Representatives from the city departments with cases before the board this evening. We have the administrator planning the Planning Commission and joseph duffy, senior building inspector. The Board Meeting guidelines are follows. The boards turnoff and silence electronic devices. Appellants and Department Respondents have 7 minutes to present the case and 3 minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated must include the comments within this period. Members of the public not affiliated with the parties have three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. If you have questions about requesting a rehearing, please email the board staff at board of appeals at sfgovtv. This is broadcast live on sfgovtv cable channel 78 and will be rebroadcast on friday. It is available on the website and downloaded from sfgovtv. Org. We will swear in or affirm those who will testify. I will admit two people to the meeting. Please note any member of the public may speak without taking an oath pursuant to r
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Of the pandemic put the worlds Holiday Plans on hold. If hello im terry martin welcome to the program in parts of asia that have been successful in controlling the coronavirus like south korea taiwan or vietnam wearing face masks is the norm now other parts of the world are slowly adopting the practice as a key measure to limit the spread of the infection from today all over germany mouth and nose coverings are mandatory in certain public spaces as hoped the rules will help prevent those who are infected but dont know who they are from passing on the virus. Political correspondent Thomas Sparrow is following this story good morning thomas tell us in what situations are people now required to wear masks here in germany. So in all German Federal states people will have to wear mosques on public transport and in most German Federal states people will also have to wear the mosques when they go into shops for example here in berlin that is an exception for people in berlin do not have to we
Covid19related causes. Thank you. This concludes our questions for todays press conference. Hi, youre watching coping with covid19. Today im going to the Grocery Store. Now, im not an authority about the virus. Im just showing you what im personally doing. To find out the most definitive and uptodate information about the pandemic, i highly recommend the f. A. Q. Available at sf. Gov. Im taking a list and before i leave i put a sanitizing wind and pair of gloves into a plastic bag. Im wearing a mask and taking the smallest number of items with me. Just my car key, credit card, i. D. And the batching im not taking my phone with me. Even if i use it to pay, i either have to touch the p. I. N. Pad or sign the screen anyway. Im concerned about crosscontamination. I dont want to transfer the virus from my gloves to the phone and then to my face. Whin i get out of the car, i put on my gloves and get a grocery cart. The essential workers at my store are doing a great job. Theyre sanitizing ev
What an Antibody Test means in terms of shorterterm or longerterm immunity is developing. The science is still not there yet. So we will certainly be looking at how testing for a diagnosis of covid19 is integrated into our next steps with regard to a gradual reduction in the restrictions around social distancing, but certainly antibody passports, to speculate anything beyond what ive said would be premature at this time. The next question is from San Francisco chronicle. How many Staff Members and residents have tested positive for the virus and died at Central Gardens . So at this point we have a total of 72 cases of covid19 diagnosed in Central Gardens. We have 37 staff and 39 residents. Overall, there have been 160 cases of covid19 confirmed in the 21 nursing home facilities across the city. I want to emphasize that these facilities are overseen by the state and also emphasize that we are requiring all nursing facilities in the city to test for covid19, and as i said previously, we