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Days the California National guard has been put on alert and schools are closed for the foreseeable future. What you need to know tonight to keep your family safe is most of the bay area is under a shelterinplace order kron 4 news at 5 starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus tonight we are continuing to practice social distancing here at kron 4 we are of course encouraging you to do the same. For the first time global cases of covid 19 have surpassed 200,000 as the death toll around the world and here at home just keeps on climbing. In the bay area there are now more than 400 cases Santa Clara County is a local hot spot for cases there are 175 6 deaths there officials announce another death from tuesday of a man in his 60s, San Mateo County has 80 81 death the San Francisco county has 51 Contra Costa County 41 Alameda County 31 Solano County has 8 moraine county 15 Sonoma County has 8 and napa county has no confirmed cases at this time. And as you saw tonight more than a 1000 people have died from the virus. And at least 118 people have died in the United States that figure was less than a 100 just yesterday. According to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus tracker global cases have soared past 200,000 with more than 7,000 cases in the us its almost a 1000 tonight. There are more than 750 confirmed cases in california, 13 people have died in this state and tonight, we know a shelter at home order has been issued for napa county it will take effect at midnight. On friday and then remain in place through april 7th, unless it is extended now we also just found out Solano County is issuing the same order. We are awaiting a specific details about that in napa county shelter at home means People Living there should stay at home except for essential trips, essential activities allowed under the order include aarons like going to the Grocery Store or getting medical help you can still go outside as long as you stick to the social distancing requirements. If you are a worker at an essential business you can still go to work that includes businesses like Grocery Stores convenience stores. News operations and banks. This order is mandatory and if you refuse to comply you could be charged with a misdemeanor. Congress passed a Coronavirus Relief package that promises to help americans deal with the fallout of the virus and now awaits the president s signature. Joining us live with details and what is coming out of the White House Task force today. Our Chris Theresa from the newsroom to reset. Includes many provisions, including free testing for covid night taking unpaid emergency leave this development coming on the heels of a hearing from the White House Coronavirus task force. That the number of positive cases is expected to jump significantly in the next couple of days. Its now in a high speed platform. So we will see the number of people diagnosed dramatically increase over the next 4 to 5 days. Doctor birx with the White House Coronavirus task force on how the number of positive cases will go up and why. I know some of you will use that to raise an alarm that we are worse than italy because of our slope of parker to every american out there it will be 5 to 6 days worth of test being run in 24 to 48 hours. So are curves will not be stable until some time next week all of us as a task force and President Trump continue to try and calm the country. Facing unprecedented actions. A shelterinplace order School Districts closed restaurants shutter just to name a few of the precautions now in place nationwide. And now its our time we must sacrifice together because we are were all in this together and well come through together. Its the invisible enemy thats always the toughest enemy, the invisible enemy, but. As for the Coronavirus Relief measure. It will allow for 2 weeks of paid sick leave if person has tested and treated for coronavirus also eligible would be those who have been told by a doctor or Government Official to stay home because of exposure or symptoms. Now the payments are capped at 511 a day workers with Family Members affected by those whose children schools have closed would still receive up to 2 thirds of their pay grant vicki. Theresa stasi live for us tonight, thank you to reset were getting a real handle on this pandemic will mean a dramatic increase in testing here in the bay area, some Health Care Providers are making that is easy but as a drivethru. Kron fours dan kerman live for us in San Francisco tonight to explain dan. Well this is one of kaiser hospitals you see those white tents behind me this is all part of their effort to allow for drivethru testing not just showing up but after seeing a Health Care Provider and having that appointment schedule. Drive up coronavirus testing is slowly starting to take shape in the bay area these tents are part of the covid 19 testing process. That one of kaisers San Francisco locations here kaiser patients who have been evaluated by a physician and have a doctors order for a test appointment can drive up and get their most swabbed all while sitting in their car. Patients then return home and isolate themselves until the results are in. Kaiser wont say how many of these drive up sites are operational but earlier this week, stanford healthcare announced drivethru testing was underway at express cares Hoover Pavilion located in palo alto again test must first be ordered by Health Care Provider and appointments must be made in advance. The test results should be available here within 24 hours also verilys project baseline is launched this online screening tool will determine who qualifies for covid 19 test and those selected will be referred to one of 3 drivethru testing sites and either san mateo or Santa Clara County. And once again these drive thru sites are not like drivethru restaurants where you can show up at any time in order hamburger these you must have seen a doctor spoke with a doctor first and have your appointments scheduled in advanced live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news all right dan and with coronavirus spreading at an alarming rate california is preparing to deal with worstcase scenarios. That could overwhelm hospitals and rain the state spending reserves, governor Gavin Newsome put the California National guard on alert for duties, such as ensuring Food Distribution. The state is also negotiating with about 900 hotels to free up 10s of thousands of hotel rooms that could be used for hospital patients and for the homeless. Well hope seems to be fading that schools shuttered by the pandemic will reopen before summer break is over governor newsome says it is likely that most if not all schools will not be back open until the fall kron fours rob fladeboe live with some insight on what this might look like geez rob if youre a parent you hear that news from the governor and it knocks you off your feet. Thats right grant as some of those parents may indeed be hoping that the schools could possibly reopen in 3 to 4 weeks but many School Districts are said to be a bracing for an early end to the school year and making plans for Summer Learning. Lets take a look. With the all too real scenario that the coronavirus outbreak could linger into summer. Its looking like closing schools for 3 weeks may not be enough the virus. Governor newsome on tuesday said its unlikely that if any schools reopen before the summer break such a scenario would be struggling or disadvantaged students and could impact standardized testing in Summer Learning programs i spoke with san joses east Side Union High School District superintendent chris funk via face time though. But i is you the school year. If or she. Year so that base our decision bit school year question across the nation is was a college or going to do. With their regular schedule the calls for the need to push these test back june or july is that the sheet chests. It is industry just booking a profit or the best interest of our students. Across this nation schools are being closed in chain closed fair for her students to have to take those same the junior lot. So obviously a lot of Unanswered Questions there superintendent frank obviously a working himself from home as well. Tells me that to any decision about an Early School Closure or ending the school year early would have to be made in conjunction with the local health department. But you heard him say that possibly will extend the closure there beside a Union High School district other districts doing the west contra costa unified for one has now extended its closure until april 13th reporting live rob fladeboe kron 4 news. All right rob, a new effort has been launched in the south bay, its to help people in need deal with this ongoing pandemic politicians have branded it silicon valley, strong it has 3 main parts first. The city along with a local food bank want to improve Food Distribution to the elderly and Vulnerable People during the crisis. The second is monetary assistance know that the san jose, theirs. The new san jose strong fund plus additional county wide fund to try to get money to people who really need it, san jose mayor sam liccardo said today that this effort involves everyone. And we know at a time like this when so many are struggling. We need to do more to ensure that all in our community have access to food through this crisis. They look also said today that in the days and weeks ahead there will be more information coming out about this ongoing effort against called silicon valley, strong. Developments in coronavirus pandemic are rapidly changing but you can track the latest 24 hours a day on kron on thats our news streaming service and right now its free to download right now so you can stay informed and updated on this Health Crisis. Well the situation a local hospitals is changing for the foreseeable future whats being done differently to try that handle this pandemic. So growing number of stores adding senior hours to help shield the highrisk population where you can go shop early. And its just a weird scene out there deserted streets stores empty amid this pandemic their concerns obviously that people have lost their jobs more could when it comes to flooring, im hard to please. So, i go to floor decor where they dont just know the difference between products, they live for it. From american hardwood to spanish porcelain to italian marble, im looking for inspiration from every part of the world. So, when it comes to discovering every imaginable tile, wood, laminate or stone without compromising my design, one aisle doesnt cut it. I need an entire store. Now, ive got one. Explore floor decor in person or online at flooranddecor. Com themselves unemployed because of the Health Crisis there may be some help out there offers has it but you gives us a look at californias Employment Development website with information you may find useful. The state of california Employment Development departments website now has a section dedicated for people who are no longer working because of the impact the coronavirus is having businesses throughout the state including jobs here the bay area according to the website those who are unable to work due to be exposed or testing positive for call that 19 can file a disability claim, however, your condition must be certified by a medical doctor we spoke by phone with Employment Development Department Spokesperson loree levy these are wage replacement programs. Designed to replace a portion of the wages youre losing through no fault of the around and the amount that you could receive is based on what kind of earnings youve had over the last 8. 12 to 18 months if you are a caregiver with that ill or quarantine Family Member the website has information on how to finally paid family leave claim providing up to 6 weeks of benefit payments for those who qualify employees with reduced hours or workers whose jobs could politely shut down due to call that 19 theyll find information on how to file an unemployment claim. Eligible individuals can receive benefits ranging from 40 to 450 per week now we should also note that california governor Gavin Newsome recently signed an executive order waiving the oneweek waiting period for Unemployment Benefits with the governors and waiting at the oneweek waiting period. At least when youre found eligible, we would be able to pay benefits. For that first week youre unemployed, rather than normally having that first week serve as an unpaid week. For more information logarithm on to the California Department of Employment Development website scroll down to the league for called it 90 haaziq kron 4 news. Another rocky day on wall street today, the dow closed below 20,000 for the first time in 3 years the index also gave up nearly all of its gains since President Trump took office. The dow dipped 1300 points losing 6. 3 today, the s and p 500 and nasdaq didnt fare much better. Each recorded losses close to 5 grant. The us border with canada will temporarily close to non essential traffic because of this pandemic President Trump. And canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement today. The u s canada border is the worlds longest border. Perez facilities are preparing for this influx of patients potentially infected with covid 19 unfortunately to go reports appointments and some surgeries are being canceled to try to keep hospital staff available to be able to care for serious illnesses john mirror Center Health network and Kaiser Permanente 3 major hospitals in the east bay say its no longer as simple and easy. As walking into one of their facilities and announced to receive care previously scheduled primary care and urgent care appointments are being honored that all 3 hospitals say walk ins are no longer being accepted some nonemergency surgeries are being postponed or canceled and in an effort to minimize the potential of Novel Coronavirus for covid 19 exposure to patients and staff. All patients are being screened over the phone at john mirror before scheduling any appointment and the option to book new appointments online has been disabled. Both Center Health and john myhre also have medical symptom checker systems available on their web sites where you can enter any symptoms you may have and determine whether or not you require in person Emergency Care or if you need to speak with a medical professional over the phone or through an online or video chat. The hospitals are also encouraging social distancing patients are being asked to use mail Order Pharmacy Services visitors in end of life situations or pregnancies may be allowed entry. Otherwise visitations are being restricted all of these steps are helping to ensure the hospitals are not overwhelmed by large amounts of people seeking care at once which could bog down the Health Systems in line with the other hospitals, john mirror says it is prepared to care for covid 19 patients in a statement the hospital says quote in our medical centers, we have a number of negative pressure airborne isolation rooms which prevent infections from spreading to any other patients or visitors. Felipe should all kron 4 news. And time now for our 4 zone forecast as we get a live look that beautiful sutro camera looking downtown San Francisco at a safe distance there on this last full day of winter. They are fully folks able to get a little bit of fresh air today as a shelter in their homes. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here sure felt like winter today, lawrence yeah, you know probably the feel like it for quite some time still as you saw we waited all season long to get the rain going finally near the end of winter here we go outside you get the partly cloudy skies around the bay area looks pretty nice there see some sunny breaks in between the clouds but we continue to see some popup showers were not done with the storm system yet. The main core low moved all the way down to southern california. But we have another one developing on the backside and that has once again kicked up the showers around the bay area see the snow up in the Sierra Nevada to but still some popup showers outside again the focus for the south in the south they were saying that parts of the east bay now those scattered showers showing up around the bay area nothing really really heavy. Just some downpours if youre out there right now and certainly for the commute people are still out there on the roads theyre going to get a little bit wet out there through the evening hours showers continuing in the east bay see livermore again some rain there as well as san ramon you kind of in between concord couple of scattered showers your way richmond, youre looking at a couple raindrops a with mill valley and samara fell most of us just some very light showers that are popping up right now not as active as yesterday maybe yesterday with some of those thunderstorms outside tonight, well see the decreasing showers overnight tonight, the return of some patchy fog late tonight and some of the interior valleys could be a little cold out there to tomorrow, partly cloudy looks like will be mostly dry on the first day of spring as we get the weekend it is back to some Stormy Weather i think late on sunday, a return to some rain around the bay area and that looks like it is going to open up to maybe a rain off and on all of next week, your first full week of spring as it is guys back to still ahead at 5 widespread shortage of coronavirus test. Spring questions over why professional athletes can get tested easily without even presenting symptoms how the president responded to that question today and next many stores adding specia dramatic choir music dramatic choir music dramatic choir music its the rush of relaxation. Introducing the allnew lincoln corsair. New several food stores in the bay area will now be setting aside time for some of their most vulnerable customers to shop really good idea this includes whole foods target and safeway. The stores will be designating a time for the elderly to get their groceries. Our for Sarah Stinson reports. Target in San Francisco on the first day that the store has created an hour dedicated to those who are elderly and those with compromised immune systems that way people can get in get out and just get home to be safe because of the most Vulnerable People to the coronavirus but take a look at this video from this morning right, its 7 oclock when this target opened you can see about a dozen people in line. People of all ages, the employees made an announcement to everyone that starting today every wednesday they will have the first hour of opening dedicated to those types of people but everybody in line walked in anyways i asked an employee what that was about and he told me they cant necessarily stop people from coming in. However, this is the first time theyre doing this so hopefully word will get out and people will leave that our for people to get in who are the ones this is all for no targets not the only store to be doing this whole foods is also joining in leaving the first hour of opening to these Vulnerable People safely also joining in, leaving some time aside from 7 until 00 09am in the morning on tuesdays and thursdays target again as i said first hour of opening as well as Dollar General this is going to be tremendously helpful so that these people can get in and not get infected now they can avoid lines and crowds plus the storm will be more stopped as weve seen panic, shoppers have left many shelves are bare when target employees made the new hours announcement to people waiting in line this morning. They also mentioned they have those essential products that people have been searching for paper towels toilet paper and disinfectant wipes but theyre limiting how many products people can get so you want to make sure that you do get here early but also respect that the new hours are devoted to the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. In San Francisco, Sarah Stinson kron 4 news. And this just in President Trump says that he has signed the Coronavirus Response bill that bill includes many provisions including free testing for covid 19 and paid emergency leave as for the Coronavirus Relief measure. It will allow for 2 weeks of paid sick leave if a person is tested and treated for the coronavirus. 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