Alameda county jumped to 15 cases and gilroys mayor announced overnight one person there has died from the virus. Were still not sure if this is one of the two previous deaths announced in Santa Clara County but were working to confirm that for you. Governor gavin newsom is encouraging seniors to stay home and for all bars, wineries, nightclubs and brew pubs to close. A live look at sfo this morning. President trump is extending the european travel ban to the uk and ireland as americans are scrambling to return home. Meantime the coronavirus testing is supposed to ramp up across the nation. People in the bay area can access a pilot screening site created by google called project baseline. Its meant to connect highrisk people to drivethrough testing saernl centers. Much more ahead. Weve issued a micro climate weather alert as well. Live outside in San Francisco and san jose on your right and on your left, boy, look at the radar. Rain moving across the bay area this morning. We have cert
The low drops south, with cold unstable air and temperatures well below average for this time of year. We have Sal Castaneda here. The rain making it tough driving around the bay to take it easy if you have to drive somewhere. This is a look at the toll plaza. We will not get the typical crowds today but we will get accidents unfortunately due to the wet weather. Right now the freeways are relatively empty but we have had a couple of things that have made it slow so be careful you have a more complete update just a few but right now lets go back to the desk. California has 337 confirmed cases of covid 19, more than two thirds are right here in the bay area with 239 verified cases Santa Clara County has the most, 116 cases and last night a third person died from the virus in the county. San francisco has 37 cases and san mateo has 32, Contra Costa County has 29. The other counties have 10 cases or less and napa is the only bay area county with no confirmed cases of covid 19. Governor ne
Loud and clear. So why the declaration . World health says it is only a characterization of the current outbreak. There is no specific criteria that triggers the definition. It is not to in sight panic. The last pandemic was the h1n1 thats affected nearly a quarter of the worlds population. The dow is down more than 1400 points. The dow is officially entered a bare market. New at noon, it past few hours, San Francisco saying there should be a ban on more than 1,000 people. Jackie ward with who is affected. Reporter this ban is disruptive but saying it is an important step to support Public Health and stop the spread of the coronavirus. This means the warriors will play to an empty arena tomorrow night. We know this is necessary because right now it is about milt gating the impacts. It is about making sure that we reduce and eliminate the spread, and we have followed in every single instance, in every decision we have made, it has come based on thctof public hea the warriors are support
Warriors are the first nba team to do this without fans in response to the coronavirus. This new order from San Franciscos Public Health department will be in effect for two weeks and can be reauthorized. I want to ask the residents, please, dont panic. Please, listen to the information were providing. And, please, continue to work with us so that we can rise to the occasion and meet the challenges we know all exist in our city. This is about protecting Public Health. We are prepared to address this and we want to make sure that the information we provide is being taken seriously and is being used appropriately. Public schools in the city will remain open, but district Officials Say School Sporting events and other activities that bring large groups of students and adults together are being cancelled. Mayor london breed issued a statement in part, quote, we know this will be a disruption. she goes on, i spoke with the warriors to discuss the steps we are taking and theyre in support of
Leagues shutdown to protect public health. Once you have fear of the market, its something you cannot rationally deal with. On wall street stocks in a freefall, the doubt plummeting more than 2000 points. And in Washington House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she expects about tomorrow a relief to help people impacted by the virus. New efforts tonight to slow the spread of covid19 and help people suffering because of the pandemic. Good evening, im julie haener. Around the nation efforts are ramping up to clamp down on the spread of the new coronavirus before a bad situation gets worse. Jana katsuyama is here to cover awarding from a top health official. Reporter while china is a seeing less cases of covid19 dr. Anthony fauci says theres an exceeding number of cases around the world. He says we should expect to see that like here in the United States soon. The shutdown to stop the spread could have a real effect in reducing those numbers. We have to get used to this. Dr. Anthony fauci, the d