Firefighters, 911 dispatchers, and healthcare workers. A similar testing site opened across the bay in oakland, along with First Responders and healthcare workers testing is also available from Grocery Store employees. And appointment is required. The site is located in the parking lot of the Henry J Kaiser convention center. United states has now seen more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus, and 360,000 cases. Here in california, there have been at least 380 deaths, from the more than 16,000 cases. Specifically now to the bay area, santa clara today reported three more deaths, for a total of 39, and more than 1200 cases. Alameda, San Francisco and San Mateo County each have more than 500 cases. Getting around San Francisco is going to be more challenging in the weeks ahead. Muni is making drastic cuts to service in an effort to protect its writers. Christien kafton has more on what is ahead of the sfmta is asking riders to do. Reporter they rely on muni to get people around the city,
Hundreds of covid19 patients. A to go when it comes to testing for covid19. The governor says the state is working now to speed up the testing process. All of this comes as no testing sites are opening around the bay area. Cristina rendon own joins us with more on that story. Reporter oakland and San Francisco each opened testing sites today with a focus on frontline workers. Both cities say we need to take care of the people who take care of us. I apologize for the technical errors here but we can tell you that in oakland today, a drive through testing site opened at the Kaiser Convention Center parking lot on 10th st. And that is only for frontline workers. People who are in direct care jobs, so we are talking about those who work in healthcare, people who work at homeless shelters, and people who work in the food service industry. Again, that is by appointment only and you have to have insurance and it is not open to the public. Here is more from what we learned today. The city of o
President backtracked and said a quarantine will not be necessary. That comes as the states raise to continue to keep up with a surge of covid19 patients. Our alex hogan has more from york. Reporter President Trump watched as the uss comfort pulled out of the port in virginia. That ship is loaded with medical supplies and is headed for the epicenter of the coronavirus in the United States. The United States is leading the world with the highest cases of coronavirus cases, surpassing italy and Mainland China where the outbreak was first reported. Since the beginning of the epidemic, new york, california, and washington have captured the countries tension with spikes and the virus. There are a growing new number of hotspots emerging from coastto coast, including detroit, chicago, and new orleans. Every day we have a dramatic uptake in a number of cases. Despite the surging number of cases, the u. S. Is with a severe shortage of ventilators and equipment. This is the alternative if you do
The cruise ship and passengers have been asked again to stay inside their rooms while the captain awaits word from the cdc. We just heard from one couple about how they are passing their time. Reading books and they put 100 movies on the Television Screen to choose from. There is not a lot you can do in 150 square feet. Luckily we have a window, so that really helps. Reporter now 21 people have tested positive for the virus. We are told 19 of them are crewmembers and again they are awaiting an announcement to hear where the ship will go next. For now, live in San Francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. Thanks, betty. Here is a realtime look at where the grand princess is right now. You can see the blue dot representing the ship currently off the coast of pacifica. A resident who traveled on the grand princess last month is that counties first confirmed case of the coronavirus. The patient was of it passenger from february 11 through the 21st. County officials are trying to retrace the person step
Leagues shutdown to protect public health. Once you have fear of the market, its something you cannot rationally deal with. On wall street stocks in a freefall, the doubt plummeting more than 2000 points. And in Washington House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she expects about tomorrow a relief to help people impacted by the virus. New efforts tonight to slow the spread of covid19 and help people suffering because of the pandemic. Good evening, im julie haener. Around the nation efforts are ramping up to clamp down on the spread of the new coronavirus before a bad situation gets worse. Jana katsuyama is here to cover awarding from a top health official. Reporter while china is a seeing less cases of covid19 dr. Anthony fauci says theres an exceeding number of cases around the world. He says we should expect to see that like here in the United States soon. The shutdown to stop the spread could have a real effect in reducing those numbers. We have to get used to this. Dr. Anthony fauci, the d