There are now more than 200,000 cases worldwide. About 370 confirmed cases in the bay area and in santa cruz county. Counties have been directed to shelter in place and its unlikely that schools will reopen before the end of the academic year. Sam lacardo will announce relief programs for people out of work or sick because of coronavirus. And theres a bit of good news for people who havent been able to find what they need in the Grocery Stores. Our crews in the field notice the panic buying is slowing down. This morning when a lot of you are waking up to start homeschooling your kids or working from home, they have been up for hours restocking shelves. Fresh fruit and vegetables that are dependent on our health. Amy hollyfield live in south San Francisco. Good morning, amy. We hear about people stockpiling on toilet paper and pasta. You dont think of people binge buying produce but we checked in with the distributors and they say people are doing just that. Theyre really seeing a big r
The scramble to find muchneeded medical equipment. Were talking live to an emergency te house plan extraordinary efforts to bolster the economy, put checks in the hands of tens of millions of americans as the treasury secretary warns unemployment get hit 20 without actions. Battling back. Were hearing so many stories from survivors of the coronavirus. The symptoms, the hidden clues and how they managed to get better, and our very own abc News Reporter who tested positive after reporting on the crisis joining us live from quarantine. And an allstar assist. The heartwarming movement of athletes showing their support in this difficult time. How russell wilson, his wife ciara, and rookie Zion Williamson are providing kindness during the crisis. We do say, good morning, america on this hump day. Many are doing whatever they can. How about zion . 19yearold nba rookie. He has pledged to pay the wages of arena workers there in new orleans. What an example he is setting. John legend having some
The virus. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us the number of People Killed by corona virus has now surpassed 5000 worldwide governments around the world and across europe in particular are moving to stem the spread of the virus there shutting schools banning large gatherings and in some cases closing National Borders the World Health Organization was sober and its latest assessment of the situation. Europe has now become the epicenter of the pun demick with more reported cases and theres this than the rest of the world combined are part from china more cases out of now being reported every day than were reported in china highest of its appeal to me. You chief of the thunder lion has promised to do whatever it takes to help the bloc deal with the spreading coronavirus shes promised to redirect vital medical assistance to hard hit areas especially to italy Italian Health Officials Say more than 250. 00 people have died from cove and 19 in the last 24 hours thats the biggest single day
Can expect reset sounds like a big one its going to be a big one in fact we havent seen a midwinter storm like this in the bay area in quite a while weve had a few weeks storms making its way into the bay area, but this one is pretty typical for this time of year. So lets take a look at our satellite and radar from earlier tonight, very dry conditions. But now we are noticing some more light bands of rain just off the coast going to make its way inland. But this isnt even the storm that im tracking the one that is going to pack quite a punch during the overnight hours and for your thursday morning commute is right now over eureka so its just arriving into the golden state and its going to make its way into the bay area during the overnight hours and its going to wreak havoc for your thursday morning commute so the highest rain totals expected for those of you in the north bay specifically our local hills and mountains upwards of 3 inches of rain or less for the rest of us in the bay ar
Stories were covering today. Gb views at gbnews. Com is the address to email. But before we get to all of that, lets have a little look at the latest headunes little look at the latest headlines with ray addison. Headlines with ray addison. Thanks, guys. Good morning. Thanks, guys. Good morning. Its 931. Our top stories, the government says at least ten british citizens have been killed in the israel hamas war and a further six are still missing. The confirmation comes missing. The confirmation comes after British National yakov was released by her kidnappers. Hamas says the 85 year old, along with israeli citizen nurit coopen along with israeli citizen nurit cooper, were freed on humanitarian grounds. Her husbands are still being held. Israeli sources say the move is straight out of the hamas playbook and it will not divert them from, quote, unrelent ing attacks on the terror group. The attacks on the terror group. The countrys president , isaac herzog , says every hostage must herzog