Recommending against using hydroxychloroquine in combination with another drug the president has been talking about. Also of note, the Senate Passed a 480 billion relief package for Small Businesses, hospitals and testing. The house is expected to vote on the measure tomorrow. We want to start with this news out of california that shifts the timeline of the pandemic in the United States. Cnns dan hesimon live in San Francisco with the details. Dan . Hi, john. Experts have been speculating for some time that the virus had been in the country much longer than anybody previously thought. Now, this adds to the growing body of evidence that this was the case. Now, what Santa Clara County officials are saying is that somebody who died in their home on february 6th had the coronavirus. Keep in mind the first reported death in the country was actually on february 29th in the seattle area. And santa clara also linking two additional cases, one on february 17th and one on march 9th. What does th
Different stages of the outbreak and points on the road back to normal. Were going to talk about what that all means tonight in real world terms for you. With one of his colleagues on the Coronavirus Task force, commissioner steven hawn, well be taking your questions. Well talk about what the president said at the briefing about using ultraviolet light inside the body or injecting a disinfectant to kill the virus. Also joining us Governor Andrew Cuomo. Nearly 14 of new yorkers have antibodies to the coronavirus. For new york City Residents, the figure was even higher, 21 . Also joining us tonight Chef Jose Andres whose world central kitchen is doing everything they can to help feed the hungry in america. Also tonight, Alicia Keys Joins us with her new song just released today dedicated to the front line workers keeping us all safe. Healing the sick, keeping the country running. Its a beautiful song, inspiring. Youre going to hear it in full and alicia will be with us well. As always a
Welcome back to prime time. Im chris cuomo. Hard to believe tonight guess what number were nearing in lives lost . Stolen by the virus. 50,000. Put it in context. Two months ago we were at zero. And now i dont know if thats the right starting point anymore. I suspect it is not. We know of at least two cases in california of death that happened weeks earlier. And i think the more we learn about where the virus was and the more blood sampled from people in hospitals before then, well learn its been around. Lets be honest again, we dont know what numbers were really talking about. Why . Theres not enough testing. They dont test people in places that are a symptomatic. Even though the transmission is real thing. And could be most contagious before you get symptoms. We have progress. A new model from northeast university. What does it show. This virus was silently infecting tens of thousands of people in new york and other major cities way earlier than previously thought. It is backed up by