More important, new york has had three times the deaths california has had. Back in april almost ten times as many people in the bay area may have had the virus than reported. It is explained it could mean a lot more testing. The mayor says testing will increase significantly. Locations like this will add more appointments. One expert said testing is critical and so are studies that give a clearer picture of where we are with this virus. I am excited to announce a significant expansion of testing in San Francisco. San francisco is recently adding more than 3,000 covid tests each day and that will be going up. In total we will have an additional 1400 testing spots per day. The embarcadero location will have 14 spots and a third city site and two popup sites will be coming for higher infection rates. Turn around time can be 72 hours to several days, an issue that extends beyond the state. They say testing and Contact Tracing is a way to contain the virus. We need to do more, now especial
Close the digital divide. Okay this one is going to be huge. When california restaurants reopen to serve more than just to thego orders, social distancing inside the eateries will be on the menu. Some restaurants will not be able to survive with the restrictions. Marianne favro has more. Reporter the social distancing requirements, they would be able to on fill every other booth and table. They can only serve 65. With togo orders, business is down 70 . And Restaurant Owners throughout the bay area are eagerly awaiting to serve at tables again, they fear that social distancing requirements to eat their profits. The owner says maintaining six feet of separation will mean he can only serve half the customers he usually does. When you go to half occupancy, you cant make a profit. Your volume is what dictates what your profitability is going to be. Reporter the restrictions are painful in the bay area where restaurants were struggling with high rent and baylor costs. There was a trend in th
We welcome you to this primetime edition of the washington journal. With the senate back in session today, we will talk to a leading vaccine expert from newton, massachusetts. Later, we will examine some of the new side effects from this virus. We hope you join in on the conversation. Our phone lines are open. If you live in the eastern or central time zone. For those of you out west if you are a medical professional, we would love to hear from you. Good monday evening. Thank you for being with us. Lookgin as we always do, at the numbers from Johns Hopkins university. Now around the world, the number of coronavirus cases approaching 3. 6 million in 187 countries and regions. The death toll has exceeded 251,000 around the globe. Joining us from massachusetts is dr. Mark poznansky, director of the vaccine and Immunotherapy Center at mass general hospital. I want to begin with the headline today from the new york times. As states moved to reopen, at least one model predicting the u. S. De
With the senate back in session today, we will talk to a leading vaccine expert from newton, massachusetts. Later, we will examine some of the new side effects from this virus. We hope you join in on the conversation. Our phone lines are open. If you live in the eastern or central time zone. 202 7488000. For those out west, 202 7488001. If you are a medical professional, we would love to hear from you. 202 7488002. Good monday evening. Thank you for being with us. We begin as we always do, look at the numbers from Johns Hopkins university. Now around the world, the number of coronavirus cases approaching 3. 6 million in 187 countries and regions. The death toll has exceeded 251,000 around the globe. Joining us from massachusetts is dr. Mark poznansky, director of the vaccine and Immunotherapy Center at mass general hospital. I want to begin with the headline today from the new york times. As states moved to reopen, at least one model predicting the u. S. Death rate could double. As you
for their rights, among the first to ever beat isis on the battlefield. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. president biden s covid package is one big step closer to becoming law. but what s after that? how will democrats govern with republican support uncertain at best? it could depend on this senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. the stimulus package has smaller unemployment packets to gain his support, not $400 per person but $300. even with his support, there s getting over republican filibuster in future. takes every democrat and ten republicans to stop it. has a number of democrats calling to end of the filibuster. more you learn about them, easier it is to see why. they re not nearly as hard as they once were, if you re thinking of mr. smith goes to washington, jimmy stewart talking continuously, that s old-fashioned. today you just email the floor leader, no stamina required. emerged after the senat