That we saw over the summer in july. Weve talked so much about the twindemic, that covid surge combined with flu season. This could overwhelm hospitals in a matter of weeks, and despite the gloomy outlook, many local Health Leaders are feeling much more confident this time around. Here is nbc bay areas anousha rasta. Reporter if the latest surge in covid19 cases wasnt bad enough, now hospital workers and Health Care Workers need to worry about the looming flu season as well. We have been preparing for capacity. Making sure that we have equipment and supplies and just making sure that our protocols are in place to keep our patients safe as well as our Health Care Workers. Reporter dr. Sam shen is an emergency medicine doctor at Stanford Health cares palo alto campus and tells me he thinks the team and the hospital are ready to face a surge in covid patients. Should we hit a surge scenario, you know, we have prepared different backup plans. We have a scenario to manage surges and then we
Pope francis for same sex civil unions sparks mixed reactions around the world observers are calling the pontiff the clearest language yet on gay rights and christianity. And could plastic trash become part of life underwater an animated movie with a fresh take on the problem of plastic pollution makes a splash at this years student oscar awards. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program germanys Public Health body says the country could face an uncontrollable spread of corona virus infections the robert cock institute has recorded a new high for daily cases and warns that covert 19 death rates are set to rise or thora teams have issued new travel warnings and are urging people to stick to the rules in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus but stricter measures could be yet to come. Its the highest number of new covert 1000 infections the german Public Health institute has had to report during this pandemic more than 11000 new cases in one day. These maps show in red where theyve
Spokesperson who described the gunman as feeling distressed and this Police Presence that you see right here on hyde street, it is not going anywhere. Lets start with the good news. That hostage youre referring to is an employee at the shoe store in a strip mall on hyde street. Hostage was released and is safe, but there are concerns the suspect might harm himself or anyone else near the store. Police say he started off at least six rounds inside that store. At about 11 15 this morning, Oakland Police responded to a call that a man wanted in a double homicide kees stormed into a store on the 1600 block of hyde street in east oakland. Employees sprinted for the door. We do know a lot of the employees were able to get out as the gunman entered the business and was armed with a gun. One man was not able to get out in time. According to employees who work in a nearby carden as market. The store in question is wss which sells sneakers. Opd dispatched the Tactical Team and negotiators who ma
Im told me a lot of book welcome to the program we begin in the United States where with less than 2 weeks to go until election day President Donald Trump and his democratic rival joe biden are set to face off in their 2nd and final president ial debate biden have both arrived in nashville tennessee where the stage is set for their spying much now one new rule of engagement for this evening microphones will be muted when a candidate is not supposed to speak thats after a chaotic 1st debate last month. Now both men will face questions on 6 topics these are fighting covert 19 American Families race in america Climate Change National Security and leadership with election day now only 12 days away this debate could be crucial in swaying any remaining undecided voters. Correspondent sumi so misconduct joins us from washington now for more suny the topics for the debate set microphones would be new to well can we expect well tommy i can tell you that anticipation here is very high i mean thi
Have Team Coverage from warsaw in london and athens lets go 1st to warsaw where living a quarter past is standing by for us polands been reporting similar numbers to germany the Health System there is having trouble can you tell us more. Yes indeed the Health Care System in poland is about to reach its limits yesterday for the 1st time poland had more than 10000 new called the to 900 infections within a day around 9000 people are hospitalized that is a record high in poland according to the Health Ministry we still have 6000 people thats available in the country but theres growing reports hospitals are struggling earlier this week a covered 900 patient and Health Care Worker himself died after he was unable to find a free bed in the hospital. The Prime Minister announced the property from saturday on all of poland theres going to be a red zone meaning that theres going to be restrictions stricter is fictions and all of the country all right thanks and maybe an hour hoping to go to lond