One Pharmaceutical Company says the phase three trials of its Coronavirus Vaccine appears to be working in monkeys. It comes as another interesting study is released involving teachers in classrooms. I spoke earlier with dr. Alok patel. Lets begin with that new research from the university of minnesota on how teachers can protect students from the virus in the classroom. The researchers say if a teacher stands directly under an air vent, the coronavirus aerosols wont spread nearly as far, and they released a video showing this. What is your take on this research . I think its a pretty elegant way to look at air flow. We know that coronavirus can be aerosolized. That was one concern about reopening of schools. Are crowded classrooms going to be properly ventilated . What these researchers did is kind of looking at Different Air flow patterns to see what was going to be the most optimal. It gives schools another tool, another option to make sure theyre protecting teachers. So if schools
Firefighters spent the day and evening busy fighting flames all across the bay area. A vigil here in richmond to honor murdered soldier Vanessa Guillen, and to fight back against Sexual Violence in the military. Confusion over restrictions and reopening plans. Business owners in the south bay are demanding answers. This breezy and cooler weather wont last much longer. Were tracking warmer weather on the horizon. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. After a long weekend, bay area firefighters just are not getting a break tonight. Theyre already dealing with two fires in the south bay, and we saw multiple fires break out this afternoon. Some were smallhi oers raced dangerously close to homes and forced people to grab what they could and evacuate just in case. We counted at least eight fires today, and some are still going, including one in fairfield. Thats where
But i want to go off and show you what it looks like on the hillside. These are lights that had just been turned on in the last five minutes or so. You could see those crews up on the hillside, closely monitoring this situation as i speak to make sure hot spots dont spark up. Flames shooting into the air in fairfield on monday. One of many fires to burn across the area. I thought the house was going to burn down. Reporter so did many others, as strong winds fueled these flames. Got very close. You can see the flames were literally in their backyard. As i am talking to them, i see the flames come over the top of the hill. Reporter chris engle turning on the sprinklers and life. In fairfield, 30 homes were evacuated and it was just one of many spots where fire put people and their homes in in rodeo, an frightening situation. The wind is going that way from left to right direction. Reporter flames tore through 230 acres of land near the interstate and forced many out of their homes. Just
The once hardest hit county in the bay area is noticing a worrisome rise in covid19 cases. The covid cases at san quinten prison continue to surge. How it happened and what it means for the marin county hospitals. The 49ers are now flying a black lives matter flag at levi stadium. Some say weve come a long way, others say its not good enough. Temperatures on the rise tomorrow. Ill show you who will feel the heat. Abc7 news at 11 00 starting right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Tonight, the coronavirus outbreak at san quinten prison is showing no signs of slowing. Right now, more than 10 of the prison population is infected. Kate larson spoke with officials who say they warned this could happen. Kate . Reporter dan, ama, over the weekend, there were about 100 cases at the prison. Then yesterday, more than 300 covid cases. And now today, according to data on the cdc website, 407 inmates and 47 Staff Members are infected, bringing the case
Particularly as our local Hospital Systems are threatened by being overwhelmed. Reporter mark lavigne represents marin county. There are 4,000 staff and inmates at san quinten, and the covid outbreak will likely top 800 people. If the Corrections Department planned ahead of time, if they had listened to Public Health protocols, we wouldnt be in this situation. I am concerned that Health Professionals dont have Decision Making authority at cdcr. Those that do may have mad bad decisions. Prisons are a setup for outbreaks off the bat. You have large numbers of people, very close confine sent. Reporter dr. Matt will sis the Public County Health officer. As soon as the pandemic began, one of the first concerns was reaching out to san quinten. We were told very clearly that this is not part of our jurisdiction. Reporter according to the department of corrections, san quentin was virus free until late may. Willis says the surge started after inmates were transferred from chino to san quinten