. >> the day after a big vaccine eligibility expansion in san francisco the city is now asking people to hold off in getting in line. good evening and thank you for joining us. >>> the closure of a main artery through golden gate park is approaching a political crossroads this evening. jfk drive has been off-limits for cars for the eastern half of the park for yearbook proponents say keeping it cut off is creating an unfair divide. >> reporter: jfk is car free and free of people and supporters of the permanent closure ask how can you not support this and opponents call it recreational redlining making it hard for low income families to get here. >> some say the concrete jungle in this kind of space is priceless and jfk drive is filled with skaters, cyclists and runners. >> my favorite part about it is the biking and the meadow. >> reporter: a large group of people and families rad lead in front of the academy of sciences calling in the city to keep it close to cars. >> this park is better when there are no cars and it is a safety issue. >> reporter: the organizer is known as the godfa

>> reporter: they are only four days away from the vaccine expansion. today, alameda got vaccine for everyone who is approved to be vaccinated. officials say this is what the out coming days will look like as millions across the state will finally qualify to get vaccinated. >> reporter: 17 drive-through lanes with cars coming out of the o.co coliseum, this mega vaccination site is expecting to vaccinate 5000 people, today. it is the first day that alameda county is opening up vaccine eligibility to those 16 and older. the news spread fast.spread fas. this 16-year-old and his mom booked an appointment for today. >> we were able to do it pretty quick. that was awesome, you know? because i don't want to get sick. >> reporter: the healthcare services agency director was anticipating this influx, today, and says what they need now is supply. >> there is not enough vaccine supply ready. that is a challene we are all facing. evil in the interim are going to have to be patient. we ask people to be patient and we will contact you when more vaccine becomes availab

.>>> san francisco mayor london breed touted the vaccination expansion to anyone 50 and over and she held the city's effort to give those eligible, a shot. >> i know i am smiling right now. it has everything to do with a fact that all of what we have done and everything we have talked about in the past in terms of where we need to get to we are finally getting there. >> san francisco's rate of vaccination averages 82% of residents 65 and older and the have received one dose of the vaccine. overall at least 45% of all san franciscans have received their first dose. >> that includes governor newsome. he is 53 years old and got his vaccine shot today. the governor previously said he would wait his turn, and he did. he received the single-dose johnson & johnson vaccine from state health and human services secretary. the governor encouraged everyone to get vaccinated when it is their terms stressing the state is headed in the right direction, the pandemic is clearly not over. >> this disease is not going away. it is not disappearing. it is deadly as it has ever been. we remove the vigilan

. >> statewide vaccine expansion is making california leaders confident in the plan to fully reopen the state in 2 months during an event. this was hosted by the sacramento press club california's health and human services secretary said we will be ready despite the pause on the johnson and johnson vaccine. and while several variants have been filed in california state leaders are encouraged by the vaccines protection against them. >> so far. the variants that we are concerned about have largely it will almost entirely been responsive to the vaccine, which is the best news today. we we don't have very and that skates or vaccine. >> california is planning to fully reopen june 15th the biggest remaining challenge at that time that figure will be the fact that. children under 16 will not be vaccinated. new details tonight in the fatal shooting at a fedex plant in indianapolis. the fbi said last year question, the man. >> who shot and killed 8 people yesterday before taking his own life last night agents questions that man 19 year-old brandon hall after his mother called police to say her s

doctor mark galli says given the state's vaccine expansion and even with the pause on the johnson and johnson vaccine. he says he's confident they will be able to eliminate the state's reopening blueprint on june 15th today, galley even provided an idea of what california could look like beyond the blueprint in the fall. >> many of the things that we mask, we will be able to do. what can the big difference, though, is we will not likely have our youngest kids vaccinated. so. we're going to still need to protect young people. >> while several variants of covid have been detected in california. doctor galley says this time is little cause for concern. adding he's encouraged by the vaccine's protection against those variants. >> tonight, more than 24 and a half million shots have been administered in california. the governor says half of all eligible californians have had at least one dose, 30% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated and taking a look at the breakdown in our region. santa clara county continues to lead the bay area. having now administered more than 1.3 million

. >> the day after a big vaccine eligibility expansion in san francisco the city is now asking peopleo hold off

. >>> after a big vaccine eligibility expansion in san francisco, the city is struggling to keep up with demand. eligibility was expanded to anyone 16 and up in 8 of the hardest hit zip codes. but the southeast health center and asset general both ran out of shots within 90 minutes over the weekend. they are supposed to be open for drop ins from 9:00 to 3:00 daily. the health department is asking people to come later in the week or try to make an appointment at a different vaccine site. overall california has given out nearly 23 million doses so far. 8.8 million residents are fully vaccinated. another 6.3 million have had their first shots. >>> according to johns hopkins university, more than 700 people died from covid-19 yesterday alone. health experts are blaming more contagious variants for a surge in the upper midwest where officials are hoping to get more vaccines to fight the outbreak. laura podesta has the latest. >> reporter: more than one in five americans are fully vaccinated against covid-19. >> you made my day. >> reporter: nearly 70% of adults 65 and older have had one or mo

doctor mark galli says given the state's vaccine expansion and the pause on the johnson johnson vaccine. he is still confident they will be able to eliminate the state's reopening blueprint by june 15th galley even gave an idea yesterday of what california could look like beyond the blueprint this fall. >> many of the things that we mask, we will be able to do. what can the big difference, though, is we will not likely have our youngest kids vaccinated. so. we're going to still need to protect young people. >> while several variants of covid-19 have been detected here in california. doctor galley says at this time there is little cause for concern. adding he's encouraged by the vaccine's protection against those variants. >> well, coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news, the fire season is right around the corner and the oakland fire department taking some new action to prevent a fire disaster in the east bay. we'll have details coming up. >> 7.40 here on this saturday morning in the east bay. some good news as we approach fire season. members of the oakland fire department say the r

peculiar and some of the states finally don't have enough vaccines to get thinking if they did meaningful postponing the start of this expansion of the vaccines and some. cities like mumbai that still vaccination want to get the opportunity is because they have the supplies. back for the government because that's the mission . in this task. and break down # the chain of conservation and bring down the numbers and other countries are also helping in there's a lot of aid that is bored in is this enough or does the government need more aid really government in time so look you don't seem very proud of this says the lines this time get on the need to be happy to welcome it coming from some 40 countries some he just didn't stop it coming in some still on the reef the decent thing is how funds can be used to people who need it most not just in the question because this is serious is this aid enough this crisis of this kid and the country dislodged i think all of this more would be that. i mean that your own thank you very much for that did of the news bureau chief in delhi please stay safe the deadly chaos of the 2nd wave of koran a

. >>> meanwhile just a day after big vaccine eligibility expansion in san francisco, the city is struggling to keep up with demand. eligibility was just expanded to anyone 16 and up in eight of the cities hardest hit the codes. but the two sites they are being directed to, the southeast health center and sf general, both ran out of shots within 90 minutes yesterday. they are supposed to be open to droppings from 9 am to 3 pm daily. the health apartment is asking people to come later in the week if they can or to try to make an appointment at a different vaccine site. overall, california has given up nearly 23 million doses so far. 8.8 million residents are now fully vaccinated and another 6.3 million have had their first shot. >>> a live look across san francisco where in ours the biggest school district in the bay area will begin its long- awaited reopening. the first round of san francisco unified students will head back to the classroom for in person learning. the district will open three dozen campuses including 11 early education preschools, 22 elementary schools, and three county scho

vaccines. with this expansion, we will be able to reach the administration's goal to make sure that 90% of americans will be within five miles of a vaccination site. we are activating resources such as mobile units and clinics to go to communities to ensure they can get a vaccination. this is helping to provide critical access to covid-19 vaccines for these individuals. finally, i want to briefly share that today the cdc is providing updated guidance for long-term care centers. we know these populations are at high risk for: 19. with that by promoting and engaging in behaviors and helps maintain healthy operations. you can find the updated guidance website. it is up to all of us to be part of the solution. thank you for hanging in there with us a little bit longer. >> thank you very much dr. walensky. i would like to spend the minute about the subject of potential role of vaccinations we are currently giving in handling the variance we see emerging in our society. this is a slide that schematically diagrams the response. on the left-hand part of the slide is what happens when you get infected. multi

. >>> after just four months today california took the final step in vaccine eligibility expansion. the record we just set. >>> we have a whole team tracking vaccine appointments across the bay area. a few openings coming up. >> and not about vaccines from chase center to your favorite concert hall, what you need to know to get back to gatherings. >> better bay area. finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> if you are unvaccinated you are no better than you were a year ago. after i was vaccinated and my family members were vaccinated, it felt like a weight was taken off my shoulders. >> a weight a you have your shoulders from a shot in the arm. that's what we can look forward to as california takes the final step in expanding if vaccine eligibility. good evening, and thank you for joining us. >>> this is a historic day. anybody above the age of 16 can sign up for a corona vaccine. in santa clara, the biggest mass site, they set a record of 12,000 appointments booked today. look at the crowds. looks like a minors game. allowed ed go up to 10,000 this week. >>> a giant pile of the sti

the impact this could have ahead of tomorrow's statewide vaccine eligibility expansion. >>> and olympic excitement reaching a new fever pitch so a live look this midday as nbc bay area counts down 100 days until the start of the 2021 games in tokyo. we're live with some of the big names as the bay area and the world get ready. thanks for joining us to for our midday newscast. to that in a bit. first we'll start with the cdc holding an emergency meeting to decide whether or not to put the johnson & johnson covid vaccine back into rotation. nbc pay area's bob redell is live outside a mass vaccination site in pleasantton. bob, have we learned anything from this meeting so far? >> reporter: marcus, the cdc's advisory committee on immunization practices is supposed to be starting in a moment. you can take a look at it. i've been looking at it on my phone. they are supposed to be starting any moment and they will look at two issues. one, should people continue to receive the johnson & johnson vaccine? you'll recall yesterday that the cdc recommended a temporary halt because six women develope

state and starting a wider vaccination process, now. >> where five days away from the vaccine eligibility expansion on wednesday of last week, alameda county expanded its vaccine eligibility to residents in 12 to colts hardest hit by the pandemic starting monday, they are opening vaccines to residents in the entire county 16 and older. >> right now, residents who are 16 and older can make an appointment to be vaccinated at the coliseum. >> san francisco is getting ahead of the state and expanding eligibility to everyone 16 and older. now, what is concerning the deputy director is supply. >> as we are expanding, there is less vaccine coming in. part of this is due to johnson & johnson having a bit of a delay. the hope is that in the next couple weeks the vaccine will start to flow more freely. >> alameda county is struggling with supply. last week they got over 40,000 doses. next week --. they are expecting 120,000 doses. that is 29,000 more than last week. >>> a large part of the reason we have been able to do so well is that contra costa county has federally qualified health clinics. there are fed

preparing to do live comedy on television and united states promises to provide money for expansion of vaccine production in india. here is this morning's money watch report. >> reporter: stocks ended last week on a high note. dow rallied 227 points. nasdaq jumped 198. some of wall street's biggest tech companies will report earnings this week. that includes google parental if a bet, amazon, apple, facebook. india has become the global hot spot for new covid-19 cases. to help fight the virus, the united states announced sunday it will fund a substantial expansion for bioe, a vaccine manufacturer in india, to help provide 1 billion doses by the end of next year. the u.s. will send ppe, tests, ventilators to help fight the pandemic. the tesla ceo elon musk gearing up to try his hand at comedy. he will host saturday night live next month. this is not long after his spacex company successfully sent a crew of astronauts to international space station. miley cyrus will be the musical guest. at the cbs broadcast center, i am diane king hall. >> i do not know what to think about elon musk hosting snl.

. >> reporter: we are four days away from the states vaccine eligibility expansion. san francisco, alameda and contra costa county are getting ahead of the state and opening up vaccination now. on wednesday of last week alameda county expanded eligibility to residents in 12 zip codes hardest hit by the pandemic. starting monday, they open to residents in the entire county 16 and older. >> right now alameda county residents 16 and older can go to my turn, to be vaccinated. >> reporter: san francisco getting head of the state funding eligibility to everyone 16 and older if they live in seven neighborhood. >> what's concerning is supplied. as we are expanding there are less vaccine coming in. part of this is due to johnson & johnson having a delay giving some issues that have gone on with manufacturing. the hope is in the next couple of weeks vaccine will start to flow more freely. >> reporter: alameda county struggling with vaccine supply. last week they got over 40,000 doses. next week they get 26,000 . contra costa county is the opposite of san francisco and alameda c

. >> reporter: we are four days away from the vaccine eligibility expansion. san francisco, alameda, contra costa are getting ahead of the state opening up vaccinations now. on wednesday, they expanded vaccine eligibility in 12 zip codes are the hardest hit by the pandemic starting monday, they are opening up to residents in the entire county 16 and older. >> right now alameda county residents can go to my turn, to make an appointment to be vaccinated at the coliseum. >> san francisco getting ahead of the state expanding eligibility to everyone 16 and older if they live in one of these seven neighborhoods. what's concerning is supply. >> unfortunately as we expand there is less vaccine coming in. part of this is due to johnson & johnson having a delay giving issues that have gone on with its manufacturing. the hope in the next couple of weeks vaccine will start to flow more freely. >> alameda county struggling with supply last week they gathered 40,000 doses and next week getting 26 thousand. contra costa is the opposite. they are expecting 120,000 doses . that

. >>> with statewide vaccine eligibility expansion we're looking at the vaccination progress. more than 5.5 million bay area residents received at least one dose compared with 126 million americans overall or 20% of the population. new covid cases still popping up. "the washington post" says 38 states are now seeing more hospitalizations. california not believed to be among them. the current u.s. hospitalizations are above 47,000, the most in more than a month. we turn to nbc bay area's tracie potts with more on that. this pfizer ceo saying that after being fully vaccinated you may need a booster within a year and maybe each year after that, tracie. >> exactly. just getting the shot or the two shots this year isn't going to be the end of it. pfizer, moderna also working on a booster, and we've also learned that more people are getting covid after getting the vaccine, just a sliver, a drop in the bucket when you consider the millions who have gotten their shots, but still, that is a concern, and no one said the shots were 100% effective. get ready for a third pfizer shot. >> th

. >> reporter: we are four days away from the state vaccines eligibility expansion, but san francisco, alameda and contra costa county are ahead of the state and opening up vaccinations now. on wednesday of last week alameda county expanded its vaccine eligibility to residents in 12 zip codes and those hardest hit by the pandemic. starting monday, they are open and up to residents in the entire county 16 and older. >> right now alameda county residents were 16 and older can go to make an appointment to be vaccinated at the coliseum. >> reporter: san francisco is getting ahead of the state and expanded eligibility to everyone 16 and older if they lived in one of the neighborhoods. what is concerning san francisco's dph deputy director a supply. >> unfortunately, as we expand, there is less vaccine coming in. part of this is due to johnson & johnson having a little bit of a delay given issues going on with the manufacturing. the hope is that in the next few weeks the vaccine will start to flow momomomomomomomomo >> reporter: alameda county is struggling with supply. last week, they got

. >> kwame, thank you, appreciate it >>> it is day one of vaccine expansion across california. nd welcome to the third hour of "today" on this thursday, april 15th. i'm dylan here with al and sheinelle. craig is off. i have to say, watching you dance and seeing you were on stephen colbert with dancing and song. it just put me in a good mood. the song putios new a good mood. >> yeah. >> you can talk about world peace and everything else and then show al dancing. >> the one thing

. >>> also on the road to recovery, more people are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine and this big expansion comes two days ahead of schedule. emily turner was in santa clara to see the turn out. >> because of 250,000 doses of the pfizr vaccine santa clara has opened up who is eligible for those doses and thousands are headed in. it was a family affair for a mother and daughter who both got vaccinated. >> i have been checking the home site every day and finally, they released the dates. >> it's the first day santa clara opened up vaccines to anyone 16 and over so 18-year- old mya got her dose too. >> think it's very important to get the vaccine so we can actually live the exciting, happy young years we are having right now. i feel like that is -- covid has taken from away. >> thousands came into the site on wednesday morning. many of the faces young and newly eligible. in a tweet the mayor said there has been a surge in sign ups since the news was released yesterday. he said new appointments are added every day and with federal doses everybody will get their turn. >> our county health system

tomorrow illusion but to be vaccinated and then it turns out that this simply not enough maxine many of the states it's going to going to delay and postpone the start of the expansion of this vaccination drive because they've been out of supplies because some of the supplies are actually given to them by the central government and some of the supplies they have to source themselves this is of course also a big setback in the government's strategy because this is all vaccination as a keep going in their aid to bring down the numbers of people who are infected by breaking the chain of transmission as the crisis continues to deepen how can you sum up the public sentiment toward prime minister narendra modi's government at this month and in we've been seeing in our report is such a sense of desperation and anguish and despair at the moment and obviously some of this is journey into anger people are asking themselves and why didn't the government anticipate a 2nd senator why didn't the government actually listen to some of its own task force members who were seen back in november that the media. didn't surprise might be running up and we should prepare for that and be b

vaccines. the expansion of eligibility comes a few weeks after the state also made residents 50 years and older eligible to receive a shot. so now that eligibility for the vaccine has been expanded. what about booking and open appointment that may prove to be the most difficult part over the next few weeks and ktvu is jesse gary has that part of the story. the vast majority of the population is eligible to be vaccinated and can can make use of any available vaccine appointments. it seems simple enough. we check websites for county health departments from santa clara to san matteo sonoma contra costa napa to alameda and many places in between. not to mention private providers such as walgreen's cvs and stanford health. the keyboard intensive sit and stand and sit again. hunt and peck approach provided few opportunities to successfully book ah covid vaccine appointment. sam mchale county resident mike davies said the same thing three weeks ago. every time i go in, there are no appointments available for the ensuing 60 days that that zoe maximum window they let you look at. we found the windows ha

and then we have to come up with a strategy for long—term vaccine manufacturing expansion — long-termx weeks, exactly what i in the last six weeks, exactly what we have _ in the last six weeks, exactly what we have seen. the problem of the accidental— we have seen. the problem of the accidental growth is it really doesn't _ accidental growth is it really doesn't look that scary until it does — doesn't look that scary until it does it— doesn't look that scary until it does it is— doesn't look that scary until it does. it is one of those things where — does. it is one of those things where in — does. it is one of those things where in late february you saw the cases _ where in late february you saw the cases in— where in late february you saw the cases in india doubling from ten to 20000 _ cases in india doubling from ten to 20000 and set it is only 20,000. then— 20000 and set it is only 20,000. then 40,000. 80,000 people ignored it. it then 40,000. 80,000 people ignored it it is _ then 40,000. 80,000 people ignored it. it is starting to level off but still in — it. it is starting to le

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. >>> meanwhile, just a day after a big vaccine eligibility expansion in san francisco, the city is struggling to keep up with demand. eligibility was just expanded to anyone 16 and up in 8 of the city's hardest hit zip codes. but the two sites they are being directed to ran out of shots within 90 minutes on saturday, the southeast health center and sf general. they are supposed to be open for drop ins from 9:00 to 3:00 daily. the health department is asking people to come later in the week or to make an appointment at a different vaccine site. overall california has given out 23 million doses so far. 8.8 million residents are now fully vaccinated. another 6.3 million have had their first shot. >>> it has been nearly 14 months since most san francisco students have seen the inside of a classroom. today that changes. emily turner is live with the plan for reopening. >> reporter: this has been a bumpy road to get to this point but starting today, starting with the youngest students, they will be walking through the doors in more than a year. it is a big day for the students as well as the teache

vaccine access and outreach to communities most impacted by the pandemicis preparing for vaccine eligibility expansion pre- and young teens. the covid command center says it is waiting on the word from the fda to start vaccinating 12 and 15-year-olds. the state will follow the fda's recommendation. the center's goal is to get as many people vaccinated as soon as possible with a focus on ensuring equitable access. >>> it is a big day for warriors fans. they will be allowed inside chase center for the first time this season to watch the game. amy is outside the center with more precautions in place. hi, amy. an yet, they are requiring fans to be tested for covid, have a negative test would be vaccinated. but yes, they are allowing fans inside for the first time since the pandemic started. the arena will not be full, not even close. they can only have 35% of their capacity. a spokesperson told us that will be about 1700 fans. they will not be able to make as much noise as a typical crowd at a game, but it doesn't matter. it sounds like the team will be very happy to see the small crowd. >> we have got a

. >>> the city of san francisco is preparing for vaccine eligibility expansion for pre- and young teensd center says it is waiting for an announcement from the fda on the timing, to start vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds. is making plans in anticipation at the state following the er's poss ll alwed inside chase center for the first time season, , , game. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is there this morning with covid precautions they are taking. hi, amy. >> reporter: it feels good to be here, reggie, i have to say. they are requiring fans to be tested for covid or vaccinated , but they are allowing them inside for the first time since the pandemic. now the arena won't be full, not even close. they are only allowed to have 35% of their capacity inside. a spokesperson told me that will add up to about 1700 fans. they won't be able to make as much noise as the typical crowd at a game, but that doesn't matter. it seems like the team will be very happy to see them. >> we got a lot to look forward to. we've got fans coming into our building for the first time. that's going to give us a lot o

with the gradual expansion of the vaccination against the coronavirus the global economic recovery has been showing a positive trend since the beginning of this year the global manufacturing industry has continued to improve economists expect china's demand to remain high in the 2nd quarter as well so they're not so certain about the spectacular growth rates. now the british chamber of commerce says u.k. exports plummeted 41 percent in the 1st months of this year due to the pandemic and threats it while brits are hopefully hoping they've now seen the worst of the pandemic breck's it is here to stay potentially threatening the life you heard of those who originally supported it. even though siegel seemed distressed shing diligent which to bill is all but dead for james green this time of year is normally high season harvest time is an oyster fisherman normally can do right now is keep an eye on things. these were bred for the e.u. market. has not sold a single one since the 1st of january briggs it. these bags if you go all of this area of the farm is now markets or sources we've had to

vaccinated. >> sam, with tomorrow's expansion, do experts think maybe we're getting closer to herd immunity?rter: that is certainly the goal here, kate. about a quarter of the u.s. population is under the age of 18 if we're going to get to herd immunity, which is 80% or so, it means a significant amount of vaccinations for children. kate >> a lot of parents waiting for that, sam. thank you. >>> you can make your own plan for when and where you get vaccinated visit planyourvaccine.com for more. >> overseas to a deadly train derailment near cairo, egypt at least 11 passengers were killed, nearly a hundred others injured as the train went off the tracks there rescuers were on site all day pulling out survivors. >> nasa is holding it breath tonight on the eve of a historic helicopter flight, the first ever on mars engineers are hoping that it will be a wright brothers kind of moment for the future of interplanetary air travel. erin mclaughlin has details. >> reporter: nasa is gearing up for another first for the red planet. a history making power flight on mars >> i'm just on the edge of my seat

presented those data from the study in kids ages 12 to 15 showing 100% efficacy but zero on the vaccine in this expansion trial of 2260 add adolescents in the u.s the next step is how the fda handles this if they want to hold the same public hearing with their outside advicers for the first covid vaccine to go down and when we'll see that happen big step for pfizer. potentially getting that vaccine in time for back to school in fall back over the you. s >> could be great news is it the same dose, meg in. >> this one is the same dose they will be testing lower doses as well. >> it sounds like the younger you are, that second shot can sometimes be a little bit harder what's the experience as you get younger? has it changed >> what we know is they did a stronger mean response in terms of the aentss created. we'll see that in more detail as they file with the fda >> thanks for bringing us that news have a fabulous weekend. when we come back, we have a lot more ahead from bank earnings to retail sales what could impact your money in our friday fast forward. >>> coin base planning to cash in on the crypto craz

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vaccines. well this expansion of eligibility comes just a few weeks after the state also made residents 50 years and older, eligible to receive a shot. and now the californians at least 16 years old can get vaccinated. there is a new hurdle to securing an appointment came to be self. a reporter jesse gary has been looking into things force this afternoon and joins us now live with what he found. jesse. heather good afternoon to you, and it seems so simple. you log on a couple of presses of a button and boom, you're done. unnecessarily ah, think that it's so vital is also a test of patience and endurance. vast majority of the population is eligible to be vaccinated and can. to make use of any available vaccine appointments. it seems simple enough. we check websites for county health departments from santa clara to san matteo sonoma to contra costa napa to alameda and many places in between, not to mention private providers such as walgreen's cvs and stanford health. the keyboard intensive sit and stand and sit again. hunt and peck approach provided few opportunities to successfully book. covid va

i'm delighted today that we're able to make vaccines available for all san franciscans ages 50 and over. with this expansion and eligibility, thousands of san franciscans will be able to get protection from covid, begin to safely interact with vaccinated loved ones, contribute to our collective effort to vaccinate the entire city, to achieve herd immunity, and allow us to more safely open our economy. this expansion and eligibility comes as we are very close to reaching the milestone of 50% of our adult population having received at least one dose of the vaccine. and, for our residents 65 and over who we know are most at risk for complications, hospitalizations and dying from covid-19, an impressive 82% have received at least one dose and 62% are now fully vaccinated. as a city overall, we are doing much better at slowing the spread of this virus. at the peak of our surge, earlier this year, we were averaging 370 new cases a day. as of last week, that number was down to 33. so i am optimistic for our future, but we also still need to be realistic about where things stand today. by no means are we out of the

i'm delighted today that we're able to make vaccines available for all san franciscans ages 50 and over. with this expansion and eligibility, thousands of san franciscans will be able to get protection from covid, begin to safely interact with vaccinated loved ones, contribute to our collective effort to vaccinate the entire city, to achieve herd immunity, and allow us to more safely open our economy. this expansion and eligibility comes as we are very close to reaching the milestone of 50% of our adult population having received at least one dose of the vaccine. and, for our residents 65 and over who we know are most at risk for complications, hospitalizations and dying from covid-19, an impressive 82% have received at least one dose and 62% are now fully vaccinated. as a city overall, we are doing much better at slowing the spread of this virus. at the peak of our surge, earlier this year, we were averaging 370 new cases a day. as of last week, that number was down to 33. so i am optimistic for our future, but we also still need to be realistic about where things stand today. by no means are we out of the

vaccine. they opened up eligibility today ahead of the statewide expansion scheduled for later this week. ab confuses the vaccines was announced and the county expects to receive nearly 300,000 moderna and pfizer doses this week. in the north may they are teaming up to create a new vaccine super site. vaccines are by appointment only at the county fairgrounds and the goal is to vaccinate up to 3600 people a day depending on supply. a reminder for more on how to sign up for a vaccine just check out our resource guide at our website. >>> still ahead the new technology that could take your next virtual board meeting to the next level. >>> in lit up the night sky across one city but what was it? we had the answer coming up. >>> coming up a trading boom at the port of oakland and what is driving the surge in cargo and why there's no sign of slowing down. >>> in the middle of a growing addiction and overdose crisis on san francisco mayor london breed anno >>> millions of people has spent the past year working at home and face to face meeting are now done on camera. but as our reporter shows us n

solano county is the latest in the bay area to expand vaccine eligibility to people ages 16 and over and the expansion starts tomorrow statewide. stanford just started testing the pfizer vaccine on kids 5 and under. a larger study of kids ages 5 through 12 is coming later this spring. and a federal advisory committee said it needs more time to consider the risks of the johnson & johnson vaccine. it remains on pause after six reports of blood clots in the more than 7 million doses given. for the latest on the vaccines and how to make an appointment, we do have a resource guide at kpix.com. >>> a march and vigil are being held this evening for a man shot and killed by daly city police. we do have some video coming in now with demonstrators saying the death of the 44-year-old roger allen was unjustified. police say he picked up what appeared to be a gun during a routine traffic check and got into a struggle with a police officer. they say one officer shot him fearing for his fellow officers life. the gun ended up being a fake and the district attorney's office is now investigating. >>> happening now, the

vaccines. despite the expansion, booking an appointment might be the most difficult part. here we check state county and pharmacy web sites and found that most sites say there are no available shots right now. some experts are worried that a challenging process will discourage people from trying to get the vaccine. if people can find an easy and streamlined method to get the vaccination or get other health, you know things done. uh they're probably going to be more likely to do it. experts say there will eventually be ample supply. hopefully sometime in the next few weeks, but what if one or two shots are not enough? at a congressional hearing today, officials echoed a comment by the head of visor that it is possible that people might. need boosters. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live with reaction and what that could mean for public health. janna, julie, the governor said today that half of californians have gotten their initial covid vaccine shots. but today, federal officials and also a fighter ceo has said that they believe that people might need to get a third shot

expansions. are there enough vaccines? will you have enough vaccines to handle the demand. >> we we actually opened up to the 69 a group almost 2 weeks ago. so we have gone through that initial values and now we're pretty much a study if someone comes on to our web site. that's it. she helped a pardon request, a vaccination generally within 24 to 48 hours. we will send them and take it to make an appointment and they'll usually get their and within the next 5 to 7 days and what's really exciting is that starting this monday at the oakland coliseum there will be access for contra costa patients as well. so to sign up for that you there's going to see how that are good or good of my turn. dot ca dot gov and sign up there and you should be getting an appointment and pretty quickly. yes or supply is keeping up. we had a little bit of a hiccup with the johnson and johnson vaccine. supply due to the factory issues back to east. but we're able to. move some things around and use some other vaccination types we think we're going t

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distancing measures the use of masks will remain the most important measures against the expansion of the vaccine in the country especially now there are many countries are seeing. a sudden rise in the. infections well is pretty deep to go to sunny she's a clinical epidemiologist and a senior lecturer at queen mary university of london she says vaccinations alone will not contain the spread of the virus. this is what scientists have been warning for a long time that vaccination reduces the risk of severe infection among the people who are vaccinated but to achieve low levels of transmission just with vaccination you need to vaccinate almost the entire population a piece of a large proportion of the population of particularly given that access don't provide complete protection against transmission even among those vaccinated so this really highlights that cases scad get very high even with high levels of vaccination like we're seeing in chile at the moment and hospitals can be overwhelmed even so also we need to really think of vaccines as one part of a multi-pronged approach rather the saudi appr

distancing measures the use of masks will remain the most important measures against the expansion of the vaccine in the country especially now there are many countries are seeing. a sudden rise in. infections well meanwhile germany is president has conceded that mistakes were made regarding coronavirus testing and vaccinations thousands rallied against 1000 measures and struck caution in berlin president frank also steinmeier says germany's enjoying a crisis of trust for confusing restrictions and the government's response to this pandemic here people to pull together even about i'm going to be given this you're expect haitian for those in government is clear get it together let's all get together decomp atria let's bring forth water. we're not we'll champions in dealing with the pandemic but we're not a total failure either we have the republic of germany we doubt a lot but we capable of a lot and it's capability not doubt that counts now. well moving on now and at least 5 more people have been killed in myanmar. and the latest crackdown and protest is that the threats of violence and arrests h

well more vaccine supply has been promised the expansion of eligibility could make scheduling even tougherme or is that money joins us live with some options for searching for an appointment and got some tips stand. >> well, that's right. there's not just a one stop shop. the state created a website as a one-stop shop to schedule appointments. but there are several other options for people. and what we found from those who have been successful is you just have to stick with it. you have to try and multiple options. getting the covid-19 vaccine is often quick. once you have an appointment. >> but getting that appointment can be difficult. there are several ways to look first. check your county's febsite. sometimes they make their own appointments like in contra, costa county. if not visit. the states might turn page here. you can find appointments if available. if not, you can sign up to be notified the many of complaint notifications are unreliable. if that's the case, twitter users can follow bay area vaccine bought. it's about the checks might turn every 5 minutes for available appointme

vaccines. good afternoon emma claudine senator are thunder. padilla will be at the oakland coliseum at 2 45 discussing the. anticipated expansion of vaccine eligibility for california's 16 years and older, which will take place on april 15th, which is next thursday, however, coincidently the place that he that will not be administering those vaccines for the newly eligible because fema had planned to only keep the coliseum as a mass vaccination site for eight weeks, and that term is coming to an end on sunday, the coliseum administers about 42,000 vaccines a week more. the 30,000 weekly doses, alameda county administers. fema says it's appropriate to close this site, which gets vaccines from the federal government, because soon the state will be getting thousands of more doses. if they don't arrive on time. however alameda county supervisors worry there may be a vaccine supply shortage. was the extra vaccine and the staffing that really helped us out. on friday, alameda county supervisors sent letters to fema requesting at least an additional four week extension on keeping the oakland policy and vaccination site active, while t

vaccine that is at 11%, the lowest is san francisco county were 7% of people said they are hesitant. >> was pregnant back in dr. wasserman, dr., first thanks for your time. let's begin with the statewide expansion of vaccinations, i don't know if you can see the video at the top of the newscast, but long lines and challenges at getting a pointless, so in general, we are early in terms of 16 and up, but how is it going? >> the biggest concern, larry, is that as people rush to try to sign up some people will get frustrated, and other folks who really, desperately still need to get the vaccine, those folks will be missed. those who are vulnerable. what will happen to them? so, i imagine that we will continue to have concern that in the haste, to vaccinate as many people as possible, we are going to exacerbate the problem of getting the people who need the vaccine the most, fully vaccinated. >> let's talk about pfizer and the news today, regarding a possibility of getting another shot after 12 months. was this generally expected in the medical community? >> absolutely, actually i am glad to hear them start talking about it, because we need to start planning now. because, again, when you want to get

number of vaccines to each state and the rest states themselves most peculiar and some of the states finally don't have not back seems to be a thinking if they did mean. the start of this expansion of the vaccines and some. cities like mumbai have stopped vaccination or to get the opportunity is because they have the supplies. back to the government because that's the mission he can distract you and break down to change the constitution and become a nun and other countries are all sure helping in there's a lot of aid that is already in is this enough or does the government need more aid really government in time so maybe you don't seem very proud of this says the lines but this time you get on the need to be happy to welcome some is some heat if you stop it coming in some steam on the reef the decent thing is how france can be used to people who need it most not just in the 1st question because this is serious is this aid enough this crisis of dispute in a country dislodge i think all of this more would be back. i mean that your own thank you very much for that to dr news bureau chief in delhi please stay safe the definite chaos of the 2nd wave of koran alatas infections is in s

and what more vaccine supply has been promised the expansion of eligibility could make scheduling even harder. kron four's. dan kerman joins us now with some options for searching for an dan, what do you know? well, the state is created this might turn website is a one-stop shop for people looking to schedule an appointment. but in fact there are. >> several different options for people in the key word. here is aggressive. you've got to be aggressive. you have to check multiple times a day and you have to check multiple sites to get that appointment. getting the covid-19 vaccine is often quick. once you have an appointment. >> but getting that appointment can be difficult. there are several ways to look first. check your county's website. sometimes they make their own appointments like in contra, costa county. if not visit. the states might turn page here. you can find appointments if available. if not, you can sign up to be notified the many of complaint notifications are unreliable. if that's the case, twitter users can follow bay area vaccine bought. it's about the checks might turn

. >> reporter: san francisco opened covid-19 vaccine eligibility early, ahead of the april 15 expansion to those living in eight priority zip codes, underserved communities. both reservation and walking appointments are available, but nobody knew how big the demand would be. >> i believe we had a little over 6000 individuals that showed up today before 9:00. >> reporter: with only 2000 a lot of doses per day upwards of 4000 people got turned away. >> i was a little surprised. i have some friends for 20 they have been scouting this out the last week or so and saying that the and was the best time to come in and that's why i came now but i guess they were wrong. >> i apologize that we cannot vaccinate everybody that shows up. >> reporter: on the peninsula, facebook teamed up with the ravenswood family health center to provide vaccines to underserved communities near the menlo park campus. >> we had 52% of the total covid cases in menlo park which is why there has been an increased effort not just by myself but many elected officials to make sure that we have an approach to make vaccines a