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Officially declare the coronavirus pandemic a National Emergency in the last couple of hours the bay area saw yet another coronavirus death a second person in Santa Clara County has died because of the virus. The local Health Departments, santa county says a woman in her 80s who was hospitalized on march 9th has passed away now that the United States has declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic people want to know what comes next the house in washington dc is expected to vote any moment now on a relief package called the familys first Coronavirus Response act kron 4 grant lotus in the studio with what all of this means for the country grant well ken and pam number one money this Emergency Declaration means that. A lot of money is now available to help fight this crisis 50 billion will go to both state and local governments in response to the outbreak as part of the executive actions. The president is working with Drug Companies to expand coronavirus testing across the country. The plan also includes a new Public Private partnership featuring drive through testing sites. Ceos of walmart target cvs and walgreens said theyll be opening their parking lots across the country. So you can do these drive through exams, the president. His promising 5 million more coronavirus test kits that will be available within a month. We therefore expect up to half a million additional tests will be available. Early next week will be announced the location is probably on sunday night. They want to thank roche Great Company for their incredible work cut also like to thank Thermo Fisher the fdas goal is to hopefully authorize your application within 24 hours. It will go very quickly is going very quickly. Which will bring additionally 1. 4 million tests and more next week. And 5 million within a month. I doubt will need anywhere near that. Is backing announced via twitter you see the tweet right here from the president. He is pledging his full support for whats known as the familys first Coronavirus Response act mentioned that earlier it will allow for free testing regardless of Insurance Coverage or status. And it will have paid sick leave for at least 2 weeks of course will continue to stay on top of this slow, you know as soon as the house votes on this relief package, ken and pam for now back to hugh grant. Thank you President Trump says he does plan to get tested for coronavirus he says he doesnt have any symptoms but he did come into contact with the brazilian president S Communications director last weekend. And that person did test positive for covid 19. Its unclear when President Trump will get tested, but he says hes trying to fit it into his schedule when it comes to getting a coronavirus test theres still some confusion and adding that in addition to ordering the additional tests the president did announce a new website that will guide users through a series of questions to help determine whether they should be tested if testing is recommended users would be directed to a local testing location which could include parking lots at walmart target or walgreens the web site could be ready by sunday night in the meantime people want to know who can get a covid 19 test kron fours Justine Waltman has the answer. The coronavirus test is not for everyone according to the California Department of Public Health. It is for people with flu like symptoms like fever, cough or shortness of breath. And if that person has traveled recently to a coronavirus outbreak area or have been in close contact with someone who has been infected. The state makes it clear. If you are sick call your doctor or local Public Health department that is who will decide who should get tested a flu test will likely be ordered first since it is flu season for a test. The cdc wants Health Care Providers to give priority to the elderly or those who have Health Conditions that make them more vulnerable to covid 19 and to doctors and healthcare workers. People who have severe symptoms should go to urgent care or the emergency room. If symptoms are mild the advice is to stay home. If a test is deemed necessary the doctor will order a test private insurers have said they would cover the cost. State Health Department tells kron 4 news it has 18 state and county labs currently testing and a total of 21 laps have received test kits those additional 3 laps would be testing soon right now the state is able to test about 10,000 people. Results are usually back in 24 hours. Im Justine Waldman kron 4 news. In less than an hour. The president s travel ban goes into effect most flights for more than 2 dozen European Countries will not be allowed to enter the United States for 30 days. There are some exceptions including United Kingdom. And flights bringing american citizens and permanent us residents home. Once they arrive back in the us. Those passengers must self quarantine for 2 weeks there are new protections in place tonight for San Francisco residents affected by the coronavirus mayor london breed is placing a moratorium on evictions related to the pandemic. No one who has lost money because of covid 19 will be allowed to be kicked out of their home for the next 30 days and that includes anybody who is having Financial Issues for reasons including their business closing working fewer hours or out of pocket medical costs related to the coronavirus mayor breed is trying to stop the spread of covid 19 by expanding restrictions on large events nonessential events of more than a 100 people or more are now banned in San Francisco. The ban does not include places such as grocery stores, food, banks and hospitals. There are also special rules for restaurants if their capacity is between a 10500 people. They can stay open as long as they cut their capacity in half and stay with fewer than 100 people again Public Schools, a San Francisco will be closed for the next 3 weeks that announcement was made yesterday today more School Districts around the bay area have followed suit and decided to keep students off campus. This comes out of an abundance of caution and recommendations from Health Officials are going to have more on all of those closures that comes up tonight at 8. 30. San francisco be converting Public Libraries and recreation facilities to Emergency Childcare centers during the School Closures. Those facilities will be closed to the public. And well provide child care to the children of Health Care Workers and low income families this all starts on monday. Mayor london breed made that announcement today in a statement she said in part during this time Health Care Workers and other essential staff need to be able to keep working and responding to this Public Health emergency with this change to our libraries and recreation facilities young people whose parents need to respond to covid 19 well have a safe place to go regular events at those centers will not take place during this time, the centers will operate through march 31th and the San Francisco Unified School District will continue providing nutritious meals to all students who need them during the temporary School Closures. Beginning on tuesday free breakfast and lunch to all children, 18 and younger will be available for pickup at 8 sites across the city on wednesday 6 additional size will be added 11,600 meals will be package for pick up on a first come first serve basis on monday through friday until friday march, the 27th for a list of all of the size you can head to our website kron 4 dot com. And if there. Already kind of on the margins. A situation like this is more likely to push them in to poverty or struggle with hunger was some bay area residents out of work because of coronavirus food banks are busier than ever right now the Alameda County Community Food bank says it is in dire need of volunteers to help pack emergency bags of food for people who are in need. Well 4 michelle kingston reports of. Alameda county Community Food bank is building emergency bags for people in need of food during the pandemic with the spread of coronavirus were starting to see you know a surgeon you need the prepackaged bag said about 15 pounds of food inside in are available to the one in 5 county residents who already use the Food Bank Services and for people who have recently found themselves struggling, who may be out of work or school because of the coronavirus outbreak. We understand stigma of reach out to food banks is a is a real family and we just want to make sure that our Community Knows that this is a very caring and loving place for anybody needs food to be able to access that and this is where the food bank is storing those emergency food bags right now volunteers have made about 2000 of those so far. And well be making quite a few more over the next few days and weeks but they need your help the Alameda County Community Food bank is seen a decrease in volunteers over the past week volunteers wear gloves and stand far apart from each other as they build the backs. The food bank has also increased the amount of cleaning they do in the warehouse throughout the day and theyre asking anyone who is healthy to volunteer. The only thing we ask is you exhibit any symptoms of illness right now are you having been traveling impacted areas. The last 14 happily welcome you in here if youre in need of food are interested in volunteering head to our website kron 4 dot com to learn how to register in Alameda County michelle kingston kron 4 news you can stay updated on all the coronavirus affects around the bay area to our kron on app you can get 24 Hour Streaming Service on the latest developments kron on is free to download right now get it today the stay connected. This is a friday night after quite only 10 lets take a look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge not much traffic and in italy see that our son that many clouds as we earned this friday did we certainly avoid scenes like these last couple fridays. Theres a long dealing with the pandemic so certainly people looking to take that stress little down just a little bit this weekend. We are going to see some rain moving in over the weekend in fact a crime for weather alert the rain may can return it is going to be drastically different than this week, we just enjoyed we had some highs moving in the mid 70s in spots but now were talking this weekend much colder highs may be in the 40s in the 50s were going to see some periods of some rain starting tonight through tomorrow right through sunday as well probably in the next week or the possibility some isolated thunderstorms a very cold unstable air mass thats about to move in overhead. And even some snow or mount top so you had to expect that were going to see some chilly temperatures and here comes you see it not that far away rain already beginning to move into far Northern California some lightning strikes beginning to show up you guys back to you. Thank you lawrence coming up at 8 a wild week on wall street, but there was a late day surge in the stock market today as the president declared a National Emergency plus another tsa employee tests positive for coronavirus when that agent last worked at san jose airport and next as cases of covid 19 climb Santa Clara County implements the strictest policy yet on second the coronavirus related death in Santa Clara County tonight that area continues to be one of the nations hot spots for the virus and now as kron fours rob fladeboe reports the schools will close because of new restrictions about both public and private gatherings. I recognize that we are in very difficult times. And with a number of cases up to 79 as of friday afternoon, the Community Spread of coronavirus in Santa Clara County is increased threefold since monday. He says doctor sara cody. We know that the outbreak of covid 19 and our county will continue to accelerate and we anticipate many many more cases in the days and weeks to come and doctor cody announced a mandatory order banning public or private gatherings of more than a 100 people. Effective at midnight saturday, the order runs for 3 weeks and also bans smaller gatherings of 35 to 100 people with exceptions for the airport medical facilities and grocery stores. The decision to close schools to student attendance is a serious matter. County School Superintendent mary and the one announced that all Public Schools will close for 3 weeks beginning monday. There was also confirmation that 2 inmates at the elmwood jail are in quarantine after possible exposure to coronavirus we know that they were exposed to but absolutely no symptoms so far but. All of the steps are being taken at the jail to the recommendations that are coming from our leadership here recommendations that are going to require us to Work Together like we have never done before. With at least 23 cases of coronavirus thought to have originated through community transmission. County leaders called for everyone to do their part to deal with what an emotional doctor cody says are very difficult times these decisions are hard to make. Were balancing the Public Health need to slow the spread of infection. With a Significant Impact we know these actions will have on the lives of our residents. We believe these actions are necessary to protect the wellbeing of our community during one of the most a historic Public Health challenges of our time in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Heading over is how face also san jose airport has confirmed that a 4th tsa agents that worked at the airport as tested positive for covid 19 the agent last worked on march 7th, where that person was assigned to secure doors for airport employees. The agent tested positive for the virus on march 12th and the city of san jose has also confirmed 2 more firefighters have tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number there to 6. And now more than 5 dozen other firefighters who may have been exposed to the virus are being monitored by Health Officials the Fire Department says it has been able to successfully backfill all temporarily vacant positions and expects to maintain normal resource levels. 2 fire stations and the Fire Training center have undergone deep cleaning the departments as individuals who were exposed have already been contacted and another firefighter, this one in the east bay has also been diagnosed with coronavirus at First Responders currently under quarantine well have much more on this in a live report coming up on kron 4 news at 9 to from its worst day in 30 years with a rally that sent the dow nearly 2000 points higher that rally capped a dizzying week though on wall street wild swings all week driven largely by the coronavirus pandemic todays games where the dow saw its biggest point gain ever. Was fueled by a late day surge while the president was speaking about the National Emergency, however despite the ground made up today. Markets still ended the week with its second worst weekly loss in the past 10 years across the country large gatherings and social events are being canceled over coronavirus concerns and that includes the Boston Marathon and the annual spring ways will now take place in september the Boston Athletic Association made the announcement today saying the decision to postpone. Was made after talking to city and state leaders about the best ways to curb the spread of the coronavirus our coverage of coronavirus continues on our website kron 4 dot com there youll find the latest on outbreaks in the bay area and interactive map and information on ways to stay safe. You can find all this and more just go to the coronavirus tab on our website kron 4 dot com. 4 zone forecast with a live look outside showing you the embarcadero in the city can rain is on the way lawrence is here with the details on tplester giddy up in my Office Friday or the rain callan but both i have to look good tonight and we could to feel good over the weekend to its going to be chilly in spots is no getting around that big change in the temperature but its going to be so nice to see that rain come back and were seeing it on the way now so far just some light showers but whats more important is the core low is going linger off the coastline right now though the fog kind of hugging the coast and pushing on shore a little weak getting developing even little drizzle out there along the coastline with this front is going to drop in its already start to bring some rain for Northern California start to see some snow beginning to pop up to this a much colder system. Thats coming in for the weekend. So this really going to drop the temperatures winds been within along the coastline for part of the day and were continue to see some blustery winds out there to 25 miles per byron 23. In fairfield you see kind of a southerly component to some of those winds outside as he gets ready for that low to approach the coastline. And well see some blustery winds from time to time as the system drops on in here comes that lows going to stay a part off the coastline and because of that were going to see wave after wave of moisture moving on shore throughout the weekend. And probably in the beginning of this next week well see those showers outside it will time now for a little bit overnight tonight you see about 2 oclock in the morning, the rain begins to pick up just some showers and then the main front comes on shore and you can see not a huge system but weve got more to come that low Pressure Center sits off the spends of rain all saturday afternoon continue to see more showers on sunday and even some snow over the mountain tops oak certainly were going to see some much needed rain on the way and the totals are going start to add up, i think between out about tuesday. Were talking about an inch maybe an inch and a half across parts of the urban areas and over the mountain top starts the little red they some places over 2 inches of rain. They are still ahead a data just saying to the new normal how americans across the country. 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In response to the virus there are more San Francisco museums, closing their doors to prevent large gatherings, the asian art museum, the San Francisco museum of modern art and the fine arts museums of San Francisco which include the the young and the legion of honor have decided to close their doors to the public starting tomorrow and they will remain closed until at least march 27 all s a t testing conquered have been canceled because of coronavirus mount diablo Unified School District is canceled. All Extracurricular Activities held on all district campuses and were told registered test takers should refer to the College Board for further instruction. For news an unusual sight for a popular Tourist Destination some normally crowded peaks will be people free and coronavirus is not the only virus said should be on your mind theres an alarming rate of flu fatalities among children and after the break today was the last day of class for thousands of students in the thousands of students in the east bay house School District did you know that febreze air effects uses 100 natural propellant . Cheaper aerosols use artificial propellants. Thats why febreze works differently. Plus, it eliminates odors with a waterbased formula and no dyes. For freshness youll enjoy. For a nasty cold, take dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. Whoa and vaporize it with an intense rush of vicks vapors. Ahhhhhhhhhh dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. The daytime, coughing, stuffy head, vaporize your cold, medicine. Geico is the easy choice. We could even help you with homeowners. Oh not again oh, thanks you know automated lights are just the beginning. Pretty soon theyre gonna have eyes. Everywhere. Well goodnight. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. The list of School Shutdowns around the bay area continues to grow the oakland Unified School District announcing that it is closing its campuses starting today because of covid 90 today, School Officials said it was a cautionary measure to try to keep students and faculty safe kron fours haaziq has the story as the mayor. As usd graduate as usd parent, this is the right thing to do out of an abundance of caution to the wake of growing concern regarding call that 19 the oakland Unified School District. Is closing schools to students started friday march 13th at we have an opportunity to prevent human suffering. That is what were doing today the School District superintendent explains how the decision was reached and balancing the need to protect the health and safety of employees and students and also balancing the need of knowing how many students we have over 1000 students in oakland, that are and we have 77 of our students are low income they depend on schools to provide food and seen the daily changes in terms of this pandemic all of those things collectively led to the usd parent and teacher katie givlic says the district made the right move i know and my sons high school he just a school. I think and the there was pushing for and the district to close because. It just doesnt raise all those schools will be closed the district will still provide grab and go beals to any child under the age of 18 on mondays and thursdays from 08 00am to 12 00pm at selected school site said northwest west central and east oakland, the oakland Unified School District will be closed for the next 2 weeks and remained closed the following week for spring break. Officials are hoping to resume classes on monday april 6 haaziq kron 4 today was also last day of class for dozens of schools and Contra Costa County the mount diablo Unified School District one of the largest in the state. Is closed starting next week because of coronavirus as of noon all classes in the west contra costa Unified School District are canceled for at least 3 weeks. Students will still be expected to continue their Education Online through the end of the month. Both the antioch and pittsburg unified School Districts are canceling classes as well in a letter to families to pittsburg Unified School District superintendent says quote the time frame maybe longer than 2 weeks and we may move spring break to accommodate this the antioch Unified School District superintendent reach out to as well saying schoolers resumed following spring break on march 30th, however we ask that families have a contingency plan for the week of march 30th should it be necessary to keep schools closed and we are keeping track of all bay area School District closures for that complete list just head to our website at kron 4 dot com. The city of oakland has announced other closures as well based on the recent guidelines for Mass Gatherings from the Alameda County Public Health department starting on monday in oakland all Public Libraries all recreation centers, all Senior Centers and all head start and Early Head Start program size will be closed. This will last until further notice Oakland Police fire and other emergency Public Safety services however will not be effect. In world news apple stores at the epicenter of the virus are all back open business sign of good news. The company confirmed all 42 of its stores in china have reopen those Locations Closed at the beginning of february out of an abundance of caution germany is promising unlimited cash to german businesses to try to combat the economic effect of coronavirus both germanys finance minister and economy minister said today they will do everything in their power to keep businesses afloat as a first step to their German Government is providing the equivalent of about 557 million in credit lines to german companies. The finance minister says germany may need to take on more debt to pay for European Union commission moussa major stimulus package to support sectors affected by coronavirus the president of the eu said today the union will offer Member States quote. Maximum flexibility to boost spending and subsidies in order to help fight coronavirus 37 billion eur or about billion. Well support the health care and labor sectors as well as small and Medium Enterprises affected by the pandemic local and mayoral elections in the United Kingdom have been delayed for at least a year. This initiative is part of an escalated response to delay the spread of coronavirus in that country. A spokesperson said the cabinet will bring forward legislation to facilitate the postponement adding that the cabinet will work with the devolved administrations to ensure that they have the necessary powers to do the same and in paris starting today the iconic eiffel tower is closed the landmarks official twitter page sent out the announcement saying the shutdown will last for an indefinite period of time. This of course coming after the french government announced a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people and called for schools to be closed all across that country. Customers who free purchase tickets will be reimbursed and theres s climbers hoping to summit Mount Everest this spring will have to suspend their expeditions, nepal and china have closed both sides of the mountain climbers over fears of coronavirus spreading the paul is also closing its other 400 some peeks to spring expedition our coronavirus coverage continues at kron 4 dot com there you can find a link to the interactive map tracking the cases around the world, a special report on how to stay safe from the outbreak and the timeline of events from the initial report of the virus up until today you can find it all in our coronavirus section under the news tab at kron 4 dot com. New and troubling details about the flu season. The cdc says theres been an alarming spike in deaths since reporting began 15 years ago, a 144 children have reportedly died this season, including 8 pediatric deaths, it is some are just number of child deaths in that span other than the h one n one pandemic in 2009. Hospitalization among pediatric patients is also higher than usual this year. The cdc estimates of flu will kill 22,000 of the 36 Million People it infects in the United States before the season ends. All right, lets take another look outside with a live view of the Golden Gate Bridge traffic picking up people want to come into the city and maybe. Not do so much social distancing together in very small crafts rights lawrence is here with details on our weekend weather. Yeah, boy here we are looking at the last week a winter. And finally winters coming back and i think it may last well into spring were going to see a wet weather pattern may be till the end of this month, so thats some great news ahead after the clouds already rolling in most is just low clouds outside but theres that storm system up to our north already barred start to bring some lightning strikes in the far Northern California now its not a huge storm and thats not the case with this its just not going to be a cold front thats going bring you the rain its going to be all the bands of moisture that are rotating around the system afterward as it develops even further and set off the coastline is going to keep things a very wet very cold fact here we go weve got this low reaching down into the bay area overnight tonight tomorrow afternoon you see the rain moving to the bay area the snow making its way across the mountain tops to the core low just friends off the coastline bringing more rain on sunday more rain on monday possibly lingering shower into tuesday and more snow you can see that up in the Sierra Nevada that had all the way down los angeles but were not done there behind that weve got maybe a more impressive system may be a weather system as we get toward the end of this next week this will be the second day of your spring bringing rain late on friday into saturday keep things pretty wet into the weekend too and you can already see the next one developing well to the north another cold system dropping in from the gulf of alaska, so these cold storms dont hold a ton of rain but if we keep things going here. They will catch up on some totals pretty quick. If you plan ahead of the high Sierra Nevada watch out if youre going up there we do have winter storm warnings going up in that direction we havent seen anything like this in quite some time theyre looking at maybe 4 maybe 5 feet of snow across higher peaks between now and monday maybe even more on tuesday and possibly wednesday as well so bring your change of you headed up the snow dropping all the way down to about a 2500 feet so even a dusting of snow possible right here in the bay area that looking at some a cold rain for the bay area tomorrow its going to start overnight tonight showers continuing on sunday were going to see couple sunny breaks in between the storms to roll through but keeping on settled a wet to monday and tuesday just a slight chance on wednesday spring begins on thursday, the back to more winter like rain on friday. Thank you still ahead a day the number of movie theaters across the nation heeding warnings from Health Experts about social distancing you can still watch popular releases but in smaller settings washing your hands often is a good way to maintain your house, but we have some other simple measures to try to keep you safe and after the break some see excursion suspensions teammates help each other find a way to win, just like covered california helps you find Health Insurance you can afford. Theyre the only place you can get Financial Assistance to help pay for Health Coverage. Plus, this year, the state is providing more help than ever before. And because a new law requires californians to have Health Coverage or pay a penalty, covered california has made it easier to get financial help, but you gotta sign up by april 30th. Visit coveredca. Com or call to enroll today. Suspending all cruises out of the United States for the next 30 days that says officials are recommending that people should not take such cruise ships because of the coronavirus the company says International Cruises will continue to operate and ships which are already at sea will finish their itineraries the cruise line industry of course taking a financial hit says the coronavirus outbreak back in january. Carnivals Princess Cruises announced yesterday that it would be suspending all voyages for 60 days cmc theater says its cutting its audience capacity in half. It will do so by capping ticket sales and 50 or no more than 250 people at its larger theaters and she says the reduction will run from this saturday through april 30 us Health Officials recommend socialdistancing as a way to try to curb the spread of coronavirus the company also says it will enhance its cleaning at its settlements. 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Usaa as coronavirus continues to spread so does fear and misinformation and many Health Experts find themselves battling myth as well as the disease in the slaughter Kristie Lu Stout sorts through it all. To separate fear from fact they sat down to Infectious Disease experts in hong the coronavirus is manmade if you look at the virus itself you look at the follow genetic tree. We find that basically the virus. Pops very nicely. In between the best kind of artists and the sauce one of ours is so we believe that this is actually a Natural Evolution ys all of this noble front of our says. So didnt come from a lot in china this wasnt unlikely. Break again, there has been a miss information prompting this open letter by scientists in the lancet conspiracy theories do nothing but create rumors and prejudice that jeopardize our global collaboration in the fight against this my pets can give me the virus because we know. That a pet here in hong kong has tested positive for the new coronavirus the pet has of the east in quarantine its very unlikely more likely that dog has being environmentally contaminated even though is contaminated you wont get a very high farlow and the very unlike the debt you can actually be. Transmitted from the pets 2 is very unlikely that this is a big one and wearing a mask will not protect me from the virus because you have the us Surgeon General telling people you dont need to buy a mask is not effective is it. If you look at the in hong kong wearing moss is probably the most important thing in terms of Infection Control well in not only bring down you know the cases of coronavirus it also bring down the infant so in fact this is now the influenza season. And we hardly seen any influenza cases and that is because the moss actually protect not only against all of our sins but also against influenza viruses as well. The coronavirus is less deadly than the flu. How do they compare if you look at dolls and cases being reported by because joe nation in new engine and thats it basically done what has or is around 1. 4 . Well probably even going to go nowhere is that moment and getting bigger. Its to send about one percent for instance, a is on one percent even though the panel was seasons you all so as to 10 times small it that to be compared to infants. Virus will go away heard that from many donald trump, yes is asked to be believed speculative right. I see people partly say that because sars kind of want to weigh in april may. But when its warm here is going to be cold somewhere else weve got a Southern Hemisphere to in sauces only effect of the few countries. But this time this is really a pandemic scale so basically he can come back, especially in some have said and then alternate with the northern hemisphere. A lot of good information there short of total isolation, good hygiene remains the most effective way to mitigate the spread of illness as for experts recommend washing your hands often with soap and water scrubbing for a minimum of 20 seconds before rinsing them off. You should also avoid touching your face youve heard this before properly disinfecting your home and car is another way to combat the spread of illness high traffic areas like kitchen counters tables light switches bathrooms door knobs should all be regularly cleaned. Use alcohol wipes to clean phones tablets remote controls and be sure to clean the entire surface front and back un experts have said respirator mast again not helpful for Healthy People trying to avoid illness only people who are already sick or those who are caring for someone who is sick. They should wear those masks. Time now when the nba said season would be put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic one of the questions that emerged is how would a rina employees be compensated for those last events tonight the warriors delivering in an incredible way someone else that ownership players and coaches will be donating million to Disaster Relief fund for the thousandplus chase Center Employees who work at each game in a statement, warrior ceo joe lake of said quote well everyone in every businesses impacted those who are fortunate enough to be in a position to help need to help and steph curry added as players we wanted to do something along with our ownership and coaches to help ease the pain during this time. The warriors were scheduled to have 7 games at chase this year, but the league will be on hiatus for at least a month. Also in the nba. What a story involving one of the nbas brightest young star Zion Williamson of the new Orleans Pelicans said that he will cover the salary of workers at the teams arena for the next 30 days in an Instagram Post the 19 yearold rookie said those employees make their games possible. And quote sometimes providing a little actual assistance can make things a little easier for the community. Other players such as john is a 10 to come paul kevin love and Blake Griffin have also donated to their teams arena staff, the San Jose Sharks said theyll pay sep center employs for events canceled through the end of the month. As the coronavirus outbreak continues major sporting events around the world continue to either be canceled or postponed. The masters tournament. The latest added to that list officials at Augusta National made the announcement this morning golfs first major. Happening next month due to concerns surrounding covid 19 and as of now tournament organizers are hoping to hold the event at a later date. The last 2 days 5 tournaments have been shelled and those in the sport understand the severity of the circumstances. A lot bigger than sports engulfed. So did to have some tournaments canceled or postponed. It sort of is i mean theres theres a lot of other things and us and golf. Its its a healthy in a good place. Elsewhere in the sports world, the nfl draft is still scheduled for late april in las vegas for the league is placing restrictions on the work leading up to the draft. According to reports teams are prohibited from in person predraft visits with prospects, instead communication must take place by phone or Video Conference and the number of conversations will be reported to the League Office there also the limitations on how many times the team can talk with the player and for how long and the collegiate ranks earlier this week the nc double amy landmark decision to cancel all of its spring sports which include baseball golf lacrosse softball and mens volleyball, but the governing body is exploring eligibility relief options that would grant those impacted athletes an extra year of eligibility much needs to still be worked out in terms of scholarships, however it is being discussed. Reports say the nc double a is also trying to figure out a solution for those affected by the cancellation of winter championships such as the mens and womens basketball. Tournaments ken pam got look at sports plant. As well amazing yeah i was one of the biggest questions early on in the you know warriors executives were thinking okay will. We need to come up with a solution and credit a lot of the owners as the nba as well have addressed that and lets hope that inspires other Business Owners outside of sports to do the same for their employees who might be in same situation absolutely all adapting right now, thanks mark have to hear that next a day from School Closures to travel restrictions. The coronavirus is significantly altered american lifestyles how a new reality as americans head into the weekend amid School Closures new travel restrictions and professional sports team suspending play as precautions against the corona virus. Multiply so do the concerns about the availability of those tests for the virus karin caifa reports. Americans bracing for a very different kind of weekend sporting events canceled broadway dark disney theme parks closed as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases climbs this is all about mitigating the spread to avoid the situation that we seen and in other countries the District Of Columbia plus oregon, new mexico maryland, michigan and ohio among the first to announce statewide classroom closures. The experts tell us look 2 weeks is too you know another week is to let you got to try to slow this thing down. Early european airports like pariss Charles De Gaulle a scramble to get to the us before new travel restrictions take effect at midnight we. Tried to call the airlines and hours to get a hold of and ultimately there and were able to change our flight to leave this morning. Travel from 26 countries on the continent will be limited to american citizen, some family members and us permanent residents meanwhile, there are escalating concerns and confusion over the availability and speed of testing for the virus the man in a field where and i have chest congestion. And nobody can test us here the first drive through Testing Center on the east coast opened in new rochelle, new york friday, the new york city suburb has a containment zone around a cluster of cases, the department of health and Human Services says their funding to labs developing test that can detect the virus in about an hour in washington, im karin caifa. And that wraps up kron 4 news at 8 and were wiping down the desk because grant lotus and answer coming up next with kron 4 news its just the way the world these days in may thanks pam and ken. Were just minutes away from the president s temporary travel ban going into effect. Thousands of flights from europe will not be allowed to enter the us for 30 days and new at 9. Were hearing from americans overseas who are left scrambling to find flights home plus alameda is placing 8 firefighters in quarantine or actually san jose or is that only after one of their colleagues tested positive for covid 19 coming up well show you that. Gere the remaining First Responders are wearing and the steps they now must take to make sure no one else contracts. Coronavirus and of course we will keep an eye on the houses impending vote on a relief bill for mrs. Walker. Michael vasquez come over here. Ive heard such good things about you, your company. Well, i wouldnt have done any of it without you. Without this place. This is for you. Michael, you didnt have to. And, were going to need some help with the rest. Youve worked so hard to achieve so much. Perhaps its time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. Now at 9 flights from europe are banned from entering the United States good evening, everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus the president s european travel ban aimed at. Curbing the coronavirus pandemic goes into effect here at 9 oclock our time kron fours also the money and is here now to explain what the new restrictions me what can you tell us well for one thing sfo which you see right behind me is going to be a lot less busy. Before the next few considering the next 30 days most fights from 26 differ