Known deaths now the county has 18 cases with one death. School campuses in california will remain closed for the rest of the school year governor newsome making that announcement is the state is bracing for a surge of coronavirus cases but the governor also stressed that doesnt mean that its necessarily the end of the school year. We are preparing to set our School System up where we are increasing. Class time but increasing it at home and fulfilling our obligations through Distance Learning. And other mechanisms to make sure that were educating our kids but not doing so physically on school sites. Well the States Education leaders are preparing children across the state to distance learned for the rest of the school year. The state superintendent for public instruction Tony Thurmond is hoping the Distance Learning will accelerate everyones education. He unveiled specific guidelines on distancelearning for district leaders, the states also providing additional weapon ours and resource
Last weekend, its there to support hospitals overwhelmed amid a new surge in coronavirus cases. Well ask the nations top but some states Still Holding out. An eye opening look inside with covid cases the engine crashed 250 yards from the dock. New yorks crisis where doctors the driver told hem he was and a good thursday morning suspicious about the ships to you. Welcome to the third hour of are getting creative to keep up reason for being there and that is the reason he attempted to today. With demand, a stern warning for craig melvin here. Once again coming to you from ram the train into it. The rest of the kin. The home office. Mr. Roker also working from home cities around america with well, lets move on now to 300 cases the only difference once again. Good to see you, al, before we another major health story between them and new york is two weeks. The popular heartburn medicine get to the latest in the fight nurses at top hospitals join against the coronavirus. Just a few minutes a
Coronavirus cruise ship have just landed in a San Francisco. Chopper 5 was over sfo about 30 minutes guy when the charter flight landed. The passengers were stuck out at sea on a Holland America ship that was finally allowed to dock in florida yesterday. The passengers that were let off cleared their 14day quarantine and were screened prior to boarding. They will catch other commercial flights home from sfo. Brandnew numbers from b. A. R. T. Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00. 90 minutes ago, b. A. R. T. Released a mind blowing figure. This is a drop in rider shipp over the past month. The blue line is what it used to be, the orange line that you can barely see at the bottom there, is what is happening now. This represents a more than 90 drop in passengers. Also tonight, a coronavirus outbreak hits a nursing facility in contra costa county. More than half lisey is at that in orinda where we find out more. Reporter three Staff Members have tested as well as over 20 residents. No visit
An outbreak in a nursing home in Contra Costa County. Whats being done to try to stop it. Also we were sent on the cruise ship, and we were on land. Finally heading home but theyre not necessarily relieved. The uncertainty and fear facing these Cruise Ship Passengers who landed at sfo tonight. Plus [ cheers and applause ] the navy might have fired this bay area native for sounding the alarm about the virus. But his fellow sailors say hes a hero. We have a lot to get to tonight. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im jessica aguirre. It has been a long, arduous week and things continue to get worse with the coronavirus pandemic. Tonight a grim revelation from the state of new york. Within the past day, 562 people died there. Thats more than almost the entire month of march. Health care workers are now calling Emergency Rooms battle zones. We are afraid for our patients. We are afraid for our families. Were afraid for our lives. Tonight new York Governor Andrew Cuom
Military vessel and that he doesnt think its there for the reason that were being given and he wanted to warn me entire world about this his train theres the picture plowed under a highway bypass a train thankfully it skidded to a stop just before it hit the ship now we should tell you this National Mental Health Officials are advising all of us to look out for each other at this time im going to give you a number if youre watching us in the states this is the national u. S. Help hotline if you need help or know somebody who does Mental Health heres the number to call 180180662 help 180662 help meanwhile heres another breaking story that were following for you right now this one involves 2 cruise ships off the coast of florida that are said to have as many as a 1000 or more passengers. We dont know the exact number of them that are ill but it may be somewhere between 50 and a 100 at this point that are sick on the ship and some that have died still on the ship. At least one passenger w