. to unleash the full power of piqray is taken with fulvestrane had severe allergic reactions to it or any of its ingredients. the federal government through this effort today, i'm piqray can cause serious officially declaring a national side effects, including severe allergic and skin reactions, high blood sugar levels, emergency. >> you saw it here live on abc 7 and diarrhea, that are common news, the president today and can be severe, and pneumonitis. announcing a series of measures tell your doctor right away to combat the coronavirus if you have symptoms of severe allergic reactions pandemic. or high blood sugar while taking piqray. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. your doctor will monitor >> i'm ama daetz. your blood sugar before and during treatment, the latest developments are and more often if you have type 2 diabetes. coming in by the minute. we want to catch you up with the before starting, tell your doctor if you have a history of diabetes, skin reactions, top headlines including the are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. common side effects include rash, nausea, national emergency declaration. >> more on how california could tiredness, weakness, decreased appetite, mouth sores, vomiting, accomplish this in just a bit. weight loss, hair loss, today, another of several school and changes in some blood tests. districts and bay area counties ask your doctor about piqray. adding to the list to close or cancel classes. the u.s. travel ban from european countries takes effect tonight. fear of the virus is already turning local airports into virtual ghost towns. >> stocks were quick to surge while president trump was giving his address. wall street recovered from some of this week's historic plunge. the dow finished up 2,000 points

with the announcement to fight the virus. of course this is a day after the market's worst drop since 1987. >> we have full team coverage on the latest coronavirus developments. just in the past 15 minutes, san francisc a moratorium on -- we started at 1,000, then 500, then 250, now 100. there are several exceptions to the rule including offices in transit. several businesses including restaurants will be forced to rethink how they operate. abc 7 reporter kate larsen is in san francisco digging in to how parents and families are affected by this widespread closure. klandunified.it chri>> larry, afternoon.s nye as the number of cases go up,

for many bay area businesses, next week will be the first full week with stop the spread of the virus but employees working at home. school closures. to protect our health care parents will be juggling getting system as well as essential work done and keeping an eye on their kids. joining us, global hr and talent services. for the foreseeable future, life guru it says, steve cat. in santa clara county will be did you write that yourself? different. the health department today the irony of this as we sat down banning public or private to talk, you, yourself, are gatherings of more than 100 trying to figure out what to do people. >> we believe these actions are with your three kids. >> like most people in the bay necessary to protect the area, i was notified last night well-being of our community during one of the most historic about 11:00 that my kids would public health challenges of our be home with me for the next time. >> gatherings of 35 to 100 three weeks. people are to be halted i had no plan with that. every day we're facing new immediately unless certain realities, having to work from home and have a home day care or conditions are met. a gathering is defined by the home schooling, as it were. county as any event or convening >> so it sounds great on paper, that brings together people in a work from home, get your stuff single room or single space at the same time. so this includes arenas, neth nfl just a click away. theaters, restaurants, bars, or any other confined indoor or how do people have the delph-discipline to actually work when they're supposed to be outdoor space. however, airports, fioffices,of working from home?

>> first of all, it's not for everybody clearly. the most important thing i would ask people to think about if they're new to this is think about building some structure. from the order. the number one advice i give >> there are difficult decisions people is actually get dressed. with difficult tradeoffs that even though you're at home and have to be made. you may think it's a jammies >> reporter: the santa clara county office of education with all superintendents announced the decision to close schools to students for the next three day, people feel more productive when they get dressed for work. weeks. goal is to provide schools with go through your routine. instead of your commute, maybe the time they need to comply you do a workout and you can with guidance. >> students and community benefit and get more energy. members should adhere to the social distancing guidelines and the other thing people forget is we had this chance when we or at avoid congregating in public the office of running into people all the time, in the places. >> reporter: in the alum rock hallways or on break or at union school district where 85% lunch. you're not going to have a of students qualify for free or chance to do that now. i encourage people to reach out reduced launch, superintendent and call people or get on conference calls with people to al lar yeah bowers says parents sot of calibrate and help can pick up meals for their kids yourself get focused. come monday even though classes are canceled. it's easy to get lost if you're >> i do urge our community to on your own. we have to be more intentional work with the community-based to find ways to communicate with our colleagues that maybe we organizations that are already didn't have to go out of our way

mobilizing to create to do so much when we had the normal reality of going to the office. >> otherwise you really drift off into isolation and that's respite for child care. another problem in terms of poductivity. >> reporter: classes and public it's great we have you here right now. you were doing hr for sysco in schools in santa clara county will be canceled for the next sing poor when sars broke out. three weeks. what did you learn from sars live in san jose, chris nguyen, that we can carry over now? >> probably the biggest thing is abc 7 news. schools in san mateo will we're really dealing with two close mekt week. issues right now. the office of education posting this message today. we're dealing with coronavirus and dealing with panic. the school operations for businesses to really modification order from county recognize that your workers are not going to be productive health director dr. scott morro. unless they feel their families are taken care of and that their kids are safe. in this case, that our parents the order requires all schools to dismiss students from regular attendance and encourages are safe. what i think a lot of schools and districts to organizations should do and implement at-home learning professionals should do is check in with your co-workers and models if that's feasible. in just about two hours, all employees first on a personal level before you get to the work schools within the oakland stuff. that's one thing, when i was in unified district will be closed sing poor, it was crazy tunes. until april 5th, the end of spring break. >> laura martinez joining us someone would cough and everyone from outside the district office

where school officials and the would stand up and say who was that and why are you here? mayors just finished up a news . it isn't as bad now, but yu just don't know. working in this arena of lauren. >> reporter: larry and ama, uncertainty around what's beginning monday, over 36,000 happening can cause people to be very fearful. students will not be in school >> clearly, clearly. until the end of their spring break which will end around so before all this unfolded with april 5th. this morning superintendent dr. coronavirus, we have had people talking about, okay, what's the kyla johnson said they'll see s workplace of the future ten, 20, 30 years from now with cities getting more and more congested. more covid-19 cases. is this sort of kind of a tryout for work at home on a large two are community acquired transmission in the county. scale? will this be the new normal even true mel and other school after we get past coronavirus? officials stressed it is >> having worked in the bay area imperative kids stay at home for the last 30 years or so, i during this time. >> it is extremelymp think tech companies in general are a bit ahead of the curve in that students should stay home terms of, we felt the squeeze in terms of there's not enough and minimize social contact as much as possible to keep talent here. so organizations have had to themselves and their adult learn how do you grow a team and operate a business with people family members safe. >> this is the right thing to in different locations. do. we have an opportunity to i think most technology prevent human suffering. companies have already had a little muscle memory built.

if you haven't been doing this a >> reporter: three out of four lot, it's going to be new and oakland unified students qualify challenging. i think it will be more the for free or discounted meals. rus, but because of the access the school nutrition department will provide grab-and-go meals to talent. organizations are having to go for students 18 years or under. beyond the bay area because of duringerstudts pick up those the affordability of housing being what it is. so organizations having i think the last 10, 15 years are meals ond mondays and thursdays. starting to learn how to do this we'll put aabc7news.com. more effectively. this is not completely an mayor libby schaaf made an unknown area. i think organizations are slowly announcement regarding the city of oakland. learning and the technology is there. she said starting monday, you can do zoom for no cost or libraries, senior centers and recreation centers will be some of these webx tools for closed. reporting live from downtown almost nothing. >> steve, thank you for coming oakland, laura martinez, abc 7 in. good luck the next three weeks news. with your kids. >> lauren, thank you. more breaking school news in the you're the expert just because we're super hungry... east bay. san ramon unified school ...doesn't mean you got to spend a lot! district is informing parents because denny's brought back the super slam™. schools will be closed through the end of spring break, april with eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and pancakes. all for just $6.99. 10th. mt. diablo unified is closing the $6.99 super slam™ is back! schools starting tuesday. see you at denny's! west contra costa is closed on medicare. it may come as a surprise...

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abc 7 news reporter kate larsen outside the city's main public library. they're working to set up centers to try to help parents. kate. >> reporter: absolutely. this afternoon mayor breed announced a huge move, closing all city libraries to the general public. starting monday, they will be staying open for the children of health care and disaster workers as well as low-income families. >> you need to wash your hands and then grab yourself a spot and line up. >> reporter: making one last call for hand washing before school closes for three weeks. aotf woe, weight on the family situation. >> reporter: his daughter goes to el dorado. he doesn't know how he's going ♪ do you recall, not long ago

to juggle child care with a ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ full-time job. >> my job keeps going. it's non-stop. ♪ all around the wind blows if i got to go and i have nowhere to take my kids to, the ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ kids can't come with me to work. ♪ blow a kiss into the sun it's going to cause me to lose ♪ we need someone to lean on pay, lose wages, lose benefits, in order to stay home and pay ♪ blow a kiss into the sun for my kids. >> why are people going to work ♪ all we needed somebody to lean on ♪ when they are sick? what in society is forcing them ♪ ♪ lease the volvo xc40 to go to work sick? for $329 per month. at your local volvo retailer. is it they're low income. >> reporter: the science teacher at burton high school, his last lesson before the closure was how different countries around the world are handling the pandemic. he's worried about his students and their families, how they'll fair without school. >> there have been volunteer forms handed out to teachers to help with supplying food to those students who may be food insecure. i know we are working currently with our community school program to get students chrome books so if it comes down to online learning, they'll have

the ability to complete work. >> reporter: beginning monday, sfusd is opening 14 sites at all right. finally here at 4:00, some people in italy are using their spots across the city, providing voices to help them deal with the country's nationwide items to children 18 and younger. a child must be present. families will not need to enter lockdown. ♪ the school buildings to get >> people in the tuscan city of their food. sienna were heard singing together from their balconies so how will this emergency youth and windows. people responding to the twitter care work. video saying the sight and sound for preschoolers, available for is giving them hope at a really difficult time. >> one person wrote, quote, children grades k through r5, imagine the whole world singing can attend 37 different recreation and parks facilities. like this from their houses, no hate, no nothing, unified for kids grades 6 through 12 can once. attend any san francisco public love this so much. whatever it takes to get through library location. this time. all the centers will be open >> that's going to do it for abc monday through friday from 8:00 7 news at 4:00, thanks for to 6:00. 7 news at 4:00, thanks for california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, we have all this information on our website, abc7news.com. you do need to be eligible for - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. this care and you do need to register ahead of time. get details on this state program. live in san francisco, kate call or visit larsen, abc 7 news. with the spread of the coronavirus, also comes a rise

in xenophobia and racist incidents we've seen towards the asian community. >> dion lim joins us with what's being done to combat the hate. >> over the past few weeks, i've seen it and you probably have, too. stories, images or videos on social media of attacks on the asian-american community because of coronavirus. but at the very same time, there are many dedicated to making positive change. >> my adrenaline is going, and when i sat down, it seemed like five, ten minutes for me to calm and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. down. >> reporter: this business owner experienced an unpleasant and - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program unexpected interaction with a man next to him while in the call or visit restroom of a san francisco restaurant this week. >> he was drying his hands and turned to his right and coughed and said dam cough from china. >> reporter: incidents like this are the tip of the iceberg as this entire thing is about the world fights with tradeoffs. we do the most and we do the coronavirus which originated in best that we can. china, they're fighting the we know we're not going to prevent every infection. >> a blunt assessment from santa bigotry. >> why are they racist to us.

clara county officials as they >> reporter: in this presentation by san francisco enact tough new rules to slow state's asian-american studies department, you can see images the spread of coronavirus. of hate from around the globe. local schools taking action in the last two weeks the group as well. reviewed 141 news stories in the classes canceled. chaos at costco. lines wraparound the building as u.s. related to coronavirus people stock up on supplies. dscrimination. anxiety levels on the rise globally, 37 cases a day, and that's just the ones that go as the president's european reported. >> whenever we see a public health response, it often travel ban takes effect tonight. includes specific measures to make sure bullying in schools is wedding venue address dollar. we see it on social media, but it really does need to be better documented and better tracked. >> reporter: vincent pam believes there is a key to stopping the fear from turning into hate. >> it started in china and is now spreading throughout the world. >> reporter: starting at the top. >> when the president calls this is a foreign virus when you have members of congress calling it the chinese coronavirus. this is a public health situation and we know it affects

all people. >> san francisco state's asian studies department is launching a reporting center on monday so they can better track incidents when they happen. in the news room, dion lim, abc 7 news. bay area amusement parks are responding to the coronavirus. california's great american in santa clara says it will postpone opening its season until saturday, april 4th. the ceo says there's been no confirmed case of the virus on any of the company's properties. six flags has decided to suspend operations until the end of the month. the company says it has no confirmed cases there. >> disney land is shutting down starting tomorrow, but its food won't be going to waste. today the park announced that during its closure it will be donating all excess food to the second harvest food bank of roun orange county. all disney parks across the globe will be shut down as of

monday through the end of the month. disney is the parent company of abc 7 news. >> athere's food going to people who need it the most. >> absolutely. so important. we have good weather news, foo. >> much-needed rainfall coming our way. much-needed snow to the sierra. a look at live doppler 7. in terms of precipitation, it has not arrived yet. what has arrived is strong gusty wind. look at the current wind gusts in the hills. higher elevations, 43 miles per hour. it's pretty windy in the higher elevations as evidenced by the shaky sutro tower. 59 degrees in the city, 62 in oakland and redwood city. 5 at half moon bay. this is the view above mt. tam. a bit stormy there already. we'll see stormy conditions

across the entire region this weekend. napa 59, low to mid 60s at fairfield, concord and livermore. here is a nice view from the east bay hills camera. some sunshine, some clouds. these are our forecast features, cold storm arrives overnight. periods of rain through the weekend and into next week with heavy snow likely in the sierra. here is our forecast an mission. the overnight hours, we'll see pockets of scattered showers moving through. by mid morning, certainly midday, waveso steadier rain sweeping through the bay area. cold air will accompany that. going into tomorrow night and into sunday, more showers, more scattered showers and waves or periods of steady erin from time to time continuing through sunday and into early next week. rainfall totals we project from the first wave of storminess by 11:00 sunday night, we'll have produced from a third of an inch to threeuas of ach. topetures 0d

aianim sunday ght inturg the three or four-day period. rainfall totals, additional rainfall totals from the second wave of storminess monday or tuesday, another .15 inch to about .50 inch. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. don't be shocked by the appearance of these lightning bolts. not saying thunderstorms will happen every day. but the cold air will destabilize the atmosphere. there's a chance of a flash of lightning or crash of u thunder accompanying the rain coming our way. that's saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday, a pretty steady pattern. on tuesday it will be cold enough that we could see mixed

precipitation in the higher levels. finally, late last week, thursday and friday we get drier and milder weather. this is the storminess we've been hoping for all winter. >> it comes when schools are out. parents are like, what are we going to do with our kids. >> well, put them in front of the -- a book. >> or abc 7. >> there you go. kids read the books. parents can stay up to date. we'll be right back with ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like james lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease,

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princess cruises, it just did. >> "7 on your side's" michael finney is here with more on that. they were trying to do a good job to make sure people got their money back. >> and hackers found them. princess cruises halted operations after two ships confirmed on board outbreaks. now dealing with a data breach. the company says it's detected unauthorized access to a number of email accounts. some of those accounts contained personal information including social security numbers of its employees and guests. it's unclear why it took so long for us to hear about it from last april. if you've opened up twitter, you might have come up with advice about the coronavirus attributed to stanford university. it goes something like this, if you can comfortably hold your breath for more than ten seconds, you're probably not infected. it goes on to say, you should

sip water every 15 minutes to wash the virus into your stomach where stomach acid kills it. stanford university says it did not send these posts. scientists say there is no evidence to suggest this advice for checking or prevention works. you might be wondering if it's safe to go t the movies. ma of at st. joe self's health in new jersey says give it at least two weeks. we don't know how long this thing is going to last. if you do want to go, there are things you can do to reduce your exposure at least a little bit. bring cleaning wipes and wipe everything down. good advice. there is little you can do to decontaminate a cloth seat. they're using hand sanitizers and instructing employees to wash their hands hourly. some upcoming set for

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here are the very latest coronavirus developments making news at 4:30. oakland unified is the latest bay area school district to be canceling classes for students in response to this outbreak. most school districts have already closed classes for the next few weeks. three weeks in most cases. santa clara county reported 13 new confirmed cases, bringing

the total there to 79. that's the most of any bay area county. meanwhile the president announcing google is working on a website to send americans to the nearest testing site. but the company said that website is in early development stages. here is what the administration said about that site. >> start in the screening website up here, facilitated by google where clients and patients and people of interest can go. fill out a screening questionnaire, move down for symptoms and risk factors, yes. they would move down this and be told where the drive-through options would be for them to receive this test. the labs will then move to the high throughput automated machines to be able to provide results in 24 to 36 hours. >> testing so far has really lagged in the united states. according to the cdc, fewer than 15,000 federal and state tests have been administered so far.

for more on this, we depend greatly on our coronavirus experts. one member is medical expert dr. alok patel, not just a pediatrician, but also a journalist and producer. thank you for coming in and talking to us about a couple different topics. i'm going to get through every question i have. >> we'll do it. >> let's start big and kind of get localized. you heard the president talking about google working with the administration to set up these at-home tests and drive-throughs. what's your first thought? >> my first thought, in theory, if there's a way to screen americans and get them to a testing site, it may keep people out of urgent cares or hospitals where they can potentially get other people infected. we obviously have a lot of questions. there's some key features missing about this such as data, are they going to be tracking people? also, what are people going to do if they can't access this? talking about the homeless, people who don't have a phone, don't have a car that can go

wait in line? so i like the overall idea, we'll have to see if the execution matches it. >> if you don't have a car, you get a bunch of people standing in line and everybody is not doing the social distancing. >> or there are people that won't be able to go. that site is too far, i'm going to stay home. >> yesterday governor newsom reiterated concerns about the testing kits and said basically we don't have what we need here in california. now the president is saying those issues are being resolved. talk about why it's so important to get people tested, although as the president kept pointing out today in his address, not everyone should get tested. >> we've been saying we're going to have millions of tests for weeks now. we have to have them available for people who may be at risk, people who are traveling or concerned about their level of isolation or what they're going to be doing, who they'll be around. one thing we have to clear up, when we say tests, it's a broad term. there's a testing kit, chemicals go into the test.

then you need to take out the genetic material from the virus. these are three different supplies. the cdc is sending out one part. state labs, commercial labs have to step up because there is a national shortage. that's what governor newsom was saying, it's like having a printer and no ink. we have to make sure we not only have the availability of tests, but all the right chemicals to run the test. people have to have access to them. a lot of things in the supply chain of tracking this disease. >> they're trying to get the turn-around time once tested to getting results to be within 24 hours, whereas right now it's several days. >> we'd love to get it down to a o help s. public health but help people understand what they need to do in that moment. >> let's talk about social distanci distancing. we can't talk about it enough. >> is this six feet? >> keeps coming down, now down to about 100 people or less.

talk about why this is so important. >> this is super important. it gives all of us something to take into our hands. also, it goes back to the spikes we were looking at yesterday in flattening the curve. if we can keep our distance and we look at our individual risk and we do our best to not spread coronavirus, what we'll do is spread out the amount of new cases over time and not create that huge influx of new cases. what this is going to do, it's going to keep our health care h capacity. that's the bread and butter of social distancing and why it's so important. >> we've seen today it's really hitting the fan. >> it's hitting . >> s cas eeing closed. a lot of parents are saying, we're closed for three weeks, let's head to tahoe, make an early spring vacation. does that defeat the purpose? i guess if you can have nice cabin and can quarantine yourself in your cabin.

does it defeat the purpose if everyone is going to these vacation spots? >> again, you have to look at what your situation is and what social distancing means for you. social distancing is a behavioral change. if you were to say, listen, we're going to take our own private car to our own destination, wherever it may be, tahoe or somewhere else, and we're going to avoid these large gatherings such as a crowded bar or a restaurant, probably wouldn't take your kids to a bar, that may absolutely qualify as social distancing. again, that's a specific situation. people who have the means to do that. this is going to mean something else for a lot of different people. for some families this is a critical period because they have to figure out child care, do i skip work, how am i going to follow social distancing while maintaining my life. >> how do you keep the kids from hitting the wall? you want to take them outside, it's probably going to rain spencer was telling us. what about being outside? some places are closed, the zoos are going to be open.

can we still take them to the playground? kids, they need to get out that energy. what's the effect on just being outside unless you're under a stay-at-home quarantine, that's different. what about being outside? >> you're totally right, being outside is important. play is important. these are different behaviors and activities that help children cope with stress and fear. it is important that children are not going insane indoors. again, parents have to think about where is this playground, how many people are going to be at this playground, can i reasonably watch all four of my children and make sure they're not touching playground equipment and eating something or touching their eyes. i'm not saying playgrounds all across america are covered in coronavirus. these are basic things families should think about before taking the kids out in public. >> take an evaluation of the playground you're thinking of. some libraries are closing. if it's open, same thing? >> i would take caution with the library and look at the situation. again, basic, basic, hand

hygiene and protective measures apply everywhere. those are powerful. you can dip your hands into coronavirus. if you wash properly, you're still good. these are things we need to teach our kids, whether they're going to a water park, the li o publi park. >> my last question. bear with me. the water, i'm seeing a lot of moms asking, well, swim class is still open. something a lot of parents take their kids to weekly. is it still safe? they feel like that's one of the relatively safe places to still take their kids? does chlorine in the pool kill coronavirus? >> according to the world health organization and the epa from what i was reading, chlorination should actually kill this coronavirus, even our basic filtration and treatment we do for our u.s. water supply, should keep the water clean and coronavirus-free. with that being said, that's only in the pool environment. that is not including -- >> the changing room. >> any other wading area. >> the play lobby. >> some public pools are very

crowded. another thing to take into account. >> i told you i was going to get through all my questions. >> we did it. >> thank you, doctor. >> we want to make sure you have th ltevelmere prepared and safe. that's why we have our team of experts including our fabulous dr. patel. >> i'm not sure if i'm comforted or more scared now. covid-19's economy, obviously a growing concern. for example, fitness professionals, many of whom will have no income if their gyms or studios happen to close. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has that part of the story. >> reporter: it's especially concerning for some of the smaller studios that wouldn't be able to keep paying their instructors if they have to close their doors. as independent contractors figure out how to stay afloat, one bay area teacher is working on a possible solution that would benefit the studios, the teachers and students alleys kay is a full-time yoga teacher who leads as many as five to six

classes a day seven days a week. >> i don't have the ability not to go paycheck. >> reporter: kay says surprisingly her class attendance is up this week with many people working from home. but she's already lost a big portion of her income as a result of covid-19. some studios have begun to limit class size. it's possible at some point they may need to close their doors. >> people putting memberships on hold. that kills our neighborhood, kills our studios. >> reporter: one larger studio has committed to financially supporting its teachers. l cap owns indoor rock climbing and fitness gums with four bay area planet granite locations. >> the safety and well-being of everyone who works here is paramount. if you don't have sick time, great, don't come to work. reach out to us, we'll figure something out. if you don't have health insurance and you want to get a covid-19 test, get the test.

reach out to us, we'll figure out how to pay for it. >> reporter: it's an option that may not be possible for smaller gyms and studios. this youg ga teacher is coordinating an effort to teach classes with students practicing from home and the studios and teachers still getting paid. >> doing the classes online from home and students can still sign up through whatever system they're already using to sign up for studio classes. >> reporter: the idea not just about generating income but also about serving our community. >> people who are at home really stressed out in these times need yoga and meditation more than ever. >> reporter: here is another idea if you want to support some of the smaller gyms and studios, buy gift cards now that could be used later. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. employees in many businesses are going to be working from home for who knows how long. we'll talk to an hr expert on how to maximize productivity

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