An outbreak in a nursing home in Contra Costa County. Whats being done to try to stop it. Also we were sent on the cruise ship, and we were on land. Finally heading home but theyre not necessarily relieved. The uncertainty and fear facing these Cruise Ship Passengers who landed at sfo tonight. Plus [ cheers and applause ] the navy might have fired this bay area native for sounding the alarm about the virus. But his fellow sailors say hes a hero. We have a lot to get to tonight. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im jessica aguirre. It has been a long, arduous week and things continue to get worse with the coronavirus pandemic. Tonight a grim revelation from the state of new york. Within the past day, 562 people died there. Thats more than almost the entire month of march. Health care workers are now calling Emergency Rooms battle zones. We are afraid for our patients. We are afraid for our families. Were afraid for our lives. Tonight new York Governor Andrew Cuom
In health care has unleashed waves of energy and ingenuity to deal with this common 19 yeah you saying were doing well with this well we did really poorly at the beginning i mean there are a lot of theres going to be report after all over talking about how badly the bureaucratic framework were leaders not taking it seriously but in the last 2 or 3 weeks weve got a great job and the key to that was throwing away the rule books through all rulebooks i mean not none of what theyre doing is temporary hospitals doctors and nurses from other states if we tell a medicine for everyone else none of thats illegal under the old rules prohibit all of it as the president. Been up to the job in your opinion. Not at the beginning certainly not i mean again in the last 3 weeks i think theres been a lot of effort good effort by everybody including the president you say that at the end of all this said needs to be a temporary Recovery Authority what would that authority do well it would it would waive r
Microsoft was up by about 7 if you watch this morning, dow futures are indicated up s p up by 11 and up by 55 points the treasury yield looking below where we are now the yield on the 10year last i checked weve gotten used to that 0. 8 range. 0. 7 in that area now. Andrew becky, it appears weve found a bottom we have an update on the numbers to bring to you. New york has more thans the epih more than 61,000 of those cases. New york governor made this appeal for Health Care Workers across the county to come help new york as governor of new york, i am asking Health Care Professionals across the country if you dont have a Health Care Crisis in your community, please come help us in new york now we need relief Governor Cuomo said new yorkers havent been doing well with social distancing and he implored the public to be responsible and stay home. A hospital built in central park will officially open today located in front of mount sinai hospital up in the 90s there on the east side. It hold
A family stuck in peru, after that government closed its borders and canceled all flights amid the covid19 outbreak, hoping to come back home soon. Tonight, a Bay Area Hospital tells us they need supplies. Well tell you what theyre looking for average break from the rain tomorrow, before a cool and wet system arrives on tuesday. Abc 7 news starts now. Good evening. Im eric thomas. The number of coronavirus cases in california has exploded over the weekend. There are now close to 1500 people infected with thousands more awaiting test results. The number of deaths is steadily rising, at least 27 people have died from coronavirus. President trump today declared a major disaster decoration for the state, because of the pandemic. Santa clara county reported two more deaths today from the coronavirus pushing the regional total up to 13. It is by far the most cases in the bay area, topping 300. But every county now has reported cases. Napa county, confirming today, two residents there have be
Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available online. Madam clerk, is there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. On march 7, 2020, a Citywide Health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid19 virus and protect the health of general populations. During the call for general Public Comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of Public Health is encouraging more participation remotely. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, as you know, we are not operating on a routine process in the state of california and San Francisco. I want to remind everyone that the board of supervisors is an eventual govern