It has been eight days since coronavirus was declared a Global Pandemic and our way of life gets turned upside down the president signs a relief package which could include direct payment to americans. The first coronavirus case was diagnosed in the country fearly two months ago now the number of confirmed cases has escalated reaching more than 8,600. Those numbers are expected to spike as more tests become available. Two members of congress announce they tested positive for the deadly disease mario and ben mcadams announced they are selfquarantining as ventilator numbers reach a critical state, auto makers gm and ford are considering the same nike is donating more than 15 million to help support employees. The majority of donations will benefit relief efforts in oregon but boston and memphis will also receive support as well as some countries overseas in los angeles 50 grab and go food centers are helping to get a warm meal. It started afz schools were closed earlier this week country
Good thursday morning. Thank you for joining us. President trump says he considers himself to be a war time president. From all indications it appears this Health Crisis were going through is about to get worse. As we continue to follow the guidelines on social distancing were seeing this graph on your screen showing the sharp increase in coronavirus cases across the country. A sixfold increase in one week. New york city has reported its numbers of cases have more than doubled in one day. Hospitals say theyre expecting a tsunami of patients. In response new yorks governor has ordered businesses to keep 50 of workers home. Italy reported its deadliest day so far. 345 deaths in 24 hours. Doctors fear the United States could be less than two weeks away from similar conditions. Abcs alex presha begins our coverage from washington where some members of congress have tested positive. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. The country continuing its fight against what President Trump has
You see the buses are empty. Big city, this is a transition, this is like nothing weve ever experienced before people are making adjustments but for the most part of lips a they went on to say getting outside and getting exercises encouraged as long as people can keep away from people they dont live with. Our people taking social distancing serious enough . He says the way people are interacting is a start but he thinks more needs to be done. To reduce illness and death and other frail members of our society. Doctor wrangled says people should be prepared to deal with this for the long haul. Lets take a live look in San Francisco this morning where today, may london breed will visit the recently released relocated operations center. She will guest it on the citys response to the coronavirus outbreak. Ride call the rideshare are asking to get employed paid as employees. Without paid leave they will need to get go to work sick. They say that they have agreed to sick leave pay for drivers
Of the curve prairie Restaurant Owner Anthony Strong has tweaked his operations by turning his Mission District restaurant into a general store we dont sell anything my weight or measure you we just selling call items in bulk basically theyre selling everything from Fresh Produce 2 coffee and toilet paper and we have 40 cases we have 4,000 rolls because its a nod to his great grandparents who ran a general store following the great depression. But it also gives those who work for him and the vendors he works with some sort of you know, i dont even know if its working at all yet. I know were getting people food and i know were keeping our lights on what were going to have his eyes we can financial analysts say those stimulus is on the way its Small Business owners like strong will likely have to consider layoffs and cutting costs where they can. Same goes for the average american a lot closer to a lot of maybe a little extra cash. Thats a great shame Financial Experts like rob black say
Im dave clark. Good morning. Im pam cook. Steve paulson is here to talk the weather. We do have some fog out there. Patchy fog not too widespread. But theres a little bit out there after the recent rain. 40s on the temps here. A little cooler this morning. A couple garden variety showers might be filtering through. But were about done on this main low. But were associated with that low around monterey. I would think mainly to the east and to the south. 40s on the temps, a little quieter pattern over the next three or four days. Temps still below average but theyre getting closer. Oakland fire, sal. Yeah. That is actually no longer visible from the freeway. 34th and foothill. It was visible from 580 and 880 but the Fire Department has apparently knocked it down to parentally its no longer a traffic issue. You can see traffic in oakland has been relevant ily light to start off with and it is that way everywhere in the bay area. There are now at least 409 confirmed coronavirus cases here