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 partular benefit. Again we expect hear something today that word could come from the cdcs will be monitoring that if they make that commendation again that does not mean you should wear a surgical mask or an and 95 those are for health care were absolutely to be the cloth masks the to be best use case for tt. Meantime the various stay at home order has been extended for another month mayor london breed says will be a formal announcement later today, yeah, in fact the Health Department is going unveil their plans kron fours Charles Clifford has more on the story. Mayor london breed said that City Residents should be prepared to remain sheltered in place for at least another month until may first as the city tries to slow the spread San Francisco traffic was und light very few people out and about essential businesses li Grocery Stores remain open nonessential businesses remain closed. Heres some of what the mayor had to say for the sake of planning and so that. Everyone can begin to know that this is going to continue to have an you should definitely plan to a stay at home and this process and what were doing here will continue in till at least may first we already have made a difference in really saving lives. We may not realize the impacts of this until this is all over. But eventually we will learn we have done and how we all t have participated in complying with social distancing. It truly has saved lives, but also the chance to talk to a woman who owns a needle workshop. In the Presidio Heights neighborhood she says shes not happy about the extended shelterinplace order but she understands it certainly well it is inconvenient it is certainly probablthe 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. Mayor said that Bay Area Health fficials would make an official announcement probably. On Tuesday Morning regarding the extension of the shelterinplace order but for now in San FranciscoCharles Clifford kron 4 news. As more testing gets underway of course the number of cases here in california continues to climb. Cording to John Hopkins University as you can see on the screen. We have more than 7300 now confirmed cases in california with a 146 deaths and locally here in the bay area it breaks down this way weve got more than 2000 total santa clara still has the majority at 848 confirmed cases with 28 deaths. Second San Francisco county 374 cases they have 6 deaths there also success reported in San Mateo County of 309 confirmed cases Alameda County has 264 cases with 7 deaths contra costa county, 3 deaths with a 187 confirmed cases. Marine county has 98 cases 4 deaths Sonoma County, 59 cases, one death. No cases of death reported in either salon or napa county but as you can see they do have confirmed cases that theyre treating Solano County but 43 napa county with 14. A virus in San Francisco to patients and 9 Staff Members at laguna honda hospital have the virus laguna honda has more than 750 residents and doctors are afraidbecause they dont want a repeat of what happened with the infections and deaths that raced through our nursing care home. Outside of seattle, San Franciscos Health Officer issued an order restricting visitors back on march 7th and now the 2 units for the staff and patients have the virus are under quarantine. All nonessential personnel are restricted from entering the facility. Essentil deserves staff and residents are medically screened. Laguna honda staff are screened at the start of each shift. And they are expecting the worse they think its 7 probably gas calais delegate a honda and thats why theyre asking say and federal officials for aid and additional help in managing thatoutbreak. Well happening today we have. We talk about the central workers in our mind instantly goes to hospital workers right but essential workers also includes those people that make sure that we have the food we need to survive were talking about Grocery Store workers an nationwide whole foods employees are apparently looking to do a sickout protest they want better protections. Amid this none of us knows if like were saying in the beginning of the show if we have the virus or not. And kron fours will tran is out there live in san mateo and will thats why the employees are so concerned for themselves and for the customers. Absolutely they want their implore you to do more things to make sure that they are safe now whole foods in san mateo o of hillsdale boulevard. It is open, but th are practicing social distancing you can see that employee and iend you need to know this not a strike this is a sick out across the country. But there are a lot of people still showing up because let face it they are grateful for a paycheck because 2 weeks ago the government declare the grocery workers are essential workers. However it doesnt mean that theyre not fearful every time th head into work because what you talked about area. The unknown there could be a customer who is asymptomatic and then pass it along to them so they say if were going to be here then we should get hazard pay perhaps as much as twice. What theyre paid right now theyre also want whole foods the company to make sure that they provide an of disinfectants another the equipment to make sure that theyre safe and if they feel for whatever reason that they need to quarantine themselves and they dont feel right that they stay home that they should be able to get sick pay for that then theres the otr issue we saw this at amazon in Staten Island yesterday where thatfacility came they discover that one person came down positive with coronavirubut it was still operational and they want cilities to immediately shut down and thats the same argument that the whole foods employees theyre also asking as well but a lot of people it seems like theyre showing up this is not a strike. This is of the hour where you have to be at least 60 years old to come in there and shop but keep in mind this could be the trend moving forward to this is reached a boiling int james and darya because we saw instacart employees do the me thing yesterday where many either did not show up or walk off the job and by the way daria i took your challenge so to speak the last hour and try to interview people yeah and you might as well playthe theme song to Mission Impossible no balance to be close to me and its almost invite everybody is afraid heres great reporter tip. And heres what ive seen some people do. So when you wear a mask obviously to protect just in case rig they dont know of here positive maybe you are you dont know if you have no symptoms and then ive seen reporters go to somebodys hand them a mike with a paper towel so that thir nobodys touching the mike in common and then they can speak and you stand back anthen you take the mike back and thats how some interviews are being done. Ive done this wary. Aaron carroll has said you know our boss extend your arm and have them speak up a little louder right right, nobody wants to try to create soal distance, but the only problem as well one everybodys afraid to lets face it they want to get the goods they want to get the oceries so its double mission waste a second talking to me they nt to get their items understand of all thanks a lot. Well. Well also in an effort to try to protect customers from employees walmart now has announced that its going to begin taking the temperature of every single one of its employees when they show up to start their shift and if they do come across an employee with a temperature of more than a 100 degreestheyre going to be sent home and told to seek medical help. They wont be allowed ack to work until they can prove that they havent had a fever in 3 Straight Days teams where was that to a restaurant in la that took everybodys temperature coming into the restaurant knows it does uth korea told they were doing they were they were wanting customers and then you felt safer being in the right now you cant even restaurants anyway now its not take out. Yeah. Also this morning too as we take a close look at the south bay. Theres a call to do more to help out the homeless. In Santa Clara County while this pandemic is going on because would immediately increase the threat to the broer population and to the Health Care Providers and Health Care System thatalready feeling the strain. So now there are new efforts to do welfare checks on these homeless encampments in to screen. The folks the 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 this are being screened. Homeless the plan calls for these welfare check points to all known homeless camps and refer people to health and Welfare Services and Testing Centers and emergency treatments as well. Our coverage continues online weve got ll the latest headlines on their everything thats going on in the bay area, the state the nation and then the world and an interactive map and ill give you everything you need to know and ways to stay safe. Its all on kron 4 dot com. And still ahead on the kron 00 04am morning news. What if youre out of work. Unemployment benefits e expanded under the new coronarus relief stimulus package, well tl you what you need to know about those nefits. And local hospitals are struggling to find resources to fight the pandemic well tell you about the importance applies the running low on. Its 13 right run over to get a little tea, but you know whos in the kitchen. John is actually hear it couldnt be easier for you top. I become holding up your coverage for but yeah we are looking at a little bit of sunshine as you can see a high pace right now, but also a bit of f out there looking at berkeley currently there is a some clearing going up currently definitely wasnt the clearest morning though, and still certainly some great going on outside as you are stepping out there and now to a current lee has the worst of disability really anywhere across the y area but it has improved since earlier this morning steins do generally clr out the rest of the day today and by the time we work our way into the afternoon you can actuay expect a whole lot of sunshine all across the bay area. Even out a little bit closer to the coast right now temperatures are in the 40s and 50s with redwood city at 48 oakland, our warmest spot at 56. Well the way how in conquered egypt, 52 degrees napa a 53 lots of sunshine later today in fact are already getting that for some spots in the day but then theres also this other spots youre kind of holdouts fully out of that fog and cloud cover couple of sprinkles could be seen in the farthest northern reaches of Sonoma County ide from that though it is very dry across the bay area and were going to stay that way through much of the week ahead of us a pretty quiet forecast and back tuesday wednesday thursday into friday do expect a continuation of this trend weather 60s 4 daytime highs today cooler at the coas while were and concord in antioch egypt 67 while haywa but report free my age of 64 well mid 60s can expected into wednesday thursday and friday expect a cool down into the weekend highs fall back and below 60s by saturday sunday and monday with chances of rainfall also returning on those same days cut the john there was a tornado in arkansas youre not going to believe. Whose house it wiped out that doctor. That doctor on the other side of the glass adorably thats as close ashe could come to his a little sun because he had to be quarantinebecause hes a work so here and want to bring coronavirus and just in case every day. So the doctor was a work like he always is and the sun and the mother thank god were at her mothers house, look at their house. So while theyre all away on saturday, the house got wiped out in a g tornado is that just the saddest all happening while hes on the front nes battling in all these patients with coronavirus and away from his family now have now happened on top of it all. All also can. News of the coronavirus we have 2 ships carrying 6 passengers inuding 300 americans that are pleading with florida officials to let them dock. So th can get some help for these poor people but floridas governor says their resources are already stretched too thi so hes inclined not to do it because hes about like 2 ships ship was one i forget the name of the ship, but so they were down by the panama canal and let him go through. Because theres 18 1800 people on board 4 had died and we have for now they are almost 200 that are sick. So they split into 2 ships healthy and apparently healthy and and on well and nobody let them dock and thats going to be the issue now Governor Ron Desantis of florida says hes been in contact with the coas guard. And he is considering letting them dock maybe at Fort Lauderdale but nothings been decided yetbill. Make that decision later today well keep you updated on the story. And we told you about the masks shortage both nationally and here in the bay area, but its not just limited to masks as kron fours jan dumasexplains. Hoitals are also low on testing st. Hospitals across San Francisco are using ery resource possible to help fight the covid pandemic but theyre still struggling to meet the demands of l the patients we are struggling to get swabs in order to test. So along the supply chain for testing. There are severe limitationbecause of this in most ses here in the city testing has been limited to those showing symptoms or have had highrisk exposures are still struggling along that supply chain to to ramp up tets 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 infection is. With our u c berkeley and ucsf colleagues to to determe that number from a number of othedata 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 symptom reporting in San Francisco jason dumas scrum for news, 18 and for your money this morning, the checks have not even been printed yet. And scammers are already eyeing your stimulus money Mandy Gaither takes a look at what you should watch out for. Well before youve even got your stimulus check a warning fr the fbi and several state attorney generals dont fall victim to phone calls texts emails or websites that ask for personal or Financial Information in order to receive your federal payment Officials Say that includes paying someone who calls for the promised to expedite obtain a payment or loan for you if youre eligible for relief you do not need to make any upfront payment or pay a fee o receive your stimulus check people o file tax returns electronically and provide the irs with their Bank Information will likely get their payments earlier through direct deposit paper checks are expected to take longer to mail out, youll receive a notice by mail no longer th15 days after the payment was distributed. Detailing out how it was sent and an irs phone number to call of the funds failed to arrive. Most americans will receive up to 1200 for todays consumer watch im Mandy Gaither. So many people are losing their jobs are furloughed macys Just Announced layoffs of most of their 125,000 employees th week. Dip in les because of the e pandemic nobody go into the stores, nobody can shop in a lot of people are trying to buy stuff on their selling stuff online thats their hope. They y that they will. Try to effect as few employees as they possibly can by this and just keep they have to keep just who is needed right now and jaes they dont need that many people now unfortunately so we have more people filing for unemployment as a result. Still ahead here news, well have details on what parents should know if theyre looking to keep their kids safe from the coronavirus will have that full story for the 23 is the time for your health this morning. The federal government is expanding medicare teleheth services to try and reduce the number of people. That have to show up to visithe doctor in person in our washington correspondent kelli meyer takes a closer look. Health ce workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are trying to do more checkups from home we have. Moved every patient we possibly can to a virtual platform doctor ned le gary is practicing what is known as telehealth doing all his appointments virtually that includes regular primary care visits surgery followups and even potential coronavirus cases minimizing exposure. Keeping people separated. Reassuring people who are fearful and taking here. Urgent en even chronic medical needs that need to be maintenance as they want. President trump expanded access to Medicare Telehealth Services in early rch as the virus continues to climb doctors are using the technology to avoid overwhelming their colleagues in the e r its a format. Some lawmakers on capitol hill are pushing for to th crisis has ally brought it home to a lot of People Democratic alabamasenator doug jones says hes been working on tell Health Issues since he got to the senate in 18 he believes telehealth isnt just for people to do over a computer its over the phone too. A lot of our seniors a lot of folks dont have internet a lot of them dont know how to use internet but they know how to use the telephone jones says wants to see Health Care Providers reimbursed for all formats and made sure those changes were included in the stimulus package Congress Passed and the presint just signed reporting in washington. Im kelly meyer. Health officials are learning more about how the coronavirus lives on packaging that you buy from the Grocery Store or even from to be honest a little dust it never bothered me. Until i found out what it actually was. Dust mite droppings eeeeeww dead skin cells gros so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper d heavyduty dusters. Duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha and for that nty dust on my floors, my sweepers on it. The textured cloths grab and hold dirt and ir no matter where dust bunnies hide. No more heebie jeebies. Phew. Glad i stopped cleaning andst. In the east bay one us our country to service cre ing serving our country to serving Health Care Workers on the front lines of this pandemic jews weve got kron fours taylor sacking with the story. Remember we starting this who are thousands 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 thfront lines are drawn restaurants com. So the that people can and years. 4 years of and hospitality experience to be your 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 be local hospitals euro island n oak in your intro, graham. 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 ofuture logistics and supply lines for hospitals. When this virus hits the bay area stnger in the next couple of weeks has really worked this is coming here, its wonderful that weve delivered few days and its pretty sarah supply lies from the real work comes. Theres warnings out the door and these pele are working hour shifts. Here your love and support and tayl bisacky reporting kron 4 news. A lot of people are worried about the spread of the virus from takeout food or from the gold groceries that you bring home from thGrocery Store always worry about is there anything on the packaging or the bag kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in San Francisco with what you need to know to reduce your exposure. Sarah. Well what we do know is that coronavirus is not a food borne illness but we dont know is when youre buying your groceries or youre getting your take out. Some of that those items could be contaminated by someone who sneezed or coughed on them so now Health Officials are trying to learn how the coronavirus is transmitted to people on surfaces what we do know is what theyre learning and that is that it can live on for about 24 hours and then on plastic like some of the wrapping you have on the tortillas the pasta you name it that can live on surfaces for abo 3 days on plastic so thats concerning but we have some tips for you on what you can do to stay safe. Specifically lets start with when you are ordering takeout and thats really health Officials Say to to make sure youre not at risk you can dispose of the food delivery packaging have the food delivery person leave the food at your door if you cant leave and then go up to it then when handling cash always wash your hands imdiately after as it can be a vehicle for the virus to spread. Also wash your hands before eating something weve been telling people to do and you should be doing anyways then lets take a look at some tips for when youre Grocery Shopping when youre unpacking the groceries wiped down ns containers all packaging with a disinfectant wipes you can wipe medown or you can use soap and water to further reduce your risk for exposure while washing Fresh Produce first wash your hands and then wash produce like you normally do. Dry with a paper towel or a clean dish r. As for safe food preparation, the virus is supposedly killing is killed by safe cooking temperatures so thats good to note and then as dorian brought up last time when you go to the Grocery Store thing to keep in mind that some of the stores are not allowing you to bring your own bags of course were all so used to that with them charging for the bags but also to be environmentally friendly. So some stores and online that others are making you take their own bags and then if you do bring your own bag they may say well youve got a bag room bags which is fine, but the reason being is they dont know if youre contaminated they want to touch it they dont want to deal with it. But those are a few tips for you as you head out try to get yourself some food maybe as one order and what that a stay safe well send it back to you guys also store by store saying that ive because that james and i went to costco separate costcos samestory i didnt say anything when i called the number but it turns out. They are only letting in like 40 or 50 people at a time yeah i had to wait about 15 minutes, but i have to tell you is the it was the nicest costco opping experience however, when nobody was in so much room the kind of wheeling around and get whatever you need. Elsa interesting time for a change in absolutely all right also in the east bay, we have the city of oakland now stting move Homeless People into local hotels as part of his plan to help them selfisolate during this pandemikron fours kate rooney takes a closer look. With 283 confirmed cases of covid19 in Alameda County today oakland bn moving some members of the Homeless Population into state leased hotels in hopes of providing relief for one of the most at risk groups during th pandemic we also anxious about selfisolating. And we feel anxious even when we have homes this is an opportunity to get to folks so they can really self isolate and that and the more healthy way to prevent them fromnot only getting the disease but potentially spreading some 393 hotel rooms are t to be made avaable at the Radisson Hotel and the comfort in both near Oakland International airport. The first group to move in today are those who have been diagnosed or are experiencing symptoms of covid19 on wednesday folks who are over 65 or have Chronic Health conditions will move in the state has in their lease contracted with the hotels to provide. Tras security theye providing a janitial service. Theyre providing our cooking so theyre providing kind of the the normal day to day things at a hotel would be able to provide. The Alameda County social services agey also said it hopes this will be a first step in getting many of the people served into permanent housing situations for kron 4 news kate rooney. In national headlines, new york is still the worst the epicenter of the virus here in the u. S. That state has more than 67,000 cases. And more than 1200 people have died in new york now federal officials are warning everybody in the other states we could be next karin caifa has more. 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 vernment 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 way of having the smallest possible on sunday President Trump announced the extension of federal social distancing guidelines for april 30th still the nations top fectious 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 ntinues toclimb, italy has 10,000 deaths over the weekend spain now well over 7,000 in washington, m karin caifa. The sad realities of the pandemic is people dying without their loved ones there to comfort them family and friends are allowed to see patients because they might get sick. One woman explains what it was like to say odbye to her mother from a distance. They knew we could be with her i could tell themotion in both there and the doctors voices of their frustration kning 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 going im going 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 id 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. This comes as the death toll continues to rise take a look at the new numbers mean a more than 3,000 people have died of the virus in the u. S. There are a 164,000 plus cases confirmed james. Our coverage of the coronavirus continues on our website at kron 4 dot com dont forget you can check that any time a day for the very latest. From government officials from local officials and the impacts that were see here in the bay area you can all find it again under the coronavirus section thats in the news tab. At kron dot com well take a quick break more coverage in just a k with 43 right now and lets go to new york where the governor of new york is giving an update on the coronavirus and he usually has a lot of things to say that apply to everybody here in california as a nation as new york goes so goes the rest the country. So lets take a live listen in and see what the latest is dealt with before. We need a totally different mindset and organizational transformation. We cant do business the way we have always done business. We needed an unprecedented sense of cooperation of flexibility communication and speed. And thats what we talked through yesterday and we have to do it now the Health Care System is one of balkanized system since echo state Education System like our criminal justice system. Its in place. Its fragmented. They have their own identities their own associations its regionally organized that all has to change. The ability to meet the capacity of our Health Care System as an entire. That assumes the Health Care System is working as an entirety. Thats not how the Health Care System is organized now. We have new york City Hospitals and then we have long island hospitals and we have westchester hospitals and then we have upstate hospitals that has to go even in new york city. You have 2 basic Hospital Systems in new york city. You have the private hospitals voluntary hospitals about 160 of them which are some of the finest healthcare institutions in the United States of america, you know. This is a mount sinai columbia presbyterian et cetera. Some of their members are also upstate, but they that large. Private institutions, Greater New YorkHospital Association chen recipe runs that association of 160. In new york city, the Public Hospitals. The new york city and hospitals corporation. They are 11 Public Hospitals. They are. Universe and then you have the private hospitals as a separate universe. The 11 Public Hospitals. Are the hospitals that in many ways have always been under greater stress in greater need. We have to get those 2 systems the private system and the public system in new york city working together in a way they never did before. Distinction of private all right there you hear Governor Cuomo talking about how he wants to. Find some sort of symbiotic relationship between the private Health Care System and the Public Hospital system to see if they cant craft share resources. Share personnel to try and combat this virus where its at its worst within the state of new york that maybe something will have to be here in california. Some point to well and its its interesting because he has appealed to the rest of the nation. For help yet so hes like anybody whos a doctor or a nurse from out of state please come to new york. And thats even a competing asked because you know here in california weve asked doctor should come out of retirement show or you know we feel that we cant help each state is in a different boat at the moment at the moment, yeah, but one things for certain to try to virus will visit each state of the union rank very degrees. So very tight very tight is left to new york while they needed then rushed to michigan when they need it that might be just a different way of doing health care in the United States and congress did its part by allowing. Doctors minute fresheners to practice in other states during this time of need you can take your skill set to another state. And of course new york is asking for that right now right now were keeping our skill set at home as far as any other john is doing the weather from home a lot of you are working from home. Thats why the roads are so we dont bother doing traffic anymore, i mean really john the weather is important. Percent thats adds to the rocks, especially i want to so as for this morning, though i know hes to go walk the dog, it is a bit cool and its been cloudy right now taking a look outside is what you can see into iran is a mix of some of that low fog and sunshine thats starting to work its way back out some of us sunnier than others right now cloud cover is hanging out overhead, but fog is definitely starting to lift or burn off so visibility, not as much of an issue like it was earlier this morning in areas like santa rosa and napa by the afternoon ahead. Its a lot of sunshine to look forward to and it will be a pleasant and cool afternoon. Temperatures are starting to rise just a few degrees oakland, europe, 56 now with Hayward Alameda palo alto at 54 Petaluma Novato also 54 degrees for current temperatures sunshine returns later today, lots of dry skies to be expected this week just a couple sprinkles right along the sonoma Mendocino County lines. Other than that its dry across the bay area today with the increasingly clear skies as we make our way into your wednesday just around the corner tomorrow. Todays daytime highs remaining in the 60s if youre at the coast low 60s ball further inland been to upper 60s, san jose 66 for the high oakland, 65 or hayward free ma and livermore each 64 degrees tomorrow and thursday as well as friday, me of our warmer days in yo forecast as well so were clear days this forecast followed by the return of rainfall potential into saturday sunday and monday temperatures are also going to be a touch cooler on those cloudier days back to you in the studio. And a 49 governor newsome is recruiting thousands of Health Care Workers who are retired health and hospitals rowena shadows has more on that. If youre a Nursing School student and medical school student. We need you. If youve just retired last few years we need you if you are looking to expand their scope of practice and particular expertise son. Any particular capacity. We need you governor Gavin Newsome announce his initiative toincrease californias medical force to match the anticipated surge in covid19 cases. Hes calling on those with the proper background to help work on the front lines through health corps dot ca dot gov it ll enable the state to tap into the estimated 37,000 Health Care Workers who are either retired part time or in training to help battle the coronavirus. A thank you so much for these grateful. Nursing students from American River college it ll mean theyll soon be doing the job and not just learning about it really hong that the governor with what it down Something Like he did today tears came to my the hope that i had was kind of really instilled this is what weve been preparing ourselves for forever and this is part of why became a nurse last friday, nursing students from American River college who are just 6 weeks from graduation got word from the school administratiothat their classes would be canceled. I wadevastated. And kind of in disbelief all the hours all the days that weve already done this the semester already this would mean for us to completely re star program. In the fall. But with the green light from the governor they say theyre more than ready for what li ahead. Its exciting and now we get to we can be the ones to really help some of these patients this is what we thrive off of this is what we signed up for this is what we want to do we didnt waste our last 6 years for however many years of our lives to get to this point just give up. That in a shed, reporting governor newsome says about 1400 people are in the hospital right now because of coronavirus nearly 600 of them are in intensive care. For your money this morning that trillion relief package for the coronaviruspandemic includes about billin expanded Unemployment Benefits and weve got calmer dickerson now with a look at who can apply. There are many aspects to the federal stimulus package for example, lping employers keep people on the payroll or rehire people they had to lay there are people who are out of work and will continue to be out of work or ev just havreduced 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 timber a local employment Attorney Says hes pleased with what she views as ke protections for workers included in the stimulus plan, the main take ways an extra 600 a week in benefits bring california of macs weekly benefit to 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 refileand 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 varus 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 hed 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 inco will lose one or more of their jobs. 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