Good afternoon are three people who need no introduction. The woman to my right, the commissioner of the department of health, and to her right, the state epidemiologist, and the man on my left, the state police superintendent. Also joining us per usual is the director of the office of Homeland Security preparedness, Deputy Council of the guard. One quick reminder that is off given the date we the find ourselves meeting, is before i go through our discussion, a quick reminder that although today is april 15, your state tax returns are not due today. Pursuant to the legislation that i signed actually yesterday, you now have until july 15. And the three month extension is automatic. You need do nothing. Just want to remind folks of that. Now we want to get to the numbers up front if we can. Today we are reporting an additional 2625 positive test results and a total of 71,030 new jerseyans have now tested positive. According to our online dashboard, accessible again for gov, as of 10 00 p
Practice medicine. The state is looking to add at least 50,000 hospital beds and other sites. I hope the state can add as many as 37,000 more doctors, nurses, and specialist. We are hopeful with the effort we will see a surge of individuals to be paid and compensated to participate in the workforce and distribute throughout the caregiver system around the state of california. Reporter new retired professionals can find more information on the state covid 19 website. A bay area leaders preparing to extend stayat home orders until at least may 1. Christian captain joins us live from San Francisco where the mayor is expected to make an official announcement tomorrow but city officials there are stressing social distancing is still the best tool to combat the spread of the virus. Thats right. Most of the bay area under a state order to stay at home for two weeks. Now they expect the order to run all the way through april. Empty streets and closed businesses a common site the last two weeks
Bid after withdrawing from the president ial race. That the leaders of russia and turkey are expected to meet in the coming hour as the 2 countries have recently come close to direct confrontation in Northern Syria as italy province turkey is trying to push back Syrian Government forces who supported spy russia when moscow has accused ankara violating a 20 deal to create a Demilitarized Zone and help in port it calls terrorist groups well inside it live witnesses have told aljazeera that russian air strikes have killed at least 15 people and farms sheltering displaced civilians many more are injured will shortly will speeches that fasten whos outside the kremlin in more schooled. 1st lets go to the turkey syria border where we have seen them course you allude there soon the Turkish Military have sustained casualties civilians though are also being course up in this escalating violence. Yes all of the spike the upcoming meeting between turkish and russian leaders and despite the commitm
Revenues exceed 100000000000 u. K. Airline collapses there are predictions more will follow as aviation pays the price from coronavirus and the ruling that will see the u. S. The taliban and the Afghan Government all investigated for suspected war crimes and im far as well have all the days sport news including misery for jos a marine it was time that this great crash out of the english. I dont see. Color film is starting in turkey this hour where the government is deploying a special police force to its northwestern border with greece thousands of people have tried to get into greece and gary in fact since turkey opened its side of the border last week the e. U. Says that the bid to pressure the bloc into supporting turkish me. Operations in syrias problems turkey though denies this and says the special forces are being deployed to stop people from being sent back he got sort of a goth from now on from the smalling there will be some special Security Forces on the border they will be
To take up a case that will see the us the taliban and Afghan Government investigation for suspected war crimes. And who is really to blame for killing protesters incidents capital last summer one group is urging the Transitional Government to investigate. So the president s of turkey and russia meeting in moscow right now as they try to defuse tensions in syria president Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences for the deaths of turkish troops were killed there last week he said the Syrian Government is ally wasnt aware of their location the 2 countries back opposing sides of the conflict and recently came close to a direct confrontation in it live in Northern Syria turkey is trying to push back the Syrian Government forces who are of course supported by russia. Meanwhile inside loop itself witnesses have told aljazeera that russian air strikes have killed at least 15 people in farms that are sheltering displaced civilians and many more have been injured. Our team on this story right