Has ordered people to wear face masks in public if they cannot social distance. One of the big focuses right now is on Contact Tracing, trying to identify who may have come in contact with an infected person. Abc7 News Reporter kris reyes is live in San Francisco with this important part of the investigation and how it can help reduce infections. Chris . Good afternoon, liz. For people who are hearing this term for the first time, it simply means the ability of Public Health officials to track down every Single Person that a covid19 positive patient came into contact with. And you can imagine as cases have grown how complicated this task is. Well, today mayor london breed announced the citys ability to do widespread Contact Tracing investigations and how it will help reopen the economy. Have a listen. Our goal is to chase down all of those people and to either help them if they are covid and get them into quarantine, or to basically give them the relief that they are not infeblged. It
Joining us, im dan ashley. Im kristin swee. Begin withd give it it. Inan rosa,milk, bags gorin Alameda County, volunteers stood by as people drove up in cars and waited for boxes of food. In san jose the National Guard was called in to load boxes and use heavy equipment to transport supplies. Everyone pitching in. You can see in this video from sky 7 the line of cars waiting for that food. A parking lot nearby was filled with motorists waiting for turn. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen has the story. Reporter at st. Martin of tours, the demand for help visible from sky 7 is simply jarring. Its really hard to see the diversity of the people coming through. Rter residt nelton has been volunteering at this Food Distribution site. Families coming through with small children, cars coming through with multiple families in one vehicle. Then you see the people who are new, theyre uncertain, not sure of the process. Reporter many of whom have nowhere else to turn. Catholic charities has enough