Different for many families tomorrow as dozens of School Districts around the bay area will be closed. Ktvus greg liggins joins us live with how families are getting around the bay area. Reporter tomorrow the school behind me as well as mr. Other schools in alameda will be closed as well as schools in oakland, San Francisco, across the bay area, across california, for that matter. So many parents are trying to figure out what to do about child care and also trying to insure their kids continue to learn while theyre out of school. This weekend the nonprofit Bay Area Tutoring Association has been getting a flood of calls for help. The last few days have been unprecedented and the number of phone calls and emails that we received on our website in terms of how can i support my student or how can i make sure that the academic needs of my student are met the next several weeks has been incredible. Reporter chris norwood, founding director of the association, says many parents are trying to
The president the said he had just received a briefing on coronavirus this afternoon, he said the u. S. Is fully prepared if a larger outbreak does happen here, and as we mentioned, he just named Vice President mike pence to head up a Coronavirus Task force that has been meeting to respond to the potential threat. Weve stopped nonu. S. Citizens from coming into america from china. That was done very early on. Were screening people, and we have been at a very high level. Screening people coming into the country from infected areas. We have quarantined those infected, and those at risk. We have a lot of great quarantine facilities. Were rapidly developing a vaccine. President trump said that he would spend what is appropriate on the virus. Senate democrats are asking for 8. 5 billion to prepare. Thats more than triple the amount that has been requested so far by the white house. There are at least 60 coronavirus cases confirmed here in the u. S. But there are concerns that the virus will
News about the coronavirus. We talked with the cdc today, and they confirm that there is a new case here in Northern California. At this point, theyre not releasing how the person contracted the virus, or where the person is, here in Northern California. They said that he expects that the cdc will release more information tonight or tomorrow. Just over an hour ago, President Trump spoke to the country about the virus, and he named Vice President mike pence to head up the White House Coronavirus task force. The president said that steps taken by the United States are keeping the risk of infection low for americans. Weve stopped nonu. S. Citizens from coming into america from china. That was done very early on. Were screening people, and we have been at a very high level. Screening people coming into the country from infected areas. We have quarantined those infected, and those at risk. There are a now 15 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, involving travel, or close contac
Appear to be lockdowns in a number of italian cities, thats reason enough for not only in this country but certainly in europe for hotels, airline stocks, casinos, and cruise lines to be taking it on the chin here. What is interesting, before i get the read here in the United States, is what has happened to European Airlines like easyjet. That is the discount budget carrier. That is down an excess of 13 . Ryanair, 13 . Deutch lufthansa close to 10 . Air franceklm, about 9 . I could go on but just to i illustrate what is impact here on percentage term is bigger impact there the selloff is revisiting session lows. Right out of the gate we were down close to 1000 points. Right now, the dow underwater for the year with 922 point hit. Deirdre bolton at New York Stock Exchange. Reporter neil, were negative on the dow and awfulally close on s p 500. We need to hit 107 lower to completely wipe out the gains from 2020. Let me tell you some groups. You covered some weighing on these markets. If
This site is currently being secured, fenced, and it is being secured by federal personnel. Governor newsom joined governor libby schaaf and Public Health officials to explain the specific details. Good evening. I am frank somerville. And i am julie haener. They say, the ship is expelook is right now. As you can see, its about 10 to 12 miles off the coast of pacifica, roughly 2 hours from the port of oakland. Officials say, the ship will block at the outer terminal, on the bay bridge side not far from the toll booth. Earlier today, sky fox captured crews getting ready for the arrival, on the 11 acre site for 12 . It has more than 3000 passengers and crew. 21 of them have tested positive, so far, for covid19. Jesse gary will have reaction from people in oakland, but first, we go to greg liggins with more on where the passengers will go they are taken off that ship. Reporter so far, officials have not given us an exact time of when the ship is going to arrive at the port of oakland, but