We are going to start on time. I am london breed, mayor of San Francisco. Today i am joined by the carmen chu, director of department of Public Health, doctor grant colfax and director of emergency management, director of housing and homelessness and the director of the office of economic and work force development. Today we are going to do things a little different because we actually have good news, and we actually have a guide for what San Francisco will look like as we begin to envision a new normal, and a future where we can get our city going, get back to work and get back to our lives as we know it, although we will be making a number of adjustments in this process. Four months ago we operated the Emergency Operations center, and we called attention to what we knew potentially was coming to San Francisco. About three months ago we declared a local state of emergency. At that time we had not one case in San Francisco. 10 weeks ago, we ordered shelterinplace. The fact is we acted
Is it time we learned to live with the coronavirus how should we all for a new way of infections some countries reimpose lock down while others prioritize their economy this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Lockdowns to stop the spread of coronavirus are being lifted worldwide shops and businesses are reopening students are returning to school and some airlines are flying again but several countries have since reported a resurgence in new infections iran relaxed its lockdown in april when the worst covert 19 hour break in the middle east began to ease but this week the president threatened to reimpose restrictions as doctors recorded the highest ever total of daily cases south korea was praised for controlling its outbreak but shortly after they reopened hundreds of schools museums and parks are closed again because of a new wave of infections in the capital seoul china germany japan and saudi arabia already imposed some restrictions over the past month some Scientist
Of essential workers and whats available. What we plan to have this summer and what people can do to either sign up or what other programs to do to prepare under the new guideline for the programs that they want to make available to people. So, lets get started. Phil, you we hit the ball running, both you and maria su got together because we knew the schools were going to close. But we also knew that there was an essential workforce out there. People who were driving muni, people who were working at hospitals. They had children. They needed child care. They were concerned about taking their children to their elderly parents. They couldnt leave them at home. Tell us a little bit about the program that you established that is available currently and will potentially be extended once programming starts for june 15 during the summer. Thank you, mayor. Yeah. You asked us as soon as the schools closed to start thinking about our kids and working families, particularly our Health Care Workers
Growing concern, both among those working on the front lines and those left behind deemed nonessential. As a growing number of americans face unemployment and hunger, depression and suicide are now coming into sharp focus. Heres abcs will carr. Reporter across the country, millions are struggling with our new reality. I think in waves the reality of whats happening hits me. And the uncertainty and the scale of it i think is really hard to hold for a continued period of time. The hardest challenge and one of the first kind of waves that impacted my Mental Health was just the homesickness. For a couple of days youll be okay, especially if you can go outside, spend some time. But if a day like yesterday happens where its raining, then you kind of get sad and youre stuck indoors and dont really feel like you have any space to yourself anymore. At any moment i could be holding a covid patient while were cleaning them, and inches away from me, theyre coughing. Its pretty unnerving at times.
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