Facility is now on paid administrative leave. And as the number of deaths rises Health Officials say the virus. Could surge later this year i would anticipate that that would actually happen because of the greed of transmissibility. However if you come back in the fall. It will be a totally different ballgame our ability to go out and be able to test identify isolate. And contact race will be orders of magnitude better then what it was just a couple of months ago, im John Lawrence reporting. Will spain has suffered its worst day in the coronavirus outbreak officials there reporting 849 people died yesterday because of the virus and there were more than 9,000 new cases reported in just a 24 hour span. Spain has become the 3rd country in the world overtake chinas death toll or chinas total infection number. Theyre behind italy and the united states. More testing is done more cases in california are being reported. Take a look at the latest numbers more than 7,000 cases, according to john hopkins university. More than 7300 to be specific with a 146 deaths. Here in the bay area we have more than 2000 cases total Santa Clara County continues to have the largest share of that with 848 cases reported 28. Yes, there are 374 cases in San Francisco with 6 deaths San Mateo County has 309 cases. 6 deaths too. Alameda county 264 cases with 7 deaths Contra Costa County 187 cases. They have 3 deaths marine county has 98 cases with 4 deaths reported Sonoma County has 58 cases won best there Solano County has 34 cases of coronavirus napa county reporting 14 cases there. As you stay at home order has been extended not just nationwide. But here in the bay area as well from President Trump and from our leader San Francisco mayor london breed told people live there they have to stay home until may 1st. That means you have to practice socialdistancing only go out for essential needs. We heard from one local business owner, about the announcement. Its certainly well it is inconvenient is serving probably the best thing for all of us and we just have you know we certainly dont want to get people sick by coming back too soon. You know who was the governor does want people to come back its Health Care Workers. He signed an executive order and first of all hes pleading for Health Care Workers who are retired even if youre Nursing Student and youre not quite dot finish with school yet to please helping the hospitals and theres some help for Small Businesses in california too. The governor signed a measure letting you file a return of less than a Million Dollars now you get a 90 day extension for those tax returns and payments and the order from the governor also gives Small Businesses until the end of july to file their returns for the 1st quarter. Governor newsome is reinforcing trying to reinforce the fight against coronavirus lets get back to Health Care Workers and who specifically they want retired those that are working parttime or in training to please come and help conference Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala has more. Governor Gavin Newsome monday unveiled californias newest effort to beef up its medical workforce, the state rolled out health court to see a dot gov to tap into an estimated 37,000 Health Care Workers that are either retired park time or in training to help the states response to covid19 for mental health. Experts for more and ts more pharmacists looking for marfa bottom us looking for more experts and respiratory care and the like technicians administrators doctors nurses. Were calling on to step up and step in and meet this moment while the state tries to increase the number of Health Care Providers. Its also assessing more places to put patients to help ease hospital capacities. The governor said the army corps of engineers is looking at coliseums and arenas that could be turned into hospitals the state is also secured some hospital leases hotel rooms and a navy ship to help with space in hospital beds governor newsoms administration estimating the state needs an extra 50,000 beds for its possible patients search we project that we will need that towards the 2nd half of the month of may. So we are very busy trying to build towards that officials monday said covid19 hospitalization rates doubled while the number of i c u patients tripled in the last 4 days governor, newsome says about 1400 people are hospitalized while 597 of those are in intensive care the governor still calling the statewide stay at home order indefinite if youve ever. You know, gone skydiving the worst thing a human being can do. Is cut the parachute. When you 9 even close to the ground. Were not yet close to the ground governor newsoms tell a press Conference Monday was the first of whats now expected to be daily updates with the governor that start every day at noon. In sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. In the south bay. Theres a call to do more to help the homeless in Santa Clara County during this pandemic an outbreak among the homeless would immediately increase the threat to the broader population and Health Care Providers and the systems that are already in high demand. So now there are new efforts to do welfare checks on the homeless and to screen them for coronavirus in order to prevent any further spread. Im receiving. Concerns complains inquiries from volunteers who are trying to deliver Services Food information into these encampments the for the host dont know whats going on in the homes are being tested the homeless are being screened. Well the plan calls for welfare checks at all known homeless camps and refer people to health and Welfare Services and testing centers. An emergency treatments as well. In the east bay, oakland city officials have actually begun moving Homeless People in the local hotels, its all part of its plan to help them selfisolate during this pandemic so there are nearly 400 hotel rooms now that have been set up and made available at the Radisson Hotel and at the comfort inn out by oakland airport. The first group of moved in yesterday where those coronavirus and those that are experiencing symptoms. We also anxious about selfisolating and we feel anxious even when we have homes this is an opportunity to give to folks so they can really self isolate and that and the more healthy way to prevent them from not only getting the disease but potentially spreading. Happening tomorrow, Homeless People who are over the age of 65 or have Chronic Health conditions. Theyll be expected to move in that. In San Francisco to patients and 9 staff at laguna honda hospital, suffering from coronavirus and the city is trying to slow the spread there. They dont want it to go through that hospital like we saw what happened to the nursing home in seattle washington. Laguna honda hospital has more than 750 residents and doctors at the hospital right now they want to take care of San Franciscos Health Officer issued an order restricting visitors back on march 7th. And now the 2 units where the staff and patients contracted the virus are under quarantine. All nonessential personnel are restricted from entering the facility. Essential deserves staff and residents are medically screened. Laguna honda staff are screened at the start of each shift. The outbreak. It expected at laguna hospital and thats why they have asked the state and the federal government to step in and give additional help as they try to manage it. Should you wear a mask or not the cdc may issue new guidance today and encourage everybody to cover their faces to slow the spread of the virus because as you know. We dont know if weve tested positive or not because there arent enough test they only test people with symptoms and they figure by covering up. In case you do have it youll be helping the next person that you come into contact with there are differing opinions on this the World Health Organization is more worried about giving a false sense of security so they dont think everybody should wear a mask. We dont generally recommend the wearing of masks in public, but otherwise well individuals. And because a it has not been up to now associated with any particular benefit. It does have benefits psychologically socially and there are social norms around that and we dont criticize the wearing of masks and have not done so, but there is no specific evidence to suggest the wearing of masks by the mass population has any particular benefit. If the cdc does come out with these new guidelines saying that everybody you know should cover up their faces they would be pointing out that you should not wear a surgical mask or an and 95 those are recommended for Health Care Professionals only and as we know they are in big demand right now and short on supply a hospital so do not wear that type. Happening today, whole foods workers nationwide are expected to call out sick as they protest for better protections amid the coronavirus outbreak kron fours will tran live in san mateo with what theyre demanding and what this might mean for you if you shop at whole foods well. It might mean be a slower experiences is not a strike it is as sea cows so obviously going to be up to the individual workers to decide whether or not to show up for work. Were outside one in san mateo and you can see a lot of people inside some of them are Early Morning shoppers. But we did see a lot of the workers with masks doing deep cleaning and thats one of the reasons why there asking for double pay because they believe theyre working at extremely difficult time this is obviously a pandemic going on and theyre not getting paid double which they think they should because theyre being exposed to thousands of customers, theyre also asking that if they feel the need to quarantine it dont feel right. Whether its mentally or physically because of the fear the pandemic that they should be paid sick time to stay home while they recover theyre also asking that their boss get more disaffected other things to make sure that theyre safe while theyre working what whole foods employees are doing across the country today, very much the same thing right instacart employees did yesterday when they were also demanding safer conditions and then so far only one amazon location we saw that yesterday in new york that employees at Staten Island they walked off the job because theyre demanding that amazon closes the facility should a worker come down with coronavirus and thats the same demand among many other demands that whole foot employees are also asking that if it comes down with somebody with coronavirus at their particular site that site should shut down as well back to you. All right, thank you very much, well and walmart by the way has announced that it will begin taking the temperature of employees when they show up for their shift of work. If an employee does have a temperature of a 100 or more than theyre going to be sent home and told to go see their doctor they wont be allowed to return to work until they no longer have a fever for at least 3 days thats interesting because thats just what were talking about is what if you dont have any symptoms at all under one of these essential workers. Thats out there and that is why some doctors have said go ahead with a mess, its its not im wearing a mask, it wouldnt be for me it be to protect from a better idea and thats why the recommended the cloth masks because theyre not meant to filter viruses coming at you, theyre meant to stop your spray right in going out and affecting other people thats why the cloth masks work for that purpose. Time now is 6. 12 well have lots more on the coronavirus in just a few minutes. The challenges of preparing for a baby in the middle of this pandemic how expectant mothers are changing their birth plans. And local hospital struggling to find what they need as we talked about they need masks and gowns and they are running low. And Unemployment Benefits are extended under the new Coronavirus Relief package. Details on what you need to know if youre welcome back its 6. 16 right now and we are checking out the its been so strange trying to get out of that dog walk i tell use out your window, i mean its its hard last couple days an interest in this weeks i guess john should be pretty nice outside for those dog walks right. Yeah, its going to be a lot better than it was this weekend. Her shirt guys that she eyes your nose was a little bit rainy on saturday probably did more help than else to people inside more on the weekend and see out there this morning we are at some low cloud cover city i did but they assure you he july right now conditions later today could be a lot sunnier so i know its due out this morning but its julian block later that a look outside at Berkeley White out conditions definitely over at circuit low clouds taking out early all across the region temperatures are currently in the 40s and 50s a mild start to the u. S. To stay oakland and alameda egypt, 54. Well the bottom lake o slows napa at 52 degrees currently skies fire to start but generally youre the afternoon you can see that teacher asked slight chance of showers at the very northern Sonoma County site from now were going to trying today, theres your sunshine later in the day and then tomorrow from start to finish youve got sunny skies with wednesday. Goings just a touch warmer in addition to those air missions, todays daytime highs staying in the 60s with europe the coaster birther implants conquered an antioch that 67 th well super existence, 63 in oakland and 65 today tomorrow temperatures a little bit were a little bit clearer right on par with seasonal averages friday is going to be a warm us some of the state or cast book or chances of rain return saturday sunday. Monday back to you in the studio. Thanks a 6. 17 right now and it is hard as you know, if youve wanted to test it hard to get a test here in the bay area hospitals dont have enough of them and they dont have enough specifically of testing swabs kron fours jason dumas has more. Hospitals across San Francisco are using every resource possible to help fight the covid pandemic but theyre still struggling to meet the demands of all the patients we are struggling to get swabs in order to test. So along the supply chain for testing. There are severe limitations because of this in most cases here in the city testing has been limited to those showing symptoms or have had highrisk exposures we are still struggling along that supply chain to to ramp up tests seen on as quickly as possible. So any scene from the specimen collection that you need for swabs from the processing reagents that are needed our supply chains are are um. Episodic hard to determine spend because of this the numbers could be misleading we still do not have an accurate province number so in other words we do not know. Overall per 1000 people in San Francisco. Im what the rate is a virus infects sebring and whether your plea and ucsf colleagues. To to determine that number from a number of other data sources as quickly as possible to get assessments as will be very importance informing our models kovacs went on to say the homeless will be able to get tested if theyre showing symptoms reporting in San Francisco jason dumas scrum for news. Well for your money this morning 2 trillion relief package for the coronavirus pandemic includes billion in extended Unemployment Benefits. Karma dickerson has more now on who can apply for those benefits. There are many aspects to the federal stimulus package for example, helping employers keep people on the payroll or rehire people they had to lay off. Nevertheless we do know there are people who are out of work and will continue to be out of work or even just have reduced hours. There is help in this package for you, heres what you need to know the spirit of the bill is to help people a lot of gray area here parveen time for a local employment Attorney Says shes pleased with what she views as key protections for workers included in the stimulus plan, the main take ways an extra 600 a week in benefits bring california of macs weekly benefits over a 1000. Good freelancer self employed and parttime workers who historically can apply for Unemployment Benefits are eligible. And if you previously use all the benefits you can refile and the package extends benefits by 13 weeks for a maximum of 39 weeks of unemployment insurance, the point of this was to bring people to what their paychecks could be you could continue paying your expenses typically people are eligible for Unemployment Benefits if they quit their jobs. But we know this virus has left some people with little choice but to quit those under doctor ordered quarantine diagnosed with or caring for someone with covid19 and those who lost child care and had to leave work as a result can apply it is quite a struggle in just about for a lot of workers in various industries and im if you know if workers find it impossible or if employers let them go as a result of that they would now be covered. However, if you quit your job simply because youd rather stay home out of an abundance of caution that doesnt also not eligible for unemployment coverage, people able to work from home workers getting sick or paid family leave and people just entering the job market. As for those of multiple streams of income will lose one or more of their jobs. Timber says its worth looking into unemployment, so id encourage you to apply their so much gray area we dont really know but i have to believe that there might be some sort of coverage or might be something available to freelancers who are no longer able to perform their side hustle. In sacramento, karma dickerson. Also announced that its going to have to lay off most of its 125,000 employees this week. Thats after a dip in recent sales because of the pandemic and their recent decisions to close a lot of their stores over the last year. The company says it will have to but will have the absolute minimum employees needed to stay functional, but beyond that thats it. Still ahead details on what parents should know to keep their kids protected from coronavirus well take a 6. 25 and with a number of covid cases on the rise in this country parents are trying to figure out how to protect their kids. Yeah we have darryl forges now breaking down what you need to know. Over the weekend a baby in chicago who tested positive for coronavirus tide now it supports a note that an investigation is underway to determine the official cause of the childs death. But for parents having their child catch even a mild case is too close for comfort children are catching the virus but as of now older people and those who are immunocompromised are at higher risk of getting seriously ill. Still according to the cdc when it comes to detecting the virus. Its important to remember that the symptoms are the same for children as adults like coldlike symptoms runny nose, fever and a dry cough. And the cdc says adults make up the majority of covid19 cases to date but heres what you need to know about protecting your children against the virus now look weve said this over and over again i cant stress it enough wash your hands. Santa ties, clean and disinfect high touch areas and how so common areas like the tables chairs door knobs for most handles clean washable plus items like teddy bears the cdc also says if your child is healthy, theres no need for them to wear a face mask, the mascot for people with symptoms of the illness is or for people providing care to the sick for Health Officials, the biggest concern is children passing the virus to people who are more susceptible like older family members still they stress that support to follow cdc guidelines for social distancing for people of all ages. Im darryl forges reporting. Health officials are learning more about how long the coronavirus can live on things you buy at the grocery things you buy at the Grocery Store. Well have tips for you my new bitesized, crispy popcorn chicken is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Im original. One of a kind. You feel me . Love ya. Oop you look cute. Better than you wherever drama pops off pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. We are back coming up on 6. 30 and the ringing of the opening bell on wall street as the exchange is open for busioess dow futures actually pointing to a negative. Start we may see a triple digit drop after well most an 800 point gain yesterday. Wall street trying to make back some of the heavy losses weve seen here. This quarter, but it looks like were going to finish on a down note. Nonetheless. A check of nbc and potentially the dow. Losing about 12 in the month of march on case actually for 4 months since october. A 2008. Trading now officially underway james lot of people are. The home but there are those that are still reporting to their workplaces like if they work at a Grocery Store are delivering food restocking shelves, Public Transit workers. The knesset your vick spoke with some workers ab ut how they feel about being in the front lines. As millions stay home. Millions around risking exposure to the virus on the front a new yorker i typically dont get scared of anything. Well you know its essential that im theyre not doctors and nurses that they are taking care of america from tony muzzle a ups driver to grocers to food delivery person out. All deem Critical Industries working around the clock in the face of a pandemic that the medicine regularly with the practice of the hospital regularly i just feel for lack of a better word for and to watch out. Ups has nearly a half a million employees on the job around the world. Here are some still working in bergamo epicenter of the coronavirus in italy singing in solidarity. Companies like ups and freshdirect say theyre following cdc and w h o guidelines for social distancing and hygiene protocols so crazy like to understand how most people when they need us now. This pandemic is a lowrisk coming outside every day to do the job but i appreciate i kind of like a superhero in the sense say when the world. With face mask prioritize for hospitals. There are a few left for other critical workers. Warren william supermarkets in new york city have a small supply for their employees but not enough so they made their own. Jennifer camacho is one of more than 2 million Grocery Store workers across the country exposed to large groups of people each day i am the higher freight of you know getting this fire from doing everything i can to protect myself and im here for the community and her message to all of us take all your precautions please keep us safe, so we can keep you safe as well as uncertainty grows these employees still find joy in their work, im happy about the fact that were able to keep the elderly grandmother raised to keep them into how safe is a great thing. I was just ellen james about now i was passed and now one of those big amazon trucks on the highway and i was beeping like good for you keep it up you know because these people are going out there while were staying at home. But the risk goes both ways Sarah Stinson at home right now in syria. If youve gone to the Grocery Store you got takeout food, then you need to treat them a certain way so you can be safe once youre at home. That done all of the above while weve had this stay at home order in place and while this is not a foodborne illness. We know that theres a remote possibility that some of this food in the packaging could be contaminated by someone coughing or sneezing on it so theres a few things you can do. But theres still a lot that Health Officials across the globe are learning about this and how its transmitted on surfaces that we all touch and share in the Grocery Store now we do know they believe that on cardboard the coronavirus can live up to 24 hours and then on plastic like a tortilla packaging for pasta packaging second live on the surface for 3 days so theres still a lot more to learn about this and how it transmits but until then there are some things we can do and Grocery Shopping ordering in take a look at your screen we rode out some tips for you when you are ordering in, especially you know when youre trying to be safe and youre also trying to feed yourself and sometimes you need a break from Grocery Shopping and cooking so first dispose of the food delivery packaging have the delivery person leave the food at the door if you cant keep a safe social distance have them drop it and then you can pick it up safely when handling cash always wash your hands immediately after as it can be a vehicle for the virus to spread number 3 wash your hands before eating of course thats what weve been telling you for a while now and then when Grocery Shopping foley steps will all been very worried well Grocery Shopping the stores have been doing their part to make sure people are safe for what you can do. While unpacking groceries is wiped down cans containers all packaging with disinfectant wipes for soap and water to further reduce your risk of exposure. Number 2 a washing Fresh Produce first wash your hands and wash your produce like you normally do dry with paper towel or clean dishwasher and as for safe food preparation and when youre cooking the virus is supposedly killed by safe cooking temperatures so those are just a few tips for you to a put your back pocket as we continue to try and keep ourselves safe. And as we continue to cook from home, i know, im cooking more than ive ever cooked before so a lot of good tips. These were things i was actually wondering in this learning this is make me feel a lot safer haven has sent back to guys i dont know did you much about the bags or did you notice air when you went to the store. The bags and all the stories that i go to know the shopping bags theyre not letting you use your own shopping bag. If you notice that. Theyre giving you have to use their bags and if you do bring one in they wont touch it. I went to mali just to name one store and they did let me use my the own bags right i had to they didnt want to touch them which was totally fair there think you for bringing your bag were not going to touch them hands on the store and i know we all want to be environmentally friendly. But those bags to have contamination not guarding one of ours but just in general, yeah it does depend on the store and a safe way is doing what you just described. If you go to save for their own bag, my local market wont let me bring a bag and anymore. And a note about lines to james you go to costco i would costco so there are a limiting the amount of people in the stores as you get in there some crazy ad to wait 1520 minutes, youll to know the same thing they were not and they were 40 and as 40 people came out somebody there monitoring and. And then when you went through and they had all the pallets of toilet i did that there let me take one pack and yes, somebody theyre standing handing out. One pack per customer very nice, you know. Alright National Headlines as we continue our coverage of the coronavirus the death toll from covid19 it continues to go up and hear some of the latest numbers from john hopkins university. Theyre tracking it 3,000 more than 3,000 deaths reported nationwide 164,000 cases have been confirmed. New york continues to be the hot spot. The epicenter for this pandemic here in the u. S. That state now has more than 67,000 cases with more than 1200 deaths reported in now federal officials are warning every other state in the country. They could be next karen caifa takes a closer look. In manhattans central park and the construction of a Field Hospital in new york harbor, the arrival of the usns comfort to help has come. New york state has passed a grim milestone of 1000 coronavirus deaths and new york city says theyll still need to triple their number of hospital beds by may for Covid Patients and patients not infected, anywhere they can put them the state with the worst outbreak in the nation and the peak, yet to cap what you see us going through you will see happening all across this country. The federal government says every us state metro area should be prepared to face a similar crisis. Officials elsewhere like philadelphia just 90 miles away from new york city are eyeing that epicenter closely. We have a very Strong Social distancing order for the city and for the state trying to slow down wave have the smallest possible on sunday President Trump announced the extension of federal social distancing guidelines for april 30th. Still the nations top infectious expert doctor anthony fouchier reiterating its lee projection. I dont want to see it id like to avoid it. But i wouldnt be surprised if we saw 100,000 deaths meanwhile over in europe, the death toll continues to climb, italy passed 10,000 deaths over the weekend spain now well over 7,000 in washington, im karin caifa. One of the sad realities of this pandemic is that some people are dying without a single loved one there by their side to comfort them a lot of family and friends of course cant come near the patients because theyre quarantined you dont want the risk of this spreading and one woman explained her experience that she had to say goodbye to her mother from a distance. They knew we could be with her i could tell the emotion in both there and the doctors voices of their frustration knowing we could be there or be the wrist. The infection. So theres talk to on a and she called me about 10 oclock at night and said. You know your mothers reading is changing, you know we can see that it probably wont be much i would take myself so is her personal cell phone. Im gonna go and get dressed in all the protective gear i have to be an and then im going to put the phone up to her face so that you can. Tell her you love her and say your goodbyes and. It was so touching just to know that i couldnt be there and i said to the nurse to secure new please hold her hand to new riverhead can you pretend, you know like i were there with her and she said she will not be alone. We will stay with her to the end. So 10 minutes later, we get the phone call for face time you know she could have right up to my mothers face and. You know i could i could tell my mom and loved her and how much i was going to mr. In the bay area are changing their policies on how many people can be in a room, i know i have a friend who at just hold on who has cancer and she wanted to bring a friend into the room with her. They were not allowing that and what about people who are giving birth a to cannot have the company that they expected. Most hospitals just allowing one person in the delivery room. As theyre forced to make these changes and kron fours michelle kingston has more. Just kind of us. Now you know that for weeks ago this month to be planned to have her husband and 12 yearold daughter in the delivery as she gives birth to her baby girl this week. The whole thing seeing lehigh. I just turn out the way down but now shes allowed just one support person in the room this is the new protocol at ucsf sutter john you are in kaiser hospitals, this also means moms who plan to have a doula will have to make some ak your client kind of transition to supporter takes a case prenatal appointments of also change to as soon as i walked in there, i was stopped at the door and i was screened as what they called it an a. You know they they asked me if i had a and coughing many hospitals are trying to do as many appointments as possible over the phone and not allowing anyone but the expecting mother in for the appointment meaning spouses are now unable to hear their childs heartbeat for the First Time Alongside the mother many women nervous about giving birth inside a hospital so close to so many coronavirus patients frightening to think that. Being in a hospital setting with a surrounded everywhere that this boy could possibly be getting that and it will be really happened while most moms understand the safety pose moment in time a difficult one and i its its sky ent i was feeling. You know right after a baby im certain i just connected to this pregnancy to compared to my last one because. You know this is best to be an exciting time, especially for a new model like myself in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. Dealing with us sir virus and all of the many of it can create a lot of stress anxiety, even panic. Before it gets bad is the time to call the hotline. This is not just for when you know youre desperate. This is just for when you need somebody to talk to look at the number on your screen 800 9, 8, 5 5990. Thats 809 8, 5, 5990 they also have a form to get in communication with them you can text talk with us to 66 7 4666 7, 4, 6, and thats to help you out give you some of the vent to. If dont want to come, especially what you have kids and you dont want to let them know they are low. Stressed out thats agree the resource back its 6. 46 on this Tuesday Morning conditions outside today, definitely on the cloudy side you can see behind me. Half moon bay, anderson grey skies to kick things off this tuesday looking outside of berkeley law youve got some fog to be seen in this for you right here disability definitely being affected and some are were spots. Temperatures currently in the 40s and 50s a mild gray starts in the morning, good one to not venture out too much just yet maybe take the afternoon walk around the neighborhood after the sun comes back out later on sunday as first guys definitely on the cloudier side as youve noticed and we do have just a couple of sprinkles right at the Northern Edge of snow but county aside from that conditions across the bay area should remain dry and pretty calm today, increasingly clear by the afternoon clear evening ahead of us than tomorrow looks to be pretty clear from start to finish todays daytime highs in the 60s with low 60s closer to the coast and then upper 60s further inland napa nanny a year 67 degree highs and works temperatures while oakland at 65 today tomorrow and thursday as well as friday suburb warmer days just a touch warmer than today and also little clear that today will be after that we cool down a bit the weekend highs fall back into the low 60s by saturday sunday and monday with chances of showers returning each of those states as well back to you in the studio. Well drugs now being used to treat coronavirus are becoming difficult for people with other Health Issues to obtain and theres now a shortage other drug that used to treat lupus kron fours dan storm spoke to a woman in oakland dealing with that very issue. The woman says that shes been using this drug to treat her lupus for more than 10 years she right now has a limited supply but within the next week it will run out eventually forcing her to look for alternatives. The drugs championed by President Trump and now widely authorized by the food and Drug Administration to treat coronavirus patients are becoming hard to access for other patients who rely on them couric when hydroxychloroquine both well known for treating lupus have now become the top drugs for treating hospitalized patients with covid19. We shouldnt have to fight for it unfortunately thats great that its come to be. Billy brown has been living with this quite lupus for 15 years this condition affects her skin causing severe rashes on her face and hair loss brown uses hydroxychloroquine also known by its brand name plaque one nil to keep the lupus symptoms from worsening. Shes now down to a weak supply so what i. John just extend that is to cut the bill in brown is a patient of Kaiser Permanente in oakland she was told by or pharmacy she will not be able to refill her prescription because there was a shortage of the drug this has been troubling for brown because lupus affects her immune system making her high risk for contracting coronavirus shes also suspect that hydroxychloroquine and effectiveness in treating coronavirus. The drug has been proven to treat lupus. But evidence that its effective at treating covid19 has d. It just seems like its playing checkers list. The decisions and in gambling on that gets the medication in a statement to kron 4 news Kaiser Permanente acknowledged a shortage of the drugs and said in part quote we are doing all we can to continue filling all current prescriptions for patients with lupus kaiser says they expect the drug manufacturers to ramp up production to meet the increased demand brown meanwhile is left hoping hopefully. Well be able to get air will lot have to gamble list. One brown says as alternatives shes going to have to settle on using ineffective topicals shes also noticed that cutting the pills in half have not been as effective in preventing skin outbreaks. So for now shes just going to have to be extra cautious with her health in walnut creek dan thorn kron 4 news. In the east bay one us marine has gone from serving our country to serving Health Care Workers on the front lines convoys. Taylors sacking has more. Remember we starting this 1000 meals served thats 1000 meals for First Responders and doctors and nurses. In local hospitals joe stein owner of sunrise in walnut creek says they launched a go fund me page last week so they could keep the restaurant operating. Also serving those fighting the coronavirus on the front lines are people during restaurants com. So the that people can and years. 4 years of catering hospitality experience stein says sunrise bees show has always surrounded itself for the community for decades. But now they found a new way to serve their community our time so far theyve raised more than 35,000 to the local hospitals island in oak in your intro kaiser are urging care and mark were out over the next 3 days rivera another 500 kron 4 first met stein back in 2003 when he was a marine in the iraq war now he says hes using his military background to set a future logistics and supply lines for hospitals. When this virus hits the bay area stronger in the next couple of weeks has really worked this is coming here, its wonderful that weve delivered few days producer of these supply lines from the real work comes. Theres out the door and these people are working hour shifts. Love and support and Taylor Bisacky reporting kron 4 news. Heres a quick check of the big board this morning as we continue to follow wall street and as expected the dow has turned negative sharply off by more than 240 points now 22,000 18 i will continue to track the numbers but at this point we are on track to end the month of march, one of the worst marches weve had since 2008. And it looks like reagan and the 1st quarter with a loss. Our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues on our website a cropper dot com thats where you can find a very latest on the outbreak. And what we ea to combat it again you can find it all of the coronavirus section that some of the news tab. On our website at kron 4 dot com well be right back. When we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. Back at 6. 55 the nc double a will allow spring sports athletes have been impacted by the pandemic to get an additional year of eligibility. That decision will give those athletes now a chance to compete in a spring sport for a season that they basically lost this year. But the nc double a didnt guarantee Financial Aid so thats something the students will have to work out Winter Sports werent included in this decision also sports that saw most of their season if not all of it completed before the pandemic hit they werent included either. How much scholarship money will be made available to each student athlete, though thats going to have to be determined by the athletes particular schools. 06 56am coming up in the next hour, whole foods workers why are they demonstrating. Well tell you why as we cover that story live and everything you need to know about shopping in this pan that one you bring home the groceries which need to do to stop the spread and theyre trying to stop the spread at a hospital in San Francisco that houses the elderly. Plus new efforts by california to recruit a Health Care Workers to fight the pandemic. 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You have it and you dont know to be clear when they come out with this rule if they do today. They will explicitly say do not wear the type of mask that they need so much in the hospitals right now those are in short supply. Theyre saying make your own use any kind of a makeshift covering because you are not a Health Care Worker and as you know hospitals are struggling to keep up with the demand they dont have enough hospital gowns and masks and the like. Yesterday between yesterdays a that was the highest singleday total since the outbreak started here in the u. S. The president has extended the National Social distancing guidelines for