To begin with. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Im Justine Waldman and we are tracking the coronavirus outbreak in the bay area and the future of the grand princess cruise ship. That is circling off the california coast. We have Team Coverage tonight kron fours dan store and talked with cruise ship officials about the passengers on board and when and where they could possibly doc. But first kron fours gayle ong has the latest on the new cases just reported today in the bay area gales. 3 women and 3 men are the newest coronavirus cases in San Francisco. Each of them hadnt known contact with the person with the virus and with the situation changing so rapidly City Health Officials expect more confirmed cases. The San Francisco department of Public Health says there are now 6 patients in the city who tested positive for coronavirus this is a indication of increasing circulation of this Novel Coronavirus Deputy Health officer doctor Susan Phillips as the new was cases in the city
Coming to the port of oakland within the next 24 hours going to the old port of america site saying that that is that that is the safest place for the ship to be off loading passengers. We want to get the very latest now from kron fours dan thorn. He is live for us after talking with cruise ship executives who also get some information on how the virus may have gotten on board that ship in the first place he is live now for us in San Francisco. Justine weve reached out to cruise ship executives tonight to see if they would also confirm this information we havent heard back from them. But as you mentioned this on this in the grand princess will be going to the port of oakland here in the bay area and then some of those people will be getting quarantine at either local medical centers here or on as weve heard through a congressman in texas Joaquin Castro at Lackland Air Force base and were still working to confirm a lot of information but as you mentioned crews executives on did mention
Month new cases of the virus have been reported there but theyre doing this out of an abundance of caution if you go to ohio state in the midwest fairly big state the governor there says the one percent of the population has the virus if that is the case thats around 117000 people with this and if you look at the number of positive tests just 5 if you come closer to maryland there the governor has again declared a state of emergency he said that there will be no schools for the next 2 weeks lot of american schools will be looking at spring break but for the next 2 weeks no one will be in class and hes called up the National Guard what theyre going to do not entirely sure but clearly this is a fluid situation. And the top u. S. Official who deals with Infectious Diseases says the government is failing to account for what could be thousands of infections because of ongoing problems but testing anthony made the comments to members of congress the system does not is not really geared to wh
Morning was talking about the time change is evident here the shot of u c berkeley, all lit up at this hour there. Some leftover cloud cover with us but we did have a nice clear patch going on to overnight that allow temperatures to tumble. Heres the shot from the golden gate look at that. Not much the way of winds either thats another factor, mild temperatures to fall. But like a clear patch were getting right now to get too used to it though well see the clouds reassemble couple sprinkles down to the Santa Cruz Mountains maybe a little bit and in Mount Hamilton as we speak elsewhere not much going on upstream again the cloud cover will gather here very shortly were going go back to mostly cloudy mode. Also we have some ground fog a little bit in some of the outlining areas that will also mix out most focused and the south bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains as i mentioned look at this. Temperatures really felt there in the north bay again drier air kind of snuck in clear skies not much
Home sm listing. The face of fraud Ellen Degeneres and Sandra Bullock crackdown piggybacking off of their fame. Its thursday and early today starts right now good to be with you this morning. Im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena. Were tracking an early winterlike blast that is bringing sleet and snow to the northeast today. The midwest has already been feeling the impact of this system some areas in minnesota were blanketed in about half a foot of snow and they are now waking up to temperatures well below freezing despite the deep freeze, the Iowa State University marching band was out there facing the elements for their practice. Temperatures were as low as 16 degrees there overnight. The storm has led to dangerous conditions for commuters in wisconsin the state patrol there reported at least a 38yearold man was killed when Officials Say he lost control of his car and hit a truck on the side of the road. Michele grossman who is track ing it all for us. Michele, what more can we expec