THE VIRUS, BUT WE CAN DO OUR

PART TO EDUCATE OUR

STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT BEST

PRACTICES AND PREPARE FOR WORST-

CASE SCENARIOS.

I AM JOE VAZQUEZ AT THE

MOSQUE ON THE CENTER, WITH A

MAJOR CONVENTION THAT USUALLY

BRINGS IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD.

THE GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE

WAS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 16th,

TODAY, THE GROUP ANNOUNCED ON

ITS WEBSITE THAT EVENTS WILL BE

POSTPONED.

THEY HAD BEEN UNDER PRESSURE TO

CANCEL THE CONVENTION IN RECENT

DAYS BECAUSE OF FEARS OF THE

CORONAVIRUS.

SEVERAL MAJOR COMPANIES ALREADY

PULLS OUT.

THEY SAID THEY WILL HOLD SOME

OF IT THIS SUMMER THAT WILL

LIKELY INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS ON

VIDEO ON THE WEB.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, FACEBOOK

ANNOUNCED IT WAS ALSO

COUNSELING IT, DEVELOPER

CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR MAY

5th.

WE WERE ALL WORRIED ABOUT

GOING OUT.

IT IS SCARY OUT THERE, YOU HEAR

ABOUT THESE DEATHS EVERY DAY

AND PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO BE OUT

THERE, AND THE COUGHING AND

SNEEZING, LIKE NOBODY KNOWS

WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

Reporter: THAT SORT OF FEAR

CONTINUES TO IMPACT BUSINESSES.

IT IS SLOW.

IT IS LOW RIGHT NOW.

Reporter: SHOPS ALONG GRAND

AVENUE SAID THEY ARE STILL

SEEING A MAJOR DROP IN BUSINESS

. THAT IS MY EARLIER TODAY,

CITY LEADERS AND LEGISLATORS

HELD A PHOTO OP IN CHINATOWN TO

TRY TO REASSURE PEOPLE THE CITY

IS SAFE RIGHT NOW AND THAT

MEDICAL AND EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT DIVISIONS ARE

GETTING READY, IF IN FACT THE

CORONAVIRUS DOES EVER SHOW UP

HERE.

WE ARE LIVING IN A

CHALLENGING MOMENT.

I HAVE BEEN AROUND AND ON THE

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DURING THE

9/11 INCIDENT, DURING THE SARS

INCIDENT.

WE WILL ALL GET THROUGH THIS.

Reporter: SUPERVISOR AARON

PESKIN SAYS HE WANTS PEOPLE TO

REJECT THE RUMORS AND BASE

THEIR DECISIONS ON FACTS.