New guidelines for youth sports. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson has all the details for us and a live report from San Francisco ice or a good morning. Marty good morning. New application to get a waiver to reopen schools. It applies to Public School districts private even Charter Schools and they have to go through this process to make sure and they are allowed to reopen now, im live here at Sherman School to Elementary School in San Francisco in the cal hollow neighborhood. Its a good example is in San Francisco and thats on the governors watch list if the school is in the county on the governors watch list then they have to go through a few more hoops they have to have major discussions were talking public hearings with parents the county Health Officer they need to talk other schools in the area see what theyre doing and have conversations about whether it is a smart idea to have in person classes take a look at more of guidelines that we rode out for you on your screens you can get a better
The one behind me sherman school. An example because these schools are in county thats on the governors watch list and now those schools can apply for this were application as well. But they may have to jump through a few more hoops than the other schools. Theyre going to have to have major discussions like public hearings with parents other schools in the county and county Health Officers to see if its a good idea to reopen for in person classes when schools apply for the waiver they have to develop plans for Health Screenings you can see some of the protocols on your screen Contact Tracing physical distancing testing Face Coverings will be required inside schools. The state says schools will need to implement a protocol of an outbreak occurs. And make sure to switch back to Distance Learning and have a plan to switch back to Distance Learning if need be once the waiver application is sent in the state will review decide if an Elementary School should reopen. Officials also gave an up
Wednesday night im Jonathan Mccall as you just heard from governor Gavin Newsome california saw more than 12,000 new cases of covid19 in a 24 hour period. Its the highest number since the pandemic began. California now has more than 409,000 confirmed cases surpassing new york state for the most in all of the United States, new york state though still leads the country with 32,000 covid19 deaths, even though new york state has a population half of californians. Here in the bay area we saw more than a 1000 new cases of covid 1913 new deaths overnight. Tonight local leaders are continuing to call on the public to do their part to keep the virus from spreading. We need people to be responsible to keep their distance from others to avoid gatherings in to wash their hands. San Francisco Mayor london breed now urging folks to continue to Work Together to stop the spread of coronavirus today she announced new ways to make testing for the virus a priority for the city as kron fours michelle kin
Part of the city with the ability to do about 500 tests each day we can slow the spread of covid19. We have occur before. And we must do it again. Lives are at stake. The citys Public Health director grant colfax says its getting harder for people to book appointments and the turnaround times for test results continue to vary anywhere from 3 to 10 days in San Francisco, their goal is to conduct at least 1800 tests per day in the past week theyve exceeded that by averaging more than 3200 a day the new test sites in appointment slots will increase the amount of tests the city is currently averaging by about 45 but mayor breed says shes still upset by the amount of people in the city not taking this seriously im really disappointed because what youre doing when you gather with when youre not wearing your mask, youre making our recovery longer. Youre making it more difficult for people to send their kids back to school in San Francisco, michelle kingston kron 4 news here in the bay area we
City officials are working to make that happen. Plus commitment to change the sierra club saying sorry for its white supremacist history, particularly that of its founder john new york. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here tonight on kron 4 news at 8 im Justine Waldman in for pam moore tonight and im ken wayne thanks for joining us at 8. Our top story tonight, california has surpassed new york for the most confirmed covid19 cases in the country. There are now more than 415,000 cases in our state thats after a singleday record of 12,807 new cases yesterday. According to Johns Hopkins University Data that total is roughly 6,000 more cases than in new york which had the most cases in the country before now, but new yorks death toll is still 4 times that here of california for comparison california has about 40 million residents just shy of 40 million 1 new york has about half that amount. Governor Gavin Newsome announcing the state is extending its mask deal with the chines