>> the player who is infected had just joked about the illness on monday touching all the microphones and recorders after giving interviews to journalists. he reportedly is feeling okay. they say he was strong enough and was planning to play in last night's game. now, the jazz and teams they have played in the past ten days, that's the pistons, the knicks, the celtics, the cavs and the raptors all are going into quarantine. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. ncaa says its tournaments will be played as scheduled but no fans will attend the games. affects the division i men's and women's tournaments. attendance will be limited to essential staff, media and some family members connected to participating teams. we expect to find out today whether the state high school

basketball championships will happen. the california interscholastic federation says it will reveal more at 9:00 this morning. the games scheduled for tomorrow and saturday. thousands more coronavirus sprouting up across the world has prompted president trump to boost travel restrictions in a very big way. >> he's also now working with lawmakers to provide medical and financial relief. abc news reporter andrew denver has the latest efforts. andrew? >> so much has changed overnight. waking up this morning the forecast on coronavirus so much different than it was just 24 hours ago and now lawmakers here in washington are scrambling to fight the effects of the outbreak. >> a country in crisis. >> i have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and well being of all americans. >> reporter: here in the u.s. and around the world, coronavirus now a global pandemic. the first in a decade according

to the world health organization. the death toll at home and abroad rising. president trump addressing the nation instituting more sweeping travel restrictions, flights from europe to the united states banned for the next 30 days with few exceptions. >> anything coming from europe to the united states is what we are discussing. >> reporter: as more americans in desperate need for covid-19 trump announcing insurance companies will waive all co-payments for treatments and promising to take emergency action to give workers relief. he also called on congress to offer a payroll tax cut. this as a new warning from top health officials on the speed of the spread. >> which means it is ten times more lethal than the seasonal flu. i think that's something that people can get their arms around and understand. >> reporter: and now the state department advising all u.s. citizens to reconsider all travel abroad.

>> and house democrats plan to introduce a bill that will intrue deuce paid sick leave but no word on how much that bill would cost or how much support it has on capitol hill. in washington, andrew dymbert, abc 7 news. governor newsom is recommending large gatherings of 250 or more people, changing our actions will save one or two people. they should be postponed or canceled until the end of the month. the policy marks the first time the state has issued a request for california residents to adopt social distancing measures. a san francisco elementary school is closed for two weeks starting today. students and family members are being tested for the virus, according to sfusd. the students at lake shore elementary near lake merced

showed respiratatory symptoms. nearby loal high school is closed to further notice and san francisco school board is expected to meet with health officials today to go over the next steps. frustration is mounting for the quarantined passengers who are still onboard the grand princess cruise ship. it is still docked at the port of oakland this morning. the mayor was hopeful this whole process would take two or three days and today is day four. officials haven't said how many passengers are still on the ship, but one passenger tells abc 7 news she and her husband disembarked and were on a bus to leave when they were told they had to get back on the ship. she said they were told the wrong group was called. >> it was upsetting. i got a little upset. lost it for a little bit. but i'm fine now. the government people said it was the ship's fault. the ship's people said it was the government's fault. >> well, nine hours affthe woman and her husband originally got

off the cruise ship, they were finally on a plane and heading to atlanta. "grand princess" passengers can move into a hotel in san carlos as soon as today. rv treatment center for people who tested positive for coronavirus or who have shown other symptoms. those patients are not allowed to stay at quaranined facilities like the one at travis air force base. >> because what we don't want to do is put people that don't need acute hospital care into hospital beds. >> and it's our responsibility to assist those in crises. these are our neighbors, our colleagues, our friends. >> state officials say they're looking at other hotels to use as treatment centers. and santa clara county says it has three new cases of covid-19 bringing its total to 48 now. >> the oak land unified school district says two students were possibly exposed to coronavirus but the district is not closing any schools for now because of

potential exposures off campus. >> we're following the direction of the alameda county public health department and their health team and they advised us we don't need to close our schools. >> neither of the students has tested positive. both are self-quarantined. oakland is joining santa clara county and san francisco and banning large events in an effort to stop the spread. also this morning b.a.r.t.'s board will talk about a big dip in ridership. down 30% today compared on tuesday. as more people stay home from coronavirus precautions, it means losing more than 100,000 passengers. this drop in passengers meaning major drops in money. >> absolutely depends on our ridership, our fares, you know, directly go back into our operating budget. >> amid the coronavirus outbreak, b.a.r.t. estimates it's losing about half a million dollars each week day in fare

revenue. b.a.r.t. is now hoping to ask lawmakers for emergency financial assistance. coronavirus stories are changing by the hour. sometimes it feels like it's by the second. we're keeping track of all of it for you on a live blog. you can find it on abc7news.com/coronavirus. the main story page on our we >om protect people from coronavirus, but businesses are canning, what about us? up next, the action san francisco is taking to help them through this crisis. on the front lines in the battle against coronavirus. some nurses say they're not getting enough protection. covid-19 now considered a pandemic. what exactly does that mean? a lot of stories ahead that we need to get to. yeah. >> deep breaths, everyone. deep breaths. and i think, don't panic. i feel like i'm seeing a lot of people begin to panic and we just want to remain

>> so much uncertainty so we put this on the website so you can read what's going on. >> usually fear comes from not knowing. so if we know and you read that page, then hopefully it will calm some fears. the worst thing we want is a panic. >> stay informed. >> stay informed. stay cool, calm and collected during this event. all right. we've got mid to upper 40s through the tri-valley and low to mid-50s in highway 4 in the east bay. let's take a look at other areas. thick fog blanketing the north bay and some pushing across the golden gate and coastal valleys and move into parts of the bay as we head deeper into the morning napa to 52 in oakland. let's talk about your temperature change and outside of where the fog is thickest, up to 10 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. west wind at 6 miles per hour at the golden gate and that will become an off shore breeze. the areas of fog will be for the morning. it is cooler this morning and warmer this afternoon and light breezes for the bay commute. so, here's a look at the north bay where we jump from 44 this morning to about 72 at 1:00 and

mid to upper 70s under sunshine this afternoon. for the east bay, we're going to have some areas of fog, especially the closer you are to burkery, emoryville and alameda and then quickly turn to sunshine and with light off shore breeze hit 60 to 70 degrees during the afternoon hours and thelast stop san francisco where we're 49 this morning and near 60 at noon and upper 60s this afternoon with total sunshine. drop down to 57 at 7:00. the hammer comes home this weekend. highs in the 50s. rain and snow here in the bay area. that's coming up next. here's jobina. >> good morning, everyone. happy thursday to you. we'll start off here with a live look showing you coming up san rafael 101. no problems to report. in the south bay, showing you 280 right now. i'll get to a slow down shortly and we'll talk about this commuter alert for the express lane construction. san mateo from 101 and between

380 and south san francisco and whipple avenue and all green across the board. san francisco to sfo, 9 minutes and highway 238 to the maze 13points. and this is that slow down i wanted to talk to you about in san francisco right now due to the road work. southbound 101 between westbound 80 and cesar chavez. all clear by 5: a this spring, book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels.com and earn a free night. because when your business is making the most of it, our business is you. book direct at choicehotels.com

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let's take a look around the state p. you can see thunderstorms across southern california with mid to uppe60s. heavy rain possible. 77 in fresno and 80 in sacramento and chico with sunshine. the sierra snow pack just sadly only about 38% of average, but we're going to add a ton of snow starting saturday morning and moving into sunday. we've got a winter storm watch for up to three feet of snow and as we head into sunday, monday and tuesday, we can get up to five, six, seven feet around our highest peaks. jobina. decision to ban all large events is forcing the city to take drastic action. the matinee performance of "hamilton" went on and canceled

all performances through march 25th. >> i won the "hamilton" lottery yesterday. >> no one wins the lottery. >> i'm excited. so if they cancel it, i'll be really sad. >> we know someone else who wins the lottery often for "hamilt "hamilton." the matinee performance for "harry potter planned. the limit on the audience to 1,000 for them. but it's unclear now if the state's recommendation to limit crowds to 250 people will impact this. the bay area economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus. >> san francisco mayor london breed announced aid for small businesses. abc 7 reporter has details. >> a lot of fear and uncertainty and folks are wondering what do we do? how will we get through this? we will get through this. >> reporter: mayor london breed

stood among city leaders in china town to announce immediate measures to support small businesses in response to covid-19. >> we are allowing small businesses to defer the next round of quarterly business taxes to next year in february of 2021. >> reporter: the city is also delaying collection of licensing fees and creating a relief fund of $1 million. >> because china town is, indeed, suffering. >> reporter: business owner vivian low says that is the case at her gift shop. >> so quiet and we cannot afford to pay for the rent. even local people, nobody come. >> reporter: earlier in the day, mayor breed announced the decision to ban all events of more than 1,000 people. canceled performances of "hamilton throug "hamilton" through march 25th. >> the chase center has about 1,500 part-time employees that

are now out of work. reporting from china town, laura martinez, abc 7 news. nurses and their union leaders are demanding more tools to proect themselves from coronavirus. >> keep us safe. keep us safe. >> one group voiced complaints at oakland's summit medical center. union leaders blasted a new cdc regulation that let hospitals issue employees, surgical masks instead of the more effective. >> we need personal, protective equipment. right now that is not available on all units. >> their demands run counter to everything that the centers for disease control and other scientists are telling us. >> nurses say hospitals need more rooms with specialized ventilation centers to contain coronavirus. a lot of the times we hear the word pandemic and think the worse, but what does it mean?

the world health organization defines it as, quote, worldwide spread of a new disease. pan meaning everyone. in this case, it means coronavirus has found a foothold on every continent except antarctica. the w.h.o. has historically avoided using the term fearing people would think the outbreak is unstoppable. the last pandemic in 2009 the swine flu which killed hundreds of thousands of people. that is all to put this in perspective here. we have answers to your questions about coronavirus on our website abc7news.com/coronavirus. the latest developments on the pandemic and tips on how to protect yourself. time now is 4:47 and you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. here's mike. >> let's talk more about that fog and see how thick it is in the north bay. visibility down to almost nothing in santa rosa and pet loma. half moon bay about two miles. look at san rafael where it is pretty nonexistent, the fog.

if you head across the golden gate, definitely foggy conditions there. it is a little more patchy in some spots. warm this afternoon moving forward today and tomorrow. showers and thunderstorms saturday through tuesday. and chilly highs in the 50s with snow in our mountains. measurable. yeah, it's going to happen. we have mid up toer 60s along the coast and san francisco. low to mid70s around the bay. tonight is going to be similar to this morning. you can see some of the fog in the same areas and temperatures in the low 40s to around 50 degrees. let's take a look at what is going to happen over the weekend. i'll focus on the weekend for now. 12:00 saturday in theern moi mo you can see the rain rolling in and moderate rain as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. a little bit of a lull as we head through saturday night and into sunday morning. and then sunday afternoon, you can see more rain developing. again, i'm just going to keep the rainfall potential right now to saturday and sunday. when we come back in seven

minutes, i'll show you what will happen monday and tuesday. it's still really impressive. that's just saturday and sunday. as you look at my accuweather seven-day forecast. looks like we have a glitch in our new system there. what you would have seen is we have a one on the storm impact scale for not only saturday and sunday and i'll show you that coming up next also. jobina? >> good morning, everyone. cal train right now and changes to the weekend service due to construction work in the tunnel that will end on march 29th. until then no weekend service between bay shore and san francisco stations. samstrans will provide buses for everyone. 680 here and people are already out and about and definitely beginning to make their way south this morning and over at the richmond san rafael bridge very light conditions here. we won't expect to see this pick up until closer to 6:00 at the very least. more drive times for you. tracy to dublin beginning with a

35-minute ride and san rafael to san francisco a 15-minute ride. kumasi. pressure is growing on amazon to cap prices on cleaning products during the coronavirus outbreak. here's techbytes. >> in today's techbytes price gouging amid the coronavirus spread. >> looked into prices on items like masks and hand sanitizer and found price hikes by third party sellers and amazon itself. 166% higher than before the virus crisis. amazon says it is restricting sales of some virus-related products due to gouging. several big tech companies took part in a white house teleconference about the virus. >> reportedly ran about two hours and included discussions about stopping conspiracy theories on social media. >> apple is increasing ipad production in china. >> because of increased demand among chinese parents who want to help their children learn

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very long because an off shore breeze is going to develop. by noon out to the coast and even there going to dissipate. the oranges you see, those are 80s. the yellows are 70s and the green are 60s. as i mention today and tomorrow, the warmest days moving forward because highs only in the 50s. in fact, low to mid-50s. sunday we try to get back to 60 barely next wednesday. more on the weekend rain next. >> thanks, mike. santa clara county law enforcement will be updating us on to drive down the car burglary rate in the bay area. suspe investigating the top crime rings and they found multiple levels of organizations selling thousands of dollars in merchandise overseas. fremont police and santa clara prosecutors will share all those details at today's press conference at 3:30. ongoing dispute to san mateo county. rejected a lawsuit aimed at

making martin's beach public property. according to the chronicle friends of martin's beach argued the family who owned the beach made it public in 1930 by posting a billboard allowing people and, you know, people nearby to use the beach. well, the state's high court unanimously denied reviewing the case yesterday. the coastal commission is still pending. in the south bay, a ribbon cutting for a new housing development in san jose showed how the government is practicing social distancing to stop the spread of coronavirus. sha chairs are spaced six feet apart. hand sanitizer was provided and people were wiping down the hand rails, chairs and equipment as you can see here with disinfectant. the invitation to the event also said no hand shakes allowed. suggested maybe an elbow bump or greeting with two hands together. reggie has perfected that, mike. >> namaste.

>> let's take a look at what's going on. more wet weather in the forecast and starts to taper and overnight monday to tuesday looks quieter and tuesday a chance of showers across the north bay in the higher elevations looks like a little bit of snow. rain potential for monday and tuesday. not as impressive as over the weekend. still, another quarter to two-thirds of an inch of rain pretty good. trying to make up a big deficit in like four days, jobina. >> i know. we're happy to see the rain at the very least. we're looking at our map here. slow down coming out of tracy. look at your neighborhood probably on here and see it is lit up in green. moving over now to a live look showing you oakland. we are moving south here where those headlights are 880 at the coliseum, nice clear ride there. also looking good at the golden gate bridge ever so slightly foggy. vista point to the toll plaza about a seven-minute ride. we'll send it back over to kumasi. coronavirus forces the nba

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to 36 and more than 1,100 cases now reported in 41 states. >> the presidentesction ordering the suspension of most travel from europe to the united states for 30 days starting at midnight tonight. oakland bans all nonessential gatherings and governor newsom is recommending it should now be more than 250 people. >> a lot has changed in the past 24 hours and will continue to do so this morning on this thursday, march 12th. >> we'll get to all those stories but we want to check in with mike to see what our forecast looks like for this morning. >> good morning, everybody. fog north bay and petaluma viz bl ability less than an a half of a mile. dangerous all through the morning commute. golden gate bridge and a west breeze for now and that means a foggy bridge. temperatures running cooler. 44 to 48. might want to dress a little bit warmer. temperatures at the coast upper 50s to low 60s this afternoo