Bay Area COVID Roundup: Who Gets Next Round Of Vaccinations?; Thousands Ignoring Christmas Travel Warning; Newsom In Quarantine

Novato CA

22 December, 2020

10:40 AM

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CBS San Francisco Staff Report, CBS San Francisco December 21 2020 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — With a surge in coronavirus cases, the information you need to know is coming fast and furious. Here's a roundup of the COVID stories we've published over the last 24 hours. Second COVID Vaccine On The Way, San Francisco Mission District Residents Question Who Will Receive The Next Round SAN FRANCISCO — At the Mission Food Hub on Sunday, volunteers handed out Christmas presents to a long line of families. Many are frontline workers who are struggling as the economy craters. Their community is also getting hit hard by COVID-19. The buzz among those gathered included talk of COVID vaccines and when they would have access to shots to help protect their families from the deadly virus. On Sunday, a federal advisory panel recommended that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers should be next in line for vaccination, while a second vaccine began rolling out to hospitals. The two developments came amid a vaccination program that began only in the last week and has given initial shots to about 556,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More Read more at CBS San Francisco