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concern over a cruise ship connected to a coronavirus death headed towards bay area waters. passengers on board say they're concerned. >> and previously -- abc 7 news starts right now. live breaking news. and that breaking news is aspire monarch academy in oakland has closed for the rest of the week because of possible coronavirus. >> a staff member may have been expose it will give them time to assess the risk. >> reporter: following the state's first coronavirus death, the victim an eltderly man
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placer countedy. >> reporter: just days before his death he was on a cruise ship from san francisco to mexico. that ship then went on another trip. >> they did develop >> the governor says everyone will be tested. >> we are going to be flying testing kits to the cruise ship. >> reporter: the man who died was one of three diagnosed with coronavirus. one from sonoma county. unclear when the ship will return to san francisco. now, this tracker shows the current location of the ship. you can see right now it's off covera tht martinez is live. >> how is the city responding c
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now have time to create a plan. >> you have a cruise ship with thousands of people docked in the water waiting to get testsd before they can disembark all those people. that's unprecedented. >> reporter: the cdc says three people on board the grand princess voyage tested positive after the first leg. they're deciding whaaught to do with the ship that was set to dock in san francisco thursday. >> what are we going to do with folks? those actually exposed and asymptomatic, not showing any signs or those that definiteveh tests will be flown to them off the coast.
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but is san francisco ready. >> ihi time to prepare, given the testing and kmienications. >> reporter: bay area residents are already facing an impact. >> reporter: and there's a concensus to keep the cruise ship off the shore. >> i think that's wonderful. got to be reactive. got to take care of our people. keep it out of shore. >> reporter: 11 passengers and ten crew members are symptomatic but that's subject to change. lauren martinez, abc 7 news. now, passengers still on board are concerned, especially not knowing their health status or when they'll be able to get back on shore. >> and one passenger desembarked
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after the first leg. >> the passenger i spoke with was on the cruise ship at the same time as a placer county man who tied. her concernhe majority on the ship are seniors a group vulnerable to covid 19. >> the evening party isn't the only event being canceled from san francisco to hawaii. due to concerns over the coronavirus. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: heidi walter was on the first leg of the cruise that sail said from san francisco to mexico. she's been in self quarantine since monday when she learned three on her cruise tested positive for covid-19 walters says princes cruises did
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take the necessary precautions to keep passengers safe but hopes they're keeping them informed. >> not minimize their exposure because they have been potentially exposed. >> reporter: the cruise ship may be on its way back to san francisco, however, passengers still don't know when they'll be let off. >> not just passengers stayed on from hawaii and went on to mexico. i mean, there's the potential the patient was prior. >> reporter: and those passengers who stayed on the ou t now, when we find out when the grand princess cruise ship
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will dock, we'll send out an alert through the abc 7 news app. customize your settings so you'll get breaking news alerts for the stories you're interested in. across the u.s. add least 157 have tested positive, including 33 in the bay area. > and santa clara county they confirmed three new cases, bringing the total to 13. >> the department of veterans affairs has its first patient. mental -- school in atherten is closed this week because a staff member had contact with a relative who has tested positive for the virus. and 234 students will be effected from stanford. >> and the spring events were estimated to draw more than
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40,000 people. more than $8 billion could be pumped into efforts to treat and prevent coronavirus. barbara lee says the house passed the funding measure. >> make no mistake. we are working very hard to insure the government has the resorlss needed to combat the deadly virus and keep the families and communities safe. >> she says the bilell as provi loans to small businesses impacted by the virus. in the south bay good samaritan hospital set up tents to deal with a possible overflow of patients with the coronavirus. they've been used in the patients for the flu during large outbreaks. and others have allowed people to get tested without infecting patients or doctors in the hospital. it'sn three weeks since a south bay mother and her
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daughter returned from quarantine. thought things would return to normal but the reality is much different. amanda. >> reporter: we first connected with her while she was under quarantine and then on her way home to palo alto. when she finally connected with her family, her new normal involves navigating the growing concern over coronavirus. we first introduced you to ester after she was brought in from wuhan, china. she assumes people are trying to keep their distance considering her practice requires close quarters. >> it's understandable but not really necessarily because i've been cleared by the cdc.>> rr: r much longer to keep concern down. eventually busines
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>> this week is a lot fewer. >> reporter: client says he followed her journey and returned for treatment because he doesn't consider her a risk. >> she wasn't sick. >> reporter: flores says he's somewhat skeptical of what he calls hype around the coronavirus. although realizes people are less willing to be social. and yan says she's nowhere near panicked over covid 19. >> maybe because my personal experience has been when i was living and working in china, sars actually broke out when i was there. >> reporter: and her clients say they're not worried. >> when you have a dad zisaster strike any moment, hard to do anything. >> reporter: they were in wuhan, china when the outbreak hit. they were both taken to air base
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for several weeks for quarantine and then released. >> thanks. we're posting all of our stories about coronavirus in one easy place to find and access. we're updating this every day with the latest as it breaks. you'll find it on our website. the race is on to find a drug to battle covid 19. i'll let you know what the weekend will be coming up. and first a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live." watch this it will sanitize your hands. i'm calling that the elbow. >> right. >> and who better to do the elbow
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candidate drug from roughly two years down to six months. >> reporter: it's in labs like this one where a team of scientists and engineers are trying to speed opdrug to battle covid 19. they believe a process they've developed over four year said under oo $14 million federal grant could be timely. it uses artificial intelligence to determine which molecules are the best to testing results. and robotics allowing the work to be done 24 hours without human intervention. >> so, our software is able to come up with ways to synthesize that compound and we can make key building blocks for producing that material. skblr >> reporter: they just announced they will use a paris company. a key focus will be adapting existing rals, such as the
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>> it's about having a cup of coffee with dear friends who you feel like you know even if you never meet them. >> we have an incredible trust with each other that allows us to go to any place at any time and say any thing, which hopefully translates to people watching at home. >> your answers are always so much better. >> "live with kelly and ryan" airs weekdays at 9:00 a.m. those two are the dynamic duo. let's get a check on our weather and a possibility of rain. >> sandy pate. this is the third day of records in the bay area. oakland airport, 77, new records, 79 in gilroy. it is still winter but sure fog is rolling in.
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the southerly surge up along the san mateo coast and advancing as we see. let's take a look at what it's going to do to our temperatures. down 10 degrees from 79 to 69. it's going to be a 13-degree in. live look from our emory vill camera right now. the breeze is up a fm ocn,hich is what's giving us this glor yious view of the fog. cooler weather the next few days and drizzle or light showers are in the forecast for saturday. so, the fog is going to push out between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. visibility is already down to five miles in the half moon bay.
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similar to what we expect to see in terms of the summertime pattern. a light jacket would be a good idea and for the afternoon hang on to the extra layer, for the coast at least. mid-60s around san rafael. so, still mild inland, not as warm as today and 69 in palo alto. fast forward to saturday. it will produce a few showers in the morning or a little drizzle. expect to do amount to a few hundreds of an inch and by afternoon, those showers will begin to taper off. much needed moisture as san francisco igog the cooling continues friday and the pusability of spotty showers. don't forget spring forward one hour.
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trending wet now for early next week but not putting the storm-impact scale yet. every time we do that, we get closer and models go dry.
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