Updated on December 14, 2020 at 5:46 pm
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San Francisco Department of Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said the city s situation remains dire as hospital beds continue to dwindle amid an unprecedented COVID-19 surge, but he remained optimistic as the city has already received the vaccine Monday morning.
Within the last week, city health officials have reported an average of 200 new cases per day, Colfax said during a virtual briefing.
In the Bay Area, the number of intensive care unit hospital beds fell from 26 percent to 17 percent within the last week. Other regions, like the San Joaquin Valley, have already run out of beds, according to Colfax.
Updated on December 15, 2020 at 1:45 pm
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Hospitals and health centers in the Bay Area are expecting tens of thousands of doses of a coronavirus vaccine this week.
Health care workers as well as residents and employees at long-term care facilities are the first groups eligible for the vaccinations.
Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine is underway, with 2.9 million doses expected to go out this week. California is expected to receive 327,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this month.
First Wave of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Arrive in San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said the city received 2,000 vessels of the Pfizer vaccine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Monday morning.
Updated on December 15, 2020 at 11:43 pm
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The first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccinations in the Bay Area were administered at a San Francisco hospital Tuesday morning.
The historic moment at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital came as the region continued to grapple with a surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.
San Francisco Department of Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said five health care workers two nurses, two doctors and a radiology technician were vaccinated. Dr. Antonio Gomez, a critical care physician who has been treating COVID-19 patients, was the first. The COVID-19 vaccine is in the Bay Area and medical workers are rolling up their sleeves. Jean Elle reports.
The line
Health officials have said the first batch of doses will go to frontline healthcare workers with direct exposure to the coronavirus as well as residents of long-term care facilities, followed by other at-risk groups.
Others who will be prioritized include first responders, people who are working at coronavirus testing sites or administering vaccines, students in clinical rotations in high-risk areas such as the emergency department and researchers actively working with COVID-19 patients or vaccines.
Covering all healthcare workers will take time. California has an estimated 2.4 million healthcare workers, and the state’s first shipment of vaccine from Pfizer will contain about 327,000 doses.
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