A safe way to bring kids back into the classroom. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Ucsf compiled a report that may ab virus spreading in the classroom. Abc 7 News Reporter Leann Melendez takes it one step at a time. We know children have less severe symptoms than adults. Inside my nose are receptors and thats how the virus gets into my body and children do not produce receptors as frequently as i do. Pl is n d for the ing her zoom disease to get in, and there is no or limited disease in elementary age students and thats why were seeing that pattern. Kids have smaller lungs so when they sneeze or cough they dont spread the particles as far as High School Students or adults do. Another interesting fact is that size does matter. Kids are shorter and that would mean they wouldnt fill the room. Perhaps the most important point that ucsf want to make that mak, physical distancing and ventilation are key to curbing the spread of the virus. Take for example, this high school in israel as seen in t
And then, even after multiple touches, keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours. I trust microban 24 to keep killing bacteria for 24hours. Heres something you dont see in stores very often these days, disinfectant wipes. The clorox ceo warns supplies will remain very tight until at least next year. A key component in the wipes is also used in ppe, which explains the short supply. Demand for clorox and lysol wipes is six times what it was before the pandemic. Turning to the worry over sending kids back to school. At least two preschools in the San Francisco bay area that are already open may now serve as a model for all schools. Kgos Leann Melendez has the story. Reporter at Phoebe Hearst preschool in San Francisco, safety starts before entering the building. Parents stand in line six feet apart. The use of Hand Sanitizer is encouraged after signing in. Children enter, parents never go in. Stopping at the front door, temperature taking, parents no longer allowed into the building, all of us
San jose tied its record for this date. And even right now we have temperature readings in at redwood city and its really, really hot out there. Its going to be hotter tomorrow. The next three days well have more of this heat and it will be even hotter than today. As a result of that, a heat advisory is in effect now and remains in effect for virtually all of the bay area until 7 a. M. Thursday and a heat warning is in effect for solano county. Ill show you how hot later on. All right. Thank you. The heat sent many people off to beaches and parks across the bay area despite recommendations to stay at home. Leann melendez spoke to people who said they just needed to get out. She joins us live from the roof at abc 7 studios. I love how you said it earlier, were all human. Thats right. Well, you know, let me just tell you to start out weve been all stir crazy. People have been working from home, theyve been attending classes from home, staying safe at home, but then you added today the he
Sitting right next to him in the starbucks behind me and witnessed his last moments. It just all happened so fast. He was really fast. He was really brave. We were sitting next to him. The guy ran in, grabbed his laptop. The kid who was working chased after him. It happened very fast. He jumped in the car. And then and we were all just watching because we were sitting right here skmt th. And then they drove up the street dragging hip. I was screaming in the starbucks. They are dragging him, they are dragging him. It was like everything was in slow motion. We couldnt get to him fast enough. People werent moving fast enough to help. I called 911. After i did that i went up to check on him because i didnt see people around. But the oakland fire department, some of the guys were around. Thats what we were hoping was the saving grace, how quickly they were on him. But then i walked up to him and you instantly knew it wasnt good. It was very sad. Reporter as you came back today what are you
Weather and traffic. Lets start withdre drew. Were greeted with dense fog. Oakland, visibility down to a half mile. Quarter mile in livermore. The fog will linger until 8 00, 9 00, brighter skies do prevail. High surf advisory in effect until 9 00 a. M. Wave heights as high as 15 feet with even higher breakers. Just be aware of that if youre headed close to the coast. Nice day shaping up. A lot of sunshine. Temperatures topping out in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Lets check traffic with jobina. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you. So far so good on the roads. We did have a little situatin going on in the Altamont Pass that well get to. I will take you now to some video. Looking at 87 now. Well start with the san mateo bridge here first. You can see we have a foggy situation out there. People are moving over, so please be careful because v visibility is looking low there. San jose, 87, clear ride there as well. We do have a crash, a report coming in through the Altamont Pass. Ill have