Coming out of santa rosa or novato. 101. Highway 1, just a heads up to you. Take your time out there. We want everyone to be safe out there on the roads. Showing you 280 here. Very light traffic in the south bay right now. Havent seen any problems down there. Bit busier in the east bay looking at walnut creek beginning to see the tail lights as people make their way south this morning and drive time as we go here. Albany to the maze. Eightminute ride and highway 101 to cupertino a tenminute ride. Reggie and kumasi. Developing news on the coronavirus emergency the World Health Organization is calling the situation a global pandemic. John Hopkins University has been tracking the number of cases and as of this morning there are 1,300 cases in the United States. A statewide recommendation to limit large gatherings to fewer than 250 people. The Trump Administration is also taking action banning travel from europe to the u. S. We begin with more reporter jul glover is live at mineta san jose
Come into contact are under quarantine. The question now is where did this fire fighter become infected with the coronavirus. At this point its not clear whether or not they were on the job when this happened or perhaps they were in the community where they live, which is not santa clara county. And that person is in the hospital. Lets take a listen to how the city manager dave psyches sykes explained it. This week we have a fire fighter tested positive with the coronavirus and may have related it to other firefighters. We are gathering information on a second employee that may have tested positive with coronavirus. Certainly due to patient confidentiality, we will not be sharing information about individuals, but we will be shafering information about how we are managing and working through those issues to ensure the safety of our employees tapped safety of our community. Reporter so we had is came questions you did, where were they infected . The city is in a tricky position right no
Right now at 6 00, we have a dropping 7 . It could come back at about mostly clear start. Lets get a look outside in 6 50 this morning. Very concerning, though. Walnut creek as we look at the we want to check in with cnbcs temperature trend. Frank collins this morning. A jacket needed for the start of not the first time we have seen the day, we start in the 40s, it this week, frank. And then we will end in the 70s. Yeah, may not be the only time we see it today. Theres a backup at the bay opened about ten minutes ago, bridge. The metering lights turned on and all of them fell 6 , and just after 5 45. Its the fast track lanes that then the trading being paused for 15 minutes to try and reduce have the most traffic volume. Volatility. The dow fell about 1,700, and we are looking at a smooth flow of traffic on the approach. That follows yesterday, and the the rest of the bay, no real blue chip yesterday saw the problems as far as speeds. Largest drop in history, more back to you. Than 1,4
Around the world countries are ramping up their response to the coronavirus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the pandemic the u. S. Has already banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday italy has strengthened its lockdown closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food 1016 people have now died there with more than 15000 cases several more countries have announced full School Closures such as norway which has seen more than 600 cases and even oland which has 43. 00 infections so far and we have to stop large gatherings as the 2 major restrictions on sporting events the n. B. A. In the us and spains top Football League has suspended all games for now. And Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impact londons footsie 100 suffered its biggest daily fall in more than 30 years and trading was automatically halted in new york after a large drop when the markets opened to angela begins our coverage. Chaos and confusion in
Attending decrease in travel. Their tsa screening checkpoint saw overall traffic down 18 in the first nine days of march. First day reporting worse numbers than the day before. And across the bay, Oakland International airport says it is still too soon to tell the affects the travel ban is having on their operations there. Jackie ward, kpix 5. The travel ban is causg frictionfrom europe les e of covid19 requires global cooperation. They say President Donald Trump blindsided them. The European Union disapproves of the fact that the u. S. Decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally. New at noon, last night the governor issued new guidelines on public gathers and the governor detailed new executive orders and broke down what the state is now doing. The ability for individuals that are impacted by a covid19 the coronavirus not to face penalty and fines associated with for taxes, we also are looking to waive the one week requirement on employment insurance and on disability insur