Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten
Disappointment. We believe that inperson instruction even in a limited capacity is the best way to serve our students. It went on to say we are grieved by the emotional toll on our students from being unable to see their classmates and teachers facetoface. San jose decided on an all Distance Learning method until october 2. The Governors Press conference is set for noon today. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Dublin Unified School District also voted last night to start the school year entirely virtual. The board approved a tentative deal with the teachers union. And oakland, berkeley, san san leandro and new haven have all said they plan to start with Distance Learning in the fall. We could learn more today about the next stem of reopening San Francisco. Jobina fortson has that at the live desk. Good morning. Yes, mayor breed and other city leaders have expressed their concerns about the rising number of cases in the city, in fact earlier this week they did announce more reopenings would b
Not. Reporter they put out surveys, they had town Hall Meetings and in the end, they found that people were very divided when it came to reopening schools and i think districts have always wanted someone highup to help them with that decision. School districts in the bay area had every intention ofn the fal covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning, some parents came out to support inperson learning. There are chern who have not schooled since march 16th and 17th who need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe that it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open, he means open in full, kids being able to attend, each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore, continuing with the Distance Learning model ha
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. When italy first quarantined 11 northern towns over fears of a potential coronavirus outbreak in mid february it was a small part of a global story that still largely centered on china. Today one month on europe finds itself at the heart of the worlds coronavirus pandemic, ramping up restrictions on its citizens whilst straining to cope with the explosion in infections. Thousands of Army Reservists have been called up in switzerland to relieve hospitals under pressure as the number of people testing positive for coronavirus jumped by fifteen percent in twenty four hours; it is now more than eight and a half thousand. Spain has again registered its highest daily death toll of people from the virus, four hundred and sixty two have died in the past day. The deputy Prime Minister, carmen calvo, is being tested in hospital. In italy there is some good news, the rate of infection has dropped for the second day in a row but its still europes worst affected
And we say, thank you. Thank you for your guidance. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for your teaching. Cardinal is one of 117 cardinals headed to the vatican to elect the next pope. He says he is preparing for the task prayerfully. I cant imagine that i will ever have to do anything as important as this. In the rest of my life. Parishioners told us they will support whoever is chosen but they are holding out hope for some favorites. I am hoping that cardinal will be the one. Im pulling for a third world pope myself. Why is that . I think its interesting to notice the is only growing in the third world africa, asia. The cardinal says its unlikely the next pope will be from the u. S. Someone young enough to take on this demanding job. Think of the travel alone that the pope has to do and at the same time have a sense of beauty for the foundation for wisdom. Now the cardinal says he expects things to move along quickly. Of course everyone is hoping a new pontiff will be in place