Reporter doctors saying he continues to improve after a delayed acknowledgement that his oxygen levels had dropped twice in recent days and that hes now taking a steroid typically only recommended for seriously ill patients in the hospital. They may be thinking that they can turn the white house into a bit of a hospital for him. But if he needs intensive care unit, hes going to have to go someplace with a great team. Its a very, very serious disease. Reporter at the same time, questions remain about the scope of the outbreak inside the white house. Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany and two top assistants today joining the list of several highlevel staffers testing positive. Even though President Trump is now back at home, you heard his doctors say that hes not out of the woods yet, and he is certainly going to need to be closely monitored because medical experts agree that the next few days in the course of any covid19 diagnosis are critical for recovery. Back to you, jessica and raj. T
But this lack of data doesnt allow us to know where the epidemic is heading. The state department of Public Health has deployed a tech team to figure out what happened. Until it is fixed, labs are being told to manually report all positive cases to local health departments. Heres a new program, getting paid to stay at home. Alameda county will pay people who cant afford to selfisolate. The goal is to slow the spread of the virus. Melissa colorado is in oakland with the details. It was not like a cold. People go to work with a cold. This will affect the whole community. Reporter its the coronavirus conundrum impacting low income people who test positive for covid19. Go to work and expos others or stay at home and lose your paycheck and maybe even your job . These are individuals that work in construction, work in restaurants, work in grocery stores. Reporter ceo jane garcia treats uninsured and undocumented patients in oakland. Their employer is asking them to provide documentation that
Investigators. We subsequently learned that he may have left the country. Reporter now, they believe its possible he may have flown to cambodia. Meantime a family spokesperson, p. S. Chai, told us before this information was released, we talked to them and they said they were expecting to post fliers and search again this weekend. Theyre hoping the public might help with any information that might help bring chai back home. Live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. A controversial case is now in the hands of a jury. Deliberations begin tomorrow morning in the trial of three santa clara joint jail guards accused of beating an inmate to death. Matthew farris, jeray lubrin, and another guard are accused of beating this man to death. He died from blunt force trauma. It sparked an overhaul in training. If convicted, the guards could face life in prison. New at 6 00 tonight, a deadly shooting in the citys tony moreno district. Police want to know who killed 32yearold Kelly Fr