Garcia. Breaking in the bay area, San Francisco is issuing a moratorium on large gatherings of a thousand or more people in order to slow the spread of coronavirus. It starts immediately and will last for at least two weeks. Right now there are 90 cases of coronavirus right here in the bay area and one death. The highest number of infections are if Santa Clara County with 45 confirmed cases and this morning we have learned that south dakota has five cases. There are now only 11 states without confirmed coronavirus. And at least 30 people have died. Thousands of passengers at sgc san jose airport may have been exposed after three tsa officers tested positive for covid19. Nbc bay areas bob redell has been trying all morning long to get details about possible risk to passengers. Bob, a lot of us want to know, people have been traveling through there, my fatherinlaw was there last week. Why cant they know who may have been there and whether they may have been infected . Reporter those are
Trenton ontario. Santa clara county is releasing details on that countys first coronavirus death. Im going to turn the floor over to doctor sarah cody our county Health Officer who tonight has important new guidance to announce. But is also announcing the issuance of a legally binding order barring all Mass Gatherings in Santa Clara County through the end of the month. I wanted to take a quick moment to explain the significance of a legal order. Under the California Health and safety code in the county ordinance code the local Health Officer has Broad Authority to issue legal orders to take actions necessary us diseases such as covid 19. This Broad Authority allows our local Health Officer based on her expertise and professional judgment to issue orders that are necessary to help keep our communities safe. And tonight she has taken that next step. Under state law and under the county ordinance code disorder is legally enforceable but the sheriff and by all the Police Departments in the
Of caution, the officers were quarantined. They have since returned home. We are asking our Community Members to remain calm. At this time we dont yet know if the patient had covid19. The precautions we have taken exceed the recommendations by the cdc. We would like to remind everyone that this is an active event and we will provide update information as it becomes available throughout social media platforms. Once again, we have not yet determined whether or not the patient had covid19 and ask everyone to remain calm as Santa Clara Public Health investigates this incident. Were doing everything that we can to keep the community safe, and we will continue to work with Partner Agencies to keep our community informed. Some of the things that our community can do to prevent the risk, i would recommend that they go to the Santa Clara County Public Health website for information and also the website of the centers for disease control. With that, ill open up to questions. How many officers .
Tonight that Lowell High School in San Francisco is closing at least temporarily after the School District found of relative of a student is being treated for coronavirus the School Including all events and gatherings there are canceled for the time being the school will not be open tomorrow and Officials Say they will update students and staff over the weekend on plans to reopen or be closed on monday. We have live kron 4 Team Coverage tonight on the coronavirus dan thorn gets us started with the latest from Public Safety officials in sunnyvale dan. A am were learning tonight that this 72 yearold man was a passenger on a cruise ship with suspected coronavirus patients were told that 5 medical officers responded to a call today where they found that man was unconscious and that he stopped breathing, were told that this began as a cardiac emergency, but officers did end up performing cpr on the man but they did not use mouth to mouth the Family Member told responding officers that this
Comcast business. Beyond fast. Cruise ship passengers await test kits. And we talked to others not taking any chances. Double digit drop in temperatures today. Up next rain. Ill let you know when. Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. Major new developments in the spread of the coronavirus in the bay area. The number of infections is climbing tonight. Six new cases h let me be very clear this virus does not discriminate. Reporter theyre asking for drastic actions like canceling big events. The threat is increasing. Reporter right now test kits are at a lab in richmond. This as thousands remain under quarantine off our coast. Hoping to go home. As you can see from the website, the cruise ship is anchored off the san mateo coast. Now test kits are at a richmond lab for testing. Good evening. There are only 11 labs that can run it diagnostics on the test kit. Officials hope to have the results in by tomorrow morning because this ship will not be allowed to dock in San