Okay, lets talk about that cruise ship, the grand princess, where that Placer County man disembarked from in february but died today. That ship was out again on another cruise, but its now headed back to San Francisco after some of the passengers fell ill. Now Health Officials are investigating whats being called a small cluster of cases. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith joins us live from the cruise terminal in San Francisco with an update on that cruise. Christie . Reporter well, we were out here when the ship last took off from San Francisco, and now it wont even be allowed to dock until everyone on board is tested. Those test kits will be flown out to the ship, and the tests taken to a lab in richmond. February 21st, a cruise on the grand princess left from San Francisco to hawaii. Our cameras were there, and we asked passengers leaving for the 15day cruise if they had any coronavirus concerns following the outbreak on the diamond princess. I had concerns a little bit with it just kept
Closed for 3 weeks taylor were talking more than 30,000 students. Thats right grant in and and in addition to closing schools like this one for those 3 weeks all students in the district will be dismissed from School Tomorrow at noon now this is the message that went out to Staff Students and parents today to paraphrase it says there have not been any confirmed cases of the coronavirus and students or staff at any schools, according to the Contra Costa Health services but in an abundance of caution, the west Contra Costa Unified School district is now closing its schools on monday march 16th, the remain closed for 3 weeks until april 6 students up Valley High School say the closure will not only fact theyre learning but also affect their afterschool events. School just got shot down all of all of our events have been canceled all of our spring events. We had a drag show thats postpone now. Prom is canceled current of eyes thing doesnt resolve itself. I by may. I some competitions are a
Enrolled in berkeley unified. While San Francisco serves 57,000 students in more than 100 schools, all three districts are closing on monday for three weeks. Live coverage tonight from amber lee, she is in the city where she spoke with parents. Reporter the San Francisco Unified School District announced the closure of one school immediately, that is glen park elementary. They are, seven students reported respiratory illness and that they are now being tested. As for all other San Francisco Public Schools, there will be classes tomorrow but the closure is starting on monday. Its really important to normalize this period for them. This out the market baseball field, tucked behind Bessie Carmichael Elementary School is a place of refuge in this moment of and certainty for parents and students coping with the coronavirus crisis. This i think will probably be one of the last times we will get to come in the coming days, to have this type of free play. Free play for these fifth and sixth gr
But traffic is backed up as you drive from university avenue. This will take a little while to unwind. The other rest of the commute here. You can get rid of the banner so you can see. The rest of the commute looks all right. Its early. Theres not a lot of people coming to the bay bridge. Interstate 880, that traffic is moving along nicely. As we look at the east bay except for what i just told you in berkeley we have a nice looking commute all the way down into the south bay. The number of bay area coronavirus cases keeps going up. Santa clara county now reports 66 confirmed cases. Thats up 18 from yesterday. Santa clara county has the most in california. San francisco reported four more cases. Alameda county also reports four more cases and statewide four people have died. More Bay Area School districts are cancelling classes trying to protect students and staff from the coronavirus. The west Contra Costa County School District will close for three weeks beginning monday. Berkeley al
Schools will close on monday. Other districts announced closures including west contra costa unified and all diocese in san jose and Tamalpais Union and woodside. We are keeping track of new closures and constantly updating te list on our website. You can find it at abc7news. Com coronavirus. 224 confirmed cases of coronavirus in california. That includes 140 here in the bay area. Santa clara county has the most with 66 cases. Napa county announced a health emergency, but there are no confirmed cases in that county. Were learning new details about three tsa agents at San Jose Mineta International they were working at terminal b checkpoint b during the evening ship. They checked bags and operated the xray and monitored the body scanner. Each of them had a different last day of work and those days ranged from february 21st and march 2nd. The sharks revealed a parttime employee tested positive. Shark Officials Say the employee is under selfquarantine and they are recovering apparently fee