Mostly cloudy start to the day and with those showers we will keep the chance of that through the day. A little bit cooler through our afternoon. This unsettled weather continues through midweek and we are looking at later on in the week catching a bit of a break and then more wet weather to come and i will talk about this in the extended forecast along with timing out more showers on future cast coming up. California making slow and steady progress in reopening. We will hear about the next step in phase 2 of the governors plan and it involves restaurants and other shared public spaces. We are live from this restaurant with more on this. Reporter yes, we are expecting to hear details about what malls and restaurants need to do to reopen and very likely that the new Dining Experience to look forward to will take some getting use to. According to some draft documents given to the governor by the California Restaurant Association only families that live together can sit at the same table.
Shelter in place order. Specifically he will address reopening businesses and schools. The hope and expectation is we will be in a position in a number of weeks to make meaningful modifications but again the data will guide that and the indicators will guide that. That was the governor yesterday talking and earlier this month Governor Newsom did lay out the six part plan to bring california back to normal life. It included widespread coronavirus testing and protecting those at most risk. Today again expected to discuss redoing floorplans at schools, childcare facilities and businesses like restaurants and to still encourage social distancing. Here in the bay area six counties are extending their stayathome orders all the way through the end of next month, alameda, contra costa, marin, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara, and official more detailed announcement will be made later this week. No date has been given but we know when the announcement takes place it will include easing
Testimony from the white house is Coronavirus Task force. And . They are testifying about the governments response so far to the pandemic and expressing some concern. Little spikes in the virus could lead easily to more widespread outbreaks, taking a live look right now at capitol hill with that testimony is coming in remotely today, because members of the Coronavirus Task force were exposed to a white house staffer who tested positive for covid19. They say they are focused on beefing up testing and tracing to allow states to safely reopen and gave a warning if that is not properly done. There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control which paradoxically will set you back, not only leading to some suffering and death the could be avoided, but could even set you back on the road to try and get economic recovery. Doctor bhati warning that the government needs to be able to respond to new outbreaks. President trump is ready normal there just seem
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Consistently working on the front lines to help us deal with many of the challenges that exist as it relates to covid19 in San Francisco. As of today, we have 1,754 cases of covid19, and sadly we have had 31 people pass away as a result. Currently there are 84 people that are hospitalized, and for more information, please visit datasf. Org covid19 for details. I want to just start today on a little bit of a lighter note in recognition of so many of the First Responders and Health Care Workers that are on the front lines doing the incredible work to keep us all safe. Monday was International Firefighters day, and i had an opportunity to drop off lunch to our firefighters at station 6, and just express my appreciation for their work. The firefighters and the paramedics and the people who are called to so many very challenging scenes continue to work very hard for our city during this pandemic, and we appreciate the work that they do. And as we know, in the age of social distancing, they