Have been infected already, and to see if that makes them protected enough to work closely with coronavirus patients. Well before Stanford Health care workers were tested themselves, stanford was testing thousands of volunteers including at this los gatos park, not only for the antibody study, but to see how prevalent the disease is in the community. Stanford says testing of Health Care Workers is to find out who might have been infected already, and now might be carrying antibodies that could protect them from getting reinfected. By skype, h. Wesley clark, Public Health professor at santa clara university, called Antibody Research such as at stanford and ucsf a game changer. Ultimately, you cant infect anybody else. And it is a new frontier were dealing with. A new virus were dealing with. So when you have the academy doing and Public Health authorities doing, is trying to capture information about that frontier, so we can help the public. Renowned public disease specialist dr. Peter chen wong of ucsf agrees and says antibody information from ucsf, stanford and private research will help in predicting situations rather than just reacting. So far, we dont have good prediction models about who gets really sick, when everyone is kind of in the beginning, so maybe those who have antibodies early may help protect them from getting sick later on. They may be of prognostic value. It is too early to tell if exposure to coronavirus provides immunity with antibody, and if so how much, and with testing at such a large scale, any information gathered will be useful. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. Governor newsom releases the new batch of numbers, and it shows were not close to being done with the spike. The total number of reported cases in the state of california here is nearly 17,000 people. About 2700 people have been hospitalized. Thats the blue graph right there. Of those hospitalizations, 1,154 people are in intensive care. 442 people have died. 68 of those 442 people have died within the last 24 hours. Raj, the governor also laid out how he plans to buy millions of masks a month for Health Care Workers on the front lines. Were very pleased that were able to formally submit to the legislature yesterday a request to utilize money from our Disaster ResponseEmergency Operations account. The state has also signed several accounts of various nonprofits and a californiabased manufacturer. Many of the incoming supplies will be distributed to hot spot areas first, like the bay area. Well, sadly, price gouging isnt going away. People have been reporting masks, gloves, and other essential items being sold at hugelyinflated prices across the bay area. Whats being done about it . Investigators are cracking down. Here is nbc bay area jodi hernandez. We need people to be doing the right thing out there, and just, you know, really trying to solve this problem together. Reporter thats what clark hatchet was trying to do when he decided to buy gloves to donate to medical workers. He was shocked to learn his berkeley Hardware Store was selling them for nearly 30 a box. More than two times what he expected to pay. When you have people taking advantage of it for profit, its just, its not right. Reporter hatchet reported it to the almeda county d. A. s office, who got back to him within the hour. The d. A. s office says theyve gotten dozens of complaints on their special hotline and theyre investigating every one. The last thing anybody needs is to have to pay exorbitant prices for items that are essential to keep us safe. Reporter we found a corner store in richmond selling masks for 87 for a box of ten. They lowered their price to 5. 99 a mask, when they learned we were the media, claiming they paid 5 a mask themselves. We need our residents to be eyes and ears. Reporter Contra Costa County is cracking down, too. Theyre sending out warning letters to businesses they get complaints on but they say anyone charging more than 10 over the nonemergency price could face serious fines. Each violation is a separate 2500 fine. So if someone sold 100 rolls of toilet paper, at an exorbitant price that could be up to 250,000 of a fine they could face. Reporter the state has sending d. O. J. Agents out to serve search warrants on suspected price gougers this week. Jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. We hear the word virus so many times now, on a daily basis, but how does it actually attack your body . Our own Jessica Aguirre is working from home this week and has some information that is really interesting. Break it down for us, jessica. Reporter janelle, before january, and before we heard the word covid19, it became part of our every day language, you might get sick, and you go to the doctor, and you would ask for some antibiotics, and they say oh, no, you have a virus, that will go away on its own but now the word virus sounds so scary when you say it. So we wanted to know exactly what is a virus, how does it attack your body, what happens to you . I talked to a bio physicist doing postdoctorate work at yale, his name is brian lynn harris, and he told me to think of a virus, at least this virus, as a home invader, that gets into your house, a burglar, and then takes over, and rearranges all the furniture. You can compare ourselves to a house, and in houses, we have different rooms, and if you want to carry out a function in your house, you would go to the store, and you would buy a piece of furniture, and that piece of furniture that you would have, it would have instructions with it, to assemble that piece of furniture. Those instructions are genetic material or dna in all of our cells and if i was going to be a virus for this example, i would have a key to, use a key to get access to the house and open the lock and i would have my own set of instructions that ive snuck in, and that provides its own dna or rna, that allows it to replicate itself. So you can imagine, i could reassemble, they say a bookcase or a piece of furniture and doing that time and time again and at a certain point i will start taking pieces of wood from the walls of the house, and the house just crumbles. Now, he told me the coronavirus proteins have been the ones that are invading your lungs and damaging the lower respiratory part of the lungs and thats why people end up on ventilator. Coming up at 6 00, he explained why simple soap is such a combatant against that home invasion, and that burglar that gets into your home. Very good explanation, thank you, jessica. President trump spent part of his day criticizing Bernie Sanders from dropping out of the president ial race. And he criticized joe biden for not getting an endorsement from president obama. He also continued his attack on the World Health Organization after threatening to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. And everything seems to be chinas way. Thats not right. Its not fair to us and honestly its not fair to the world. Okay, question in the back. Yes. The director general of the w. H. O. Who are pleaded that without unity, there would be more body bags. A rally on wall street now, the dow soaring nearly 800 points. A lot of green on that chart there, the s p and the nasdaq, also up. Wall street, good. But a job jaw dropping layoff prediction, a 17 Unemployment Rate for the month of may, normally around 4 and the region could lose more than 800,000 jobs, Stockton Center for business and Research Estimates california will lose 4 million jobs and even the tech sector will be hammered with Santa Clara County projected to drop 200,000 positions. San francisco, the east bay and San Mateo County combined are expected to lose 520,000 jobs lost. Not the best time to buy and sell a home, a lot of anxiety and uncertainty, and usually as you probably know, springtime is a boon time for real estate sales. Not anymore though. An economist with Real Estate Company zillow says bay area sales are down about 35 from this time last year. He says despite lower Interest Rates, sales hit the skids around march 16th. Theres so much to be uncertain about. Theres a question of, you know, what are Interest Rates going to do, whats the stock market going to do. And concern over social distancing, Real Estate Agents are resorting to virtual sales and plenty of sales are still taking place. Still to come, Bernie Sanders explains why now is the best time to end the president ial bid. Dont come here, the popular vacation spot sending out a stern warning to people specifically in the bay area. Im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, the chance of rain returning tomorrow. Well get you all ready for that, and a much warmer weather ahead, for the weekend, in about eight minutes. Among the htoday, bernie is out for the most part. Senator Bernie Sanders suspending his president ial campaign. Heres the twist though. He is going to stay on the ballot for upcoming primaries to try to influence the Democratic Party platform. Then, together, standing united, we will go forward to defeat donald trump, the most dangerous president in modern american history. In a written statement, joe biden promised to senator sanders that he will be part of the path forward. He will clus senator sanders, he will include senator sanders and our political analyst will weigh in on the announcement and how bide condition strengthen his own campaign against president trump. Larry dursten joins us on the 6 00 newscast. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is still hospitalized in intensive care but his condition is improving. A Spokesman Says the Prime Minister is responding to treatments, sitting up in a bed, and engaging with his doctors. Hes not on a ventilator and does not have pneumonia. Johnson still has access to oxygen if it is needed. His improvement comes on u. K. s worst virus numbers so far, a record 938 deaths reported today. The total number of deaths topping 7,000. We are reconnecting with our families and friends, and going out of our way to help strangers. A lot of people doing something good during this pan demmic. We want to highlight some of them right now. Jessica rejoins us from her home and an east bay teacher is doing a lot of something good. Boy is he. Teachers all across the bay area, are really doing all that Distance Learning with their students and it is tough going, trying to get used to the whole system, and one teacher in the up a notch. Michael dambrosio has been online with students, a Video Production teacher at dublin high and also a coach, and he said he had an epiphany while working with his students, he really wanted to do something to show the community that we all care for them, especially the front line worker, and he said while chatting with his students, he got inspired. One thing that i have noticed as a teacher is they really miss social interaction and what i have done is when my class sections are over, i will normally leave my group up, leave my meeting up and give them the opportunity to talk to each other, because they just miss being kid, being out there. I bet. So you go off, on your Distance Learning, and you are doing this from home, with the students, and then you decide, im really not doing enough. Tell me a little bit about how you decided that you needed to get more involved and do stuff for your neighbors. I decided to create a Facebook Page called try Valley Community health during shelter in place and it has taken off in over three weeks, we have more than 1600 members and 150 volunteers, and they are ready to work at a drop of a hat. And they have been working. Making masks. Delivering groceries. They have been going out raising money. Buying gift cards. And taking those gift cards to the local hospitals here. So that they are given out, so that the nurses and the doctors can have some nice meal, it helps the restaurants at the same time, theyve raised over 5,000 and painting rock, and then putting them in the pathway where the nurses and the doctors come out, so they can see how appreciated they are. Coming up at 6 00, michael tells me about the lesson he want, not only his students but all the students in the bay area, to take away from this coronavirus crisis. Thank you very much, jessica. See you later. Lake tahoe has a message for bay area folks looking to visit during this pandemic. Please dont visit. A trip to the snow or cabin is a good escape, the risk you present outweighs any reward and the county has more than 115 cases of covid19 and so as the numbers grow, so does the worry of having enough room to treat the critically ill. Even if they have a second home in the tahoe area, were asking them to stay in the primary residence, and the reason for that is we have a small Health Care System in lake tahoe that was designed for the permanent population. They say if someone were to get sick in north lake tahoe, one hospital in truckee, and it only has 25 beds. A zoomover, passover starts today and a lot of people turning to zoom to commemorate the jewish hospital. San josebased zoom, the gotwo platform for friends and family members and a lot of people to connect. In new york city, several synagogues plan to host seders, the ritual feast on passover and zoom will be used on sunday as well as christians celebrate easter. It looks like a beautiful easter sunday. So i can still hold that Easter Egg Hunt in my backyard. Is that right, jeff . It looks really, really good for the Easter Egg Hunts on sunday. With all of the covid19 stuff going on, you got to make sure to add that to the sevenday forecast, for all of the kids out there, who are wondering, again, great weather on sunday, and we will get to that here in just a little bit, but i did want to start off tonight, with something that might have started to bug you again today, and that is your allergies. With koeskd, it, covid19, it probably will have you a little bit on edge, if your eyes are itching and sneezing and feeling stuffed up, just know that oak trees are in the high category. So what i want you to do is head to my twitter page, i have a list, where you can compare the symptoms between covid19, allergies, and also regular cold, and then you can kind of figure out where you are on that. And the good news as we head through tomorrow, a little bit of a rain chance, to help to wash away some of that pollen. And its from a storm system thats well off to the south, and that will help to push up some rain chances right here towards the bay area. And now, were not looking at a big storm, but by 7 30 in the morning, you can see some hit and miss showers, at a return back to the bay area. And as we head through the afternoon, it is not much, but we could have a few more of the hit and miss showers down here for the south bay. Santa cruz mountains and notice how the cloud cover hangs on for most of the bay area. I think max totals with this storm system, are definitely going down here towards southern california, and los angeles, averaging about a half inch, and up towards the bay area, max totals for the south bay, around 0. 2. And as you can see more to the north, those totals drop off down to santa rosa only. 01 of an inch. High pressure, it begins to warm us up with 70s on the way. So tomorrow morning, if you are out, just for a little bit, getting the fresh air, we know we cant really do much of anything outside of our house, because of the restrictions, it will be cool to start, but not nearly as cold, as it has been lately. And thats because the cloud cover moving in, and some slightly warmer air from the south, it will start us off in the 50s. San francisco, 52. And in the north bay, at 49. So my extended forecast in San Francisco, a chance of a spotty shower on thursday, some high clouds on friday, and then we will warm up. Notice by next monday, upper 60s, which means we could have a few isolated 70s in downtown San Francisco. And well stay with 60s throughout much of next week. For the inland valleys, we will have 67 tomorrow. A chance of spotty showers, and then by saturday, up to 71. Easter sunday, we have 74, so perfect for the easter bunny. All those Easter Egg Hunts. And then as we move through next week, we will see, we will stay with the 70s here, look at my covid19 tracker here. Day 30. Next wednesday. Inside. As i have been saying, you guys, it has been kind of coming in waves, today, kind of started off slow for me, once i picked up the vacuum, plugged that thing in, i forgot about everything for a little bit. And the floors are clean again. So thats what im doing here at home to battle things. And by the way, the allergies, janelle, you and i suffer from allergies and i have three oak trees on my property, so it is a mess at the ma thigh household. Benadryl at night. Im with you on that. Thanks. Up next, two of the valley heavy weights team up thanks to stanford and apple. Were all in this fight, all the way. The heroic doctors and nurses on the front lines. The 7,000 cigna clinicians beside them. And everyone staying home to protect others. We will get through this together. 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. A naerp county Health Officer is recovering from his own health scare. Dr. Matt will is testified positive 17 days ago and yesterday was his first day out of quarantine and he warned everyone, all those people who arent taking this virus seriously. I underestimated how serious my illness would be. I developed a viral pneumonia that landed me in bed for about 12 days with fever, cough, chest tightness, and fatigue. And to clarify, that is a marin county Health Officer. Dr. Willis says he spent time in the e. R. While he was infected. Stanford medicine teams up with apple to develop an app that helps First Responders deal with covid19. The app, we want to show you, looks like this, this is designed to help First Responders screen their symptoms and if needed schedule a testing appointment. The app includes up to date information about the virus, from experts at stanford. Stanford is also offering priority drive through testing for police officer, firefighters, and paramedics, in santa clara and San Mateo Countys. Here is a heartwarming site in San Francisco today. South San Francisco. Take a look. Several groups came together to organize this drivethrough food drive. Hope ministries church, the ymca, and Second Harvest food bank in Silicon Valley were handing out care packages at the boys and girls club and look at that long line of cars and people came from south San Francisco and san brew buno and brisbane and drive up and get a box of what they needed. And inspiration to girls during this pandemic. A High School Junior doing just that. Next. Everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. And theyre counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. Grubhub. Together we can help save the restaurants we love. Tonight at 6 00, remember that schoolteacher from Contra Costa County, she used a lizzo song to inspire and sing with her kids in the classroom. Well, now she is adjusting to inspire her students from home and finding a lot of success. That story and more, on our 6 00 newscast. Next on nightly news. Small businesses are frustrated, confused and really desperate over the governments loan program. Also, a heartwrenching choice, who gets to use those interpret experimental drugs . Lester holt joins us in about a minute. We want to wrap up with something good. A bay area girl scout is using her time at home to help others planning for a future in technology. As part of the girl scout pledge, the High School Junior emailed female tech executives about what it is like to be a woman in tech and knowing that her audience is likely stuck at home, put her entire series on the web site, 1,000 bits of hope. Org, so other women can watch them. During the coronavirus, were all at home so this gives a good activity for girls, so that way, we can still get inspiration, they can still tackle this problem, and they can still want to do Computer Science. She says she wants to study Computer Science in college and already getting feedback from her fellow students. Thrilled to get key advice from todays women in technology. And wow, she has interviewed a lot of high profile executives. Im impressed she has her own web site as well. Yes. That is very nice, what shes doing. Thats going to do it for us at 5 00. As a reminder, 90 minutes of news coming your way at 6 00, but for now, we will send it over to lester holt in new york, with nightly news. See you seen. Thanks for joining us. Tonight, over 14,000 now dead in the u. S. From coronavirus. The deadliest day yet in new york nearly 800 lives lost in 24 hours. But there are brandnew hopeful signs that new york and other states are flattening the curve and social distancing is working. And as passover begins tonight, the new plea to stay home. Also, the growing crisis at rsing homes, onender urgent evacuation a the new hot spots emerging growing alarm as the virus spreads in Rural America the frustration boiling over, Small Businesses saying they cant get their relief money. The leaked video a federal official ripping the big banks for moving too slowly now after