Continues now today was day one of the shelterinplace order in 6 counties in the bay area and late today, Sonoma County announced that its order will kick in starting at midnight tonight. This has nearly all bay area counties are reporting new cases of the virus in total there are nearly 300 bay area confirmed cases today Santa Clara County reported a new coronavirus related death now bringing the total there to 5 deaths at the Nations CapitalPresident Trump is proposing new aid for the American People one plan is to send checks to americans during this pandemic that proposal is called the payroll tax holiday. No amount has yet been disclosed snow or has a timetable for when the plan. My began and the Federal Reserve launched a program today to help boost to the economy in the face of the epidemic. The of the pandemic it is a 2008 era program which and phrases a critical borrowing market, the commercial paper market as its called it gives american businesses access to shortterm credit about billion to be exact. This comes as major companies, including the airlines, the hotels, a cruise lines and the oil drillers are facing severe Financial Stress and a need for access to money. The Treasury Department is backing the Program Giving the fed 10 billion to credit protection. In the last few days federal state and local agencies have implemented strict guidelines and legal orders to try to stop the spread of coronavirus today, the director of the National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases talked about the effectiveness sees orders have had on the pandemic and when we might see an effect on the actual number of cases. Take for you to be confident that yes were vetting for or no. I cant give you a firm number on that because the dynamics of outbreaks some respects a predictable we start do this and that we dont know because this is really unprecedented i mean of all the outbreaks that ive been involved with over the last at least 36 years and then going historically back we never had a situation where the mobilization of all the different components. Travel restrictions internal. The containment mitigation financial assistant Public Health system testing. So we dont really know, but the one thing i do know. I do know that if you look at models with all of their devices that use of models is that when you have him put into the kinds of medications and things that were doing. Were going to see. Instead of the peak. I would be really surprised if all the things that were doing and this is really a the comprehensive approach i was this truck as it was listening to everyone make there. The presentations that you know, im a scientist a healthy person and im a physician that sees patients. So i look at it from one particular standpoint. But what im being oppressed by is that this is really a comprehensive fame. That has multiple components to the all of them got to succeed. If were going to get to that in point that ive described multiple times from this podium. So i hope that if everyone does their job. Were going to be able to give you a number and say you know weve seen that inflection and were coming down i would hesitate to do it now to to be honest with you it might be misleading and i dont want to be misleading i just want to say one other thing because i heard doctor say it and i think we need to say it over and over again. When i was young a long time ago i felt that i was involved in both the way i think many of us feel were invulnerable and were asking the young people to help us with this Mitigation Strategy by staying out of the boss staying out of the restaurants really trying to distance yourself. Dont get the attitude. Well, im young im in vulnerable you are well in some respects you certainly less vulnerable than i am however what you might inadvertently do when i know you dont want to do that. You dont want to put deal loved ones at risk particularly the ones who are elderly and the ones who have compromise conditions. We cant do this without the young people cooperating please cooperate with us thank you. A new study of chinas out that the vast majority 6 . Were im tested patients with mild to news symptoms so what does that say about does it mean station actually go we know question keeps coming up and im not going to evade the question but i want to make a point. We tend to think that. Were not going to be able to contained without testing. Complement each other in some respects what this separate channels even if we had no testing. We should be doing what were doing now. The christian are asking so i want does specifically would it be important. Outside of a doctor patient coming in together of knowing whats out there what might be under the radar screen. The answer to your question is yes. So let me tell you what the cdc is doing right now the going out there and part of program is to get a feel for what is there that wasnt initially thought to be coronavirus that was thought to be Something Else when you do that youre also going to get a feel of what the penetrates is in society so we are heading with the high throughput things that youve been hearing about to get an answer to your question says this believes that will see faction in 45 days. You know its possible. I mean i i know the governor has been i believe doing a really good job of trying to stay ahead of this. 45 days is not a reasonable you have to be careful when you get a number you own the number and then if the number doesnt come out youre in trouble and thats the reason why from last and point from the federal government were talking about a range so within that range if the money isnt like you want to be correct for the sake of being correct. But you dont want to be wet to something and then have to back off. When is the soonest that will know. New guidelines are time. The measures are needed. Ok so whats happening in and if you look as a metaphor. Its kind of like a race against the virus if left to its own devices will do this and us trying to somehow blunt that now you could see the virus going up enough and youre effect youre you work what you try to do may actually be having an effect but you may not see it because it will still be going up. And as youre trying to. Implement your your your interference with the virus. You may not realize that you actually to fear said wait a minute its still going up whats going on youve done nothing but you dont know whether it would do this versus that. So the answer to your question it probably would be several weeks and maybe longer before we know whether were having an effect it may be at the end of the day, well see a curve that would have been way way up but i wouldnt like. Put us to task every few days will wait a minute its going up visit working in that would be really misleading if we do that. Doctor found she was asked of its ok the different cities have different numbers in the number of people sheltered and those at facts that kirby said the cdcs recommendation of 10 people is simply a recommendation and each state and city should do what it thinks is right. On kron 4 news at 6 the best way to stop the spread of the coronavirus is to wash your hands but how do you teach your children to watch correctly we have a fun okay now dip your finger back in the virus. See and i saw you see how important it is to wash your hands. Call an experiment has been floating around the internet showing the importance of washing your hands with soap. You can do this experiment at home all you need is a plate some water, some dish soap and pepper, the pepper in the experiment represents the virus when you dip your hand in the water without soap pepper sticks to you but when you have soap on your finger. The pepper moves away. This is because the soap. Breaks the surface tension created in the water. Good idea alright next southbound winners of 6 we are separating facts from miss among other things we will tell you if you could best way t the future is to create it and change the world. 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Weve been doing this for more than 2 weeks now and weve yet to run out of myths about the virus heres one thats flying high around the internet the myth is you can get covid 19 from mosquitoes now this one sounds really legit because its known that mosquitoes can transmit some kinds of viruses eastern equine encephalitis yellow fever malaria all transmitted by mosquitoes. But the centers for Disease Control say you cannot get covid 19 from mosquitoes. He is the Science Behind that statement for a virus to pass to a person through mosquito bite the virus first asked to replicate inside the mosquito. The virus has to get into the mosquitoes got infect the rest of the body then make its way into the mosquitoes. Glanz as scientists learned with covid 19 cousin saw zimmers the virus does not replicate inside the mosquito. Right he says theres no data to suggest that covid 19 is spread by mosquitoes. So thats a myth that needs to buzz off. And heres another bright myth the myth is sun exposure kills the coronavirus all you need is a little some of your life to kill covid 19 those are the claims supposedly made by unicef and the list the recommendations which included exposing 2 hours to get rid of the virus. Now this myth plays on the actual fact that when youre exposed to the suns ultraviolet b rays in sunlight. We act with the cholesterol in your skin cells providing the energy for vitamin d synthesis that allows your body to create a little vitamin d but theres a big difference between vitamin d and a cure for covid 19. There is no evidence that sun exposure kills the coronavirus by the way unicef also denied that and put out that information reminding people it is a humanitarian organization attached to the u n not a Public Health institution, working for you to keep the its out of your life, im consumer investigator states ration. In washington, the house of representatives approved a bill that would provide free testing paid sick leave and Unemployment Insurance to americans during this pandemic that measure passed the house last week but it is still stalled in the republican led senate. Well today we caught up with east bay congressman Eric Swalwell and asked him what he thinks about the relief bill and how it could help bay area residents. Last week the house passed relief package to increase medical supplies to communities that need it to have 14 days of paid sick leave to have extended Unemployment Insurance, the senate is sitting on it and its just mind boggling that they did not work this weekend that there still i screw around with that package, the president has said he wants us to pass it they need to do that immediately too many lives the line we dont have time to move slow. We have to be responsive and add child to the needs and so im doing all i can you know push the senate a call in the senate to get that 8 out there now or. Owes. You only need jobs because there really in that bill that would allow some operations. We have a homeless problem in the bay area and i spoke to hospital sunday about how do you treat Homeless People have been exposed and then leave a hospital look its going to take our police officers, our First Responders everyone in the community to step up and provide shelter where we can and and distance them from other individuals and its going to be and novak i worked as a prosecutor now with the Homeless Court i was in the district attorneys office, i know the challenges this poses even more so today, but its really all of us if we have you know a shelter or facilities that could be used for shelter to come together in provide those for homeless populations, if you for the senate side because it doesnt hit every Community Across america you know they there are our troops you know its hard to say in the house bill that we passed weve increased our medicaid dollars which is essential for california because of the homeless and the uninsured speaking to the governors staff earlier this week that was emphasized to me that. You know when it comes to food in the we have a special needs. In california, especially because of just the cost of housing transportation issues so that part of the reason why we put that medicaid. The funding in the bill but im aware of and i speaking with no place in our county officials about it and its important to me included in package you know the aid package i believe should have applied to every employer when it came to paid family leave the president and senator mcconnell wanted to exempt employers who have 500 or more employees now yes, some of them already provide paid family leave, but if they dont those employees should not be out on their the other concern was well if a player already provides paid family leave we dont want to allow them to essentially double dip in and not be on the hook to provide that i think the president should have been mindful and care enough about those who are not going to get that but again weve got to make decisions quickly hopefully thats something we go back fix and hopefully is the need continues to present itself. The white house i will be aligned with us and how we want to eat it. 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Explore floor decor in person or online at flooranddecor. Com oclock tonight kron ons Catherine Heenan continues our coronavirus coverage. Shes live in the newsroom right now from catherine what are you working on. Thanks premiere. Coming up in just a few minutes, well have the latest on the shelterinplace order affecting so many people in the bay area and as you know as of midnight Sonoma County joining the list meaning 7 bay area counties are affected that story and the fact that most california schools will probably remain closed for the rest of the school year were hearing more about that today thats next on kron on our streaming Service Available free right now because of the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you very much. Catherine lets take a look outside of downtown San Francisco. You can see it from this picture, but if you look close at the streets. Theres not a lot of people out there lawrence now it was very eerie coming into San Francisco today all around the bay area of course a lot of folks staying home easily get him but very strange not seen anybody out there on the streets but we are seeing some showers popping up around the bay area certainly the activity again lightning strikes into the south bay look at the snow on the mountain tops a mountain probably see some nice not there and the showers continuing all the way in the south bay even a few scattered showers in the north bay these raindrops will start to a decrease as we head through the evening hours and that looks like another round of some showers as we look toward tomorrow that being said the temperatures also going to stay on the cool side plan on highs only in the 50s with a few scattered showers around the bay area, especially around noontime tomorrow and into the afternoon. Okay next couple days spring begins on thursday friday looks try now in fact the better part of saturday looks dry on sunday things begin to change were going to see some clouds rolling in looks like a chance of rain returning the bay area sunday monday and tuesday and probably going to see rain well into next week i suspect you lars thank you and if you are watching us on the kron on app a full hour of coronavirus coverage is coming up next ron on a streaming live local news 24 hours a day, no commercials visit kron on dot tv. You can start watching it now for free again our coronavirus coverage continues right now on kron on. Wherever we want to go, we just have to start. Autosave your way there with chase. Chase. Make more of whats yours. The human guinea pig. The man who volunteered to be injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine. What compelled you to volunteer for this experiment vaccine . And then, empty restaurants. We will lose a lot of restaurants. Be mom and pops. 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