i'm grant lotus and i became of iraq is california's top health official doctor mark galli. >> is weighing in on the plan to fully reopen the june 15th than what california you could look like beyond that blueprint. but some other health experts. they do have concerns about the plan. as you can imagine, kron, four's, ashley zavala explains. >> we are still targeting june california health and human services secretary doctor mark galli said friday. the state is still poised for a full reopening in less than 2 months regardless of the pause on the johnson and johnson vaccine. galli said the state said the june 15th date aware of the issues with covid-19 mutations in other parts of the nation and in other countries while several variants have been found in california cases state leaders are encouraged by the vaccine's protection against them. so far. the variants that we are concerned about. >> have largely it will almost entirely been responsive to the vaccine, which is the best news today. we we don't have very and that skates or vaccine. speaking of the sacramento press club event. califor

this was a discussion with doctor mark galli and other health experts hosted by the sacramento press club here. >> california leaders are confident in the state's ability to get past this virus even regardless of what's happening in europe and in other parts of our country. >> we are still targeting june california health and human services secretary doctor mark galli said friday. the state is still poised for a full reopening in less than 2 months regardless of the pause on the johnson and johnson vaccine. galli said the state said the june 15th date aware of the issues with covid-19 mutations in other parts of the nation and in other countries while several variants have been found in california cases state leaders are encouraged by the vaccine's protection against them. so far. the variants that we are concerned about. >> have largely it will almost entirely been responsive to the vaccine, which is the best news today. we we don't have very and that skates or vaccine. speaking of the sacramento press club event. california's top health official explained that california could look

i'm grant lotus and i became of iraq is california's top health official doctor mark galli. >> is weighing in on the plan to fully reopen the june 15th than what california you could look like beyond that blueprint. but some other health experts. they do have concerns about the plan. a

. >> we are still targeting june california health and human services secretary doctor mark galli said friday. the state is still poised for a full reopening in less than 2 months regardless of the pause on the johnson and johnson vaccine. galli said the state said the june 15th date aware of the issues with covid-19 mutations in other parts of the nation and in other countries while several variants have been found in california cases state leaders are encouraged by the vaccine's protection against them. so far. the variants that we are concerned about. >> have largely it will almost entirely been responsive to the vaccine, which is the best news today. we we don't have very and that skates or vaccine. speaking of the sacramento press club event. california's top health official explained what california could look like beyond the blueprint in october. many of the things that we mask, we will be able to do what can the big difference, though, is we will not likely have our youngest kids vaccinated. so. we're going to still need to protect young people. but in response panel with other

many people in djibouti say they already know who will win the election president is smile on mark galli has been the country's leader for 2 decades and he's hoping for another run. he changed the constitution in 2010 scrapping time limits while also introducing an age limit of 75 he's now 73. his political rallies with a campaign platform has continued to have been attended by thousands of supporters he says he still has much to accomplish in this country of 1000000 people. we are a small country we need to regroup to build our country and to share benefits we also continue to defend peace in our country he is a desert nation but strategically placed in the horn of africa and on one of the wards b.z.'s trade routes is that a crossroads between africa and i reagan peninsula and the president has exploited this geographical advantage by investing heavily in ports and other infrastructure his plan is to transform djibouti into africa's largest trade and logistics hub the country has also attracted foreign military bases including the u.s. several from europe china and japan but many bushes

many people in djibouti say they already know who will win the election president is smile on mark galli has been the country's leader for 2 decades and he's hoping for another run. he changed the constitution in 2010 scrapping time limits while also introducing an age limit of 75 he's now 73. his political rallies with a campaign platform has continued to have been attended by thousands of supporters he says he still has much to accomplish in this country of 1000000 people. we are a small country we need to regroup to build our country and to share benefits but also continue to defend peace in our country he is a desert nation but strategically placed in the horn of africa and on one of the wards b.z.'s trade routes is that a crossroads between africa and i reagan peninsula and the president has exploited this geographical advantage by investing heavily in ports and other infrastructure his plan is to transform djibouti into africa's largest trade and logistics hub the country has also attracted foreign military bases including the u.s. several from europe china and japan but many g. bu

mark galli's addressed the june 15 reopen date is subject to change of hospitalizations spike past low to moderate spread. >> if that is the case and we see a number of people hospitalized that have received the vaccine, that is a different level of concern. we will talk about that like the governor said with local partners. >> while the sedate has seen no evidence of that, newsom has a said it is clear that it is still a race between vaccines and the evolving variance. >> still prevalent, still deadly, still a challenge we need to tackle. >> the state has received an additional 600,000 doses over the past two weeks. governor newsom expects a that will ramp up once the state receives an additional allotment of johnson & johnson doses by early may. we will be tracking that. stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >>> the colored tiered system will be retired as well. it is still in place right now. today, contra costa, napa, and sonoma counties moved to the orange tier. restaurants, movie theaters, and churches can increase to 50% and bars that do not serve food can open for outside seating. the o

but regardless health and human service sector says secretary doctor mark galli. so there are no plans in california to implement a vaccine passport system statewide. meanwhile here at the state capitol. republican assemblyman kevin kiley says he's drafting legislation to make sure these vaccine passports do not materialize in california. he says you shouldn't have to provide a personal health information to go through daily activities coming up tonight at 5. i'll explain more about the proposal as well as the role that private businesses will play in this whole vaccine verification systems as more vaccines roll out across the state reporting live here at state capitol. ashley zavala kron 4 news. thank you so much. ashley. >> jack london square in oakland we'll get a much needed economic boost tonight yoshi's oakland is reopening for the first time in more than a year. and this is a result of alameda county moving into that less restrictive orange tier which allows restaurants to increase indoor capacity kron 4 sweep to call reports that the business is hoping it

. >> but we are still targeting june california health and human services secretary doctor mark galli said friday. the state is still poised for a full reopening in less than 2 months regardless of the pause on the johnson and johnson vaccine. galli said the state said the june 15th date aware of the issues with covid-19 mutations in other parts of the nation and in other countries while several variants have been found in california cases state leaders are encouraged by the vaccine's protection against them. so far. the variants that we are concerned about. >> have largely it will almost entirely been responsive to the vaccine, which is the best news today. we we don't have very and that skates or vaccine. speaking of the sacramento press club event. california's top health official explained what california could look like beyond the blueprint in october. many of the things that we mask, we will be able to do. what can the big difference, though, is we will not likely have our youngest kids vaccinated. so. we're going to still need to protect young people. but in response panel with

doctor mark galli says given the state's vaccine expansion and even with the pause on the johnson and johnson vaccine. he says he's confident they will be able to eliminate the state's reopening blueprint on june 15th today, galley even provided an idea of what california could look like beyond the blueprint in the fall. >> many of the things that we mask, we will be able to do. what can the big difference, though, is we will not likely have our youngest kids vaccinated. so. we're going to still need to protect young people. >> while several variants of covid have been detected in california. doctor galley says this time is little cause for concern. adding he's encouraged by the vaccine's protection against those variants. >> tonight, more than 24 and a half million shots have been administered in california. the governor says half of all eligible californians have had at least one dose, 30% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated and taking a look at the breakdown in our region. santa clara county continues to lead the bay area. having now administered more than 1.3 million

doctor mark galli says given the state's vaccine expansion and the pause on the johnson johnson vaccine. he is still confident they will be able to eliminate the state's reopening blueprint by june 15th galley even gave an idea yesterday of what california could look like beyond the blueprint this fall. >> many of the things that we mask, we will be able to do. what can the big difference, though, is we will not likely have our youngest kids vaccinated. so. we're going to still need to protect young people. >> while several variants of covid-19 have been detected here in california. doctor galley says at this time there is little cause for concern. adding he's encouraged by the vaccine's protection against those variants. >> well, coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news, the fire season is right around the corner and the oakland fire department taking some new action to prevent a fire disaster in the east bay. we'll have details coming up. >> 7.40 here on this saturday morning in the east bay. some good news as we approach fire season. members of the oakland fire department say the r

increase in hospitalized patients that have received a vaccine and that's a metric to which we are mark consideration as it relates to our -- our -- well, our broader surveillance. dr. gallie, i want you to come cup and you can talk a little bit more because we've not put precise numerics to that because we're working with the counties but we broadly are -- are monitoring at least those categories and five total categories as it relates to that question. >> thanks, governor, and, mayor, thanks for hosting us and be thank you for all your hard would be. indeed, we'll be looking atizations in particular. we're enjoying low hospitalizations across the state. you heard today 20 patients hospitalized in san francisco with covid. it's a tremendous number in the face of what we've been through over the face of the last year, but we're particularly concerned about not just the hospitalization numbers but also who is being hospitalized. are those who received a vaccine being hospitalized? we're looking internationally on the eastbound and midwest and we're seeing many of those who are hospitaliz