CORONA
CORONA VIRUS SONG TO CHEER US SALSA MUSIC AT FIVE STARTS NOW. THE NUMBER OF COVETED 19 CASES
IN THE COUNTY IS AT 80 BUT
WE'RE AWAITING AN UPDATED
NUMBER FROM THE COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M
CARLOS RICARDO. AND I'M BARBARA
LEE EDWARDS. HERE ARE TONIGHT'S
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING
THE CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK.
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH
MCCONNELL IS PROPOSING A
MASSIVE STIMULUS BILL WHICH
INCLUDES DIRECT CASH PAYMENTS
FOR AMERICANS AND EXCITEMENT
TONIGHT OVER AN ANTI MALARIA
DRUG THAT COULD BE USED TO
TREAT COVERED 19. THE COUNTY
SAID IT IS NOW INVESTIGATING A
THIRD CLUSTER OF THE VIRUS AND
DETAILED NEW MEASURES TO HELP
SLOW THE SPREAD. MEANTIME,
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING HIS
ADMINISTRATION TO FAST TRACK AN
ANTI MALARIA DRUG AS A POSSIBLE
CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT AS
THE NUMBER OF U.S. CASES CLIMBS
TO MORE THAN 90 400. THE SENATE
IS ALSO MOVING FORWARD WITH A
MEASURE THAT COULD SEND CHECKS
DIRECTLY TO AMERICANS IN NEED.
SKYLER HENRY IS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE WITH MORE. WELL, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. SEVERAL STATE
GOVERNORS ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP
TO GIVE THEM BLOCK GRANTS TO
DEAL WITH THE CORONA VIRUS
CRISIS. DURING A CONFERENCE
CALL FEMA. BLOCK GRANTS WE'RE
GOING TO CONSIDER THAT VERY
STRONGLY. EARLIER THE PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCED HE'S DIRECTED THE FDA
TO FAST TRACK TESTING AN ENZYME
MALARIA IN ARTHRITIS DRUG
CALLED CHLOROQUINE. IT'S SHOWN
VERY ENCOURAGING VERY, VERY
ENCOURAGING EARLY RESULTS.
THAT'S A DRUG THAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS DIRECTED US
TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT AS TO
WHETHER AN EXPANDED USE
APPROACH TO THAT COULD BE DONE
TO ACTUALLY SEE IF THAT
BENEFITS PATIENTS. THE FDA
COMMISSIONER SAYS AN A.M. BOWL
THE DRUG IS ALSO BEING LOOKED
AT BUT ADDS THAT A CORONA VIRUS
VACCINE IS STILL A YEAR AWAY.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE WITH
CONGRESS ON A THIRD PHASE
CORONA VIRUS BILL THAT COULD
COME WITH A PRICE TAG OF A
TRILLION DOLLARS MONEY FOR
PEOPLE FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS ON
DOWN PERIOD. THE SENATE
REPUBLICANS PLAN COULD GIVE UP
TO TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO
INDIVIDUALS THEN UP TO TWENTY
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS TO COUPLES
WHO FILE JOINTLY BASED ON THEIR
28 TEEN TAX FILING. FAMILIES
COULD ALSO RECEIVE 500 DOLLARS
PER CHILD. ALSO PART OF
THE PROPOSAL GRANTS FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES. FUNDING FOR HEALTH
CARE CENTERS AND EQUIPMENT AND
LOANS THAT MUST BE PAID BACK
FOR HARD HIT MAJOR INDUSTRIES.
THERE NEEDS TO BE CONDITIONS TO
MAKE SURE THE INTERESTS OF
LABOR ARE GIVEN PRIORITY THAT
CORPORATIONS CAN'T BUY BACK
STOCK. REWARD EXECUTIVES OR LAY
OFF WORKERS. PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS INDICATED HE COULD SUPPORT
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN
STOCK BUYBACKS. SKYLER HENRY,
CBS NEWS, THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY
UP AND DOWN FINANCIAL MARKETS
CLOSED ON THE UPSIDE TODAY. BIG
TECH STOCKS LED THE WAY.
THE DOW ROSE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTY EIGHT POINTS NEARLY 1
PERCENT. NASDAQ ROSE MORE THAN
2 PERCENT AND THE S&P 500
CLOSED WITH MODEST GAINS. NEW
MEASURES FROM THE COUNTY TODAY
TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF CORONA
VIRUS. THE COUNTY SAYS
LIBRARIES WILL NOT BE OFFERING
CURBSIDE PICKUP JUST TWO DAYS
AFTER ANNOUNCING THE OPTION.
BARS, SCHOOLS AND GYMS REMAIN
CLOSED AND RESTAURANTS REMAIN
DINE IN ONLY ESSENTIAL SERVICES
INCLUDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
REMAIN OPEN. THE HEALTH
APARTMENT IS WORKING ON THREE
GROUPS OF PATIENTS THAT ARE
LINKED, TWO OF WHICH ARE TRAVEL
RELATED. THERE ARE TEN IN ONE
GROUP AND FOUR IN ANOTHER. AND
THEN ANOTHER GROUP THAT IS
CLEARLY COMMUNITY ACQUIRED IS A
GROUP OF FOUR. SO 18 OF THE 67
RESIDENTS ARE IN THESE THREE
GROUPS. ALL BUSINESSES HAVE
BEEN ORDERED TO ENACT SOCIAL
DISTANCING, INCREASE CLEANING
STANDARDS AND HAVE EMPLOYEES
WORK FROM HOME WHENEVER
POSSIBLE. WORLD RENOWNED
SCIENTISTS SAYS THERE IS SOME
POTENTIALLY GOOD NEWS IN
THE FIGHT AGAINST CORONA VIRUS.
THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THIS
MORNING THAT THE ANTI MALARIA
DRUG CALLED CHLOROQUINE HAS
SHOWN ENCOURAGING EARLY RESULTS
TREATING COVE AT 19 NEWS 8.
FELICIA SUMMERS HAS
THE DETAILS. IT'S NOT
SURPRISING THAT A MALARIA DRUG
COULD BE REPURPOSED TO TREAT
COVERED 19. BUT YES, IT SOUNDS
LIKE IT COULD BE REALLY GOOD
NEWS. A REPUTABLE SCIENTIST
WEIGHS IN. THIS IS VERY GOOD
NEWS. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE
SEEN COMING AND THIS IS
THE FIRST AGAIN, WE STILL NEED
MORE EVIDENCE BUT I THINK
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP IS
REALLY, REALLY GOOD HERE. JACOB
GLANVILLE IS A SCIENTIST
FEATURED IN THE DOCUMENTARY
PANDEMIC. HE SAYS WHEN YOU MIX
ANTI MALARIA DRUG CHLOROQUINE
WITH CORONA VIRUS IN A TEST
TUBE, THE VIRUS IS NOT AS ABLE
TO INFECT HUMAN CELLS. IT
ALTERS THE P.H. ON THE END.
THESE LITTLE BUBBLES THAT
GATHER THINGS INTO A CELL AND
THAT MIGHT MESS WITH
THE ABILITY OF THE VIRUS TO
INFECT CHLOROQUINE HAS BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE 40S. IT'S OFF
LABEL AND IT'S CHEAP AND IT'S
AVAILABLE AROUND THE WORLD. SO
IT'S KIND OF A GREAT DRUG FOR
US TO BE ABLE TO FIND A
REPURPOSING FOR FOR KOBE 19
THE DRUG AS I MENTIONED IT ALSO
HAS IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE
PROPERTIES SO IT GETS USED FOR
LIKE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND
THERE'S SOME OTHER AUTOIMMUNE
APPLICATIONS WHERE IT HELPS
JUST CALM THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
DOWN. AND SO THE THINKING IS
THAT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY
WHERE THIS DRUG HELPS THAT IT
SLOWS YOUR BODY KIND OF LIKE
RESPONDING TO VIGOROUSLY TO
THE VIRUS AND ATTACKING YOUR
YOUR LUNG TISSUE. AND THEN THAT
CAN BE BETTER FOR PATIENT
RECOVERY TIME. THE PRESIDENT
JUST ANNOUNCED IT COULD ALSO
ALLEVIATE SYMPTOMS FOR PATIENTS
DIAGNOSED WITH KOBE 19 AND IS
FAST TRACKING THE STUDY INTO
ITS EFFECTIVENESS. IT APPEARS
TO BE EFFECTIVE AND I'M GLAD
THE UNITED STATES IS NOW
STARTING TO USE IT AS PART OF
ITS STANDARD PROTOCOL. HEALTH
OFFICIALS HAVE SAID A VACCINE
READY FOR PUBLIC USE COULD TAKE
MORE THAN A YEAR TO DEVELOP. IN
THE MEANTIME, THERE IS HOPE
THAT CHLOROQUINE CAN HELP. THIS
IS SUPER FAST. THIS IS THE BEST
POSSIBLE CATEGORY OF HAVING
SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT WE CAN
USE TO AMELIORATE THESE
SYMPTOMS. GLANVILLE SAYS THERE
IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT THIS
DRUG CAN BE REPURPOSED AS A
POSSIBLE COVERT 19 TREATMENT.
THIS COULD HAPPEN FAST SO IF
THEY SET UP THAT PROTOCOL
PROPERLY WE CAN SEE THIS
HAPPENING WITH THOUSANDS OF
PATIENTS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
THE FDA COMMISSIONER ALSO SAID
TODAY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT NOT
TO PROVIDE FALSE HOPE. WE
SHOULD BE GETTING MORE EVIDENCE
ON THIS TREATMENT. COMING UP IN
APRIL. BACK TO YOU. THANKS,
ALICIA. CORONAVIRUS. A PANDEMIC
HAS FORCED CRUISE LINES
INCLUDING DISNEY TO SUSPEND
OPERATIONS TEMPORARILY AS A
RESULT. DISNEY'S WONDER A RIDE
TO THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO THIS
MORNING ONE DAY EARLIER THAN
SCHEDULED. SHANON HANDY JOINS
US LIVE FROM ALONG
THE EMBARCADERO WITH HOW
PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
AND WHETHER ANY OF THEM ARE
SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS
SHANNON. CARLO, THE SHIP HAD
BEEN ON A TWO WEEK JOURNEY
ALONG THE PANAMA CANAL. SAN
DIEGO HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE FINAL
DESTINATION NOW OF TWO THOUSAND
PASSENGERS AND 900 CREW MEMBERS
WERE TOLD THAT NO ONE HAS SHOWN
ANY SIGNS OF THE CORONA VIRUS.
PASSENGERS WERE ALLOWED TO GET
OFF THE SHIP TODAY BUT MOST
STAYED ONBOARD BECAUSE THEY HAD
NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. I FEEL SAFE
HERE ON THE SHIP THAT I DO.
GETTING OFF THE SHIP TO GO TO
THE AIRPORT TO FLY FROM
HOUSTON, STEPHANIE NEZ DAMI IS
AMONG TWO THOUSAND PASSENGERS
WHO BOARDED DISNEY'S WONDER
CRUISE SHIP IN NEW ORLEANS
MARCH 6 UNAWARE OF WHAT
THE WORLD WOULD BE LIKE. BY
THE TIME THEY GOT BACK IT'S
VERY CONCERNING. TWO WEEKS GO
CORONA VIRUS WASN'T A PANDEMIC.
BUT AS THE VIRUS CHANGED SO TOO
DID THEIR JOURNEY. THOUGH
THE SHIP DID MAKE ITS WAY
THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL STOPS
IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA AS WELL
AS PUERTO VALLARTA IN KABUL,
MEXICO WERE CANCELED. DISNEY
HAS SINCE DECIDED TO HALT
CRUISES ALTOGETHER RESULTING IN
THE SHIP ARRIVING IN SAN DIEGO
ONE DAY EARLIER THAN PLANNED.
WE SPOKE WITH PASSENGERS
GETTING OFF THE SHIP. MOST WERE
HEADING HOME TO MEXICO OR OTHER
STATES. FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE
,THE SHIP'S 900 CREW MEMBERS
DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ENSURING
EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN AND
PASSENGERS WERE SAFE. THEY
CONTINUALLY CLEANED AND CLEAN
AND CLEANED AND EVERYBODY ON
BOARD WAS WONDERFUL ABOUT
WASHING THEIR HANDS, MAKING
SURE YOU COUGHED IN YOUR SLEEP.
SOME PASSENGERS REPORTED HAVING
THEIR TEMPERATURE TAKEN. DISNEY
OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE ON BOARD
SHOWED ANY SIGNS OF THE CORONA
VIRUS. SAN DIEGO COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS TELL NEWS 8
THEY ALONG WITH THE CDC AND
OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BEEN
MONITORING THE SHIP AS WELL. IT
WAS DEEMED THAT THESE
INDIVIDUALS COULD BE SAFELY
DISEMBARKED. SOME OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS ARE LEAVING
THE SHIP TODAY AND SOME OF
THOSE ARE LEAVING THE SHIP
TOMORROW. AS FOR THOSE ON BOARD
DISNEY PROVIDED THIS LETTER TO
EACH PERSON DETAILING
THE SITUATION, PROMISING A
PARTIAL REFUND AS WELL AS A
DISCOUNT ON A FUTURE CRUISE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO CHOSE TO GET
OFF THE SHIP TODAY, THEY WILL
NOT BE ALLOWED BACK ON.
MEANWHILE, THERE WAS AN
UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT A WOMAN
WHO WAS ONBOARD THIS SHIP PRIOR
TO THIS PARTICULAR JOURNEY HAD
TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONA
VIRUS. BUT WE REACHED OUT TO
DISNEY AND AT THIS POINT HAVE
NOT HEARD BACK. BACK TO YOU.
THANKS, SHANNON. ARE YOU HAVING
TROUBLE GRABBING FOOD, TOILET
PAPER OR OTHER ESSENTIALS AT
THE STORE? IS THAT THE RESULT
OF A DROP IN SUPPLY OR ARE
STORES JUST STRUGGLING TO KEEP
UP WITH HOW FAST THOSE ITEMS
ARE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES? WE
SET NEWS IT'S HAD TO HOPE TO
FIND OUT AND SHE HAS THIS
REPORT TODAY STORE SEES
SHOPPERS LINE READY TO GET FOOD
ITEMS BUT LEAVING DISAPPOINTED
AS THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR ITEM
STOMPED ON THE SHELVES. WE
TALKED TO THE STORE MANAGER
HERE AT KILLS SAN CARLOS WHO
SAYS THE FOOD DOES EXIST IN
WAREHOUSES. IT'S JUST TAKING
SOME TIME TO GET TO YOU FROM
DELIVERY TRUCKS. THERE'S PLENTY
OF FOOD THAT WAREHOUSES. WE'RE
ALSO JUST STRUGGLING WITH
THE DELIVERY TO GET IT TO
THE RETAILER THAT KILLS GROCERY
STORE IN SAN CARLOS. KEEPING
CERTAIN FOODS ON THE SHELVES
HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE AMID
THE CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK. WE
HAD BREAD DELIVERY THIS MORNING
AND THE BREAD WAS GONE IN LIKE
EIGHT MINUTES. HE'LL STORE
MANAGER 30 YEARS. BRIAN HERE
HAS PUT LIMITS ON HOT ITEMS
LIKE BREAD, EGGS AND ALL PAPER
PRODUCTS WHICH THEY ARE OUT OF.
AND DON'T EXPECT TO GET UNTIL
TUESDAY. ALL STARS ARE IN
THE SAME BOAT. I MEAN THEY'RE
WAITING FOR THE MANUFACTURERS
AT THIS POINT. I MEAN AGAIN,
THIS IS NATIONWIDE. THEY'RE
FULLY STOCKED ON PERISHABLE
ITEMS LIKE MEAT AND PRODUCE
SERVICE, DELI LIQUOR AND BAKERY
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE CANNED
GOODS, PASTAS AND CEREALS ARE
SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN
THE AISLE AS HIS STORE GETS A
1000 CASE ALLOCATION ORDER PER
GROCERY LOAD THAT'S PRESENT
SOME CHALLENGES. BUT THERE'S
FOOD IN THE WAREHOUSE SO
THERE'S FOOD ON THE WAY AND
YOU'RE GETTING LOADS EVERY
OTHER DAY. THIS RALPHS AND FOOD
FOR LESS DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN
L.A. PROVIDE FOOD TO MORE THAN
300 STORES IN THE AREA. THERE'S
FOOD HERE. THERE'S FOOD COMING
IN TO OUR WAREHOUSES OF FOOD
EXITING OUR WAREHOUSES. WE JUST
NEED TO GET IT TO THE STORES.
WORKERS SAY THE BIG CHALLENGE
HAS BEEN GETTING TIMELY
DELIVERY. THEY'VE INCREASED
THEIR LOADS TO 120 TRUCKS TO GO
OUT EACH DAY. THERE'S PLENTY OF
FOOD TO GO AROUND. WE'VE GOT IT
HERE IN THE WAREHOUSES. WE ARE
TRYING TO GET IT OUT TO OUR
STORES AND TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
THEY SAY THEIR MOST POPULAR
ITEMS ARE TOILET PAPER MILK,
EGGS, RICE AND BEANS. BE
PATIENT THAT YOU GET THE FOOD
IS THERE. THE FOOD IS COMING
DOWN THE PIPELINE. DON'T OVER
BY AT THIS POINT. I MEAN IF YOU
OVER BY THEN NOBODY ELSE CAN
GET IT. AMID THE SCARCITY OF
THINGS ON THE SHELVES, MANAGER
BRIAN HARE SAYS HE'S HAD TO
HIRE 40 EXTRA EMPLOYEES TO HELP
DURING THIS CRISIS. NEW AT 630
WHY HE FEELS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE
TO SEE MORE SUPPLY SOONER
WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS. I'LL
SEND BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT.
HAVE A THANK YOU. AND TODAY
THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO CLOSED
ALL RESERVOIR AREAS FOR
RECREATION TO HELP SLOW
THE SPREAD OF COATED 19. HERE'S
WHAT MIRAMAR LAKE LOOKED LIKE
TODAY CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. NOW
ALONG WITH THE REST OF SAN
DIEGO CITY RESERVOIRS THAT
INCLUDES BURIED EL CAPITAN HOT
LAKE HODGES LAKE MURRAY. OH TY
SAN. AND SUTHERLAND RESERVOIRS.
THE CITY SAYS THAT THEY WILL
REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE. THE CORONA VIRUS HAS
STOPPED SAN BEGINS RIGHT IN OUR
TRACKS. BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING,
JOBS ARE BEING LOST AND LIVES
ARE PUT ON HOLD. NOW IS
THE TIME TO COME TOGETHER TO
HELP OUR NEIGHBORS IMPACTED BY
THIS ONGOING CRISIS. IF YOU'RE
ABLE PLEASE JOIN NEWS 8,
THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION AND
OUR PARTNERS AND GIVE TO
THE SAN DIEGO COVERED 19
RESPONSE FUND. YOUR DONATION
WILL HELP PROVIDE ASSISTANCE
WITH FOOD SECURITY, RENT,
UTILITY BILLS AND INCOME
REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS THINGS
LIKE GAP FUNDING AND NO
INTEREST BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY
LOANS. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF
DONATIONS WILL GO TO
ORGANIZATIONS HELPING SAN DIEGO
IS IMPACTED BY KOBE 19