A total of 8 people from one classroom at delany go high school contracted covid last month it happened right as the school was welcoming students back and staff for phase 2 of its reopening process which was on november 17th. Kron fours while bella joins us now live from des Legal High School with the very latest noel. What happened. Just seen and grant you know its its been a tough go for the kids and the Staff Members here at della me go actually all afternoon and evening ive watched as janitors have been sanitizing and cleaning the rooms here let me go high school this is a high school that actually holds transitional classes for special education students and it was inside one of those classrooms that 5 Staff Members and 3 students contracted covid19 i spoke with one of those Staff Members. She says she is has a tent to go back. But not positive about it for the last 31 years, jan jimenez has worked as an autism specialist paraprofessional with San Ramon Valley Unified School Dist
Everybody thanks for being here on kron 4 news at 9 im grant lotus and im justine waltman in for vicki tonight. Now Assemblymember Phil ting and other members of a San Francisco delegation are calling on superintendents in their districts. To reopen schools as soon as possible this is new coronavirus cases reach new heights in the last 24 hours. The country has reported more than 195,000 new covid cases and close to a 100,000 patients are currently in the hospital because of covid this is according to the covid tracking project in california nearly 21,000 new cases were reported in a single day. This is the most new cases recorded in a single day in the state since the pandemic started california has recorded more than a million total cases so far. In the bay area more than 153,000 cases have been recorded and nearly 2000 people have died. And despite a surge in infections, a San Francisco delegation has now sent letters to several School Districts in the bay area demanding that school
Away. Most laws in our society rely on us to do the right thing and do our part on a daily basis. Thats true of every law that we have out there. Reporter as tough as this may be, there are signs of encouragement. This week the county submitted its covid19 vaccination plan to the state detailing its plans for Community Engagement and Vaccine Distribution and management. Facility haves been constructed throughout the county to properly store the vaccines upon arrival that will be made available to Health Care Workers on the front lines with a high risk of contracting the disease. The decision doesnt begin and end with the first decision, we will continue to review the data on the effectiveness and safety of all vaccines coming through. Reporter dr. Grace lee from Stanford School of medicine serves on the Cdc Advisory Committee responsible for making vaccine recrecommendations. Well continue to reevaluate the vaccines in the population to ensure were protecting everybody. Reporter steps
Thats according to data from the covid tracking project. There is hope. Of course a vaccine is on the horizon. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine next week. Dr. Anthony fauci says life may be close to normal by summer if 70 of the public gets vaccinated. This morning bay area counties are working to make sure they have the specialized freezers to hold the covid19 vaccines once they arrive. Amy hollyfield is live in novato where one group is helping out with that process. Amy . Theres like a freezerererer Scavenger Hunt going on in the bay area. Counties across the bay area are looking around trying to secure freezer space wherever they can find it as they wait for vaccine shipments. Counties are doing what they can to find them now that the governor announced the state will be receiving the Pfizer Vaccine in a couple weeks. Alameda countys website said theyre still in the protest of purchasing freezers and dry ice for the vaccine. In Santa Clara County theyre still in the gathering
Far no major hot spots, no traffic to really get into but were going to. See that pick up as the day goes on because its still pretty early you can see here the bay bridge traffics moving along just fine here from the maze of fremont street. 8 minutes were still in the green, but you know that could change as the day goes on and take look at the san mateo bridge can see the westbound here brake lights right here traffic starting to build up especially from the last hour into now about 13 minutes for your drive into that 8. 80 to the one o one and the Richmond Bridge pretty quiet too quiet. All morning. The tolls to one o one about 8 minutes for your drives you. Coming in there and last, but certainly not least the Golden Gate Bridge about a 21 minute drive, so one minute uptick from what we saw last hour still looks great on the road robin all right, thank you for the update rain well check back with you a little later. Well breaking news that were following for you from overnight. The