i'm going to go to kate, kqed. kate, kqed? okay. i'm going to go with mission local. nope? okay. christian, ktvu. christian, you there? >> i'm here. >> yeah -- [inaudible] >> okay. >> okay. i have a question. >> okay. go ahead. >> i'm wondering what is -- [inaudible] >> christian, you're cutting in and out, so i'm going to move on. [inaudible] >> okay. christian, we didn't get that, so i'm going to move on. why don't we go, goran, new york times. goran, new york times. julio, univision. jackson, nbc bay area. >> yeah, can you hear me? >> we can hear you. >> so dr. colfax or whoever chooses to answer, we understand that some ucsf physicians are seeking the -- seeking -- the pulmonary and critical care facilities are seeking for everyone at ucsf are requiring everyone to wear masks to protect against the spread. what's the current response to that? we're led to believe that at least s.f. general, the answer's been not yet or no. >> this is mark lehrer from ucsf. there's been a lot of science on the spread of covid-19, and the predominant science belief is this is droplet spread, no

>> tonigon kqed newsroom, president trumcreates a national emergency in response to the coronavirus. >> plus markets around the globe n have takehits prompting fears of a recession. we'll hear how businesses are fairing in this crisis. >> and plus the elderly population is in sk of catching and succumbing to covid-19. >> good evening, and lcome to kqed newsroom. the coronavirus has many spooked and concerned. tonight we're goin oto level best here at kqed newsroom to bring you information about how the virus is impacting the health, unprecedented ways. n >> today president trump declared a national emergency to access up to $50 billion in disaster relief to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. and the world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. more than 130,000 people have been infted in at least 130 countries, and hospitals grapple with a short blg of masks and testing kits. they're on a surge of trying to contain new cases. on thursday, the california of department of heal said gatherings of 200 people or more should be postponeor canceled until the end of

. >>> tonight on kqed newsroom. fears of a global coronavirus pandemic and have prompted a state of emergency in san francisco. >>> for the first time california will hold the presidential primary on super tuesday. we will talk about the impact>>> president trumps visit to a inwas big in spectacle and short on commitments. we will look at the ties to one of the strongest market >>> good evening. welcome to kqed. >>> we will turn our toattentio he coronavirus and efforts to contain it. the coronavirus disease has spread to more than 50 countrie for the first time, there are more new cases outside of ina where it originated then inside the country. on wednesday trump held a news conference. he appointed vice president en mikece to direct efforts to contain the spread and downplayed the risk to americans. san francisco is on high alert. there are new cases in the city. the mayor called a state of emergencto mobilize resources >>> there apto be a utbaraks. second person in the united states who contracted the virus thro

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>>> tonight on kqed newsroom newsroom, all californians mu stay athome, orders gov. gavin newsom. we hear from the mayor of san jose but mobilizing the public laghwmtofiers e cat pithtol hi racing to help businesswo and ers devastated by the pandemic. >>> social distancing and isolating at home can cause stress and anxi y, we learn ways to cope and ge kqed newsroom g, and weome i would like to take a moment to say that we regard the work that we do be vital public service. now more than ever. we are part of this community and we are joining you in taking some extra ordinary taps to change how work bu hopefully that the value of it. for the time being, althou interviews will be conducted remotely, and keeping a social does sing guidelines to help. thank you for being with us. >>> on thursday, gavin newsom ordered all california residents to stay home as much as possible. all counties had already ised acnoe ssential busisuesneass ch the llseons are some of rvbusinee.ssesed to stay open. in the bay area, santa clara has in the county hardest hit by the coronavirus with at least 196 c

joining me now is kqed science repoer leslie mcclurg. thank you for being with me today. let's this crew ship, the man who died had just been on a crews that went to mexico came back, disembarked of the passengers and then picked up another 2500 passengers went on to hawaii. and on the way back, arpassenge d complaining of flulike symptoms, things that seem similar to covid-19. so the ship is now offshore, and people are being tested on board. tell me about the testing, and also aut the risk those who were not showing symptoms. >> sloter jumpers came in yesterday and help public al offilower off a helicopter and went on a ship, and i some videos of that and it was interestg to see ship that was completely empty, next to the wall, so all those people are in their staterooms right now, unwe have more information about the test results. they are getting come you know,n room servicestaying inside, wahing television, hopefully and staying away from each other. and so, until we have more test results, we won't know how many people were infected, hopefully like you said that per

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. >> and the next question is from shannon lim of kqed. there's a question and followup. what are san francisco's plans to start testing hopeless people for the coronavirus? do they have a protocol for who they will be testing and when this will begin. >> so i appreciate the question and i'm emphasized that we are expanding our testing and it's a key priority of the department's. i just want to be transparent, though, what we're doing. to give you an example, when we send our request up to state with regard to asking for more help and responding to the laguna honda situation, part of that request was the request for more swabs, testing swabs. therthis is not just limited ton francisco but a national shortage and we are struggling to get swabs in order to test and so along the supply chain for testing, there are severe limitations. while we are working to expand testing capacity, my public health lab is expected to triple its potential capacity starting today and we are still struggling along that supply chain to ramp up testing as long as possible. so anything from the sp

this up, and we will see that same programming here in the bay area on our public broadcast station kqed. it will be standard based content with lesson plans and do-at-home assignments. this will be particularly helpful for districts that don't have enough mobile devices to send home with the kids. at the end of the day parents are not only wondering what this will mean educationally for their kids but what a long term closure could mean for their entire family. >> for people who aren't as lucky and have to depend on childcare, if they don't have care they'll have to take off from work and it will affect them financially. >> reporter: also part of the discussion in that webinar today was addressing that very issue, which is providing limited childcare for people. at this point it's not clear whether it's going to be for the educators who need to be present at some point or whether this is for the community at large. we're going to keep listening into the webinar and see what the solution is there. but this is all so brand-new. it was just about not even 24 hours ago that the governor sai

i'm going to go to kate, kqed. kate, kqed? okay. i'm going to go with mission local. nope? okay.hristian, ktvu. christian, you there? >> i'm here. >> yeah -- [inaudible] >> okay. >> okay. i have a question. >> okay. go ahead. >> i'm wondering what is -- [inaudible] >> christian, you're cutting in and out, so i'm going to move on. [inaudible] >> okay. christian, we didn't get that, so i'm going to move on. why don't we go, goran, new york times. goran, new york times. julio, univision. jackson, nbc bay area. >> yeah, can you hear me? >> we can hear you. >> so dr. colfax or whoever chooses to answer, we understand that some ucsf physicians are seeking the -- seeking -- the pulmonary and critical care facilities are seeking for everyone at ucsf are requiring everyone to wear masks to protect against the spread. what's the current response to that? we're led to believe that at least s.f. general, the answer's been not yet or no. >> this is mark lehrer from ucsf. there's been a lot of science on the spread of covid-19, and the predominant science belief is this is droplet spread, not

. >> and the next question is from shannon lim of kqed. there's a question and followup. what are san francisco's plans to start testing hopeless people for the coronavirus? do they have a protocol for who they will be testing and when this will begin. >> so i appreciate the question and i'm emphasized that we are expanding our testing and it's a key priority of the department's. i just want to be transparent, though, what we're doing. to give you an example, when we send our request up to state with regard to asking for more help and responding to the laguna honda situation, part of that request was the request for more swabs, testing swabs. therthis is not just limited ton francisco but a national shortage and we are struggling to get swabs in order to test and so along the supply chain for testing, there are severe limitations. while we are working to expand testing capacity, my public health lab is expected to triple its potential capacity starting today and we are still struggling along that supply chain to ramp up testing as long as possible. so anything from the sp

. >> and the next question is from shannon lim of kqed. there's a question and followup.at are san francisco's plans to start testing hopeless people for the coronavirus? do they have a protocol for who they will be testing and when this will begin. >> so i appreciate the question and i'm emphasized that we are expanding our testing and it's a key priority of the department's. i just want to be transparent, though, what we're doing. to give you an example, when we send our request up to state with regard to asking for more help and responding to the laguna honda situation, part of that request was the request for more swabs, testing swabs. therthis is not just limited ton francisco but a national shortage and we are struggling to get swabs in order to test and so along the supply chain for testing, there are severe limitations. while we are working to expand testing capacity, my public health lab is expected to triple its potential capacity starting today and we are still struggling along that supply chain to ramp up testing as long as possible. so anything from the speci