Officer of San Mateo County, dr. Scott morrow joining us by phone. Thank you for being with us. I know youre busy and dont have. Start with San Mateo County dash boards. 6,318 cases to date. 120 deaths. And 60 new cases yesterday. Given the state reporting problems, which of the numbers are accurate and up to date . Let me answer by saying we dont look at one piece of data, but in context. Some numbers may be off and some are more accurate. So the numbers, thats probably off is the case report. The 6,000 or whatever you quoted, thats probably off a little bit. I dont think its off much, but again, that number needs to be put in context me san mateo, the math under 1. I look at hospitalizations, hospitalizations are going down. At least last two weeks and i do look at deaths. And our deaths have been relatively stable. We have on average, 1 to 2 per week and thats been pretty stable too. Most occurred in the nursing facility at the beginning in march and april. Its actually pretty low.
A grim coronavirus milestone as the number of covert 1000 deaths exceeds 100000. Outrage over tuesdays explosion and lebanons capital has spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured zaha to reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the face of power. Relentless tear gas by Security Forces at times live ammunition. But protesters didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed. Didnt damage many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all the
Battles to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship. International leaders hold virtual talks in the coming hours to raise a day for the lebanese capital that stands the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesdays huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at the port france and the United Nations have set up a Donor Conference to help u. S. President donald trump said hell be joining back or its estimated the blast at the warehouse caused up to 15000000000. 00 worth of damage at least 158. 00 people were killed and rescue workers are still searching for the missing more than 5000. 00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000. 00 homeless. Outrage over the explosion spilled on to the streets of the city on saturday thousands of people rally the games the government the protests to stand in 2 hours of street battles between demonstrates is and Security Forces then a call the reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the fa
Sidesteps congress in size executive orders for Financial Relief for the millions made jobless because of coronavirus. Bought into the program we begin with breaking news a new hope for the afghan Peace Process president ashraf ghani says hell approve the release of 400 taliban prisoners which paves the way for negotiations to begin now his announcement comes after the countrys highest Consultative Assembly called the loya jirga made it the recommendation on saturday and danny says hell sign the order in a few hours time their release was a precondition for the armed group to take part in talks about the future of the country. On top of the top story its an explosion thats estimated to have caused billions of dollars worth of damage now lebanon is hoping the International Community will help it rebuild its capital a virtual donors conference hosted by france and the United Nations will be held in a few hours time the capital was devastated when 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate explode
Orders for Financial Relief for the millions made jobless because of coronavirus. Welcome to the Program Breaking News coming out of lebanon where the calls grow for complete political reform lebanons information minister has become the 1st Senior Member of the government to resign since explosion in beirut on choose day when all of those some are made the surprise announcement in her office in the past half hour she apologized to the lebanese people saying there was little hope for change it comes after thousands came out in protests demanding reform in the wake of tuesdays port disaster 158 people have been reported killed when 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded in a hot a joins us now from beirut lets just talk about the resignation of that government minister how signet. Is it in the fore in the makeup of the cabinet. Well the cabinet will not be toppled she is the 1st senior minister to resign we are getting reports that a 2nd minister the environment minister may tender his r