guidelines for preventing the spread of infectious disease and now all 8,000 of our federal inspectors are exclusively focusing on compliance with infectious disease control at our nursing homes. we're going to focus on the population that is most at-risk of serious consequences, but the way we do that is by getting every american to do their part. to go to coronavirus.gov, to learn what you can do in your workplace, in your home. even if you're in a state that doesn't have a coronavirus case yet. every american can make a difference. and together we know that we'll find our way through this. and we'll dole with this challenge just as we've dealt with every other challenge our nation has faced. sanders and vice president biden canceling campaigns. are you concerned about participating in these large rallies? vice president pence: i'm not concerned. but we'll follow the facts every single day. about what makes the most sense for the american people. we are issuing today specific guidelines about large gatherings in washington state, in the area of seattle that's been infected by community spread, the area of california that's been impacted. we'll be offeri

infectious disease control. >>a special white house task force heed up by the vice president on how the government is dealing wh the latest data on the coronaviru especially news breaks of the first death in california and several deaths linked to a rsing home in washington state. alsomention the expanded testing for air travelers as of yesterday morning wefully implemented a screening process. >>all direct flights from all airports in south korea and italy are now being subject to multiple screens before passengers board to come to the united states. of america. state department worked very vigorously. bring that about d the vice president also mentioning how more aid is coming soon to ates. >>and our team also wi the republican and democratic caucuses in e house of representatives and we're pleased to learn that a just shortly ago the house of representaves passed a a federal funding bill of by virtually unanimous marginal now move to the senate. and the legislation implements e president's visioto ensure that

screening of anyone entering facilities officials say executives and staff are working with infectious disease control experts to prepare for scenario with the coronavirus could significantly affect operations. >>in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>after weeks of speculation today, the olympics were officially postponed to next year the 2020 games were set to take place this summer in tokyo. the decision comes on the heels of mounting pressure australia and canada, both said they would not be sending athletes to the games if they took place this july, several nations including the us had called for the games to be postponed until 2021. the move is unprecedented the olympics have never been rescheduled in peace time. they were canceled during world war one. and 2. and here in the bay area the us crew team has been preparing for tokyo 2020. now they must adjust and try to figure out what's next kron four's jason to mass has their story of dreams that are now delayed. >>since 2017 many of the best american rowers in the country have been training in the east bay with hopes of representing our cou

.>> we have raised the bar regarding infectious disease control and our nursing homes. >> vice president mike pence announced new guidelines required in isolation area or someone who becomes infected and specialized masks, gowns, gloves and eye protection for healthcare workers. he says thousands of federal inspectors will check up on nursing homes. >> we will focus all of our inspection resources for the foreseeable future on compliance with infection control standards.>> there are similar protocols used to limit the spread of the flu but the difference is there is a vaccine or other antiviral treatments for that but for covid 19? >> there is nothing so does watch and wait and pray did>> early warning signs include fever, toughness and shortness of breath which is common symptoms of many illnesses in places like this.>> i live in fear because nursing home has such a vulnerable population and a bad reputation all things considered>> 380,000 people die every year from infections in long-term care facilities according to some government data and that is because some places do not follow pr

and the vice president of the european public health association's infectious disease control department has had flu—like symptoms since the weekend and currently i am not entitled to a test because i haven't travelled but the chief medical officer said anyone with a slight cold is likely to be isolated next week. do i go into work or do i ta ke next week. do i go into work or do i take last—minute annual leave? it is a quandary. you are the doctor, i can't advise you on that! you've got to do what you think is right, being as sensible as you can be. this person on e—mail says i am a health ca re person on e—mail says i am a health care worker working with cancer patients. told by nhs111, gp and public health doctor the major london hospital needed testing. not told to isolate. but did as common sense. was also told to attend a&e and did. at that point, the 15th there were no isolation hubs so i returned home as it was clearly u nsafe to returned home as it was clearly unsafe to wait there. let's go to westminster and talk to norman. everyone is asking how did the health minister, nadine

we have raised the bar regarding infectious disease control at nursing homes and how we are going to focus all of our resources for the foreseeable future with compliance control standards. generally, we monitor our nursing homes for abuse and neglect but at the president's direction we will ensure that those who are in nursing homes, like many of the c.e.o.'s are complying with the new standards to keep our elderly safe. the president met with airline executives and i will reiterate our gratitude to our partners in the airline industry. they have worked with us and as we say, flowing americans through particular airports, the screening. we are working closely with the airlines on contact information. if a person is tested as positive for the coronavirus, we are working with the airlines to get information not just about that person but who they sat next to but who else was on the flight. as we announced yesterday, i'm pleased to report in addition to the travel ban from china, we suspended all travel coming in from china and from iran and even foreign nationals that visited those co

we have raised the bar regarding infectious disease control in our nursing homes. and in addition, administrator very ma will explain how we are going to focus all of our inspection resources for the foreseeable future on compliance with infection control standards. generally, we monitor our nursing homes for abuse and neglect, but at the president's direction we're going to focus exclusively on ensuring that those in nursing homes, people operating nursing homes like many of the ceos we met with today are complying with the standards to keep our elderly safe. the president also met with airline executives. i'll reiterate our profound gratitude to our partners in the airline industry. they have worked with us as we say flowing americans through particular airports, the screening. we're working very closely with the airlines on contact information. if a person is tested as positive for the coronavirus, we're work being the airlines to get all the information, not just about that person but about who they sat next to and who else was on the flight. and the president

working on infectious disease control among them dr run a softer. so i think there's a great capacity in pakistan there's a very public health capacity but there are also great challenges you have a highly mobile population you have great megacities and you have many under-served people saw there is a great challenge facing pakistan pakistan is also she demonstrated time and time again with doing it with polio with others eases. all of government all of society approaches can be made to work so we wish pakistan all the best all the best luck in the world and all of our assistance in supporting some some fine public health servants in your country. just listening to this current a virus update from the world health organization and confirmation here that europe is the new epicenter of this outbreak we heard there that more cases being reported in europe every day than were reported in china at the height of its epidemic and then also a number of other remarks reiteration about the importance of testing and isolation isolating the sick and then we als

officials say executives and staff are working with infectious disease control experts to prepare forrio where the coronavirus could significantly affect operations health care professionals continue to stress the importance of social distancing because of all of the crowds last weekend where people were not following the order. >>parks and playgrounds were shut down yesterday and there is a threat to close more. forced to re-assess talk with a doctor about why and how these recommendations can really be key to conquering the spread of the virus. we know that this virus is here the more people that are tested the higher the numbers are going to be and unfortunately the spread of the virus we're going to see more people get infected and in the hospitals. >>the only way that we can try to not get our health system it's to maintain social distancing and at this point shelter at home doctor runge in misrata focusing on the importance of keeping us safe space away from each other during this fight against the spread of the coronavirus the modeling is coming from previous accounts of when t

. >> we have raised the bar regarding infectious disease control in our nursing homes. >> reporter: vicece announced new guidelines requiring an isolation area for someone who becomes infected and specialized masks, gowns, gloves and eye protection for healthcare workers. pence says thousands of federal inspectors will check up on nursing homes. >> we are going to focus all of our inspection resources for the foreseeable future on compliance with infection control standards. >> reporter: there's similar protocols used to limit the spread of the flu. the difference is there's a vaccine or other anti-viral treatments for that, but for covid-19 . >> there's nothing here. so it's just wasp watch and wait and pray. >> reporter: early warning signs are fever, cough or shortness of breath. >> i live in fear because nursing homes have such a vulnerable population and they have such a bad reputation all things considered. >> reporter: government data shows 380,000 people die every year from infections in long term care facilities. critics argue it's because some places don't follow proper procedu

we have raised the bar regarding infectious disease control at our nursing homes and in addition administratorexplain how to focus all of our ensp inspection resources for the foreseeable future with compliance of infection control standards. generally we monitor our nursing homes for abuse and neglect but at the president's direction we are going focus exclusively on ensuring that those in nursing homes, people operating the nursing homes like many that we met with today are complying with the new standards to keep our elderly safe. president also met today with airline executives and i'll reiterate as the president said our profound gratitude to our partners in the airline industry. they have worked with us in -- as we say flowing americans through particular airports, the screening, we're working very closely with airlines on contact information. if a person is tested as positive for the coronavirus we're working with the airlines to get all the information, not just about that person, but about who they sat next to and who else was on the flight and the president and i are very grateful. a

we have raised the bar regarding infectious disease control in our nursing homes, and in addition, administratorxplain how we are going to focus all of our inspection resources for the foreseeable future on compliance with infection control standards. generally, we monitor our nursing homes for abuse and neglect, but at the presidents direction, we will focus exclusively on ensuring that those who are in nursing homes, people operating in nursing homes like many of the ceos we met with today are complying with the new standards to keep our elderly safe. president also met today with airline executives and i will reiterate as the president said, our profound gratitude to our partners in the airline industry. they have worked with us, as we say, flowing americans through particular airports. the screening. we are working closely with the airlines on contact information. if a person is tested positive for the coronavirus, we work with the airlines to get all the information, else was on the flight. the president and i are very grateful. as we announced yesterday, i am pleased to report that as of y

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mary louise because now she is a professor of epidemiology health care and infection and infectious diseases control at the university of new south wales she told the world can learn from the measures china has taken the slow the virus and says unfortunately italy got it all wrong. when they lock down the country and the long body area they should have actually put in place social distancing instead of the community to go to restaurants coffee shops between 6 am and 6 pm what they should have done is lock it down and prevent anyone from going out socialising let them go to the bank and to get their food but that's it the numbers that we have in an epidemiological could. usually 7 days late because the incubation period is about 5 to 7 days and in the last day italy has had 7840 odd cases that's 7000 nearly a 1000 so 7 days ago people were getting very very sick so while i don't think we're going to see a decline yes we have to keep on aware honor is jew and china has done roic and 1st they've had no new cases. their current cases a 20 percent of italy's case and they understand that they are very vu

they are not following what's usual infectious disease control. doctors want real data to show they're going to be safe using a bandana. we don't think this is going to cut it. >> also on the front lines, first responders and police, firefighters, and now we're learning that a new york detective has died from coronavirus? >> that is right. this is the first new york police detective to die from the virus according to multiple law enforcement sources. this detective was in his 40s. so relatively young. he was admitted to a hospital in the bronx three days ago. now this detective did have underlying health conditions. this is the third member of, though, of the nypd to die from this virus. we also got an update late this week that over 500 nypd employees. so they may not be police officers or detectives but over 500 employees, the new york city police department, have been confirmed to have coronavirus. and we're seeing this in other areas, too. firefighters, ems workers. we know of an ems worker who didn't even have contact with patients but only h

world now dr mary louise because it is a professor of epidemiology health care infection at infectious disease control at the university of new south wales she joins us now live via skype from sydney thanks for being with us i'll put the same question to you as i put to a correspondent a moment or 2 ago what lessons can other nations learn from italy's experience with the virus what did it really get wrong and what is it done right. is that the time line that you can say gave us a big hint that when they lock down the country and the long body area they should have actually put in place social distancing instead the community good restaurants coffee shops between 6 am and 6 pm but they should have done is lock it down and prevent anyone from going out socialising let them go to the bank and to get their food but that's it so could nations like the u.s. and the u.k. be looking at a situation like it's only as in the very near future. absolutely and i think france is on a precipice of becoming like italy. you know italy well i did have the same numbers france has now just on the 11th of march and now of

appointed an ebola czar with zero experience in the medical area and zero experience in infectious disease control. a total joke." so, to calm fears over the spread of coronavirus yesterday, trump announced he was taking his own advice and appointing a czar with in-depth medical experience >> i'm going to be announcing, exactly right now, that i'm going to be putting our vice president, mike pence, in charge >> seth: mike pence? [ laughter ] what medical experience does mike pence have? at best, he looks like a cpr doll that won't let you do mouth to mouth on it [ laughter ] [ applause ] although, although i guess it makes sense he's in charge of diseases now because he always has an expression that looks, like, number six on the pain chart. [ laughter ] now, trump explained his appointment by claiming pence had handled health care in indiana well but in reality, he infamously oversaw a totally preventable hiv outbreak in his home state trump should have picked someone with relevant experience and a proven track record. but instead, he picked a political "yes man" because he doesn't have anyone el

let me bring in ricardo again, vice president of the infectious to disease control department.in 2a hours, taking the total number of fatalities to over 7300. i want to know what your assessment is of where we are now in europe in trying to tackle this virus? well, the situation has been evolving in the different countries so not all countries are at the same stage. the expectations for spain is that they are very near to reaching the peak of the epidemic so the number of cases will tend to go down, that's at least the projections they are doing with the data in spain but they are now undergoing a dramatic situation with the health system being overwhelmed with the demand in particular in some regions like madrid. we are watching the situation unfold and we are worried that other countries might be facing similar problems in the near future. imean, the similar problems in the near future. i mean, the authorities are doing preventative measures in order to contain it but it's still very concerning for us all, help the situation might evolve in the different settings. which europ

talk shows this morning just hours ago anthony found he is the head of the centers for disease control infectious disease unit he says those are those that equipment is on its way to new york but it's not clear that there will be enough the head of the federal emergency management agency says if you can buy the masks and other things he's talking to the governors on a television show if you can buy that equipment on the open market go ahead and do so the problem is that governors cannot do that they they simply cannot find that equipment on the open market and so you have the mayor of new york hitting the alarm signal there and then he's the governor of new york this new york state enter cuomo just finished baking and he said that new york has a very serious problem to take you louis louis this city and that is that people are not taking the coronaviruses seriously as they should he said people are out in the streets they're congregating they're playing basketball and that is only going to lead to the increased spread of the disease and as you point out that say $8000.00 cases in the city of new

infectious disease rapid response team. to make sure we were ready if the time we come. ... ... ... the national institute of health talk tod about this specifically infectious disease group. the head of the center for disease control and the area, helping with our efforts on coronavirus.eg as she has said, our aggressive containment strategy here in the united states has been working, she said, and is responsible for the low level of cases we have had so far. officials at the cdc and the national institute of health are coordinating with other federal officials. they are working around-the-clock. the administration is making sure that state and local officials have all of the resources they need to respond, and has said our healthcare system, our businesses, and our communities and schools all have action plans. senators have had a number of briefings from officials about the centers for disease control and the national institute ofey health. they are working on ways to identify the virus, test for the virus, ways to treat people who are infected by the virus. they are working on quarantines and on a vaccine. that is what they should be doing. this is a massive nationwide undertaking. at meetings, and i have been

doctor anne schuchat at the center for disease control said 30 years working with infectious diseases. i believe she is virtual respect here for truth telling and confidence. for preparedness and response at the department of health and human services advised the fbi and the department of defense to write the legislation that set up the agency. he is the newest one of the four in terms of coming to the government that he has been ahead of the cancer center in in texas one of the most respected institutions in the world so those are the professionals that they heard this morning. what's happened at home here in the united states is we had slightly more than 100 cases detected and about half of those are americans wh were travelingd had to be brought home and were repatriated as we say and the other half detected here and unfortunatelyna we have had six deaths. fair to say that citizens in the united states are at low risk from infections from the coronavirus if you don't have to take my word for it. for the health education labor and pensions committee. or take the words of "the new yo

report that as of this morning, about 5:00 this morning, a well controlled, peer-reviewed study carried out by the most eminent infectious disease specialists in the world, md phd, out of the south of france in which he enrolled 40 patients -- again, well-controlled, peer-reviewed study that showed a 100% cure rate against coronavirus. the study was released this morning on my twitter account as well as our most recent website, covid trial.i owe >> tucker: obviously i only know what you are telling me but i do know it is very unusual for a study of anything to produce results of 100%. i mean, that is remarkable. is it? or am i missing something? >> that is remarkable. in fact, to cure a virus is said to be mathematically impossible in the first company that did it was a small biotech that was acquired by scientists and the cure to hepatitis b. what we are here to announces the second cure year of a virus of all time. >> tucker: that is remarkable. of course, it's our job to be spectacle of all and any claims, however, i very much want to believe this, and i think we need immediately to run it down, the federal government needs t

movedhe years, we have from counterterrorism, controlling, emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorm's like superstorm sandy, and also dealing with cybersecurity issues such as ransomware. >> certainly, since 9/11, the nation, the world has never seen an epidemic like this, but in your organization's experience in dealing with other viruses and health outbreaks, health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far of how the u.s. has responded? the federal government, to the coronavirus outbreak? >> first of all, let me say this virus is more serious than anything we faced going all the way back to 2001. we have had anthrax, sars, mers, h1n1, h5n1, ebola, zika. this virusere today, presents the worst public health emergency that we have had. i am afraid, as are other experts, that it is going to be very much like the 1918 spanish where somewhere between 20 million and 50 million people worldwide died from the flu. i don't know that that is when to happen, but this is a much more serious problem then we have ever seen befo

effort by top officials at the center for disease control the national institutes of health had the chance to visit a number of them today and specifically the infectious disease group through the nih. we had a number of briefings from the centers of disease control by doctor anne schuchat helping on our efforts. as she said our aggressive containment strategy here in the united states has been working. it is responsible for the low level of cases that we have so far. officials at the cdc and the national health and coordinating with other federal officials tended to be working around the clock. the administration is making sure state and local officials have all the resources they need to respond. doctor anne schuchat said theur health-care system can our businesses and communities and schools all have action plans. senators have a number of briefings from officials at the centers for disease control and the national institutes of health. they are t working on ways to identify the virus and test ways to treat people who are infected by the virus. they are working on quarantines in the vaccine and that is what they should be doing. this is a massive na

even if you could be successful in controlling the disease injapan, if other nations like europe and africa were really suffering from the infectioushe risk of infection, so you have to have control injapan and you have to have control of the infectious disease worldwide. now, is it likely? i doubt. many athletes, both here injapan and around the world are asking for an end to the uncertainty. they all desperately want the olympics to go ahead. if it can't, they need to be told soon. rupert wingfield—hayes joins us now live from tokyo. what do you think? when do you think we will get a decision and what might that decision be? how do people injapan feel about that? hello certainly the japanese government and the international olympic committee are saying there is no need to make a decision yet, in fact as the olympic flame was landing here injapan the olympic flame was landing here in japan this the olympic flame was landing here injapan this morning, the international olympic committee issued a statement, a communique saying they understand the uncertainty, this is a very uncertain time for the world but they are in no rush to mak

even if you could be successful in controlling the disease injapan, if other nations like europe and africa were really suffering from the infectiousause the risk of infection, so you have to have control injapan and you have to have control of the infectious disease worldwide. now, is it likely? i doubt. many athletes, both here injapan and around the world are asking for an end to the uncertainty. they all desperately want the olympics to go ahead. if it can't, they need to be told soon. living in isolation under a strict lockdown is taking its toll on people around the world, but every day we're reminded of the human spirit to carry on. our reporter freya cole takes a look at some of the latest heatwarming moments from paris. music fills the courtyard of this is in neighbourhood, and after a day of being cooped up inside, it's a welcome delight. the neighbours have banded together to perform an evening concert. it has become a popular pastime to boost spirits and pay homage to workers on the frontline. it is enjoyed by young families, and by the performers who love to entertain. and, at the end of the show, a wave goodbye until

even if you could be successful in controlling the disease injapan, if other nations like europe and africa were really suffering from the infectious risk of infection, so you have to have control injapan and you have to have control of the infectious disease worldwide. now, is it likely? i doubt. many athletes, both here injapan and around the world are asking for an end to the uncertainty. they all desperately want the olympics to go ahead. if it can't, they need to be told soon. let's bring you some live pictures now from japan where the olympic flame arrives ahead of a 121 day trip across the country. it is nowjust over 4 months until the opening ceremony. as rupert was suggesting, pressure from athletes, pressure from athletes, pressure from athletes, pressure from sponsors and no doubt how the insurance situation plays out will decide if it really goes ahead but the former governor of tokyo who has led much of the early planning for the games has already told the bbc he is, as we said, almost certain games will not go ahead and scheduled onjuly the will not go ahead and scheduled on july the 24th. will not go ahead and schedu

and -- raised the bar involving infectious disease control in nursing homes.istrator seema verma will explain how we will focus all of our inspection resources for the foreseeable future on compliance with infection control standards. generally, monitor our nursing , but for abuse and neglect at the presidents direction, we will focus exclusively on ensuring that those who are in nursing homes, people operating the nursing homes, like the ceos we met with, are complying with the new standards to keep our elderly safe. the president also met today with airline executives. i will reiterate, as the president said, our profound gratitude to our partners in the airline industry. , as weve worked with us say, flowing americans through particular airports, the screening, we are working with airlines on contact information. if a person is tested as positive for the coronavirus, we are working with airlines to get information about that person and who they sat next to and who else was on the flight. the president and i are very grateful. as we announced yesterday, i am

even if you could be successful in controlling the disease injapan, if other regions like europe and africa were suffering from infectiouso we have to have a control injapan, and we have to have control of the infectious diseases worldwide. now, is it likely? i doubt. many athletes both here injapan and around the world, are now asking for an end to the uncertainty. like like nao—chan, they all desperately want the olympics to go ahead. if it can't, they need to be told soon. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo. now, when the british government advised those over—70 to prepare for a period of self—isolation, 100—year—old yavar abbas had one important concern — how will this impact his upcoming wedding. the filmmaker and former bbc journalist was set to marry his partner, indian activist and writer noor zaheer, on march 27. with their plans in dissaray they managed to get the last wedding slot at their local registrar's office before going into self—isolation. let's take a look at their special day. let's hear from the newlyweds. we haven't got a lots of time. noor has to leave the country under the immigration laws b

could be successful in controlling the disease injapan, if other nations like europe and africa we re really nations like europe and africa were really suffering from the infectiousisk of infection, so you have to have control injapan and you have to have control of the infectious disease worldwide. now, is it likely? i'd doubt. many athletes, both here in japan and around the world are asking for an end to the uncertainty. they all desperately want the olympics to go ahead. if it can't, they need to be told soon. and on an eye—catching way to get one of the most important m essa 9 es a cross get one of the most important messages across about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and that is washing your hands properly. offices in the state of kerala in india released this video of them wearing masks and dancing to promote the importance of hand washing. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan—jones and thatis i'm lewis vaughan—jones and that is bbc world news. hello there, we had some pretty big contrasts weatherwise across the uk on thursday. it was the north of the country that had the best of the sunshine. this is how things lo

even if you could be successful in controlling the disease injapan, if other regions like europe and africa were really suffering from infectiousse of the risk of infection, so we have to have a control injapan, and we have to have control of the infectious diseases worldwide. now, is it likely? i doubt. many athletes both here injapan and around the world, are now asking for an end to the uncertainty. like nachan, they all desperately want the olympics to go ahead. if it can't, they need to be told soon. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo. gps are on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis, and many of them are finding themselves under unprecedented pressure. they have had to change their working practices and procedures to deal with the outbreak. our reporterjim reed has been to a gp practice in watford to see how they are getting on. hi, do you want to come over to the window? i will hand you the mask and if you put the mask on i will come round the side. i'll come and get you. across the whole country gps have had to change the way they work. here a patient with possible virus symptoms is passed a mask through the wind

city had reached out to the state and federal government for help state infection control nurses and cdc infectious disease physicians and epidemiologists are on site. >>thstate infection control nurses are creating expanded protocols in denver on environmental cleaning. pp and staff safety. the cdc is intensifying the contact investigation o look for sources of infection and the pathway of spread. this will inform our current actions and outbreak prevention and n response plan that takes the coronavirus situation fully into account during laguna honda which has ov 750 residents. >>cld turn into a repeat of the infections and death that raced through the life care san francisco's health officer issued an order restricting visitors back on march 7th now more restrictive measures as the 2 units were staff and patients have contracted the coronavirus are under quarantine. >>all nonessential personnel are restricted from entering the facility. essential deserves staff and residents are medically screened. laguna honda staff are screened at the start of each shift. the outbreak is expected to escalate at laguna

in the midst of this, while it was expanding overseas, he was cutting the center for disease control, the infectiousnit, the public health infrastructure and has not filled for two years a key position in the white house on global health security. so i say that to only say we're behind the curve here at this point. the president can't talk his way out of it, he can't vote his way out of it. we have to work together with states, communities and health care professionals. we had a bipartisan response last week. we're going to have to do something else, but the something else is not about a big tax stimulus for folks who were in some way engaged the first time around with the president's big tax cut, it's about making sure that somebody who has to stay home has paid sick leave, that if a child has to come home, the school has to close, that there is a way to support that child being home while their parents work. i lead efforts on not only health care but on food through the agriculture commission community, and we have millions of children across the country who only eat a healthy meal through the sch

bringing in additional resources including staff and expertise on long- term care, infection control, and infectious disease. >> reporter: across town the city is investigating a positive test at san francisco general hospital, an er worker. health officials aren't sure how they contracted the virus. >> this person provides patient care in the emergency department. they are now self isolating a home. we are conducting a thorough contact investigation. >> reporter: protecting the frontline healthcare workers from exposure has been a chief concern. officials hope that the sf general case will be an isolated one. the situation at laguna honda is expected to worsen. >> i must say and i'm sad to say this, we do expect an out rake. >> reporter: all of those we are talking about involved here at laguna honda and the individual over at sf general, they are all said to be in good condition, no one has been transferred out of laguna honda, it's all on lockdown to the time being. the city will provide updates every day as to what unfolds for the investigation here. live in san francisco, wilson walker kpix 5. >> santa

the center for disease control and public health have sent infectious disease specialists to stem the tide. >> we know that long term care facilities are at most risk for coronavirus can outbreaks. therefore, we expect the situation to unfortunately get worse. >> reporter: o newsom told repo he's worked the find beds in the facilities. >> we are also looking to get some 1,000 skilled nursing facility units up and running. >> that idea frightens advocates. >> it is like sending a child killer to a kindergarten. you're seconding the virus which is an extraordinary killer of thisto eople and sick pple calf semihe covid-19 patients. and the louisiana department of health is prohibiting hospital to nursing home transfer of covid patients for at least 30 days. >> how can it be that louisiana is taking a more informed and progressive view than california? >> reporter: la good nigthere i action suit. for the imteam, abc 7 news. >>> on the peninsula, a skilled nursing facility considered at risk of coronavirus cases faces a testing shortage. the i-team learned that pacifica nursing and rehab c

bringing in additional resources including staff and expertise on long term care, infection control and infectious disease from our own dph system, but also reaching out to key partners, including ucfs and sutter health to strengthen our response. this strengthening will continue over the next few days and weeks. with things moving so quickly, i want to make sure that you get the facts straight from the source. i can confirm that as of yesterday there are 6 staff members and one patient at laguna honda who have tested positive for the coronavirus. all of them are in good condition. contact investigations are under way including testing and those units have been quarantined. yesterday, also brought news of a confirmed case of a staff member at zuckerberg general hospital. this person provides patient care in the emergency health care department and is self isolating at home. we're conducting a thorough contact investigation. it is concerning to hear about these cases. it will continue to be concerning as the cases in san francisco grow. we now, have almost 300 confirmed cases in san francisco and each pers

disease control and prevention director dr. robert redfield and national institute of allergy and infectious diseases director dr. anthony fauci testify on the coronavirus artwork. they were joined by other health officials that this house oversight and reform committee hearing. it is two hours and 10 minutes.

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bringing in additional resources, including staff and expertise on long term care infection control and infectious disease. >>those kron four's dan kerman reporting for us tonight and the white house task force held another briefing to bring the nation up to date on what it is doing about the coronavirus kron four's theresa has the very latest. >>america's bravely battling this pandemic. through cutting edge science medical innovation in rational deliberate and determined vigilance no effort will be spared in winning this war we can win the war hopefully we'll win soon and with as few. >>lives as possible last president donald trump calling the fight against the coronavirus brutal on friday addressing what the federal government is doing now to fight the coronavirus and it's increasing spread in the country. >>it's very important that we. get to the bottom line and quickly we will do what we have to do and immediately exercise all available lawful authorities to get the job done. >>the president also talking about getting companies to help bill necessary supplies by invoking the defense production act. >>

infectious diseases. joining me now is the medical director and infection control chief for infectious diseases at the university medical center. dr. mark rupp. thank you for your time. >> my pleasure. >> you have a unique perspective here. you and your team are some of the relatively few doctors in the country right now who have treated coronavirus patients. you had 13 of the diamond princess passengers tested positive in your care. can you give people some window into what the treatments have been like? >> currently there is no approved vaccine or treatment for coronavirus and therefore it is really important that with these initial patients that we try to learn as much as we can from them. and so we're proud of the fact that we have a clinical trial up and running here testing an antiviral agent. it is being led by one of our faculty, dr. andre khalil. we're trying to find out if this medication works. >> any clue on that front? dr. anthony fauci of nih talked about the promises of these clinical trials on these treatments. any clue yet on how promising the treatment might be. it is months out before you hav

disease control. tony f, the best infectious disease you can imagine. a fantastic team here.re looking carefully at each community and i think it's unlikely you will have any kind of mass casualty situation here. the key thing is, there may be disruption in your community. that's what they worry a little bit about, if there are a number of cases in your community, they may have the kids take off school for a while, you may want to work from home, that kind of disruption. not particularly concerned about the mass epidemic. i do think it's overblown. there's always that balance, the balance between public health authorities trying to calm everybody in the media trying to say it's a big story. judge jeanine: is certainly is reassuring that the fact you have so much confidence in the cdc because as you might imagine, this has become politicized because anything in the world of trump is politicized when his cdc and his team and surgeon general as you just referenced, is doing incredible stuff and when you look at some parts of the world where this is happening, we seem to have don

disease control. tony f, the best infectious disease you can imagine. a fantastic team here. carefully at each community and i think it's unlikely you will have any kind of mass casualty situation here. the key thing is, there may be disruption in your community. that's what they worry a little bit about, if there are a number of cases in your community, they may have the kids take off school for a while, you may want to work from home, that kind of disruption. not particularly concerned about the mass epidemic. i do think it's overblown. there's always that balance, the balance between public health authorities trying to calm everybody in the media trying to say it's a big story. judge jeanine: is certainly is reassuring that the fact you have so much confidence in the cdc because as you might imagine, this has become politicized because anything in the world of trump is politicized when his cdc and his team and surgeon general as you just referenced, is doing incredible stuff and when you look at some parts of the world where this is happening, we seem to have done pretty w

he has criticized the shutdowns advocated by infectious disease experts to bring the upright under control we are not going to let the cura be worse then the problem. at the end of the 15 days, we will make at -- make a decision as to where we want to go. we are referring to the timing of the opening. the opening of our country. this was a medical problem. we are not going to let it turn into a long-lasting financial problem. >> an increasing number of states have closed down non-essential businesses. this restaurant is trying to keep going by serving takeaways. the owner owns two other eateries and pays $12,000 a month in rent. he has had to lay off most of his 25 staff. >> it t is takaking all of thosy surprise and off of our feet. we do not k know hohow to deal h this. every day is s a new challenge r us. it is very challenging. it is very terrible. >> we will get through this is the message from one bar owner in california. people who have lost their jobs can get a free meal here. a small team does the cooking. >> are you scarered? >> the owner is struggling to make sense of what is ha