Top story tonight, the spread of the coronavirus here in the us and right here in the bay area and tonight Health Officials in Washington State say 6 people have now died after contracting the virus 5 of those people. Were from king county and one was from the homeless county just north of seattle researchers say the virus may have been circulating for weeks undetected and the governor has now declared a state of emergency tonight. Were also learning about several new cases in the bay area this morning Health Officials announced 2 new cases, a coronavirus in Santa Clara County, this brings the total number of coronavirus cases in that county to 9 in San Mateo County Officials Say one resident has tested. Presumptive positive for the coronavirus that means that person has tested positive at a Public Health lab. And officials are just awaiting additional confirmation testing from the cdc. The adult patient is now being hospitalized there in isolation and in this case, the source of the p
Hit City Health Officials saying it is not a matter of when of if but when last week, San Francisco declared a local emergency today, the city has taken more steps to prepare and reach out to the citys most vulnerable populations. Kron fours dan kerman live for us at city hall tonight, he joins us with more on what the mayor had to say fan. Well you know not if but when and thats because theyre going to be ramping up testing actually doing testing for the coronavirus right here in San Francisco and with more testing will come more positive test thats just one of the things. That they are doing to prepare for the onset of a possible outbreak here. We must be ready because we know its coming. Its not a matter of if its really a matter of when. San Francisco Mayor london breed talking about how while still free of the coronavirus it will happen here in San Francisco must be prepared. The mayor made her comments at a News Conference monday as Health Officials announced the Citys Department
Outbreak to hit City Health Officials say it is not a matter of if but when Health Officials announced 2 new cases of coronavirus in Santa Clara County. This brings the total number of crowd of iraq fires cases in that county to 9 in San Mateo County Officials Say one resident has tested. Presumptive positive for coronavirus which means the person has tested positive at a Public Health lab. Officials are awaiting additional confirmation testing from the cdc has new cases with unknown are just begin to pop of understanding the risk of cor navirus has become more and more important. The cdc says at this point we should all be prepared for more cases to emerge across the United States kron fours well bellow spoke with an Infectious Disease expert at u c berkley is she standing by live with more well thats right the head of Infectious Diseases at u c berkeley doctor lee riley says. This is an outbreak it is an epidemic after comparing it to sars and mers he believes there are 3 likely outc
Apartment andrews a ups employee is accused of planning a mass shooting at this ups Customer Center on him or would avenue we believe based upon the circumstances his behavior. The weapons ammunition that our officers prevented the mass shooting the active shooter. Sunnyvale police say andrewss sent threatening Text Messages and pictures to his boss and coworkers sunday night around 8. They immediately began investigating and learned andrews was a registered owner of 4 handguns and a rifle. Officers spotted andrews shortly after 11 sunday night, but he led them on a chase down highway one o one he was later arrested more than 20 miles south near morgan hill, the challenge officers to a fight. And at that time, nothing was located inside his vehicle at that time. His apartment was a different story police say andrews home is here along elm court in sunnyvale where they found duffel bags staged at the front door, the bags were filled with thousands of rounds of ammunition, high capacity
Center a nursing facility in suburban seattle for other coronavirus cases in the state are also links to that facility and in the Bay Area Health officials announced 2 new cases of coronavirus in Santa Clara County that county now has 9 confirmed cases in San Mateo County Officials Say one resident has tested presumptive positive for the coronavirus. That means the person has tested positive at a Public Health lab and officials are awaiting additional confirmation testing from the cdc. The adult patient is now in the hospital in isolation, the source of that patients exposure is not known today about 140 people were released from quarantine at Travis Air Force base near fairfield they were evacuated from that diamond princess cruise ship that was docked in japan where more than 700 people tested positive for the virus, 45 of them are americans making up about half of the total cases in the u s those released were bused to nearby airports, including the one in sacramento. Passengers who