For Many Americans in their entire life has topped off to tells the country to brace for a tough 2 weeks ahead. And at high risk the u. S. Farmers fearing their arrival of the virus and the impact it could have on americas food supply. Hello we begin with news out of the United Kingdom where the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital 10 days after testing positive for the corona virus lets get more on the story and bring in revenue joining us from london mary and what were you hearing about this. Yes thats right we know that Prime Minister has been admitted to hospital for a series of tests downing street spokesperson released a statement describing this as a precautionary measure because of the persistent nature of his symptoms so we know the promise of Boris Johnson has had these coronavirus symptoms after testing positive for the virus and of course he has been living and working in isolation for the past 10 days in his flat in downing street hes had his meals ca
Four san jose firefighters have tested presumptive positive for covid19 putting an entire station under kwoequarantine. The president says travel restrictions to california or washington are possible if the infection rate gets out of control. Disneyland is closing its gates on saturday, the First Time Since the september 11th attacks. Were just learning that Universal Studios is also shutting down and more sporting events are suspended, postponed, cancelled. This includes the ncaa tournaments and Major League Baseball has pushed opening day back at least two weeks. Locally the exploratorium and California Academy of sciences are closing their doors. Many industries are being hugely impacted. Locally hotels and restaurants are suffering. Melanie woodrow is live at union square with that part of the story. Reporter larry and dion, foot traffic is noticeably lighter here today at union square. With so many of those conventions that have been cancelled, Hotel Occupancy is down and all of t
You have the directors report in front of you. I am going to highlight our covid19 coronavirus response. Dr. Aragon will have more details. I wanted to acknowledge the Department Staff who have been working for over eight weeks in terms of our preparedness and our response in terms of dealing with the coronavirus. Last tuesday i am pleased to announce that mayor breed declared a state of emergency in the city, which was transformative in our ability to better prepare for the response. It allowed us to activate the department to be more focused on the response, coordinate better with other city departments. This is a shared responsibility in terms of our response doing that. We were able to also be eligible for potential federal responses within an emergency response. We were also able to position ourselves to better educate the community and the public about how best to prepare for coronavirus and when coronavirus does arrive in San Francisco. A key part of our message is that everyone
Chinatown. That is a very bad sign. This 7000 squarefoot Chinese Restaurant has gone dark for two weeks. The owner decided to temporarily shut down for the month of march after business fell off the cliff. 70 . Reporter 70 . 70 at lunch. Dinnertime i think almost 90 . Reporter he says customers stopped coming fearing they could pick up the virus by being too close to others. He says the biggest victims of their employees. No work and no paychecks. They still have to pay the rent, pay their food. They are hurt. Reporter many stores have either cut back on hours or temporarily suspended operations, including this seafood restaurant. It is one of the biggest restaurants in oakland. A few doors down, they decided to close early and 2 00. Not a single customer today. Just one customer yesterday at her drycleaning business. Know people. Very quiet. Reporter heres a look at the pacific Renaissance Plaza in the heart of chinatown. Here is what it is like on the streets. Same problem. In San Fr
Clerk there is no Public Comment for item 2. Item 3 is the directors report. Good afternoon, commiser grant colfax, director of health. You have the directors report in front of you. I am going to highlight our covid19 coronavirus response. Dr. Aragon will have more details. I wanted to acknowledge the Department Staff who have been working for over eight weeks in terms of our preparedness and our response in terms of dealing with the coronavirus. Last tuesday i am pleased to announce that mayor breed declared a state of emergency in the city, which was transformative in our ability to better prepare for the response. It allowed us to activate the department to be more focused on the response, coordinate better with other city departments. This is a shared responsibility in terms of our response doing that. We were able to also be eligible for potential federal responses within an emergency response. We were also able to position ourselves to better educate the community and the public