Nearly half of health care workers remain unvaccinated, survey finds – KCRA Sacramento

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TEO: THANK YOU. NOW TO OUR CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE. HERE ARE CALIFORNIA’S LATEST NUMBERS. JOHNS HOPKINS SAYS 3.6 MILLION CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 57,000 HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. A LOOK AT HOW MANY NEW CASES THE STATE HAS REPORTED EACH DAY OVER THE PAST MONTH. 3300 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE ON SATURDAY. DEIRDRE: WE’RE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE. ASTRAZENECA SAYS A U.S. TRIAL SHOWS ITS SHOT IS 79% EFFECTIVE. TEO: ALTHOUGH IT’S VACCINE HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES, IT HAS NOT YET BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT IN THE U.S. OVERNIGHT, THE COMPANY RELEASED DATA FROM A LARGE TRIAL MADE UP OF 30,000 PEOPLE. 20,000 WERE GIVEN THE VACCINE, WHILE THE REST GOT DUMMY SHOTS. ASTRAZENECA SAYS ITS VACCINE HAD A 79% EFFICACY RATE AT PREVENTING SYMPTOMATIC ILLNESS. IT WAS 100% EFFECTIVE IN STOPPING SEVERE DISEASE AND HOSPITALIZATION. OFFICIALS SAID THE VACCINE WAS EFFECTIVE ACROSS ALL AGES, INCLUDING OLDER PEOPLE, WHICH PREVIOUS STUDIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES HAD FAILED TO ESTABLISH. ASTRAZENECA SAYS IT EXPECTS TO APPLY FOR EMERGENCY USE WITH THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION IN THE COMING WEEKS. DEIRDRE: LAST WEEK, MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES, MOSTLY IN EUROPE, TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THEIR USE OF THE ASTRAZENECA SHOT AFTER REPORTS IT WAS LINKED TO BLOOD CLOTS. ON THURSDAY, THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY CONCLUDED THAT THE VACCINE DID NOT RAISE THE OVERALL RISK OF BLOOD CLOTS, BUT IT COULD NOT RULE OUT THAT IT WAS CONNECTED TO TWO VERY RARE TYPES OF CLOTS. TEO: HERE’S HOW ASTRAZENECA’S SHOT STACKS UP WITH THE OTHER THREE VACCINES APPROVED BY THE FDA. PFIZER’S SHOT IS 95% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING SYMPTOMATIC ILLNESS. MODERNA’S IS 94%. JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S SINGLE SHOT VACCINE IS 72% EFFECTIVE. ALTHOUGH WE DO KNOW THEY ARE DOING TRIALS FOR JOHNSON & JOHNSON WITH TWO SHOTS. NO WORD ON THAT YET. DEIRDR THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN THE SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL. TEO: MIKE TESELLE IS LIVE WITH MORE. GOOD MORNING. MIKE: GOOD MORNING. WE ARE LIVE AT CAMBRIDGE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. THE SIGN SAYS IT ALL, WELCOME BACK. 8:15 THIS MORNING MARKS THE RETURN OF LEARNING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. NOT ONLY THIS CAMPUS BUT ALL KIKE THROUGH 12TH GRADE — T-K THROUGH 12TH GRADES. THE SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EVEN POSTING THIS TO HELP GUIDE STUDENTS AND PARENTS THROUGH THIS REOPENING PLAN. YOU CAN ACCESS THOSE AT SANJUAN .EDU. THEY WILL OFFER A HYBRID, TWO DAY IN PERSON A WEEK OPTION. 2.5 HOURS PER DAY. WE SHOULD NOTE IN THE DISTRICT EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS DOES NOT RETURN UNTIL APRIL 5. WHILE THE SIGN DOES ESSAY “WELCOME BACK” THOSE THAT WANT TO CONTINUE WITH DISTANCE CAN DO SO. FOR THOSE ANXIOUS TO GET BACK INTO CLASS TODAY IS THE DAY IF YOU ARE IN THE A GROUP. B HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THURSDAY. MIKE TESELLE, KCRA 3 NEWS. TEO: THANK YOU. STARTING TODAY DRIVE-THRU VACCINATION SITE AT CAL EXPO WITH TEMPORARILY SUSPEND GIVING DOSES BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSITIONING TO PARTNER CURATIVE. THIS TRANSITION WILL RUN THROUGH APRIL 19. THE CAL EXPO SITE. ADMINISTERING DURING THIS.