Unemployment. Tom talked to 1 who is frustrated after trying to deal with the system. Californias one unassailable growth spree blew up this month. The week of march 7th theres around 41,000 new claims in our state, that increased to 57,000. Last week it skyrocketed up to 186,000 and were waiting on if numbers for this week, i expect it to be double or triple that am. The 360 billion job retechs plan is designed to keep paychecks coming in. Unprecedented Employee Retention measure, well see if that can stem this exploding layoffs and furloughs. I found myself screaming at if computer. Im in that field. Lawrence laid off her job knows filing for unpreliminary benefits is an impossibility the only way to apry is on like. I went to the web site for 48 hours and going in circles and getting an error message. When she called for help. Another roadblock. They are over inundated for the calls you get a recording be you get huck up on. After many hung ups she was told safari was not supported and down load chrome. That didnt work. You wanted to reach out and say somebody help me. More claims, bigger claims will happen next week and weeks after that until we get a leveling off of this thing. In a week the equivalent end of every person working in the bay area, every person, ktvu. Despite the unprime news stocks surged on unemployment, stocks surged. Nancy pelosi suspects it will pass. It would provide 350 billion in Small Business loans, one hub million to the hospitals on the front likes and direct payments of 1200 for people earning up to 75,000 a year. A fourth package may be needed. The Health Workers need it. If something is needed in the future lets make that decision. But not without allowing the bills to be put in the economy. President trump said he will sign the recovery bill. Financial analyst talked to us on the four. Getting a handle on the medical side of the crisis is the top priority. We have enough money in the economy to keep us going, the key is to get medical help. Many developing count reese, china, south korea are ahead of us. We can go to same thing. The u. S. May not see positive growth until the fourth quarter. Calming concerns about shortages of medical equipment and hospital beds and the spike in infections. To make the implication that they need a bed it wouldnt be there. We dont have evidence of that right now. Its our job to assure the american people, to make sure that doesnt happen. Theres no model. No reality on the ground where we can see 60 to 70 of americans will be infected. President trump will visit virginia on saturday to send off the Navy Hospital ship. The comfort is expected to arrive by midapril. In hayward theres new numbers from the drivethrough testing from shajust opened. A quarter of the people that were tested tested positive for the coronavirus. Only people with symptoms are being tested. The Testing Center on hundred dollars wood average hunt road wood average. 54 people were positive, thats one in 44 people tested on monday. We expected once more testing was available when we opened the test site. There would be positive cases. The positive samples are immediately reported and shared with the Public Health officials in the county where the person liers. Our goal is to test everyone we can. Our hands are tied as far as the lab is concerned. Its why the drive through testing site was closed on thursday submitting tests to 100 people. We hope to ramp that up to get to our maximum pretty soon. We have to turn away more people. If youre not too sick. Call your doctor. If you tested negative still practice social distancing. Think about the transmission, seeing your parents or grandparents, passing it on to them. Other testing sites have opened at the northeast medical Service Locations in daley city and host and for patients at those clinics, anyone can be tested at the hayward site. Weve learned of another assisted living facility with a case of the khris davis served served. A care facility worker tested positive. All residents are being checked for signs and symptoms of the virus. For now no visitors are allowed in the building. Vta cars are not running after on employee tested positive for the coronavirus. More about the steps that are being taken. May i have your attention please. Theres no Light Rail Service at this time. The light rail stations are empty. This after an order halting service because an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. As a Immediate Response we shut down the light rail operation as soon as we were able to until we learn more about the situation and focus in the more strategic fashion. They provide the same level of service as the staff optsers. We have one of our own harmed and were tightknit. Operators and maintenance workers have been told not to come to work. A fleet of 98 light rail train cars were operating with only 32 cars. Only 5,000 passengers per day have been riding the system during the week. If we look at the spread of the disease in our community and think of the hows of people that were riding buses and light in the days prior to the shelter in place order, how many have been ill . Very few. The over all health of the workers and passengers is important. One of the greatest concerns youre on the front like, what are you bringing home to your family. That is weighing heavy on my members minds. Union president wants to see his Bus Operators get hazardous pay because they are on the frontline. As for vta. Bus service will run on the rest of the week on a normal schedule. They talked about reducing service. For the rest of the week normal service. Come monday reductions begin, check online before you head out the door. In San Francisco a muni bus operator has tested positive for the coronavirus. The driver tested positive earlier this week and it was inevitable that a member of the staff would be affected. Union officials have been pushing for more protection for Bus Operators including the suspension of fare collection. They want rear end boarding. Starting on monday muni will close all the subway stations and replace the light rail cards with shuttle buses. Many Health Care Workers dont have enough protective equipment. The resolution San Francisco supercalifragilisticexpialidoci superintendent introduced today. More than half a million have the coronavirus around the world. And were working to answer your questions about the virus. For the second day in a row a frost advisory for the bay. And theres rain in the forecast. Joining us to answer questions is dr. Sink. Our first viewer question, how can i help my community during this time . Thats an important question, i think something that will make people feel empowered. First and foremost is that Blood Donations are down because of the current situation. I would ask people interested to go online and find if they may be candidates to give blood be see if they can find the center near them. When we are out and about in the park or other outdoor places to keep in mind that social distancing is important. Theres parks and beaches being closed because people are coming in close contact, getting fresh air is important but maintaining the social distancing is an important way to ensure that the community maintains the rate of transmission. I would say that being kind and compassionet, theres initiatives that has been covered about folks who volunteer to drop off groceries and other ideas needed by the elderly, those with other medical issues, lets see if we can do our part. That will make us feel better and help contain the crisis. Doing those simple things is nice to see. Information coming in about potential treatments. Whats the latest on a possible vaccine. This is so important in terms of why were trying as we buy time to the trials in order, theres many trials going on. The first i would bring to viewers to give an idea what they are doing, the company that is supported by started their first vaccine trial with a healthy volunteer. They are doing that, 8 to 12 months there. A trial for intranasal vaccination. That will begin, and another u. S. Based company has sped up the timeline to begin early trials in early summer to test their vaccines, these are not the only trials, theres many going on in the United States and abroad. One other thing i wanted to add. Theres therapeutics being hooked at to lessen the symptoms or prevent the symptoms. Weve heard about the antimalarial being used. The university of minnesota is looking at that for people after being exposed to the virus if they have a reduction of symptoms or prevent their symptoms. Another interesting one i think the audience will appreciate is a common Blood Pressure medicine. They are looking at that as a means to lower the chances of a severe aspect of multiorgan failure or prevent these things, theres therapeutics that our company has ramped up to. It was there for antiviral treatments. Ebola and others. Thats approved for compassionet use and in Clinical Trials for people that meet the criteria. These are just a few examples. Thanks for your time tonight. We appreciate it. Many blood banks are having shortages, in the south bay the mayor teamed up with the red cross to raise awareness to the need for Blood Donations, the mayor made a donation at the red cross Blood Donation center. Red cross is checking the temperatures of all cone ors before they give blood. Limiting parks. The park closed off vehicle access on the roads and parking lots including bear valley, north beach, sought beach and the hedlands, these are in addition to closures last weekend. The closures will remain in fact until at least april 7 im bill martin joins us from home. Nice to see sunshine. Welcome back. I know you had a cold for a while and got it checked out and everything is good. You can never be too careful. I know. As we all know. We talked so much, about the social distancing and now the quarantine, abiding with the social contract thats been created. I enjoy watching people step up and were seeing that. I have an obsession, i look at the bridge cameras and the crowds are diminished. Thats good news. Thats why im home. Theres a frost advisory tomorrow. Thats the second day in a row. A frost advisory for the north bay through tomorrow, saturday morning we wont have one. Tomorrow morning will be another cool one. We that cold of a period in the bay area. 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Instead of workers taking the gear on demand they have to request the gear. The department of Public Health has quarantined laguna honda. Leadership has worked to train staff on covid19. The department of Public Health said a patient has tested poses tirr for coronavirus. Getting access to that protective gear is not as easy as the department of Public Health leads you to believe. We have some masks available for had Health Care Workers but theres no guidelines how to get them. Where are we accessing them from. They are only giving one box at a time. The superintendent urged the Public Health to develop a plan that would ensure protective gear for all medical workers, testing for the employees and the workers can take time off when they develop the illness. They are seeing their colleagues become infected by the virus, they know the solutions and this cannot be business as usual. We have to protect them. We to provide them with protective equipment. The number of confirmed cases in San Francisco is 223 and said that things are going to get worse before they get better. Adhere to to stay at home order. Health care workers at Highland Hospital are demanding the health sis tell. They are worried the Alameda Health system mismanagement will worser, they had accusing the system of not providing enough equipment. The Health System is training oocysts procedures and educators are on the united daily. Steph curry hosted a web discussion with doctor anthony fauci. He asked the doctor to answer questions. The guess covered the accessibility of tests to the effectiveness of place 00s. How the access to the masks, are we in short supply. We need more, we have a better supply now. You have to prioritize who needs the mask and war it. Help those taking care of the coronavirus to protect them from getting uneffected. At one point 50 they were watching the question and answer. Police departments are working to educate the public and diss. As Crime Reporter henry lee plains. Down town was quiet. Police hope it stays that way. We have been going out and contacting businesses that are hope. Most nonessential businesses are closed. Im getting voluntary compliant, weve not issued tietation. We entered one on p. D. Santa rosa police are deplunking reports of an officer issues 400 tickets. Were starting with calls, violations or the health order can be ebb forced as a mvp. In fremont, tesla insected it was a. We are not actively seeking people. I think as we move farther a long into the shelter in place, people are understanding what they can be contribute do. Their focus will be local parts. Still to come, housing Health Care Workers, doctors, nurses be first spenders are finding a place to be. Were manning for worse case scenario, building capacity to hold animals. You can help animals during this crisis. My money should work as hard as i do. So i use my freedom unlimited card to buy all the latest tech stuff. 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The shelter hopes to take in animals that are on the streets. Its not a board facility but a place of last resort. Dogs and cats are not carriers of the coronavirus people need to be careful. If they are with someone who has the virus its potential the virus is on the fur. Any animal that comes in were bathing, were quarantining them for five days. The shelter set up adoptions. One of the sil tear linings is people are at home in a way they arent normally. Were finding people want to continue. One way to help if you can become a foster pet owner. Airbnb is on the front lines. They new initiative to provide free or subs guyed housing ordinary the world, the goal is to aplow access on the housing that is closer to where they work. Coming up, helping first responderring without leaving your home. Were talking about a frost advisory for parts of the bay area, tomorrow morning. We made usaa insurance for members like martin. An air force veteran made of doing whats right, not whats easy. 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It was launched with nurses and medical response. And they will come to you. Well send someone out to pick it up from your porch. Were not expecting you to hand it to us. But they are in need of disposable gowns, masks, wipes, and face shields. They will distribute them to the First Responders most at need. If we can prevent one person from getting the virus, thats worth it. When it comes to the donations no amount is too small, but they can that all the items be in the original packing. Now to the weather, a nice day outside today but changes are on the way. Thats light. We have changes coming. The first thing is the scattered showers on the radar. They are mostly south of us, the showers should die down but theres been a few thundershowers, see these props around gilroy. Thundershowers showing up there. In the mountains around lake tahoe theyve had snow flurries, tomorrow will be hes of the popup showers, a cold start and f sunshine. Up in here thats a big turnout, its a big tourist spot. A lot less people. You can see the turn here. Stay in your community. If you live in larkspur, buy in larkspur, thats the plan. Heres the model. Theres tomorrow morning, theres tomorrow afternoon. Now things start to deter late. Saturday morning, thats it. Scattered light showers. Sunday, another wave passes new. Sunday lunchtime the front slides through. If you wanted to do stuff, that afternoon will be good. And theres the 5day forecast. A slight chance of rain. Got to ask you. Amber sent out pictures to the newsroom. How many people have we moved out of the building . Its a ghost town, its very paired down. A handful of people ive seen. So much has changed in two weeks. Its amazing what channel 2 has done to social distancing. Were all in this together. Ill be back at 6 00. I miss you and mark and frank. Coming up well check with our sister station in las vegas. 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The government is developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of spread. The changes would allow state and local leaders to decide if they need to increase, maintain or lelax social distancing. In the county around new york that wont happen for a while. In the Rural Counties they could see changes next week. Were seeing the toll on the economy. We sitz. The restaurants, hotels, gyms are shut down around you, a Record Number of americans filing unemployment benefits. 3. 3 million unemployment claims. This was the biggest single increase in new unemployment claims in history. Consider that four weeks ago the Unemployment Rate was 3 1 2 and it could be 5 1 2 by april. It could get worse. The treasury secretary said the rate could hit 20 . Once this thing is over and the businesses start opening up the unemployment claims are expected to drop rapidly. What about the briefing today. They are hoping to get people back to work, may look at a tiered system. Put the middle part of the country back to work. Depending on where you live. Thats how they will go forward. People 65 or older with under lying conditions they would ed. The secluded. Even the airlines, people have to get confidence. They wont go across the country because they are afraid they may catch something. You will see a level sis tell to where they open to 50 capacity to make shover the distancing. Even when they open up the economy there will be stages people have to abide by. The latest tally of cases shows the United States has surpassed china and leads the world in the number of confirmed infections. We will slow the spread, we will protect our most vulnerable. Reassuring words from the Vice President saying we will get through the national crisis. The house that 10 states have declared major disasters, two areas of concern are the chicago and Detroit Metro areas. The Coronavirus Task force tried to reassure the country theres no evidence of shortages, and Clinical Trials are ramping up for too manys. You will be hearing about different drugs, and i feel confident knowing what this virus is and what we can do, we of give a good move president president plans to