There he said it President Trump has now declared the coronavirus pandemic a National Emergency the president laid out his strategy to slow down covid 19 and just moments ago he tweeted out his support for the Families First Coronavirus Response act it provides free testing and paid sick leave for workers who are affected all of this as us cases soar past 2300 and here in the bay area. Well santa clara and San Francisco counties are further restricting large gathering stories now in the newsroom as kron fours dan kerman with the latest on the president s announcement then well this is the National Emergency that we keep expecting the Trump Administration now calling for. The latest attempt to slow the spread of this virus so it doesnt overwhelm the health care community. The president is stepping up the federal response to the covid 19 coronavirus pandemic. To unleash the full power of the federal government that this effort today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. The ord
Days the California National guard has been put on alert and schools are closed for the foreseeable future. What you need to know tonight to keep your family safe is most of the bay area is under a shelterinplace order kron 4 news at 5 starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus tonight we are continuing to practice social distancing here at kron 4 we are of course encouraging you to do the same. For the first time global cases of covid 19 have surpassed 200,000 as the death toll around the world and here at home just keeps on climbing. In the bay area there are now more than 400 cases Santa Clara County is a local hot spot for cases there are 175 6 deaths there officials announce another death from tuesday of a man in his 60s, San Mateo County has 80 81 death the San Francisco county has 51 Contra Costa County 41 Alameda County 31 Solano County has 8 moraine county 15 Sonoma County has 8 and napa county has no confirmed cases at this time.
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Possible. And its a little chilly outside. Were in the low 40s right now. Well be in the upper 40s to low 50s this afternoon. Not only dressed to stay warm and to stay dry. Reggie . Mike, thank you. Kaiser is setting up several driveup testing sites for members in the east bay. The sites are available to those who meet the cdc criteria for testing and have a doctors ordered to be tested. Because these are not open to the public, the locations have not been released. Meanwhile, Sonoma County announced its second case of community spread. That person has been asked to selfquarantine. And all csu campuses in the bay area are switching to online only classes. That starts today with the exception of labs and studio classes. More than 20 Bay Area School districts are closed starting this morning. So, here are some of the big ones. San francisco unified School District, Oakland Unified School district, fremont schools and you can find more School Closures on the ticker that is rolling at the