Thank goodness for social media in times like this. Tom, thank you. Now to San Francisco, where emergency work versus moved into the Mascone Center where there is more space for them to keep a distance from other workers. The number of cases of coronavirus in San Francisco over 70 now. And more people are being tested. Christien kafton in the city with the latest developments to try to slow the spread of coronavirus. Reporter were here where the city of San Francisco has moved most of their Emergency Operations. If you take a look here, you can see some evidence of that. A San Francisco department of Emergency Management vehicle as well all right here in front maf scone south. The city stressing the importance of social distancing. Saying they need to flatten the curve because given the states recent surge in cases, the peak is still to come. Reporter San Franciscos emergency workers have moved from the citys Emergency Center on turk to masconi south to manage the covid19 response. The
Administration is taking action to make sure we have the resources to fight the global pandemic. It has been a brutal pandemic for over 150 countries all over the world. Weve had Great Success over the , themonth and as you know millions of pieces of equipment have been delivered successfully and we have made it available to the states and the governors have been very gracious. I have to tell you the governors have been great. The governor of new jersey has grateful. I think they have appreciated what the federal government has done. You look at the hospitals being built all over the country, it is really incredible. Afternoon, i invoke the defense production act to prioritize federal contracts for Business Leaders. The insulators are a big deal and we delivered thousands of them and often times you dont turning out we are that we have to produce large numbers and we will be doing a lot more. Demonstrate that we will not hesitate to use the authority of the federal government to combat
Told that President Trump to declare National Emergency today. We know that the president is holding 3 00 oclock News Conference which he tweeted about earlier today so we will see the president before the cameras 3 hours from now. National emergency likely to involve the stafford act, not to get complicated. Stafford act involving fema and resources that come with fema. Bottom line the president to be taking next step which would be declaring a National Emergency as response to coronavirus. There were reports earlier today out of brazil that the brazilian president bolsanero tested positive for coronavirus. The reason why its important because the brazilian was at maralago, there were dinner there, however, bolesnaro has gone on fox within the last 30 minutes and said that his father has not tested positive for coronavirus. In any event its going to raise a lot of questions as to the president being tested and what might next steps be from that. We are continuing our eye on the negoti
Evolving topic and we encourage folks to text covid19 sf to 888777 and you will receive important updates about the covid19 situation. In addition, you can go to sfgov. Org for realtime information. Many of the people in this building are working around the clock and are updating that website on the hour. If you have questions, you need information, you want to share resources that we have, theres so much information there and i encourage those who can to go to that website. Finally for those that are unable to access the website, 311 operators are waiting, theyre ready to answer your call and answer questions and point you in the direction for resources that you may need. So thank you very much for being here today. Good morning. Im the director of health. I would like to thank mayor breed for her leadership in aggressively preparing for this epidemic, San Francisco is the vanguard of taking action early and continuously to respond to this rapidly resolving situation. I also want to t
Figures in a letter to the president and congress, asking for 1 billion in federal funds to support the states medical response to the coronavirus. Straight to the latest numbers now. The centers for Disease Control says the number of u. S. Cases of covid19 has risen up 10,000. 150 people have died from the disease. The cdc says Community Transmission is the same here in california and Washington State and new york state. The latest numbers from the California Department of Public Health show at least 675 cases of coronavirus in the state. And that is up from 598 yesterday. There are 16 deaths up from 13 yesterday. 448 cases are among people aged 18 to 64. 209 cases are those aged 55 and older. San francisco emergency workers have now moved into the citys Mascone Center to accommodate the large number of workers and adhere to social distancing standards. The state has seen an uptick in cases with 70 being reporter you can see a lot of official city vehicles the city stressing the impor