. >> question: what criteria did the city use on deciding to john k. kennedy park? johnf. kennedy drive? >> ensuring people had the education and tools they need to keep themselves and others safe, a recognition that social distancing in, and we need more open space for people to go in a more dense space. we continue to strongly recommend wearing masks if you're social instancing significance feet or more. but we felt that the public had the tools and the education that they needed in order to socially distance responsibly and wear face masks responsibly when they're outside and that was the reason we felt that it was time to open this space to the public. >> next question is from ron lynn, l.a. times. the number of new cases are starting to decline in the nine-county bay area but week-over-week deaths are not and the number of hospitalized people have been flat. why are we not making more progress in reducing deaths in hospitals. >> so josep overall, the deathsn francisco, well, one death is too many, we have had a relatively lower number of deaths than many other regions

john f. kennedy and the nephew of r f k are we seeing the 1st signs that sports events may we open and if so how and in what sport. ok all this week we're going to be bringing you this special coverage of the corona virus with updates from around the world and everything that you need to know to protect yourself and your family we call it tracking coronavirus. there really is a lot going on and none more precarious than all of a sudden this sudden this announcement that the gunmen have hijacked an oil tanker in the strait of hormuz what gives right this is the type of news report that under normal circumstances would be making headlines and every major newspaper and every major major newscast let's get right to it the latest from our team correspondent alex my hell of it. in recent days the strait of hormuz has seen its share of suspicious activity the latest being the taking of a hong kong flag tanker just a day ago according to the united kingdom maritime trade operations organization the ship was taken near iran's coast when the incident happened and alert stated that the vessel had been