We also have learned this afternoon about how the military is getting more involved in this response to the crisis. President trump says he is signing the defense production act which authorizes him to ramp up production of critical supplies such as medical equipment and protective gear for health care workers. We never had to even think in terms of these numbers but we need millions of masks and all of that will be ordered. We need respirators. Ventilators is a big thing. Reporter the pentagon is also deploying two Military Hospital ships. Hospital ships mercy and natis dicialerted oy of fieland expedition hospital to be prepared to deploy as well as needed based on direction from the commanderinchief. Reporter as Economic Impact from the pandemic also continues to grow, President Trump says he is working with congress to send checks to americans. It is moving along fast. Again, theres a great bipartisan effort going on i havent really seen before to this extent. Reporter the plan is part of a trillion dollars stimulus package the administration wants congress to approve to boost the economy and help small businesses. The senate will vote on a house bill that expands Unemployment Benefits and paid sick days and leave for those impacted. This is the time for urgent bipartisan action. I do not believe we should let perfection be the enemy of something that will help even a subset of workers. Reporter nearly one in five americans says they have already been laid off or seen reduced hours. And one other headline south of todays White House Press briefing, the president says hud will suspend foreclosures and i convictions through tend of april. Another nugget we got, health and Human Services will issue a new rule to allow doctors and medical professionals to practice across state lines. Are we hearing about the locations of the Military Hospital ships we heard about in your story . Reporter we are told one ship will head to new york and we know another one of those ships is right now stationed off of san diego. The navy issued the statement saying they lemaintenance and gearing up with the essential staff and equipment to be deployed so the time line still a little unclear, the ship . San diego could finish maintenance in the next few days and we know for certain one of those ships will be headed to new york. Kenny . Natalie brand, thank you. New at noon, a Child Care Worker at the bay club in pleasanton has tested positive for the coronavirus. The associate last worked at the club march 12 and notified they were sick the next day. The club is asking members and associates to stay home until further notice. Also new at noon, eight quarantined alameda firefighters are being cleared for duty. They were exposed to another firefighter who tested positive for coronavirus. Six of them have been cleared to return to work today. While the other two have pending clearancing and are expected to return within one week. Several testing sites for coronavirus have been set up around the bay area. It is important to note most require some form of prescreening. Existing conditions or a doctors order before a test will be given. Nearly all the testing sites will require the patient meets cdc criteria and among them exposure to someone with a confirmed case of the illness, being 60 years or older or having chronic serious medical problems like heart disease, diabetes or lung disease or difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. For more details, and to find the testing sites, you can head to our website. Thats kpix. Com. In santa clara county, a sixth death reported this morning. We learned it is a man in his 60s. The county still e bay area region for a number of cases. Just a while ago, san jose mayor sam liccardo authorized money for relief and resources. We are focusing primarily to ensure seniors and medically vulnerable residents have access to food. At a time like this when so many are struggling we need to do more to ensure that all in our community have access to food in this crisis. The city is also developing a county wide Food Distribution plan in partnership with santa clara county. And you saw that update from mayor liccardo first on cbsn bay area. As many of you work from home, remember, you can keep up to date with our new streaming service on kpix. Com. Safeway locations are restocking around the clock, but the san jose mayor is reminding everyone there is no need to overpurchase or panic buy. Kpix5s jackie ward takes us to a safeway in south san jose that is getting back on track. Reporter this safeway in south san jose is getting deliveries every single day which is why a lot of their shelves were fully stocked. It was a weird sight after seeing so many baring recently. Our supply system in america is very, very strong. It is very strong but when we get the hoarding and all the stockups from inal makes it very difficult to manage. Reporter at one of the best stocked safeways we have seen, safeways Northern CaliforniaDivision President and san jose mayor sam liccardo tried to ease peoples fears and remind them to not overbuy. Hoarding hurts our neighbors. And it is important that food be available for everyone who needs access to food when they are able to go to shop. Starting tomorrow on tuesday and thursday, every safeway across the bay area will be reserved for seniors 65 years and older and those at risk only, every morning. Its an idea shopper candace levers thinks is great. Theres a little too much panic happening. A lot of concern, they were concerned about the stock and supply chain and looking at this, there is no problem. Reporter but social distancing is still proving to be tough for some people to practice. Even during a press conference that was talking about the very importance of abiding by that health recommendation, safeway employees stood clustered together. With this being new, we are all learning. As we are going through this, we will have to speed that up a little bit. See toilet paper and hand t sanitizer back on the shelves on a regular basis in the not too distance future as e onti se waiv the curfew for nighttime delivery to ensure they keep shelves well stocked. Meanwhile, 24 hour Safeway Stores now close overnight in order for shelves to be restocked an for deep cleaning. There is a new push to stop evictions statewide during the coronavirus pandemic. Kpix5s anne makovec is working from home today following this developing story. Anne . Reporter yeah michelle, several big cities are in the process of putting a moratorium on eviction. Some by emergency action. But, other cities are running into red tape when they try to do this. In part, because some of them require meetings at a time when people are told to stay home. We need to make sure to stop the evictions so of thcr or citybe who re this video calling on go stop evictions statewide. The governor signed an executive order allowing citing to pass ordinances to halt evictions but the burden is still on the cities to pass them eight lawmakers wrote a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to make the moratorium statewide. The current order will be in effect through the end of may. Anne makovec, back to you. Today, Sonoma County joined six other bay area counties being ordered to shelter in place. The new order went into effect at midnight. It comes just after the county confirmed two more community transmitted coronavirus cases. The order will be in place until at least april 7. Countries and the world are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic but there are also increasing cases of recovery. There are 200,000 confirmed cases globally. More than 82,000 have recovered. Governments are taking drastic measures to slow couns forclodown, poli in chec ita, the epicenter of the european outbreak, another spike in deaths has brought the coronavirus death toll to more than 2500 and spain is seeing a jump in new infections even after a country wide shutdown. Authorities confirming nearly 1,000 new cases overnight. In the u. K. , closures extended to pubs, restaurants, and theaters. The Prime Minister unveiled a 400 billion stimulus package. We must do whatever it takes to support our economy. And, in china, sharp drop in new coronavirus cases has people returning to malls and restaurants. The impact of the coronavirus on u. S. Jobs and the economy have a lot of americans worried about their money. Coming up in just a few minutes, how families should prioritize their financial situation during the outbreak. And, with the news about the coronavirus changing by the minute, just keep up to date with kpix5s streaming on cbsn bay area. And online at kpix. Com. On our website, we are posting a daily roundup of the major headlines. Campaign 2020 news now. Senator Bernie Sanders is assessing his campaign after losing the latest few primaries but the Sanders Campaign and camp says is suggesting there will be no immediate action. Joe biden appears to be in command of the democratic president ial race right now. Picking up all three states that held primaries yesterday. According to new cbs projections, biden won florida, illinois, and arizona at the end of the night. He and sanders live streamed messages to voters stressing the importance of leadership during this Current Health and economic crisis. In less than an hour, star Quarterback Tom Brady officially becomes a free agent. Whats next for the bay area native after his long time run with the patriots . Plus, staying in shape while in selfisolation. How some Fitness Companies are helping people to sweat it out at home. It is a gray day across the bay area. Tracking a few showers and drizzle. Here is our wet Golden Gate Bridge camera. I will time out the rest of the showers coming up. A 5. 7 magnitude earthquake shook utah this morning. The quake struck near magna, 15 miles west of salt lake city. Just after 7 00 this morning followed by at least 20 aftershocks. It knocked out power to tens of thousands of households and anth citys light rail system to a halt. The States Coronavirus hot line went down after the quake. No injuries were reported. Just in, the u. S. Census bureau says it is suspending all Field Operations until early april. Making this move because of coronavirus concerns. And, coronavirus concerns have caused another day to see the market. The stocks plunge. You can see another live look at the big board here. The dough is down more than 1600 points right now. With more businesses across the country closing to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, families may be feeling new financial pressures, and a lot of uncertainty. Cbs News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger looks at ways you can cope. Reporter start with food and shelter. The nonnegotiable aspects of this crisis. You have to make sure you take care of that. I wouldnt worry that much about utilities because many states and municipalities are banning the shutting down of utilities or shutting off of service to consumers during this period of time. Also, dont worry that much even about your debts. Right now, the government has suspended interest on federal student loans, and many of the largest banks will be working with consumers give them fore bearance. In the end, do whats right for you and your family. There will be a lot of accounting in the aftermath, but we will all get through this. Jill schlesinger, cbs news, new york. With gyms and Fitness Studios shuttered amid coronavirus concerns, people are scrambling to find ways to sweat these days. A bit of good news, some yoga studios and gyms are now using their phones or setting up web stk hos to stream classes to in less than an hour, long time new England Patriot Tom Brady will become a free sergeant. He announced he was leaving new england yesterday. He has been a patriot since 2000 and won six super bowls with the team. He is expected to sign a contract with the tampa bay buccaneers. The team and brady have yet to comment. Spacex successfully launched its falcon 9 rocket this morning. Two, one, zero. Ignition. The rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space center in florida carrying 60 star link satellites. It came just hours after nasa put its Field Centers on coronavirus level 3 status requiring Civil Servants to work from home. The launch was originally scheduled sunday, but was delayed. Time for a check of the weather with mary lee in the weather center. We are tracking showers and a bit of drizzle out there. Here is highdef doppler. You can see the spotty showers lighting up the radar. Zooming in, you see a little drizzle, sprinkles. Over the Richmond San Rafael bridge. We are looking at the spotty showers. You can see all the clouds in the sales fortower cam looking east at the bay bridge. Low 50s from concord, oakland, livermore, san jose. Up who upper 40s for santa rosa. Mostly cloudy skies and a few more showers. All of news the 50s. Another cool and below average day across the region. Mid 50s for the bay. And upper 50s , mid up toker 50s inland. Theres the low pressure system. This persistent low. The slow moving system to the south. Looking at some wrap around moisture the for us. You can see the popup showers as we head through tomorrow, we are not done quite yet. Isolated showers for your thursday. And could see a mix of sun and clouds for tomorrow. Our sunset at 7 20. Our sunrise at 7 13 form morning. So, daytime highs all of us in the 50s. So, below average for this time of year. 54 san francisco. Mid 50s for santa rosa. Extended forecast, partly sunny. A few isolated showers for tomorrow. Drier, milder weather ahead looking to friday and for saturday. And then tracking our next weather system with rain chances beginning sunday. And into early next week. Back to you. All right, thank you mary. Still ahead, a little Music Therapy during this challenging time around the world. [ music ] [ singing ] coming up how some big name stars and artists are staying connected to fans who may be stuck indoors the next few weeks. Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but i was relentless first. Relentless about learning the first song we ever danced to. About teaching him to put others first. About helping her raise her first child. And when i was first diagnosed, my choice was everyday verzenio. 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Wel we continue to watch wall street this afternoon. Continued concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The dow is down more than 1800 points. Coming up tonight at 5 00, students left in limbo faceing the reality of school closures. Possibly extending through the summer. What happens to the students hoping to go to college this fall . Well have that story and much more coming up tonight at 5 00. And remember, we are always streaming now, 24 7 on cbsn bay area. And thats going to do it for us here at kpix5 news at noon. We are keeping our social distance. We are. We love each other. From far away. Allen martin and Elizabeth Cook will see you tonight at 5 00. We hope to see you tomorrow morning starting at 4 30. Have a wonderful wednesday. Ridge hey. Brooke hey. [ laughs ] idge mr. Forrester . P, brooke mmhmm. Ridge thats pretty formal after what happened in this room last night. Why are you trying to kick me out . Brooke if it were up to me, we would never leave this bedroom.