Well, good morning. Its monday, november 30th. Hope you all ate lots of good food this weekend, but some big news this morning. Moderna will ask the fda for emergency authorization use for its covid19 vaccine today. The massachusettsbased Company Released its latest trial results just an hour ago. It says so far it found the vaccine is just over 94 effective. Moderna following pfizer in requesting emergency authorization use. The fda is scheduled to discuss pfizers vaccine next week and they could do the same for moderna on the 17th. We have assembled the abc vaccine team to bring you the most complete coverage and updates as they come in. Surging covid19 cases means that San Francisco and san mateo counties have to roll back to the most restrictive purple tier and that means those two counties are part of the statewide curfew for purple. Gyms also have to operate only outdoors. Top attractions like the academy of sciences are closed. Indoor worship not allowed in purple tier counties.
Next hit. For now lets talk about what will happen this afternoon. After being in the 30s and 40s this morning, well hit the low to mid 60s around the bay. 61 to about 63 degrees. Then you can see inland about 63 to 68. The cool spot will be Half Moon Bay at 56. Liz . All right. Thank you. New this morning, moderna will ask the fda for emergency authorization use for its covid19 vaccine today. The massachusettsbased Company Released its latest trial results today. It says so far it found the vaccine is just over 94 effective. Moderna following pfizer in requesting emergency authorization use. The fda is scheduled to meet and review the Pfizer Vaccine next thursday. The agency could do the same for modernas vaccine as early as december 17th. Surging covid19 cases have forced San Francisco and san mateo counties back into the purple tier. And that means new restrictions and a curfew. Gyms have to close indoors but can operate outdoors. Top attractions like the academy of sciences are clo
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
Only 68 icu beds available in the entire county of santa clara. That is part of the reason why Health Officials are now ramping up these enforcements no businesses because they want to keep people safe and doing this because of the Holiday Shopping season. Yesterday alone, Santa Clara County reported 512 new cases and setting a new record. 213 hospitalizations were also reported yesterday, including 45 new ones. Another new record. County believes those numbers will be even higher tomorrow. Those staggering numbers are part of the reason why enforcement efforts are being enhanced and the county Fire Department will now assist with compliance officers who have already been tasked with making sure businesses follow capacity restrictions and require face coverings and apply social distance guidelines. We are extremely concerned about what this means for our hospitals ability to care for, not only people with covid19, but for other people who need access to care in our hospitals. Reporter
We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This is the third virtual subCommittee Hearing and the ways and Means Committee. As with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member, mr. Smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. Before i turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras