Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by before we talk about your investments whats new . Well, audreys expectin twins grandparents. We want to put money aside for them, so, change in plans. All right, lets see what we can adjust. D w closer to the twins. Change in plans. Okay. Mom, are you painting again . You could sell these. Let me guess, change in plans . At f eis always part of the plan. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing eas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewtt. Org. And with the ongoing sunsort of thesetutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public bsting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the World Health Organization is warning tonight that the coronavirus is acceleting. More than a fifth of the global population has now been ordered or urged to stay home, including in a growing number of u. S. States
Rooms as was mentioned earlier this week. We can put out hotels for people who homeless and some of our First Responders and Health Care Workers and those who may not want to go home because of their concerns around impacting their families. We have been able to, because you know theres even with this declaration of an emergency, theres still a process, theres still insurance that needs to be worked out, staffing and security needs and support and resources and so far weve been able to secure at least 300 hotel rooms for self isolating and quarantine for either folks in our rsos or people who are homeless. We estimate that by next week, well be able to secure another 3,000. Bringing on as we said, much needed hotel rooms and well keep working towards, you know, making sure that those people who in congregan. It setting and other places, they have place force themselves so we can reduce the transmission of the virus. Thats the update we have so far. I want to take this opportunity to, e
People that make them happen but at what cost well look at the Health Risks Involved friends, families and neighbors are forced to find new way to congregate and socialize in this new world of social distancing some new ideas for you as we kick off this early stuz the good morning im phillip mena im frances rivera. It has been nearly two weeks since the coronavirus was labeled a Global Pandemic and it is spreading fast. America now has the hughest rate of increase in the world confirmed cases have surpassed 46,000 monday was the deadliest day so far with phase tallties surging into the triple digits pushing the death toll to 549. Could the olympics be pushed back a year . In an interview with the committee member, he says the postponement for the olympics has been decided and could be moved to 2021. Amazon is tightening its grip of people trying to profit from the panhandle its pulled over half a million listings and suspended nearly 4,000 accounts for price gouging. Britains Prime Min
Stack it up for an extra buck. Now at 11 00, Health Care Workers on the front lines of the battle against coronavirus facing another enemy. When the cdc starts putting out guidance you can use a scarf as a mask, you know, its time to make more masks. Tonight the plea for help from doctors and nurses here in the bay area and all around the country. Bay area restaurants are getting by the best they can during the emergency. Why some are struggling to make ends meet while others struggle to meet demand. I didnt realize it was going to be overwhelming. A bay area startup unveiling a new coronavirus home testing kit. Well show you how it works. Now at 11 00, and streaming on cbsn bay area, california heading into a weekend under lockdown cases of the coronavirus surge. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im Elizabeth Cook in the cbsn bay area newsroom. The outbreak shows no signs of easing here in the bay area, contra costa and sonoma counties each reporting their first death from the coronav
Morning well thanks for joining us here on out international. And we start this hour with the latest news of course on the pandemic the corona virus has now claimed more than 11000 lives worldwide with the number of confirmed cases hitting 275000. Its only suffered its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day on friday with 627 people losing their lives in all the pandemics now killed more than 4000 italians in the beach ends a region one of the worst hit provinces the large scale loss of life is even put a strain on Funeral Homes from a tour of said that they may not be able to take any more coffins due to lack of capacity. And obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. Forced to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space. While italy remains in lockdown soldiers patrol the