Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. A Good Samaritan who tried helping two stranded swimmers was swept away by a strong current. All three ended up near a sand bar near plum island between new york and massachusetts. Eventually a coast guard crew managed to rescue them. The swimmers swallowed a lot of saltwater but are expected to be okay. Turning now to the growing concern among Health Care Workers about the rising rates of coronavirus infection. Now a new call for nationwide shutdowns. I spoke earlier with dr. Ravi. More than 1,000 Health Professionals have now signed a letter to the government saying its time to reboot our fight against covid19. They argue we should shut down the country again and start over with testing and tracing. Whats your take . Kenneth, i agree with many of the tenets of the letter. I think we do need to improve our testing, i think we need to ramp up our contact tracing. I do think it is going to be difficult to go back to square one across the nation. I think we do need to
Plus, jailhouse rescue. The dramatic moment inmates came together to save the deputy who was guarding them. Mission to mars, the first of its kind trip to the red planet today. Why nasa is sending a helicopter. And bold brews. With more americans drinking at home during the pandemic, the new and unusual beer options hitting the market. Good thursday morning, everyone. We begin with the coronavirus crisis. More than 150,000 people in the United States have now died from the virus. The good news is new cases are down. The bad news is more than 1,400 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, the most since may 15th with grim new records in texas and florida. A texas congressman who was set to fly on air force one with President Trump yesterday has now tested positive. He was seen the previous day with attorney general william barr who has now been tested. This morning a new report is expected to show the economy shrank by 35 during the second quarter, the largest decline on record.
Tracing. He says the state is working with Insurance Companies to cover covid test, and working with physicians to help provide them. That will help us allow the statewide testing efforts with our partners in the communities, doing Community Based testing in both brickand mortar testing sites, and also mobile testing sites, to reach disproportionately impacted communities. California has also hit its goal of recruiting 10,000 contact tracers, and that may sound like a lot. But, dr. Daily says it is not nearly enough to keep up with the current transmission levels. We first brought you his News Conference live on cbsn bay area, dont forget we are streaming 24 7 on kpix5. Com. There are three new popup sites, hundreds of people have lined up to get tested the testing happened today in san jose. We are hoping to go to college in the fall semester. We are taking apart and containing the virus. I dont have any symptoms, but we are getting tested. Basically for families and friends who are a
Few hair salon owners in the county today. They say they need more clarification from the state. The owner of ones hair salon in los gatos tells us she worries the new order will force the industry to break the law. They have no choice but to go underground and into the backyard and into peoples homes hair to survive because literally theres no assistance coming their way. Santa clara county is among the 7 bay area counties, currently on the states covid19 watch list who was added to the list of sunday along with Alameda County. Concha costa. Moran napa solano and sonoma counties have been on the watch list for more than 3 consecutive days already, and under governor newsoms new restrictions they have to close gyms places of worship and offices in non critical sectors which some Health Officers say is not very clear plus hair and nail salons and indoor mall that news was a gut punch for Business Owners have been working hard to prepare for reopening this. Now wont be happening. Kron fo
Climb good evening, im ken wayne and im pam moore Governor Newsom has ordered a sweeping reopenings and he is praising the los angeles and San Diego School districts for their decisions not to hold in person classes come august today, the San Francisco Unified School District unveiled what it schools will look like in the upcoming year. The superintendent recommended starting schools on august 17th with Distance Learning. Kron fours terror attack in joins us now live from the School District headquarters with details taylor. Well the plan is to start the school year with distant learning the board hopes to eventually phase students back into the classrooms once its safe to do so they felt that this was the best option after holding many town Hall Meetings and also reviewing the latest science and data. The San Francisco Unified School District is the latest to announce plans of Distance Learning for the fall, our recommendation for the fall. Is that we begin Distance Learning. And init