Good afternoon as chairman of the Senate Commerce subcommittee on manufacture, trade and Consumer Protection i welcome you all here today to a hearing entitled, protecting americans from covid19 scams. The nation continues to fight the unprecedented Public Health present and president Public Health crisis brought on by the covid19 pandemic. In light of the serious threat this post to america, in the shoe shuddering of mainstream businesses, the response of Public Health protocols, have been felt in every corner of the country. It has been clear the preventive practices, policies, and resources, including expanded testing case testing capabilities and the ability to have protective equipment or absolute assess these to reopening the economy extinguishing this health crisis. However, during this time of National Emergency recorded and recovery, there are frustration scam artists that seek to take advantage of consumers, especially of the nations most vulnerable communities like that of o
Lose a tremendous number of lives and indoor great pain as a state. 177 lives lost. I understand intellectually why its happening it doesnt make it any easier to accept. A lot of americans meantime are struggling financially of course while waiting for stimulus checks. Washington correspondent alexandra le mon has a new warning about potential scams. They should be braced for. Scammers are working hard to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic sending emails calls and texts that appeared to be from Government Agencies this is a call from the Social Security administration they promised to help people get their stimulus checks all monique about the associate director of the ftcs Consumer Response Division says dont click on any links in emails or on social media instead go to irs dot gov to look up after information right now theyre even think. For people do you make sure that they get your stimulus payment to the irs says its website will soon allow people to check on status and co
That is mayor london breed talking about the fact there is an outbreak of the coronavirus in San Franciscos biggest homeless shelter. Hello everyone, im Catherine Heenan that shelter his own 5th and bryant to the south of market neighborhood, 68 a Homeless People to Staff Members as the mayor said dan kerman is life and has the latest on this stand. Well the real concern of course here is that they have been worrying about vulnerable populations and talking about it for weeks. And now it has hit this homeless shelter, the largest one in the city and many of those who have tested positive have Chronic Health conditions, none seriously ill at this point, but that is a major concern going forward. The fact is the worst is yet to come for weeks now San Francisco city officials have warned the most vulnerable populations are most at risk for the coronavirus among them the homeless. Now an outbreak at the citys largest homeless shelter Multiservice Center self at 5th and bryant. We have iden
Most 1442 of them 47 people have died in that county, San Mateo County has 638 cases in 21 deaths, San Francisco county with almost 800 cases and 13 deaths Contra Costa County more than 500 cases and 9 deaths. Alameda county 766 cases, 20 people have died there. Were in county as a 154 cases and 10 deaths Solano County 121 cases and 2 deaths. Sonoma county has seen 142 people become infected one person has died there and that the county as 32 cases and 2 deaths. Now for some Silver Lining perhaps a researchers at Stanford Medicine of tested more than 3,000 people for antibodies against covid19. This new test looks at immunity it will show whos been exposed to the virus or not our country is gail ong joins us now live with details scale. The key in this test is different than the swab tests were used to seeing the Antibody Test now that is a blood test that can reveal if you are immune and can also reveal people can return to work. With the prince of a finger this test looks for antibod
The coronavirus surpass 20,000. You can see numbers right now on your screen check it out nearly 19,000 people have died so far. Yesterday Health Officials reported more than 2000 deaths and thats the highest number of deaths in one day here in the u. S. But despite that number Health Officials say that the curve in the u. S. Is leveling out. You can see for the first time that in the United States were starting to level on the logarithmic phase like italy did about a week ago and so this gives us great that occur not only in specific places but were starting to see that change to well here in california were actually seeing a positive trend, according to state Health Officials right now there are more than 21,000 coronavirus cases in california and nearly 600 deaths now thats according to Johns Hopkins university. And also in the bay area there are more than 4600 confirmed cases since Santa Clara County continues to be the hardest hit locally with more than 1400 cases there, 50 people