Everybody thanks for being here on kron 4 news at 9 im grant lotus and im justine waltman in for vicki tonight. Now Assemblymember Phil ting and other members of a San Francisco delegation are calling on superintendents in their districts. To reopen schools as soon as possible this is new coronavirus cases reach new heights in the last 24 hours. The country has reported more than 195,000 new covid cases and close to a 100,000 patients are currently in the hospital because of covid this is according to the covid tracking project in california nearly 21,000 new cases were reported in a single day. This is the most new cases recorded in a single day in the state since the pandemic started california has recorded more than a million total cases so far. In the bay area more than 153,000 cases have been recorded and nearly 2000 people have died. And despite a surge in infections, a San Francisco delegation has now sent letters to several School Districts in the bay area demanding that school
James ridge. It is a positive on saturday. Officially testing everyone abouts the saudis including step. The scent of her Probation Department is now working with county Health Officials to try to identify the source of the exposure. In the meantime, a plan to distribute the covid19 vaccine is now taking shape in Santa Clara County. South reported jesse gary joints is now live from saturday with more on this vaccine rollout strategy as well as some clarifications to the countys new travel quarantine. Jesse . It afternoon. County Health Officials tweaked the travel quarantine policy. Now, people who travel who are required to travel for their jobs as well as Healthcare Providers are all exempt as well as people who are in transit through Santa Clara County. For example, passengers at San Jose International airport. With all that said, travel during the holiday. While there is a coverts bike and progress is still discouraged. We know that volume of mixing of household and the surge in ca
Now as the fda begins approval of the first Covid Vaccine, and we take you inside the giant worldwide operation to distribute it. How one carrier plans to move billions of vaccines at temperatures well below zero. Swedens surge and the new restrictions now in place did their Herd Immunity Experiment fail the scare in the air. The windshield of this American Airlines plane cracked all over with passengers on board. And music with heart. Gloria estefans new mission and the heroic nurses who are stealing the show. Stand by me this is Nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart good evening. As we hit more than 12 million covid cases today, the country finds itself in a perfect storm, a surging virus mixed with Colder Weather plus the strong pull of family and tradition. Were all making hard decisions about the upcoming Holiday Airports are crowded as many choose to travel to see family but hospitals are crowded, too, many at a breaking point it took nearly 100 days for the u. S. To reach its fi
Tightening of restrictions would push down the covid rates. A state mandated curfew. The goal of a curfew is to decrease activity and decrease the spread of the virus and perhaps, a curfew would help. This weekend marks a traditional travel weekend. The Citys Department of Public Health joining the chorus to avoid traveling for the holiday. If families are going to gather they must do so in as safe a manner as possible. Keep it to no more than six people and keep it outdoors and keep the masks on. The choices we, you, i make in the next two weeks will determine the trajectory of the Holiday Season. The Health Leaders say they are asking people to stay home this year to protect their families so everyone can come together and and healthy next year. Santa clara county Health Official said hospitals could reach full capacity in three weeks. The warning comes a week before thanksgiving and on a day when the county recorded the highest number of cases in a single day. Were at a critical jun
Also stay the same, as well. 41 counties in california are now in the most restrictive purple tier. The vast majority of our students are still in Distance Learning right now. Reporter under the purple tier, any class that resumed in person as of tuesday can continue, but for the majority of California School districts still doing Distance Learning be reopening plans are now on hold, until conditions improve or the school gets a waiver. Primarily this has the largest impact on districts that were putting their plans in place for a return in 2021. Reporter margaret represents 77 teachers from a School District in Contra Costa County, which is doing Distance Learning, but was consider league opening january 22nd. Thats not gonna happen. Reporter the Teachers Union president said the next opportunity to make a decision is in march, and she plans to push for not reopening at all this school year. Thats moving to the purple mix, even a stronger argument that we should not consider going bac