For sure heartbreaking. But as a shop owner, i mean its devastating. Honestly i felt like throwing up yesterday. The uncertain future facing so many bay Area Businesses as the surge in cases continues to grow, forcing a new round of shutdowns. All of this is not only disheartening but for many businesses, its backbreaking. Theyve got to close at midnight. This comes after they reopened just yesterday. Nbc bay areas ian cull shows us whats happening tonight in Santa Clara County. Reporter it is reclosing time in the south bay, just two days after businesses like the barbers inc. Barbershop rejoiced in reopening. Then to have that rug pulled from underneath my feet again reporter owner dave diggs says he spent 30,000 last week paying four months of bills to get here, and now since Santa Clara County has been on the governors monitoring list for three days, barbers, hair and nail salons, places of worship, Shopping Malls and gyms must all close. Just trying to take a deep breath. Were goi
World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who have symptoms cant get tested. Well now we have new insight into how testing got off to such a slow start here in the u. S. Karen caifa has more. President trump says a few states are ready to ope businesses within the next week we continue to see a number of positive signs. The virus has passed its peak. The president pointing to vermont and montana and texas where the governor says a phased reopen
Schools will close on monday. Other districts announced closures including west contra costa unified and all diocese in san jose and Tamalpais Union and woodside. We are keeping track of new closures and constantly updating te list on our website. You can find it at abc7news. Com coronavirus. 224 confirmed cases of coronavirus in california. That includes 140 here in the bay area. Santa clara county has the most with 66 cases. Napa county announced a health emergency, but there are no confirmed cases in that county. Were learning new details about three tsa agents at San Jose Mineta International they were working at terminal b checkpoint b during the evening ship. They checked bags and operated the xray and monitored the body scanner. Each of them had a different last day of work and those days ranged from february 21st and march 2nd. The sharks revealed a parttime employee tested positive. Shark Officials Say the employee is under selfquarantine and they are recovering apparently fee
Amanda from california. Testing for the virus as it we land and get bombarded should, how thats making a bad situation worse as the virus good facetime clears that up. With messages from our families. Lets get to the news. Spreads silently. Trump announced this, you cant shutdown of schools, offices, come back, and the end of the going dark. Social gatherings is accelerating as they try to meet late night show suspended, the the demand for coronavirus curtain closed on broadway, testing. March madness canceled. Tom costello joins us and the nearly all professional sports three things were watching on hold and now major theme today on this issue. Tom, good morning. Reporter good morning, world and all that good stuff. Reporter in fact, the parks shutting their doors. President s 30day ban only how americans coasttocoast targets European Countries from 36 countries but fears fueling savannah americans to get back quickly. Thats top, up front right now the move condemned by europes leader
Overseas, the race to escape. Long lines Fill International airports. Americans scrambling to fly out before President Trumps travel ban goes into effect tonight, worried about being stranded overseas. Stocks in a free fall. The dow tumbling 10 , the worst day since black monday more than three decades ago. Lawmakers in the Trump Administration now racing to reach a deal for a massive aid package to bolster the economy and help working families. Plus, the superstar singers postponing their concerts from celine dion to cher, to billie eilish. The ncaa saying there will be no champion this year, canceling march madness. Major League Baseball canceling open day while hockey and soccer suspend their leagues, joining the nba. The basketth ou from here at home and around the world. And good morning, america. We hope you are well this friday morning. Its an anxious time for all of us. We get that, and we are committed to bringing you the best information and advice as the coronavirus pandemic