melanie, why does sutter say their phone lines are jammed?>> yeah, they say that's because so many people are calling who, again, don't qualify to get the vaccine right now. that includes people who heard the governor speak and are 65 and older. right now sutter health says they are only prepared to give the vaccine to those who are 75 and older. they are imploring people not to call those phone lines if you don't currently qualify to get the vaccine. they say please don't tie up the phone lines so that those who do qualify now can get through. ama and dan. >> thank you. >>> well, a lot of groups are a afraid they will fall through the cracks of vaccines distribution. people with no health care providers, seniors and those without access to the internet, chris reyes trite to ged to get clarity today. the general public also who are not considered essential. what did you find out? >> easier said than done, but be patient if you are he will iable to get the vaccine and shots are available, there are teams all over the bay area whose main job is

as sutter health, they offered and vaccinated all healthcare workers in phase 1 and starting today, they moved to those 75 and older. >> this is a wonderful blessing to be here now. >> reporter: thousands of of patients 75 and older signed up to their online portal, despite the website that had technical issues due to high demand. hospitals and doctors offices are reporting sharp increases in calls and inquiries about vaccine appointments after hearing the 65 and older are eligible. >> my wife is over 65. she was hoping to get in today. she was that anxious. >> reporter: being eligible does not mean you can secure a shot right away. >> it depends on the availability of the vaccine and how quickly the state can get vaccine to affiliates like ours. do we have the staff to administer that many vaccines in a short period of time?>> reporter: more than 3.4 million doses have been delivered to california, but only a quarter of the supply has been administered. tracking the phase system can be confusing. we created links to each of the county websites and healthcare providers in the bay area. y

>> reporter: sutter health started inoculating those 75 and older for the first time. they offered the vaccine to healthcare workers wonderful an announcement on wednesday by the governor saying 65 and older are now eligible is apparently leading some people to go to immunization sites when they're not supposed to. people who are not registered are getting turned away at this mass vaccination site in san mateo. >> as we go through the tier, then we'll look at the 65 year-olds. but right now we're looking at 75 year-olds. >> reporter: the san mateo county department of health says it's still in phase 1. >> this is a wonderful blessing to be here right now. >> reporter: sutter health says thousands of patients 75 and older have signed up threws it my health online portal, despite its website that had technical issues possibly due to high demand. hospitals and doctor's offices are reporting sharp increases in calls and kwers about vaccine appointments after hearing 65 and older are eligible. >> my wife is over 65. and she was hoping she could get in today. she was that an

if you're not a patient of sutter health. can register with us to get the vaccine then non-member at point what we're willing have guns provide your medical record numbers that is to the vaccination process. >>and when you get that number that don't put you into the same place and the other members the san francisco department of public health set a goal to have every sf resident vaccinated by the end of june. >>has it made you kron 4 news. >>still to come tonight, local lawmakers who have known vice president harris for decades share their thoughts on her rapid political ascension now all the way to the white house. >>and a live report from the south bay for more reaction to the history being made in the nation's capital today. >>i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow boy the >>yeah really powerful there another one of the most talked about moments from biden's inauguration was the reading from 22 year-old southern california poet amanda gorman yeah unbelievable here the country's first ever poet laureate use poet laureate says s

we've heard from sutter. they are looking at the produce market site, and so again, we're really getting good traction in terms of coordination and collaboration with the health systems. and also the pharmacy partnership started two weeks ago and will continue. and on the community pod site, we've already got some of those up. chinese hospital has a very vibrant community pod in chinatown. our own network has' very vibrant community pod at the mission over in zuckerberg and laguna and maxine hall and southeast south center. and we will be deploying some mobile covid-19 vaccine sites in the next few weeks and those will be coming out of our covid command center out at mosconey. and the overarching message is that we are adopting this three-pronged approach because /auz the vaccine becomes more readily available, we want to have every option available to us. we're not relying on just one path to success. we have tried to develop a roadmap that has many roads to that one goal of getting every san franciscoans im

while some sutter health patients got this message, thank you for calling better health. we have reached our current call capacity at this time, the health care provider says its call centers and online bookings are experiencing delays and longer than normal wait times. in a statement, sutter health said it is prioritizing the state's most vulnerable populations, including those who are 75 plus years of age and our community health care workers because they are at greatest risk, according to cdc guidance problem we have at the end of the day is logistics. we don't have enough vaccines in santa clara county on lee, those 75 up are able to get the vaccine with the exception of kaiser, which is scheduling appointments for some in the 65 up category. health officials say the biggest problem is an unpredictable supply due to this limited and unpredictable supply. we continue to need to limit eligibility for vaccination inside the space in front of the county elections office. people are now being vaccinated against covid-19. this burger avenue location is one of two mass vacci

sutter said it will accept appointments online and by phone. both ucsf and stanford have sent similar notices to its patients. >>> a san bernardino county hospital allowed a camera inside its icu this week to show just how hospitals are being pushed to the breaking point. st. mary's medical center in apple valley said it's seen a constant stream of new patients, most of them with covid-19. the staff is treating 50 icu patients with just 20 icu beds. nurses and doctors say they are working daily to the point of exhaustion. >> people don't take it seriously until they're here with us or until they're on the other line of that phone call talking to their family member for the last time. it is real. it is serious and most of what we're seeing is preventable. >> the nurse you just saw say she's accustomed to seeing death and dying on a daily basis but never to this scale. >>> indonesian airlines, boeing 373 500 crashed into the sea. the air flight 182 lost radar contact at 2:40 p.m. indonesian time after taking off from jakarta. flightradar.com show

one marin couple got a call from their healthcare provider to sign up with a sutter clinic in berkeley. they got the shot, but they did cross county lines for it. and the marin county health officer says he can see why people would county hop. marin doesn't have enough doses. he says he would love to see a more uniform state wide approach so there wouldn't be disparities between counties. that's the issue here in san francisco. the space would be great. san francisco is trying to find enough doses to meet the need and the demand at a site this large. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc news. >> amy, thank you. president-elect joe biden plans to give his more specific plan today for administering covid-19 vaccines nationwide. it comes just a day after he released his administration's full nearly $2 trillion pandemic rescue plan. >> the crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight. there is no time to waste. we have to act and we have to act now. >> here are some of the key items the proposal would provide an additional $1400 in direct payments to most americans, tha

>> reporter: so we did get a statement back from sutter and kaiser, sutter health said in part, we will continue to follow california department of public health and cdc guidelines, as we work with the tiered system. texan appointment will be available very soon through the online patient portal, and kaiser permanente said in part that they are committed to the fair and equable distribution of covid-19 vaccines. there currently working on vaccination plans that will be provided the santa clara county department of public health. >>> take a look at this long line of cars that stretches all the way into the fairgrounds. this is the covid-19 mass vaccination clinic, is starting today, goes all week. the county is now able to vaccinate those in phase 1a, currently providing in person patient care or services and to live or work in san mateo county. how are you feeling now? >> thrilled. relieved. >> is a dental hygienist in menlo park. she got vaccinated today. >> i can breathe a sigh of relief, and feel a little more comfortable working on unmasked patients. >> it has three tiers and counti

if you are in the tier that can get the vaccine, keep calling, keep looking for it, sutter health telling us they're going to set up a hot line later today, they're going to set that up, people can call and make their appointment to get a vaccination, people over the age of 75 at least for now. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> there are plenty of questions circulating about the new covid-19 vaccines. if you're wondering when you might be able to get yours or the differences between the versions, you can go to abc7news.com/vaccine and we have a form there and you can send your questions right to our abc 7 news vaccine team. >>> theov bus express rolls across the bay area today. it opens outside the sonoma veterans memorial hall, open through saturday and again next thursday and friday. each bus is customized with state of the art medical equipment, bus test express launched in berkeley earlier this week. it hopes to expand to contra costa, san mateo and solano counties in the coming weeks. >>> coming up, the search for the start of covid-19. what investigators with the world health organiza

the county says they are being left in the dark with no way of knowing how kaiser and sutter will deliver the vaccines or how they will coordinate with the county. there is a push for clear plan in writing so we know who is doing what and when. >>> look, i want the vaccine, what, when, how do i get it. and we need a crisp answer for that. >> to say the vaccine rollout is complex is an understatement. 1 million members, dozens edition vision sites on multiple providers, all of the tiered phases of the rollout itself, ultracold freezers, managing second dose is, the list goes on. county leaders say they are applying lessons learned during the early days of the pandemic when there was confusion over who would pay for it and administer it. >> we lost precious months, when we have a back and forth with the major providers about testing. we can't afford to do that again. the cost of human life and to our economy is too great. >> you may recall last year after repeated warnings from the health department, the county threatens to find healthcare workers were lagging behind and not providing adequ

we've heard from sutter.g at the produce market site, and so again, we're really getting good traction in terms of coordination and collaboration with the health systems. and also the pharmacy partnership started two weeks ago and will continue. and on the community pod site, we've already got some of those up. chinese hospital has a very vibrant community pod in chinatown. our own network has' very vibrant community pod at the mission over in zuckerberg and laguna and maxine hall and southeast south center. and we will be deploying some mobile covid-19 vaccine sites in the next few weeks and those will be coming out of our covid command center out at mosconey. and the overarching message is that we are adopting this three-pronged approach because /auz the vaccine becomes more readily available, we want to have every option available to us. we're not relying on just one path to success. we have tried to develop a roadmap that has many roads to that one goal of getting every san franciscoans immuized by june 3

tomorrow the city is allowing private providers like sutter and keizer to use city college san francisco as a large site to vaccinate about 500 people who already had appointments. >> those appointments are already filled. we do ask people not to show up there. we will not have additional vaccine to give. >> reporter: the city's health care network, which serves those with limited resources, will soon continue to vaccinate those in phase tier 1-a. health care workers and people 65 and over. abc 7 news was told today that the state has promised to give san francisco another 10,000 doses next week. again, that falls short of what san francisco needs. >> while that's better than what we received last week, it is not sufficient to meet the demand. certainly not to meet our goal of vaccinating 10,000 a day. >> reporter: if you add up the city's batch of vaccines with those from private providers, only half of the 200,000 people in phase tier 1-a have been vaccinated. all of those people need two shots. so to even deal with the 1-a tier, we need about 400,000 vaccines. so we're nowhere near cl

sutter health, stanford, sutter health, contact them directly. if you go to santa clara county valley medical center, you can be vaccinated by the county and be scheduled online. if none of these aly to you, it is of okay, no problem. you do have other options. el camino health, regional medical center. good sam hospital. all options as we move forward. there's a lot of information to digest. we know that. we posted the lincoln our website, nbcbayarea.com, you're going to see it there on our trending bar. we're going to be adding information from other counties and health care providers as soon as we get it in. again, that's at nbcbayarea.com. >> a dubious historical distinction today. president trump becomes the only president to be impeached twice. this round backed by democrats and several republicans who are blaming the president for one of the country's uglyest and most dangerous days. nbc bay area's ian cull, has the vote, reaction from local members and congress as well. >> reporter: tonight president donald trump impeached by the house fo

>>while sutter health has started giving doses to older age group but most of the bay area. cannot omget accommodate anybody aside from health care workers and people living or working in long-term care facilities meaning although california has given the green light to vaccinate people in that 65 to. >>74 age bracket people in that group should certainly not expect a shot right away kron four's dan kerman reports thursday saw her health and san francisco o egan injecting those 75 years of age and older. >>with the covid-19 vaccine. the vaccines for those 75 plus are also underway in parts of contra costa county also on the health department's website there. those 65 and over can request an appointment for a shot. >>i would encourage anyone is over 65 to to really contact your health provider first and see if if there are offering schedule and then you can come to the county's website if you know belong to one of those providers or if you're you know you found it check with your provider and they're not. offering scheduling yet and while those 65 and over can make the reques

the entire sutter health.org website has been down all afternoon.he phone lines are completely jammed as well. patients that call the hotline are told to schedule an appointment online which is impossible with the website down. abc7 news has reached out to sutter health for updates on when the system may be back online, and we'll bring you those details when we have them. >>> president-elect joe biden set to unveil the coronavirus plan he'll set in place set to occur momentarily in delawar. mr. bite den's plan is set to center on a mass vaccination campaign and an economic measure to provide relief directly to families. the president-elect's team says he plans to call on both parties in congress to move on his proposals within his first 100 days in office. >>> meanwhile, the country's leading hotel trade group wants thousands of hotels to transform into vaccination sites. the american hotel and lodging association sent a letter to mr. biden's transition team saying more than 50,000 hotels have the capability to help with the vaccine roll-out. the le

expected to call an both parties in congress to move his proposals quickly. >> four, starting today sutter health says patients 75 and up will be able to book covid-19 vaccine appointments over the phone. sutter is opening a dedicated phone line specifically for this. >> number 5, a powerball ticket performanced at a san jose market now worth more than $2.7 million after matching 5 of 6 numbers. a combined $1.4 billion will be up for grabs in tomorrow's mega millions and saturdays powerball jackpots. >> wow. >>> record warmth returns irnld saturday. the warmth into the bay sunday and our warmest day will be monday with a lot of record high temperatures possible with upper 60s to mid-70s for highs. >> we've had some minor issues on our roads this morning but nothing through our major commute corridors. a live look at oakland 880 and the coliseum camera there. northbound traffic you can see is beginning to slow down. >>> board of directors set to vote on a resolution today. asking the alameda county district attorney charge a former bart officer in the killing of grant. she wants da o'malley

we don't know. >> reporter: it's not just individual counties or sutter health. kaiser permanente tells abc7 news successfully delivering the vaccine depends on getting access to adequate supplies of vaccine. quote, given the current limited supply of vaccine nationally, it is important to know that not everyone who is eligible will be able to make an appointment right away. kaiser permanente expects by the end of next week to have an online self-service tool in place to schedule an appointment if the supply is there. meantime, ucsf held a discussion today about the vaccine roll-out. >> we're trying to create a public health infrastructure that doesn't currently exist, which is to say an infrastructure for mass vaccination. >> reporter: confusion by those who want to get the covid-19 vaccine, and frustration by officials who want to administer it. >> people, the public don't want to hear excuses. they just want to get vaccinated so that we can end covid. >> reporter: canepa tells me san mateo county had to turn away dozens of people from the event center who show

>>if you're not a patient of sutter health. you can register with us to get the vaccine then non-member at point what we're willing have guns provide your medical record numbers that is specific to the vaccination process. >>and when you get that number that don't put you into the same place and the other members of the 5th. >>during today's hearing the san francisco department of public health said a goal to have every resident vaccinated by the end of june. our coverage continues now is kron 4 state of the psac ii she talked to city leaders and doctors about the likelihood of this timeline ambitious and the challenges that lie ahead she joins us now with details taylor. >>well together the city and private providers hope to facilitate 10,000 doses of the vaccine per day and massive vaccination sites like this one at city college which will open on friday. we'll help but ultimately this comes down to a supply issue we're going to need a lot more to meet that june goal. >>many san franciscans are now looking forward to the summ

if we look across sutter health, we've given out over 62,000 doses. but again focusing on the city, over 7000 employee doses. as of this week, about 1000 patient doses. we are ramping up that patient capacity very quickly. in terms of communication, again, very similar to the report from kaiser and ucsf, we have outgoing messages to our patient via e-mail and what we call, my health online. which is really the portal through our electronic record. when we opened up to patients last week, we experienced very high call volumes and very lot of activity obviously over my health online. we've been ramping up capacity to meet that volume. we're in a much better place today than we were a week ago when it comes to those volumes. we're going to continue to aggressively and consistently be communicating out to the community just about signing up and getting the vaccine. like others, if you're a patient of sutter health, you're going to be receiving those messages. if you're not a patient of sutter health, you can register with us to get the vaccine. i think th

kaiser and sutter as well as the group that's doing the dodger stadium. um, event, so i think, hopefully through some of that expertise that we have, operationally the ability to maybe bring that expertise to the table. we can help the entities really get this going as quickly as possible. the vaccination side could be up and running in february, the coliseum authority is setting up a task force now toe work out all of the details, and the plan has to be approved by the county health officer. governor newsome was at the launch of the dodger stadium vaccination side earlier today, as los angeles continues to real from an ongoing surgeon cases. here someone has infected every six seconds in los angeles. and here in l. a. somebody is dying every eight minutes every eight minutes. we're working with other major league teams, as well as minor league teams to open up some other sites as well, all throughout the state of california. the stadium has been hosting a testing site before being confirmed a converted over to vaccinations. they hope to give 4000 vaccine

we've heard from sutter. they are looking at the produce market site, and so again, we're really getting good traction in terms of coordination and collaboration with the health systems. and also the pharmacy partnership started two weeks ago and will continue. and on the community pod site, we've already got some of those up. chinese hospital has a very vibrant community pod in chinatown. our own network has' very vibrant community pod at the mission over in zuckerberg and laguna and maxine hall and southeast south center. and we will be deploying some mobile covid-19 vaccine sites in the next few weeks and those will be coming out of our covid command center out at mosconey. and the overarching message is that we are adopting this three-pronged approach because /auz the vaccine becomes more readily available, we want to have every option available to us. we're not relying on just one path to success. we have tried to develop a roadmap that has many roads to that one goal of getting every san franciscoans im

win in moscow to emily you've just come back short time ago from reporting and be hello to you so sutter pato if he does appear to have huge lead in the presidential election in kyrgyzstan tell us why he seems to appeal to so many voters. well on the one hand he is very popular as we've seen now but you would think he would be more of a divisive figure after all he was actually in prison for kidnapping charges charges of kidnapping an official in kyrgyzstan until protesters and his supporters freed him during the recent protests he is considered a nationalist and he's kind of been presenting himself in this campaign as really a man of the people not someone who's part of the political elite he's from the countryside which is where he's also very popular in kyrgyzstan and he's been promising reform and also to kind of get rid of the corruption within politics which in kyrgyzstan has been known for being kind of a battle between different families different clans and political groups so he's promising to to get rid of all that now his critics say he's a thorough tarion but in bishkek a lot

if you're not a patient of sutter health. you can register with us to get the vaccine then non-member at point what we're willing have guns provide your medical record numbers that is to the vaccination process. >>and when you get that number that put you into the same place and the other members of the 5th. >>san francisco's goal is getting the vaccine to every resident by the end of june ucsf has announced the opening of a vaccination site at city college of san francisco to try to help in that process. meantime thousands of moderna vaccine doses can once again be used in california. they were put on hold earlier this week after about 10 people experience severe. allergic reactions in san diego. the same batch of the vaccine was delivered to alameda county santa clara and san francisco counties, although none of them were administered before the state put them on hold. however today california's leading epidemiologists announced that they are safe to use again. >>all right let's check on our 4 zone forecast know snowplows a

if we look across sutter health, we've given out over 62,000 doses. but again focusing on the city, over 7000 employee doses. as of this week, about 1000 patient doses. we are ramping up that patient capacity very quickly. in terms of communication, again, very similar to the report from kaiser and ucsf, we have outgoing messages to our patient via e-mail and what we call, my health online. which is really the portal through our electronic record. when we opened up to patients last week, we experienced very high call volumes and very lot of activity obviously over my health online. we've been ramping up capacity to meet that volume. we're in a much better place today than we were a week ago when it comes to those volumes. we're going to continue to aggressively and consistently be communicating out to the community just about signing up and getting the vaccine. like others, if you're a patient of sutter health, you're going to be receiving those messages. if you're not a patient of sutter health, you can register with us to get the vaccine. i think th

if we look across sutter health, we've given out over 62,000 doses.ocusing on the city, over 7000 employee doses. as of this week, about 1000 patient doses. we are ramping up that patient capacity very quickly. in terms of communication, again, very similar to the report from kaiser and ucsf, we have outgoing messages to our patient via e-mail and what we call, my health online. which is really the portal through our electronic record. when we opened up to patients last week, we experienced very high call volumes and very lot of activity obviously over my health online. we've been ramping up capacity to meet that volume. we're in a much better place today than we were a week ago when it comes to those volumes. we're going to continue to aggressively and consistently be communicating out to the community just about signing up and getting the vaccine. like others, if you're a patient of sutter health, you're going to be receiving those messages. if you're not a patient of sutter health, you can register with us to get the vaccine. i think that's the att

at the same time several seniors walked in to receive their first shots at the sutter medical office building in san francisco. if you are eligible and want to sign up. there's a link to do so on our website kron 4 dot com. >>and in the east bay medical workers they rolled up their sleeves to get vaccinated today are looking at the u c berkeley, one of the first nurses to get it says she's very grateful for the vaccine because it gets her a step closer to given her patience and her parents ahok something she says she has not done in more than a year. a study is projecting that covid-19 might be a little bit like coming down with the common cold eventually. researchers looked at data from other human coronaviruses and they based their findings on the way the virus is transmitted. >>and the the immune response to the virus kron four's gayle ong has reaction from local infectious disease experts. >>10 months into the covid-19 pandemic has researchers finding the deadly virus will likely manifest would mild symptoms in childhood such as the sniffles. a new study published in the journal

sutter health and kaiser permanente set up vaccine phone lines but they were overloaded with calls. governor gavin newsom says california is can now start vaccinating over the age of 65 but bay area counties say they aren't ready for that. they are still struggling to vaccinate the 75 and older crowd. >> my father has been trying to get to an appointment to get vaccinated and he's been on hold for two hours and still hasn't spoken to anyone. but yaw i'm pretty worried. i really want my parents to get vaccinated. i don't want them the die from covid. >> well, we have heard success stories though. those exist too. one marin couple got a call from their healthcare provider to sign up with a sutter clinic in berkeley. they did. they went and they got the shot. but they crossed county lines for it. and the marin county health officer says he can see why people would county hop. he say marin doesn't have enough doses. but it bums him out too. he would love to see more uniform statewide approach so people wouldn't have to do that so there wouldn't be disparities between counties. live in s

like these folks at sutter health. but just because you're eligible doesn't mean it's easy to get a shot. >> reporter: patients i talked with tonight said there are no available appointments at this kaiser facility. all of the spots are full. and similar situation placing out at vaccination sites across the bay area. >> it ended up being two and hours 15 minutes. >> reporter: that's how long eric was on hold waiting to talk to someone with kaiser to schedule an appointment for his 66-year-old manager, susan. >> you think they would start planning. so once it's ready, what are we gonna do? >> reporter: when he first got on the phone, the recording said be prepared for a four-hour long wait. matt haney posted a tweet, people telling him they have been on hold for more than five hours. >> this is a logistical nightmare. >> reporter: health systems like kaiser, sutder and john yoer are trying to come up with plans to roll out vaccines. at the same time their icu's are maxed out. >> we're telling them put together the plans

. >> reporter: sutter health today started vaccinating thoseho andg care of its healthcare workers first, but is there a lot of confusion as to where each healthcare system is in inoculating different groups and who's eligible now. 82-year-old joanne is one of lucky ones. >> some of my friends who are in my age group, and they're waiting for it. their doctors can get back to them. >> reporter: sign-ups depend on each county as well as your medical provider. >> it depends on the availability of the vaccine. how quickly the sate can get vaccine to local affiliates like ours. can we find the space and the staff to administer that many vaccines in a short period of time and safely? >> reporter: in california one quarter of the 3.4 million delivered doses have been injected into arms. even though 65 and older are eligible, different healthcare providers are advancing through tiers with different timelines for each group. >> it's changing minute by minute. >> reporter: most counties have a link where you can sign up if you're interested in getting a vaccine. but it does not mean you will get s

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in a statement, sutter health said it is prioritizing the state's most vulnerable populations, including those who are 75 plus years of age and our community health care workers because they are at greatest risk, according to cdc guidance problem we have at the end of the day is logistics. we don't have enough vaccines in san. clara county on lee. those 75 up are able to get the vaccine with the exception of kaiser, which is scheduling appointments for some in the 65 up category. health officials say the biggest problem is an unpredictable supply due to this limited and unpredictable supply. we continue to need to limit eligibility for vaccination inside the space in front of the county elections office. people are now being vaccinated against covid-19. this burger avenue location is one of two mass. vaccination sites launched in the county. the second is at the fair grounds with a third site with greater capacity opening and mountain view next week, according to the latest data this week, santa clara county has received 110001st doses and administered 52,000 of them or 47% santa clara c

we're not talking about sutter, not kaiser. they get their own vaccines and you sign up with one of those many providers. when you put all of those together, the entire system, san francisco has received more than 102,000 doses. now let's talk about transparency. there will now be a new vaccine dashboard you can access on the city's covid website that tells you how many vaccines they have received and how many doses are given daily. and get this. san francisco, the city, is ordering that every provider share that data with them. needed. lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> lyanne, thank you. so many moving parts there to keep track of. >>> today the covid-19 death toll in the u.s. topped four 000 people. here in california, there is some positive news on the covid front. the number of new cases dropped to 23,800. that is the lowest number in quite a while. also a significant drop in the state's 14-day positivity rate, which is down to 11.6%. that is an 8.7% decrease. >> we're seeing that statewide, not just in certain parts that ofte

kaiser and sutter as well as the group that's doing the dodger stadium. um event, so i think, hopefully through some of that expertise that we have, operationally the ability to maybe bring that expertise to the table. we could help the entities really get this going as quickly as possible. vaccination site could be up and running in february, the coliseum authority is setting up a task force to work out the details, and the plan must be approved by the county health officer. inauguration day is now just five days away, and on today we are learning that president trump will be departing on wednesday morning, january 20th on air force one to begin his post presidential life in the state of florida. now. meantime president elect joe biden is now announcing more information about what he's going to do once he officially. takes office. ray bogan has more on the security for inauguration day. federal security officials say there will be a peaceful transition of power next week, but they're doing it with an extraordinary show of force. the nation's capital is n

it is true, kaiser will getkaist their supply, sutter will get their supply, blue cross will get their supply. and the county gets what they're responsible for, for medical, undocumented, and healthy san francisco. that's how it's set up. when the doctor said today we need to wait for -- we can start setting this up, but he'll get only a certain supply. that is what it is. and kaiser is saying, we know how to do this, we'll do our own, thank you. so to be fair, i don't know if we can administer for other health care systems. but on the other hand, there's a huge population to administer it for, and that's where we need the mass vaccination sites for. >> and there's also confusion over the way people are notified when it's their turn to get the vaccine. here's the supervisor. >> i've heard from constituents who said their provider told them, you need a referral from the county. and the county health officials are saying your private provider is the one you should talk to, and they can tell you how to get the vaccine. this is not a time to have this level of confusion, when days and week

of health ucsf or dignity health, anybody else who has insurance through the private provider like sutter health or kaiser they should contact those providers. >>the u.s. rushes to administer is many vaccines is possible. there are questions if the 2 approved covid vaccines can be mixed and matched to the pfizer and moderna vaccines are being distributed of course in the asun they require 2 shots to be given a few weeks apart health officials say both doses should be of the same vaccine, soviet the pfizer second dose needs also be a pfizer vaccine experts say without any studies vaccine doses shouldn't be mixed. they do know though that if people happened to get a different vaccine. the second time by accident it is likely to still work and your body is likely to tolerate it. but again more evidence is needed in don't do that if you can help it doctor anthony fauci was back in the white house briefing room today saying he feels liberated to be able to speak honestly about covid-19 and not face repercussions now that former president trump is out of office can force not a hernia has the de

sutter health is making appointments for people 75 and older. kaiser's phones have been ringing off the hook. we talked about that. they have limited vaccine appointments. people 65 and older can try to secure a slot. we also checked with john muir health. vaccinations began for 75 and older on january 25th. patients will be contacted in the coming days to schedule that appointment. patients 65 and older will be contacted in february. here's a valuable tool for you. take out your phone right now and use the camera on your phone to scan that qr code on the left side of your screen. see it? lower left corner? that will take you right to our vaccination guide. scroll down to your specific county to get your information on how to sign up for a vaccine and where you can go once it is your turn. you can also go to nbcbayarea.com and click on covid-19 vaccination guide at the top of our page. >>> let's switch gears. threats of violence at state capitols leading to inauguration day have law enforcement agencies here in the bay area responding. with some

other hospitals like ucsf, sutter and kaiser got an additional 30,000 doses.getting their dose. dr. joshua adler what's more, asap. >> we need to increase the rate in which we are able to deliver vaccine. >> reporter: among those getting first dose of, alejandra guzman, and e.r. tech. >> gives you a little more hope and protection. so yeah definitely a smidge of hope. >> reporter: it is not just healthcare workers. 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

sutter called and said patients 75 and older can book vaccine appointments through their my health accounts. they said late thursday morning they will have a phone line open to book the vaccine appointments starting as soon as the afternoon. i'm kate larson for "abc 7 news". >>> in the north bay sonoma county officials are calling it a historic day, the opening of the county's first drive-through covid-19 vaccination clinic. today safe way pharmacists gave the initial dose of the moderna vaccine to the first of more than 5,000 in-home health care workers at the fair grounds in santa rosa. county officials say the drive-through effort is a model for the effort that will be rolled out across the state. >> there is an urgency to get this out there, but we also know we want to make it as safe as possible and we want to make people as comfortable as possible. >> i'm happy that it protects me, but the last thing i would want would be to pass it on to somebody else. >> at the end of today's clinic there were about 17 doses leftover. safeway pharmacists put out the call to at risk seniors to come d

moscow to emily you've just come back short time ago from reporting and be scared hello to you so sutter pato if he does appear to have huge lead in the presidential election in kyrgyzstan tell us why he seems to appeal to so many voters. well on the one hand he is very popular as we've seen now but you would think he would be more of a divisive figure after all he was actually in prison for kidnapping charges charges of kidnapping an official in kyrgyzstan until protesters and his supporters freed him during the recent protests he is considered a nationalist and he's kind of been presenting himself in this campaign as really a man of the people not someone who's part of the political elite he's from the countryside which is where he's also very popular in kyrgyzstan and he's been promising reform and also to kind of get rid of the corruption within politics which in kyrgyzstan has been known for being kind of a battle between different families different clans and political groups so he's promising to get rid of all that now his critics say he's authoritarian but in bishkek a lot of the

sutter called and said patients 75 and older can book vaccine appointments through their my health accounts. they said late thursday morning they will have a phone line open to book the vaccine appointments starting as soon as the afternoon. i'm kate larson for "abc 7 news". >>> in the north bay sonoma county officials are calling it a historic day, the opening of the county's first drive-through covid-19 vaccination clinic. today safe way pharmacists gave the initial dose of the moderna vaccine to the first of more than 5,000 in-home health care workers at the fair grounds in santa rosa. county officials say the drive-through effort is a model for the effort that will be rolled out across the state. >> there is an urgency to get this out there, but we also know we want to make it as safe as possible and we want to make people as comfortable as possible. >> i'm happy that it protects me, but the last thing i would want would be to pass it on to somebody else. >> at the end of today's clinic there were about 17 doses leftover. safeway pharmacists put out the call to at risk seniors to come d

organizations across the bay area are already sending out messages to members like this mass e-mail from sutter health. according to the message group 1b which includes patients 65 to 74 and teachers will soon be able to book vaccine appointments online. adding to that capacity private groups like walgreens and cvs and others. >> like for example a private hospital like palo alto foundation, kaiser, there are administering their vaccine separately. >> reporter: but that expanded capacity all depends on the availability of the vaccine. >> the vaccine comes in waves and we did a full scope 50 to 100,000 at a time. so one of our key factors in being able to expand capacity further is whether or not we will have enough vaccine. >> reporter: sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> once again state health leaders are asking us all to stay close to home. here's the updated travel advisory. we're being asked to avoid nonessential travel to any part of the state more than 120 miles away from your residence. if you do go beyond 120 miles you'll have to self-quarantine for ten days. this is updated. this u

providers like kaiser, dignity and sutter. >> we are committed, as everybody is in this meeting, to thevaccinating the community. >> reporter: ramping up infrastructure is one thing. but the larger challenge right now is securing supply. there are some 200,000 people over 65 in san francisco. the age demographic that represents 83% of the city's covid deaths to date. but so far, public and private providers in san francisco have been allotted just 123,000 doses by the federal government. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> and tonight a new covid-19 vaccine being tested at stanford is moving into a final phase that could potentially lead to its rollout in a matter of weeks. and while experts caution that the data on the johnson & johnson vaccine is not in yet, it does hold the promise of changing the vaccine landscape rather dramatically with a single dose. >>> as concern grows over the slow pace of covid vaccinations in the united states, there is hope that could turn the tide. the vaccine from johnson & johnson would be the first to be given in a single shot without requiring a booster. it's

cherry blossom trees in front of the japanese cultural and community center on northern california on sutter street earlier this week. the vandal snapped branches off each tree, badly damaging them. the center shared these photos of the aftermath on facebook. the vandal was determined. the branches were more than 3 inches thick and the tree stood as high as 15 feet. >> everyone looks forward to seeing the beautiful cherry blossoms and just to enjoy and welcome the new season. now we won't be able to do that this year. >> so sad. but look what people did. neighbors placed oragami ornaments on the damaged trees this morning to try to beautify them. the trees were planted in 1994 when the emperor and empress of japan visited san francisco. >>> kaiser permanente is facing a fine for not notifying santa clara county about a recent covid-19 outbreak among its staff and recently sent out a news release saying 43 employees in the emergency department tested positive and the number has grown to 60 including one person who died. the county says it wasn't notified for seven days. kaiser says it is prep

the british artist spends hammers on sutter's old knives forks and spoons into the petals on stems and flowers. thanks. she turns the cast off silverware into a magnificent arrangement of flowers. the inspiration for the sculpture came from old master painting. this was inspired by. that i saw in painting in the rights museum in amsterdam. and i decided that i wanted to make a sculpture inspired by is still a life painting one of caring tense extravagant bouquets is even part of the permanent collection of the victoria and albert museum in london these elaborate pieces cost up 210-0000 euros many celebrities already have a carrington at home there are also appeals to british royalty. 2012 for the sixty's jubilee of queen elizabeth the 2nd and carrington constructing an opulent banner from about half a 1000000 people but. the design was developed in close consultation with prince charles the banner was draped over the stern of the ship in which the royal family embarked on a parade cruise if i may think and of course for years i've been making patient mcquade from buttons and to be actu

congregate care facilities like nursing homes, 2 large health systems like kaiser permanente and sutter health, 3rd and last the county's health department that receives between 100 to a few 1000 a week, a small amount of doses according to doctor morrow part of the distribution problem. >>related to the fact that we didn't have time to set up the sites we needed we didn't have time to hire the people and get the training we needed when the vaccine started coming in doctor john swartzberg infectious disease expert at u c berkeley says while bay area counties and the state are dealing with supply issues the problems will smooth out. there's going to be at least 2 new vaccines very likely approved. one shot each is supposed those are going to get approved probably february or march as of tuesday san mateo county health officials say nearly 26,000 moderna vaccines have been distributed more than 22,000 administered. the county is still in phase. one only vaccinating health care workers and those who live in work in long-term care there's been talks with big health care systems to turn this

>>for a good chunk of the day sutter health's website was down primarily because they started allowingse 75 and older to sign up for the covid-19 vaccine and in some parts of the bay area those inoculations actually began contra costa county's public health department website fared better thursday as they too began allowing those 65 and over to request an appointment i would encourage anyone is over 65 to to really contact your health provider first and see if if there are offering. >>schedule and then you can come to the county's website if you know, you know belong to one of those providers. >>or if you're you know you found it check with your provider and they're not. offering scheduling yet and while those 65 and over can make the requested could be some time. >>before those 65 to 74 will actually be scheduled to get a shot. >>if you're you know, 65 or 66 you it may be a few weeks before you actually gets health officials say that's due to the limited supply of vaccine which comes from the federal government has allocated by the state. we also don't know from week to week how much.

agencies who are helping with this roll out plus the private health care providers, including kaiser and sutter whose patients represent about 1 million people supervisors, joseph medium and cindy chavez say they need to know what everyone is planning to do to get their residents vaccinated so they can address the gaps in the network had on people want to know. >>when where and how and part of what we need to do is recognizing that the federal government and the state government our finest crash way not a local community level we want we don't care who's in charge of what we want to make sure it's happening. >>the request for information is already in a public health order from last week the supervisors will vote tomorrow. adding a level of accountability if it passes so the county can have a better idea of how many of their people are being protected and how many are still at risk. the president of the forty-niners is now offering up levi's stadium as a potential vaccination site. they say they have both the technology and the security to store and safeguard the vaccine and can help rapidly ex