You desperately need to keep your economy going. This is not a moment for excuses we are ins or the middle of a pandemic that has cost us more than 85,000 lives off today billions of people. Millions of people, millions of jobs. We are in a position where we got new Unemployment Insurance numbers. Thismillion claims since crisis began, and almost 3 million new claims the last week. The Unemployment Rate is nearing 50 , the highest it has been since the great depression. But i need not tell you all that. It is the least welloff that have been hit the hardest. 40 of households making 40,000 or less experienced job loss, just in march. We are going to have to work harder and smarter than ever before to pull ourselves out of this economic tailspin. But i know what all of you know, that the only way out of this is by following the science, listening to the experts, talking and taking responsible precautions that are going to help us reopen the economy. As quickly as possible. As we do, ther
States interest in interesting lee enough weve learned has officially surpassed china in the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and the u. S. Has agreed to accept medical aid from russia. Now. To how greed may have killed the u. S. A supply of ventilators when americans needed the most our government chose to outsource the manufacturing of as many as 70000 ventilators that we would need right now they did this with a company that was called newport medical now newport medical is a very Small Company all Things Considered but it was perfect because they could mass produce the ventilators which are essentially breathing machines that keep virus patients alive when they cant breathe for themselves and they could do that produce these machines these ventilators at a reasonable price only 3000. 00 thats not a lot of money but along comes another Larger Company this company is called in committee in so committee it is a 26000000000. 00 company multimillion Dollar Company under a
Scene that weve been witnessing all over the bay area all week long. Good evening, thanks for joining us on kron 4 news at 8 im ken way and i pale more the reason behind the governors order is to help practice social distancing it is something that we are doing right here at kron 4 to do our part to prevent the spread of coronavirus and we encourage all of you to do the same. Worldwide there are more than 242,000 confirmed coronavirus cases more than 9800 people have died as a result. Here in the us are there more than 13,000 cases and a 176 deaths in california there are 952 confirmed cases with 18 deaths but earlier today. Governor newsome predicted more than half of california will contract coronavirus over an 8 week period. And that concern is what led the governors and to his announcement a grant lodes is here now is what governor had to say for all means the rest of the state now is going to be doing starting midnight tonight. What most of the bay area has been doing since midnig
Here in the studio. Alameda county has confirmed its first death related to the Coronavirus Health Officials Say the person had no known travel nor known contact with someone else with a confirmed case of the virus officials are releasing limited information about that patient only to say that they were elderly with Underlying Health condition. Santa clara county is also reporting 3 new deaths from covid 19 that brings the total there to 13 deaths right now almost 70 of those who have died in the county of bin men confirmed cases across the bay area are climbing there are now more than 840 total. Santa clara county remains a hot spot with 321 cases and 13 coronavirus related deaths, San Mateo County has the second most cases, a 142 1 death. San francisco county has a 131 cases Contra Costa County has 71 cases plus a death. Alameda county has a 112 cases and one dance death rather moran, Solano Sonoma and napa counties comprised the other 97 cases and one additional death Governor Newso
Theres one at the dumbarton assistance line. Many calls are from people who bridge westbound at the high rise with an ambulance are homeless. Where do i find washing stations, showers, bathrooms . Dispatched. Theres also been southbound today, where do i find a place 880 at the warm springs off to charge my cell phone . Ramp. Pedestrian hit there. And also serious crash. The libraries are closed. We had a couple of earlier quiet on the streets. Crashes where people are that creates less activity. Driving too fast, flipped over but we still have to employee their cars. Dont drive too fast out there. This is whats happening. Accidents tend to be more sensing 911 services and respond to priority one calls. Serious when the roads are wide inmate bookings at jails are down. Police add that theyre making open like this. 7 01. Back to the desk. Thank you. An effort to keep the the bay area now has more coronavirus from entering and spreading through the jails. Than 400 confirmed coronavirus c