Face the nation this morning speaking about the ppe that was needed and confiscated and diverted. There was a shipment on its way that we had purchased that was diverted from china to france. Fema has the ability to confiscate some ppe at the border which has occurred. It has been very difficult. Sometimes getting through angst through customs and using a ship rather than a plane. She said in some cases, customs would take items and put them on the market for the highest bidder. That pits cities and states against each other. The California Department of Public Health released new figures today on covid19. California has 42,164 confirmed cases and more than 1700 deaths. In the bay area, there are now more than 7300 cases with 259 deaths. The California Department of Public Health has launched a new portal on it website and it tracks cases by county, gender, age and ethnicity. And has the latest information on testing efforts. Go to www. Update. Covid 19. Ca. Gov. That information is up
Workers. Greg wiggins is here now with more. This evening i talked to a doctor on the front lines as well is a volunteer working for a group that is trying to buy ppe in china and bring it to the bay area and donated. The consensus is, getting their hands on ppe is still very difficult because it is in big demand. On face the nation, london breed lane to the pp supply issue on a lack of federal leadership. This should be a federal coordinated effort. We should not be having these conversations. It is difficult since we are purchasing things from china. He is with covid19 relief bay area. A coalition of Chinese Americans buying and donating locally. Even with connections in china, the group said it is not just about sourcing equipment, it is getting supplies that meet u. S. Standards as they learned the hard way when they tried to donate mass similar to the n95. China is using k n95. Many hospitals rejected the donations. The group has since donated 77,000 in equipment, including n95. O