Coronavirus cases continues to rise even here at home kron fours gayle ong joins us live in galle he talked to invent Infectious Disease expert who says that these numbers that hard to understand exactly what they mean. Yeah i can among the experts weve been hearing from a lot saying that these cases and deaths are under reported and thats due to limited testing early on and asymptomatic people. Testing capacity has grown in the bay area and beyond to perhaps the reason why were seeing a rise in covid19 cases and deaths that the case counts are going in the right direction that is down thats good that theyre going up. Well maybe its because were casting but more likely theyre going up because the acres have changed in more people have gotten on wednesday. John Hopkins University reports the nations death toll surpassed 100,000 people since the first u. S. Recorded death from covid19 less than 4 months ago 100 thousands are real watermark this epidemic in the country doctor George Ruthe
Thank you. [applause] mr. Holbrook howdy. Jfk emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor, i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours to speak, so we will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a call when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. When i finish, i have a three minute video of the actual Lunar Landing. And i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th anniversary in context of what is happening. I u
And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. America. Reporting from new york city, on laura trevelyan. With more than 90,000 americans died in the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump dials down by taking the drug hydroxychloroquine. President trump this is an individual decision to make, but its had a great reputation. It was someone other than me people would say its smart. Laura swedens unusual coronavirus strategy. Undid the y failed to protect the elderly . How coronavirus is making education more unequal. I have been finding out how new york cityst needies students are coping with remote ling. Laura for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to wod news america. United states has crossed to milestones. There are now more than 1. 5 million infections nationwide, and more than 90,00edpeople have the president claims he has been taking the controversial antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine. Remedy, and renewed his feud ltth china and
National numbers. The numbers for the rest of the nation are going up. What were doing here shows results. Across the country is to hold a new case count is not falling hovering somewhere over 20,000 every single day i think that we need to understand this may be the new normal we may not be able to get transmission down much more i hope we can but many places reopening anyway, all spots now growing in cities like dallas, some more realworld flare ups to like those in nebraska and minnesota, but. Better testing might just play into all this. I dont think theres anyone that didnt know that there were more cases out there. They just werent known because the testing was so little a former cdc director told lawmakers today that the u. S. Death toll will exceed. 100,000 as bad as this has been. Its just the beginning airlines now hoping well get back in the air average passengers per plane is up to 23 from just 17 last week. All but these 7 states are now taking steps to get back in busines
Atlantas mayor is encouraging testing. If you were out protesting last night, you probably need to go get a covid test this week. Reporter in these 15 states and puerto rico, the number of newly reported cases is increasing. Places like tennessee, south carolina, and california, where protests are quite large. In los angeles county, theyve had to close or move coronavirus testing sites because of the chaos. Chicago and philadelphia have had to shut down food banks that were helping people who the virus has put out of work. Theres some encouraging news from drugmakers. The makers of the drug remdesivir, the antiviral that has been used to treat covid19, are now saying a third study shows that their drug is effective in treating the coronavirus symptoms with just a fiveday treatment. Authorities say they are hoping, for example, that the people who crowded this Cell Phone Store and stole all of their product wont need it. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. Our thanks to steve there. Kenn