San franciscos mayor on covid19 we have 20 confirmed cases of covid19 in santa clara county. Thats six additional cases from what we reported yesterday. Two big headlines on the coronavirus outbreak. Infections definitely on the rise. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. First, breaking news in sunnyvale. The death of a 72yearold a cruise ship with two people suspected of having coronavirus. First, t they did cpr on himt he didnt make it. The new cases in the county, calling for cancellation of large events. Chris . Reporter well, larry, despite the recommendation, the sharks tonight are moving forward with their 7 30 game as scheduled. Aside from that, Health Officials say that this is a critical moment in the outbreak. And they say that these recommended measures could help slow down the spread of the virus. Er outside the Santa Clara Office of emergency management, public Health Officials announced new measures aimed at keeping people safe from covid 19. If we can take these measures now, we do have the potential to slow the spread of the virus in our community. The county is recommending this shut downing the gathering of large groups. Given the current situation, we dont know how this virus will evolve. What will happen in terms of magnitude in the next few weeks. Reporter businesses have been asked to suspend nonessential employee travel to allow working from home when possible and to maximize sick leave benefits. At Good Samaritan hospital, two temporary tents have been set up outside the emergency room in preparation for a potential spike in cases. The structures are typically used during the height of the flu season. Each with enough troop accommodate six patients at a time. These tents, 15 x 20, allow us to have that sixfoot area around the patients so we can take care of them while keeping people safe. Reporter a communiy bracing for the worst. Under sure what is to come next. Nonof decisions and recommendations are we taking lightly. Theyre based on research and tailored to our unique current circumstances on the ground here in santa clara county. Reporter we just heard from the quakes who play. They have a home match on saturday but have not decided whether theyll play it. Abc7 news. San francisco now has two confirmed cases. The patients are a plan in his 90s in serious condition and a woman in her 40s and list in the fair condition. Theyre not related at all. They have no history of traveling to locations with confirmed covid 19 cases. This virus does not discrimination. Stigma and discrimination is unacceptable when we need to come together as a community to protect Public Health. Health officials are investigating, trying to figure out what contacts the patients had as they try to prevent the viruss spread. We have been planning this for weeks. So we are prepared as a city. Meanwhile, San Francisco is preparing for the possibility of a princess cruise shipment to dock with more than 2,000 passengers and over 1,000 crew members. 35 so far have shown flulike symptoms did you go a 15day cruise. The cdc is testing passengers today and results are expected early tomorrow. One of those San Francisco patients is the parent of a Lowell High School student. Because of. Officials announce ad short time ago, theyre canceling classes and all activities at lowell until at least monday when the situation will be reevaluated. We know that the student was not in school after lunch today. The department of Public Health has assessed the student. Floss confirmation that the student has contracted covid 19 and the student does not have and has not had any symptoms. The student is in quarantine. More than 2,700 students attend lowell. It is now one of three bay area schools to close. The others are monarc academy in oakland and san joses action day primary plus. We have new video of the government landing in a helicopter. You can see National Guard crew members rappelling down on to the shipment. They brought coronavirus tests and delivered them so passengers and the crew could be tested. The ship will idle until the results of the tests are released. As you can see, that cruise shipment is sitting off the San Mateo County coast. Pretty far out though. What it is like just outside the golden gate, abc News ReporterLeslie Brinkley talked with passengers to get an idea. Reporter the question is whether this will become another cruise ship scenario like in japan. Things are evolving rapidly. About 100 people confined in their cabins. Now thousands are. I talked to a family from snanl rosa to tell us what it is like on board that ship. This is balcony. There is the ocean. Lots of tv and movies. Reporter her husband and parents and three kids were celebrating her 40th birthday on this grand princess hawaii cruise despite find outing a passengers on the cruise before theirs died of coronavirus. Her children even today participated in the ships kids club and ate lunch at the buffet served by the crew. It was formal night. We all dressed up and went to dinner. It was escargo and lobster. And we went to tea yesterday. It is almost like normal. Reporter now its not. When the helicopters came, we couldnt go out. We had to stay inside. Reporter things changed quick will as the military planes circled the ship and two helicopters dropped off covid 19 test kits for the passengers on the previous cruise and stayed on this one, swell crew and passengers from this sailing who are feeling ill before the 100 people have been quarantined out of 3500 aboard. Lee yaenl said her husband is among the former passengers now ill and holed up at his home in sandal jose. After the helicopters left, the cdc meant new recommendations meant closing down all activities and confining passengers to their rooms with room service only. Theyre hoping they can get out to go home. Reporter some of those people on board the ship are tell me in the last 30 minutes, theyve seen the helicopters return to pick tim test kits. Take them to a lab presumably in richmond. We dont know yet where that ship will actually dock and let passengers off, or when. It could be here in San Francisco. Abc7 news. This is the bridge. A helicopter operation is about to take place. Passengers in the following cabins will be evacuated for this operation. This is deck 12, aloha, portside, all cabins in zone three. And also baja deck, deck 11, again, all cabins in zone three on the portside only. Thats the announcement from the ship telling passengers which areas should prepare for the helicopter landing. We want to show you those areas as best we can. The aloha deck is the fourth deck from the top. The baja deck is just below that. Now, the portside is on the left. Thats if youre facing toward front of the ship. It is you believe clear which area is zonal three. Lets move on to Sonoma County. Eric . Reporter this is one of those days, every few minutes you have to keep track of it. There are now two patients hospitalized with coronavirus. One presumptively as they wait for the test to come back. Both of them were on an earlier cruise on the grand princess. And as we mentioned very early, there are reports that 30 workers at Sutter Medical Center have been put in quarantine. The Union RepresentingHealth Care Workers at Sutter Santa Rosa put out the word that up to 30 employees were now under quarantine because of possible contact with the coronavirus patient. Also today, Sonoma County put out the word that another person has the virus. This is the second person that was traveling on the cruise that went to mexico and came to the county. Reporter the cruise last month was on the grand princess. The same cruise shipment being kept offshore until passengers could be tested. Both patients were on board the shipment for a previous cruise and later took an Airport Shuttle like the one to Sonoma County airport with dozens of other travel heres may have been exposed. Were doing our best to contact all of them. To let them know about the possible risk of exposure. Reporter the good news is the 14day wait for the jonl set of symptoms for those other passengers is up tomorrow. If no one else gets sick, theyre probably in the clear. Meantime, the county is beefed up its 211 call center to handle questions about coronavirus. The Call Center Operators are in ventura county. But the program is run by united way of the wind country in santa rosa. Theyll be able to answer very straightforward questions about where you should go. Where you should go if youre experiencing symptoms. They partially opened the ops droernlt handle new cases as they come in. We did get a statement this afternoon from Sutter Health about what is going on here. They didnt directly address whether or not Health Care Workers have been put in quarantine. What they did say is as the circumstances around covid 19 remain fluid, we continue to update our protocol in accordance with the best practices establish bid federal, state and local authorities. Lets get back to the school situation. An east Oakland Charter school, monarch academy, temporarily shut down after a staff member was exposed there. The San Jose Discovery Museum closed for the rest of week because some of its employees were exposed. San mateo county launch ad Public Call Center to answer nonmedical questions about the virus. Like how you should prepare for the spread of the virus. It have the call central will be open ween weekdays between 7 00 a. M. And 7 00 p. M. 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The third is going to come down to a clinical suspicion. Talking on your doctor. If you have symptoms and youre not testing positive for anything else and theres no other diagnosis you can go off. Thats a conversation to have with your doctor to determine if that case should be tested. Keep in mind, some of these symptoms are like flu symptoms. The doctor talked with us on midday live. Mean time, a Northern California nurse who may have been infected after treating a coronavirus patient has tested. The now quarantined nurse who remains anonymous remains to be tested but the cdc will not do it. They say they have to wait because priority is being given to severe cases. At a News Conference today, the representative from National Nurses united read her statement. This is not a ticket dispenser at the deli counter. Has the Public Health emergency. I am a registered nurse and i need to know if im positive before going back to care for patients. So far, more than 80 union nurses remain under quarantine. To protect yourself against this virus, remember, the four ss. Sanitize your hands, clean surfaces, keep your social distance, and stay home if youre sick. Abc7 News Reporter kate larson spoke to an Infectious Disease special. I and color ox sign. Reporter he is an infect husband is disease specialist. He says washing your hands for at least 20 seconds is the best way to reduce your risk of infection. He said the next best option is hand sanitizer. With a shortage of purell, many are trying to make their own. It is not reliable. Reporter he says if you must, make sure your concoction is mostly alcohol and that you apply it correctly. As long as the product is at least 60 alcohol and you cover all the surfaces and wait for it to dry, it should be okay. All these products are considered effective against the coronavirus. Reporter richard low is a scientist at clorox. It is effective against the virus. The stock is up as the disinfectants sell out across the country. He explains there is some good news about coronavirus. Coronavirus is what is called an envelope virus. That means it has an outer envelope that is comprised of pro teens and fatty material called a lipid. It is that outer layer that actually makes it relatively simple to kill with most disinfectants. Compared to other viruses that that envelop. So once you have the disinfectant, you twunlts it correctly. It says you need on wipe your surface and leave it visibly wet to make sure you kill all viruss and bacteria. He stows always read your cleaning agents to see what viruss and fungi it kills. Coronavirus and price gouging. Two dad, im scared. Its only human to care for those we love. And also help light their way. Its why last year chevron invested over 10 billion to bring affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy to america. The Senate Overwhelmingly passed a 8. 3 billion emergency bill for coronavirus. It will provide fwols reimburse states and communities. Many of which have been crushed by the sheer expense of battling this virus. We want to talk about consumer news as it relates to price gouging over coronavirus. Were seeing it everywhere. You go online. Its so objection. In california, price gouging is illegal during a declared state of emergency. So today the states attorney general Javier Becerra issued a price gouging alert. He explained the law protects against price gouging on emergency supplies and medicine. Food and drink, gas, other essential supplies. These price gouging restrictions make it illegal to trays prices of most goods and Service Business more than 10 . This is serious. Those who are found guilty of price gouge dog face one year in jail and a fine up to 10,000. All right. Its unbelievable. Rain in our future. Could that be . Its time for the jackets again and feel lying it should be around this time of year. I want to show you a live picture. The marine air is back. We have some higher clouds. It is certainly making for a beautiful picture tonight as we take a look at the temperatures. You may have felt it. You may have noticed it. It is hard not to. When you look at the numbers, theyre majorly in the 50s and 60s compared to 24 hours ago. We are seeing a double digit drop. As we take a look at a live picture, you can see the deeper marine layer advancing and on live doppler 7 no, rain now. But saturday, it will look different. Heres a view from our kgo roof camera. Clouds, fog and patchy drizzle overnight. Showers and cooler saturday. You will have the winter feel this weekend as colder air arrives. Cold enough that this picture will look different from snow levels will be below pass levels. Make sure you have those changes in youre traveling. Up to ten inches expected for the peaks. If youre traveling and heading out of town, heres a look at the travel forecast. Mostly cloudy, southwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. Upper 50s to the mid 60s. As we check out the forecat for honolulu, 83, wet and windy. Chicago, 38. And los angeles, fog will give way to single and 73 degrees. A look at the temperatures first thing in the morning. 40s, 50s, it will be a gray, drizzly start. As we head into the afternoon, breezy along the coast. Definitely jacket weather. Mid to upper 50s coast side. Inland, in the low to mid 60s. Plenty of cloud cover for friday. Then we introduce our exclusive storm impact scale. Saturday, a light system. Scattered light showers. Snow levels down to 4,000 feet. Saturday morning, some snow around the hills. It will be briefly moderate. 8 00 a. M. , some damp roadways. 10 00 a. M. , the showers in the north bay and the south bay. Then isolated showers will continue into saturday afternoon, early evening. In terms of rainfall totals, anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch. Thats about it. It is better handle the having no rain at all. We will break 36day streak for today of dryness. Tomorrow, 37. And they believe the accuweather forecast showing you the much needed rain saturday. Dont forget to set your clocks forward one hour this weekend. E. Waited a long time for rain. World news tonight with david muir is next. Doesnt mean you got to spend a lot because dennys brought back the super slam™. With eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and pancakes. All for just 6. 99. The 6. 99 super slam™ is back see you at dennys and change the world. Here at abbvie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, while making medicines that help people right now. Because thats the present we wanted to live in. And thats the future we all want to see. Abbvie. Here. Now. Tonight, from washington, the coronavirus spreading in the u. S. The death toll rising. And now word from the Vice President lanoteugh test kits. Off california tonight, the operation all day to bring tests to a cruise ship. Helicopters hovering. Thousands of american passengers and crew now being held onboard the grand princess cruise ship. Nearly two dozen people possibly infected. Passengers say they were told to stay in their cabins. In new york city tonight, the number of cases growing quickly. Authorities say the majority of them tied to one man who is in the hospital. New york citys mayor calling it worrisome. In washington state, the number of cases doubling today in seattle. Some schools closing. Dr. Jen ashton is here tonight, and we ask, how long does the virus stay on surfaces . And can you catch it simply breathing it in if someo