Shorter isolation Period Health experts are no longer encouraging testing. Before you go back to work on fortune well bellow spoke to a doctor about the changes. Almost as if testing. Means everything but also after certain points Means Nothing testing isnt one tool among many. And its a very good tool, but it needs to be interpreted properly. 6 months into the covid19 fight here in the u. S. And Health Experts are revising previous recommendations to help stop the spread. In an article published tuesday the centers for Disease Control states and those who have tested positive can be around others 10 days after the positive test 8 as long as you have no fever and your symptoms have improved we started off with 14 days because we really didnt understand much about the virus. Stanford Infectious Disease expert doctor Yvonne Maldonado says Health Experts were right to be cautious in the beginning but now theres no real evidence of transmission that occurs. 10 days after somebody is infect
At a joint hearing on the coronavirus and the procurement of personal protective equipment and other medical supplies. This rants an hour and a half. Joint hearing will come to order. Let me begin by thanking everyone for joining us today. I hope that my colleagues, our witnesses and viewers are staying healthy and safe. I want to thank chairman pain and Ranking Member king of the Emergency Preparedness response and recovery subcommittee, for coming together with Ranking Member crenshaw and i to hold this hearing. We are here to discuss federal and state efforts to picker critical supplies and response to the coronavirus pandemic. First, i want to acknowledge that the federal Emergency Management agency, fema, who is put in charge of the federal governments response was asked to testify today. While fema is not here today, i understand that and miss straighter gaynor plans to appear before the full Committee Later this month. Im pleased to hear this because it is vital that we Work Tog
The 50s and 60s look forward to 70s 80s, 60s at the coast for your afternoon highs. More in your forecast is still ahead daria thank you john is 9 oclock and the breaking news from overnight a Major Police Activity going on in oakland after an officer involved shooting. That happened near pippin an apple streets, travelers reyna harvey is live in oakland with the details rana. Are you good morning, although that ended plan this originally was a pursuit by the San Leandro Police department and we know the officer involved in that shooting was a San Leandro Police Department Officer so we made a map like you mentioned pippin apple right here in oakland again this is an era 105th avenue. Now police followed the vehicle they believed to be stolen by a driver armed with a firearm this happened a little after 11 oclock that pursuit ended when that vehicle crashed into the rear of an unoccupied parked vehicle. Police say the driver accident the vehicle while holding an assault style fire alar
Hundreds of thousands of drivers and drop them from the app if theyre forced to treat them as employees. The judges ruling monday was a relief. Plyself and other drivers are celebrating today. Reporter uber and lyft were ruled to have violate ald California Law ab5 by continuing to contract their drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Uber and lyft will have to cut their drivers or until the 9th circuit rules on a constitutionm challenge on ab5. Protection is like sick days like Health Insurance are kitical during these times. The judge dismissed claims by uber and lyft that they would be harmed financially. Pluny isnt a real harm. Reporter labor attorney david rosen feel says the judge clearly stated that he didnt feel the company had legal grounds to win an appeal. More than three thousand companies with a job should be elected for leader. Littleler also released a statement sail, quote recollect drives do not wants to be employmenties full stop. Well immediately re
Who have paychecks. People do not right now, which brings us to the second big issue, which is Unemployment Insurance benefits. A gut instinct is we will see two month extension of the current Unemployment Insurance booster payments such as 600 a week through september 1. The alternative is we cut it to 400 a week, but extended for a longer duration, say through year end. Referenced achin technical correction needing to be made. This is far from a technical correction. This is a deepseated issue of disagreement between democrats and republicans. I would say this is the biggest sticking point. The way it will get resolved it to throw money at the problem. To that end we have shifted up our expectations of the overall scale and scope of the bill. The last time we spoke i was expecting a 1. 5 trillion package. Now our base case is 1. 5 trillion to 2 trillion. The further that rises, the more generous the Unemployment Benefits will be. You can see potential spending directly on certain sec