Based on the watchlist which includes about 80 of the states population. There is one exception to the rules. Local Health Officials can allow Elementary Schools to reopen in person if local superintendents request a waiver. He laid out strict guidelines for reopening california schools. Chief among them, public and private schools can only physically reopen when its county has been off the monitoring list for 14 consecutive days. Right now, more than 30 of californias 58 counties are on the list including most of the bay area. Schools that dont meet this requirement, they must begin the school year, this fall, through Distance Learning. Reporter the guidelines include the following. Required masks for adults annot students. Students should distance from each other as much as possible. School should provide symptom checks, sanitization and handwashing patients and test forever any employee at least twice a month. Our default is in person, but we have to do it in a safe way and we have
For younger kids, distancing required between adults from each other and students, students from distance from each other as much as possible. Test for every employee at least twice a month. Default is in person but we have to do it in a safeway and we have to do it in a way that can guarantee the health of not just our kids, but also those that are entrusted with their care. There is no question of. This week they called for more direction from the more than 1000 districts and 6000 students. They have already announced the year will start with distance learning, the guidance also details when to shut down in person learning, you close the classroom when there is one for two weeks, you close a school with a 5 Positivity Rate and you close a district of 25 schools reached the code. Governor newsom has exposed millions of kids through untold trauma and loss. Im not looking to score cheap political points with different points of view. One of the big concerns for appearances about the qua
And we must accelerate in response. We have a small window of time right now to get our cases under control before we could see the large outbreaks that we are seeing around this country. The mayor pointed the finger directly at an increasingly complacent and growing segment of the population tired of cabin fever. People who are having gatherings with others outside of their households. San franciscans need to change their behavior. Gatherings remain inherently dangerous. At the general hospital, the average age of the person hospitalized with covid19 since july first has been 41 years. We dont have months, we barely have weeks. The mayor demands that private Health Insurance providers step up and speed up virus testing. One key to reopening. Were not reopening us how we get this under control. We are all at risk for this disease and all at risk for serious consequences. We have flattened this curve once and we must do it again. A negative test is not a passport to do what you want. On
Also asking congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the financial burden caused by the outbreak and concern over the virus. The arch diocese of San Francisco says theyre closing all 90 catholic schools. Diocese of San Francisco says theyre closing all 90 catholic schools. Some schools will already close this week for spring break. Course content will be delivered via the diocese Distance Learning protocol. Health officials in Contra Costa County declared a state of emergency today because of the coronavirus. They announce new cases and say most people who have tested positive were infected by community spread. Andre senior here with more on that. And also the school that is set to undergo a deepcleaning because of one of their students is now in quarantine. Reporter on tuesday afternoon, Health Officials announced nine covid19 cases. And a tenth person with a presumptive case of the virus. Two of which were on the grand princess cruise ship during its trip to mexico in februa
Tell you about tonight concerning the coronavirus outbreak. I am julie haener. And i am frank somerville. Late tonight the tsa announced three officers at san jose mineta airport have tested positive for coronavirus. We have learned that a third person has died in california. The person was in their 90s and lived at an assisted living facility in sacramento county. At the port of oakland 1400 passengers disembarked from the grand princess cruise ship. And on wall street stocks regained half of their losses from yesterday. We begin in the south bay where the santa claras ban on gatherings will take effect tomorrow. Ktvus Azenith Smith has more. Reporter businesses are bracing for the financial implications the ban could have, calling it uncertain times. The ban goes into effect at midnight and will last for three weeks. Reporter downtown san jose described as a ghost town as fears of coronavirus are keeping people away. Yesterday was one of the slowest nights on record. Reporter 10 part