Outdoor businesses like nurseries and landscaping will be back in business. Also, day care, summer camps, other programs for children whose parents cannot work from home, but the centers may not have more than 12 children. So many new rules for companies to comply with, even as things reopen. They certainly wont be the same. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana begins our coverage tonight from San Francisco. Reporter across the city, there are construction sites that are just about abandoned with crews just having a few hours to secure them before they had to leave. Getting them back up and running again is going to be a little bit more complicated. Something as simple as getting construction crews back onsite isnt simple anymore. How you queue up to get into the buildings, elevators. You can only get three or four people in an elevator to practice the social distancing. So there is definitely going to be challenges around that. Reporter Mike Scribner heads up bci construction. These are phot
Communicating via videoconferencing. Sources tell nbc bay area news all nine bay area counties plan to extend the shelter at home at least until may 1 to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. As you know, we have a shelter in place order through april 7th. In this week well likely get a second shelter in place that will extend that date. Reporter word of the upcoming extension in the bay area comes as President Trump moved to extend nationwide social distancing guidelines. The better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end. Therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread. Reporter the president once hoping to get people back to work by easter now saying that was just an aspiration, that he expects the country to begin recovering around june 1. Meanwhile, in the bay area, the push continues for social distancing, especially by keeping people out of parks and beaches. After large crowds last weekend, parking lots were closed, and people seemed
Reporter the governor is file a complaint with the ftc. Calling for all seniors in the if you ordered something from state age 65 and older to amazon, be prepared to wait for isolate at home. It to be delivered. Governor newsom is also calling amazon says its running out of stock of popular Household Items for anybody with chronic conditions to isolate at home, as the coronavirus spreads. The company has seen a dramatic and he says there are 5. 3 increase of people shopping online, and amazon is having trouble keeping things like million californians 65 or older toilet paper and bottled water in the stock, and the delivery and he is asking some businesses to shutdown. We are directing all bars, now is several days. Nightclubs, group hubs and the and then the governor, what like be closed in the state of california. He ordered and the impact it will have on bay area we believe that this is a nonessential function in our businesses, and social state and we believe that its distancing. We
Coronavirus. An east bay lab is playing a Critical Role in getting thousands more coronavirus tests to the public. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro live in pleasanton with the new developments. We could all use a little encouraging news, and you have some for us. Reporter absolutely. Boy, can we use some promising news, terry. Youre absolutely right. Im here at roche labs in pleasanton. Not only did this company develop a new coronavirus test, but it can deliver results in just 3 1 2 hours. This is the first commercially available coronavirus test to receive emergency authorization from the fda. Those tests can be run on roches fully automated machines, which are already installed in hospitals and labs across the u. S. And around the world. And those tests are headed to bay area and state labs right now. We already have 400,000 tests available. Weve started already to ship over the weekend and through the next few days to these laboratories, and then over the course of the coming weeks, we
Across the bay area. We begin our Team Coverage with nbc bay areas sergio quintana. Sergio, one of those new cases, an Airline Employee at sfo. Reporter yeah. Alaska Airlines Says one of their agents went home sick on tuesday, and today tested positive for covid19. In a statement, Alaska Airlines does not believe customers had prolonged exposure to the agent but theyve contacted several other employees who did. They and the infected agent are in quarantine. This all comes as San Francisco residents begin adjusting to a new reality, the effects of social distancing. Its kind of eerie how its usually more busy. Reporter in hayes valley on this saturday night, sidewalks usually teeming with people are not busy at all. Quite a few stores are closed with notices in the window telling customers it will be weeks until they reopen. In the castro district, the Iconic Castro theater marquee is lit up but there are no events here. Just a simple message stay healthy and safe. Well be back soon. Po