this townhall is hosted by the san francisco department of public health. this townhall will be in english. we're also hosting townhalls in spanish and cantonese this week. few housekeeping items. today's event is being recorded. today's event is being streamed live through sfgov tv on channel 78, youtube and facebook live. for audio and video we expect all participants to want a create at safe space. all parts will be muted and video disabled. to participate the q&a to select the q&a button at the bottom of the screen to enter your questions. >> welcome, i will be your moderator tonight. i am the covid-19 team lead for school as well as the acting liaison at the san francisco department of public health. we're glad to have you join us for a townhall specifically for sfusd families to provide information and answer questions about safely returning to school. a special thank you to superintendent vincent matthews and sfusd staff for joining us for q&a. they will help us answer questions from ucsf and d.t.h. this event is being streamed live through the sfgov

san francisco department of public health. this townhall will be in english. we're also hosting townhalls in spanish and cantonese this week. few housekeeping items. today's event is being recorded. today's event is being streamed live through sfgov tv on channel 78, youtube and facebook live. for audio and video we expect all participants to want a create at safe space. all parts will be muted and video disabled. to participate the q&a to select the q&a button at the bottom of the screen to enter your questions. >> welcome, i will be your moderator tonight. i am the covid-19 team lead for school as well as the acting liaison at the san francisco department of public health. we're glad to have you join us for a townhall specifically for sfusd families to provide information and answer questions about safely returning to school. a special thank you to superintendent vincent matthews and sfusd staff for joining us for q&a. they will help us answer questions from ucsf and d.t.h. this event is being streamed live through the sfgov tv youtube channel as well as sfg

the majority of the remaining ones listed by the san francisco department of health are appointment only. >> we also are continuing our testing full speed ahead. we do see an increase in testing demand. >> in marin county we also are seeing an increase in the demand for testing. >> reporter: nearly every bay area county health department is looking to expanding hours and possibly opening up more sites. >> the city of berkeley is also seeing an increase in demand for testing and we are working with our testing partners. >> what else are health officials telling you, especially about getting the test? >> public health departments are encouraging people to go with their medical provider first. they're encouraging that because they don't want these city run or community sites to be clogged with the demand of testing. we are seeing that all across the city, especially after what the public health officials said today, that it is significantly higher, that demand. they are working on supply and monitoring that situation. i checked the san francisco department of health website, tried to see ho

they redirected us to the california department of health just a short time ago. we have not yet heard back from the department of health on some of those questions yet. >> understood. kenny choi reporting live. thanks, kenny. >>>ta live look san ccin, eris pushback ty halaned t ba neo rom ow ngs. nc. gep rtan manegative test. >> no one forces anyone to take care of their health in other situations. no one forces you to work out. no one forces you to eat healthy. that's your human right, your human choice, and i believe it should be the same with anything you put in your body, no matter what it is. >> city council is discussing the mandate in their meeting right now. we'll let you know what happens. >>> some breaking news now in contra costa county, three people shot on a property just outside of brentwood. chopper 5's above the scene there on brentwood boulevard and seller street. police have blocked off an area next to a truck and a shipping container. now we know that two people were transported to local hospitals. no word yet on what led up to the gunfire. as

the department of public health guidelines that came out -- i want to say kind of mid-to-late july -- really are aligned with the centers for disease control and the california department of health guidance. the priority for the guidelines was for a full return for in-person learning for all grades at full capacity. highlights of the guidelines are the idea that students and staff must self-screen at home and stay home if ill. that means we're no longer doing screenings at school sites. everyone must wear face masks, even if fully vaccinated, at all facilities. physical distancing is no longer required. and during wildfires, or other times when air quality is poor, we prioritize maintaining healthy air indoors and we can keep doors open, even if close our windows, if we continue to wear our masks. next slide, please. next slide, please. thank you. there a what's allowed section in the guidelines, which is really helpful because it points out some things that are now allowed, that were not allowed in the spring. so parents and care-givers may enter the building to pick up and drop off,

the department of health said safety was _ basically. the department of health said safety was the _ basically. the department of health said safety was the top _ basically. the department of health said safety was the top priority - basically. the department of health said safety was the top priority and | said safety was the top priority and work was continuing to minimise the impact on patients but there are still uncertainties over how long the shortages will last. the latest uk coronavirus figures show there were 32,181 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means an average of 33,776 per day in the last week. the latest figures show there were 7,015 people in hospital being treated for coronavirus on friday. 50 deaths were reported in the latest 24 hour period, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. that takes the average deaths per day over the last week to 97. 0n vaccinations, 88.4% of people aged 16 and over have now had their firstjab and 78.7% of the population aged 16 and o

that order came down today from the california department of public health. applies to workers at all hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other health care facilities. >> many of the large health care systems have done this including ucsf and others, kaiser did it a few days ago but it is appropriate for all health care workers in the state to be vaccinated and should not be coming near vulnerable patients unless they are. >> reporter: the order coming down from the state department of health and not a private employer eliminates one key challenge according to the professor. >> employer may have to negotiate with a union, the state does not have to. they are not the direct employer. >> reporter: the nurses association issued this statement. we strongly believe all eligible people should be vaccinated while respecting the need for medical and religious accommodations. the order does allow exceptions. >> the state allows people who are exempt to continue working as long as they get tested and wear masks. so, accommodation is you don't have to vaccinate bu

of the california department of public health should be wearing a mask. obviously, there are exceptions for health reasons. when students are outside, they don't have to wear a mask. otherwise, everybody inside the building should be wearing a mask, according to the department of health. >> okay. how about athletics, when they engage in athletics? >> again, guidance is changing as we speak but as just now getting open there are opportunityies for students to be outdoors with masks. what most districts are doing is requiring them to take a rapid covid test, in some cases twice a week. that way that student can be safe away from the team and the team can continue while that student athlete quarantines. >> so the state laid down the rules but the government is leaving it up to local school districts to enforce it. some like cloveous are are are r not and they're letting parents choose. are you concern b. uneven. >> the county health officials have a legal responsibility and a legal authority to enforce it. so it remains to be seen what's going to happen. for

this morning, the department of veteran affairs and the department of health and human services announced new requirements. all 350,000 v.a. health care personnel and all hhs health care personnel must now be fully vaccinated. state and local governments, health care systems, businesses small and large, universities, and other institutions are also stepping up. since last week, washington state, washington, d.c., and seattle have all adopted vaccination requirements. in more than 50 health systems across the country, they have announced all staff need to be vaccinated, bringing the total to more than 200 health systems. in the past 24 hours, amtrak, mcdonald's, nbc-universal, discovery, and capital one all announced new rules that workers must be vaccinated to return to the office. california announced all school teachers and staff in the state be required to be vaccinated or tested weekly. and the nea and aft, two of the largest unions in the country representing 5 million educators and school staff both came out in favor of school districts persimmon covid-19 vaccination policies, inclu

operational command with the department of health. is the longest one i've been involved in but we also deal with tornadoes, hurricanes, and every other disaster that may happen statewide. we have not lost our abilities to respond to those during this event. we have 60 plus days of stockpiled in our state emergency and logistical operations center warehouse. we've issued over 62 issues of personal protection equipment to those hospitals, long-term care facilities, and others that might need it. that relates to 9400 deliveries that we have made throughout the state since this time. since july 1, where 2 million items of ppe distributed throughout the state and about 380 of those we have delivered to make it happen. we have also --the governor spoke about us receiving the 19 vendors. that was a quick turnaround and great to see the private sector came onboard very quickly and had a lot of questions. we got those answered and we have a joint team. we will get those on the street as quickly as possible. we have already spoken about the di

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, department of public health an office of economic workforce development . the main goal is to reduce lead hazards in san san francisco residential buildings both single-family andmulti family . the department of the environment are co-leads with department of health leading the technical and regulatory aspects department of the environment leading the program administration . the office of economic and workforce development will assist with developing a workforce requiredto mitigate these lead hazards . next slide. it's important to note the department of the environment's role is informed by two decades of administering customer safety and energy programs. you can see my colleague paul gray who has been with the department for more than 12 years starting with the implementation ofthe san francisco energy watch program . prior to energy watch allthe licensed contractors . his experience as a contractor and an energy efficiency specialist brings unique insight into developing the fix lead sf program. it's emblematic that the watch store closes, the door to h

rachel levine, assistant secretary for health at the department of health and human services. dr. levine, a warm welcome to washington post live. asst. sec. levine: thank you, pleasure to be here. frances: wonderful to have you here when we need to understand so much more. there was a change in guidance this week from cdc resulting from new science about the delta virus including masking for people who are vaccinated. what is the science behind that change? asst. sec. levine: we know and have been discussing for months that the delta variant is different. the delta variant has been shown to be more transmissible. it is at least twice as contagious as previous forms of covid-19 we have seen. approximately two months ago, the delta variant was 1% or 2% of the percentage of covid-19 cases we were seeing in the united states. now it is more than 80% of the cases we are seeing. so, because of this more contagious variant, cdc has changed its guidance, in terms of masking. it is recommending if you live in an area with moderate to high spread, community spread of covid-19, that when you

instead the department of public health is calling it a supplemental does. >> it is not a booster because it's not specific for the variants which the booster will be. >> reporter: the chief of medicine at san francisco general voted on monday to allow the hospitals vaccine clinic to give a supplemental mrna vaccine to somebody who had the j&j shot. >> potential benefit, no downside, to me as we look at the future of what the virus and what we are facing with a 4th search. it does make sense. >> reporter: 665,000 san francisco and have been vaccinated but only about 8% have received the johnson & johnson shot. >> we are worried about breakthrough infections. people were having concerns about whether the single-dose was going to be enough. >> reporter: that concern is why dr. winston says some people has have gone out to get extra vaccine doses on their own. hospital epidemiologist, she supports the supplemental dose but wants to be clear there is not enough data to support any benefit. >> there is not a specific recommendation to give it. it is not part of an emergency use authorization.

this townhall is hosted by the san francisco department of public health. this townhall will be in english. we're also hosting townhalls in spanish and cantonese this week. few housekeeping items. today's event is being recorded. today's event is being streamed live through sfgov tv on channel 78, youtube and facebook live. for audio and video we expect all participants to want a create at safe space. all parts will be muted and video disabled. to participate the q&a to select the q&a button at the bottom of the screen to enter your questions. >> welcome, i will be your moderator tonight. i am the covid-19 team lead for school as well as the acting liaison at the san francisco department of public health. we're glad to have you join us for a townhall specifically for sfusd families to provide information and answer questions about safely returning to school. a special thank you to superintendent vincent matthews and sfusd staff for joining us for q&a. they will help us answer questions from ucsf and d.t.h. this event is being streamed live through the sfgov

i will call on the mississippi department of health, jim craig. instrumental in the movement and activations of our health care space. jim? >> thank you, governor, good afternoon, everyone. like to update you on a few activities from the mississippi state department of health through the day today. our agency regulates a lot of things in mississippi, including hospitals and water and restaurants, as well as many others. we are working to assess a lot of the regulated community as well as the health care system, including our medical needs shelter, decompression activities, power restoration, the status of water systems, health care facility damage, coordination of patient movement, coordination of transportation resources from our state and federal resources, such as the ambulances, and monitoring the hospitals and long-term care facilities in the state. so far, assessment teams working all day today report nursing homes, we have four nursing homes that are on generator. two nursing homes are reporting minor damage. we have an intermediate care fa

the state department of health is reporting a positivity test rate of 6.4% over the last 7 days. there were 10,000 newly reported cases just thursday alone. covid cases continue to rise across the state and bay area. hospitals are seeing their own employees contract. the virus as of friday 55 out of 7,000. san francisco general hospital employees are out sick with coronavirus. none are hospitalized, but they are in quarantine at home. hospital officials say the transmission wasn't on the job but through community spread as of general doctors say the cases are reflective of what's happening in the area. the latest numbers show 210 people are hospitalized with covid-19 in alameda county, a 149 are hospitalized in contra, costa county, a 113 covid patients have been admitted to hospitals in santa clara. and there are 91 covid patients in san francisco medical centers. a vast majority of cases are people who have not received a vaccine according to data from the kaiser family foundation. just one 0.4% of current cases are among fully vaccinated. people as of general says, despite the

she's the assistant secretary for health at the department of health and human services. and, dr. levine, a very warm welcome to washington post live. >> well, thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here. >> it's wonderful to have you at a time when we need to understand so much more. there was a change in guidance this week from the cdc resulting from new science about the delta virus including new mask advice even for people who are vaccinated in certain settings. what is the plan behind that change? >> well, so so we know and have been discussing the last number of months that the delta variant is different. the delta variant has been shown to be more transmissable. it is at least twice as contain juice as previous forms -- on the -- contagious, and it was 1-2% of the percentage of covid-19 cases we were seeing in the united states, now it's more than 80% of the cases that we are seeing. but because of this more contagious variant, cdc has changed its guidance in terms of masking, and it is recommending that if you live in an area which has moderate to high spread, communit

everything is full. >> and we just got off the phone with the mississippi state department of health. they have confirmed that they have reached out to the federal government to get more information on the the possibility of having the usns comfort hospital ship come to help. >> again, we are now talking about these hospital ships coming to the rescue in light of what is going on. thank you so much, layla. i appreciate it. >>> so in light of all of that, we're seeing more businesses and cities and government agencies moving to require vaccines. just this morning the health and human services department announced that it is more than 25,000 health care employees and volunteers must be vaccinated by the end of next month. los angeles is also taking steps to require covid vaccinations at indoor venues including restaurants, gyms and many more places. cnn's stephanie elum is live in los angeles. what is the latest with this? >> reporter: well, kate, what happened yesterday is that the l.a. city council voting unanimously to draw up an ordinance that would require in indoor public spaces p

the latest numbers from the state department of health show that 3 bay area counties. >> are among the top 10 in the entire state when it comes to the new number of covid cases that would be solano contra, costa and san francisco they are all above the statewide average for the number of cases per 100,000 people. most of those new cases and the people in the hospital are not vaccinated according to the cdc less than 0, 0 one percent have died from this disease. the cdc says the data proves vaccines are very effective at preventing serious illnesses and death from covid-19. but there is some good news as new covid cases continue to climb. so our vaccination rates. >> according to the centers for disease disease control and prevention. they say that there is a big jump in the number of americans receiving the vaccine in the last week right now here in san francisco. the city is seeing nearly 200 new cases of covid-19 every day. >> kron four's taylor sackey reports that new data has pinpointed a very particular group for driving cases up. >> data shows that millennials are driving san fra

they redirected us to the california department of health and we are still waiting to hear back. in oakland, kenny choi, kpix 5. >>> the district apps covid safety protocols include contact tracers, who work with students and families to help during quarantine and come up with a plan for returning to school. >>> right now contra costa county sheriffs are investigating a homicide in brentwood. con fire tells kpix 5 that three people were shot . at least one person was killed. the shooting happened on brentwood boulevard and seller street. police have blocked off an area next to a truck and a shipping container. no word yet on what led up to the gunfire. more information as we get it in. >>> now to our fire watch. the caldor fire is creating so much toxic air in tahoe, it's now one of the most polluted areas in the world. check out this time lapse from one of cal fire's lake tahoe cameras. typically you would be able to see the water from here, but the air is so thick you can barely see past the first line of trees, and it's so bad in some areas that the air can't even be measured

of covid cases across department of health is reporting a positivity test rate of 6.4% over the last 7 days. there were 10,000 newly reported cases just thursday alone. covid cases continue to rise across the state and bay area. hospitals are seeing their own employees contract. the virus as of friday 55 out of 7,000. san francisco general hospital employees are out sick with coronavirus. none are hospitalized, but they are in quarantine at home. hospital officials say the transmission wasn't on the job but through community spread as of general doctors say the cases are reflective of what's happening in the area. the latest numbers show 210 people are hospitalized with covid-19 in alameda county, a 149 are hospitalized in contra, costa county, a 113 covid patients have been admitted to hospitals in santa clara. and there are 91 covid patients in san francisco medical centers. a vast majority of cases are people who have not received a vaccine according to data from the kaiser family foundation. just one 0.4% of current cases are among fully vaccinated. people as of general says, des

oveta culp hobby became the first secretary of the new department of health, education and welfare. this department has come to sponsor broad programs of research and support in health, education and social security. the supreme court became a focal point of national interest. following the death of chief justice winston, earl warren was appointed to succeed him. in 1954, the court reached a verdict by its decision that segregation in schools is unconstitutional. in little rock, arkansas, preparations were being made by the school board for compliance with the court verdict. arkansas's governor ordered the continuance of segregated schools. violence occurred as anti-integrationists prevented the enrollment of negro pupils in all-white schools. in view of continuing resistance, the president served notice that the court decision would be firmly upheld. he ordered federal troops to arkansas for the protection of schoolchildren and the maintenance of law and order. gradually, southern states moved toward acceptance of the legal requirements of the constitution. on january 3rd, 1959, a

please, come into the alabama department of public health. you are welcome to be vaccinated. >> they have banned making mandates. it is written into law. how do those constraints get into the way of public health officials as they work to pete this virus? >> well, it's difficult to combat the politicization of public health that's taken place here. the statute prohibits the state from issuing vaccine passports, prohibits schools from requiring vaccination for attendance and requires businesses to avoid collecting vaccine information or a refusing to serve patrons because vaccine status. although, that is an unfortunately broad statute that has discouraged the vaccine and made it tough for folks in public health to have the sort of systemic constraints to mask people. in alabama, there is public sentiment. schools are freely able to use mask mandates. i suspect some of the schools that have tried to ship the burden and the cost of getting tested frequently if you are not vaccinated, that we will see legal challenges there that will test the st

oveta culp hobby became the first secretary of the new department of health, education and welfare. this department has come to sponsor broad programs of research and support in health, education and social security. the supreme court became a focal point of national interest. following the death of chief justice winston, earl warren was appointed to succeed him. in 1954, the court reached a verdict of far reaching significance by its decision that segregation in schools was unconstitution al. in little rock, arkansas, preparations were being made by the school board for compliance with the court verdict. arkansas's governor ordered the continuance of segregated schools. violence occurred as anti-integrationists prevented the enrollment of negro pupils in all-white schools. in view of continuing resistance, the president served notice that the court decision would be firmly upheld. he ordered federal troops to arkansas for the protection of schoolchildren and the maintenance of law and order. gradually, southern states moved toward acceptance of the legal requirements of the constit

of health and human services is taking action. it will require vaccinations for more than 25,000 of its health care workers that directly work with patients. motts of these employees work within the indian health service and the national institute of health. hhs employees will have until the end of september to get vaccinated. exemptions will be allowed for religious or medical reasons. >>> well, father and son from southern california were accused of using fake covid vaccination cards to travel to hawaii. police arrested nor bert and trevor chung sunday at the honolulu airport. police say they broke the state's travel rules. authorities were tipped off by community member. hawaii requires tourists upload proof of their vaccination status to the state's website before they arrive and bring the physical original vaccination card with them. falsifying a vaccination card in hawaii carries a fine of up to $5,000 and possibly a term of prison for up to a year. >>> we went through this here last year, and now there's panic buying in aus

she is the assistant secretary of health for the department of health and human services. dr. levine, a very warm welcome. >> thank you very much. it is pleasure to be here. >> we need to understand so much more that with the change and guidance this week from the cdc. advice for people who are vaccinated in certain settings. what is the science behind that change? >> we know and have been discussing for the last number of months that the delta variant is different. the delta variant has been shown to be more transmissible. it is at least twice as contagious then previous forms of covid-19 that we have seen. approximately two months ago, the delta variant was 92% of the covid cases. -- was only 2% of the covid cases we are seeing. now it is 80%. now that the more contagious variant, the cdc has changed its guidance in terms of masking. it is recommending that if you live in an area that has moderate to high spread, community spread when you are in public you wear a mask. >> that's the broad picture, but we were wanting to see the data. why the delay? why change the delay witho