The Chronicle began covering the coronavirus crisis before the first cases in the Bay Area were reported and a pandemic was declared in 2020. We reorganized the newsroom to devote maximum resources to stories about fitness and economic disasters. Every day, we release live updates to reflect top local, national and global updates on COVID-19, and this news is loose to keep our network informed.
Read updates September 12-13
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Updates on Tuesday, September 15:
5:25 p. m. Can your phone tell you if you have been exposed to coronavirus? An anxiety similar to exposure to the coronavirus is a truth that everyone can relate to in those days, but if your phone can simply tell you that you were near an inflamed person, without invading their privacy. Would that help? Read the full story here.
5 p. m. The Grateful Dead guitarist is asking Congress to give independent places a lifeline: Bob Weir joined a panel of music industry leaders tuesday and urged Congress to help small independent venues cope with the coronavirus pandemic. “Music transcends match boundaries,” said grateful Dead guitarist. The group’s press conference, organized through Blue Note Napa and Another Planet Entertainment of Berkeley, went to draw attention to two bipartisan proposals: the Restart Act and the Save Our Stages Act.
3:40 p. m. Marin is turning red: Marin County won a red designation in the state’s new four-tier color categories. The shift from purple to red county to open more business, and Marin temporarily runs to allow the reopening of gyms, theaters and other businesses.
3:33 p. m. Unemployment benefit? Many of those who reported unemployment for the first time when the Bay Area moved to an on-site shelter may exceed their initial benefits, but there are systems to expand benefits and you can receive help automatically. Get the top points in Kathleen Pender’s Net Value Column.
3:29 p. m. Contra Costa County reports more cases: Contra Costa County has shown 65 more cases of coronavirus, for a total of 15489 cases since the onset of the pandemic.
2:56 p. m. New York breaks a 38-day streak with a positive rate: New York State’s positive coronavirus verification rate surpassed 1% on Monday for the first time in more than a month, Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted Tuesday. Of the 73,678 checks carried out on Monday, a little more 1% – 766 checks – returned positive after 38 days with positive checks below 1%.
2:50 am Mask Mobile travels through San Mateo County: San Mateo County introduced Mask Mobile, a traveling pickup truck that distributes masks in the county, officials said Tuesday. masked dresses and other protection requirements against coronavirus. The county will provide updates to Mask Mobile on Twitter.
2:16 p. m. La grocery shopping online a pandemic is driving FedEx: FedEx earned $1. 25 billion in its last quarter, while online grocery shopping remained popular with consumers who avoid stores and company-to-business shipments improved. 3 months ended August 31.
2:12 p. m. Fauci says Vermont has done the right thing: Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease expert, praised Vermont’s coronavirus technique and measures to reopen safely and emphasized Vermont’s emphasis on the Protective imperatives of wearing masks, avoiding crowds, and taking other measures. Undeniable precautions. Faci commented via video on Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s data query on the virus on Tuesday.
2:05 p. m. Governor appreciates UW reopening: University of Wisconsin-Madison officials made the right resolution to reopen campus on September 2, even though there has been a backlog in COVID-19 cases: 2,160 academics and 31 workers from campus – Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday. The university was forced to suspend in-person categories in lieu of online training and to quarantine several sorority and fraternity houses, as well as two giant dormitories.
1:57 p. m. Dosa closes in SF: The Fillmore Street location of the Place to Eat Dosa in Southern India is the last place to eat to close the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the Oakland outpost as the only physical place. Kitchen in southern San Francisco, which will offer takeaways and deliveries from centers in the Bay Area. For a list of closures of places to eat in the area, read on
1:40 p. m. Scientific American makes the first approval: in its first presidential endorsement in its 175-year history, Scientific American magazine announced Tuesday that it supported Democrat Joe Biden, saying that President Trump “fundamentally broke america and its others because he rejected the evidence and science. “The magazine condemned Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and criticized him for cutting clinical investment and hampering America’s reaction to climate change.
1:32 p. m. La technology leads Wall Street: technology stocks closed tightly on Tuesday, helping the Nasdaq’s composite rise, yet monetary and client stocks weighed on dow Jones’ most sensitive trading average. close at 11,190.
1:20 p. m. Se strongly discourages deception: As the state prepares official rules for the Halloween vacation, discouraging close contact with the pandemic, public fitness officials in the Bay Area have their own contingency plans to help make Halloween safer than scary.
12:30 Trump, a candidate for law and order, defies fitness regulations: President Trump, a candidate for law and order, still refuses to comply with warrants and coronavirus-like directives, adding those of his own administration, his In November, Democratic governors and local leaders have suggested Trmp reconsider his events , warning you that you are putting lives at risk. team says rallies are through the First Amendment.
12:44 Trump’s former crusader apologizes for the scientists’ seditious comment: Michael Caputo, the undersecretary of public affairs aptitude, apologized Tuesday with Secretary Alex Azar for an explosion on Facebook in which he accused federal scientists running in the “sedition” pandemic and warned of the violence of “left-wing” attack squads. The New York Times reported, bringing the situation closer together.
12:35 p. m. Marin County is turning red: Marin County has moved to the red point of the state’s coronavirus progression, has fewer restrictions on what can open other counties that have gone from the maximum restrictive, violet, to red category are Inyo and Tehama, Health Secretary of State Dr. Mark Ghaly said Tuesday.
12:13 p. m. The virus brings an unwanted Halloween trick: Californians deserve to “be prepared for another type of Halloween” this year, Health Secretary of State Dr. Mark Ghaly said Tuesday. “The classic type of blendArray . . . it’s not advisable,” he said. reporters in an obvious reference to neighborhood manipulation. He said costumes and chocolates can remain part of the laughter and that the state will soon take into account the rules about what is acceptable. “All things involve an absolutely different Halloween,” he said, adding the same capture for other components this year.
11:47 am The mayor of London Breed urges resilience as hospitalizations accumulate in SF: noting a 29% increase in coronavirus hospitalizations in San Francisco, the mayor of London Breed suggested on Tuesday that citizens remain resilient. The village, which recorded 10430 cases of COVID-19 and 91 deaths, allowed several businesses to go back on Monday, but the mayor warned that if the number of cases is happening significantly “We don’t need to back down,” he said, urging others to embrace masking, social estating and avoiding giant gatherings. “We can sacrifice this time for a better future. “
11:40 a. m. La U. S. World ReputationIt is sinking into the pandemic reaction: a new survey in thirteen countries shows that america’s reputation as a whole is not a problem. But it’s not the first time It has declined further over the next year among many key allies and partners in the face of a disorganized reaction to the coronavirus. The percentage of others in several countries that see the United States favorably has fallen to its lowest point in nearly two decades of Pew’s follow-up. In Tuesday’s survey, a median 15% of respondents said the United States had treated the pandemic well.
11:20 am The World Series enters a coronavirus bubble, Texas Rangers Park: The World Series will be played in full at the New Texas Rangers Baseball Stadium in Arlington, Texas, starting with a bubble agreement ended Tuesday through Major League Baseball and the Players Association, the first time the game championship will be played entirely in one place since 1944. The agreement aims to minimize exposure to the coronavirus for Division, the League Championship Series and the World Series.
11:10 am Some counties in the Bay Area are experiencing a triple lack of confidence: lack of confidence in food (lack of healthy and culturally adequate food) has more than doubled across the state and more than three times in some bay domain counties. San Francisco, 18. 7% of families had enough trouble dining in April and May, up from 5. 7 percent in December 2018, according to Northwestern University’s Policy Research Institute.
11:02 Hunger worsens in the Bay Area and in the state: six months after the start of the pandemic, hunger is more widespread than ever in the Bay Area and California. Restaurants, airports and outlets that have suffered most layoffs and lack monetary cushions. “I’ve been an advocate for the fight against famine in California for over 20 years and I’ve never noticed anything like it,” said Jessica Bartholow of the Western Center on Law and Poverty. Read the main points here.
10:58 am Long Island conspiracy planes: Dozens of citizens of Long Island, New York, recently discovered leaflets on their doorstep that spread the unfounded claim that the government is looking for minorities to “experiment” with a coronavirus vaccine. “Parents who send their young children,” to school this fall, consider all the documents or exemptions they want to sign,” the report says. Pressed to locate a vaccine opposed to covid-19 or the Corona virus, the government is looking for minorities to experiment. “
10:55 am Schumer says the most sensible fitness officer resigns: Senate minority leader Chuck of New York on Tuesday asked Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to resign from political interference reports at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other fitness agencies reports The Washington Post. Azar “has not only failed to evade such outrageous measures through President Trump, but has been almost entirely silent about chaos and mismanagement in his own agency,” Schumer said.
10:41 am Health insurance is a little rarer last year: even before the loss of tasks caused by a pandemic benefited millions of Americans, fitness policy had declined last year, following a three-year trend, according to the knowledge of the US Census Bureau. But it’s not the first time Posted on Tuesday. Nearly 30 million others in the country received no coverage at any time in 2019, 1 million more than last year.
10:09 am: International combination, combination of bare faces at the historic White House rally: the last White House event, without going through the Trump administration’s coronavirus guidelines, was the historic signing Tuesday of the new Israeli peace agreement with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates A giant foreign crowd mingled and chatted before the rite on the south floor of the White House , with now familiar television images appearing only in some masks, not to mention Vice President Mike Pence, head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. . The chairs were placed nearby, with no social distance.
10:07 a. m. COVID-related deaths among the hardest-hit youth minorities: while a small proportion of other people under the age of 21 die from COVID-19-related headaches in the United States, a disproportionate number of deaths come from minority communities, according to a new report published through the CDC on Tuesday. Read the story here.
9:50 am The number of SF cases and San Mateo County is increasing: San Francisco has shown 52 more cases of coronavirus, for a cumulative total of 10430 cases as of Tuesday. San Mateo County reported another 76 cases to San Mateo, for a total of 9,242 cases. The number of cases continues to increase in the Bay Area, but at a much slower rate than during summer peaks.
9:39 am The Gates Foundation denounces the effect of the pandemic on global immunization policy: an annual report through the Gates Foundation on global health progress indicates that immunization policy, an indirect measure of the functioning of fitness systems, has been “supported about 25 years ago. “25 weeks” due to the consequences of the pandemic. Vaccination policy in 2020 is falling to last noticed levels in the 1990s, he said, as economies falter, governments are changing resources to control coronavirus and others are not seeking physical attention to prevent infections.
9:24 a. m. Pelosi vows to stay put until virus relief is resolved: San Francisco President Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that the House will not run for the November election “until we have a bill” on New Stimulus Aid to Help the Devastated The Coronavirus Economy Made the call at a personal convention, the New York Times reported, amid growing fear among lawmakers about the possibility of returning from home to confront the electorate without additional stimulus. .
9:04 am France will boost the citizenship of brave foreigners: France will commend foreign fitness personnel and others who have excelled in the fight against COVID-19 by accelerating citizenship programmes for those who need French. It reports that the Ministry of the Governance led this week the prioritization of naturalization requests from foreigners who “actively participated in the national effort, with determination and courage” in the face of the epidemic.
8:40 am Reopening planned for SF museums: With a new remnant of regulations for final coronaviruses for museums, MAJOR SF establishments have announced plans to reopen: The young will allow members on September 22 and the public as of September 25. . Start of a sample of Frida Kahlo. The Museum of Asian Art is scheduled to reopen on October 1 and to the public on October 3. Both museums will operate at a capacity of 25%.
8:28 am Return to business for some SF industries: gymnastics rats and others desperate for haircuts and massages, however, had a break in San Francisco on Monday after six months of business closures. to open, as well as massage rooms, tattoos and piercing inside, outdoor circle of family members, entertainment centers, driving videos and buses and boat trips. Social distance, disinfectants and new regulations abound. Read here what the first day went like.
8:10 am Contra Costa County is attacking major atrocious offenders: by accusing Pittsburg Skorz Sports Bar of remaining illegally open in violation of physical fitness orders on the occasion of a pandemic, the first prosecution of this kind opposed to Contra Costa County, the district attorney is “aware that companies are in trouble right now and the orders of fitness personnel are changing” Array” , according to spokesman Scott Alonso. So, he said, “we are looking to reserve criminal prosecutions for the most serious violations. “The case can result in a corrupt sentence, but more likely” a significant fine,” Alonso said. Read the story here.
7:44 a. m. The suffering BART receives federal money: BART receives a federal grant of $1. 2 billion to pay for more common trains on the Transbay Tube, even when the company deals with low traffic, low revenue drop and a dubious long term due to the coronavirus pandemic. Of The Chronicle here.
7:02 a. m. The inventory rebound continues: the Dow Jones rose 0. 6% and the Nasdaq by 1. 6% in the first operations. Optimism about a vaccine and the conclusion of an agreement have boosted equities upwards
Updates on Monday, September 14:
4:15 p. m. Bay Area case count falls from summer highs: The spread of the coronavirus has particularly slowed since the peak of the Bay Area summer wave, with new cases falling by more than 60% from the difficult days in mid-August. Read the full story here.
3:24 p. m. A new test establishes a link between the blood type and the COVID-19 threat: an upcoming test through the 23andMe genetics company shows that a person’s genetic code may be similar to the likelihood of them contracting COVID-19, and the severity strikes, the publication of new fitness statistics reports. The exam, which has not yet been peer reviewed, is a vital confirmation of past paintings on the subject. People with blood O gave the impression of having a lower positive result than expected compared to other blood groups, found the test.
3:08 p. m. Trump is organizing another close-knit interior demonstration: the pre-showing Trump arrived Monday in Arizona, after a trip to California, for an indoor roundtable announced as Latinos for Trump. Television photographs showed a giant room full of followers sitting almost from side to side, many of them wearing no face masks, the most recent example of their occasions mocking the fitness forums of their own administration.
3:03 p. m. Hospitalizations in 2841: Patients hospitalized by COVID-19 in California amounted to 2,841 on Sunday, fitness status reported Monday. An additional 824 hospitalized patients were suspected of developing the disease.
2:46 p. m. State lawmakers have set the wrong example of virus safety: members of the California Legislature have set a terrible example in modeling how not to protect themselves from coronavirus infection at their end-of-session meetings last August, Kaiser Health News reports. they huddled hard, let the mask slide under their noses, crashed in combination to shoot and shouted “Yes!”and no,” the vote in the Senate, potentially spreading virus-laden rubble over his colleagues.
2:11 p. m. Alameda County has 20,000 cases: Alameda County has the first in the Bay Area to exceed 20,000 coronavirus cases to date. The county rescinded 31 new cases on Monday, with its cumulative total of 20,022.
1:45 p. m. Shipment of fake N95 mask seized: Approximately 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirator masks were seized in Chicago through Customs and Border Protection officials. Federal authorities announced Monday that the mask shipment from China was seized on September 10 at the International Airport O’Hare. to a company in Manalapan, New Jersey.
1:38 p. m. No there is food inside Santa Clara County: although Santa Clara County has reached a red-level prestige under the state’s reopening degrees, meaning fewer restrictions than the worst-rated, purple, places to eat in the county are still limited to outdoor food and to carry Coronavirus is vital and “meals inside necessarily involve cutting the harness inside , which increases the risk,” the county said.
1:25 p. m. Contra Costa County authorizes some outdoor activities: Contra Costa County said Monday that, according to its purple reopening status, non-public care may operate outdoors, with the exception of tattoos, piercings, and non-medical electrolysis; Racetracks and games rooms can operate outdoors; The production of music, television and movies can be resumed, as well as professional sports without a live audience. “When state-controlled knowledge shows sustained improvement over two weeks, the county will move to red numbers, allowing more businesses and activities to reopen. “officials said in a statement.
1:20 p. m. Stocks are rebounding: driven by small and generation stocks, markets had a day on Monday. The Dow Jones trading average rose to 1. 2% and the
12:58 P. M. Squaw-Alpine cancels price tickets without an appointment this year: Lake Tahoe skiers who used to buy daily ski packages at major Lake Tahoe resorts might not have this option this winter. Alterra Mountain Co. , owner of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, announced Monday that it will cancel the sale of price tickets without an appointment to reduce crowds. The company said it will “dynamically control” the sale of price-priced tickets in advance to decrease the number of skiers in the mountains.
12:42 pm Contra Costa County reports more infections: Contra Costa County on Monday showed 73 new instances of coronavirus, raising its total from the beginning of the pandemic to 15424 instances.
12:29 p. m. South Carolina’s deputy governor is infected: South Carolina Deputy Governor Pamela Evette has been diagnosed with COVID-19, but is recovering in isolation with her circle of family members at home, authorities said.
12:10 p. m. Owner of a Pittsburg bar accused of illegally opening: Contra Costa County officials accuse the owner of Pittsburg’s Skorz Bar of keeping the bar open in violation of the county’s fitness order. Kimberly Beatrice Dixon was also accused on Monday of operating her bar on a suspended liquor license. Diana Becton said “hundreds of complaints” had been filed about opening non-essential businesses and that her workplace is investigating them in the public interest.
11:09 An HHS official sees an armed insurgency preparing among scientists: the undersecretary of fitness and social services for public affairs accused the government’s career scientists of “sedition” in his pandemic management and warned that left-wing squadrons were preparing Michael Caputo said in a Facebook video without evidence that the CDC was home to a “resistance unit” determined to undermine President Trump , the New York Times reported.
10:25 a. m. Eli Lilly says the anti-inflammatory drug is helping patients with remdesivir: pharmacist Eli Lilly said Monday that adding an anti-inflammatory drug, baricitinib, to remdesvir for hospital patients COVID-19 shortens their recovery time by one day. Eli Lilly announced the effects of a study of another 1,000 people sponsored by the U. S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. But it’s not the first time The result has not yet been published or peer reviewed. The baricitinib tablet is already sold under the name Olumiant to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
10:15 a. m. SF, San Mateo County reports more cases: San Francisco showed 76 more cases of coronavirus, bringing its cumulative total to 10378 on Monday, while San Mateo County reported 89 new cases. No country recorded more COVID-19-like deaths.
9:59 am Oakland Food Bank closes due to smoke: Alameda County Community Food Bank self-service on Oakport Street was closed Monday due to poor air quality. Friday will be based on how the air changes.
9:46 a. m. THE NAACP and classified union-ranked ads hit Trump on the pandemic: The NAACP and a primary public sector union are broadcasting radio-ranked classified ads to mobilize the black electorate in several states on the battlefield highlighting control of President Trump’s pandemic and has an effect on the black community. Classified ads are broadcast in the primary markets of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina through Election Day, the Washington Post reports. While Trump was lying, other died, the NAACP announcement said.
9:39 am Trump says he was not indebted to Nevada’s capacity limits: President Trump said in an interview published Monday that he was not subject to an order from the Democratic governor of Nevada that restricted rallies to 50 other people when he held an indoor demonstration for thousands in Henderson on Sunday night. “No,” Trump replied to a Reporter in the Las Vegas Review-Journal if he thought he was subject to Governor Steve Sisolak’s orders.
8:48 am Sharp increase in pandemic fraud: The California Department of Employment Development is taking steps to combat a sharp increase in alleged unemployment fraud that will force some beneficiaries to gain advantages to succeed over other barriers to receiving payments. The EDD mail that accumulates in your mailbox is intended for strangers. Legitimate recipients, on the other hand, stated that their benefit-charged debit cards had been sent to the address. Read the story here.
8am 38. La NFL Cracks in Facial Covers: The NFL, in a memorandum Monday morning, reinforced its requirement that coaches wear face blankets at all times outside of games, threatening the field for those who don’t comply. Message written, written through executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, in reaction to a varied compliance on the first Sunday of the 2020 season, and aimed in particular at head coaches, the common theme of television cameras.
8:10 am Record Day for New Cases: The World Health Organization reported sunday a record one-day increase in coronavirus cases globally, with an overall increase of 307,930 in 24 hours. The largest increases came here from 3 countries: India with 94,372 new cases, the United States with 45,523 and Brazil with 43,718. The number of deaths rose to 5,537 for a total of 917,417, WHO reported. The United States and India have reported more than 1,000 new deaths.
8:02 am Trump defies Nevada’s fitness rules at a covered rally: Open to state regulations and pandemic fitness rules from his own administration, President Trump performed a giant covered rally Sunday night in Nevada, telling a compact, almost unmasked crowd that the country was “taking the ultimate turn” to defeat the virus. In a clear exception to the most commonly naked faces, those in the stands directly behind Trump, whose photographs would end up on television, had to wear masks.
7:56 am Dickerson of the Giants talks about the enormous tension after the false positive: Giants left fielder Alex Dickerson, who had to shed tears while talking to reporters about his false positive coronavirus test, talks about the heartbreaking and tense joy for him and his pregnant wife, especially due to two media reports. Read the story here.
7:48 am: End of stimulus assistance, the restaurants are very discouraged: thousands of overlooked restaurant owners in the Bay Area have used federal loans for the initial pandemic closing orders, but for many, that money is gone, and now they are restaurateurs. and industry advocates say business will likely close this fall until there is more government investment or the pandemic is over. Some closures will be temporary, but other restaurants will probably never reopen. Read the chronicle story.
7:22 The last Brex “remotely first”: the start-up of the Brex business card, which has already made known its presence in Silicon Valley on billboards and bus stops in San Francisco, is the newest company to decrease physical presence in the Bay Area due to forced adjustments through the coronavirus pandemic. He told the workers that the company is going “from a distance first. “Read the details.
7:14 am The pandemic stirs up SOMA’s long-planned transformation: after nearly a decade of planning, the transformation of 230 acres in San Francisco’s South Central Market District into a booming genuine technology and real estate center is called into question as the economy stutters from the coronavirus pandemic. Pinterest’s cancellation last month of a 490,000-square-foot lease in the workplace, one of the main planned projects in the region, is a sign that technological demand that was once insatiable has declined. Learn more here.
7:08 a. m. Stocks rose sharply, although Gilead fell, with the Dow and Nasdaq indices emerging as markets opened, with big tech names like Apple and Facebook. Gilead fell after agreeing to purchase the cancer drug manufacturer Immunomedics for $21 billion; its EXECUTIVE Director stated that it would continue to expand its re-employment of the COVID-19 remedy.