling the coronavirus in long-term care facilities because they're a big one, and they hadn't any big outbreak. >> reporter: but six residents have now died. three in december and three more during just the first week of january. >> it was a little sad because they were just about ready to start vaccinating patients. >> we've gone essentially nine months without a single death and every single resident and staff person who has been infected has recovered. it hits really hard. >> reporter: talai is chief of quality

. >> starting yesterday, working with walgreens, we started backstay be residents of laguna honda. by tomorrow, all residents who want the vaccine will receive a. this is in addition to the over 1000 staff members at laguna honda who already have been vaccinated and more to come. >> health official say they are working on plans to increase the rate at which the vaccine is given to people. >>> according to data from bloomberg, just 5 million people have been given vaccinations across the u.s.. only want to have% of the country population. here in california just under 460,000 doses have been given out. just over 1%. >>> doctors and vaccine experts criticize the vexation a student next hurts in california. the help could come in the form of retired medical professionals. >> reporter: one local napa county expert says they are working to work to get the covid-19 vaccine out but some are taking a new approach. an effort to speed up the process, napa county asking for retired licensed nurses, doctors, dentist, and pharmacist to volunteer to get more shots out when the county get the. >>

working with walgreens, we started vaccinating the residence of laguna honda. by tomorrow, all residents who want the vaccine will preceded. this is in addition to the over 1000 staff members of laguna honda who already have been vaccinated and more to come here >> health official say they are working on plans to increase the rate at which the vaccine is given to people. according to data from bloomberg and the cdc, just 5 million people have been given vaccinations across the united states. that is only one have% of the population. here in california just under 460,000 doses have been given. just over 1% of the state population. >>> many doctors and medical experts say there are worried about the rate of vaccination california. napa county reaching out for help to try to speed up the number of injections. maureen naylor tells us help could come in the form of retired medical professionals. >> reporter: is county health department and medical centers are working to get the covid vaccine out some are taking a new approach. an effort to speed up the process, napa

. >> reporter: breed points to laguna honda hospital, with some 700 elderly residents, as a success storyre the lives we have been fighting for, day after day, to save. >> reporter: three days of vaccination will wrap up wednesday, protecting every willing resident and more than 1000 staff members. >> reporter: >> protecting the residence of laguna honda is very personal to me. my grandmother lived there for years at the end of her own life, so i know what those residents are feeling. i know what their families are feeling. >> reporter: public health has vaccinated about 6000 healthcare workers so far with 70,000 to go, and is trying to speed the process. >> we are pushing vaccine out into arms as quickly as possible. >> reporter: medical centers control much of it. mayor breed urges residents to stay home and stay cautious, so they're around for the vaccine. >> this is a moment, but it's a real moment of hope for our city, and we should be so proud. >> asked about the variant uk strain, dr. colfax says it has not surfaced locally, but he won't be surprised if it does. viral samples are t

>>now at 3 it's a new day for laguna honda hospital in san francisco, the covid-19 vaccine rollout is well underway as hundreds of residents in the city's nursing home received their covid-19 vaccinations thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 i'm sanaz tahernia residents at the long-term care facility have been largely isolated to prevent an outbreak there the facility has reported 50 total positive cases and 5 deaths among residents during an update today, the mayor said the arrival of the vaccine does offer some optimism from any their kron four's dan kerman joins us live from laguna honda with more from the cities update today, good afternoon. dan. >>good afternoon sun has more than 700 residents live here in this long-term care facility more than 300 already vaccinated yesterday they hope to get everybody who wants a shot to get one by tomorrow that is very good news also during this briefing today built the mayor and doctor colfax talked about cases and talked about hospitalizations they say both cases and hospitalizations continue on the upswing but the rate of infec

>>our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive until we can do what we started doing yesterday, protecting them with the vaccine. >>the county's health director says the rate of increase is slowing and icu capacity is currently a 35% however, officials say the effect of holiday travel will not hit for a week or 2. >>san francisco's health director says the rate of increase is slowing and icu capacity is currently at 35%. as we mentioned officials say that they won't see the impacts of the holiday travel for yet another week or 2. meanwhile, the number of daily covid cases here in san francisco may be trending downward. but officials at ucsf say they are in the middle of its biggest surge during the pandemic doctor bob wachter with ucsf so they are currently treating 83 covid patients, including 14 currently on ventilators walker says that ucsf surge is keeping them busy. but it's not stressing their capacities just yet. the city is seeing an average of 237 new covid cases a day which is down from a peak of 290. more than 11,000 folks in lo

>>our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive until we can do what we started doing yesterday, protecting them with the vaccine. >>the county's health director says the rate of increase is slowing here in san francisco and icu capacity is currently at 35%. however officials say it could affect or that these numbers will change as a result of holiday travel. those numbers will not head for at least another week or 2. >>tonight a bill that would buy more time for california small businesses to help them stay afloat is gaining some momentum. the keep california working act which is also senate bill 74 is a bipartisan small business relief package it would provide 2.6 billion dollars in grant money. now one 3rd of the california legislature is backing the measure hoping the bill will be signed into law before it's too late for so many of the state's small businesses. well for state of the sacking joins us live now from san francisco with more on this taylor. >>well many business owners are hopeful now that this bill is gaining a lot of suppor

>>our fight to keep the virus out of laguna honda has been a fight to keep these people alive until weo what we started doing yesterday, protecting them with the vaccine. >>the county's health director says the rate of increase is slowing and icu capacity is currently at 35%. however officials say the full impact of the holiday travel season. probably won't be felt for at least another week or 2. >>6.39 in an effort to speed of vaccinations across california. the governor announced dentists are going to start giving covid shots the emergency waiver will allow the state's dentist to give vaccinations for coronavirus covers noelle bellow takes a look at how to work. >>yeah, i think this is something that really should have been done a long time ago we should have been considered a long time ago ready and willing berkeley dentist doctor thomas arnold and doctor daniel chen say once they get trained, they will be ready to step up and administer covid-19 vaccine that clinics and vaccination sites as dennis i think we are fully qualified to administer does that's a nation shot. >>you know we

or visit our grandmother or grandfather at laguna honda. or have a family gathering, where we won't wear a mask. those days are coming. those days are coming, and for now we need your patience and understanding, as we go through this next phase of vaccinations for the people of this city. that's how we're going to get through this. so thank you all so much for joining us today. and i hope that today's press conference provided you with a lot more clarity than what you have had in the past. and with that we'll open it up to some questions. >> thank you, mayor breed and dr. colfax, and care carrie owen pleats. and we'll take a quick pause and let our reporters submit questions via webex. we'll be right back. >> thank you for your patience. mayor breed. the first question is for you, mayor, and comes from kevin stark. the "washington post" is reporting that the federal reserve of vaccines is used up. state health officials across the u.s. had anticipated vaccine delivery next week, and that might not be arriving. can you speak to how this will

at laguna honda hospital which is a nursing facility, vaccinations are also underway. 90% of long-term residents have been given their first dose of the pfizer vaccine. the rest is us tomorrow. as of now, 15 residents and 34 staff members have been diagnosed with covid-19. >> the rollout of the vaccine is something like we have never seen. hundreds of millions of doses will be distributed around the country. but we do have a role to play. and one of those roles is to distribute the vaccine to our city run facilities. >> meanwhile hospitalizations are climbing in san francisco. starting at the beginning of the pandemic in march to where we are now. public health officer dr. greg koufax warns the situation could get worse if we see a postholiday surge. >>> right now in san francisco, about 35% of icu beds are available. but the city will remain under the stay-at-home order, given the entire bay area region has only 6% of icu beds available. >>> we brought you the coronavirus update live on cbsn bay area. you can access that 24/7 by downloading the app. >>> when it comes to getting covid-