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
Across the bay area. A estimated 6. 7 Million People told not to leave the home except for those essential needs. This is set to take effect at midnight. Welcome everyone to 4 pm. Alex is off. Lets get to the very latest on the bowers. The state Department Says there are 335 cases in california. Six people have died. 11,700 people are self quarantined after coming home from traveling abroad. According to the cdc, there was nearly 3500 cases confirmed across the u. S. 68 people have died 49 states now have reported cases. Only West Virginia has so far not had any cases of the coronavirus. The pandemic has affected more than 180,000 people all around the world and killed more than 7100 people. The new guidelines include closing schools. Discretionary travel. Bars and restaurants all for the next 15 days. The president said the u. S. Can turn the corner if everyone makes the change we will defeat the virus. President trump also said progress is being made in developing a vaccine. A phase
And later died. It was later revealed that patient had recently been on a cruise with 3 other passengers who had coronavirus including the Placer County man who died right now we are awaiting a News Conference by the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety and when that starts we will go to it live so in the meantime were standing by for that meantime federal Health Officials have issued. New guidance on testing for the coronavirus the centers for Disease Control prevention said. Yesterday that any american with a doctors order can be tested with no restrictions is removed earlier restrictions said limited testing for the virus to people have been hospitalized with symptoms or a patient who had close contact with a confirmed coronavirus patients. The cdc said doctor should now quote use their judgment to determine if a patient has signs and symptoms compatible with coronavirus and whether or not that patient should be tested um as we say were awaiting that News Conference in the interim
Van lew was published by Oxford University in 2003 and 13 prizes including the library of virginias peoples choice awards. She will speak to us about her new book, armies of deliverance which was published earlier this year by oxford. A review in the wall street holzer calledold the book a highly original and sweeping new study. I had the good fortune to hear liz speak on the subject a few weeks ago in hampton roads, virginia and im so glad we could have her here to speak to us. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [applause] can everyone hear me . Good. In his first time were message to congress delivered july 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln casts secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped and cowed the south into submission. After drugging the public mind of their section for more than 30 years as lincoln put it, relied on coercion to bring many good men to a willingness to take up arms against the government. Theres much reason to believe, leggett speculated
At the university of virginia. She is the author of five books that probe important issues related to the sectional conflict from the American Revolution to the civil war. The trueful graffiti story of Elizabeth Van lew, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy was published in three prizes. Today, she will speak to us about her new book armies of deliverance a new history of the civil war, which was bylished earlier this year oxford. A review by some guy named Harold Holzer maybe some of you have heard of him called this a highly interesting new study. I am so glad we could have her here today at the forum to speak to us. Welcomingn me in elizabeth varon. [applause] prof. Varon all right. Can everyone hear me . Good. Yes. All right. In his first wartime message to congress delivered on child july 4, 1851, Abraham Lincoln cast secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped in Calgary South into submission. The southnd cowed into submission. Relied on in had ge