The spread of this disease on a mass scale. Now both chavez praised varily for stepping up to start this program. Varily will be announcing more details about the program tomorrow. Its important to emphasize again that this testing site, this pilot program, is by appointment only. You cannot just come here and get tested. You have to go through the website or through your doctor in order to get seen here and tested. Robert, thank you. Thats what gov nor newsom was talking about, these mobile testing sites which is so vital in our fight against covid19. This is a live look at the governor talking. This is a live stream trying to set the tone in what to expect in terms of social distancing. We were listening to the News Conference for the past 20 or so minutes during the ellen broadcast, essentially the governor calling for more hospital beds during this crisis. We can see the need for 4,000 additional beds. You get up to 20 , youre closer to 19,000, 20,000 additional beds. So, running t
Numbers. The confirmed cases in the bay area. Santa clara county has the most cases. Sadly, late this afternoon we learned of another death, a man in his 50s. Thats the fifth death in Santa Clara County. A lot of news coming from governor newsoms News Conference. Another thing he called for, more hospital beds during this crisis. The governor signed emergency legislation today for 1 billion in funding. It would make way for tens of thousands of beds. He also talked about a conversation he had with President Trump this afternoon. I had the privilege of a conversation quite literally an hour ago with the president of the United States. The president assured me not only assured me, he was aware of where those swabs are being procured before i even offered my own insight. So this new funding bill passed in one day by the state legislature. More than 1 billion. Besiding increasing hospital bed capacity by the thousands, it would also provide money to purchase a lot more medical equipment. T
29 cases of the coronavirus and that includes 14 people from the princess cruise ship and they landed at Travis Air Force base in fairfield 22 of the 29 cases are in california, including 2 in Santa Clara County. And there are 2 patients under isolation right now at at a Medical Center in napa they were brought from Travis Air Force base on monday after they were evacuated from the cruise ship off of japans yeah and the coronavirus has left a lot of people with questions such as what is this virus, hows it spread how does it compare to other deadly diseases will look at all of that kron 4 Sarah Stinson spoke with a doctor in moran and she takes an indepth look at the coronavirus. Coronavirus now being called covid 19 by the World Health Organization as a respiratory illness first identified in wuhan china. A city with a population of 11 Million People traditionally its been a not the viruses circulate and animals in late 2019 in wuhan city china, the virus changed the mutated and actua
President tries to calm fears across the country. Were ready to adapt and were ready to do whatever we have to as the disease spreads, if it spreads. Now, we have a lot to get to including what you need to know if more cases begin popping up here. Lets begin right away with nbc bay areas cheryl hurd at uc davis medical center. And cheryl, that is where that patient is being treated. Reporter thats right. The ceo is confirming that the patient is being treated here. The patient was transferred here last wednesday on a ventilator and showing signs of the virus. When the patient arrived, hospital officials last week immediately asked that they be tested for the coronavirus. But according to a statement from the hospitals ceo there was a delay because the person did not fit the criteria for testing. On sunday the cdc stepped in and ordered tests. Today it was confirmed the patient tested positive. We need to know where this individual has been, how many people have had exposure to that per
Longer than this one week closure. There is a News Conference set to happen at 1 30 this afternoon. Well be there. And coming up today on the 4. Meanwhile, an investigation is under way after three attempted carjackings happened within just 30 minutes of each other. Police are now looking for a group of suspects. As ktvus Christina Rendon reports, one of the victims is speaking out. One of the victims is an uber driver whose fight or flight response kicked in when he chose to fight back. They tried to carjack me and i didnt let them do it. The attempted carjacking happened around 2 30 this morning. The uber driver reported it to police who were nearby on a different call. He says he was turning from harrison to 9th which when three people came running from around the corner and tried to force their way inside. One got into the backseat. One tried to get into the drivers seat pointing it at me. And he kept trying to open my door and he finally opened it, tried to yank me out and i kept