Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting. Your written correspondence on any item will be made a part of the official file. Address any mail to San Francisco city hall, 944 carlton e. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. If using
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the august 18, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting
Charges plus. The treaty. Which just 6 months after the city put it down because of. This. We begin with a spike in the number of new Coronavirus Infections in spain outbreaks of prompted the u. K. Government to make a last minute decision to reimpose the 2 weeks of course and hundreds of people who travel there infections have tripled in the past 2 weeks with catalonia emerging as a new hotspot some of the lego has a story. A Welcome Break on a beach in catalonia after an unprecedented lockdown would be difficult for most people to resist but amid these relaxed scenes and uncomfortable question is being asked is this the start of a 2nd wave of the pandemic on saturday almost 1500 new cases were recorded in the region most of them in and around the city of barcelona many of the new cases are young people showing mild or no symptoms at all it prompted a swift shutdown of night clubs throughout the region as well as a curfew on bars and concern among other European Countries of further o
Well look at how malaria related deaths in africa could more than double this year. Just 4 days after a global tally showed 15000000. 00 Coronavirus Infections the world has now surpassed 16000000. 00 thats according to the u. S. Based Johns Hopkins university it shows the United States brazil and india are leading a surge in new cases globally almost 650000 people are known to have died the u. S. Has recorded 73000 new infections in the past 24 hours the countrys top Infectious Disease expert anthony is again urging state governments to hit pause on reopening. The states of florida texas and california remain some of the worst affected and floridas governor is being accused of easing lock down measures too soon how did you castrate reports from maryland the death toll in florida is rising as well about one person in florida is dying a covert every 10 minutes and florida certainly is not alone 18 states in the United States have broken totals and as far as cases or deaths in this past