San francisco, san mateo, alameda and contra costa counties will all begin enforcing a mask requirement tomorrow on Public Transit and part is on board. We have a live message. Writers who choose not to wear a mask will be told to leave. Reporter yes, bart police will be proactively telling people to cover up their faces. Bart may not let those riders who refuse to wear masks ride the train picked they may be escorted out or ridden a citation. Starting wednesday Face Coverings arent recommended, but required. To make you can be creative with your Face Covering. As long as your mouth and nose are covered and they remain covered, youre allowed to right bart. Reporter required in the parking lot, inside the station and on board a train, the order follows guidelines set forth in several counties bart operates in. The county Health Orders that were issued specifically mentioned not just bart, but all transit and ridesharing attacks eggs taxis. You must now where a Face Covering. Reporter Fa
Second wave of coronavirus cases came from cdc director robert redfield. The White House Coronavirus Task Force Said they are preparing. On the surface, when a patient comes in with early flu and early covid19, close to identical. We need to have testing in place to separate and ensure those patients receive the best treatment. Reporter this pandemic has taken more than 40,000 lives in the u. S. So far. That timing came in march and april, at the end of the flu season. But if large numbers of people get covid19 next winter and fall during influenza season , it could overwhelm the u. S. Healthcare system. Influenza, even in a normal season, can be taxing to our clinics and hospitals. Reporter doctor michael stacy, chief medical officer at Lifelong Medical care clinics says frontline medical workers are trying to prepare, but they worry about shortages. We need a lot of testing. Testing supplies are still quite limited. We are woefully behind in terms of our ability to direct test how e
Has now passed 20,000 confirmed cases and more than 550 people in this state have died. These numbers are according to the Johns Hopkins global coronavirus tracker so is the coronavirus pandemic based on what some are saying still as bad as we think one bay area doctors weighing in on how the situation is in fact improving because of the precautions that were taken early on. And now we can continue to move in the right direction kron 4 dan thorn reports from walnut creek. It appears theres been progress in the bay areas fight against covid19 there has been the possibility of seeing deaths in case is surging but early actions taken by local Health Officials. Seem to be working we are in a better place than weve not been says social distancing shelter a everything thats been done in our communities to prevent the spread of coronavirus doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says being in this position is obviously a good thing. Our hospitals are not being overwhelmed and testing
Thought we might be. So is the coronavirus pandemic still as bad as we think well one bay area doctor weighs in on how the situation is improving because of the precautions taken early on and how we continue to move in the right direction for dan thorn reports from on a creek with the story. It appears theres been progress in the bay areas fight against covid19 there has been the possibility of seeing deaths in case is surging but early actions taken by local health officials. Seem to be working we are in a better place that weve not been says social distancing shelter a everything thats been done in our communities to prevent the spread of coronavirus doctor Michael Stacey with Lifelong Medical care says being in this position is obviously a good thing. Our hospitals are not being overwhelmed and testing is getting better. But he says the progress and flatten the curve needs to be viewed in the long game just because its worked so far doesnt mean we can stop this as we shop and. It ca
Have died. California has now surpassed 20,000 confirmed cases and more than 550 people in the state have died over 361,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus globally. Well right here in the bay area there are now more than 4,000 confirmed cases and 115 deaths. Now 47 of those deaths are actually in Santa Clara County, which also has the most cases at over 1400 San Mateo County is standing at 21 deaths, San Francisco has 10 Contra Costa County has a task and the east bay Alameda County has 17 deaths. Moraine county has 10 deaths both solano and napa county now have 2 deaths each and there was one death reported and Sonoma County. The virus pandemic still as bad as we think while one bay area doctor weighs in on how the situation is improving because the precautions taken early on and also how we can continue to move in the right direction kron fours dan thorn explains. It appears theres been progress in the bay areas fight against covid19 there has been the possibility of seei