To leave the city and india says 20 of its soldiers have been killed in clashes with chinese troops at a disputed border in the himalayas. Im burnt off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin with what is being called a breakthrough in the fight against the corona virus researchers in the u. K. Say theyve identified the 1st drug that significantly reduces the risk of death in patients hospitalized with coated 19 in a major trial the low cost steroids dex method was found to cut by a 3rd in patients on ventilators and by a 5th in patients receiving oxygen doctors are expected to begin treating people with the drug immediately. And one of the trials chief investigators is hailing the findings as a potential. Game changer in the fight to save the lives of people with advanced coded 19 it really sharing going to significant things and its really important because the drug itself is very widely available its on most every pharmacy shelf in e
Capacity to pull. Things family is one of many who lost a loved one in the pandemic. His father in law saying who was asked a magic death to positive for the virus after hours of waiting in line at the hospital where the test was done became unresponsive to their cause and the family struggled for days to get proper guidance. Even took to twitter to share their ordeal. Be tried on business numbers of private hospitals they dont respond to. Produce who can plead if you do not come to the hospital because we are not having enough space some hospitals clearly said no we dont we dont have beds the hospital or the Government Hospital which was told to us is the only option available to the government on that day morning the doctor initially refused to take him in seeing that this has been done in a different hospital you should go over there and as we were trying to the hospital the father in law printed inside the car by the time we received medical attention his condition worsened and he.
Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, its the next big social distancing test, and there is big concern for crowds tonight ahead of the warm Holiday Weekend. We have Team Coverage tonight starting with the social distancing circles. This is just one part of the warning tonight. Reporter that is right, there are measures up and down the state of california, many State Park Beach parking lots have been closed, they are beginning to reopen but only at 50 percent capacity, its one of a handful of measures parked departments are taking to make sure crowds do not over run them. Midpandemic with travel destinations essentially locked down to tourists, they area parks are trying to prepare for dnt even remember it was a Holiday Weekend until about an hour ago. Reporter in contra costa county, hikers were getting the steps in before the crowds to send but say trail etiquette has been very good. Which is trying to keep our distance when walking and for the most par
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Shark attack. Take a look at video from Sand Dollar Beach south of manresa state beach. The 26yearold surfer now identified as ben kelly was attacked and killed by an unknown species of shark. It happened about 1 30 this afternoon. We have learned two other surfers were in the water at the time of the attack. It happened less than 100 yards offshore. We spoke to a marine biologist would talks about the particular dangers of that area. Its very common to see these juvenile predominantly fish eating sharks in the northern part of the bay. However, the shark that attacked our surfer friend early this morning that happened down at Sand Dollar Beach, attacks down there are very common, but only on seals and sea lions. The water one mile north and one mile south of the attack is going to be closed for the next five days. Deadly shark attacks are extremely rare. No matter what you might think, theyre rare. The last one recorded in california was back in 2012 in Santa Barbara county, the last