Toll rising and a gas leak at a Chemical Plant in india kills at least 11 people struggling to breathe collapsed in the street hundreds are in the hospital. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Germany is getting back to business about what the option of shutting down again if necessary chancellor Angela Merkel says that some coronavirus restrictions will be eased over the next few weeks germanys 16 regional states will now manage the gradual reopening of business and schools now the aim is to prevent infection and while allowing people to live a more normal daily life. In the town of vine ma in central germany restaurants and cafes have already started to reopen customers must be seated outside with their need 2 people allowed per table itself service and there are strict hygiene rules but for many this is more than enough to says. Its wonderful its liberating and healthy i think. Its nice to see how happy its joyful before the record im happy to be able to go out again its a group f
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Shelter in place order. Specifically he will address reopening businesses and schools. The hope and expectation is we will be in a position in a number of weeks to make meaningful modifications but again the data will guide that and the indicators will guide that. That was the governor yesterday talking and earlier this month Governor Newsom did lay out the six part plan to bring california back to normal life. It included widespread coronavirus testing and protecting those at most risk. Today again expected to discuss redoing floorplans at schools, childcare facilities and businesses like restaurants and to still encourage social distancing. Here in the bay area six counties are extending their stayathome orders all the way through the end of next month, alameda, contra costa, marin, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara, and official more detailed announcement will be made later this week. No date has been given but we know when the announcement takes place it will include easing
Governor newsom two weeks ago today we laid out a road map for reopening the california economy in a phased, thoughtful approach. We put forth six indicater to indicate dwrors drive our Decision Making. Politics wont drive our Decision Making prork tests wont drive our Decision Making, political pressure wont drive our Decision Making. The science, the data, Public Health will drive our Decision Making. We set forth a week ago a deep dive on one familiar indicater around testing and tracing, track, issues of isolation and quarantine. Today i want to update you on another indicater specific to businesses, schools and child care facilities. First i want to remind all of you what the six indicaters are. Mentioned testing as one of the principal indicaters, we have made progress in that space. Not nearly where we want to go and need to be but Real Progress we are now see in the space. 578,000 tests have been conducted in the state of california. We averaging over 20,000 tests a day. And we
Warmer weather moves back in. Well show you when and how hot we get in the accuweather forecast. Testing continues in San Franciscos Mission district. The goal is 5,000 by tuesday but today, they saw a decline. Tonight, San Francisco doctors are firing back as many are pushing for the state to reopen. Abc 7 news starts right now. As the bay area enters week seven of shelter in place, all of california remains under the order indefinitely. Doctors up and down the state are debating the best course of action for what is next. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. A video of two bakersfield doctors pushing for the state to reopen asap has gone viral. The doctors are saying are saying not so fast. Jr stone is live in the newsroom with details tonight. Reporter eric, there is a serious debate about when to open up. Right now, these two doctors from the bakesfield area say they have compiled their own statistics after testing more than 5,000 people. I say do we need to still s