Disturbing to some viewers. Narrator the United States Public Health service as it exists today is a product of experience extending over nearly 150 years. A was initially created as Marine Hospital service for the care of sick and disabled seamen. It was activated in an active congress signed by president john adams in 1798. Was originally supported by a tax on american merchant seamen, but this was later abolished. The tax was collected by the treasury department. The Marine Hospital service came under the jurisdiction of that department, where it remains today. The first Marine Hospital in the secondrginia, built in boston, massachusetts. Some medical personnel were utilized by both the union and the confederacy for the care of wounded forces. Frequently happened that medical officers of the early Marine Hospitals were the first diagnose diseases such as cholera. The work of the service became of such increasing importance that congress extended its duties until it became in functio
Washing stations to help those most in need. Grand princess returned to San Francisco where it docked. Members of the National Alliance for filipino concerns protested as the ship is closer. Theyre outraged that the crew is still on board the boat. Theyre calling this inhumane. Abc7 News Reporter luz pena j n joining us live now with the latest. Luz . Larry, that Filipino Community group wants crewmembers to get off the ship and get tested for covid19. Four days ago one of the passengers, one of the cruise members died of coronavirus. The grand princess is back at San Franciscos cruise ship terminal. On board, over 650 filipino memr wre concerned about hipmo tm crewmember from the grand princess cruise ship died of coronavirus in a San Francisco hospital. A day later on april 4th, hundreds of crewmembers who remain on the ship completed their quarantine period, but theyre still not going home. Very upsetting. For one worker to die in the bay area should have never happened. Over a mont
The day, below average temperatures again scattered showers and the chance to see an isolated thunderstorms. I will take you hour by hour through traffic. Lets take a look at the roadways right now. Chp was working on but was first reported as an accident, it is now a broken down vehicle on 24 eastbound. Not too far from broadway. We saw some slight delays earlier that looks like they may have now moved this over. Traffic moving a lot better. Not a lot of volume, not a lot of cars in the roadway of these incidents pop up, doesnt look like they are causing a ton of delays, but if you are a delivery truck driver or a healthcare worker, and essential worker getting to go on the freeways this morning you should be able to go for the most part, there is a traffic hazard, a fallen tree on highway 90 is blocking the roadway in both directions right at 35 skyline boulevard. Utilize an alternate they are instead. The bay bridge looks pretty good with no delays here, traffic very light over ligh
The public to adhere to the states stay at home order. Chris nguyen is live in san jose with that story. Reporter county officials, they know that people are getting antsy while being stuck at home, but again, with the exception of essential activities, they are urging the public to stay home to help reduce the spread. Outside the Santa Clara County Administration Building friday afternoon, a reminder from county leaders for the community to do its part. We know that the social distancing takes at least two weeks to start to have an effect because the incubation time period for the disease is at least two weeks. Nearly two weeks after a regional shelter in place order went into effect, no word yet on how much longer its going to last, but as some people grow m impatient about having to spend more time at home, there are new reminders about why the measure is so important. What we know from our modeling and what we think that means. Reporter San Jose City officials released projections
Student loan debt and new york orders 100 of the states workforce to stay home except for essential sftss. California, illinois and United Kingdom asking residents to do the same moments from now, he runs the largest restaurant in the world. Mcdonalds ceo will join us for an exclusive interview to discuss the companys response to the coronavirus that live interview coming in just a few minutes lets focus on the big stories we are watch iing. Mike tracking the market moves in the final hour of trade bob pisani on the unprecedented week for stocks. Meg has the latest on the coronavirus. Mike, first to you on this Market Action on the final weekday of a crazy week. Its still skittish there was a couple of days we were able to pull out some clues of stabilization a chart of the s p 500, we keep going back to the levels of tight end 2018 right back there now i think you can look under the service and say the market was trying to differentiate. We had perhaps a lull in this heavy liquidation