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 reflect top local, national and global critical updates on COVID-19, and this news is loose to keep our network informed.
Read updates September 18-19
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Updates on Monday, September 21:
4:25 p. m. The CDC has new rules on the transmission of coronavirus spray, which alarms bay area experts: on its last trip, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention got rid of a directive Monday, issued a few days earlier, that had shown that coronavirus could simply spread through the air and is contagious beyond 6 feet. Read the full story here.
3:18 p. m. The San Diego campus outbreak is jeopardizing the reopening of the county: an outbreak at San Diego State University, with about 800 academics positive for coronavirus, is large enough to place San Diego County above a state threshold for cases that force many companies to close or limit This makes it one of the most significant educational epidemics in the United States , as the county has not excluded campus figures from its overall case count.
3:08 p. m. SF Reopens More Areas: San Francisco’s museums, aquariums and zoos can now resume indoor operations with approved coronavirus protection plans and limited capacity, under reopening adjustments that went into effect Monday. The city also allows in-person learning in elementary schools on an ongoing basis, but with permission from the local fitness service. SFUnified schools continue their distance learning. Read the most recent.
15 hours Without tourists, Cuba sinks into food shortages: Cuba was able to temporarily control the coronavirus even when the pandemic sank the richest countries in crisis, but its economy, already hit by sanctions and paralyzing mismanagement across the United States, sank as nations cut and block borders. Tourism has plummeted and the island has sunk into one of the worst food shortages in just about 25 years.
2. 47pm Early pub closures, fines under pressure for Britain: British pubs will have to close early and others who do not comply with quarantine regulations will face heavy fines under new closure restrictions to stop the outbreak of coronavirus infections, The Associated Press reports. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce the new measures on Tuesday. Leading medical experts said the number of new daily infections in Britain, which reached 4,300 on Monday, could reach 50,000 per day in October if rapid action is not taken.
2:33 p. m. La federal debt will break all records: federal debt will triumph in degrees not noticed in the country’s history over the next 30 years, devouring an unsustainable percentage of the country’s income, the director of the Congressional Budget Office said Monday. It published its forecasts after the pandemic, predicting that debt would reach 98% of GDP by the end of this year and 195% of GDP by 2050, Politico reports. .
2:25 p. m. Santa Clara County is expanding its testing appointment system: Santa Clara County has announced a further delay in developing plans for coronavirus testing “an improved online portal. “Appointments can now be made at rotating sites in the city one week in advance and five days in advance. at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in www. sccloosetest. org Insured Americans can also get loose evidence at Kaiser and other giant systems if they are frontline workers, have symptoms of COVID-19, or have had close contact with an inflamed person.
2:15 p. m. Stock markets accentuate September’s liquidation: the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by about 511 points, 1. 9%, to close at 27,147, while the S
1:59 p. m. A public affairs official will leave after the attacks on Fauci: a public affairs specialist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will retire after revelations that he used an online pseudonym to reduce the government’s reaction to the pandemic, adding the paintings of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who directs the firm A , spokesman for the NIAID, told The Washington Post on Monday, William Crews told NIAID officials that he would retire after the Daily Beast revealed that he is also editor of the conservative online page RedState. com, where, under the pseudonym “streiff”, he ridiculed government activity against the coronavirus outbreak.
1:35 p. m. La reaction to the pandemic was affected by source shortages, the report says: Shortages of sources and appliances are hampering the reaction to the pandemic in the United States, a report by the Government’s Office of Responsibility said Monday. because of global demand and limited U. S. production of these parts despite “many significant efforts” through the federal government. “Supply shortage controls have contributed to delays in the timing of control results,” the report says.
1:15 p. m. Trump can legally authorize the vaccine: President Trump, who continually insists that a COVID-19 vaccine will arrive before the November 3 election, can legally authorize a vaccine despite objections from experts, the Food and Drug Administration, and even vaccine manufacturers. , who have undertaken not to launch any vaccine unless proven and effective. Kaiser Health News reports that prominent fitness officials are concerned that Trump will take matters into his own hands, ignoring the same old regulatory process.
1:08 p. m. Cases in Contra Costa County are increasing: Contra Costa County has reported 98 cases of coronavirus, bringing its cumulative total to 16056 cases to date.
12:59 Newsom promises faster unemployment checks after two-week recess: Governor Gavin Newsom promised Monday that his “two-week reset” of the unemployment claims formula would not delay unemployment checks for new applicants . new programs in the next two weeks, as he addresses his large backlog of backlogs, Newsom said adjustments implemented around that time would allow other people to get paid even earlier. “We are looking to ensure that we do not upload any to the order book, Sharon Hilliard, director of the employment department, told reporters:” These other people in the next two weeks will get benefits from this implementation.
12:51 p. m. Unemployment adjustments will come with new anti-fraud efforts: California will put in place an automatic identity verification formula to reduce unemployment fraud, and senior executives over the next two weeks will deal with the oldest and most complex claims of the great accumulation. Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday. His “strike team” on job progression disorders issued recommendations Saturday night, and a report saying the California formula was so overloaded that the branch would suspend new programs for two weeks to catch up. “What I have to do is obvious,” Newsom said at a press conference. “The restart started this weekend. I didn’t have to wait another day to start this restart period. “
12:40 Grumpy Oscar says he wears a mask: Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday that the state is partnering with the Skoll Foundation and Sesame Street to spread a message about the fitness of the Oscar grumpy character’s coronavirus: “Wear a mask in public around other people. “The short public service announcement makes Oscar queje: “It’s not complicated, even a 3-year-old can do it. . . And I probably wouldn’t have to see your face satisfied and smiling. “Newsom said the PSA will be broadcast across the country.
12:29 p. m. Coronavirus controls are in California: coronavirus controls have resumed in California after wildfires and smoke temporarily forced the closure of many sites, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday. Traffic jams have subsided, and nearly 70% of check effects return over a 24-hour period, Newsom added, and the state is on track to open a new lab in the coming months that will increase verification capacity, adding the achievement of underned communities. The state will continue to push for more checks to get “more clarity and security in our ability to act faster” to reopen the economy and schools, he told reporters.
12:20 p. m. Newsom cites progress in controls, hospitalizations: Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday that California is seeing “real progress” in his knowledge of tracking state efforts against coronavirus. The rate of effects of positive controls across the state averaged 2. 8% over more than seven days, while the number of hospitalizations decreased, he said in a briefing, and the number of new coronavirus cases decreased slightly, while controls administered increased again.
11:54 am Cruise lines say they will review everyone: major cruise lines say they will check all passengers and equipment for COVID-19 before boarding while they resume sailing in the Americas. % of the overall ocean cruise capacity, said Monday that its members would also require passengers and equipment to wear masks on board when maintaining physical distance.
11:49 Gates en route to war over the effects of slow checks: one of the world’s richest and most influential donors on fitness issues, Bill Gates, says it is “outrageous” that the effects of coronavirus checks for the maximum of others are not returned within 24 hours. “We have to admit we didn’t do a smart job,” Gates said on Fox News Sunday. “No one has to admit that he’s still outrageous. “
11:45 am Nearly 11,000 others exposed in flight: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated 1,600 cases of others flying under threat of coronavirus spread, identifying approximately 11,000 others potentially exposed to the virus on flights. Subsequently, however, the CDC says that with incomplete touch search information, a transmission case could not be verified on an aircraft, the Washington Post reports.
11:35 am The pandemic scenario is getting worse in Europe: the coronavirus crisis is deteriorating across Europe, with Britain building new restrictions, Spain taking strong action in Madrid and the Czech Republic replacing its health minister with an epidemiologist due to increased infections. . Rising tensions over difficult new measures to defend against the scourge of Europe under control in the spring contributed to a sharp fall on Wall Street in the morning.
11:24 How to de-stress without the same old opportunities: countless tensions are attacking the intellectual aptitude of other people in the Bay Area: pandemic and wildfires create even more misery for those already in trouble, and at the same time restrict our own old coping mechanisms, such as hanging out with friends or exercising outdoors. Read The Chronicle’s account of how to deal with the situation and where to find help.
11:15 a. m. New cases in nursing homes continue to decline: Qualified nursing services in California reported an average of seven days of 64 new coronavirus cases on September 19, according to state fitness data, below the average seven-day spike of 463 cases on April 29. After falling from there, the numbers rose in July to an average of seven days of 343 on July 24, since then they have declined. Nursing homes have experienced some of the worst outbreaks in the country.
At 11 a. m. , Trump maintained his claim about the vaccine in the following weeks: President Trump predicted Monday that he would have a coronavirus vaccine “perhaps until the end of October,” contradicting the tests of senior public fitness officials in his own management that brought him closer to the end of the year, and then first , just to express populations. “I’ll get it very soon, in a few weeks,” Trump said in an interview with Fox TV.
10:19 am, SF and San Mateo County report more cases: San Francisco has shown 62 more cases of coronavirus, bringing its total from the onset of the pandemic to 10807 cases. San Mateo County has reported a buildup of 76 new cases, for a total of 9,598 to date.
10:10 a. m. , the CDC reversed the rules on air propagation: In a rare change, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday removed data from its online page, published a few days earlier, that coronavirus is regularly spread through respiratory droplets that can simply be airborne “like aerosols” and spread beyond 6 feet. The online page now only refers to “close contact” and contagion within 6 feet. “A draft of the proposed amendments to those recommendations was published by mistakeArray. . The CDC is recently updating its air transmission recommendations,” the CDC’s online page now says. “Once this procedure is complete, the update language will be published. “There was no indication of whether political tension had brought about change.
9:54 am WHO says 156 countries have joined the immunization effort: with the notable exception of the United States, 156 countries have agreed to expand COVID-19 vaccines globally through the investment of a Procurement group organized through the World Health Organization and other non-profit groups Stress leaders said Monday.
9:33 am Black doctors create a panel trained to read about medicines: A black physician organization creates its own executive organization empowered to independently review regulators’ decisions on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines and government recommendations on the pandemic as public confidence in government declines. The news site Stat. The effort is organized through the National Medical Association, founded in 1895 in reaction to racist black doctors pro societies.
9:24 a. m. Free Santa Rosa tests for essential workers: Essential can get loose coronavirus tests at the public fitness lab on Chanate Road in Santa Rosa this week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1:30 p. m. until 4:00 p. m. appointments can be made by calling 707-565-4667.
9:16 a. m. Record wealth for families in the United States, but more commonly of the rich: US family wealthBut it’s not the first time It rebounded in the last quarter to a record level when the inventory market recovered from a pandemic-induced drop in March. families, even when tens of millions of others have suffered task losses and reduced incomes. The uptick, like the pandemic itself, with an economy recovering only part of the lost tasks, highlights the development of economic inequality.
9:04 am Time to review voting plans: As a precautionary measure in the event of a pandemic, the November 3 election will be the first time that each and every registered voter in the state will get a ballot in the mail. it may not be new to many Californians who have already voted by mail. The Chronicle answers your questions about how it works.
8:55 am The public can pay tribute to Ginsburg outside: despite the pandemic, arrangements are being made for the public to see the painting of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who will rest at rest at the Supreme Court this week. in public view on Wednesdays and Thursdays under the porch on the most sensitive of the steps in front of the building.
8:49 am New Zealand lifts almost all restrictions: all remaining restrictions on coronavirus are removed in much of New Zealand, in the largest city, Auckland, which will continue to have restrictions for at least another 16 days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday. The country of five million other people again imposed some restrictions last month after an outbreak in Auckland that now appears to be under control.
N-95 shortages persist: shortages of life-saving N95 respirators persist several months after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Post reports, leaving health care personnel exposed, patients at risk, and public fitness experts baffled by a likely question: Why the world’s richest country continues to suffer to fulfill the request for an item that previously charged around $1 Each?
8:08 am The countries most affected at the breaking point of the economic catastrophe: Afghanistan, Iraq, Kenya, Venezuela and 10 other countries are experiencing catastrophic hunger, homelessness and a major school crisis due to job losses, source of income and increased debt. The currency crises caused by a pandemic have exacerbated the demanding situations they were already facing, according to a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council.
7. 57am: Britain in a bad position: Britain’s most sensible medical advisers on Monday laid the groundwork for further restrictions on coronavirus with forecasts of exponential disease and death expansion. in the summer, and if no action is taken to curb spread, the country can see up to 49,000 cases per day in mid-October, clinical director Patrick Vallance said in a television broadcast.
7:50 a. m. CDC now goes beyond the 6-foot spread: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the updated rules imply that coronavirus can sometimes spread “through the breathing of small droplets or particles, such as those containing aerosols. “that stay much longer in the air than larger drops of coughing or sneezing and floating at more than 6 feet. The CDC’s online page focuses on spreading among others who sneeze, cough, or communicate within 6 feet of each other.
7:37 am Science, truth of the pre-election election: The New York Times describes the hot truth of the election, from face mask resistance and coronavirus science to predictions of an imminent arrival of vaccines and the minimisation of pandemic deaths, driven by President Trump and many of his supporters : The sum of denial and challenge is at trump’s center as early voting begins in some states.
7:26 am The state’s jobless workplace is pausing new demands: The California Department of Employment Development has announced that it will not accept new unemployment benefit programs until October 5, as it “restarts” to “help prevent the expansion of arrears. “This weekend’s announcement came from an attack team appointed through Governor Gavin Newsom to “modernize data technology” in ESD, where the crushing number of pandemic claims left a huge delay and”no more than 1 in 1000″ will reach the call center. Read the story here.
7:15 am Potential lawyers blocked by the delay: Coronavirus and historic wildfires delayed the effects of state bar exams from October through mid-January, leaving almost no time for academics who do not get the initial reading for the February check and postpone when others can start their careers. The California Bar Association has said it is running in an interim program that allows law graduates to paint without spending the bar in those ordinary circumstances, but there is no express timetable for that. I count here.
7:03 am: Historical Emmy Awards in the Shadow of a Pandemic: The Emmy Awards’ first virtual display made history on Sunday, as did the award-winning comedy exhibition, Schitt’s Creek, while several celebrities accepted and practically gave awards, have noticed the strangeness of pandemic times.
6:57 am The death toll in the United States is approaching the milestone: the number of COVID-19 dead in the United States increased to around 200,000 on Monday as the pernicious coronavirus continued to afflict families, borrowing lives and shaking up economies around The number of lives lost by the virus across the country 199,525 on Monday morning. President Trump has told the Americans that we are turning the corner in the fight against the pandemic.
6 am 33. La settlement: Dow and Nasdaq indices fell dramatically in market opening A new blockade of coronavirus in the UK and uncertainty over us Supreme Court. But it’s not the first time They’ve weighed heavily on stocks. 1. 6% on Monday and more than 10% from a peak in early September, entered correction territory.
Updates on Sunday, September 20:
7:55 p. m. Hospitalizations in the Bay Area fell to the lowest point since June, and the number of others hospitalized by COVID-19 in the Bay region of 9 fell to 413 on Saturday, the lowest number since June 29. 140, the lowest number since June 28.
7:36 p. m. Hospitalizations in California continue to decline: the number of others hospitalized for COVID-19 in California fell to 2,607 on Saturday from 2,663 on Friday, the lowest number since April 4. The number of patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit decreased to 807, the lowest number since 31 March.
4:59 p. m. Alameda, Santa Clara counties report new figures: Alameda County has added 64 new instances for a total of 20558, and no new deaths Santa Clara County reported an accumulation of 170 instances to give the county 20410 instances overall, with no new deaths.
16:22 Oregon’s positivity rate increases amid wildfires: Oregon, hit hard through wildfires and smoke that forced others to evacuate and others snuggle up inside, has noticed that its rate of positive coronavirus tests increases to 5. 6%, the figure since July the Washington Post reported that Array brought statistics from the federal government.
4:05 p. m. Bay Area hospitals see the first cases of influenza: the trajectory of the flu season is unclear, however, experts say that if the coronavirus increases and the flu too, it can overwhelm hospitals. Journalist Erin Allday has the story.
2:56 p. m. California stops accepting new homework programs for two weeks as the DSU reorganizes: California’s Department of Problem Employment Development stopped receiving new unemployment programs for two weeks while it is “restored,” following a scathing report by a strike team appointed by Governor Gavin Columnist Kathleen Pender of Newsom has the story.
2:46 p. m. Great Catholic demonstration in S. F. asks for reopening: Frustrated by the fact that San Francisco limits church attendance in the corridor to one devotee at a time, more than 1,000 people from the city’s Catholic parishes participated in a protest march on Sunday. Rusty Simmons of The Chronicle.
12:44 Contra Costa surpasses two hundred deaths due to COVID-19: Contra Costa County reported an accumulation of 123 new cases of coronavirus, bringing its total to 15958 and two more deaths bringing the number of East Bay County victims to 201. Area, more than 1,400 died from COVID-19.
11:52 a. m. The postponed professional basketball playoff game: WNBA will play sunday’s playoff game between Seattle Storm and Minnesota Lynx in Bradenton, Florida, after several Seattle players scored inconclusive results from coronavirus controls.
10:44 a. m. La review of the State Bar, delayed by the pandemic, is controversial: pandemic delays are preventing long-standing lawyers from painting. Some others think California deserves to allow law graduates to paint without passing the bar, given ordinary circumstances, like some. states have done. There have also been considerations about the nature of the online review. Chase DiFeliciantonio reports the story here.
10:28 am without SF tourists, thieves return home on the occasion of a pandemic: the coronavirus pandemic has left many others out of work, but a race is busy: theft. On Friday, 4,983 robberies were reported in San Francisco this year, or about 21 per day, representing a 42% increase over the same era in 2019. Columnist Phil Matier brings more reports here.
9:52 a. m. Two more die from COVID-19 in SFArray: San Francisco has reported two more deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the city’s death toll to 99. 49 new cases have been reported for a total of 10,745. Across the state, the death toll has increased to about 15,000.