And later died. It was later revealed that patient had recently been on a cruise with 3 other passengers who had coronavirus including the Placer County man who died right now we are awaiting a News Conference by the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety and when that starts we will go to it live so in the meantime were standing by for that meantime federal Health Officials have issued. New guidance on testing for the coronavirus the centers for Disease Control prevention said. Yesterday that any american with a doctors order can be tested with no restrictions is removed earlier restrictions said limited testing for the virus to people have been hospitalized with symptoms or a patient who had close contact with a confirmed coronavirus patients. The cdc said doctor should now quote use their judgment to determine if a patient has signs and symptoms compatible with coronavirus and whether or not that patient should be tested um as we say were awaiting that News Conference in the interim
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 .
But me and my girlfriend, weve been very cautious. An unusual recommendation from Health Officials. Large events should be canceled. It came as thousands packed the chase center to see steph currys highly anticipated return. There is a lot of uneasiness here in the bay area and just offshore as well. Thats where 3,500 people aboard the grand princess cruise ship are in limbo tonight. In less than 24 hours, coronavirus test results from 45 of those passengers may be released. Test kits from those passengers were taken by helicopter to richmond late this evening. Thats where nbc bay areas cheryl hurd is right now. Cheryl, what do we know at this hour . Reporter well, right now scientists are working to process those samples right here at this lab in richmond. Now, the results are expected tomorrow as the cruise ship hovers about 70 miles right outside the golden gate bridge. The test kits were flown in by helicopter and then given a Police Escort to the richmond lab. Tonight its a waitin
They were either showing symptoms or on the first leg of the trip. Three people from that leg tested positive for the coronavirus, one of them has died. We talk ed ed to a passenger on board the grand princess about how everyone is feeling is and holding up. Were all worrying about the worst case scenario, that this becomes another ship that is stuck for two weeks before we can get off. People are nervous about the futur future. The grand princess announced this is the last trip for now. They canceled the next cruise to hawaii that was set to leave for tomorrow. Theres no word on where this ship will go or when. It depends on the test results. Thats when official also make decisions about the ships next step. We hope to get those test results back this morning. Reporting live in San Francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. As San Francisco waits to hear when the cruise ship might dock, the city is already dealing with two cases of coronavirus. A man in his 90s is in serious con
See if you have to get to San Francisco youre going to like looking at the bay bridge toll plaza that i can show you. Traffic is moving well here. There have been no major issues on interstate 880 and as a matter of fact the east bay commute is off to a good start. 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. We should know sometime today whether anyone off the coast of california on a cruise ship has tested positive for the coronavirus. A lab in richmond is processing the test results of 45 passengers and crew members on the grand princess cruise ship. Now, after the results come back, the cdc and the state of california will decide where that ship should be allowed to dock. A california coast, the lab in richmond is processing those tests of 45 passengers and crew members. And, again, after the test results come back, they may be allowed to dock off the coast of california. San francisco is one possibility. Right now there are now more than 200 cases of coronavirus in 18 states. Doug luzaders in