school nurses who are usually public health nurses working closely with the local health department keep careful watch on the health of students. health education is another important function of the local health department, pamphlets covering achieving and maintaining good health for all age groups are carefully planned and widely distributed. well, all this and much more is part of the picture of why today, we have good reasons to take good health almost for granted. these two can live in their community without too much danger from communicable diseases, thanks largely to the work done by the local department of health. but there are other agencies, the red cross, for example, that supplement the work of the community health department. they are voluntary organization supported by contributions and staffed by volunteers. ann, as a volunteer in her local chapter of the red cross, is helping to prepare emergency kits for a nearby disaster area, one of the many jobs the red cross undertakes to supplement existing health agencies, particularly in times of emergency. then there are the man

that supplement the work of the community health department. are voluntary health organizations frequently staffed by volunteers. ann as a volunteer in the local chapter of the red cross is helping to prepare emergency kits for use in a nearby disaster area. one of the many jobs the red cross undertakes to supplement the work of existing health agencies particularly in times of emergency. and then there are the many other voluntary health agencies concerned with specific diseases. some of these organizations are concerned with research. others with rehabilitation and a tremendous burden of caring for the victims of the respective disease. in many communities, there are visiting nurse services to provide home nursing care for bedridden patients. the larger urban centers frequently have a safety council to guard against the many safety hazards that occur on the roads and in the industry and in the home. and now, together with roger, we will come upon still another safeguard which helps maintain the health of a community. yes, the family doctor. n

and school nurses, who are usually public health nurses, working closely with the health department keepareful watch on the health of students. carefully planned and widely distributed. well, all this and much more is part of the picture of why today we have good reasons to take good health almost for granted. but there are other agencies, the red cross, for example, that supplement the work of the community health department. they are voluntary health organization organizations support bid contributions and frequently staffed by volunteers. and as a volunteer in her local chapter of the red cross, is helping to prepare emergency kits for use in a nearby disaster area. one of the many jobs the red cross undertakes to supplement the work of existing health agencies, particularly in times of emergency. and then there are the many other voluntary health agencies concerned with the problems of specific diseases. some of these organizations are concerned with research, others with rehabilitation and the tremendous burden of the victims of the respective disease. the larger urban centers frequ

if a local county health department comes in and demons to quarantine someone, to shutdown a business, guess what?

what the action is, the health department would go to the courts and file a petition in the courts for an action against that business. it's like any other health order, whether you want to shut down a restaurant or for people's safety. >> that's the local health department's responsibility to bring those cases? >> that's correct. >> do you recommend a local health departments bring those cases where businesses have not enforced social distancing? >> do i recommend that? is that what you are asking me? we made in order to the effect. we have had that were in place for months now -- we have had that order in place for months now. look, it's the same question that has come up numerous times. it's the local levels, local health departments to go. there is an action they take through the courts if they want to get something done. that's the answer to your question. >> just to clarify, you're saying -- >> look, let me just say this. yeah, let's move around and let some of the rest of them ask some questions. go ahead. >> some republican governors have offered their state to president trump

in 1946 as the communicable disease center, the centers for disease control works with state health departments to combat the most -- the spread of disease. ofnext, combating the spread diseases. this early cdc promotional film describes how they combat the most serious threats to american help of the time, including malaria, influenza, polio, rocky mountain spotted fever, ringworm, and typhus. this film contains graphic scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers. ♪ [whistle] [overlapping chatter] [whistle] [whistle] >> ok, man. narrator: chances are you've never seen this boy before but you've seen many like him. his name is harris, johnny harris. though johnny is a stranger to you, the disease that made him a stranger. no it was poliomyelitis, a communicable disease. ♪ encephalitis. rocky mountain spotted fever. ringworm. infectious diarrhea. typhus. malaria. influenza. .ommunicable diseases where do they come from and how do they spread. tuberculosis,like poliomyelitis and influenza spread from person-to-person to person. some diseases spread by other means. rats may carry typhus. mice ma

why allow politicians to decide anything about what a health department does? >> i've got a great health director, as you know, dr. amy acton, followed her advice and pulled in every expert we could find to make those decisions. but chris i've made it very clear, and we've had protester at her house, and we've had people who are upset, and i've said to the protesters, look, the buck stops with me, i'm the governor, i'm making the decisions. leave my health director alone and come out against me, complain about me, don't go after her. what the house of representatives did i think was a mistake. and i've made it very clear if that bill ever got to my desk i would veto that. this -- >> people playing politics. you have a beautiful mask your wife made, and i know why you're wearing it, being example, not easy but leading the way even not popular. i tried to have this guy and give him fair hearing, bagged out last second. nino vitale, not going to wear a mask because made in jesus' image and he didn't have one, is that who you want to control health department policy

and with that, i'd like to truce the director of the department of public health, dr. greg colfax. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, i'm dr. grant colfax, director of the department of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership during these very difficult and challenging times. it's been a week since the new health order took effect across san francisco and the bay area region. as of today, there are 1954 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of covid-19, and, as the mayor mentioned, sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died. i send my condolences to their loved ones, their friends and their community. of the people with confirmed covid-19 in san francisco, 156 are experienced homelessness, and one of those persons has unfortunately died. this is why we continue to prioritize vulnerable populations in our ongoing response, including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. these groups include people experiencing homelessness and those who live in congregate settings, such as s

state health departments to combat the spread of disease. up next on reel america, combating the spread of diseases. this promotional film describes how the organization confronted the most serious threats of health at the time, including malaria, polio, ringworm, influenza, and typhus. the film includes graphic scenes of disease that may be disturbing to some viewers. playing] ♪ [crowd noises] >> the chances are you've never seen this boy before, but you seen many like him. his name is harris, johnny harris, and he's in the seventh grade at district two. although johnny is a stranger to you, the disease that made him a cripple is no stranger. it is polio, a communicable disease. ♪ encephalitis, rocky mountains ringworm,ver, typhus,us diarrhea, , influenza, communicable diseases. where do they come from? and how do they spread? many diseases, like tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, and influenza, survived in man and there spread from person-to-person. some diseases spread by other means. rats may carry typhus. mice may call this -- because dysenter

cdcounded in 1946, the worked with state health departments to combat the spread of disease. up next on real america, from this early cdc promotional film describes how the organization confronted the most serious threat to u.s. help at the time, including malaria, polio, ringworm, influenza and typos. the film includes graphic scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers. >> the chances are you have never seen his boy before but you have seen many like him. his name is harris. johnny harris. he is in the seventh grade. the disease that made him a cripple is no stranger. polio, a communicable disease. it was poliomyelitis, a communicable disease. ♪ encephalitis. rocky mountain spotted fever. ringworm. infectious diarrhea. typhus. malaria. influenza. communicable diseases. where do they come from and how do they spread. many diseases like tuberculosis, poliomyelitis and influenza spread from person-to-person to person. some diseases spread by other means. rats may carry typhus. mice may cause dysentery. mosquitoes bring malaria, encephalitis. rocky mountain fever, relaxing fe

they usually run the public health component of the health departments. our case, we're actually a health agency because we have much -- we have -- our services are way beyond public health. includes public health, substance abuse, and clinical services, so we're a big agency, and public health is just one component of that. i run that component, which is called population health division, and i'm part of the health department, which the health agency, and i report to dr. grant colfax, and i'm part of the executive branch. so most of my interaction is in direction. it comes from dr. colfax, and most of my interaction's working with the team here in terms of influencing public health policy. but i would never say that it's never me alone. it's really -- i'm one of many people that come together to problem solve around the complex -- the complex problems. i would say the area that i tend to be more involved in is in communicable diseases because that's just one of the areas where public health has a big footprint in is communicable diseases. >> supervisor pe

the five county health departments are integral parts of the districts. the oufrz fficers in charge of district and they include a medical degree, a post graduate course in public health and five years full time experience. >> they are authorized to act for him. he is available for technical advice the directors of the 11 divisions and two health districtors. the onch district staff includes an assistant officer and district sub inviting nursz, one or more engineers, supervising in field public health nurses and a clerical staff. full records are kept in all district offices. they may take checks according to the status of each case. district offices conduct the state programs through 798 local health officers and five county health commissioners. there are frequent conferences with local health officers. when serious epidemics or unusual circumstances occur, they're given to temporary assignments by other districts or central office. district staffs are flexible and not subject to local authority. an important function of the district officer is the preli

we are notifying them or the next day. >> reporter: she says for now in san francisco, only health department staff , but outsourcing will soon become necessary and third- party companies are already poised to provide. >> most health authorities are already doing some form of contact tracing, they are using their existing staff to pull lab results, infected patients, but they've all reached capacity. >> reporter: >> what they are looking for is not only those contact tracer roles but coordinator investigator and navigator roles so they can manage those tracer teams. >> reporter: robin fletcher has already applied, she hopes her sales experience will help her get a job she really wants and needs. >> you are to have some courage to put it politely to pick up the phone and call someone and establish immediate rapport and do it well, there is an aspect of educating, there's an aspect of social work, there's an aspect of just being a good listener. a lot of skills that people i think can really bring to this. >> reporter: one positive note to contact tracing, according to the doctor, facemasks are

of health or any local health department enforces the state's health commissioner's order. the first is a civil process by which an injunction is obtained to enforce the public health order. the second is a warrant issued by a magistrate. those are the procedures by which the governor has repeatedly stated he expects any enforcement to take place. but even then the governor has stated only gross, egregious and repeated conduct in violation of the order should rise to the attention of the department of health. although the governor does not expect business owners to enforce executived offer 63, he does encourage them to take the opportunity to educate a noncompliant patron regarding the importance of wearing a face covering while inside the business. what is important to remember in all of this is that it should not be the responsibility of the virginia department of health to make sure you are wearing your mask. and it certainly should not be the responsible of law enforcement or a business to make sure you are wearing a face covering. rather, it is a personal respon

i am joined by the department of public health, dr. colfax, as well as the police chief, bill scott. the director of the human services agency, trent rohrer, the director of housing and homelessness, abigail stewart khan, and i'm san francisco mayor, london breed, here to provide you with an update on what is happening with covid-19 in our city. as of today we have 1,994 casis of those san franciscans who have been diagnosed with covid-19, and sadly we've lost 35 people and about 70 people have been hospitalized, and as a reminder, we want to ask folks to visit datasf.org/covid19 for more information. i have a number of announcements today, and i am excited to announce some good news for a change. i know that last friday we made an announcement that on may 18 there would be a number of businesses, including florists and bookstores and cosmetic stores and other places that will be allowed to reopen for pick-up and delivery services. and the good news is that is still happening. the even better news is that we are able to extend this to

the state health department said they wanted a targeted arizona-specific model. so professors at university of arizona and arizona state, they offered up their services to do that, as experts, for free. and what they turned up was useful and specific. a mathematical epidemiologist leading the modeling told the arizona republic last month said that not reopening the state toward the end of may was the only scenario that didn't put us on an exponentially growth curve and quote, i can say scientifically, no, it is not safe to reopen, unless you're planning on, you know, shutting down again after a couple of weeks. that's where things stood in arizona. but then donald trump came to town. the president trump flew into arizona to make his unmasked visit to a mask factory yesterday, and arizona's governor announced, as that was happening, that he would, in fact, accelerate the opening up of businesses in arizona. the president, of course, has been encouraging this sort of thing all over the country. and so forget the extension of the stay at home order, that's off. salo

for every state health district and subdistricts will be in operation, the five county health departmentsre integral parts of their respective districts. suitable quarters are provided at albany and buffalo. a full-time district state health officer is in charge of each district. it includes a medical degree, a post graduate course in public health and five years full-time experience. the district officer is the commissioner's representative and authorized to act for him. he is available for technical advice and two district health directors. the average district staff includes a district supervising nurse, and a clerical staff. full records are kept in all district officers such as syphilis and tuberculosis registrars. they conduct the five county health commissioners and there are frequent conferences. when serious epidemics occur, there are temporary assignments from other districts. they are flexible and not subject to local authority and an important function of the district officer is the preliminary field training of young physicians and participation in selection of physicians for

i can tell you that the communication between the health department and the public health officer who makes the decisions are ongoing still. >> tesla restarting production is a violation of the alameda county health department order. requiring factories to remain shut down. except for essential departments like payroll. over the weekend tesla released photographs of coronavirus safety precautions including shields, masks and temperature checks. >> the reopening after musk threatened to move the operation out of california. and after tesla filed a lawsuit against alameda county over shelter orders that are stricter than the statewide directive. >> i have great expectation that we can work through at the county level the issue with this particular county. and this company. >> the prospect of a big company more than 10,000 jobs leaving is frightening to bay area business leaders. >> let's get to a solution. and soon. let's not need lawsuits. let's have people working safely. >> one industry analyst cautions against taking his threats too seriously. >> i would take it seriously that he is

we've received a statement from the alameda county health department regarding tesla safety plan and it reads part. quote if tell slows prevention and control plan includes these updates and the public health indicators remain stable or improved. we've agreed that tesla can begin to augment their minimum business operations this week and preparation for possible reopening as soon as next week and quote fremont police will also be making sure that tesla's following health and safety guidelines, including physical distancing. >>well a bay area social media giant is now giving employees the option to work from home permanently san francisco based twitter was one of the first companies to adjust their business operation was employees working from home in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic and now ceo jack dorsey's allowing twitter employees who would like to continue working from home the ability to do so indefinitely. so the new move has business leaders and city officials voicing their concerns over what that could mean for the local economy. >>there was a significant amount of money giv

a function that's vested with health departments.ew york city health department is one of the leaders in the world in doing this work. when that call gets made, people are experts at understanding how to reach people. i liken it to almost social work, people trained in crisis counseling. purpose is inform people, help them understand what's going on with their health, how to navigate the health care system, what needs to be done to isolate if necessary, and to identify people that they've had %-p within the health department is that there's laws, regs, specific rules about confidentiality, and of course we need to count what's going on around the country. health departments have this very well organized. also want to comment on the fact that cultural competence, cultural humility rather is a very important function of what this work force does. we know covid disproportionately ipacted african-americans and latinos. contact tracers need to come from those communities. our existing work force comes from those communities, know how to w

like i said in the blog post. >> will humble, executive director of the arizona public health association and departmenthealth services. mr. humble, thanks for helping us understand this. there is a lot of sort of unknowns and black boxes in this story. if they start to fill in and you can see it, you can see the explanations in arizona before nationally, will you call us and we'll get you back on here? >> sure, thank you. >> great. we will be right back. stay with us. >> great we will be right back. stay with us s of them. that's why centrum contains 14 key nutrients to help feed your cells, nourishing your body inside and out so you can focus on what matters most. centrum. feed your cells. fuel your life. confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. find yours at letsmakeaplan.org. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. (vo) what does it mean to be america's most reliable network? at verizon, it means putting those who serve first, with our best pricing ever. $30 per line for all nurses, teachers, first responders,

. >> the health department says one person tested positive for covid-19 days after going to a mother's day service at this church. over 180 people attended. >> we love going places because that is what we do. we are social people and also we have to be cautious but for this to happen, it is like did they really do this? >> when you step out in front and you strive to lead, i am not perfect and i am going to make mistakes but when you step out, you become a target. >> the butte county health department says several attendees have tested negative for covid-19 but it is unclear if any tested positive. >>> some students are going back to school. a pilot program launched yesterday with a small group of children at three schools and allows around eight students per classroom while the rest of the students learn online. the students would rotate who gets to come to class and there would be plenty of protocols. classrooms would be placed in between barriers. >> we greeted in the parking lot and we had to take temperatures and ask questions about health and make sure everyone was healthy at hom

>>the reopening is in defiance of the alameda county public health department shelter-in-place order. musk says he's suing the county over the strict rules as he sends the employees back to work. kron four's dan thorn live for us near the factory in fremont tonight, he joins us now with the very latest an. >>well can elan musk says that he was actually here at the factory today working on the assembly line over the past couple of days, he sort of got into a war of words with the county public health department who says that he is defying their orders by opening up today but opening up is exactly what he did. >>tesla ceo elon musk restarts production at the company's fremont factory monday. it's the first move in what has been a verbal fight between the car giant and the alameda county health department mosque announcing the restart on twitter saying i will be on the line with everyone else if anyone is arrested i ask that it only be me i don't want to see it on get arrested, i think that would be a horrible. a few and something we don't want to see a levee to county supervisor scott h

in the wake of a few very large public gatherings recently, the public health department says car caravans are prohibited because they are not considered essential travel. the san jose fire department had decided to send an engine to lead the event when details were finalized but the spokesperson told me they will not anticipate due to the health orders. >> the san jose police chief said publicly, he doesn't have a staff to clamp down on celebrations and they hope they don't have to count on that. >>> still to come, a north bay city might be getting the green light to open the restaurants as early as next week. what has to happen first though. >> and getting teenagers to focus on schoolwork can be a challenge. meet a 17-year-old who is inspiring them to teach. >> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, and we're tracking the heat. not only how hot tomorrow, the hottest day of the year, but when that rainfall returns. i'll have full details coming up in about eight minutes. >>> a horrific crash in the east bay. two children are dead. it happened around 11:30 this morning. on westbound 580 in

the health department said there's a lot of health disparities among minorities. among the latino and asian communities. the health department used a mobile unit to test those that are most vulnerable to the virus. >> we will test the workers who are working at this place. however, we will expand that testing and bring the mobile unit to the neighborhoods in east side san jose hopefully by next week. >> the health department will tell where the mobile unit will be in the city on its website. >>> news that families have been waiting for. as summer camps will kick off next month. we have details on the summer programs and changes how the programs will actually work. >> schools around san francisco are still empty. kids our home with their families. down the city is announcing a new health order allowing summer camps to open. >> i've great news to announce today. san francisco will allow summer programming to begin. >> the city's new health directing allows cities camps and nonprofit and private camps to operate. they will look different this year. attendees will be

bay area counties are sheltering in place, and seven bay area health departments have released a joint statement saying changes to the health order will be evaluated at the local and regional level, and that right now they are not ready to ease restrictions. >> now is not the time to let down our guard, the virus is not getting any less deadly. >> it is unclear how soon the other counties will move into phase 2, but san francisco and moraine counties are looking at a date to begin the process. some places that will not reopen include restaurants, shopping malls and museums. alyssa harrington, mornings on fox 2. >>> thank you, alyssa, business owners that are not easing restrictions today say they are frustrated and confused. the owner of city florist and campbell has been looking forward to opening today in time for mother's day weekend. the shop has 50 orders for floral arrangements ready for curbside pickup, but the florist did not know that santa clara county is not modifying the shelter and place order yet. >> the governor has given us direction, we will go with his direction. we w

health departments have this very well organized.want to dment on the fact that cultural competence, cultural humility, rather, is a very important function of what this work force does. we know covid disproportionately impacted african-americans and latinos. contact tracers need to come from those communities. our existing disease intervention specialist work force comes from those communities. they know how to work with their local communities. >> tech versus face-to-face. >> tech versus face-to-face. there's been an awful lot of talk about, this and i've been asked a lot about this. google and apple and lot of other companies by the way that have technology platforms that support the work of contact tracers in dis. smaller companies that you never hear anything about, checks out, miter. so technology is a component of the work, but it's not the whole thing. nothing is going to replace building a trusting relationship with communities that often don't trust government systems like the health department. and that has to be done in a

many people are asking the santa clara health department why. health officials admit most of the numbers are looking better. cases are leveling off and there are almost half as many hospitalizations as on april 1st. >> we have exactly the same conditions that we had in march. if we did ease up we would see a brisk return of cases, hospitalizations, and a brisk return of death. >> dr. cody says on average every person infected still spreads the virus to at least one other person. >>> two northern california counties will be the first in the state to officially reopen. dine-in restaurants and walk-in shopping will be allowed in butte and el dorado. the governor approved it because of their extremely low infection rates and capacity to deal with an outbreak. >>> now we're getting a better look of how covid-19 got to california. a team from the university of washington and a cancer research center put together this map. they say the state's outbreak was fueled by early introduction via asia. they add that though from people from other states coming

so, i think the health department is -- is possible increase. >> everything else could change, once people start flying again, it is possible we will see a surge in new infections. >>> >> memorial day here in the bay area was very different this year. ceremonies may have been changed by the coronavirus, but it didn't stop people from honoring servicemembers. oak hill memorial park is hosting a sarah yesterday, flags were out, but no crowds. >> actually being here, and to seeing all of these veterans that have lost our country to keep us safe. before freedom is. it's heartwarming and touching. and sad at the same time. >> 129th rescuing conducted a flyover honoring healthcare providers. and other were crowded. looking to replace. people also flock to ocean beach, and crowds packed the park, where the wreck and parks. the circles on the ground, making sure people kept a safe distance away. >>> >> today is another spell in the air today, high temperatures combined with light winds, and vehicle exhaust will make for unhealthy air. yesterday was the

they work with the help of the texas department of state health services, the health and human services commission, the texas emergency medical task force, and the national guard. already, these teams have tested more than 35,000 texans across the state. we also want to thank the thousands of local firefighters who are supporting the effort to test at nursing homes across texas. another strategy to contain covid-19 is already in place. it is the voluntary test and trace system that contains the spread of covid-19. systems like this have been used in texas for decades now. and i will ensure that this system protects your privacy and your personal liberty. advanced toward phase two of opening business in texas, we have focused on several key metrics. one is the positivity rate. that is the percentage of the people tested who test positive for covid-19. to state the obvious, as testing increases, so will the raw number of people testing positive. what matters the most is the percentage of the people who test positive. the white house coronavirus task as theses the standard criteria for ope

we want to give the most current data that we can and rely on the city and county health departments to do that. as the governor mentioned, as far as test results, in some cases, keep in mind that normally for reportable diseases, labs and doctors are only required to report the positive tests. in the case of covid-19, we want both. we want the positive and negative tests so we can calculate percent positive rates. in some cases, the data feed on the total number of tests or the negative tests, we had to make corrections for that. that is the reason to use the seven-day rolling average to even out those corrections. >> i need to ask dr. hellerstedt a follow-up. hospitals not reporting negatives, are your figures now corrected? is there a date that you can point to where we have the full picture? dr. hellerstedt: we believe they are now corrected on a going forward basis. >> governor, contact tracing. is today every new positive case being traced? if not, can you specify when you expect the state and its partners to be able to do that? gov. abbott: sure. i will let dr. hellerstedt ans

in 2019 the texas public health department found elevated rates of the suffragists bronchus larynx and lung cancers and cashmere gardens in the 5th ward. a couple of nights ago when i got here from the hospital and i started counting the houses that the people just on my block that have cancer i have had cancer you know 8 people in one block and you know including those they have that from cancer you know so yeah something is definitely wrong. how many were you in this house 8 of us. one night with my mom it was an eye. on 3 west group with 7 brothers and sisters on lavender street in the 5th ward yeah this is the same street were stronger than or yellow wonderful memories here lot of good memories here lot of good people in the community a lot of love in the community lot of family you know family everybody was family bunch of kids you could hear kids laugh and run and play em on the bicycles in the way again just fun. it got bad out there everybody's getting sick. this is my sister sent to georgia to oneness the things with the lung cancer this is carolyn her and cynthia a year part

tesla said the health department was out of state with guidelines. contrary to the governors request. unfortunately the county public health officer was making decisions and has not returned our calls or emails. tesla put that blog up saturday and yesterday the health department said the team has been responsive to our guidance. we look forward to coming to an agreement on appropriate safety measures. tesla said they modeled the return to work plan after one they used in the plant in shanghai. looking at how and where people interact with each other, they made adjustments to workflow. they also require ppe and put in new cleaning and disinfecting protocols. they insist they are not an outlier and neighboring counties have gone back to work and said manufacturing should resume. the blog went on to say we will continue to put people back to work in a safe and responsible manner. the county's position left us no choice but to take legal action. we filed a lawsuit asking the court to invalidate the orders to resume operations. >>> developing this morning,

and then, there's a site that's going into the bayview that's being supported by the state health department. we have a link that has all of our protocols. every day, we spend time talking about -- we implement c.d.c. protocols, state protocols, but then, they get customized to the situation that we're facing here. i do want to announce a game changer that was just announced today by governor newsom that pharmacies are now going to be allowed to do testing. so the fact that pharmacies are going to allow to do testing is going to be a game changer because we want to get to the place where, during your lunchtime, you have no symptoms, you're a food handler -- and we want food handlers to get tested because they work in close quarters with other workers. we want them to go on their lunch, walk in a pharmacy they go into on a regular basis, and get tested. i think that's going to become a part of our future, is that testing is going to become more available. so i think the thing that's coming out of testing is the testing of asymptomatics. we know that the information that we're seeing here in t

i am joined by the department of public health, dr. grant colfax, as well as the police chief, bill scott. the director of the human services agency, trent rohrer, the director of housing and homelessness, abigail stewart khan, and i'm san francisco mayor, london breed, here to provide you with an update on what is happening with covid-19 in our city. as of today we have 1,994 casis of those san franciscans who have been diagnosed with covid-19, and sadly we've lost 35 people and about 70 people have been hospitalized, and as a reminder, we want to ask folks to visit datasf.org/covid19 for more information. i have a number of announcements today, and i am excited to announce some good news for a change. i know that last friday we made an announcement that on may 18 there would be a number of businesses, including florists and bookstores and cosmetic stores and other places that will be allowed to reopen for pick-up and delivery services. and the good news is that is still happening. the even better news is that we are able to extend th

>>he filed a lawsuit against alameda county because the public health department does not consider the automaker an essential business prohibiting the business from reopening a deal has since been reached between the 2 sides allowing for tesla to continue operations as long as it follows new safety protocols. i think we need to let industries to decide. >>under what condition can they say the operate under the current situation the tire for those who are out of jobs to my friends have lost their businesses and i'm here to support the business people it's open up our country, let's open up california alameda county public health department says fremont police department will ensure >>the league to go kron. >>tesla ceo elon musk is also getting support from other business owners applauding the fact that he fought to. reopen in illinois, the owner of a gym for example reopened his business this week against state orders. colin must go inspiration and an ally in the fight against what he describes as unreasonable government orders. he's insisting he can reopen safely like tesla tesla's pla

we welcome you back and we welcome the partnership of local health departments across the state. we work collaboratively with every day to ensure public health safety. at the heart of it all, count on nc is about working together. with businesses and customers showing mutual respect for each other. in this brave new era that we all find ourselves in. i thank you so much. >> thank you. the count on me nc campaign is really a testament to the collaboration going on all across our state right now as we fight covid-19 and i know you'll continue to partner with all of us and to continue to provide the type of helpful information and training to all of your members. thank you for being here and for telling us about that program. have we have with us today our secretary of health and human services doctor mandy cohen. our secretary of public safety erik hooks. our director of emergency management mike sprayberry. and our commissioner of prisons todd ishi. nicole fox and karen megan are our sign language interpreters and behind the scenes, jackie and jasmine are our spanish language inter

we have a good health department that acts very aggressively. int is our future that whatever venue you are in, if we have positive cases, we have to test, isolate, track them and hopefully reduce the spread to go about our business because we cannot shut down our economy, our education system. we have to learn to live with a certain part of this virus and contain it so that we can go about our lives with a sense of somewhat normalcy even though it will be different. host: we have been hearing from governor andrew cuomo. new york has been a hotspot. he has complained in terms of buying ppe or n95 masks or ventilators, most comparing it to a game of thrones to get the equipment to his state. are you finding that in arkansas? to, wei have compared it are trying to buy as a state, competing against the federal government, other states and so, it was very difficult and continues to be. ppe hasay our supply of settled down in the sins of the sufficiency of -- in this sense of the sufficiency of the supplies are growing every day. we have increased ou

think of this for a second over about your county health departments and the stuff they are doing. we talk about our experts in the health care community, they are doing fabulous beyond belief. whether it be grocery store workers or whatever. think about your county health department, the hours they are going around-the-clock with testing, and they are visiting the nursing homes, and doing everything. they are our boots on the ground. think about them in your ,houghts and prayers as well and west virginia, we will get through this. you have to realize one thing this again is a little tough, but it is the truth. and you walk out your door getting your car, you are taking a level of risk. we are trying to diminish the risk with this disease, as low as we can possibly can, but nobody can take the risk away today. nobody has a surefire medicine or vaccine, nobody can take the risk away. what do we do? you have got to learn to live with this. you can live with it if you are really smart. social distancing, absolutely wear masks when you go out, absolutely just listen to every single thin

he is defying the alameda county public health department. >>tesla ceo elon musk restarts production at the company's fremont factory monday. it's the first move in what has been a verbal fight between the car giant and the alameda county health department mosque announcing the restart on twitter saying i will be on the line with everyone else if anyone is arrested i ask that it only be me i don't want to see it on get arrested, i think that would be a horrible. a few and something we don't want to see a levee to county supervisor scott haggerty who helped bring tessa to fremont says he's been trying for weeks to come up with a way to help the company while also appeasing the county health department to find a little fortunate because i think we were there since march 23rd alameda county has deemed the fremont plant non essential tesla is derying the local shelter in place order by having its more than 10,000 factory workers return the public health department has responded to the re start by saying in part quote we have notified tesla that t

you will have an rv from the florida department of health, florida department of emergency management, and we will be able get a resultnd within 45 minutes for people. so you can take the rv, you can drive it up to a long-term care facility, you can test the staff and the residents, then get them the results within a matter, each test, 45 minutes. within a matter of hours, you will be able to get test results. i think that is a huge force multiplier for us to be able to do that. i hope to be able to announce that at the beginning of the week but certainly, next week we will be able to do it. we are also seeing fruits from thedecision i made to let licensed pharmacists administer covid-19 tests. very important to use all the tools at our disposal for this. walgreens announced they are opening nine drive-through sites in florida, including 2 in orange county, one in orlando on marcus of the road -- and one in winter garden. i think those will be moving it. cvs is getting into the game. they haven't announced where there sites will be but they will do it. so is walmart, they are opening

all of the department of public health and the departments of homelessness and human services, includingeveral other hundred people, they need several different sites. they need testing centers, they need shelters for the homeless, those with the covid-19 virus, those who need a place to stay after they get out of the hospital. so we've been assisting them with places to stay. you mentioned the palace of fine arts. it has over 100,000 square feet of space. it could it -- we were going to use it as a shelter, but now, we're going to use it for different needs. we're going to negotiate a different lease so that the city can use it for this crisis. we're using the bill graham civic auditorium and tfor the deployment of ambulances. the fire department needed additional supplies, so we're using it for that service. >> that's great. i also understand you have a staff of custodians, electricians, janitors and other support workers. how are they helping the city? >> we could not be more thankful for our civic and engineering staff under our real estate division. they have been working 24-7 since

it falls to the health department in the state of missouri.t who -- that is who has the authority and the jurisdiction over this. >> so what would the health department do, then? would you -- should the health department come in and start arresting people or issuing citations? and, then, what would they do with -- then, who would enforce that? >> well, i guess you would have to talk to the health department. i certainly wouldn't leave them hanging. if they have some kind of complaint, which we have not had a complaint all weekend from any businesses or anything that's going on with the social distancing or traveling through the community. look. we're a very small community, of about 47,000 people. we entertained 500,000 people this weekend. so i -- the people that left and was down there, i don't know. most of us, we stayed home. but some people chose not to. and, again, i -- i don't think it's good. i think the people are not practicing what they've been taught. but it's not a crime. and i know it's hard for people to swallow. feel free. you