Close we will be to record territory coming up in just a few minutes. And kenny choi the north northbay hills. You can see and here just how dry this brush is in this area. With the three major wildfires in the bay area, nearly 100 contained come the shifting resources is happening right now as crews get ready for whatever lies ahead this weekend. Helicopters will be gassed up and ready to go this weekend. More than 17,000 firefighters still battling wildfires burning across california. Should think and relocating crews in Central Valley in Southern California now part of the continuous and highstakes game against mother nature. Resources and other parts of the state with the fire is little bit lessons. That is why the last two strike teams of from the contra costa by district is battling the lightning complex fires of the last month just returned home thursday night. With no fire is expected in the cz you scu and avenue wildfires, cal fire says only about a dozen firefighters remain w
Given the green light to get ready to resume in Person Learning kron fours Maureen Kelly visited one of those schools and shows us the changes theyve made. Were just kind of like sitting in purgatory way walking into Saint Vincent de paul School Visitors are greeted by a statue of the virgin mary holding her hands out. Next to a bottle of Hand Sanitizer there are a lot of kidfriendly signs inside showing how to wear masks and how to greet friends safely, but thats just the beginning of the changes made here. And so our desk source 4 to 6 feet apart. We had shields we have masks available to the students. We have a teacher area where students are allowed to cross over weve done away with a lot of the clutter which is actually a good thing, especially for ventilation in the air and breathing and all those kinds of things youll notice the desks are surrounded by clear plastic dividers. And while for now the teachers are still instructing all of their students remotely theyre still Wearing
Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk, over 10 million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, the virus is Mutating First here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is thought to give good protection against new variants, but theyre working on tweaking the jab to make it future proof. The scientist whos leading the Research Says its relatively simple to redesign the vaccine. Its not difficult to put a different Antigenic Insert into the vaccine, so we dont want to panic and say
In a single year. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. In myanmar, police have filed criminal charges against the civilian leaders who were deposed in a military this week. In a Military Coup this week. Theres been no word on the whereabouts of either Aung San Suu Kyi, or deposed president since monday. The United Nations said the charges just compounded the undermining of the rule of law in myanmar, and the democratic process , and they called for the Immediate Release of the leaders. For a second day, protesters banged pots and sounded car horns in the countrys largest city. Our reporterfiled this report from yangon. Pots banging people are showing their frustration and anger against the Military Coup. It has taken place on monday. This is the second night in a row people in general have been banging pots and pans and using their car horns in protest against the Military Coup that took place on monday. Essentially, what people here are saying is they dont w