We felt more appropriate to begin to advance the process the route all 58 counties and the state of california. We have been working with our local partners and that has been broadly supported. While it is a erectus, a guidance, it is limited authority and from an enforcement perspective all the expectations that it will be advanced and will be adopted. A ban on all sporting events and concerts will be in effect through the end of the month and extended if necessary. At least one southbay First Responder is being treated after testing positive. A second firefighter is receiving results on testing at this hour. Jesses life for us at sanders international. Jesse, we talked about three tsa workers yesterday, now possibly two san jose firefighters. Reporter good afternoon, while we do have the second firefighter who d. Even so, more than 50 firefighters in off the job due to possible exposure to the coronavirus and a source just called me right before this broadcast and told me several san jose firefighters have been sick with flulike symptoms for several days and that some of them are going to be tested. Lets take a look at our video, Reggie Williams says the one firefighter who tested positive works at a fire station in san jose. It is unknown how he contracted the virus, but he lives out of the area and is being treated at a hospital in his home city. More than 50 additional firefighters out of a staff of 700 off the job due to contact and possible exposure to the virus. Because our firefighters work in teams, trained together, eat together, and sleep in the same areas they are at risk for possible exposure. Reporter the assistant chief says the department is backfilling shifts to minimize the impact. That means firefighters who would normally be off or on vacation are coming into work. We are going to try to get more information about the second firefighter tested for coronavirus to give you an idea of what those test results show. We will see if we can talk more about these firefighters who have flulike symptoms, who have for several days has symptoms at different stations. For now we are live at a very empty San Jose International airport. We will head back to you. Jesse, i am not sure how many firefighters are with the city, but i am assuming 50 is a large chunk. Even with those canceling vacations and coming in on days off what happens if there is an emergency that requires all hands on deck . Reporter the answer to the first question is there are 700 firefighters in the city. Now they are working with a staff of 650 at least because more than 50 are off the job. The minimum number is 650, but it could be a bit lower. As to the second question, what happens . They will ask for help from surrounding counties, perhaps out of state, because they do not have the bodies. It doesnt make sense to have people testing positive for coronavirus going into work, especially Something Like firefighting, where you are going to contact the public and you could spread it and make a situation worse. I understand. Reporter right now we have not gotten to that point. Positive thoughts, hopefully there will not be that kind of dramatic event. Right now they are backfilling as best they can to cover the more than 50 that are out. If there is a catastrophic event, we could be in big trouble. Lets hope all else is safe. European leaders are criticizing the president an on travel from european countries. They say they were not consulted and that it is causing chaos and confusion at several airports. The 30 day ban applies to mostly foreign nationals. They are asking citizens to travel internationally to voluntarily quarantine. There is no barrier to any american coming home. They will go through a process, we will ask them to sell quarantine, they can all come home. The ban is only on those traveling and does not impact goods and cargo from europe. Global stocks plunging following the imposed travel ban. There was a brief automatic shut down for the second time this week, shortly after the opening bell. Taking a look at the down joes, it is down more than 8 . The nasdaq is down 8 as well as the s p 500. Meantime, congress shutting the capital and all house and Senate Office building to the public down until april. It will begin in just a few hours. Lawmakers, journalist, and official business will be about. Official say they are acting out of concern. Carnival cruise lines announced it is suspending operations amid the coronavirus outbreak. Carnival says all princess cruise ships will be doctor may 10 at least. Customers can get refunds or credits for future trips. This comes as the final 476 passengers aboard the princess cruise ship will be taken off the ship today. 2200 passengers have been taken off since a doctor around noon on monday. Many went to Travis Air Force base for a twoweek quarantine. Othersternational travelers fro canada and the United Kingdom put on special charter flights and taken home. It is crazy for us to open up the back of the dhl doors and see the planes and everything. They look like they are tired and ready to go home. They look like they are fed up with whatever is going on and wanted to be over. The cdc expects to release the ship sometime today. 1075 crewmembers will leave with the ship. They may be quarantined at sea. The virus having a major impact on sporting events throughout the country. The warriors were supposed to play game tonight, that is not happening. We do not know how long. The warriors were going to be the first team in major American Sports to play with no fans. We saw this happening in europe, italy, and china. The Chinese Basketball Association was shut down in january. Theyre probably not starting up until april. That is 10 weeks for them. We did find out that a second nba player, regal beer was tested positive last night and now one of his teammates, Donovan Mitchell has also tested positive. The bottom line is the sports world, especially team sports is shutting down an attempt to slow down the spread of the coronavir. E national ho announced it will be suspending all games until further notice, becoming the second major American Sports league to pause all action. The nhl says it will continue to monitor all appropriate medical advice and encourage everyone in the Hockey Community to take necessary precaution. 13 conference tournaments were canceled today in College Basketball including the pac 12 turn omit. The ncaa tournament is ill scheduled to be played all across the country, but with no fans. You have to wonder if it is just a matter of time before that is canceled as well. Major league soccer, which affects our local team says it will suspend the season Effective Immediately for at least the next 30 days as they continue to assessed the impact of the coronavirus. The league says all clubs were united in the decision. Usa soccer is canceling all matches in march and april including the usastill where humans brazil womens match. Owners are talking as we speak and an announcement is expected soon that all mlb operations will be suspended and the start of the season likely delay. The as open at home on the 26. If they do that it will be with no fans. Mlb may suspend the season. Right now they are all still at spring training and still playing games. The nfl say they have no plans regarding the season, which doesnt begin until the fall. They are canceling travel for scouts and other personnel. There also canceling the annual spring meeting. No word on the nfl draft scheduled for next month in las vegas. We are not done. Today is the first round of the players championship in potter bird a beach, florida. Beginning tomorrow the pj announced they will play the rest of this tournament with no masters in april or the pga in in may. As we said at the beginning, it feels like the officials and those involved with these leaks are sort of processing in real time what is going on. They are sort of can we just get back with no fans . And with what happened in the nba, just one player testing positive and. We are just getting word, Ken Rosenthal is announcing the season is being suspended immediately. Spring training is going to be canceled and quite possibly the start of the season. Just eyeopening. You are just waiting for one to draw. You knew everyone was just observing each other. If they do it i guess we should do it. The ncaa tournament, they still having canceled. Some of the individual schools are saying it is not appropriate to play. There are some schools and the cultures of the teams are saying why should we put our athletes out there . Unless every single athlete is tested and comes back clean, how do you know if one has the virus . If one has the virus, obviously someone else could get it and you have to look at all those teams that they played. You have to shut it down. You have to think march madness is very much on the bubble right now. A new approach when it comes to testing for the coronavirus. We will examine a drivethrough screening procedure. A big drop on bart. The emergency funding they are seeking to deal with the impact of the virus. Meet jim. For jim, comfort is king. Which is why when it comes to his dentures only new poligrip cushion and comfort will do. The first and only formula with adaptagrip cushioning technology. 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And, these are the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. So, call or click to connect with unitedhealthcare today about aarp Medicare Supplement plans. Leaders at bart will seek emergency funds from various Government Agencies to make up for a steep drop in revenue. The Transit Agency has been a big drop because of concerns about coronavirus. We spoke with representatives about the actions they will be taking. In reporter we have new numbers. 35 is the total number of riders on wednesday, 35 lower than the average wednesday one month ago. On tuesday it was just 30 . As each day goes by the drop continues. Bart leaders say the agency is going to need financial help to get through this. This morning we rode a train on walnut creek to the orinda bart station. Riders have plenty of breathing room, a welcome change. Although a real one given the circumstances. More people are being told to work from home. Others are afraid of being around large crowds on public transit. Compared to normal before this happened, it was packed college solid. There were no seats, even the handicap seats were taken. It was the other room only. You had to crash to get onto the train. It is scary to a certain extent. You do not know what to expect. They are saying it will be a year before they can even find a vaccine. How do you prevent it from spreading and getting to other people . Bart estimates it is losing anywhere from 445,000 600,000 every weekday in lost revenue from low ridership. To alleviate fears workers are wiping down trains with hospital great disaffected, doing ulmeper day. They also installed Hand Sanitizer dispensers at all 48 stations. We currently have enough Hand Sanitizer in stock to last what we think is 710 days. We are actively trying to purchase more. We have been in contact with over 100 vendors. The idea is to try to stock up as much as possible. 60 of our budget comes from their dollars. When there is a significant drop in ridership there is not money to pay for service, which is the critical component of keeping the bay area moving, keeping our healthcare workers to work. Reporter on the bright side with the trains into your it is easier for riders and passengers to maintain the arm length distance recommended to stop the spread of any illness. Because of the steep drop in ridership over the past couple of weeks, the new numbers as of today is that bart ridership is down 35 from a typical weekday about a month ago. The general manager of bart will begin the process of reaching out to local, state, and federal authorities and Government Agencies to see if they can get emergency funding to cover the financial pressures that they are now going to be facing. The bay area weather is golden and Crystal Clear right now, but that is changing. We are tracking a significant storm that will move in this weekend. Today most of the bay area in the sunshine except right around portions of San Francisco. We actually had some dense fog. The fog making a comeback. This will be what we are tracking, the bigger weather event setting up this weekend. We are talking about fifth these and no snow levels in the bay area, possibly around 2500 3000 feet. For the past few days we have been tracking rain. The main focus had been to the south. We just showed you a camera shot near the golden gate bridge, pushing back into the bay. Current numbers in the 50s already in the lower 70s out toward fairfield. Santa rosa in the middle 60s, 65 degrees. Here is our live camera, we showed you the foggy golden gate bridge. We actually have mostly clear skies with the clouds that have lifted for that portion of the area. We have been watching a storm system to our south mainly impacting Southern California today. Patchy fog from this morning into the afternoon, mile to warm away from the coastline. Look what happens as we head into the weekend. Rainfall develops on saturday. At one point we had a chance for showers at the forecast models topping up those chances. Cold sunday showers and unstable air could trigger thunderstorms. Here we are tomorrow, low clouds and fog. Partly cloudy skies tomorrow afternoon. Into saturday we bump up rain chances in the bay area. A lot of clouds instill some rain. Especially by Late Afternoon and into saturday evening. On sunday we are tracking showers and possibly some thunderstorms setting up as well. Forecast highs this afternoon, mainly in the 60s. The cool spot right around 60. The warm spot ellen, in the middle to upper 70s this afternoon. Here is a look ahead, your five day forecast with fog to start off your friday morning. Another dry day for tomorrow and we are talking multiple rain clouds beginning saturday. Cold showers into sunday, monday showers and possible more showers be on monday. A cold weather pattern setting up. This will impact the sierras. We will talk about our winter storm watch the could be measuring snowfall upwards of 2 4 feet. We will have more on that in a little bit. Still to come, a rocket attack on a military base in iraq. What we are learning about the two americans killed. Three servicemembers were killed after rockets were fired and a military base in iraq. Us Officials Say a dozen more were injured from the rocket fired. Five servicemembers were seriously wounded and evacuated , seven others are still being evaluated. Holdings were reportedly in flames after they were hit by 18 rockets. Two man in custody after overnight Police Activity in berkeley. Officer say they found evidence of gunfire. At first the man refused to come out of a home, negotiators eventually help to bring them the scene has since cleared. A order barred to pay 7 million to the family of a man shot and killed by police. The 28yearold was shot three times by a barred officer in january 2018. He have been fighting with another man across the street from the west oakland bart station. His family filed a civil rights lawsuit, claiming he had raised a hand and moved away from the other man when he was shot. A gun was recovered at the scene. It is unclear if tend to have control of the weapon when he was shot. An executive order for events that could draw large crowds, the precautions organizers are taking to make sure the coronavirus does not spread and what many bay area schools are doing to keep children safe. You wouldnt accept an incomplete job from anyone else. So why accept it from your allergy pills . Flonase relieves your worst symptoms which most pills dont. Get allinone allergy relief for 24 hours, with flonase. The number of new coronavirus cases have been reported, the governor says there are 21 new cases in california, ringing the total number to 198. Health Officials Say there are now 20 cases, Contra Costa County has 10 confirmed cases, Santa Clara County has at least 48 confirmed cases and one death from covid19. One of those that has tested positive is a san jose firefighter in Santa Clara County. At least 50 others have been exposed. A second firefighter is also being tested. All exposed are now on leave and in quarantine. A new summary of cases nationwide. Washington state has 366 followed by new york where the governor said there are now 328 cases, that is followed by california and massachusetts. Only six states have no confirmed cases. The pandemic has shut down schools and sporting events. The impact on the economy attend use continues. Reporter the list of places enforcing prevention efforts continues to grow. Washington state governor band gatherings at 250 people or more in at least three counties. San francisco place a moratorium on crowds of more than 1000. Schools and businesses across the country tell people to stay home. We have to focus on containment. We do that by quarantining and permitting large areas. The sports world following behind with containment efforts. The mba suspended it season after a utah jazz player tested positive. These are lives estate, this is not about basketball. In an effort to contain the outbreak the president called for a temporary halt on air travel. The series of announcement leading to a stock market selloff, the dow jones, s p 500, and nasdaq opening in the red amidst fears of an economic slowdown. The s p 500 falling 7 , leading to a halt in trading. Once we get to the summer months Economic Activity can get back to a normalized rate. Princess cruise announced it is suspending global operations. Cruises already in progress extending past march 17 will end at convenient locations for guest. Eu leaders are condemning the president s decision to restrict travel to the United States. We will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days. The president surprising the world. Beginning friday travel from europe will be restricted. Leaders of the European Union saying in a joint statement they disapprove of the decision and it was taken unilaterally and without consultation. The Vice President and Homeland Security later clarified. It applies mostly to foreign nationals and asked citizens who have traveled internationally to voluntarily quarantine. It does not impact goods and cargo from europe. There is no barrier to their kids or any american coming home. They will go through a process, we will ask them to self quarantine. They can all come home. Ahead of a weeklong recess lawmakers had a briefing on how the administration is handling the response and testing. With regard to the travel ban i am not quite sure why that is an important part. I think social distancing is very important. They are not yet at the point. The house is trying to pass an emergency spending bill which the white house is not fully on board with. We are responding to their concerns. We do not want to moving the goalpost. The us capital shutting it stores to the public for the remainder of the month. More lawmakers have closed offices entirely, the white house has suspended all public tours. Global stocks took a nosedive at the beginning and stay there. This reaction comes from investors unhappy with what the president have to say to the country yesterday as well as the imposed travel ban. Many say it is too little too late. There was another brief stop to the market this morning, the second in the past week before this week we hadnt seen that for more than 20 years. The dow jones down more than nine percentage points. The s p 500 down by 8 1 2 . A 23yearold they area woman is now in quarantine and her grandparents are speaking out. She says she set sail with her grandparents nearly 3 weeks ago. They spent several days in their room on the ship. She and her grandparents were about to get off at the port of oakland on tuesday. Grandma and grandpa, theyre trying to get their exercise. Drama likes to jog around a little bit. I am hoping they will write more music. So far. It has been pretty good we cant complain. It has been relatively positive she says she and her grandparents have been trying to make the best of the situation through music, dancing, and exercise. Passengers with mild or no symptoms can be transferred to an empty hotel in san carlos. It can hold as many as 120 people and they can be isolated from the public. So far none of them have tested positive, state emergency workers say they want to be ready for every possibility. If we have individuals the test policies positive we have a location they can go to until there quarantine has expired. That is what this facility is going to be. Officials say california has a Good Public Health system afi positive. The city says that person is in quarantine. Health officials are working to identify anyone who came into close contact. The city has canceled or postponed large events. At least four people have tested positive. Tom hanks have confirmed he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus, posting on instagram they are in australia and felt tired like they had a cold. To be safe they were tested for covid19. The results came back positive. He says they will be observed and isolated as far as Public Health and safety requires. Kaiser is now providing driveup testing for the coronavirus for those with respiratory symptoms. The Healthcare Provider has raised tens outside of a handful of facilities. Governor gavin newsom has issued an executive order for events that could draw large crowds. This includes sporting events and concerts. That water will be in effect through the end of the month and can be extended if necessary. Organizers should make sure people can stay at least 6 feet apart. It also suggest people at higher risk should not attend of as with more than 10 people. All gatherings of more than 1000 people having canceled. The cancellation applies through the end of the month. Evidence have been canceled at the coliseum and oracle arena. The mayor says she took action after recommendation from the county department of Public Health. I dont want people to panic or feel anxiety. We are taking a responsible, proactive step. Event organizers say tickets will be honored for a future performance to be scheduled where people can get a refund. All 90 schools in San Francisco earning a twoweek closure. The closure includes classes as well as plan school event such as field trips and community activities. The decision was made after a student at one school tested positive. Families are being asked to report confirmed cases to the district. The San FranciscoUnified School District has shut down a Elementary School for the next two weeks. Four students and their parents have reported respiratory illnesses. The department of Public Health had tested them for coronavirus. Sonoma State University is suspending facetoface classes to get faculty and staff sufficient time to begin preparation to teach students online if the outbreak gets works worse. Classes at sonoma state will resume march 24, after the scheduled spring break. Major League Baseball released a statement about canceling spring training and delaying opening day. It reads nothing is more important than the health and safety of our players, employees and fans. Mlb will continue to undertake precautions and best practices recommended. We send our best wishes to all individuals and communities impacted. Major League Baseball will continue to evaluate the events leading up to the start of the season. We are finally getting a little bit of rain and there is more coming to the bay area this weekend. As we head into the weekend were talking about a pretty significant storm system. Up in the sierras significant snowfall, we take a look at the forecast coming up. Hey, ktvu fox 2 viewers, if youre watching us using an overtheair antenna, youre going to need to rescan starting on march 9th at 10 00 a. M. Grab your tv remote, press the menu button, and go to the channel or antenna menu and select auto tune or rescan. Your tv will do the rest. And if youre watching by cable or satellite, you dont need to do anything. If you have questions, go to ktvu. Com or call us at 5108740168. If you have questions, go to ktvu. Com dealing with our finances really haunted me. Ttle cranky. Thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeepers helping customize it for our business. live bookkeeper youre all set up janine great vo get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. Millions remain under lockdown in italy as the country makes efforts to contain the coronavirus. All cafis and retail ships have them close to leaving the streets empty. Italy has appointed more than 10,000 cases of the virus. The 2020 olympic to which lynn on thursday without spectators for the first time in decades. As the coronavirus outbreak continue spreading about 125,000 now infected in more than 100 countries. The president announcing a read a travel ban from europe to the us, excluding the uk. The European Union says it will not help and countries need to Work Together to stop the spread. The us decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally. It was taken without consultation. The ban goes into effect at midnight on friday. It is still not clear exactly who it will apply to. After the president s remarks the white house made several clarifications. The uncertainty has americans scrambling to get home sooner rather than later. Nobody knows what is going on. One thing changes from minute to minute. They are probably airing on the side of caution. In italy most of the country remains shut down as more cases are being reported. The World Health Organization says the situation will get worse for it gets better, but containment is possible if government step up efforts. Countries must take all of government, all of society approach. Interior minister scheduled to meet on friday to coordinate their response to the up rate. Economist worrying the virus may drastically slow down californias economic room. A new report predicts the virus will not result in a recession, but likely cause slow growth. The Logistics Industry feeling the pain as imports annexed towards have dropped. Ucla economist say it will have a Ripple Effect on transportation, retail, and other industries. Sundays democratic debate is being moved due to concerns. Ernie sanders says he is looking for to his debate with former Vice President joe biden. It will be without an audience as officials follow orders not to hold large indoor gatherings. Center standards address reporters yesterday saying he is staying in the president ial race, despite only winning one out of six primary phone tuesday. Starting as soon as today people will begin receiving their census forms in the mail. Most people will be asked to submit responses online instead of through the mail. Dont knock or will go to homestead do not answer the letter. Despite the light rain we had Drought Conditions getting worse. The us Drought Monitor has released its latest math. Officials say nearly half of the state is in a moderate drought. That is up to 4 compared to a week ago. Rain is in the forecast later this week. This will be a real winter like store moving into the bay area. A good reminder that all the major state reservoirs are in very good shape, all thanks to last years epic winter here in the bay area. We are playing catchup and talking about a significant storm. Here is our live camera, this looks like the middle of the summer. The fog making a comeback. Rain returns this weekend, even on saturday rainfall developing. We are just talking about something these and low snow levels. How much rain fall . It is hard to pinpoint exactly, we know it will not be a few sprinkles. Here are some of the expected totals. As we take this through monday these numbers continue to go up. At least were talking half an inch to an inch, probably more than that heading beyond monday. Out toward the sierras this will be a snow producer. We will be measuring that in feet. Here is the satellite, and a lot of clouds streaming in. We have been watching a system to the south. For us a return of low clouds and fog as we dive into the california coastline, showing you the highresolution satellite and the fog hanging out around the coast. Temperatures where it is foggy it is cold. Upper 50s for those areas. Hazy sunshine inland with temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. Here is our live camera looking out toward sfo. Still a little haze, mostly sunny skies for this portion of the bay area. We are saying goodbye to an old system. For us we had the fog this morning, still lingering into the afternoon hours. The beaches on the cool side, away from the shoreline mild warm. Then we are talking about a cold, weekend store moving in. Cold sunday showers. Here is the forecast model, this is friday with partly cloudy skies. Definitely rain showers developing saturday. This is saturday evening. As the cold, unstable air moves in it sets the stage for thunderstorms heading into sunday and monday. A winter storm watch being prepped in the mountains, we could be talking about 3040 inches. This will be the game changer heading into the weekend with low snow levels. We are talking snowblower than 2000 the in the mountains. Forecast highs this afternoon 60s and 70s. Today one of the last one dave and lynn. And there we go, multiple rain clouds into the weekend with the possibility of thunderstorms by sunday. Health officials are trying to fight the spread of the coronavirus by expanding coordinated testing at designated hospitals, clinics, and urgent care centers. The program will test people with flulike symptoms and half with Underlying Health issues. Doctors hope to find out if the virus is being transmitted from persontoperson. People across the country stocking up on cleaning supplies. We spoke on one worker who said he was making sure he had enough grocery and case his employers that everyone should work from home as a precautionary measure. Surprisingly there were not that many people. There is no toilet paper. That was shocking. There is also not a lot of pasta. That was interesting. The employer we spoke with says while he is prepared to work from home his employers says they may extend guidelines. Officials have announced they will not refund people who have tickets to the festival. The event was canceled last week. Of and organizers do not issue refunds under any circumstances. Ticket buyers do not need to panic completely. South southwest allowing them to defer tickets for use at a future sxsw good through 2023. An upcoming festival cancel because of the coronavirus. The race was scheduled to take place sunday, march 22. The cancellation comes after Alameda CountyPublic Health officials issued new guidelines recommending gatherings of more than 1000 people be postponed. Organizers did not say if the event will be rescheduled. We have more stories locally on the ktvu news app. You can download it from the app store right now. A area nonprofits feeling the pinch of the coronavirus. The hurdles they are facing as they tried to help others. Save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices on our best selection of spring dresses. The ross spring dress event, on now geico is the easy choice. We could even help you with homeowners. Oh not again oh, thanks you know automated lights are just the beginning. Pretty soon theyre gonna have eyes. Everywhere. 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The salesforce founder says his company is donating 1 million to the Coronavirus Response fund and another 500,000 to the cdc Emergency Response fund. It is matching donations by employees. The company says it will pay all Hourly Service providers and interns if they need to stay home sick. Theaters on broadway are suspending performances. The suspension is expected to last through april 12. This comes after the governor announced gatherings of 500 more will be suspended darting tomorrow at 5 pm eastern time. Carnegie hall, the met opera and museum announced they will be closing temporarily. We just learn the Winchester Mystery House is closing until april 1. A company cited concerns over concerns of the coronavirus and safety and well being of visitors. The mystery house is also postponing flashlight tours for friday and saturday. They will be rescheduled in may. Fears and precautions taking a toll on nonprofit communitybased organizations. Nonprofits are struggling to find volunteers. The food bank says only a handful of volunteers showed up yesterday to help sort and back fruit and vegetables. The food bank says it is using emergency funding to purchase more presorted products, which is more expensive. On a longterm basis we cannot do our work without volunteers. Nonprofits are canceling fundraising events because of the citys restrictions on public gatherings. Some Small Businesses are shutting their doors until the threat is pass. Businesses are now turning to local associations as well as city and state lawmakers for Financial Assistance during these unpredictable times. They are asking customers more incentive to come out. I definitely would encourage our mayor to look at free parking, which would help people. There will be some sort of assistance for Small Business owners, whether these are Small Business loans or some type of help so that they can continue to operate. Some businesses are urging customers to go online and order products and websites. The city of San Francisco says the coronavirus is having a serious impact on business. Hotel occupancy rates appliance, airport traffic has seen a major drop. At a public hearing yesterday the city controller says the loss could be in the tens of millions per quarter. The board of supervisors is working on legislation to help residents and businesses affected. And ople canceling travel plans, others taking advantage of deeply discounted flights. There was a tweet that set me on my 40 flight to my 20 hotel corona vacation. Insider said millennials prefer to spend their money on experiences and are looking for ways to stretch their dollar. They may also feel they are less at risk because most of the dire warnings we have heard are for people ages 60 and older. A school in taiwan taking a unique approach to help her get the spread of a virus. Students are building robotic Hand Sanitizers out of legos. The children use every chance they get to use their self ill disinfected robots, which include sensors, gears, a spray bottle, and legos. The school has been teaching the basics of robotics for almost 10 years. Thank you for watching. Straight back to the markets as we are a minute or so ahead of the close and it has been down all day. I dont think we have seen it this low, a full 10 drop. The story is similar on the nasdaq and the s p. Stay with us on kutv. Com. Dr. Oz. Your trusted coronavirus headquarters. Who really needs to selfquarantine . And for how long . We can do this if we meet the challenge together. Plus we are answering your critical coronavirus questions. I dont have health insurance. Can i get tested . Ive tried to buy Hand Sanitizer online. Can i just make my own . I have a trip planned. Should i cancel . Dr. Oz come up next. Doctor coming up next. Coming up next. Dr. Oz day 52 of the coronavirus here in america. The w. H. O