Overwhelms hospitals. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining usch im anousha rosta. Im terry mcsweeney. Some hope tonight as the first batch of vaccines is about to get shipped to states across the country. It comes just as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. In the San Joaquin Valley hospitals have run out of icu beds. Here in the bay area were just teetering above that 15 threshold. The county joins marin, San Francisco, contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties. The new restrictions impacts wineries, tasting rooms and much, much more. Heres nbc bay areas christie smith. Reporter its the first full day of the changes here in Sonoma County. Weve been speaking with businesses. Some say they do notice fewer people out and about. Others say it was already pretty quiet before this. So were surrounded by wineries and restaurants. Its a huge part of what draws people to sonoma. The shop is open and ready for business, but they do notice a differen
Get vaccinated. Plus i mean, this is a monumental event. A logistical challenge. How shipping giants are teaming up to get doses all across the country and the hitech method used to track those packages. Plus a trivalley waitress working one of her final shifts before the stay at home order gets a very unexpected surprise. And then they said heres 1,200. The social media challenge helping people during this holiday season. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. Im anousha rasta. The first doses of Pfizers Covid vaccine will be given to americans in less than 48 hours. Tomorrows record rollout will begin at these loading docks. Workers have already packed millions of vaccine doses at pfizers plant in michigan. The potentially lifesaving cargo carefully transported in subarctic coolers. The vaccine rollout comes at a crucial time. The United States has surpassed 16 million cases. Among the first bay area hospitals to get the vaccine is ucsf medical center. Our Sergio Quintana has d
Strategic plans across america to deliver those vaccines safely and these doses cannot come soon enough as covid19 continues to devastate the golden state California Health officials reporting more than 35,000 new cases of the virus and 225 deaths both numbers shattering daily records more than 13,000 people are currently in the hospital thats also an alltime record and the states icu capacity is now at just 7. 9 some good news though california is expecting some 327,000 doses of the pfizer covid19 vaccine as early as monday. As part of the initial vaccine rollout the move comes after the fda authorized emergency use of that vaccine late last night. The chief operating officer of operation warp speed now praising the effort today calling it historic. For 7 months we have realized the greatest Public Private partnership in modern times. Doctors scientists researchers factory workers low just asians and hundreds more have all come together for single or purpose. That purpose save lives a
More humidity. You can see the visibility dangerously low around petaluma and your neighbors heading up towards santa rosa. That will be there throughout the morning commute. You can see in emeryville, its quieter as we look northbound there. How about lets look at these temperatures, there you go. 70 to 74, except for mid to upper 60s along the coast. We have rain on the way, even healthier than our last storm. Ill map that out coming up. Some major news about a potential covid19. Mo tederna revealing its vaccins nearly 95 effective. What is the health and Human Services secretary saying about this. He says this is something to celebrate. With todays announcement moderna says theyre on track to ask for fda authorization in the coming weeks. The Moderna Vaccine can be scored at normal refrigeration temperatures making it easier to store and transport than pfizers vaccine. This morning on gma, health and Human Services secretary alex aszar says there are ongoig talks about distribution.
Tequila herradura, the worlds most gold medal awarded tequila. We take a poll at sfo. Will travelers be following the states new 14day quarantine advisory. Well tell you the results. With the surge in covid cases, many testing sites in San Francisco are reaching capacity. Im tracking rain and wind returning to the bay area and heavy snow coming to the sierra. Ill show you when in the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Im trying to be as careful as i can be. Were going to do what we have to do to stay safe. Sfo or boston logan, neither of them mentioned that. They probably should. Reporter the thanksgiving day holiday now less than two weeks away. Travelers tonight telling us their plans to quarantine or not. The message about californias travel advisory getting mixed reaction. With that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. The advisory comes as califo