GOOD
GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU'RE WATCHING ABC 10 NEWS AT FIVE .
I'M CHRIS THOMAS.
AND I'M MADISON WADE.
BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT THE
SACRAMENTO REGION HAS DROPPED
BELOW 15 PERCENT ICU
AVAILABILTY.
THAT MEANS WE ARE HEADING FOR A
SHUTDOWN.
>> BUT FIRST I WANT TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU
A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE
DEALING WITH.
>> SO YOU CAN SEE THE GREATER
SACRAMENTO REGION NOW HAS LESS
THAN 15 PERCENT OF ITS ICU BEDS
AVAILABLE.
WE ARE NOW AT FOURTEEN POINT
THREE PERCENT AND THAT IS WHAT
IS PROMPTING THE SHUTDOWN.
AVAILABILTY IS STILL DROPPING
AND THE ALREADY SHUT DOWN WALK
KEENE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA REGIONS THERE AT
FOUR POINT TWO PERCENT AND NINE
PERCENT RESPECTIVELY.
JUST TWO OUT OF THE
FIVE REGIONS REMAIN ABOVE THE
15 PERCENT MARK.
THE BAY AREA WITH TWENTY EIGHT
POINT NINE PERCENT IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH 27 POINT ONE
PERCENT.
NOW THIS MEANS BARS, WINERIES,
HAIR NAIL SALONS, MUSEUMS,
MOVIE THEATERS MUST ALL CLOSE
AND NO MORE INDOOR OUTDOOR
DINING.
AND THE SHUTDOWN BEGINS ELEVEN
FIFTY NINE P.M. TOMORROW.
SCHOOLS CAN CONTINUE IN-PERSON
LEARNING IF THEY WERE
PREVIOUSLY OPEN PARKS AND
PLAYGROUNDS CAN STAY OPEN WITH
MODIFICATIONS.
THE STAY AT HOME ORDER WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AT LEAST
THREE WEEKS AND WILL ONLY BE
LIFTED WHEN THE REGION'S ICU
CAPACITY RETURNS TO THAT 15
PERCENT THRESHOLD.
BUT PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER PETER
BEILIENSON SAYS SACRAMENTO
COUNTY WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE
UNDER A STAY AT HOME ORDER
UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW
YEAR.
TWO WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD FROM
NOW WE'LL BE HAVING THE
HOSPITALIZED HIXSONS DUE TO
THANKSGIVING TRANSMISSION.
>> IT IS NOT UNTIL THE FIRST
OF THE YEAR THAT WE'LL BE
HAVING TRANSMISSION AND THE
CASE IS DUE TO CHRISTMAS AND
THEN NEW YEAR'S.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE IF WE SEE ANY
KIND OF CHANGE AT ALL, IT WON'T
BE UNTIL THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
>> SLEEP TRAIN ARENA TODAY
REOPENS WITH SIXTY SIX BEDS FOR
SPACE FOR OVERFLOW TO HELP
ALLEVIATE STRESS AND LOCAL
HOSPITALS TREATING BOTH
KOVEN AND NON KOVEN PATIENTS.
>> BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN BEARING
THE BRUNT OF THE UNCERTAINTY
SINCE THE IDEA OF THE SHUTDOWNS
WERE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK.
ABC TEN'S MIKE DUFFY JOINS US
NOW.
MIKE, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO
BUSINESS OWNERS TODAY.
I HAVE CHRIS AND THEY'RE BOTH
HURT AND CONFUSED.
>> THE BUSINESS OWNERS I SPOKE
WITH SAID THAT THEY'VE BEEN
WORKING HARD TO DO THEIR PART.
BUT REGARDLESS THEY HAVE TO
SHUT DOWN AGAIN.
SO CHEEL CREWS ON SALONICA
BLOTZ OFF OF FRANKLIN ROAD AND
HER DAUGHTER LAURA LOPEZ CRUZ
IS CONTINUING IN THE FAMILY
BUSINESS.
LAURA REACTED TO NEWS OF THE
SHUTDOWN SHOCKED.
>> IN A SENSE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME NO VERY
HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
IT'S IT'S SIX FAMILIES THAT
DEPEND ON THIS BUSINESS.
SHE SAYS IT'S BEEN A ROLLER
COASTER.
WE WERE HOPEFUL A COUPLE
OF DAYS AGO BECAUSE WE SAW THE
NUMBERS GET A LITTLE BETTER.
SO WE THOUGHT WE ALLI'S HAD
ANOTHER WEEK.
>> SHE SAYS SHE BELIEVES
THEY'RE DOING A CENTRAL WORK
AND MATTERS OF SELF-ESTEEM
FEELING BETTER YOUR MENTAL
HEALTH A HAIRCUT GOES A LONG
WAY BUT SHE ALSO FEELS LET DOWN
BY NEWS OF PEOPLE NOT WEARING
MASKS AND GATHERING.
>> WE HIGHLY BELIEVE IN IT.
AND WE WANT TO TAKE CARE
OF EVERYONE.
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS WILLING TO
TAKE CARE OF US IN THAT SENSE.
YOU KNOW, IVAN ORTIZ OWNS
GASPACHOS A FRANKLINTON
FRUITRIDGE.
HE ALSO DESCRIBED WHAT THIS
TIME HAS BEEN LIKE UNCERTAIN
RIGHT SINCE THIS WAS ANNOUNCED
LAST WEEK.
>> AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE
BEEN PREPARING IN CASE WE WERE
GOING TO FALL INTO THIS
CATEGORY.
NOW IT'S OFFICIAL THAT WE HAVE
TO BE SHUTTING DOWN OUR PATIO
IN IN JUST THE CELLS ARE GOING
TO BE PROBABLY IMPACTED.
>> HE SAYS IT WILL BE A
SIGNIFICANT PAY CUT FOR
EVERYONE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ARE WE
WHERE WE CLOSING THE PATIOS
OF THE RESTAURANTS?
HOWEVER, IF THAT'S THE
MEASUREMENTS WE HAVE TO TAKE IN
PLACE, I THEN THAT'S WHAT WE
DO.
>> NOW HERE IS THE CALIFORNIA
REGION MAP TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GREATER
SACRAMENTO REGION NOW IN RED
JOINING THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND A
SHUTDOWN THAT BEGINS TOMORROW
NIGHT AT ELEVEN FIFTY NINE
P.M..
>> AND SPEAKING OF SAN WAL KING
COUNTY E.M.S. REPORTED THE MOST
COVID 19 DEATHS AND A 24 HOUR
PERIOD THERE TODAY AS HOSPITAL
CAPACITY CONTINUES TO SURGE.
COMING UP AT FIVE FIFTEEN WE'RE
FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE
COUNTY'S PLAN FOR DEALING WITH
THE SHORTAGE AS WE TURN OUT TO
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY .
>> LISTEN TO THIS.
BRITAIN'S MEDICAL REGULATOR IS
WARNING THAT PEOPLE WITH A
HISTORY SERIOUS ALLERGIC
REACTIONS TO VACCINES,
MEDICINES OR FOOD SHOULD HOLD
OFF FOR THE MOMENT BEFORE
LINING UP TO GET PFIZER'S
COBBETT 19 VACCINE.
THAT IS BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE
OF THE THOUSANDS WHO WERE
VACCINATED THERE YESTERDAY HAD
AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE
SHOT.
BOTH OF THEM ARE DOING FINE
TONIGHT.
WE'RE TOLD.
PFIZER AND BIONTECH ARE WORKING
TO DETERMINE IF THE REACTIONS
ARE LINKED TO THE VACCINE AND
IF SO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSED
THEM.
KEEP IN MIND AN ALLERGIC
REACTION TO A VACCINE IS NOT
UNCOMMON.
AND MANY VACCINES ALREADY ON
THE MARKET CARRY SIMILAR
WARNINGS.
AND TODAY CANADA'S HEALTH
REGULATOR APPROVED PFIZER'S
VACCINE CANDIDATE THAT MAKES
THEM THE THIRD COUNTRY TO DO
SO.
CANADIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS
EXPECT TO START GIVING OUT
DOSES NEXT WEEK HERE IN THE US.
THE FDA IS EXPECTED TO
AUTHORIZE THE VACCINE AS EARLY
AS THIS WEEKEND.
>> TONIGHT A BIPARTISAN GROUP
OF LAWMAKERS IS ONE STEP CLOSER
TO ANOTHER CORONVAVIRUS RELIEF
PACKAGE.
THE HOUSE PASSED A TEMPORARY
GOVERNMENT FUNDING