The state is also taking Emergency Action to arrange for more policy beds and ventilators. Wilson walker is in daly city with the plan that will keep ce Medical Center open for now. Reporter now we know, it will not close, at least not in the near future, it has been enlisted in the fight against the coronavirus. There will be certain floors, my understanding, that will be designated for those patients. Reporter san mateo supervisor dave has been fighting to save this hospital and now it will be least month tomonth by the state of california to help carry the surge. Reporter and so making sure the area is contained and safe is critical. Reporter they have 357 beds and california very much expects to need them, and more. Tomorrow we will announce the hospital in southern california. That is 750 beds. Those two hospitals combined. We start to stack this. Reporter that will take some stacking, california has 74,000 stocked hospital beds, the governor thinks we will need as many as 20,000
Newsom explains why he felt he had no choice. This comes on the heels of a dire prediction, experts explain the stunning worstcase scenario. Healthcare workers pleading for additional equipment, and facilities. How a Bay Area Hospital facing closure come will now play a key role in fighting the outbreak. Now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a stayathome order for all californians take affect. Good evening. Broadcasting tonight from hours of coverage from cbsn. The governors announcement came hours after he gave a troubling worstcase scenario. Saying more than half of the state could get infected if we dont take proper precautions. Similar restrictions are already in effect for more of the bay area. They will allow people to go outside and we are waiting for more details on which workers will be exempt from the order. Kpix 5 begins our Team Coverage with a medical experts reaction to the governors dire prediction. Reporter there may be some difference of opinion that the numbers ar
Confrontation when they got there. Shomari stone has been working that scene and tweeting out information all night. Shomari, what have you learned . Tonight Charles County sheriffs investigators are still here on the scene, gathering evidence. A web of yellow crime scene tape surrounds this block. It is shut down right now. And people cannot come inside. Officials tell us that this nineyear veteran feared for his life and was forced to fire. It happened right over there in the driveway, people tell me. His girlfriend tells me thats not true. The officer did not have to fire. The girlfriend admits, lets roll some video, that the suspect was intoxicated inside the waldorf house. It all started when they got in an argument. He and he broke it down. Her daughter called 911 for help. She says the boyfriend ran to the kitchen grabbed the knife, and then threatened to kill himself when Police Arrived at the house. When Police Showed up they say he was agitated and refused several demands to
The moon starting to get covered with clouds. Youve got to wonder if thats the clouds coming in from that line of snow squalls over pennsylvania. As you can see route 23 behind me moving along pretty well. No snow falling right now obviously but we did shoot some video earlier of when that snow was coming down at a good clip. You can see that roads have been in decent shape. The snow was accumulating quickly on grassy and untreated surfaces, also reducing visibility at times. Luckily for drivers, though the new jersey d. O. T. Has been staying on top of this event, and they offered some advice for tonight. As the temperatures drop when the sun goes down, you know, it could look like its clear pavement, but it could freeze over quickly. Also if you see crews that are working whether theyre spreading brine or spreading salt, stay back. Let them do their job, basically theyre going to be out there getting that road treated and cleared for you so its better just to be a little bit patient,
Emergency medical technician he and everypoint, emt has to be careful. We wash our hands after every call, but thats after every call, not when we discover of the patient is infectious. Darkncern is when these the solution and when do you transport . Given members have been the proper equipment to protect themselves, but they say they are not getting the resources to protect ourselves or the patient or the communities. Forchief medical officer ems says First Responders have been refreshed on safety precautions and even sent out a memo 12 days ago reminding emts what to do in the case of suspected ebola. [inaudible] he showed us the equipment given to every emt in the city they take on every call. With the concern of ebola, we wanted to make sure we clearly mutated our expectations on what they should do to keep themselves safe and how to disinfect themselves and the ambulance. D. C. Fire and ems says more training is ongoing for its personnel as more information about evil and how to p