SF News SF City Officials Won't Order Any New COVID Restrictions; Private Healthcare Networks Need to Do More Testing A morning press briefing by San Francisco Mayor London Breed and other city officials didn't bode well given the massive surge in new COVID cases. But in a reversal from earlier, less-dramatic case surges, no new restrictions on business activities are being ordered.
SF News Breed, Colfax Say No New Restrictions Because of Omicron Variant, While Heckler Tries to Steal the Show Mayor Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax urged San Franciscans to “get your booster,” but announced no new restrictions in response to the Omicron variant arriving here, as a heckler tried to shout them down.
SF News Bay Area ICU Bed Availability Falls to 5.9%, While San Francisco's Stands at 35% SF Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax cautioned that it will be at least another week or two before we get a better picture of the impact of gatherings and holiday travel over Christmas and New Year's.
SF News Mayor Breed Says Stay-at-Home Orders Are Reducing Daily Case Counts in SF Mayor London Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax took to Zoom again on Tuesday to give a press briefing on where things stand with the pandemic in San Francisco. And for a change — for the first time in two months really — the news was fairly good.
SF News Breed and Colfax Hint at Further Health Orders But Are Shy on Specifics While they did not announce any further restrictions on activities and businesses in the city, they hinted that these would be coming tomorrow or later in the week.
SF News 'We Must Triple-Down': San Francisco Officials Announce Closure of Offices, Reduction of Gym Capacity "We are going to proceed with caution to do everything we can to avoid a [more total] shutdown," Mayor London Breed said.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Noting Very Small Growth In COVID Cases, San Francisco Hits Pause On Further Reopenings Any hopes that restaurants had of increasing indoor capacity to 50 percent next week are now dashed, but it may still happen in a few weeks if cases go down.
SF Politics SF Public Health Director to Trump: Your Flagrant Disregard For Science Has Caught Up With You SF's Department of Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax minced no words in reacting to President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, which was revealed late Thursday night.
SF News SF To Let Nail Salons, Barbershops, and Massage Studios Resume Outdoor Services Next Week Mayor Breed and San Francisco Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax announced Friday that some SF businesses — mostly in the beauty industry — can start offering certain outdoor services beginning Tuesday of next week.
SF News SF To Open New Non-COVID Hospital Site In Presidio As Surge In Hospitalizations Looms Saying that a "huge surge" in COVID-19 hospitalizations is around the corner, SF Director of Public Health Dr. Grant Colfax announced Thursday that the city is opening up a new in-patient hospital facility in the Presidio in order to accommodate COVID-negative patients in need of acute care.
SF News Obama Names S.F. HIV Expert As Head Of National AIDS Policy Another local official got a presidential nod this week: Dr. Grant Colfax, Director of HIV Prevention and Research for San Francisco's Department of Public Health, has been appointed by President Obama to head
