Hundreds of covid19 patients. A to go when it comes to testing for covid19. The governor says the state is working now to speed up the testing process. All of this comes as no testing sites are opening around the bay area. Cristina rendon own joins us with more on that story. Reporter oakland and San Francisco each opened testing sites today with a focus on frontline workers. Both cities say we need to take care of the people who take care of us. I apologize for the technical errors here but we can tell you that in oakland today, a drive through testing site opened at the Kaiser Convention Center parking lot on 10th st. And that is only for frontline workers. People who are in direct care jobs, so we are talking about those who work in healthcare, people who work at homeless shelters, and people who work in the food service industry. Again, that is by appointment only and you have to have insurance and it is not open to the public. Here is more from what we learned today. The city of o
Deaths meanwhile california cases are doubling every 3 to 4 days the virus not showing any signs yet of slowing down. John lawrence has the very latest. The covid 19 pandemic is growing exponentially we see cases doubling every 3 to 4 days for 4 consecutive days this week the us had its deadliest day of reported deaths due to the virus mrs. Day 5 of corn gene in day 5 of widow hood for me. And were clicking off one day at a time and now the United States is the epicenter of the disease with the most cases in the world youve got to hunker down nail down mitigate mitigate mitigate. Get the people taken care of thats what you got to concentrate on you have to go with the data vaccine trials are underway and the shutdowns and restrictions across the country remain in place to slow the spread of the disease. But no state has seen a decrease in cases which means the us probably has yet to hit the peak. I want to be clear the worst days are still ahead despite the uncertainty of what lies ahe
Morning on mornings on 2. Our inside brown paper bags allowing viruses to die and social distancing version of mornings on 2. And, steve, im then one week later, reusing wondering, we had some them. Reporter new protocols beautiful sunshine. We also had a little rain and hail. Require extra medical what do we have in store for protection and deep disinfecting. Today . Much quiet her today. 911 calls are now screened so no doubt about it. Oh, that was a real freeze paramedics and First Responders stay safe. Shot. Were all working together Steve Paulson will tell you more about the weather and have so we can adjust as soon as the temperatures and whether possible. Well see some rain today. Reporter soon, half of the well get back to steve as soon Emergency Department will be a as we can. Time is now 4 01. Covid19 evaluation area allowing patients to process in meantime, happening today in more quickly and keep emergency washington, the house is due to workers on the go. Vote on the 2 tri
Frost advisory. Yesterday condo down. Might be marginal. Some areas you can find critical minimums. Its cold enough. A hint of a breeze. More so today than yesterday. You see more 40s but a lot of 30s. Coldest in santa clara. This will give us cloud cover and drain as it moves in. Temperatures bumping up. Below average. 7 01 am. We start in washington. The house is set to vote on a 2 trillion 7 01 am. We start in washington. The house is set to vote on a 2 trillion coronavirus rescue package. House speaker says she expects to pass legislation passed unanimously in the senate. It will provide business loans. It will provide 500 billion for large companies. It gives money to the Healthcare System. It sends direct payments of 1200 a people earning up to 75,000 a year. Speaker nancy pelosi says another package may be needed to help the country recover from the coronavirus. Why do we need another . We need it because the Health Workers work in the settings needed. We need it because of fami
Social distancing requirement seriously, you are putting lives at stake. San Francisco Mayor closing playgrounds and threatening to close the city parks. Good evening everyone. I am heather holmes. I am frank somerville. Governor gavin newsom closed flutes keep people from gathering. In washington the senate failed for a second time to advance a 1. 8 trillion economic rescue bill. And that prompts House Democrats to come up with a version of their own. President trump said fema is sending medical equipment, 8 million n95 masks to hard hit states. The Coronavirus Task force says commercial labs testing for the virus. The president announced a delay for real i. D. S. The president today called for all americans to protect Asian Americans saying they are not responsible for spreading the disease and in california the negative of positive coronavirus cases jumped to more than 2,000, half of those are here in the bay area. Now the governor is calling for more hospital beds to handle the sur