The once hardest hit county in the bay area is noticing a worrisome rise in covid19 cases. The covid cases at san quinten prison continue to surge. How it happened and what it means for the marin county hospitals. The 49ers are now flying a black lives matter flag at levi stadium. Some say weve come a long way, others say its not good enough. Temperatures on the rise tomorrow. Ill show you who will feel the heat. Abc7 news at 11 00 starting right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Tonight, the coronavirus outbreak at san quinten prison is showing no signs of slowing. Right now, more than 10 of the prison population is infected. Kate larson spoke with officials who say they warned this could happen. Kate . Reporter dan, ama, over the weekend, there were about 100 cases at the prison. Then yesterday, more than 300 covid cases. And now today, according to data on the cdc website, 407 inmates and 47 Staff Members are infected, bringing the case
Particularly as our local Hospital Systems are threatened by being overwhelmed. Reporter mark lavigne represents marin county. There are 4,000 staff and inmates at san quinten, and the covid outbreak will likely top 800 people. If the Corrections Department planned ahead of time, if they had listened to Public Health protocols, we wouldnt be in this situation. I am concerned that Health Professionals dont have Decision Making authority at cdcr. Those that do may have mad bad decisions. Prisons are a setup for outbreaks off the bat. You have large numbers of people, very close confine sent. Reporter dr. Matt will sis the Public County Health officer. As soon as the pandemic began, one of the first concerns was reaching out to san quinten. We were told very clearly that this is not part of our jurisdiction. Reporter according to the department of corrections, san quentin was virus free until late may. Willis says the surge started after inmates were transferred from chino to san quinten
Is considering banning some countries, visitors from some countries from coming this summer. And were on that list. We checked with a travel expert and he said yeah, no plans to go to europe anytime soon. I really dont think that americans will be going just about anywhere for the rest of this year. I mean, we are the epicenter of the pandemic right now. You know, if you are a leader of another country and you are trying to decide which countries should we allow in and this owh ones we shouldnt, you will look at the numbers. Reporter yeah, europe has put ushilit they are considering because of how you weve handled the coronavirus. Russians and brazilians also will be unlikely in europe this summer. They consider us too risky because weve had so many cases. We have been banned from visiting europe since mid march, but they are looking at reopen willing their borders on july 1 except to us. And an announcement is expected next week. But if you have a trip to europe planned later this sum
Weekend. Mark and you were texting on saturday. Thats right. We were just yelling. You were yelling at me. We are very happy today. I tell you what, the 49ers, i have been a life long fan. I have too. I have watched it my whole life. We wept out to dinner for my parents anniversary and my dad who has been a life long fan had an extra spring in his step. It made the ref of the day amazing. It fetes your mood. Thats right. The crowd was chanting and there was a lot of energy, the 49ers will be playing the packers for the nfc title. Allie rasmus joins us live with more. Reporter it will be the second time this season that the 49ers take on the packers but the last time that they played, the 49ers had a victory over the packers, that was back in november. This time around it may not be so easy. The stakes are higher with a shot at the super bowl on the line and this time around the packers said that they will be better prepared. Their coach said they will be seeking redemption on the west
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