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 the coronary?An anxiety similar to coronavirus exposure is a truth that everyone can identify with in those days, but if your phone can simply tell you that you were close to an inflamed person, without invading your 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 first reported that they were unemployed when the Bay Area took refuge there may have expired their initial benefits, but there are systems to expand benefits and you can receive help automatically. Get the main points in the Kathleen Pender Net Worth 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 has introduced Mask Mobile, a traveling pickup truck that distributes masks in the county, authorities said Tuesday. the importance of dressing with a mask 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, has done the right thing. The U. S. , praised Vermont’s coronavirus technique and measures to safely reopen and emphasized Vermont’s emphasis on the protection imperatives of putting on masks, avoiding crowds, and taking other undeniable precautions. Faci commented through a video on Vermont Gov. Phil Scott’s data consultation on the virus on Tuesday.
2:05 p. m. The governor appreciates the reopening of the UW: University of Wisconsin-Madison officials made the right resolution to reopen the campus on September 2, even though there has been an accumulation in COVID-19 cases: 2,160 academics and 31 campus workers – Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday. The university was forced to suspend categories in person instead of online training and quarantine several women’s fraternity and sorority houses, as well as two giant dormitories.
1:57 p. m. Dosa closes in SF: The Fillmore Street location of the Dosa dining place in southern India is the last place to eat to close the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the Oakland outpost as its only brick and mortar. Most of its operations will now be controlled through its virtual 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, look for more.
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 sharply upwards on Tuesday, helping up the Nasdaq compound, but monetary and client stocks weighed on the 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 that he is putting lives at risk, but Trump and his own have shown confidence that a symbol of normalcy is important for winning re-election. team says rallies are through the First Amendment.
12:44 p. m. Trump’s former crusader apologises for the scientists’ seditious comment: Michael Caputo, the undersecretary of public affairs, apologized Tuesday with Secretary Alex Azar for an explosion on Facebook in which he accused federal scientists running in the “sedition” pandemic and warned left. -Alarming “death squads” to generate violence. It’s a leave of absence to deal with fitness issues, the New York Times reports, about a source close to the situation.
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 be opened. 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 ready for another type of Halloween” this year, Health Secretary Of State Dr. Mark Ghaly said Tuesday. “The classic type of combineArray . . . it’s not advisable,” he told reporters in an obvious reference to community manipulation. He said costumes and candy can remain part of the fun, and the state will soon publish rules about what is acceptable. “All things point to a totally different Halloween,” he said, adding the same shots for another vacation this year.
11:47 pm The mayor of London Breed urges resilience as hospitalizations accumulate in SF: Noticing a 29% increase in coronavirus hospitalizations in San Francisco, the mayor of London Breed suggested on Tuesday that citizens remain resilient. The city, which recorded 10430 cases of COVID-19 and 91 deaths, allowed several businesses to go up on Monday, but the mayor warned that if the number of cases increased significantly, the town would have to take the opposite course. “We don’t need to back down,” he said, urging others to embrace masking, social estating and 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 in the last 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, an average of 15% of respondents said the United States had treated the pandemic well.
11:20 a. m. World Series enters coronavirus bubble, Texas Rangers Park: The World Series will be played in its entirety at New Texas Rangers Baseball Stadium in Arlington, Texas, from a bubble deal finalized Tuesday through Major League Baseball and the Players Association. The first time the sports championship will be played entirely in one stadium since 1944, the agreement aims to minimize exposure to coronavirus for the 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 eating 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 in California restaurants, airports and have suffered maximum layoffs and lack monetary buffers. “I’ve been an advocate for the fight against hunger in California for over 20 years and I’ve never noticed anything like this,” 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 be aware of 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 kept almost all the silence about the chaos and mismanagement of 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 a few face 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 Deaths Among Hardest-hit Young 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 released 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 through Tuesday. San Mateo County reported a few other 76 cases to San Mateo, for a total of 9,242 cases. The number of cases continues to grow 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 am Pelosi promises to stand still 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 aids 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 home to confront the electorate without additional stimuli.
9:04 am France will boost the citizenship of brave foreigners: France will praise foreign and other personnel who have excelled in the fight opposing COVID-19 by accelerating citizenship programmes for those in need of French. He reports that the Ministry of the Interior led this week’s prioritization of naturalization requests from foreigners who “actively participated in the national effort, with determination and courage” opposed to 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: Young’s will allow members on September 22 and the public from September 25. starting a sample of Frida Kahlo. The Museum of Asian Art is scheduled to reopen on October 1 and the public on October 3. Both museums will operate at 25% of their capacity.
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 is receiving federal money: BART is receiving a federal grant of $1. 2 billion to pay for more common trains on the Transbay subway, even as the company struggles with a low number of passengers, falling income and a dubious long term due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read The Chronicle story 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 driven upward action.
Updates on Monday, September 14:
16:15 The number of cases in the Bay Area falls from summer peaks: the spread of coronavirus has slowed significantly from the peak of the summer wave in the Bay Area, with new cases falling by more than 60% since the difficult days of 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 it attacks. , publishing physical fitness data statistics reports. The examination, which has not yet been peer reviewed, is a vital confirmation of previous paintings on the subject. People with O blood gave the impression of having a lower-than-expected positive result 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 by Trump. Television photographs showed a giant room full of sympathizers sitting almost side by side, many of them. who was not dressed in masks, the most recent example of his occasions mocking the fitness forums of his 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 snuggled hard, let the mask slide under their noses, collided 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. False mask transport N95 seized: Approximately 500,000 counterfeit N95 respiratory masks were seized in Chicago through customs and border coverage officials. Federal authorities announced Monday that China’s mask shipment was seized on September 10 at O’Hare International Airport. 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 and takeaway foods, county officials said in The Presence of Coronavirus is vital and “meals inside necessarily involve cutting off helmet inside, which increases the risk,” the county said. The press release cited a recent CDC report linking food in places to eat with the highest infection rates.
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 resume, 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 also accused 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 am: An HHS official sees an armed insurgency preparing among scientists: the undersecretary of physical and social facilities for public affairs accused government career scientists of “sedition” in their pandemic management and warned that left-wing squadrons were preparing for an armed insurgency after the election. 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 anti-inflammatory drug is helping patients get reinfected: Drug maker Eli Lilly said on Monday that adding an anti-inflammatory drug, baricitinib, to remdesvir for hospitalized COVID-19 patients shortens their time to recovery in one day. Eli Lilly announced the effects of a study of 1,000 other people sponsored through the US National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases. The result has not yet been published or peer-reviewed. Baricitinib tablet is already sold under the name. of 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 closed Monday due to poor air quality. Friday will be based on how the air changes.
9:46 a. m. THE NAACP and the union’s classified 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 on face 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 the pandemic fitness rules of his own administration, President Trump performed a giant covered rally Sunday night in Nevada, telling a crowd crowd, almost unmasked, 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 a great tension after a false positive: Giants outfielder Alex Dickerson, who had to suppress his tears while talking to reporters about his false positive coronavirus test, talks about the heartbreaking joy and tension 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 has moved to the “first distance”: the start-up of the Brex corporate map, which has already spread 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 “first from a distance. “
7:14 a. m. La pandemic has been clouding SOMA’s long-planned transformation: after nearly a decade of planning, the transformation of 230 acres into San Francisco’s south-central market into a booming generation and a genuinely owned center is in doubt as the pandemic coronavirus economy mocks. The 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 once insatiable technological demand has declined.
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.