More First Responders here in the bay area are contracting the virus. For Sheriff Deputies did test positive. One of them was assigned to a Custody Division at county jail system. A second open Police Employee has covid19. They are both in self isolation now. Weve also learned his sergeant has the coronavirus. They are self quarantined and work partner is also isolating at home. That officer works with the special victims unit at the hall of justice in San Francisco. The Union Representing doctors and magoon a hostile hospital in San Francisco says that they are worried because 2 Staff Members have now tested positive for the coronavirus. Rejoin now live from laguna honda hospital, the city is saying they have adequate Safety Equipment to keep residents and staff were safe . That is what the city is saying. We try to get as close as we could. This is about as close as we can get. We went out a bit earlier today and the deputies said the entire campus is now close to visitors. In the me
Intensive care. The governor said those statewide numbers represent an increase of 17 in total cases and 13 in hospitalizations since yesterday. The state is working to obtain about 5,000 ventilators. The governor addressed concerns here in the bay area. The state has leased space to care for patients. We need to do more. And that includes san mateo county. Reporter he said he expects an announcement in the next day or two on whether Public Schools in this state will resume this school year. Heed in his view, that will not happen. The state is looking to put out guidance on whether people should care face masks even if theyre not sick. And he announced an initiative to keep an eye on people during these times of isolation. Santa clara county is the hardest hit in the bay area. How rulings already in place will be tightened. Reporter county Health Officer dr. Sarah cody says the current measures, staying inside, social distancing, sanitizing, those are all working. But not, and more nee
Area. Santa clara county is still the hardest hit with 263 cases, followed by san mateo county. Now at 110 cases. San francisco is now up to 84 cases, and Alameda County is at 65. Meanwhile, San Francisco is expediting the hiring of healthcare workers. They would like to address the shortage of nurses at the city works to contain the coronavirus outbreak. We report from San Francisco General Hospital where there was a job there for nurses today. Reporter it is an invite only jobs here. The applicant already applied online. They came today for interviews, and some were given a conditional offer on the spot. Helping people when they are at their worst and they need someone, we need that person to take care of them. That is a rewarding experience. I think that was what made me want to go in that career. Reporter diana is one of the candidates given and a conditional offer. She has three years of nursing experience. What makes her even more malleable, she is bilingual, fluent in spanish. H
Results in less than an hour and now its fda approved. That it can has the potential prompts hotels into makeshift hospital wards. Support for Health Care Workers to speed up the process in on the frontlines knows no getting results. Since last time santa clara borders, the eiffel tower dazzled in a tribute to Health Care Workers, in spain first confirmed 67 more cases since yesterday. A man died in Monterey County responders switched on the sirens to praise the hospital of the coronavirus. Workers, four states in the 11 have died in the bay area and 27 in the state of u. S. Have asked all california. More on the testing efforts nonessential workers to stay under way. 45 minutes, thats how long home. Theres growing calls to it takes to get the results of postpone the olympics. Track and field is asking the the case. They will roll the tests out at summer games and delayed. That follows a request by the the end of the month. Government Health Officials say as the pace of tests increases
Thanks for joining us. Abc7 News Reporter kate larsen spoke to a couple of other those Health Care Workers today. She is live in San Francisco with the story. Kate . Well, Health Care Workers are running out of all sorts of personal protective equipment. But its mostly these n95 respirator masks. I have this one left over from fire season that are in high demand and very low supply. All week ive been hearing from our local Health Care Worker, many of whom are afraid to speak out because they dont want to lose their jobs. Today i spoke to Health Care Workers in San Francisco, in oakland and in san jose, all who say they dont have the medical coronavirus. T they need to fight we have to have gowns, masks, and face shields. All those are in limited supplies. An emergency room nurse at Santa Clara Medical center in san jose. He is also the Vice President for rnpa, a nurses union. The masks that you have, they will assign one mask per shift. They dont have enough n95s to change masks betwee