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Scene that weve been witnessing all over the bay area all week long. Good evening, thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 8 im ken way and i pale more the reason behind the governors order is to help practice social distancing it is something that we are doing right here at kron 4 to do our part to prevent the spread of coronavirus and we encourage all of you to do the same. Worldwide there are more than 242,000 confirmed coronavirus cases more than 9800 people have died as a result. Here in the us are there more than 13,000 cases and a 176 deaths in california there are 952 confirmed cases with 18 deaths but earlier today. Governor newsome predicted more than half of california will contract coronavirus over an 8 week period. And that concern is what led the governors and to his announcement a grant lodes is here now is what governor had to say for all means the rest of the state now is going to be doing starting midnight tonight. What most of the bay area has been doing since midnight monday so most of this week people are only going to be able to leave their homes to get essential services talking about Grocery Shopping getting medicine. Pharmacies banks will still be open gas stations, you know the drill because weve been doing this all week, but now its the whole state the governor says this will be up to citizens now to selfregulate each others behavior, the laws not going to be heavy handed. And while issuing the order he told all californians that hes confident everyone will comply. There is a mutuality theres a recognition. 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 the state of california. Well abide by it what do the right thing well meet this moment to step up that they have over the course of the last number of weeks to protect themselves to protect them fan their families and to protect. Our community and this great state in the world that we reside it. Big step certainly california. The first us state to make this a statewide order and everybody wants to know what how long right the governor did not give an end date calling the situation quote dynamic but he did say he hopes to see positive results. Within 2 months, everyone of course hoping it doesnt take that long, but he said the National Guard will be helping fill the void left by volunteers amid the fears of coronavirus the guard will be out delivering medicine and other necessary supplies for now, pam and ken back to you grant thank you tonight the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb in the bay area Santa Clara County still has the most confirmed cases with 189 including 6 deaths. The other 4 counties with the most cases, San Mateo County with 89 cases and one death San Francisco county now has 70 cases Contra Costa County has 42 and Alameda County has 35 with the numbers ever evolving you can find the latest case count on our website at kron 4 dot com San Francisco mayor london breed is scolding the president for referring to the coronavirus as the chinese virus. At a News Conference she said has no place in San Francisco or anywhere else that is fighting. This Global Pandemic kron fours dan kerman reports i San Francisco entered its 3rd day of its order requiring people to stay home to reduce the spread of the coronavirus the mayor opened or thursday News Conference encouraging residents to comply shelter in place of course means that you and your family members and the people who are part of your household. Are the only members in that household. So we are discouraging play dates and dinner parties and other things that typically you would maybe want to do in your homes city Officials Say most are voluntarily complying police chief bill scott says his officers are patrolling and responding to calls to make sure that continues. We have had not had to go back to the same place over and over again in the event that happens the law allows us to enforce. And again, i mean we dont. This is not an issue were looking for a test case what were looking for people to comply the citys Health Director says compliance is the only way to not overwhelm the health care system. To that end. He says the city is already hired 70 new registered nurses and hopes to hire more on the spot at a weekend job fair we need as many nurses as we can get so im hoping that over this weekend. Shortly thereafter its not that day we will have 50 more nurses on board and then well get scores more on in the meantime, the citys Emergency Operations center has expanded to include disaster workers and has now relocated to the moscow knee center to allow for social distancing. For the same purposes, the cities in the process of leasing 3500 hotel rooms to relocate those and single occupancy hotels. There are also plans for those who are currently housed in San Francisco shelters and Navigation Centers we have about 2000 single adults in our Shelter Systems and now. We are going to be reducing capacity, our existing system and moving them to shelters that we will pop up in locations throughout San Francisco also as part of the citys effort to be leasing hotel rooms for First Responders so they dont have to go back home and risk infecting loved ones and those in their community. In San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. If the virus does not slow down medical officials have been warning that hospitals could become overwhelmed with patients in the event that does happen there is now an urgent call out for medical volunteers kron fours justine waltman tells us how to get involved. As the coronavirus rapidly worsened medical professionals are concerned about an influx of really sick patients and who will care for them or certainly unprecedented times unchartered waters. Or all taking it, you know day by and more were learning as we go planning ahead the town of coma just put out a plea looking for any and all current or retired medical professionals. Who may be able to assist in response to covid 19 just like in other disasters such as an earthquake or fire. Volunteers will need to step up to the plate pandemic continues and it does escalate. That will show there may be a need for Additional Resources on the web site healthcare volunteers dot ca dot gov you can add your Contact Information and medical experience. This is for doctors nurses dentists veterinarians and medical assistance. San mateo county wants to have this database ready in case of a coronavirus emergency added to the general all out for folks looking back to life and Public Health professional. And to register any of they will needed faced with the possibility of protective equipment shortages Valley Medical Center foundation in san jose tweeted it is looking for volunteers to build this mask. The tweet says in part we build satellites and electric cars in this valley certainly we can build these we need them now in the thousands were not joking. Musk tweeted we will make ventilators if there is a shortage. He later added that ventilators are not difficult but cannot be produced instantly questions about how tesla or space x could make that happened were not answered. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. And washington dc today Senate Republicans introduced a sweeping trillion emergency aid package it includes direct payments to americans and loans for the airlines and for Small Businesses the package proposal includes 1200 recovery rebates for individuals, 2400 rebates for couples. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says the package also addresses Health Resources and student loans. Direct financial help. For the american people. The rapid relief for Small Businesses and their employees. Should have been this trade was our economy. Protect jobs. And forth. More support for the brave health care professionals. And the patients who are fighting the coronavirus. On the front lines. The proposal includes billion in Small Business loans, those loans can be used for payroll and Employee Health benefits Senate Democrats have yet to weigh in. Meantime President Trump in the White House Coronavirus Task Force Address that pandemic earlier today, some of the key talking points fast track in Clinical Trials and social distancing. There are a number of missions under way to try to fight the virus for won the fda is working nonstop. It is committed to continuing to provide regulatory flexibility and guidance. But let me make one thing clear 50s responsibility to the american people. These to ensure that products are safe and effective and here we are continuing to do that. Our folks and their tremendous professionals are working day and night to do this. The measures include possibly opening up cruise ships as hospitals this is the Us Navy Hospital ship mercy. It is currently in san diego and will be deployed as an Emergency Hospital for it. Tonight the Us State Department is warning americans not to travel abroad. It issued the highest possible level of travel advisory. The level 4 do not travel Advisory Warns citizens to avoid all International Travel due to the Global Effect of covid 19 the state department is also urging americans who are currently outside of the country to immediately return unless they are prepared to remain abroad for a quote indefinite period of time. The death toll in italy has overtaken the toll in china. Italy now has more than 3400 coronavirus related deaths roughly 150 more than china a country with a population 20 times larger. Theres a milestone came the same day that will haunt china where the outbreak is said to have started recorded no new infections, it is a sign that appears to show chinas lockdown is working in containing the spread of the virus and worldwide almost 244,000 people have contracted the virus while the death toll is creeping closer to 10,000 these numbers come from Johns Hopkins Medical Center. We have that centers interactive map on our website kron 4 dot com our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on kron on the 24 hour local news streaming service is free to download right now so you can say informed and updated on this health crisis. A woman from gilroy loses her father to coronavirus just days after he was put in isolation. The message she sharing tonight so more families dont suffer the same heartbreak and the search for a vaccine scientists at u c davis are working on one for the coronavirus south bay support the coronavirus has had a big effect on daily lives toni everything was so fresh in the beginning. But that plug quickly faded. Luckily theres febreze plug. It cleans away odors and freshens for 1200 hours. Breathe happy with febreze plug. Breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. My congestions gone. I can breathe again ahhhh i can breathe again ughh vicks sinex. Breathe on. Dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. Officials and Community Leaders have been saying that coping with the outbreak will take all hands on deck. Now as kron fours rob fladeboe tells us in San Francisco, 49 ers have stepped up in a big way. What we do now. Help determine the outcome of this crisis fortyniners president el grito on thursday announcing a generous donation to support employees and the Greater Community in response to the covid 19 Public Health emergency today. The 49 ers are committing 500,000 to support both our workforce and the most vulnerable populations in our community, the 49 ers will immediately invest 49,000 to support a newly created fund for nonprofit organizations in santa clara and san mateo counties addressing the crisis. The 49 ers are partnering in the effort with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation comcast and local government. The players are going to play a big role in social media and the social Media Campaign which to learn more about but i do want to make this point. That even my son started to take this more seriously when sports top flight. And i say that because the 49 ers and sports franchises like this have an influence on our community. The donation was announced outdoors amid socialdistancing precautions as the 49 ers have closed most teen facilities in keeping with the countys shelterinplace order. We will continue to partner with our elected leaders behind me to identify pressing needs and how we can leverage our resources to help those combat this Public Health emergency. In santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news. You see davis scientists are currently working to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus in the United States, the first communityacquired case of coronavirus was discovered in a patient at the schools Medical Center Infectious Disease physicians and scientists that theyre immediately isolated and started to grow the micro organisms to learn more about it. Now they are working with both the center for immunology and Infectious Diseases and the California National Primate Research center to get tests up and running on primates they hope that studying how monkeys respond to coronavirus in a safe and controlled environment will help them develop a vaccine Safeway Stores in San Francisco are offering a special to our seniors shopping time to help those most at risk. It will happen every tuesday and thursday between 07 09am, for seniors people who are pregnant and people with compromised immune systems. Safeways also announced that its hiring another 2000 employees to keep up with demand barred will be reducing is operating costs as ridership levels are taking a major hit passenger use has declined by 90 . Starting monday march 23th bart will provide Service Monday through friday from 5 in the morning till night at night. And then starting saturday march 28th saturday and sunday service will take place from 8 in the morning tonight at night all riders must be at the station by a 45 at night in order to have a guaranteed right to their destinations barred will monitor ridership data every day to determine how long these Service Hours will remain in effect in concord all city facilities will be closed to the public including the civic center campus. Community centers, including the senior center, the Police Department in the Public Works Office will also close their doors. Some essential services will still be available over the phone or online. Several parks are closed through may first including the Concord Community pool and the concord skate park, the Worlds Largest hotel chain has started furloughing employees because of the pandemic. Marriott international is laying off 10s of thousands of workers that includes housekeepers and general managers however, Corporate Executives are not included in the layoffs, the company says it hopes to rehire some of the workers when the virus is contained. Area operates thousands of Properties Around the world, including 40 hotels here in the bay area other hotel chains including hilton and best western are also considering layoffs the tesla factory in fremont will be closing on march 23th in an effort to try to slow the spread of covid 19. The company said it made the decision after talking with local state and federal officials and. Ultimately decided to honor the governments direction to temporarily shut down. Tesla says its new york factory is also suspending service pet other facilities will remain open for now we have a full list of all of these closures and a lot more on our website just go to the coronavirus tab under news there youll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area and interactive map tracking cases around the world information on essential services which are open during the shelter in place and ways you can stay safe all of this and more can be found at kron 4 dot com now our 4 zone forecast on this thursday night as we take a look outside at the embarcadero in San Francisco and joining us remotely as we practice our social distancing our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow from home high lawrence. Here we are in my home, how technology has really changed things and made it possible for this to happen certainly been working on march make that happen so that no matter what happens you during crisis like this will always be able to bring you the very latest news and the very latest weather to were just a few minutes away from spring. Thats right a 49 spring officially begins course today we had a few leftover showers outside tonight. Yeah weve got some partly cloudy skies out there and it looks like well start to clear things out as we head through the night, but certainly some active weather again in the afternoon in fact been numerous thunderstorms popping up across parts of the sierra today more snow across the sierras. Well on the bay area a few more scattered showers popping up over the mountain tops you see some lingering moisture now that ground but certainly summit continuing outside specially over the mountain tops and some cold air already in place so that being said tonight were going to see some partly cloudy skies and some chilly temperatures tomorrow, partly cloudy should be a little bit warmer in the afternoon but this weekend. The first weekend of spring we go right back to some wintry weather, especially in the latter part of the weekend. Temperatures outside right now cooling off is 48 degrees in Half Moon Bay 51 in livermore 46 degrees in tell them up and 48 degrees in st. Louis the so on the big picture there you can see right now weve got a couple lows up the coastline. Those are actually come going to combine. 2 of the areas we get in toward the weekend but for now lets enjoy a nice dry friday around the bay area more rain to come on the first weekend of spring that leisure you guys back to you all right lauren to afford to those candles being lit later tonight tonight doctors are pleading with young people to protect themselves against coronavirus. Why they worry that group is not taking the pandemic seriously and after the break while the state department has issued a level 4 travel advisory, San Francisco 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. Organic at this price. Is this for real . Not exactly thats bargain bliss setting in youre basking in the glow of orangic produce at shockingly low prices. I guess the choir isnt real either . Oh no, their real. Their here every sunday afternoon. Grocery outlet jingle Grocery Outlet reprise as we mentioned earlier the state department is warning americans not to travel abroad americans already outside the country are being urged to come home immediately. Or be prepared to stay out of the country for an indefinite period of time and this latest travel advisory comes at a time when it feels more and more like businesses are closing down all around us, however is kron fours Haaziq Madyun reports sfo is still open and he explains why. In light of a level for Health Advisory to be issued by the us citizens to avoid all International Travel due to the Global Impact of call that 19 the spokesperson for sfo International Airport says there is information air travelers in San Francisco should know for starters, its important to note that as a whole remains open for we are one of the locations. That has been identified as whats called essential infrastructure if youre coming from china iran anywhere in the Schengen Area which is most of europe and now the uk and ireland. Youre going to be asked to selfisolate at home for 14 days upon arrival the customs and Border Protection is the agency in charge of the screening process. So theyll probably ask those passengers questions. If those passengers are showing any type of symptoms they would then be referred to the centers for Disease Control also was in customs. For further evaluation schiff necessary now than ever before travelers are advised to be absolutely certain before booking a flight. The international or domestic too unsure whether or not your travel really qualifies as essential thats probably an individual decision for each passenger but leader encourage passengers to look at their Relevant Health order to determine whether or not it Still Necessary to travel airport Officials Say travelers will find that most Retail Stores are now closed at sfo with the exception of newsstands and shipping services restaurant, however remained open but only serving food to go. In San Francisco has a menu from 4 news. Coming up on kron 4 news at 8 keeping the economy alive during the Coronavirus Crisis were heading to washington dc to see how lawmakers are working on a package to help americans pocketbooks and after the break one gilroy woman in pain and issuing a public plea was dum dum dee dum dum dum [slurping sound] while youre working hard, do you know what your money is doing . Probably not much. Is your bank letting your money be lazy . Make your money work harder than ever with allys new smart savings tools. For all things money you deserve an ally. Hello, i saw you move in, and i wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood with some homemade biscuits oh, thats so nice and a little tip, geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. Hmm cookies uhh, biscuits. Mmmm, is there a little nutmeg in there . Oh its my mums secret recipe. You can tell me. Its a secret. Is it cinnamon . Its my mums secret recipe. Call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. Ill come back for the plate. We just need to do what were being told you could save someones life do it its not worth it you do not feel the pain. The gilroy woman is asking people to take the orders and recommendations from Health Officials seriously after she says she lost her father to coronavirus says is her father gary young his daughter said he complained of a cough before we went to the hospital then he was put in isolation after just a few days he passed away. He was 66. Kron fours michelle kingston reports. He was a giant teddy bear basically everybody loved my dad and he was so friendly he had the biggest heart stacy silva says her dad went to a hospital in gilroy on tuesday march, 3rd complaining of a cough that wasnt going away. She says he was sent home and told to go to his doctor. His doctor then sent him back to the hospital 2 days later, he was frustrated, he knew there was something wrong with him it was during that second trip to the hospital that he was tested for coronavirus in put into isolation just a few days later, gary young passed away he was 66 years old. I got to still be here. Its he may be you know if they catch him on tuesday. We dont know one way or the other i just know that there is you know always that possibility because they didnt send it home that he could still be here still the hope sharing her story will help others realize how serious this viruses and follow the orders and stay holed up i lost my dad, you know it people dont take this seriously and so it hits home for them and it hit home for me and the reason i decided to come out and tell my story is that some of stress appeal this. He is also the says theyre unsure how we ca coronavirus she says her father didnt travel much, but that he loved to shake hands. He was just a great. Great man with a big part in gilroy michelle kingston kron 4 news. More than 300 inmates have been released from the Alameda County jail in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus the Sheriffs Office announced on twitter that it has released 247 in mays do to reduce the sentences another 67 were released through a reconnaissance order. Officials say that they will continue to release inmates when possible. House democrats are indicating they want to go bigger and broader than the already massive economic stimulus package offered by Senate Republicans to try to blunt the coronavirus pandemic kelli meyer reports. The whole with means hoped. Literally hope senators like south carolinas tim scott r promising not to leave the capitol in till they agree on phase 3 of Coronavirus Relief this bill would specifically focus on reviving and now struggling economy with Financial Support for businesses big and small that we give a Small Businesses the opportunity to keep folks on the payroll to make their mortgage payments make the repayments on wednesday florida senator marco rubio introduced a proposal that would allow banks to lend Small Businesses the money they need to survive florida. Senator rick scott who spoke to us from self quarantine this week agrees congress should focus on Small Business. White people. Theyre clearly impacted by this time, im not to let the companies. Responsible the senate bill appears likely to support big business as well notably the Airline Industry which has virtually ground to a halt because of the virus i think will be here for another couple of days democratic alabama senator doug jones says the plan thats coming together is likely to inject 1 trillion directly into the economy. He says as Congress Takes drastic action Everyday Americans need to pitch in as well by following instructions to stay home. If we can stop the spread of this virus, then we minimize the damage the economy and we can recover a lot easier. That was coming my reporting as of right now senators plan to work into the weekend on the bill. You can head to our website for continuing coronavirus coverage there you will find the latest on the outbreaks in the bay area and interactive map tracking the cases around the world and information on essential services opened during the shelter in place as well as ways to stay safe. You can find all of this and much more just go to the coronavirus tab at kron 4 dot com. Our 4 zone forecast with a live look outside this time at the Golden Gate Bridge our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joining us remotely view a large he was pretty cloudy and its a beautiful clouds though around the bay area today but not much rain then just a couple of scattered popup showers mainly over the amount has been yeah beautiful to see those cumulus clouds outside tonight 1000 to get apart just a little bit this season partially a sunny skies overnight tonight out there right now looking for the Golden Gate Bridge little busy out there on the bridge 7 cars out there, but that surprising to see them in cars but today temperatures running below the average mainly in the 50s and the 60s usually were in the mid 60s at this time of year few scattered showers popping up around the bay area today, mainly over the mountains more snow on the mountain tops in the Sierra Nevada tomorrow, yeah, you see a lot of sunshine few passing clouds temperatures will warm up a little bit in the 50s and the 60s longrange forecast for you got a couple areas low pressure that will combine off the coastline as they do likely slow down a little bit before making his way toward the coastline. So friday looks dry saturday looks dry. But sunday the other going at more rain coming our way on sunday in the money that a cold certainly right on the gulf blast and bring more rain on tuesday and possibly wednesday little bit of a break as we had the following thursday with that more rain as we look for the following weekend. All that being said tonight, partly cloudy skies, some chilly temperatures tomorrow by day youre looking at numbers in the 50s in the mid 60s, the mormon spots looking out over the next couple days weve got some partly cloudy skies in the forecast yes, rain returning to the area as we head in towards sunday and then monday, even a chance of some thunderstorms and some showers continuing on monday and tuesday by the way guys look at this might candles lit up these lows up the lows. They can use this to be sure though the Battery Power one there is not play but theyre pretty goalie still flickered to that lets hear from us well see you guys in a bit. Lawrence thank you very much still ahead a day while millions of americans are sheltering in place scientists are working to try to find a fix for coronavirus. New details on how officials are trying to fast track the treatment cause for concern the most reliable blood donors are retirees but like everyone else theyve been told to stay away from other people saw now a big need needs filling and after the break calm amid c mess. But scrubbing still takes time. Now theres new powerwash dish spray. Its the faster way to clean as you go. Just spray, wipe and rinse. It cleans grease five times faster. New dawn powerwash. Spray, wipe, rinse. New tide power pods one up the cleaning power of liquid. Can it one up whatever theyre doing . For sure. Seriously . One up the power of liquid, one up the toughest stains. Any further questions . Uh uh one up the power of liquid with new tide power pods. Wean air force veteran made of doing whats right,. Not whats easy. 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These can be found coronavirus dot gov or c d c dot gov along with all the information and resources. Stay safe. And a member when many of us we are all in together. Bank of america will allow customers experiencing Financial Hardship due to coronavirus to defer payments on mortgages and credit cards among other measures that announcement was made today bank of america says it will work on a case by case basis to allow its customers to pause payments on credit cards and mortgages as well as Small Business and auto loans. The bank added that deferred payments will negatively affect customers credit scores, but that borrowers will need to make those payments eventually. Some parts of florida celebrating spring break not getting the message is that social distancing is important right now the fda is now fast tracking antiviral treatments for gold at 1 very to what was first thought new data shows that people of all ages can get seriously ill from the coronavirus and not just the elderly according to the cdc, a large portion of the patients in the United States who are sick enough to be hospitalized were between the ages of 20 50 for the head of the White House Coronavirus task force is pleading with young adults to take this outbreak seriously and stop socializing in group spring pea ingress reports. President trump signing a new coronavirus aid package into law after weeks of downplaying the scope of the pandemic. Its the invisible enemy thats always the toughest enemy, the invisible enemy, but were going to defeat the invisible enemy. The Us Navy Deploying to hospital ships one heading to new york city where the mayor says theres a dire need for additional medical support for almost 2. 2000 cases right now in new york city alone. Thats going to cause a surge into our hospitals. New yorks governor insists he preferred to avoid in order to shelter in place we want to 50 of the workforce today. Obviously the flip side is the more you close down businesses the worse on the economy and on individual incomes but nearly 10 million northern californians are experiencing just that asked to only leave home for necessary activities like buying groceries for the people in San Francisco are. Definitely permitted to go out to rhonda to exercise to ride by so many of our residents are comply with this order because they understand its impact on Public Health this is about Public Health this is not a vacation but in florida, some beaches are still packed with young people celebrating spring break ignoring calls to practice social distancing new cdc data shows adults between the ages of 2054 make up nearly 40 of people needing to be hospitalized because of coronavirus officials begging young people to take precautions there are concerning reports coming out of france and italy. About some young people getting seriously ill and very seriously ill in the icy use we cannot have these large gatherings that continue to occur throughout the country for people who are off work. President trump disagreeing with his treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin who warned the country could see a 20 Unemployment Rate because of coronavirus if theres no intervention. No i dont agree that a absolute total worst case scenario. That was Brynn Gingras reporting a hopeful sign out of china officials there are reporting no new cases from inside their country. Despite socialdistancing advice from Health Officials spring breakers did not shy away from florida beaches you can see aerials of an empty miami beach from today but thats only because the miami dade mayor signed an executive order today, closing those parks and beaches. Florida senator rick scott says socialdistancing needs to be taken more seriously. You know the beach. Milos you can figure out how is an individual can take responsibility and every every level governments going to be very clear dont be on the beach was you can be somehow be completely by yourself. Further up the coast the east coast of florida on the atlantic side plenty of people were out there soaking up the sun look at the crowds there despite warnings from officials not all beaches in florida have been close there is a huge the for healthy americans to donate blood the us Surgeon General made that announcement today as supplies dwindle during this pandemic a big concern is that blood has a short shelf life and the regular donations needed to replenish the expiring stocks are drying up. Retirees who comprise the most reliable donors of blood are heeding the call so stay home and with College Campus is closed and corporate blood drives called off as employees work from home, younger people are not filling the void while Officials Say you must be healthy with no fever nor other signs of illness, the coronavirus can not be spread through blood either getting it norton donating it. So Blood Centers are taking extra precautions so people can come in and donate safely Blood Centers are considered essential and people are encouraged to go and donate President Trump says hes pushed the food and Drug Administration to eliminate barriers to getting treatments for coronavirus to patients. Nick watt reports on the promise of therapies as well as the other challenges officials are facing in this crisis. Its hair its spreading the fda now fosse tracking antiviral treatments won this currently used against malaria its going to be very exciting. I think it could be. The game changer and maybe not a vaccine. Still some time away it has changed everything. And it will for the for the foreseeable future Carnival Cruise is apparently now offering up its fleet. If we should need ships with lots of rooms. Theyll be docked at new york and los angeles and San Francisco different places a Field Hospital on us soil, Washington State around 10 million californians told to shelter in place a 1 trillion national stimulus. On the table if we just get everybody stays home for 6 months. Then you know its hard to its going to be like the great depression. Clusters cropping up at least 46 positives now at this one the illinois care home 3 dead 4 others infected in just one extended new jersey family hospitals across the country are rapidly running out of masks gowns protective eyewear that they desperately need clear being asked to reuse and recycle single use respirators and surgical masks when you go through pain. The cdc now advising use homemade mosque cg bandanna scarf for care of patients with covid 19 as a last resort and in areas with Community Spread consider allowing asymptomatic exposed providers to work while wearing a face mask here is one face of this growing pandemic the choke he threw up. The pain and heres another. Our lifestyles floridas beaches, were still open. You got to figure out how to get these people off the completely isolated from anybody else. I mean this is an individual can take responsibility because even if you dont suffer much you can give this to others. Woke up to 20 of coronavirus hospitalizations in the us are between 2044 that according to a new federal study people need to pay attention. 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