New at 6 00, abc7 news iteam reporter Melanie Woodrow takes a look at whether the bay area has enough hospital beds to handle an expected patient surge. Reporter covid19 is testing and stretching californias Health Care System to its limits. An abc7 news iteam analysis found if 1. 2 of the bay area population has covid19 at one time, and 15 of those people are hospitalized, local hospitals could run out of beds. According to state data, the bay area has less thantwo hospital beds per 1,000 people. San mateo, sonoma and contra costa counties have even less, just 1. 4 beds per 1,000 people. Compare that to italy, a country that has more than three beds per 1,000 people and still whose hospitals were overrun when Coronavirus Infection rates reached their peak. The numbers alone do not paint a positive picture, but californias Hospital Association president and c. E. O. Carmella coyle is urging people to look past the numbers and trust californias Health Care System will flex based on needs. Hospitals will have the opportunity to reshape that capacity as needed, and we most certainly will be doing that to address this emergency. Reporter heres how according to coyle. Elective surgeries can be canceled. Acute care beds can be transformed into intensive care unit beds. Motels and hotels can be used a surgery centers. Previously unused hospitals can be brought back into the mix. There is also the possibility of federal resources. The prospect of bringing the u. S. Navy to bear in supporting the acquisition of the mercy here off the coast of the state of california which would provide an additional 1,000bed capacity. Reporter beyond beds the Health Care System has other needs. We do expect we will have shortages of the respirator masks, surgical masks and others. We are working now with the state on solutions to fill some of those gaps. Reporter perhaps most importantly, keeping Health Care Workers healthy. Coyle says the Health Care System cannot quarantine every medical professional who has contact with another medical professional who tests positive for the virus. If each time there is someone who is covid positive and we have to send 100 Health Care Workers home for that patient, we will have no work force. Reporter highlighting the delicate balance of having a Health Care System that functions and protecting workers and patients. To maintain the number of professionals needed, coyle says they are currently looking at bringing retired doctors and nurses back to service, and even dentists and others who have health care training. In the newsroom for the iteam, Melanie Woodrow, abc7 news. Happening now, a town hall in the city of oakland with mayor libby schaffe. The event is just starting and will last until 8 00 p. M. , giving people a chance to have their questions heard and answered. Heres a live look at the stream, which is going out on mayor schaffes facebook and twitter pages. We are also streaming it now on abc7news. Com. You can watch it live and we are monitoring it from our newsroom and well let you know what is being said. Lets take a live look at droneview7 flying over San Francisco. You can see the water there. You see some people cycling along the waterfront. Some people walking. But, man, just look, one, two wait for the next car. How long would we wait . This is just, you know, something we never see. Remember, though, seeing empty streets like this, it really is a good thing because it means people are obeying the shelterinplace order which will help reduce the spread of coronavirus. It is only the third day of the sherd for most of the bay area. The goal is to decrease social contact and stop the spread of coronavirus. But what if people dont actually comply . Abc7 News Reporter kate larson joins us live with an answer. Kate. Reporter well, ama, mayor london breed and s. F. P. D. Chief scott are looking for voluntary compliance from people. But say they will there will be consequence for people who disobey the order repeatedly, which is technically a misdemeanor. We have to balance common sense, Civil Liberties with the necessity to stop the spread of this virus. Reporter San Francisco police chief bill scott said his officers will enforce the shelterinplace for both individuals and nonessential businesses who repeatedly break the order. Weve worked with the City Attorney on a tight protocol on when to enforce, and that enforcement can be a citation, an arrest, and an offense. That person can be taken to jail. Reporter chief scott and mayor london breed said much of their work during the first three days of the shelterinplace has been about education rather than enforcement. We have people who speak multiple languages who are doing the outreach to those businesses, and to make sure that they understand that they will need to close as a result of this order. We need as many nurses as we can get. Reporter director of Public Health grant colfax said they plan to immediately hire 15 nurses in the next week. I asked about numerous reports from Health Care Workers at hospitals and clinics who say they do not have the personal protective equipment they need, like a n95 masks. The information i have is Health Care Workers who need the protection are getting the protection they need as of this time. We are concerned about ppe going forward. That is a clear priority for us. Reporter so ive seen a lot of people on social media posting that they want to donate masks and other ppe supplies. I spoke to dph about that today and they say taking those donations can be complicated because, for example, those n95 masks really need to be fitted to the individual. If you feel compelled to give, you can donate money at give to sf. Org, and also if youre out and about, keeping your social distance and you notice someone or something that is not complying with the order, sfpd asks that you please call 311. We will have all of that information on our website, abc7news. Com. Live in San Francisco, im kate larson, abc7 news. Kate, thank you. A reserve officer at the San Jose Police department has tested positive for coronavirus. No other officers have tested positive that we know of at this moment. But eye number of them are selfisolating out of an abundance of caution. We are here to provide a service. We have a mission to keep our community safe. And, of course, the Police Department remains fully operational in san jose and everywhere else in the bay area. Promising news for san jose, firefighters, amanda del castillo tweeted about it today. 12 firefighters in total tested positive for coronavirus. The most serious case put one in icu. Hes been released. The other infected firefighters have mild to moderate symptoms. Hundreds of people lined up at the event center is an invitation only testing site. One of two operated by verily life sciences, a subsidiary of alphabet, googles parent company. The other is santa clara county. 130 people have been tested since the site launch. 12,000 have completed the online screening. Efforts continue to find effective treatments infected with coronavirus. Today south San Francisco based genentech started Clinical Trials for an arthritis drug. Research is underway at the Mission Bay Campus. Abc7 News Reporter david louie is live working from home with details of the efforts. David. Reporter hi, ama. At u. Csf, scientists are sharing with other researchers critical information about which human cells and which proteins the coronavirus targets. Never have the stakes been higher. Researchers and labs at ucs fs Mission Bay Campus have been working around the clock to identify which human cells covid19 invades and hijacks in order to survive and to spread. It is estimated there are 30 trillion cells in the human body. The focus is to pinpoint human proteins that succumb to covid19. By mapping that researchers will try to identify existing drugs that have the potential to interrupt that process. We as of last week sent out a number of drugs, i think ten drugs so far, and theyre testing them in the lab as we speak. Reporter he is director of qualitative biosciences institute. While his lab doesnt have samples of the coronavirus, his results are being shared with labs in new york and paris that do. Some of the existing drugs being tested are fda malaria that could be effective on covid19. It is known as offlabel use. With infections rising globally, the need to identify effective treatment has disrupted the way scientists work. Traditionally operating separately in silos. This crisis, in my opinion, has brought out the best of many different scientists. They have ignored the credit i think they have all come together in a way ive never seen before. Reporter collaboration will prevent duplicating efforts while accelerating the discovery of effective treatments. The technology at ucsf was developed several years ago and was used on hiv, ebola and west nile virus. The race to help covid19 patients is narrowly focused. The chair of the department of cellular and molecular pharmacology at ucsf. Everybody else is looking at a list of 20,000 proteins. We can look at a list of 200. So to pick the 200 out of 20,000 and to focus on those for these last two weeks and for the coming months. Reporter well, the food and Drug Administration today is also considering the use of plasma, blood from covid19 patients who have recovered, to treat other patients. The antibodies in the plasma might help to recover these other patients. We are live working from home, david louie, abc7 news. Very good. All right. Thanks, david. We are seeing a lot of teamwork to get each other through the situation the coronavirus pandemic has put us all in. From cans of beer to boxes of cupcakes. Next a live report from the south bay on who is helping whom. Even in the midst of a shelterinplace order, we are being allowed to exercise outside, but some of our favorite public parks are turning people away. Next we are live in the east bay with a look at whats open and whats allowed. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Seeing some bright skies right now. Ill let you know how long this brea but buick and gmcs commitment to you, remains the same. We understand you want to feel safe. So were offering current owners complementary onstar crisis assist services. 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Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen is live in the south bay with some of the efforts upped way to help restaurants which, chris, have been so badly hurt. Reporter thats right. Downtown campbell is typically packed with many people enjoying the night life. But as you can see, that is really not the case right now. However, there are signs of life behind me. The sushi restaurant thats offering takeout. Its just one of the many businesses that are now working together to weather the storm. Many of us have been using the word tough as of late. Tough times, tough everything as the bay area deals with the Novel Coronavirus crisis. But for businesses in downtown campbell. Just kind of figuring outweighs we can partner together to make sure that none of us goes under in this very trying time. Reporter thinking outside the box could make all the difference. We need to be very creative in how were going to get through this. We cant just sit on the couch and wonder or hope. Reporter at sushi confidential, chef randy muster is offering sushi to go with take out and frost cupcake factory a chance to keep selling their products. Everyone is in the same boat. Were all scared. And so knowing that having a friend just reach out, it helps all of us. Just thinking of other people and not just yourself is huge. Reporter and here you get the sense that businesses are really coming together. Trying to let people see that there is going to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Well get through this together and were doing our part to try to help out the local businesses. Reporter and Community Members are taking notice, offering whatever support they can. No takeout order too small. A bunch of Little Things add up to something substantial. It keeps people in their jobs, it keeps restaurants open. Reporter an emotional ride for many who are now striving to maintain a sense of normalcy. I make cupcakes. I want to bring some happiness, make people smile through this and be able to do some celebrating at home. Reporter a tough journey ahead, but one that will hopefully be marked with milestones of strength. Ive laughed, ive cried about 20 times every day over the last few days just seeing how much support im getting from my friends, loyal customers as well as other people in the business community. Reporter the Campbell Chamber of commerce has put together a list of businesses and restaurants that remain open during the bay area shelterinplace. Well link to it on our website, abc7news. Com. For now were live in downtown campbell, im chris nguyen, abc7 news. Chris, thank you. Golfers found themselves being suddenly told to go home when a course in marin county was closed by orders of the sheriff. Many enjoyed several holes before local officials declared peacock golf club to be a nonessential business today. But some golfers feel it was safe to keep playing despite what officials say. I dont think its dangerous, te y thingsav to stay home, to be done. Course management said no comment when abc7 news asked about peacock staying open earlier today. Santa clara county parks today announced park entrance fees are being waived during the shelterinplace order. In the east bay theres been some confusion whats allowed and whats open. Lets go live toe abc7 News ReporterLaura Anthony in lafayette with an update on where its okay to be outside for at least a little while. Laura . Reporter yeah, hi, dan. Ill try to give you the best information we have here at the moment. Im at briones regional park. This is an east Bay Regional Park District facility. East bay mud operates many recreation areas here. The trails have been accessible all along. But some of the parks initially closed. They are starting to reopen, but with some serious restrictions. I wanted to go to the reservoir and get outside. Reporter for so many people, sheltering at home, the ability to get out and exercise, enjoy the fresh air is key. Thats why seeing signs like these at the Lafayette Reservoir is especially disturbing. I think air is a really positive remedy for all the stress that all of us are carrying with the fear. Reporter east bay mud has closed its lafayette and san pablo recreation areas. The fear is those two facilities may become an attractive nuisance at a time when people are supposed to be keeping their distance. We saw a huge uptick in the number of people at those locations, and we could not meet our safe social distancing guidelines. Its a pretty nice trail to hike on. Reporter east bay mud is keeping most of its 90 miles of trails open and available to the public. Seeking an all door alternative, perhaps a place to reconnect with nature. Get out there. Its beautiful right now. And first day of spring and things are really starting to pop. Reporter earlier this week, the east Bay Regional Parks district closed all of its parks. But now the distric is reopening at least some of them, like oaklands Robert Sibley to allow access to trails and open space, but no buildings or bathrooms. It may be so much more than just keeping yourself safe. I mean, think about the rest of your loved ones that you may be in contact with that you want to protect. Reporter were back live here. You can see they have these signs out warning visitors about covid19, giving them information about making sure they maintain the social distancing, taking other precautions. One guy walked by here a short time ago. He said he comes here almost every day. Hes never seen this many people come through this park in one day. So you can see the people really are trying to get outside as long as they take their precautions. One other note for people who dont go out on these trails very often, they should really watch out for the poison oak. We saw it today. 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Spring does not technically arrive until later tonight. The sun is out and it feels like spring. It does. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here with all the details. Sandhya. Im hearing from people. They are enjoying the sunshine were seeing, milder weather as well, dan and ama. The santa cruz camera, we all need sunshine in our life. We got it today. Spring starts at 8 49 p. M. Isolated showers through tomorrow. It is going to be dry and warmer on saturday. Rain is back sunday afternoon, evening. Heres live doppler 7. Lets check out where we are seeing a few drops right now. Street level radar across 580, this is out towards the livermore North Livermore avenue. Might be under a little shower there, but its going to be brief. Dont worry about it. Around the san mateo coast line, we are seeing some pockets of light to months rat showers. Old hall road. And as we check out this beautiful view from our emeryville camera, the sun is glistening on the bay. Mid to upper 50s. San francisco to redwood city, oakland 60. 50s in Half Moon Bay and gilroy. The view from the east bay hills camera certainly looking ominous as you look towards mt. Diablo. Upper 50s. 65 in fairfield. Pop up shower at 7 00, 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Its not going to be a widespread event. You get a break tomorrow morning. 8 00 you will notice fog and clouds around. And then as the heating from the sun takes place around 2 00 p. M. , those spotty showers will o again, its not going to be a widespread event so you will have an opportunity to get out, take care of any important activities you need to do, taking care of doctors appointments, groceries. Temperatures first thing in the morning mid 30s to upper 40s. You will need to bundle up. Watch out for the fog. And in the afternoon upper 50s to the mid 60s. So definitely milder than today. You will see some sun, but occasional shower not out of the question. Accuweather sevenday forecast. Morning fog giving way to the sunshine and some clouds. Warmer, brighter saturday. Were going to be seeing for the first weekend of spring, definitely some 70s in there. Sunday afternoon its a level 1 going into monday, light rainfall amounts. Cooler weather mid week and we do have a Second System coming in tuesday into wednesday. Dan and ama . All right, sandhya, thanks so much. We are all making adjustments to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. And one of the most visible changes is on public transit. Yeah, its a noticeable change on bart and it is triggering some major adjustments. Im dan noyes. Coming up, why are some grand princess passengers refusing to be tested for coronavirus . I my money should work as hard as i do. So i use my freedom unlimited card to buy all the latest tech stuff. Today, im earning on a charger. So, just the charger then . Ummm. Yeah sarcastically fantastic. Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Announcer now, your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Welcome back. Very soon we expect to hear from governor gavin newsom about californias response to the coronavirus pandemic. We will bring that to you live. But well start this half hour with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak. So, Alameda County will release more than 300 jail inmates cutting short their sentences because of coronavirus concerns. Many are nonviolent offenders. The union for san jose firefighters says 12 members of the department have tested positive. One firefighter was sent to the icu but has since been discharged. Tesla has agreed to temporarily suspend work at its fremont after not following orders to cease production line. Libby schaffe is answering questions. Struggling businesses are reaching out for help. Please be patient. You will get a call back. We have had 200 businesses already contacted. By tomorrow that number will be much higher. Mayor schaffe says Alameda County residents can dial 211 for information and resources on how to get through this Public Health emergency. Now, we are expecting any moment now a major update. It has been called from governor gavin newsom regarding the response by the state of california to the coronavirus outbreak. Again, you are going to hear that live as soon as the governor comes out with what we are told will be a major announcement. The abc7 news iteam has confirmed that a majority of passengers from the grand princess who are quarantined at Travis Air Force base are refusing to be tested for coronavirus. Their release is just days away. New at 6 00, iteam reporter dan noyes spoke with passengers and medical professionals about what that might mean for public safety. Reporter after 21 passengers and crew aboard the grand princess tested positive for coronavirus, the rest of the passengers were quarantined off the coast of San Francisco for five days, then went into quarantine at Travis Air Force base in fairfield for 14 days. It ends next week. But the grand princess passengers are ready to go home, and thats one big reason why twothirds of them are refusing to be tested for coronavirus. 86yearold carmen spoke with me by phone about why she is declining the test. We didnt know for sure when these tests we would get the results. In case the results came in later than our departure date, wed have to stay. Reporter carmen and her 84yearold husband larry lost their house in the 2017 tubbs fire and they cant wait to get back to their new home. In this notice to all quarantined residents at travis, they were given the opportunity to be tested for covid19. You are not required to be tested. It will be your choice. Only 300 of the passengers at travis took the test. 545 refused including the kakullens. Arent you interested in knowing the coronavirus status for sure . We dont have any symptoms. The medics take our temperature twice a day. Everything is normal. There is a potential risk, especially if someone is positive or is carrying the virus and has no symptoms. Reporter abc7 news medical expert dr. Alok patel says much uncertainty surrounds the coronavirus and its ink bacubat period could be longer than the 14 days a. He weve seen people have no symptoms and still test positive. This is tricky. Were trying to figure out how long these asymptomatic people can spread it. Reporter they agreed to be tested and expect the results back any time now. Well before they are set to leave quarantine this coming tuesday. We definitely want to know whether or not we are putting anybody else at risk and want to make sure that we are able to protect our family and friends and anybody we come in contact with. So to us it was important to know what the score is. Reporter dr. Patel tells us that no one can force the grand princess passengers to take a test, but that could change if the situation worsens. Meanwhile, the state of california the state of florida is allowing some to quarantine at home. Thats not sitting well with passengers i talked to. For the iteam, dan noyes, abc7 news. Again we are taking a live look at a News Conference that will be beginning any moment. We were told at 6 30 by the governor. Expect to make a major announcement regarding californias response to coronavirus. So we are keeping an eye on this and bring it to you live as soon as it begins. Stay here with us. Lets move on. Standing at a crowded dmv line is no way to stop a pandemic, of course. Now you can get your dmv Business Done but with a lot of restrictions. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is live with that story. Michael . First everyone should know that the dmv offices remain open. But beginning today, no more walkins. You have to have an appointment. Here is how it looks on a normal day at the dmv in San Francisco. And heres how itke today. Strangely deserted, the front doors locked, customers steered to a side entrance. Only those with appointments were allowed in and they had to wait their turnout side to avoid crowding inside. I figure if i stay home, i wont get it done. And if i dont get it done, ill get in trouble. Reporter the waiting room was oddly empty with some chairs turned backwards so patrons couldnt sit too close. Keeping a 6foot social distance. Here a Security Guard warns these customers to spread out. 6 feet so each customer can sit every two chairs. Reporter the most unusual thing, it depth take a whole morning to get Business Done. Oh, my god, so much quicker. I was walking out of there beaming because everybody was so nice. It took really almost no time. Reporter besides requiring appointments, the dmv is taking steps to limit inperson visits. For one, its asking police to forgive motorists with exempireed licenses who cannot renew due to the pandemic. Also the dmv will be opening a Virtual Office next monday. From there they will be able to up load and electronically sign documents to avoid inperson visits. Also all behindthewheel driving tests have been canceled for 30 days and they are going to reassess. So at this point no behind the wheel. Now, ive got a bunch of information. Ill post it on our website. Just look for the 7 on your side page on abc7news. Com. All right, michael, thank you. Were starting to see some people can you ha people come into frame here. Governor newsome will be speaking about the states response to coronavirus. Hes coming in now. Lets listen. Thank you, everybody. I have long believed that the future is not just something to experience, its something to manifest. That our fate in future is inside of us. Its decisions at the end of the day, not conditions that determine that fate in future. Were not victims of circumstance. We can make decisions to meet moments. This is a moment we need to make tough decisions. This is a moment where we need some Straight Talk and we need to tell people the truth. We need to bend the curve in the state of california. And in order to do that, we need to recognize the reality. The fact is, the experience were having on the ground throughout the state of california, the experience thats manifesting all across the United States and for that matter around the rest of the world, require us to adjust our thinking and to adjust our activities. In the state of california, many people are very familiar with these adjustments. Number of days ago, there were six bay area counties that led with stayathome orders. Now as i speak, some 21. 3 million californians reside in a community in a city and or county that have similar orders. A state as large as ours, nation state, is many parts. But at the end of the day, were one body. There is a mutuality and there is a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. That directive goes into force and effect this evening, and we were confident we are confident that the people of the state of california will abide by it. Theyll do the right thing. Theyll meet this moment and step up as they have over the course of the last number of weeks to protect themselves, to protect their families, and to protect the Broader Community in this great state and the world that we reside in. I have confidence in that. I have confidence because ive seen it every single day. Weve seen it in cities large and small. People still doing essential work. People still providing essential services. People still going out to the Grocery Store to get food, walking their dogs, practicing social distancing. Nonetheless, when they are out in the streets. People still getting their medicine. People still going about doing the kind of essential work that is required to meet this moment. The order provides for all of that. Just as these other orders that have been put into place in cities large and small across the state have afforded. People will ask, well, how will you enforce . As i say, there is a social contract here. People, i think, recognize the need to do more and to meet this moment. People will selfregulate their behavior. Theyll begin to adjust and adapt as they have been quite significantly. We will have social pressure that will encourage people to do the right thing. Just a nod and look saying, hey, maybe you should reconsider just being out there on the beach, being 22 strong at a park. Its time for all of us to recognize as individuals and as a community, we need to do more to meet this moments. Enforcement comes in many shapes of a regulatory framework. You have licensing frameworks. I dont believe the people of california need to be told through Law Enforcement that its appropriate just to homeisolate, protect themselves, go about the essential, essential patterns of life, but do so by socially distancing themselves from others and do so using your common sense. Now, why is it important that i advance this new order . Its for the following reasons. Weve been doing pandemic planning in the state of california for now over a decade. Now we are moving into application, implementation. That includes the latest technology and data collection, the ability to work with artificial intelligence, to match that data up to really look at trend lines before they become headlines. And what we are seeing not only on the ground, but were seeing through the data is this spread continues at a pace that we had anticipated in a number of our models. Let me be precise. Its a number that we have been using for the purposes of guiding our resource delivery and guiding our decision making. We estimate in the United States, weve heard this number across the rest of the world, that people 30 of the population as high as 70 of the population may contract the virus. In california, we have been working with those numbers. As a nation state 40 million strong, we have been organized around an attack rate, as we refer to it, of about 56 , that the virus will impact about 56 of us. You do the math in the state of california. Thats a particularly large number. That number in and of itself shouldnt be overly alarming. The vast majority of us. The overwhelming majority of us wont have symptoms. Well be perfectly fine. But there is a subset that were concerned about that will impact that will be impacted by the virus, but also potentially can impact others, including impacting our capacity to deliver the highquality services, not only to meet the moment as it relates to covid19, but to provide for all the acute care that millions and millions of californians depend on every single day. So we are looking at the hospitalization rate by using those numbers. Forgive me, i know sometimes these numbers get confusing, but 56 attack rate, you assume that are not, which is the number of individuals that you may come in contact with that could contract the virus. If you use that formula, we believe with a 20 hospitalization rate, little bit on the higher end, some would argue could be much higher, some believe it might be much lower. But 20 hospitalization rate, its about 19,543 people that would need to be hospitalized under that scenario. Above the existing capacity of our system. So thats the planning methodology weve been using. Im being very straight with you. These are numbers i can assure you governors, mayors, administration across the country are working with. But i think its time to tell you what i tell my family. What i tell my wife, just as i did two nights ago when i told my daughter that i dont believe that this school year shell get back into that classroom. Those are Difficult Conversations and i know theyre conversations youre having in real time and youre having with one another as i speak. And i deeply appreciate the anxiety of these Difficult Conversations. But we must have them. But as we work through that planning process, 19,543 beds in our system, im able to look at our existing capacity. Let me be specific of what our existing capacity looks like. We have 416 hospitals in the state of california. We have capacity to provide care beyond our hospital system. But within the hospital system, we have a capacity to surge the number of beds beyond the 78,000 currently staffed beds by an additional 10,207. By the way, that number changes on a daily basis, but thats todays number. So, looking at the 19,500 plus individuals in our planning, looking at that surge capacity, about 10,000, we are looking at a delta, a gap that requires about 10,000 well, 10,000 beds, 10,000 members of the community to staff those beds, and thats currently what were up against. But heres the point. Thats a planning document. If we change our behaviors, that inventory will come down. If we meet this moment, we can truly bend the curve to reduce the need to surge, to reduce the need to have to go out and begin to cobble all those assets together. I want you to know we are doing just that. We always plan, we anticipate. Let me give you some proof points. Today we just secured a very large hospital in northern california, see taton. Its now part of our portfolio. Were going to populate that hospital as an example to meet the moment. Tomorrow well announce a hospital in southern california. Thats 750 beds, those two hospitals combined. We start to stack this. 750 here. The motels that were currently hotels were currently negotiating with. We start stacking those master leases for those hotels. Were working i had very, very positive conversations with the leaders of two of the finest Public University systems in the world. U. C. And the California State University system. We are working with those systems to identify appropriate dormitories to help us with the surge. We start stacking those numbers. Were working with the federal government. I had a conversation today with vicepresident pence and President Donald Trump together on the phone talking about our needs in addition to my conversation today with the secretary of defense about these mobile medical and field units that they have committed to pledging, not just to california, but to folks all across this country. You start stacking those things, and we have, i believe, the capacity to meet this moment. But not unless we change our behaviors and do what is necessary to meet this moment. Lets bend the curve together. Lets not regret, lets not dream of regretting. Go back, say, we could have, would have, should have. Not when the data all points to where i think most of us know were going. One has to be transparent. One has to be honest. Its difficult at times to be the bearer of these messages. I can assure you home isolation is not my preferred, you know, choice. I know its not yours, but its a necessary one. We started with seniors 65 and over, the most vulnerable population, and well continue to overly focus on that population and those those with compromised immune systems. But we now need to broaden it to all californians. So, thats the order were putting out today. Its consistent with the leadership weve seen at the local level, including, i want to acknowledge mayor garcetti and others in los angeles and l. A. County that are recognizing and meeting this moment as well. In addition, i want to thank speaker nancy pelosi. We had a very long conversation today, talk about meeting the moment. We are so blessed to have her leadership in california. Shes very familiar to northern californians. Certainly familiar to me as a former mayor of San Francisco. Our conversation was not only about what she has done and what is being done in the senate as we speak, but what will be needed over the course of the next number of months as we come back, as we recover, as we will. This is not a permanent state. This is a moment in time, and we will meet this moment together and we will look back at these kinds of decisions as pivotal decisions. If were to be criticized at this moment, let us be criticized for taking this moment seriously. Let us be criticized for going full force and meeting this virus head on. Were doing so today in the state of california through this order, and were doing so by continuing to build collaboration and partnership across every level of government and the private sector. Let me conclude by just making a few points to fill in that. We had today a very important conversation. It was punctuated earlier today by President Trump in his press conference with the c. E. O. Of gilead. Its a californiabased company around treatments. I want to compliment the president in his focus on treatments. It is a focus of positivity as we work to bridge towards a vaccine. It was a very encouraging conversation. Its a conversation that we can have with many other c. E. O. S of companies, not just in the state of california, but for that matter, around the rest of this country and around the rest of the world. There are treatments in trial. Our u. C. System, all five hospitals are already actively engaged in those treatments and the courses that are part of some of these antivirals, some of these medicines that you have all learned about today because the president s announcement. Thats very encouraging and we want to continue to build capacity and build partnerships. Along those lines, we are working to build capacity and partnerships to get more protective gear in the state of california. You have all been seeing the headlines. Some of them weve driven by our own anxieties in that space, others by their own limitations and access and ghoowns glasses, other protective gear. Heres the good news in the state of california. I was talking to the president and vicepresident today, thanking them for the First National stockpile transfer of assets that we just received where we received quite literally hundreds of thousands of gloves and face masks, not just n95, but also surgical masks. We are going to start getting that cache of assets out into our Diverse Communities throughout the state of california. Many of you know we had our own cache, our own storage of n95 masks. We still have 10 million of those masks and we are getting them out in real time. We started with 21 million. We have about 10 million still as we distribute those. Weve distributed them to first 11, to 55 counties in the state. And well continue to get those n95 masks out there. We recognize that distribution cant happen fast enough. We also talked to a wellknown entrepreneur today around ventilators. Many of you know that have followed our press conferences here in the state, we have 7,587 ventilators in our hospital system. We have 514 through a cache at the department of Public Health that are being repurposed. We have an additional 200 i 200i emsa cache that we are repurposing and we ordered an additional 200. We need to increase the manufacturing of those ventilators and we are working with the private sector and well known entrepreneurs to consider to help us in that respect as well. Starting to repurpose some of the manufacturing in the state to meet the moment, particularly to prepare for our seniors and others that may need that support. So, again, this is a difficult moment and this is one that i know is filled with deep anxiety as a father, as a husband, as a parent of four young kids, to families in particular, to folks that have had to drop their kids no longer dropping off at school, but are living with their kids 24 7, putting together learning plans, trying to figure out the nomenclature of what their 7th grade Science Teacher understands and all of us are coming to appreciate our teachers. We are all coming to appreciate each other i think a little bit more. We dont see this through the lens of rural urban. We certainly dont see it through the lens of republican and democrat. I think were all human beings deeply capable of loving one another, meeting this moment, and beginning to love ourselves enough to recognize its our individual decisions that are going to determine our capacity moving forward. Covid19. Ca. Gov. Covid19. Ca. Gov is a site we put up to provide information. Well be putting more details information out in the next hours and days about the exemptions to the stayathome order. But again, for many of those living in northern california, youre already impacted. Youre very familiar with those exemptions. For those of you who are not, again, were going to keep the Grocery Stores open. Were going to make sure youre getting critical medical supplies. You can still take your kids outside, practicing common sense and social distancing. You can still walk your dog. You can still pickup that food at one of our distribution centers, at a restaurant, at a drivethru. All those things we will still be able to do. And to secure that, in closing, i want folks to know weve lost a lot of volunteers that simply are concerned and understandably are staying at home. And our food banks and others that have relied on volunteers in the Community Spirit need a little support. And so were going to provide that support. This shouldnt be alarming, its humanitarian only. Well send out about 500 of our extraordinary leaders in the National Guard to help with the distrinitytion and the food. Again, just purely humanitarian. And well be announcing some very, very exciting partnerships with social Media Companies like next door to provide kits, information, q as to start to check in on loved ones, check in on your neighbors, things that you need. One pagers of things you need at home to protect yourself. Those that are isolated. Seniors struggling with loneliness as much as anything else, reach out, call five people a day. Check in on them. We have a whole kit we put out with that social Media Company and were going to be doing more with americore, conservation corp. In the state of california. All of this in the spirit of meeting the moment, including the spirit of reaching out, those that are healthy, young, those that can make an appointment, be socially appropriate in terms of their distancing to get a blood drawn to help those in need so our blood banks need support. Interestingly, we are not able to provide, because were not doing the large blood draws and fairs, the kind of capacity weve seen in the past. The good news about the social isolation in some respects, the need in the short term has gone down. It shouldnt be alarming, but we want to meet the moment if, indeed, our blood banks need Additional Resources as well. Again, its the spirit of the moment. Stepping up, stepping in, recognizing our own individual capacity to meet this moment. Not just relying on others. Doing it safe and thoughtfully. And again, i just cannot express more appreciation for the collaborative spirit that has defined this moment across agencies, across jurisdictions, across this country, into the white house, the pentagon, health and Human Service agencies, across the country, sharing best practices across the state and, of course, the cdc and their leadership. So with that, were here to answer any questions. Ive got a team assembled behind me. And i thank all of you in the state of california for recognizing this moment and meeting it. First question, sophia. Sophia belog hospital staffing and specifically can you explain whether we have enough doctors and nurses and what your plans are to staff the additional medical facilities youre acquiring . Yes. Weve been working collaborative, just yesterday we had representatives representing the panoply of Health Care Delivery system broadly defined from the hospitals on down, representatives of doctors and others, nurses clearly. We are currently looking not only at the assets within the system, but we are looking more broadly at scope of practice and reforms that are necessary under these circumstances. I ill give you a more specific example. The governor newsome announcing a statewide in place. He is confident that californians will comply voluntarily. He said this is not a permanent state. This is a moment in time and he kept saying, meet the moment. I feel like thats going to be trending soon, that term, as californians rise up and stand together and with the statewide order to stay home beginning tonight. Yeah. We have been doing it in the bay area now. The whole state will. Join us tonight for abc7 news at 11 00. A man leaves a tip at the restaurant. 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