up and president trump really got on the defensive so as we've seen that back and forth between fouchier and trump can you tell us how the situation in the united states has been developing all right so there's another debate. right now going on and that is about when to reopen and who's in charge of reopening the economy is that the governor's is that the president so a total of 9 u.s. states is now trying to organize themselves trying to lift those stay at home orders new york is one of them they have seen a dip in hospitalizations over the last days but andrew cuomo new york's governor stressing that the situation is still very bad that there are 2000 new cases every day and that you have to be very careful when reopening the economy warning about a backlash correspondent all of a ballot in washington thank you very much. well could this be the week we began a leaving the lockdown that's the question many are asking here in germany the country's influential national academy of sciences has recommended that some of the restrictions imposed to contain the virus could begin. the report c

listening to the guidance of his top public health officials dr deborah burke's as well as dr tony fouchier there that in fact he has really ceded to them the understanding that it will need to be a regional approach and that the state governors are the ones that will really have the ultimate decision on when this occurs and i think one of the other big headlines out of this briefing is the fact that some of this could occur as early as tomorrow meaning that there are some states that have already gave it in as they call it in terms of the 1st set of criteria or phase one that would allow some of the population that is under $65.00 that does not have preexisting health conditions to get out into the workplace potentially as long as social distancing guidelines are still met in terms of keeping far apart not congregating in large groups meeting still under 10 people and also that there is extreme hygiene practices that are taking place in terms of hand washing and making the wiping down of the contact surfaces so this is interesting given the fact that while the president wouldn't name those

and medical experts have said wearing a mask does not prevent you from getting covid-19 doctor fouchier last week said it might offer about 50% more protection, but certainly not full proof and the mask though can prevent you from giving the illness to someone else, especially if you're a symptomatic you feel fine, you don't know you have it you're out at the store wearing a mask could contain your germs. >>tonight president trump says he's invoked the defense production act against 3 m in order to get more face masks 03:00am of course is the largest maker of medical face masks and more specifically that in 95 respirator mask. well earlier this week, the company says that it already doubled its global output in january and also plans to double the capacity again to 2 billion globally within the next 12 months. in the u.s. 3 m said that it expects to produce 15 million 95 per month by june which is a 40% jump from current levels even with accelerated production, the company's ceo acknowledged in a statement that the reality for demand is much higher than the industry's ability to deliver

>>infectious disease expert doctor fouchier also spoke about the reality of the virus and its grip on the nation reason why we feel so strongly. >>about the necessity of the additional 30 days is that now is the time whenever you're having an effect not to take your foot off the accelerator and on the break but to just hope and i know that we can do over the next 30 days. >>task force officials added that they're working at getting more mass ventilators and protective gear to medical personnel. there's no magic bullet. >>there's no magic vaccine or therapy. it's just behaviors. each of our behaviors translating into something that changes. the coue of this viral pandemic over the next 30 days. >>to recess stasio kron 4 news. california schools will likely not open before the end of the school year this is according to a leter that was sent by the state superintendent tony thurmond. >>if herman writes it clearly appears it currently appears that our students willnot be able to return to school campuses before the end of the school year. he goes on to say that it doesn't mean that the s

this crisis they sound a lot more like the german chancellor but i also think that people like dr fouchier and dr who are so open up there on this on the stage before and more importantly have been out there talking to the media and they're certainly not muzzled by the american president like i would say the average american is even though they're dealing with the craziness of the president directly who are also ultimately getting pretty decent and balanced information about this pandemic in a way that say they weren't about the impeachment and they weren't about russian intervention in the u.s. election cycle science is actually getting through here look at science through things to the women i want to talk about the ladies for a moment here we've got the german chancellor angela merkel we've got new zealand's prime minister we've got the president of taiwan these are all women loners who are being praised for how they've handled this pandemic do you think that it matters that that they're women leaders is that making the difference. i think it would be better if you had more diversity i

>>doctor fouchier says work does continue on trying to find a vaccine. >>buthe ultimate game and this will be a vaccine. the same way a vaccine for other diseases that was scary just in the past that now we don't even worry about that we've been through the first 2 doses were on the highest dose now when we get that data will take a few months to get the data feel confident to go to the face too, and then a few months from now will be in face too and i think we're right on target for the year to year and a half to re says stasio kron 4 news. >>time n to talk about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside here in san francisco on this first day of april. it's wednesday for anyone who has lo track. we got a funny e-mail from her boss saying just making sure everyone knew what day of the week it was it's hard to remember these days isn't lawrence, let's check in now with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow working from april. >>happy april it is you just kind of lose track of the days being kind of stuck inside so shes good idea to get out the

>>doctor fouchier says work does continue on trying to find a vaccine. >>but the ultimate game and this will be a vaccine. the same way a vaccine for other diseases. that was scary just in the past that now we don't even worry about that we've been through the first 2 doses were on the highest dose now when we get that data will take a few months to get the data feel confident to go to the face too, and then a few months from now will be in face too and i think we're right on target for the year to year and a half to re says stasio kron 4 news. >>coming up here on kron 4 news at 6 o'clock we caught up with the as we hear how they're coping with this shelter in place order. plus the mounting evidence suggests the hope of 19 is being spread by people do not show any >>what a new study just revealed tonight plus researchers and burke we're the best way to predict the fure is to create and change the world. here at abie, we're inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier... ...and happier, while making medicines that help peop

nebraska has cases of quoted $1000.00 but hasn't taken that step and infectious disease experts like dr fouchier say this is absolutely crucial to ensuring that we don't head toward a more catastrophic outcome in the days and weeks to comp so that's certainly been a large concern some of the states including governor cuomo here in new york has said that states are competing with each other when they're trying to purchase ventilators or other equipment and that if this was done by the federal government on their behalf they wouldn't have to have to deal with these kinds of issues so it's certainly an issue there but as of right now it's up to the state and the federal government doesn't seem to be wanting to step in but of course experts will tell you infectious disease experts will tell you there are no state lines in this pandemic. at the classes and in new york city thank you very much. well foreign ministers have held a video conference to discuss the repatriation of e.u. citizens stranded overseas 600000 new citizens got stuck around the world when the pandemic hit of those at least 350000 h

is now the world leader in testing and again let's quote after fouchier what did he say on friday testing is important but it's not everything and so the media to rewrite history and now after they fail to get president trump and say we don't have enough ventilators and he's you know being reckless by not giving new york city 30000. and when that was nowhere near what we needed now they're saying testing testing testing we don't have enough well the fact remains testing is important we have the capability to reopen our country but what good does a test say today that you're negative and then tomorrow you contract the virus it's just the media is using this to attack the president when it's completely uncalled for and they're completely rewriting history ideas of them team you have to have to find out you say tapping the president he said if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation you could have saved lives but he noted there was a lot of pushback about shutting things. that's that's really that's not guess what dr fathi clarified those comments because it was a gotch

>>inftious disease expert doctor fouchier also spoke about the reality of the virus and its grip on the nation reason why we feel so strongly. >>about the necessity of the additional 30 days is that now is the time whenever you're having an effect not to take your foot off the accelerator and on the break but to just press it down on the accelerator and that's what i hope and know that we can do over the next 30 days. >>task force officials added that they're working at getting more mass ventilators and protective gear to medical personnel. there's no magic bullet. >>there's no magic vaccine or therapy. it's just behaviors. each of our behaviors tralating into something that changes. the course of this viral pandemic over the next 30 days. >>theresa kron 4 news. and this just in to the kron 4 news room, california schools will likely not open before the end of the school year this is according to a letter th was sent by the state superintendent tony thurmond. currently appears that our students will not be able to return to school mpuss before e end of the school year. he goes on to say

listening to the guidance of his top public health officials dr deborah burke's as well as dr tony fouchier there that in fact he has really ceded to them the understanding that it will need to be a regional approach and that the state governors are the ones that will really have the ultimate decision on when this occurs and i think one of the other big headlines out of this briefing is the fact that some of this could occur as early as tomorrow brazilian president job elsinore has fired his health minister louise and then we came and that and both an hour of class for weeks over how to handle the coronavirus outbreak the president has repeatedly played down the risk of covert 19 calling it a little flu and imposing social distancing advice brazil has left america's worst outbreak with nearly 2000 reported to. british foreign secretary tony grab says the lowdown restrictions will be extended for at least another 3 weeks rob says he's been advised to relax the measures to seen would risk damaging public health and the economy. nigeria's security forces have killed 18 people one of forcing co

>>infectious disease expert doctor fouchier also spoke about the reality of the virus and its grip on the nation reason why we feel so strongly. >>about the necessity of the additional 30 days is that now is the time whenever you're having an effect not to take your foot off the accelerator and on the break but to just press it down on the accelerator and that's what i hope and i know that we can do over the next 30 days. >>task force officials added that they're working at getting more mass ventilators and protective gear to medical personnel. there's no magic bullet. >>there's no magic vaccine or therapy. this just behaviors. each of our behaviors translating into something that changes. the course of this viral pandemic over the next 30 days. >>theresa kron 4 news. area more than 60 people have died from covid-19 there are more than 2000 cases overall santa clara county still the worst with 890 cases and 30 deaths, san francisco county has 397 cases and 6 people have died. 10 people have died in san mateo county where there have been 309 positive tests so far in alameda county. the

listening to the guidance of his top public health officials dr deborah burke's as well as dr tony fouchier there that in fact he has really ceded to them the understanding that it will need to be a regional approach and that the state governors are the ones that will really have the ultimate decision on when this occurs and i think one of the other big headlines out of this briefing is the fact that some of this could occur as early as tomorrow. the u.k. has extended restrictions to contain the covert 900 spread by at least 3 weeks the foreign secretary dominant rob says lifting curbs early could damage the economy over a longer period brazil's health minister louise oh rick monday to that has been 5 by president jack boston are the pair class for weeks over how to handle the pandemic has repeatedly played down the risk of coronavirus calling it a little flu brazil has latin america's worst outbreak with nearly 2000 reported deaths human rights activists say security forces in nigeria have killed 18 people one in forcing coronavirus measures the country has reported more than 400 cases so