Take care of. Its crippling for a lot of people. The owner omp the nail sannon says she is ready to make saferty adjustments, including adding plexiglas to separate our worker from the clients. The state has not provided any guidance. You couldnt think its hard for people to find a very indefend job. They are struggling to find con stra tact tracers. They need 1,000 and on have 50. Scott budman tells us why. The search is on in santa cla clara for contact tracers. Lots of them. We are looking to build a work force of 1,000 people. So far, the numbers are not adding up. County Officials Say they are having trouble finding people willing to track down those who have been exposed to the virus. They admit, its not an easy job. They will call and provide information about how to isolate safely at home. Contract tracing is hugely important as we move away from shelter in place. Reporter ucf doctor George Rutherford says this is a job much better suited than technology because it requires a h
Back in business. The bay area counties where hair salons and barbershops can reopen, and the new rules they must follow. But first, nearly 40 cases linked to a south bay business. The coronavirus outbreak at a fish packing plant. Good evening. And thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. Im jessica aguirre. Santa clara county Health Officers is confirming some 40 cases have been traced to a morgan hill fish Packing Company that distributes seafood to restaurants. Tomorrow employees will be tested, but tonight the girlfriend of one of the infected workers is talking about her fear. It could impact a lot of people here. Heres nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. They should shut down their company, test everybody. Reporter frustration from a young mother who doesnt want to share her identity. She says tonight that her boyfriend, who is a truck driver for morgan hills supplier for fish, recently tested positive for covid19. He had no symptoms. He was out in the public, was always told that he woul
Its distancing. Its social distancing. Thats good way of putting it. Its far off the coast on a high def doppler. You can see it towards monterey. So what i want to do is take live radar and we will switch this to the futurecast and show you how those showers sitting off the coast are going to get pulled up mainly into the south bay today. So a closer look right there getting us into the afternoon. We have a few spotty showers focused on the south bay, which is now Late Afternoon early evening. And you see a trend here. If we sigh rain in the bay it will happen mainly in the south bay. Cant rule out a possibility of a few showers in the north. But mainly to the south. If you want to see how much we will get, its. The lot. We are looking at mayor a quarter of an inch of rain for san jose. But everybody else gets a 10th of an inch of rain if we are lucky. Its not raining now. So if you are stepping out the door, here are the numbers. We range anywhere from the low 40s to about 50. Its 50
San mateo reports 80 cases, 14 more since tuesday. San francisco now has 51 confirmed infections. Napa remains the only county with no reported cases and is taking new measure, though, to stay that way. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony is in napa. Laura, they just issued a stay at home order there. Yes, hi, dan. Thats what theyre calling it. A stay at home order. With that order, they also reveal that theyve tested 40 individuals to date in this county and so far no confirmed cases of covid19 among original or residents who originated here in this county. There are some suspected case, however, and the results of those tests have yet to come back. This is an opportunity to move in the right direction, to flatten the curve. Perhaps more than any other community in the bay area, napa know house to do emergencies. Whether earthquakes or fires, but now theyll experience a new one. One they cant see that will require residents to stay inside. Ive prepared the shelter at home order as a prec
Three residents of a san mateo nursing home have tested positive for coronavirus and have been transferred to the hospital. Iteam reporter dan noyes has this exclusive report. San Mateo County Health confirms to the iteam that it is investigating how the coronavirus infected at least three residents at atria burlingame. The nursing home is closed to visitors and family. The families are freaking out. And also because they cant see their loved ones. They cant see them physically, at all. And we dont know when we will. Both of julie berkes president s are atria residents. Her 103yearold father is in the hospital and just happened to take her 83yearold mother home for dinner sunday. She would like both to be tested for coronavirus, but atria and the county say they wont give tests unless the patient shows symptoms. Im not happy about it, but i dont know what i can do about it. Why would it help you to have your mom tested . So i know she doesnt have it both for her sake and my sake and my