Residents. Governor gavin newsom is confident about the States Supply of ventilators even as Santa Clara County says there is an urgent need for them. At his briefing today, the governor addressed his decision to lend 500 ventilators to the National Stockpile for other states to use. We are just proud as a state because of all the great work you have all done in slowing down the rate of growth that we are able to provide those resources and confidently know that supports will be reciprocated by those governors and by those states. Some of those ventilators are set to arrivein new york and illinois. Four other states will also be getting ventilators from california. The Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department is taking steps to ensure First Responders who are exposed to the coronavirus can get decontaminated quickly to limit the spread of the virus. Jesse gary is in san jose tonight with more on this. Reporter good evening, the Sheriffs Training Center has various classrooms on the insid
Are refocusing our energies and sense of purpose and a sense of optimism and faith we will get through times challenging, times like today, difficult moments that all of us are working through to reconcile the world we are living in and to reconcile the need to pay our rent and mortgage and to understand whether or not we can educate our kids at home with all the other burdens and challenges we face in the household and where we are going as a state and as a nation. The old adage we are nothing but a mirror of our consistent thoughts. Whatever we tend to focus on we find more of it if youre like me you are focused on the nightly news, 24 7 cycle seven days a week, a lot of anxiety is running through those broadcasts. A lot of fear that is induced focusing on what this nation and the world is doing to meet this pandemic had on. That stress is manifest and that stress is real and all of us work through that stress differently. No one can moralize how some deal with it versus others. Some
First to the east coast, where Health Officials found some reason to hope. Even though new york, new jersey and connecticut all recorded their highest oneday debt poll today. New yorks governor said the rate of hospitalization is slowing other worstcase scenarios and people in need of i see you care have not materialized. Here in california there are also signs the spread of the virus is slowing. Governor newsom said today i see you hospitalizations increased just 2 in the last 24 hours, down from double digit increases last week. California has more than 17,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 452 people have died. And there were celebrations in wuhan, china today ended a the pandemic began. And within hours, 65,000 people have left the city of wuhan. Today the Chinese Government also said there were no new cases of the virus in wuhan and for the First Time Ever there were no new deaths from the coronavirus in china. Now to the increased rate of deaths among black americans in the unit
Let me give you a sense of optimism in terms of the curve in california bending. It is bending, but its also stretching. Also, only on nbc, an east bay warehouse raided in the midst of this pandemic. The stockpile inside that caught the attention of these state agents. And the reason some africanamerican men are refusing to cover their faces. The news at 11 00 starts right now. Good evening. We begin with two major developments. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. Governor newsom says for the first time, california is reducing the spread of the virus. He also arranged the purchase of 200 Million Masks. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney joins us at Kaiser Hospital in san rafael with the new details. Terry . Reporter yeah. Governor newsom making the announcement to a National Television audience on the Rachel Maddow show, saying he used californias buying power to get this deal done. He also sounded like he was taking a swipe at the trump administration. In the last 48 hours, we have secured
Earlier today the governor expressed optimism that social close quarters, being essential distancing and the stayathome workers. You combine all of this, which order have bought the state valuable time to prepare for a of course in the black community has a history of systemic and historical racism, and youve got a real, real, potential surge in cases. He and the state Surgeon General also spoke about the serious emergency on top of an stress and emotional struggles californians may be having while they shelter at home. The Health Impacts of emergency. Coronavirus go beyond infection so i was on a call, as we speak, about how we address this. First of all, our healthcare and coded disease. Its important to recognize that stress related to the pandemic, many are feeling right now, compounded by the providers, africanamerican, economic distress due to lost wages, employment and financial historically black colleges medical schools have come up with some suggestions on how to prevent this