Schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and accurate and inexpensive diagnostic tests. School covid plans should let the plans last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls warp speed, faster than weve ever done that before, but no one expects a vaccine this august. And the second half of the school year, schools should be bet
Families should get vouchers for Free School Meals over the summer after a campaign headed by the Manchester United and england footballer Marcus Rashford. Lets speak to our political correspondent, helen catt, whos in westminster. There is a certain inevitability about this. There is, it seemed as soon as Marcus Rashford the england footballer got involved in this it took the air of a u turn in rating. He isa took the air of a u turn in rating. He is a popular well liked figure with a very emotional story detail and a personal reason for backing this. Up until than the government had been holding firm on a sign that it wasnt going to be giving Free School Meal vouchers over the Summer Holiday which it doesnt normally do. It said it was going to be giving money in other ways like £63 million for councils to help those in need. And it was sticking to that line. That involvement from Marcus Rashford did it seem to change that and then the question became among a lot of conservative mps
It was hot yesterday, just wait until this afternoon. It gets even hotter with plenty of sunshine. We will talk about the heat advisory in just a moment. It is a mild warm start to our day. We are in the 50s and 60s under clear skies and the heat advisory is in effect for most of the bay area except for the coast and immediate shoreline from 11 am until 7 pm, not just today but also for wednesday and thursday due to this very hot temperatures. Well above average for this time of year. 82 in San Francisco, 88 in oakland, 97 in san jose and triple digit heat in concord. 17 to 23 degrees above average for this time of year. I will talk about the cool down and the next chance to see some showers in a few minutes. Following some breaking news out of oakland, going live to the scene of a grass fire. Of firefighters just put out it. Is started at around old port street. This started before 4 am and it quickly grew to many more. We have not gotten any official words on the size but plenty of c
The number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And doctor Francis Collins who once led the human genome project and now leaves the National Institutes of health needs a competitive shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and extensive diagnostictests. Covid19 plans should last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls s work speed a, faster than weve ever done that before but no one expects a vaccine this august. The second half of the school year schools should be able to provide more tests, more treatments, better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should begin to have vaccines. It will likely be the fall of 2021 though before we begin toapproach normal. There are several reasons schools have an advantage in weproviding a safe environment for students and for faculty. One younger people have been less hurt by covid19 and older people. Although doctor county told our committee we sh
As a child as he asks the government to provide Free School Meal vouchers through the summer. If theres food on the table, theres food on the table. If theres not, i had friends who understood my same situation, and maybe it was possible for me to go to their house. And we catch up with a patient whose desperately needed liver transplant had been put on hold because of the pandemic. And coming up on bbc news. As clubs reject restructuring the league in scotland, hearts say they will see the spfl in court, after being relegated from the premiership