Coronavirus testing to every resident. Regardless of symptoms. Good evening i am ken stevens. And elizabeth cook. Healthcare workers will have priority in the tests will require unemployment. The mayor saying it is critical to learning who has the virus and using stayathome rules. Kpix 5 first exposed that coronavirus Testing Facilities in San Francisco are being underutilized at a time when widespread testing is essential. The city has the capacity to test as many as 5800 people per day. So far it is only testing about 500. The city has recently expanded the symptoms that qualify for testing to include things like headache or fatigue. But its not clear how many people are aware of that. It took me forever to find out the link that would give you access to the test. And yeah, from other people that did the test before. But i could not find this link. It has only been within the last week that we have increased or expanded the symptoms that will qualify someone for testing. So you will see the numbers reported of test completed in San Francisco residents go up over the coming days and weeks. You do not need a doctors referral to get tested. All you have to do is go to the city website, list at least one symptom, and tell them you are coming. New at seven, it is being touted as the newest weapon in the battle against the coronavirus. An Antibody Test that promises to tell you if youve been infected. In developed antibodies. But as kpix 5 maria medina says, its buyer beware. Maria . Reporter more than 100 companies are marketing covid 19 test kit but only one lab in the bay area is offering them on demand for consumer sale. We found lots of people are signing up. The small lab tucked away in an east bay Industrial Park has been attracting a steady stream of clients lately. I kind labs of richmond advertises a coronavirus Antibody Test that a voting to its website will tell you not only if you have been exposed but also if you have protected antibodies. Harper came all the way from sacramento. My family, my ex worst in healthcare and is on the front lines. To pay 200 to know if he is among the lucky ones. To see if possibly i have immunity to it. I will not be the source of the infection. Only wants to find out if he has immunity so he can open up his practice again. According to this anthony, the email, the sensitivity is about 95 . The tests offered here are not authorized by the fda, but the government allows places like this to sell the test anyways without authorization as long as they include disclaimers at they can have false results. It is the wild wild west. Spot scott force it is a professor at the uc berkeley schools of Public Health division of infectious diseases. It cant be used at this point to tell you that you have got agent get out of jail card but it is not the case. He says Antibody Test hold great promise for the future but are not ready for prime time yet. Lets say the test proves we are immune. How long will it last . We dont know that yet. Will it be months . Will it be a few years . It can be done and it will be done. Right now people are just rushing the test out. Doctor schwartzberg says small print disclaimer on the Company Website are not enough. Because he claims it is making in bold print about its test our outright false. But that it can regulate detective antibodies are present. This is egregious. We do not know that the antibodies that are detected by any test, even the best tests in the world, will tell us that we are protected. They risk is that people thinking they are immune from the might take fewer precautions and gets or even unknowingly infect others. Especially in the workplace. The website tells employers, the coronavirus Antibody Test can help you make informed decisions regarding your staff return to work. There are dangers to doing this decides your pocketbook. We wanted to ask the owner of the lab about that, but she declined our repeated requests for an interview. After telling us over the phone her franchise is using the test in marketing material provided by corporate. In an email to kpix, a spokesperson for archiving corporate told us by definition, antibodies are protect so any test that identifies antibodies would apply at least some level of protection. As for the richmond franchise, it is up to each Franchise Owner to decide whether to offer the covid19 Antibody Tests. Some customers we talked to told us despite unanswered questions, they are still happy to have spent the money. Its better to do something than nothing, since we are going to be sitting around just kind of waiting. Others are not so sure. I think there is a possibility it could be wrong. Holly carlin just got her results back, they are negative, but she says she got really sick flying back from thailand to hong kong in january. The doctor told her it was likely covid19. So she is confused. It is such a back and forth. Its just a sling and all the directions. Her advice to friends who also thought they got it . I would not recommend going and getting tested. You know, and i have told my friends i came back negative, dont bother. Just in the last day, 2 major commercial labs, lab core and quest diagnostics, announce the rollout of their Antibody Test. So we will see a lot more being offered very soon. Liz . Inc. You. Tonight a possible breakthrough in fighting covid 19. An experimental drug made here in the bay area is showing promise. It is an antiviral known as rem does of your. It is midnight Gilead Sciences in foster city. The countries early trials to the drug is capable is a blocking the virus. The trial involved more than 1000 patients with severe covid 19 and found patients treated with the drug recovered more quickly and fewer died than those treated with a placebo. A drug can block his virus. It is really opening the door to the fact that we now have the capability of treating. And i can guarantee you, as more people, more companies, more investigators get involved it is going to get better and better. Doctor fauci says the next tip is to combine remdesivir with an experimental anti inflammatory drug to see if they can get even better results. Most bay area counties are using their shelter in place orders beginning next week. The new rules will allow for more Outdoor Activities including construction, landscaping, childcare, with groups having 12 or fewer children. Golf courses, Tennis Courts will also be reopening. Those living and working in alameda, contra costa, san mateo, santa clara, sentence scope and marin counties will be included. Health officers, construction companies, and labor unions have worked for weeks now on a new back to work protocols. We want the economy going back and be going to be safe. If we look at all of our indicators and see, you know it is going okay, we can still protect the health of our residents, we can make progress. Then we might be able to use it a little bit more so it is a very gradual stepwise process. The new rules take effect on monday through the end of may, but Health Officials say that they could pull back the order if there is a spike in new cases. It will go virtual this year because of the pandemic. People who bought tickets will be refunded. Stayathome rules are having a devastating impact on the rights or industry. Kpix 5 andria borba has the latest on the layoff that lift. Ondrea . Reporter in the corporate offices there was some warning that this was going to happen. An email went out over the weekend talking about jettisoning in place. But writers and drivers of the ground level are also doing the financial pain. The once bustling rights or business in the bay area has ground to a halt with shelter in place orders, leaving streets thought the quiet and drivers waitinfor fares. Like taylor his lf richmond who has worked fulltime as a lift driver since 2014. He last drove on march 15. I only did the most, 15 fares, and it took over 10 hours to do. Reporter with no right services needed, lyft announced layoffs. There is nearly 1000 employees that they are terminating and they say they are furloughing another nearly 300 employees, and that is considered to be temporary although i guess it really depends on what happens with the Company Financial future. Like the layoffs were in the corporate offices for drivers are feeling the pinch, too. Waiting for some sense of safety so they can get back behind the wheel. It was just very not safe, and unfortunately, i dont have Health Insurance. So its not safe for me to be t. I weto get sick, its going to cost even more. And unfortunately, i live paycheck to paycheck. Lyfts board of directors also will be taking a pay cut of about 30 in the second quarter. Live in San Francisco tonight, ondrea core for kpix 5. Coming up next, social distancing guidelines now include your test. What the cdc wants you to know. A new financial battle is heating up in washington between House Speaker nancy pelosi, and president donald j. Trump. I dont know that we should be working with state that have been suffering through bad leadership. We pay for a lot more than what we are getting right now. And there should be some type of compensation for that. Have me my money back. The growing anger tonight from students in the uc and cal state systems. That is ppe all over the road. And wait until you hear what caused this massive mess on a bay area freeway. Several degrees cooler across most of the bay area today with more clouds and a stronger onshore breeze, but those clouds making it a spectacular sunset or almost sunset for mount hamilton. The sun goes down just before 8 00, it will be a pleasant evening. Will check out the rest of the work week and look ahead to the weekend, coming up in the forecast. We are honoring the class of 2020. This is haley Sophia Rodriguez from fremont, a graduate of holy charter school. She wants to be a dermatologist and will start studying at ohlone in the fall. Congratulations haley. You can send us a photo of your graduate, any age, with the hashtag kpix. Some Companies Still have hr stuck between employees and their data. Entering data. Changing data. More and more sensitive, personal data. And it doesnt just drag hr down. It drags the entire business down with inefficiency, errors and waste. Its ridiculous. So ridiculous. With paycom, employees enter and manage their own data in a single, easy to use software. Visit paycom. Com, and schedule your demo today. About 1000 surgical masks were tossed into traffic on interstate 880 in hayward. Topper five was overhead near whipple road. Chp says a man pulled over and simply tossed the masks onto the road from a flatbed truck. Then he took off. Some drivers stopped to retrieve a few which is very dangerous as you can imagine. Chp ended up stopping all traffic to clean it up. And i look at the san mateo bridge right now which is not covered in masks. A little cooler out there tonight as well. Our chief meteorologist paul heggen is here with the forecast. Hey, paul. Temperatures on an even Playing Field across the area today, not the 30b0 spread that we had yesterday, more of a 15 to 20b0 difference thanks to more cloud cover and a stronger onshore breeze. These are the current wind speeds as they stand across the bay. 32 mile an hour sustained wind at sfo, that is gusty even by bay area standards. Otherwise we are talking mostly 5220 mile an hour gusts with some locations being calmer. That aunt impact has been to push the marine layer further onshore and who can returning with some filtered sunshine visible overhead. Temperature right now from this perspective, 60b0 looking towards downtown. 67b0 in concord, holding onto 74b0 in santa rosa where you snuck up to almost 80b0. Today you are one of the warm spots across the map on this wednesday afternoon. 24 hour change in our temperatures, 10 to 15b0 cooler but either the same or slightly warmer around the bay and near the coast. Tomorrow going to be a very similar day, just with more sunshine overhead, temperature start off in the low to mid 50s, above average for the last morning of april, hard to believe that may is around the corner. Temperature is about 3 to 5b0 above normal, for the last day of april. Warmer temperatures further inland width of the onshore breeze not quite as strong as today. In the coast low 60s for high temperatures, the santa clara valley, south looking good. A few spots speaking into the upper 70s. If any location will sneak up to about 80b0 it will be far inland spots in the east bay. uto upper 70s. Ley talking mid around the bay itself, mid to upper 60s, a few spots speaking up to about 70b0, and for the northbay same pattern. Getting warmer as you go further inland. The temperatures will back off a little bit more as we go toward the weekend but the worst we are talking about is near average temperatures by saturday and sunday, that means low to mid 70s inland, mostly midsixties around the bay, and then another warmup is to kick in as we go towards next week. By wednesday, temperatures inland back above 80b0, and bac above 70 around the baby another update coming up at 11 00. Thank you paul. A look at your top national headlines. The us has topped 1 million cases of the coronavirus. As more states plan to reopen. Texas, iowa, and florida will begin allowing elective surgery and reopening restaurants in most counties on monday. Meantime, the National Death toll surpassed 60,000 earlier today. President donald j. Trump telling a gathering of Business Leaders at the white house that he is eager for the country to go back to the way it was three months ago. Before the coronavirus struck. While on capitol hill, democrats are calling for more relief. Four states. Is about what they did in terms of what they spent on the coronavirus and what their revenue loss is. I dont know that we should be working with states that have been suffering through bad leadership or bad management for 25 years and were supposed to fix that. The cdc has updated social distancing guidelines to include household pets. They are now recommending to treat pets as you would other human family members by limiting interaction with people and animals outside of the house. It comes after a pug in North Carolina tested positive for coronavirus. , the bay area coastal towns still tinkering with it speech restrictions. What you need to know if you plan to hit the sand. The California College students upset tonight and requesting a full refund. If they cant work around it, then money should be held back you know . I mean given back you could be hitting the links in just a matter of days the changes that you could see on your local golf course. The cups are turned upside down you do not touch the flagstick. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. Its getting tougher for beachgoers to enjoy the bay area coastline. New beach restrictions coming to Santa Cruz County now. On starting on saturday, beaches will be offlimits, that includes walking your dog are exercising, it is only really offered for people that are going to go into the water to serve. The rules, after people crowded local beaches over the weekend. Santa cruz county deputies issued more than 200 citations including 23 violating the shelter in place order. Tonight the cal state and uc systems are facing federal class action lawsuits spurred by students who want their money back. Uc and csu campuses had to shut down Many Services that students had already paid for at the start of the semester. Things like recreation and Health Centers which have been closed for weeks, also dining halls are not offering meals, are offering meals mostly prepackaged. And students believe the school should pay back some money since they are no longer offering those promised amenities. I acknowledge that they are doing everything virtually they can, but i do believe that we paid for a lot more than what we are getting right now. And there should be some type of compensation for that. We need some stuff up here. I get we are going through a crisis but there is other things we can work around, unless if they cant work around it, then money should be held back you know . I mean given ba. Csu says they are offering refunds for things that are not being provided, such as housing and parking, and that many personal service that are now being offered remotely. The news that ammates help helps you find Health Insurance you can afford. Theyre the only place you can get Financial Assistance to help pay for Health Coverage. Plus, this year, the state is providing more help than ever before. And because a new law requires californians to have Health Coverage or pay a penalty, covered california has made it easier to get financial help, but times limited. Visit coveredca. Com or call to enroll today. Finally tonight, golf courses in six bay area counties can reopen on monday, but it is unclear how they can get ready after six weeks without play. Here is a prediction on the changes you might see. One chorus i heard about today is, show up only 30 minutes before your teatime, no playing two sums, the clubhouse facilities will not be available, you know, the cups are turned upside down. So you dont touch the flagstick. I dont know, just thinking out loud here. Mcdonalds should know. 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