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The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating tonight with more on the peninsula, a skilled than 164,000 cases in the united nursing facility considered at risk of coronavirus cases faces states and more than 3,000 deaths. A testing shortage. In california, the number of the iteam learned that pacifica cases spiked today by about 1,500. Nursing and rehab center had at hosp he number of least 13 cases and one presumed dead. It is under clear if Health Care Workers exposed to apparents ntsi car nearl were able to get tested. Ip extended until they said access to testing is the biggest concern. They are our vulnerable s to may 1st as officials try on stem and pandemic and flatten the tests, not just today but curve. Because of what weve done i ongoing. Reporter the abc7 news iteam dacted facility. Distancing, it has saved lives. Staff wouldnt confirm cases but reporter fearing worst, Governor Newsom is looking to said when they learned about the and fanld Health Care Work force threat, they put plans and by tens of thousands of employees. He put out this call to help. Protocols into place and took precautions to fight the spread. If youre a Nursing School more than 1,000 covid19 si. Student, a medical school student, we need you. If youve just retired in the whats those at uc berkeley say last few years, we need you. The robotics lab should be able the number of cases in the to do by next week. Bay area shot past 2,000 j. R. Stone is in the news room confirmed today. Santa clara county saw its cases with details. Spiked by over 200 and now has reporter i put the question out there and asked viewers on 848 cases. It reported three new deaths for my facebook page, how long they a total of 28. Marin county saw its deaths jump from one to four bringing the waited. Some said 10 to 15 days, bay areas total tonight to 56. Something they call frustrating. To our north, mendocino the doctor said it was two to county is reporting four total three days. On the 15th, i thought i would cases. Were trackinging the bay have results back. I had nothing. My first test was on the 11th. Area through a bell curve. You can see where we are. The curve was fairly flat at the i did not get results until the 28th. Beginning of the month. She waited more than two last week we saw it really start weeks to find pout she didnt to take shape with a surge in have covid19. She did have another form of cases. It is obviously getting steamer and the verb youll were coronavirus called hku 1. Looking to is the line to start but was told, that one is not to flatten out which would mean the spread of the virus is the deadly one. Still, having to wait so long spreading out. To find out if youre infected the flattening we hear about. Thats what officials are and to be so isolated. Talking about. Now to a monumental call to but changes in parts of the action from Governor Newsom. Bay area could be coming very soon. Uc berkly analyzing covid19 hes requesting eligible medical students and recently tests from the Student Health retired medical workers join the center in their robotic Testing Health core. Health professionals, california needs you. That message hard to miss on the lab. We know we have the capacity new health core website. For about a thousand per day. Its a popup laboratory with Governor Newsom putting pout scientists from urn c berkeley monument all call monday. And uc. San francisco. We need to you look at that theyre expecting a certification by next being health core would allow them to analyze five simple steps. Reporter five steps to put tests from nearby medical the medical system on relieve pressure on the health care system. It didnt just say doctors ce and nurses. So we can get answers back it was kulg Behavior Health specialists, paramedics, medical within 20 hours. Technicians, the entire spectrum. Being able to run an efficient i took nine days. The anxiety alone if Health System requires a whole breadth of specialties. She said her pinning ceremony was scheduled for may 11th. Everything changed in march. It. Certainly important to address it. Were ready to go. The question is, if you go for a where can we go . Sinus up. Test next week, where can you go currently there are 750,000 to get fast results . Those at uc berkeley still Health Care Professionals across the state. According to Governor Newsom, finalize go that. More than 37,000 can be added by they home to have tests from reaching those who recently got locations close out of work force and those about to get in. Nly to be continued only at the school of nursing at part of things. Now back to you. Sandal jose state, the it certainly sounds like it. Graduating passes had to pivot. Here are a couple of other over the past two weeks headlines you should know about. A second student at santa clara instructors have implemented virtual simulations online to university has tested positive. Assess the nursing and the stanford is asking out of state travellers to isolate. Management and the second ghost ship we spoke with many off camera trial was supposed to start about the risk. Those who question what it might today for derek almena but it mean for their health and safety has been pushed back until at and whether enough supplies to meet the moment. Least may 22nd. I their kernels. I understand that. And i think one thing we need in the east Pay Attention to is what the working environment will be like. Most notably, safety. Is there going to be adequate ppe, are we going to have enough gowns, gloves and masks. In a tweet, he called medical look temperature. Police say about 450 people took professionals the here oets of part in two side shows yesterday. Three people were arrested. This moment. 14 others were cited and referring to it as an all hands released. Officers say the Police Helicopter played a major role on deck situation as we pre that i remember for whats ahead. In breaking up the illegal in the south bay,os activity. Unbelievable. This thursday at 4 00, abc7 an employeeesteditivhe employee conducts hate crimes with a at the store was on march 24th. Virtual and interactive town the safeway spokesperson hall. Well have realtime the store has been cleaned and sanitized. In the south bayh, the interaction. Budgets impact has led to a we have complete coverage our hiring freeze. On website. A few positions are except it includes a new mod that he including ones the police and will predicts when fire department. I will includes freezing hospitalization theres peak in overtime except for under california. Having to make tough avoidable purposes. It was Effective Immediately and are intended to help san jose decisions. The changes for expectant deal with anticipated budget short falls. Mothers. The massive nursing home is we are doing it from a distance but we are making some noise here in san in a coronavirus crisis. The number of residents and staff who have tested positive allrkers. Is growing. At the same time, Governor Newsom is moving forward with we hheulcoming the plan to move covid19nto ns up. Tracking springlike warmth advocates in the days ahead. Channel 7. The campus is not open. Reporter laguna honda the accuweather numbers are coming up. Tonight, nissan has been with you through thick and thin. And now is no different. Were offering Payment Options for current owners and our Service Departments are here to help. And for future owners, were offering no payments for 90 days on 14 models. This is help when you need it. We saw the earthquake grace in bold was offering a grant program. I signed up and i was actually selected it leaves the house in tack. 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Outbreak, a Field Hospital for covid19 patients hack set up centr park. Ul ship comfort pulled into court there to ease the burden of already stressed hospitals, plans are to treat coronavirusfree apparents. To me were beyond staggering already. It was warned that the death tolls in the coming weeks could soar to 100,000 to 200,000. And for the First Time Since hurricane katrina, the Convention Center has been set up for spiking cases. We didnt sign up for this. Health care workers continue to struggle to help their parables. I just came from a patients room. Hes actively dying. It was just horrible. Internationally the u. K. Testing a new breathing aid developed in part by the mercedes 1 team. I think it may save many lives by preventing patients from needing to to a ventilator. Italy still struggling. Roughly one out of every seven cases in the world is there. And good news from wuhan. The original emcenter reopening its store fronts today. Although customers were scarce after governor restrictions kept tens of millions of people home for two months. Abc news, los angeles. A solid start to the week for stocks. All three indices closed higher. The dow closed higher. The nasdaq picked up 272 points while the s p 500 gained 3. 3 . New at 11 00, some rules are being relax in the california amid the pandemic. The governor signed an executive order giving Small Businesses an additional 90 days to file taxes and make tax payments. The same order allowed for mailin dmv renewals. California is also waiving continuing education requirements for several professions. The impact is being felt on businesses of all sizes. Macys will furlough most of its 130,000 employees. They will continue to pay Health Benefits and pay premiums. The gap employees will still receive benefits. Kohls is also furloughing staff. The ceo is not taking a salary. And disneys top executives have agreed to take pay cuts. The executive chairman is foregoing 100 of his salary. Disney is the Parent Company of abc7. Rethki their birthit only one person allowed in the delivery room, the decision isnt an easy one. Melanie woodrow has the story. Alina could give birth at any moment. A big bump. Ready to go. She and her husband alex ryeback will be first time parents. A monday umtal moments that she might have to sit out. How do you tell your partner, i love you but im so sorry. I prefer someone else in the delivery room with me for the livery wouldove to be there but i feel like practically speaking, if we have to choose one of us, it probably makes more sense for the doula for jen because shes medically trained she provides emotional support for women giving birth as well as physical support. Its like having your best friend there with you who also knows all the ins and outs of labor and birth. Darr went said it has been especially difficult for all the friends and family on decide who will be moms plus one. Having couples make decision is not something that we even were considering a few weeks ago. It is breaking our hearts across the doula community and all the midwives right now. She said it might be her husband after all. Maybe alex will come to the hospital with me and jen will be like on whats app or a video on zoom or something. It will be a virtual birth in some way. In San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. A tough choice. Many of the instacart workers wentey say it is too da amid the pandemic. One of them showed the conditions instacart workers say they face in the stores. He is pleading with management to do more for the 200,000 independent contractors who fill customers orders. We love shopping west love our communities. It is time own up and be a leader and take care of your company by taking care of your front line workers for once. 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