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Continue to do our partat kron 4 with social distancing here in the studio and of course heth officials want us all to do worldwide there are about 596,000 cases and more than 27,000 deaths. In the United States alone there was a surge of more than 21,000 confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. This came after the us became the country with the highest number of cases tonight. There are more than a 104,000 cases while 1700 people have died. In california. There are more than 4700 k a coronavirus cases and 94 people have died. The Us Navy Ship Mercy with is 100 hospital beds arrived in Southern California today and a somber warning from los angeles today as the city of angels prepares for what is expected to be a significant surge cases of covid 19our kate ronan has the latest on developments there. With 257 new confirmed cases in los angeles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater pected surge in the coming days, yesterdays would of course have a 50 doubling rate of less than 2 days. By that measure we would be where new york city is in number of cases per capita in Los Angeles County 6 days from now la is actively seeking more medical aff and garre said he said the city may even recruit medical students to assist. Meanwhile the Us Navy Hospital ship mercy arrived at the port of los angeles today. It will immediately increase available beds by a 3rd and by 2 thirds wants a full capacity every bad not taken in los angeles. By the great work of the men and women he will mean one more bad for the surge that the governor spoke about. Governor Gavin Newsome lauded adjustments made throughout the Hospital System to meetthe high demand for beds and protective equipment were not only surging our overall capacity in the state to meet the need going forward, but weve been able to reduce the current consensus within the Hospital System also in preparation to meet this moment. Another la announcement day was an order to close county beaches a hiking trails with county and city pastill remaining open the order is good through april 19th from San Francisco, cape bruny kron 4 news. And order banning all evictions for 2 months is now in effect statewide says the covid 19 outbreak started the mayors of several bay area cities have issued similar orders but today the governor signed an executive order which afects the entire state it prohibits landlords Law Enforcement and the courts from enforcing the fiction notices until may 31th the ordetakes effect for rents which are due april first it only applies to tenant who are not already behind on their rent payments. This week 5 of the natios largest banks and many Credit Unions agreed to defer mortgage payments for people affected by the virus. President trump has signed them are just emergency aid package in us history. 2 trillion to help American Workers Small Businesses and industries struggling with the economic disruption cased by this pandemic a White House Task force held another briefing this afternoon to bring t nation up to date on what it is doing about coronavirus kron fours theresa reports. Americas bravely battling this pandem. Through cutting edge science medical innovation and rational deliberate and determined vigilance no effort will be spared in winning this war we can win the war hopefully well win soon and with as few. Lives as possible last President Donald Trump calling the fight against e coronavirus brutal on friday addressing what the federal government is doing now to fight the coronavirus and its increasing spread in the country. Its very important that we. Get to the bottom line and quickly we will do what we have to do and immediately exercise all available local authorities to get the job done. The president also talking about getting companies to help bill necessarsupplies by invoking the defense production act. This afternoon i also signed an executive order investing. And very very strongly investing the department of health and Human Services and the dertment of Homeland Security with the full. Authorities available on to thdefense production t. Also mention schools, the secretary of education betsy plumbing teachers in this country as a lean into distance learning. Adding in student Loan Interest also being put on hold to delay these tests r a year fast and painless as of today 47 ates have requested the delay or the waiver and 46 have been approved within a 24 hour period. And lastly doctor faa kai talking about where we stand as a country fighting the coronavirus something thats on precedent this is something. That we have never seen before at least in our generation. They sing something maybe like this back. A 100 years ago. And we really being challenged. Theresa kron 4 news. Key elements of the stimulus bill includes sending checks directly to individuals and families a major expansion of Unemployment Benefits and money for hard hit hospitals and health care providers. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says americans could receive funds in 3 weeks through direct deposit or by check. You can find a full breakdown of the packagthat explains how much money you might expect to receive on our website kron 4 dot com. Stoploss considerable gains and ground today but not eugh to rule on several days of big gains todays selloff only put a mile damper on the dows best week since 1938. The s and p and nasdaq saw their st week since the year 2009 that is due to massive ralls that shot values up during sessions on tuesday wednesday and thursday, even though the dow lost 4. 1 on friday today. It did finished the week up 12. 8 all indices though are still down sharply from before the coronavirus pandemic started it. Becomes the 7th bay area county with a coronavirus related death. The local Health Department reported a man in his 70s passed away after being in the hospital for nearly 3 weeks, was the first reported call that 19 case in marine county in a resident ere he was exposed to the virus as a passenger on that grand princess cruise ship which returned to San Francisco on february 21thplumber in county announced its first related death today, Santa Clara County has now seen its 20 us. There have been 574 confirmed cases there San Mateo County has 239 cases and San Francisco county reports 279 cases and 3 deaths Contra Costa County has a 151 cases and one death Alameda County has 204 cases and ford s theyve also been 69 coronavirus cases in marin county 34 in Solano Sonoma county has 51 death in napa county has 9 cases and San Francisco is taking additional steps to try and slow the spread of the virus with t weekend arriving Police Bill Scott says that means people wil see officers out in the shelter at home order force nd carmen reports on what police will be doing and the changes that residen can expect to see. Parking lots at San Franciscos ocean beach in the rina green in crissy field east beach are closed Outdoor Fitness sites are also off limits and so are neighborhood playgrods it San Franciscos latest move to ave off bad behavior this weekend in other words an attempt to keep social distancing going in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus i want to be clear that it will save lives. If we continue to practice socialdistancing every single d as we are. At during this stay at home order. We will get toa better place. And the police chief says his officers will be around patrolling to make sure people are staying apart think of your grandfather think of your grandmother think of your sick child think of the other people who you may be putting your wrists by not adhering to is. Public health order city officials also announced next week they will open mosconi west as a homeless shelter so existing shelters can be thinned out to allow for social distancing. Theyve also secured 300 hotel room and hope to increase that to3,000 next week for those currently living sorrows and those who are living on the street on the medical front several staffers and at least one patient at laguna honda hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus can sad to say this. That we do expect an outbreak. Our plan for the outbreak. Includes testing affected staff and residents which is already under wa as far as testing is concerned the city still not doing as much as it would like. But city Officials Say beginning next week the public Health Department plans to triple the ount of daily testing its tune. Well so we more drivethru testing in the city and starting next week First Responders and Health Care Professionals will be prioritized for testing. In San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news. In the south bay, the senator a convict county Convention Center is about to look a lot different right now its being converted into a hospital to care for people who are sick with coronavirus kron fours justine waltman live for us in the newsroom with a look inside justine. Well ken in the bay area Santa Clara County has been hit the hardest by this vicious coronavirus the county is now preparing for a surge of covid 19 patients. Us are being set up inside of the Santa Clara County coention center. Members of the California Air national guard, 146 airlift wing put together the beds and medical supplies. All of this done to transition the site off Great American parkway into a hospital this place will treat less severe coping 19 patients would not ventilated patients here. A set of medical supplies that come along with this federal medical station and it does include things like babies in the event that a patient needs that. We would not expect to most patients here to meet that level of security. The space cannot go home and need a safe place to isolate and recover. People can stay for 2 to 3 weeks. The state is providing the staffing of volunteer doctors nurses and paramedics the temporary federal medical station made to help ease the strain on Health Care Facilities before a search of really sick coronavirus patients to sense to me the most is to have to individuals here. And who are already infected and therefore dont have to be social distance from each other it would still capacity of our hospitals. So is needed this site should be ready by monday live in the newsroom. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. What is that well coming up on kron 4 news at 8 people valley are starting a new ritual during the stay at home order at 8 oclock. They start howling at the moon youre going hear for yourself coming up. Also rapid coronavirus results. What the fda has done tonight about a test that can produce an answer in minutes and after the break an antioch attorney has ne above and beyond during this pandemic a safe and ned her office into vo i know what youre thinking. Electric, it doesnt have enough range. It cant handle the elements. And, there is nowhere tocha. Well, think again. My money should work as hard as i do. Thas why i use my freedom unlimited card to buy heavier weights online. Got them its go time. groaning with freedom unlimited, youre always earning. I shouldve purchased lighter ights first time. And hes been a Business Owner hatransformed her office and to a Donation Center laundry detergent pasta sauce diapers and more now cover her office floor generous donations from members of the community by helping others to get through this difficult time kron fours michelle kingston reports i so were to 3 o. About for so this is the office of lori and owensn attorney in antioch she saw a need in the community and open the doors o her business to help having that shut down i havent been ing the office. So i saw people trying to get together to meet in the shoes and later isis that off people talk to the stock here i stand by everything nobody here on a secure facility. Place to store all the donations cleing her shoes before she steps inshe also stays behind this blue tape mine on the ground surrounding the sanitized donations says she packs backs for those in need diapers baby perishable suits. On festivals huge pasta sauces towels daughter once bags are packed families who requested donations pick them up curbside are lori delivers them to their house shes also doing pharmacy pickups for anyone who doesnt feel safe going out at this time we have our we are to see what our parish has they cant be running out of the shoe store change seeing her neighbor step up to help as made her emotional i tryto actually i saw i was like. Love gratitude that love and gratitude is what is keeping her going during this stressful time was hard and it kes me feel the technology is the same that power some rapid flu tests looking for genes that are present in the virus. Last week the fda approved another rapid test that provides result in about 45 minutes no word just yet on how to get one of the new tests right now it can take several days though to get test results from most Coronavirus Lab tests getting prepared for a possible surge in coronavirus cases is top of mind for many federal state and local officials. One major concern a shortage of protective gear for frontline medical workers kron fours Maureen Kelly got a status report on the supply stockpile from the person in charge of emergency medicine in Alameda County. A severe shortageof equipment ch as masks face shields and downs thats what doctor John Schwartz berg Professor Emeritus with u c berkeley schooof Public Health says is whats happening at many bay area hospitals with n 95 masks in particular bin reserved for the highest risk situations. Meanwhile, Jim Morrissey the tactical medical ogram director of Alameda Countys ems says theyve se some recent success in procuring those coveted n 95 masks. He says theyve handed out well over 300,000 so far during this crisis. And recently not another 700,000ow stored in an undisclosed location rdy to be distributed as needed another million plus have been ordered and are in the pipeline along with a half million surgical masks also in the pipeline, a request to the state for items that have been harder tocome by of late with the National Surge in demand goggles face shields thermometers gloves and gowns they are in better shape of s late in terms of space in their local hospitals with 421 currently empty and available hospital ds, 86 isolation beds and 39 beds in i c u they also have a 14ventilators ready to go for incoming patients up 44 from thursday, the m s supervisor believes the effort to keep the streets clear by residents sheltering in place which is helping create the current extra room in local hospitals in Alameda County. The ambulance transporrate is down 30 from normal says theyre responding to fewer things su as car crashes and industrial accidents with more people staying at home and ou of harms way. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. For more on the Health Crisis you can visit our website kron 4 dot com just go to the coronavirus tab under news there youll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area and interactive map tracking cases all arounthe world information on the essential services opened during the shelter in place and ways to stay safe. All of this and much mo at kron 4 dot com. Time for a first check of the weather this hour with the 4 zone forecast as we take a laying a live look outside at the embarcadero in the city yeah joining us remotely our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow were missing you back here in the studio lawrence. The edge is not the same right to understand why we have to do a certainly is hanging out with you guys get a chance to see a person buch that happens you know what a great time thats going to be a get ready for the weekend we are seeing some changes coming our way to clouds beginning to feel our skies you can see those outside right now as the clouds moving in yeah were going to see the rain moving in not too far along from years back will see some pretty dent rain throughout the weekend. I think the full coverage coming as we head into sunday, but right now most of rain is staying just off the coastline you can see a well to the north and near eureka see that massive clouds off the coast that is going to brg with it that rain into our skies little bit later on for tonight and tomorrow so things are going to get a little bit wet from time to time you see the showers popping up as we head through the day tomorrow, the showers going to be on and off but i think picking up especially toward the middle of the day tomorrow that is all that moisre really comes on shore more snow in the Sierra Nevada and then as we get into sunday watched is weve got this nice branch of moisture coming through and i think that we can actually bring a chance some thunderstorms in the bay area on sunday morning them may just become partly cloudy in the afernoon with scattered showers but certainly going to be an of a good weekend to stand or cold 2 guys highs are only e going to be in the 50s that still ahead at 8 oclock fears mounted italys Health Care System cod collapse. 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I started a Facebook Group yesterday called and helping each other petaluma as of now has about an 800 members and its raise hundreds of dollars to by food and supplies for local animal shelter. People who lost their job or lost her health insurance, parents who are seeking advice on helping their children with online schooling in restaurants are trying to ramp up their Delivery Business can all post to their needs on the page and others who have extra time to run errands for seniors or tutor students. They can post their skills and expertise Facebook Groups are easy ways to share Important Information from your own neighborhood if you dont have a Facebook Group you n start when yourself you might be surprised at how many great ideas and how many helpful people live right in your own neighborhood such a great idea that u started that. Restaurants big and small are either closed or of course trying to make the transition to take out and to delivery i found one example plus montclair district today, pearl is an upscale eatery now turning to take out only. Pearls all a car takeout menu includes beer and wine as is now allowed the montclair Business District is usually bustling but now the cars are parked here only for the peets coffee, the banks, the pizza place on the safe way pearls owners say takeout business does not save everybodys job. But it does help some. This covers that. I would take out were not talking communities need to. Like so many Small Businesses now pearl is trying to do what it can to stay afloat and to help their workers do the same. Roads leading some drivers to maybe takeadvantage of the light traffic by going a little too fast but e Highway Patrol has a message citations are on the rise. 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Into the stay at home order issued for bay area counties said has been tough on a lot of people that is an understatement, especially. Families with children who are not in school now kron fours rob fladeboe talked with one san jose family about hothey are coping with the order. So far so good here at attics household in san jose 2 weeks into the shelter at home order Jennifer Maddox says her family is holding its own. We spe via face time you know its really off its definitely starting to get a point rate can tell theyre seeing. Their social interactions went to school honestly they only a little excited when they heard schools, closing it was like yes, yes, cool and they realize that actually also be still see a fence. Jennifer has been tutoring her 8. 10 yearold san jose unifd School District is rolling out online lessons and theres a lot of time to connect with family and friends. So we try to do things the stylist some of their Friends Meeting so that any all to keep that a little bit the kids are baking coies and getting outside for some air and exercise explaining why they need to stay home has been a challenge says maddox you know we talk a lot about what is. You know why the apps to all and why is it important and what is this virus and itas really me that it can teach us cents all conversation thats happening. Something that young kids can despite those challenges medics feels fortunate her familyhas access to the internet and all the online tools, many others are without. The hardespart. She says is the uncertainty of it all. Is there an upside part and all it will play kick ball. Well to of course, we can at least do early. Good friends and they go to the park in a plane. I just watch and this is definitely forced action is being involved which that was rob fladeboe reporting. Jennifer says in r spare time that theres not much of that, but shes been working on a oject to help get devices and internet into the hands of kids who dont have it right now. San jose state is answering the call to help in the medical supply shortage by using 3 d printers to make face shields and ventilators the university is really all but shut down but working late together with a loan on site technician the students have put their own projects on hold. And im happy to help in a safe way by fronting face shields and ventilators and ventilator parts. Ing so you know were were all home kind of doing things differently for the time being to step you tore its a great feeling. Heres a soclled thanks to san jose state for doing this 3 d printing can be somewhat slower than traditional manufacturing, but they can operate all around the clock and in this time of shortage every mask every ventilator could save a life if you have been behind the wheel lately you surely noticed thre is a lot less traffic out on the roads of the bay area but unfortunately. Some drivers apparently see that as a green light to speed which has led to an increase in speeding tickets. The chp says speeding citations are on the rise on bay area freeways. Yakg of the cole in thinking that were not out there with this hi thats not for thats completely false and there a high speed a lot of citations still Law Enforcement. Officer korea says the chp is practicing social distancing while handing out citations he says officers are wearing gloves more often and using plenty of hand sanitizer. Some of those sound like real ds get here how long the Mill Valley Community in the north bay has been bonding by howling in unison while still social distancing. It has been dued the mill valley howell and its been taking place at 08 00pm for the past few nights is hilarious our coverage the coronavirus pandemic continues on kronon the 24 hour local news streaming service is free to download right now that you can stay informed. And updated during this Health Crisis. Now to our 4 zone forecast a live picture of the Golden Gate Bridge which is just about him day, but you can see it pretty clearly our meteorologist karnow standing by with a look ahead its gonna get a little wet out there right lawrence. Just to stay indoors like kend weve been doing in certainly is going to get much colder again. The storm system coming right now the gulf of alaska, so here we go again thacold air coming in this one little more disorganized that you see on the Doppler Radar weve got a couple scattered showers off the yreka some of those showers those will slowly work their way in our direction overnight night. So here we go get ready. Weve got a little rain on tap for the bay area when it ca to picking up a little bit too in fact its been a bit breezy in spots throughout the afternoon and evening here comes our frontal system acts actually more of a trough ths coming through and its going be some rain some shower for tomorrow and then i think the brunt of the rain is going to come through on sunday morning. Thats really see the heaviest downpours maybe he was like slate of thunderstorms that things for for the storm system not on a raid to saturday you can see theyre less than a 2 tenths of an inch but then as we get into the next day sunday, those are rain amounts really go up maybe half an inch, maybe 3 course plus in some parts of the bay area. Next coming your ego, some unsettled weather coming that chance some thunderstorms on sunday monday and tuesday we start to clear things out and by the middle of next week in the beginning of april on wednesd, some of these temperatures going to be moving comfortably up into the 70s so finally a little taste of spring coming our direction ut guys not this weekend that lays forecast back to you. And still ahead cell screening for covid 19 apple says working with the cdc say it has created a do it yourself way to determine if youre infected. 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Essentially got out of hand and became difficult for them as good asthey are and theyre very good to be able to contain is in a way that is Contact Tracing all that kind of thing was more mitigation how do we deal with what we hae theyre in a very difficult position. In this exclusive footage given to cnn doctor show us operating rooms in a hospital in northern italy turned into makeshift intensive care units barely conscious patients. Doctors and nurses pushed to the brink. They w have to choose who will live and who will die some medics have described it as war time tree on edge patients with the highest chance of survival get priority. And its doctors nurses and emergency workers who are exposed to the greatest risks at least 39 medical professionals have died in italy since the prices even a small error can can give you. Section in and then you have to vote not to. You get any serious problem. Its a stark picture for e in the us now fighting the disease. Americas doctors are already planning for the ethical challenges they will soon face in italy exhausted doctors struggle physically and mentally from the strain. They hope other countries will learn from them. A dire situation and a warning for the world Delia Gallagher cnn round. And if theres any kind of Silver Lining during this pandemic thers this air pollution is down especially across europe. The European Space agency published some new images a show dramatic declines in nitrogen dioxide major cities, including paris milan and rome. Thats compared to average concerations from a year ago dioxide is the pollution that forms when fossil fuels such as coal oil gas or diesel. Our burn the travel sector has ground to a viral standstill because of the coronavirus acrdg to the world travel and tourism council, 50 million jobs could be lost that sector accounts for 10 of the global gross domestic product, and analysts predict it could take 10 months for that industry to recover after the pandemic is finally over apple has created a way to screen yourself for coronavirus see app and website will ask you about your symptoms. And then give you information on the virus. Its all thanks to a partnership with the centers for Disease Control and prevention fema and the White House Coronavirus task force you do not need an apple account to use the feature and the company says it will not collect questionnaire information. Apple ceo tim cook said the company is donating 10 million face masks here and in europe when the coronavirus outbreak started you might remember the south korea was out in the forefront when it came to testing. One Biotech Company in that country gave exclusive access toits facilities where their team developed a test kit for coronavirus ivan watson reports. Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak south korea has aggressively tested for the disease with the help of drive through Testing Facilities that speed up the process. South korea has already tested more than 220,000 people down the quick rollout made possible. Thanks to fast work by korean bioth Companies Like c gene, which gave cnn exclusi access to its Research Facilities this is the laboratory where a team of scientists came up with the test kit for diagnosing coronavirus and they did it in under 3 weeks we do not expect you to this kind of the pen de mayo outbreak happened in korea and nobody expected and or. Changing your in is the founder and ceo of cg is a company that designs and sells test kits that identify dozens of different kindof diseases in midjanuary chance as he first instructed his researchers. Invent a new test for coronavirus which was then startingits deadly spread across china. So you guys were already working on coronavirus before the first confirmed case of the illness in south korea. Yeah, just a. Cheering the news comes as china. We saw it will be impact on the Korean Peninsula so be so today, the same results cases the molecular microbiology just got to work. Without ever having a physical sample of thvirus. Instead they relied on a genetic blueprint of the new virus distributed by the World Health Organization and Health Officials in china highlighting 3 specific genes seegenes scientist then had to come up with a way of spotting those coronavirus jeans in future samples taken from patients was there more pressure than usual because his son how humans in this case, the spreading the core of ice into. Our countries. Not long ago it would have taken seaching 2 to 3 months to come up with a test but using Artificial Intelligence you are able to come up with a test in less than 2 weeks right. Thats pretty quick a chance as on february 12 the korean government fasttracked approval of the new coronavirus test kit less than a monthafter seaching started working on it these 6 files some of which only contain a tear drop worth of solution. What you need to conduct tests on 100 patients for coronavirus and that can be completed in just 4 hours. He jeanne is now working overtime even drafting scientist with a ph ds to work on the Assembly Line thats how much demand there is right and is crazy and not and not only for him to miss mark katz oh so you know from the overseas market. The demand is urgent because identifying coronavirus is one of the best ways to stop the spread of this disease. Ivan watson, cnn seoul. 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Grocery outlet jingle grocery outleteprise its something we can all learn from it you think science and rap music do that go together then you have not yet met raven the science may then the medical student from buffalo new york is using her musical skills to put together a how to guide on. Protecting yourself fm covid 19 brandis Brandon Lewis shows. She goes by brave in the science may a buflo native doing what she does best mixing science and rap music to spread a it is a unique situation for a lot of people seen. Asked to stay inside of your home foan extended period your min kind of just goes all over the place and my mind is thats a very creative sce in the midst of the coronavirus Pandemic University at buffalo student who is currently pursuing a a popular rap song called why these down the titles perfect for the practices that we need pandemic and put her own sp on it giving people ti on how to makit through the coronavirus how great. Its a to 2 hours to ite the st of the day to make the video after she poed it on social media that went viral. Everything i is try to do it for the good of late. To better humanity, you know so i never really have too many expectations i personally st hope that it reaches at least one person. In this case, its reached late hundreds of thousands of people that videhas reached people of all backgrounds from scientist to students ravens work is not only an outlet for information butinspiration she strives for diversity in the science i feel like its citizens. Chance to connect with a lot of people who were looking for this type of representation. And i had a mother who said that her 4 yearold daughter cant stop singing its second or head and tn season keeps telling that her daughter eps telling her that she wants to be a scientist so that means a lot to me that was Brandon Lewis reporting we were really enjoy right here in the studio raven the science maven that wonderful medical student just met has a new rap album and its all about sciencwill be really soon. It will be called the protocol and sowein early may and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight, a science is cool again. I asked the school and heres what were working on for kron 4 news at 9. 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