Exposed. I hesitate to say malpractice but i dont think it is a good idea especially in a context like Contact Tracing they absolutely need to be tested. The governor is also taking issue i dont agree with the new cdc guidance period full stop. Neither do leaders in the bay area, in the south bay specifically, they are blasting the new moves, calling them bizarre. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. As abc 7 News Reporter chris wynne explains south bay leaders say the abrupt changes could within st. Claira county this afternoon Health Officials didnt hold back after learning of the new covid19 testing guidelines from the cdc. When i first heard about this change in guidelines, i actually didnt believe it. Reporter the Nations Health Protection Agency now says as long as a person doesnt show symptoms testing may not be necessary. Health officers however are questioning the guidance saying it is important to identify infections in the small window preceding the onset of symptoms whil
We begin serious concerns about the quality of its covid19 testing data. Health officials there say a statewide glitch is causing massive under counting and is now affecting their ability to track the spread of the virus. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Chris wynne has our top story from san jose. Reporter tonight growing concerns after officials discovered a glitch with cal redie the covid19 reporting system. We are back to blind. We dont know how the epidemic is trending. Reporter a fraessment as she the data isouies on it to gde t reopening of econog businesses and schoo very anxio issue to get resolved. We expect all of these numbers are going to gohat extent we do. Reporter so far the governor hasnt said much about the problem. However, the states Top Health Official shared this during a recent briefing. There is a specific component that feeds information from labs to both the state system and local Public Health system that may be the place where data is getting stuck. R
Single day record for new coronavirus deaths. Also a Pilot Program is unveiled in berkeley. Results from a do it yourself test promised within 48 hours. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. With San Mateo Countys addition to the states covid19 watch list all bay area counties and 94 of the states entire population is being monitored. Our reporter was in San Mateo County today to get reaction to the news. I honor the fact they are doing what they need to do to keep people safe. Does it suck . Is it, you know, hard for all of the Business Owners . Yeah, it is. Reporter that is regina skinners reaction after hearing San Mateo County has been put on the state watch list. Her business was just getting back to normal. She reopened in june. If she gets shut down again she says she could lose half her sales. So the reason why this flower shop is concerned is because they are attached to hillsdale mall and if the county stays on the state watch list for three consecutive days the businesses
The victims were in the black sedan there on t freew bng tako. Oakland police are assisting the investigation and say there could be as many as four victims. That is still unclear. 580 is shut down in the eastbound direction. Cars are being diverted off at golf links road. We will continue to update this story for you on abc7news. Com and the abc 7 news app as well. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. We want to get to our other top story tonight and that is Governor Newsom imposing new and tougher restrictions on Indoor Dining and other businesses to combat a growing surge in coronavirus cases in the state. Weve seen increased activity where people simply arent able to practice social distancing, physical distancing. The bottom line is the spread of the virus continues at a rate that is particularly concerning. The Positivity Rate which is the percentage of tests coming back positive for coronavirus has jumped to 6 over the last 14 days and 6. 4 over the last seven days. Compare t
Clara. And one in solano county. Measles is very contagious. It starts with a fever runny nose, cough soar throat, just miserable. You may also feel very very tired. As those symptoms start to go away, people get spots inside their mouth very uncomfortable and a rash all over their body in many cases. It usually takes seven to 18 days to get symptoms after youve been around someone who has measles. We have more information about measles and how it is contracted on our website, abc 7 news. Com. And we have developing news in alameda. A fuel spill at the marina. The cleanup under way near coast guard island. Were joined live with the latest. Reporter at this point its unclear where exactly the diesel came from and how much spilled into the area. As we take a look at some video from sky 7 hd you can see the large sheen. Its about three quarters of a mile long. We spoke to the fish and wildlife earlier today. They believe its diesel, based on the color of the sheen. The spill happened some