Theyre talking about dan. Well weve been hearing the feds talk about that theyre going to have some guidance about mass but again california is jumping to it before the federal government gets there and again the bay area jumping to it as well basically recommending that if you have to go to a central spot like a Grocery Store or even a pharmacy that you put on a mask, not the n 95 not the surgical mask, but some type of cloth mask or a bandanna they say that will best help in terms of not transmitting the virus to someone else. Theres a new recommendation about covering up your face when you leave the house. Contra costa Health Officials have posted this to social media. Another Bay Area Health officers, including those in alameda, San Francisco in san mateo county. Recommending residents cover their nose and mouth with cloth when leaving home for essential travel such as doctors appointments, Grocery Shopping and pharmacy visits. Health officials do not recommend that the public use
For the love oh. Watching kron 4 news. People wanted to wear them. They can the people wanted to use cards which they have many people have them. They can in many cases the scarf is better. And now a 9 President Trump announcing his administration will soon release nationwide recommendations about wearing face masks. This reversal is coming after federal Health Officials first told us masks were not necessary if you felt healthy, thanks for joining us tonight at 9 oclock everybody im grant lotus Vicki Liviakis scientists are also reporting. The new coronavirus sec could possibly be spread not just by sneezing and coughing, but also just by talking and even breathing. And Health Officials in San Francisco, san mateo contra costa. And the only many counties now recommend wearing something to cover your face. Whenever you leave the house for essential travel. So lets go and take a look now at the number of confirmed coronavirus cases here in the bay area. So far there are 2,800 confirmed
Ong joins us now live with why doctor says, although the number of cases is going up theres a glimmer of hope tonight, gayle. Vicki and grant were told Ucsf Medical Center is stable with 15 to 16 patients in the last week and that other bay area hospitals are also seeing relatively low numbers. Thanks to people sheltering in place. Well before other parts of the country. The orders are heated empty streets in San Francisco crossing market street. We found few people appearing to be essential workers and no traffic an example of why Health Experts say the city is showing signs of flattening the curve to slow down the coronavirus we spoke with doctor Robert Wachter chair of ucsf department of medicine people, San Francisco listen i think they they understood the science and they said this is the right thing to do obviously causes hardships. Doctor wachter says even know the number of cases continues to rise, theres been a slow search and City Hospitals at ucsf so we have had and her 16 p
The peninsula, San Mateo County has reached 453 cases, 10 deaths so far San Francisco county has 458 cases with 7 deaths and the east bay Alameda County 396 cases with 9 deaths Contra Costa County stands at 276 cases and 3 deaths and in the north bay moraine county is it 118 cases so far and 6 staff Sonoma County reporting 95 cases with one death Solano County has 61 cases with one death and that the county has 20 cases and one death. New reported cases of coronavirus a homeless shelter saw its first case a person was staying at a Navigation Center but has since been moved to isolation. Now a handful of San Francisco supervisors are calling on the mayor to do more to help the citys phone rubble, Homeless Population. Kron fours dan thorn has that story. Weve learned that this person is in Good Condition and they are right now recovering in an isolation room, but the supervisors say that this case could have and should have been prevented. Theyre demanding action and theyre calling out t
With 6 staff sonoma counties, reporting 95 case is just one death Solano County has 61 cases and one death napa county stands at 20 cases and one death. I think the going to be coming out with the new regulations on that and if people want to abide by and frankly i dont think you could i dont think theyll be mandatory because some people dont want to do that. President trump says the white house will soon release nationwide recommendations on wearing face masks now this comes as Health Officials across the bay area are now advising everyone to cover their faces when we go out in public kron 4 Sarah Stinson has a more on this shes live report from San Francisco. Hi sarah good morning. Marty good morning and what hes a local and state officials are recommending is free to cover your face by covering your nose and your mouth Something Like this this is actually just mass from one time when i was a tv is just an example is that the band and theres something as long as youre covering youll