About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 pm and streaming on cbsn bay area Santa Rosa Police issuing a warning in the last couple hours after two more of its employees tested positive for covid 19. Good evening. Eight people within the department have the virus. The chief also sent out this message to people not sheltering in place. Our department is considering additional enforcement measures if we continue to see people out and about in violation of the order. I cannot emphasize this enough. Our Police Officers and staff who are potentially exposed to coronavirus as they respond to calls for service need you to stay home so they can continue to go to work. The other headlines tonight a huge jump in coronavirus hospitalizations statewide. The governor said they nearly have doubled over the past four days. It went from about 700 people to now more than 1400 patients. Take a look. Intensive care patients nearly tripling from 200 to about 600 statewide. The governor said the state has already s
Around the bay this morning. Temperatures are once again in the 40s and in the 50s. Another cool start for sure with the live look at arch treasurer island camera. We will show you in concord, looking at 49 for santa rosa, oakland and San Francisco, 52, mid 40s, as we head to the day, we are looking at many locations in the 60s, so 60 in San Francisco, mid 60s for oakland. And for concord. I will let you know when we will see a little bit more sunshine and when our next whether system will bring a return of the rain. Lets check in with gianna for a look at traffic. Unfortunately the transit is making a number of changes, their latest Public Agency to modify their schedule because of lower ridership. Make sure you check the schedule before you head out the door. There will be some changes for most of their bus routes for the next few weeks. Or until further notice. Those begin today. The rest of mass transit is on time and again, caltrain, weekday trains are now down to 42. They are rec
That are socalled low acuity. It will be one of only eight locations of its kind in the country. Last week one of the first to get set up was at the Santa Clara Convention center. The National Guard put up 250 beds as well. This is about saving lives. Reporter the supervisor did not mince words about San Mateo County preparing for an onslaught of patients. If we do nothing we become italy. Reporter the states hospitals are seeing a sharp rise. Coronavirus hospitalizations really doubled since last thursday. Going from 746 to more than 1400 today. The number of icu patients have tripled. Last thursday 200. Today nearly 600. If you are a Nursing School student or medical School Student we need you. If you just retired in the last few years we need you. Reporter at his press conference the governor announced health core an effort to recruit healthcare workers everyone from dentist to psychiatrist. In order to fasttrack an army of frontline soldiers to battle covid 19. Will help you with y
Highs. Is a live look with their Treasure Island camera with the clouds. The temperatures are in the 40s and the 50s are now, a cool start for sure but as we head to the afternoon, many of us will be in the 60s later on today. So, heres what you can expect looking at 60 in San Francisco. Time tracking our next weather system we will let you know what the rain returns coming up. Lets check in with gianna. It is a little bit busy other we are seeing a few cars getting on the roadways. No delays, but a few more delays. We do have a bit of a snag southbound 880 is your approach that 92 connector. A big rig and a car tingled. Not blocking any liens as of yet but there is a pretty substantial amount of fuel in the roadway. Just some slight delays as you approach that area. Just keeping in mind, no told takers of the bridges if you do not have fasttrack you just travel thrilled. You will get a bill at a later date. Derek ullman it was not released from jail because of his covid19 the concerns