But she also says San Francisco is doing better in flattening the curve. Hello everyone, im Catherine Heenan a big update today in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic mayor breed announcing a program to streamline Contact Tracing thats one of the Things Considered essential in california before restrictions are loosened kron fours kate rooney explains how the program will help. Its called contact. Tracing and the city of San Francisco hopes it will be a major step both in getting through shelter in place and jump starting life afterwards. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of those people. And to either help them if theyre covid and get them into quarantine or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. The department of health is partnering with ucsf to get the program up and running 50 people have already been trained to work on Contact Tracing with a 150 expected to
Plus pro sports without fans, the mayor of los angeles as californians might not be going to sporting events until 2021 at the earliest. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of those people and to either help them if their covid and get them into quarantine or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. And San Francisco mayor london breed announcing a program to help find out who has coronavirus in an effort to flatten the curve. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday on this thursday april 16th, im James Fletcher and of course our top story is the coronavirus and its impacts President Trump well be announcing plans today to reopen the country and the economy at some point. He hopes in the near future this comes as the president says the u. S. Is past its pandemic peak. We have karen caifa now with the very latest from washington. The battle continues, but the
News at 6. Even we see the number of sadly deaths continue to increase. Were still in a better place and it has everything to do who are the people of San Francisco for the most part comply with the orders and so now is not the time to let up and get comfortable. Maryland a London Bridge has been reminding people stay home. But she also says San Francisco is doing better and flattening the curve. Hello everyone, im Catherine Heenan a big update today in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic a mayor breed announcing a program to streamline Contact Tracing one of the things essential in california before restrictions are loosened kron fours kate rooney explains how that program will help. Its called contact. Tracing and the city of San Francisco hopes it will be a major step both in getting through shelter in place and jump starting life afterwards. We can have people tested that may have been in contact with someone who has been infected because our goal is to chase down all of tho
Francisco county reported 2 new deaths and 26 additional cases Alameda County has 13 new deaths today and 74 new cases Contra Costa County reporting 2 additional deaths 15 new cases, 5 more people have died in Santa Clara County where there are 127 new cases and Solano County has one new case well shelter at home orders are necessary to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Its not the safest environment for some specifically those experiencing violence at home like many other Community Organizations next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. In san jose says it is seeing Domestic Violence escalate kron fours Taylor Bisacky tells us what theyre experiencing in how theyre trying to help Domestic Violence survivors. With stay at home orders in place survivors of Domestic Violence are at an increased risk of danger by their abusers. There are a lot of concerns that we have at this time you know because basically these victims are at the scene of the crime. There is still abuse and by happene
Aggressive strategy is working to battle continues, but the data suggested nationwide we have passed. The peak horn new cases. Today President Trump says guidelines to reopen the country are coming tomorrow afternoon. Thank you for joining us tonight at 8 oclock im grant lotus. And im Vicki Liviakis this as the president signals america might be past the pandemic peak. But despite the bending of the National Curve different areas are on different timelines today, los angeles reported record deaths and in new york your now required to wear a mask or Face Covering while in public. Meanwhile. Were up to 5600 confirmed cases of covid19 and today, San Francisco county reported. 2 new deaths in 26 2 cases, Alameda County reporting 13 new deaths today to go along with 74 new cases, Contra Costa County 2 additional deaths 15 new cases, 5 more people have died in Santa Clara County where there are 127 new cases and in Solano County there is one new case and tonight there are more than 2 million