OPERATES, THE REASON THIS WILL
IMPACT FAMILIES ACCESS
TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD.
YOU ARE WATCHING EYEWITNESS
NEWS AT NOON.
WE WANT TO START THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A CONCERNING
ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN DOZENS
OF CALLS ABOUT.
FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY
STRUGGLING LIVING IN HOTELS AND
MOTELS, NOW WORRIED THEY WILL
BE EVICTED.
SO MANY PEOPLE LOST PAYDIRT DUE
TO THE CORONAVIRUS, WE'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE FOR DAYS,
AND TINA YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR
US?
Reporter: YES, SO MANY
FAMILIES LIVING IN HOTELS LIKE
THIS ONE HERE BEHIND ME HAVE
BEEN REACHING OUT TO US FOR
HELP.
WE DID GET OUR HANDS ON THIS
LETTER FROM NORTH CAROLINA'S
ATTY.
GEN.
JOSH STEIN AND IN IT HE WARNS
HOTELS THAT THE 30 DAY HALT ON
EVICTIONS ISSUED BY NORTH
CAROLINA'S CHIEF JUSTICE
APPLIES TO PEOPLE LIVING IN
HOTELS AS WELL, WE ARE TOLD
THAT HE SENT THIS LETTER TO
SEVERAL HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
FOR DAYS PEOPLE HAVE REACHED
OUT TO TELL NINE SAYING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS LEFT THEM
WITHOUT A JOB OR MONEY TO PAY
FOR THEIR HOTELS, I'VE ALREADY
BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ATTY.
GEN.'S OFFICE AND I'M TRYING TO
FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANYONE
THAT WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THIS
PROTECTION, WE WILL BRING YOU A
LOT MORE DETAILS ON OUR STORY
TONIGHT AT 5 PM.
ALL RIGHT TINA THANK YOU.
OVER THE WEEKEND CATS
EMPLOYEES LEARNED A COWORKER
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
SURROUNDING THE CASE INCLUDING
WHETHER THAT EMPLOYEE IS A
DRIVER.
IT'S TURN TODAY SEAN BROWN WHO
SHINES US LIVE AND WHAT HAVE
YOU LEARNED?
Reporter:
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR
WHETHER THE EMPLOYEE WHO TESTED
POSITIVE WORKS AS A BUS DRIVER
BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE
HEARING FROM PASSENGERS AND
EMPLOYEES WHO ARE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL RIDING
BUSES RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE
THAT WE RECEIVED FROM A
PASSENGER WHO SHARED THIS WITH
CHANNEL 9'S ANTHONY CONN STORE
AFTER HE GOT OFF THE BUS, HE IS
CONCERNED THERE ARE TOO MANY
PEOPLE RIDING BUSES TO
MAINTAIN A SAFE PHYSICAL
DISTANCE.
THE CDC RECOMMENDS THAT PEOPLE
STAY AT LEAST 6 FEET APART
RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE ALSO HEARING CONCERNS
FROM MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
CONCERNED THEY ARE
FACING A HIGH RISK OF
CONTRACTING THE VIRUS.
THEY HAVE REFERENCED CROWDING
ON BUSES AND THE LACK OF
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT LIKE
MASKS.
SATURDAY A CATS SPOKESPERSON
TOLD ME
THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO GET
MASKS FOR THEIR WORKERS AND ARE
ALSO RUNNING INTO SHORTAGES.
THIS MORNING WE SPOKE WITH AN
ESSENTIAL WORKER WHO RIDES THE
BUS TO WORK, LISTEN TO WHAT HE
DESCRIBED.
AT THE FOURTH STOP THE BUS
JUST STARTED GETTING CROWDED
AND CROWDED AND CROWDED.
THAT'S WHEN I TOOK A PICTURE
AND SEND IT TO MY HEALTHCARE
WORKER SISTER IN NEW YORK AND
SHE SAID
I'M GLAD YOU HAVE YOUR MASK ON.
Reporter: RIGHT NOW I AM
WORKING TO GET CONFIRMATION
FROM CATS ON WHETHER THERE WAS
ONE EMPLOYEE WHO TESTED
POSITIVE OR IF THERE ARE MORE
CASES
, WE ARE WORKING TO GET THAT
CONFIRMED AND WILL BRING YOU
THE LATEST TONIGHT COMING UP ON
EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 5 PM AND 6
PM.
ALL RIGHT DASHAWN BROWN
REPORTING LIVE, THANK YOU FOR
THAT REPORT.
TONIGHT
CHARLOTTE CITY COUNCIL WILL
MEET FOR A STRATEGY SESSION,
MUCH OF THE MEETING WILL FOCUS
ON THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
ANTHONY KRISTA ROWE'S UPTOWN
WITH MORE ON SOME OF THE KEY
ISSUES THEY ARE EXPECTING TO
TACKLE DURING THAT MEETING.
Reporter: CITY COUNCIL WILL
GET AN UPDATE AND DISCUSS THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THE STAY-AT-HOME
ORDER, OVER THE WEEKEND
EIGHT PROTESTERS WERE CITED
OUTSIDE A PREFERRED WOMEN'S
HEALTH CENTER ON LATROBE DRIVE,
THOSE PEOPLE ARE ACCUSED OF
VIOLATING THE STAY-AT-HOME
ORDER.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE PREVIOUS
WEEKEND WENT OFF A NURSE,
OFFICERS DID NOT CITE THE SAME
PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY MADE
EFFORTS AT SOCIAL DISTANCING
BUT THEY ARE CRACKING DOWN ON
BUSINESSES NOT FOLLOWING THE
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER.
A SPA WAS CITED LAST WEEK AND
TOLD TO SHUT DOWN, ALTHOUGH
MANY OF THE CITY'S PARKS ARE
MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY WE ARE
SEEING PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE NOT
ADHERING TO SOCIAL DISTANCING
RULES.
WE GOT THIS VIDEO OF A VERY
CROWDED PARK YESTERDAY AND YOU
CAN SEE THERE IS A GROUP OF
PEOPLE PLAYING VOLLEYBALL AND A
HANDFUL OF OTHERS IN THE
BACKGROUND.
THE COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR HAS
TAKEN MEASURES TO KEEP PEOPLE
AT HOME, ZIP TYING BASKETBALL
NETS AND LOCKING TENNIS COURTS,
THEY EVEN TOOK DOWN VOLLEYBALL
NETS IN DILWORTH.
FOR NOW THE PARKS ARE STILL
OPEN
BUT THE COUNTY COULD CLOSE THEM
IF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO CROWD
THEM.
TONIGHT WE EXPECT TO LEARN HOW
THE CITY WILL INCREASE EFFORTS
TO KEEP PEOPLE AT HOME.
BACK TO YOU.
THE CABARRUS PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITY IS NOW MONITORING
THREE OUTBREAKS, 10 PEOPLE
TESTED POSITIVE AT CAROLINAS
REHABILITATION NORTHEAST, NOT
ALL OF THEM LIVE IN CABARRUS
COUNTY.
WHAT MATTERS MOST IS A
DISABILITY SERVICE, FIVE PEOPLE
TESTED POSITIVE THERE AND THE
CENTER HAS STOPPED ITS DAY
PROGRAM FOR NOW.
AND AT CARL A FOR ELEMENTARY
THREE STAFF MEMBERS TESTED
POSITIVE BUT OF COURSE SINCE
SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED NO CHILDREN
ARE AT RISK.
BUT IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES
NORTH CAROLINA HAS CONFIRMED
ALMOST 300 NEW CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS AND ALSO TWO MORE
DEATHS.
HOWEVER THE STATE HAS TESTED
MORE THAN 40,700 PEOPLE.
RIGHT NOW
THERE ARE MORE THAN 2800
CONFIRMED CASES AND 33 PEOPLE
HAVE DIED.
MECKLENBURG COUNTY NOW HAS 733
CONFIRMED CASES AND FOUR
DEATHS.
THIS IS A DROP OF TWO IN THE
PAST TO THE NUMBERS HAVE
DROPPED AND THIS
WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE TESTED IN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY BUT LIVED
ELSEWHERE.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA THERE ARE
MORE THAN 2000 POSITIVE CASES,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS
STANDS AT 44.
IN OUR AREA YOUR COUNTY HAS THE
MOST CASES, WITH 85 AND THAT
INCLUDES TWO DEATHS.
ANOTHER LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS TESTED
POSITIVE, GREG SUSKIN CONFIRMS
IT IS A CLOVER POLICE OFFICER,
THE OFFICER IS AT HOME DOING
OKAY.
HE IS RECOVERING UNDER
QUARANTINE, NO IDEA ON HOW HE
WAS EXPOSED.
OVER THE WEEKEND WE TOLD YOU
PAGE LANCE POLICE CHIEF TESTED
POSITIVE AS WELL AS A YORKS
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
EMPLOYEE.
HERE IN CHARLOTTE, A
PARAMEDIC, FIREFIGHTER AND TWO
CMPD OFFICERS TESTED POSITIVE
LAST WEEK, OTHERS ARE IN
QUARANTINE, CMPD IS LIMITING
EXPOSURE BY DOING MORE ONLINE
REPORTS.
THE OUTBREAK MAKES THE JOB
OF PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY
MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT ALREADY
IS.
WE ASKED WHAT OTHER POLICE
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS OUR AREA ARE
DOING TO KEEP OFFICERS SAFE.
CONCORDE AND DYSTONIA OFFICERS
HAVE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SUCH
AS MASKS, HAND SANITIZER AND
GLOVES AND THEY ARE ALSO
HANDLING NONEMERGENCY CALLS BY
PHONE.
LOCKE HILL DISPATCHERS ASK
CALLERS IF THEY HAVE ANY COVID-
19 SYMPTOMS BEFORE SENDING AN
OFFICER.
THE NEED FOR FOOD AND
CHARLOTTE IS GREATER
NOW BUT ONE LOCAL GROUP IS
CHANGING HOW IT FEEDS THE
COMMUNITY.
LOAVES AND FISHES IS
SHUTTING DOWN ITS BRICK-AND-
MORTAR STORES AND ONLY USING
ITS MOBILE FOOD BANKS, GINA
ESPOSITO JOINS US LIVE FROM
UNIVERSITY CITY AND GINA PEOPLE
LINED UP THIS MORNING BECAUSE
THEY DESPERATELY NEED THAT FOOD.
Reporter: YES IN JUST
THE LAST 30 MINUTES HERE THE
LOAVES AND FISHES MOBILE FOOD
PANTRY JUST WRAPPED UP HERE,
THEY ARE PACKING UP NOW BUT WE
SAW 375 FAMILIES COME BY HERE
THIS MORNING TO PICK UP A BOX
OF FOOD.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE
LINE LOOKED OUT JUST ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO, THIS WAS A LINE OF
CARS STRETCHED DOWN TO NORTH
TRIANON IN UNIVERSITY CITY AND
YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG THE NEED
FOR FOOD IS RIGHT NOW.
FAMILIES CAN NO LONGER SHOP FOR
FOOD ARE GIVEN A BOX OF FRESH
FOOD AND NONPERISHABLES, LOAVES
AND FISHES SAYS ALL BRICK-AND-
MORTAR LOCATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
BUT TO ENSURE FAMILIES GET FOOD
THEY ARE OPENING LOW MOBILE
LOCATIONS LIKE THIS ONE THIS
MORNING, AND WE MET SEVERAL
PEOPLE INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO
WORKS FOR MONARCH, A BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH FACILITY.
HE TOLD ME HE WAS PICKING UP A
BOX FOR A WOMAN WHO COULDN'T
GET HERE.
SHE LIVES BY HERSELF AND
SPEAKING WITH HER THIS MORNING
YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS VERY
HOARSE AND RASPY.
SO I TOLD HER PLEASE DON'T COME
OUT.
Reporter: AT LOAVES AND
FISHES, THEY FED 3500 FAMILIES
LAST WEEK AND THAT IS THREE
TIMES THE NORMAL NUMBER OF
FAMILIES THEY WOULD FEED.
SO THE NEED IS HUGE, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD A BOX AT
LOAVES AND FISHES REMEMBER YOU
HAVE TO BE REFERRED.
THERE IS A TREMENDOUS NEED
OUT THERE, THANK YOU FOR THAT
REPORT GINA.
TODAY THERE ARE NEW
RESTRICTIONS THAT GO INTO
EFFECT IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
SURROUNDING NONESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES.
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU.
PLACES LIKE CLOTHING, FURNITURE
AND SPORTING GOODS STORES ARE
ALL NOW CONSIDERED
NONESSENTIAL.
THEY HAVE TO CLOSE BY 5 PM.
ON FRIDAY GOV.
McMASTER SAID HARDWARE, HOME-
IMPROVEMENT AND GUN STORES CAN
STAY OPEN.
HE HAS NOT ISSUED A STATEWIDE
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER YET.
CLEVELAND COUNTY IS NOW
PARTNERING
WITH UNITED WAY TO CREATE A
COMMUNITY RELIEF FUND.
OUR PARTNERS AT THE SHELBY
STARR REPORT THE COUNTY GAVE
$16,000 TO THE LOCAL UNITED WAY
CHAPTER, 50,000 CAME FROM THE
COUNTY AND THE OTHER 10,000
CAME FROM A COMMUNITY PARTNER.
THE UNITED WAY WILL GIVE THAT
MONEY TO ORGANIZATIONS HELPING
FAMILIES DURING THE CRISIS.
TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
ASSISTANCE YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN
CLEVELAND COUNTY AND HAVE LOST
YOUR JOB OR YOUR HOURS.
FAMILIES IN A DOZEN
CHARLOTTE AREA HOUSING
COMPLEXES CAN SOON GET HELP
PAYING THEIR BILLS.
OUR PARTNERS AT THE CHARLOTTE
BUSINESS JOURNAL REPORT CAMDEN
PROPERTY TRUST STARTED A $5
MILLION RELIEF PROGRAM FOR
RESIDENTS.
CAMDEN OWNS 165 PROPERTIES
NATIONWIDE AND 12 OF THEM ARE
IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA.
RESIDENTS WHO LOST INCOME CAN
APPLY FOR UP TO $2000, IT IS
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
CAMDEN WILL START SENDING MONEY
OUT AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.
A SIGN OF HOPE THIS MIDDAY,
BARRIERS ARE STARTING TO COME
DOWN IN WUHAN CHINA.
THE CITY THAT WAS ONCE THE
EPICENTER OF THE VIRUS REPAIRS
TO MOVE ON FROM THE CRISIS.
ON WEDNESDAY THE CITY'S
LOCKDOWN WILL BE LIFTED, MORE
THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER IT WENT