at ucsf. since this shipment could come today or tomorrow, the earliest to add american the vaccine might be wednesday. another batch of the second dose for those 975 people is expected in the coming weeks. a shipment of millions of doses from pfizer on the way. they expect several thousand additional doses next week or the following week. overall california is expected to receive 327,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine this month. dr. george rutherford calls it a historic moment. more importantly, he says the vaccine will impact the workforce specifically in the icu by lowering absenteeism and decreasing the amount of patients interest being taken in for long-term care facilities who are now prioritized when it comes to immunizations. >> those are two things you will see right off the bat and i think it will at least stabilize and eventually ease the crush on icu beds. >> reporter: governor newsom also said a west coast group of medical professionals have approved the vaccine. ucsf says it is sti

chair at ucsf department of medicine dr. bob wachter, thank you so much. >> my pleasure, thank you. >>> next, state superintendent for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. ♪ usaa >>> welcome back. the pandemic has had a devastating impact on california school kids. this latest surge is further diminishing their chances to return to the classroom. joining to us talk about what the state's action plan is to support student and teachers is state superintendent of education tony thurmond. tony, good to see you again. >> you too, kristen, good afternoon. >> good afternoon. let's start here. what percentage of california's public school ki

how about ucsf, when do you expect your first shipment and first shots? >> we expect them in the next 24 hours. we are expecting to get a thousand and the first shots will get out on wednesday or thursday here. >> wednesday or thursday. okay. according to the california public health guidelines, phase 1-a, that's the first phase, how long do you think realistically to vaccinate them all? everyone in the group? >> so in the first phase, 1-a, probably won't, you know, i will be happy if we get it by the end of this calendar year, and the reason is, that i probably wouldn't have been as optimistic before, but we heard that we will be getting moderna vaccines as well. of course they are coming a different route, but never the less, we should get that, actually something like 25,000 to ucsf alone by the end of this year. >> okay. that's a lot more than what you are getting of the pfizer right now. that is great news for we have a betwequestions from v. so the -- get the vaccine after the health care works get it? >> i think we are thinking of the frontline of

ucsf says this is a fluid situation with a shipment of millions of doses from pfizer now under way, ucsf expects several thousand additional doses next week or the following week. overall california is expected to receive 327,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine this month. dr. george rutherford with ucsf calls it a historic moment but, more importantly, the vaccine will impact the workforce, specifically in the icu by lowering absenteeism and decreasing the amount of patients taken in from long-term care facilities who are prioritized when it comes to immunizations. >> those are two things we'll see right off the bat, and i think it will stabilize and eventually ease the crush on icu beds. >> reporter: governor newsom also said over the weekend a west coast group of medical professionals have approved use of the vaccine. now ucsf says it is still determining who will be on the list of health care workers and first responders who will get that first dose. reporting live in san francisco, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> all right, sharon, thank you. >>> we've created a special race

ucsf infectious disease expert dr. monica gandy says that group was not included in pfizer's clinical trials. what are some of things you'd have with that person right now? >> there have been some severe covid outcomes in pregnancy. >> reporter: the doctor says she would recommend the same for patients whose immune systems are compromised. that's because the vaccine doesn't contain a live virus. it will an immediate effect on stretched resources. that's because front line doctors and nurses will have peace of miend if they get sick it won't be coronavirus. >> you know it's not covid and you won't have to stay out of work means we'll have a better work force ready to fight the virus. >> reporter: ucsf is among the first of three hospitals to get the first batches in the bay area. stanford expected 3,900 doses by wednesday. zuckerberg general hospital in san francisco will also be getting the vaccine. no details yet about when or how many it will be getting. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> it's going to be an inc

peter chin-hong with ucsf. you've told us before that if the vaccine is available, you will be the first in line if you can be. so thank you so much for your time. >> thanks so much, janelle. >>> well, with hospitalizations rising at an alarming rate, california is strongly recommending that hospitals test all of their workers. the state wants workers to be tested on a weekly basis. it also wants all patients tested before they're admitted and for current patients to be tested if they show any covid symptoms. the test shg start two weeks from today. the california nurses association is rejoicing after calling for more testing. >>> now as covid cases surge during the holiday season, free testing is being ramped up in parts of san francisco that have been hit hard by the virus. as nbc bay area's pete suratos shows us, testing is only one part of the solution. >> reporter: for the next 24 hours, the corner of 24th and mission in san francisco will continue to serve as one of four additional free covid testing site

. >>> a doctor at ucsf medical center is breaking down the risk. greg liggins is here to explain. >> reporter: when you leave your house and go to the store it's hard to know whether your chances of coming across an asymptomatic covid-19 carrier is one in 10 or one in 1000. the numbers just aren't available. but a very prominent doctor from ucsf is using both public and private data to calculate that type of risk. something as simple as shopping may not feel much different than it did months ago but it's actually riskier as covid-19 cases climb. yet most shoppers say they feel safe. >> i honestly do. >> a doctor says even though the rate of transmission for any activity may not of changed, the probability that you may encounter someone with covid-19 has gone up . >> i was comfortable flying to visit my 90-year-old father in august, i would not be comfortable today. there's nothing about the airplane this changed but the chances that someone around me is affected is higher than it was. >> the you cfs medical center tests all incoming patients and th

>>doctor george rutherford from ucsf thank you again as always for your time and your insight in this and we are all looking forward to and when we can all get the shots and put endemic behind us, thanks again thank near yeah. thank you bye. >>well another big story. we're following tonight despite leaders of their own party having finally congratulated president-elect joe biden on his victory some gop lawmakers are not done trying to overturn the election result today, the senate homeland security committee held a hearing to examine the accusations of voting fraud. the republicans leading that hearing said that it was crucial to look at voting irregularities and pass reforms to prevent any future errors. attorneys for the president's reelection fight were also at the meeting and back to these to the gop efforts but the former head of election security for the trump administration said those senators were spreading misinformation and that it was time to end these unfounded claims president trump has still yet to concede today, he praised those republican senators performances at the h

ucsf expects several thousands additional doses next week or the following week. overall, california is expected to receive 327,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine this month. one ucsf medical center employee told me he received the email saying to sign up for the shots. >> they sent out emails to us and said to go ahead and sign up and get the vaccine. super excited and grateful we are able to deget them first soe have the front line workers and have the highest rate -- >> reporter: i spoke to a spokesperson today. she said health care workers who got this golden ticket of email for shots were selected from the medical center because they couldn't vaccinate everyone with the first shipment and had to spread the doses around for the different departments so in case those who received the vaccine weren't feeling well, they didn't want a staffing shortage in that department. health experts say between the vaccine for the health care workers and elderly in the nursing homes should help out with the situations in the icus. sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >> thank you.

a ucsf there are now two vaccines in use raising questions about how people get the correct second dose. >> ucsf is a week in to vaccinatings it front end high risk support staff. 80% have already got their -- they are also getting better at the logistics. >> it means medical centers across the bay area are fine tuning systems to begin vaccinating the public. at ucsf they have been reaching out to patients about when they may get their shots and what to expect when they do. >> i think the thing that is challenging more than the flu vaccine is the required period of time that we have to monitor the patients. >> people should expect getting the vaccine to at least take a half-hour and most likely longer. after you get the shot you will have to be supervised for at least 30 minutes to make sure you do not have an allergic reaction. >> as cases surge across the state and the bay area, the toll continues to mount at the hospitals. here is a look at where the bay area stands with icu ability. almeida county, 33%. contra costa, 13%. marin now using surge beds because all of its icu beds are oc

we understand you're just learning that you're down to one icu bed ucsf support nasa's campus. >>yeah that's right. we are we are quite full right now we have we have one icu bed at this time hopefully we'll have some more opening up later this evening, but we do have a bit of a back up into the emergency room we have about 24 patients who are waiting to to go upstairs waiting for for bend's to be hospitalized plan that's pretty first you've got some bittersweet news today, the murder on a vaccine has been approved at the same time that the doses of the pfizer vaccine coming to california is thousands less than how does this affect the big picture. >>well the vaccines are not going affect our surge at all that will be you know this gives us the layer of so that we don't feel like taking care of covid patients is serve risky to us, but it's really not going to affect community and how covid is really overtaken our until probably late spring early summer until you know we get 60% or so of our population vaccinated. >>i'm curious you said 24 people waiting for emergency room beds.

ucsf medical center is among the first hospitals awaiting the vaccine this week. that along with stanford and san francisco general. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana has details on the rollout and brand-new guidance just issued by the cdc. >> reporter: ucsf is expecting to get its first box of 975 doses by tuesday, and it could potentially get more than one box. according to the cdc's guidelines issued last week the first people eligible to get any of those first doses are frontline health care workers as well as residents and employees of long-term care facilities. additional guidance issued by the cdc specifically mentions women who are pregnant. they will have the option of being vaccinated but are urged to discuss with their doctors. dr. monica gandi says that group was not included in trials. if you were to get a patient pregnant, what are some of the things you would have a conversation with that person right now about the vaccine? >> i would favor giving people who are pregnant a vaccine because there are some severe covid outcomes in pregnancies. >> re

ucsf interns earn $14.25 an hour during their trernship. we have recently increased our cycles per year. since we've started excel, we've graduated 230 interns, and just to let you know a little bit of who our graduates are, half our african american. almost 25% are latinx, and 92% are female. ucsf is offering well paying jobs for women of color in san francisco. our next cycle will start training on monday, november 9. i want to acknowledge josh arce and joaquin torres for the projects that we're doing in the construction field. we're working hard to increase our hires at impact in san francisco. thank you for your leadership, mayor breed, and thanks again for the work of the economic recovery task force. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: all right. thank you so much. as was said, ucsf has been an incredible partner, not just in the jobs program, but they have been incredible in helping to lead our response to covid, so we truly appreciate ucsf and the work that they continue to do. i want to take this opportunity to also acknowledge jo

joining us is ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. peter chin hong. it's always good to see you. you are joining us from your kitchen because you have a couple of days off. you mentioned you have not gotten your vaccine yet. >> yeah, so it's been interesting reason, which is that ucsf has decided to put all of the folks with patient contact in one bucket and to randomize the distribution of the vaccine. and that way it could be as equitable as possible. in fact, the first person to get it at ucsf was a long time custodial staff member, which i think we're all happy about. >> do you have anything to look forward to with this vaccine personally? are you personally excited to receive it when you do? >> i'm so excited. for two reasons. apart from the overall happiness that i have, is i always had a nagging suspicion of bringing bad stuff home when i left the hospital. and of course that diminished over time, but it's always something i worry about, about bringing it to my family. the second is we have a loft noncovid infected patients in the hospital as well. you go from a covid room

. >> reporter: he said ucsf is on stand by to get its first doses. >> it's imminent. >> reporter: how soon? very soon says the pharmacy executive. >> we hope to receive vaccine at ucsf monday, tuesday at the latest, and we'll start vaccinate go on wednesday. >> reporter: marin county's vaccine shipment scheduled to arrive at the emergency operations center monday has been pushed back until wednesday. >> we've been working with the hospitals, planning, making sure we're ready for this. we want to be ready to go as soon as the vaccine arrived. and those plans will be put in place this week. >> reporter: it could be months before the general public gets vaccinated. in the meantime governor newsom said we are calling on all californians to continue doing their part by following local and state guidance, wearing a mask and staying home. >> some are being notified to get the vaccine as soon as it arrives. both ucsf and stanford health say they believe in the vaccine but won't require their employees to get it. in the news will room. abc7 news. >> all right. many thanks. >> we are dedicating

. >> reporter: ucsf will be the hospital receiving the vaccine. it will have an immediate impact on the work force. the immense task of shipping millions of doses is underway, 2.9 million doses expect to go out this week. california is expected to receive the pfizer vaccine this month as governor newsom shared this video on twitter, tauting the approval of the vaccine by a group of professionals in the west coast. >> 17 member panel unanimously recommending distribution of the pfizer vaccine. they reviewed the safety and efficacy. >> reporter: healthcare workers and long-term care facilities are the first group eligible for these vaccinations. >> having two vaccine trials close and finalized and on the cusp of being approved within 11 months is unprecedented. >> dr. rutherford calls this historic, decreasing the amount of patients being taken in from long-term care facilities who are now prioritized when it comes to vaccination. >> those are two things you will see right off the bat, it will stabilize and ease the pressure on icu beds. confirming

ucsf is on standby to get their first doses. how soon? very soon. >> we hope to receive vaccine at ucsf monday, tuesday at the latest. we'll start vaccinating on wednesday. >> reporter: marin county's vaccine shipment scheduled to arrive at the emergency operations center monday, has been pushed back until wednesday. >> we've been working with the hospitals making sure we're ready for this. we want to be ready to go as soon as the vaccine arrives. those plans will be put in place this week. >> reporter: it could be months before the general public gets vaccinated. governor newsom issued this statement, we are calling on all californians to continue doing their part by following local and state guy danidance, wearin mask and staying home. >> front line health care workers will get priority. both ucsf and stanford health say they believe in the vaccine, but won't require their employees to get it. >>> we are dedicating the upcoming week to bringing you in-depth coverage with our team of reporters and medical experts. if you have questions a

peter chin hong from ucsf says people shouldn't be quick to -- >> my first you can reaction was empathy. my colleagues get temp takes all the time. >> the mayor's office says she's always been cautious while dining out. >>> covid cases surge not only here but nationwide. jay gray has a look at what's being done across the country right now. >> reporter: in hospitals across the country, the frantic rush to save lives is intensifying. sometimes it feels like there's no end in sight. the latest white house coronavirus task force report distributed to states and obtained by nbc news warns the covid risk to all americans is at a historic high. we are in a very dangerous place due to the current extremely high covid baseline and limited hospital capacity. since november 1st, the total number of hospital patients doubled. vaccinations begin next week in the united kingdom, but that and a second drug manufactured by moderna are awaiting emergency approval in the u.s., expected in the next couple of weeks. >> we are on track to be able to ship enough vaccine for 20 million americans before the e

ucsf staff helped her bass the time. >> they said get her canvass and paint. that creativity started coming out. she started painting more, painting lots of canvass. >> reporter: she was in and out of the hospital during another 19 weeks of chemo. the celebrated her 1st birthday at home with a car drive-by, and by other, christie was cancer-free. >> christie, what that like ringing the bell? >> i don't like being the center of attention. it was more nervous. i backed away, and i was, like, okay, can i go home now? >> reporter: mom knows his daughter's competitive spirit helped her beat cancer and she can't thank the doctors, nurses, and staff at ucsf enough. >> they just make you feel like -- >> everything is going to be okay. >> everything is going to be okay. >> and we hope she continues to do well. we have posted more information about giving tuesday on our website. you can go to ktvu.com/deliveringtuesday to learn more. ktvu.com/givingtuesday. >> i'm going to slow this down. this is basically saying what i've been saying. just dry, dry, dry. here is tuesda

monica gandhi with ucsf says this isn't a time to let up. while being outside a better than being inside doesn't completely rule out transmitting the virus especially during the surge. >> that distancing means you have to be away from each other by at least 6 feet even with your mask. that's the rule. it's mask and distancing. >> reporter: we spoke with some livermore residents wrapping up some last minute shopping who understand they're taking a risk. >> you don't want to have your kids not being able to get the things they want, you know, during the holidays, so sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do. >> as much as we try to practice social distancing and 6 feet apart, we're running into people everywhere. it's kind of hard. >> reporter: but dr. gandhi says it's not a risk worth taking with help on the way. >> we're so lucky at the end of this year to have two vaccine candidates. >> reporter: in livermore pete surotos, nbc bay area news. >> doctors are pleading with californians to do those three things. kaiser permite, dignity h

ucsf isis as i said 7900 doses we spoke with a ucsf professor doctor, peter, chin home, he said that the pfizer vaccine it will require 2 injections but it is a little easier for hospitals to store because it doesn't have to be stored in ultra-cold refrigeration you know interesting as he was saying that we're really lucky to be living in 2020 during this awful awful pandemic because if this had happened say 5.10 years ago we would be in a much worse situation in terms of getting a the new role outcomes as icu capacity across the bay area remains below 15% and the vaccine is going to be going to recommended to be going to adults 75 and older and frontline essential workers let's hear from professor about the comparison between pfizer and moderna vaccine. >>that moderna's kind of like an m nm pfizer's like a snickers bar that it's just a little bit it it's not as easily stored. so that because it's not it's easy to start a majority you can use it in more rural communities. it can see in the phrase from an with just a few days. >>and that's going to really help out some of the more rur

contain the spread of a covid-19 virus in communities that have been hit the hardest during the pandemic ucsf has been offering free post holiday testing the several spots in san francisco. kron four's maureen kelly dropped in at one of those testing sites in the mission district where. >>they've been seeing a steady stream of people. >>ucsf has been testing roughly 500 to 600 people a day outside the bart station at 24th and mission here at this pop-up testing site they have been testing. 6 days now 3 days before the thanksgiving holiday and 3 days after. now they also have 3 other pop-up testing sites one in the tenderloin one in the bayview and one in the excelsior they're trying to target underserved communities to get them tested, and if they get positive results to help them quarantine safely this push comes as the city is experiencing another surge of cases and hospitalizations. >>which is only expected to get worse after the thanksgiving holiday really we really wanted to say. >>ahead of the curve know how much sort of covid-19 was going across in the community and i wanted to put in

to make sense of it all doctor, peter chin han with ucsf doctor chin-hong thanks for being with us. >>tonight as we go day to day here. the vaccine becomes more and more important when you see how the pandemic is just exploding out of control and there was a report tonight from the new york times that. said the white house declined pfizer's offer for more vaccines in late summer so it could be until june. when pfizer's actually able to send more what's your understanding of supply chain issues and wen folks can really expect to get this thing. >>me on brandon vicki, i think that is the million-dollar question i think with one company probably will be early summer. but as more and more companies come on board we know part of the the approved the week after pfizer and astrazeneca's not far behind of course is and novavax and all these other companies buying as well. so that could accelerate that timeline but they are going to be distribution its use is a new administration in place as sending over some of the distribution and transferring that information over one would say that's a l

ucsf, zuckerberg general in san francisco, stanford and the palo alto va. >> reporter: ucsf will be one of the first bay area hospitals to receive doses of the pfizer vaccine. they tell me they could receive it tomorrow or they could receive it tuesday. a local cybersecurity expert tells me this uncertainty could be a good thing. an unprecedented effort is underway with the pfizer vaccine being packed and shipped across the country. cameras rolling as historic shipments rolled out. nearly 2.9 million doses are expected to go out this week with more than 327,000 total doses on its way to california. california governor gavin newsom tweeting out this video today announcing the approval of the pfizer vaccine by a panel of medical professionals on the west coast. >> a 17-member panel ultimately assembled unanimously recommending the quick distribution of the pfizer vaccine. they reviewed the safety, they reviewed the efficacy. >> reporter: in the bay area, ucsf will be one of the first hospitals to get the first doses of the vaccine. hospital officials say the situation is fluid, and they c

suspended travel to and from south africa and coming up tonight at 6.30 we'll talk live on air with ucsf professor and trauma surgeon, doctor andre campbell about these 2 new strains as well as his experience having just taken pfizer's covid vaccine. in national news tonight, president trump has vetoed a sweeping defense bill and there's concern that he might do the same with the newly passed coronavirus relief package. >>kareen wynter reports. >>the bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated following months of political wrangling by congressional leaders over the next covid really felt lawmakers finally approved a 900 billion dollar package that in part offers financial relief to many americans and small businesses but on tuesday president trump who now has to sign off on the spill took aim at washington leaders by blasting the steel i'm asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low. >>$600 to $2000 or $4,000 for a couple. i'm also asking congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this leg

get a majority of the people here vaccinated joining us now via zoom is doctor george rutherford with ucsf doctor thanks for joining us. so that is the big question. >>a lot of people kind of don't understand is an american company pfizer comes out with the vaccine but we're not the first ones to get it and it's going to the uk why is that. >>there's the tend to look at data that have provided by the manufacturers and analyze principally by the manufacturers and don't do a lot of reanalysis of data so it's culturally a little different than the way our fda doesn't. britain as part of the eu has as part of year to the end of the month. has the ability to pull away from the eu's regulatory. agency and authorize things on its own. for emergency public health reasons so vast that lawn under which this. this falls. so they were able to authorize review unauthorized quickly, the european union's. a european agency has been or review it next. tuesday and we're going to review it next thursday. so in the grand scheme of things we're talking ever difference of about 8 or 9 days. >>doctor weatherfor

ucsf epidemiologist dr. george rutherford expects promising data early next year. >> the good news from johnson & johnson they've increased their trial up to 40,000 people. you don't do that unless you're expecting a large affect. >> reporter: astrazeneca's efficacy varies depending on dosage but overall data shows it's 70% effective. ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. chin-hong proves it was 50%. >> these are amazing vaccines. you pass the test. >> reporter: for context the measles vaccine and gold standard is 97% effective after two doses. flu vaccine efficacies vary season to season but on average the past ten years flu vaccines have been about 44% effective. >> right now 60% of americans say they will get the vaccine, but we need it to be 70%. hopefully that number will increase. >> eporter: pfizer, moderna and astrazeneca require two doses. pfizer is 52% after the first dose. why is it so important to follow one a second dose? >> if you have low levels of protection there's a theoretical risk of get

"today in the bay" explains what ucsf is doing to keep on top of it. >> reporter: ucsf is a week into vaccinating its front line high-risk medical and support staff. about 80% of the doctors, nurses and other personnel in this group already got their first shots but ucsf ran out of its first batch of pfizer doses and started using moderna's. something that will have to be closely tracked as people are set to receive their second shot in the coming weeks. >> we expect the first group of people requiring a second dose by january, i think january 14th. >> gina is one of ucsf's lead coordinator of its vaccination program. each person who gets the pfizer vaccine will have to return 21 days later for the second shot. those getting the moderna vaccine will have 28 days and the shots are not interchangeable if you gotifieser for the first and you get the pfizer for the second and then go for the moderna shot. ucsf plans on expanding its program in january and they'll be able to vaccinate 600 people a day as long as the doses keep arriving. >> i think what i've seen even the past couple days a

ucsf, one of seven medical facilities in the state to take delivery first. she says the vaccine won't be mandatory for ucsf employees. >> folks can decline, folks can pause and then maybe in a few weeks or a month later decide they want to become vaccinated. we are not making it mandatory. >> reporter: u.p.s. and fedex will be transporting the first doses from pfizer's plant in cal au ma zoo, michigan. governor newsom tweeted california has spent the last few months preparing for the arrival of the covid-19 vaccine. we expect our initial 327,600 doses as early as this weekend. hope is on the horizon. >> you know, it is game on. >> reporter: marin county health officer dr. matt willis expects his first doses of by monday. first p stop, the county's emergency operation center where ultra-cold storage units will be standing by to keep it stable at 97 below farenheit. local hospitals will be the next stop. >> we are prioritizing those most at risk right now and most essential for our response. they're our essential frontline workers on emergency departments, icu

be sped up in terms of where we would get the vaccine health care workers likely at hospitals like ucsf the rest of us likely getting it at our local pharmacy. but system will have to be set up. so the pharmacy knows what group each of us fits into and when we can get the vaccine that all still has to be set up live at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you dan well today pharmaceutical company moderna is applying for emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine with the new data from the company show that its vaccine is more than 94% effective in preventing covid-19. >>company data also indicate the vaccine is 100% effective at preventing severe illness based out of cambridge massachusetts moderna is the second us company after pfizer to seek approval. doctor anthony fauci says the first vaccinations in the united states are expected to happen towards late december and go to first responders a hearing is slated for moderna with the fda on december, the 17th pfizer has its meeting on december, the 10th moderna is a need to have roughly 20 million doses of its vaccine available

ucsf and marin county expect to receive more doses later next week. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> as we wait for the pfizer vaccine as it continues, bay area counties say they're all on standby right now. abc 7 news reporter luz pena explains that some counties might get more doses of the vaccine than others. >> reporter: counties across the bay area are on standby as they wait to receive the first batch of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine. >> the county doesn't have any real say in the priorities. but we are given a tier system and then we help to allocate those doses that we get to the hospitals to make sure they receive what they need. >> reporter: some counties will receive more vaccines than others. santa clara county is expecting more than 17,000 doses. other covid numbers increase over a thousand cases a day. >> the health department will take it upon itself in our county to provide vaccine for the staff at the skilled nursing facilities, the nursing homes. >> reporter: also among the first to get the vaccine are veterans in long term health faci

to arrive ucsf is expecting to get a 7900 early doses and that will be very helpful. these now they can give it to more health care workers obviously the pfizer vaccine wasn't even enough to get through the health care workers that need it and then months later we'll see the general public get their hands on a shot in the arm now the vaccine will be distributed some time today. 48 hours after receiving emergency authorization from the fda the first doses are expected to be administered with 672,000 coming to california. this comes at a dire time the pandemic where as we know the bay area continues to have less than 15% of icu beds left the moderna vaccine. it's like the pfizer one as it requires 2 injections but the moderna the vaccine doesn't have to be stored at old trip freezing temperatures and is 95% of affected, let's hear more about the comparison of the 2 vaccines from the infectious disease specialist and ucsf professor let's hear now. >>agenda as kind of like an m nm pfizer's like a snickers bar that it's just a little bit it it's not as easily stored. so th

ucsf infectious disease expert dr. monica gandhi believes that position is short-sighted. >> it is incredibly important for the united states to rejoin the world health organization and to rejoin organizations to help equitable distribution of vaccines. actually, none of us are safe until everyone is safe. >> reporter: in part she says because a virus that might undergo significant mutations can easily cross borders. at least one vaccine maker, oxford astrazeneca, has pledged to make more than half of its products available to developing countries on a not for profit basis. still, other advocates have called on all manufacturers to suspend their patents and allow the vaccines to be produced worldwide. but as the first doses roll out, many may be watching for signs from the incoming biden administration on america's traditional leadership role in world health. an estimated 172 countries are now involved in the covax project to bring affordable vaccines to the developing world. and all this week we are bringing you in-de

kron 4 sarah stinson is live at ucsf with the details good morning sara. >>yeah isn't that nice to see more vaccinations coming in to vaccinations in total that we have in our arsenal now and what here live at ucsf where they're waiting for 7900 early doses, they're excited to get it and of course they'll be going to more health care workers. those who work in long-term care facilities this is definitely another positive way we're still in the thick of it in this pandemic we have seen the repercussions from giving an hour heading into another holiday and into a new year now the very first doses are expected to be administered this morning with 672,000 doses coming to california. this comes at a dire time in the pandemic where the bay area continues to have less than 15% of icu beds left the moderna vaccine is like the pfizer vaccine meaning it requires 2 injections but the moderna one that doesn't have to be stored at ultra freezing temperatures and is 95% affective we know that they are very similar, but different in some ways to because it doesn't have t

preparation of grounds, and the other two items was the mission bay ucsf -- is it ucsf? it is ucsf -- mission bay ucsf and u.s.d. conversation around the land -- the land use age. so those talks are still ongoing. we're going to continue that as an item in our b&g meetings. and the other topic we discussed was around educator housing, so there is a couple of things we talked about. first thing, because viva asked me to. so in terms of francis scott key, there has been a process around naming the site, and so one of the names that the collective has come up with is shirley chisholm, which is a great name. commissioner cook, if he's still on there, agrees, as well. so that name, there was a process that went through to land on that name to include educators. and i just want to say, i also spoke with supervisor mar, and he says that the district has been very inclusive , and the community folks in the area. however, we are working on reconvening our educator housing group so that we could go over the current land. there's been some hiccups with the tax credits at the state

ucsf, one of seven medical facilities in the state to take delivery first. codas says the vaccine won't be mandatory for ucsf health employees. >> folks can decline. folks can pause and then maybe a few weeks or a month later decide they want to become vaccinated. we're not making it mandatory. >> reporter: ups and fedex will be transporting the first doses from pfizer's plant in kalamazoo, michigan. governor gavin newsom tweeted "california has spent the last few months preparing for the arrival of the covid-19 vaccine. we expect our initial 327,600 doses as early as this weekend. hope is on the horizon." >> it's game on. >> reporter: marin county public health officer dr. matt willis expects his first doses by monday. first stop, the county's emergency operations center, where these ultra cold storage unit also be standing by to keep the pfizer drug stable at 94 below zero fahrenheit. local hospitals like marin general will be the next stop. >> we're prioritizing those most at risk and most essential for our response so that's our essential front line work

ucsf staff helped her pass the time. that and creative energy just started coming out, so she started painting more. paints lots of canvass. >> reporter: christie was in and out of the hospital during another 19 weeks of chemo. in july, she celebrated her 12th birthday at home with a car drive-by, and by october, christie was cancer-free. >> christie, what was that like ringing the bell? >> i don't like being the center of attention. it was more nervous. like i rang it, and then backed away and was, like, okay, can go home now? >> reporter: mom knows her daughter's competitive spirit helped her beat cancer, and she can't thank the staff at ucst enough. >> they just make you feel hike -- >> everything is going on okay. >> everything is going to be okay. >> so great to see her doing well. and we have posted more information about giving tuesday on our website. you can go to ktvu.com/givingtuesday to learn more. >>> a free food giveaway was held today at the alameda county fairgrounds. open heart kitchen as dream teamed up

at ucsf. since the shipment could come today or tomorrow the earliest to administer might be this wednesday. another with a second dose for those 975 people is coming in the next couple of weeks with the shipments of millions of doses from pfizer now under way, ucsf says it expects several thousand additional doses next week or the following week. >> reporter: i'm bob redell. the new covid-19 vaccine rolling out. it doesn't use a live virus. pfizer's vaccine is the first fda-approved messenger rna vaccine. that messenger rna sends a code to create a protein that triggers an immune sponresponse. there is no live virus which is safer for people with compromised immune systems. >>> now time to get a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. >>> it was nice to get the rain over the weekend. today sunshine and we're going to see more sunshine tomorrow as well. we will see in the storm system coming in on wednesday into early thursday morning and back to the

at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>united airlines will reportedly be helping with the vaccine distribution plan according to the wall street journal the company is planning to fly charters between brussels and chicago to help get pfizer's covid-19 vaccine distributed once it's approved by the fda. the journal says that a united will be allowed to carry 5 times the amount of dry ice usually permitted because and the vaccine must be started extremely low temperatures. and as we get closer to having a vaccine distributed here in the u.s. homeland security investigators are warning people about potential vaccine scams and they're working with drug companies to prevent fraud. the food and drug administration says deceptive and misleading products might cause americans to delay or stop treatment to date millions of fake or unapproved personal protective equipment products, an antiviral medications have been seized. >>oregon nurses on administrative leave after posting a tiktok video here admitting that she goes against co

>>maybe even as early as this week kron 4 sarah stinson is live at ucsf with the details. hi sarah. >>darya james, this is a second round of hope today as we head into christmas week if you will for days till christmas and i'm live here at ucsf where hospital staff is waiting to receive 7900 doses of the newly approved moderna vaccine this is going to help get more and more health care workers vaccinated as we know amount of doses that we got with the pfizer vaccine isn't enough to is better than one this is going to be very helpful, we know that the moderna vaccine will be distributed. today they're all waiting for their shipment of it we know 672,000 doses are coming to california. this comes at a dire time in the pandemic where the bay area continues to have less than 15% of icu beds left the moderna vaccine is like the pfizer one because it requires 2 injections but the moderna vaccine doesn't have to be stored at ultra freezing temperatures. it's also 95% effective. let's hear more about how the 2 vaccines compare from an infectious disease specialist and ucsf professor. >>agen

. >> we hope to receive vaccine at ucsf monday. tuesday at the latest and we'll start vaccinating on wednesday. >> reporter: front line health care workers are will be first in line to get the first of two doses of the vaccine. ucsf, one of seven medical facilities in the state to take delivery first. she says the vaccine won't be mandatory for ucsf health employees. >> folks can decline. folks can pause and then maybe a few weeks or a month later decide they want to become vaccinated. we're not making it mandatory. >> reporter: ups and fed lex be transporting the first doses from pfizer's plant in kalamazoo, michigan. governor gavin newsom tweeted "california has spent the last few months preparing for at rifle of the covid-19 vaccine. we expect our initial 327,600 doses as early as this weekend. hope is on the horizon." >> it's game on. >> reporter: marin county public health officer dr. matt willis expects his first doses by monday. first stop, the county's emergency operations center, where these ultracold storage unit also be

>>right now at ucsf without without an issue doctor desi kotis chief pharmacy officer for ucsf says the hospital is expecting 975 doses of the pfizer vaccine for workers with the highest risk exposure to covid-19 an additional batch with the second dose for the 975 to be vaccinated is anticipated in coming weeks doctor kotis says ucsf has been planning for distribution since october. we do have ultra cold >>look sort of like a household refrigerators that ultracold i -70 degree freezers and you know they can hope quite a bit each vaccine. biles tiny it's 02:00am now. i don't says in that little tiny by all the proper freezers are also said that john muir health and walnut creek in concord. >>the health care system is expecting about 5,000 doses for workers in the emergency department icu and units that have covid patients the bay area's set to receive about 75,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine. that was just fda approved for emergency use. santa clara county is expecting the most just over 17,000 well the vaccine requires 2 doses officials are being told not to hold any back for second ro

amy hollyfield is live at ucsf this morning. >> good morning. here at ucsf they hope to get about 8,000 dose es s of the moa vaccine in the first shipment. millions of doses of the moderna vaccine are making their way across the country trying to get to hospitals as quickly as they can. doctors say now that we have two vaccines they think we can make serious progress towards getting the vaccine to all health care workers who want it. some are turning their attention to the days when the general public can get it. many hoping it will come with information and outreach to medically underserved communities. >> access is important, however that has to be coupled with a strategic messaging from the state, from the city, local governments to ensure they're answering all the questions that people have in culturally competent ways and understanding how to connect with folks to address any issues or concerns they have around the vaccine. >> u.s. officials say about 500,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine have already been administ administered. the moderna v

ucsf is expecting a shipment of moderna any day now. the rollout of the moderna vaccine means the country has two vaccines in its arsenal. doctors here are not taking it for granted. they have so much respect for the work that went into this. >> this is a triumph of modd een molecular biology going back to watson, crick. this is what all of us in science have been studying for the last 80 years. it paid off in extraordinarily ways. this is a historic moment. >> officials are saying the vaccine is 95% effective and getting 80% of the country vaccinated is the way out of this pandemic. they're saying the general public may be able to start getting vaccinated maybe as early as this spring. reporting live inmy >>> a federal advisory panel voted to put people 57 a75 and r and essential workers next in line for vaccines. state health officials say there were 76,000 n in california. and the cdc says to stay home to protect yourself against covid-19. >>> the vaccine is coming as covid cases surge. the bay area saw its cases go up slightly in th

taylor force act he talked to an infectious disease doctor, ucsf about that decision taylor what's the word. >>well doctor monica gandhi says it's fair for these restaurants to question the closure of outdoor dining. she says at this point there's been no data specifically linking outdoor dining to the spread of coronavirus cases. >>a grim sight in san francisco, quiet streets and empty outdoor dining parklets after the city went under a state home order last week restaurant and bar owner ben bleiman says this will be the final nail in the coffin for many restaurants, will put. >>is this is out permanently out of this will bankrupt people we pay billions of dollars in taxes just the san francisco hospitality industry alone, billions of dollars in taxes year. and right now we have been filling up the state the city's coffers with tax dollars for years and years and years and at the time that we need the most help crickets from them. >>like many other owners in says the frustrating part is seen no data behind the city's decision to close down outdoor dining i don't know if it's better to

expected here in the bay area sometime on monday on for us dan thorn is live for us now in front of ucsf he has been tracking today's historic developments good evening. dan. >>johnson and justine well today, the cdc and the western states health safety group. both approved the use of the vaccine meaning california can administer it here but now there are questions about how this vaccine will be distributed and what comes next. >>fedex trucks rolling out the first shipments of pfizer by a one text covid-19 vaccine. it's a signal of hope as coronavirus cases continue to soar in california. the first set of vaccinations are set to be administered as early as monday that's the beginning of the end and that is the way we get ourselves out of this mess. >>but unfortunately it's going to take a number of months before there's enough people vaccinated to really turn the tide california is expected to get more than 300,000 vials of the vaccine which at first will primarily go to frontline health care workers and the most at risk. >>roughly 75,000 of those will go to places across the bay area, i

kotis chief pharmacy officer for ucsf says the hospital is expecting 975 doses of the pfizer vaccine for workers with the highest risk exposure to covid-19 an additional batch with the second dose for the 975 to be vaccinated is anticipated in coming weeks, doctor kotis says ucsf has been planning for distribution since october. we do have ultra cold >>look sort of like a household refrigerators that ultracold i -70 degree freezers and you know they can hope quite a bit each vaccine. biles tiny it's 02:00am now. i don't says in that little tiny by all the proper freezers are also said that john muir health and walnut creek in concord the health care system is expecting about 5,000 doses for workers in the emergency department icu and units that have covid patients the bay area's set to receive about 75,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine. >>that was just fda approved for emergency use. santa clara county is expecting the most just over 17,000 well the vaccine requires 2 doses officials are being told not to hold any back for second round shots medical experts say the general population c

kotis chief pharmacy officer for ucsf says the hospital is expecting 975 doses of the pfizer vaccine for workers with the highest risk exposure to covid-19 an additional batch with the second dose for the 975 to be vaccinated is anticipated in coming weeks, doctor kotis says ucsf has been planning for distribution since october. we do have ultra cold >>look sort of like a household refrigerators that ultracold i -70 degree freezers and you know they can hope quite a bit each vaccine. biles tiny it's 02:00am now. i don't says in that little tiny by all the proper freezers are also said that john muir health and walnut creek and concord the health care system is expecting about 5,000 doses for workers in the emergency department icu and units that have covid patients the bay area's set to receive about 75,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine. >>that was just fda approved for emergency use santa clara county is expecting the most just over 17,000 well the vaccine requires 2 doses officials are being told not to hold any back for second round shots medical experts say the general population c

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