Attacks on Health Workers who are being beaten up as they carry out tests. Welcome to the program in the United States more than 6000 people are now died after contracting the corona virus thats after the country had the worlds worst single day of the pandemic with close to 1200 deaths on thursday the number of people infected has surpassed a 1000000 worldwide and now water time powers are being used in the us to get urgently needed equipment out of hospitals President Donald Trump signed a defense production act ordering private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical gear a White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett has more on the range of new measures announced by the president. As the number of corner virus cases in the United States continues to rise so does historic unemployment as a result the u. S. President announcing 350000000000 in Small Business loans to help Small Businesses retain employees who are staying at home right now as a result 1 of social distancin
Reporter Lauren Anthony where she heard from the governor. Reporter thats right. Im actually standing outside the uc davis medical center. This is where the Solano County patient is being treated. It is the first confirmed case of transmission from an unknown origin. It sounds alarming. But the governor said it wasnt a matter of if but when a case like the would come along. Their the case yesterday are understandably gentle rated a lot of attention but didnt surprise anybody standing here. Reporter Governor Newsom tried reassure an anxious public in the wake of californias first confirmed case of coronavirus covid19 with an unknown origin. We knew this was inevitable as it relates to the nature, the epidemiology, the nature of these viruses, that incident would occur. Reporter Little Information is being released about the patient from Solano County but currently in treatment. Shes a female who was out in the community for several days. She was not in contact withist in evacuees isolat
Drop in temperatures. 60s at 4 00. The rest of us in the 70s. Jobina . Happy friday to you. We made it. We have our mass transit updates. Ferries running with no delays. B. A. R. T. Has 12 training running on time. Ace 1 is on time as well. I have a vta commuter alert. The blue and green lines will have a bus bridge in place between the karina and civic center stations. Julian and kumasi . Thank you. Some developing news to get to. Countries around the world are taking steps this morning to protect their Public Transit systems from the spread of the coronavirus. In the bay area, transit officials are preparing. Amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek with more on this. Amy . Hi, good morning. B. A. R. T. Officials say right now theyre not doing anything major yesterday. Theyre taking a wait and see approach. So its business as usual right now. The b. A. R. T. Board of directors had a lot of questions yesterday for the general manager at the Board Meeting about what was being don trepare
But this has moved off to the shoulder. Moving over to hayward, following two crashes, southbound 880 before winton avenue and southbound 880 at 92. Both of these incidents are blocking one lane and involving three cars each. So you can expect delays in this area. Mexico is confirming the first two cases of the coronavirus in the country. One patient is in mexico city, tneither of them is seriously ill and likely contracted the virus while visiting illny. The cdc transferred a patient with coronavirus to San Mateo County. Few details are being released about the case but county Health Officials are warning people to take extra precautions, wash those hands often, stock up on supplies and have a plan just in case a family or employee gets sick somewhere where you work. San mateo Health Officials plan to meet with all School Districts in the county today to discuss what to do if an outbreak happens there. Solano county declared a state of emergency. Youll recall yesterday we told you tha