Coronavirus cases surging by the day. Where the bay area stands. Lynn is on assignment. The entire bay area is in the states most restrictive purple tier except marin county. Emily turner reports on the likelihood of marin slipping from the red. Marin county is the last remaining holdout where you can actually work out inside. It is the purple tier living in the future and businesses are having to get ready to pivot yet again. Is a tiny island of red in a sea of purple. At least for now. Marin county helps as it is a matter of time until it joins the crowd in the most restrictive reopening tier. Dr. Mark will assess the move to come as soon as monday. The factors are driving case rates around the u. S. And imuran in terms of the weather and social gatherings, etc. It is not if, he says, but when the move happens. The retail and shopping can operate a 25 capacity. And Everything Else is relegated to the outside only. Including gyms like fitness sf. That means we have to keep pivot again
Now 3 San Francisco mayor london breed warning the city is preparing to announce new restrictions this week as coronavirus spreads rampantly thank you for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im tahernia during a press conference this afternoon mayor london breed and doctor colfax saying restrictions could be issued as early as tomorrow. Kron fours dan kerman joins us live from San Francisco with the concerning details. Dan. Well thats right things have gone from bad to worse as far as covid is concern here in the city in the last 10 days hospitalizations have more than doubled cases are 4 times what they were a month ago during an online briefing today both the mayor and the Health Director said changes are coming and they could come as soon as tomorrow. We are now in the most dangerous period. So this pandemic we need to do everything we can stay ahead of our hospitals, not being overrun this is about saving lives, everything were asking you to do on the coming weeks and months is abo
Mid to upper 60s inland. And we will talk about the rest of the week coming up in just a few minutes. Lets check in with the traffic. It is starting a backup of the bay bridge this morning. Weve got a broken down vehicle near the meeting the lights. Just passed the toll plaza, adding to an already busy right as you work your way towards the bay bridge toll also. Youve got a backup almost 880, the overpass so give yourself a few extra minute. Slugs conditions as you work your way through the upper deck as well. If you taking the westbound 580 , we have a stalled vehicle blocking the right lane right before coolidge avenue. And another part of maybe, this is the ultimate pass, already busy from tracy as you wake your way north. Police on the scene of a homicide in jose. It happened late last night on north capitol avenue near mckee road. Police say a man was killed. This is the 42nd homicide in san jose this year. Right now, we do not have any information on motor or a suspect. We will b
You better pack enough for two weeks if youre flying in to San Jose International airport. Health department issued a mandatory directive on travel. That not only discourages nonessential travel but also requires people coming into town to quarantine for 14 days once they arrive. It is a good thing to quarantine. Reporter muss travelers we talked to didnt know about it. The order just went into effect after midnight. So people like violet had to scramble. Others chose to head out of town. If i knew i was coming here for 14 days there better be important thing to do if i have to be a 40 days. Reporter dr. Sarah cody says the circumstances are the dire. I really want to emphasize to everyone that this is, you know it is a team effort. Every Single Person in the county, every single sector, every single business. We all have to come together. We have already lost close to 500 lives from the virus. We all must fight it together. Reporter the push is to curb cases had leading into the holid
Tonight in both counties. This means nonessential illnesses and social gatherings with stop between the hours of 10 00 at night and 5 00 in the morning. Flock it is absolutely essential and it is important people live by the rules and if more people to, we would have a lot shorter time period, and significantly fewer death. Meriden county is the only bay area county still in the red tear. The second most restrictive tear although that could soon change. Moderna is now the Second Company to apply for emergency use use authorization from the fda for the coronavirus vaccine. As casey reports with cases and hospitalizations on the rise across the country, plans are being made to get the vaccines distributed as quickly as possible. Reporter the numbers are staggering. The u. S. Adding more than for million new covid cases in the month of november. Help could be just around the corner corner with moderna announcing the have applied for emergency use use authorization from the fda for their v