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that we stay home if we're sick. it's not too late to get the flu shot and prevent symptoms similar to the novel coronavirus. at this time, i'm going to turn it over to our colleague from the airport, mr. ivan sotero, from the san francisco international airport, who will give us an update on what's happening there. >> good afternoon. ivan satoro, san francisco international. although the flight from wuhan was cancelled, all departing flights from wuhan, there was a direct flight to s.f.o., and that was ceased last thursday. we still have a flight to s.f.o. for any lingering folks traveling to the u.s., to s.f.o., in the event they stopped in wuhan, and we are monitoring the state department flight out of wuhan, and our latest information is that flight will arrive to the u.s. v via anchorage, and it will land in ontario. we will have two checks. first for passengers boarding the plane and u.s. -- officials will do a second check upon landing, and then a third health check before taking off and landing in ontario, so we'll notify you of any changes as the flight makes its way to the u.s., and i understand it will be departing sometime tomorrow. thanks. >> the hon. london breed: all right. so that concludes the information that we have at this time. are we going to take a few questions? [inaudible] >> thank you. it's a very good question. we have decided, in consultation with our regional and state partners, in order to not confuse the public, that we would only be reporting confirmed cases. the state will be developing a summary at a state level that you can look at that will have more specificity, and the c.d.c. will also be doing that. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> currently, the risk for acquiring this infection in the united states is very low, and at this time, we're not recommending any special measures, including masks, so it's not necessary. >> the coronavirus is novel. can you go over the symptoms, how people will tell if they have the flu or coronavirus? >> it's novel, so that's why we can't confirm with just the symptoms. it's where people have been. so people that have arrived from wuhan, china. that specific information with their symptoms is how we determine who needs to be evaluated. [inaudible] >> -- where will people be quarantined if they do come up? >> so the san francisco airport is located in san mateo county, so the san francisco airport has arrangements with san mateo health department to evaluate patients. >> did you want to say where they're going to go? people are afraid. >> i'm not sure where they're going to go to. >> so even though the max is not recommende -- mask is not recommended, people are still concerned and not receiving information. can you confirm what type of mask to wear for the coronavirus, because some people feel they have to have a certain type. >> that's a very good question. the question was, is what type of mask, if somebody chooses to do the mask? at this point, we're not recommending that anybody wear any mask. what mask is used when they are recommended differs on the environment. so in the health care environment, they will be doing things a little bit differently. the challenge is that we don't know enough about the virus. we don't know enough about the virus. if we learn more, it will give us more guidance on the level of infection control that's required. >> with an incubation period of roughly 14 days, is there any action to check people who arrived in early flights, considering it takes 14 days for the infect to take hold. >> so when people land from china, they are given instructions in their native language so they know what steps to take next and get connected with their health care provider. >> so no plans from the emergency management system to contact them? >> if they get screened and they get symptoms, they'll get health care. if they don't have symptoms, they'll get instructions on what to do next because people may have symptoms outside of the state of california. [music] >> san francisco city clinic provides a broad range of sexual health services from stephanie tran medical director at san francisco city clinic. we are here to provide easy access to conference of low-cost culturally sensitive sexual health services and to everyone who walks through our door. so we providestd checkups, diagnosis and treatment. we also provide hiv screening we provide hiv treatment for people living with hiv and are uninsured and then we hope them health benefits and rage into conference of primary care. we also provide both pre-nd post exposure prophylactics for hiv prevention we also provide a range of women's reproductive health services including contraception, emergency contraception. sometimes known as plan b. pap smears and [inaudible]. we are was entirely [inaudible]people will come as soon as were open even a little before opening. weight buries a lip it could be the first person here at your in and out within a few minutes. there are some days we do have a pretty considerable weight. in general, people can just walk right in and register with her front desk seen that day. >> my name is yvonne piper on the nurse practitioner here at sf city clinic. he was the first time i came to city clinic was a little intimidated. the first time i got treated for [inaudible]. i walked up to the redline and was greeted with a warm welcome i'm chad redden and anna client of city clinic >> even has had an std clinic since all the way back to 1911. at that time, the clinic was founded to provide std diagnosis treatment for sex workers. there's been a big increase in std rates after the earthquake and the fire a lot of people were homeless and there were more sex work and were homeless sex workers. there were some public health experts who are pretty progressive for their time thought that by providing std diagnosis and treatmentsex workers that we might be able to get a handle on std rates in san francisco. >> when you're at the clinic you're going to wait with whoever else is able to register at the front desk first. after you register your seat in the waiting room and wait to be seen. after you are called you come to the back and meet with a healthcare provider can we determine what kind of testing to do, what samples to collect what medication somebody might need. plus prophylactics is an hiv prevention method highly effective it involves folks taking a daily pill to prevent hiv. recommended both by the cdc, center for disease control and prevention, as well as fight sf dph, two individuals clients were elevated risk for hiv. >> i actually was in the project here when i first started here it was in trials. i'm currently on prep. i do prep through city clinic. you know i get my tests read here regularly and i highly recommend prep >> a lot of patients inclined to think that there's no way they could afford to pay for prep. we really encourage people to come in and talk to one of our prep navigators. we find that we can help almost everyone find a way to access prep so it's affordable for them. >> if you times we do have opponents would be on thursday morning. we have two different clinics going on at that time. when is women's health services. people can make an appointment either by calling them a dropping in or emailing us for that. we also have an hiv care clinic that happens on that morning as well also by appointment only. he was city clinic has been like home to me. i been coming here since 2011. my name iskim troy, client of city clinic. when i first learned i was hiv positive i do not know what it was. i felt my life would be just ending there but all the support they gave me and all the information i need to know was very helpful. so i [inaudible] hiv care with their health >> about a quarter of our patients are women. the rest, 75% are men and about half of the men who come here are gay men or other men who have sex with men. a small percent about 1% of our clients, identify as transgender. >> we ask at the front for $25 fee for services but we don't turn anyone away for funds. we also work with outside it's going out so any amount people can pay we will be happy to accept. >> i get casted for a pap smear and i also informed the contraceptive method. accessibility to the clinic was very easy. you can just walk in and talk to a registration staff. i feel i'm taken care of and i'm been supportive. >> all the information were collecting here is kept confidential. so this means we can't release your information without your explicit permission get a lot of folks are concerned especially come to a sexual health clinic unless you have signed a document that told us exactly who can receive your information, we can give it to anybody outside of our clinic. >> trance men and women face really significant levels of discrimination and stigma in their daily lives. and in healthcare. hiv and std rates in san francisco are particularly and strikingly high were trans women. so we really try to make city clinic a place that strands-friendly trance competent and trans-welcoming >> everyone from the front desk to behind our amazement there are completely knowledgeable. they are friendly good for me being a sex worker, i've gone through a lot of difficult different different medical practice and sometimes they weren't competent and were not friendly good they kind of made me feel like they slapped me on the hands but living the sex life that i do. i have been coming here for seven years. when i come here i know they my services are going to be met. to be confidential but i don't have to worry about anyone looking at me or making me feel less >> a visit with a clinician come take anywhere from 10 minutes if you have a straightforward concern, to over an hour if something goes on that needs a little bit more help. we have some testing with you on site. so all of our samples we collect here. including blood draws. we sent to the lab from here so people will need to go elsewhere to get their specimens collect. then we have a few test we do run on site. so those would be pregnancy test, hiv rapid test, and hepatitis b rapid test. people get those results the same day of their visit. >> i think it's important for transgender, gender neutral people to understand this is the most confidence, the most comfortable and the most knowledgeable place that you can come to. >> on-site we have condoms as well as depo-provera which is also known as [inaudible] shot. we can prescribe other forms of contraception. pills, a patch and rain. we provide pap smears to women who are uninsured in san francisco residents or, to women who are enrolled in a state-funded program called family pack. pap smears are the recommendation-recommended screening test for monitoring for early signs of cervical cancer. we do have a fair amount of our own stuff the day of his we can try to get answers for folks while they are here. whenever we have that as an option we like to do that obviously to get some diagnosed and treated on the same day as we can. >> in terms of how many people were able to see in a day, we say roughly 100 people.if people are very brief and straightforward visits, we can sternly see 100, maybe a little more. we might be understaffed that they would have a little complicated visits we might not see as many folks. so if we reach our target number of 100 patients early in the day we may close our doors early for droppings. to my best advice to be senior is get here early.we do have a website but it's sf city clinic.working there's a wealth of information on the website but our hours and our location. as well as a kind of kind of information about stds, hiv,there's a lot of information for providers on our list as well. >> patients are always welcome to call the clinic for there's a lot of information for providers on our list as well. >> patients are always welcome to call the clinic for 15, 40 75500. the phones answered during hours for clients to questions. >> >> >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [♪] [speaking foreign language] [♪] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [♪] [♪] >> good evening. welcome to the february 5, 2020 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. president ann lazarus will be the presiding officer, vice president honda, commissioners tanner and santacana. at the controls this is the board legal process clerk, and the board's intern. i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will also be joined by represents from the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. scott sanchez, deputy administrator, representing the planning department. joseph duffy,

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