Because effects are being felt on the other side of the u. S. As far off as new york. Charged with undermining National Security but a russian protest leader Maria Kolesnikov could go to prison for up to 5 years. And Japans Parliament picks the next Prime Minister if he days to his priorities include fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy. And timely harding with all of your sports news the former head of world athletics would mean diac has been sentenced to 2 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption well bring you more on that story later this news hour. Well a 2 pronged weather assault in the United States has people fleeing wildfires one part of the country and rushing to avoid severe flooding and another slow moving Hurricane Sandy has made landfall on the gulf coast threatening to unleash heavy rain and catastrophic flooding and another powerful storm is also brewing in the about to take her. And teddy could hit being the new to as an early as this weekend an
To the pandemic and last but not least nationwide protesters have taken to the streets in major cities with lock down measures due to the pandemic there rallying cries demanding governors to reopen their states alright its time to boost their news i. Q. The trumpet ministration is ramping up its rhetoric rhetoric against china claiming a lab in rouhani may be responsible for the world wide spread of the corona virus meantime a new report claims china intentionally hid the severity of this virus Rachel Blevins is joining us from the news room with more of this rachel what more can you tell us well manella the trumpet administration is now doubling down on the claim of the Novel Coronavirus originated from a lab in ruhani china during a sunday talk show interviews secretary of state mike pompei o said he is confident the u. S. Intelligence community will come to the same conclusion remember the streets of the world may have a history of running substandard laboratories these are the 1st
Streets in major cities with lock down measures due to the pandemic theyre rallying cries demanding governors and reopen their states all right its time to boost their news i. Q. The Trump Administration is ramping up its rhetoric rhetoric against china claiming a lab in rouhani may be responsible for the world wide spread of the corona virus meantime a new report claims china intentionally hid the severity of this virus Rachel Blevins is joining us from the news room with more of this rachel what more can you tell us well manella the trumpet administration is now doubling down on the claim of the Novel Coronavirus originated from a lab and china during a sunday talk show interviews secretary of state might prompt said he is confident the. U. S. Intelligence community will come to the same conclusion remember china has a history of infecting the world and they have a history of running substandard laboratories these are not the 1st times that weve had a world exposed to virus as a resu
Now the hospital, clinics and Outpatient Centers are back in business. You put on the sidelines for a couple months has really been challenging. Reporter doctor mary hahn is chair of the department of surgery, she told kpix5 that stanford is essentially offering all Surgical Services with the exception of cosmetic surgery. Spine surgery, joint replacement surgery, we are doing gallbladder removal, hernia repair. Reporter two weeks ago stanford began testing all of healthcare workers and found extremely low infection rates. They are also stocked with ppe equipment and new safety procedures. All patients coming in for surgical procedures will be tested. We are masking all our patients and our healthcare workers and we think between that and hand hygiene that that is probably 99 percent effective in preventing the spread of the disease. Most of stanford healthcare employees took personal time off instead of a pay cut and they are ready to get back to work. This week california will begin
Will be spread. In order to put an end to this problem and protect the lives and health of the people of this prefecture, and to minimize the impact of thee outbreak on our lives, we are now at a critical juncture. I believe we need to take radical measures that we have never experienced before. The state of emergency will last until march 19th. 66 cases have been reported in the prefecture, the most in japan. Those infected include students, a teach, he and a school bus driver. The governor says theres a possibility of a cluster of people infected with the virus in this city. Six people, including a man in hits 70s whos in serious condition had reportedly taken part in a housing equipment exhibition. They have all been confirmed to have been infected. Authorities are trying to identify the possible source and root of the contagion. A cluster is a group of people infected with a virus in a chain. Clusters may produce other clusters. And we are now joined by the doctor from the National