The once hardest hit county in the bay area is noticing a worrisome rise in covid19 cases. The covid cases at san quinten prison continue to surge. How it happened and what it means for the marin county hospitals. The 49ers are now flying a black lives matter flag at levi stadium. Some say weve come a long way, others say its not good enough. Temperatures on the rise tomorrow. Ill show you who will feel the heat. Abc7 news at 11 00 starting right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Tonight, the coronavirus outbreak at san quinten prison is showing no signs of slowing. Right now, more than 10 of the prison population is infected. Kate larson spoke with officials who say they warned this could happen. Kate . Reporter dan, ama, over the weekend, there were about 100 cases at the prison. Then yesterday, more than 300 covid cases. And now today, according to data on the cdc website, 407 inmates and 47 Staff Members are infected, bringing the case
Particularly as our local Hospital Systems are threatened by being overwhelmed. Reporter mark lavigne represents marin county. There are 4,000 staff and inmates at san quinten, and the covid outbreak will likely top 800 people. If the Corrections Department planned ahead of time, if they had listened to Public Health protocols, we wouldnt be in this situation. I am concerned that Health Professionals dont have Decision Making authority at cdcr. Those that do may have mad bad decisions. Prisons are a setup for outbreaks off the bat. You have large numbers of people, very close confine sent. Reporter dr. Matt will sis the Public County Health officer. As soon as the pandemic began, one of the first concerns was reaching out to san quinten. We were told very clearly that this is not part of our jurisdiction. Reporter according to the department of corrections, san quentin was virus free until late may. Willis says the surge started after inmates were transferred from chino to san quinten
States. So were talking about italy, france, germany, all the places we want to go. Amy hollyfield is live at sfo this morning with the reasoning behind the move and what you should know if you have a trip planned. Reporter europe doesnt want us because of all our coronavirus cases. And from the looks of things, International Travel is pretty much on ice anyway here at sfo. Look at the empty International Terminal that we saw this morning. And it sounds like it will continue to look this way. Europe banned us from visiting in mid march when it all started, but now were planning that europe is planning to reopen its borders july 1 but not to us. The word is that the ban on americans will be extended, they consider us too risky. Elippinesce the lockdown, he just landed here and he couldnt believe what we told him. From what i heard about us handling the coronavirus, from what ive been able to read and see from trump, weve handled it much better than anybody else. Granted some our states
Is considering banning some countries, visitors from some countries from coming this summer. And were on that list. We checked with a travel expert and he said yeah, no plans to go to europe anytime soon. I really dont think that americans will be going just about anywhere for the rest of this year. I mean, we are the epicenter of the pandemic right now. You know, if you are a leader of another country and you are trying to decide which countries should we allow in and this owh ones we shouldnt, you will look at the numbers. Reporter yeah, europe has put ushilit they are considering because of how you weve handled the coronavirus. Russians and brazilians also will be unlikely in europe this summer. They consider us too risky because weve had so many cases. We have been banned from visiting europe since mid march, but they are looking at reopen willing their borders on july 1 except to us. And an announcement is expected next week. But if you have a trip to europe planned later this sum
Really. Northern california and Southern California. Here are the rankings. Here are the rangings. The top five counties all in Southern California. L. A. , riverside, san diego, orange county, san bernardino. Thats 71 of all californias cases. Meanwhile the cabrera counties of santa clara,al need, a San Francisco, san mateo and could notra costa county only make up 9 of the cases. It is hard to say why and some of it is luck but we have to sewell it has more to do with behavioral differences. Whether people are out and about more or not wearing masks. For example in orange county, the Health Officer was criticized so badly for not having mandatory masks she ended up quitting. While in the bay area there hasnt been any public outcry. L. A. Has more than a combined population of all the bay area counties bat 7 million. There are some differences when it comes the Outdoor Recreation culture. So cal beaches have been making headlines for being pakds. In San Francisco it was one of the fir