We told you it was coming, and on monday the Navy Hospital ship comfort docked in manhattan to the applause of new yorkers who were careful to adhere to the social distancing rules and avoided newly announced fines of up to 500. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms. Starting today it will take on noncovid19 patients to ease the pressure on local hospitals. Turning now to the conflicting messages weve been hearing lately about Wearing Masks. Hospitals are now straining under a dire shortage, but scientists overseas are now suggesting americans should have been Wearing Masks all along. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter Health Authorities in asia, where the numbers of covid19 cases are improving, say that americans have it all wrong with face masks. The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control tells Science Magazine the big mistake in the u. S. And europe is people arent Wearing Masks. Many people have asymptomatic or re har research ectis i thadrop scientist at universi
With 6 staff sonoma counties, reporting 95 case is just one death Solano County has 61 cases and one death napa county stands at 20 cases and one death. I think the going to be coming out with the new regulations on that and if people want to abide by and frankly i dont think you could i dont think theyll be mandatory because some people dont want to do that. President trump says the white house will soon release nationwide recommendations on wearing face masks now this comes as Health Officials across the bay area are now advising everyone to cover their faces when we go out in public kron 4 Sarah Stinson has a more on this shes live report from San Francisco. Hi sarah good morning. Marty good morning and what hes a local and state officials are recommending is free to cover your face by covering your nose and your mouth Something Like this this is actually just mass from one time when i was a tv is just an example is that the band and theres something as long as youre covering youll
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Good monday morning, everyone. We are starting off the week seeing a dramatic increase in the number of coronavirus cases overnight. More than 2,500 people have now died in the u. S. And President Trump says the peak is still weeks away. The president has now extended the guidelines for social distancing until april 30th. Dr. Anthony fauci says up to 200,000 americans could die. The fda has approved a new test for the virus that promises results in just five minutes. President trump says avid labs will ship 50,000 tests per day. Worldwide more than 34,000 people have now died. Moscow is the latest major city to impose a virtual lockdown. We begin our coverage this morning here at home with abcs. More than 2,0 at. St aounced out o a ste reprerf cases d talities with more than 30,000 cases and nearly 1,000 people dead across the state. The citys Javits Center transformed into a medical facility ready monday with 3,000 beds to receive patients not suffering from the virus, relieving hospi
And former Vice President joe biden getting tighter. The abc News Washington post survey of registered voters is a virtual dead heat with biden favored by 49 , trump by 47 . Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 30th. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We do begin with help on the way for new york city. The u. S. Navy hospital ship comfort is set to arrive today in new york harbor equipped with 1,000 beds and a full medical staff. It will be used for noncovid19 patients to free up space in overwhelmed hospitals. The Javits Center in manhattan is opening its doors today with 3,000 beds on hand. In california the Los Angeles Convention center also serving as an overflow hospital as President Trump pushes back the deadline for social distancing. Abcs rachel scott has more. Reporter President Trump, who had hoped to get things back to normal by easter, now extending the voluntary National Guidelines until april 30th. Nothing would be worse than declaring vi