The state is also taking Emergency Action to arrange for more policy beds and ventilators. Wilson walker is in daly city with the plan that will keep ce Medical Center open for now. Reporter now we know, it will not close, at least not in the near future, it has been enlisted in the fight against the coronavirus. There will be certain floors, my understanding, that will be designated for those patients. Reporter san mateo supervisor dave has been fighting to save this hospital and now it will be least month tomonth by the state of california to help carry the surge. Reporter and so making sure the area is contained and safe is critical. Reporter they have 357 beds and california very much expects to need them, and more. Tomorrow we will announce the hospital in southern california. That is 750 beds. Those two hospitals combined. We start to stack this. Reporter that will take some stacking, california has 74,000 stocked hospital beds, the governor thinks we will need as many as 20,000
Newsom explains why he felt he had no choice. This comes on the heels of a dire prediction, experts explain the stunning worstcase scenario. Healthcare workers pleading for additional equipment, and facilities. How a Bay Area Hospital facing closure come will now play a key role in fighting the outbreak. Now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a stayathome order for all californians take affect. Good evening. Broadcasting tonight from hours of coverage from cbsn. The governors announcement came hours after he gave a troubling worstcase scenario. Saying more than half of the state could get infected if we dont take proper precautions. Similar restrictions are already in effect for more of the bay area. They will allow people to go outside and we are waiting for more details on which workers will be exempt from the order. Kpix 5 begins our Team Coverage with a medical experts reaction to the governors dire prediction. Reporter there may be some difference of opinion that the numbers ar
The centers for Disease Control related to 530 e cigarette related incidents of lung disease in 38 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. First, i want to make clear that we did not plan to have this emergency hearing at the beginning of this congress, let alone this time last month. On august 23rd, officials from illinois reported the first death due to a mysterious vaping related illness. And since then, a total of eight individuals have tragically died in this outbreak. The response to this crisis, cdc is warning the American Public to consider not using e cigarettes of any kind. Because the subcommittee has investigated the youth vaping epidemic and the companies behind it, we feel its our duty to draw attention to recent Government Health warnings about the dangers of e cigarette use. The longterm Health Effects of continued vaping is unknown. What we do know should give us pause. State Health Departments continue to conduct retro active analysis of patient records to better underst
Lung disease. We heard testimony from centers for Disease Control and prevention experts held by a House Oversight subcommittee. It is about two hours 40 minutes. Good morning. Sorry for the delay. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chairs are authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Without objection id like to have a few members waived onto the committee. Congressman jordan, congressman meadows and congressman cox. Shall be permitted to join the subcommittee on the dias. Without objection so ordered. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. We are here to amplify the recent Health Warnings issued by the centers for Disease Control related to 530 ecigarette related incidents of lung disease in 38 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. First, i want to make clear that we did not plan to have this emergency hearing at the beginning of this congress, let alone this time last month. But on august 23rd, officials from m
Good morning. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. I would like to have a few members, congressman jordan, congressman meadows, and the subcommittee to recognize questioning the witness. Without objection so ordered. I recognize myself or five minutes to give an opening statement. We are here to amplify the recent Health Warning for the centers for Disease Control related to 530 ecigarette related incidents of lung disease on 38 states. I want to make clear, this emergency hearing at the beginning of this time. On august 23rd officials from illinois recorded the first death due to a mysterious vaping related lung illness and since then a total eight individuals tragically died. In response to this crisis the cdc considering putting the American Public not using ecigarette. Because the subcommittee investigated the use vaping epidemic we feel it is our duty to draw attention to the recent government Health W