From the captain first. Ill tell you the news has left all of them stunned. We are a sick ship, apparently. Reporter its a reality victoria says is still sinking in. We caught up with her moments after she and her husband, jose, watched the Vice President s press conference from their cruise ship cabin. Pence announced that 21 people, 19 crew members and two passengers, have tested positive for coronavirus. All passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. Those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined. Those that require additional medical attention will receive it. Reporter a short time later, the captain of the grand princess announced the findings. Apologizing for not breaking the news himself. We apologize but we were not given advanced notice of this announcement by the u. S. Federal government. It would have been our preference to be the first to make this news available to you. Reporter she says while she is stunned by the numbers, it makes sense that 19 of the 21 people infected are crew members. Because they are the ones who are dealing with us the most. Because they deliver fivestar service to us at all of our meals and activities, they are really interacting with us. So, its understandable. Reporter denise of novato had been trying to stay positive, but now she is nervous. While she expected one or two people to have the virus, she never expected this. Now im worried. Now its going to set in and its going to take a little bit to process. Reporter now, passengers are very anxious to hear what will happen next. One passenger just texted me the audio of the captains latest announcement a few minutes ago. He told passengers he is still waiting to hear from state and federal Health Officials about what will happen next. He acknowledges that passengers are very eager for information and promised to pass that information on to them as soon as he hears. Thats the latest from San Francisco. Jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Lets take a look at where the new cases are confirmed in the bay area for you. Several more cases were announced in contra costa and Santa Clara County. They have the most cases in the bay area. 24 as of late this afternoon. Contra costa county and San Francisco counties are now recommending that Public Events be canceled. Happening right now, San Mateo County supervisors are holding an emergency meeting. They want to save the only hospital in daliy city from shutting down amid the coronavirus outbreak. The owner of Seton Medical Center filed for bankruptcy. Now seton could shut down as early as next week. At this moment county leaders are considering a few options to save it. One of them buying the hospital for around 80 million. Today the American Red Cross announced the coronavirus is having an impact on the blood supply. 30 blood drives nationwide have been canceled. Robert handa joins us from campbell with more on our continued coronavirus coverage. That could end up being a big problem for a lot of hospitals, robert . Reporter well, thats right. A woman and her husband were on a grand princess cruise last month. So you can imagine her horror when she was notified she needed to be tested for coronavirus. This was after she had given blood. Its that type of situation has many Blood Centers concerned about how donors and recipients will react. It is usually busy at stanford Blood Centers, but the dropoff in blood drives nationwide for the red cross is causing concern for all blood collectors. Although experts say there is no evidence that coronavirus is transmitted through transfusions and there are no reported cases and the red cross has its own individual screening, plenty of donors are apparently worried regardless. If you dont have enough donation, the people who will be at risk are patients who need the blood. Reporter a south bay woman gave blood at the south bay facility february 24th three days after she and her husband returned from a grand princess cruise from mexico. Leanne cummings was informed this week she and her husband robert may have been exposed to coronavirus on the cruise. I was surely hoping that it wouldnt be transferred that way if someone had taken my blood, that they were going to be okay. Reporter the red cross says it has traced an isolated her blood donation. The agency adds out of an abund ens of caution its asking donors to wait 28 days following travels from china, hong kong, macao, iran, italy and south korea and if someone has been diagnosed with covid19. I am only one person. That was on my cruise ship with 2,500 passengers let alone 1,200 employees. Im only one. Reporter now, at this poignently anand her husband remain quarantined at home waiting to hear from the cdc on whether they have tested positive for the coronavirus or are merely under the weather. Leanne says if she is cleared, she will be glad to come back to a blood center and donate. Robert handa. Some bay area Tech Companies will continue to pay their contract workers. They ask their employees to work from home over coronavirus concerns. But the contract workers like bus drivers and cafeteria workers arent sure about their future. They are paid hourly. Microsoft told them it will continue to pay them. Today amazon and other bay area tech giants like facebook, twitter and google said they will do the same thing. Pay their hourly wage. Nbc bay areas Christy Smith will have more on the impact the virus has on local businesses at 6 30. Our two bay area baseball teams are taking precautionary steps. They held a team meeting with doctors to talk about precautions they could take. One of them limit direct contact with fans. Players for now will preautograph baseballs. They dont know how all this will affect games once the season starts. The as taking similar precautions. As we told you earlier, four more cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Santa Clara County which brings the total to 24. That prompted the mayor to call for action to protect renters. Today the mayor introduced an ordinance that prevents evictions of any tenants. A person kbaqualifies if that person is not working due to the coronavirus. The mayor says landlords are on board. The moratorium last for 30 days but it could be extended. These are tough times. We know that we are going to have to endure in the weeks ahead and we will get through this, but we will get through it together. The mayor, like the Public Health department, is recommending that Public Events be canceled. So all functions this weekend at the fairgrounds will not be going on as scheduled. A teachers conference scheduled for tomorrow in san jose is also canceled. A native American Heritage festival scheduled for next week in san jose is still on while organizers monitoring the coronavirus situation. Developments in the south are changing by the out. We have created the Coronavirus Crisis center. As you know, Hand Sanitizer, sold out everywhere. Its impossible to buy. You can make your own. All you need are two ingredients. Aloe vera gel and ice propyl alcohol. It has to be 99 concentration. Vodka doesnt work. Its 40 alcohol. You need one part aloe vera, two parts alcohol. Mix that up. Heads up, this will really dry out your hands. Actually use the sanitizer as a temporary solution. Just basically until you can wash your hands with soap and water. That is the most effective way. Soap up for 20 seconds and rinse off. Again Health Officials say there is no need to panic, but if you do want to just take precautions and stock up on some food, this is a grocery list we have for you. Canned goods. You can get that frozen fruits, including frozen fruits and vegetables. Get breakfast items like high fiber cereal and snacks like granola bars, beef jerky, popcorn all good ideas. I did a poll on my instagram and facebook today. Is the coronavirus impacting your travel plans . Well, these are the results. It hasnt changed much since 5 00. 44 say no. 56 say yes. Send us your questions about the virus on social media. Also find full coverage at nbcbayarea. Com. Just click the coronavirus coverage tab from our home page. Okay. Lets take you outside, a live look at the golden gate bridge. Skies looking cloudy tonight. Want to check in with rob. You said it was going to start today and it did. We are seeing the changes, a few sprinkles out there and the list that you do not want to be on right here, top four now of the winter dry spells at 37 days. Actually, today would be 38 if we make it to midnight without any measurable rainfall. You see it right there. In San Francisco the sky is starting to fill in, but the clouds, the rain producing clouds lurking offshore and we think later tonight heading into tomorrow we will see the first rain in about 38 days. As you can see, it will have an impact on some saturday plans. We are tracking a second storm that brings more rain in that sevenday forecast. The hourbyhour outlook on that and how much more rain we can expect in the forecast in eight minutes. Back to you. Thanks so much. San joses Emergency Preparedness getting a boost from a Silicon Valley tech giant. Google employees are helping. Scott has the story you will see only on nbc bay area. Scott. Reporter yeah, for years san joses 911 and 311 call centers were getting criticism for their response time. But then google. Org stepped in with some tech help. Back in early 2019, san jose admitted its 911 call centers were too slow. Instead of 95 of emergency calls being answered within 15 seconds, the citys level was more like 80 . Obviously, there is nothing more vital than being able to get assistance by calling 911. And we have not been meeting our response standards. Reporter so san jose called for help and google. Org answe d answered, first streamlining the 311 calls. From that we decided to work on a virtual agent prototype. Reporter seven google. Org fellows came on board with help and software to improve the system. More 311 operators went to the 911 desks and some nonemergency calls will be handled by hightech. We are hoping to unburden about 20 of calls from human call takers so that they can focus their time on more delicate and complex types of calls. To ensure if its a burning building its going to 911. If its a burning question, its bei i going to 311. Reporter they will remain here until the end of the month. The 311 Virtual Assistant should kick in later this year. In san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you. Up next for the First Time Ever it is not happening. How the coronavirus is impacting an event popular with a lot of people here in the bay area. Plus, staying healthy during the coronavirus outbreak. Tonight we are tackling two topics with two different experts. C coming up next, breaking down what you need to know about the outbreak. And counting down the return to rain. Lots of clouds out there right au now. Some rain for the start of the weekend and a second storm bringing more rain into early next week. A closer look at the timeline when we come back. An ex treemgly popular film and Music Festival is canceled because of coronavirus. South by southwest organizers announced today it wont go on in austin because the city has declared a local Health Disaster over the virus. They are exploring options to reschedule. The festival is popular for many people from the bay area. A major fundraiser for south bay schools canceled. The booster club canceled the gala hours before it was set it happen. The high schools depend on the evening to raise t90 of the money they need for theater, dance, choir, and band programs. The state doesnt Fund Anything around arts education, and so 100 of the funding comes from organizations like ours that fundraise around the school to be able to bring in and infuse that. They will be out about 24 grand and they have already spend 20,000 on the gala and probably wont get it back. A cleanup in San Francisco to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Those are muni workers cleaning and sanitizing a bus. They say they do this with all the buses and trains every single night. The Agency Posted the video on twitter to show everyone that they are actually cleaning the buses. If you live in San Francisco, you can now get text updates about the coronavirus. Today the Sf Department of Emergency Management and Public Health announced the covid19 text message alert system is up and running. Officials will share new information about the virus and share any cancellation of major Public Events and any facility closures on there as well. So text covid19 sf to 88777 if you want to receive the updates. Stanford university no longer has to wait for the cdc to provide virus test kits. University researchers had developed their own test kit. Its faster than the one used by the krrd. They can get results as quickly as 12 hours. They are using patienit on pati showing symptoms. Okay. Tonight we have had three experts on three different coronavirus issues. Our second of three interviews focuses on what we are wondering, how we can stay healthy during this outbreak. Joining us now is dr. Did i say that right . Thank you. She is the chief medical officer at the trivalley county health center. A lot of people citricity health center. Thank you. We are getting a little edgy and wondering do i have this, i have a cold, do i have a cough . So how can i tell the difference and at what point do i call to ask do i come in . Its a great question. So the symptoms of coronavirus unfortunately they are similar to the flu. This is a flu season going on. We do advise getting the flu shot, the season is still on, all the clinics have a supply of flu shots. Please go get the flu shot. Apart from that im gonna tell that in the clinics we all have the policies, not just our clinic, but kaiser, stanford, we have been in contact with the Alameda Department of Public Health. We are all advising phone triaging. This is my message to the listeners is if you have symptoms of cough and fever, those are the most common symptoms. Any cough or fever, please call your provider. Dont show up. Dont show up in the clinic. The recommendation is we want to contain this. We know the virus is here. We want to contain the virus as much as possible. Its a selflimiting disease in most of the people. So people without the conditions like seniors or with no lung problems most likely its going to resolve on its own. So please call the doctor. Right. A lot of people are panicking, oh my gosh, if i get the coyote, im going to die. Most normal Healthy People survive this. They will recover. That is correct. If you look at the data even in california, we know there are cases and there is a couple, you know, one death so far. So, yes, most of the people totally resolve within a couple of days. We keep saying underlying conditions like respiratory illness. Two questions combined. Does that mean Something Like m emphysema in an older person or asthma in a younger person or a young baby that also could have like a respiratory issue . Whats the gamut . So we are learning about this coronavirus. I mean, its like something new. We all are getting the information. So there was an article published in new england journal of medicine and thats where we found out the people with comorbid conditions like emphysema in the older population. Its not like a baby with a problem. Its very, very uncommon for kids to get the virus. We dont know. The data says the kids are not getting this. Maybe they are asymptom a attic and they are getting on their own. Rsv children get very sick. Exactly. This is fortunately not affecting kids at this time. Mostly elderly with underlying healthne conditions . Thats correct. And dont show up at your office. Yes. Please call the office. I mean, if you are sick, the doctors will advise you to come in. We have isolation rooms in the clinics to examine the patients. Please call, find out what to do, the next steps. We appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Its making everyone feel a little bit better. Thanks for having me. Now to our making it in the bay series. The ongoing series on the housing crisis. In the south bay a new Apartment Building opened today with the goal of getting Supportive Housing for the working homeless. Its sleek, modern, you can see, you would never guess its 90 residents were formerly homeless. Bonds passed four years ago helped finance it all. A Nonprofit Group will operate it. As we are lifting others up, we have to do it in a way thats justice centered and not charity centered because when its justice centered it looks like this. Its not just housing. The residents will also have access to Services IncludingMental Health care, job skills, and social activities. All right. Lets bring in rob and talk about the next couple of days. You say you are going to need an umbrella. Whats that . And definitely a raincoat, too. So were going to have to try to find those. You might need it for a while for a change. A chance of rain returning for the first time in almost 37 or maybe even 38 days around the bay area. If you are outside today you probably noticed the changes Late Afternoon into the evening now. Mostly cloudy skies in san jose after a high of 67. Things changing rapidly now as the clouds thicken up at 56 degrees and over towards San Francis