More than 19,000 californians have lost their lives to coronavirus and in the south bay there are new fears that hospitals in areas hit hardest by the virus are running low on icu beds and could reach capacity by mid december at same time officials reported some progress in planning for the arrival in distribution of the vaccine. Kron fours rob fladeboe has more on this live from san jose rob. And thats right ken and pam a county Health Officials at a briefing here at the Government Center today offered very few specifics, but they did say that they now have submitted their a vaccination protocol, the Distribution Plan to the state of california has required at the same time though they say they are quote extremely worried about the rising tide of hospitalizations and they are encouraging people to more fully cooperate with the new restrictions imposed this last weekend. Heres more. The answer i have for you today is that that that number is evolving Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials on wednesday reporting progress in setting up Distribution Plans for covid19 vaccine but could not say which vaccine might arrive first or how much will be available. Many countries and states and counties want access to vaccines and like everyone else. We will receive a limited supply at first. More will be coming over time doctor tong said health care and other frontline workers would be the first to get vaccinated. Officials said it could take many months before the county has sufficient quantities of vaccine for all who may need it. In the meantime they say they are extremely worried about running out of hospital beds amid rising infections as of december 1st. Icu occupancy among hospitals traditionally serving the south county and the east part of san jose. I see occupancy was at 93 hospital serving those areas have no more than 5 icu beds available right now. Its hoped newly imposed restrictions such as reducing retail store capacity. A ban on Contact Sports that forced the 49 ers and collegiate teams out of the county for 3 weeks and a 14 day quarantine order impacting people who traveled more than 150 miles away for thanksgiving, will help stem the tide of infection as we know that that. Volume of mixing of households in the surge in cases across United States could really be an accelerant in leading to much additional growth in cases and therefore serious illnesses and hospitalizations. Now as for that of action nation Distribution Plan the county it will be available on the countys website very soon live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Thank you rob. Well, those cases continue to surge and local leaders work on the logistics of distributing a vaccine. The state is also working on the particulars of a new stay at home order and theres a flurry of speculation about what those restrictions will look like for us dan kerman talk to medical experts tonight about how thats in how about that and how it might help slow the search and he joins us now live from the city with more dan. Well as rob mentioned the whole idea of modified stay at home order is to reduce that overcrowding of hospitals which theyre expecting in the next 2 to 3 weeks remember. Cases come first hospitalizations come a couple of weeks after that various ideas about a stay at home order could be very draconian like we saw back in the spring or a little bit more limited similar to what theyre doing in Santa Clara County. In streets we saw back in the spring is one version of a stay at home order and while affective its Economic Impacts could prevent the state from repeating it. More likely is something similar to Santa Clara Countys latest order which reduces capacity limits to 10 for non essential indoor stores and limits gatherings to a maximum of a 100 people and only outdoors and requires people who travel more than a 150 miles from home. To quarantine upon their return. Further increasing restrictions on peoples movements. You know it will be helpful doctor dean winslow is an Infectious Disease specialist at stanford. He says whatever type of ordered the comes out must re emphasize not socializing outside your own household. Families getting together indoors individuals houses is another way the virus has probably taken off over the last several weeks. So again just some type of a modified order that would at when it got people going to other peoples houses, a modified stay at home order is designed to keep california hospitals from getting overwhelmed. What were seeing today reflects what happened 2 weeks ago. And so we know by looking at the case Positivity Rate and by the trends. That if you shut things down or pull back some today that will influence what we see in mid december. Thats why medical experts say the time to do it is now and they say the prospect of a vaccine is no reason to wait because the majority of people wont get it for at least a couple of months that period of time. We could see 10s of thousands of people die and literally thousands of people in the bay area. If were not careful. Again we dont know exactly what that state or double look like or when they will announce it but we will keep an eye on it and let you know when they do live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news dan thank you in the east bay covid19 Health Order Violations are resulting in fines in Contra Costa County. Kron 4 sleep to reports 3 jim sent an indoor pool establishment. Have been fined a total of 2500 Diablo Crossfit in Pleasant Hill closed down for 3 months during the pandemic and resumed welcoming members back september. Whats made exercising outdoors unhealthy and owner trade howard says so far and that decision has worked out since september 15th. Weve had more than 10,000 business charge and unique visits for people come in and take a class. In 10,000 visits. Weve had 0 cases of covid reported to us still operating indoors against state and county Health Orders comes at a cost blow has been fine 3 times so far and its escalated each time 3 notices of violation have been issued by the Contra Costa CountyDistrict Attorneys Office covid19 task force in the past 2 weeks totaling 1750 in fines. This 19 in danville and in concord were fined 250 each on november 24th pool has also been fined 250 for operating without consent powder says his it screens social distancing. Constant sanitation and prohibiting shared equipment, we have fresh air circulating through our gym regularly we have large 2 large rollup garage doors. That are 15 feet wide 20 feet high we have 20 foot ceilings. And negative pressure air ventilation so everything in this gym goes up and now the District Attorneys Office says it is just enforcing the law weve received over 900 complaints since march. For for shelter in place. Certainly a lot even in the month of november. Which you know a lot of folks are are concerned all in all howard says hes doing his best to keep all visitors, safe and healthy. And his employees employed in the meantime he intends to maintain his Current Operations and is expecting more fines in Pleasant Hill felipe gaulle kron 4 news. All your health. The cdc has issued new guidelines to reduce quarantine times the new policy reduces the length of self isolation required after somebody is exposed to covid to 7 to 10 days instead of 14 days. People who get a negative test to quarantine for 7 days people who do not get tested must isolate for 10 days studies show the average incubation period is 5 days Officials Say the number of cases miss would be minimal compared to the number of people who are unwilling to isolate for 2 weeks. Tonight, some california lawmakers are calling on the governor to prioritize teachers and school staff in the states Vaccine Distribution schedule. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. As state leaders prepare to release californias covid19 Vaccine Distribution schedule, some republican lawmakers are calling on state leaders to put teachers and school staff near the top of the priority list assemblyman jordan cunningham says he has serious concerns with the Rising Mental Health issues and learning loss among students i think we need to do everything we possibly can. To protect our workforce within the education system. Prioritize them the way they should be for vaccinations and make sure that we can get our schools as soon as practicable as soon as possible in terms of safety. Back into the classroom setting i think our kids need it. I think our teachers deserve someone cunningham and assemblyman Patrick Odonnell sent a letter with the request to health and Human Services secretary doctor mark galli wednesday state leaders have been preparing a phased vaccination schedule with likely Frontline Health care workers and congregate care staff and residents in the first phase the lawmakers want teachers and School Support staff to be prioritized in the phase right after california is expected to receive 327,001st round doses of the vaccine in mid december. How do you break that down even more detail more specificity that Plan Detailed plan. Well be out this week the Governors Office has not said exactly when this week the plan will be released lawmakers are scheduled to have a vaccine briefing with the administration thursday morning in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Coming up the cdc is warning americans not to travel to mexico, what you need to know if you already booked a ticket. San francisco becomes the largest city in the nation to ban cigarette smoking in apartments like marijuana smoke is still allowed to force the area political leaders apologizing for breaking the rules going to take a closer look at how and when some of their rock some of them violated their own public Health Orders. Im meteorologist Lawrence Karnow you may have noticed a few high clouds begin to move in our sky it doesnt mean a sign of a bigger change in the weather pattern. The answer that question coming up few minutes. Its and francisco is a city administrator naomi kelly says that she is taking a voluntary leave of absence, this comes after kellys husband was recently charged with wire fraud in connection with the scandal involving former public works director Mohammed Nuru today. Kelly released a statement that reads in part in light of recent events ive decided to take a voluntary leave to focus on my family and especially my 2 children. I will eat my work in the hands of my excellent staff during this critical period. As much as it breaks my heart not to continue helping our community navigate the pandemic kelly went on to say she has spent her career fighting corruption and that she plans to fight the allegations against her family and mayor london breed released a statement on kellys voluntary leave it reads in part while naomi has not been charged with any crimes managing our Covid Response while still delivering basic City Services requires the full focus of all of our departments, including the City Administrators Office which has been central to many of our efforts to mitigate the spread of this disease unquote. Deputy city administrator can house key will now serve as acting city administrator. Another big story weve been following this week covid numbers as weve been saying increasing restrictions are tightening but local leaders and lawmakers have not been practicing what they preach not always kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia takes a closer look at how some prominent bay area figures have violated their own public Health Orders. A classic case of do as i say not as i do. Amid a Global Pandemic and another spike in covid cases, San Francisco mayor london breed of san jose mayor sam liccardo governor Gavin Newsome and House Speaker nancy pelosi, urging residents to follow state and local rules wear masks and socially distance. All while failing to do so themselves. It all started on august 31st when Speaker Pelosi was caught on camera getting her hair done indoors at a San Francisco salon while improperly wearing a mask under her chin, the kicker. The video was taken the day before San Francisco is set to reopen indoor business operations. Meaning she clearly violated local rules despite not heres what she had to say i take responsibility for trusting. The word of the neighborhood so long that i over the years. Many times as it turns out it was a setup. So i take responsibility 4 falling for a set up. And ive been sabal from covid19 quite the contrary. This is a disease that easily spreads very easily spreads please just be thoughtful and in so doing. Youll set an example governor newsome asking californians to follow Health Guidelines guidelines. He chose to violate himself on november 6th when he and his wife attended a Birthday Dinner at the swanky and pricey yachts hill restaurant, the French Laundry photos of the dinner surfaced a week later leading him to apologize for making a bad mistake saying that he quote needs to preach and practice, not just preach please. For all of us. Make smart decisions avoid crowds dont gather with people outside your household. Keep your distance from one another. Wear a oddly enough mayor london breed was seen with 7 other people at the French Laundry, the next night attending a Birthday Celebration there as well mayor breed has yet to address the issue however her Office Released this statement saying in part quote on november 7th while taking a few days off after the election. She attended a small family Birthday Dinner for a friend in an open air table at the French Laundry there are 8 people in total including herself at the time San Francisco was in the yellow tier in napa county was in the orange here both allowed outdoor and Indoor Dining and quote. And finally san jose mayor sam liccardo the latest bay area lawmaker to violate public Health Orders. The day after he tweeted about covid cases spiking nearly cargo and his wife got together at his parents home. When people from 5 different household, thanksgiving dinner. Despite saying that everyone wear their masks when not eating mayor liccardo did apologize for violating state rules sauce to her now reporting kron 4 news. Your health this evening, researchers at canadas Mcmaster University found that reducing daily steps to less than 1500 over 2 week period could drop a persons insulin sensitivity by as much as a 3rd. They also discovered people over the age of 65. Last up to 4 of their leg muscle ache for experts say its hard for older individuals to regain muscle and stress the importance of maintaining physical activity. They suggest doing Strength Training and resistance exercises on top of having a healthy protein packed diet. Well tonight city officials in San Francisco have banned all tobacco smoking inside apartments, but they did not ban marijuana smoking. Yesterday, the board of supervisors voted to approve the ordinance making San Francisco, the largest city in the nation to ban tobacco smoking inside apartments. 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