Officials caution that those next steps must be Done Gradually thats right and tonight there are nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 280 people have died from the virus. Alameda and Santa Clara County both reported new deaths today. Santa clara continues to lead the bay area with more than 2000 covid19 cases and 107 deaths today, the shelterinplace order that affects most of the bay area was officially extended through may 31st. The new order largely keeps the existing order in place but there are some changes to be aware of kron fours Justine Waltman live for us in the newsroom with the details on what those changes are justine well can the next month of shelter in place is going to look. A little bit different for Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties. Thats because Health Officials are easing some restrictions and letting some businesses return to work most construction will now be allowed as long as physical di
Can. The Ongoing Health crisis takes a mental toll on frontline workers just last weekend. Andy our doctor who treated covid19 patients in new york city took her own life. Doctor lorna breen was just 49 years old. Thanks for joining u. S. Attorney and im ken wayne and im pam moore and even at this very hour countless doctors and nurses are working around the clock to protect lives from the coronavirus Governor Newsome tweeted today there are now more than 46,000 confirmed cases of covid19 across california about 3500 of them are in hospitals with about 1200 people in intensive care units force gayle ong joins us live now with ways that doctors and nurses and other hospital staff. Can help better take care of themselves during this pandemic scale. Pam and ken the coronavirus has been described as an invisible war and medical experts say a lot of what Health Care Workers are seeing is similar to what members of the military sees in combat anyone in the business to heal and care it is oka
Her father says the 49 yearold had contracted the virus recovered and talked about the emotional toll of treating coronavirus patients i think she shot a. An overwhelming the sense of wanting to help her colleagues and her friends who are still fighting the good fight is like the firemen who runs into the burning building to save another life. And doesnt regard anything about herself. A study by the journal of the American Medical Association found participating nurses and physicians working in wuhan china. The epicenter of the covid19 outbreak reported symptoms of depression anxiety insomnia and stress doctor spiegel says any Health Care System should be Offering Mental Health support to staff mindfulness apps can be helpful but its important for Health Care Workers to help themselves first. Doctor siegel says stanford offers Mental Health support for its workers they fit into telecommunication health with zoom virtual appointments for patients they are seeing and new people who are s
Now is to try to deter people from coming out to the beach. But you know like that and stop people from coming out they actually came out and rolls over the weekend were going to show you what beaches looked like in Southern California right now that prompted this decision to be made by governor newson you might remember to close down these the parking lot of the catalysts youre looking at it right now look at these large crowd in turn orange county. Its reported that about 800,000 people were at a Newport Beach over the weekend. Now back here at home, you know people were out enjoying the weather. Now the rule is if youre not 5 miles away from where you live youre not supposed to be going to the beach because of social distancing. Well Governor Newsom saying those a large crowds that are seen on your screen right now were an example of what we should not be delayed. About a 100 beaches and sort of easily defined 100 beaches. And there were 5 where we had some. The ticker johns overwhe
And she has a very different opinion. Some us right. I think it i guess i think maybe it should just be open to the residents as long as they stay distance from each other. But when it opens are tend to be too many people its too crowded and we cant be next to each other out. When you when you first heard that the governor was planning on shutting down the beaches right theyve already shut down the parking lot what were your initial thoughts. I thought it was a good thing because i think we have to be safe. I think we have to the way to the virus after controls before we really open up. There were reports that over the weekend Pacifica Police they were out here and they were making contact with people who were more than 5 miles out of their homes coming to the beach and it was a lot of people. What are your thoughts about people from other areas. Coming to beaches here in pacifica. I think that they should they should do it right now. Its just too we have tell stay safe stay away from