Firefighters have tested positive for the coronavirus. 57 who have been exposed are being monitored. A live look at sfo this morning. Americans are scrambling to return to the u. S. This is from europe. President trump is extending the travel ban to the uk and ireland to try to contain the spread of the virus. The number of confirmed bay area cases is growing. Here are the updated numbers by county. Within the past few hours ten new cases were confirmed in San Mateo County bringing the total number there to 42. And now that includes one death. There are also three new cases in San Francisco, bringing the total there to 40. Santa clara county has the most by far with more than 100. Gilroys mayor announced overnight one person there has died from the virus. Were still not sure if this is one of the two previous deaths announced in Santa Clara County. Meantime there are nearly 165,000 known cases worldwide. The outbreak has killed close to 6,500 people. With coronavirus testing expected to ramp up across the nation, drivethrough sites are being made available to people around the bay area. All of this is happening as google launches a site to connect people to testing sites in parts of the bay area. Pete suratos is live in palo alto where testing is available right now. Pete, have you seen any activity out there . Reporter good morning, marcus. Not much activity at the hoover Medical Campus in palo alto. That is the sign to tell you where the drivethrough clinic is. Its on the second floor of the parking garage. Theyre doing covid19 testing, but only for referred patients only. Patients will remain in cars and a doctor in protective gear will give the test and patients will give the results in 24 hours. All of this is happening, the new website is launched to locate testing sites in san mateo and santa clara counties. I want to show our viewers what this website looks like. Its called project baseline, launched by verily, which is owned by google. When you answer questions about the severity of your symptoms, it will tell you to seek medical attention if the symptoms are severe. When i tried it, guys, the site said it was unable to schedule any appointments at this time, well see if that changes as more testing sites pop up. It mentions the results will eventually be emailed. You must live within 50 miles of santa mateo and Santa Clara County. The website is much different than what President Trump described in fridays press conference. He claimed it would be nationwide, obviously thats not the case. Verily says theyre working with local and federal agencies on this. They hope to expand to more locations over time. Reporting live, pete suratos, nbc bay area. Good update for us, thanks to much, pete. Most School Districts in the bay area are closed today into to the pandemic and many parents are left with the task to keep their kids occupied. Parents who home school suggest creating a daily schedule, so your children know what to expect. Also get support from your School District if you can. Create a workspace where they can focus, just as they would in class. And of course taking breaks throughout the day is good for everyone. Despite the pandemic, the Santa Clara County School Superintendent said its still okay to go outside and play. Physical activity, fresh air is really important. We also are encouraging young people to continue to read, to play games. There are educational materials and things Available Online to continue childrens learning. The Public Libraries have additional content and ebooks available. There are websites like scholastic and abc mouse geared towards children. Three major School Districts say theyll continue to provide free meals to students so no one will miss a meal. They wont be hungry. That includes san jose unified, San Francisco unified, and west contra costa. Free breakfast and lunch is offered for anyone under 18. The meals will be ready for pickup at several schools in each district. Find the list of all the pickup locations on our website, nbcbayarea. Com. More local businesses are scrambling to try to find a way to know what to do since the governor recommends changes to bars and wineries. Bars and wineries will close and restaurants have to reduce capacity by half. Governor newsom says its one way to reduce the spread of the virus, getting a lot of reaction from restaurant and bar owners. Im a small bar, like the inventory for tuesday, you cant get rid of the inventory. We believe this is a nonessential function in our state. And we believe that its appropriate under the circumstances to move in that direction. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live in livermore. Bob, a big change for a lot of people, how are people handling all of this . Reporter weve spoken to a couple of Restaurant Owners in downtown livermore, monica baraha runs this restaurant behind me, its extremely popular, frankly shes concerned about what kind of impact this coronavirus outbreak is going to have on her business, especially now, as you mentioned, Governor Newsom is asking restaurants to cut their occupancy by half. Shes trying to figure out how to better position her tables so theres a proper social distance between patients. Shell start offering curbside takeout so customers can still buy her food without entering her business. Shes looking at setting up a Delivery Service in addition to doordash. Monica worries, how will she afford two weeks paid sick leave for employees who get sick . Offcamera, she started to well up, dreading the possibility of having to lay off staff or, worse, shut down completely. Its unfair, you know, look at all the businesses that have closed, the wineries are closing, the breweries are closing. But were all trying to survive. Reporter its a balance between health and whats the government going to do to help us survive as Small Businesses . Reporter down the street from monicas, at mikes cafe, the owner has seen the business drop 60 . But its only him and his wife, his overhead is low, he thinks he can survive. That being said, there was only one customer. Social distancing is not a problem for him, he agrees with the customers recommendation for restaurants to cut their seating by half. We should do that, for the safety of everybody. And i think everybody really needs the money, the job, but right now its bad. If we can stay away from the crowds, it should be better. Reporter yesterday newsom asked anyone 65 years and older or anyone with Chronic Health conditions, just over 5 million californians, to stay home for their health and safety and suggested that people have little to know visitation to seniors living in assisted living facilities, after a number of coronavirus cases in the state jumped 14 in one day. Despite all the warnings not to go to crowded places, monica was telling me they had a long line of people out front, an hour and 45 minute wait, this was yesterday. But monica wondered, how do you find the balance between letting all the people in to keep your business alive but still keep the public healthy . Bob redell, nbc bay area news. Tough decisions for Business Owners as well as patrons just trying to make it through all of this, which is not normal for us. Bob redell reporting live for us, thank you, bob. Its been another really rough day on the markets as investors continue to worry about the virus effect on the economy. Weve seen it in the opening numbers. Scott mcgrew continues our coverage. Nbc is following the cdcs instructions to let as many people work from home as possible. Good morning, scott. Reporter good morning to you. Yeah, boy, we saw a rough morning right off the start as those Circuit Breakers popped right in at the 7 mark right off the open. Lets take you out to the big board in new york city this morning where the dow industrials are down 9 , the s p 500 down 9 as well. Trading has halted just for a minute or two into the trading day. As the s p 500 fell that 7 that triggered that pause in trading, Circuit Breakers put into place after the crash of 1987 to give traders a moment to pause and catch their breath and digest the sudden unexpected news. So theyre not really serving their purpose, the Circuit Breakers, if they kick in right after the opening bell. Traders understood what was happening as the bell rang, they didnt need a Circuit Breaker to give them a pause, they had all weekend to think about what was happening, so in this case the Circuit Breakers are not functioning the way we had hoped. Some of you asked if maybe we should shut down wall street. Yes, we could do that. We did it after 9 11 after we thought the nyse might be a target for terrorists. Its certainly something that is being discussed. But for now, wall street is open. And markets, laura, were just seeing those massive losses continue. All right, thank you very much, scott. Something well continue to watch there. All right, watching the weather, weve issued a microclimate weather alert. The radar on your left, san jose on your right, looking at mt. Hamilton. Cold up there. Do we see a little bit of snow . Rain continues today after an extremely wet weekend. Meteorologist kari hall is checking the storm. Yes, i went out for a while and could see snow on mt. Hamilton, but its only when the clouds clear on the mountain that you can see it. We are still seeing snow coming down on mt. Hamilton. For most of us the rain is starting to taper off so we dont have all the heavy rain we saw earlier. So we are going to have that potential of some of these scattered showers moving through. As we get a look at whats happening now, we are going to see our rain chances staying with us as we go into the next couple of hours. But it looks pretty good here as we continue to monitor the rain. And we will also have a slight chance that some of these scattered showers moving through may also produce small hail. We can see that storm system just off the coast that continues to spin just off to our west. Were seeing some of that lightning popping up. That will be a possibility as we go into the rest of the day. Lets go our by hour as we see in our microclimate forecast. We can see the spotty rain popping up, and this is where we may see some of that rain moving through that could produce some small hail. But for the most part were going to see the storm system winding down. Well talk about temperatures warming up and what else is in that microclimate forecast, thats coming up in a few minutes. Thank you very much. Breaking news just into our newsroom right now. Canada closing borders to noncitizens because of the coronavirus pandemic. U. S. Citizens will be xifrexemp from that ban, at least for the moment. Also new at 11 00, the coronavirus pandemic forcing the u. S. Supreme court to reexamine its schedule. Oral arguments were expected to get under way a week from today but theyre all now postponed. Several high profile cases hanging in the balance including one concerning President Trumps push to keep his financial records hidden from congress and a new york prosecutor. Its the high courts first closure since 1918. A cruise ship that once housed confirmed coronavirus patients is no longer at the port of oakland. This is new video of the grand princess, leaving, as you can see, slowly moving there. This was around 8 00 this morning. It will be temporarily anchored in the San Francisco bay with its crew of about Six International passengers. It took about a week to get all the 2,500 passengers off board the boat. Around 21 people on board tested positive for coronavirus. San Francisco Mayor london breed will update the city on new policies being implemented related to the epidemic. Last week the mayor rolled out relief packages for Small Businesses along with new crowd control measures. Todays News Conference is scheduled for 1 00. For more indepth information, check out understanding coronavirus, our special report. You can stream it online by scanning the qr code in the corner, or even better, stay tuned to our midday newscast for all the breaking news, and you can watch that special report at nbcbayarea. Com. We have much more coming up for you, including how two brothers are in trouble for allegedly price gouging. Well tell you where 17,000 bottle of Hand Sanitizer are going now. Youve probably seen empty store shelves. The steps the federal government and stores are doing to make sure theres enough supplies for everyone. Welcome back to you, to our coronavirus outbreak coverage. As fears worsen, nervous people are race to go stock up on essential items. Supermarkets and Big Box Stores are struggling to keep up with increasing demand. Nbcs Kerry Sanders is in kissimmee, florida with more. Reporter customers have been snapping up everything in sight. Store shelves nationwide are dwindling or totally empty. I cant believe what people are doing. Shelves are empty. It really is unexplainable. Reporter the sudden push for preparedness has stores rush to go replenish. President trump urging moderation from consumers. You dont have to buy so much. Take it easy. Just relax. Reporter many stores now limiting the number of high demand items customers can buy like Hand Sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. Kroger and target increasing staff while they and many other retailers like wegmans, safeway, trader joes, and publix and others are cutting store hours. They need the time to restock merchandise and to clean more thoroughly. This freezer section nearly bare. Here, produce gone. Cleaning products low. Bleach totally bought out. We just tried to stock up on dry goods throughout the week and, you know, try to get ourselves ready. Reporter shoppers at this florida publix feeling lucky as they grabbed the last two packages of toilet paper. The rush for that product becoming a joke among some customers. I didnt buy any, i didnt even understand the toilet paper thing. Reporter while its sold out just about everywhere, i found plenty, along with other essentials, at Smaller Stores like this dominican market in orlando, florida. In some places, the scarcity of staples such as pasta and soup causing chaos. Everyone i think is in a bit of a panic. Its scary for everyone. Reporter others interest trying to stay optimistic. You cant just pick up everything and leave nothing for others. Reporter so many people are working at home. Now with the kids at home, theyre using the time to go shopping, proving that the other thing that is contagious is fear. Kerry sanders, nbc news, kissimmee, florida. Isnt that true. As many people across the world try to buy Hand Sanitizer, some are trying to capitalize on the panic. Theyre now being investigated. The Tennessee Attorney Generals Office says a man and his brother bought 18,000 bottles of Hand Sanitizer across tennessee and kentucky. The pair then tried to sell the sanitizer online with huge markups. One of the brothers says since his scheme was revealed, hes received death threats. Hes now apologizing. If by my actions anyone was directly impact and unable to get sanitizer from one of their local stores because i purchased it all, i am truly story for that. The tennessee attorney general confirms that all the Hand Sanitizer was now donated to a local church. If youre a state worker, working from home during the pandemic, you may soon get more insight just how much longer youll have to work outside of the office. Tomorrow Governor Newsom is expecting a new issue guidance. Many Bay Area Companies including tech giants like facebook, apple, twitter, are now all encouraging all their employees to work from home. East bay Ac Transit Service is experiencing a disruption due to the coronavirus. Buses are not running in several School Districts due to canceled classes. Caltrain is cutting Baby Bullet Service start tomorrow. Thats a service usually offered during morning and afternoon peak commute times. Sam transis switching to a nonschool day schedule. Buses will not serve stops labeled school days only. Vta is reducing light rail capacity. Trains that are usually two or three cars are being cut to one car starting today. B. A. R. T. Is doing what it can to help riders practice social distancing. The agency says its running longer tencar trains through San Francisco and monitoring platforms and stations to make sure theres no crowding. Stations are also getting disinfected frequently. Despite taking steps to keep riders healthy, b. A. R. T. Says ridership on saturday was down 61 . Lawmakers are trying to help protect Small Businesses and help them make it in the bay during the coronavirus pandemic. State lawmakers introduced a new bill to prevent Business Owners in california from being evicted because to a pay their rent. The senators are asking Governor Newsom to turn the bill into law effectively immediately with an executive order. California taking steps to protect the states homeless population, with vehicles deployed to places around california where people can temporarily live for the duration of the pandemic. Census leaders worry that the coronavirus could put a damper on the survey by preventing them from hiring half a million census workers. There are also fears over the government misusing information collected. The 2020 census is due april 1st. Time for a check of the microclimate weather alert weve issued today. Marcus, we talk about needing the rain, and kari, here it is. You delivered. So good to see it over the weekend. Lets talk about how much we saw. As we take a live look at this camera over san jose, once those clouds move out of the way, youll be able to see some snow on mt. Hamilton. Thats also Something Really Nice to see. Here is a look live from tiburon. Were catching some break from the rain. Even the skies parting just a bit to allow for a little bit of sunshine to come in. We are going to see still some rain chances here and there as we track this storm system, a lot of it pushing east with some of the heaviest rain now over the central valley. Were going to have a slight chance of lingering showers as we go into today. But where we do see scattered showers there will also be a chance that there could be some lightning as well as some small hail that could move through. Were seeing some lightning popping up just off the coast. So were watching out for that possibility as well. And then as we go through the forecast, were going to see this storm system linger for a little while. Were going to keep those rain chances in the forecast for today as well as early on wednesday before its all out of here. Were also still seeing a lot of heavy snow across parts of the sierra. As we look at our hour by hour outlook, here is a look at how much rain were going to see today. Once again, its going to be very spotty. If youre going outside, getting some Time Outdoors with the kids, just a heads up that it will still be off and on in terms of the rain. So even once we get some clearing there will be a chance we could see some of those showers moving through, even going into later this afternoon, into the evening hours. But much less coverage in terms of what were going to see on the radar. You can track these storms if you have the nbc bay area app. Youll be able to get alerts as rain approaches your location. Really great tool as youre heading out. And still maybe going to work or going out with the kids once again. As we go through this forecast, were also going to see a lot of this rain tapering off going into tomorrow. So here is a live look at squaw valley. It is still really coming down. Its been really good to see those snow reports, anywhere from 40 inches of snow from over the weekend. And we do still have an additional five to six inches of snow in the forecast. As we look at our sevenday forecast, expect highs today to reach into the mid50s. Up to 60 degrees tomorrow. But once again, still a chance of those showers moving through. By the first day of spring, which is thursday, we see highs of 63 degrees, 65 and very nice for getting outside on friday. Saturday, also looking at the pleasant, 60 degrees on sunday, as we start to see our next chance of rain moving in. And for San Francisco, also tracking some rain chances off and on. Not a total washout by any means. But its been great to see in some parts of the bay area, even up to six inches of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains due to this storm system moving through. Well continue to tally that up and also watching our additional rainfall as we go through this forecast, laura and marcus. Good to see, kari, thank you. Coming up, europe on lockdown. Across the atlantic, life is at a stand still. But first, happening now, another annual tradition put on hold during to the coronavirus pandemic. The White House Easter Egg Roll is canceled. First Lady Melania Trump released the statement and encourages everyone to follow guidelines from the cdc. Welcome back. The coronavirus pandemic has hit europe especially hard. The continent is now being described as the epicenter of the outbreak. Nbcs ali arouzi has more on the unprecedented steps being taken to try to contain the spread. Reporter you weeurope is nog described by the World Health Organization as the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Italy is the worstaffected country in europe with the highest global mortality rate outside of china. In spain, the Spanish Government is poised to declare a 15day National Lockdown to battle the coronavirus. People would only be allowed out for emergencies, to buy food, or to work. With 191 deaths and over 6,000 infections, spain is the worsthit country in europe after italy. France is also closing nonessential places after reporting a sharp rise in cases there. And all over the world, the virus has changed the way people worship. The pope held his weekly angeles prayer from a library inside the vatican and streamed it over the internet for a second sunday. The vatican said earlier that Easter Services next month will be held without public participation. A step believed to be unprecedented in modern times. Ali arouzi, nbc news, london. So many of those Different Things happening, the latest sign this pandemic, nothing like weve ever seen before as well. In las vegas, hotels and casinos shutting down. Last night wynnnd
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