Of people across the bay area and how you can help if youre able. Plus bright and blue. The usually red levis stadium changing its colors to Honor Health Care workers. Good thursday evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. They will call you, text you and track you for good reason. Ucsf is now contract tracing. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana is in San Francisco with the details. Sergio . Reporter Contact Tracing is what Public Health officials do to try to gauge just how widespread coronavirus may be within the community. But ucsf researchers are actually working on a few ways of figuring out just how widespread coronavirus is. Ucsf is partnering withople. The plan is to also track down everyone they have come into contact with. The department of Public Health has already been doing this to a certain extent but theyre about to get more help. Because Public Health in general has been defunded in the united states, so to do all these major initiatives, i think t
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It coronavirus outbreak at an she says she wants to help her east bay nursing home. More than two dozen patients and staff are infected with community in this time of covid19. To date 27 persons crisis. What we do now will forever change our tomorrow. Associated with this facility have tested positive for covid 19. I feel sad for the patients, their families and the staff. The coronavirus continues to impact some of the most vulnerable communities in the bay area. This, as the white house issues a new recommendation aimed at protecting all americans. President trump and the cdc echoing recommendations of many local Health Officials and encouraging everyone to wear a nonmedical mask like a cloth or bandanna to cover their mouth and nose while out in public. The president today stressed the recommendation is voluntary. The San Francisco Police Department announced today it is finding people and businesses who do not comply with the stay athome orders. Chief bill scott says his offices ha
Showing many people with covid 19 infections dont show symptoms. Evidence also shows the virus can spread from simply speaking with someone in close proximity , in addition to sneezing and coughing. Is voluntary. You dont have to do it. I faced barrier can actually interrupt the number of virus particles that can go from one person to the other. Reporter the Surgeon General says the masks can be made at home from, materials like cloth at a low cost. N95 masks should be left for medical workers. Wash your hands before putting the mask on, do not touch her face while wearing it and masks are not a substitute for social distancing. This is all about me protecting you and you protecting me. Reporter the health and Human Services secretary also announced uninsured coronavirus patients can be treated for free. Care providers will be reimbursed with money from the cares act at the medicare rate and will be prohibited from setting the patient about. And many respects its better for those unins
Until it comes up with an approved plan for disembarking and hospitalizing people on board. We just cant have more people with our medical system. We dont have the capacity. Julie is a retired nurse practitioner. She says the coral princess is also overburdened. The medical staff is overwhelmed. So theyre not going to have all the resources they need to manage this. Thats why its going to be really important to get the ship somewhere where its safely docked. Already at port everglades, 2 Holland America ships docked. They were allowed to dock with scores of people with cod19pts. 4 people the ship. Tonight some of the passengers landed at sfo, screened and cleared to take flights home. Meanwhile others were quarantined on the grand princess cruise ship for over a month. Tonight we learned a crew member has died from the coronavirus at a San Francisco hospital. Were told that person was from the philippines. Some of the crew members still on board posted this video, asking to be evacuate