Of caution, the officers were quarantined. They have since returned home. We are asking our Community Members to remain calm. At this time we dont yet know if the patient had covid19. The precautions we have taken exceed the recommendations by the cdc. We would like to remind everyone that this is an active event and we will provide update information as it becomes available throughout social media platforms. Once again, we have not yet determined whether or not the patient had covid19 and ask everyone to remain calm as Santa Clara Public Health investigates this incident. Were doing everything that we can to keep the community safe, and we will continue to work with Partner Agencies to keep our community informed. Some of the things that our community can do to prevent the risk, i would recommend that they go to the Santa Clara County Public Health website for information and also the website of the centers for disease control. With that, ill open up to questions. How many officers .
That student is now in self quarantine. Were taking families concerns into account. And wean this was a conservative decision. But we did this out of an abundance of caution for the safety and welfare of our students. The district says that sporting evens and other gatherings are canceled through the weekend. They expect to have an open when the school will open before monday. City leaders are working to contain the spread of covid19. Reporter San Franciscos mayor made the announcement that Health Officials had said was inevitable. Today we are nounsing the first two cases of coronavirus in our city. They have been detected here in San Francisco. And these individuals are contained. Reporter Health Officials arent offering a lot of details about the patients. Only saying theyre unrelated and are being treated at two different hospitals in the city. One is a man in his 90s who is in serious condition and also has Underlying Health conditions. The other, a woman in her 40s in fair condit
The coronavirus creates ripples across the region. Good evening to you. Frank and julie are off tonight. The latest count of coronavirus cases is now up to 36 here in the bay area. And santa clara county, six new cases today for a total of 20. Officials are advising people to avoid large gatherings. Officials in San Francisco announce their first two cases and it led to a closure of a high school and tonight officials are analyzing test kits from dozen of people on the grand princess that is now in a Holding Pattern off the coast. We have Team Coverage tonight, a new recommendation in the south boy to avoid large gatherings. Jana katsuyama with more. Reporter officials used a helicopter to airlift coronavirus test kits to the princess cruise ship. There are 3500 people from 54 countries on board and concern is growing over spread of the virus. Reporter early thursday the mission was clear, as military helicopter crew prepared to liver covid19 coronavirus test kits to the grand princess
Where it could dock. A state lab is analyzing 45 coronavirus tests from passengers showing flulike symptoms. And Congress Acting quickly with a bill, 8 billion to help fight the coronavirus. The vote in the senate sends the bill to the white house, President Trump expected to sign it tomorrow. Washing our hands is a good start but the rise in the number of covid19 cases now has officials in the south bay advising people to avoid large gathering. Ktvus Azenith Smith at the sap center. Reporter most of them left but more than 14,000 were at the game despite a warning to stay away from large crowds. I am here and i am not afraid. I make sure i wash my hands. They wore face masks to the game. Never can be too cautious. With all the news, it could be overwhelming. The game went on, San Jose Sharks issuing a statement that said the sap center undergoing cleaning after every event and many areas will receive additional enhanced measures. Our cases to date indicate to us that the risk of expos
But me and my girlfriend, weve been very cautious. An unusual recommendation from Health Officials. Large events should be canceled. It came as thousands packed the chase center to see steph currys highly anticipated return. There is a lot of uneasiness here in the bay area and just offshore as well. Thats where 3,500 people aboard the grand princess cruise ship are in limbo tonight. In less than 24 hours, coronavirus test results from 45 of those passengers may be released. Test kits from those passengers were taken by helicopter to richmond late this evening. Thats where nbc bay areas cheryl hurd is right now. Cheryl, what do we know at this hour . Reporter well, right now scientists are working to process those samples right here at this lab in richmond. Now, the results are expected tomorrow as the cruise ship hovers about 70 miles right outside the golden gate bridge. The test kits were flown in by helicopter and then given a Police Escort to the richmond lab. Tonight its a waitin