the residents of laguna honda hospital are in the most vulnerable of these groups. guna honda has a total of 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus. nine are amongst staff and two are among residents. all are in good condition. since march 26th, 158 staff and 54 residents were tested for the virus. among residents, two have tested positive and 51 negative and one result is still pending. among staff, 156 have tested negative and 25 more tests are underway. and i expect more cases of coronavirus in the laguna honda community among both staff and residents because it is now spreading throughout the bay area. we are drawing on all of the resources we can muster at the local state and federal level to strengthen our response. laguna honda has been and remains a top priority in the city's preparation and response to coronavirus. the first health officer order after declaring a local health emergency in early march was to restrict visitors from laguna honda to protect the institution's residents. laguna honda leadership has worked actively and diligently to train staff on coron

we pay the highest amount of attention to laguna hospital. it is encouraging that we have not seen more than 12 cases. we need to keep that level of vigilance up. >> are you considering making mask wearing in public mandatory and under what circumstances might that happen? >> i want to clarify we are not talking about masks. we are talking about face coverings. any type of homemade cloth, a scarf, bandanna, we are not talking about masks. specifically isolation masks and n7979595 masks should be reservr healthcare workers. we are trying to decrease the amount of unwittingly how we are spreading virus particles to other people even if we don't feeling safe. we are protecting people around us. we are not considering mandatory covering of space. this is a good tool and we know that people in san francisco have been doing their part by staying home, keeping distance, limiting outings to essential services and looking for additional ways to protect the community and work to flatten the curve. this is in addition to those important activities san f

this will not only inform prevention and response strategies for laguna honda hospital, but also for skilled nursing facilities throughout the bay area and perhaps even the nation. laguna honda is, and continues to be a top priority for the health department and the city. we and i will continue to do everything we can to resfonlds the changing situation and i will keep the staff, residents, families and public updated. now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the

this will not only inform prevention and response strategies for laguna honda hospital, but also for skilled nursing facilities throughout the bay area and perhaps even the nation. laguna honda is, and continues to be a top priority for the health department and the city. we and i will continue to do everything we can to resfonlds the changing situation and i will keep the staff, residents, families and public updated. now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the

days there was one patient who was transferred to zuckerberg hospital, thankfully stabilized, and then was returned to quarantine at laguna honda hospital. >> reporter: question from the san francisco examiner. does the department of public health plan to move any patients from laguna honda hospital into hotel rooms or has that been placed on hold, given the outbreak? >> we are continuing to explore that and our r seeking the advice of our c.d.c. colleagues with regard to moving that forward. i want to emphasize that from the beginning that was a small group of patients, numbering no more man between 20 and 30. >> reporter: and a follow-up from josh sabatini, do you have any details on how covid-19 was introduced to laguna honda ?*k >> i think when we look at how covid-19 has generally been introduced into skilled nursing facilities and other similar facilities across the country, despite multiple efforts to prevent and just slow the spread, unfortunately the -- one of the key factors is that people who work at the facility, despite their own efforts and others unintentionally appear to be the source in many of these case

sr staffer has tested positive at laguna hospital. at brings the number of cases there at the 19 long care facility. 15 are employees and the others are being treated at the hospital. >>> and san francisco city attorney says undercertain circumstances the city could take over private buildings to protect people from the coronavirus pandemic. now, he issued a memo outlining the process that's necessary for the city to take the extreme steps, the rules and limits. it's not clear why he issued the memo, but it's speculation that it's on the order passed by the board of supervisors demanding that the city secure 70,000 hotel rooms to house the homeless people during the pandemic. >>> also, today, a new testing site is opening up in san francisco. the new site is on 7th street in the city's soma district. it's by appointment only. the company is partnering with the mayors office to combat the spread of covid-19. >>> all right, pam. the time is 6:40. we get to talk about the weather. steve is back with us now. a lot of clouds outside still,

now, i would like to provide an update on laguna honda hospital and the steps we are taking to protect residents and staff. we now have 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus at laguna honda. 13 of the confirmed cases are among staff and four are among residents. of the staff, 10 have been in patient care positions and three have not. all four positive resident cases are in the south five ward or neighborhood. we retested the residents of south five this past week end and received only one positive result, which brought our total to four. we also tested all residents in the south four neighborhood on monday and have not received any positive results yet. the sum of those results are still pending today. staff retesting on both units is continuing today. overall, to date 298 laguna hospital staff have been tested either by the department of public health or their own healthcare provider. 208 residents have been tested. as part of our ongoing outbreak response, we continue to test staff and patients throughout the hospital who have been identified as being exposed through contact investigatio

this will not only inform prevention and response strategies for laguna honda hospital, but also for oughout the bay area and perhaps even the nation. laguna honda is, and continues to be a top priority for the health department and the city. we and i will continue to do everything we can to resfonlds the changing situation and i will keep the staff, residents, families and public updated. now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the health of our city. now direct

to date we have had 19 positive cases at laguna honda hospital, 15 among staff and four among residents. and laguna honda hospital is one of the largest, if not the largest, skilled nursing facility in the nation with over 750 residents. is -- of the four residents who tested positive for covid-19, all are in good condition. we have not had a new resident case since april 7, which is an indication that our aggressive efforts undertaken with c.d.c. guidance, to isolate, quarantine, test, and screen for now have been effective. the c.d.c. recommendations we recommended at laguna honda are now being and will continue to be applied to protect staff and residents at other nursing home facilities across the city. in our jail system we took aggressive steps to protect inmates and staff. we expanded jail health services to include testing and quarantine of all new bookings that are housed in jails. this allowed us to identify two asymptomatic and related cases of coronavirus to date. this practice combined with enforcing social distancing protocols and masking of all staff has likely prevented

this will not only inform prevention and response strategies for laguna honda hospital, but also for skilled nursing facilities throughout the bay area and perhaps even the nation. laguna honda is, and continues to be a top priority for the health department and the city. we and i will continue to do everything we can to resfonlds the changing situation and i will keep the staff, residents, families and public updated. now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the

same goes for nine staff members and two residents at laguna hospital in san francisco. >> and i'm very concerned about it because we understand there could be 300 nursing homes across the country now that will have the virus. >> a professor at the school of nursing and an expert on nursing homes warned us a few weeks ago outbreaks like this could happen. a nursing home was at the center of the outbreak. tonight in southern california, officials reported 51 residents have tested positive for covid- 19 at this nursing facility along with six staff members. two of those residents have died. >> i would like to see the state put a monitor in each of those homes and make sure those folks have adequate staffing. >> reporter: in pacifica, joe vasquez, kpix 5. >>> new at 11:00 the san jose police department is taking extra steps to protect their officers. from now on they will be wearing face masks, protective eye wear, and gloves when they take a suspect into custody. a mask will also be placed over the suspect's nose and mouth. >>> at least one officer and one reserve officer has already test

now, i would like to provide an update on laguna honda hospital and the steps we are taking to protect residents and staff. we now have 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus at laguna honda. 13 of the confirmed cases are among staff and four are among residents. of the staff, 10 have been in patient care positions and three have not. all four positive resident cases are in the south five ward or neighborhood. we retested the residents of south five this past week end and received only one positive result, which brought our total to four. we also tested all residents in the south four neighborhood on monday and have not received any positive results yet. the sum of those results are still pending today. staff retesting on both units is continuing today. overall, to date 298 laguna hospital staff have been tested either by the department of public health or their own healthcare provider. 208 residents have been tested. as part of our ongoing outbreak response, we continue to test staff and patients throughout the hospital who have been identified as being exposed through contact investigatio

overall, to date, 303 laguna honda hospital staff have been tested either by d.p.h. or their own provider. as part of the ongoing outbreak response we continue to assess staff and patients throughout the hospital that have been identified as being exposed from contact investigation or have other risk factors like showing symptoms of the virus. while i do expect more positive cases, we continue to take actions informed by facts and evidence to protect health and mitigate the further spread of the viruses at the facility, both among staff and among residents. i am thankful that laguna honda continues to receive support from cdc, centers for disease control experts, who remain on site and continue to help advise and guide our efforts. these recommendations are also informing efforts to be applied to protect staff and residents at other nursing home facilities across the city. as we continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic together, i would like to remind you that our priorities continue to be reducing the spread of the virus in the community, protecting vulnerable pop

now, i would like to provide an update on laguna honda hospital and the steps we are taking to protect residents and staff. we now have 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus at laguna honda. 13 of the confirmed cases are among staff and four are among residents. of the staff, 10 have been in patient care positions and three have not. all four positive resident cases are in the south five ward or neighborhood. we retested the residents of south five this past week end and received only one positive result, which brought our total to four. we also tested all residents in the south four neighborhood on monday and have not received any positive results yet. the sum of those results are still pending today. staff retesting on both units is continuing today. overall, to date 298 laguna hospital staff have been tested either by the department of public health or their own healthcare provider. 208 residents have been tested. as part of our ongoing outbreak response, we continue to test staff and patients throughout the hospital who have been identified as being exposed through contact investigatio

in san francisco there are no 17 confirmed cases laguna hospital. 13 staff members and for residents. >>> in his afternoon briefing governor newsom said his team has found manufacturers who can supply the state with up to 200 million and 95 and surgical masks each month. the governor says that is enough to cover the need of healthcare workers and first responders and help other states facing shortages. california hopes to use $1 billion in disaster response money to buy personal protective equipment. >> that would allow us to invest over $1.4 billion into ppe, of all stripes. and do so in a way that going to secure the anxiety many of us have. >> the ppe's would not only be for medical records, but grocery store workers and homes with outreach personnel. >>> the cdc released new guidelines for someone who has been close to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus, but they don't have symptoms themselves. originally they were told to quarantine for 14 days. now the cdc said they can go back to work, but first they need to regularly take the temperature, where facemask covering a

i want to turn to the hospitals, particularly laguna honda hospital. yesterday there was quite a bit of news in our own public healthcare system. coronavirus has arrived at laguna honda. unfortunately, this was not a surprise. the pattern of the disease clearly shows that long-term care facilities and residents are particularly vulnerable to the disease and the spread. from the start, we have taken many steps to protect the patients and staff and we will continue to do so. earlier this week th the entire campus was quarantined to protect residents and staff and reduce harm. i must say, and i am sad to say this, we do expect an outbreak. our plan for the outbreak including testing affected staff and residents, which is already underway. we have begun bringing in additional resources including staff and expertise on long-term care infection control and infection disease from our own system but also reaching out to key partners, including u.c.s.f. and sutter health to strengthen our response. this will continue over the next few days and weeks. with things

. >>> laguna hospital in san francisco now has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. two are residents, the other ten are staff. of those staff members seven are care center. they're concerned about a growing outbreak there. and now state and federal experts are on site to help. >> this week we received help from the california department of public health, the centers for disease control and prevention, and other key federal partners. they're working closely with us on the current cases, contact investigations, and recommendations for improved preparedness and response going forward. >> laguna honda remains under quarantine. >>> as early as tomorrow the city of san francisco will open a new shelter for the homeless. part of an effort to fight coronavirus. the goal is to thin out existing shelters. it will provide more isolated spacing for at least 400 people and allow for proper social distancing. >> we will start as early as tomorrow, moving people from shelters all around the city into musconie west. there will be 24-hour services, support, food, resources, and exac

and an additional staffer at laguna hospital. >>> more than 14,000 people have died in the united states and there are more than 432,000 cases. in new york, the hardest hit state, officials tonight report the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in a single day with 779. >> the bad news isn't just bad. the bad news is actually terrible. >> in california, more than 500 people have now died. tuesday to wednesday was one of the deadliest periods in the state so far and san francisco's mayor is cautioning people not to get complacent. s as you can see, those numbers are still going up. and we anticipate that they would be even higher, and the worst is yet to come. >> president trump meanwhile is looking forward, taking an optimistic tone. >> getting closer, you see the numbers getting much closer to getting our country back to the way it was. >> and two major headlines tonight affecting workers on the front lines of this crisis. the cdc announced new guidance that attempts to get workers back on the job faster after being exposed. if a worker is symptom free, they can come back befor

in the spotlight tonight chauncey jackson is the director of environmental services at laguna hospitalsan francisco. jackson and his team were nominated for maintaining cleanliness at the long-term care facility after an outbreak of the coronavirus. fellow employees say the team's efforts helped keep the number of infections there down. if you know someone is making a difference, you can email the details along with any pictures or video. >>> a heck of a nice day for your thursday, friday will be even nicer with high temperatures in the 80s and even some low 90s possible. these are the highs from today. 89 in fairfield, 86 in antioch. eyes tomorrow, we can add a few degrees. no fog along the coast, wind, but it's pretty calm inside the bay. therefore we are not seeing a lot of fog or the clouds moving inside the bay. you will wake up tomorrow morning and is mostly sunny, pretty much everybody. when you start off mostly sunny of got nowhere to go but up. that's how things go temperatures tomorrow will be a good 3 to 4 degrees warmer than today. big high-pressure over the top of us. clea

now i would like to provide a brief update on the outbreak at laguna honda hospital and the steps we are taking to protect the health of residents and staff. we have 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus at honda hospital, 13 of the confirmed cases are among staff and four are among residents. of the staff, ten have been in patient care positions and three have not. all four positive resident cases are in the south five neighborhood. testing of that neighborhood is currently complete. we have also completed testing for south residents, and i'm happy to say at this time we have not detected an additional case. overall, to date, 301 honda hospital staff have been tested, either by the health department or by their own provider and 208 residents have been tested. as part of our ongoing response, we continue to test staff and patients throughout the hospital that had been identified as being exposed to contact investigation or have other risk factors, including showing symptoms of the virus. unfortunately, we do expect more positive cases. but it is crucial that we know the facts so that we

and an additional staffer at laguna hospital. >>> more than 14,000 people have died in the united states and there are more than 432,000 cases. in new york, the hardest hit state, officials tonight report the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in a single day with 779. >> the bad news isn't just bad. the bad news is actually terrible. >> in california, more than 500 people have now died. tuesday to wednesday was one of the deadliest periods in the state so far and san francisco's mayor is cautioning people not to get complacent. s as you can see, those numbers are still going up. and we anticipate that they would be even higher, and the worst is yet to come. >> president trump meanwhile is looking forward, taking an optimistic tone. >> getting closer, you see the numbers getting much closer to getting our country back to the way it was. >> and two major headlines tonight affecting workers on the front lines of this crisis. the cdc announced new guidance that attempts to get workers back on the job faster after being exposed. if a worker is symptom free, they can come back befor

now, i would like to give an update on laguna hospital. we are very concerned about a growing outbreak there and are continuing to do everything we can to protect the health of residents and staff. this week we received help from the california department of public health, centers for disease control and prevention and other key federal partners. they are working closely with us on the current cases, contact investigations and recommendations for improved preparedness and response going forward. with regard to testing. as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are among residents. of staff, seven have been in patient care positions and three are no not to date 89 patient he been tested. 218 staff members have tested through the health department or through their own provider. as we speak, the centers for disease control and prevention their experts are on site conducting thorough tracing and contact investigation, taking action now and providing us with an evidence-based data-driven road map

to date we have had 19 positive cases at laguna honda hospital, 15 among staff and four among residentsguna honda hospital is one of the largest, if not the largest, skilled nursing facility in the nation with over 750 residents. is -- of the four residents who tested positive for covid-19, all are in good condition. we have not had a new resident case since april 7, which is an indication that our aggressive efforts undertaken with c.d.c. guidance, to isolate, quarantine, test, and screen for now have been effective. the c.d.c. recommendations we recommended at laguna honda are now being and will continue to be applied to protect staff and residents at other nursing home facilities across the city. in our jail system we took aggressive steps to protect inmates and staff. we expanded jail health services to include testing and quarantine of all new bookings that are housed in jails. this allowed us to identify two asymptomatic and related cases of coronavirus to date. this practice combined with enforcing social distancing protocols and masking of all staff has likely prevented an outbr

to date we have had 19 positive cases at laguna honda hospital, 15 among staff and four among residents. and laguna honda hospital is one of the largest, if not the largest, skilled nursing facility in the nation with over 750 residents. is -- of the four residents who tested positive for covid-19, all are in good condition. we have not had a new resident case since april 7, which is an indication that our aggressive efforts undertaken with c.d.c. guidance, to isolate, quarantine, test, and screen for now have been effective. the c.d.c. recommendations we recommended at laguna honda are now being and will continue to be applied to protect staff and residents at other nursing home facilities across the city. in our jail system we took aggressive steps to protect inmates and staff. we expanded jail health services to include testing and quarantine of all new bookings that are housed in jails. this allowed us to identify two asymptomatic and related cases of coronavirus to date. this practice combined with enforcing social distancing protocols and masking of all staff has likely prevented

now, i would like to give an update on laguna hospital. we are very concerned about a growing outbreak there and are continuing to do everything we can to protect the health of residents and staff. this week we received help from the california department of public health, centers for disease control and prevention and other key federal partners. they are working closely with us on the current cases, contact investigations and recommendations for improved preparedness and response going forward. with regard to testing. as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are among residents. of staff, seven have been in patient care positions and three are no not to date 89 patient he been tested. 218 staff members have tested through the health department or through their own provider. as we speak, the centers for disease control and prevention their experts are on site conducting thorough tracing and contact investigation, taking action now and providing us with an evidence-based data-driven road map

now, i would like to give an update on laguna hospital. we are very concerned about a growing outbreak there and are continuing to do everything we can to protect the health of residents and staff. this week we received help from the california department of public health, centers for disease control and prevention and other key federal partners. they are working closely with us on the current cases, contact investigations and recommendations for improved preparedness and response going forward. with regard to testing. as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are among residents. of staff, seven have been in patient care positions and three are no not to date 89 patient he been tested. 218 staff members have tested through the health department or through their own provider. as we speak, the centers for disease control and prevention their experts are on site conducting thorough tracing and contact investigation, taking action now and providing us with an evidence-based data-driven road map

this will not only inform prevention and response strategies for laguna honda hospital, but also for killed nursing facilities throughout the bay area and perhaps even the nation. laguna honda is, and continues to be a top priority for the health department and the city. we and i will continue to do everything we can to resfonlds the changing situation and i will keep the staff, residents, families and public updated. now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the h

the residents of laguna honda hospital are in the most vulnerable of these groups. laguna honda has a total of 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus. nine are amongst staff and two are among residents. all are in good condition. since

more on that. >>> coming up health professionals are concerned about the current situation at laguna hospitaln the city. steps are being taken to monitor and number of cases that the city owned hospital. >>> in unusual and unprecedented times there seen countless stories of people helping out their communities. coming up on east bay drycleaner is offering services to healthcare professionals coming up. >>> the sum owner -- sonoma rail transit reducing its service in half. in tomorrow the system only operates 16 daily trips that will serve all the stations. during the coronavirus health crisis ridership has fallen by 90%. smart had already canceled for weekday trips last month. the district says the changes will stay in effect until further notice. >>> a company in walnut creek showing his appreciation for healthcare workers. the business is providing free uniform cleaning and sanitation. >> we have developed a process where we give them a special back, we are able to clean the bag and the close safely and get it back so they do not need to worry about running it at home where temperatures don

in san francisco at laguna hospital the number of infected increased to 16 over the weekend. >> hospitalsave been the priority and people are forgetting that actually the nursing homes and assisted living facilities are far more vulnerable than the hospitals. >> reporter: they would like to see state officials require all senior and assisted care living facilities publicly disclose their covid-19 cases in an effort to keep the public informed so loved ones could be removed. >> the only way we find out about these facilities that have it, are when the new generalists pick it up. and that is, we think, the state needs to be transparent and put this out every day. >> reporter: the latest cases across the bay area in the country may just be the beginning. that is because there are about 15,000 of these assisted-living facilities across the country and about 1 million people living between them. so far cost. it states, 400 people have died after contracting this virus through an assisted-living facility and 2300 are affected right now. >>> it is now official, california students will not be re

now, i would like to provide an update on laguna honda hospital and the steps we are taking to protect residents and staff. we now have 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus at laguna honda. 13 of the confirmed cases are among staff and four are among residents. of the staff, 10 have been in patient care positions and three have not. all four positive resident cases are in the south five ward or neighborhood. we retested the residents of south five this past week end and received only one positive result, which brought our total to four. we also tested all residents in the south four neighborhood on monday and have not received any positive results yet. the sum of those results are still pending today. staff retesting on both units is continuing today. overall, to date 298 laguna hospital staff have been tested either by the department of public health or their own healthcare provider. 208 residents have been tested. as part of our ongoing outbreak response, we continue to test staff and patients throughout the hospital who have been identified as being exposed through contact investigatio

laguna honda hospital in san francisco, teoe with the coronavirus. there are now 21 cases at the hospital alone. another inmate at santa rita jail has tested positive. the sheriff's office says nine inmates are recovering. 22 others have fully recovered and two other inmates since released. and more than 7500 reported cases. san francisco, contra coasta, all adding new cases today. what we showed you last night, plenty more bay area communities are overrun by visitors, growing frustration, and a potentially dangerous six as people continue heading to scenic shots. and nbc bay area is there, a sausalito, where they are frock aring to. >> reporter: so many have flocked here over the last couple days, the beach area had to be shut down. they were supposed to shut down beach the at the marina, they put up fencing and a sign after people flooded the area. viewers sent the pictures of the beach yesterday. there were in many people for the small area. they were concerned that people were not wearing masks or practicing social distancing. >> it was total may